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#125532 - 03/20/04 09:51 AM Indian sign
Carpal Tunnel
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There are a number of feral cats in the neighborhood who
have been fed regularly enough to have become almost pets.
As I put out for them the rotisserie chicken skin I must
abstain from, and noticed that Nicky came to it first, an ancient country phrase came to my mind:
"Nicky's got the Indian sign on Nat".
I haven't heard it for years, and don't know how it
originated. It means that Nicky is dominant over Nat, without any advantage in age or size. Anybody else familiar
with this phrase?
#125533 - 07/09/04 06:32 PM Re: Indian sign
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It's a new one on me. What part of the country would that be from again? It sounds rural east coast for some reason.
#177852 - 06/28/08 02:29 PM Re: Indian sign [Re: wwh]
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Loc: Honey Island, Texas
Webster's calls "Indian Sign" a synonym for "hex" or "spell."
I've used the phrase since I was a tiny child, for 70 years and more. My parents and their parents were rural dwellers in South Central Texas. Hardly East Coast, though it could have migrated from North Carolina and Tennessee. I was hoping to get some history or etymology.
#177853 - 06/28/08 02:53 PM Re: Indian sign [Re: Sandman]
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Posts: 876
Loc: western NY
A quick googling of the phrase brought up this page The Indian Blanket Act For those who don't wish to read the entire article (it's not long, though) here is the gist (any emphasis added):
All Westerners are familiar with the expression, "You've got the Indian sign on him." It implies a psychological control. The Indian blanket of the old days, woven to depict historical events, to represent the mythology of the Indian people or to otherwise portray definite meaning, could well have been and was in slang called an Indian sign. The expression grew out from pioneer recognition of the unusual control an Indian performer could seemingly exercise with his blanket in the Indian blanket act. The expression, like many others of distinctive meaning, crept into the language of the West and remained; whereas, the physical factors of the blanket act, not being understood, have lived almost entirely in the early stories of a comparative few who have seen something of the showmanship of the native culture of the Old West.
The article, title notwithstanding, is not about an act passed by the US government affecting native americans, but about a performance act in which a blanket is used to tame a horse who is visibly untamed in the beginning. Interestingly, the blanket itself has nothing to do with the taming, much as the snake charmers playing of an instrument is equally unrelated to the charming.
#177919 - 07/03/08 02:22 PM Re: Indian sign [Re: twosleepy]
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I agree with twosleepy, above, in what is said about the blanket and the hex. My grandmother was of Indian descent and used the term. The blanket could be made of feathers too, however, depending on the nation involved. The power did not reside in the blanket, but in the control exercised by the shaman or other person performing the act._________________________
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#177920 - 07/03/08 02:24 PM Re: Indian sign [Re: LukeJavan8]
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I have only been with this site a couple weeks, belonging to others that discuss words far longer. I do find this site confusing however, especially in finding the word of the day and ease with which to "surf" the site. Any help would be appreciated.
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#177924 - 07/03/08 05:40 PM Re: Indian sign [Re: LukeJavan8]
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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8I have only been with this site a couple weeks, belonging to others that discuss words far longer. I do find this site confusing however, especially in finding the word of the day and ease with which to "surf" the site. Any help would be appreciated.
early on (at the inception of these forums), the AWAD theme of the week was posted as an individual forum by Wordsmith, for discussion of individual words or the theme in general. As indicated by the the header, this is no longer the case, as "Weekly themes have been consolidated into a single forum above" (and Wordsmith very seldom posts, and then only in Information and announcements). Folks do seem to find this confusing, as the daily word tends to get comments posted all over the place; but the "Weekly Themes" forum is meant to be the place to discuss the daily word.
Other than that, if you have a topic you'd like to start, just pick an appropriate sounding forum to post it in; they're all pretty much self-explanatory, as in the forum list.
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#177926 - 07/03/08 06:58 PM Re: Indian sign [Re: wwh]
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#177929 - 07/03/08 10:56 PM Re: Indian sign [Re: twosleepy]
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Loc: Auckland, New Zealand
"Nicky's got the Indian sign on Nat".
I agree with Twosleepy and Javan8.
In wwh's context it would mean "Nicky is more dominant over Nat".
Is that the Aum sign Latishya?
#180766 - 12/09/08 12:58 PM Re: Indian sign [Re: olly]
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Thanks latishya for the Indian Sign for what? OM? Peace? I've seen it before often, but never thought to inquire._________________________
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Skip to comments.The SCOTUS Just Woke Up a Sleeping Giant (Vanity)
Posted on 06/28/2012 7:54:12 AM PDT by pistolpackinpapa
One Republican Congressman, whom I believe they said was from Arizona, just said the same thing I said after this Ruling:
"Today, the Supreme Court awakened a sleeping giant. This changes the Election drastically." This has so angered people and will cause many to realize, this is no small matter. This is no game. We MUST Elect Mitt Romney, and a GOP House and Senate on November 6, 2012 so this ObamaCare Mess, our new Tax the Supremes gave us today, can be repealed and totally dismantled.
