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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (1519 votes).
In short: Very well organised despite dodgy "energy" drinksIn full: My 6th consecutive GNR and my fastest and most enjoyable ever. I have run The London Marathon twice and other major races and this has to be the best organised I have ever experienced. My only spat with this year's event was the revolting Powerade Zero given out as an "energy" drink on the course. It is zero calorie, aspartame laced rubbish that made me feel sick. Given the amount of partially drunk, discarded bottles at the roadside, I wasn't the only runner to feel this way!Date of review: September 29, 2010
In short: Knocked 6 minutes off last year. 2hrs 11!In full: Still an amazing race. A lot cooler than last year which helped. More loos needed at the start would be my only criticism. Date of review: September 29, 2010
In short: As ever the people of the NE win the day In full: well run from start to finish and a gerat day out . Too busy as ever but then again you cant win them all !Date of review: September 27, 2010
In short: Iconic Event for a reason!In full: I have never known any event carry such a spine tingling atmosphere. This is a unique running experience and everybody has to do it at least once. The route is tougher than you would expect for such a beginner friendly run, so beware if chasing a PB: this course will hurt!Date of review: September 27, 2010
In short: GNR 4 - the best yet!In full: this was my 4th and i enjoyed this more than i have enjoyed the previous ones. i didn't get a pb or a pw but enjoyed my run. as usual, it was a great day!Date of review: September 27, 2010
In short: Excellent fun, top support from the crowd. Need some more loos at the start if poss.Date of review: September 26, 2010
In full: Excellent support, atmosphere is so good, organisation is excellent. If you only ever do one half marathon this is the one to do. Yes there are issues, but however bad you feel when you cross the line after a few hours you what to do again next year !!Well done to all those that helped organise the whole thing and a big well done to all those that completed the race ! Date of review: September 26, 2010
In short: My First Ever HM And I was realistic with my race timeIn full: This was my first ever half marathon and as much a personal challenge as anything. I am so glad I chose this race for my first ever event. And I am also glad I selected I realistic time to run it in, back in block K (pink zone) or some 1km behind Haile Gebrselassie or 35 minutes after the race start. Completed in 2.37 which was the time I had hoped for. I didnt know when I applied what standard I would get up to in training, and sadly with an injury 6 weeks before the run its a time I am proud of.To new runners, be honest with the time, enjoy the experience and do the training. An amazing atmosphere and the people of the north east are an amazing bunch of supporters to keep you going.Date of review: September 26, 2010
In short: Very emotional to see all these people raising money for charityIn full: Got to the race start really early and spent 2.5hrs looking at people's costumes. Was overwhelmed by the size of the who thing. Really good atmosphere. For once there were plenty of toilets (which is not the case at some other races I have been to) and even some loo paper! Very emotional to see everyone was running for charity and in some cases in memory of someone. Didn't manage a PB and I was surprised by the hilliness of the terrain. Was mumbling under by breath during the last 2 miles (they were killers) and only managed the last 800m by sheer gritting of teeth. Pity about the weather and especially the rain at the end. Wasn't much fun for those waiting at the finish line. Hope to be back next year and in costume!Date of review: September 25, 2010
In short: Fantastic atmosphere made 13.1 mile go very quickly enjoyable instead of painfullIn full: My first time at this event and i would love to become a regular. From the start i felt part of something special from showing great respect to Troops in wheel of stell race which was very emotional to joining in the race warm up. The run seemed to go very quickly which was mainly down to the spectators cheering you on and the cheering zones and constant music playing. Even on quiet parts of the run we passed the time with choruses of "hoggy hoggy hoggy" "oi oi oi".I was very pleased with my time of 2 hours 11 mins just 4 mins outside my personal best.The only downside i can think off was that i took me longer to get from the finish line to the ferry and on the ferry than it did to run the race.I can appreciate this though considering the amount of people there but it was hard to take for my wife who came to watch. We stayed in Whitley Bay and had a great weekend travelling about on Metro so did not need the car once we were at digs. Overall i had a fantastic time and would return every year if i get the chance.Date of review: September 24, 2010
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The Internet may be important, but it's not everything. In rural Afghanistan, courageous and talented young women who have never heard of the Internet are using skills today often associated with social media users -- initiative, resourcefulness, and social connections -- to make tangible contributions to their community.
During a recent visit to the Guzara district outside Herat, near Afghanistan's western border with Iran, I saw teenage girls training themselves in English and leading language classes for their younger peers. These women worked with the Afghan Women Educational and Professional Improvement Organization, an ambitious organization housed in a sparsely furnished three-room office. This organization provides curriculum planning resources for teachers at a nearby girls' school, study space for that school's students, and -- as the young, aspiring English teachers demonstrate -- a place for women to develop the skills to assist their community.
These proactive and energetic young women provide an educational link for their community members, who would find the 10-mile bus ride to central Herat's library, the closest similar space, prohibitive.
Even though the girls I met don't use the Internet and have never heard of Facebook, they yearn for information on the world beyond Guzara, particularly English language resources. The modest library offers American and British literature, as well as resources in Farsi, Pashto, and European languages.
One of the most popular books in that library, funded by a small public diplomacy grant, was developed and printed locally. It pairs on facing pages the English and Dari versions of speeches by President Obama. The young volunteer teachers use those coupled speeches as one tool to teach American English to local girls. The book has since been augmented by other books on American culture and government in a similar format.
My visit to Guzara drove two lessons home for me. One, English language learning is an aspiration of many students around the world. And two, women can lead their communities to achieve that goal -- and many others -- through simple means such as access to information, safe study spaces, and networks of peer support.


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The Zips played well all yar, but not at the level they did last year. They seem to lack the intensity they had last year, and got bounced from the MAC tournament by the eventual champion. Having to replace seven starters who went pro played hell on the chemistry.
They were selected as an unseeded team, and play Northwestern Thursday night at home. Not only is this an NCAA tournament game, this will also be a revenge game from a couple years ago when they were to host the Huskies in the tourney, only to have the NCAA move the game to NW because of pitch conditions. That won't be an issue in Akron's new stadium.
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Hi Bellas,
A few weekends ago I did a makeover for one of my YouTube subscribers. She contacted me because she wanted to get made up for a fundraiser her kids' school was having at our aquarium. As a mom with a new baby, she hardly has time to get dolled up and get out with the hubby. She already told me she loved smokey eyes. We wanted to do something that would give her a smokey look but not overpower her features.
She also wanted help on evening out her skin tone. Pregnancy throws everything off in terms of hormones and our skin and body react differently. Many women experience breakouts when they're pregnant - I have a feeling that's going to be me one day with my history of acne in the past! I focused on evening out her skin tone...eliminating redness and covering up scarring.
Here's What I Used:
-bare canvas paint
-vanilla e/s
-smoke and diamonds e/s
-idol eyes e/s
-soot e/s (pro)
-carbon e/s
-blacktrack fluid line (smudged)
-smolder kohl
-ardell #10 lashes
-splashproof mascara
-oil control lotion
-primer (can't remember which one)
-cinema secrets foundation
-graftobian powder
-sculpt shaping powder
-NARS luster blush
-fanfare creamsheen
-matching lipliner (can't remember which one)
Take a look at the before and after!
Here's a shot of her eyes closed. As you can see I brought the eyemakeup just to the crease. She told me she disliked when makeup artists try to fake a crease and it looks too obvious. This smokey eye technique is perfect for monolids.
Stay tuned on YouTube today when I post Lauren Conrad Video Part 2 - Evening Updo.
