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Today it all comes to an end. No, not the world, but a 12-year streak in which each year has offered a magical day like today, when the day, month, and year all coincide. Harmonic convergences such as 12/12/12 arent to be sniffed at, as most of us wont see another one, Mayan calendar or no Mayan calendar. But part of what makes this particular day special is the number 12 itself. How special is it? Heres a guided tour:
The number 12 has religious significance far beyond the 12 days of Christmas. Its role is reinforced by Twelfth night, the 12 Apostles, the 12 feasts of Eastern Orthodoxy and the 12 Tribes of Israel. These 12 tribes are associated with the 12 sons of Jacob, so it bears mention that the Norse god Odin also had 12 sons.
The concept of a dozen was also alive and well in Greek mythology, as evidenced by the 12 principal gods of the Greek pantheon atop Mount Olympus. These gods wont be listed here because their total number actually exceeded 12, but 12 was apparently the limit at any given time. However, we can list the 12 labors forced upon Hercules by King Eurystheus of Tiryns. Most involved killing some ghastly creature or another. One notable exception was labor number three, as the Cerynian hind was actually a delicate deer, loved by Athena, that Hercules had to stalk for a year before gently carting away.
One: Kill the Nemean Lion
Two: Kill the Lernean Hydra
Three: Capture the Cerynian Hind
Four: Capture the Erymanthian Boar
Five: Clean the Augean Stables
Six: Kill the Stymphalian Birds
Seven: Capture the Cretan Bull
Eight: Capture the Horses of Diomedes
Nine: Take the Girdle of the Amazon Queen Hippolyte
Ten: Capture the Cattle of Geryon
Eleven: Take the Golden Apples of the Hesperides
Twelve: Capture Cerberus
On the other hand, whereas today it is standard for a jury to consist of 12 people, Ancient Greece had no such limit. The trial of Socrates involved 501 jurors.
One reason for the prominence of the number 12 is that it is evenly divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6, and is therefore convenient for all sorts of applications, from eggs to donuts to numbers on a clock to months in a year to signs of the zodiac.
And lets not forget the arts. An alexandrine, found in French literature from Racine to Baudelaire, is a line of 12 syllables. Alexander Pope, alas, was not taken with this construction despite its virtually eponymous form, as in his second line below:
A needless alexandrine ends the song
that, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
Moving to mathematics, there are 12 edges on a cube. One of the most famous two-dimensional depictions of a cube is the Necker cube, a 12-lined optical illusion that first appeared in 1832. Because the cube has no dotted lines, the figure produces (at least) two different interpretations.
There are 12 different shapes that can be made out of five squares joined at the edges. Called pentominoes, these shapes are frequently labeled by the letters they most closely represent. Altogether, the 12 pentominoes account for 5×12 = 60 square units, and in fact it is possible to arrange the 12 pieces so as to make rectangles measuring 6×10, 5×12, 4×15 and 3×20.
There is even a board-game variation in which players alternate placing pentominoes onto an 8×8 grid until someone (i.e. the loser of the game) cannot place a remaining pentomino without overlapping one that has already been played.
Author and futurist Arthur C. Clarke was a big fan of pentominoes, and he filmed a scene for 2001: A Space Odyssey that showed HAL the computer playing the 8×8 pentomino game. Unfortunately for fans of the game, the scene was cut in favor of a different 8×8 game: chess.
Twelve is also the kissing number in three dimensions. To see what this is all about, it might help to visit the two-dimensional case, in which the kissing number is defined as the number of circles of radius 1 that can simultaneously touch a given circle. That number is clearly six.
The situation in three dimensions is necessarily more complex. When you put 12 spheres around a central sphere, there is substantial free space, and it is tempting to believe that there might be room for a 13th sphere.
Apparently the possibility of a 13th sphere arose in a conversation between Isaac Newton and Scottish astronomer David Gregory back in 1694. Although the precise nature of their disagreement has been lost to history (most accounts suggest that Newton was on the 12 side and Gregory on 13), there is no record of so much as a gentlemans wager on the subject and certainly no possibility of anyone collecting, as the question wasnt fully resolved until 1953.
Speaking of spheres, consider the traditional black pentagon-white hexagon Telstar soccer ball design that was the official ball for the 1970 Mexico City World Cup and for several years thereafter. (1970 was the first year in which the World Cup was televised, and the new ball was especially easy to follow on television.)
There are 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons on this ball, but only the 12 is sacred. The Telstar ball is actually a special case of a more general concept called a Buckyball, named for Buckminster Fuller of geodesic dome fame.
It turns out that many different sphere-like structures can be made from a combination of pentagons and hexagons, but whereas there is no limit on the number of hexagons, the number of pentagons must always be 12.
In particular, it is possible for the number of hexagons to equal zero, in which case youre left with the standard 12-faced Platonic solid, the dodecahedron. There is also a dodecahedron whose faces are all rhombi. Rhombic dodecahedra, as they are called, can, like cubes, be fitted together to fill three-dimensional space, in the same sense that rhombi or squares, but not pentagons can tile the plane. But a desk calendar can be made out of either form of dodecahedron, with each face getting a different month.
Having returned to the calendar, our tour is now complete.
Derrick Niederman is a math professor at the College of Charleston.


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Richard Littlemore | September 25, 2008
By Richard Littlemore • Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 09:44
Canada's New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton continues to opt for cheap partisan opportunism over sound environmental policy - most recently decrying the British Columbia carbon tax as "unfair for ordinary working families" and tying it to Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper.
There was a time when the NDP had real credibility as Canada's most environmentally conscious party - a position that they have given over, apparently in equal parts, to the Green party and to Stephane Dion's Liberals.
Now, instead of standing up for a good policy , Layton and the New Democrats provincially and federally are trying to score cheap points against their perceived rivals, in the process, chipping away at public support for any substantive action on climate change.
The only success he is likely to have with this line of attack is to strengthen the position of the Conservatives - a party that at least admits that it cares more about power than about the environment.
People hoping to defeat Stephen Harper - the only political leader in North America with NO plan to address climate change - might start thinking of the NDP as a questionable alternative. Or maybe not, depending on your riding. Go to VoteForEnvironment.ca and find out who is the candidate with the best chance of unseating the Harper Conservatives.
catherine replied on Permalink
Thanks for writing about
Thanks for writing about this. As a former NDP supporter, I find Layton's campaigning on carbon pricing appalling. I've been trying to expose him to others who care about the environment and still think the NDP under Layton is a good choice. Perhaps in ridings where the only alternative will be the Harper Conservatives, this will make sense. However, with the words coming out of Layton's mouth, anyone who trusts him is setting themselves up for disappointment.
I do think some of the NDP candidates care about the environment, but from my interactions it appears that at least some of them have been fed a lot of misinformation on carbon pricing by the party and would need some nonpartisan training on this topic to get back to an unbiased and more useful view. Too many of them spew this carbon tax hurts people but cap and trade only makes big polluters pay nonsense and lack any real understanding of how the two carbon pricing systems work.
Steve L replied on Permalink
All I've heard is "carbon tax = bad for families" but families in BC received $100 per person. That seems pretty good for a very minor tax add-on to gasoline, and I'm quite certain it has worked in my family's favor.
Rick replied on Permalink
definitely worked in my
definitely worked in my favor. We got $200. or about 4 months worth of gasoline. if the idea of the tax was to discourage driving - it failed.
Steve L replied on Permalink
So you're giving it back?
Spending it on gas just means that you're eager to give the money back via gas taxes, right? My family is going to spend most of our $300 on something that's taxed less.
Rick replied on Permalink
yeah - see by driving I'm
yeah - see by driving I'm paying taxes and uh saving the environment or uh something
Steve L replied on Permalink
uh, something!
By driving the same or more and therefore paying more taxes, you're making it so the BC gov't doesn't have to tax our incomes as much. My family ends up keeping more of our $300 than yours does of its $200. Families who figure out ways to drive less will keep more of their money. You burning the same amount or more fuel doesn't help the environment, but it helps the folks who figure out how to burn less gas.
Rick replied on Permalink
point taken - I actually
point taken - I actually don't drive much - only half as much as I did a few years ago. I keep exact records of my driving too on a excel spreadsheet - I watch the average and try to lower it.