I believe this "victory" for the Obama Thug Brigade in the White House, will be short-lived. This will fire up people who were somewhat lackadaisical about this Election. We have to get the Marxist out of the White House.
It ain't over Mr. President. WE'RE JUST GETTING WARMED UP!!!
Its a slim reed but I don't see any other option.
I'm one the hate Romney crowd (voted for Paul in the primaries) that will now swallow my vomit and donate to Romney's campaign. I'm sickened that the Supreme Court just gave the federal government unlimited power so as to even allow it to force Americans to buy insurance or pay a fine. Sickening!
I hope so. Will you Anybody-but-Romney folks still sit out the election or throw your vote away?
ROmney? Remember Romneycare? The guys who wrote Romneycare helped with 0bastardcare.
We're freaking doomed.
For the first time in my adult life, I'm ashamed of my country.
From Speaker Boehner:
We dont have to accept ObamaCare, and its fees, tax hikes and jobs-destroying mandates. We need to fully repeal ObamaCare and enact common-sense, step-by-step reforms that protect Americans access to the care they need, from the doctor they choose, at a lower cost.
Obozo prepping legions of lawyers to contest the election.
He'z gonna go Chicago on us and tie up the election for months.
Scary stuff.
Where the hell is Mitt Romney. He needs to call a press conference and at least pretend to be a conservative.
Anyone who does not vote against Obama is now officially an enemy of the United States.
I wasn't going to vote for Romney, pledged against it in fact. I will vote for him now, even though I live in MA and it likely won't matter electorally. I may even vote for Brown.
A lot of congressmen will use the Supreme Court ruling as cover to not repeal Obamacare at the beginning of the next congress. We need a landslide victory in overwhelming numbers, sweeping conservatives into office nationwide to get it done (and sweeping Boehner and McConnell out of their leadership posts would help).
Conservatives needed to wake up during the Bush years. Roberts was a Bush appointee.
The country is sliding away. It is really too late. Romney is not going to save The Republic.
So..we lost big in the Supreme Court. The answer is elect Romney (obama-lite) and rename obamacare as romneycare and everything will be alright. We had better demand that the GOP give us a leader!!
This country has been going to hell for a long time. Today they finally put the tombstone over the grave.
The Dems are emboldened by this and it wouldn't surprise me if those in the house change their mind about voting Holder in contempt. Wouldn't even surprise me if the GOP chickens out now and doesn't hold the vote. Even more reason though to make sure we get Obama and his gang of thugs voted out of office. Then focus on holding Romney's feet to the fire to move this country back toward the right.
... and filled him with a terrible resolve!
Let us make sure that in November and after - they feel the results of our "terrible resolve".
A new Congress and a new President can undo this "tax" and the 'socialization/ fascist accord' of health care crony capitalism/ government takeover.
This insult MUST be answered by the American electorate in November - we must in this instance speak with one voice - and that is NOT to throw away your vote in prideful vanity in order to prove to yourself how "pure" your ideology is.
No they didn't, the vast majority of the country will just go back now and resume watching American Idol.
Gee, Juan Williams on Fox News said that people will just forget about it in a couple of days.
I'm really going to have to hold my nose to vote for that creep.
Where's Sheriff Arpaio when you need him? We need him to unload some dirt on Obama.
We have no country. It has been stolen by obama and roberts.
if it iis a tax then 51 senate votes can repeal it
If Romney does not jump on this with both feet, he will lose any chance of getting the conservative vote.
If he is smart, well advised and wants to win at all costs, he will at least do to Obamacare what Obama did to immigration (no enforcement).
Romney has a chance right now...to make a very clear statement about how he is going to repeal this.
But watch...he will show that he will weasel his way out of this...he will say SCOTUS has ruled...we can't change that.
For the first time in my adult life, Im ashamed of my country."
I really NOW wish the Confederates had won.
American flag is officially coming off my house. What the hell is the point of flying a logo for a government that does not exist as written?
You can count on me to vote against Obama, against Romney and against any other liberal you might like. I might reconsider voting against Romney if he expressly repudiates Romneycare and promises to get the federal government completely out of the health care system.
Romney is like Roberts. Go ahead and vote for him but you can't be assured of anything good coming out of it.
Nice try n00b, but this is delusions of grabdeur ... the sheeple gave up their sovereignty and now the oligarchs are exploiting the vacuum.