Till next time, Ciao Bellas!
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Subtle Smokey Eye Makeover
Posted by MakeupByRenRen at 9:33 AM
Labels: before and after, SMOKEY EYE
10 comments:
- URY said...
She's pretty but you made her even prettier =D Great job!
- March 18, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- Dana said...
That's amazing work. Love the eye makeup.
- March 18, 2009 at 11:55 AM
- Couture Carrie said...
Gorgeous B&A, RR!
- March 18, 2009 at 1:35 PM
- Girl with Curl said...
Love all the makeup especially the lips.
- March 18, 2009 at 1:45 PM
- jasmin said...
She looks amazing!!
Can you please do a video explaining the cinema secrets you seem to use on all your clients?
- March 18, 2009 at 5:00 PM
- chibi said...
Great job!
I think you made her look younger and a little slimmer in the face.
She's gorgeous in both the before and after shot.
- March 18, 2009 at 7:37 PM
- Askmewhats said...
wow Ren Ren!!! You made her look AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love it! Im sure you made her a happy camper! :D
- March 18, 2009 at 9:31 PM
- Sanderlees said...
WOW! this is an amazing transformation! Beautiful!!
- March 18, 2009 at 10:44 PM
- dominican enigma said...
wow, she looks amazing!
- March 18, 2009 at 11:23 PM
- JENSMAKEUPBAG said...
oooh i really love this look. you do such a great job at concealing/foundation!
- March 22, 2009 at 3:04 AM
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Like many here, I am pretty frustrated by the slow pace of the reissue program - I expected, based on the release schedule of the first 4 (Mcartney I and II, Ram, Band on the Run) that we would have had at least two others released by now.
And while I will be thrilled to have Rock Show and Over America fully restored, I wonder if Paul isn't missing the boat on some important anniversary/marketing opportunities.
Spring 2012, 30th Anniversary, Tug of War
If the idea is for Paul to showcase his best work first, surely this would qualify. This not only boasts a nice opportunity to remaster what has essentially been the same set of 16 bit mixes since its original CD release, but would include some highly sought after bonus tracks:
-The never on CD b-sides Rainclouds and I'll Give You a Ring
-A solo version of Ebony and Ivory
-multiple semi-famous interesting outtakes - Seems Like Old Times, Stop You Don't Know Where She Came From, etc.
-I assume some nice early takes of Here Today, demos of Wanderlust, Hear Me Lover (Pound Is Sinking), etc.
With the release of WOA, I wonder if we will get the logical extensions-
25th Anniversary Flowers in the Dirt, Summer 2014
-McCartney / Macmanus demos?
40th Anniversary Venus and Mars, Summer 2015
As for 2013, I'd love a London Town / Back to the Egg double release - as both records have been badly remastered for CD in the past.


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Mother overcame, without self-pity
By MARY PARTINGTON
Published May 13, 2007
"Seventeen Jewels" is printed on the face of the tiny watch that I inherited from my mother.
A little stem on the side was a reminder that the watch did not contain a battery. I pulled the stem and set the time and wondered if it still ran. I turned the stem gently, afraid of overwinding, and lifted it to my ear. I heard the very slightest ticking, and I slipped it on my wrist. The tightness of the band reminded me how small my mother was. I have a small wrist and the watch was very snug.
A wedding picture of three generations including my mother shows how much we differed in size. My mother in her youth, if she stood very tall, was "5 feet, two eyes of blue" with a size 5 shoe. In the picture my daughter, the bride, is in the middle, and I tower over both of them. In her last years, Mom had lost so many inches that I could almost tuck her under my arm.
For such a tiny woman she carried more stature than I could ever hope for. She arrived in the United States as a toddler from Norway destined for the Northwest but ended up in Chicago. My grandmother died when my mother was a teenager; my mother was left with an alcoholic father and her dreams of being a ballerina shattered.
In her lifetime, she encountered a long list of overwhelming challenges. My father became a quadriplegic as the result of an accident, and we three children had polio. My oldest brother was left paralyzed from the waist down.
She took on the challenges without a "why me?" attitude. When my brother was in the hospital with wards of iron lungs, she found a movie projector and movies to show in the hospital. She was the co-chair of the first Mothers March for the March of Dimes in Detroit. With two handicapped persons in the house, they required her constant attention. I remember playing outside the rehab center in downtown Detroit. I still do not know how this pocket-sized woman managed to get my father and my brother into the car.
My family moved to a small town so my brother and father could work from our home. The town needed to provide employment for the residents. My mother spearheaded a committee to bring a small company into the community. That company still provides well-paying jobs there.
I do not think she ever stopped to ask about "having it all." The recognition and the love came to her because when she saw a need, she did her best to fill it. It was her love for others that caused her to work so hard.
My mother is just one of millions of women who are mothers. Women who may not be birth mothers but become a mother through the love of children. There are mothers who give their entire lives lovingly caring for a handicapped child. Being a mother is an exclusive, gratifying, exasperating and rewarding gift that we often take for granted.
My mother's final battle was with an opponent to which she had to surrender. Dementia robbed her of her memory, but it could not contain her spirit. Her smile was just as bright as ever and her laugh rang with the sound of joy. She was a diminutive morsel of a woman but still a shining star in a wheelchair.
Every year as the Mother's Day cards appear I wish I could send her one. My mother knew I loved her, but I do not think I ever told her how much I appreciated her strength and how much I admired her.
She gave her family and all who knew her a model to imitate. The popular WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) in my mind is WWMD, "What Would Mom Do?
She set the tone for my life just by being who she was. She deserved 365 Mother's Day cards every year.
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Skip to comments.Social Security for Mexicans closer to reality; U.S. discussing plan
Posted on 12/11/2003 3:48:26 PM PST by yonif
The prospect of millions of Mexicans receiving United States Social Security checks is moving closer to reality.
The Gannett News Service reports U.S. and Mexican officials are discussing a "totalization" agreement that would transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in payments south of the border. The plan would allow documented and undocumented immigrants to return home but still collect U.S. benefits.
WorldNetDaily reported the idea to merge both countries' Social Security systems was pushed late last year by Mexican President Vincente Fox as payback from President George W. Bush for failing to secure major new immigration reforms beneficial to Mexico City.
"When the legalization talks began going nowhere, the Mexicans began focusing on this," Maria Blanco, national senior counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, told the Washington Post.
Excerpts from a U.S. Social Security Administration memo dated December 2002 said the agreement "is expected to move forward at an accelerated pace."
The pact is the latest and largest attempt by Washington and Mexico City to ensure that people from one country working in another aren't taxed twice for Social Security benefits. In the first year alone, the agreement is expected to trigger 37,000 claims from Mexicans working in the U.S. legally who paid Social Security taxes but haven't been able to claim their checks, said the memo, prepared by Ted Girdner, the Social Security Administration's assistant associate commissioner for international operations.
Supporters say the proposal would improve the daily lives of Mexican citizens, many of whom are still trapped in poverty a decade after the North American Free Trade Agreement promised prosperity to the nation's 103.4 million people.
"Let's be honest, there are millions of Mexican immigrants contributing to the Social Security system and the U.S. economy," Katherine Culliton, an attorney with the Washington, D.C., office of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, told Gannett. "It's only fair they get back a benefit they deserve that will keep them from dying in poverty."
Critics, as well as some on the Bush administration economic team, worry that adding more beneficiaries would burden an already ailing system, just as American baby boomers begin to retire.
