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I ran into an old workmate the other day and spent 20 minutes or so telling him how I had changed my way of living using Primal/paleo. He is a very bright educated guy. I sent him several links to read/view and here is his response:
I've viewed a couple of the videos you sent me and glanced a little at some of the links. I need to review it more than I have. I have to say that I am a little skeptical regarding some of the info. I definitely believe that carbs as the typical American diet has evolved is definitely our enemy but I'm not convinced there is no room in our diet for them at all ( he means grains I believe). There are plenty of people living a healthy life style eating a diet as prescribed by nutritionists today. I believe the problem with the American diet is fast food in all of it's forms (McD's, prepaired meals etc). The number one killer in America today is heart disease which a high fat diet (and carbs) contributes to. So I'm going to read on but remain skeptical.
My family thinks I am crazy avoiding wheat products and the response is the same from other people I chat with also. I am not sure how these ideas regarding primal/paleo are ever going to get implemented on a larger scale. Kinda depressing as I watch my family and wife's family go from overweight to obese...they are massive carb ingesters. My sister died (age 56) from a blood clot in here lungs last year, she had become very obese eating her carbs. I tried repeatedly to get her to change her diet.
Primal/Paleo is not for everyone, it's for those who have committed to understand.
READ THE BOOK! ...as Robb Wolf says: "Trying to convince people to save their own ass will burn you out."
Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, and an affront to all I stand for -- the pure enjoyment of food. Anthony Bourdain
and yes, calories DO count my little piggies
What do you care?
Everything is bad for something - How do you feel today?
On a broader scale, if people are destroying themselves we all are going to have to pay for their poor lifestyle choices for years as they steadily decline. There is a health crisis going on that is getting worse that is going to cripple the United States.
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Primal/Paleo is not for everyone, it's for those who have committed to understand.
READ THE BOOK! ...as Robb Wolf says: "Trying to convince people to save their own ass will burn you out."
Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, and an affront to all I stand for -- the pure enjoyment of food. Anthony Bourdain
and yes, calories DO count my little piggies
I have tried to convince people in my short time primal. I've shown them the sites. I've shown them the journals of people who have said they have eliminated this ailment or that ailment. But all of it has been in vain. Now I just sit back, gnaw on my chicken bone and watch the weight drip off my body while they still struggle. 2 people have come to me that I've tried to sway previously after seeing my results (20 lbs lost in 3 short months) asking for the information I tried to give them before.
The results speak for themselves. Until the results speak loudly enough to those with hard heads and deaf ears, I just keep my mouth shut and secretly gloat.
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SW: 221 | CW: 204 | LPW: 166 | UGW: 140 (80 lbs loss)
I wish that people better understood the damage grains do. I'm honestly angry that I wasted so much time being addicted to wheat. I *thought* they were OK, and not causing me harm. I was certain I just needed to cut fat or cut the sugar addiction (easy when you eliminate grain, impossible when you eat them). I cut my calories so low and "healthy grains" deprived me of more nutritious foods.
But the word "HEALTHY"= "GRAIN". It is sad- and this time last year I was your friend- "no way- grains are "healthy""- its the burger that kills ya.
It's a shame we've gotten so smart that we can still limp along with all this bad food. Evolution is having a hard time with us, even if we are an extinction species.
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it's not a war, it'll change just like nutrition information always does. it's cyclical
yeah you are
lolBaby if you time travel back far enough you can avoid that work because the dust won't be there. You're too pretty to be working that hard.
You know, he is right. He's just being too general. There are plenty of people who are healthy and eating the ideal SAD. Heart disease is in part caused by high fat (PUFAs) and carbs (HFCS). If you jump right into the paleo stuff with people right away, you will almost always be considered a loony. Start with the premise that processed food should be eliminated as much as possible. No one argues with that.Originally Posted by Moochy's workmate
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Bilingual teachers in Jefferson Parish public schools will soon receive a employment bonus and annual stipend. The School Board decided Wednesday to pay teachers proficient in Spanish, Vietnamese and Arabic a $2,000 signing bonus and $3,000 extra per year.
The extra pay comes with conditions. The teachers must serve a certain percentage of English-language learners, must be certified to teach these students and must be deemed competent to serve them effectively, school system officials said.