IMHO, Justice Roberts was playing chess. It was a strategic move. Now Obamacare goes back to Congress, budgets originate from the House, Romney has enough fodder to campaign on from now until 2020. Agreed, ANYONE who stays home in November has voted FOR Obamacare.
It looks BAD, but the Chief Justice is no dummy.
As appaling as Roberts decision was he may have done us a favor in the long run as this decision could doom obama in November if we, the GOP and Romney play it correctly. There is so much to bludgeon obama and the rats over the head with and American opinion is on our side. Its just a matter of fighting right and fighting hard. I always thought this was a lose/lose for mullad obama
Yes, we are.
Im one the hate Romney crowd.....that will now swallow my vomit and donate to Romneys campaign.
Bless you!
I do not think it is too late. Yes, we have Romney, but there is also the Tea Party. Support them so we can get the kind of candidates that will hold RINOS's feet to the fire!!
I'm wondering if he already has. All the threats before this vote makes me wonder if he didn't "get to" Roberts. This is Roberts' 2nd anti-constitutional vote this week. Doesn't make sense.
I can't believe that on two high profile cases, Arizona immigration and Obamacare, that Roberts has gone liberal on us.
Why is it that conservative judges can become liberal, but the liberal judges never become conservative?
This case expands the powers of the federal government. This case will be used as legal precedent for expanding federal powers in other areas, not just healthcare. Count on it.
we need a constitutional amendment that states "the only authorized tax/taxing power is XXXX"
either a flat sales tax or flat income tax...with a fixed rate in the amendment and an section that requires a balanced budget...tie all three branches of government's hands
kills a lot of birds with one stone...no more of these asinine rulings, no shenanigans with raising the tax rate, etc...
any changes would have to be by constitutional amendment
therefore congress and the executive could never again run up a deficit and screw us with tax increases
where have i heard that sleeping giant quote before..its not working..the constitution was gutted today..thats it...its all over..
Just as important we need to win a majority in the Senate and especially get rid of McConnell and replace him with DeMint.
We are so screwed. Left with a candidate who started Romneycare.
The Charlotte Bobcats have a better chance of winning next year's NBA title, than that happening.
Don't forget a DOJ that is trying to block both VOTER ID and the purging of voter rolls and illegal amnesty voters Obama deemed citizens.
Voting doesn't have nearly the importance we keep claiming anymore as the 2010 elections haven't done a whole hell of a lot since Obama just rules from the throne.
John Roberts will go down in infamy as being responsible for opening the door to Civil War II...
A sad day for me as the father of three young kids.
All because you are surprised by this ruling? Naw, still no sale. Thanks for the rousing speech though.
" It is really too late. Romney is not going to save The Republic."
I can't be the first one to call you "Negative Nellie", can I?
Did Speaker Boehner say that AFTER the Ruling?
With this absolutely REDICULOUS decision, the Supreme Court has expanded Federal Governmental Power to unprecidented proportions.
It is now according to this court, completely constitutional for the federal government to force you to buy anything or face a penalty under law.
You can now be forced to buy a gun, buy a lottery ticket, buy a head of lettuce, buy an iPad, buy a new car, buy a trip to borneo regardless of whether you want, need, or even can afford it, or face being "taxed" and potentially thrown in jail.
This decision is unconscionable and indefensible, and defies every concept this nation was founded upon.
NOW THIS IS PERSONAL! It is IMPERATIVE, ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT IN CONGRESS IS THROWN OUT! THIS LAW NEEDS GONE DAY ONE, and IMPEACHMENT PROCEDINGS NEED BEGUN AGAINST MEMBERS OF THIS COURT!
No one who has read the Federalist Papers can remotely claim that the government created by the constituion allows such.
Yes, all those Bush Bot, who refused to listen when we warned he was not conservative. Hope they are happy.
I live in Arizona. Just pulling up to work, I hard one of our local radio personalities, Barry Young, say that the individual mandate was struck down. Elated, I go into work. I tell my fellow conservs at work. Minutes later, I hear that it was actually upheld 6-3. Barry Young should be fired.
That is all.
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Access to care
The Institute of Medicine Committee on Monitoring Access to Medical Care defined access as timely use of personal health services to achieve the best possible health outcomes. There are a number of individual factors that determine access to care, including social factors, health beliefs, and personal health practices, as well as contextual factors such as health care policies and the organization and financing of health services.
The evaluation of an individual's development, behavior, intellect, interests, personality, cognitive processes, emotional functioning, and/or social functioning for the purpose of identifying needs. Assessment methods include interviewing, systematic observation, and psychometric testing.
