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It has become oh-so-cool to look down on mainstream religion in these days of clergy scandals and unpopular wars.
As such, our country's Public Broadcasting Service has decided to jump on the bandwagon after decades of religious broadcasting.
The network — desperate for relevance amid the commercial success of cable networks such as Discovery, the Food Network, History Channel, etc. — will vote next month on a committee's recommendation to dump any affiliate that airs "sectarian" content. By sectarian the committee means religious, as in "Mass for Shut-Ins," a Catholic show aired in Washington from Howard University's affiliate. "Mass for Shut-Ins" hasn't been a problem since it began in 1996, but now religion is, like, way uncool.
Religious organizations can be obnoxious, hypocritical and dangerous. Mostly, however, they are a force for good. All day, every day, in every region of the planet, millions of people tend to the sick and poor, inspired by nothing other than the tenets of religion.
But this is a country in which the average intellect is formed by a sound bite on the latest TV show, or the banner headline in a newspaper. The sound bites and headlines don't focus on the average missionary easing suffering abroad, or the financially impoverished nun who labors at the local AIDS hospice or soup kitchen.
Instead, those sound bites and headlines typically focus on people who exploit religion for selfish gain, or unspeakable evil.
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January 10, 1995: The Hubble telescope has uncovered surprising evidence that powerful magnetic fields may exist around the lowest mass stars in the universe, which barely have enough nuclear fuel to burn as stars.
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140th Annual Quapaw Pow Wow
When & Where: July 4th-7th -- Tribal pow wow grounds, 5681 S. 630 Road, Quapaw, Oklahoma
The Quapaw Intertribal Dancers and the Northern Drum Redland will be on hand as the host gourd for this wonderful, historic pow wow.
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Thank You, Ichiro / Tim's Ichiro Stats
Ichiro Suzuki has always been Tim's favorite player.
And a couple of time, Ichiro gave back a little love (in the form of baseballs) to Tim:
(It's hard to tell, but that is Ichiro in the background between me and Tim in the picture to the left.)
We are very sad to see him leave the Mariners. But we have shared a ton of great times together watching Ichiro work his magic…
… in a Mariners uniform. (By the way, that was Ichiro's 184th hit of the 2009 season).
Last night while I half watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics, I compiled *Tim's* Ichiro stats.
Not too shabby, at all. Of those 42 games and 57 hits, the single hit that stands out as my favorite was Ichiro's homerun off of Rogers Clemens at old Yankee Stadium on September 3, 2007. Part of a 3-5 day, that homerun marked Ichiro's 200th hit of the season for the seventh season in a row. (And that day King Felix and the Mariners handed Clemens the final regular-season loss of his career).
Thank you, Ichiro-san!
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Army of Two: The 40th Day ReviewBy Jake Gaskill - Posted Jan 12, 2010
Army of Two: The 40th Day isn't so much a complete overhaul of the formula that EA Montreal established in the previous installment, but rather, a game that's tighter all around, with spectacular and diverse set pieces and a much appreciated step away from the Middle Eastern, Blackwater-referencing setting of the original. It definitely isn't perfect, but there's plenty to like here.
The Pros
- Fluid and satisfying combat
- Diverse and expansive settings
- Deep, if somewhat flawed, weapon customization
- Six-team co-op multiplayer is crazy
The Cons
- Uninspired story
- Co-op moments are still bland
- Most of the new mechanics are unnecessary
- One very questionable "morality moment"
Army of Two: The 40th Day isn't so much a complete overhaul of the formula that EA Montreal established in the previous installment, but rather, a game that's tighter all around, with spectacular and diverse set pieces and a much appreciated step away from the Middle Eastern, Blackwater-referencing setting of the original. It definitely isn't perfect, but there's plenty to like here.
Story of Two Contractors
Series protagonists Salem and Rios – two beefy private military contractors – find themselves in the middle of an all-out war when Shanghai comes under attack by a powerful organization known as the 40th Day Initiative. It is up our deadly duo to fight their way through the mass destruction in search of the man behind the devastation, a diabolical ideologue named Jonah, who believes the key to humanity's salvation lies in mass devastation and death.
Strangely enough, despite the uninspired story, the structure works great, since it's basically a survival story. Salem and Rios's primary objective is finding any way they can to make it through the madness and destruction raining down all around them. Sure, they also want to find Jonah and put a stop to the chaos, but the path to do that ends up being much more interesting and engaging than the unsatisfying and anticlimactic destination.
Gears of Two
Combat has received some necessary polishing that enhances the experience established in the previous game. To achieve this, EA Montreal has taken more than a couple tips from Epic and its acclaimed Gears of War series (i.e. slide to cover, curb stomping, "roadie run" cam, etc.), and the result is an all-around satisfying and downright fun shooter.
Aside from a few pop-in issues and some quirky clipping, the game runs smoothly and features some highly detailed and inventive environments and great character animations. Helmets fly off enemies' heads with well-placed shots, equipment shuffles with appropriate weight and the addition of destructible cover keeps the combat tactically challenging.
Water, Water Everywhere…
EA Montreal put a lot of effort into the game's new weapons customization system. There are endless combinations, which are great; however, a lot of them went wasted during my time with the game, because I'm glad to sacrifice style for damage and handling. You can also customize character masks and armor too by using an online service over at the game's official website. Why this feature wasn't just included in the game is a bit strange, but it works well enough that it's easy to forgive. All you have to do is synch your gamertag/PSN ID with your EA account, create your mask online, publish it to the game and it will pop up in your custom mask gallery. Ease of use and endless amounts of personalization options is always appreciated.
Most of the game's new mechanics are interesting ideas that just end up being unnecessary. Sure, you can take hostages and force enemies to surrender, but the situations when you can do this are unnatural and predictable. The mock surrender is one of the better additions, because it's just so damn fun. Feigning cooperation gives your partner time to flank, or, if you surrender together, you get to do a slow-mo, quick-draw kind of deal that really hits the spot.
The morality moments suffer the same fate as hostage taking, even if a few of the decisions involve solid twists. There is one scenario though that is particularly troubling, since it involves a sleazy Russian operative and a bloodied woman who has been locked inside a closet. The guy tries to bribe you after implying that there's a good chance that he's going to rape the woman once you leave. Here's the problem:
It's only after you've shown your indifference to rape that you find out that all the guy wanted to do was turn the woman into the authorities. (When she tries to escape his custody, he just ends up shooting her anyway, because she turns out to be a KGB operative.) Now, I'm all for provocative subject material, but when it comes to suggesting players dismiss rape in favor of extra cash for weapon upgrades, you're flirting with dangerous territory.
Getting' All Buddy Buddy
Thanks to the improved computer AI (for enemies and allies), the single-player is much less frustrating than it was in the first game. However, like the original, playing through the story mode with a buddy co-operatively or playing multiplayer is where the game really hits its stride.
Each of the multiplayer modes offers a unique and thoroughly entertaining experience. By far, the best mode though is the co-op deathmatch, which can be played with up to six teams of two players. When the round starts, you don't know who your partner is, so for the first part of the match, you'll have to defend yourself while you try and meet up with your teammate. Once you've found each other, you can then give each other ammo or revive one another should one of you take enough damage. The two-man team structure works brilliantly and generates some truly intense multiplayer mayhem.
