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"Pop art," Wikipedia tells us, "is an art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States … Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, news, etc. In pop art, material is sometimes visually removed from its known context, isolated, and/or combined with unrelated material."
For some reason I found myself using Google's images search to look for Pop Art representations of the Buddha. There's rather a lot of them out there, and I've included a few here, with links so that you can support the artists, if you're so inclined. (None of these are … Read more »
San Diego–based Seyo Cizmic is a surrealist artist who creates bizarre objects whose everyday uses have been subverted. This particular work is a striking reminder of the Buddha's "two arrows" teaching, in which he points out that we take an initial instance of hurt and replay it over and over in our minds, magnifying and intensifying our pain. In other words, most of our suffering is caused by ourselves.
(Thanks to Caroline Hagerman on Google+ for bringing this image to my attention!)
Charles Haviland, BBC: A Sri Lankan court has given suspended jail terms to three French tourists for wounding the religious feelings of Buddhists by taking pictures deemed insulting.
Two women and one man were detained in the southern town of Galle after a photographic laboratory alerted police.
The pictures show the travellers posing with Buddha statues and pretending to kiss one of them.
Most of Sri Lanka's majority ethnic Sinhalese are Theravada Buddhist.
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Metro Fayette Kiwanis does their part for community, world
Tue, 04/20/2010 - 9:59am Anonymous
In honor of Kiwanis Service Day and Earth Day, these Metro Fayette Kiwanians picked up trash along Hwy. 92 North. From left: Julian Campbell, President Melanie Myer, Sydney Ninneman, Clark Ninneman, and Bill Webb. The club meets each Tuesday noon at IHOP, Fayetteville. Photo/Carolyn Cary


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Price paid: $ 769
Purchased from: samash.com
Features: Features 24 frets, rosewood board, arrow head inlays, maple neck, mahogany body, flamed maple top, king V style shape, Floyd Rose special, active EMG 81's, 2 vol, 1 tone, 3 way toggle, Grover tuners. Every thing a metal player could ever want. // 10
Sound: I play heavy metal. Any thing from at the gates to whitechapel. Suits me very well, nice heavy aggresive tone. I'm running it in to a Ibanez ts-9 into a Boss ns-2 to a Peavey 6505+, and is great sounding. Best rig I have ever used. Has a nice full sound, love the tone a mohagany body has. The EMG 81's do metal extremly well but tend to distort the cleans tones, but this guitar is aimed for metal so that is what these pups do. I do not use cleans so this is a 10. If you like cleans get some SDs. // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: From the factory the action was pretty good set up with 9's but is use 11-70's tuned to Bb so changed strings adjusted the truss rod, set the bridge and intonation, and now plays like a dream. The pups where fine where they were no adjustment needed. The only real flaws I found where a small chip in the lower horn, very tiny not noticable at all. These V shaped guitars always get nicked up on the hornes so I am not worried about it. The second is also very minor, the toggle Switch was in stalled backwards(bridge pup is when the toggle is up twards the neck) this was an easy fix took 10 mins, no need to ship it back. Giving it a 7 for the toggle issue. Other than that pretty much flaw less. // 7
Reliability & Durability: The guitar is built like a tank and will withstand Live playing. The hardware is very good especially the bridge. It stayed in tune very well even while using the bar(my ESP m-302 and Iby Rg you cannot even use the bridge with out it going to shit. The strap buttons where solid they wide and fat ends. I can depend on this guitar I use the M-302 when I gig but in a different tuning. So I do gig without a back up. The finnish should hold up its seems solid unlike the Ibanez finish(which chips easily Because of the basswood body, I think) // 10
Overall Impression: For the metal style it is a very good choice. I was concidering a Jackson king v used for 1400 at GC, but in the end this was a better option. If you want to play country or something with great clean tones don't wast your time and money just go buy your self a nice little Strat or something. This is a metal guitar and does a great job at doing it. I have been playing for 6 years and have owned a many of guitars every thing from Jackson, to Cort, to Ibanez, to Deans. If it where to be stolen I would not hesitate to buy another. This is the best, most affordable, quality V money could possibly buy. The thing I love most is the neck. I will only play set or neck thru necks, and this is the best set-thru I have played. The neck contour is perfect just a smidge thicker than a ibby, but more comfterble than the RG. Same kind of Jackson contour. I think of it as the best of both worlds thin, but still a great contour. I have tried many V and this if by far the best. Jackson equivilants are outrageusly high priced and no one else makes a decent King V style guitar. // 9
Price paid: C$ 921
Purchased from: Mother's Music
Features: The Features - Mahogany body with maple neck, rosewood fretboard, grover tuners, Floyd Rose bridge, active EMG 81s, two volume knobs, three way toggle switch, and a master tone knob. It's a King V shape with arrowhead inlays and a baddass see-thru black finish on a flamed maple top. Features are solid for any metal guitarist. // 10
Sound: I play all kinds of metal music (Metallica, Megadeth, Children Of Bodom, Arch Enemy, Wintersun) and this guitar fits the style very well. I own a Line 6 Spider III 75 Watt and a Line 6 PodX3. I play with a lot of distortion and the sound is simply f--king killer. It's very sharp and has a lot of crunch to it. For clean settings, it isn't the greatest but it isn't the worst. With two EMG 81's, getting the best clean sound just won't happen. Overall, the sound is very amazing and is perfect for any guitarist that plays metal. // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: When I got the guitar I first played it in E and the action was fit very well. The pickups were adjusted properly and everything was in proper working order. The see-thru black design is barely noticable and can easily be mistaken for a glossy black colour instead, but it doesn't bother me. I set up the guitar to C and adjusted everything necessary and now it is easily one of the best guitars I have ever played. // 9
Reliability & Durability: The guitar can withstand countless amounts of beatings. No matter how hard or long you play, it will always stay in tune. I have f--ked around with the bar for countless hours and it stays in tune 99% of the time. The guitar will easily make it through live playing and the hardware is nothing but solid. It's completely dependable and I don't even consider getting a backup when going on a gig. The finish is great on this guitar (I tend to hit the guitar into a lot of things especially around the points because it's a pretty big guitar) and there isn't a single sign of wear yet. // 10
Overall Impression: This guitar is built for metal. No questions asked and is the perfect match for any metal guitarist looking for a quality King V shaped guitar. I've been playing guitar for just over two years now and I own an ESP LTD EX-50. If it got stolen, I would get another one of these without thinking twice. I love the sound and the playability the most. I don't hate anything about this guitar. My favourite feature is probably the pickups. I haven't owned a guitar before with EMGs in them and I think these have a much more well balanced tone over Seymour Duncans (I have Seymour Duncan Blackouts in my other guitar). I would prefer that this guitar had an EMG 60 in the neck so that clean playing would sound better but that can be fixed no problem. Overall, this guitar is amazing and worth every penny. If you don't want to spend shitloads of money on a high end Jackson V, then this guitar is the one to get. // 9
Price paid: $ 500
Purchased from: internet
Features: Guitar has a bit of a strange set up you basic heavy metal machine with:
- Floyd Rose dual locking bridge
- rosewood fingerboard
- 24xj frets
- 12 to 14inch radius i think
- mahogany body
- flamed maple top
- maple neck
And heres the strange one it has both a EMG 81 in the neck and the Bridge interesting but cant help but feel a lack of tonal diversity but still a good set up for the price lots of high end equipment on it. // 8
Sound: My music style is sort of all over the place I have a Fender usa Standard which is the best and most fun to play but it lacks a bit in the metal department, this guitar can cover that but not much else even at low volumes and gain level it carries a very sharp high end and a very low bass thud of low string I think if you a heavy metal purist you would be happy generally a couple of thing needs intonation adjustment small amount of fret buzz and I'm not entirely happy with the finishing done of the neck fells a bit rough and makes it difficult for string bending at time but little hassles aside I generally good sound I got even out of my crappy little Marshall mg 15 amp yet to try it on my Egnater but should be interesting. // 7
Action, Fit & Finish: As I said before action and set up need some work from the factory but don't expect miracles from a intermediate price guitar but I can tell the wood is of good grade the tonal and sustain is very good and for a relatively small chunk of wood it has some serious weight behind it. In terms of looks and style you can't get much cooler than a Flying V especially one with flamed maple satin black finish killer. // 7
Reliability & Durability: No problems and nothing to say about it as yet. // 10
Overall Impression: I think some one using a beginner guitar would appreciate this instrument much more than myself but from my perspective its good but not great, road worthy but it defiantly wouldn't be my number one guitar. // 7
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MACABEBE, Pampanga–The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and Mayor Annette Flores-Balgan on Tuesday unveiled a historical marker at the municipal hall honouring the brave residents and soldiers of this town who defeated the Spanish army in the 1898.
