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Getting rid of set-car! and set-cdr!
Functional is Beautiful
Scheme is a "mostly functional" language. Although Schemers don't hesitate to use set! when mutation solves a problem best, Scheme programmers prefer to think functionally. Purely functional programs are easier to test, they make better and more reliable APIs, and our environments, compilers, and run-time systems take advantage of functional style.
A Schemer's functional bias is especially strong when writing programs that process and produce lists. The map function, which does both, is a thing of beauty:
(define (map f l) (cond [(null? l) '()] [else (cons (f (car l)) (map f (cdr l)))]))
The map function is most beautiful when the given f is functional. If f has side-effects, the the above implementation over-specifies map, which is traditionally allowed to process the list in any order that it wants (though PLT Scheme guarantees left-to-right order, as above). Arguably, when some other Schemer provides a non-functional f, then it's their problem; they have to deal with the consequences (which may well be minor compared to some benefits of using mutation).
The map function might also receive a non-list, but the map implementor can guard against such misuse of map by wrapping it with a check,
(define (checked-map f l) (if (list? l) (map f l) (error 'map "not a list")))
and then exporting checked-map instead of the raw map. This kind of checking gives nicer error messages, and it helps hide implementation details of map. We could further also imagine that the raw map is compiled without run-time checks on car and cdr.
The Problem with Mutable Pairs
What if someone calls checked-map like this?:
(define l (list 1 2 3 4 5)) (checked-map (lambda (x) (set-cdr! (cddr l) 5)) l)
The f provided to map in this case is not purely functional. Moreover, it uses mutation in a particularly unfortunate way: the list? test in checked-map succeeds, because the argument is initially a list, and the mutation is ultimately discovered by a call to cdr --- but only if checks haven't been disabled.
If you're a Schemer, then unless you've seen this before, or unless you thought a bit about the title of this section, then you probably didn't think of the above test case for map. A Schemer's view of lists is so deeply functional that it's hard to make this particular leap.
Furthermore, this example is not contrived. If you have either Chez Scheme version 6.1 or a pre-200 MzScheme sitting around, calling map as above leads to a seg fault or an invalid memory access:
Chez Scheme Version 6.1 Copyright (c) 1998 Cadence Research Systems > (define l (list 1 2 3 4 5)) > (map (lambda (x) (set-cdr! (cddr l) 5)) l) Error: invalid memory reference. Some debugging context may have been lost.
The map example illustrates how mutable pairs can break a Schemer's natural and ingrained model of programming. Of course, if optimizing and providing friendly error messages for map were the only issues with mutable pairs, then it wouldn't matter; Scheme implementors are smart enough to (eventually) get this right. Unfortunately, the underlying problem is more pervasive.
In the API for a typical Scheme library, lists can be used for many kinds of input and output. Flags for options might be provided in a list. A function might provide information about the current configuration (e.g., the current items in a GUI list box) in a list. Procedures or methods that deal gracefully with list mutation are few and far between. In most cases, the result of unexpected mutation is merely a bad error message; sometimes, however, unexpected mutation of a list can break the library's internal invariants. In the worst case, the library whose internal invariants are broken plays some role in a system's overall security.
Mutable lists also interfere with the language's extensibility. The PLT Scheme contract system, for example, offers a way to wrap an exported function with a contract that constrains its input and outputs, which are optionally (in principle) enforced by run-time checks. Higher-order contracts, such as "a list of functions that consume and produce numbers", require wrappers on sub-pieces, and these wrappers can be installed only by copying the enclosing list. Copying a mutable list changes the semantics of a program, however, whereas contracts are supposed to enforce invariants without otherwise changing the program. Copying an immutable list creates no such problem.
Finally, mutable lists make the language's specification messy. The R6RS editors spent considerable energy trying to pin down the exception-raising guarantees of map; the possibility of mutable pairs made it difficult to provide much of a guarantee. The standard says that implementations should check that the lists provided to map are the same length, but it's not worth much to require that check, since an argument's length as a list can change via mutation to the list's pairs.
Switching to Immutable Pairs
The designers of PLT Scheme long ago recognized the problems of mutable pairs, and we introduced functions like cons-immutable and list-immutable to support programming with immutable lists. These additions solved some problems --- but only in the cases where we were careful to use immutable lists. The R6RS editors also recognized the problems of mutable pairs, so that set-car! and set-cdr! were banished to their own library --- but programmers are still free to use that library.
While these are worthwhile steps for many reasons, they do not solve the underlying problem. Library implementors who deal in lists must still either set up elaborate guards against mutation, pretend that the problem doesn't matter, or require the use of a special immutable-list datatype that is incompatible with libraries whose authors set up elaborate guards or ignore the problem.
Why all this hassle? If most Scheme code really does use and expect pairs in a functional way, can't we just switch to immutable pair? Most Scheme code will still work, untold security holes will have been closed, specifications will become instantly tighter, and language extensions like contracts will work better.
Schemers have been reluctant to make this leap, because it has never been clear just how much code relies on mutable pairs. We don't know how much the switch will cost in porting time and long-term incompatibility, and we don't really know how much we will gain. We won't know until we try it.
For PLT Scheme v4.0, we're going to try it. In our main dialects of Scheme (such as the mzscheme language), cons will create immutable pairs, and pair? and list? will recognize only immutable pairs and lists. The set-car! and set-cdr procedures will not exist. A new set of procedure mcons, mcar, mcdr, set-mcar!, and set-mcdr! will support mutable pairs. (A related v4.0 change is that define-struct by default creates immutable structure types.)
Of course, PLT Scheme v4.0 will support an R5RS language where cons is mcons, and so on, so many old programs can still run easily in the new version. The difference is that interoperability between R5RS libraries and PLT Scheme libraries will be less direct than before.
Experience So Far
PLT Scheme v126.96.36.199 exists already in a branch of our SVN repository, and it will soon move to the SVN trunk. That is, we have already ported at least a half million lines of Scheme code to a dialect without set-car! and set-cdr!.
The conversion took about eight hours. Obviously, relatively little code had to change. The following are the typical porting scenarios:
The reverse! and append! functions were frequently used for "linear updates" by performance-conscious implementors. As our underlying Scheme implementation has improved, however, the performance benefits of these functions has become less. All uses could be replaced with reverse and append.
The set-cdr! operation was often used to implement an internal queue. Such internal queues were easily changed to use mcons, mcar, mcdr, and set-mcdr!.