The move comes as Jefferson tries to fulfill promises it made in a three-year voluntary federal agreement, which ended a federal investigation into discrimination against English-learners population. The inquiry began after families complained of unfair treatment. More than 5,000 of the system's students fall in this category.
The necessary student percentage for teachers to earn the extra pay wasn't outlined at the board meeting Wednesday. That drew criticism from board President Mark Morgan and member Mark Jacobs. "Does the administration need more direction? That seems to be vague," Morgan said.
Jacobs agreed. He also questioned where the extra cash would come from.
Limited federal dollars aimed at helping schools serve immigrant students will help, but the rest of the cash would come from the system's general fund, Superintendent James Meza Jr. said. He said Jefferson must make the stipends a priority, given its high percentage of English-language learners. "What we have to do is fund teacher salaries first, and everything else falls into place," he said.
The extra cash is a key recruiting tool, particularly for school systems that have seen an influx of Central American immigrant students or who already have high populations of Hispanic students. Dallas' school system, for example, pays bilingual teachers a $6,000 stipend and $6,000 signing bonus, Meza said.
Jefferson's human capital officials will determine the percentage. Those officials also will determine whether a bilingual teacher is competent enough in the second language to receive the cash.Current system employees who are bilingual also will be considered, Meza said. The motion, sponsored by board member Etta Licciardi, passed unanimously.

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Gay Vet Who Lost His Leg In Iraq Is Booed For Supporting San Antonio Nondiscrimination Bill
We realize it's in Texas, but even by that standard, things are pretty ugly down in San Antonio, where the city council is considering a nondiscrimination ordinance. For example, take the case of Eric Alva. Alva is a gay Marine veteran who lost a leg while serving in Iraq. So when Alva testified in favor of San Antonio's nondiscrimination audience, you'd think he'd at least get a respectful reception. Instead. Alva was booed by audience members who objected to his support for the measure.
In a Facebook post, Alva said that the response made him feel like crying. "I have never seen a city so divided and hateful towards each other," Alva wrote. "All of mankind should be ashamed. I already spoke and even some of the religious groups even boo'ed me as I spoke. Such disrespect as they preach the word of God."
Alva was the first American to be injured in the Iraq war, when he stepped on a landmine. He has been a leading proponent of the nondiscrimination ordinance, which the religious right equates with Armageddon. After his appearance, he did get words of support from author Anne Rice, who posted a comment on Facebook. "A soldier loses a leg in combat, and is later booed by his fellow Americans because he is gay," Rice wrote. "I'm appalled."
Of course, it's no wonder the atmosphere is poisonous when you have folks like Councilwoman Elisa Chang caught on tape saying that LGBT people are "so disgusting." Chan finally responded to the brouhaha her remarks set off by not apologizing. In essence, Chan paints herself of the victim and claims her First Amendment right to be a complete homophobic jerk in private.
"The comments from the staff meeting on May 21st were and are my personal opinions and thoughts as guaranteed to me by the 1st amendment to the U.S. Constitution," Chan said in a statement. "It is unfortunate that a former member of my D9 Council team betrayed the trust of my staff members and me. I will fight, I will always fight for our freedom of speech, especially in a private setting."
In other words, she was quoted correctly.
It is amazing how gay Americans are still willing to fight to defend a country that denies them their full civil rights.
If gay men are good enough to risk life and limb defending and protecting the American people—including homophobes—they are good enough to receive full equality as US citizens.
All those "good Christian bitches" down in Texas are the epitome of ignorance and hatred. This guy is good enough to fight your ex-governor's filthy war, and lose a leg in the process, but God forbid he should have any rights upon his return. I will never set foot or spend a dime in that disgusting state until a Democrat is in the governor's mansion and the Dems control their state legislature.
Looks like I may never get there.
How funny she cites her freedom of speech while being "betrayed" that someone let other people hear it. So she wants to say whatever she likes about us as long as we never know. Now, THAT is betrayal.
What the first 4 posters said. All spot on. How disgusting that a true hero would be hoped for speaking out for equality. I've said it before and it bears repeating. Most of these so called "Christians" wouldn't know Christ if he punched them square in the throat (which is way better than what awaits them on Judgement Day).
