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Quanta, a well-known contract maker of notebooks and other electronics, has sued Advanced Micro Devices for allegedly faulty ATI Radeon graphics processors that AMD no longer supplies. Quanta claims that defective graphics chips significantly impacted its profitability and demands compensation from AMD.
"Quanta has suffered significant injury to prospective revenue and profits," the company said in the complaint. Quanta is seeking a jury trial and damages, according to court papers, reports Bloomberg news-agency.
AMD itself declines that the ATI Radeon graphics adapters, which Quanta used inside notebooks for NEC. According to AMD, the very same chips were used by Quanta and other manufacturers inside many different PC platforms without problems.
"AMD disputes the allegations in Quanta's complaint and believes they are without merit. AMD is aware of no other customer reports of the alleged issues with the AMD chip that Quanta used, which AMD no longer sells. In fact, Quanta has itself acknowledged to AMD that it used the identical chip in large volumes in a different computer platform that it manufactured for NEC without such issues," said Michael Silvermanm, a corporate spokesman for AMD.
Back in 2008 it transpired to issues with high-lead chip packaging could fail due to heat issues with. At the time, Nvidia Corp. had to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to its partners who face failures and had to repair notebooks. ATI, AMD' graphics division, did not suffer from the same problem.
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Skip to comments.Prof Says Global Warming Skepticism Is Racism Wants It Diagnosed As a Disease
Posted on 04/03/2012 7:44:01 AM PDT by Baynative
Professor Kari Norgaard has followed the lead of all the other Liberals who cant use data and facts to win their argument. Professor Norgaard, from the University of Oregon, says to deny Global Warming junk science is racism. But, its even more absurd than that. If you reject the junk data, corruption, and blatant grab for power that is the Green Movement she wants you diagnosed with a disease. And treated.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Scepticism regarding the need for immediate and massive action against carbon emissions is a sickness of societies and individuals which needs to be treated, according to an Oregon-based professor of sociology and environmental studies. Professor Kari Norgaard compares the struggle against climate scepticism to that against racism and slavery in the US South.
Resistance at individual and societal levels must be recognized and treated
This kind of cultural resistance to very significant social threat is something that we would expect in any society facing a massive threat, [Norgaard] said.
The discussion, she said, is comparable to what happened with challenges to racism or slavery in the U.S. South.
This woman looks like a backwoods hayseed who never left the hills.
This is what passes for intelligence at liberal universities!
"She Blinded Me With Science"
But will Obamacare cover the treatment?! I can't possibly be expected to cover the tinfoil hat and duct tape out of pocket.
Oh, this is just TOO good...
C'mon, is this from THE ONION or such??
She's a nut job and she looks like Hambone!
Yes, and she is being paid to shape young minds.
When someone as ugly as that says something as stupid as that it gets your attention.
Hey Professor!
You may want to investigate the eugenics and overt racism behind the global warming insanity, before you go much further.
This hoax was invented to prevent further development in the third world, as part of the population control efforts of the elitists.
How many large scale, PRODUCTIVE power plants have been built on the African continent in the last 10 years?
Instead, international aid only allows for pitiful little, inefficient "renewable" plants to be funded and built there.
No wonder you'd rather ignore the facts and impose your agenda.
Yes, and I say to oppose those who deny Global Warming junk science is racism. So there! My intellectual argument is as good as yours! Your a racist! No, your a racist! No you!
Known for impeccable logic and keen penetrating wit, Professor Kari Norgaard chose academia when she learned that post-60's hippy political activist was not a 'paying' career.
Where did I see that face before....?
I thought the ugly and hyugely unaccomplished academics on the Left had said that my RACISM was actually Environmental Ignorance.
I wish they'd keep their condescending insults more consistent so I could work on improving myself......sniffle....
She should be diagnosed as a disease.
She may well be uglier than Michelle Obama, it's hard to say...
Religious belief in AGW/Climate Change comes under the mythical separation of Church and State, so STFU.
Wow.. inbred much? And to think she`s a "professor." I`ll bet her classes are interesting.
I think it was Limbaugh that said that you should be afraid of this woman because, as a "professor", she is indoctrinating young skulls full of mush with this BS.
I thought the ugly and hugely unaccomplished academics on the Left had said that my RACISM was actually Environmental Ignorance.
I wish they'd keep their condescending insults more consistent so I could work on improving myself......sniffle....
She doesn't just look crazy, she looks like she's happy to be crazy and wants to tell you all about how freaking crazy she is.
I am positive that there are people in her circle who turn the other way and try to duck behind things when they see her coming.
I have never seen Hambone before, but she does look like him and I bet that's exactly how she acts.
Professor Derp says what?!?
Enjoy your fifteen minutes of dubious fame, egghead. Rush sliced and diced her yesterday.
Sick of this—liberal commies believe all who disagree with them are mentally ill. Next any who have a differing opinion will be forced into mental hospitals to be cured from their illness, as they did in the USSR.
Environmental sociology, climate change denial in global perspective, environmental health, race and environment, gender and environment, sociology of culture, sociology of emotions, social movements.(translation, she's a professional environmental activist).
She also has a bunch of grants from the Karuk Tribe, who own land along the Klamath River, and are behind a lot of the litigation about shutting off Klamath water to farmers
DAMN, I'm sorry I missed that!
She's the dictionary definition of Libtard
If human activity is the cause of Global Warming, why don't these humans help save the planet by self-termination?
Sadly, I think they are winning the game, little by little. In the Pacific north west they have succeeded in tearing out the Elwha Dam (2nd largest hydroelectric production source) in the name of needing renewable energy so as to promote windmills ...go figure.
Maybe Mao had the right idea by sending all the "intelligentsia" out to the farms and fields (that is the ones that he didn't shoot).
I'm sure Der Fuehrer agrees with her. Let's put them into camps and re-educate them!
>This woman looks like a backwoods hayseed who never left the hills....<
You could add one word before hayseed.........inbred.
No one has asked... "If global warming skepticism is a disease, what is the cure?"
American universities are intellectual gulags. Spew the party line, or flunk the course.
Somebody broke the Fugly Stick!!
Well so is taxing tanning booths to pay for health care. So there, idiot woman.
Put extra Carrots in her feedbag!
Who? Tell me Who!?!? is more physiologically adapted to survive on a warmer earth?
If global cooling was the norm--where tall blue-eyed long-straight-blond-haired light-skinned narrow-nostriled marbled muscled mutations evolved through natural selection (if one believes such outlandish nonsense) in order to improve survival factors in near Arctic conditions was the norm the hoax of Man caused Global Warming WOULD be racist. BUT because the darker skin, flared nostrils, thick or nappy dark hair, brown eyed, and leaner muscled genes that protect us from a hot world are overwhelmingly dominant in the human race, Global Warming, man caused or otherwise is the natural state of the world...The White man is the true biological minority of the species which proves the earth has been warm much longer than it has been cool during Man's existence--which means of course, that the Leftist environmentalist wackos desire a world cooler and more comfortable to their fellow Lilly white limousine liberal hypocrites and the white man as a whole cuz --come on! like they give a damn about minorities anyway--take away their vote and see how long they give a s*** bout them!
She uses Preparation H for lip gloss!
You shine more light on the fact that the argument really has nothing to do with the environment. These people simply want to control all aspects of life on the planet.
No nut job is going to call me crazy . . .
Yep, and more people need to bounce leftists with this fact -
"You really aren't concerned about issue X, you're just concerned with the advancement of the power of the State,
so we'll just not bother talking about issue X, let's discuss the pros and cons of an all-powerful State."
No nut job is going to call me crazy . . .
Dear me.
It would seem that somebody at the University has decided that this sort of pronouncement doesn't really reflect too well on the whole establishment, so they've gone and made the whole thing....statement, professor and all....just plumb smack disappear.
(From Climate Depot this morning)
I wonder if Oregon has a post-graduate track in Coverups? This one's a bit ragged for even undergrad work.
Yesterday, the Oklahoman reported that March 2012 was the hottest month on record at 60.7 degrees (average).
It topped the record of 60.5 degrees set in 1910, over ONE HUNDRED years ago.