An association-list mapping was sometimes updated with set-cdr! when a mapping was present, otherwise the list was extended. Since the extension case was supported, it was easy to just update the list functionally. (The relevant lists were short; if the lists were long, the right change would be to use a hash table instead of a list.)
A pair was sometime used for an updatable mapping where a distinct structure type is better. The quick solution was to throw in a mutable box in place of the value.
The PLT Scheme code might be better positioned for the switch than arbitrary Scheme code. Most of it was written by a handful of people who understood the problems of mutable pairs, and who might therefore shy away from them. However, the PLT Scheme code base includes a lot of code that was not written specifically for PLT Scheme, including Slatex, Tex2page, and many SRFI reference implementations. With the exception of SRFI-9, which generalizes set! to work with pairs, the SRFI implementations were remarkably trouble free. (Thanks to Olin Shivers for making mutation optional in the "linear update" functions like reverse! from SRFIs 1 and 32.)
In addition, we looked at a number of standard Scheme benchmarks, which can be found here:
Of the 28 benchmarks, eight of them mutate pairs. Four of those are trivially converted to functional programs, along the lines of the scenarios above. One, destruct, is designed specifically to test mutation performance, so it makes no sense to port. Another, sort1, is a sorting algorithm that inherently relies on mutation; a functional sort is obviously possible, but that would be a different benchmark. The conform benchmark uses mutable pairs for tables in a relatively non-local way; as a modern Scheme program, it would probably be written with structures, but it's not trivial to port. The peval benchmark uses pairs to represent Scheme programs, and it partially evaluates the program by mutating it, so it is not trivial to port. To summarize, out of 28 old, traditional benchmark programs, only two represent interesting programs that are not easily adapted to immutable pairs. (They run in PLT Scheme's R5RS language, of course.)
Finally, we selected a useful third-party library that is not included with PLT Scheme. We checked the generic SSAX implementation (not the PLT Scheme version), and we found a couple of uses of set-car! and set-cdr!. Again, they fall into the above queue and association-list categories that are easily and locally converted.
Meanwhile, as we start to use v3.99 to run scripts in our day-to-day work, immutable pairs have so far created no difficulty at all. So far, then, our optimism in trying immutable pairs seems to be justified; it just might work.
But It's Lisp Tradition!
A typical response to news of the demise of mutable pairs is that it will create lot of trouble, because mutable pairs are Scheme tradition, and surely lots of useful old code exploits them in lots of places.
We're eager to hear whether anyone has such code. Our initial hypothesis is that practically all old code falls into one of two categories:
The code is easily ported to immutable pairs, along the same lines as above (i.e., local queues and small association lists).
The code so old and generic that it can be run as an R5RS program. It won't call into the large PLT Scheme set of libraries that will expect immutable pairs, and it can easily be used as a library with wrappers that convert mutable pairs back and forth with immutable pairs.
Frankly, we're not so eager to hear opinions based on guesswork about existing code and how it might get used. Download v3.99 from SVN or as a nightly build when it becomes available; let us know your guesses about how running your old code would go, but then let us know what actually happens.
The immutable-pairs plan for v4.0 is not set in stone, but we won't make the decision based on guesswork. More libraries (other than R5RS) to aid compatibility may be useful, but so far we don't have a tangible need for them. In any case, we'll revert to mutable pairs only if significant experience with the pre-release version demonstrates that it really won't work.


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Three wide life racing tv interview with Tony at the LOGMAHAL ....He looks GREAT and sounds really good! I would say he's good to go for Daytona
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A rebuilt London Bridge opens in the Arizona desert, a vice president resigns, and the entertainment world loses Yul Brynner, Orson Welles and Christopher Reeve, all on this day.
1946: Actor Charles Dance is born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England. He is best known for playing Tywin Lannister on the HBO series "Game of Thrones" and for his roles in movies such as "Alien 3," "The Golden Child" and "The Last Action Hero."


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BREAKING NEWS: Pirates acquire OF Delwyn Young
In quite the head scraching move the Pirates have traded for Dodger's outfielder Delwyn Young. The Pirates will either ship two players to be named later or cash to LA.
Now I have no problem with this. I've heard of the guy and hear he has a load of upside. He is 26 years old and will just be reaching the prime of his career.
"DY" as he was affectionately called in Las Angeles tore up the minor league circuit. In 2004 he hit 22 homers and batted .281. He made his major league debut in 2006 and has since struggled. His career BA is just .261 and his power numbers have slipped with just three home runs.
The Pittsburgh outfield is already crowded as it is. With Morgan going bonkers at the plate, McClouth solidifed in solid and the front office banking on Moss to contribute there really isn't room for Young.
On the bench we have Hinske and Monroe who are good players and not getting the playing time they deserve as it is. In the minors we have Cutch and Tabata. The only logical explanation for this is that we will use one of them as more tade bait. He need pitching, all wee can get. More than likely Monroe or Hinske will be outta here first, maybe even Morgan. Morgan is the most attractive of the three because of his hot start. I can even see Adam LaRoche being traded. Moss or Hinkse can fill in at first and even Steve Pearce once he gets the call up.
It'll be interesting to see how it unfolds and impacts the club….
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Hey, it's almost time for some Friday pick 'em action again, don't forget to make your selections!
Do you thikn it's weird having brothers on the same team? I feel like that would be awkward sometimes? Just wondering since the LaRoches play for the Pirates right now.
DY also goes by the nickname that his grandfather game him which is PeeWee. PeeWee having been a Dodger and also is a local boy, I am rooting for him. We had the same problem here that our outfield was crowded.
After my beloved Dodger Stadium, I like Fenway and then your stadium. I go for tradition more than newness but I loved your stadium when I visited it last year. This year I will be making my first trip to Wrigley Field.
Good luck to the Pirates.
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Woodstock defeats economic coordinator positionMarch 06,2013Woodstock defeats economic position
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YOLO means "You Only Live Once," but now it means vandalism for Loyola University in Uptown New Orleans.
Loyola officials found the L-O-Y-O letters that spell out Loyola in its front lawn sign missing.
All that was left was cracked pieces littering the lawn and L-A still standing.
Officials with the school said the school was a "victim of Mardi Gras."
Similar vandalism to the sign happens quite often because people try to sit or stand on the letters to take pictures, according to a university official. The letters are very fragile, and if someone puts too much pressure on them they can break, the university official continued.
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There can be few projects in this World where the central aim is to create an 'ultimate'. But this was precisely the goal when KEF combined their state-of the-art acoustic technology with the sensual, organic forms of visionary designer Ross Lovegrove.