*would be booed. Autocorrect sucks.
Very nice San Antonio, booing an injured Irag war veteran. Then they all went back to their christian homes to abuse their children.
@sfbeast: I think you missed the word sexually out your post.
God I hate these cherry picking "Christians". I've never seen such Un Christlike people in my life. With these people it's hate first and then use religion to justify it.


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Posted 31 October 2012 - 10:15 AM
I've recently started a small game development company and have a product that is coming along nicely, but I'm reaching a point where I need to start buying art and sound assets which I would like to do without hiring full time artists as employees. With that in mind I've been scouring the net for a good resource for contracts along the lines of "deed of conveyance", "copyright transfer agreement", and so on. I would like to purchase illustrations, sounds, and music which which would be exclusively owned by the company, and good for commercial use, after the artist signs.
I've found a few resources which I may be able to patch together to get what I need (such as books with business and legal forms for graphic designers), but if anyone here is aware of useful resources (electronic or otherwise) that supplies contract templates for these sorts of agreements - particularly if they are intended for games development - I would sincerely appreciate to hear about it. I also think this could be a useful appendage to the "resources" section of the business and law forums here.
These are examples of what I would be looking for:
1) Transfer of copyright from artist to company of visual artwork (such as illustrations and icons).
2) Transfer of copyright from artist to company of audio (such as sound effects and music).
3) Transfer of copyright from programmer to company of source code.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 11:29 AM
There's an example of Activision's "Copyright Assignment" at http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130157/call_of_duty_finest_hour__the_.php?print=1 (scroll down, it's the second-to-last page).
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 03:55 PM
A work for hire agreement will transfer all copyright of the work to you (the employer) as well as some other things (such as warrant that the artist/composer is creating original work, specifies that they are not an employee, etc.).
Most Work for Hire agreements are far less complicated than the Activision one Tom references.
Note that if you are looking to incorporate already existing content (such as an already recorded song ),then you may need a license agreement, not an "assignment of rights" agreement.
At the risk of muddying up the waters...
If you are looking to save money, very often a composer will negotiate a lower fee in exchange for certain rights, such as ancillary uses (uses of the music outside the game itself). For example, they may want the right to release a soundtrack CD, or to collect "performance payments"
(I just wrote a Gamasutra article on performance rights and game music).
Also, some top composers won't sign an agreement unless they keep some of the rights mentioned above.
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Posted 05 November 2012 - 11:57 AM
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Posted 06 November 2012 - 10:06 AM
It also clarifies that the service provider is not an employee of mine but an independent contractor which I think is important for me. Does this look like a solid contract to use for the aforementioned purposes? Is this something I could reasonably expect an amateur artist that I pay for artwork to sign in general?
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Posted 07 November 2012 - 07:37 PM
I'm afraid that is a pretty terrible work for hire agreement from your perspective (as the Client).
It is missing an important element (a Warrant) and has one terrible clause (Indemnification). And nowhere does it explicitly state that the work done should be considered a "work for hire."
It is missing a "Warrant".. That is a clause that specifically states that the artist/composer, etc will create and deliver a new, original work free of any other copyrights.
Here's the terrible clause:.
Clause 8, INDEMNIFICATION
The way that is worded, YOU (the Client) are "indemnifying" the Service provider. In short, that means that no matter what they give you, they are not responsible for it.
Suppose you hired a composer under this agreement, and they knowingly or unknowingly copied someone else's music. Then your game is released and the REAL composer of the music sees it, and says to himself "Hey..that's my music." He sues you, and wins a big $ judgement against you. The Indemnification clause means that you have no recourse against the person you hired! You have "indemnified" them, or absolved them of responsibility So you and you alone must pay the actual composer the big $ damages.
In fact, usually a work for hire had an indemnification clause that is exactly the opposite of what you have-- the Service provider will a) Specifically warrant that the work they deliver is original and b) indemnify YOU (the client) against damages. So if you get sued over something they deliver, they are responsible.
Here is a much better example of a work for hire agreement:
Link To Better Agreement
Note Section 3. It specifically states that the Artist (Service Provider) will create and deliver original work, and the Artist will indemnify the Client! That is the exact opposite of your agreement. That is much more typical.