Community violence
Community violence refers to both predatory violence (e.g. robbery) and violence arising from non-family interpersonal conflicts and may include brutal acts such as shootings, rapes, stabbings, and beatings.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
A treatment approach that focuses both on observable behavior and on the thinking or beliefs that accompany the behavior. The goal of cognitive behavioral therapy is to replace maladaptive behaviors, thoughts, and beliefs with more adaptive ones.
Cultural competence
Help that is sensitive and responsive to cultural differences. Mental health professionals are aware of the impact of their own culture and possess skills that help them provide services that are culturally appropriate in responding to people's unique cultural differences, such as race and ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, or physical disability.
Developmental perspective
An approach that takes into account the growth and change of human beings as they age, including cognitive development, social development, language development, moral reasoning, and self and gender identity formation.
A disaster is defined as any natural catastrophe (e.g. tornado, hurricane, earthquake), or regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion that causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant the intervention of local, state, or federal agencies and disaster relief organizations.
Domestic violence
Domestic violence is sometimes referred to as intimate partner violence, domestic abuse, or battering and includes actual or threatened physical or sexual violence or psychological and emotional abuse between adults in a child's home environment.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, is the official manual of mental health problems developed by the American Psychiatric Association. This reference book is used by psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other health and mental health care providers to understand and diagnose a mental health problem. Insurance companies and health care providers also use the terms and definitions in this manual when they discuss mental health problems.
Evidence-based practices
Evidence-based practices, sometimes referred to as empirically validated treatments or empirically supported therapy, are practices which have been clearly specified and found to be supported by scientific evidence.
Services, activities, or treatments developed and implemented to change or improve knowledge, attitudes, behavior, or awareness. Services, activities, or treatments developed and implemented to change or improve knowledge, attitudes, behavior, or awareness. Interventions are purposeful responses, which can be acute and provided either in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event, or after an event has already occurred.
Medical trauma
Medical trauma includes trauma associated with an injury or accident, chronic or life-threatening illness, or painful or invasive medical procedures.
Child neglect involves the failure to provide needed, age-appropriate care although financially able to do so, or offered financial or other means to do so. This includes physical neglect (e.g. deprivation of food, clothing, shelter), medical neglect (e.g. failure to provide child with access to needed medical or mental health treatments or to consistently administer prescribed medications), and educational neglect (e.g. withholding child from school, failure to attend to special education needs).
Physical abuse
Physical abuse refers to actual or attempted infliction of bodily pain and/or injury, including the use of severe corporal punishment. Physical abuse is characterized by physical injury (for example, bruises and fractures) resulting from punching, beating, kicking, burning, or otherwise harming a child. In some cases, the injury may result from overdiscipline or physical punishment that is inappropriate to the child's age or condition.
Posttraumatic stress disorder
An anxiety disorder defined in the DSM-IV that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or experience in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Diagnostic criteria for PTSD include exposure to a traumatic event, re-experiencing of the event (e.g. nightmares, flashbacks), persistent avoidance of things associated with the trauma (e.g. avoiding certain activities, avoiding talking about the event), and increased physiological arousal. To meet diagnostic criteria for PTSD, an individual must exhibit a certain number of symptoms, for a duration of more than one month, and experience clinically significant distress or impairment.
Psychological maltreatment
Sometimes called emotional abuse, psychological maltreatment includes acts or omissions by parents or caregivers that have caused, or could cause, serious behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or mental disorders. Examples include verbal abuse (e.g. insults, belittling, threats of violence), bullying and the use of coercive control, emotional neglect (e.g. shunning, withdrawal of love), and intentional social deprivation (e.g. isolation, confinement).
Public health perspective
An approach that focuses on health promotion and disease prevention for the population at large. A public health perspective considers behavioral and environmental risk factors and targets primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and intervention strategies to populations depending on their levels of risk.
Refugee trauma
Refugee trauma includes exposure to war, political violence or torture. Refugee trauma can be the result of living in a region affected by bombing, shooting, or looting, as well as forced displacement to a new home due to political reasons.
School violence
Indicators of school violence include fatal and nonfatal student victimization, nonfatal teacher victimization, students being threatened or injured with a weapon at school, fights at school, and students carrying weapons to school.
Sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse includes a wide range of sexual behaviors that take place between a child and an older person. Behaviors that are sexually abusive often involve bodily contact, such as in the case of sexual kissing, touching, fondling of genitals, and intercourse. However, behaviors may be sexually abusive even if they do not involve contact, such as in the case of genital exposure ("flashing"), verbal pressure for sex, and sexual exploitation for purposes of prostitution or pornography.
Standard of care
Current procedure and practice; generally agreed upon principles of practice.
