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Voltron®, the fanboy-favorite 1980s series, mega-thrusts into the Matty atmosphere for the first time ever! For 2012, the Mattel Voltron line includes five Lions (black, green, yellow, blue, red) that form Voltron plus five Pilots in 3 ¾" scale (Keith, Pidge, Hunk, Allura, Lance). Collect all five Lions and you'll have everything you need to build an enormous 23" tall Voltron figure. Collect all the Pilots and each one will come with a piece that creates a Voltron Collect and Connect® ultra blazing sword!
Each lion comes as a set with its corresponding pilot, individually packaged and shipped with its partner in a single box. This set includes the Red Lion and the pilot Lance. They are not sold separately.
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From deep beneath the Castle of Lions, a powerful force is about to spring into action! The Red Lion is one of five robotic Lions that come together to form the mighty Voltron, and is piloted by hotheaded Lance. Each Lion converts from Voltron mode to Lion mode with one-touch transformation features, and comes with mouth blade weapon.
Ready to form Voltron? Collect all five Lions to complete the gigantic 23" robot, with multiple points of articulation for endless battle possibilities!
Red Lion.................................Right Arm
Yellow Lion..............................Left Leg
Green Lion..............................Left Arm
Blue Lion................................Right Leg
Black Lion..............................Head & Chest
Reckless. Ladies' man. Hot head. And don't forget ace pilot! Lance comes in fan-demanded 3 3/4" scale and fits into the cockpit of the Red Lion. He comes with an alternate helmet head, and a key that unlocks the cockpit of the Red Lion and activates the one-touch transformation features. Key can also be used as a display base.
There's strength in numbers! Each pilot in the 2012 Voltron series comes with one piece of the Voltron Collect and Connect ultra blazing sword. Collect all five figures to complete the sword!
Lance.................................Sword piece #1
Hunk..................................Sword piece #2
Pidge.................................Sword piece #3
Allura.................................Sword piece #4
Keith..................................Sword piece #5
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DELHI, INDIA, 13th December 2012: Emirates, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, celebrated a double success at the World Travel Awards last night in Delhi when emirates.com was named "World's Leading Airline Website" and Skywards, Emirates' frequent flyer programme, was voted "World's Leading Airline Rewards Programme".
The World Travel Awards have been running since 1994 and the categories are voted for by members of the global travel trade and the general public. Emirates beat a strong field of competition from across the globe to win these two categories.
"Emirates has a long tradition of success at the World Travel Awards" said Kevin Taylor, Group Senior Vice President, World Travel Awards. "Winning two categories is a reflection on the airline's on-going commitment to the needs of its customers and recognising their loyalty. I would like to congratulate Emirates on its double success"
"Being selected by a global cross-section of voters for these two World Travel Awards is testament to the customer experience we provide," said Essa Sulaiman Ahmad, Vice President India and Nepal, Emirates. "We seek constant feedback from our customers to ensure we can give them the best experience throughout their entire journey which begins with their first contact." "Emirates.com and our Skywards frequent flyer programme are constantly refined and tailored to reflect the needs and feedback of our customers and these awards are a tribute to the hard work and dedication of the teams at Emirates".
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by Anton Shilov
Asustek Computer, a leading maker of mainboards, graphics cards and other computer components, plans to launch the world's first graphics card with three graphics processing units (GPUs) onboard. The solution is unprecedented from technology point of view, however, its practical viability is under question.
Asus EAH3850 Trinity graphics card carries three MXM modules with ATI Radeon HD 3850 graphics processors onboard, bringing yet unseen performance potential thanks to 960 unified shader processors, 48 texture units and 48 render back ends. There are no details about clock-speeds, moreover, Asustek Computer is currently considering whether to release the EAH Trinity commercially or keep it a concept, reports Nordic Hardware web-site.
The idea of putting MXM modules designed for mobile personal computers onto graphics cards for desktops is not a new one: MicroStar International (MSI) once planned to create a dual-GPU graphics adapter with two MXM modules, but then decided to scrap the plans to launch such a device.
Asus EAH3850 Trinity graphics card. Photo by Nordic Hardware
Asustek's EAH3850 Trinity graphics card uses heat-pipe-based cooling system, but may also utilize liquid cooling system in order to lower temperatures and make it possible to increase clock-speeds considerably.