Currently, around 94,000 beneficiaries living abroad have been brought into the U.S. system under the auspices of about 20 international treaties designed to help Americans sent abroad by their employers signed since 1977. The accords are mostly with European countries, but also include Canada and South Korea.
Of the $408 billion distributed in Social Security benefits in 2001, according to Gannett, the federal government paid $173 million to about 89,000 foreigners living abroad.
Opponents contend the number of Mexican beneficiaries added to the fold would dwarf the total numbers from the 20 other countries. One estimate puts the number of Mexicans coming into the system at around 164,000 in the first five years.
Social Security Administration officials estimate about 50,000 Mexicans would collect $78 million in the first year of a U.S.-Mexican agreement. By 2050, the number is predicted to swell to 300,000 Mexicans collecting $650 million in benefits a year.
But that number doesn't include the potentially eligible, undocumented Mexican immigrants numbering about 5 million, according to federal estimates a recent General Accounting Office report pointed out.
Accounting for illegals, the agreement could cost U.S. taxpayers $750 million within five years of implementation.
Steven A. Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies, says if Mexicans receive the $8,100 in benefits that Mexican-born retirees in the U.S. currently get, the total expenditure for the program will easily surpass $1 billion annually.
Beyond the cost, Republican lawmakers worry the proposal will fuel further illegal immigration.
"Talk about an incentive for illegal immigration," Gannett quotes Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, as saying. "How many more would break the law to come to this country if promised U.S. government paychecks for life?"
Any "totalization" agreement ultimately reached must be approved by Congress.
She fails to mention the cost to the States of illegals, which by far exceeds the benefits.
Payback, my eye! Just what in the Sam heck to we owe El Presidente Fox? Those who contribute to SS and are hear legally may deserve access to a Totalization Agreement (Finland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Greece and a number of countries have such treaties in place already.) Those that are here illegally deserve nada.
If anything is to be paid to illegals, it should only be after the costs they imposed on U.S. taxpayers (higher unemployment, depressed wages, ER fees, crime, etc.) are deducted. They they would owe us.
Payback, my eye! Just what in the Sam heck to we owe El Presidente Fox? Those who contribute to SS and are hear legally may deserve access to a Totalization Agreement (Finland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Greece and a number of countries have such treaties in place already.) Those that are here illegally deserve nada.
If anything is to be paid to illegals, it should only be after the costs they imposed on U.S. taxpayers (higher unemployment, depressed wages, ER fees, crime, etc.) are deducted. They they would owe us.
Yes, let's be honest. The question is not how much they contribute but how much they drain. They came here illegally knowing full well that they were breaking the law and were not entitled to benefits. Obviously, they thought they were still getting a good deal. Why should we be required to sweeten it? I'm sick of a bunch of illegal leeches and their supporters and leaders preaching to me about what is fair while I support them.
George Bush is officially just as bad as Gray Davis.
How about the option of not paying them Social security and not letting them stay in the US?
Sure ... why not ... what the hell ... The federal government has already given us 50% taxes, free speech restraints in the form of CFR, is brain-washing our children in multicultural diversity. The border is a joke, immigration laws are un-enforced. What's another $750 million dollars going out of the US economy to reward law-breaking alien invaders who care nothing for our laws or culture?
The frogs have been boiling for so long they are cooked well done by now.
I have a feeling if they worked here legally, did every thing legally they already get Medicare and Social Security checks when they retire. I know they get Medicare ---- there are many living in Mexico who come over with Medicare numbers ---- because they worked and retired here.
I did some reading on this recently. It seems that what matters is the worker's status at the time benefits are applied for, not their status at the time of employment. From Congressional testimony by Barbara Bovbjerg, a GAO manager:
You are required under the law from the Welfare Reform Act of '96 to be legally present to get benefits here. How you earn those benefits is not relevant to the Social Security Administration's work. If you earned them legally or illegally and you are legally present, you will be paid those benefits. If you are not legally present, you can get them if you are a Mexican citizen in Mexico. Source
Also, she states in the same hearings on page 30 that there are 50,000 living in Mexico that currently receive Social Security benefits.
Geez,do you suppose many of them will still be trapped in poverty a decade after this cockamamie idea promises whatever it promises?
I am taxed twice. Once when I earned it, and again as I spent it.
How many million does Mexico owe to the US?
No! No! A thousand times, No! What is wrong with this picture? Might as well get rid of all national sovereignty right now.
But that number doesn't include the potentially eligible, undocumented Mexican immigrants numbering about 5 million, according to federal estimates Accounting for illegals, the agreement could cost U.S. taxpayers $750 million within five years of implementation.
What's wrong with those numbers? 300,000 beneficiaries get $650,000,000 a year in 2050. Or; 5,000,000 beneficiaries get $750,000,000 a year in 2008. Surely that isn't due to some inflation projection?
.3 million vs 5 million. $650 million vs $750 million.
Hey! What's that white fuzzy stuff blocking my view? Is that ... is that ...WOOL?
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At heart, his plan was not about going green, but about breaking our addiction to imported oil.have messed up some things."
The problem is that much of the natural gas Pickens is counting on would come from fracking.some merit. Large tractor-trailers are too heavy to be powered by electric engines, and natural gas does burn more cleanly than diesel fuel, Slocum said.
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Fossil Parks
More than 260 National Park Service areas preserve fossils (see map). At a national park, you can stand in the exact spot where a fossil tree was rooted or where a fossil animal walked millions of years ago. Some parks also preserve fossils in building stones or in association with American Indian artifacts.
Since 1916, The Organic Act has directed parks to "conserve the scenery" and natural objects, including fossils. In 2009, the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act was signed into law, requiring parks to manage and protect fossils for scientific and educational values.
Fossils are irreplaceable! Fossils are non-renewable—nature is not making any more Tyrannosaurus rex fossils. Park staff and paleontologists work together to maintain fossils for scientific study and public education. It is exciting to find a fossil, but important to protect it. If you find a fossil in a park, leave the fossil where it is, take a photo, and share your discovery with a park ranger. Removing fossils from the sites where they were found will result in most of the interesting and valuable information about that fossil being lost forever.
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"With Cisco Systems, EMC, and VMware teaming up to sell integrated IT stacks, Oracle buying Sun Microsystems to create its own integrated stacks, and IBM having sold integrated legacy system stacks and rolling in profits from them for decades, it was only a matter of time before other big IT players paired off."
Once again we are reminded that IBM, as an IT "supermarket", is able to deliver integrated software/server/storage solutions, and our competitors are scrambling to form their own alliances to be "more like IBM." This week, IBM announced new ordering options for storage software with System x servers, including BladeCenter blade servers and IntelliStation workstations. Here's a quick recap:
- FastBack v6.1
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack v6.1 supports both Windows and Linux! FastBack is a data protection solution for ROBO (Remote Office, Branch Office) locations. It can protect Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, DB2, Oracle applications. FastBack can provide full volume-level recovery, as well as individual file recovery, and in some cases Bare Machine Recovery. FastBack v6.1 can be run stand-alone, or integrated with a full IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) unified recovery management solution.
- FlashCopy Manager v2.1
FlashCopy Manager uses point-in-time copy capabilities, such as SnapShot or FlashCopy, to protect application data using an application-aware approach for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL server, DB2, Oracle, and SAP. It can be used with IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC), DS8000 series, DS5000 series, DS4000 series, DS3000 series, and XIV storage systems. When applicable, FlashCopy manager coordinates its work with Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) interface. FlashCopy Manager can provide data protection using just point-in-time disk-resident copies, or can be integrated with a full IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) unified recovery management solution to move backup images to external storage pools, such as low-cost, energy-efficient tape cartridges.