So far this month I've driven 320 km.
I live green - I'm just a jerk on the internet.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Where are the net losers?
If people drive less that's less carbon tax revenue for the government, where does your $300 come from then? Someone has to be a net loser.
Steve L replied on Permalink
Okay, but then we all win.
If everyone uses less gas than the tax was calculated for, then the government has a deficit. So the gov't is the net loser because we've got money in our pockets.
Don't doubt that the gov't will try to make up for it, but be comforted in the fact that spending for roads and associated infrastructure, for car accidents and insurance, for expenditures related to pollution, etc, will all be less. Plus the overall goal of reducing emissions will be reached.
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As a Green Party supporter I
As a Green Party supporter I am disappointed Elizabeth May is cited as supporting strategic voting. Nothing in this country will ever change as long as the Lib-PC regime changes keep occurring. People should vote for the party that they identify with.
SmarterThanRichard replied on Permalink
Good Ole Greens...
From G&M today,
"Meanwhile, the Green Party's candidate in Nunavut was answering questions Thursday about his past run-ins with the law, including convictions for spousal abuse and cocaine possession.
Peter Ittinuar is well-known in the Eastern Arctic as the first-ever Inuit MP and widely recognized as a driving force behind the creation of Nunavut as a stand-alone territory.
The guilty plea for cocaine posession came just one month after his historic election the House of Commons in May, 1979, as an NDP MP.
In 1984, after crossing the floor to become a Liberal MP, he was charged with breach of trust, theft and uttering a forged document in connection to allegations he used his Parliamentary budget to buy a boat motor. The case went to trial and a jury found him not guilty on all counts.
Lacking the support of local Liberals, he ran as an independent and lost in the 1984 election. He promptly ran into more problems. He pled guilty in 1986 to assaulting his wife Susan and a police officer in Rankin Inlet.
He won the NDP nomination for Eastern Arctic in 1993, but then-leader Audrey McLaughlin rejected him as a candidate.
More recently, his driver's licence was suspended for six months in 2003 after pleading guilty to careless driving. Three other charges related to impaired and dangerous driving were dropped.
"We certainly allow for redemption and recovery in somebody's life," said Jim MacDonald, the Green Party's campaign manager. "[Mr. Ittinuar] has continued to play an important part in the life of the North and we are certainly aware of those rather ancient charges that were filed against him and feel that enough time has passed by."
Jim Bell, the editor of the Iqaluit-based Nunatsiuq News, said Mr. Ittinuar is an intelligent and well-respected personality in the North and that his paper did not even mention the criminal convictions when it reported on the former MP's return to politics.
"He's a very bright guy who has a lot of interesting things to say," said Mr. Bell, who recently interviewed Mr. Ittinuar in Iqaluit. "For me, it's just making it a much more interesting campaign to have him in it.""
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
The day AGW died
September 24, 2008
Solar Winds Cooling Warmist Doomsaying
Timothy Birdnow
Global warming alarmists face yet another challenge to their predictions of an inferno of doom. The solar wind is losing power, and is at a fifty year low, according to NASA.
The Ulysses solar probe reports a 13% drop in temperature, a 20% drop in density, and a 30% drop-off in the sun`s magnetic field, marking this as the weakest period of solar wind on record (records go back to the 1960`s).
What does this mean? The Heliosphere is thinning, and thus will block fewer cosmic rays. Heinrick Svensmark theorizes that an increase in cosmic rays reaching the Earth will drive cloud formation, increase the planet`s albedo, thus cooling it.
Is this the cause of the Earth`s unusually cool year? According to Anthony Watts, the Earth`s albedo reached a nadir in 1997, and has risen sharply since. Is this related to the weakening of solar activity? We`ve seen few sunspots in Solar Cycle 24, the solar conveyor belt has slowed to a crawl, and now the solar wind is bottoming out.
This will allow us to see if we are really in the throes of Anthropogenic Global Warming; if temperatures rise (and they haven`t since 1998) then factors other than solar activity are driving climate trends, if not then the greenhouse gas theory is falsified.
If a cooling trend continues, the climate alarmists will have to throw in the towel. Never fear; they`ll come up with a new cause to keep their adrenaline flowing! Probably ocean acidification, or the loss of bees…
Steve L replied on Permalink
baloney as usual
We know that factors other than GHGs affect temperatures. Otherwise we'd be as ridiculous as you and predict that increasing GHGs will result in a steadily increasing temperature without variance around the trend (see below).
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
2 problems
1) these solar scientists said they have no clue what the sun is going to do over future years. Thus climate models cannot predict the future.
2) what caused the drop in temp from the 1940s- 1975 inspite of a four-fold plus increase in GHG emissions?
Rick replied on Permalink
How sure is the 1940 - 75
How sure is the 1940 - 75 Cooling period?
- if the data is right - then it's a major unaccounted for climate shift that doesn't fit into consensus science.
if those happen - then we don't know whats coming up
Steve L replied on Permalink
I shouldn't indulge off-topics by JR
but, JR, how come it's so much warmer now despite the distinct lack of solar activity?
[Begin quotation] Will the winds continue to lose strength?
"We've only been monitoring solar wind since the early years of the Space Age – from the early 60s to the present," said Ulysses program scientist Arik Posner in a press release. "Over that period of time, it's unique. How the event stands out over centuries or millennia, however, is anybody's guess. We don't have data going back that far."
Note: Astronomers recently noted that August was the first month in centuries to pass without a single sunspot. Could there be a relationship between that and whatever is weakening the solar wind? Wired Science will follow this up…. [End quotation]
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Global temps
Drop since 1998
100 year trend
This one shows the drop was from 1935-1975. Maybe someone here can provide peer reviewed evidence as to what caused this drop in spite of increasing CO2 emissions.
Steve L replied on Permalink
How many more times?
Can't stick to the topic, JR? Seems like a weak tactic to try and switch things.
But here are two things you can read that should lead you to answers. Maybe we can talk about them in the comments of a relevant post:
http://tinyurl.com/2ycajn – you can cherry pick an El Nino year and a La Nina year if you like, but again it seems like a tactic borne of weakness.
http://tinyurl.com/4wxuu9 – aerosols and methodological differences.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
"but, JR, how come it's so
"but, JR, how come it's so much warmer now despite the distinct lack of solar activity?" Except it has not warmed since 1998, right in cue with the NASA findings.
"http://tinyurl.com/4wxuu9 – aerosols and methodological differences." Doesn say anything about aerosols. Interesting the comments. Seems to make the data fit the models, change the data!! That is exactly what is being done here. This article shows, if anything, that THEY HAVE NO CLUE, what caused the 1945-1975 cooling. BTW, Hansen's "hockeystick" graph shows the global mean temperature as dropping 1945-1975, regardless of what the oceans did. This does not support your dogma one bit.
Until this is resolved, and until one can explain the rise from 1850-1945 with such a tiny amount of CO2 emissions. Then one has no choice, were one a rational thinker, but to stay skeptical about AGW.
Steve L replied on Permalink
Just like a politician
Deny, deny, deny.
Who's fitting data to models here? You: "right in cue with the NASA findings" – ha, actually the NASA findings suggest the solar effects you assume to be so important are the lowest since the 60's or perhaps centuries, and yet we're at high temperatures relative to each of those time periods.
I see you're still cherry-picking the El Nino and La Nina years. Why? The link I provided shows that with that approach you can still find short non-warming periods over time in which large temperature increases occur.
Why do you think Hansen's graph shouldn't show a period of cooling when sulfate emissions first shot up? (See figure 4 on the link and then follow links from there if you don't know what I'm talking about.)
A rational thinker wouldn't assume that because climate changed previously, no anthropogenic effect could also change climate.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
nothing about sulphates
First off. I don't trust anything from RealClimate.
Second, I followed those links and I see nothing that says anything about "sulfate emissions first shot up".
Steve L replied on Permalink
Let's build some trust, shall we? Did you find this:
"The total energy imbalance is expressed as net forcing, the sum of all the various forcings (eg - solar, aerosols, greenhouse gases, etc). Figure 4 compares net forcing to global temperature over the 20th century:"?