What was going on in 1910 that made March so hot?
Good grief, these globull warming people are just stupid.
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Debates of Sept. 24th, 2010
House of Commons Hansard #70 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was children.
- Question Period
- Eliminating Entitlements for Prisoners Act
- Protecting Children from Online Sexual Exploitation Act
- Lela Irvine
- Sindi Hawkins
- National Bank Recognition Program
- Water
- Foreign Affairs
- Open Government
- Hurricane Igor
- Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce
- The Economy
- Pat Burns
- The Economy
- Stories of the Night Sky
- Firearms Registry
- AbitibiBowater Mill in Gatineau
- The Economy
- Firearms Registry
- G8 and G20 Summits
- Infrastructure
- Employment Insurance
- Child Care
- United Nations
- Infrastructure
- Census
- Hurricane Igor
- Firearms Registry
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- International Trade
- United Nations
- Economic Development
- Veterans Affairs
- National Defence
- The Environment
- Firearms Registry
- Veterans Affairs
- Cultural Products
- Points of Order
- Committees of the House
- Criminal Records Act Review
Lela Irvine
Statements By Members
10:55 a.m.
Jim Abbott Kootenay—Columbia, BC
Mr. Speaker, Lela Irvine, former mayor of Creston, B.C., died on Saturday after a 10-month battle with cancer. She was 78.
She served as mayor for 14 years, earning a reputation as a straight-talking passionate promoter of the Creston Valley. Lela Irvine was a leader. Lela Irvine was selfless. Her purpose in life was serving others.
Lela was a tireless volunteer and earned many awards, including the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award, the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, the Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship, and many others.
She always contributed to her community. She canvassed for many worthy charities. Lela was an active member of her church. She provided long-term support for senior citizens, offering company and friendship.
Her hard-earned reputation follows Lela as a legacy to the family. On behalf of my constituents, our deepest sympathy to Bill and their three children.
Our community is stronger and better because Lela Irvine was here.
Sindi Hawkins
Statements By Members
10:55 a.m.
Sukh Dhaliwal Newton—North Delta, BC
Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to a South Asian pioneer, Satinder Kaur "Sindi" Hawkins, who tragically passed away this week after an extended battle with leukemia.
In 1996, Sindi became the first Punjabi woman ever elected to any legislature in Canada. She served as a minister and deputy speaker of the house.
Sindi was a colleague, a friend and someone who was loved by everyone she came in contact with. She was a uniter of people and viewpoints by using her nurturing spirit as a nurse and her analytical training as a lawyer, and became one of the most effective politicians British Columbia has ever had.
She will forever serve as an inspiration to future generations. I speak for all of my colleagues in this House in saying that Sindi will be dearly missed.
National Bank Recognition Program
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Roger Pomerleau Drummond, QC
Mr. Speaker, on September 16, the 17th National Bank recognition awards ceremony for the Drummond-Bois-Francs-Estrie-Mauricie region was held in Drummondville.
I am happy to share that a business from Drummondville, Drummond Électrique, won silver in the category of small business with $0 to $5 million in sales.
With a theme of "The future starts now", the event also highlighted the work being done in the agricultural sector. Ferme C.C.M. inc. in Saint-Bonaventure and its president, Christian Labonté, won bronze in the category of Agribusiness SME--$0 to $40 million in sales.
Équicosta, whose head office is located in Drummondville, won bronze in the category of Small Business.
Congratulations to the regional winners, our local businesses, on their achievements.
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Dennis Bevington Western Arctic, NT
Mr. Speaker, it has been over 10 years since the Mackenzie River Basin Transboundary Waters Master Agreement was signed. Since that time, Ottawa has failed to do any work to get the bilateral agreements between the various provinces and territories finalized.
My constituency in the Northwest Territories is downstream from one of the worst environmental disasters in the world, the Athabasca tar sands. A study of water quality by University of Alberta researcher David Schindler makes it clear the tar sands have added cancer-causing toxins to the environment.
Due to the colonial nature with which Ottawa handles the territories, responsibility for water is still a federal matter. Ottawa has not taken up its responsibility, so there is no effective way to control this pollution.
The NWT wants to move forward and has developed a water strategy, but Ottawa's lack of action is getting in the way. If Ottawa will not take up its responsibility, it should hand over jurisdiction for water to the territories.
Foreign Affairs
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Deepak Obhrai Calgary East, AB
Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the following countries on celebrating their independence day this week: Mali, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia.
Since 1972, Canada and Mali have worked closely together to advance the cause of human rights and good governance.
Ukraine and Canada have maintained a deep historic friendship with one another through the generations of Ukrainians who have come to Canada and adopted Canada as their new home.
Each year Canada welcomes thousands of students from Saudi Arabia who come to learn in our fine academic institutions. These academic exchanges are an important element of our strong bilateral relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Canada and Indonesia are partners in a number of multilateral organizations, such as APEC and ASEAN. Such common memberships attest to the shared commitment to the Asia-Pacific region and multilateral co-operation.
This government will continue to work hard with our friends to ensure prosperity for all our citizens.
Open Government
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Paul Szabo Mississauga South, ON
Mr. Speaker, in response to the culture of secrecy of the current government, Canada's federal, provincial and territorial access to information and privacy commissioners recently reached a unanimous resolution on the need for open government.
Calls for greater openness and transparency are exerting increasing pressure on the government to transform its traditional reactive information dissemination methods into a mode that facilitates proactive disclosure.
Enriching information resources provides communication channels, promotes citizen engagement, instills trust in government, fosters economic opportunities, and ultimately results in more open, responsive and democratic government.
Technological advances create risk as well as opportunities which require a comprehensive strategy to better protect our privacy and access rights.
Accordingly, it is time for the Government of Canada to commit to work with Canada's access to information and privacy commissioners and experts across the country to better protect our rights and achieve a more open, responsive and democratic government.
Hurricane Igor
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Brian Jean Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be the member of Parliament representing the city of Fort McMurray.
Many of my constituents would jokingly say that Fort McMurray is one of the largest cities in Newfoundland. By some estimates, between 20,000 and 30,000 Newfoundlanders call Fort McMurray home.
After the tragedy that hurricane Igor has left in that province, many of my constituents are simply in disbelief. They are concerned for their families and friends whose homes are flooded, whose roads are washed away and whose properties are destroyed.
I stand in the House today to grieve with those from Newfoundland and Labrador and to make known that they are not alone. We stand together as Canadians and we will offer all the support and resources necessary. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of them.
Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Diane Bourgeois Terrebonne—Blainville, QC
Mr. Speaker, today I would like to draw attention to the 75th anniversary of the Chambre de commerce de Terrebonne. Founded in 1935, the organization now has more than 600 members who, through their energy and commitment, contribute greatly to the city of Terrebonne and the entire regional county municipality of Les Moulins.
The 41 presidents who have each taken their turn heading the organization have worked hard to make this organization what it is today: a fixture in the region's economy.
This year, the chamber of commerce set a goal of revitalizing the businesses in Old Terrebonne. It is a credit to the chamber of commerce that it wants to showcase this historic neighbourhood in my riding, a jewel in the crown of the Quebec nation.
I would like to pay tribute to the board of directors and its president, Michel Philippe, who are continuing the work their predecessors began. I am sure that this anniversary will be extremely successful.
The Economy
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Dave Van Kesteren Chatham-Kent—Essex, ON
Mr. Speaker, international leaders are praising Canada's financial system as a model for others to emulate.
While we are slowly emerging from the economic recession, the economy remains the number one priority of Canadians and our Conservative government.
On the international stage, Canada's economy is envied for its strength during the global economic downturn. As Minister Flaherty highlighted, we have the lowest debt burden of the major advanced economies; we have rock solid banks; and Canada's economic action plan is delivering results and jobs for Canadians from coast to coast, almost 430,000 new jobs since July 2009.
Canada's economy has led the way on the international stage during the global economic recession. Just last week the World Economic Forum ranked Canada's banking system as the soundest in the world for the third consecutive year.
The Economy
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
I remind the hon. member and others not to use member's names in their statements. It is contrary to practice in the House.