- General Parallel File System (GPFS) v3.3 Multiplatform
GPFS can support AIX, Linux, and Windows! Version 3.3 adds support for Windows 2008 Server on 64-bit chipset architectures from AMD and Intel. Now you can have a common GPFS cluster with AIX, Linux and Windows servers all sharing and accessing the same files. A GPFS cluster can have up to 256 file systems. Each of these file systems can be up to 1 billion files, up to 1PB of data, and can have up to 256 snapshots. GPFS can be used stand-alone, or integrated with a full IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) unified recovery management solution with parallel backup streams.
For full details on these new ordering options, see the IBM [Press Release].
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I remember the first time I ever heard about USAID. I was a young child travelling to Bombay -- now Mumbai -- to see my relatives. Before returning home, my uncle insisted that I travel with him to one of the slums near his family's home.
I was shocked by what I saw. There were pits of open sewage, and children were running through garbage and waste. It was clear that none of those kids went to school. The children were about my own age, but they looked thinner and smaller and more frail than I was. We were the same age and the same race, but the lottery of life guaranteed that we would have very different futures.
As we were leaving the slum, I saw a billboard describing a local water treatment system that the city was putting in place with the support of the U.S. government. Right in the middle of this billboard was a logo depicting a handshake; it was the logo of USAID.
In recent years, we've added a tagline that represents that handshake: from the American people. But in my time now at USAID, I've come to learn that our assistance is not just from the American people. It's also for the American people. Our assistance develops new markets for American goods, keeps our country safe by preventing and scaling back conflict, and expresses our nation's collective values.
For fifty years, USAID's assistance has developed new markets for American goods, kept our country safe preventing violence and scaling back conflict and expressed our nation's collective values in response to crises like last year's Haiti earthquake. I'm proud of this Agency's legacy and eager to bring a renewed spirit of innovation and strategic thinking to our development portfolio.
You can learn more about our Agency's history and our future at: http://50.usaid.gov.
Joseph M. in Oregon writes:
Congratulations, a monumental achievement in orchestrating and providing humanitarian assistance, from the earhquake in Haiti last year, to the thousands of fleeing refugees in Tunisia and Egypt, resulting from the recent uprising in Libya, USAID is setting a great example for the rest of the World to admire.
USAID's mission and ability to provide humanitarian relief, wherever a global crises may arise has been truly noble and in the spirit of what America wants to convey to the international community, that we are willing to devote resources, manpower and funding for disaster and humanitarian relief when called upon.
USAID sends the right message to the entire global community!
Patrick in Maryland writes:
I think, Raj Shah, has done an exceptional job since he has been with USAID.
Have a Wonderful 50th Anniversary !
See ya, happy thoughts!
KBL in Nepal writes:
Great job, Keep it up continue. Go for action in the filed goes for the community hand to hand it works result will come 100 % , it can be more succeed don't give money to the government…
Michael M. in Pennsylvania writes:
Keep up the great work USAID! USAID does great work that gives those who you are helping, a great impression of the United States of America. Those people then spread the word of our good works around which is a great way for the US to improve our image around the world. USAID does amazing work in the countries they are involved in.
Here is to another 50 years.
P.S. I hope the Congress realizes what very important work that USAID does and does not reduce your funding.


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Professor Michael Helfand is an expert on religious law and religious liberty. A frequent author and lecturer, his work considers how U.S. law treats religious law, custom and practice, focusing on the intersection of private law and religion in contexts such as religious arbitration, religious contracts and religious torts. His academic articles have appeared in numerous law journals, including the Yale Law Journal, New York University Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Minnesota Law Review, Boston University Law Review, and University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. In addition, Professor Helfand often provides commentary on clashes between law and religion, writing for various public audience publications, including the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the National Law Journal and the Forward.
Professor Helfand joined the Pepperdine Law faculty in 2010 where he has taught Contracts, Arbitration Law, Jewish Law and seminars in Law and Religion as well as Multiculturalism and the Law. Professor Helfand also serves as the associate director of the Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies at Pepperdine University as well as a member of the faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. In addition, he serves as both an arbitrator and consultant for the Beth Din of America.
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Seven sneaky things that could be harming your hearing
Most of us blithely use�hair dryers or blast our favorite music on high volume. But what�s good for beauty and dance steps isn�t so great for our ears.�According to the Hearing Health Foundation, about 28 million Americans between ages 20 and 69 have some hearing loss due to loud noises at work or play. �Potentially, noises that are 85 decibels (dB) and louder can cause permanent hearing loss, especially as exposure times increase,� says Rachel A. Raphael, MA, CCC-A, an audiologist at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. A telephone dial tone is about 80 dB. Some hearing loss is inevitable as we age, adds Raphael. Nor can we change the hearing-related genes we inherit. �But we can take care of our ears so not to hasten the process of losing hearing,� says Raphael. Loud sounds damage hair cells in the inner ear; once damaged, they cannot grow back. Below are surprising ways we sabotage our hearing�and tips for protecting it. Hairdryers. �The noise from hairdryers can exceed 100 dBs,� says Raphael. If you have to use one, hold it as far away from your ear as possible and operate it at its lowest�the quietest�speed. Pick a low dB model: Some manufacturers list the dB number on the packaging. Clean the filter often as well: dirt forces the motor to run less efficiently and more noisily. Lawn mowers. Lawn mowers can make a nasty racket, up to 106 db. When you�re mowing, wear protective ear devices such as earplugs or earmuffs, or both, says Raphael: �Protective hearing devices range from over-the-counter types of roll up or flanged [ridged] plugs to custom-fit earplugs.� You can also buy a quiet lawnmower: Reel mowers are the quietest (and good exercise), and electric mowers are less noisy than gas ones. The Noise Pollution Clearinghouse offers a rundown on mowers and dB levels, www.nonoise.org. Viagra�and other medications. �A possible side effect of taking Viagra [sildenafil] is hearing loss,� says Raphael. Drugs with names that end in mycin such a Gentamycin, sometimes used in cancer treatment, can also harm hair cells. Pain relievers such as acetaminophen (Tylenol), ibuprofen (Advil,) and aspirin are all associated with hearing loss, according to a 2012 study of more than ten thousand women at the Brigham and Women�s Hospital in Boston. Using ibuprofen daily, for instance, increased the risk of hearing loss in women under age 50 by 48 percent. Ask your doctor to give you a baseline hearing test before taking these drugs and have your ears retested every six month to a year, says Raphael. If your hearing is stable, test every two years or immediately if you notice a hearing change. Earwax. Packed wax can hinder hearing. An ear, nose, and throat doctor can clear your ears of wax, or you can use a syringe kit available at drugstores or online. �Never use Q-tips, except to clean outer ear curves,� says Raphael: �You may push the wax in deeper or puncture an eardrum.� You can also clean by pouring a capful of hydrogen peroxidein each ear, as long as your eardrums are not perforated. Let sit for 30 seconds, then rinse out with water. Smoking. According to a 2011 study at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York, exposure to tobacco smoke almost doubles the risk of hearing loss in adolescents. An earlier study of almost 4000 people published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that smokers were nearly 70 percent more likely to suffer hearing loss than non-smokers. Loud music. Hardly surprising, but key to realize, say Raphael: �Music played loudly through ear buds can cause permanent hearing loss over time. The painless damage is often not noticed until it is too late. If others can hear the music playing out of your ear buds, it�s too loud.� An MP3 player is 105 dB at its maximum sound: The Hearing Health Foundation suggests that people listen at that level for no more than 15 minutes at a stretch. Diabetes. According to a 2013 review of 13 studies involving more than 20,000 adults at the Niigata University Faculty of Medicine in Niigata, Japan, researchers found that people with diabetes were twice as likely to have hearing loss as those without diabetes. Although researchers can�t explain the correlation, some medications diabetics take such as diuretics, drugs that increase urine ou put, could affect hearing. Their recommendation: If you have diabetes, get your hearing tested. This article originally appeared as on Spry Living


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"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." ― Marilyn Monroe
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Here's how RW members rated this race (117 votes).