The Muon loudspeaker is fabricated from super-formed aluminium, which uses a similar moulding process to vacuum forming. The concept uses malleable sheets of heated aluminium to achieve otherwise impossible shapes. The eventual form of the loudspeaker was the result of a careful convergence between Ross Lovegrove's design aesthetics and the physics of sound. The process by which they were conceived meant that, in effect, Ross Lovegrove was sculpting the sound by 'skinning' the technology with purposeful form – the final shape was created through an evolutionary process that ensured it could only be the form that it is.
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Sugar: What Kinds to Eat and When
It's been two years since Russ started to get his diet in shape. Slowly but surely he cut out the late-night pizzas, the morning doughnuts and the evening drive-thru. It wasn't easy, but the weight came flying off . to a point. Then, no matter how miserly he became toward fat grams, he still couldn't get that lean, chiseled look. As he cracked his third Mountain Dew of the day-congratulating himself because it's fat-free-he began to think that he would never get the six-pack of his dreams.
Unless you've got a Ph.D. in biochemistry, you're probably exhausted from the endless debate surrounding sugar. And if your info has come largely from television, you're hopelessly confused. Treading that fine white line demands some balance. If you eat too little, you don't have the energy to work out; too much, and you get fat. It's really a simple matter of figuring out what kinds of sugar to eat and when, in order to lose weight, build muscle and protect your health.
The Science of Sweet
Okay, kids, sit down and listen closely. All sugars are carbohydrates, known as "simple" carbs, since they're composed of just one sugar molecule. The label on a can of Pepsi reads 41 grams of carbs and 41 grams of sugar. This means that every single carbohydrate comes from sugar. The label on a package of plain oatmeal will read 18 grams of carbs and only one gram of sugar. Almost all of the carbs in oatmeal are made up of long chains of sugar molecules called "complex" carbs. Oatmeal, along with sweet potatoes, wheat breads, rice and corn, is a complex carb, also known as a starch.
In this age of convenience foods, the terms complex and simple are a bit outdated. For the purpose of losing fat and building muscle, it's smarter to look at carbs as either "unrefined" or "processed." The former refers to whole foods that contain sugar, such as fruits, vegetables, juices, grains and legumes, and that still hold their natural water, fiber, phytochemicals, vitamins and minerals. Processed foods include white bread, soda, candy, crackers, cookies and just about any commercial product labeled "fat-free." These have been stripped of their wholesome attributes and are dense with nothing but empty calories. For instance, one gram of a cracker will contain four calories, but one gram of an orange contains about 0.2 calories, because the bulk of its weight is water and fiber.
The Glycemic Index
The glycemic index rates how quickly certain foods turn into glucose (a form of sugar) in the bloodstream, and is a valuable tool when trying to control sugar intake and limit its effect on you. While high-glycemic-index foods can cause a rapid jump in blood sugar, followed by a massive crash, low-glycemic-index foods increase blood sugar slowly, providing constant and stable energy levels over a considerable period of time. Several factors contribute to a low rating, such as the presence of protein, fiber and fat. Pure processed sugars garner the highest scores, with the most highly processed foods topping the list. For instance, out of a possible 100, instant rice earns a 90 while fibrous, vitamin-rich brown rice gets a 55.
Recent studies by the Harvard School of Public Health show that diets loaded with high-GI foods lead to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and obesity. In fact, the World Health Organization is spearheading a movement to include GI ratings on food labels, and several products in Australia already bear the grade.
The Dreaded Insulin Dump
Although sugar is lower in total calories per gram than fat, it contributes mightily to a fatty frame. "In our society, sugar is consumed in excessive amounts through unhealthy foods, and it increases total calories, leading to weight gain," says Eric Sternlicht, Ph.D., professor of kinesiology at Occidental College in Los Angeles and president of Simply Fit Inc. This effect is largely due to a hormone called insulin.
The more highly processed sugar you eat, the greater the release of insulin from the pancreas. That's because the main role of insulin is to return blood-sugar levels to normal. However, when blood-sugar levels jump violently-which is what happens when you eat high-GI foods-your body pumps a massive amount of insulin into the bloodstream. This causes an overshoot, making blood-sugar levels bottom out, which triggers appetite, leading to a vicious cycle of overeating. In fact, sugar is often compared to a drug rather than a nutrient in the way it can leave you craving more instead of leaving you satisfied.
Overeating isn't the only danger. Some doctors, including Walter Willet, M.D., chairman of the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, believe that years of eating processed food and experiencing the constant blasts of insulin can actually exhaust your pancreas' ability to produce insulin, putting you at risk for diabetes. Another condition, known as insulin resistance, can also develop, in which your body is so accustomed to insulin surges, the hormone loses its power to reduce levels of blood sugar. Recent research published in the British Medical Journal shows that men with elevated blood-sugar levels have a higher mortality rate from cardiovascular disease.


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CALLICOON, NY — Sullivan County's first Vietnamese restaurant celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting on May 29 at 26 Upper Main St. Bà & Mẹ will serve homemade Vietnamese bánh mi sandwiches, vermicelli bowls, rice bowls, summer rolls and more. Whenever possible, the small, seasonal menu includes the freshest ingredients from local farms and purveyors. Bà & Mẹ offers meats that are locally or naturally raised and free of antibiotics and hormones. Additionally, most of the restaurant's food packaging is eco-friendly, incorporating compostable, biodegradable and recyclable materials.
Owner Nhi Nguyen and her family moved to Sullivan County from New York City after their home was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy. Nguyen works in online marketing and has never owned a restaurant, although she did work at one that her parents owned. The name was chosen for its play on the classic bánh mì sandwich and the words for grandmother (bà) and mother (me).
Nguyen said she opened the restaurant because "I wanted to do something for the community, and this is my way of giving back." She said Vietnamese food is not like any other Asian food. Many of the dishes include grilled meat complemented by fresh ingredients.
Cathy Paty, president of the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce, said she is excited for Nguyen and that Bà & Me is "a total treat" and a "neat niche that no one in this county has had."
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Edgewood holds off MG boys basketball
Fourth quarter rally falls short for Silver Eagles
Published On: Jan 14 2013 09:33:02 PM CST Updated On: Jan 15 2013 06:44:51 AM CST
Madison Edgewood nearly blew an 11-point fourth quarter lead before escaping with a 48-45 win at Monona Grove in boys basketball Monday night.
