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Skip to comments.The Meaning of Yesterdays Defeat (US no longer a center-right country)
Posted on 11/07/2012 10:34:16 AM PST by mojito
Yesterday was a comprehensive disaster. Here in Minnesota, to add a local perspective, not only did the state go for Obamano surprise therebut the Democrats recaptured both houses of the legislature, and voters defeated two ballot initiatives, one on gay marriage and one on voter ID. Similar losses were sustained across the nation, although there were a few bright spots here and there. So yesterdays defeat was not about a flawed presidential candidate or presidential campaign.
What lessons can we draw? To begin with, conventional political wisdom was upended in a number of ways. When a president runs for re-election, the campaign is a referendum on his performance; undecided voters break against the incumbent; its the economy, stupid. These and other familiar maxims can be consigned to the dustbin.
But there is a much more important proposition that, I think, was proved false last night: that America is a center-right country. This belief is one that we conservatives have cherished for a long time, but as of today, I think we have to admit that it is false. America is a deeply divided country with a center-left plurality. This plurality includes a vast number of citizens who describe themselves as moderates, but whose views on the issues are identical or similar to those that have historically been deemed liberal.
Decades ago my father, the least cynical of men, quoted a political scientist who wrote that democracy will survive until people figure out that they can vote themselves money. That appears to be the point at which we have arrived. Put bluntly, the takers outnumber the makers. The polls in this election cycle diverged in a number of ways, but in one respect they were remarkably consistent: every poll I saw, including those that forecast an Obama victory, found that most people believed Mitt Romney would do a better job than Barack Obama on the economy. So with the economy the dominant issue in the campaign, why did that consensus not assure a Romney victory? Because a great many people live outside the real, competitive economy. Over 100 million receive means tested benefits from the federal government, many more from the states. And, of course, a great many more are public employees. To many millions of Americans, the economy is mostly an abstraction.
Then there is the fact that relatively few Americans actually pay for the government they consume. To a greater extent than any other developed nation, we rely on upper-income people to finance our federal government. When that is combined with the fact that around 40% of our federal spending isnt paid for at allit is borrowedit is small wonder that many self-interested voters are happy to vote themselves more government. Mitt Romney proclaimed that Barack Obama was the candidate of free stuff, and voters took him at his word.
The question is, can this vicious cycle ever be broken? Once we are governed by a majority that no longer believes in the America of the Founding, is there any path back to freedom and prosperity? The next four years will bring unprecedented levels of spending, borrowing and taxation. The national debt will rise to $20 trillion or more. When interest rates increase, as they inevitably must, interest costs will squeeze out other government spending. That might not be all bad, except that defense will go first. If Obamas second term turns into a disaster, fiscal or otherwise, voter revulsion may return the Republicans to power. But that doesnt mean that America will be saved.
To me, the most telling incident of the campaign season was a poll that found that among young Americans, socialism enjoys a higher favorability rating than free enterprise. How can this possibly be, given the catastrophic failure of socialism, and the corresponding success of free enterprise, throughout history? The answer is that conservatives have entirely lost control over the culture. The educational system, the entertainment industry, the news media and every cultural institution that comes to mind are all dedicated to turning out liberals. To an appalling degree, they have succeeded. Historical illiteracy is just one consequence. Unless conservatives somehow succeed in regaining parity or better in the culture, the drift toward statism will inevitably continue, even if Republicans win the occasional election.
This is not primarily the job of politicians, but politicians cannot escape it, either. I have been grumbling for a long time that Ronald Reagan was the last politician who made a real effort to teach the principles of conservatism to the American public. Since the 1980s, we have largely been coasting on his legacy. The prevailing assumption has been that America is a center-right country, and if Republican politicians run a good tactical campaign and get their voters to the polls, they will generally win. That strategy no longer works, and conservative politicians need to try much harder not just to appeal to conservative voters, but to help create new ones.
The stark question posed by the countrys unmistakable drift to the left is, does America have a future? Can we once again become a beacon of freedom, or will talented young Americans be forced to look elsewhere for opportunity? Barack Obamas budgetthe one that was too extreme to garner a single vote in either the House or the Senateprojects that in four years, we will have a $20 trillion debt. That debt will be paid off by a relatively small minority of our young people, the most productive. If you were in that category, and had to make a choice between staying in the United States and inheriting a debt that could well be $1 million or more, and starting fresh in another country, what would you do? And if you were an investor, where would you put your money? In the United States, where hopelessness reigns and where high unemployment and close to zero growth are now accepted as normal, or in a country with limited government and a dynamic, growing economy?
These are dark days, indeed.
It's going to take the country hitting rock bottom before people start listening to conservatives again...for now, for all intents and purposes, we are a One-Party State.
We are no longer left of center either.
We took a massive turn left yesterday. And from the looks of it, we are only going to stampede further left in the years to come.
There will be hell to pay. Might as well let it crash now, so we can get started on the reconstruction sooner rather than later.
The "ME generation hit voting age back around '08. Everyone votes, not with respect of what is best for The Country, but "what's in it for me". What better guy than Barry (it's all about ME) Benghazi.
BTW - "0bama gone put gas in mah cah and make mah house payment. And he gave this free phone."
The future belongs to countries like India and China, The United States is currently where the British Empire was in 1912....
The attrition that will occur in their ranks when they are cut off in the inevitable collapse is the only way to lower their numbers. We just have to ride out the storm and rise from the ashes.
Good article. It immediately occurred to me that America is now a leftist nation. The author brings up some good points. I agree with all of it.
My only question is, is there a conservative nation left on Earth? How could a young person go somewhere and start fresh when the place they go to is just as screwed up.
I am fortunate...I grew up in the 50s and 60s...I saw the best of America...Since my late 20;s, Ive seen a downward spiral in my country...It has reached proportions now that I doubt are recoverable...I weep for my children and my grandchildren. I think I will die before the end of the USA, but it isnt very far away, Im afraid....
What a loss for the world, this country....
That the left got more people to the polls in key states in key areas. Community Organizing 101....
And now with Obamacare firmly in place, all the democrats have to do is scream, "Republican's want to cut money for Obamacare which means you will have to wait six months in the national cue for a checkup instead of the 3 months you do now!!" Not to mention Michelle Obama's school lunches will expand to adults, now that the government "owns" your health care they have a stake in making sure you eat right and excercise, after all they don't want their property "your body" to fall apart before the death panel says it's time.
Short answer: No. All one can say is, "Forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they have done."
You simply don't win elections with a message of "Vote for Me, because I suck less than the other guy."
Even greater concern of mine is what about the debt? Will Obama will be willing to start turning around and veto/negotiate to actually lower the debt, like he promised in both 2008 and 2012. I would like to believe so, but it's all his choice, and not mine.
Not true. Finally saw some of the Obama ads that ran here in Texas the final week or two before the election. And I have to admit, they kinda sounded good to this conservative. He had killed Osama Bin Laden. He saved the Auto companies. He was trying to solve the budget crisis from Bush. Heck, kinda got me excited a little. So basically, Obama lied like the weasel he is. And we now know that if Palin had been the VP, the election might have been a repeat of Gore/Bush. Obama 60.1 million. McCain Palin 59.9 million. Dead heat with electorial college deciding.
"So with the economy the dominant issue in the campaign, why did that consensus not assure a Romney victory? Because a great many people live outside the real, competitive economy. Over 100 million receive means tested benefits from the federal government, many more from the states. And, of course, a great many more are public employees. To many millions of Americans, the economy is mostly an abstraction."
It is because 4 generations of Americans have lived in a nation free of a war of immediate threat, crippling economic depression, and cheap plentiful junk at the store and on TV.
In short, we have millions that think that life as it is in America IS THE DEFAULT SETTINGS FOR LIFE ON EARTH.
So for them, they can play with socialism and redistribution. That they can get free goodies from the government. That they can just pay for stuff with a plastic card or paper because those things are "worth" something.
America is a 60-year old dreamworld that puts the Roman Empire to shame and the dream is about up.
I think the Out of Ashes series was prophetic, the author was just off by 24 years.
I consider myself fortunate that I got to live the whole of the 1980s. The last time this nation really shined bright and inspired all the peoples of the world to achieve better things.
Now I feel like I'm imagining a time that must have been made up because it is so far removed. And 1985 wasn't even 30 years ago!
We lost because we countered the Obama Phone with Obama Phone w/ fewer minutes.