I also like the Princeton WFH agreement better because it specifically states that the work created is a "Work for Hire."
Note: I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. I'm just a random guy in an internet forum, who's had some experience on both sides of contract negotiations.
However, here is some advice. When someone does their first contract, it is well worth a trip to a lawyer-- book an hour of their time-- and have them explain what all the different sections of the contract mean. Ask questions until you understand what the basic meaning of each of the sections is. After you've done one or two, you'll feel confident enough to do it on your own. But for your first--- it is best to get professional advice.
Brian Schmidt
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Edited by bschmidt1962, 07 November 2012 - 07:52 PM.
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At any rate, I won't take any more of your time. Again, thank you very much for all your help!


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The ASUS K52Jr (K52JR-SX070V) is a fine desktop replacement-style notebook with a manageable footprint that allows it to also be transported relatively easily between home and the classroom or office. It possesses good graphics power for its price and it's a comfortable notebook to use overall. However, we wish it had slightly better battery life and that it had a screen that was less reflective and had better viewing angles.
On the inside of the K52Jr are components that are more than adequate for tackling office tasks, media encoding, music and photo editing, and also basic gaming. It runs a 2.26GHz Intel Core i3-350M CPU, 4GB of DDR3 SDRAM, a 5400rpm, 500GB hard drive and a 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 graphics adapter. The 2.27GHz CPU offers plenty of speed for media tasks, and this was shown in our Blender 3D rendering and iTunes MP3 encoding tasks: The notebook recorded times of 1min 5sec and 1min 11sec, respectively. These times compare favourably against other Core i3-350M notebooks we have seen, such as the Toshiba Satellite C650 and the Samsung Q330-JS03AU, although the iTunes encoding time is a couple of seconds off the pace of the Samsung.
For gaming, the ASUS K52Jr offers decent performance, and it can be used to comfortably run role-playing games in addition to car racing games and sports games — although not at maximum detail levels. The graphics adapter doesn't operate at full capacity when you run the laptop on battery power, even if you select a high-power profile. It recorded 4155 in 3Dmark06 when plugged in, and 1740 when running on battery power, using the same power profile.
In our hard drive transfer test, the ASUS' 500GB, 5400rpm drive recorded an average speed of 25.23 megabytes per second, which is faster than the 20MBps achieved by the Toshiba Satellite. The one test in which the K52Jr was a little sluggish was our DVD encoding test. In this test we use AutoGordianKnot to turn our test DVD file into a 1.5GB Xvid file; the ASUS K52Jr finished this task in 1hr 19min, which is 2min slower than the Toshiba, and 5min slower than the Samsung. In the overall scheme of things, the extra couple of minutes won't make much of a difference, and you'll still be able to use this notebook for tough tasks such as archiving your DVD collection and compressing files for your iPod or iPhone.
Away from an outlet, the K52Jr's 47 Watt-hour battery will last you close to two and half hours if you use medium screen brightness and just browse the Web and write documents. In our video rundown test, in which we disable power management, enable Wi-Fi, maximise the screen brightness and loop an Xvid-encoded video, the laptop lasted 1hr 47min, which is similar to what we saw out of the Samsung R590. It's not a spectacular time — it's merely average — and we think it could be better considering that the notebook's Radeon HD 5470 graphics adapter will be running on reduced graphics power when it's not plugged in to an outlet.
If you tone down the brightness and employ a power management scheme while using the notebook for office-type work, then the battery will last longer. It's worth noting that if you ever use ASUS' built-in Power4Gear battery saving option, it will aggressively change the aesthetics of your desktop (it will change the background to a white colour and auto-hide the taskbar) and will not restore them if you ever go back to a regular power scheme.
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Connie Montgomery and Stephen Petit qualified Friday for a Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court seat, bringing to four the number of candidates who've signed up to replace retiring Judge Nancy Amato Konrad.
Barron Burmaster, a Republican from Crown Point, and Zoe Olivia Fleming, a Democrat from Lafitte qualified for the Juvenile
Court race on Wednesday. Montgomery, of Kenner, is a Republican. Petit, of Metairie, also qualified as a Republican.