There was a link there, within the parentheses. That takes you to here: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/
Check out the tropospheric aerosols under graph a (it was also available in the comments at the first link). Note the increase when WW2 ended to ~1985 (coal-fired power). The stratospheric aerosols should also be of interest to you.
It's too bad you don't trust anything from RealClimate. Would it change your mind if you were to obtain the annual mean estimates and plot 8 year time periods like they did and found a similar result?
Steve L replied on Permalink
make sure to look at the bottom
unfortunately, there are two graphs labeled "a" at that url. I'm referring to the second one.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Net Forcings
I saw these graphs http://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/, pointed out the net forcing in my last post. Where does it say these aerosols caused the 1945-1975 cooling? No where.
The dropped values in the aerosols match up with major volcanic eruptions.
As for RC. Check out their LACK of answering my questions
They also deleted many of my comments that would have been difficult for them to answer. I have them all and wrote a bit for a science blog to be soon published.
Steve L replied on Permalink
I got to comment 191
and decided that was far enough to decide that you're a bit of a kook. Why not answer Gavin's request for a proper source? And why throw in a bunch of unrelated junk? Besides, regardless of whether or not you think RC is part of a conspiracy, the technique of looking at trends over various short time periods during the increase in global temperatures is a valid mechanism for determining whether the current lack of increase means that we're not in the middle of a longer term warming. Don't like their calculation? Then try one yourself. But it seems you'd rather propagandize than actually do some real work, just like most AGW-deniers.
The dropped values relate to all the forcings combined, and you can pick out the expected reductions from both the volcanic aerosols and the tropospheric aerosols. I don't see what your problem is here.
I hope I'm wrong about your tendancy to propagandize. I look forward to finding out when you publish your science blog piece. (Why not send it to a reputable journal?)
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Change reality to fit the models
I just might. Been published before May 1998 issue of the Journal for Geological Education.
"and decided that was far enough to decide that you're a bit of a kook. " You should have read the rest. Gavin REFUSES to present peer reviewed papers that cxonclusively shows 1850-1945 was caused by CO2, and refused to give peer reviewed papers that shows what caused the drop from 1945-1975 in spite of a 4 fold increase in CO2. He also deleted many of my comments which would have been embarissing for him to answer.
"The dropped values relate to all the forcings combined, and you can pick out the expected reductions from both the volcanic aerosols and the tropospheric aerosols. I don't see what your problem is here."
Look at the graph more closely. Those drops are AFTER 1945, in fact the first one is around 1963. So THERE IS NO WAY AEROSOLS CAUSED THE DROP IN 1945. Thus CANNOT be used to answer my question. What caused the drop from 1945-1975?
Lindzen shows what's going on here: http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0809/0809.3762.pdf page 12:
The fourth example is perhaps the strangest. For many years, the global mean temperature record showed cooling from about 1940 until the early 70's. This, in fact, led to the concern for global cooling during the 1970's. The IPCC regularly, through the 4th assessment, boasted of the ability of models to simulate this cooling (while failing to emphasize that each model required a different specification of completely undetermined aerosol cooling in order to achieve this simulation (Kiehl, 2007)). Improvements in our understanding of aerosols are increasingly making such arbitrary tuning somewhat embarrassing, and, no longer surprisingly, the data has been 'corrected' to get rid of the mid 20th century cooling (Thompson et al, 2008). This may, in fact, be a legitimate correction (http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=3114). The embarrassment may lie in the continuous claims of modelers to have simulated the allegedly incorrect data.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 34, L22710, doi:10.1029/2007GL031383, 2007
Twentieth century climate model response and climate sensitivity
Jeffrey T. Kiehl
Climate Change Research Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Climate forcing and climate sensitivity are two key factors in understanding Earth's climate. There is considerable interest in decreasing our uncertainty in climate sensitivity. This study explores the role of these two factors in climate simulations of the 20th century. It is found that the total anthropogenic forcing for a wide range of climate models differs by a factor of two and that the total forcing is inversely correlated to climate sensitivity. Much of the uncertainty in total anthropogenic forcing derives from a threefold range of uncertainty in the aerosol forcing used in the simulations.
Here is the attempt to ALTER THE DATA TO FIT THE MODEL
Nature 453, 646-649 (29 May 2008)
A large discontinuity in the mid-twentieth century in observed global-mean surface temperature
David W. J. Thompson1, John J. Kennedy2, John M. Wallace3 & Phil D. Jones4
Data sets used to monitor the Earth's climate indicate that the surface of the Earth warmed from 1910 to 1940, cooled slightly from 1940 to 1970, and then warmed markedly from 1970 onward1. The weak cooling apparent in the middle part of the century has been interpreted in the context of a variety of physical factors, such as atmosphere–ocean interactions and anthropogenic emissions of sulphate aerosols2. Here we call attention to a previously overlooked discontinuity in the record at 1945, which is a prominent feature of the cooling trend in the mid-twentieth century. The discontinuity is evident in published versions of the global-mean temperature time series1, but stands out more clearly after the data are filtered for the effects of internal climate variability. We argue that the abrupt temperature drop of 0.3 °C in 1945 is the apparent result of uncorrected instrumental biases in the sea surface temperature record. Corrections for the discontinuity are expected to alter the character of mid-twentieth century temperature variability but not estimates of the century-long trend in global-mean temperatures.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
RC not scientific
Speaking of RC. You do know that they are owned and funded by Environmental Media Services, which is a radical left wing political lobby organization with deep pockets. Gore also funds it, and Gavin Schmidt's boss is James Hansen. Who we know is fudging the numbers (www.climateaudit.org). Both Gore and Hansen are making big bucks because of this climate alarmism (Hansen gets money from Gore). Thus RC is highly biased and not scientific in the least.
Rick replied on Permalink
quote on Planet
quote on Planet Gore:
"Campaigns to 'save the cuddly animals' or 'protect the ancient forests' are really disguised efforts to raise money for Democratic political campaigns," Senator Inhofe said during a floor speech today presenting the new report. "Environmental organizations have become experts at duplicitous activity, skirting laws up to the edge of illegality, and burying their political activities under the guise of non-profit environmental improvement.
imagine that - green orgs being crass political groups than anything else.
say it aint so!
Steve L replied on Permalink
it ain't so
what do you know – it ain't so.
Jim McDonald replied on Permalink
You're wrong about Layton
NDP still has the best environmental policies. In fact, while the Greens have great environmental ideology, I can't see that they have any actual policy in terms of concrete proposals–except supporting the Liberals' carbon tax policy.
And I still can't see carbon tax as effective. It doesn't assure reduced emissions–it just provides incentives for them. Gasoline and heating fuels have always been heavily taxed (as have tobacco and alcohol) but people continue to pay the price and consume them.
Besides, the incentives don't hit where they'll do the most good. If a big landlord, for example, has to pay more for heating oil, he'll do it and pass the cost on to his tenants. And he gets a greater tax benefit than they do.
When I heard the president of Syncrude say that he (and other members of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers) favoured carbon taxes, I knew it had to be the wrong approach. Because, of course, they won't be paying carbon taxes; they don't buy oil. They sell it to the people who have to pay the tax.
Emissions have to be capped, period. No options. That's the NDP position, and it's right.
So is the Green-Collar Jobs plan.
So is the Environment Action bond issue.
The NDP is the environmentalist's only real ally in this political landscape, and this is not least because, back in 2003, they chose an accomplished environmentalist, Jack Layton, as leader.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Layton's bad economic policies.
Canadian Chamber of Commerce and an economist came on Mike Duffy today and blasted Layton's policies claiming Layton has no idea how business works, provides jobs, provides taxes, that support Jack's sacred social programs. Without corporations making a descent profit, Jack's union pentioners would not have any income. Tax the banks and big oil? Where does Jack think his pension fund sits! Think about that.
David Lewis replied on Permalink
NDP are neanderthals on climate issues
Layton's rating of 8 out of 10 on climate seen elsewhere on DeSmogBlog is the exact kind of BS DeSmogBlog was created to cut through.
In BC the NDP went along with the Liberal government as they prepared to implement their cap and trade scheme and carbon tax, UNTIL it became apparent that there were votes to be had if the NDP opposed it. So that's what they did. Instead of offering leadership at a critical time on a difficult and vitally important issue, the provincial NDP is now mobilizing and encouraging opposition to the carbon tax to the point that a lot of observers are saying the tax might actually be withdrawn.