The U.S. Department of Defense defines terrorism as "the calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to inculcate fear, intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological." Terrorism includes attacks by individuals acting in isolation (e.g. sniper attacks).
Trauma reminders
People, places, activities, internal sensations, or other things that trigger memories of a trauma experience. Trauma reminders can cause feelings of fear or distress or put people "on alert." Trauma reminders can "restart" posttraumatic stress reactions or behavior even years after a traumatic event has occurred.
Traumatic grief
Childhood traumatic grief occurs following the death of a loved one when the child objectively or subjectively perceives the experience as traumatic. The cause of death can be due to what is usually described as traumatic, such as an act of violence, accident, disaster, or war, or it can be due to natural causes. The hallmark of childhood traumatic grief is that trauma symptoms interfere with the child's ability to navigate the typical bereavement process.
Treatment manual
A written guide with step-by-step instructions for conducting individual, family, or group treatment. Treatment manuals typically cover multiple sessions and describe the techniques used by the clinician, key elements of various phases of treatment, and activities to be done by the client/patient.
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I end my contribution to the debate as follows:
How do you fix this (if it's not obvious already)?
Eliminate perverse incentives. Whoever wants to buy an asset should have to pay to have it rated. Credit agencies shouldn't be paid by the same entities they might have to chastise.
It would also help if agencies could no longer hide behind the excuse that their rating was only an opinion, rather than empirical research they must stand behind. There's no need to do a reliable job if you face no credible legal liability, and the government essentially limits the competition you face.
For six years, I have run circles around the three major agencies with timely and accurate predictions of where regional banks, commercial/investment banks (Bear Stearns collapse, Lehman Brothers), insurers, commercial real estate, residential real estate, US home builders (Lennar), and the pan-European sovereign debt crisis participants were heading. If I can do it, the agencies can too.
One thing many commenters seem to be confused about is the ability for investors to pay for ratings. You don't get anything for free. Never does something emanate from nothing. Any credible advice HAS to be paid for, period! S&P actually sells equity research to the end user, yet gives away fixed income research. Which do you think is the most credible? Most fized income investors are institutions, who are more than capable of paying for advice, and regularly do so anyway.
We can fix the problems we have with rating agencies as end users, but you have to realize that the agencies themselves are not broken. It appears as if the agencies are broken only if you don't understand their business model...
This clip is an excerpt from the VPRO documentary on rating agencies, a worthwhile view. In the meantime, let's revisit my historical viewpoints on the topic:
The Embarrassingly Ugly Truth About Spain: The IMF, EC and ALL Major Rating Agencies Are LYING!!!
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Enniskillen, a flashpoint of violence during the Troubles, the sectarian violence that consumed Northern Ireland for nearly three decades, will host the G-8 summit next week. NBC's Keir Simmons reports.
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland — The world's leaders will descend on a secluded golf resort in Northern Ireland on Monday for the G8 summit. Minutes away sits Enniskillen, a small town with a painful past.
Less than 10 miles from the border with Ireland, this town was one of the key flashpoints during the so-called Troubles, the sectarian violence that consumed Northern Ireland for more than three decades.
Enniskillen is so steeped in tragedy and violence that British Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged it would have been "unthinkable" even a decade ago that it would be at the center of the world stage.
One crisp November morning in 1987, militants belonging to the Irish Republican Army bombed the town's annual memorial ceremony for British war veterans. The attack killed 11 people and injured 63.
Stephen Gault remembers that day clearly. He is now 43 years old, just six years younger than his father was on the day he was killed.
"I remember being knocked unconscious for about 30 seconds — coming round, eery silence, dust everywhere," recalled Gault. "The only thing I could hear was the distant ringing of a shop alarm and then all of a sudden, as if you flicked on a switch, it was like a war movie. Everything just erupted, pandemonium, people screaming, people lying dead beside me."
The atrocity has made Enniskillen a highly symbolic place, despite its prior proud history – writers Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett attended a local school.
The Queen made history there last year – the 25th anniversary of the bombing — when she walked across the town's narrow high street between the Protestant and Catholic churches which face one another. It was the first time the Queen had ever set foot in a Catholic church on the island of Ireland.
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The Cenotaph in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, with the devastated community centre in the background after it was hit by an IRA bomb, is seen in this November 11, 1987 file photo.
And on the site of the bomb now stands the Clinton Centre – an cross-community educational facility inaugurated and visited many times by President Bill Clinton.
"People who thought at the time of the Enniskillen bomb in 1987 that it would drive a wedge between the Catholics and the Protestants," reflects Gault. "But if anything it worked the opposite way, it brought the two communities closer together."
Fifteen years after the landmark 1998 peace agreement, Northern Ireland's affairs have dramatically changed — but there is still room for progress.