The game was rescheduled from December 21st because of the big snowstorm that hit that week.
Connor McGinnis made two free throws with nine seconds left to give Edgewood a 48-45 lead.
In the final six seconds, MG's Mark Nelson had two shots to tie the game from three point range, but both missed.
The final shot was deflected by McGinnis to preserve the win..
Both Edgewood and Monona Grove are now 3-2 in the Badger South conference, one game behind first place Monroe.
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More proof democrats are nothing but scumbag lairs!!
Brad Sherman is a Congressman from California. That fact alone tells you that he's a liberal kook.
Nevertheless, he emerged from hibernation like Punxsutawney Phil, but instead of predicting that winter was about to end, predicted that the end of the unpleasantries in Libya weren't and suggested that the administration isn't being, shall we say, truthful about the cost of its current kinetic military action.
A Democratic lawmaker said Thursday that the White House is "dramatically underestimating" the cost of the nation's military involvement in Libya by relying on misleading accounting.
"That effort is costing us billions a week," Rep. Brad Sherman, California Democrat and a certified public accountant, said in his opening remarks at a House Foreign Relations Committee hearing on reforming the United Nations with Susan E. Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Last week, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testified that the nation's initial involvement in establishing a no-fly zone over the skies of Libya carried a $550 million price tag and that the cost going forward would be about $40 million a month. He also assured lawmakers he had enough money in his budget to absorb the costs without asking Congress for new funding — though he wasn't ready to say where exactly the money would come from.
But Mr. Sherman on Thursday said the estimates are based on what's known as "marginal-cost accounting," which doesn't include costs for things such as overhead from the development of the weapons systems and equipment being used, or the salaries of the people involved in the effort.
"We need to use full-cost accounting," Mr. Sherman said.
Full-cost accounting? We'll get to full-cost accounting on Libya after we get it on TARP and the $timulus and Fannie and Freddie and a dozen other fiscal fiascos.
Feel free to go back into hibernation, Congressman Sherman, but don't hold your breath.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Baby Connection Fun Frog Soft Gym
Units: About 26,000
Distributor: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., of Bentonville, Ark.
Manufacturer: Infantino LLC, of San Diego, Calif.
Hazard: A cap on the wire supports inside the soft gym's upright arms can detach, allowing the wire to poke through the fabric. This poses a laceration and puncture hazard to babies.
Incidents/Injuries: Infantino has received four reports of incidents involving the support wire poking through the soft gym's fabric arms. Of the four incidents reported, two involved babies being scratched by the exposed wire.
Description: The recalled Baby Connection Fun Frog Soft Gym is comprised of a multi-colored, frog-shaped padded fabric mat, from which blue and orange support arms extend. The support arms consist of thin steel wire covered by foam and fabric. They can be arched, allowing for three stuffed infant toys to hang above the product's mat. A label with the word "Infantino" is attached to each of the stuffed toys as well as the underside of the mat. Products sold under item 150-761, Infantino Activity Soft Gym, which have a stamp on the back of the product showing 150-761 Production Date June 2005, are not affected by this recall.
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Mass Transit Security after the London Bombings
Author: Daniel B. Prieto, Former Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Former Research Director of the Homeland Security Partnership Initiative, 2004-2005
Written Testimony
Good morning Chairwoman Rivera, Chairman Barrios and distinguished members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today to discuss mass transit security and the MBTA in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in London.
For the record, I am Research Director of the Homeland Security Partnership Initiative and fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Previously, I served as a professional staff member on the Select Committee on Homeland Security in the U.S. House of Representatives, where I was responsible for critical infrastructure issues including transportation security. In that capacity, I was the primary author of a comprehensive transit security bill, the Safe TRAINS Act introduced in the 108th Congress by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and reintroduced in the 109th Congress as the Secure TRAINS Act. On the Committee, I authored a comprehensive report on mass-transit security, "America at Risk: Closing the Public Transportation Security Gap."
I have served as an International Affairs Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations with an expertise on homeland security and counterterrorism issues. I am also privileged to serve as an associate member of the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age and the Center for Strategic and International Studies/ Heritage Foundation Task Force Examining the Roles, Missions, and Organization of the Department of Homeland Security. The Markle Task Force has been instrumental in shaping national debate and policy on improving information sharing, while the CSIS/Heritage Task Force played an influential role in the recently announced restructuring of the Department of Homeland Security.
My written testimony today will focus on the vulnerability of public transportation generally and does not specifically address measures taken by the MBTA. Today's other witnesses are far more expert on the transit system that they so capably oversee. My comments are intended to provide context, advance the insights, and complement the testimony already provided by the previous witnesses.
Terrorism and Mass Transit Security, Recent History
According to the Congressional Research Service, fully one-third of terrorist attacks worldwide target transportation systems, and public transit is the most frequent transportation target. Analysis of more than 22,000 terrorist incidents from 1968 through 2004 indicate that attacks on land-based transportation targets, including mass transit, have the highest casualty rates of any type of terrorist attack. On average, attacks against such systems created more than two-and-a-half times the casualties per incident as attacks on aviation targets. In terms of fatalities, attacks on surface transportation are among the deadliest, ranking behind attacks on aviation and nearly equaling fatality rates of attacks on religious and tourist targets.
Why is mass transit a favored target? Mass transit systems are "open," offer high concentrations of people, and provide the potential to cause large-scale disruption and fear. The systems are inherently difficult to secure because of the volume of riders, high number of access points with few obvious inspection and control areas, the need for convenience, and low-cost fares with no requirement of advance purchase or passenger identification. These characteristics make it impossible to secure public transportation systems in the same way that we have secured aviation since 9/11.
The most recent bombings in London are simply a reminder of the vulnerability of mass transit systems worldwide. The most notable attacks over the last decade provide insight into threats, tactics and vulnerabilities.
London, July 2005: On 7 July 2005, Islamist terrorists struck the London Underground and a bus with four bombs during the morning rush hour, targeting subway trains and buses. Fifty-two people were killed and 700 injured. The incident was the deadliest single act of terrorism in the United Kingdom since the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, and it is the deadliest bombing in London since the Second World War. Responsibility for the bombings was claimed separately by The Secret Organization Group of Al Qaeda of Jihad Organization in Europe and later by the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade which claimed responsibility for the Madrid attacks in 2004.
The attacks marked the first suicide bombings in Western Europe, and were carried out by domestic terrorists affiliated with or inspired by Al Qaeda.