Pat Burns
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Marcel Proulx Hull—Aylmer, QC
Mr. Speaker, today I invite my colleagues to honour a great Canadian, Pat Burns, for his lifetime of achievements.
When his passing was announced prematurely, Pat Burns set the record straight with characteristic feistiness by stating, loud and clear, "They're trying to kill me before I'm dead!"
People in the Outaouais first came to know Pat Burns as a police officer enforcing law and order. Then, from 1984 to 1987, he was behind the bench for the Hull Olympiques, where his strict methods taught his players the meaning of the word "discipline".
In 1988, Pat Burns began his National Hockey League career and went on to coach four teams: the Montreal Canadiens, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Boston Bruins and the New Jersey Devils, the team with whom he won the Stanley Cup.
A passionate coach, Pat Burns scored a hat trick when he became the only coach to win the Jack Adams trophy three times for successfully coaching three different teams. Unfortunately, in 2005, illness forced him into retirement.
Pat, we salute you and we thank you.
The Economy
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Gerald Keddy South Shore—St. Margaret's, NS
Mr. Speaker, the economy remains the number one priority of Canadians and of our Conservative government. At a time when our economic recovery is still uncertain, our government is focused on maintaining jobs, security, and prosperity for Canadian families and communities.
This Conservative government knows that Canada's long-term prosperity is driven by the creativity, ingenuity and the common sense of entrepreneurs, small-business owners and hard-working families across the country.
As we move forward, our government's actions will be guided by three principles: supporting job creation and economic growth; keeping our communities, streets and families safe from terrorism and crime; and mapping the path to economic recovery, re-growth, and jobs for Canadians.
The stakes remain high, however. Now more than ever we must take the right steps in order to map out the long-term direction of the Canadian economy.
Stories of the Night Sky
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Jean Crowder Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to share news of the National Association of Friendship Centres' project "Stories of the Night Sky".
On the website www.storiesofthenightsky.ca, videos produced by aboriginal youth capture the essence of storytelling through the words of community elders. The stories, told in English, French and indigenous languages, also include a profile of the communities and the people involved.
I wish to thank the National Association of Friendship Centres and Maritime Television and Production Services for initiating this project, and to the youth and elders involved in sharing these stories.
Projects like these provide rich detail to educate all of us on the diverse history of our land and will make the next Aboriginal History Month in June 2011 all the more interesting.
Firearms Registry
Statements By Members
September 24th, 2010 / 11:10 a.m.
Sylvie Boucher Beauport—Limoilou, QC
Mr. Speaker, this government knows that criminals do not register their long guns. Despite this important fact, the Liberal Party, the NDP and the Bloc Québécois voted to maintain the firearms registry.
We know that the long gun registry is wasteful and ineffective. The opposition members who changed their votes sent a clear message to their constituents, a message that clearly demonstrates that their boss's orders are more important than the voices of their constituents. Our party does not treat law-abiding hunters, farmers and sport shooters like criminals.
We do not support this wasteful and ineffective registry, which does absolutely nothing to prevent crime.
We will continue our efforts to eliminate this wasteful and ineffective long gun registry. We on this side of the House voted freely.
AbitibiBowater Mill in Gatineau
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Richard Nadeau Gatineau, QC
Mr. Speaker, for the past four months, a revitalization committee composed of a number of partners has been working on keeping the AbitibiBowater mill in Gatineau open. The president and CEO of AbitibiBowater told the parliamentary committee that the Gatineau plant would not reopen, which is not a very credible statement because he does not know the contents of the recovery plan, which he is funding in part.
Gaston Carrière, president of local 142 of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, and the plant workers believe the plant can be reopened. The Bloc Québécois supports their efforts and encourages them to continue with the feasibility study in order to reopen the Gatineau mill.
Clearly, had the Conservative government given the same support to the forestry industry as it did to the automotive and oil industries, it would not have come to this.
The Bloc Québécois supports the workers in Gatineau.


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4 Things Investors Should Do After Thanksgiving
Last year, we started a new tradition in my family. We travel to where the weather's warm and somebody else does the cooking.
When I return from the mini-vacation, my refreshed head goes back down with tunnel vision on the goals.
The space between Thanksgiving and the new year provides time for reflection. Everybody has their own thing. I like to relax with a glass of wine or pint of Guinness in front of the Christmas tree in an otherwise dark room thinking back on the last 11 to 12 months, while organizing a firm plan of attack for the next 365.
Investors: Use the end of the year wisely.
1. Think about taxes. That's especially important this year because we really have no clue how this fiscal cliff gets sorted out, if at all.
Will Republicans get their way and spare the nation's wealthiest an across-the-board tax hike? Or will Democrats win one for Mitt Romney's 47%?
The right tax move for you might be that you do nothing at all. It's almost intuitive -- capital gains and dividends might get taxed at a higher rate in 2013, so sell in 2012. But, as TheStreet contributor Steve Cordasco explains , if you're a long-term investor today's change in tax rates might mean nothing to you tomorrow.
2. Sell the losers. Take a look at 2012's biggest dogs -- such as Molycorp (MCP) down 77%, Hewlett Packard (HPQ) off 54% and JC Penney (JCP) down 50% -- and unload the ones you own.
It's a bad way to start 2013 . . . with a loser. Plus, speaking of taxes, it actually feels kinda good to write off a $3,000 capital loss, at least relative to not being able to do it.
3. Stop hating Mark Zuckerberg. That's a weird one, I know, but it's crucial to investing success for the rest of the decade and beyond.
The tripe the Facebook (FB) CEO takes really needs to stop.
Listen, the dude who invented the freaking Web browser -- Marc Andreessen -- said of Zuck on CNBC: I think he's not only one of the best technology industry CEOs, I think he's one of the best CEOs, period .
Use Zuckerberg as a symbol for what Andreessen is bullish on. Not just Facebook, but "mobile tech" in general. You will be caught with your pants down in 2013 if you bet against mobile.
4. Buy Apple (AAPL) .
The holiday quarter should break records.
The writing continues to collect on the wall. Monday, in Apple: Here's Why the Stock Will Go on an Epic Run , I laid out some of the support. People are buying Apple products in lieu of pretty much everything else everybody else is selling.


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At the State Banquet Hosted by His Excellency the President of Turkey Suleyman Demirel
Ankara, Turkey
7 March 2000
Your Excellency President Demirel,
Mrs Demirel,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear Friends,
Rania and I are very delighted to be with you this evening, in this beautiful city where modernity and ancient tradition have merged to symbolise the uniqueness and strength of your country. We are very grateful to have the opportunity to visit you and to be able to contribute to the strengthening of the brotherly relations that exist between Jordan and Turkey. In fact, at no other time has there been more of a requirement to consolidate the strength and depth of our relations. The rapid developments in the regional and global political economic arena necessitate that countries in the same region and with similar visions co-ordinate their effort in order to face the prospects of the future. Additionally, the challenges of maintaining and solidifying a regional peace that is built on justice, stability and security require co-operation in various fields that span a wide spectrum covering economics, water resources, security systems, and environmental concerns. In the case of our two countries, a common tradition, culture and history provides a unique foundation for this joint approach. His late Majesty King Hussein laid the groundwork for the special relations that Jordan enjoys with Turkey, and I am equally determined to pursue his steps and translate the goodwill that exists between us into an effective model of regional co-operation. Your Excellency's visit to Jordan last summer provided an opportunity to define the issues related to such a framework, and we are eager to elaborate on the areas of interest and agree on practical steps and concrete actions.
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to express our gratitude for the discussions that were held this afternoon, and our deep satisfaction with their outcome. I am especially delighted that Your Excellency shares our belief in the important and pivotal role of the private sector in both our countries in realising the ambitious goals that we have set for our joint economic co-operation.