NHCP Deputy Executive Director Carminda Arevalo, historian Lord Francis Musni of the Holy Angel University Center for Kapampangan Studies (CKS), Flores-Balgan and other town officials publicly launched the "Labanan sa Macabebe (Battle of Macabebe)" marker at the town hall grounds in time for the start of the historic four-day war which began in June 25, 1898.
"Sinalakay ng mga rebolusyonaryo sa pamumuno ni Hen. Isidoro Torres ang umatras na puwersang espanyol sa Macabebe, 25 Hunyo 1898. Nakuha ang artileriya ng mga Espanyol, 28 Hunyo 1898 (The revolutionary soldiers led by General Isidoro Torres attacked the retreating forces of Spain in Macabebe on June 25, 1898. They got the artillery of Spain in June 28, 1898)," said the marker displayed in front of the town hall in between the main municipal building and police station in Poblacion.
Torres of Malolos, Bulacan was appointed by General Emilio Aguinaldo in 1897 as brigadier general for the military departmental zones in Central Luzon.
Arevalo also handed a NHCP manifesto signed by herself and other NHCP officials, Balgan-Flores and a representative of Vice Mayor Vince Flores that officially turned-over the historical marker to the Macabebe government.
"The NHCP has been turning over to Local Government Units (LGUs) historical markers to ensure their safety. There were some NHCP markers lost from robbers. It's good to partner with LGUs because the markers are not just safe but are taken care of," said Arevalo, who was accompanied by Musni and other CKS officials.
"The battle in Macabebe was one of the events of our history that the every Filipino should not forget, foremost by Macabebe residents. This battle between the Filipino and Spanish soldiers was instrumental in the success of the Filipino's struggle for freedom," said Arevalo in Tagalog language.
Musni, CKS consultant, who is a native of San Rafael and San Esteban areas in Macabebe, said the high-ranking Spanish soldiers, generals and priests had made the coastal Pampanga town as "last frontier."
"The retreating Spaniards came from several areas in Pampanga, Central Luzon and other parts of Luzon as far as Ilocos provinces," said Musni.
He said that the Filipino soldiers aided by Macabebe residents had shooed away the Spanish soldiers in a "supposedly bloody war" lasting for four days based on historical accounts.
"What's more important is that the Filipinos seized the artillery of Spain on June 28," said Musni.
Musni said that during the war in the late 1800s, the largest ever number of Spain's colonizers and their soldiers and artillery in the country were in Pampanga and Cebu. The province in Visayas has the highest number among all the provinces and cities in the country, he added.
In her speech, Balgan-Flores said "we wholeheartedly accept the marker." She added that the residents and officials of Macabebe are thankful to the CKS and NHCP for helping them know the interesting history of the town.
Balgan-Flores, who was unopposed for his re-election bid last May, is working closely with Pampanga Gov. Lilia Pineda, CKS, NHCP and other historians in promoting the "rich culture and history" of the first-class municipality.
In 2011, the NHCP turned over the historical marker of Felipe Songson (1611-1685) of this town. He was the second Filipino to be part of the Jesuits.
Songson's marker was placed at Macabebe church's grounds in Poblacion which is in front of the municipal hall.
Macabebe tourism officer Catherine Flores, Councilors Dennis Yumang, Carlito Tragora, Arlon Henson and Eminiano Yanga and San Vicente Barangay Captain Atty. Gerome Tubig and other village chiefs attended the simple ceremony which started at 9:00 a.m. ●JOEY PAVIA
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It has been a busy December-January, but I'm back.
While I was away...
1) Finished a massive project for the Friedman Foundation
2) Visited family in Texas for Christmas!
3) Put new tires and wheels on my Jeep! Merry Christmas to me...
4) I teamed up with a great young programmer John Russell, a CS grad student up at UNR. We got to the programming phase of Chariberry (Charity+Berry) - a fun charity fundraising tool (to be launched later in 2012). Now we are looking for a web designer and graphic artist to finish the MVP!
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Skip to comments.MSNBCs Ed Schultz Rants Against Fox News on His Radio Show; We Can Get Fox Before the Midterms
Posted on 08/27/2010 10:15:30 AM PDT by Justaham
Here is audio of liberal Ed Schultz totally losing it on air during his radio show as he begged his listeners to help him overtake Fox News on his MSNBC TV Program. Schultz says he just knows he can beat Fox News by the time of the November Midterm Elections. He is up against Bret Baier and Special Report in the 6:00 PM ET time slot. Right now, Schultz runs slightly ahead of CNNs Wolf Blitzer, but has only about one-third the audience of Fox News.
Here is what he said in his rant against Fox News:
You have no idea, in my bones, in my very soul, in my heart I want to kick Foxs ass. I want to drive them into the ground. I want to spike the ball! I want to kick em in the teeth on the way back to the huddle. And then I want to turn around and lift my leg on em, because thats all theyre worth. They lie, they cheat, they steal in my opinion. They steal the intellectual quality of the American People by constantly twisting what is the truth.
Now Im asking you to be in this battle with me, cause we can get Fox before the Midterms I know we can. I know we can.
Completely delusional.
(Excerpt) Read more at freedomslighthouse.net ...
Good luck with that!
MSNBC/GE and Fox both have Saudi money in the background. All of USA TV does. The Saudis bought the white hut.
He gonna have to pick a month when Charles Krauthammer isn't on Bret Baier's show. OK, it ain't gonna happen. Schultz needs to go back to talk radio where he is a real bomb.
Try crying on camera (not just in your boss's office).
Someone needs check his medical records for a lobotomy.
Ed Schultz - proving without a doubt that not everything that tumbles out of a trailer soaked with Jack Daniels is a Republican.
Real classy.
And they call Rush and Hannity haters.
The Left are demented.
Like the Muzzies, it must be a chemical imbalance in the brain.