The B.C. NDP is doing their best to torpedo the most progressive climate policy so far enacted in North America.
Layton is doing the same thing federally. He voiced his opposition to Dion's carbon tax during the TV debate. All I hear him say on the issue is that the ordinary Canadian can rest easy as they will be expected to do nothing while Layton's policy, in the unlikely event he became Prime Minister, would be to go after the "big polluters". Any cap and trade scheme he implements will necessarily increase costs for his "average Canadian" and so we can expect him to do nothing as he supposedly defends their interests. All we can expect him to do in opposition would be to pretend to stand for doing something, while he opposes any action at all.
Its time to realize the NDP is not a progressive force on climate. They are neanderthals, pretending to be on both sides of the issue in their words, but in their actions they are only on the one side - they are firmly standing for no action at all, no matter what is proposed.


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name for city of Fresno,CA.
mane lets get out to the No-Town
ayon kay SoulJAH P ika-26 ng Abril, 2006
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Slang term for Reno, Nevada...aka tha 775. The only place where you can legaly pay for sex at 18, but cant have a drink until you're 21.
When i hit up the No-Town i want two things, sex and money.
ayon kay B-Sett ika-14 ng Abril, 2008
FresNO CAlifornia the central of cali.
best no the deal in the NO-Town
ayon kay SoulJAH P ika-26 ng Abril, 2006
1. slang term for Fresno, CA
that punk bitch doesnt know tha streetz of No-Town
ayon kay tharealist ika-22 ng Agosto, 2005
There's only one No-Town and that Reno. 775!
There's no town like No-Town.
ayon kay jivetime ika-09 ng Oktubre, 2006
aka Fresno, California. A city in Central California with nothing to do. Too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter. Its not a snowy cold. Its a dry fucked up cold. The City that gave birth the the Bulldogs. A local gang that runs through Fresno County. You need to drive 2 hours in any direction and you will find somethign to do. Other wise you will be bored. All No-Town has is Wild Water. A Water park that is well known through out the central valley.
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Lorenz Places 1st in Heptathlon at MAC Championships
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - The Ball State track & field team improved since its 2011 Mid-American Conference Championships showing of 12th to 10th-place on the final day of the league meet Saturday, hosted by Central Michigan at Lyle Bennett Outdoor Track.
The Cardinals finished the three-day event with 22 points to place 10th among the 12-team field. Kent State won the meet with 134.33 points and was followed by Toledo (132), Western Michigan (108), Miami (82), Eastern Michigan (78.33), Buffalo (72), Akron (68.50), Northern Illinois (55.33), Central Michigan (48), BSU, Ohio (17.50) and Bowling Green (1).
Ball State's top event of the final day came in the high jump as Rebecca Lomax (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport) leaped to a height of 5-5.75 for fourth-place.
In other field events, Melissa Dodaro (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg) posted an eighth-place toss in the discus (147-06), in addition to Alyssa Hurlburt (Huntington, Ind./Huntington North) tallying a leap of 33-11.25 in the triple jump.
In the relay events, Lomax combined with Jordan McMillan (Portland, Ind./Jay County), Thekla Lorenz (Hamburg, Germany) and Janae Taylor (Richmond, Ind./Richmond) on the ninth-place 4x100m relay (49.16).
MaryKate Mellen (Michigan City, Ind./Michigan City) returned in the finals of the 15000m run to add a phenomenal time of 4:38.02 for eighth place.
For her performance during the league meet, Lorenz earned All-MAC First Team honors.
High Jump
4th - Rebecca Lomax (5-5.75/1.67m)
17th - Haley Austin (5-1.75/1.57m)
Triple Jump
15th - Alyssa Hurlburt (33-11.25/10.34m)
8th - Melissa Dodaro (147-06/44.97m)
18th - Marie Lumpkin (118-02/36.02m)
4x100m Relay
9th - Jordan McMillan, Thekla Lorenz, Rebecca Lomax, Janae Taylor (49.16)
1500m Run
8th - MaryKate Mellen (4:38.02)
5000m Run
17th - MaryKate Mellen (18:10.71)
18th - Madeline Goheen (18:13.07)
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Ball State Outdoor Track & Field tallied 15 points on the second day of the 2012 Mid-American Conference Track & Field Championships Friday at Central Michigan's Lyle Bennett Outdoor Track.
After day two, Toledo is first with 59 points and is followed by Kent State (48), Miami (33), Akron (29), Eastern Michigan (22), Western Michigan (21), Buffalo (18), Central Michigan (16), BSU, Ohio (12), Bowling Green (T-0) and Northern Illinois (T-0).
The Cardinals jumped from 10th to ninth in the standings behind strong efforts from Thekla Lorenz (Hamburg, Germany) in the pentathlon with a score of 5142 for first place. Lorenz returned Friday with a third-place leap in the long jump (18-8.00), a throw of (117-05) in the javelin and a time of 2:27.55 in the 800m run.
Also competing in the heptathlon, Lindsay Wallace (Burlington, Ontario/Nelson) added top performances in the long jump (15-0.75), javelin (60-08) and 800m run (2:34.99).
Lorenz returned in the long jump after leaping to 18-11.25 for fourth-place, in addition to Christina Crawford (Belleville, Mich./Romulus) adding a top effort of 17-2.25.
In the sprint events, Janae Taylor (Richmond, Ind./Richmond) posted top-20 efforts in the 100m dash preliminaries (11.97) and 200m dash preliminaries (25.13), while Christine Talhelm (Indianapolis, Ind./Franklin Central) clocked in at 2:11.93 in the 800m run preliminaries.
In the 1500m run preliminaries, MaryKate Mellen (Michigan City, Ind./Michigan City) posted a ninth-place finish with a qualifying time of 4:33.39.
Ball State also picked up phenomenal performances in the 3000m steeplechase from Courtney Edon (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) in ninth-place (11:28.56) and Caitlynn Edon (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) in 14th-place (12:01.04).
Ball State returns to the final day of the 2012 MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships Saturday from Central Michigan's Lyle Bennett Outdoor Track.
Heptathlon - 1st - Thekla Lorenz (5142)
Long Jump - 3rd (18-8.00/5.69m)
Javelin Throw - 2nd (117-05/35.80m)
800m Run - 5th (2:27.55)
Heptathlon - 13th - Lindsay Wallace (3639)
Long Jump - 14th (15-0.75/4.59m)
Javelin Throw - 13th (60-08/18.50m)
800m Run - 9th (2:34.99)
100m Dash Prelims
11th - Janae Taylor (11.97)
23rd - Jordan McMillan (12.58)
200m Dash Prelims
18th - Janae Taylor (25.13)
22nd - Jordan McMillan (25.41)
400m Hurdles Prelims
16th - Thekla Lorenz (1:11.64)
800m Run Prelims
9th - Christine Talhelm (2:11.93)
22nd - Emilee Zets (2:18.48)
1500m Run Prelims
11th - MaryKate Mellen (4:33.39)
3000m Steeplechase
9th - Courtney Edon (11:28.56)
14th - Caitlynn Edon (12:01.04)
Long Jump
4th - Thekla Lorenz (18-11.25/5.92)
15th - Christina Crawford (17-2.25/5.24m)
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - The Ball State outdoor track & field team finished the opening day of the 2012 Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships tied for tenth among 12 teams. The three-day meet is hosted by Central Michigan at Lyle Bennett Outdoor Track.
The Cardinals are tied for 10th with Bowling Green and Northern Illinois. Kent State is first with 22 points and is followed by Toledo (22), Akron (16), Central Michigan (14), Eastern Michigan (11), Buffalo (10), Miami (9), Western Michigan (8), Ohio (18), Central Michigan (16), BSU and Ohio (12).
Thekla Lorenz (Hamburg, Germany) paced the Cardinals during the opening rounds of the heptathlon, tallying a fourth-place finish in the 200m dash (25.62), an eighth-place finish in the 100m hurdles (14.57), in addition to posting second in the high jump (5-4.50) and fourth in the shot put (34-5.00).