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"I think there's been a massive transformation," says Sean Murray, a former IRA prisoner and current Sinn Fein activist. "That's not to say there are no contentious issues left."
Standing at one of Belfast's imposing "peace walls" — erected during the conflict to separate nationalist and unionist communities — Murray says that there is still a fear of violence on each side.
"There's intermittent violence at this peace wall. It's low level: it's stones, it's bottles, but it's still violence and it still interrupts people's lives."
Tensions have begun to rise again. In January, Belfast saw riots with over plans to stop flying the British flag over the city hall. Last summer, Catholic youths fought running battles with police.
Then there are those who continue to claim there is a war over what they call the British 'occupation' of Northern Ireland.
John Connolly was convicted for possession of a mortar bomb in 2000. "That device consisted of 250 pounds of homemade explosives," Connolly told NBC News last week. "I was apprehended, caught along with my two comrades going to carry out an attack on a military base in Fermanagh."
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton meets local people during a visit to Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, June 5, 2002. He was opening a peace center in the town where an IRA bomb killed 11 people in 1987.
Connolly said he is no longer a member of any militant group, and does not speak on their behalf. But he said the sectarian war is far from over.
"I don't believe there is a peace process," Connolly said. "It's dead and buried at the minute."
Security sources estimate the number of IRA "dissidents" who aim to continue the armed campaign number only a few hundred. And while the dissident attacks are often foiled, the fact that there are even attempts exist worries many.
In March last year, 25-year-old policeman Ronan Kerr was killed outside his own house, and in 2009 two British soldiers were killed as they accepted a pizza delivery outside their barracks in County Antrim.
"There will always be those who would take up arms against a foreign occupation," Connolly insists. "Will I condemn them? No I won't."
One fear is that Protestant terrorist groups, like the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), might get pulled into increased violence.
William Smith, a former UVF prisoner and current unionist political activist committed to peace, agrees that while huge progress has been made, now is not the time for complacence.
"There's been massive progress in Northern Ireland," Smith says. "But it's still a work in progress. You just can't just walk away and say, 'Well there's a peace center now and that's it' — or there's a danger of slipping back."
NBC's Sarah Burke and Alastair Jamieson contributed to this report.


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An artful shape that was once a symbol of royalty, goblets are now in the same visual family as pimp cups. Before drawing the palpable conclusion that Lil Jon ruins everything, consider the new Glass Axis exhibition "What's in a Goblet," which showcases 35 goblets made recently by Ohio artists.
"They use this to really express themselves artistically," said curator Eva Ball. "If you can make a good goblet, you can really show off your technique."
For example, Nate Ricciuto, a Columbus artist whose distiller won top prize in this juried exhibition (chosen by judges Jeff Mack of the Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion, and Jen Burton and Collin Castore, artists and owners of The Barrel and Bottle in the North Market). The symmetrical, multiple-part piece is an example of razor-sharp skill meeting innovative design.
Using the final object to speak to the material itself (e.g. goblets made of melted recycled glass) is another important theme of contemporary Ohio goblet-making that's evident in this show.
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Don, good luck on you flight! I'll look forward to your tour of Chicago. And a chance to rant? Okay – how the HECK does someone like Plaxico Burress "accidentially" shoot himself in the leg while at a night club? Talk about a waste! Here's a guy who's been given a lot of chances and he's throwing them away. Can't wait to see how he explains this!
Thanks R-Luv, a few stiff shots ought to do it I figure..
Julia, lets see, Plaxico, brings an unlicensed handgun into a crowded bar, tells the ushers it's because he has a lot of cash and jewelry on. He then proceeds to get drunk and shoots himself in the thigh while holding a wine glass and fumbling with his gun.
Just because someone makes a lot of money doesn't make them bright. This guy's antics makes Travis Henry seem Dennis Miller. Here's two ideas, debit card and Cubic Zirconia. Bling don't get you a Superbowl ring…D
Hey D,
A friend of mine who is afraid to fly takes a dramamine pre-flight, she says it helps to calm her (it's in the same family as Benadryl so has a sedating affect). I'll look forward to hearing about the Windy City.
I was afraid the first time I flew to Chicago to visit family. Just remember that the chances of anything happening are extremely unlikely. You may think it would be just your luck that something would happen but it won't. You will be ok. Also, thanks for the love on the side bar. Your kindness is very much appreciated.
HB, thanks for the reassuring words brotha, back at you on the sidebar…D


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Shadowbox Live staff performers do double duty: They're expected to serve their customers a meal, then go onstage to deliver a tasty show.
Brandon Anderson and Harley Wolfe, who appear in the ongoing Holiday Hoopla 22, appreciate the challenge of working both as waiters and as entertainers.