I mean, they're drooling and foaming at the mouth, jumping up and down, flaming and smoking.
These people are completely unhinged.
At least WWF is fake.
>> "Now Im asking you to be in this battle with me, cause we can get Fox before the Midterms I know we can. I know we can.
No need to battle. Check your TV Guide ... I'm pretty sure almost everyone with cable or a satellite dish already gets FoxNews.
What's more scary is the wonder of what the other half of his brian is doing. I'm sure he'd like to know as well because somewhere between Oshkosh and Albequerqe he lost the claim check.
Is spelling his name wrong part of the joke?
These children remind me of my youth when my Mom would catch me doing something wrong. . . . I'll never forget that look on her face when she'd say "The truth hurts, doesn't it"?
Oh how I'd seethe . . . because I knew she was right.
So do Eddie and His Clowns.
Sounds like an assault threat to me . . . a restraining order is warranted . . . not to get within 1,000,000 viewers of Fox in the time slot.
Oh wait, he is already complying with that one.
Maybe he's trying not to get cancelled. I usually watch Fox at 6 pm anyway, although I can understand why they lose a little audience at that time. But now I guess I'll have to put Fox on every TV in the house at 6pm.
I can feel it in my bones; we can get Schultz cancelled and delivered by ambulance to the funny farm, before the midterms.
We are educated people, people who listen and learn every day and can make our own decisions unlike most Democrats who believe everything they are told without doing their own investigating.
MSNBCs Ed Schultz Rants Against Fox News on His Radio Show; We Can Get Fox Before the Midterms
Vincente Fox? for the right amount of money Ed you probably could .....
All 5 of his viewers got riled up, and then after finishing off the bong, passed out and didn't remember a thing when they awoke.
Projecting. Typical for a communist "progressive."
How does MSNBC stay on the air? And how will Keith Olberman ever get a serious job again with the silly smirk and mocking tone all day long?
All the seem to do is bash Fox News all day
and they cannot even get their facs straight
What rock did this character crawl from under.
Looks like only watchers are the people at the airports where CNN is forcefed to monitors.
A madman with a tv show.
the MSM like common dung beetles....wander aimlessly, head in the sand....moving backward...while pushing their crap and hoping it sticks to something..... © Vaquero 2010
Shoot I am a mess I really want MSNBC to still be there for the half dozen folks that watch it.
You forgot that they lit up that roach in the ashtray when the woke up, ;-)
Obligatory 'Two minutes of Hate' for the 'progressive' base.
Wow.... Imagine if that was said about one of the Liberal networks?
If it was going to happen it would have already happened.
Typical night in July
Brett Baier's show: 1,477,000 viewers
Big Ed's show: 582,000 viewers
So Brett almost triples Ed's viewership and he thinks he's going to beat him. Big Ed will be lucky to be on the air by election time. What an idiot.
Sounds like he's channeling "Achmed the Dead Terrorist" - "I Kill You!!!"
Do the talking heads at Fox fixate on MSNBC? What a strange network MSNBC is.
Thanks for the laugh.
Why would anybody watch that turd?
Pray for America
If I had my way I would have Ed and Bill Orily have a ultimate fighting cage fight. We could arm Bill with a loofah and give Ed a large dildo.
Those two are make for each other.
Only difference between Ed and the entire Democrat Party is that the Dems would say "GOP and Fox". Both are equally DELUSIONAL.
Hey Ed, there are meds for this kind of paranoia, just sayin.
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Since the modern Games began in 1896, 3,095 American athletes have won medals in 35 distinct disciplines—dominating everything from BMX to jeu de paume and earning more than twice as many medals as the next most decorated country.
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Material and Method: IIn this study, 241 children diagnosed with acute viral hepatitis A were evaluated according to demographic and clinical characteristics between April 2007 and August 2008.
Results: Of the patients, 134 (55.6%) were male and 107 (44.4%) were female, and the mean age of the patients was 7±5 years (range, 2-16). The incidence of hepatitis A was higher in autumn and winter. In 169 (70.1%) of the cases no route of transmission could be determined. The most common symptoms were jaundice (82.1%), weakness (80%), nausea (74.2%), anorexia (70.9%) and dark urine (68%). The most common signs were jaundice (94.2%), hepatomegaly (58.1%) and splenomegaly (21.6%). The total rate of hematological abnormalities was 43.1% and fulminant hepatitis was seen in 1.2% of the patients. The mortality rate was determined as 0.8%.
Conclusions: Hepatitis A remains an important public health problem in the country. The disease causes more severe clinical symptoms and requires rest during the epidemic in adults. Therefore, hepatitis A vaccination may be useful in early childhood in hyperendemic regions.


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Definition: In EEC terms, Quality Liquor Wine Produced in a Specific Region, (VLCPRD, CE R1493/99); in Spain, fortified liquor wine with the Quality Demarcation Jerez – Xérès – Sherry and indication of age – matured and aged for 15 years. Slightly sweetened oloroso or "medium sweet".
Type of grape: Palomino and Pedro Ximénez.
Vineyards: Jerez Superior. Pago Balbaína and Carrascal.
Alcohol content: Minimum 20.5 % Alc. /Vol.
Type of wine: Medium Sherry.
Sugar content: 82 gr./l.
Production: Bud musts. Controlled fermentation at 28º C. Fortified with distilled wine alcohol at up to 20.5º. The Palomino and Pedro Ximénez are blended in the racks while waiting to enter the Criaderas y Soleras system. Physical-chemical ageing through oxidation for at least 15 years, achieving this slightly sweetened oloroso or "medium sweet".
Tasting notes: An amber-coloured wine of intense aromas suggesting dried nuts. Full-bodied and balanced, with little acid and quite sweet. A long finish.
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It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool …
Here is an amazing letter to the editor at a college newspaper from a person who gives himself the title of "academic professional". I've looked at it off and on for a couple of days trying to figure out how to excerpt it and talk about this, well, fool. As it turns out, the best way to present it is to present it whole since excerpting it only takes away from the totality of the nonsense this "academic professional" is spouting.
In fact, as I read it, I have to tell you that it immediately reminded me of another "academic professional" that visits the comment section of our blog fairly regularly. The only difference I can see is the "academic professional" I quote below actually is a part of a major university instead of some backwoods school. Other than that, either could have written this:
The vast majority of 9/11 observances in this country cannot be seen as politically neutral events. Implicit in their nature are the notions that lives lost at the World Trade Center are more valuable than lives lost in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and elsewhere; that the motives of the 9/11 attackers had nothing to do with genuine grievances in the Islamic world regarding American imperialism; and that the U.S. has been justified in the subsequent killing of hundreds of thousands in so-called retaliation.
The observance at Saturday's football game was no different. A moment of silence was followed by a military airplane flyover; in between, Block-I students chanted "USA, USA." This was neither patriotism nor remembrance in any justifiable sense, but politicization, militarism, propaganda and bellicosity. The University is a public institution that encompasses the political views of all, not just the most (falsely) "patriotic." Athletic planners should cease such exploitation for political purposes. They might at least consider how most Muslim students, American or otherwise, would respond to this nativist display; or better, Muslims and others that live their lives under the threat of our planes, drones and soldiers.