On the political level, Jordan shares Turkey's support for a just, lasting and comprehensive peace that addresses all issues emanating from the Arab-Israeli conflict. We know that protracted conflicts and an absence of peace result in alienation, extremism and the loss of hope. Delaying justice is tantamount to denying it, and we can no longer afford delays. Our region has suffered for too long from missed opportunities, and we do not want to lose another one. Peace for us is the noblest of aims, and an object of our constant and determined quest. Only peace can bring stability, security and prosperity to our part of the world. It can pave the way for regional co-operation, open borders and joint co-ordination for the benefit of all the peoples and states in the region. I am confident that our efforts, with the support of the international community, will succeed, and that the peoples of the Middle East will finally enjoy its benefits.
Mrs Demirel,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We in Jordan are setting an example and a model for others to emulate. It is one that is built on domestic political pluralism and democracy, secured by a free enterprise economic system, and reliant on a viable peaceful region for the fulfilment of the dreams of our children. We view our relations with Turkey and our friendship with your noble people in this context. It is a framework of complementarity that stresses co-operation and explores the possibilities of optimising valuable resources. Equally important is its emphasis on shared values of democracy, pluralism and the respect of law as pillars in civil society. Mostly, it is a guiding light for the future, its challenges and prospects.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear Friends,
In closing, let me turn to our brothers and sisters in Turkey and express our gratitude for the friendship and the support, and or sincere wishes for continued advancement, prosperity and progress. To you, Excellency, and to Mrs Demirel, I also express our sincere thanks for your warm hospitality and sincere feelings. I bring you the warm friendship and admiration of the Jordanian people, and we all look forward to welcoming you again in our country.
Thank you.


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Na Cola Franklin to serve life sentence for murder of fiancé, Billy Brewster, on wedding day
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A Lehigh County woman, convicted of killing her fiancé' on their wedding day, said she never meant for it to happen.
Na Cola Franklin uttered those words right before she was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday. A tearful Franklin apologized to the family of Billy Brewster.
Brewster's mother told the judge it's a sad case because her son was killed by the woman he loved.
John Waldron, Franklin's attorney, knew the sentence would be life in prison for his client, as mandated by Pennsylvania law, although he said he felt the first degree murder charge may be too harsh.
"I've been doing this for a long time, and this particular conviction is upsetting because going into this I thought it was a manslaughter case," said Waldron. "I did not think it was a murder one case."
Franklin and Brewster got into an argument inside their apartment in Whitehall Township early on the morning of Aug. 11, 2012. As things escalated, Franklin stabbed Brewster in the chest, killing him.
The defense said Franklin had not slept in three to four days because she was preparing for the couple's wedding.
The prosecution painted a different picture and used 911 tapes to prove its point, a call defense attorney Waldron felt hurt his client.
"She said things like, 'You're going to die tonight,' or 'I'm going to kill you,' things like that," added Waldron.
In the courtroom, Brewster's mother told the judge her son wanted his family to live in a safe neighborhood.
Barbara Obas went on to say that who knew the danger Brewster was trying to protect his family from was in his own bed.
"We're going to file an appeal and see if maybe we can convince another court that it was a manslaughter case and not a murder in the first degree case," said Waldron.
Brewster's mother, with tears in her eyes, told 69 News after the hearing, "We got justice."
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Skip to comments.Four Katyushas Hit Northern Israel
Posted on 01/07/2009 10:13:16 PM PST by mojitojoe
(IsraelNN.com) At least four Katyusha rockets hit northwestern Israel several minutes ago, east of Nahariya. The IDF has been on alert for rocket fire from Hizbullah and is investigating areas of Thursday morning's blasts.
Two peple were lightly injured from scattered debris, and the Home Front Command has ordered residents to enter shelters.
Hizbullah has smuggled from Syria three times more rockets than it possessed before the Second Lebanon War two years ago. It has not taken responsibility for the rocket attacks, which may have been initiated by another terrorist group with the approval of Hizbullah.
In the south, sirens warning of incoming Hamas rockets were sounded several minutes ago in Ashdod and Ashdod, and police are investigating the points of impact.
More victims of Zionist aggression. /s
Here we go. Godspeed IDF.
T'were I Israel, I'd be sure that all the Patriot and Arrow missile sites were up and hot.
and that puffed up PIG , Nazrullah , still threatening
Isreal if the IDF attacks .
When will Israel KILL this guy ? Just pull out the stops .
Use a low yield nuke if necessary . Nazrullah needs to be turned into pink mist .
I'd like to go on the record expressing my contempt for the peace-keeping operation in Southern Lebanon. Let's recall the last demands for a cease-fire, ones that assured Israel they had nothing to worry about, because Hizbullah would not be allowed to rearm.
Now Israel is being trashed for defending itself, and another cease-fire is being demanded out of it. And of course Hizbullah has more munitions than ever before. The U.N. is a morally bankrupt front organization for terrorism. It's is the leading enabler of terrorists on the planet. It is an organization that is as illegitimate as the terrorist organizations it fronts for.
The United Nations is a contemptible enterprise. The European Union is nearly as bad. This time around they are showing at least some understanding of Israel's plight, but it's essentially too little too late.
Perhaps it's time for Israel to make a preemptive strike in Southern Lebanon. And this time, they should be absolutely ruthless with no holds barred.
This could get ugly quick.
(spits on the ground)...
A typical result from Israel caving in to a temporary cease fire. All it accomplished was allowing Hamas a few hours to set up some launch sites, probably by moving launchers around with UN marked ambulances, or some other- "civillian" one moment, Hamas terrorist the next- donkey carts, pretending to be hauling "humanitarian supplies", eg machine guns, ammo, and rockets.
Isreal should just flatten the place and force all those so called 'palestinians' back to where they came from, syria, Jordan etc.
Hassan Nasrallah!
I wish
They'll get him. It's only a matter of time.
I hope they know where he is , right now......
Ahmed Yassin, a.k.a. Saruman.
Hmmm, no wonder he's no longer in charge of Hamas. The Israelis made him lose face.
I agree. Israel is an ally. Where is our MSM showing the Israeli civilian casualties? Asleep as usual playing up to CAIR- AKA The Muslim Brotherhood.
great post — the way that Lebanon was allowed to fester after the fraudulent cease-fire in 2006 is outrageous.
I also blame Olmert and Israeli leadership for botching their chance to really dismantle Hezbullah, though — they knew that under almost any scenario they only had a few weeks to do the job, yet they dithered and dallied until the "international pressure" built up and the Israeli domestic support faded.
Seems like moozzi starts every war the same way,,,
Start krap in the south,,,then,,,
Rockets in the north...
"Where is our MSM showing the Israeli civilian casualties?"
From another angle, it might just be a cultural difference that it's harder to get Israelis to use their dead and wounded as stage props for the international press.
Good point.
If youd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.
Good point. In late 68 we had a SOG recon team capture a 122 mm rocket intact from the mid west part of our AO. It was taken to Saigon and test fired into reinforced concrete.
If I recall the report half ass, it penetraated 6 plus feet of solid reinforced concrete. So, think what those civilians in Israel are facing. It took an SF engineer/demo man and 32 montagnards days to build an underground bumker/TOC that would withstand that kind of direct hit. So, those who feel sorry for Hamas's cowards who fire 122's at Israel's cities- need to stop whining, as those new bombs are much more accurate then a 122mm rocket aimed at a city. A 122mm rocket might hit anywhere. What home in this country could withstand that?
Although Hamas most assuredly used the ceasefire to regroup, these four rockets came out of southern Lebanon.
They've been under attack as far back as I can remember, and everytime its the same - not one damn word from UN observers other than every movement the Israelis make, and then demands for a cease fire whenever the hizzies or hamas run out of rockets or kids. I lost my pic from 2006 of the hizzie flag flying right next to the UN flag on the UN observation post when my computer crashed, but I'm sure many saw the same pic and other evidence that the UN supplies intel, transportation, cover and deception. I just pray the Israelis realize how criticaly important an overwhelming victory before 1/20 is.