Looks at the numbers...Obama got about the same number of voters as GW did in 2004...who was also a weak incumbent.
Conservatives are not in a demographic decline, we simply haven't had a canidate since 1984.
BTW, this election was fraud-a-polousa. We need to clean that up first.
I also grew up in the '50s-'60s, in an America that was the envy of the world — and with good reason. Indeed, it's a loss that will touch every corner of the globe sooner or later. I'm glad I don't have a lot of years left; I've already lived too long.
No, he isn't going to lower the debt...That's why I feel for our children...At some point, the debt collector is going to call...and our children and grandchildren and their children are going to be forced to answer...and I can promise you, it will not be pretty when this happens...
As GWB told him when he first won. He will soon learn that somethings are beyond his control. For instance, those things the DINO/RINO Cult has agreed should be done. Syria for example. Which is why Romney and all the RINO's are running cover for the DINO's Obama/Hillary over Benghazi. The Tea Party and True Conservatives need to fight for a serious investigation of Benghazi and Impeachment if warranted.
Full Speed Ahead and Da#n the RINO's !
Just send me my ObamaChip. I'm assuming im-plantation is covered by obamacare?
Afraid you are right. Don't forget Russia.
The country as a whole is still center-right, but that doesn't really matter any more. As long as you can get the majority vote in the large population centers that tend to go liberal, you will win the election.
"The answer is that conservatives have entirely lost control over the culture."
They never had control over the culture. What the GOP did to its demise was connect cultural/social issues to fiscal/economic issues. And so down the fiscal cliff we go.
"Finally saw some of the Obama ads that ran here in Texas the final week or two before the election. And I have to admit, they kinda sounded good to this conservative. He had killed Osama Bin Laden. He saved the Auto companies. He was trying to solve the budget crisis from Bush."
This was NOT a liberal vs conservative election.
Romney did NOT run conservative, Obama did NOT run liberal.
The foreign policy debate showed not much difference.
Romney thought he could run on Obama's lousy record and weak economy, but he came up against a dishonest and calculating campaign.
Romney would make a better President, but Obama ran a better campaign.
The social issue was not abortion but 'birth control'.
Is there some conservative who might buy an island somewhere and create a conservative nation for people to emigrate to at some point?
I for one still have hope, but frankly, that may be a good idea.
No, he isn't going to lower the debt...That's why I feel for our children...At some point, the debt collector is going to call...and our children and grandchildren and their children are going to be forced to answer...and I can promise you, it will not be pretty when this happens...
Years...centuries from now, some group of people in a country are going to band togather and say they've had enough of the way they are being ruled...They have no voice in the governing body and they are going to revolt...They say they will model their new country, if they succeed, on that ancient country, America...
History will repeat itself...........
Right now the Supreme Court has four justices in their 70s (Scalia and Kennedy are both 76, Ginsburgh is 79, and Breyer is 74). In the next four years there's a good chance that Obama gets to replace as many as hree justices with young hard core lefties. And you know the Harry Reid senate will certainly allow just about anyone through the process. Justice Van Jones or Eric Holder? Could happen. Coupled with Kagan and Sotomayor, they will have a radical leftist SCOTUS majority for the next 25 years.
Some people didn't show up because Mitt wasn't reliable enough on abortion or guns? Hah, let's see how five or even six Obama appointed radicals justices vote over the next few years. And don't tell me about how Chief Justice John Roberts will moderate them, after his Obamacare joke ruling this prospect fails to comfort me; he's more likely to join them a'la Earl Warren. The 9th circuit is going to look solid and reasonable in comparison.
Stick a fork in the America of Reagan, we're in a different beast altogether now.
Good points. A typical RINO verses DINO election. They only differed on issues that do not really matter to RINO/DINO's, since they are far above the law anyway. They agree upon the issues that matter to them and they typically have to go way out of their way to appear as if they disagree. For example, McCain attacking Obama on Benghazi, but agreeing with him on Syria. McCain is setting the narrative for the Benghazi situation. That we were attacked by Al Qaeda and not Syria/Iran. Al Qeada is just the miss direction from the truth. We were running weapons to the worlds worst terrorist organizations that were fighting in Syria to topple Assad. And the best way to miss direct that is to blame the attack on Al Qeada, one of the groups that was receiving the weapons.
Choice! Choice! What choice? The unwashed masses were given the same choice that we are always given which is whatever choice the two party elites want to give us.
George Bush and John Kerry was no choice, they were both two Ivy League educated snobs who agreed on more than disagreed on, such as No Child Left Behind, Medicare prescription drugs and blanket amnesty.
Bill O' Reilly knows nothing about choice other than whatever choice the elitists offer him because he is a typical MSM Ivy League educated snob who worshiped a piece of elitist political trash like Bobby Kennedy.
Barry Obama and Mittens Romney was NO choice. They were both Ivy League educated snobs and Barry was RIGHT about one thing Romney invented Obamacare before anyone knew who Obama was.
The voters HATED Obamacare so badly that they took historic revenge on the Democrat house members who passed it in the medterm election.
The unwashed masses were given the hope that it would be overturned but unfortunately the elitist snob by the name of Bush nominated one his elitist buddies by the name of John Roberts who screwed that pooch.
Choice! Choice! Don't give me that horse puckey, the last time the unwashed masses had a choice was when some populist by the name of Reagan beat the bejesus out of some effete elitist snob by the name of Mondale.
Since that Knox College grad won, the only two non east coast elite Ivy Leaguers to run for president were Bob Dole and John McCain who came to politics by way of their distinguished military service not by elitist Ivy League indoctrination.
That elitist Barry was taking the country the same direction that elitist Bush was, only difference was he was driving there a lot faster.
Romney would not have changed direction because his elitists masters who financed his campaign would be displeased if he attempted to reform the unfunded entitlemtents of the social welfare state, the subsidies and bailouts of the corporate welfare state, or to put the kabbosh on the globalist military adventures in nation building so much in favor of the military industrial complex. Romney would not have changed direction, he would have simply exited to a rest stop at the side of the road and promise us that we would change directions but wait awhile the time ain't right yet.
Now we have Obama who is a born and bred socialist and a rank disaster as a president. And he gets re-elected handily. The truth is a much higher percentage of Americans are now fond of socialism. They want and expect "free" stuff on the backs of producing Americans. We can run a conservative Pubbie in 2016, and see what happens. If we lose again with a genuine conservative, time for a split.
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
-The American Electorate
Agreed. Romney embodied conservative principles compromised.
So yesterdays defeat was not about a flawed presidential candidate or presidential campaign.
Nonsense. The numbers tell a different story. It's not that we had MORE idiots going out to vote for Obama. It's that we had far fewer conservatives going out to vote for Romney. Because he was a lousy candidate, almost as bad as Obama.
When you have a lousy candidate at the top of the ticket, everyone else suffers all the way down the line. Quite a few potential senators, governors, state politicians, and congressmen lost because Romney failed to bring out the vote. And he failed really badly.
Absolutely right. Last night some of the talking heads were talking about battleground states, and I mentioned to my wife that it is now about battleground cities. I figure maybe 12-14 spread out in 6-8 states determine the election. All of these cities have large inner city populations, most have at least one college/university and many are government centers, all of which make them fertile ground for dems. This is why the GOP can still do well in House races, but fares less well in state wide races with national ramifications. When the election maps come out you will see in stark detail what I mean when you compare the extent of blue versus red geographical coverage in the important states we lost last night.
We also re-elected a strong GOP majority in the House. That's certainly center-right. So, something else is at work here.
The problem with Benghazi, is that this could be just the beginning of worse things to come in the Middle East for America. The problem for the debt is that it will likely grow, currency values will drop, and the reason why Russia, China, and Europe wanted Obama to win will be made quite clear : Spite for our country and prosperity levels. With that in place, it certainly won't be pretty, but that's where the religious have an opportunity to shine. Overinflated currency and incompetent politicians will mean something, but a collapsed government leaves the followers of God to be the leaders, morally, to say the least.
I am in your age category and this has been my opinion for a long time. The only difference is that I have no children--and hence, no grandchildren--a life decision that I made at age 18 and for which I am now even more thankful since I don't have them to worry about. But I do feel considerable despair for you and others like you.
Our flag made it to the moon. It's still there. It will be the only one there for a little longer maybe. On my death bed I will look out of my window at the moon, over the tin roofs of the squalid remnants of my former country and dare those animals outside to try and pull that flag down. Smiling in the knowledge that they will NEVER achieve it.