Fist Pump, Chest Bump, Pat on the Rump!
If there's one thing you need to know about 40th Day, it's that it is an absolute blast to play. The story might be lacking, most of the new mechanics feel too "gamey," and it has one of the more questionable moments in recent gaming, but in terms of delivering adrenaline-pumping, blockbuster action on a massive scale, the game absolutely delivers.


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There are celebrations and commemorations galore today to mark Martin Luther King Day.
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In Portales, a similar march starts at 10 a.m. at Eastern New Mexico University and ends up at the Memorial Building.
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Martin Luther King Jr. skipped the 9th and 12th grades in school and entered Moorehouse College at age 15.
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University of Northern Iowa professors are asking the Iowa Board of Regents for salary increases in each of the next two years.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported Monday that the United Faculty bargaining team is seeking a 2.25 percent in increase in base salary and an additional 2.25 percent increase based on the average of all professors' salaries. The increase would begin in July 2013 and again in 2014.
The team made its request Friday to the Regents bargaining team. The Regents will respond with an offer on Nov. 26.
The faculty team also made requests for other areas, including calls for the Faculty Senate to regularly address the Regents and changes in how staff reductions are handled.
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I've been feeding my 7 week old little boy on both sides, but during the last few days I've noticed that he has a lot of gas and is very fussy. Today I started single side feeding, and have noticed an improvement with his gas and fussyness. I'm wondering whether this is due to a better foremilk/hindmilk balance???
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Chasing Rickey and Rose and…Willie Davis?
I caught my first four balls in 1990 and added 14 more the following season. In 1992, when I first started going to games almost every day, I set my first goal: 100 lifetime balls. My parents thought I was crazy, the other kids in school made fun of me (even more than usual), and by October, my grand total was 146. That's when I decided to go for 1,000, and four years later, I was there.
In 1997, I headed off to Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. Not only was I five hours from the closest major league ballpark, but there were lots of girls.
Playing my favorite sport was no longer a priority.
I wasn't even thinking about going to games.
I got my thousand balls, and that was that.
Then my summer job fell though and I ended up filling my time by writing a book called How to Snag Major League Baseballs. The project rejuvenated my love for collecting balls and, with the Snag-O-Meter at 1,074, I got back into it in '98. I couldn't decide how high to set my next goal–2,000 seemed too far away–until I stumbled across the stats of one of my favorite players at the time: Rickey Henderson. He had 1,231 career stolen bases. I had to catch him. He finished the year with 66 steals, and I caught 192 balls. He was still winning, 1,297 to 1,266, but his lead didn't last long. I passed him in May of 1999 and then went after his career runs total. That took five years, and I caught my 2,000th ball along the way. Getting #2,000 meant more than surpassing Rickey's 2,295 runs, but it was more fun to chase a human than a lifeless milestone.
Now what?
All season, I've been trying to come up with a new number to pursue, a number that's historically important but within reach in the near future. When the Mets signed Pedro, I considered going after his career strikeout total (which now stands at 2,791), but Rafael Palmeiro's current pursuit of 3,000 has inspired me to climb my way up the career hits leader board.
Right now, with 2,548 balls, I'm in 76th place between George Van Haltren (2,532) and Willie Davis (2,561).
I have some serious work to do before I catch Pete Rose (who absolutely belongs in the Hall with his 4,256 hits), but it'll be fun to leapfrog the game's all-time greats along the way. Hopefully, the 46-year-old Julio Franco (2,496) won't leapfrog me…
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Hey bud, I posted a cartoon I thought you'de get a kick out of on my Blog page. Also put up a link to your Blog on my main website, http://www.baseballstrategies.com if you want to return a link to me awesome, but no biggie, just love your site and want others to see what your up to man. It puts the Fun back into ball for me, afterall somtimes I get carried away with making this game into such a way of life that its awesome when I see things like your collection and your hobby! keep it up and take care.
Branden Moskwa, http://www.baseballstrategies.com
Nice cartoon. Thank you.
I was looking at your blog just the other day. Loved the chart of percentages for how likely a runner is to score if he's on a certain base with a certain number of outs.
Are you an advance scout? Or do you watch amateurs and make suggestions for the draft?
So cool.
Hey Zack,
I'de love to be an advanced scout, one day, gotta work towards it. Right now my responsabilities are to focus on the Canadian Collegiate baseball Conference and make recommendations on players in there as well as talent in the BC and Alberta areas of Canada. Wish there was as much professional baseball up in these parts as there is around you. My collection focuses around my baseball trophies, an extensive older card collection including WIllie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Nolan Ryan. But as far as collecting in your realm, I try and collect baseballs from the games we play in other conferences, so its a limited but personel collection. Oh, I also scoop a little infield dirt from the important games like out first win of the season last year at Pima CC, put it into an empty chew container and label it. It was fun but found that I thought every game was a big one and had too many containers of dirt so trying to limit that hobby for a while…. Anyhow, I did collect a few balls at spring training this last year, and was lucky enough to Get Mike Scocia to sign it for me. but then he kept it cause he said that it was there ball. That said he came back to return it a bit later, citing that he was only kiding around. Anyhow, Lots of stories, and I got rambling there, keep up the great work.
Hey, scouting is scouting. The only recommendations I make that people take seriously are what pizza places to go to in my neighborhood.
You have stories and I have questions. Let me hit you with a few quickies…Is this a full-time job for you? Do you travel and check out winter ball as well? How long have you been doing it? Have you found any players that have gone on to play in The Show?
I love the infield dirt story. Sounds like something I would do…find something I love and then go overborad with it.
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LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — Split Britches will perform "Lost Lounge" at the Catskill Art Society (CAS) Arts Center, 48 Main Street on Saturday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Live in the city long enough and you'll inevitably lose something irreplaceable—a favorite dive bar, a beloved park. In "Lost Lounge," Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver mourn these vanished Gothams while celebrating survival. Recreating their favorite lounge acts and comedy duos, they consider what it means to miss something and contemplate, "who are we?" when the very geography we remember is no longer around to orient us.
This production is a continuation of Weaver and Shaw's 30-year partnership and their collaboration with choreographer Stormy Brandenberger and composer and sound designer Vivien Stoll, who accompanies the performance.
Admission costs $10 for CAS members and $12 for non-members. Seating will be first-come, first-served with doors opening at 7 p.m. Catskill Art Society is a non-profit cultivating public interest, participation and enjoyment of the arts. Through its multi-arts center, CAS explores contemporary art practices and facilitates creative and professional development for established and emerging artists.
WHEN: Saturday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Catskill Art Society (CAS) Arts Center, 48 Main St., Livingston Manor, NY
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Interesting statistics to help you think about how our world is changing.
Issue 24 - The Internet of Things (IoT)
240.3 undecillion Possible addresses to support IoT using Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the latest version of the system of digital rules for data exchange on the Internet oc.lc/addresses
Issue 23 - MOOCs By The Numbers Hope or Hype?