"Being on the wait staff is very cool because you get to connect with all these people and then go perform for them," said Wolfe, who joined the troupe last year.
Anderson, a 13-year veteran at Shadowbox, agreed.
"I love being a waiter at Shadowbox," he said. "I love it, love it, love it.
"The connections you make, even by giving people a plate of nachos, encourages patrons to become involved with our growth. . . . If you really want to have fun working at Shadowbox, you don't just take orders but spend time with patrons. And that pays off in droves."
What also pays off for Shadowbox are Anderson and Wolfe's winning personalities.
"Both of them are endearing people. Patrons instantly like them, and that's important for anyone on the wait staff," said Nikki Fagin, a Shadowbox senior manager.
"You can always count on Brandon to build the energy up on the floor and make patrons laugh," she said. "And we were all so happy when Harley came on board because he's such a nice guy."
Anderson, 34, appears in several sketches in Hoopla and sings Children Go Where I Send Thee.
In a sketch about a TV disc jockey hyping popular music acts, Anderson plays an African drummer who appears in a Simon & Garfunkel segment.
"The premise is that Simon & Garfunkel aren't friends anymore because Paul found new African friends. My face is serious but not angry as I come out as a stoic drummer playing a solo drum piece as one of his new African friends," Anderson said.
"The fun part is getting out there and beating a drum with my intensity of expression but without saying anything. . . . The point is to give 100 percent of yourself onstage every time."
Anderson plays a choir director in "Puck and Misty Go Caroling," a sketch about a Christmas caroling group infiltrated by the unsophisticated couple. Puck and Misty rank among Shadowbox's most-popular continuing characters.
"The choir director, rooted in traditional choral experiences, is excited about getting Puck (David Whitehouse) and Misty (Amy Lay) into the fold because they're so full of energy," Anderson said.
"But he realizes quickly that they aren't the best singers."
Wolfe, 21, plays guitar in the Shadowbox house band BillWho?
"I've always been into music," the Columbus native said. "It's practically my life."
His first performance in a comedy sketch came last summer when he played a construction worker in a Lunch Box show. In this year's Holiday Lunchbox, Wolfe played the guitar and appeared as an attack dog in the sketch " Santa's Secret Service."
"I've learned a lot," he said.
"Sometimes you think you're being too loud when you're not loud enough.
"And timing is key. One day you can have a laugh, and the next day in the same sketch you don't get a laugh, because different audiences have different personalities."
During weekdays, Anderson is assistant director of operations and executive assistant to producer Stev Guyer.
"Managing the schedules of about 54 full- and part-time employees and artists can be a bit of a juggling act, with all the rehearsals, auditions, rewrites and creative meetings while keeping the phones answered," Anderson said.
Before shows, Wolfe answers the phones and is part of the team that keeps the bar stocked.
"My work ethic has shot up because you do everything around here," Wolfe said. "You can't drag your feet at Shadowbox."
His trickiest moment in Hoopla comes during the Santa Babies' finale.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Maritime Geography: Brown, Green, and Blue Water
Brown water: Brown water refers to the highest point of high tide to the end of the littoral zone. Think coastal area. Many times the term brown water navy refers to military/police ships that patrol harbors and rivers.
Green water: Green water refers to the region between the coastal zone (brown water) into the ocean past continental shelf. Green water navies are regional powers who can extend their fleet a limited range. Think South Korea, India, and the United States Coast Guard.
Blue water: Blue water means the open ocean. Blue water navies are those who can travel the world while displaying overwhelming force. Prime examples are the United States Navy, the France, and the People's Republic of China (which will soon be a blue water fleet).
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Does France really have a blue water navy? Does Britain? How about Japan?
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Lexington Green,
I would say so. Their fleet frequently goes to Africa on missions, to the Pacific to their overseas departments, and will have a new base in the Middle East.
UK... maybe. In the Falklands War they stretched their green water fleet into a blue water. They improved it since but I don't know if I would call it a green water or blue water fleet.
Japan. I wouldn't say they have a blue water fleet yet. Plus, their self-defense force can scare no one but angry Taiwanese/South Korean fishermen.


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I am walking down the streets of Soacha, a town of 500,000 that surrounds Bogotá. The neighborhood is called "San Nicolas," a poor sector with two-story houses made from brick. Above the rooftops hang electric cables.
Shoes are draped over the cables, hanging from their laces. They seem to me to be part of the decoration. But later someone explains to me that gangs put them there to mark their territory.
This is a typical day in October, with sun in the morning and rain in the afternoon.