In short: A great event, fab 9 miler through great countrysideIn full: I did this event for the first time last year, enjoyed it so much I came back for more! It's a great run to on a Sunday morning. Well organised, friendly marshalls, love the massage before and after! Minor niggle was the start, surely there's a better way to line up? But that's just a minor prob, overall I congratulate the event organisers. Well done! I'll be back next year!Date of review: June 23, 2009
In short: Nice venue, good route and well organised.Date of review: June 21, 2009
In full: Overall I really liked this race.Scenery was great & marshalls friendly.Having done it last year I was more prepared for the big hill around 8 miles but was surprised about the field bit at the end.It gave me the chance for a final sprint though.10 mins faster than last year even though it was much hotter.Negatives were ...conjestion at the start, more water stations needed near the end , persistant phlegm cougher upper behind me and no goody bag . Apart from that it was great.Date of review: June 17, 2009
In short: Marshalls were excellent and very supportive. Thank you.In full: The hosepipes were most welcome on such a hot day. I really enjoyed the run and will definitely be back next year!Date of review: June 15, 2009
In short: Great run atmosphere at the finish excellentIn full: Thanks to the pople who had hosepipes and water out. This run was as enjoyable as last year. I did the Edingburgh marathon and did this run to test my fitness and I was extremely happy with my time and Finish place as i was only a minute slower than last year. I also coped with the hill at 8 1/2 mile better. I will definately do this again next year.Date of review: June 15, 2009
In short: Great day, good race!In full: Great day and a lovely course. Could be a very fast race given the right weather conditions, but this year it was roasting hot!!Didn't see an 8 mile marker, and could have done with an extra water station.Nice medal, but disappointed that the goody bag was literally an empty carrier bag!!Date of review: June 15, 2009
In short: An excellent well organised race on a lovely morning through beautiful countryside.Date of review: June 14, 2009
In short: Lovely course on a hot day. Excellent marshalls. Megaphone needed at start -- which wasn't great.In full: Really lovely course. The marshalls were great (though I question the appropriateness of one smoking). Yucky hill at the end, made a bit worse by the absence of the 8 mile marker. Worst bit was that I was willing myself up the hill in anticipation of the 'best goodie bag ever' according to 2008 reviews. . . . Where was that?Date of review: June 14, 2009
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In short: Beautiful and brilliant!In full: My first time here and really enjoyed it. The weather was great, the countryside looked amazing and the marshals were very helpful. Given the hot weather, another water station near mid-way would have been a godsend, and filing people along the lane at the start would have made for a smoother getaway. Only tiny niggles though, this one is definitely on my race calendar now! Date of review: June 14, 2009
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Technology, dsyfunctional families, and our weird perversions are just one of the many reasons why things are not working in our world.
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The hippo formerly known as Bubbles
The Columbus Dispatch - June 13, 2013 03:51 PM
Our Dispatch library intern, Corinne Smith, offers a look back at some zoo history this week. Enjoy!
In this file photo from April of 1949, Bubbles the hippo warily checks out her shipping cage at
the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago before journeying to the Columbus Municipal Zoo to meet Pete, her
soon-to-be husband. The indecisive Bubbles took more than a week to feel comfortable in her
shipping cage (talk about cold feet!) even after she was tempted by her favorite delicacies of hay,
lettuce and garlic.
After the big move, Zoo officials chose to change her name to Snookie – citing that "Bubbles" was no longer appropriate for this 1,800-pound bashful bride and future mother. Really? And " Snookie" was so much better?
In this second file photo (below) from April of 1950, Snookie and Pete await the decision of city officials to vote on the expansion of the hippo pool at the Columbus Municipal Zoo. The happy hippo couple needed ample swimming space before they could try and start a family.
These photos are part of the Acme photo collection, which the Dispatch library acquired in 1989. The collection became available after the Acme News Agency was bought by Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) and Acme's Cleveland bureau was shut down.
The photographs cover people and subjects from about 1910 to 1976. The sources of the photos were Acme News Photos, Central Press, International Photo Service, The Cleveland Press, publicity stills and the U.S. government.


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Photojournalists Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson discuss their reporting of the war in Iraq with Farah Muhsin, an Iraqi living in the Bay Area. In a conversational setting, the three will tell stories of Saddam-era Iraq: the bombing, invasion, occupation, militias, and mercenaries, and daily life in the cafés, streets, and bridal salons of Iraq.
Muhsin has been granted residency in the United States and will reveal the challenges that Iraqis face transitioning to life in the Bay Area.
Alford and Anderson live in Texas but have remained engaged in the story of Iraq since the war and continue to work as photographers and journalists. Alford returned to Iraq in 2011 to locate the people she met and photographed on her earlier visits. Anderson first traveled to Iraq in 2002 and has also reported from Afghanistan.
Kael Alford teaches photography and journalism at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Thorne Anderson teaches photojournalism at the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas.Their photographs from Iraq are currently exhibited at the de Young in Eye Level in Iraq: Photographs by Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson.


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The government has let slip a rare chance to heal past harm by implementing more sustainable strategies.stunningly tall and wide seawalls. Some have already been built; many others are in the final stages of planning. A second layer of raised earthen banks topped with pine trees is also planned in many places. And with Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic administration promising a major infusion of funding for disaster prevention projects nationwide, new seawalls are in the works well beyond northeastern Japan.
'What we are at great risk of is losing the seashore itself,' says one scientist.campaigning against the current reconstruction plans. Northeastern Japan's coastal ecosystems are difficult to protect, he says, because they are both narrow and congruent with the planned sites of coastal engineering projects: "You have a zone that's maybe a fifth of a mile wide," said Yokoyama. "You build a seawall and a road and your fifth of a mile is gone."


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Leading Area Officials Mark Formal Opening of Hawkins Point Visitors
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HAWKINS POINT—A brand new visitors center for what
may well be Northern New York's most important power plant, the St.
Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project, was dedicated Tuesday at a
formal grand opening for the much anticipated facility and its new
location at Hawkins Point.
"Today marks a new era for our St. Lawrence-FDR
Visitors Center, which has long been a key tourist attraction for
Northern New York, highlighting the exceptional importance of hydropower
to this part of New York State," said Joseph J. Seymour, New York Power
Authority (NYPA) chairman. "The panoramic view of the international
power dam across the St. Lawrence River underscores the Herculean
efforts of those that came before us in harnessing one of North
America's mightiest waterways for clean, low-cost electricity that is
absolutely essential to this region, and its automotive and aluminum
industries, in particular."
Seymour, who was elected NYPA chairman by the Power
Authority board immediately before the event, spoke at the ceremonial
ribbon cutting for the new, $5 million facility. It replaces the
original visitors center that had been located atop NYPA's portion of
the U.S.-Canadian power dam where the generating equipment for the St.
Lawrence-FDR project is located. The Power Authority closed the center
to the general public in 2002 for security reasons following the
September 11 attacks.