I am in your age category and this has been my opinion for a long time. The only difference is that I have no children--and hence, no grandchildren--a life decision that I made at age 18 and for which I am now even more thankful since I don't have them to worry about. But I do feel considerable despair for you and others like you.
I'll add my two cents. They looked at Pennsylvania and determined how many votes they needed to make disappear. Then they took them from Casey's opponent.
In Florida they figured out how many votes they needed to make disappear and they took them from West's district.
Ditto Bachman.
The race was rigged. There are some powerful people running things. From both parties.
I have wondered what that would be like. I have grandchildren, and have no desire to see them go through this looming train wreck. Having children (and childrens' children) is great, but it is also a graduate course in dealing with worries over which you have zero control.
Either way you go, there's no turning back.
FWIW, I have had no regrets about that decision made as a teenager. I never wavered. It was not easy finding a woman who would go along with my choice but I found her, to my everlasting delight.
I can just imagine the emotional torture that people in your situation must feel. Who could have known that the USA would deteriorate so badly?
I think there's one bright spot. Republicans are rejected not on Economics but on moral issues, specifically we are seen as intrusive absolutists, Sister Superior, cluck, clucking our tongues at the social decay. If we embraced freedom in all its permutations (i.e., gay marriage) protect choice (I know, it's hard to write this too) and liberalize our immigration policy, we could attract more voters. People want prosperity, but not if you are threatening to take away other more basic freedoms (i.e., their freedom to love). It's a powerful, emotional argument that appeals to the weak-minded, which the left has run with. You only have to think about Todd Akin's "magic uterus" gaffe to know why we really lost.
I didn't realize Scalia and Kennedy were both 76.
I can see Scalia staying until he dies just to spite the libs. Kennedy could bail at any moment.
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"Making the perfect pizza dough..." Say whaaaa !!Takes a lot of mechanisms to mess up a good thing....available now for only $5.55.....
Here is another fascinating article published about a year ago on how Domino's, through a business partner, is using the Reading Bakery System to make pizza dough in the UK:http://www.bakingbusiness.com/Features/Company%20Profiles/First%20of%20its%20kind%20pizza%20production.aspxPeter
Paul,My interest in this matter is solely to gain an understanding of how Domino's, as the second largest pizza chain in the U.S. and a major factor outside of the U.S., makes and delivers its dough to its stores using a commissary business model. I went through the same exercise when I attempted to reverse engineer and clone Papa John's pizzas (and other PJ food products). The thread where I did that is one of the most popular threads on the forum in terms of page views. But I will tell you this: If a credible Domino's clone dough formulation were to be posted on this forum, the forum would be deluged with guests and new members looking for that dough formulation. This is not necessarily a good thing for the forum since those people do not become active members on the forum. They are just after free clone dough formulations, and they will disappear once they have them. And they won't even say thank you. Peter


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Commissioner of Education visits local classrooms
The man who oversees education in New York State visited classrooms in the region to see educational reform in action.
Dr. John B. King Jr., the New York State Commis-sioner of Education, visited Erie 2 Chautauqua-Catta-raugus BOCES program sites and North Collins Ele-mentary School Thursday.
Dr. King observed educators engaging students in lessons infused with Com-mon Core Learning Stand-ards, following the NYS Regents Reform Agenda. He watched on-going lessons and discussions in elementary and special education classrooms in the school.
The Regents Reform Agenda seeks to ensure that all students graduate from high school ready for college and/or careers. One of the pillars of this reform is the adoption and implementation of Common Core Learning Standards.
This Board of Regents initiative impacts every public school district in Western New York and across the state.
"Dr. King saw evidence of the Common Core State Standards in classrooms he visited. The classes showed a cross-section of different educational programs operating throughout our 27 component school districts," E2CCB District Superintendent David O'Rourke said.
North Collins and E2CCB Administration were on hand to answer questions and introduce staff and students to the Commissioner.
Walking through the hallways, greeting students and staff, Dr. King entered the classroom of North Collins fifth grade teacher Margie Dintino. The students were working in small groups discussing "Esperanza Rising" by Pam Munoz Ryan. The students were eager to discuss the book amongst themselves and with guests in the classroom.
"The story was written about the author's grandmother and is wonderful," one of the students told Dr. King. Dr. King sat with the students and asked students specific questions about the text and listened carefully to the students explain their answers.
"I am impressed with the principals' and teachers' efforts in implementing the Common Core Learning Standards," Dr. King said. "I was struck by the ways in which teachers are embracing the shifts of instruction that the Common Core requires. I was really impressed with talking to students who could cite evidence in support of their arguments- evidence drawn from text. It was great to see."
Just down the hallway, a small group of students were working with math teacher Lisa Sager on improper fractions. Dr. King watched the lesson intently, focused on the student engagement and participation.
"Having the Commissioner in our little corner of the educational world was a great honor. We take great pride in the education we provide our students and the close working relationship we have with BOCES. I am glad he was able to see our student's in action," North Collins Central School Superintendent Benjamin A. Halsey said.
"The Commissioner clearly wanted a view of educational reform from the student perspective. He spoke longer with students one-on-one then he did with teachers or administration. I think that was fantastic." Mr. Halsey said. "Staff and students were most definitely excited. I am sure they wanted to spend more time with him to showcase their hard work and share their opinions on the trials and tribulations of education these days."
E2CCB has seven special education classrooms in North Collins Elementary School providing appropriate educational programs for students from component school districts in the region.
Students used touch technology to communicate and complete tasks which highlighted the innovation and individualization of the BOCES educational programs. Dr. King engaged classroom teachers in discussion of best practice and challenges.
"It is amazing what teachers are doing with students who face tremendous obstacles. The teachers are very committed to making sure that every day is productive and that students are acquiring meaningful skills," Dr. King said.
"Dr. King's visit was about meeting our students and teachers in the classroom, while they engaged in teaching and learning. He asked meaningful questions and spent time in deep discussion with a number of classroom teachers," Dr. O'Rourke said.
Students in Mark Chadderdon's classroom were eager to share their knowledge of Native American tribes of the east and west. The students drew information from the text as they showed knowledge of native peoples for Dr. King.
"It was wonderful to see Dr. King engaging our educators and students in discussions about learning in their classrooms," E2CCB Site Supervisor Tim Lasky said.
After a brief visit with younger students in the library, Dr. King traveled to the W.D. Ormsby Educational Center, an E2CCB campus in East Aurora. The campus serves students from the component school districts of East Aurora, Eden, Holland, Iroquois, Lake Shore, North Collins, Orchard Park and Springville.
E2CCB Career & Technical Education Programs are one- and two-year programs offered to high school juniors and seniors. Ormsby houses CTE Programs in: Animal Care, Auto Body, Automotive Technology, CADD, Conservation/Landscaping, Cosme-tology, Criminal Justice, Culinary Arts, Diesel Mechanics, Emergency Medical Services, Health and Careers, Motorsports Fabrication, Multi-Occupations, Personal Trainer and Small Animal Science. Special Education programs are also located on the campus.
CADD instructor Ronald Pasqualetti greeted Dr. King and introduced him to three alumni of the program who obtained full-time careers after completing the course and internships. Bill McDouglall, Jeremy Zymowski and Dustin Bielecki spoke of their experiences in the program and importance of the "real-world" internships.
Ormsby CTE Programs offer more than 100 internships to students and have college articulation agreements in place for college and career readiness.
Dr. King viewed student portfolios and projects around the room, while engaging the students in dialogue about their work and aspirations for the future.
"It is powerful to see how passionate the students and teachers are about career and technical education. The CADD classroom was very impressive; the students are clearly getting to do exciting work that will lead them to success in college and careers. Meeting the alumni and talking about their experiences and how it relates to what they are doing in the work place is just great," Dr. King said.
During a luncheon roundtable discussion with CTE students, Dr. King asked students about their choice to attend the CTE programs and sought their insight into ways of increasing interest in career readiness programs.
"This program is my favorite part of my day. I love coming here and wish I could be here more. I enjoy working with students from other schools with the same interest and focus I have," a Culinary Arts student told Dr. King.
Dr. King spoke to the students about the role of the NYS Board of Regents in education and a growing interest to have full-day career and technical education training programs for students in grades 9 through 12. He also was very interested in efforts to introduce students to CTE programs during middle school through assemblies and site visits with hands-on activities.
Over a lunch prepared by Culinary Arts students, Dr. King listened intently to the student's suggestions, personal experiences and plans for the future.