Qualifying closes at 4:30 p.m., Friday. Voters across Jefferson Parish will decide that race on Oct. 19.
The secretary of state's web site apparently malfunctioned earlier Friday, because Montgomery and Petit were not listed until after 4 p.m. Frank Borne, chief deputy clerk of court in Jefferson Parish, where candidates qualify, said in an email earlier Friday afternoon that the web site had problems, explaining that Montgomery and Petit did not appear as qualifiers. Since sending the email, he said, the state fixed the problem.


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July 9, 2011 saw the birth of the world's newest nation, South Sudan, which carved its place out in a particularly restive part of Africa. As Salva Kiir Mayardit took oath as the first president of the republic, the new nation not only gratefully savoured its first moments of independence but also remembered with sadness the more than two million people who sacrificed their lives for this very moment. Tears rolled down the cheeks of many that day.
The journey to nationhood wasn't easy, independence coming at the end of a conflict that was almost medieval in its brutality. Historically, unified Sudan had been entwined with Turkey and Egypt till the advent of the British in the 19th century. After that, it was jointly governed by Egypt and Britain with the south under the latter. In 1946, the north and south were merged. The southerners were not consulted. They were Christians, a minority, and feared the influence of the culturally Arabic north. Internal tensions heightened when Sudan got independence in 1956 and the north reneged - all the oilfields so vital to Khartoum were in the south - on its commitment of creating a semi-autonomous federal government in South Sudan. The south, thus alienated, rose in rebellion and the first rebel group, Anyanya 1, was born.
Seventeen years of strife followed. In 1972, a tenuous peace was brokered but conflict broke out again in 1983 with the Anyanya 2 now in command. As Khartoum continued to brutally alienate the south, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) was formed.
A conflict within the conflict led to more bloodletting. SPLM finally emerged victorious, but it would take another 22 years of violence before a semblance of internal tribal unity could be achieved and the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement hammered out. South Sudan could now choose to break away or stay after a referendum. This technically ended the civil war but sporadic battles continued. The referendum, held in January this year, saw a 100 per cent turnout and the verdict was for a secession from the north. The 10 states of the south that held the referendum would now form the new nation of South Sudan. Juba, a town on the White Nile, was to be the new capital.
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The Bainbridge girls basketball team ran out 2002 with a win and two losses at the Cascade Classic basketball tournament at Eastlake High School.
After dropping their first game last Thursday against Chilliwack, B.C. in a wild 73-71 run-and-gun loss, the Spartans came back Friday to beat the Eagle Point, Ore. team 45-43.
A scheduling snafu two teams that were supposed to appear in the tournament were unable to come gave the Spartans a bye in the consolation round and a berth in the consolation finals. There, they finished with a 57-43 loss to Metro League rival Chief Sealth.
Although Bainbridge finished 1-2 in the tournament, the experience playing teams they normally wouldnt see could prove beneficial when the post-season comes in February.
As a whole, we had some good individual performances, said Bainbridge coach Penny Gienger. (But) as a team, were not playing well together.
Some of the individuals who played well in the Classic included junior forward Lee Maloney, who scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the loss to Chief Sealth; Morgan Zajonc, who averaged 14 points a game in the tournament, including the go-ahead free throws against Eagle Point with 15 seconds to go; and freshman guard Allie Picha, who averaged 12 per game.
In their game against Chief Sealth, the Spartans held their own but couldnt get the ball to drop at the right time.
The Seahawks had no such problems, as MeMe Lewis-Roberts and Brenee Mullen each scored 14 points against the Spartans to lead Sealth to the win.
It was the second time Sealth defeated BHS this season, beating them 55-44 earlier in December.
Chief Sealth is improved and they were aggressive, Gienger said. They just got it to the right people.
It was Bainbridges first appearance at the Cascade Classic, now in its third year. Despite the early morning ferry rides, the Spartans liked playing in a holiday tournament close to home.
Its a great idea, Gienger said of the Cascade Classic. Hopefully, it will have a long run.
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June 15, 2007...It seems that the Road Home debacle keeps getting worse. The program administrators have now admitted that the $6.2 billion in grant money has run dry, 50 days before the July 31 deadline for grant applications. From now on, letters to grant applicants contains this warning, "The amount and availability of the award is subject to available funding at the time of the closing."