The overwhelmingly white, privileged, Block-I students should be ashamed of their obnoxious, fake-macho, chicken-hawk chant, while poverty-drafted members of their cohort fight and die in illegal and immoral wars for the control of oil. University administrators need to eliminate from all events such "patriotic" observances, which in this country cannot be separated from implicit justifications for state-sponsored killing.
David Green,
University Academic Professional
You can dissect that to your heart's content, and it is still, on whole, some of the most misguided stupidity you're likely to see this side of Maine.
Of course 9.11 observances aren't politically neutral. That neutrality died the day we lost 3,000 people to Islamic jihadist extremists who had been at war with us for years. How did this yahoo get stuck in time on September 10th, 2001 for heaven sake?
That sort of absurdly out-of-touch idiocy permeates the entire little screed. And if you want to see the definition of "non neutrality" at work, read this "academic professional's" denigration of his student's nationalism, patriotism and – yes, wait for it – color.
And then there's the "stereotypes-r-us" portion. "Overwhelmingly white, privileged … students". Wars fought by "poverty-drafted members of their cohort". "Illegal" (authorized by Congress per the Constitution) and "immoral" (yeah, can't hit back when smacked in the face with a sledge hammer – that's immoral) and all for oil.
All the leftist canards rolled into one can be found in it – yeah, be ashamed of your country, your military, your patriotism and yourselves you bastards because it makes "David Green, academic professional" uneasy.
How freakin' '60s of the dope.
Tell you what, David Green, academic professional – instead of you telling everyone what they've done to offend you, why don't I tell you what about you offends me.
Your very existence offends me. Your smug but ignorant arrogance offends me. The fact that you don't know the difference between grassroots patriotism and "nativism" offends me. The fact that you have no idea of who makes up our military (although it comes as no surprise, really) offends me. The fact that you clearly don't know what the words "illegal" or "immoral" mean, but have no problem throwing them around like you do offends me.
But what offends me most is what you must be doing to the young minds which come under your power while attending your university. If what you've written is any indication of how you teach, then your students or their parents ought to demand an immediate refund. Because it is not only fact free, but shows absolutely no evidence of critical thinking.
One of the great things about America is everyone is free to express their opinion. However, doing so is not without consequence, because then those who don't agree get to express theirs. My opinion of you, David Green, academic professional, is below that of the Congressional Democratic leadership. And I provide the bottom side of their 8% popularity rating.
The good news for you is you are precisely where you belong. Outside the academic ivory tower, facing the reality anyone else does, it's my guess surviving for 15 minutes would be the high side of an estimate of how long you'd last.
Now, crawl back under your academic rock, where you belong, and hush.
Genesis of a poor war strategy – Woodward documents it
The new Bob Woodward book – or at least leaked parts of it – is causing a bit of a stir in the blogosphere today.
One of the versions I read was Steve Luxenberg's piece in the Washington Post. The book, entitled "Obama's Wars" is, per Luxenberg, not about the wars (plural) in Iraq and Afghanistan, but instead the war in Afghanistan (the supposed "good war" that we had to fight) and the war within the administration.
However, the whole of the debate – i.e. the parameters in which it was conducted – was pretty much dictated by Obama's desire to get the heck out of there:
"This needs to be a plan about how we're going to hand it off and get out of Afghanistan," Obama is quoted as telling White House aides as he laid out his reasons for adding 30,000 troops in a short-term escalation. "Everything we're doing has to be focused on how we're going to get to the point where we can reduce our footprint. It's in our national security interest. There cannot be any wiggle room."
Obama rejected the military's request for 40,000 troops as part of an expansive mission that had no foreseeable end. "I'm not doing 10 years," he told Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at a meeting on Oct. 26, 2009. "I'm not doing long-term nation-building. I am not spending a trillion dollars."
Now I have some sympathy for the "I'm not doing long-term nation-building". And I have even more for "I am not spending a trillion dollars".
However it should be noted that he's not necessarily averse to spending a trillion dollars so much as he is to spending it on "the good war". And I'd also bet, given "long term" for any politician is "how long until the next election", that "long term nation building" means after November 2012.
Obama's entire focus was on "getting out" of Afghanistan. I can't help but believe the reason for that isn't just a campaign promise – as I recall, Iraq was the war he promised to end – as the fact that Afghanistan is a distraction for a president who'd much rather focus on domestic problems.
And, with the recession, that's not necessarily a bad thing. However, given the fact that his entire focus was on passing health care by hook or crook, you can't even rationalize his domestic focus. It certainly hasn't been the economy or jobs he's made a priority (unless you believe the old Dem principle "if we throw enough money at it, it will take care of itself" was considered "addressing the problem").
Another thing that struck me:
Obama told Woodward in the July interview that he didn't think about the Afghan war in the "classic" terms of the United States winning or losing. "I think about it more in terms of: Do you successfully prosecute a strategy that results in the country being stronger rather than weaker at the end?" he said.
This is pure, metered politics. This is a man carefully avoiding anything that can come back on him. Obviously a "country being stronger rather than weaker at the end" is the difference between victory and defeat. His equivocation is simply to cover his rear end so if, when he hastily pulls out before the 2012 election, the country falls to the Taliban he has some wiggle room.
I assume learning the CIA is running a 3000-man paramilitary counterterrorism force made up of local Afghans is gong to cause the left some heartburn. But it isn't the disclosure that should have the Glenn Greenwalds of the left upset. How about these:
–Obama has kept in place or expanded 14 intelligence orders, known as findings, issued by his predecessor, George W. Bush. The orders provide the legal basis for the CIA's worldwide covert operations.
— A new capability developed by the National Security Agency has dramatically increased the speed at which intercepted communications can be turned around into useful information for intelligence analysts and covert operators. "They talk, we listen. They move, we observe. Given the opportunity, we react operationally," then-Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell explained to Obama at a briefing two days after he was elected president.
After all the caterwauling by the left about the Bush administration this is interesting. I wonder when they'll start referring to him as "W Jr."?
Finally, the surge decision – it was, per Woodward – exactly what many of us feared. An attempt to please competing sides and, in the end, pleasing no one.
In the end, Obama essentially designed his own strategy for the 30,000 troops, which some aides considered a compromise between the military command's request for 40,000 and Biden's relentless efforts to limit the escalation to 20,000 as part of a "hybrid option" that he had developed with Gen. James E. Cartwright, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The 40,000 figure was McChrystal's minimum figure. Instead of listening to the commander on the ground, he included "General Biden's" desires. Result – more than Biden wanted (not pleased, or was he – see below) and less than the generals wanted (not pleased). Additionally Obama added the June 2011 withdrawal date which essentially negated anything positive about the plan – it essentially told the Afghans, "we're going to go through the motions for a year, but you're really not worth the effort."
The Afghans have responded accordingly.
But one thing that can and will be said of the strategy, given the Woodward disclosures, is no matter how it turns out (and my bet is on poorly) there's no doubt now whose strategy it is. And "General Biden's" role?
Well according to the NY Times account, he was just part of the plan to lower the number of troops the military would get by providing an alternative, no matter how absurd, that the President could trade off of:
I want an exit strategy," [Obama] implored at one meeting. Privately, he told Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to push his alternative strategy opposing a big troop buildup in meetings, and while Mr. Obama ultimately rejected it, he set a withdrawal timetable because, "I can't lose the whole Democratic Party."