181,000,000 Money raised since April 2012 by MOOC providers Coursera, Edx, Udacity, Udemy http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/11/22/coursera-lands-20-million-in-new.html?page=all
40% Percent of Coursera students from developing countries blog.coursera.org/post/64164078376/coursera-partners-with-the-world-bank
$4,600,000,000 Size of global education market http://www.allthingsd.com/20131122/more-moolah-for-moocs-coursera-raises-another-20m
Issue 22 - What Keeps you up at night? The rapid pace of change!
Growth of the Web
43.7 million websites (in 2003) http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/page/10/
785.3 million websites (in 2013) http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2013/
Delivering services to mobile users
650 million cell phones (in 2003) http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2004/06/buy_cell.html
1.8 billion cell phones, including 1 billion smartphones (in 2013) http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24302813"
Building a collection of e-books
280,590 available e-book titles (in 2003) http://liblicense.crl.edu/ListArchives/0308/msg00242.html
4.1 million available e-book titles (in 2013) http://www.wischenbart.com/upload/Global-Ebook-Report2013_final03.pdf
Planning for high-speed Internet access
63 million global wired broadband users (in 2003) http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2003/25.html
696 million global wired broadband users (in 2013) http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx
Planning for high-speed Internet access
8.8 million global mobile broadband users (in 2003) http://www.iinternetnews.com/stats/article.php/1547631
2.1 billion global mobile broadband users (in 2013) http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx
Supporting online education
34.5% of universities/colleges offer fully online programs (in 2003) http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/articles/2013/01/14/us-news-ranks-2013-best-online-education-programs
62.4% of universities/colleges offer fully online programs (in 2013) http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/articles/2013/01/14/us-news-ranks-2013-best-online-education-programs
Issue 20 - We're living in a networked world
158 Number of items ordered per second on Amazon.com on its peak day http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/27/on-november-29-amazon-sold-158-items-per-second-13-7-million-in-total/
6,945 Average number of tracks downloaded per minute from iTunes http://www.fluther.com/68098/how-many-tracks-aredownloaded-n-the-itunes-store-every-second/
3,344 Average number of Web transactions per user per day http://research.zscaler.com/2011/01/web-transactions-per-user-per-day.html
46% Percentage of Internet users who post to a social network original photos and videos they have created themselves http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Online-Pictures.aspx
64% Percentage of smartphones powered by Android, the world's most popular mobile operating system http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-01/google-passes-microsoft-s-market-value-as-pc-loses-to-web.html
$249,900,000,000 Market value of Google (network strategy) when it displaced Microsoft (desktop strategy) as the second largest technology company in the world (Apple being the first) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-01/google-passes-microsoft-s-market-value-as-pc-loses-to-web.html
Issue 19 - It's an 'e' world
2,267,233,742 Internet users worldwide, up from 1,319,000,000 in 2007 http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
644,275,754 Number of websites as of March 2012, up from 155,230,051 in 2007 http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2012/03/05/march-2012-web-server-survey.html
47,097 Magazines, newspapers, newsletters, newswires and TV/radio transcripts around the world that offer online full text, up from approximately 5,500 in 2000 http://www.fso-online.com/home_login.cfm?sid=37458793
183% Percentage by which public library e-book collections increased in 2011 http://www.thedigitalshift.com/research/ebook-penetration/
112 The number of e-mails sent and received each day by the typical user, up from 42 in 2005 http://www.radicati.com/?p=6904
88 Number of journal titles out of 5,400 that remain in print at Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2012/02-14.html


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Italian Greyhounds Iggies and friends in here
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In saying that, they were NEVER alone and I would never trust him fully.
He is great with all my rats, mice, rabbits and snakes. I want him to be exposed to them and be friendly. I can take him to my parents where they have free range chickens and he will not chase them.
I know they are bred with a high prey drive, but I want to expose him to, and socialise him with as much as possible and teach him they are not to chase and kill.
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My Iggy waited 6 months to kill my bird or perhaps he never planned it but one day stupid me left cage door open by accident. Thought about it on the way to work but thought it would be fine because he'd never shown any interest previously and they'd been together on a daily basis. I'll never forgive myself for that, i truly adored my little bird and I'd had him for 3 yrs, he was my top priority when I adopted a dog but now I know so much more about dogs and their behaviour, I realise I was expecting an awful lot.
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I have kept dogs all my life, my family have also always kept many other animals. We have 2 dogs that we let roam with the chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits etc all day with no supervision. Our other dog can not be trusted with anything other than people and dogs.
I would never trust Dante unsupervised with other animals. He is too quick to excitement and although he may not intentionally hurt another animal he would get carried away.
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Skip to comments.'Bush Lied'? If Only It Were That Simple.
Posted on 06/09/2008 1:47:10 AM PDT by edpc
Search the Internet for "Bush Lied" products, and you will find sites that offer more than a thousand designs. The basic "Bush Lied, People Died" bumper sticker is only the beginning.
Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, set out to provide the official foundation for what has become not only a thriving business but, more important, an article of faith among millions of Americans. And in releasing a committee report Thursday, he claimed to have accomplished his mission, though he did not use the L-word.
"In making the case for war, the administration repeatedly presented intelligence as fact when it was unsubstantiated, contradicted or even nonexistent," he said.
There's no question that the administration, and particularly Vice President Cheney, spoke with too much certainty at times and failed to anticipate or prepare the American people for the enormous undertaking in Iraq.
But dive into Rockefeller's report, in search of where exactly President Bush lied about what his intelligence agencies were telling him about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, and you may be surprised by what you find.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
The WaPo editorial staff allows the facts to get in the way of a "good story."
I'm not sure about them allowing facts to get in the way of a good story—I found this a shockingly fair piece for the WaPo.
Regardless of your political standing, the disrespect that this president has suffered has been monsterous. I won't argue his decisions, I won't support some of his decisions, but even with Clinton the Intern Stuffer, I never saw this kind of hateful disrespect. It's old, it's stupid, it's destructive to our country's reputation, and I'm frankly sick to death of the "it's Bush's fault" from global warming to 9/11 where I've seen pictures of him actually setting the explosive to take down the trade towers. My only wish is if a dim gets into the White House he/she/it is treated exactly the same.
That's kind of my point. The "good story" comment was a bit of sarcasm, as the "Bush Lied" mantra has been the MSM theme on Iraq for years.
What, no Patty Murray in charge here ? I mean these are the giants of the Senate, intellectually-speaking. Put these two together and you almost get a double-digit IQ...almost.
Of course, the heaping on Bush has been appalling. And no, a rodent would NEVER get this kind of treatment. Not even short-bus riding scum like Carter, who truly deserves eternal scorn.
I just didn't understand the way you phrased it is all.
No lie. Totally the main candidate for the worst president ever contest.
If Bush were dishonest, the weapons of mass destruction would have been "found" years ago. It would have been child's play for the Israelis to have planted them in Iraq for our soldiers to "find"
...and he also wins hands-down for worst EX-President. He thinks he has the right to interfere with foreign policy. He pulled this crap with Clinton (who should've revoked his passport), and has continued to do so today. Not even Bubba has been that single-mindedly arrogant. The worst the latter is doing these days is grousing he can't get it up since he had that coronary surgery.
Just a play on the old criticism of the newsies: Never the facts get in the way of a good story, paraphrased and sometimes attributed to either J. Frank Dobie or Delbert Trew.