Unfortunately, thousands of hurricane victims will be unable to collect any money because billions were squandered and misspent. Precious dollars were allocated to an advertising campaign, hundreds of millions were given away as corporate welfare and a Fairfax, Virginia contractor was hired for $756 million to implement the program. The contractor, ICF International, failed miserably and almost 22 months after the hurricanes, less than 20% of the grants have been actually awarded. Incredibly, despite these significant failures, ICF officials lavished huge bonuses on the executives who supervised this disaster. ICF should have never received the contract in the first place, since it was an out of state firm which had little experience in Louisiana and had never managed a project anywhere near as large as the Road Home program.
Estimates show that the fund has a deficit of $5 billion. Governor Blanco promised to make up approximately 15% of the shortfall or $715 million, but there is no guarantee that the federal government will cover the remainder.
Presently, 142,000 homeowners have applied for Road Home grants, and there is no question this number will definitely increase before the July 31 deadline. Of the total number of applicants, 85,000 people have had their grants calculated by Road Home officials. The awards have totaled over $6.3 billion, which is already more than the amount dedicated for homeowner grants. The other 58,000 people are in limbo, as they may apply, but there is no guarantee that any money will be left for grants.
Along with the funds promised by Governor Blanco, the State of Louisiana can dedicate surplus dollars to the Road Home program. Estimates show that the state budget surplus will exceed $3 billion. Allocating a healthy portion of this amount toward the Road Home program would be a very wise investment, as recipients will use the grant money to rebuild, buying supplies and hiring a workforce that will help stimulate the economy. It is a much better investment than the one the Blanco administration wants to make. Governor Blanco is determined to use the surplus to grow state government, hire 1,000 new employees and obligate the next Governor to recurring expenses. Our state budget is already close to $30 billion. If the budget is approved by legislators, it will bust the spending cap that was approved by voters in 1992.
Investing in the Road Home program will spur economic growth in Louisiana and lure more people back to our state. It will also encourage thousands of hurricane victims to remain in Louisiana. After Katrina, Louisiana desperately needs to retain its population, which was decimated in the aftermath of the hurricane.
Another way to reduce the program's deficit is to immediately fire the incompetent contractors, ICF International, which mismanaged this program from the beginning. There is a $408 million balance still owed to ICF. Payments to this group should stop immediately and they should be fired from their management position. Local banks and the Louisiana Housing Finance Authority should be given oversight of the program. This will not cost the state any additional money and there is little doubt that another administrator will be able to do a better job. In fact, the Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello or Gomer Pyle couldn't have done any worse.


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As Im reviewing which articles I want to use in this weeks article roundup, I realized that they all weigh heavy on the heart. With the drought in Africa and famine in Somalia, its a lot to take in at one time. Thankfully, I know where to find the Kleenex in the office. Never the the less, its still incredibly hard to re-read some of these stories.
Here is a list of just a few articles weve been passing around the office:
- Horn of Africa drought: Interactive map: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/interactive/2011/jul/04/somalia-hornofafrica-drought-map-interactive?CMP=twt_gu
- Somalis Waste Away as Insurgents Block Escape From Famine: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/world/africa/02somalia.html?_r=2&hp
- Somalia: UN official warns famine could spread without adequate relief funding: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39206&Cr=Horn+of+Africa&Cr1=
- When the last cow dies, the children are next: (I need to warn you this is a very heart hitting article.) http://ilriclippings.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/when-the-last-cow-dies-the-children-are-next/
- In Pictures: Hunger in the Horn of Africa: (These images are not safe for children.) http://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2011/08/pictures
Pretty tough stuff, right?
I will try to end this week on a lighter note How about some wood pulp in your prepacked shredded cheese? Not sure about you, but I think from now on, Ill grate my own cheese. http://www.foodrenegade.com/would-like-some-wood-pulp-your-shredded-cheese/


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At the Paul Smith's graduation last Sunday I was reminded of one of my graduations - the one I never attended - my boot camp graduation.
The book camp ceremony was a real martial mishegoss. In addition to all the predictably clich-ridden speeches delivered by all the predictably hung-over officers in their predictably resplendent uniforms, there were brass bands, elite drill units, flags galore, salutes aplenty and the ceremony's highlight - the passing in review of all the recruit companies showing off their precise marching skills.