"Hawkins Point is an idyllic setting for the
educational and interactive exhibits on energy and the history of this
area that have long been synonymous with the Power Authority's visitors
center," said Sen. James W. Wright, who chairs the Senate Committee on
Energy and Telecommunications. "I know that Northern New Yorkers are
going to enjoy this new facility, and that it will serve as a magnet for
tourists, just as the previous visitors center had been during its many
years of operation."
The original facility hosted more than five million
visitors from the time it opened in 1959, shortly after the St.
Lawrence-FDR project produced first commercial power.
"The visitors center has always done a tremendous
job in explaining how the energy of falling water is converted into
electricity by the St. Lawrence-FDR project's turbine-generators and
sent over transmission and distribution lines to local industries and
homes," said Sen. Raymond A. Meier. "In a sense, it's the public face of
this indispensable generating project, which is integral to our economy
in Northern New York."
The electricity produced at St. Lawrence-FDR, along
with the output of the Power Authority's Niagara Power Project near
Niagara Falls, is the lowest cost in the state, and among the least
expensive in the country.
"The new visitors center really impresses upon
people the absolute importance of the St. Lawrence-FDR Project to
Northern New York," said Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava. "It's an
integral part of our economy, and the Hawkins Point Visitors Center
underscores this, while contributing to our area's tourism."
"I'd encourage everyone to drop by the new visitors
center when they get a chance," said Assemblyman Darrell Aubertine. "It
reflects important facets of this region's history and economy, and
tells the story in an interesting and entertaining way."
"Today marks the start of a new chapter in the
history of the St. Lawrence-FDR Project—and in the Power Authority's
commitment to Northern New York," said Eugene W. Zeltmann, NYPA
president and chief executive officer. "The new visitors center here at
Hawkins Point promises to become a mecca not only for local residents,
but for tourists from far beyond the region."
The previous visitors center underwent a major
renovation in 2000 that included 40 new exhibits that are now part of
the new two-story building at Hawkins Point, in the Town of Massena.
Many of the exhibits are interactive and are especially suited for
A focal point of the new 14,000-square-foot
building is a new three-dimensional terrain map in the entrance lobby.
It features lighting effects highlighting locations from Ogdensburg to
Massena, described by an audio track activated by the push of a button.
The map is a replica of one at the project.
"The hands-on quality of the various exhibits, and
their use of computer technologies, provides both an educational and
entertaining experience, especially for young people," said Sandy Cook,
Town of Massena supervisor. "In short, this is a fun place to visit, and
we're delighted that the visitors center is once again open for
business, at this new, beautiful location."
"The opening of the new visitors center is reason
for all of us in this community to be proud," said Ken MacDonnell,
Village of Massena mayor. "The Power Authority has done an exceptional
job in relocating the facility to a site that offers splendid amenities,
not the least of which is the fantastic vista of the power dam across
the river. The location is further enhanced by the abundance of wildlife
in the immediate vicinity, where sightings of wild turkey, deer and
other wildlife will be a common occurrence for visitors to the center."
Local boaters and anglers will also be able to use
an improved boat ramp and a new handicapped-accessible fishing pier that
the Power Authority built adjacent to the new visitors center.
The St. Lawrence-FDR project is NYPA's first
generating project, constructed in the 1950s as a result of a
cooperative effort between the United States and Canada for the Robert
Moses-Robert H. Saunders Power Dam, which extends across the
international boundary, from Barnhart Island, N.Y., to Cornwall,
Ontario. There are 16 turbine-generators on each side of the border,
providing a net dependable capability of 800,000 kilowatts in each
In 2003, NYPA received a new 50-year, federal
license for St. Lawrence-FDR based on a historic agreement with local
communities and various other groups.
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Authority operates at its hydroelectric projects. The others are at the
Niagara Project and the Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Project in the
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Skip to comments.Obama NOT Offering 'New' Fiscal Cliff Proposal, Could Demand Up-Or-Down Vote On Plan
Posted on 12/28/2012 1:41:14 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Contrary to reports earlier in the day, President Barack Obama is not offering a "new" proposal to avert the year-end fiscal cliff during a meeting at the White House today.
Rather, Obama is reiterating previous positions on income-tax rates and other components of the cliff, Reuters reports.
He will ask Congressional leaders at the meeting for a concrete counterproposal. If there is none, he will ask for an up-or-down vote on his plan in Congress.
At 3:10 p.m., Obama began his meeting at the White House with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
The meeting comes after a frantic day in fiscal-cliff negotiations on Thursday, during which reports of a new offer from President Obama to Senate Republicans was quickly shot down by the White House and Democratic aides.
Boehner also called the House back for a rare Sunday session. Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck said last night that Boehner plans to push his message that the onus is now on the Senate.
"Speaker Boehner will attend a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House, where he will continue to stress that the House has already passed legislation to avert the entire fiscal cliff and now the Senate must act," Buck said.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Back to the golf course.
I would prefer to go over the cliff rather than dance to Obama's tune. He is the one bankrupting America. The GOP don't have to help him!
One proposal, with the same two predications - raise taxes on the top two brackets, to punitive levels, and give the White House unilateral authority to raise the debt limit at his discretion.
Nothing is changed. To give in on this is to hand the matches and flame accelerant to the avowed arsonist.
good! I hope he throws a hissy fit and makes a big ass out of himself and still go over the cliff.
What a joke he is
"Demand" all ya want, Barqy.
We know, really we do, that you WANT the "cliff", you want to bring the country down.
It's very hard for most people who are not attuned to accept that, but maybe, maybe, eventually they'll see the truth.
No sweat—It's only "the rich" that will be hurt when the country goes over the cliff, right?
Der Fuehrer wants to FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM the United States. You think he wants to make a deal?
The champion of the "middle class."
So we're all rich now, even the fools who thought they were going to get more free stuff now get a tax tack hammer to the teeth.
Of course there is no "plan" just positions on a couple issues.
A real leader brings people together to accomplish things, not break them apart. Obama is an epic failure.
Heads he wins, tails we lose....................
The REAL hope is that Obama goes off a cliff......
Go over the cliff and no extension of the unemployment and no increase in the debt limit. Shut down non essential government services.
Once a proper budget has been submitted by the administration we can start to discuss which non essential services we want to bring back online and which should be discontinued. No more pork barrel, green projects, foreign aid, or other wasting of the people's funds.
"Nothing is changed. To give in on this is to hand the matches and flame accelerant to the avowed arsonist."
You got that right. I dare say that it's to hand a communist a flamethrower to thoroughly and quickly destroy and dispose of this Republic.
Failure is defined by goals. His goal of bringing this country to its knees while the GOP gets the blame is his goal.
He is laughing at the GOPe because they are doing all the work for him. He has not missed one tee time or talk show due to having to work overtime to bring the greatest nation ever to its end.
Boehner and McConnell are his personal useful idiots.
How can he ask Congress for an up or down vote on his 'plan'? Wouldn't they have to write a bill first? Throwing the Constitution out the window and using new rules has me all confused.
I hope Boehner goes straight to the press and tells them that ultumatums aren't negotiation and won't work.
If Obama persists with his classless demeaning behavior toward Republicans (a certainty) Boehner should cancel the SOTU address. PLEASE!
No chance of that. The MSM will catch him like a mosh pit....................
Maybe some useless White Papers issued...
That would be really helpful./sarc
The champion of the middle class.
So were all rich now, even the fools who thought they were going to get more free stuff now get a tax tack hammer to the teeth.