Or said another way – "my mind's made up, I don't really care what the military says or wants, I just have to find a plausible way to seem like I'm being responsive when I'm really not because, you see "the whole Democratic Party" is much more important than prosecuting a war I said was important". Or words to that effect.
Obama also laid out his strategy objectives in a 6 page memo, but, per the WaPo article, "took the unusual step of stating, along with the strategy's objectives, what the military was not supposed to do." Apparently the memo is reproduced in the book and Luxenberg claims the "don'ts" were mostly aimed at preventing "mission creep". I'd guess it involved more than just that.
As for the rest of the article it details some of the politics and pettiness among the administration staff. Nothing new there – administrations have always been the parking place for massive egos and such egos are constantly bumping into and bruising each other.
What a wonderful world.
The GOP's temporary strategy to block Obama admin legislation
In a few words it can be summed up by "deny funding".
Republicans will try to block money requested by the Obama administration to implement Democrats' signature Wall Street and healthcare reforms in a stopgap spending measure expected to clear Congress next week. The GOP is seizing on the administration's funding request as an opportunity to send a message to voters that it wants to reduce government spending and provide a check on President Obama.
Given they don't have the votes to repeal it and override the presidential veto which is sure to follow any such attempt, this is about their only choice. How effective it would be – both politically and in reality – remain unknown. As one might imagine, the blowback potential is significant.
The first test – since Democrats haven't passed a budget – is a continuing resolution (CR) necessary to keep government funded beyond Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year. It is needed to prevent a government shutdown. Republicans are planning to target those parts of the spending request which apply to funding parts of the new legislation:
The Obama administration has asked appropriators crafting the CR to include roughly $20 billion in new spending, according to GOP appropriators.
That request includes $250 million for doctors, nurses, physician assistants and other primary-care health workers. In asking appropriators for the money, the administration said the increase in health workforce funding is needed to meet the demands of the newly insured under the Democrats' healthcare act.
The administration also requested $14 million for the Treasury Department so it can carry out the new Wall Street reforms.
Says Sen. Lamar Alexander:
"If the question is whether to approve money to fund certain parts of the healthcare law, that's certainly one way to try to limit its impact," he said.
Indeed, without majorities or the White House, this is the only avenue that's really open to the GOP.
Of course that's brought the usual obstructionist charges from Democrats:
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) blamed Republicans for the need to resort to a stopgap spending measure in the first place.
"I'd much prefer doing individual bills, but with the Republicans blocking everything, that's hard to do," Leahy said.
Yeah, bi-partisanship is a bitch, huh Senator – especially when you can't just ram things through with an filibuster proof majority as you once could. Someone get him a little cheese for that whine.
In the meantime this is the best way for the GOP to lessen the impact of the bad legislation this administration has passed, until they can gain the majorities and the White House and work toward repeal.


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Employing off the books; the art of getting around workers' comp
Murtagh told the lawmakers that according to the results of Freedom of Information Law requests in a couple of municipalities, 66% of permits were issued without any of the three types of documentation. And among contractors who do supply documents, according to various sources, the letters of exemption—which are intended to go only to people working alone, with no employees and no subcontractors—are being widely abused. There are reportedly many instances of people using letters of exemption to get permits to build a house and, as a general rule, no one today builds a house all by himself or herself.
In exchanges with the CIB, code enforcement officers said that they did not have the time or the resources to enforce the various state laws. Neil Gilberg, who was formerly the Sullivan County Clerk and who is now a business advocate with the NYS Workers' Compensation Board, created a pilot program whereby if a CEO suspects that a contractor is operating without workers' compensation, the CEO can call or email officials in Albany or Binghamton, who will respond by sending someone to investigate, or perhaps by getting a local law enforcement official to investigate.
However, not everyone agrees that the CEOs should be put in a position of having to enforce the law. Suggesting that CEOs should be reluctant to issue permits based on exemption letters by contractors who claim to have no employees is reasonable, said Catskill Farms builder Charles Petersheim, but, he added, "giving them police powers? It just seems really hard to believe that it could work."
According to various sources, the prevailing view among CEOs is that enforcing the relevant state laws is not their responsibility.
For homeowners, there is a question of compensation. If, for example, an employee without workers' compensation were to fall off a roof, the employer is responsible for the hospital bills. But, if the employer doesn't have enough money to cover it, the worker may go after the homeowner.
Residents can determine whether a contractor is covered by workers' compensation by going to www.wcb.state.ny.us and clicking on Insurance Carriers, and then clicking on "Does Employer Have Coverage," and following the prompts.


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Kelowna, B.C. – The local state of emergency and evacuation alert for people living at 549 Truswell Rd. have been rescinded.

Residents of 30 rental units at the Walnut Grove property were placed on 20-minute evacuation alert on the evening on June 14. Part of a retaining wall on the property along Mission Creek was washed away and the rest of the wall was in jeopardy of falling into the creek.

City crews worked overnight to bring in 40 loads of large rip-rap rock to stabilize the property against the fast-flowing high water in Mission Creek.

Residents are asked to continue to exercise caution near any area creeks and streams. Please keep children and pets safely back from creek banks, which may be slippery or subject to erosion by the higher, swifter moving water. There is also the potential for unexpected rapid increases in creek water levels.
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[This is an article by Corie Brown, LA Times, Mar 28, 2007.
At best, the technique described can only reduce the cork taint; it can not
reverse the damage already done to the wine; in addition, there is some concern
about potential health effects of the plasticizers in plastic wrap.]
Corked wine is the ultimate wine disappointment, all the more
crushing when the bottle in question is a costly, highly anticipated
extravagance. One whiff of old gym socks, the signature scent of trichloranisole
(TCA), and the only option is to pour the bottle down the sink. Or is it?
Mel Knox, a San Francisco-based oak-barrel broker who represents
French cooper Taransaud, says there is an easy solution, particularly when the
taint is relatively mild. In a glass pitcher, wad up roughly a square foot of
Saran or other polyethylene plastic wrap. Pour the tainted wine over the plastic
wrap in the pitcher. Gently swirl the wine in the pitcher for five or 10
minutes. The more pronounced the taint, the longer the wine should be exposed to
the plastic wrap. For stubborn cases, repeat the plastic soak with a fresh wad
of wrap.
Test the results, and when the taint is gone, decant the wine into
another container. Toss the plastic and enjoy the wine. Polyethylene absorbs TCA
like a sponge, says Brian Smith, president of Vinovation, a wine fix-it
shop that is experimenting with different plastic-filled cartridge filters
that can be thrown into cork-tainted barrels or tanks to absorb TCA.
Cork taint is offensive, but it is harmless from a health
standpoint. It derives its name from cork closures. The prime cause is a
reaction between a mold found in cork crevices and chlorine-containing cleaning
compounds used to clean the corks. Its presence also can be traced to wineries
where phenolic wood preservatives come in contact with chlorine compounds.
is Cork Taint?