At least that was the theory, and it was true for most boot camp companies. But not for ours.
Being able to drill well depended on one factor - extensive practice throughout boot camp. Every boot camp Company Commander knew this ... but ours ignored it.
Lost on shore
Our CC was a 100 percent "Fleetie." "Fleetie" did not mean he was either fleet of foot or fleet of mind. Instead, it meant he loved serving in the fleet. And by contrast, he hated serving on shore.
Sea duty gave him everything he loved - a mission, a hierarchy (of which he was on the top), the company of like-minded lifers, and hedonistic revels in foreign ports, where the Yankee dollar was king ... if not God.
Shore duty, on the other hand, was anathema to him. The work was trivial and he used none of his skills; the routine was grindingly monotonous; he was stuck in base housing living with kids who wouldn't obey him and a wife he dared not DISOBEY.
And as lousy as shore duty was, boot camp was the lousiest duty of all. The hours were horrid and so was the duty itself: Trying to turn a bunch of blueness kids into even minimally functional military types was as reprehensible as it was impossible.
So, salty dog that he was, he steered the simplest course: He pretty much ignored us. And, due to the boot camp system, he could.
As soon as each boot camp company was formed, it was assigned recruit petty officers, and each RICO had specific duties. The Chief RPO ran the show when the CC wasn't there. Ours was a guy from Alabama named Armstrong who'd received his exalted position by having gone to military school. He was a smart kid who knew how to keep us disciplined enough to avoid unwanted attention, but not so disciplined that we actually had to do anything.
As a result, the CC only showed up for the stuff he had to; the rest of the time he was living large in the Chiefs' Club, swilling ten-cent beers and swapping sea stories with his cadre.
All of which was fine with us, since he never hassled us like the gung ho CC's did to their recruits. Of course we didn't learn a lot either, but to us it was a fair exchange.
The best thing about our CC was he was a jolly drunk - one of those guys who, the more he drank, the more he loved his fellow men - even us. So when he returned from the Chiefs' Club well buzzed (which is the only way he returned), if the subject of drill was brought up, he'd give a lopsided smile and a wave of his tattooed arm and tell us life was too short to sweat the small stuff.
Not that we didn't drill. We did ... but in a rather laid-back fashion, as befit Amstrong's laissez-faire approach to military discipline.
There was one kid who actually liked to drill - Smitty. Smitty carried the company flag and was on the front rank at the far right - the position we were supposed to line up with, both vertically and horizontally. We tried mightily to do it, but finally gave up.
The problem was that while Smitty loved to march, he marched to his own drummer. Either he had no sense of timing or rhythm, or he couldn't count to four and then get back to one again, or something. But since he loved carrying the flag and was such a nice guy, Armstrong didn't have the heart to replace him.
So while Smitty was diddy-bopping all over hell's half acre, we skipped, stumbled and staggered as best we could - resembling a military marching unit as much as we did the Folies Bergere.
The closer we got to graduation, the more apparent it became we'd be the laughing stock of Great Lakes, if not the U.S. Navy. Not that any of us cared - we just didn't know if the CC would. He hadn't so far, but that didn't mean he wouldn't. Besides, if we knew nothing else about the navy we knew what we'd been told repeatedly - crap ran downhill. We did not need to be told that when it came to hills - all hills - we were at their absolute bottom.
Three's a charm
In my case, it didn't matter, since I never even got to the ceremony.
Ranks were formed according to decreasing height, with the shortest guys last. When we formed up on graduation morning, the last rank, which should've been six across, had only three people. It always did, but for reasons known only to him the CC decided the company had to be perfectly symmetrical. So he ordered the last three guys to stay in the barracks. Luckily, I was one of the Unholy Trinity.
Did we feel bad about being left out of the ceremony?
Not at all.
Maybe we'd been in the navy only eight weeks, but we'd already had enough of spit and polish and gratuitous criticism. Besides, since we were now the only ones in the barracks, we got to do something we were almost never allowed to do: Take a smoke-n-Coke break.