Another Cardinal competing alongside Lorenz in the heptathlon is Lindsay Wallace (Burlington, Ontario/Nelson). She clocked in at 16.47 in the 100m hurdles and 27.48 in the 200m dash, in addition to tallying a leap of 4-9.50 in the high jump and distance of 25-8.00 in the shot put.
In the field events, Jorden Traver (Lafayette, Ind./Harrison) added top efforts in the javelin throw (96-07) and hammer throw (147-10). Marie Lumpkin (Losantville, Ind./Union) and Lywanna Melvin (Aurora, Ill./Bowling Green) also added distances of 148-01 and 125-09 in the hammer throw, respectively.
Ball State returns to action in the 2012 MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships Friday from Central Michigan's Lyle Bennett Outdoor Track.
Heptathlon - 1st - Thekla Lorenz (3075)
100m Hurdles - 8th (14.57)
High Jump - 2nd (5-4.50/1.64m)
Shot Put - 4th (34-5.00/10.49m)
200m Dash - 4th (25.62)
Heptathlon - 13th - Lindsay Wallace (2295)
100m Hurdles - 14th (16.47)
High Jump - 13th (4-9.50/1.46m)
Shot Put - 13th (25-8.00/7.82m)
200m Dash - 14th (27.48)
Hammer Throw
17th - Marie Lumpkin (148-01/45.15m)
18th - Jorden Traver (147-10/45.07m)
20th - Lywanna Melvin (125-09/38.32m)
Javelin Throw
17th - Jorden Traver (96-07/29.44m)


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Welcome to Acting Cordial, which is the easiest article we get to produce all week on this stupid blog, because someone else does half the work for us! In reality, it's a decent way to see what's going on with this week's Vikings opponent, dig inside their zombie heads, and find out just how badly we're going to get our lunch money taken from us. This week, we team up with Bloguin brother "Total Titans" to ask the TOUGH QUESTIONS heading into this VERY important fifth game of the regular season, where we have the potential to go an AMAZING 4-1 on the season. Read on as we discuss Jake Locker's weak body, depressing losing seasons, and Steve Hutchinson's back. Bet you never thought you'd talk about that again, huh?
Be sure to head over to Total Titans today as well, as I answered a slew of their questions, too. There is some great, lofty, INSIGHTFUL, interviews in both spots, so don't hesitate to travel there and insult them through trash talk. Check them out on their blog, and harass them during the game too, when we put their second quarterback on an injured list. DANGER!
On to the questions!
Purple Jesus Diaries: Hit me with some Jake Locker news … What happened to him, is he dead, will he play this weekend?
Total Titans: Jake Locker did the same thing he did when he played against the Saints last year, failing to identify a defensive back coming from the offensive right side and getting crushed because of it. He's not dead, but did aggravate (or re-injure) a shoulder he hurt Week 1 and head coach Mike Munchak announced Wednesday he would not play this week.
PJD: Give me your overall opinion on Locker. The Vikings were rumored to be interested in him during the same draft. You guys clearly got Locker, we got Ponder. Who got the better end of the deal? In a vacuum, do you like what you've seen? Where does he need to improve? Can he be your franchise QB?
TT: After 20 games, who knows who got the better end of the deal. Ponder seems to be playing well right now, better than Locker, but he also got a lot more playing time last year, so you'd expect him to be ahead. I loved Locker as a collegiate player, but had serious questions about his ability to be a top-level NFL starter due to lack of accuracy. Right now, I haven't seen enough to change my mind. Locker's ceiling is probably somewhere around Donovan McNabb, a not particularly high completion percentage, low interception quarterback who can make some plays with his legs and is has maybe one season where he's one of the top three QBs in the league and is otherwise pretty good but not great.
PJD: As a Chris Johnson fantasy owner, let me just shake my fist at him angrily. What's his deal, though? Why has he lost his mojo? Offensive line issues, lack of will, what is it?
TT: There's not just one issue. The offensive line isn't as good as it was in 2009, when he went for 2000 yards, and that's been part of the problem. In 2009, Johnson got most of his big runs on the edges of the defense, running right end and left end. Teams in early 2010 starting setting the edge hard, not letting him get the corner and stringing plays out. Johnson keeps looking for the big seam and the big play and ends up gaining nothing or losing yards instead of just picking up 2 yards and going on to the next play. Of course, his most maddening tendency is even worse than that-a liking of coming to an almost complete stop in the backfield, conveniently allowing any existing running lanes to close, then resuming running. Last year he was also at time completely allergic to contact, to the point of diving head-first into the ground to avoid a tackler, but he hasn't resorted to those extremes this year, at least not yet.
Against the Texans last week, he actually did run forward without stopping and ended up with 141 yards on the ground. Will that continue into this week's game? It's certainly possible, but I won't believe it until I see it.
PJD: You guys have Steve Hutchinson on your roster, who use to play for us. We dumped him because he was overpaid due to his back problems. Have those cleared up? Has he done well for you?
TT: His back problems haven't flared up in Tennessee, but right now Steve Hutchinson is playing like an almost-35-year-old offensive lineman. I didn't have particularly high expectations for his play (he's a far cry from the All-Pro he was seven years ago), but he's underachieved even my expectations.
PJD: I always remember the Titans as having a stellar defense that would fly around the field, rush the hell out of you, and smack you in the mouth with your linebackers. Where is the current defense now, their strengths and weaknesses in comparison to teams of old?
TT: Current defensive coordinator Jerry Gray arrived last year and started implementing his preferred Under front, including the first true Sam linebacker the Titans had had in about a decade. Think Seattle's defense, only without all the good players.
The current defensive weaknesses of the Titans are stopping the run and stopping the pass, especially the latter. Aside from a decent showing against the Chargers' terrible offensive line, the Titans have barely gotten within breathing distance of the opposing passer this season. It's shown in the results, as over 75% of passes against the Titans this year have been completed. Opposing tight end-type players have scored seven touchdowns against the Titans this year, which wouldn't be a bad total for an entire season. Things may be somewhat better if middle linebacker Colin McCarthy, who's missed the last three games with an ankle injury suffered against the Patriots, returns, but I'm not expecting anything different.
PJD: The Titans are 1-3, but it's been a rough start to the year. Patriots, Chargers, and Texans were all losses. Those are some pretty good teams. How did they beat you, and will the Vikings find similar weaknesses, or have they been cleaned up?
TT: The Patriots and Texans pretty much moved the ball up and down the field all day with ease and didn't let the Titans receivers get open. That's a good formula, and it's also one that's not very hard to accomplish given the apparent quality of the Titans' defense and wide receivers. For the Chargers, they let Philip Rivers bail them out on third-and-long in the first half, which he did thanks to wide open holes in the secondary, and just ran the ball down the Titans' throat in the second half.
As to whether those weaknesses have been cleared up, well, defensive tackle Jurrell Casey (who can beat up on bad offensive linemen) noted on Monday that when watching tape, everybody on defense is on a separate page.
PJD: Your win against the Lions was pretty exciting. How close were you to a heart attack during that game? And thank you. If you can continue to beat other NFC North teams, we'd appreciate it.
TT: I was in my living room and normally sit on my couch and watch games, but I don't think I sat down for the last hour of the game. I'd like for the Titans to beat the Packers and Lions, but it's hard to see it happening, especially the game in Green Bay in late December.
PJD: What do you think your game plan will be heading into the Vikings game? What are your strengths you'll use to try and sneak out a win on the road?
TT: Gameplan? The Titans have at times shown an irrational philosophical belief in that they're a running team on offense. They tried it the first two games, didn't against the Lions, but then did it again against the Texans, finally with positive results. They'll probably try to run the ball early in the game on offense, it'll fail, and they'll have to throw the ball virtually every down. Matt Hasselbeck's skills are much more conducive to the quick passing game, but unless the Vikings are willing to make a game of things by trotting out last year's secondary (Cedric Griffin against Damian Williams would be a great, very competitive battle) he needs more of tight end Jared Cook, who has the speed to outrun linebackers in the seam, and a healthy Kenny Britt, to really threaten defenses. If Cook and Britt are active and able to contribute, then the Titans have a shot at scoring enough points to keep up with how many the defense allows. Scoring on defense and special teams (like they did three times against the Lions) would really help a lot as well.