On 21 July 2005, a second series of four explosions took place on the London Underground and a London bus. However, this time only the detonators of the bombs exploded, all four bombs remained undetonated and there was only one injury and no fatalities.
Madrid, Spain March 2004. Ten bombs detonated in four locations on Madrid's train line by jihadist terrorists killed 191 and injured 1,460 others. The bombs were detonated by cell phones and were left in backpacks. The Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade claimed responsibility on behalf of Al Qaeda. By the end of March 2004, authorities had arrested over twenty people in connection with the attack. The suspects hailed from Morocco, India, Syria and Spain.
Israel, 2000–present. In Israel, there have been more than 70 Palestinian bomb attacks since the current conflict erupted in September 2000. Roughly one-third of those attacks have been carried out by suicide bombers targeting buses, bus stops, and railway stations and resulting in hundreds of fatalities.
Tokyo, Japan March 1995. Japanese Buddhist extremist sect, Aum Shinri Kyo, attacked the Tokyo subway system with nerve gas, Sarin. The gas was released from packages brought on to five subway cars. Twelve people were killed and 6,000 injured. Passengers and personnel in fifteen subway stations were affected by the Sarin.
U.S. Vulnerability / Boston's MBTA
Although attacks similar to those in London, Madrid, Israel or Japan have yet to occur in the United States, the threat is real and chances of an attack succeeding are high. There are over 140,000 miles of train routes in the U.S. and more than 500 major urban transit operators. Americans take public transportation 32 million times a day, 16 times more than they travel on domestic airlines. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Transportation (DOT), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have warned public transportation officials of possible terrorist strikes. Khalid Sheik Muhammed, one of Osama bin Laden's chief lieutenants, told his interrogators that Al Qaeda had plans to attack the metro system in Washington, D.C.
Public transportation systems in the United States are vulnerable to attacks because of their inherent openness, their number and geographic dispersion, and the volume of passengers that they carry. But not all systems are equally at risk. Major urban systems with higher passenger loads are more likely targets. Of particular concern is the dense concentration of high-ridership systems, especially along the Northeast corridor between Washington, D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts.
Based on ridership, Boston's MBTA is the fifth largest mass transit system in the United States, behind New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. As such, Boston's MBTA was the 4th largest recipient of DHS security funding in the federal fiscal year 2003 and the 7th largest in fiscal year 2004.
Making Public Transportation More Secure
After 9/11, federal, state and local authorities have taken a number of steps to improve public transportation security. At the end of 2002, 74% of U.S. public transit authorities had augmented security measures that were in place prior to 9/11, and 88% adopted new security measures. Those already high numbers have certainly increased in light of the Madrid and London bombings.
Many of the steps taken to improve mass transit security are reasonably low-cost measures that any system can take. These include:
- Increase the visibility of staff and security measures
- Increase the frequency of security patrols
- Promote awareness, instilling a security mindset in staff and enlisting public vigilance
- Reduce obvious hiding places for bombs, such as trashcans
- Review and rehearse immediate response and evacuation plans for obvious threats, including suspicious packages, bombs, fires, and sudden outbreaks of illness
- Conduct a vulnerability assessment and review threat potential with local and federal officials
- Ensure adequacy of crisis management plans, awareness of plans, readiness of equipment, and accuracy of all contact information
Interviews conducted with a number of large transit authorities around the country after the Madrid bombings in 2004 indicate investments in a range of other measures that transit authorities would like to pursue, but where funding may pose obstacles:
- Cameras and other surveillance equipment
- Improved and interoperable communications systems
- Command and control systems and tools, and redundancy of such systems
- Increased training and exercises on prevention and emergency response, including decontamination
- Explosive and WMD detection and countermeasures, including expanded use of canine teams as well as new technologies
- Capital improvements to increase the physical security of stations, vehicles, bridges, and tunnels
- Capital improvements to improve passenger survivability in the event of an attack, including improvements in ventilation, drainage, fire safety, emergency communications, lighting, egress, and accessibility by emergency response personnel
Challenges and Prospects
No Silver Bullet. At the end of the day, there is no "silver bullet" to improve the security of public transportation. Even the best security measures on mass transit can not promise one hundred percent security. The preparedness, public awareness and extensive closed-circuit television systems that London put in place in response to a long history of IRA bombings could not prevent the attacks of July 2005. Even Israel, the most security conscious country in the world, can not prevent frequent deadly bus bombings. The fact that the London bombing represent the first suicide attacks in Western Europe suggest that deterrence and prevention may get even more difficult going forward.
Layered Defense. Successful transit security must have multiple layers that prepare, deter, detect, protect, and respond. While this poses a significant challenge of deciding which measures to prioritize, enhancements at any layer should seek to present obstacles to would-be terrorists, help limit damage and casualties should an attack occur, and be mutually reinforcing with other measures. Furthermore, the more that security enhancements are integrated with other basic objectives — preventing crime, dispatching and tracking vehicles, monitoring the condition of infrastructure and assuring safe operation — the more transit operators will be able to meet their main objective: getting riders to and from their destinations quickly, cheaply, and safely.
Funding. Surveys and interviews by the General Accounting Office (GAO) of transit officials nationwide indicate that "insufficient funding is the most significant challenge in making their transit systems as safe and secure as possible." In fact, survey respondents were more than 2.5 times more likely to cite insufficient funding as the main impediment to security relative to any other factors.
After the Madrid bombings in 2004, staff of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security conducted similar interviews and surveys of officials at five large U.S. transit authorities that accounted for 15–20% of total annual U.S. passenger trips. This study confirmed the deep concerns about funding among transit authorities.
The Limits of Intelligence. President Bush has said that while we need to be right all the time, the terrorists need to be right only once. That logic suggests the limitations of intelligence to stop terrorist attacks. While a number of the 9/11 hijackers were on terrorist watchlists, the information was not effectively put to use to keep the terrorists from entering the country or being discovered once they were here. Unlike the 9/11 terrorists, the London bombers were homegrown — British citizens and not perpetrators from overseas. To my knowledge, none were on existing terrorist watchlists, nor did any have a history of extremism or violence. In the future, we may have no prior intelligence on our attackers, and even if we do, the information might still not allow us to stop an attack.
The threat posed by terrorists to public transportation systems like the MBTA is not new. The recent bombings in London simply serve to demonstrate the urgent nature of the current threat of jihadist terrorism. While Massachusetts and the rest of the country have done much to improve transit security since 9/11, more can and should be done. Finally, even the best efforts can not ensure that terrorists will not succeed in targeting trains, subways, or buses in the United States sometime in the future.