Maybe Master Whore McClellan offered Senator Rockhead a kickback from book sales in exchange for this non-report.
But the phony "Bush lied" story line distracts from the biggest prewar failure: the fact that so much of the intelligence upon which Bush and Rockefeller and everyone else relied turned out to be tragically, catastrophically wrong.
Uh...weren't our allies given the exact same information? Perhaps when we fell to our knees before the UN and stayed there for months begging for their support, we gave Sodomy Hussein all the time he needed to dispose of the WMDs or ship them to his good friends in Syria? Not an original theory; I've heard it suggested many times. And it makes good sense (a foreign concept to the likes of Senator Rockhead). To my knowledge, though, it's never been investigated. Guess we're too busy investigating the possible "mistreatment" of terrorist prisoners who are hell-bent on destroying this country.
Sorry the Republicans are too weak (lack back bone) to push (whine) like the democrats when they are against something and the news media would never cover it even if they found their back bone. I feel sorry for Pres. Bush because the dem's have tasted blood and there is no stopping them. Bush is doomed.
It is just like when Satan said to Eve, "surely God DIDN'T say don't eat of the fruit..." there is just enough of a twist that most of the nation is to gullible to realize they are fed a lot of crap. The Democrats are the most hateful people I have ever seen in my life and this big division we now have in our country is directly because of them.
Well I feel sorry for anyone that gets in my way this week, I must be in a mood ... LOL
I think the WaPo may actually be concerned about Obama's total lack of reality in dealing with national security and foreign policy.
"In 1998, the United States also changed its underlying policy toward Iraq from containment to regime change and began to examine options to effect such a change, including support for Iraqi opposition leaders within the country and abroad.
In the 4 years since the inspectors, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al-Qaida members, though there is apparently no evidence of his involvement in the terrible events of September 11, 2001."
"It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein wiill continue to increase his capability to wage biological and chemical warfare and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East which, as we know all too well, affects American security."
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002
Congressional Record Sen. Hillary Clinton
John Kerry: I agree completely with this Administrations goal of a regime change in Iraq Saddam Hussein is a renegade and outlaw who turned his back on the tough conditions of his surrender put in place by the United Nations in 1991. (July 2002)
John Kerry: I believe the record of Saddam Husseins ruthless, reckless breach of international values and standards of behavior is cause enough for the world community to hold him accountable by use of force if necessary.
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." -
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
U.S. Senate - Ted Kennedy
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." -
Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
Transcript of Gores speech, printed in USA Today
"When I vote to give the President of the United States the authority to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein, it is because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a threat, and a grave threat, to our security and that of our allies in the Persian Gulf region. I will vote yes because I believe it is the best way to hold Saddam Hussein accountable." -
Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9,2002
Congressional Record Sen. John F. Kerry
John Kerry on the floor of the Senate
October 2002:
"With respect to Saddam Hussein and the threat he presents, we must ask ourselves a simple question:
Why is Saddam Hussein pursuing weapons that most nations have agreed to limit or give up?
Why is Saddam Hussein guilty of breaking his own cease-fire agreement with the international community?
Why is Saddam Hussein attempting to develop nuclear weapons when most nations don't even try, and responsible nations that have them attempt to limit their potential for disaster?
Why did Saddam Hussein threaten and provoke?
Why does he develop missiles that exceed allowable limits?
Why did Saddam Hussein lie and deceive the inspection teams previously?
Why did Saddam Hussein not account for all of the weapons of mass destruction which UNSCOM identified?
Why is he seeking to develop unmanned airborne vehicles for delivery of biological agents?
Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), October 9, 2002
Congressional Record Sen. John F. Kerry
The Joint Chiefs should provide Congress with casualty estimates for a war in Iraq as they have done in advance of every past conflict. These estimates should consider Saddam's possible use of chemical or biological weapons against our troops.
Unlike the gulf war, many experts believe Saddam would resort to chemical and biological weapons against our troops in a desperate -attempt to save his regime if he believes he and his regime are ultimately threatened.
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Oct. 8, 2002
Congressional Record - Sen. Ted Kennedy
John Kerry: I agree completely with this Administrations goal of a regime change in Iraq Saddam Hussein is a renegade and outlaw who turned his back on the tough conditions of his surrender put in place by the United Nations in 1991. (July 2002)
John Kerry: I believe the record of Saddam Husseins ruthless, reckless breach of international values and standards of behavior is cause enough for the world community to hold him accountable by use of force if necessary.
John Kerry: I would disagree with John McCain that it's the actual weapons of mass destruction he may use against us, it's what he may do in another invasion of Kuwait or in a miscalculation about the Kurds or a miscalculation about Iran or particularly Israel. Those are the things that--that I think present the greatest danger. He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It's the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat." (October 2002)
John Kerry: If You Dont Believe . . . Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldnt vote for me. (January 2003)
John Kerry: Saddam Hussein is a brutal dictator who must be disarmed. (March 2003)
"Saddam Hussein's regime represents a grave threat to America and our allies, including our vital ally, Israel. For more than two decades, Saddam Hussein has sought weapons of mass destruction through every available means. We know that he has chemical and biological weapons. He has already used them against his neighbors and his own people, and is trying to build more. We know that he is doing everything he can to build nuclear weapons, and we know that each day he gets closer to achieving that goal."..."Iraq has continued to seek nuclear weapons and develop its arsenal in defiance of the collective will of the international community, as expressed through the United Nations Security Council. It is violating the terms of the 1991 cease-fire that ended the Gulf war and as many as 16 Security Council resolutions, including 11 resolutions concerning Iraqs efforts to develop weapons of mass destruction."
Sen. John Edwards, October 10, 2002
Congressional Record Sen. John Edwards
"There is no doubt that . Saddam Hussein has invigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."
Letter to President Bush, Signed by Sen Bob Graham (D, FL,) and others, December 5, 2001
"We should be hell bent on getting those weapons of mass destruction, hell bent on having a credible approach to them, but we should try to do it in a way which keeps the world together and that achieves our goal which is removing the... defanging Saddam.." -
Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Dec. 9, 2002
Online with Jim Lehrer Public Broadcasting Service
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." -
Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
Transcript of Gores speech, printed in USA Today
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power." -
Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
Transcript of Gores speech, printed in USA Today
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." -
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
U.S. Senate - Ted Kennedy
"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..." -
Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002
Congressional Record Robert Byrd
"When I vote to give the President of the United States the authority to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam Hussein, it is because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a threat, and a grave threat, to our security and that of our allies in the Persian Gulf region. I will vote yes because I believe it is the best way to hold Saddam Hussein accountable." -
Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9,2002
Congressional Record Sen. John F. Kerry
"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years .. We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."-
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002
Congressional Record Sen. Jay Rockefeller
"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do"
Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002
Congressional Record Rep. Henry Waxman
Party of Defeat: How Democrats and Radicals Undermined America's War on Terror Before and After 9-11
By David Horowitz and Ben Johnson
FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, April 11, 2008
The following [link] is the introduction from the new book Party of Defeat by David Horowitz and Ben Johnson. The introduction lays out the book's thesis: that the opposition to the war in Iraq has crossed a troubling boundary. For the first time, a large number of national leaders have not merely opposed a war; that would be their inalienable right under the U.S. Constitution. Instead, they have actively sabotaged an ongoing war they voted to authorize and which our troops are currently winning. Party of Defeat is available from the FrontPage Magazine Bookstore for $15, less than Amazon.com. -- The Editors.