"I am always struck by how students will talk about how they are enjoying their academics more because of its integration with career and technical education experience," Dr. King said.
"Our students were excited to meet Commissioner King and share their information about career and technical programs with him. They are engaged in college and career readiness through their course work at our BOCES programs and were eager to share their thoughts and experiences with Dr. King. I thought the students really talked candidly about their experiences in career and technical education and offered recommendations to expand career and technical education programs for future students." E2CCB CTE Director Jaime Venning said.
Dr. King was presented with a special gift created for him by multi-occupations students at the center.
"I really enjoyed meeting Dr. King and answering his questions about my education-I have never had an experience like this," one of the students said.
Dr. King toured programs in neighboring BOCES before and after his visit to E2CCB.
"I am so proud to have Dr. King experience our high quality career and technical education programs and special education programs. I am also pleased he could see the Board of Regents Reform Agenda in action today," Dr. O'Rourke said.
"We have a commissioner with courage to voice things that people may not want to hear. He has taken advocacy positions on the equity of academic programs, regionalism and distribution of state aid. These issues impact all students in our region," Dr. O'Rourke said.


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Rowe's annual fashion runway show, which highlights fall's chicest trends and the Short North boutique's best threads, has an added element of intrigue this year. The catwalk will be in the new and much-anticipated Ivory Room at Miranova, an urban-loft style venue at the swanky downtown building with killer views of downtown.
The evening also includes a cocktail pre party—with hors d'oeuvre by Cameron Mitchell and desserts by Kittie's Cakes—an on-site pop-up shop, a Diamond Cellar jewelry display and music by DJ Patrick.
Tickets are $60, and proceeds benefit the Jack Roth Fund, a program named in honor of Maren's deceased father. The fund supports lung cancer research and helps Camp Netaim, a program in Israel that benefits children there who have special needs.


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Treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Treatment for cancer is either local or systemic. Local treatments remove, destroy, or control the cancer cells in one area. Systemic treatments destroy or control cancer cells throughout your entire body. In most cases, treatment for leukemia is systemic, because cancer cells are in your bloodstream throughout your body.
You may have just one type of treatment or a combination. Different types of treatment have different goals. Here are some of the types of treatment and their goals for adults who have acute myeloid leukemia (AML):
This is the main way to treat AML. Its goal is to kill the cancer cells, putting your disease into remission and keeping it there. Remission is when you have no signs or symptoms of the disease.
Stem cell transplant with high-dose chemotherapy
Your doctor may need to give you very high doses of chemotherapy combined with a stem cell transplant. Doctors remove and freeze blood stem cells, either from you or from a compatible stem cell donor, before giving you high-dose chemotherapy. The stem cells are then infused after treatment to restore your body's lost blood cells. Depending on where the blood stem cells are collected from, this is called peripheral blood stem cell transplant or bone marrow transplant.
All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and arsenic trioxide
ATRA and arsenic trioxide are drugs that doctors use to treat a subtype of AML, called acute promyelocytic leukemia. Doctors do not use these treatments for other types of AML. Doctors combine ATRA, which is a relative of vitamin A, with other types of anticancer drugs. Arsenic trioxide can be used either alone or along with ATRA.
Radiation therapy
Because this is a local treatment, it is not used very often for AML. It may be used if the leukemia spreads to the brain, or in rare cases, where there is a specific tumor somewhere in the body.


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LINGUIST List 21.4146
Tue Oct 19 2010
Calls: Sociolinguistics, Media Linguistics/Ireland
Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <di
LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3!
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Full Title: 4th International Language in the Media Conference
Date: 06-Jun-2011 - 08-Jun-2011
Location: Limerick, Ireland
Contact Person: Helen Kelly-Holmes
Meeting Email: helen.kelly.holmes
Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics
Other Specialty: Media Linguistics
Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2010
Meeting Description:
This is the fourth in a series of international conferences organized around
the role of the media in relation to the representation, construction and/or
production of language. The first two conferences were held at Leeds
University, England: in 2005, Language in the Media: Representations,
Identities, Ideologies, and, in 2007, Language Ideologies and Media
Discourse: Texts, Practices, Policies. The third conference moved to Seattle
in the USA for a focus on Language in the New Media: Technologies and
Ideologies in September 2009. The fourth conference will be held at the
University of Limerick, Ireland with the focus on Language(?) in the
Media(?): Rethinking the Field.
Keynote speakers
Mike Cormack (Sabhal Mòr Ostaigh, UK)
Nikolas Coupland (Cardiff University, UK)
Sari Pietikäinen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
Kathryn Woolard (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Finall Call For Papers
This is the fourth in a series of international conferences organized around
the role of the media in relation to the representation, construction and/or
production of language. Following on from the previous three conferences,
the fourth language in the media conference seems like a good occasion to
take stock of our focus and revisit some of our basic concepts. Given the
mundanity of media as an unremarkable and integrated part of everyday
life, does it still make sense to delineate particular domains and activities as
'media'? Similarly, given the inherent multimodality of contemporary media
and the continuing deconstruction of 'language' as a monolithic concept
within sociolinguistics, can and should we continue to mark out and focus on
a particular set of practices as 'language', and if so, how? With these
questions in mind, we invite you to submit abstracts for papers which
explore the representation, construction and/or production of language in
the media, but in a way which questions and problematises both 'language'
and 'media'. One particular area which seems to be ripe for this type of
rethinking is that of minority languages and media, and given the location of
the conference in Ireland and the interests of the local organisers, we would
like to call in particular for papers which address this topic in an innovative
and paradigm-shifting way. Alongside this particular focus, the 2011
conference will continue to prioritize papers which address: standard
languages and language standards; literacy policy and literacy practices;
language acquisition; multilingualism and cross-/inter-cultural
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By Catalyst Yogi/Haribhajan
"The purpose of life is to watch and experience living; to enjoy every minute of it. The ideal purpose of your life is that you are grateful—great and full; that you are alive, and you enjoy it."
-Yogi Bhajan, KRI Website
The frequency of gratitude is really a celebration of life. For instance, a bird shows its gratitude by chirping, a dog by wagging its tail, and a bee by buzzing. If you notice, all of life on this planet Earth is forever celebrating life. We humans express our celebration of life through the frequency of our hearts.
It is easy to lose touch with this deep sense of gratitude since many of us have experienced so much loss these last few years. Many have lost friends, spouses, family members, jobs, money, home or health.
Dreams didn't work out as we expected and left us with a profound sense of emptiness. When the mind fixates only on the losses, it makes it impossible to reach this frequency of gratitude that lives deep within our own hearts.
It is crucial for us to grieve our losses but not live there. It is more important now than ever to send out gratitude—even to your losses, for they are now the story of your beautiful unfoldment in Spirit. This is about trusting that the Universe has removed everything that has been burying your greatness so that you can truly shine for the Aquarian Age.
Now more than ever, you are either "living your life" or "dying your life." Trying to hang on to things, situations, and people that are disappearing is "dying your life." Yes, we are immortal beings living in a mortal body but the one thing that most of us take for granted is time. Truly, our tiny little mortal lives on planet Earth add up to only a tiny drop of water in the ocean of human existence.
Celebrate your life by living with an open heart in all your interactions with others. Show your gratitude through your smiles and your laughter. Show your gratitude by appreciating those who are in your life right now. Look around at everything you do have in your life—I bet if you start taking an inventory, it is a treasure chest overflowing with blessings.
This life in the Aquarian Age is about experiencing all ranges of emotions, passions, joys, happiness, energy and love. Gratitude can be as simple as gazing up at the night sky and declaring, "I AM, I AM, I exist and am not separate from this mysterious and beautiful Universe."
Make gratitude your sadhana. Make gratitude your daily prayer. Embrace gratitude as the new language you speak and you will experience the Universe responding through the infinite blessings showering down upon you. To take your place in the Unity of Life IS to live in a perpetual state of gratitude.
This blog article was inspired by the sounds of the chorus of crickets expressing their Gratitude recorded by Jim Wilson
Catalyst Yogi (Haribhajan) serves to empower you to live as your Authentic Self and to deliver your purpose to the world. Visit www.CatalystYogi.com to learn more about life changing on-line programs.


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Saranac Lake sees first recent meth arrest
SARANAC LAKE – A Gabriels man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly tried to run from police when he was found in possession of methamphetamine.