- Written Testimony (45K PDF)
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Sears Ala Moana closed its doors for good Sunday. It's the bittersweet end of the department store's 54-year run at the state's largest mall.
Greg Kaneko has worked for Sears for 41 years and says he never thought this day would come.
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BARRE – Mayor Thomas Lauzon says he didn't support either of the major budget proposals that were handily rejected by Granite City voters last month, but he does now.
Citing adjustments that have been made to spending plans for both the city and its centralized elementary school, and what he views as a now-tolerable increase in the local tax rate, Lauzon said Tuesday night that he is prepared to vote for both budgets next month and is urging others to do the same.
"I am hopeful that people will get out and recognize the effort that has gone (into revising these budgets)," he said, suggesting the sticker shock that prompted voters to decisively defeat them on Town Meeting Day was certainly understandable.
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High school students from throughout the state will come to Portales next week to learn numerous aspects related to journalism: from photography to news writing, ethics to interviewing skills.
Professional journalists from across New Mexico will teach the four-day workshop at Eastern New Mexico University. The seminar is sponsored by the New Mexico Press Association and begins on Sunday.
As of 5 p.m. on Thursday, 24 students have registered, including two from Clovis High School and one from Floyd High School. Many newspapers in New Mexico sponsored students wanting to attend, paying the $150 fee that covers lodging at an ENMU dormitory and three meals a day.
One project for the students will be to publish their own paper, a first for the state-wide workshop that began 23 years ago.
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Virginia Lee, a Clovis High student contemplating a career in journalism, said she hopes the workshop will give her skills that may aid her future endeavors.
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WATERLOO Joshua Knelman has won the 2012 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives through the Secret World of Stolen Art (Douglas & McIntyre, 2011). The award will be presented at a dinner and presentation Nov. 13 in Waterloo.
Hot Art is a hugely satisfying and meticulously researched real-life detective story that will surprise and intrigue you, said Ute Lischke, award juror and Laurier professor of English and Film Studies.
In Hot Art, Knelman takes what seems like a rarefied topic art theft and produces an engrossing narrative that is as riveting as any best-selling mystery novel. Knelman spent four years immersed in the world of international art theft, traveling around the globe to Cairo, New York, London, Montreal and Los Angeles. He befriended a master thief, a lawyer and expert on crimes against art, and a hard-working detective. Even readers who arent mourning the loss of the family Monet will be drawn into Knelmans portrait of calculating art thieves and the handful of dedicated investigators who track them around the globe, often for years at a time.
Knelman is a writer and editor based in Toronto. He was a founding editorial member of The Walrus magazine, and his writing has appeared in Toronto Life, Saturday Night, The National Post and The Globe and Mail. Knelmans feature article Artful Crimes in The Walrus won a gold National Magazine Award. Hot Art has also won the 2012 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Nonfiction. Knelman is the co-editor of Four Letter Word: New Love Letters. For the 2011-12 academic year, he was the Barbara Moon Editorial Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto. He produces the Literary Review of Canada's speaker series, in partnership with TVO's Big Ideas, at the Gardiner Museum.
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There's countless diehard Cheeseheads in Wisconsin and across the nation, but one Holmen boy is taking his Packer pride to a whole new level.
David Pehl got his first Packers jersey for Christmas a couple of years ago. Once he put it on, he just couldn't take it off.
Now he's trying to set a record for the most consecutive days wearing a Packers jersey.
"Everyone asks, 'Is he still wearing the shirt?' Yes, he's still wearing the shirt," said David's mom, Jessica.
"It looked normal when he first started wearing it but now it's worn out," said David's friend Caeden Kruger.
David's worn it for 1,034 consecutive days.
"I thought a year maybe, and here we are almost three years later and he's still doing it," said David's dad, Dave.
But he still has a ways to go, he's shooting for more than four years.
David's dad, Dave said he'll take some of the blame for planting the idea.
"I made the mistake of mentioning the boy that had worn the Brett Favre jersey just over four years and at that point he said, 'Hm, is there a record?' and I said, 'I don't know if there's a record for an Aaron Rodgers jersey,' so he said, 'Well, I'm going to try and break the record,'" said Dave.
While keeping that kind of resolve is a big challenge in and of itself, try doing it as the lone Packer fan in the family.
"All I can say is 'skol Vikings,'" said Dave.
David's entire family are Vikings fans. David said he's been a Packer fan for a long time.
"Being a Viking family we tried to convert him, but once we knew he wasn't going to convert we said OK," said Dave.
And while David may not say much about his goal or his dedication to the Packers, his jersey and the Packer sanctuary he's carved out at home speaks for itself.
"I told my friends so they didn't think I turned into a Packer fan that I wore my Viking jersey while I painted (the Packer logo) it on the wall," said Dave.
And with a year left to go, David's motivation is the hope of someday meeting the man whose name used to be on the back of his jersey.
David hopes to meet Rodgers if he can wear the jersey long enough.
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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key reportedly defended his "gay" remark by saying it was "just a slang term" used by young people.
New Zealand's prime minister has been rebuked by "Lord of the Rings" actor Ian McKellen for joking about a radio host's "gay" sweater.
John Key teased broadcaster Jamie Mackay for wearing a red top instead of blue, the color of his National Party. "You've got that gay red top on there," Key said in the interview on Friday.
It was reportedly the second gaffe on the same day for Key, who was accused of earlier telling an audience of students that LA Galaxy soccer player David Beckham was "thick as bats***."
Radio New Zealand said Key described Englishman Beckham as handsome and "a really nice guy" but "thick", according to a report in Britain's Daily Telegraph.
Key refused to comment on the alleged slur on Beckham, but defended his "gay" remark by saying it was "just a slang term" used by young people, according to television news website TZ NZ.
"If someone was offended by it then I apologize but it's not exactly like a term you don't hear everywhere," he said. "I voted for gay marriage, I'm hardly homophobic. I led the charge on it."
However, McKellen, the British actor and gay-rights campaigner who played Gandalf in the New Zealand-filmed "Lord of the Rings" franchise, said Key "should watch his language."
In a blog post on Monday, he wrote: "I'm currently touring secondary schools in UK, attacking homophobia in the playground and discouraging kids from the careless use of 'gay' which might make their gay friends (and teachers) feel less about themselves. So even as he supports the proposal to introduce same-gender marriages in New Zealand, I do hope John Key listens to his critics and appreciates their concern. Careless talk damages lives."