"David Horowitz talked about his book Party of Defeat: How Democrats and Radicals Undermined America's War on Terror Before and After 9-11, published by Spence. In his book he criticizes members of the Democratic Party that, he says, are undermining the U.S.'s efforts in Iraq. This event was held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C."
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Yes it was destructive, and a Dem will never be treated the same.
The problem is where Obamanation will take us will probably wake people up a bit as to how good it was and how good GWB was given all his policy faults.
I don't know why you are having a problem with Hillary having gone to Iraq. Are you forgetting we have troops there?
A woman in my area has a "Bush lied and people died" bumper sticker on her car. Her son went to West Point and was injured in Iraq. The disconnect is unbelieveable. How did Bush lie? He was relying on information that was provided to him. Who are the liars here?
Congress butchered our people in Vietnam and have done their darnest to do so in Iraq and Afghanistan, IMHO
I believe that scurrilous attacks on the President, take on a life of their own. The question as to what percentage of a mob mentality then exists is anyone's guess. Sufficient to say that, if the press had been as biased for President Bush, as against, there must be a different story. I would hazard he would be at 50/50 at least. This in popular opinion.
Yet, even if there was, it still would not differ from the actual performance of the office.
Time will be the judge.
2. When her home plate is clean, then she should venture out and save the world, dontcha think? NY needs a senator, not an ambassador to Iraq.
3. It's showboating.
4. Did I miss something and the troops requested her presence? Missing the view in pantsuits or something?
According to Her Heinous, the troops seemed to "enjoy meeting [Her]self."
I'm just sayin'....
I don't know what you are talking about. If I recall that was Pelosi who recently went to Iraq playing ambassador
Is there a reason for this hostility or am I reading too much into this: "I dont know what you are talking about." Because frankly, I try to be pleasant to everyone and expect the same if the discussion is to continue. And if you're defending HRC? I don't know what YOU'RE talking about.
New York Sun ^ | June 9, 2008 | The Editors
any link, preferably video, to rockerfeller saying this???
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The Senate Intel Report: So Much For 'Bush Lied'
New York Post | 07/10/04 | John Podhoretz
Posted on 07/10/2004 2:21:28 AM PDT by conservative in nyc
If the Bush Admin. Lied About WMD, So Did These People
Right Wing News | 6/11/03 | John Hawkins
Posted on 06/11/2003 2:03:28 PM PDT by Political Numbers Guy
If The Bush Administration Lied About WMD, So Did These People (Updated)
Right Wing News | June 19, 2003 | John Hawkins
Posted on 06/19/2003 6:11:23 AM PDT by conservativecorner
If The Bush Administration Lied About WMD, So Did These People — Version 3.0
right wing news dot com | Hawkins
Posted on 06/09/2005 10:53:22 PM PDT by doug from upland
Did They Really Say That?
(Democratic lies about President Bush going to war unnecessarily)
Posted on 07/15/2004 7:22:08 PM PDT by Happy2BMe
Terry Larkin: If Bush 'lied,' then he's in very good company (letter to the Editor)
star tribune | 6/11/2005 | Terry Larkin
Posted on 06/10/2005 6:21:00 PM PDT by bitt
Response To An Angry Bush-Basher
Jewish Press | 6/30/2004 | STUART W. MIRSKY
Posted on 06/30/2004 12:20:01 PM PDT by SJackson
Agreed. I'm sure there are plenty of newsroom mice gnashing their teeth over their paper actually publishing this.
But what the article points up to me - - again - - is how little fight there is in George W. Bush. He has consistently refused to stand up and defend himself. The man just sits there like a punching bag, and that makes all of us who have supported him over the years look like wimps by extension. Thanks, Dubya. Thanks a lot.
His father was the same way. I'm reminded of when he ran against Clinton and couldn't believe anyone would vote for him, because of his draft status, Bush's war heroism, etc.
Why so many Republicans try this get-along stuff, I don't know. They want to be perceived as NICE by the folks they meet at DC cocktail parties, where Republicans outside of DC don't give a damn--we'd rather not be invited to such things.
As the attacks of September 11 demonstrated, the immense destructiveness of modern technology means we can no longer afford to wait around for a smoking gun. September 11 demonstrated that the fact that an attack on our homeland has not yet occurred cannot give us any false sense of security that one will not occur in the future. We no longer have that luxury.
September 11 changed America. It made us realize we must deal differently with the very real threat of terrorism, whether it comes from shadowy groups operating in the mountains of Afghanistan or in 70 other countries around the world, including our own.
There has been some debate over how "imminent" a threat Iraq poses. I do believe that Iraq poses an imminent threat, but I also believe that after September 11, that question is increasingly outdated.
Thanks, but I've been posting the same for months...
"Its difficult to imagine they are so blatantly antiAmerican!"
Where did you get the quote from? I never said this. Did you mean to respond to someone else?
I think it was the so-called "anti-war" group United for Peace and Justice who first came out with that slogan ("Bush Lied, Who Died?" or something along these lines). Strangely, they were using it long before we knew what Saddam actually had. But maybe this explains it: UFPJ's national coordinator is a woman named Leslie Cagan. Cagan is a longtime supporter of communist causes and a devoted admirer of Fidel Castro. She founded the org Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism. CCDS is an old offshoot of Communist Party USA. One of UFPJ's co-chairs is Judith LeBlanc. LeBlanc is vice-chair of Communist Party USA. I suspect they were following Moscows' orders again in running that propaganda campaign.
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8. A star (You know, those weird TV name a star ads that are scams? Yeah, those stars).
7. Charitable donation in lieu of gift.
6. A can opener.
5. Anything that is "as seen on TV."
4. Framed picture of self.
3. Tighty whities.
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The Alberta Library
Improve online discovery for consortium members
"The catalog now allows our users to connect to our resources through organic search processes that they already practice."
Jason Openo
Director of Planning & Program Development, The Alberta Library
The Alberta Library (TAL), a consortium of 49 public, university, college, technical institute and special libraries, selected a solution from OCLC to launch its revamped union catalog, TAL Online, in October 2013. By adding OCLC control numbers into member libraries' records to facilitate deep linking and by maintaining holdings in the WorldCat® database, the consortium greatly enhanced the discovery process for users throughout the province.
The Alberta Library was formed in 1997 as a virtual library consortium to connect Alberta's physical and digital libraries to promote resource sharing throughout the province. In 2009, TAL Online was identified as a priority in the Government of Alberta's Ministry of Municipal Affairs report, Framework for the Future: Positioning Alberta Libraries for the 21st Century. Also, building a new group catalog was Recommendation 1.1 in Alberta Public Libraries Technology Report and Recommendations, published in 2011.