Israel captured BM-24 MRLs during the Six-Day War (1967), used them in two battalions during the Yom Kippur War (1973) and the 1982 Lebanon War, and later developed the MAR-240 launcher for the same rockets, based on a Sherman tank chassis. During the 2006 Lebanon War, Hezbollah fired between 3,970 and 4,228 rockets, from light truck-mounts and single-rail man-portable launchers. About 95% of these were 122 mm (4.8 in) Syrian-manufactured Katyusha artillery rockets, which carried warheads up to 30 kg (66 lb) and had a range of up to 30 km (19 mi).[12][13] An estimated 23% of these rockets hit built-up areas, primarily civilian in nature.[14][12][15]
There were incidents reported that BM-21 launchers were used against American forces during 2003 invasion of Iraq. They have also been used in the Afghanistan and Iraq insurgencies. In Iraq, according to Associated Press and Agence France-Presse reports, Katyusha rockets were fired at the Green Zone late March 2008.[16][17]
Actually the MSM have been vociferous regarding Israeli casualties in support of their 'proportionality' bleating. I thimk they currently have it at 11.
122's are not very accurate. Yet, if you fire them at a major city, they will land somewhere. They might hit the road, the outhouse, a school house, your house, or land in the back yard. Tell me if you want them aimed at a major city in the USA? I do not not. Why should Israel have to tolerate them?
Exploding 122s were very loud but hardly even damaged the fencing.
We always had launch watchers in towers and a O-6 LOH with a door gunner with an M-60 on fast response. Killed a lot of PAVN/VC rocket teams.
Ef 'em.
Sorry. It could be a million Muslims for every one Israeli or American and I still wouldn't give a rat's petuddy how many Muslims were being exterminated.
But that's just me. I stopped paying much attention to the MSM a long time ago where such matters are concerned. I believe our nation would be much better off if everyone did the same.
Sent a private reply.
The devil is at play.
that looks like a mustard seed surrounded by acorns.
The devil? Wow.
The forces of evil so want to destroy Israel. You really don't think they want to get Israel to be fighting a two front war?
Oh yes my FRiend evil has a hand in this.
Neither Turkey, nor anything east of Iraq is Arab. You might want to change that caption to "Islamic."
How hard is it to make a delayed fuse?
Guess that answers the cease fire question.
Roll on IDF.
That map just tickles me every time.
amen to that as far as im concerned there are now 700 less potential Suicide bombers around.
My mood i'm in a jihad ( Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
is behind this all...
Oh, Israel, stop the killing!...oh, wait, this is LANDING in Israel? Hmmm, they MUST be firing themselves, because Hamas/Hezbollah would NEVER violate Human rights, they're victims!!! /s
Just flashed on the bottom of my TV screen (on FNC): "Hezbollah denies firing rockets."
Drop flyers into Southern Lebanon, letting the people know that within 12 hours their land is going to be turned into glass unless they move north.
Then unleash hell.
Ref ping for great map
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By JEFF KLINKENBERG, Times Staff Writer
The mysterious tracks spotted on Clearwater Beach in the late '40s caused quite a stir. Were they left by a monster? A giant penguin? The answer eluded everyone. Well, almost everyone.
Sixty years ago this summer, something scary happened on the beach. A monster emerged from the Gulf of Mexico and wandered around in the dark.
The Clearwater Monster didn't hurt anyone, but left tracks, lots of them, discovered the next morning on the sand.
The tracks looked like nothing anyone had ever seen. They weren't the kind of tracks left by dinosaurs, but they were large, about 14 inches long and 11 inches wide. They featured a narrow heel and 3 long toes. The tracks were more birdlike than reptilian, though not entirely birdlike. They were a dispatch from an unknown world.
The news made the papers. The news made the radio. The monster was the talk of Clearwater. A few citizens stepped forward to announce they had seen something mysterious on the beach that night, something alien, and if you didn't believe them, why, you could jump in a lake.
Clearwater was a modest town of 15,000. The war was over. Yankees who had discovered Florida during military training moved into little bungalows and started having kids. Only the very rich had air conditioning. But anybody could chill for a few hours at the picture show while enjoying The Big Sleep starring Bogey and Bacall.
Citrus was bigger than tourism. Pinellas County was the grapefruit capital of the world. The beaches were wilder than they are today. Mom-and-pop motels were scattered here and there along the coast, but it was hard to find parking meters. There were a few bridges, though many rowed their boats across Clearwater Harbor to the barrier island.
Light pollution had not been invented. In the summer, teenage couples could neck on the beach and almost touch the Milky Way. Loggerhead turtles crawled up in the dark to lay eggs near the sand dunes.
Clearwater was a sleepy place, something right off a postcard — the perfect stomping ground for the monster.
The Clearwater Monster was clever. The fiend left tracks, inflamed imaginations, then vanished. Just when people stopped thinking about him, he crept out of the surf again.
This time he knocked over a lifeguard stand and left hair or feathers or something unearthly on wooden pilings.
He went on a rampage. The Clearwater Monster walked the beach at Indian Rocks. He visited the waterfront of Sarasota. He rounded the Pinellas peninsula, headed north, bypassed the St. Petersburg waterfront and kept going until he found a place to leave tracks on the sand next to the Courtney Campbell Causeway.
He got the rampaging out of his system. He laid low for the next year.
In 1948, the creature showed up about 100 miles north of Pinellas County. A beachcomber found tracks near the mouth of the Suwannee River.
"He's loose again!! '' wrote St. Petersburg Times columnist Dick Bothwell, never afraid to employ an exclamation point or a few exclamation points in a good story.
Scientists were interrogated about the monster.
One said, "It couldn't be real.'' Another thought the tracks might have been left by a giant salamander.
"Plaster casts were made of some of the tracks,'' Bothwell wrote, "and it was estimated by some that the beast — if beast it was — might have weighed some 2,000 pounds.''
It was left to Ivan Sanderson , a self-taught zoologist, author and WNBC radio commentator, to render an intelligent opinion. As the flash bulbs popped he studied the tracks, furrowed his brow, did some measuring. He was photogenic, a Douglas Fairbanks for the beach set, with slicked-back hair, a pencil-thin mustache and wardrobe that all but announced "Adventure!'' Only an ascot could have improved his look.
Florida had a real monster on its hands!
"Definitely not a hoax,'' Sanderson announced. The tracks were so deep and wide, he opined, that only something heavy and tall could have made them.
"A giant penguin,'' was his theory.
On a recent afternoon in Clearwater, Tony Signorini answered the door of his house on S Prescott Avenue. A rosary rattled in the pocket of his slacks.
"Come in,'' he said. "Make yourself comfortable.''
He led the way to the kitchen table.
"What can I tell you?''
Something about yourself.
"I'm 85 years old. I was born in Pennsylvania, not far from Pittsburgh. I was in the Air Force. I worked on B-17s, B-24s and B-29s during the war. Then Elsie and I came to Clearwater to visit her folks. I remember it was December. It was snowing back in Pennsylvania! I said to Elsie, 'Do you want to go back?' She didn't, and I didn't either.''
They stayed in Clearwater.
"I went to work at a place called Auto Electric. It was on Greenwood and Pierce. The guy who owned it was Al Williams. A lot of people thought Al Williams was kind of crabby. He actually had a good sense of humor. He was a real practical joker. I was never a practical joker. People thought I was real serious, but I had my fun side when I was around Al. One time, he put a horse in a jail cell in Clearwater!''
A horse?
"Yes, somebody let him in to do it as a joke on the police chief. That's the way it was back then. Everybody had fun with everybody. Another time we hung a weather balloon from the fire station. We put this electronic device in the balloon to make it explode on command. It sounded like a bomb going off! Lucky the war was over!''
The fire chief must have been a basket case.
"He knew it was Al. The fire chief called me up one night, said, 'We want you to call Al at home and tell him his shop is on fire.' I didn't want to do it, but I did. Al drove over there right away pretty scared. He said, 'You're in on this?' I said, 'I'm sorry, Al. They held a gun to my head.' ''
Al must have had a little devil in him.
"He always had something going. One time, downtown, at the band shell, there was some kind of event happening. Cars were a lot different back then from today. You could take a hood right off a car! We went through the parking lot taking hoods off of cars! Then we put a yellow hood on a blue car and a blue hood on a red car and so on. It was lots of fun.''
Sounds like it.