Village police Chief Bruce Nason said a pickup truck driven by Peter Yaglou, 54, was pulled over by Patrolman Casey Reardon on Church Street around 7 a.m. for not having a front license plate. As Reardon talked with Yaglou, he detected the odor of marijuana and alcohol and asked him to step out of the vehicle, Nason said.
"When asked about marijuana, Yaglou admitted he had a little and pulled a bag from his pocket, handing it to Casey," Nason said.
The chief said the bag contained three 1-gram packages of meth.
"When Yaglou appeared to notice he gave him the bag containing meth and not marijuana, he tried grabbing the bag and turned to run away," Nason said.
Reardon tackled Yaglou and placed him under arrest, the chief said. Yaglou was subsequently found in possession of 3 to 4 grams of marijuana, too.
Yaglou was charged with second- and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, both of which are felonies, and a pair of misdemeanors: second-degree obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest.
He was arraigned in village court and remanded to the Franklin County Jail in Malone in lieu of $15,000 cash bail or $30,000 bond. He was still behind bars this morning, according to the Franklin County Sheriff's Department.
Nason said Yaglou will also be issued an appearance ticket for unlawful possession of marijuana and a traffic ticket for not having a front license plate.
The chief said this is the first meth arrest his department has had in the last few years, although he noted there have been several in nearby Clinton County in recent months.
"It looks like it's moving our way, unfortunately," Nason said.


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The Giants Community Fund is proud to work with Giants players to sponsor the "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" program. This program provides deserving Bay Area nonprofit agencies and community groups with the opportunity to obtain complimentary tickets to a Giants home game. Organizations that work with underprivileged constituents and participate in community service or educational activities are eligible to apply. This program is funded by Jake Peavy, Sergio Romo, Santiago Casilla, Javier Lopez, Angel Pagan, Hunter Pence, Brandon Crawford, Jeff Samardzjia, Johnny Cueto, and Denard Span.
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You can update statistics on the database by using the cubrid optimizedb utility or the SQL statement called UPDATE STATISTICS ON CLASSES. You can also use the ANALYZE PARTITION statement for partitioned tables.
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Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti: RakshasaPosted by Jay Batzner in CD Review, tags: CD Review, chamber, guitar, Jay Batzner, tabla, violin, Vocal
Slap the Moon Records
Simon Thacker, guitar; Japjit Kaur, voice; Jacqueline Shave, violin; Sarvar Sabri, tabla
- Thacker – Dhumaketu
- Osborne – The Five Elements
- Riley – SwarAmant
- Korde – Anusvara – 6th Prism
- Thacker – Svaranjali
- Thacker – Multani
- Thacker – Three Punjabi folksongs
- Thacker – Rakshasa
The rich diversity of musical influences available in this world can yield truly inspired works which weave multiple threads into a single aural "rope" or works which use cursory cultural details out of the desire to sound "exotic." Happily, Rakshasa is a work in the first category, bringing together musical elements into an attractive musical package.
Thacker's compositional output on the disc reflects this polycultural synthesis with a delightful blend of traditional sounding Indian music with very Western harmonic progressions. Shave's violin playing clearly draws from traditional Indian practices but to my ears her sound is only a slight nudge away from American fiddle technique. Kaur's voice is bright and clean without ever becoming irritatingly nasal. Sabri's tabla playing is direct, focused, and provides ample forward momentum when present.
As I am not an expert in music of India, I can't speak much about the traditions surrounding the influences of each composition. The notes provide a wealth of guidance on all of these issues but I never found much need to refer to them in order for specific tracks to make sense. Everything on the disc makes sense as it is and left few questions that led to a need for research.
If I could point to a single track that represents the core of the music, I would choose Thacker's compositions Svaranjali. The scales and rhythms used throughout this propulsive work are right on the edge of traditional ragas and something you might find on a Bela Fleck album. It isn't that Thacker has "cleaned up" Indian rhythmic and pitch vocabulary to fit Western classical guitar tradition, Thacker instead draws on elements of both musics to shape a fiery and groovy piece.


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Sometimes you need to clone partitions on your hard drive for various reasons, hd damaged, creating a RAID 1 or something similar, then it is often tedious and impractical to perform the operation using the normal tools like fdisk, in this case you can use sfdisk.
As reported in the manual:
sfdisk is a non-interactive program to edit the partition table, which is useful for creating scripts. The normal use of this service program involves the preparation of a file containing the instructions on the partitions to be created within a disk specified explicitly. Even if there is a special syntax for these instructions, it may be convenient to use since it is obtained from a query with the same sfdisk, as will be shown.


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Event Details: Assessing the Strategic Value of Learning: Measuring Results and Links to Performance
The J.M. Huber Institute's Roundtable series focused on leveraging learning for business results. The fourth Roundtable session in the series, Assessing the Strategic Value of Learning, was held on November 12, 2003 at Teachers College, Columbia University. Among the presenters were Schon Beechler of Columbia University Business School and Lyle Yorks of Teachers College, Martha Gephart and Victoria Marsick, Co-Directors of the J.M. Huber Institute for Learning in Organizations, and Joe Buda of Otis Elevator Company.
Measuring ROI of Learning Initiatives
The first part of the Roundtable focused on the Columbia Learning Impact Initiative. Schon Beechler, Director of Columbia University Business School's Columbia Senior Executive Program (CSEP), and Lyle Yorks, Associate Professor in the Department of Organization and Leadership at Teachers College, shared their experiences and research results of measuring CSEP learning and ROI, and enhancing CSEP ROI.
Strategic Leverage Through Learning
The next segment of the Roundtable highlighted the Strategic Leverage Through Learning? model and approach to measurement developed by Martha Gephart and Victoria Marsick. Martha Gephart discussed the framework and how it has been applied in work with different kinds of organizations. Then Joe Buda, Director of Human Resource Programs at Otis Elevator Company, reported on the use of the Strategic Leverage through Learning ? approach in a project on leveraging networks to improve business results at Otis Elevator Company, through its Otis University program for high-potential employees.
Roundtable attendees then participated in interactive exercises to share their experiences with barriers and supports for organizational learning and transfer of learning. Among topics covered were: how to measure workgroup, organizational and inter-organizational learning, how to define metrics, how to make the business case for implementing leaning initiatives in organizations, and sustainability of initiatives.
Participants at the Roundtable included human resources professionals and line managers from a range of organizations, including corporate, not-for-profit, government and independent consultants.
Type: Conferences & Seminars
Location: No location specified.
Date & Time: 11/12/2003, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM


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Thank you all for your wonderful tales and all the great pics!
Boomer, what a cool idea for a kid's party...your nephew will have his own tale..."A Knight's Tale" and I'm sure it made it that much more special that you got to be there to share it with him.
I know it was a difficult name to remember so I wont give you a hard time for not remembering something so unusual ...... her name is ...... Kristie ..... ha ha ha ha, seriously I try and keep it simple and try and travel with someone with the same name and you still can't remember?!
You've met me, are you really surprised
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear."
-Mark Twain
Chapter 2: Karaoke Granny, and RPWAH
But wait, there's more! ( I realized I got pretty long winded in the last one so I'll try and wrap it all up)
....So Boomer and I get to the karaoke place and find Red and Lynsey waiting by their truck in the parking lot. It seems the place was a little intimidating to them (and me too at first, I admit). Boomer is fearless. the divier the place the more happy he seems to get.
We all walk in and the place can only be described as a giant version of The Boars Nest (from Dukes of Hazzard). at first glance a little rough and tumble, but actually it was filled with some of the warmest, fun people we could have hoped for. We look and therre is a big table with a sign on that says "Reserved 4 Dunn" He that's us! We sit down and not soon after ol Dannyboy Silverback comes strolling in and joins us.
Boomer and I (being the shy performers we are) grab books and slip and start picking out our setlist for the evening. The talent on stage was 100% heart but maybe not always on key which I LOVE about local karaoke places. I'll admit I've gotten a little City-fied in the last 7 years and this was refreshing.
We then discover that Huan and his crew are actually sitting next to us and we tell them to join our big table. I then meet Andy and two other folks who's names also escape me. I'm terrible with names.