In July 2013, The Alberta Library and the Alberta Municipal Affairs Public Library Services Branch entered into an agreement to revamp TAL Online using WorldCat, the most comprehensive online database of resources available in libraries worldwide. Working with the WorldCat group catalog provides users with a modern interface that includes social tools such as list creation, a Facebook widget and a Google gadget. Improved searching and metadata for accessing multilingual resources and a multilingual interface support the goals of the provincial government to provide services to help integrate immigrants. WorldCat surfaces Alberta's library collections through Google Books, Wikipedia, social networking sites such as Goodreads and DOGObooks and other OCLC syndication partners.
"The revamped TAL Online launched in October 2013. Within the first six months, TAL Online has supported more than 50,000 users, more than 200,000 searches and thousands of interlibrary loan requests."
Jason Openo
"It's great to see our vision of barrier-free access to resources realized," said Clive Maishment, TAL's CEO.
TAL Online facilitates resource sharing requests using a custom-built Where Are You From (WAYF) Application, Interface & Administrative Panel. Created in partnership with software developer Hybrid Forge, WAYF facilitates resource sharing to TAL's member libraries across multiple integrated library systems and interlibrary loan (ILL) management solutions in an attractive and responsive interface.
TAL Online and Hybrid Forge developed a custom configuration to streamline workflows from an internal perspective. The solution bridges individual academic libraries' ILL management software with the public libraries' OCLC VDX ILL management software using the WorldCat Search API. Externally, the experience is now consistent for users and expanded to include more organic search paths for resources held by TAL libraries.
Jason Openo, Director of Planning & Program Development, provided a graphical depiction of where TAL Online's searches originated during the first six months. "Alberta's library collections are integrated in the global information environment and exposed in a way we have never been able to achieve before," he said.
Through the WAYF interface, requests generated from WorldCat can be processed by any TAL member library, regardless of its ILS or ILL management software. Requests are then formatted to the preferences of the relevant member libraries. WAYF streamlines workflows, reducing staff time required to process requests. It auto-verifies user eligibility and allows users to monitor the status of requests.
"Using the WorldCat Search API, the WAYF interface can also perform a 'check against local holdings,' and if an item is owned by the local library, it can drive user traffic back to the native OPAC," Jason explained. "Local in this case can mean either a single library or a group of libraries. If libraries index OCLC control numbers, the WAYF interface will take users to the item in their catalog so that their requests are fulfilled quickly and efficiently."
WAYF provides users with the discovery-to-delivery experience they want. It has improved lending processes for both library staff and users. It has also enhanced collaboration among TAL's member libraries.
Services used by TAL libraries
- Formed in 1997 with 49 member libraries in more than 300 locations
- In May 2013, the two billionth holding was set through an automated process by TAL member University of Alberta Libraries in Edmonton
- In January 2014, TAL Online was awarded the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services' Outstanding Collaboration Citation
- In April 2014, the Canadian Library Association (CLA) awarded the CLA/OCLC Award for Innovative Technology to TAL Online for its WAYF Application, Interface and Administrative Panel
- In April 2014, the Library Association of Alberta awarded the Punch Jackson Award for Excellence in Library Service to TAL Online
- In June 2014, TAL received the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative 2014 Innovation Award for its TAL Online WAYF Interface
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ARM and Microsoft Corp. on Friday today announced that they have signed a new licensing agreement for the ARM architecture. While formally the agreement extends the collaborative relationship between the two companies, it may play a role for the whole industry that is hard to overestimate.
Since 1997 Microsoft and ARM have worked together on software and devices across the embedded, consumer and mobile spaces, enabling many companies to deliver user experiences on a broad portfolio of ARM-based products. In particularly, Microsoft developed operating systems, including Windows Embedded, Windows CE, Windows Mobile and Windows Phone that could run on ARM-based microprocessors or system-on-chips. This time, however, Microsoft licenses ARM architecture and gets closer access to ARM's intellectual property (IP), which will enable the software giant to develop its own chips based on ARM's IP.
Microsoft itself quietly announced formation of its chip design group back in 2006. So far the design group seem to have worked only on various chips for Microsoft Xbox 360 console, in particular, they shrunk them in sizes and created single-chip CPU-GPU code-named Valhalla system-on-chip (which combined IBM Xenon processor with ATI Xenos graphics and memory controller). For its own Zune HD player and Kin phone Microsoft decided to use Nvidia Corp.'s Tegra processor. Thanks to the new license, the company will be able to create its own SoCs for a wide range of own-brand or third party devices.
But the most intriguing question is whether Microsoft will enable traditional Windows to work on ARM-based personal computers, whether those are tablets, smartbooks, low-power desktops or even some types of consumer electronics (e.g., television sets). Enablement of Windows on ARM-based processors may become a game changer for the whole industry and has all chances to become a massive blow to emerging operating systems, such as Google Android, Google Chrome or Linux.
"ARM is an important partner for Microsoft and we deliver multiple operating systems on the company's architecture, most notably Windows Embedded and Windows Phone. With closer access to the ARM technology we will be able to enhance our research and development activities for ARM-based products," said KD Hallman, a general manager at Microsoft.
ARM licenses processor IP under a flexible licensing model, enabling highly integrated solutions for a variety of applications ranging from mobile devices to home electronics and industrial products. ARM customers can license the ARM architecture or specific processor implementations. Details of the agreement will remain confidential.
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Lessons to be learned from football incident
One week ago, many Hancock County residents awoke hearing of a fight at the end of the Weir High-Oak Glen High football game, which reportedly involved a small group of coaches and players.
We may never fully know or understand what set off those events, who said what or who threw the first punch, but we do hope the incident has given us all some time to think.
While no one has been fired, it was decided Oak Glen head coach Ian Wittington would not be taking the field for the remainder of the season. Offensive coordinator Jason Kekseo will be leading the squad in the interim.
Coaches of any sport are held to a certain standard in today's society, where athletics often are an important component of each community. As educators, they are expected to set a positive example for their students, teaching them not only math, science and history, but also right from wrong.
As coaches, they are asked to teach good sportsmanship to the players under their watch.
In this instance, those coaches involved failed to do so, both in preventing the fight among the students and by taking part themselves.
Just as important, we hope the players themselves understand the position they, too, hold within our communities. As athletes, even at a high school level, they often are put in a position where they are expected to perform as leaders and set an example for their fellow students.
While emotions often are high during a game, any issues, anger or problems need to be left on the field the moment that final whistle sounds. Even the biggest and most personal rivalries of this, and any type of game, should end in only one way; with a handshake and well wishes.
We cannot change what happened that Friday night. We can only hope that we all do better in the future.


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Winter storm batters Mideast, 8 dead
AMMAN, Jordan The fiercest winter storm to hit the Mideast in years brought a rare foot of snow to Jordan on Wednesday, caused fatal accidents in Lebanon and the West Bank, and disrupted traffic on the Suez Canal in Egypt. At least eight people died across the region.
In Lebanon, the Red Cross said storm-related accidents killed six people over the past two days. Several drowned after slipping into rivers from flooded roads, one person froze to death and another died after his car went off a slippery road, according to George Kettaneh, Operations Director for the Lebanese Red Cross.
In the West Bank town of Ramallah, a Palestinian official said two West Bank women drowned after their car was caught in a flash flood Tuesday. Nablus Deputy Governor Annan Atirah said the women abandoned their vehicle after it got stuck on a flooded road, and their bodies were apparently swept away by surging waters. Their driver was hospitalized in critical condition.