Cork taint refers to a dank, moldy, musty, or cardboard smell and
taste that masks or dominates the fruit aroma and flavor of wine and reduces the
overall quality. The source is a particular chemical compound formed by a
reaction between mold and chemicals. Infected wines are said to be corked
or corky, and the contaminant often referred to as cork taint,
although corks are not the only potential source. Molds are often present in raw
cork bark or in wood used for barrels or barrel racks, tanks, scaffolding,
walls, stairs, pallets, cardboard boxes, or other winery equipment. Ironically,
the very chemicals used for keeping the wineries sterile and safe from
contamination may be degraded by fungi or molds indigenous to wood products.
Not all instances of cork taint are due to
faulty corks.
More on cork taint
Individuals vary in their threshold ability to detect the presence
and strength of cork taint; experience can increase sensitivity. The human
threshold for detection is generally considered to be above 5 nanograms per
liter. The estimated incidence of cork-tainted wine bottles ranges from two to
seven percent. The degrading effect of TCA increases over time in the bottle.
Because most wines are drunk young, and because most casual drinkers do not
recognize the taste, the average drinker is rarely aware of the defect.
Experienced wine lovers and collectors report a higher incidence, for they often
drink older wines.
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One of the few things you can believe about the Internet – is that a lot of what you read online is false / untrue / incorrect.
With the recent PRISM scandal there has been much publicity around tech giants releasing information to the NSA or providing backdoors through systems.
Yesterday Microsoft released an update blog stating their position on PRISM and federal requests for information: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2013/07/16/responding-to-government-legal-demands-for-customer-data.aspx
Hopefully that sets a few people straight in the media.
More and more customers flock to Office 365 as the old view of an untrustworthy Microsoft disappears into the history of the 90s.
Unfortunately however there are still reasons that prevent organisations from moving to hosted Exchange solutions such as Office 365 – however that has realistically been reduced to two main roadblocks:
– latency
– data sovereignty/residency and control
In some situations there is no limitation placed upon organisations for where their data sits physically in the world, however there is an onus of control placed upon them for regulatory or other compliance reasons. In other instances where data sovereignty/residency are an issue – this is sometimes due to the limitation of the understanding of "cloud" by the auditor or policy writer.
Last week my company Paradyne announced a partnership with Vaultive to offer it's Exchange encryption solution to our customers in Australia and abroad.
Why do we need a 3rd party encryption solution when Microsoft already encrypts Exchange Online information using BitLocker and makes Rights Management Service (RMS) available?
Sometimes organisations need more control – they need to control the keys to the data. And that is what Vaultive offers.
If this is an issue for you then I strongly recommend you read the whitepaper on how this solution enables more organisations to move to the cloud securely – and under their own control.


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More words related to indulgent
adj. kind, sparing
adj. easygoing, pleasant in personality
- equable
- feeble
- flat
- forbearant
- forbearing
- forgiving
- gentle
- good-humored
- good-natured
- good-tempered
- humane
adj. having the quality or nature of a parent
adj. capable, willing to endure
adj. caring, mindful
adj. open-minded, easygoing
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Episode 461: Rhodessa Jones
July 3, 2014 · Print This Article
This week: Patricia realized who she wanted to be when she grows up when she sat down with the majestic Rhodessa Jones. They talk about the creation of The Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women, and we learn that the California Arts Council once funded aerobics classes for female inmates. The Medea Project seeks to use the transformative potential of art to stem the recidivism rate for women prisoners. It is dedicated to the power that storytelling—of speaking in the first person—possesses to replace shame with resilience and to bring compassion into extreme circumstances. No allusions to OITNB are made, but Vee wouldn't stand a chance against Rhodessa.
Performer, teacher, director, Rhodessa Jones is Co-Artistic Director of San Francisco's performance company Cultural Odyssey. Jones directsThe Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women, an award-winning performance workshop committed to incarcerated women's personal and social transformation, now in it's 25th year. As recipient of the U.S. Artist Fellowship, Jones expanded her work in jails and educational institutions internationally. She conducts Medea Projects in South African prisons, working with incarcerated women and training local artists and correctional personnel to embed the Medea process inside these institutions. In 2012, she was named Arts Envoy by the U.S. Embassy in South Africa. Recent U.S. residencies include Brown University and Scripps College Humanities Institute. She also was the Spring 2014 Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence at the University of Wisconsin. Mayor Ed Lee and the San Francisco Art Commission presented the 2013 Mayor's Art Award to Jones, for her "lifetime of artistic achievement and enduring commitment to the role of the arts in civic life." In addition, she is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the California College of the Arts, SF Bay Guardian's Lifetime Achievement Award, SF Foundation's Community Leadership Award, Non-Profit Arts Excellence Award by the SF Business Arts Council, and an Otto Rene Castillo Award for Political Theater.
Episode 460-Dana causan problemas en México
June 23, 2014 · Print This Article
This week: Dana B makes a run for the border. Dana B from What's the T? interviews jet-setting artists Leonor Antunes at ZONA MACO and Carson Fisk Vittori at Material Art Fair.
In her final dispatch from Mexico City, Dana B. interviews Joel Dean and Jason Benson of Oakland's important projects on IP's booth at Material Art Fair, their duo show at Lodos Contemporáneo, fashion earring trends, blue masa tortillas and how we suggested she become a drug mule in order to pay her expenses on the trip versus sending in her receipts to the home office.
Episode 459: Adam Parker Smith
June 16, 2014 · Print This Article
This week: Adam Parker Smith, he's more hilariouser than you, shut up. Lots of inappropriate stuff discussed. Dirty jokes too.
Episode 458: Spring Broken
June 9, 2014 · Print This Article
This week: To explain the show this week, I will use an internal BAS e-mail:
From: Richard Holland [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 12:53 AM
To: 'Duncan MacKenzie'
Subject: This weeks "show"
Dear Duncan,
In 458 weeks we have generated some good interviews, some bad interviews, some memorable, some forgettable, but this week is something new.
The audio you sent me, which I *think* was supposed to be an interview about the truly interesting End/Spring Break project with some combination of the artists Domingo Castillo, Patti Hernandez and/or Kathryn Marks along with BAS reporters Dana B. Brian A, and Patricia M, joining you for the fun, is, if presented as an interview, not an interview. What I have is the equivilant of sticking a tape recorder behind the bar on "free demerol night" and letting it roll.. It is more sound art than interview and is admittedly in moments damn funny. Have you seen "Party Monster"?
This is all a lead up to saying, "I'm not fucking editing this mess, I'm running it raw", which is a rare moment of prophetic skill, I predicted would be my reaction when we talked about it while recording the intro.
I can't make heads or tails of it all despite serious effort, and there are some funny and interesting moments, though I have cursed your name at great length and had to run out for extra voodoo doll pins, I will admit the audio is in line with the spirit of the project.
I will direct all negligent infliction of emotional distress inquiries to you at home once they flood the mailbox.
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have; this hour of audio.
PS: If problems result I suggest we go with "Strategem #27 'Blame Dana B'" I've drawn up the papers and hired the cleaning crew.
Episode 457: Cristobal Riestra and Michael Jon
June 2, 2014 · Print This Article
This week: Dana B's (What's the T?) Mexcellent Adventure continues. She talks with Gallerists Cristobal Riestra (Galeria OMR) and Machael Jon (Michael Jon Gallery).


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Suspected Armed Bank Robbers Face Fed. Court
Laramie PD say they are from Utah, and are also suspected of robbing the US Bank there on Monday.