In boot camp, cigarette and soda breaks were about as rare as discussions on the works of Goethe. Plus, since our CC didn't smoke or drink soda, he never thought anyone else threw nicotine fits or went into sugar withdrawal. So in the two hours the company was gone, we each finished off at least a half-pack of cigarettes and three sodas.
Shortly after our final hits of nicotine and artificial colorings, the company came clamoring up the stairs, the CC at their head, a huge grin on his face. He motioned for us to gather round, which we did.
"Men,'' he said, "l can't tell you how proud I am right now. You showed them other companies what squared away, four-oh sailors look like. And because you did so good, you got the rest of the day off!''
The room erupted in cheers.
Meanwhile, I was completely boggled.
After the CC left I sidled up to Armstrong.
"Did we really look good?" I asked.
"You kidding?" he said. "The only military thing we looked like was F-Troop."
"So why's the CC so happy with us?"
"Right now he's happy with everyone," he said.
"But why's that?" I asked.
"Because lucky for us," he said, letting out a huge breath, "he went to the Chiefs' Club before graduation."


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Feds raid North Bend home in Web piracy crackdown
The global crackdown on movie piracy hit close to home with an early morning raid by federal agents on a North Bend home.
Plainclothes officers with the United States Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement served a search warrant at aPickett Avenue home about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 30, with assistance from King County Sheriff's Deputies.
The raid was part of "Operation In Our Sites," an international investigation by ICE and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, involving simultaneous raids in North Carolina, New Jersey, New York and the Netherlands.
Seeking evidence of online movie and television show piracy, agents raided homes and seized the domain names of Web sites including TVShack.net, PlanetMoviez.com, FilesPump.com, ThePirateCity.org, NinjaVideo.net and NinjaThis.net.
"We're going after people who pirate intellectual property," said Pat Reilly, a public affairs specialist with ICE. "They steal intellectual property, in other words, first-run movies, and post them on their Web sites."
According to a news release, undercover investigators downloaded or viewed hundreds of newly released movies and television shows through suspect sites.
Investigators also seized assets from 15 bank, PayPal, investment and advertising accounts.
The case is ongoing, and no criminal charges have been filed.
"Many of the places that we were searching today were the hosting sites," Reilly said. These hosts might not have known that the servers they house were involved in illicit activity.
In such cases, agents announce their purpose and ask occupants to turn over anything related to the suspect sites.
"Our targets are the people who steal the content and presume to offer it to others," Reilly said.
Reilly said Web movie bootleggers typically sneak videocameras into movie showings. Digital content can also be stolen. Piracy costs U.S. industries billions of dollars and thousands of jobs annually, according to the National Intellectual Property Right Coordination Center, which is managed by ICE.
Visitors to the seized sites will be diverted away from them over the next 48 hours. On Wedesday afternoon, TVShack.net was still online, but NinjaThis.net would not load.
Reilly cautioned consumers about giving personal or financial information, such as credit cards, to sites that might be run by pirates.
"You might be treating the world soon," she said.
Cindy Walker, owner of North Bend Theatre, said she's never spent much thought on bootlegging in her community. For her, news of the raid came as a surprise.
Walker's independent theater occasionally gets notices from film distributors warning of the practice.
"We're watching out for people with video cameras," she said.
In four years of ownership, "I've never caught anybody," Walker added. "I don't think that in our market, it has a huge impact."
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SPOKANE — Coeur d'Alene is growing up instead of out.
The city recently approved construction of a 14-story luxury apartment building near city park. The structure would join two newer condominium towers and Coeur d'Alene resort as the tallest buildings downtown.
City leaders encourage residential development in the city center to boost downtown shopping and nightlife. Building towers near downtown also prevents sprawl, which is limited by the area's natural features.
The Spokesman-Review reports the tallest a building may rise downtown is 200 feet, plus another 20 feet for an architectural feature such as an arch.
The new $20 million development has upset neighboring condo owners who say the new building will block their views of the lake.-- The Associated Press


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g'day all...
i've always been curious about the graphical capabilities of the full motion simulators.
can any of you pilots give me your impressions on how they look?
also does anyone know of any sites with screenshots or photos, i know there's a few on this site, but they don't show very clearly how it looks outside the cockpit.
thanks. cya