The price of MXM modules carrying ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 graphics processors is unclear, but usually mobile graphics processors cost more compared to their desktop brethren. As a result, the cost of Asus EAH3850 Trinity may be higher than $500, whereas its actual performance may not be substantially higher compared to dual-chip ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2, which retails for $449.
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It is interesting to note that dual-chip desktop graphics cards based on GeForce 6-series and ATI Radeon X1000-series GPUs first emerged as concept products from companies like Asustek, Gigabyte, GeCube and some other. Only afterwards leading developers of graphics chips introduced their dual-GPU products like GeForce 7900/7950/9800 GX2 or Radeon HD 3870 X2.
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Eighty percent of Bangladesh's population is under the age of 40, and while Bangladesh has led the way in reducing poverty and improving health, its hopes of becoming the next "Asian Tiger" rest squarely on its ability to meet the aspirations of its young people, and its commitment to mentoring and promoting its rising generation of leaders and innovators.
On February 23, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia Atul Keshap helped do just that when he and Ambassador Dan Mozena met with fifty of Bangladesh's most promising young leaders at the Edward M. Kennedy Center for Public Service and the Arts (the EMK Center) in Dhaka.
DAS Keshap and Ambassador Mozena addressed participants in a three-day workshop focused on leadership, problem solving, teamwork, and preparation for the professional job market for university students from across Bangladesh led by the Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) through a public diplomacy grant. DAS Keshap and Ambassador Mozena fielded questions from an eager audience, shared humorous anecdotes illustrating their leadership lessons, and emphasized the importance of finding and excelling in a career that matters; a career that will impact lives and help build the Bangladesh to which they all aspire.
The visitors also met with participants in the first-ever EMK Entrepreneurship Initiative. With $100,000 from the State Department, the EMK Center has awarded four grants to local partners including the Bangladesh Brand Forum, The Preneurs, the Jaago Foundation, and Shetu (Bridge), to develop Bangladesh's entrepreneurship ecosystem. The projects will provide capacity building, mentoring and networking opportunities for startups, create employment opportunities for women living in slum communities, nurture Bangladesh's tech startup community, and connect entrepreneurs with mentors from the Bangladeshi-American diaspora via an online platform.
Since its opening in late 2012, the EMK Center, a hybrid American Space, has become a hub for innovation, creativity, and networking for young entrepreneurs and leaders. In its first 18 months, it has connected more than 60,000 people through 1,000 programs.
About the Author: Bilal Faruqi serves as the Cultural Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh.


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|PB Catch's white tuna tartare
** Originally posted February 22, 2013 **
The pages of some of Palm Beach's best cookbooks are revealed in A Taste of Palm Beach: Rich Traditions in Fine Dining. First printed in 1996, the recipe book, now in its fifth version, features more than 30 dishes from area restaurants along with sketches of Palm Beach by the late artist Bill Olendorf. The cookbook is available at The Breakers, Main Street News and the Palm Beach International Airport, and a portion of proceeds from each sale benefits the American Cancer Society.
Tasty new additions in the recent update include the Korean-style shortrib tacos from Buccan, tuna crisps from Imoto and white tuna tartare from PB Catch. See below for the recipes for each.
Buccan's Korean-style shortrib tacos
- 1½ cup soy sauce
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- ? cup sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon ginger, minced
- 8 cloves garlic, minced
- 5 green onions, sliced thin
- 3 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
- 2 lbs. shortrib, sliced ¼-½-inch thick
Mix all ingredients and marinate shortrib overnight.
Kimochi aioli:
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
- ¼ cup kimchi base
- Juice of 1 lime
Mix all ingredients and let sit overnight for flavors to meld.
12 4-inch soft flour tortillas
Over a hot charcoal grill, cook shortrib until charred slightly but medium rare. Remove from grill and keep warm. Warm flour tortillas on grill until soft. Add a dollop of kimchi aioli in center of tortilla. Top with a couple slices of rib meat and garnish with some of the kimchi.