Not soon after my name gets called and I got up and sing "it's Still Rock and Roll to Me by Billy Joel", Boomer get's up and brings the crowd to their feet with a rendition of "Run Around Sue". You see Boomer is notorious for singing songs about loose women and all sorts of questionable behavior at Karaoke, but he has fun so we just grin and clap;)
After our first round of singing Christie and KRISTIE show up and also Boomer's sister-in law- Mychal! Mychal is in a production of Evita and came right over after the show ended. At one point earlier in the evening Boom got a text from her that read "I wish Evita would hurry up and die already" LOL. Who can blame her for being excited about karaoke with us
Well the night featured a few events especially worth noting:
1. while i was singing The Lady is a Tramp by Frank Sinatra. an older female patron walked up to the stage waving a dollar bill. I did not want to offend my only fan so I offered her my back pocket and she gladly tucked the buck.
2. Another older patron asked one of Zac (Huan's ) friend to request a song from a lanky cowboy-hatted that she thought we might enjoy. The DJ not soon after read a slip and said "let's get (we'll just call him) Richard Petty with a haircut up here" this song goes out to Matt Hughes fans and here's for Matt to kick Josh's @$$!" Well RPWAH then proceeds to give a performance of "Country Boy..." that sounds just like Hank Williams Jr. We of course went nuts.
3. My buck tucking granny then asked our friend Boomer for a dance and he was more than happy to oblige. Boomer's sister in law partnered with BTG's hubby and well, you'll just have to see the vid. Let's just say I wasn't the only one to find a dollar bill in my back pocket on Saturday morning.
After another karaoke enthusiast treated our eardrum to a brain rattling version of "Let The Bodies Hit The Floor" we all called it a night and Boomer and I went back to the Ramada to catch some Zs. it was an amazing night with our forum friends and we dearly missed those that couldn't make it out.
*special note* as I visited the Men's water closet on the way out I was subjected to quite possibly the worst bathroom destruction to ever tickle my nose hairs. THANKS FRONTIER INN!
to be cont'd
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear."
-Mark Twain
Oh and thanks to Christie I now know that proper chin positioning is important when having your picture taken thanks for letting me do-over the Beauty and The Beast photo
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear."
-Mark Twain
Love this picture!
Great tales everybody. wish i could have been there to help llama keep up with his sunglasses.
after looking at the knife pics this video came to mind.
Chapter 3: UFC 135, Sunglasses found, and Bubba Gumps
Saturday started about 9am when Boomtown took off to go see Matt. Once Matt get's into the fight process only his licensed cornermen will be able to move about with him, so Boomer goes over early to help with tickets and see his buddy once more before the fight.
So I got ready and watched a little cable TV and not long after I got a text from Boomer "Heading over to get yea"! So I got ready, looked all over the room for my sunglasses, and finally went downstairs and waited for Boomer Duke to show up in his Orange Charger (not kidding).
He showed up in a couple minutes and as soon as I got into the car I looked aroudn for my shade, but couldn't finad them. Oh well another UFC trip, another lost pair of shades. secretly I was bummed cause I'd had those for almost a year and that was a record.
Boomer and I headed down to Bubba Gumps to make the final arrangements with the manager for the after party. We met with the day manager Liz and she took us upstairs to the private party room where we went over all the setup stuff and access control. Boomer had gotten a copy of Ultimate Matt Hughes DVD for us to play on the big screen during that party/One new addition was that we wanted to see about setting up karaoke. Apparrently Matt heard about our good time the night before and wanted to see if we could get it.
Once everything was set Boomer and I headed to grab lunch. It jsut so happened that there was a hard Rock Cafe close by and that sounded like the best thing. We had a good time talking about different projects we were both interested in doing as far as film and theatre and prety much caught up on life. The thing about me and Boomer is that we could go a year without seeing eachother and we always seem to just pick right back up where we left off. I've always said thats a sign of a good buddy.
After lunch we headed up into the mountains to pick up Boomers brother. It wasn't too bad of a drive but the change in altitude sure was felt. His brother has a beautiful home up on the mountain with several acres around him. Once there I got to meet Aaron (Boomers brother) and his two boys Drew and Gabriel both super cool kids who leave no doubt in your mind that they think their uncle is about the best thing in the world! We sat and talked for a while and then Boomer's Sister-in-law showed up with a karaoke machine for us to use at Matt's after party. We were getting sort of tight on time so it was time to load up and head back to Denver.
We decided to park in the Bubba Gump's lot and walk to the Pepsi Center so that once the event was over we wouldn't get stuck in traffic and could hoof it over real quick to get the party going. Not a bad walk and once we arrived we split off to our seats to watch the fights.
I was up by myself at one end of the arena and actually really liked my seats. the jumbo screen was right in front and slightly above me. It didn't block my view and I could see right down into the cage. Once i got my bearings I started exchanging texts with my forum buddies. I also was able to locate where Boomer and his brother were sitting by spotting Aaron's blue shirt.
The night of fights was sort of weird. The usher by my seat let me move around and we talked off and on throughout the evening. At the end of the evening right before Matt fought he asked if he could have my ticket stub as a souveigner. He had been such good company that I handed it over to him. For Matt's fight I stood against the wall in the back of my section. I get tunnel vision when Matt's fighting and almost always stand if possible. I was pacing and yelling. after the fight ended my usher buddy patted me on the shoulder and said sorry.
The fights happened and Boomer and I had discussed bolting as soon as the Jones fight ended. I went down to their section to watch the final fight from the top of the stairs. on my way down I passed Danny who was obviously upset about the outcome from Matt's fight and was not sticking around. I totally understood and we agreed to talk more at the after party.
The usher in Boomer's section allowed me to watch Jones/Rampage from top of the section. going into the final round I saw Mark Hughes and his gang heading up to beat traffic and we greeted eachother. as soon as Rampage tapped out I ran out into the hall and waited for Boomer and Aaron.
The three of us walked back to Buba's and got set for the party. We had 4 dedicated servers and a manager at our disposal. Let me tell ya I think they did a great job of keepign everyone happy. Matt and hsi team ended up walking over too, and before we knew it the room was full of people having a good time despite the outcome of the fight. We were all there to support Matt regardless.
Not long into the party Chuck Liddell showed up with his lady and there was definitely a look around the room like "oh my gosh there's Chuck Liddell"! Boomer and I waited for things to settle in a bit before starting our own karake show. I believe it was Mrs. Hughes that said "Get it started Boomtown!" to which he obliged with an awesome version of Mr. Saturday Night Special! I then sang "Folsom Prison Blues" and we did a duet of "Friends in Low Places". Abotu that time Jens and Tony Fryklund and a whole lot of other folks showed up. Matt seemed to be haveing a great time and all were in good spirits.
At one point not too long into the evening we were talking to Matt and he says "hey Llama, I got your sunglasses!" to which I replied something like "whaaaaaaaaaa?????" ."Yeah I found them on the floor and I knew they were yours so I'll have to mail them to ya or something". I was in disbelief that of all the people to come across my sunglasses was Matt Hughes. I was embarrased to have lost them after Matt had pointed out to me that I'd dropped them on the floor the night before. Now here I find out that he spotted them again and took care ofthem for me.
The party went on into the evening and by the end it was me and Boomer loading the karaoke stuff back into the General Boomtown. Boomer drove me back to the Ramada and we bid eachother farewell with a hug and a handshake. I went and finished packing to be ready for my 4:00am ride to the airport. I sat downstairs and at 4:00am Zucca pulled up in the van. I jumped in and I hear "Hey Llama". Mark Hughes and his wife Emily along with their two friends were also taking early flights. We talked a bit on the way and next thing I new I was sitting on a jet towards New York by way of Atlanta. Another amazing Matt Hughes Forum weekend in the books.
Matt, I know you're not retiring and I'm glad. "Sitting on the shelf" I think you called it. Well, we'll all be sitting on the shelf too until the horn sounds and calls us to some distant city to root you on, sing karaoke, and enjoy eachother's company!
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear."
-Mark Twain
Well that does it, Llama and Boomtown, I will have to find the time this weekend to get even for you telling stories about me, because you know I have a few to tell myself. I will tell you this before I tell my side of the story, no matter what happens you guys and the Hughes familys are a very special breed. More to come.......
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Clouded leopards, Neofelis nebulosa, are found south of the Himalayas in Nepal, Bhutan, and some areas of northeastern India. Myanmar, southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and mainland Malaysia make up the southern parts of its geographic range. Three subspecies are recognized, occupying different regions within the range. Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa is found from southern China to mainland Malaysia; Neofelis nebulosa brachyura formerly lived in Taiwan but is now probably extinct; and Neofelis nebulosa macrosceloides is found from Myanmar to Nepal. Until recently, Neofelis diardi was classified as a subspecies of Neofelis nebulosa, but researchers studying molecular evidence now consider it to be a separate species. Neofelis diardi inhabits the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. (Buckley-Beason et al., 2006; Sunquist and Sunquist, 2002)
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You silly pickle puffer.