John Key is quickly becoming to New Zealand what Borat was to Kazakhstan.— Guy Williams (@guywilliamsguy) November 4, 2012
Australia's Herald Sun reported that Twitter users criticized Key, calling his "gay" remarks homophobic and his comments about Beckham embarrassing.
Twitter user Guy Williams posted: "John Key is quickly becoming to New Zealand what Borat was to Kazakhstan."
The Herald Sun also reported that radio host Mackay had dismissed the exchange as "nothing more than harmless banter".
"It's a storm in a teacup... no wonder the media sometimes gets a bad name," Mackay added.
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The World Series begins tonight but not without a little controversy. Apparently Barack Obama has broken the cardinal rule of sports fans everywhere and come out in support of both the Phillies and the Rays. It would seem that Mr. Obama doesn't understand "real" Americans or espouse the values of main street Wasilla, Alaska.
Now as a baseball fan and someone who will be watching the World Series despite the fact that I don't have a team in the game, I can understand Sen. Obama's divided sentiments. Ultimately, he said he'll be cheering for the Phillies because his campaign manager is a Phillies' fan. If the Cardinals were in the Series against anyone but the Tigers, I'd probably cheer for them too, because I (occasionally) support my friend.
See, when your team isn't playing, you're allowed to cheer for whomever. There's a big difference between Obama attending a rally with some players from the Rays and Bill Richardson saying he likes both the Red Sox and the Yankees. Or Hillary Clinton claiming to be a simultaneous Yankees and Cubs fan. Those things don't make sense. But I really couldn't tell you who I'm rooting for in the Series. Both teams are compelling but neither one controls any of my loyalty. I wouldn't mind seeing the Rays win because they're young and exciting and they took out the Yankees this season. But, the Phillies are young (with the exception of Jamie Moyer) and exciting, too, and I already predicted that they would win.
So, perhaps we should all just settle down and enjoy what could be some really good baseball. Perhaps it would be a little more compelling if Mr. McCain's Diamondbacks were taking on Mr. Obama's White Sox. I'm sure that we here at RSBS would be at Defcon 3 if we had scored a rematch of the 2006 Series. And we all know how much Mr. Lung wishes that Erin Andrews was frollicking about the dugouts. But instead we'll be starting off this evening at Tropicana Field in an area better known for spring training. However, if that's not "real" America then what is?
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i think its a bit silly to take heed of politicians throwing support behind teams. after all, we know they rarely say anything they mean😉. However, I think it is funny that Obama says he is pulling for the Phillies because his campaign manager, David Plouffe, is a Phillies fan. Plouffe is a Nationals season ticket holder!
Didn't life-long Yankees fan Rudy Guiliani get his clock cleaned after admitting he was rooting for the Red Sox in last year's World Series? Barack's gotta be very careful these last two weeks.
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I agree with both of you. Giuliani really angered me with his switch the most. Hillary second. In any case, people down here on the Southside aren't too happy about Obama's Phillie backing. The word on the street is: Just shut your trap regarding baseball and win this damn election.
Giuliani lost the Republican nomination because of that Red Sox endorsement! (Well, maybe.) Still makes me mad. But I just have to say that the video of Wasilla was as funny as it was terrifying. I'll have nightmares tonight.


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Memories of ProctorMarch 06,2014In the 1950s and 1960s, Proctor was a wonderful town in which to bring up youngsters. It still is, from all reports, but much has changed there (as it has throughout Vermont).
Growing up in Proctor meant long and pleasurable days swimming at the Proctor Pool, playing baseball whenever a group wanted to get together, investigating the forest (owned by the town library) and much more. In winter, the skating rink was alive with activity and an old rope ski-tow was available nearby.
The graded school served as the high school as well, until the new Proctor High School was constructed. Of course, Title IX didnt exist and therefore, the athletic teams only included boys.
The new high school gymnasium (now Buggiani Gym) was considered the largest around. Today, it is the smallest, but in those days, we, who played basketball, had to risk running down the stairs in gyms such as existed in Chester or having your shots hit the upper decks in such gyms as West Rutland.
Proctor schools were excellent (although many didnt appreciate the start in life which the teachers provided). No public kindergarten existed, but one wasnt needed with the likes of Miss Horan (who was our first-grade teacher as well as principal for 40 years). The high school gave us a solid foundation for the future, and many students went on to successful college experiences and careers.
One cannot discuss the schools without mentioning the Vermont Marble Co. Proctor was the proverbial company town with all the good and bad that represents. The company employed many artisans/sculptors of Italian descent and later during the Hungarian revolution many Hungarians as well. These immigrants added much to the town.
As many know, Proctor is known as having a long tradition of winning soccer teams. I believe they once held the national record for consecutive wins. One reason that the teams were so productive during the 50s and 60s is that the immigrant youth included some fantastic soccer players.
Juliano Chechinelli (a sculptor who made his mark not only in Proctor but in granite work in Barre) is only one example. Its amazing how these youngsters fared so well in school learning English on their own. There was no such thing as English as a Second Language teachers.
Not only was Proctor a company town, but it was strongly Republican in terms of politics. Of course, this was true of the state as well. As many know, the Proctor family produced governors, and later, Ray Keyser served as well. Some will recall that at one point our people in Washington were George Aiken, Bob Stafford and Winston Prouty.
Thanks to the Proctor family, we even had our own hospital. I and my four siblings were born there, and it served many marble company employees over the years. The doctors and staff were always most helpful, and they knew everyone well. The area around the hospital was known as Hospital Hill, and the homes were some of the finest in Proctor. It included the Proctor home which still exists and, in my opinion, would make a wonderful museum. While a student, this writer mowed many lawns for the rich people on Hospital Hill.
There were several churches in Proctor. While it certainly could not be said that Proctor was a Catholic town, there was a time when there were more priests and nuns who were Proctor natives than from any other town in Vermont. Bishop Joyce was a Proctor native, as was the Rev. Ray Maloney and the Rev. Paul Bresnehan (for example).
When I think of Proctor, the word values comes to mind. The schools, the churches and mostly the families all worked together to ensure that the youth of Proctor stayed on a firm course and learned the importance of the thought that were all in this life together.
Parents not only cared for their own children but along with the citizens who werent parents looked out for the well-being of all children.