"Back in, I want to say 1946, though it could have been '47, Al gets his hands on a National Geographic. There was a picture of dinosaur tracks. Al said, 'You know, we could have fun with this.'''
You made a dinosaur track?
"It wasn't exactly a dinosaur track.''
Do you still have it?
"Sure, it's in the garage.''
Tony's son, who had been sitting by his dad, disappeared into the garage. He returned carrying something heavy.
"We made them in the shop,'' Tony said, looking at the weird boots his son lay on the table. "They were plaster at first, but you couldn't make a good track with plaster. It just didn't sink in the sand deep enough to look authentic.
We went to this blacksmith shop and poured lead in our molds. Each track weighed 30 pounds. We bolted black high-top gym shoes to each track.''
Then what?
"Al and I rowed out to the beach. I put on the shoes. I jumped out of the boat in shallow water. I was young then, about 25 or so, and much stronger than I am now, an old man. I had to kind of swing my legs out to the side and then forward to get going. Somehow I didn't break my legs. I left deep tracks about 6 feet apart. I made this big loop from the surf, up the beach, and then back into the water to the boat.''
So Tony Signorini is the famous Clearwater Monster?
"Yes. We were surprised to read in the papers that people had seen the monster because nobody was on the beach that night. We got a kick out of that.''
Did anybody ever tell on you?
"Not that I know of. I'm sure the police chief knew it was us, but he never said anything. My wife, Elsie, knew, because I'd go out about 10 o'clock at night and come back around 2 o'clock in the morning all covered with sand.
She thought it was funny. And she knew there were worse things a man could be doing than making monster tracks.''
What about the rest of your life?
"Well, Al died in 1969. I took over Auto Electric. Elsie and I had four kids, they grew up, they're all good kids. My Elsie died a few years ago on account of her lungs. I've had two heart surgeries, but I'm okay now, just a little slower. I stay busy. I volunteer at Morton Plant Hospital twice a week. I have volunteered 3,000 hours at the hospital over the years.''
Do they know at the hospital that you're the Clearwater Monster?
"I don't think so. They probably never heard of him.''
Do they know about the monster at your church, St. Cecelia's?
"I doubt it. They just know me as the guy who's an usher at the 9:30 Mass on Sunday morning and the guy who hands out Holy Communion at the 5:30 Mass on Saturday afternoon.''
Would the Eucharistic minister from St. Cecelia's like to leave some monster tracks on Clearwater Beach?
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December 17, 2010
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator:
On behalf of the hundreds of thousands of members of People For the American Way, we write in strong opposition to Don't Ask, Don't Tell and in strong support of its repeal. We welcome the House amendment to the Senate amendment of H.R. 2965 and urge its passage in the Senate. It is time to finally send repeal to the President's desk.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell runs counter to the honesty and integrity we associate with the armed forces, not to mention the values of equality and freedom of expression espoused by our Constitution. Repeal is necessary to restore these values. Until then, LGBT soldiers will have to lie and hide their true identity on a daily basis. Those who live openly and share information about their spouses, significant others, or dating life risk investigation and involuntary expulsion. Any statement that one is gay – to anyone, at any time, before or after enlistment – can be reason for discharge. Your life is a constant liability to your career when you are gay in the military.
The military as a whole has also paid a price for Don't Ask Don't Tell. The nearly 14,000 discharges carried out under this policy have meant the loss of a great deal of skill. Among them are linguists and other specialists filling vital roles in our military, and now they are unable to serve. Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars have been spent to investigate, eliminate, and replace otherwise qualified, patriotic individuals.
Nationwide polls(1) and the Pentagon's own working group(2) have shown strong support for the right of servicemembers to serve their country openly and honestly. We ask you to make open service a priority by casting your vote to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
Michael B. Keegan
Marge Baker
Executive Vice President for Policy and Program
(1) Center For American Progress/Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner Research. February 2010. http://www.gqrr.com/articles/2426/5614_dadt%20polling%20memo%2002.17.10.pdf [1]
(2) Report of the Comprehensive Review of the Issues Associated with a Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Department of Defense. November 30, 2010. http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2010/0610_gatesdadt/DADTReport_FINAL_20101130(secure-hires).pdf [2]
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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Nice flat race, perfec for getting back into the business of racing!In full: Hadn't raced a proper road race for ages, so wanted something fairly short, and nothing taxing terrain wise.This race fits that bill perfect.Good standard at the front, winner doing sub 25, but plenty of beginners to not intimidate anyone.Good little race, nice medal.Date of review: November 29, 2016
In short: Good end of year fast flat raceIn full: Worth a 180mile round trip, for the chance of a fast end of year half marathon on the south coast, which has to be the Mecca of fast racing.Nice touches like free Lucozade stand, free massage, and a decent goodybag.You do get a nice view of the coast around 11-12miles, but let's be honest, how many of us are just gagging to finish by then, and doing some sightseeing isn't really on the agenda then!Airfield can be a little mentally destroying at times, seeing the 8/9mile markers when only up to 3/4!!Date of review: November 17, 2013
In short: 4 inclines, and windy, but still a fast course, mainly due to the quality of field!In full: stellar field, and fast last km give this good pb potential. But there are 4 inclines and fair wind in places.Narrow at the start for a half km climb, but the field soon thins out nicely.If you're on target by 8km you're well away, as 8to9km is totally flat, and 9km has a gentle slope to help you finish strongly.Date of review: February 3, 2013
In short: Could be fast, but on a windy day like today no chanceIn full: echo the below, very windy today, so anyone who has pbd must have either under performed before, not raced 10k very often, or simply have run amazingly!Mile markers on the air field were ridiculously out for 5k and 6k.5k was a bit short, but then 6k was 1/4 km too long, giving an epic long km time!A nice little race though, still almost 400runners there though.Date of review: December 9, 2012
In short: Quality field, and pb heavenIn full: If you're in the shape for a pb then this is the race to show it!Very high quality field, with 3 runners under 49.04! Great course, even with a bizarre mile on sandy chalk type weird surfaces! A couple of very brief slopes/steps at mile 8 weren't much to deal with, and pretty good weather on top.All in all great day out.Date of review: October 16, 2011
In short: Can be a fast course, but today was hot!In full: Nice little course, can be fast on a day that isn't so hot!Bit of an incline at 4 to 5k that takes the momentum away, and a last 1/2 km on trail makes it less fast than some flat courses, but a nice run out.Wil be pleased with coming top 10 this year. In normal October weather would definitely have been quicker, but you can only run as you find it on the day.Date of review: October 2, 2011
In short: Fast course despite the windIn full: Well worth the 170mile round trip, coming away with a 49 sec pb.Unusual set up with a lap of a track to set you off, and then some pathy road fare for most of the race, until a 100metre on the track finish. Quality standard, 28.05 was only 31st position for me today..but what do you expect for a well known race in an area with quality runners.Date of review: September 18, 2011
In short: Great venue, as quick as it gets in right weatherIn full: Like a few of the reviews below, I'd been put off by a few things before, like the supposed "dull" course, but also the tales of high wind, and the fact it was a mid summer race.After a really hilly 10k 2 weeks back, i fancied a real go at the pb, and in good conditions, stonked 30secs off for a 35.20. Delighted with this, and didn't find the laps too bad at all, as it wasn't a full 2 laps, as at 7k you cut off to come back and do a different return to the finish line.Lovely smooth road to run on, even the slight ups on the bridges just kept things interesting and gave points to focus onGreat race....is there a 5k version in the year!Date of review: July 31, 2011
In short: Home town race that always deliversIn full: Probably the only must do race of the year for me these days. A summer without doing either the half or the 10k isn't good...luckily only 2007 have i missed either in the last 10 years.Well polished, so much so that adding the 10k a few years ago worked seemlessly.Incredible goody bag, nice medals, and free t shirts, different versions of each depending on which race you'd done. Great effort there.Very tough course, probably as tough a road race as you'll find really, at least in these parts. Very varied though, steep hill, rolling countryside, undulations, even steeper shorter descent, couple of residential miles, round a lake, and then grassy finish...lovely.For the guy who said the start is narrow..behave yourself. It's the widest start I've ever seen in 120+ races! It might narrow a little, but only after 600metres or so when things have eased a bit. If you want to see narrow, try the footpath at about 6.5miles in the half.All round a great race. Pleased to come 6th in 36.47 today. 57 secs off the pb, but anyone pbing here has got a soft pb!Date of review: July 17, 2011
In short: Fast course, even with windy airfield and prom milesIn full: Heard this was a fast course, so thought i'd wheel 85miles down.Was pretty quick, but a couple of laps of a windy airfield and a couple of never ending miles to finish on the prom sucked a little life of out me.Great views in places though, nice organisation, pretty good race. And good to be part of the 25th anniversary celebrations.Date of review: November 21, 2010
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Poul-Erik Hoyer of Denmark is the new President of the Badminton World Federation.