PJD: What are you most worried about? Where do you think the Vikings will be able to most easy exploit you on both offense and defense?
TT: What am I worried about? A defense that's allowing almost 3 points a drive and even worse than that in the second half. Offensively, set the edge against Chris Johnson and dare him to run between the tackles, which he's manifestly failed to do most of his career. The non-Britt/Cook receivers don't really threaten your defense, though Nate Washington can do some damage in the slot. Cover those guys, dare the other players to beat you, and the Titans will probably fail to score more than 14 points for the fourth time. On offense, the Vikings should just do what they're good at, though I'll warn you the starting corners, Alterraun Verner and Jason McCourty, are pretty good at tackling most of the time (the rest of the team, not so much). Throwing the ball to Kyle Rudolph will be a pretty good idea (and I'm not just saying that because of fantasy football).
PJD: Vikings win! Right? What is your game prediction for Sunday?
TT: I hate making game predictions, just because of the nature of the NFL. To win, the Titans will need some breaks, and they haven't been good at making their own. Let's say Vikings 24 – Titans 17.
Thanks again, guys! And be sure to jump over to their site to check out the Q&A we did for them.
PJD Game Preview up later today. YES!


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quote: Because unlike every other war in US history, taxes were not raised to pay for the cost of the war. So if taxes weren't raised to pay for the war, why should there be a deduction after the war ends?Nevermind the giant deficit we currently have; lets reduce even MORE revenue! What could happen?
quote: Yes but the deficit you allude to is a side effect of giving an effect 0% tax rate (or even government refunds) to a favored handful of corporations and billions in special interest grants.
quote: since you have no flipping idea what it is to be poor.
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Abe's grandfather Harold was an amazing man; I had the privilege of meeting him before his death in 1999. July 28th, 2010 would've been his 100th birthday – we went to eat some Jewish deli in his honor.
I can't believe this was my first trip to Canter's! It's a Los Angeles institution. We settled into a booth, surrounded by folks of all types.
Sour sour pickles! I had two.
A sip of Abe's Diet Black Cherry soda too
Ginormous menu
I knew exactly what I wanted – their famous Monte Cristo
Unfortunately, they wouldn't let me order it without meat (or on the side) so Abe could split it with me; I knew it was going to be a behemoth of a sandwich and didn't want more leftovers crowding the fridge so I kept looking…
Look! Harold's got his own special!
Not a fan of tongue, though. I went with the Hot Corned Beef Sandwich on Rye
Abe ordered the Avocado Melt – with Sauteed Mushrooms, Tomato, Swiss, and Alfalfa Sprouts, grilled on Whole Wheat
I had a bite of his sandwich to see if it was "Best Vegetarian Sandwich in L.A." worthy; pretty good – but needed salt. I stole about 4 of his steak fries, too – it's been a while since I've seen ones that thick!
I was starving!!!
The Jewish deli sandwiches in Los Angeles are much more manageable than the ones in NYC – you can actually fit your mouth around them – but there's still A LOT of meat! I dipped mine in two giant blobs of mustard.
Not the best corned beef sandwich I've ever had; it was pretty dry and needed more seasoning.
Obviously I didn't hate it, though
Stuffed afterwards! No room for their tantalizing baked goods (though Dessert Darling booed their carrot cake)
I got a call during dinner from my manager for a last-minute audition so I spent the rest of the night prepping for that…
So so so full. The way Harold would've wanted his birthday celebrated!


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on May 6, 2013 - 7:44 AM
Do you have refinance envy?
Come on, you can admit it. You've been at an event or to church or having lunch with co-workers and someone brags about the interest rate she just got when refinancing her mortgage. You stay silent, grieving that you can't take advantage of the low interest rates for mortgages.
You grumble when you read news stories about mortgage rates near historic lows, with rates on a 30-year fixed loan down to 3.42 percent last week. The rate for 15-year fixed mortgage was 2.64 percent, not far from the record low of 2.63 percent posted last November.
As mortgage rates fall, people are rushing to refinance. But what if you are 15 or 20 years into a 30-year mortgage and you don't want to stretch the payments out again? Still, you can't stand it that you are stuck at a 5 percent or 6 percent interest rate.
But there is a way to cut the amount you'll pay in mortgage interest to achieve savings as if you refinanced. HSH.com, which publishes mortgage and consumer loan information, has created two calculators for homeowners who are unable to refinance at today's low interest rates.
The company's "PreFi" and "LowerRate" calculators help homeowners figure out how to attain a lower effective mortgage interest rate through prepaying their mortgage principal.
The PreFi calculator will help if you have a specific dollar amount available for prepayment each month. It calculates your interest savings over the remaining loan term and your effective interest rate as a result of making extra payments. The LowerRate calculator can be used if you want to aim for a specific interest rate.
"If you can't refinance your mortgage but can afford to pay some additional money each month, that prepayment might save you as much as an actual refinance," said Keith Gumbinger, vice president of HSH.com.
Gumbinger said he got the idea for the calculators because he was contemplating whether he should refinance his own mortgage. But he's so far along in paying the mortgage down and the amount is so small, he wondered if it was worth the time and cost of refinancing.
"It's hard to achieve measurable savings when you are in my situation and not interested in restarting the mortgage," he said.
Let's say you took out a $200,000 mortgage two years ago at 4.5 percent, which was the average 30-year fixed rate in mid-June 2011. You have an extra $200 a month you could apply to the mortgage principal.
Without prepayment, you will pay off your loan in 337 months (28.08 years). Total amount of interest you'll pay: $147,819.88. With prepayment, you will pay off your loan in 244 months (20.33 years). Total amount of interest you'll pay: $102,216.80. Your effective interest rate over those 244 months: 3.843 percent.
Here's an example of how the LowerRate calculator works, using the same information. You want that 3.41 percent interest rate. So in the calculator, you would enter 3.41 to find out exactly how much extra you'll need to pay each month.
To get the equivalent interest cost of a 3.41 percent refinance over a term of 28.08 years, you would have to prepay $167.10 every month – or just a little over $2,000 a year.
Of course the assumption is that you have the extra money to pay down your mortgage. But many people want to refinance because they want to lower their payment.
In that case, it may be worth considering a refinance, if you can qualify. Aside from savings, refinancing does free up cash you might need.
If you are not well-positioned financially – you're not saving for retirement or college for your children, paying down other debts, such as credit cards – then prepaying your mortgage may not make sense, Gumbinger said.
Still, try out the calculators and prepay on your principal.
The next time someone is bragging about the lower interest rate they got, you won't have to be envious.


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An email from a demanding Medusa of a bride-to-be was anonymously forwarded to Gawker and printed in its entirety. On priniciple, I'm opposed to a bride getting wedding cake smashed in her face. In this particular case, I think it's necessary. What I find most offensive about her email is not the unreasonable list of expectations nor her utter disregard for the personal lives of her bridesmaids, but her horrendous grammar.
First, the email. Then, my wedding gift to the bride: a lovely satin purse filled with contractions, a box of commas, and a dictionary.
To m lovely Bridesmaid: [Names removed to protect the brideslaves]
As you all know I picked 10 wonderful ladies to stand by my side, share and make happen my special day to Jake. Each of you individually have a reason and a special place in my heart of why I picked you to be a bridesmaid. We have set our date for Saturday, August 31, 2013 in Vail, Colorado. That seems far away but it really isn't, the earlier the planning the better. You may have already knew that my wonderful sister L— will be the Maid of Honor, she's in charge under me. Also my lovely mom will be a big help as well. L— has a big role in throwing me a bridal shower and bachelorette party, of course all of you guys do but at the end of the day shes the go to person and makes it happen.
You all have a big roll in this wedding, so before we continue I'm going to be setting some ground rules and its very important you read and think about everything through before you accept this honor to be a bridesmaid. If you guys email anything I would also like you to put L— in the CC. Not all the bridesmaid need to be CC'd unless its coming from me or L—, if it something everyone needs to see then well do it. We set the date to August 31, 2013 if that's a problem we need to know NOW. Also by the end of the week we will be setting dates for the engagement party, bridal show and bachelorette party.