Imoto's tuna crisps with avocado, soy and citrus vinaigrette
Spicy aioli:
- 2 inches ginger, minced and pureed
- 5 cloves garlic
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 quart mayo
- 3 oz. Sriracha
- ¼ kimchee base
- ¼ cup sesame oil
- ¼ cup soy sauce
In a food processor, place ginger and lemon juice; blend until smooth. Add the rest of hte ingredients in a large bowl. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
Fish sauce:
- ½ cup lemon
- 2 oz. ginger
- ½ cup fish sauce
- ½ cup mirin
- 1 cup rice wine
- 3 tablespoon Sriracha
- 1 cup soy
- ¼ cup sesame oil
Placeall items in a food processor and puree.
Tuna crisps:
- 4 oz. diced fresh tuna
- 1 oz. cilantro
- 1 oz. scallions
- 1 teaspoon ginger, minced
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- ½ ripe avocado, diced
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon spicy aioli)
- 1 oz. cucumber, julienned
- 1 0z. carrot, julienned
- 4 fried wanton shells
Drizzle spicy aioli on wanton shell. Garnish with cucumber and carrot. In separate bowl, toss all remaining ingredients together. Place on top.
PB Catch's white tuna tartare
Crispy shiitake:
- Shiitake mushrooms
- Butter
- Sea salt
Fine julienne shiitake, season with sea salt, then saute lightly until tender. Drain on paper towels and then fry at 160 degrees F. until crispy.
Pickled English cucumber:
- English cucumber
- 1 cup white balsamic
- 1 cup water
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 bay leaf
Peel and fine dice cucumber, then add to heated brine. Let sit at least two hours.
Yuzu ponzu:
- 1 pint clam juice
- 3 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame sauce
- ¼ cup mirin
- 2 oz. fine dice ginger
- 3 oz. yuzu juice
Mix all ingredients together.
Tuna tartare:
- 3 oz. white tuna (escolar) fine dice
- ½ oz. thin sliced scallion
- ½ oz. fine diced watermelon
- ½ oz. crispy shiitake
- ½ pickled English cucumber
- ½ oz. yuzu ponzu
- Seasalt
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stop the abington-holy redeemer merger
I've been living in the Cheltenham area for several years now, and my family has used Abington Memorial Hospital's services as needed. I've known the ob/gyn chair, Dr. Joel Polin, for many years professionally, and also know that he is as supportive of abortion access as I am. Not many abortions take place annually at Abington; somewhere between 50-100/year overall. But if many are like the procedures I once performed at an inner-city hospital in Philadelphia, these are not cases that could be done at a freestanding clinic such as Planned Parenthood or Philadelphia Women's Center. Access to abortion within teaching hospitals is important, both for the patients and for the next generation of abortion providers (ie, the residents). Hospitals are much less of a target for anti-choice protesters, and it is also easier to manage the occasional complication (abortion is a very safe procedure, but complications minor and major can happen). A few years ago, I counter-protested against some anti-choice folks at Abington, and I know that the hospital had stood up for reproductive rights and maintained their abortion services in the face of some opposition.
That may change. In a very surprising move, the Board of Directors of Abington Memorial Hospital has moved forward with a Letter of Intent to merge with the local Holy Redeemer Hospital, a Catholic hospital located not far away in the Meadowbrook section. As a result, even though Abington is the stronger party financially, abortions, selective reductions and physician-assisted suicide cannot be performed at Abington under the merger.
Now, physician-assisted suicide is not permitted in the Commonwealth of PA, so that is a nonissue. But abortion and selective reduction will be forbidden at Abington, as they would be at any Catholic sectarian entity. Under agreement, contraceptive and sterilization access will be maintained at Abington.
Some might say that this is really not too bad. Unlike what happens at Catholic institutions, women will still be able to get their contraceptives, and men and women can also undergo sterilization. There will still be IVF services and other assisted reproduction at Abington (just as Holy Redeemer has reproductive endocrinology services that involve assisted reproduction). Not many women locally undergo abortion, selective reduction is probably very uncommon even with all the IVF and ovulation induction going on, and this isn't Mississippi. There are abortion providers in the Philadelphia area, including a hospital-based service at nearby Albert Einstein Medical Center (disclaimer: I have an adjunct faculty appointment at Einstein, but have no financial or other interest in that institution).