In the Gaza Strip, civil defense spokesman Mohammed al-Haj Yousef said storms cut electricity to thousands of Palestinian homes and rescuers were sent to evacuate dozens of people.
Parts of Israel were bracing for snow a day after the military was forced to send helicopters and rubber dinghies to rescue residents stranded by floodwaters. In Jerusalem, streets were mostly empty as light snow began to stick Wednesday night. School was canceled for the next day because of the weather, which Israeli meteorologists said was the stormiest in a decade.
The unusual weather over the past few days hit vulnerable Syrian refugees living in tent camps very hard, particularly some 50,000 sheltering in the Zaatari camp in Jordans northern desert. Torrential rains over four days have flooded some 200 tents and forced women and infants to evacuate in temperatures that dipped below freezing at night, whipping wind and lashing rain.
Its been freezing cold and constant rain for the past four days, lamented Ahmad Tobara, 44, who evacuated his tent when its shafts submerged in flood water in Zaatari. A camp spokesman said that by Wednesday, some 1,500 refugees had been displaced within the camp and were now living in mobile homes normally used for schools.
Weather officials said winds exceeded 45 miles per hour and the rain left two feet of water on the streets.
The storm dumped at least a foot of snow on many parts of Jordan and was accompanied by lashing wind, lightning and thunder. It shut schools, stranded motorists and delayed international flights, Jordanian weatherman Mohammed Samawi said. The unusually heavy snowfall blocked streets in the capital Amman and isolated remote villages, prompting warnings from authorities for people to stay home as snow plows tried to reopen clogged roads. It forced at least 400 families to evacuate their homes and move to government shelters overnight.
Samawi called it the fiercest storm to hit the Mideast in the month of January in at least 30 years.
The snowstorm followed four days of torrential rain, which caused flooding in many areas across the country.
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The Filibuster
Despite baseball and basketball being sports born in the good old USA, both national teams have lost touch with winning gold at the Olympic games. Why do people care so much more about the basketball team losing top standing than the baseball team?
Quick, name the top three players in baseball. If you did this honestly, you probably came up with A-Rod, Pujols, Miguel Cabrera and so on and so forth. Now, do the same thing for basketball. What's the difference? When you name the basketball players they all have last names like Bryant, Garnett, Anthony and James. Good ol' Anglo-Saxon names that sound about as American as apple pie.
Americans like their heroes to have names that sound like their own. There's a reason you see Senator Obama slipping in the polls and it isn't because John McCain has a better energy plan. When it comes right down to it, Americans, despite being only a couple generations removed from immigrant status themselves, don't trust immigrants. When a current nominee for the presidency has to deny ties to Islamist terrorists in the same way that Kennedy had to deny that he would take orders from the pope 50 years ago, it's not hard to see that we haven't come all that far.
Beyond all that, timing is an integral part of who can actually
represent our country. The baseball season is in full swing and there's
no way that all those athletes are going to sacrifice their big
salaries or that the teams are going to sacrifice the playoffs for a
couple of weeks of nationalistic fervor. I'm sure that basketball GMs
dread having their best players out there risking injury but at least
the Olympic competition is over before players even need to report for
However, in the Olympics, it also comes down to something much more simple. Basketball has been around in the Olympics for decades and became a sporting symbol for the Cold War conflict between the US and the USSR. When the Soviets beat the Americans in 1988, it stunned the US sporting psyche in the same way that Sputnik called our national pride into question at the end of the 50's.
Baseball just doesn't play the same role. It's only been an Olympic sport for the past 12 years and the US hasn't even qualified every time. And beyond that, who plays the role of the villian? What reason do we have to win? Real baseball plays out between May and October in a bunch of stadiums scattered across North America.
So, maybe if Cuba ever becomes a legitimate threat or Venezuela is able to back up the big game they talk with some international clout, then baseball will come to play a similar role to that of basketball. But until then, the Dream Team will be Kobe and company and the Olympic baseball team will be a bunch of college schlubs trying their hardest to make their country proud.
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Well, this is what the World Baseball Classic is allegedly supposed to fix, isn't it? It's not really the same stage or scrutiny or…much of anything, granted, but once there's more history behind the tournament and the game gradually gets more and more global things could change.
I always say that the one thing lacking from American sport is international competition. It's why the Olympics are a much bigger event in the US than in Europe. I've already noticed that NBC always highlights any "China versus USA" clashes in an attempt to develop a rivalry. And don't forget that the huge benefit of international competition is that you can learn to hate other countries for a whole new set of reasons!
The Venezuela team (including Maggs, Santana, Cabrera etc) is threatening to not compete in the WBC sighting poor per diems and lack of organization as reasons not to play. Per diems? Really? These guys make $90,000 or more per game and they're worried about $150 a day for food? Give me a break. That — AND Hugo Chavez — are both enough for us to start a new rivalry of hate! Who's with me?
I tend to agree with Russell (though not for his final reason 8). International competition is the evolution of professional sports. Selig recognizes this. MLB is trying to coopt the international game with its World Baseball Classic, rather than work and play well with other international bodies. Why is it less of a risk of injury to play in the WBC than the Olympics?
Of course Mark Newman is setting back the perception of Americans abroad (did you read that last post?).
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Here we are at the end of another year, another year filled with assorted epochs of shift as the seasons and months have once again melted into each other so quickly. Where has the time gone? It seems like so much activity was filled into the space of the last 12 months. With the election of our first African-American President, the epidemic of swine flu, the introduction of Nadya Suleman and her octo-wonderland, an unsteady economy, Twilight Mania, the death of Farrah Fawcett, MVPuppet commercials, Susan Boyle, the flight of Falcon Heene, the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy, our soldiers still fighting in two wars, the reform of healthcare, the influx of Tiger Woods's personal life and the death of Michael Jackson, this year will be pretty hard to forget. But as we ring in the New Year, we will forget, because 2010 will encompass just as many twists and turns from years past. We will need to have our memory banks clear and our eyes glued on the ills and joys of society–collecting what we need to build our spiritual scrapbooks for the days ahead.
With a new year, there will be a new era–and with that, we hope to bring in the new era right with our launch of The Cost Magazine. With this inaugural issue, Our CoverCosts will feature Harlem hip-hop heavyweight Juelz Santana as he talks about his new album, how his fashion sense and rhyme skills intersect, and why The Diplomats will forever be a movement. We also caught up with R&B ace Omarion as he talks about the influence of Michael Jackson on his career, the origin of his new record label and how he interprets the future of the music business. We'll also feature Q&A interviews from up-and-coming Florida rapper Smokey and distinguished songwriter Claude "Studio Beast" Kelly.
We've witnessed so much in 2009, and as we wait anxiously for our respective clocks to strike 12 a.m. on December 31st, The Cost Magazine strives to be an integral part of your experiences in 2010. Stay tuned as we assemble and cultivate an innovative online venture that will hopefully stand the test of time.
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No. 2: Play nice
When is the last time you told your partner why you love him?
Sure, you might be in the habit of saying "I love you" on a regular basis, but after a while those words start to become as pedestrian as "how was your day?"
Sometimes we need to hear from our loved ones why they love us -- we need to hear about those quirky little things we do that make them laugh and endear us to them.