Our wedding party is really the most important people at the wedding besides my self and Jake so we want every single one of our bridesmaid and grooms at our parties, I have 10 not 8 where two couldn't make it so if you already know you cant make one of the parties then we have to find someone else, not to be harsh in the slightest it would sadden me and of course you'll still be invited to our wedding, engagement ect. But it's different if your not in the wedding party and couldn't make it. We'll give everyone well advance dates for the parties and it will always fall on a weekend. The wedding as I stated will be in Vail the engagement party will either be in NY or CT and the bachelorette party will be in Vegas, cliche yeaa but I've never been.
A few girls live out of town so if there is going to be a problem with coming to either one then I need to know now because after this week I don't want to be surprised. I would like everyone to send me any dates they are going away or planning to go away after February so if your going away in January I don't care. I want any dates from February to the day of our wedding in August, that way we know not to plan something when your away. But after this week the dates are set in stone. Also if money is tight and you cant afford to contribute to say the bachelorette party or wont be able to afford a dress etc then L— and Myself don't have time to deal with that, I'm sorry. This includes flights as well, everyone knows the states where the parties are going to be held so if you wont be able to afford a flight then that means you cant make a party which ultimately means I cant have you as a bridesmaid. Obviously we'll get the best deals and were not gonna books flights for $1000 and shit that's why were doing this in advance, that goes for bridesmaids dresses as well everything will be affordable but if you think by affordable its going to be a $25 forever 21 dress then your going to the wrong wedding.
If your out of state though don't think you have to fly in for all fittings, that we will work with you, find stores in your town, get measurements..you don't have to worry about that. Also if you accept this honor another thing is that you need to be available, I'm not going to harass you with wedding stuff every hour of everyday but if its something important and it takes you a week even 2-3 days to get back to me seeeee ya! I don't have time to wait around for responses, everyone has their phone on them, it shouldn't take you more than a day to get back to me, even if your out of the country, check your email!
Furthermore, Ever since I could remember I have dreamed about this day all my life. I want to share it with the people that are most important to me. You only get one time to plan your dream wedding and I couldn't pick a more amazing group of girls to make that dream come true! So please, what's stated above think about it all and by Wednesday I need to know if everyone is 100% in, and what I have asked about sending me dates if your gonna be away between Feb-Aug ill need that on Wednesday. If you don't think you'll be able to attend one party but can make the rest of them I'm sorry but I'll have to take you out as a bridesmaid and put you as a guest. If you want to get back to me before Wednesday, that's fine. Really think about everything I've said. This is really going to be the most epic wedding ever so I hope you girls can share this special day with us!
- Clauses are usually set off with a comma: As you all know [comma] I picked 10 wonderful ladies (and I bet these "ladies" aren't feeling so wonderful after reading this email.)
- "You may have already knew." –> Wrong case and split infinitive. Past present case should have been: already may have known
- Lowercase letters follow a comma. Typically, one capitalizes the first letter of proper names and places and the initial letter in a new sentence.
- "You all have a big roll in this wedding" The spelling would be role, unless she really is planning on giving each bridesmaid a specially baked, round bread. Honestly, I think this is a typo because she spells it properly elsewhere in her email. That's called cutting someone some slack.
- Its means belonging to. Since you mean it is, please add an apostrophe between the t and the s.
- Myself is one word not two, as in my self. Though, actually, her self is an entity unto itself.
- Cant is a contraction indicating cannot and requires an apostrophe between the n and the t. It is not, as many comments on this blog seem to think, a misspelled perjorative term referring to the female anatomy. [EDITOR'S NOTE: You really should read the comments to the Gawker post. They are, em, entertaining.]
- "if your not in the wedding party" Your means belonging to you. You're means you are and requires an apostrophe and a final e. I'm sure, at this point in the email, the bridesmaids are wishing they aren't (as in ARE NOT) in the wedding.
- " I want to share it with the people that are most important to me.
She wants to share it with the people WHO are most important to her. People are not things, which would be THAT. Although, since she's treating people like things, this usage may be appropriate.
- I like how she capitalizes Myself in the middle of a sentence in the fourth paragraph. It should be lowercase, except in her mind.
- "were not gonna books flights for $1000 and shit" Where do I start? Let's stick with the grammar. Were should have an apostrophe between the e and the r indicating we are. Gonna is a pet peeve of mine. It's just lazy. Going to. "and shit" ? Classy.
- There are a few more. If you see any I missed, feel free to add them. Frankly, I've (as in I have) lost interest. As our lovely bride so elegantly notes: "Seeeee ya"
Best Wishes,
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VINCE FUMO LOVED to spend OPM - his notorious acronym for "Other People's Money" - but he's not a big fan of letting other people spend his.
The former state senator has filed a lawsuit in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court alleging that two New Jersey pals who ran his political-action committee "engaged in a scheme to take money from the campaign for their own personal use and benefit" while he's been locked up in Kentucky on 137 counts of conspiracy, fraud and related offenses.
In other words, Fumo's accusing them of what he's doing federal prison time for - engaging in a scheme to take money (in Fumo's case, from taxpayers) for personal use and benefit.


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lennox is more versatile, so i would pick him to win, his inside game is way better, he actually worked in side and had an uppercut as well. wlad just holds when close but doesnt get in any work. Lewis opened up the cut on vitali with a punch on the inside while holding. That won him the fight.
wlad is such a slow starter that the good news is lewis has a lot of time to figure him out. wlad doesnt like pressure so he can try that but there is the risk he gets KOed himself if he isnt careful. But he can box with him the opening rounds and see how he does on the outside. wlad will just be jabbing away so at worst he will loose some close rounds and can try getting inside later.
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That would have been good, someone would be getting KTFO. they were so much more focused on offense before steward.
People *****ing about wlad either didnt watch boxing 12 years ago or forget easily that many of the exact same criticisms of wlad now people had for lewis then for fighting safety first. People act like he was as exciting as a young tyson but he held excessively and took his time waiting for the ko. Pre steward he was more willing to engage.
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Lewis KO and quite easily, Wlad loses all his physical advantages and Lennox could fight inside unlike Wlad and has a much greater punch variety.
Steward has said he considers Lewis to be the more versatile fighter (but Wlad the harder puncher)
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Lewis easy.
but Wlad wouldn't fight Lewis, he would have Vitali fight him because Lewis is a hard puncher.
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For me it's 50:50 - maybe 55:45 for Lewis, but I am positive it wouldn't be easy at all for Lewis. Very good comparison of the two was given by Steward.
I think Lewis is more versatile fighter and much more knowledgeable when it comes to 'dirty' inside fighting - same how he fought against Vitali and Vitali wasn't really common to that - but again Wladimir is much more cautious and that might be the right way to fight against Lennox.
Now I do believe Wlad is a faster fighter and he does have slightly better foot work as well. He can punch harder, but his chin is worse than Lennox's.
Lennox would be in a great advantage if he comes inside but I am not very convinced he would manage to as Wlad made it to the perfection to avoid inside game.
I have TKO for Lennox in the early rounds or Wlad by close decision.
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Good post. Nobody thinks Lennox's inside game is on par with Riddick Bowe or HOlyfield's, but this is comparing him with Wlad. In that regard we are talking about
Lewis with a 'decent' inside game vs Wlad with 'no' inside game.
Lewis actually did well on the inside against fellow super heavys.
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Completely disagree with that. He is neither faster at hand or foot.
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Wladimir has the faster & better footwork, better jab, quicker hands and is flat-out better on the outside than any version of Lewis.
He hits harder than Lewis, Lewis has a slight chin advantage and a better inside game, better at slipping shots and a better counterpuncher.
I don't think there is a clear winner, either could put either ones lights out.
Way too many underestimate Wladimir IMO and many overrate Lewis. I think its a straight 50/50 shoot out where either guy could get their sh1t fcuked up early doors.
They'll draw comparisons from the Vitali vs Lewis fight which Vitali took on 10 days notice and Lewis was faded and quite out of shape. I've always felt Wladimir is by far the superior technician to his older brother and does everything better but take a shot.
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Explain to me how you are going to fit a DC game on Wii's tiny 512mb flash drive.
Wondering if there will be any DC games on the VC. The DC is the most underrated console of all time.....games that would be awsome are..