Oh, YEA — I can just see it now — more tax evasion than you can shake a stick at.
One question...will the "poor" still receive their earned income tax credits?
John W ~:" Of course there is no plan just positions on a couple issues."
Exactly !!
Both of the positions will take us closer to the brink of bankruptcy
And the Press / Lamestreamedia will back HIM , and not logical thought.
And the Republicans will end up fighting amongst themselves in complete disaray
He doesn't want resolution ~ he wants CATASTROPHY
It's HIS way ,.. or the highway (adolescent behavior / tantrum )
The tip off of the plan was when Hary Reid complained that Boehner was operating a "dictatorship' on the issue.
Harry should be the last one to call someone else a dictator !!
Counter with
- Eliminate Bush tax rate reductions
- Balanced Budget Amendment to Constitution
Once budget amendment is passed, then increase tax rates.
And, yet again, the pubbies hand over control of the conversation to the pretender and his minions.
Boehner hasn't got the spine to do what needs to be done, and the rest of the pubbie cabal enable his weakness.
Pass a damn BUDGET, balanced to anticipated receipts (NO deficit). Pass a bill to make permanent the current tax rates, including the capital gains rates. Eliminate the inheritance tax.
Put those in place in the House. Call a press conference, and hand them over to the Senate for their (democrat controlled) action. Make a huge show out of it. Talk up the fiscal responsibility of the bills, and the fact that this is the best medicine for our irresponsible government spending.
Keep pubbie after pubbie in front of TV cameras and Radio microphones everywhere, all singing the same tune, "Here you go, Democrats. Now, the Senate can do an up-or-down vote for Zero and the 0bamunists."
Keep the heat on the socialists. Make them the bad guy. Answer EVERY argument, with the facts and the truth...but, ANSWER EVERY ONE.
Stay in front of the cameras, in the press, on the radio. If the commies want a fight, then GIVE THEM A FIGHT.
Why do I have this sinking feeling that no one in a position of influence has the stomach for this fight?
That is the quote of the year. Should have been a theme of the election year.
Ford4000 ~:" I hope Boehner goes straight to the press and tells them that ultumatums arent negotiation and wont work."
there , I fixed it :" I hope Boehner goes straight to the press and tells them that ultumatums and adolescent tnatrums arent negotiation and wont work."
"Demand" away @$$hat!
What are your other dictatorial commands?
Harry projects his own behavior on others so often you can set your watch by it.
I think that very darned little ever reaches the "frantic" stage in Washington.
I hope Boehner and the pubs don't cave. If they are going to be "blamed" for something, might as well make it worth their while.
I'm not holding my breath, naturally. Besides, the actual "deal" will occur after New Year and be retroactive at least in some parts, IMO.
mtnwmn~:" I would prefer to go over the cliff rather than dance to Obamas tune. He is the one bankrupting America. The GOP dont have to help him!"
Zero makes Machiavelli look like a saint.
At least Benedict Arnold had leadership , and had performed service for this country .. Zero hasn't !
He wants the country to go over the cliff, then sit back while the Republicans get blamed. If it turns out that people start blaming him instead, he'll come to the table with a serious offer.
It's as simple as that.
Aks, demand, throw a hissy fit Obamaumau.
Who cares what you think.
Its really disheartening to watch the pundints, even on Fox, prattle on and on about, "If only he would do such and such...things would get better." WAKE UP! He doesn't want things better. He wants them worse to the extent that the country collapses and in the midst of the chaos the all powerful Government can step in and take over total control.Its an old tactic that has worked before in dozens of nations on millions of willing morons. BOHICA!
This suggests a way the pubs could get to Obama: Reject his pretensions to kingship. Quit attending his press conferences, cancel the SOTU, don't take his midnight phone calls, call BS on his BS - retaliate in a word. It will drive him crazy and he will start acting crazy.
Let's do an up-or-down vote on whether we send Army Airborne or Marines to remove Buckwheat from our Whitehouse.
He wants - needs - far greater federal revenue. Being a Leftist, he cannot conceive of any other way than to raise taxes. The "soak the rich" meme is palatable to the public but insufficient to his goals. An amazing opportunity has appeared: everyone's taxes will rise and be can blame it on his opponents! Lots of new revenue and political capital acquired. Just fake negotiations, and get stuck with just what he wanted.
Follow the money.
Tell BHO and the DemoNazis to go away. We can't afford to go with their lame plan or lack thereof.
The first thing that needs to be done is to tie the Debt Ceiling to whatever deal that is to be done. Second, tax cuts to bring spending back to 2007 levels, and third extend the tax rates as they currently are. That should fix the economy.
The GOP needs to realize they are currently in a position of strength.
Failure is defined by goals. His goal of bringing this country to its knees while the GOP gets the blame is his goal.
You're right of course. The Blamer-in-Chief's agenda is to deconstruct this once great country. And I would add that he has a still powerful media propaganda machine helping him do it. It's also quite obvious that he is purposely dividing the country so in that sense I would argue that he has sown the seeds of his own failure — to achieve his malevolent schemes. IMHO a severely polarized and divided country will shatter into a completely disfunctional and unmanageable state. What happens when, inevitably, there's not enough makers left to take care of the legions of demanding takers? It's not going to be the happy ending Obama envisions.
That is the quote of the year.
Thanks. I'm thankful that Obama lacks real leadership and mangement skills. If he had them, he could do a lot more damage to the country. He's just a radical community organizer recklessly sowing the seeds of his own destruction IMO.
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Skip to comments.Boehner: Obamas Goal Is To 'Annihilate' The Republican Party (reaction to inaugural address)
Posted on 01/23/2013 3:53:04 PM PST by drewh
Speaker John Boehner said he believes the primary goal of President Obamas second term is to annihilate the Republican Party.
Given what we heard yesterday about the presidents vision for his second term, its pretty clear to me that he knows he cant do any of that as long as the House is controlled by Republicans, Boehner said in a speech Tuesday to The Ripon Society. So were expecting over the next 22 months to be the focus of this administration as they attempt to annihilate the Republican Party.
And let me just tell you, I do believe that is their goal to just shove us into the dustbin of history.
Boehners remarks referred to Obamas inaugural address. Republicans were hopeful the president would use that speech to lay the groundwork for a partnership over the next four years, but he instead made it a rallying cry for an active federal government.
The Republican leader ripped the president for not taking the countrys deficits seriously, and said the failure of the "fiscal cliff" talks last year reflected the president's refusal to face facts on the budget.
In our meetings before Christmas, the president was so tired of me talking about when we were going to deal with an entitlement crisis that he looked at me and said: Boehner, we dont have a spending problem. We have a healthcare problem. It gives you some idea of the challenge that were facing, Boehner said.
For a guy whos run up the deficit 60 percent 60 percent of the deficit has occurred under his watch when you see this, and then you hear him say: I am not going to negotiate on the debt limit. I am not going to deal with the debt limit. Thats Congresss problem!
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Oh. Is that why you were yucking it up with Dear Leader on Monday?
Boener doesn't need all that much help.
I thought that was Boehner's goal? He and his boss have so much in common.
After talking tough, Boehner then promptly dropped his pants and bent over. What a wuss.
I think there is bipartisan agreement to do just that.
There is nothing the 'Rats would like better than to have America under the heel of one party rule.
They really do admire Red China.
Imagine if Churchill had simply stated/shared Hitler's aims and goals with the country, essentially repeating Hitler's own threats, instead of cheering on the fight against Hitler....
Boehner knows he's lost the House in 2014 and he's trying to blame someone else.