The 1996 Olympic Men's Singles gold medallist defeated his lone rival, Dr. Justian Suhandinata of Indonesia, in this morning's vote by the BWF membership at the Annual General Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Hoyer polled 145 votes to Dr. Suhandinata's 120. There was one spoilt ballot.
Dr. Suhandinata was among the first to congratulate the new president in the presence of all the delegates attending the meeting from more than 150 of the BWF's 179 Member Associations.
Gustavo Salazar Delgado defeated incumbent Deputy President Paisan Rangsikitpho for that position. The Peruvian amassed 148 votes to Rangsikitpho's 118.
Voting is now ongoing for BWF Council positions.
PHOTO: Poul-Erik Hoyer (left, below) accepts congratulations from Dr. Justian Suhandinata whom he defeated for the presidency of the Badminton World Federation.
PHOTO: Gustavo Salazar Delgado (left, below) accepts congratulations from incumbent BWF Deputy President Paisan Rangsikitpho whom he defeated.
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Hi Bellas!
This is going to be a short post today. I'm in the middle of packing and moving into my new apartment so my blogging time has been a bit cut short. On top of it all, i'm still dealing with my allergic reaction to a lip product...it really makes me not want to put on any makeup lol.
In the meanwhile, I have some upcoming videos that have been filmed and are ready to upload.
1) Dramatic Arabic Eyes Tutorial
2) Tutorial on My Contest Winning Look
3) Updated foundation tutorial with Studio Sculpt and Beauty Blender Sponge
4) Camera Ready Cosmetics Haul
These videos are ready to go so at least I won't fall off my YouTube. I try to have a little surplus for times when I get busy. I post every Monday and Wednesday around lunch time if you hadn't noticed. I'm going to give my lips time to recover before I do any full makeovers.
Any big plans this weekend? I gotta finish packing...brunch Saturday with two beauty bloggers...bridesmaid duties after - checking out venues for the shower...and Easter Dinner on Sunday with the crew. Please be patient with me over the next week or two as I'll be strapped for time. Thanks Bellas!
Atlanta Makeup Artist
Friday, April 10, 2009
Updates and Upcoming Videos
Posted by MakeupByRenRen at 9:05 AM
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8 comments:
- Melanie said...
What was the brand of your mini travel cosmetic bag that your brought to New Orleans?
- April 10, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- Lady Virgo said...
Take your time...we'll be here.
- April 10, 2009 at 2:34 PM
- JENSMAKEUPBAG said...
i said it before...stretch before you move! i pulled my back lifting but its out of my own stupidity. good luck with packing/moving. can't wait until your vids are posted.
- April 10, 2009 at 4:29 PM
- rockSTARbeauty said...
yayy..cant wait for brunch tomorrow!
- April 10, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- Bombchell said...
wow ur so busy!!
well i need to sleep, study, eat, and party =)
- April 11, 2009 at 5:18 AM
- LipStick Staiin said...
cant wait for ur upcomin posts!! hope u get to relax soon in ur new apartment! take pix and post on here too! haha =D xoxo
- April 11, 2009 at 8:45 PM
- Eclecticldy said...
Lunch with you and Joy was tons of fun. Can't wait to do it again soon...and for the collabos :)
- April 12, 2009 at 2:19 PM
- Product Junkie Diva said...
Take your time Ren, and I hope all goes well with your move.
- April 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM
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Pioneering music critic Greil Marcus will give a free lecture based on his book "Lipstick Traces" in CCAD's Canzani Center Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. I interviewed Marcus to preview the show, which was a wonderful experience for someone ostensibly following in his footsteps. When the time came to write the feature, I had to leave so much on the cutting room floor, so here's our full conversation for your enjoyment and edification.
Did CCAD ask you to focus on your book "Lipstick Traces," or was that your decision?
That was their suggestion. It's a book that came out in 1989 and there was a 20th anniversary edition a few years ago. So it's a book that is still alive for me, and apparently it's alive for some readers too. So they thought that would be an interesting thing to do. Of course it's always difficult to talk about your own work without just saying how wonderful you are, which is not terribly interesting to anybody. So I'm not sure quite how it will work. I might do a performance of a sort of theatrical version of the book I wrote one day long before I ever wrote the book, which boils the whole thing down to about 30 minutes. But, you know, try and find a way to talk about the themes of the book and why they might still be alive, not because of what I wrote, but because of the way they resonate in the world, whether it's a radical group of writers in France in the '50s and '60s or the Dadaists in Europe in the 19-teens and '20s or the Sex Pistols in London in 1977.
When you're reviewing these ideas and this material now, have those ideas evolved at all in the years since you published it?
It's funny, the very last thing in the book talks about how great punk records are. When they're great, they're really great. And they don't sound like anything else. They don't seem to trail history behind them. There's huge amounts of history coded into them. There's no homage, there's no reference to musical styles that somebody's drawing on. The stuff just seems to pop out of nowhere and go off like a bomb. And I said, when this isn't true anymore, when these records don't sound so wonderful, as they did when I finished the book and as they still do to me now, that will mean that the story that I'm tracing, which is a story about the transmission of a shout through the whole 20th century and really many centuries beyond that, that story will have taken its next turn. It will have announced itself in a new way, and it will have made what we can see now seem irrelevant. And that hasn't happened yet. At least it hasn't happened for me, and it hasn't happened in the world at large that I've seen. In many ways, what is going on in Russia with Pussy Riot and with another group called Le Femen, which is active both in the Ukraine and in Paris, is very much a straight direct continuation of the kind of things I wrote about. One of the central incidents in Lipstick Traces has to do with a protest that was staged in Notre Dame in Paris in 1950 during Easter mass — you know, the biggest day of the year. Someone dressed up as a Dominican monk took advantage of a pause in the service and went up to the altar platform and began to deliver a sermon about the death of God before 10,000 people in Notre Dame in the middle of Easter high mass, and it was this huge scandal. And only a couple of weeks ago, there was a protest in Notre Dame by this group of women, Le Femen, where they invaded Notre Dame, stripped off their tops and, half naked, began banging on bells and shouting and singing as a protest against the election of Pope Francis. You know, an anticlerical protest. This is in some ways, for me, someone who's written about events like this, just a dumbfounding and confusing and thrilling reenactment of things that I so immersed myself in 20-some years ago. There was an article in a Paris paper saying, "Forget about Le Femen. Here's the real Notre Dame scandal." And it summarized my chapter on that, which I think is totally wrong. The real scandal is what's happening now and the women who had the nerve to go in and defile it. Whatever you might think of that, that takes a lot of nerve.
It seems like you're saying the forms people are using today to transmit this "shout" are the same forms people have been using for a while.
Well, it's not so much that the forms are different or similar. To me, anyway, it's that nothing has come along to make the last instance of this story, at least as it appears to me, seem like a dead language.
You mentioned you had originally scripted this out as a short play. I know there eventually was a theatrical version of "Lipstick Traces"; were you involved with that at all?