-Soul Calibur
-Sonic Adv
-Metropolis Street Racer
-Jet Grind Radio
-Skies of Arcadia
-Marvel vs Capcom
-Street Fighter Alpha 3
-Quake 3
-Virtua Tennis 2k2
Hope the DC makes the cut...
Explain to me how you are going to fit a DC game on Wii's tiny 512mb flash drive.
My Wifi games (ASK ME FOR MY CODES)
Rock Band 2,Call of Duty W@W,Mario Kart,Nights,Tetris Party,Dr.Mario,WWE Smackdown VS Raw 09,Battalion Wars 2,Mario Strikers,Smash Bros Brawl,Quantum of Solace,Medal of Honor Heroes,Excitebots,The Conduit,and Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Its not going to happen. Mainly because to do so the Wii would have to use Software emulation to emulate the DC. The DC is a 6th gen console (along with the GameCube, PS2 and Xbox) Software emulation tends to be about 2 generations behind hardware. So 5th gen consoles are possible to emulate on the Wii (eg, the N64)
The Wii would just not have the grunt to emulate a Dreamcast. Also there is the size of the ROMs. DC games came on GD-ROMs which hold about 1.2Gb.
If you want add me as a Wii Friend please PM me.
Shame really, looks like the Dreamcast will continue to go ignored for a while longer. At least there's a possibility for Saturn games.
I never add friend codes.
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Is there even a good saturn pc emu (I have a load of saturn games)
Heres a quick rundown of the games metioned and what consoles there out for (the ones left out I havent seen)
-Powerstone (psp both versions)
-Soul Calibur (2 out for gc)
-Sonic Adv (out for gc)
-Jet Grind Radio (xbox)
-Skies of Arcadia (gc but hard to find)
-Marvel vs Capcom (psx urggg but twos better)
-Street Fighter Alpha 3 (psx, ps2, gba, psp)
-Quake 3 (ps2 but its only good online)
-Virtua Tennis 2k2 (3 is out)
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but couldn't the games be converted to be compatible with Wii. I mean PSP can officially run converted PS1 games fine, maybe this could be possible with the Wii with dreamcast. Most DC iso's aren't that big, but you will need an extra SD card.Originally Posted by Cabe
i could list a few u could try, but i would be breaking board rules, so im not going to discuss it. anyways, saturn games would be cool. i really dout it would appear on virtual consold cause of game size being a CD. but nintendo would be really cool if u could buy USB port external cd drives that play sega games like Sega CD/ Sega Saturn / Sega Dreamcast, but theres only 2 usb ports, so u might have to use 2 or 1 at a time.Originally Posted by Darkprinny
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Tryd all of them
But still saturn is still set up ready to play
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Yeah, isn't the Saturn represented for the VC? If N64 games can be made available (as and when Nintendo decide to offer us some), why couldn't the Saturn titles? Can't be a rights issue, because the Mega Drive/Genesis is represented.Originally Posted by Napalmbrain


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For a recap on this year in open education, it's impossible to ignore the role of gaming, including massively multiplayer open online role-playing games (MMORGs or MMOs). MMOs have created quite a stir in education and are being recognized for their potential for better learning. MMOs differ from... Read more
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The Future of Welfare Law in a Changing World: Lessons from Australia and Singapore?
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October 4, 2010
Sydney Law Review, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 199-214, 2010
Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 10/90
This article analyses the Singaporean tradition of relatively low levels of public expenditure on social security, instead favouring family and personal responsibility through mandatory 'social account' investments and tax incentives to promote savings; and the Australian tradition of tax-funded, flat-rate and means tested social security payments for most contingencies. It is suggested that both countries have developed their own particular 'twists' on their historic and cultural inheritances (Australia breaking from a contributory model due to a strong laborist influence; Singapore blending US style neoliberalism with Confucian reliance on familial self-provision and low tax rates). Tentative observations are offered about the degree of path dependence or otherwise of these models and their contribution to debate in countries contemplating 'parameter changes' to welfare to accommodate globalisation or fiscal challenges.
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What Does It Mean When You Hear Air Blowing Out Of Your Ear?
I've been sick for a couple of days beside a common cold, and my muzzle has be completely stuffed up. So naturally I've be blowing my nose alot - but today something abnormal happened. When I blew my muzzle, my right ear made the strangest sound. It seem as if air be blowing out of my ear very loudly. Then my ear feel funny for a while, and then it popped. Now it feel normal, but it's be ringing like heck lately. What does this niggardly? Is it just sinus pressure? Or is in attendance something wrong with my ear?
Is it possible for poison ivy to....?
I don't focus your eardrum is broken (that's usually quite painful), but it does nouns like you manage to blow air or mucous into your ear conduit. I suggest getting a good decongestant to lessen the have need of to blow your nose so much.
whats the best cure for a sore and stiff nouns?you are going deaf
What might i hold if my throat is swallen and it hurts to swallow?Have your doctor check it just to take home sure you don't have a adjectives in your eardrum. This could grounds ear problems later.


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Kick off the summer season at one of the largest music festivals in the Caribbean. Reggae Sumfest is held each year in mid-July in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Reggae Sumfest is the world's premiere reggae music festival and the largest and most important annual event to take place on the island of Jamaica. Often called the "Greatest Reggae Show on Earth," Reggae Sumfest got its start in 1993 and is officially sponsored by Red Stripe beer, which is brewed locally on the island.
Reggae music originated in Jamaica in the 1960s and was pioneered by The Wailers, a band whose members included legendary reggae artist Bob Marley as well as Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. Reggae Sumfest celebrates the culture of reggae music in Jamaica with nightly beach parties and concerts spread over the five days of the festival. Reggae Sumfest concerts are staged at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Complex and often feature big-name international performers, while other festival events are held on beaches and at venues throughout Montego Bay. Visitors to Jamaica can easily spend the daytime exploring the island attractions before heading out to the festival events in the evening.
Learn more about reggae and Bob Marley on a Spirit of Reggae Bob Marley Experience tour from Montego Bay or a Bob Marley Reggae Explosion tour from Ochos Rios.
If you're a fan of reggae music, then this is one summer music festival you won't want to miss. Reggae Sumfest features an impressive lineup with up-and-coming Jamaican reggae artists, dancehall acts and internationally-known performers. Past performers include Usher, Jazmine Sullivan, Sean Paul, Alicia Keys, Missy Elliot, Kanye West, Lionel Richie, Rihanna, Wyclef Jean, Jay-Z and Shaggy. If you're planning a visit to Jamaica during Reggae Sumfest then you'll be arriving during one of the island's busiest tourist seasons, so it's best to book your accommodations well in advance.


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Primary Healthcare Centre opens in Education City
04 Mar 2014 - 4:57
Officials with the medical team at the centre.
DOHA: Qatar Foundation (QF) opened a new Primary Healthcare Centre yesterday to provide services to its employees and students in Education City.
The centre provides free medical and dental services for QF employees and students on a scheduled and emergency basis. The Health, Safety, Security and Environment Directorate also operates its ambulance service on the QF campus for medical emergencies.
The launch was held at Hamad Bin Khalifa Student Centre in the presence of Engineer Jassim Telefat, Group Executive Director, QF Capital Projects and Facilities Management, and Fahad Saad Al Qahtani, Group Executive Director, QF Administration and other guests.
Engineer Saad Al Muhannadi, President, QF, said, "QF's employees are its most valuable resource and the key element of its continued success.
"We believe it is our duty to ensure their health and well-being and support this initiative that will join and compliment QF's existing health initiatives."
The centre is QF's latest initiative to develop the community by promoting health awareness and contributing to necessary medical care for everyone in the QF family.
The facility offers comprehensive, high quality, professional healthcare services, with highly qualified staff operating advanced equipment.
Sheikha Amal Al Thani, Executive Director of Health, Safety, Security and Environment, said, "The scope of services includes curative treatment, preventive treatment, emergency treatment, healthy lifestyle programme education, immunisation programmes, diagnoses and treatment of illnesses, dental services, laboratory services, psychological consultations, radiological services and health awareness campaigns."
The centre is open from Sunday to Thursday from 7.30am to 8.30pm and noon to 8pm on Saturdays.
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