Native American food or food from India?
I wonder if there are really Native American restaurants. I've had a real craving for a warm beating buffalo heart.
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You can also check Cooling/PSU section on our site for a complete list of PSU models we have tested in our labs.
BFG ES Series BFGR800WESPSU (800W)
BFG Technologies is a large retailer who is mostly active on the American market. We have reviewed this company's graphics cards and now it's time for us to check out its PSUs as well. It looks like a strong trend for graphics card, memory and cooler makers to begin to produce power supplies in addition to their main, traditional products.
This 800W ES series power supply is a senior PSU model from BFG. The manufacturer claims this series to have high efficiency. While the efficiency of most PSUs drops quickly at low loads, the ES series models ensure an 80% or higher efficiency even at a load of 10%.
The exterior of this power supply is quite traditional: a black glossy case with BFG logos pressed out in the side panels, and a large fan. The small vent grid in the side panel may catch your eye. Why is it there if a perforated external panel of the PSU is near?
Looking into the case, you can see an active PFC card near that grid. The card is photographed with the solder facing up. So, the additional ventilation is necessary to cool the PFC card more efficiently.
The real manufacturer of this power supply is Andyson. This name may be familiar to you by Hiper power supplies, for example. By the way, Hiper has changed its supplier recently and switched to Channel Well.
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MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — Detectives hoping to finally arrest a suspect in a 19-year-old killing in New York City didn't find him when they went to his apartment this week. But they made another shocking discovery: the body of a woman who had been stabbed nine times in the chest.
Once he was located, Lucius Crawford further surprised investigators by confessing to killing the 42-year-old woman found in his Mount Vernon, N.Y., home, along with two other victims in 1993, police said Wednesday. The carnage fit a horrific pattern of violence against women that began in South Carolina in the 1970s.
The ex-con told police that he "has anger issues and he did in fact murder this young lady and that he has done this in the past," Mount Vernon police Commissioner Carl Bell said at news conference. "He focuses his attacks on young women. He befriends them and at some point he ends up either attacking them or killing them."
Police offered no information about the latest victim's background or the circumstances and timing of her death.
Because of Crawford's history, the New York Police Department notified detectives investigating the still-unsolved killings of several women and others found in the past two years on Long Island. The Suffolk County Police said in a statement Wednesday that "there does not appear to be any reason to suspect Crawford" in those slayings.
Crawford, 60, was awaiting a court appearance on Wednesday. The name of his attorney wasn't immediately available.
According to police, Crawford went on a four-day stabbing spree in Charleston, S.C., in 1973. In each instance, he would approach women and try to talk to them before cutting their arms or legs.
He served a prison term for the stabbings but was at it again in 1977. Over a five-day span, he stabbed five women, ages 14 to 28, on the streets of Charleston. There was another prison term followed by an assault on his ex-girlfriend in 1991 and an arrest for stabbing a woman he worked with in suburban Westchester County, north of New York City, after she rebuffed his advances, police said.
Crawford was on parole after serving 13 years for the Westchester stabbing when the NYPD began reinvestigating the unsolved killing in October 1993 of a Bronx woman by someone who stabbed her several times and crushed her skull. Detectives ran biological evidence against a DNA database and got a match on Crawford, police said.
The NYPD investigators also learned that Crawford was being eyed in another cold case: the September 1993 stabbing death of a woman in Yonkers.
Detectives from New York and Yonkers went to Crawford's apartment on Tuesday with his parole officer. When there was no answer, the parole officer let them into the apartment. Along with the body, they found an electronic ankle bracelet used for monitoring parolees, which had been cut off and cast aside, police said.
Crawford was captured about three hours later on a nearby street corner.
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Debates of March 4th, 1996
House of Commons Hansard #5 of the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was vice-chair.
- Privilege
- Government Business
- Aquaculture Industry
- Mining Industry
- Justice
- Human Rights
- Employment Insurance
- Gateway North Marketing Agency
- Cuba
- Justice
- Highway 50
- Economic Recovery
- Status Of Women
- International Women's Week
- Israel
- Middle East Peace Process
- Manitoba Medical Association
- Impaired Driving
- Crime Prevention
- Status Of Women
- Unemployment Insurance Reform
- The Economy
- Cuba
- Goods And Services Tax
- Quebec Citadel
- Terrorism
- Securities
- Agriculture
- Immigration
- Agri-Food Sector
- Government Advertising
- Taxation
- Health Care
- Union Station
- Presence In Gallery
- Electoral Boundaries Commissions
- Indian Affairs
- Federal Elections, Fees, Tariff
- Government Response To Petitions
- The Middle East
- Standards Council Of Canada Act
- Bankruptcy And Insolvency Act
- Yukon Quartz Mining Act
- Constitution Act, 1996
- Program Cost Declaration Act
- Taxpayers Bill Of Rights
- Broadcasting Act
- Criminal Code
- Canada Labour Code
- Energy Price Commission
- Competition Act
- Committees Of The House
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Business Of The House
Employment Insurance
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Roger Simmons Burin—St. George's, NL
Mr. Speaker, the government's new employment insurance package has the support of the majority of Canadians, and so it should because the old UI was desperately in need of reform.
However, certain measures in the new plan, including the intensity rule and the divisor method, must be changed, as the new HRD minister has agreed. Without that change the very people who are most in need of our assistance will be hurt. People such as seasonal workers, substitute teachers and others who live in areas of high unemployment would rather be working full time, year round but cannot through no fault of their own.
I support their cause. The long standing Canadian practice of fairness and equality for all must prevail as the government puts its finishing touches on its new employment insurance reforms.
Gateway North Marketing Agency
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Elijah Harper Churchill, MB
Mr. Speaker, in January the hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs announced the launching of a new agency to promote the port of Churchill, the Gateway North Marketing Agency.
The launching of this agency is good news for the port and good news for Canadian farmers. For the first time we have an agency devoted to connecting shippers and producers with the cheapest way to ship from the prairies to Europe and Latin America. The launch of Gateway North will help to make our northern ports self-sufficient and save western farmers money.
Gateway North is good news for all of us.
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Jesse Flis Parkdale—High Park, ON
Mr. Speaker, nine days ago Canada condemned Cuba for shooting down two civilian aircraft. It was an unwarranted act resulting in the tragic death of two U.S. citizens.
Without question the United States has the right to respond to this incident, but the passage of the Jesse Helms-Burton bill, which poses a direct threat to Canadian companies doing business with Cuba, is itself an excessive use of force.
The United States has every right to determine its own trade policy with Cuba, but the Helms-Burton bill oversteps legal boundaries and violates the purposes and principles of the UN charter. It furthermore infringes on the sovereignty of Canada and that of other friendly trading nations in the Caribbean basin.
The Prime Minister of Canada speaks for all Canadians when he says: "Friends are friends and business is business". However, the Helms-Burton bill is no way to do business nor is it a way to treat your friends.
Therefore I urge the U.S. Congress to kill such an irresponsible piece of legislation.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jack Ramsay Crowfoot, AB
Mr. Speaker, I will read from an article that appeared in the Toronto Sun referring to Paul Bernardo and the mollycoddling of other sadistic criminals in this country:
In our society, it's the criminals who really count. Violent criminals get an inordinate amount of our attention. They are celebrities, and so they have all the trappings of success. For them, room service and cable. For them, counselling, university education, exercise equipment, health care, clothing, mail service, hot showers and central heating.
Commit something big enough and get your own room away from the other riff-raff, which will ensure that you are not subjected to the same sorts of abuse you have been shelling out to others.
The bottom may drop out of the social safety net for the rest of us but one sociopath and many other criminal deviants will be safe and warm.
I commend my colleague from Fraser Valley for his initiative in introducing a motion calling on the government to draft a victim bill of rights.
Highway 50
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Don Boudria Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
Mr. Speaker, on March 1, the Quebec minister of transport announced the second stage of highway 50, between Mirabel and Lachute. The work, over a distance of 11 kilometres and estimated at over $19 million, will be completed over the next three years. We are taking the trouble to point out this good news because we feel it important to stress the fact that this work is being done as part of the Canada-Quebec agreement on highway improvement.