It is only logical that our partners need the same type of reinforcement as we do. So don't just talk about your love generically. Tell your soul mate the specifics of what draws you to her, and ideally, she will do the same for you in return.
Kill 'em with kindness before you kill your romance. And those kind words will help set up our final suggestion ...
No. 1: Get physical
Sex is no doubt important to a relationship, but so is basic everyday physical contact.
Ask yourself this: if your relationship is devoid of physical contact, how can you possibly feel close to your partner?
We're talking simple things like back rubs, holding hands, a touch on the forearm, kissing, hugging, etc. While, as we noted in our previous suggestion, picking the right words can bring back some of that spark, don't ever shortchange the importance of non-verbal communication.
Of course, there is something to be said for striking a balance when it comes to physical contact. You don't want to suffocate your husband or wife with constant hovering or be all over them in public, but as humans we all crave physical contact. Just don't overdo it.
If you concentrate on re-establishing that physical connection, you'll find the romance you used to take for granted will soon find its way back into your relationship.


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The Fred Nichols Campus Centre is operated by the Wilfrid Laurier University Students' Union and contains all of the offices, services and business operations of the student-run organization. The third floor of the Fred Nichols Campus Centre is the heart of the volunteer-centred organization, containing the offices of the President, WLUSU student executive and volunteer space for services such as Campus Clubs, Foot Patrol, Legal Resources and Student Activities. The Office of the Dean of Students also operates from the third floor. The Students' Union main offices, including the Health Plan Office and the Millennium 24-hour lounge, are also located here.
The Fred Nichols Campus Centre is the most dynamic and successful in the country; offering student-owned and operated services and business operations. The Terrace Food Court offers six food kiosks, including Harvey's, Yogen-Früz, Pita Shack, Union Market, Mr. Sub and Pizza Pizza which are owned and operated by WLUSU. The second floor offers Wilf's Restaurant and the Centre Spot; a convenience store that offers gifts, fax and dry cleaning, bus tickets, movie passes, postage and personal care items, as well as two student-run bank machines. The fourth floor houses the Turret Nightclub, open Thursday, Saturday and Friday for special events.
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A Lutheran bishop who police say was intoxicated when he struck and killed a Sun Prairie woman with his vehicle Sunday has been released and has entered treatment.
Police said Bruce Burnside, 59, hit Maureen Mengelt, 52, with his vehicle on the northbound off-ramp of Hwy. 151 near Windsor Street, just before 3 p.m.
A Dane County judge Wednesday ordered Burnside held on $150,000 cash bail for three of the four charges against him. However, the judge allowed him to leave on a signature bond on Thursday, if he agreed to admit himself in to an alcohol treatment facility.
The Dane County Jail said Thursday Burnside has been released from custody. A statement from the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin said Burnside entered an inpatient treatment facility
Burnside is charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, hit-and-run resulting in death, homicide by negligent use of a vehicle and hit-and-run of an attended vehicle.
Emergency crews took Mengelt to St. Mary's Hospital in Sun Prairie, where she later died. The criminal complaint states Mengelt suffered multiple rib fractures and a broken pelvis.
Back at the scene of the accident, Burnside left a trail of debris -- including a downed traffic light -- while trying to get away from the crash, according to police.
Police found Burnside in his heavily-damaged Honda at a gas station about a block away from the scene of the accident. Burnside denied using drugs or alcohol to an officer at the scene, according to the complaint. The complaint states Burnside took a breath test showing a blood alcohol level of 0.128.
A video taken at a restaurant near the crash scene shows a vehicle speeding down the off-ramp, the collision and the vehicle leaving the scene, according to the complaint.
Burnside is a bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He oversees 145 congregations in a 13-county area.
Burnside's assistant, Rev. Blake Rohrer, confirmed Wednesday Burnside remains the elected bishop of the synod.


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Jewish Life Seminars
We all want self-fulfillment & happiness.
The question is, where do we look for that inspiration?
We crave excitement, enlightenment, meaning - is it really to be found on a talk show? Or in the latest self-help bestseller? Maybe...but is that really the source of wisdom in the world?
There is something inside of us that knows real wisdom should come from something authentic, if we are to respect it and should require a long history of success, if we are trust it.
Jewish Wisdom has been around for 5,000 years. Maybe we're on to something.
Judaism teaches us that the window to your soul is through understanding.
Real inspiration is accessed through wisdom, knowledge & paradigm shifts.
Education has always been a Jewish value throughout the millennia.
Because it is the key to living inspired.
Experience how powerful, relevant and inspiring Judaism can be.
JLS, "Jewish life Seminars," is a new educational initiative, utilizing the best local and international speakers to create learning opportunities for the entire Jewish community in the Greater Philadelphia Area.
We work with both individuals and organizations to help every community bring the depth of Jewish wisdom to their doorstep.


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Travel Grants
Travel grants are available to all student members of GSA attending the Dayton meeting with high priority given to students presenting oral or poster papers. The amount of individual grants depends upon the number of worthy applicants. Because of the large amount of student applicants in recent years, travel awards have typically been less than $125 per student. All awarded travel grants must, without exception, be picked up by the awardee at the registration desk during the hours that the registration desk is open.
The deadline to apply is 19 March 2012 but applicants will need a faculty signature on a form, so should not wait for the deadline to begin the application process.
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The North-Central Section of GSA has allocated cash awards for best student presentations at the meeting in Dayton, and, in addition, some others organizations, including the Great Lakes Section of SEPM, will be giving out awards.
Best Paper Awards for Student Papers and Presentations
Special Student Events
Roy J. Shlemon Mentors in Applied Geoscience Student Luncheon
Cosponsored by the GSA Foundation.
Monday, 23 April, noon1:30 p.m., Dayton Convention Center Room 307
The Shlemon Mentor Programs are designed to extend the mentoring reach of individual professionals from applied geology to undergraduates and graduate students attending GSA Section Meetings. Over a FREE LUNCH, mentors discuss professional opportunities and challenges that await students after graduation. Every registered student will receive free tickets to the Shlemon Luncheon along with his/her badge; however, attendance is limited and meals are on a first come, first served basis. Please visit the Shlemon Mentors page for more information about this program.
John Mann Mentors in Applied Hydrogeology Student Luncheon
Cosponsored by the GSA Foundation
Tuesday, noon1:30 p.m. Dayton Convention Center, Room 307
The Mann Mentors in Applied Hydrogeology Program presents mentoring opportunities for undergraduate, graduate, and recent graduate students with a declared interest in applied hydrogeology as a career to interact and network with practicing hydrogeology professionals. This relaxed, but focused, small-scale event features a FREE LUNCH for student and professional participants. Every registered student will receive a free ticket to the Mann Luncheon along with his/her badge; however, attendance is limited, and meals are on a first come, first served basis. Please visit the Mann Mentors page for more information about this program.
Special Event for Students Interested in Paleontology
The Paleontological Society will have a get-together with snacks at the paleontology posters on Tuesday, 24 April, 11 a.m.1 p.m., in Dayton Convention Center Exhibit Hall 101. Students interested in paleontology are invited to this paleo get-together as are paleontologists who would like to talk to Students interested in paleontology.


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