But this is not a minor issue; this is a problem of nuclear proportions. And it's not just about abortion, but affects women who have very desired pregnancies. Here are some questions and issues that help demonstrate why this is a big deal:
• Selective reduction (which is not always thought of in the same context as abortion, as the intent is to sacrifice one or more multiple fetuses to save the remaining); for those women with triplets, quadruplets and higher-order multiple pregnancies, they will either have to undergo reduction in Philadelphia or else take their chances with the outcome
• Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM); will Abington physicians be permitted to induce labor in that situation or would they have to wait for intrauterine infection to evolve into sepsis? This is not a theoretical situation; this exact scenario played out with our former Senator's wife (Karen Santorum). In that case, she made her own personal choice to delay labor induction. While it is not what I would recommend, I respect her choice as a patient. But that was her own choice, not one imposed upon her by a Catholic hospital.
• If there is nonreassuring fetal monitoring at < 26 weeks' gestation, will women be given a choice of labor induction vs. stat classical Cesarean section (mandating future C/S)?
• Management of second-trimester inevitable miscarriage (eg, 18-22 weeks); will physicians be required to take unusual and medically futile measures?
• Provision of emergency contraception (EC); regardless of what the current plan and/or potential contract agreement is between the two hospitals, EC is (wrongly) considered to be an abortifacient by the Church and proscribed as much as surgical or medical abortion. So, if a victim of a sexual assault presents at Abington's Emergency Ward (EW), will she be offered EC? At a significant number of sectarian and nonsectarian hospitals throughout Pennsylvania, EC is not offered to victims of sexual assault, so this is not a theoretical construct.
• Management of anencephalic and other lethal malformations detected with sonography or with other prenatal testing prior to, or past, the 24-week viability standard; based on Catholic teachings, abortion would not be available even in the presence of lethal anomalies
• Perinatal testing for pregnancies that are likely nonviable or severely compromised, with the potential for futile C/S if nonreassuring testing results from these actions
• Management of pregnant women with treatable cancers that are generally managed with pregnancy termination followed by definitive treatment of the malignancy (eg, stage IB cervical carcinoma diagnosed at 14 weeks' gestation; one potential management option would be radiotherapy or D&E to terminate the pregnancy followed by gravid radical hysterectomy)
• What about the CREOG/RRC requirements to maintain AMH 's residency accreditation in light of the lack of training in abortion technique and aftercare?
• How will women who need postabortion care (for abortions done elsewhere) be managed?
• Will the merger affect standard management of ectopic pregnancies? I suspect not, but while treating a patient with a tubal pregnancy via laparoscopy at Graduate Hospital in the 90's, a scrub nurse told me that if it were her, she would wait for her tube to rupture before taking action, since I was essentially terminating a life. This was a very good scrub nurse, and she knew very well the implications of untreated ectopic pregnancy, such as hemorrhage and death.
• How iron-clad is the commitment/agreement to continue to provide standard contraception and sterilization services?
• How will they weigh the life of a mother vs her unborn baby in circumstances where they may only save one life and the mother is not capable of expressing her desire? And would that differ from cases where the mother can express her desire?
• Management of severe non-immune hydrops fetalis during labor and deliver (ie, given the lethal nature of the condition for the fetus, will drainage of excess fetal fluid from various cavities be considered to effect vaginal delivery, or would that be proscribed as being similar to intact D&E?)
These are just some of the things I came up with off the top of my head in a few minutes the other week. I'm sure there are others I did not think of.
Abington Memorial is one of the largest hospitals in the county. While it is not a major academic medical center like Mass General or the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, it is a very large hospital that does more deliveries per year than many hospitals in the area. Over the past several years, we have lost many obstetrical services in the Philadelphia area; the hospital where my daughter was born is now a hospice or some other outpatient facility (ironically, owned by Abington Health). Two local hospitals within a short distance of Abington Memorial, Jeanes and Elkins Park Hospitals, no longer have OB care. It is not feasible for most women in the Abington/Jenkintown/Cheltenham area where I live to travel into Philly for their OB care and delivery, nor will most people choose to go to Einstein; it's a good hospital, but it's in an underserved area and most folks in my area just don't go there. Einstein is building a new facility in the Blue Bell area, but unless you're really determined to avoid Abington at all cost, it's quite a hike from this area. So for all practical purposes, most women do not have other good options for their OB and other care.