Yesterday, they allegedly robbed the Bank of the West on Wyoming Boulevard in Casper around 11:30 in the morning. Casper PD says an astute citizen witnessed the robbery and followed the suspects black Nissan Altima, while on the phone with police, which led to officers intercepting the suspect's rental car around Kelly Walsh High School, prompting the high speed chase, that ended in an alley near 12th and McKinley.


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Collaborative Research: Type 1 - Improved Cold Region Hydrology Process Representation as a Cornerstone of Arctic Biogeochemical Modeling
This project is funded by NSF grant 1048981
Project Summary
The Arctic is currently experiencing rapid environmental change, for example, widespread permafrost thaw and associated thermokarst initiation, changes in lake distribution, shifts in vegetation community composition, as well as changes in a host of other ecosystem processes. Threshold and non-linear responses associated with phase change between ice and water leave the Arctic particularly susceptible to swift and disruptive change. Realization of the scope of change, in conjunction with its pace, has spawned concern that the massive and, until recently, effectively dormant soil carbon pools stored in permafrost-affected and peatland soils may be more vulnerable than previously thought. The fate of the Arctic carbon cycle is fundamentally governed by present and future soil hydrologic states. There is an urgent need for the scientific community to be able to assess and quantify whether or not this carbon is an "Arctic carbon time bomb," as it is sometimes colloquially referred to, or if other biogeophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks will restrict or mitigate a substantial carbon release as permafrost thaws. Comprehensive Earth System Models (ESMs), such as the Community Earth System Model (CESM), are required to assess the integrated Arctic and global response to terrestrial Arctic change. Though recent advances in the land model of CESM have been made with respect to the representation of permafrost, biogeochemical cycles, and Arctic vegetation succession, the current representation of cold region hydrology is inadequate to permit a holistic study of the Arctic permafrost carbon problem. To address this limitation, we propose a targeted effort to improve Arctic terrestrial hydrological processes in the CESM and to use the resulting model to assess recent and future decadal-scale Arctic hydrology change. The successful completion of this project will provide the foundation for a thorough evaluation of the Arctic terrestrial biogeochemical feedbacks.
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Sledgehammer Games is currently working on a Call of Duty game for Activision that is supposedly going to be a departure from the traditional first-person shooter genre. (Previous job listings indicate the game will most likely be a third-person shooter.) It's tempting to think, then, that the long-rumored (and by all accounts, inevitable) "subscription" model that Activision has likely been considering for future COD games could in fact play a major part in whatever Sledgehammer is developing.
But as Activision Blizzard senior vice president of worldwide studios Brian Ward explained during today's LA Games Conference, if this is happening, it won't be up and running anytime soon.
"Those guys are still ramping up their team. So I think this is more contingent on the work that the guys at Treyarch are doing, and then there are some other pieces of it that some other vendors are working on. And I think I said 'online' not 'subscription,' because that's one of the debates. How does this all fit together business model-wise. Is there a subscription? Is there not a subscription?"
Clearly, Activision has a lot to figure out in terms of what a possible subscription model might in fact look like for a Call of Duty game, and getting all of the development pieces together is one of their primary concerns at this point.
"I think there's a lot of churn on who's doing what right now with the people we've got all across…Treyarch, Sledgehammer, there are some guys left over from Underground Games, there's the guys at Infinity Ward, and there were some other bits and pieces in it. So I think there are still a lot of assignments to figure out," said Ward.
However, Activision better figure at least part of it out fast, because, as Ward explained, he expects Activision to roll out their plans for the new online model in the coming months.
"I think for sure by E3. I haven't been told that's the case, but I'm just guessing that by the time we get to E3 being in June as it is and Call of Duty 7 coming out in November…There will be a Call of Duty story at E3 for sure, even if it was just a single player game, there'd be a Call of Duty story. So I think that's when probably in my estimation, and I'm not privy to the actual communication plan, but that's when I would expect it."
With so many various entities contributing to the overall Call of Duty brand, it seems natural that consolidation could be in the cards somewhere down the line. But as Ward points out:
"I really couldn't say. First of all, I think that's too big of an employee base to be under one unit, especially in a bunch of disparate locations. You know and frankly the Call of Duty business unit was only formed six weeks ago, so I think they need some time to get their feet under them, and there have been a lot of moving pieces in the past few weeks. So I think the business unit really needs time to solidify their plan."
Ward and analyst Michael Pachter also shared their thoughts on the Bungie/Activision partnership that was announced today, and you can find that conversation right here.
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#54498 - 01/31/02 12:47 AM Someone we know needs a boat
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Keep your head up, Bingley...we're pulling for you!
[edit: sorry, forgot about all our brand new members...Jakarta is experiencing some terrible flooding right now, and one of our board-friends lives there]
#54499 - 01/31/02 07:18 AM Re: Someone we know needs a boat
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Head up being the operative word, while swimming, eh?
Thank you, Sweet WO'N. Thinking of you, Bingley. Wish you were here.
#54500 - 01/31/02 08:32 AM Re: Someone we know needs a boat
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Bingley! Let us know - as soon as is reasonably possible - that you are OK. I send my best wishes and good thoughts -- hoping you and all friends and family are fine. Aloha
#54501 - 01/31/02 03:04 PM Re: Someone we know needs a boat
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It took me 2 days to pluck up the courage to open this thread....You see, in Australia we are a bit sensitive about people and boats. Especially when they are leaky old tubs with one trip left in them - namely the transport of people from the Middle East and SE Asia onto our doorstep.
Whilst I was pleased to find that this thrad had nothing to do with boat people, I felt the need to get something off my chest - mainly because I recently spoke to an Aussie (who now resides overseas) that intends to relinquish his citizenship because of the way we treat refugees.
The attempts to establish just who and who isn't worthy of staying in this country (from the Dept of Immigration's perspective anyway) seem to have brought us kicking and screaming into the spotlight of the world's press and no doubt to you all as well.
I think I speak on behalf of many Australians (wink e-) when I say that we DO feel sorry for these people but resent them "queue jumping" and, now that they are here, simply just don't know what to with them. I think that the fact it takes 3 years or more to process some people's applications whilst they languish in detention camps is NOT a demonstration of xenophobia, but moreso a demonstration of compassion made moribund by bureaucracy.
Anyway, in case you've been inclined to, please don't judge us by the bayings of a hungry press in the slow news season. In my experience, overseas visitors all seem to go away with the friendliness of the local folk high on their list of why this is such a great country.
almostbutnotquitebackyet stales (give me another 12 hours!!)
#54502 - 01/31/02 03:21 PM Re: Someone we know needs a boat
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Hiya, stales-in-almost-absentia. Do you include John Howard in your list of people to excuse? He made no bones at all about what he thought of refugees, and I don't really remember the milk of human kindness flowing from his lips ... in fact he was being neither bureaucratic nor moribund.
I think there must be something freudian about the detention camp being sited at Woomera. 1. It was the site of the British space programme (sic) where they tried to get things out of Australia straight up and failed; and 2. Woomera is one aboriginal word for a spear throwing stick, presumably for projecting things out of Australia ... less than straight up.
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#54504 - 01/31/02 04:22 PM Re: Someone we know needs a boat
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Actually, I have no really strong feelings about Australia's approach to refugees one way or another. Paternalistic or not, Australia, like Zild, has finite resources and must be free to assign them as it wishes.