No. That was completely different. I had done all this research for about three, four years, and I sort of knew who the characters in this book were going to be, but I had no idea what to do with what I had or how to tell a story. So just to play with it, I sat down one afternoon and I wrote a play in which all the characters from the book from whatever decade or century appear in the same nightclub at the same time, and they fight over the stage, you know, invading the stage and kicking people off and shouting and playing music and giving speeches. But the real Lipstick Traces play was done by a theatrical group in Austin, Texas called the Rude Mechanicals. And they simply inquired as to whether they could have rights to adapt the book, and I said sure, and I don't want to have any involvement at all. I don't want to approve anything. If you have a factual question, I could try to answer it, but otherwise I just want to see what you come up with. And what they came up with in a lot of ways was the book I wanted to write and never quite could. It's an extraordinary work. It's just a little over an hour, maybe it's just under an hour. It's so intense and funny and brazen. I saw it many times. It played in New York for six weeks. Played at UCLA for months. It played in lots of places around the country. It was the best review I ever got. It was the most gratifying thing to have other people in one way or another be affected by your work and then tell you things about it that you didn't know. That's what that was.
Will you open it up for questions at this appearance next week?
Oh, sure. You bet. There'll be a lot of that. As much time as people want.
I was going through some of your more recent columns, like in The Believer. It seems like there's a natural tendency as people get older to disengage with current culture and get stuck in the past, but I don't sense that with your writing. It seems like you've stayed very engaged in a wide range of culture. As the years go by, does that still come naturally because of an appetite for that stuff, or is it a challenge to not fall back into the past?
You know, one thing I certainly don't keep up with is the top of the charts. A whole lot of that just passes me by in one way or another, mainly because I don't find it that interesting. I mean, every once in a while there's a huge hit that I just completely love — say, "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga, which is a No. 1 hit and all I want to do is hear it all day long. But most of the time, I'm just looking. I'm listening to the radio; I'm reading; I'm going into record stores looking at what might be interesting, just to see what's there. I'm a writer, so when something strikes me, I want to write about it. Beyond that, I read a lot of novels. My wife and I go to movies as much as we can, which might be three times a week or once a week, but, you know, all kinds of movies. I don't know, there's a way in which when you get older, you might think, "Well really all I want to do is re-read books I love and watch old movies I love and listen to music I love, and I don't want to be bothered by the world out there." And it's a perfectly legitimate way to live your life, but it's not the way that I want to live mine.
To be in the Bay Area during the 60s, you were certainly in the middle of a major musical and social movement. And you clearly see the 70s punk stuff as a major movement. Do you see any parallel movements happening right now that seem to have that same game-changing potential? Is it even possible to tell without hindsight?
Well, it's not possible for me. It might be possible for other people to see the future with any kind of clarity, but I've never been able to, and I've never tried. I like to be surprised. But I think we're in a situation today where the biggest names in music, and they're mostly hip hop people — Kanye West or Jay-Z, Beyonce — these people are official culture today. They're official culture because of their ubiquity, because of their presence or domination of mainstream media, because of their connection to the White House in the case of Jay-Z and Beyonce, and because these are people with hundreds of millions of dollars. And so you're not going to see a gesture, let alone a movement, that questions our values, which is what we're really talking about in terms of social or aesthetic upheavals. You're not going to see that from people like that. It just doesn't work that way. One of the things that I thought was absolutely hilarious and bizarre most recently was the woman who has written this book, "Lean In," do you know what I'm talking about?
Sheryl Sandberg?
Yeah, Sheryl Sandberg. She's this tremendously successful, hard-working woman, and she's written the No. 1 best seller in the country about how women have to seize the moment and seize the opportunities and the power that are out there. And she said she's always thought that she would run a social movement, that she would be the head of a social movement. Social movements aren't run! They don't have a head in that way. And the notion that you could create a social upheaval that questioned values by which most of us live our lives and don't question, that you could do this in a top down basis is just so crazy and so sick in a way that it kind of leaves you breathless, or it leaves me breathless anyway. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe she'll end up running this huge transformative social movement that will leave us all in the dust.
As someone who lives in the Bay Area, do you pay much attention to the music that's coming out of there these days? Specifically I mean the garage rock stuff like Ty Segall, Mikal Cronin, Thee Oh Sees and all that.
The stuff just hasn't come across for me. I've listened to all of that. The people I've been most enthusiastic about over the past few years have been the Fiery Furnaces and Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger. I think their stuff is so alive and so unpredictable and different from what everybody else is doing. I'll always go to their shows.
It seems like they had a big media moment a few years ago, but I don't see as much hype storm around them anymore. Do you think that's because of a broken media system or what?
I think it's because they're not part of that system. I think Matthew put out something like eight or nine albums last year, actual albums, not just website stuff. And Eleanor has a second solo album coming out this summer. She's been touring the last year or so with a little band of her own with the most extraordinary guitar player who looks about 16. He has the fastest hands I've ever seen. She has a song, "When I Knew I Was Wrong," that is the kind of record that if it's not a hit, then hits don't really exist anymore. It reminds me a lot of Buddy Holly. It's not a Buddy Holly song, it's her song. So you're right. But I don't think they've ever been a major media presence, not that I've noticed.
I guess I noticed a lot of attention around the time they released Blueberry Boat, but maybe that's just because I grew up reading Pitchfork.
Well, maybe. I just think they're wonderful, and lovely people too.
Anybody you're particularly fond of doing rock journalism or cultural criticism today?
Well, I like Robert Loss, who writes for PopMatters and who's in Columbus. I like his stuff. The fact is, I don't read a lot of what other people are writing, whether on websites or in publications. Right now I'm working on a book and I'm just sort of insular and trying not to waste time on reading anything that isn't either totally relaxing or totally immersing in what I'm writing about. So I don't know the answer to that. I would guess that there's probably remarkable work being done that I don't know about. Every year Da Capo puts out — although now I think it's Duke that's going to be doing it — a best music writing of the previous year. And they collect all kinds of stuff. And usually when I open those books and I start reading, I find stuff that is just so interesting and thrilling and sometimes with a radically different approach that is taken by anybody else. And I feel very happily ignorant that this great stuff is going on and very happy that it's collected somewhere that I can read it. Jason Gross puts out an internet magazine called Perfect Sound Forever, and every year he puts together a huge list of the best or most interesting or most unusual music writing, much more complete than the book's, and I read a lot of that too. So all kinds of people. There's a writer in LA who goes by the name of Commie Girl, and she's just one of the funniest music writers ever. And completely satirical, completely snide and vicious, and never writes about anything without the sense of how we live and what we do and what we think about and what we don't think about. That's all present in her work. And I'm sure there's lots of people doing stuff that I just don't know about.
Do you think it's possible to write well about music without putting it in that broader cultural context of how we live and all that?
Well, I hope so. My writing has certainly changed over the years. It's become much more about music and much more about songs and trying to get at how a song works or doesn't, how it says what it says, less than analyzing or making sense of what it says. I'm really more interested in how does a performer or just a song develop a language that's different, and how do we learn that language? How do we respond to it? And that's really what I've been writing about in my last few books. Last year I had a book about The Doors, and the year before that a book about Van Morrison, and these were just books about listening to these people. They weren't comprehensive career surveys. They certainly weren't biographies or anything like that. And to the degree that they contextualized the music, I tried to do it with a very light hand, to say sort of two things at once. On the one hand, no art of whatever kind comes out of nowhere, even though it might feel like it does. And sometimes it's really important to get at why and how it feels like it comes out of nowhere, and sometimes it's interesting to look at the world in which it comes from, not because it's some sort of reflection of that world, but because it's a version of it, a translation of it. Art translates what is going on in the world at a given moment, but it translates it into a language of its own, a new language that we either have to learn, or often times we say, "Oh my god, I totally get that." When rock and roll appeared in 1954, '55, you had all these teenagers all over the country. They had never listened to blues, never listened to country, never listened to bluegrass. They had never been exposed to anything like that, and then suddenly, boom! You have all this strange, noisy, radical music playing, and instead of saying, "What is this weird music?" people said, "Yeah, that sounds great." Sometimes that happens, and I've become much more interested in that and looking at things that way rather than saying in this song, this album, this career we can see an allegory of our whole national drama. I've written that way, but it's not how I'm writing now.
One more thing: Can you talk about the book you're working on, or is it still a secret?
It's not a secret, but I don't feel ready to talk about it. It's still up in the air to some degree, even though I'm almost finished.


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