John, you're doing a good job of it, all on your own.
Boehner has done his best to kill the GOP but neither he nor his golf buddy, the Dear Leader, can kill conservatism.
There are a lot of socially conservative Libertarians who are left stranded by the Republican party.
John Boehner continued: "...and well, you know, we're just fine with that."
I thought that was Boehner's goal.
That's about it.
Republicans had a plan of denying theOne a second term. But they never went on attack. Pelosi never let up on republicans when she ran the House. I don't expect the Kenyan to be gentle either.
Apparently , John, yours is too, punk.
Newsflash for Boner....its not just Obama trying to annhilate the Republican Party. The MSM has the Party in its sights too.
Calling Captain Obvious.
To be fair, it is much harder to "go on the attack" when you have so very little to attack with.
Obama has all of the major media, the MSM.
The Republicans have some talk radio, half of Fox, and a decent presence on the Internet.
I give the Democrat to Republican advantage in the media at about 10 to 1.
If the Republicans are too effective, the MSM simply refuses to give them air time. Consider the debates. Completely set up in favor of the Democrats.
(eye roll)
I don't think the idiots that run the GOP need any help doing that.
The republican party is so past tense.
Republican party is doing a good enough job all by itself.
Well we'll see how concerned about it, when we see if Boehner actually fights AGAINST Obama.
Dear Mr. Boehner,
It is YOUR actions, dare I say INACTION and INABILITY to stop Obama from destroying the economy and our freedoms that has put the Republican Party in the dustbin of history. All Obama has to do is simply put the lid on it.
A TEA PARTY Member
After which, Ms. Boehner sat down to have a good cry.
As opposed to the GOP grandees who want to help implement the DNC agenda, but at a discount.
"Cry me a river"?
Your party won't be all that hard to destroy, boner, since you and your band of nutless eunuchs stand for NOTHING AT ALL except feathering your own nest.
annihilate the Republican Party.
Beat him to the punch (pun intended) you stupid spineless collaborating lush.
RINOs like Boehner are pretty freakin' naive!
All you seem capable of doing is purging your own from power.
And so, Speaker Boehner, exactly what the hell do you propose to do about it?
Fight back? Have a good cry? What?
You do realize, of course, that when the President speaks of "annihilating the Republican Party" he is referring to the people who voted for you as well as the party's leadership? Or do you?
You might be prepared to go quietly. We are not.
Boner's so pussy-whipped he can't stand up.
Unless you step down, Boner, and let someone with courage and character lead, Obama most likely will annhilate the Republican party.
Leftists play for keeps.
Ah, so don't help him. Boehner hasn't acted on his stated beliefs for 2 years. I'll believe him, when he acts like he believes himself.
This headline prompted three immediate thoughts .....
First, I am glad to hear that the Speaker finally understands 0bama's goal.
Second .... 'What in the hell took you so damn long to realize this'?!
Third .... Would you please starting acting like you want to resist the annihilation!!!
Would you please starting acting like you want to resist the annihilation!!!
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Norma,You can make milk kefir Montreal-style bagels . The dough ball will make about four bagels using widespreadpizza's recipe. Peter
Do you think I should also include the autolyse in this current dough for two dough balls, like I did the last time?
Total time the milk kefir poolish was left between ambient temperatures and the Hatco Unit was 7 hours.
Norma,To be sure I got the above time right, does the above quote mean that you left the milk kefir poolish at room temperature for 5 hours and then placed it in the Hatco unit for 2 more hours?Peter
Norma,Although the protocols were not identical for the last three milk kefir Lehmann doughs, you have demonstrated that you can get good results using your milk kefir poolish at 15%, 30% and almost 50% of the total formula flour. Since your kefir leavening system is not the same as a commercial yeast leavening system, I don't see any reason to keep you from using a milk kefir poolish above 50%. The only way to know what you are likely to get is to just try it. Was the most recent milk kefir Lehmann pizza the best of the the three that you made using the milk kefir poolish? Also, was the crust coloration acceptable? And were there any other revelations with the last dough?At some point you might also consider making a larger milk kefir dough batch if only to see how a larger amount of dough behaves. Peter
I like the pizza make yesterday with the added amount of poolish the best. That is why I wondered what would happened if I tried a higher amount of milk kefir poolish in the Lehmann dough. Do you have any recommendations of what amount of poolish to try next? I would like the crust to be a little browner and had thought about trying an addition of some diastatic malt powder. Do you think that would possibly give me a browner crust? If it would what amount would you recommend, if you think the malt powder would work.
Norma,You might try using the milk kefir poolish at 60% of the total formula flour and see how that goes.As far as the diastatic malt is concerned, you might try using some and see if that helps with the crust coloration. Usually the lack of residual sugar that results in reduced crust coloration is because of an overly long fermentation that depletes the natural sugars. I don't know if that is the case with your milk kefir poolish, but it might be worth trying some diastatic malt. The amount to use is harder to say since the range of use that I have seen recommended is fairly wide. As you will note from Reply 140 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,5851.msg86827/topicseen.html#msg86827, Professor Calvel recommends 0.1-0.2% but Didier Rosada recommends 0.5-1%. Both sets of numbers are with respect to the total formula flour. However, I believe the amount mentioned by Professor Calvel is apparently for a straight dough. For one of his dough recipes using poolish, he uses 0.25% diastatic malt but that is for a dough where the poolish represents only one third of the total formula water. If you go to about 60% poolish by flour weight, that is over 95% of the total formula water. So, if we assume that a highly hydrated poolish (100%) used in large quantity is hard on sugar, then I think I would use around 0.75% diastatic malt. I should caution you, however, that you shouldn't use the diastatic malt entry in the expanded dough calculating tool because the conversion factor is off by a decimal point. Instead, when you arrive at the dough formulation you want to use, multiply the flour weight, in ounces, by 0.75% and divide the answer by 0.0864583. That will give you the number of teaspoons of dry diastatic malt to use.Peter
Norma,I agree with you that it did not appear that your milk kefir poolish and dough were fermenting too quickly. However, I thought that it might be worth trying some diastatic malt to see if more sugars can be produced by the added diastatic malt. Diastatic malt acts on damaged starch and, although I would expect that the barley malt added to the flour is balanced against the degree of starch damage in the flour, if there are enough sites for the diastatic malt to work on maybe there will be more natural sugars released from the damaged starch. Up to this point, I had been counting on the lactose in the milk kefir to contribute to crust browning. Maybe there isn't sufficient lactose to accomplish that purpose and/or there is something that is consuming the lactose, such as friendly bacteria as was discussed earlier in this thread at Reply 49 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,12173.msg115232.html#msg115232. There are other ways of trying to increase the degree of crust coloration, such as using different forms of sugar and dried dairy whey, which is rich in lactose, but I would rather defer those possibilities pending the results you get from using the diastatic malt. You mentioned that you used diastatic malt for the Montreal-style bagel dough that you made using the milk kefir in lieu of the commercial yeast. In widespreadpizza's bagel dough formulation, the only form of malt that I saw was non-diastatic barley malt (dry or liquid). Did you use the diastatic malt in lieu of the non-diastatic barley malt product, or did you supplement the flour with diastatic malt while still using the non-diastatic malt? That aside, I would fully expect the eggs to contribute to final crust coloration, making it difficult to isolate the independent crust browning effects of the eggs and malt.Some time ago, either a member used the basic Lehmann NY style dough to make bagels or suggested that possibility, so to reverse that process and use bagel dough to make a pizza might work. Peter