I was just taking issue with stales' statement about there being no xenophobia involved, which I thought was just overdoing it a [i[little bit ..._________________________
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#54505 - 01/31/02 04:24 PM Re: Someone we know needs a boat
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I am gratified to know of two miracles:
1) Max and Kiwi can be on the same side of a political issue; [/wink] and
2) The word "chutzpah" has traveled has far as NZ!
Mirabile dictu!
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#54507 - 01/31/02 04:41 PM Re: Someone we know needs a boat
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even if Australia apparently thinks that it is Australia's business what NZ does with its refugees.
Oh, yus, indeedy. The Strine has always felt free to tell Zild what to do. And Zild has always felt free to tell the Strine where to go ... they're just taking their time over getting there!_________________________
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Re Wayne Barrett's 'Andy's Kids' [August 6–12]: This has to be the stupidest piece ever written by Mr. Barrett. There are numerous books out today that detail how our nation got into this mortgage mess, and not one makes the assertion he makes in this article. Maybe Wayne should have taken some time to read Chain of Blame by Paul Muolo and Mathew Padilla, Confessions of a Subprime Lender by Richard Bitner, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets by George Soros, or Bad Money by Kevin Phillips—all of whom have a lot more knowledge about this issue than Wayne!
The only thing I agree with is his point that politicians played a role in it from the Clinton days through the Bush days. This includes HUD officials, the White House, members of Congress, governors, and mayors, all of whom jumped on the home-ownership bandwagon because it was driving our economy to new heights and keeping us out of the recession and depression.
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Reading Hentoff's article reminded me of my time at Pace University in lower Manhattan from 1972 to 1976 and my law professor, Ivan Fox. Although law wasn't even my major, Fox made the class so interesting and challenging with his engaging teaching style and broad knowledge that I truly feel it's entirely appropriate to credit him for much of the ethical and moral grounding of my life's path since, and I know that he had a similarly positive influence on many others.
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Historical rankings in terms of any sport are always difficult to do, usually with one exception. Tim Duncan is and continues to be the greatest power forward of all time, at least an inch or two above the rest.
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Where can you rank low-offense, high-defense guys like Dennis Rodman, or opposite guys like Dirk Nowitzki? How do certain generations hold up over others, and do people still even give a damn about what happened before Bill Russell invented defense in basketball's Big Bang Era?
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Nvidia Corp. has announced that it would ship commercial versions of Shield game console on July 31st, 2013. The company previously delayed release of the Google Android-based portable video game console as a result of the production bug. It looks like all the issues have been resolved and the firm is ready to ship the world's first product based on Nvidia Tegra 4 application processor.
"We have great news to share with you on Nvidia Shield. As you know, we made the decision to delay the launch of Shield due to a mechanical issue we found in our rigorous testing process. Since then we have been working non-stop to put Shield through its paces and ensure it meets the highest quality control standards in the industry. We are pleased to confirm that Shield is in full production and will officially ship July 31st," a statement by Nvidia reads.
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CINCINNATI – Behind a career-high six goals from senior attacker Megan Clements (Pennington, N.J.), the Rutgers women's lacrosse team (8-7, 2-3, BIG EAST) downed Cincinnati (6-9, 0-5 BIG EAST), 15-6, in BIG EAST action Thursday evening. After an evenly matched first half that saw RU take a two-score lead into the halftime break, the Rutgers offense exploded for 10 second-half goals to capture the nine-point victory.
Seven total Scarlet Knights scored in the win, led by Clements' six goals. Clements was perfect on the night, taking six shots, each of which she scored on. The senior went 2-for-2 in free position shot attempts and added three draw controls.
Also finishing with multi-goal games were junior midfielder Jenny Vlahos (Manhasset, N.Y.), sophomore attacker Halley Barnes (Garnet Valley, Pa.) and senior attacker Katrina Martinelli (Moorestown, N.J.), who each recorded two scores.
Martinelli added an assist to finish with three total points.
Sophomore attacker Kim Kolodny (Farmingdale, N.Y.), redshirt sophomore midfielder Kristin Kocher (Medford, N.J.) and redshirt junior midfielder Lauren Sbrilli (Martinsville, N.J.) added the final tallies for RU.
Sbrilli also assisted on a goal to record two total points.
The first half got off to a slow start, as the teams were tied at 1-1 through the opening 17 minutes. Rutgers, however, was soon able to establish a two-score advantage at 3-1 following back-to-back goals by Clements and Sbrilli midway through the stanza.
The Scarlet Knights maintained their lead, until the Bearcats chipped away at the deficit, scoring in the 13th and eighth minutes to even the game at 3-3. The contest remained scoreless until Vlahos found the back of the net to put the visitors in front by one with 3:19 remaining. Clements later scored her second winner of the half with 29 seconds on the clock to give RU a 5-3 lead at halftime.
Clements picked up where she left off in the second half, scoring five minutes in off the feed from Sbrilli to record her third goal of the game. The Bearcats added a score of their own to get within three, but Barnes and Kocher scored consecutive goals at 23:42 and 20:01, respectively, to give the Scarlet Knights an 8-4 lead.
Rutgers never looked back, out-scoring the hosts by a 7-2 margin the rest of the way en route to the decisive victory.
Rutgers closes out the 2014 regular season road slate on Saturday, April 19, as the squad takes on Louisville at 1 p.m.
- Rutgers' 15 goals matched the most scores for the squad in a game this season. The Scarlet Knights previous best was 12 goals, which the team recorded against BIG EAST opponent, Marquette, on April 11.
- The 15 goals by the Scarlet Knights marks the most goals for the team since it netted 15 against Manhattan in the 2013 season opener on Feb. 10. RU downed the Jaspers, 15-5 at the RU Turf Field.
- RU's nine-goal win marked the squad's largest margin of victory this season.
- RU has now tallied double-digit goals in seven-straight contests, dating back to its 10-9 win over Cornell on March 22.
- Megan Clements became the first Scarlet Knight to score six goals in a game in six years. The last Scarlet Knight to score six goals in a contest was Kristen Anderson against St. John's (April 2) during the 2008 season.
- Megan Clements six goals marked a new career-high. The attacker has now recorded five hat tricks in her career and six multi-goal games this season. Dating back to RU's win over Hofstra (March 26), Clements has now scored at least two goals in five-straight games, and in six of RU's last seven. The senior also recorded a hat trick (4G) in RU's loss to Villanova (March 29).
- Halley Barnes' two goals matched her career-high. Barnes had previously netted two goals on six different occasions.
- Jenny Vlahos' two goals matched her career-high. Vlahos had previously netted two goals against both Manhattan (Feb. 18) and Penn State (Feb. 18) this season.
- Rookie Kristina Dunphey finished with two assists against the Bearcats to match her career-high. Dunphey also assisted on two scores against Georgetown on April13.
- Freshmen defender Sara Kramer's three ground balls tied her career-high, while her three draw controls established a new career-best.
- Senior defender Chelsea Intrabartola's four caused turnovers tied her career best, which she previously recorded against Monmouth on April 5, 2011.
- Senior Katrina Martinelli's three points were a season-high. The attacker entered the contest with eight points on the year.
- Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Amanda Currell earned her fifth win in the cage. The rookie stopped nine saves on the night.
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