The government of Canada has long been the favoured partner of communities in the Outaouais and in eastern Ontario. We are delighted that the Government of Quebec has finally decided to back us in our efforts to provide the appropriate tools for economic development to this important region of Quebec.
Economic Recovery
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Nick Discepola Parliamentary Secretary to Solicitor General of Canada
Mr. Speaker, last week, the Prime Minister of Canada appealed for solidarity and co-operation from all Canadians. Our country's economic recovery requires a concerted effort by all stakeholders to help make the various government initiatives efficient and cost-effective.
We must all do our part to set our country back on the road to growth and prosperity. Governments across Canada are working hard to address the problem of our crippling debt and deficit. Governments are shrinking to an acceptable size and becoming more efficient. Citizens, business and labour must in turn support our efforts to create jobs and stimulate the economy. The Prime Minister is holding out his hand to all our Canadian partners. Together, let us grab it so that all Canadians can be better off.
Status Of Women
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Christiane Gagnon Québec, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance picked international women's week as the time to table his new budget. It is therefore with great confidence that women are waiting to see what the minister has in store for them in the future. As you may recall, the upcoming budget comes only a few months after the fourth international conference on women, where Canada made a formal commitment to continue to help women in their efforts to achieve equality.
What women want from their government are concrete and positive measures that will improve their situation and that of their children. The Bloc Quebecois supports all women's groups in Quebec and Canada. We hope that the minister, especially during international women's week, will honour his government's commitments and show some initiative. Given his track record, he has a lot of catching up to do.
International Women's Week
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Maria Minna Beaches—Woodbine, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is a great pleasure for me to commemorate International Women's Week. Its origins can be traced to labour strikes in both 1857 and 1908 in New York city. Workers were protesting the dangerous working conditions and exploitative wages of women employed in the textile industry.
Later, women's rights and suffrage also became issues of concern. In 1911 the first International Women's Day was celebrated to acknowledge women's struggles.
March 8 marks a global celebration of women's accomplishments and of advancements toward gender equality. It is also a time to focus on issues that affect women's lives. The government is determined to address these issues. I stand proud of our efforts to counter violence against women, inequality in the workplace and gender discrimination.
Imagine a world in which true equality is no longer a distant dream.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Keith Martin Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, BC
Mr. Speaker, today another suicide bombing occurred in Israel, murdering over 20 people and injuring countless others. We deplore this atrocity in the strongest possible terms and our deepest sympathies go to the victims of this terrible crime.
This is the second attempt in two days to derail the Israeli peace process and I urge the Israeli and Palestinian people to continue to pursue the path to peace, for by not doing this will only lead to war.
To Mr. Arafat, bring the murderous element of Hamas to swift justice. Work with the Israelis to supplant the social organization of Hamas and build up the economic situation of the Palestinian people, for by doing this you will cut the legs out from Hamas' support.
Those who commit these crimes are the enemies of peace. Their intention is the pursuit of war, pit person against person and neighbour against neighbour. You must not let this happen. You must not let the dove of peace be slain by its enemies for the sake of all the people in the Middle East.
Middle East Peace Process
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Michel Guimond Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans, QC
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Bloc Quebecois, I want to condemn the new terrorist incident that has struck hard at Israel's population today, and jeopardized the peace process in the Middle East.
The bombing in Tel-Aviv, for which the Hamas fundamentalist movement has claimed responsibility, is the fourth such incident to occur in less than ten days in Israel and it has claimed several dozens more innocent victims.
This senseless violence not only jeopardizes the long and difficult peace process, but also adversely affects negotiations on the eventual status of Palestinian territories.
We wish to express our deep sympathy to the families of the victims and to the Israeli people.
The Bloc wishes to stress the need to resist the temptation to retaliate, and to carry on the peace talks. It is the fight against violence, and not the fight against peace, that must prevail.
Manitoba Medical Association
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Rey D. Pagtakhan Winnipeg North, MB
Mr. Speaker, the committee on alcohol and pregnancy of the Manitoba Medical Association is to be recognized for its healthy baby month project aimed at increasing public awareness on the ill effects of alcohol during pregnancy.
During this special month, which ends March 15, many community groups throughout Manitoba are volunteering their time and expertise, holding panel discussions, displaying posters and making public service announcements to further this cause.
Consumption of alcohol during pregnancy is the leading preventable cause of mental retardation. Hence, this project by the multi-disciplinary committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Oscar Casiro merits the support of the House.
Preventive strategies such as this one will help reduce the occurrence of fetal alcohol syndrome and thereby help ensure the well-being of our youngest Canadians, the future of our nation.
Impaired Driving
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Andrew Telegdi Waterloo, ON
Mr. Speaker, in December Statistics Canada reported the rate of people charged with impaired driving dropped in 1994 for the 11th consecutive year. More important, over the last decade there has been a steady drop in the number of alcohol related deaths.
Statistics Canada attributes the decrease mainly to a slow change in social norms brought about by government campaigns and the involvement of community groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Many of the people involved with Mothers Against Drunk Driving are volunteers who have lost relatives and loved ones to the senseless carnage of drunk drivers. The efforts of these volunteers are most praiseworthy and laudable.
Impaired driving is the most frequently committed violent crime in this country. It has a far greater impact on society than any other crime.
We are still losing four Canadians a day because of impaired driving. These are preventable deaths.
We must continue the campaign until all Canadians know that impaired driving is not acceptable in Canada.
Crime Prevention
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Myron Thompson Wild Rose, AB
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this opportunity to pay tribute to two Mount Royal College criminology students, Marino Mihoc and Sean Mulligan. These two individuals have developed a community oriented policing program which aims to build a stronger community by establishing innovative crime prevention projects in the middle schools and ultimately to teach kids how to become better citizens.
This is a unique project in that it has not been tried anywhere else in Canada. I strongly encourage all members of Parliament to become advocates of this project in their own constituency and to begin by contacting my office for further information.
This could be a project that would provide a reduction in crime throughout Canada. Crime prevention must begin at an early age. This program provides the guidance necessary to those children leaning toward destructive behaviour.
Best wishes to these two young men for this community oriented police program in Airdrie, Alberta.
Status Of Women
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Ronald J. Duhamel St. Boniface, MB
Mr. Speaker, today marks the beginning of International Women's Week. I encourage all Canadians to join with the international community to emphasize women's achievements and to reflect on the initiatives that need to be taken in the coming years.
I also want to point out that Canada was awarded the world prize for greatest progress made in the last decade, regarding the status of women. The prize is awarded by the International Federation of Business and Professional Women.
We are making significant progress in the promotion of equality for women. However, we must pursue our efforts, particularly as regards violence against women. We must recognize that violence against women violates human rights, something which is unacceptable in Canada.
Governments, media, businesses, communities, families, as well as social, educational and religious institutions all have a role to play in making our world a safer place.
Unemployment Insurance Reform
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Michel Gauthier Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, in Quebec and in the maritime provinces, a growing number of demonstrations are being held to oppose the reform of the unemployment insurance system, whose net result will be to exclude thousands of workers from the scheme. In the middle of an employment crisis, the government is cutting benefits to the unemployed and, in order to reduce its annual deficit, is creaming off the surplus from the UI fund although it has not contributed to it since 1990.
My question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development. Could the minister, whose role should be to protect the unemployment insurance system, tell us whether, on the eve of the budget, he has received guarantees from his colleague, the Minister of Finance, that he will stop using the fund surplus to artificially lower his deficit?


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Douglas Winter: For many years, the 1879-CC was regarded as one of the key issues in the Carson City eagle series. It has lost some respect in the past decade as the true rarity of the 1870-CC and the 1873-CC have been better appreciated. That said, the 1879-CC is a rare coin in all grades and I believe that a case can be made for calling it the rarest issue in the series from the standpoint of total known. There were only 1,762 produced of which around four dozen are known today. Unlike the early dates of this denomination, the 1879-CC did not circulate as freely and survivors tend to be in the EF40 to AU50 range. Medium to high end AU's are very rare and in Uncirculated this date is unique with an NGC MS62 (discovered a few years ago in Alaska, of all places...) taking the honors. Nearly every 1879-CC eagle is heavily abraded and only a small number have original color and surfaces. The hair above Liberty's ear is usually very soft but the rest of the details tend to be sharp. In my opinion, this is a date that is waiting to be "rediscovered" and it deserves to be regarded as one of the great gold rarities from the CC mint.
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