One of my favorite memories involves the time when three boys decided to visit the town green and sip some homemade wine from a canning jar. The town policeman, Jake Ladabouche, found them and gave them each a ride home. He told the boys to tell their own parents so he wouldnt have to do so. The boys did that only to find out that Jake had already phoned each parent.
Im sure that there were (and are) many similar towns in Vermont. There is a tendency to want to recreate the type of life which existed. Change has meant that some of it is impossible.
For example, the marble company (and all it contributed to the town via employment and other things) no longer exists. The Proctor Hospital is long gone. The days when parents could send their youngsters off to play all day without worrying for their safety have passed.
Make sure youre home for supper doesnt mean the same as it did when one could trust that the children would be safe whether they were swimming, building forts in the woods or engaging in other activities whereby the only thing parents knew was that the kids were somewhere in town.
In a similar vein, I recall my mother feeding strangers who came from the trains, which ran fairly close to our home. She called them hoboes. That wouldnt happen today.
Yet, perhaps just by reminiscing, we can all focus on the good things which not only existed years ago, but which still exist and continue to exist if we never lose sight of the small-town values which towns such as Proctor developed in each passing generation of Vermonters.
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This album blew my goddamn mind.
Written by DethMetalRabbit on 06.01.2013 at 22:10
This album is phenomenal but does it really sound like brutal death? Does anyone think it has a slight deathcore sound?
Written by Boxcar Willy on 07.01.2013 at 06:13
BDM and deathcore have a lot of similarities. Wouldn't surprise me.
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I may have to do a review...
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I may have to do a review...
Do it! I suck at writing reviews or I'd do one but I love reading reviews about albums like this...
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So this is slam...tasty
Written by psykometal on 12.12.2013 at 16:07This is more like slam-influenced brutal death metal, it's not proper slam death. Their first album though is proper slam death.
Written by LeKiwi on 12.12.2013 at 17:22
Its too groovy to be BDM
Written by psykometal on 12.12.2013 at 18:58
There's no rule that states bdm can't be groovy. Theres a few of them out there, this, Dying Fetus and Big End Bolt, to name a few. And I'd highly recommend Big End Bolt, that's Igor's other slam-influenced bdm band, and also very good.
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I never really considered Dying Fetus to be BDM...they're far too mellow
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Dying Fetus is definitely brutal death metal. We must be listening to different bands, because Dying Fetus is NOT mellow. O.o


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Stirring Up Crap
In recent weeks, much ado has been made about the ongoing interweb scuffle between bloggers and "real" journalists. From JRod's mental wanderings on Raul Ibanez to Geoff Baker's self-serving opus dei to Hugging Harold Reynolds' public flaying of Jay Mariotti, everyone seems to be getting in on the controversy — creating it even.
I'm sure JRod is pretty pleased, if for nothing else than for being noticed (albeit harshly). As sports bloggers, isn't that all we really want? To be noticed?
Apparently, this is the best way to go. Stir up some real crap.
So I'm gonna.
The following are very, very, very TRUE:
- Vegetarian or not, Prince Fielder is fat
- In my "fantasies", Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols always fan me with palm tree leaves from the side while I… y'know, do my thing
- The color orange is on steroids!!!!
- Rush Limbaugh is also fat… and annoying
- Babe Ruth was only awesome because he had to overcome and compensate for the fact that he had a girl's last name (and breasts)
- Barack Obama is a smoker. Deal with it, yo!
- Bud Selig is as good at being commissioner of baseball as the Washington Nationals are at being champions of baseball
- I spent a lot of money on Cardinals games during the summer of 1998, in awe of Mark McGwire, realizing that something fishy might be going on, but, like you, didn't care that much about it 'cuz it was friggin' awesome. Like Selig, I too, looked the other way; but I would still make a much better commissioner of baseball than he because this All-Star Game's "this time it counts" thing is absolutely ridiculous.
- Our earth is flat; gravity is just some bulls*** made up by Communists
- Manny Ramirez is Predator… and a cheater and annoying; but in a few days no one will remember that he got popped for taking a banned substance… and just in case you're wondering, no, Manny is not fat — just big-haired.
Hate me 'cuz I'm a fire-starter, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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Don't know about the whole "flat earth" thing – but I like the rest!
I knew it.. I had my suspicions about orange for a while..
..And Jackie Robinson only had to overcome racist s.o.b.'s.. ain't got nothing on the Babe.😉
P.S. The ASG slogan is stupid.. and cheesy.. just thing thing you'd expect from a 74 year old from Milwaukee going by the name Bud..
– V [ http://flairforthedramatic.mlblogs.com ]
Wow, lil harsh on us members of… *pauses to catch breath from typing too fast* …Fat Nation! Jeez…
We're lucky to live in a world with a hero like Geoff Baker. Just ask him.
Julia — Believe me, it's true.
V — Exactly. Perhaps he should change his name to "Miller".
Jonestein — Nah, not being harsh. I am not judgmental. Just trying to create controversy… did it work? No? Damn.
Erin — Yep. You read it here first.
Prince — I would if I didn't have any dignity.
Dillon — And it just keeps getting worse…
You are definitely on a "fat" rant, Jeff. So you're saying you looked the other way on McGwire but you're not looking the other way on Manny? Ver-y interesting.
Thanks for having the balls to say what everyone else is thinking. I get tired of having to do it all myself.
Jane — I'm "fat" on life. I'm 99% sure McGwire was cheating. I'm 100% sure Manny is. Not really looking the other way anymore… it is what it is. The game is riddled with these "users". My point is that we are/were, as fans, part of the problem and that everyone will soon forget about Manny just like they have Pettitte, A-Rod, and everyone else. That's all.
Moneyball — I got your back. And I am glad that I have balls too.
Woot woot!
I like orange. I like orange alot.


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Ball's big day leads Wisconsin past Indiana 62-14
Montee Ball ran for 198 yards and three touchdowns, James White scored on runs of 69 and 50 yards, and Wisconsin set a school rushing record Saturday with 564 yards in a 62-14 rout at Indiana.
The Badgers (7-3, 4-2) will now have a chance to claim their third straight Big Ten crown after clinching a spot in the league's title game.
Ball also moved past 1998 Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams and into second place on the FBS career list. He has 77 career TDs, trailing only Travis Prentice of Miami (Ohio) who had 78.
Indiana (4-6, 2-4) hasn't beaten the Badgers since 2002 and had its two-game winning streak end.
Ball opened the scoring with a 10-yard TD run, and White added a 69-yard TD run late in the half to make it 24-7. Ball had two more TD runs in the third quarter.
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