I keep walking under the sun through the streets searching for the student center, and I find all kinds of small businesses along the way, such as small stores where women can buy food to make their daily meals and a few Internet cafes with video games.
Children are visiting the stores. A few minutes later, I cross by a street seller of fresh fish, as a couple of street dogs search around him for food.
Behind the moving people and buses, I spot the student center. I arrive at the same time that Michael and Jeferson do.
We start talking about soccer, the favorite subject of 11-year-old Jeferson, and also talk about video games, the favorite subject of 9-year-old Michael.They tell me that the neighborhood has gangs who rob the people after 10 p.m. A month ago they helped the police to catch a thief.
As we walk to their house, they assure me that one can know who is a gang member and who is not. They say that the six youths there on the street are, who are painting signs on the ground and asking the bus drivers for coins.
They belong to a band of robbers in the night. I believe that. They tell me that the smell in the air is the smell of marijuana; Jefferson explains that the smell is like burned grass.
When we arrive at their house, I meet their mother, Paola, a lady whose face reflects more than her 29 years. The house smells of smoke, and she tells me with shame that she has not been able to quit cigarettes. I meet Lorena, her 5-year-old daughter from her second husband.
Paola lived only six months with her first husband, Nelson, father of Michael and Jefferson. She became pregnant when she was 17 years old. Under the influence of her friends, she wanted to abort the child and took beer boiled with aspirin, but it did not succeed.
Seven years ago she met her second husband, who is Lorena´s father, but they did not live together for very long time. Paola says that the two men were irresponsible, and they had other women. That is why she decided to live alone with her kids.
Paola is working temporarily in cafeterias, selling lottery tickets, selling shoes so she can earn about 50 cents to 3 dollars per day.
Because of all this, Paoloa appreciates very much the student center, because they care for her children when she is working. Because in the streets there is much danger. But the student center is a refuge for them.
It was four years ago that a neighbor invited her to enroll the children in the program. When Jeferson arrived, he was very rebellious. He was not doing well in school. He had low scores, and he did not eat lunch at the center.
One day at the main door of the student center, he threatened the teachers that he would not return ever again. Daisy, the supervisor of the tutors, began to pray for him with the staff and make visits to his house.
One day on his birthday, the student center celebrated Jeferson's birthday. Then Jeferson began to change. Now instead of hitting his younger brother and sister like he used to, he cares for them. He even washes both of their school uniforms.
Just like many mothers in Bogotá, Paola says that thanks to God the student center exists and that she can work confident that her children are safe and on the right path.
When I asked Jeferson and Michael what they are going to be when they grow up, without any hesitation and with confidence they said they want to be policemen.
Jeferson and Michael say that if there are more police, they would not have so many gangs and drug dealers in the corners and the lives of children would be better in their neighborhood.


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Barre officials debate liquor-related authority
BARRE Mayor Thomas Lauzon offered an unflattering critique of the City Councils meeting a week ago as the local liquor control board, telling councilors Tuesday night that he has apologized to a bar owner who he believed was treated unfairly during the tumultuous session.
Im searching for the right words, but the only words that I can find are abuse of authority, Lauzon said, referring to last weeks meeting with South Side Tavern owner Brian Parker.
Parker was questioned last week by Councilor Paul Poirier, who at one point said hed heard from past patrons that the South Main Street establishment was a haven for drug activity.
Lauzon blamed himself for letting the meeting get out of control and vowed it would never happen again.
I will not accept testimony from an individual board member, and I will not accept testimony from anyone unless its coming from the city manager or the chief of police, he said, noting that it would take a majority of the council to overrule him.
What occurred (last week) was not fair, and it was not impartial, Lauzon said. It was based mostly on hearsay, and if Mr. Poirier were sitting here Id be saying the same thing.
Poirier, who was nursing a cold while watching the meeting at home on television, arrived in council chambers a short time later. Before the meeting adjourned, he challenged Lauzons ability to quiet council members who have something to say.
With all due respect, I dont believe its your authority to tell any city councilor what they (can and) cant bring before the council, Poirier told Lauzon.
Furthermore, Poirier said he intends to propose an ordinance that would require the owner of any establishment that is fined more than $500 for an alcohol-related offense or loses its liquor license to appear before the council acting in its capacity as the local liquor control board. He said that sort of ordinance is common in other Vermont cities and towns.
Were not trying to do anything that other communities arent doing, he said.
Lauzon said he wouldnt object to the ordinance Poirier described and said he believed the council rightly monitored allegations that resulted in Parker paying a $1,500 fine for violating state liquor laws.
Unfortunately what transpired (last week) went a little beyond that, and thats all I was objecting to, Lauzon said, suggesting he believed the board overstepped its authority.
Youre entitled to your opinion, Poirier replied.
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