I have nothing against Holy Redeemer Hospital per sé. It is a good hospital. My children see pediatricians in their medical office building. I have to remind myself that it is a Catholic institution; unlike places like Mercy-Suburban and other hospitals that are affiliated with the Sisters of Mercy, Holy Redeemer doesn't wear its Catholicism on its sleeve. I've yet to see a cross there, not that there is anything wrong with it (the Pieta of Michelangelo is one of my favorite sculptures, ever). But my point is that it has a pretty low-key approach to being a Catholic hospital, to its credit. But at the same time, it remains a Catholic hospital. And while the folks who run it might be willing to look the other way when Abington, under the merger, provides sterilization and contraceptive care, they clearly will not, and cannot, support any affiliated entity having anything to do with abortion. Low-key, yes, but there are limits.
So that's the quandary. In order to have this merger go through (and the business rationale for the merger, other than the value of the land Holy Redeemer sits on for additional office and OR space, escapes me), Abington will have to adhere to the directives of the Catholic Church as regards abortion and selective reduction. I respect all religions, regardless of my own atheism, and while I might not agree with Holy Redeemer banning abortion within its own hospital grounds, it is well within its right to do so. The problem is when sectarian hospitals merge with nonsectarian ones and impose their own sectarian beliefs on medical care delivered at the formerly nonsectarian institution.
We live in a diverse country, which is a good thing. And the Cheltenham/Abington/Jenkintown PA area is known for its diversity and generally progressive population of all religions, ethnicities and backgrounds. So the idea that a proposed takeover of a Catholic hospital would lead to the loss of abortion services at our most prominent local hospital, the one that is the stronger institution at this time, is mind-boggling and offensive to many in this area. As a result, more and more people are taking a stand against the merger, and that's a good thing.
I've sent e-mails and received canned responses, so I imagine most people who write will receive similar responses from the Abington management. But the more people write, the more the board and other management at the health system know there is solid opposition to this.
We also need more physicians on staff at Abington to speak up and, if it comes to it, even resign their positions. When I was an attending physician at one Philadelphia hospital, I ended up leaving to go to Pennsylvania Hospital in large part because my former dept. chair was anti-choice and decided to go over my head and cancel one of two second-trimester abortions I had scheduled in the OR there (he couldn't cancel the second patient, much as he wanted to, as I had already placed laminaria into the cervix to prepare it). At some point, we physicians need to uphold our own principles and ethical standards. If we cannot make a decision based on medical evidence but have to comply with religious dogma in certain situations, all of us have a choice to make in terms of whether or not that is acceptable based on our interest in providing the best medical care for our patients.
Abortion is not a happy procedure, unlike much of obstetrics (although OB is often anything but happy, but that's another discussion). I've never had a patient who took it particularly lightly, or who loved undergoing the procedure. But it is often a necessary procedure, both medically and from a public health standpoint. Some of my colleagues have died for providing this legal procedure. LeRoy Carhart, whom I've spoken with and admire greatly, has had his life disrupted and threatened on multiple occasions for his dedication to providing this service to his patients. Warren Hearn, whom I also think very highly of as a physician, is often under armed guard due to threats against his life. Those of us who have provided abortion services do not have an easy time of it. Besides the protestors and the inappropriate social stigma, many of our own colleagues (even in ob/gyn) disrespect us and treat us like undesirables. So when I hear of yet another hospital that will no longer provide abortion services, it touches a raw nerve. Many people have worked for years to do whatever they could to make sure that women at least have some places where they can exercise control over their own reproductive destinies. That's because a lot of us feel that women who cannot control their reproduction are not truly free. So this is important to those of us in women's healthcare, and from the responses to the Abington Board's decision, I'm glad that this is very important to a lot of people in the local area as well.
Feel free to e-mail the management of Abington Memorial Hospital. Just to make it easier, here are their e-mail addresses (keep it civil and polite, however. This isn't personal):
Mr. Laurence M. Merlis (Chief Executive Officer and President): firstname.lastname@example.com
Meg McGoldrick (COO): email@example.com
Ivy Silver (Chair, Foundation Board of Trustees): firstname.lastname@example.com
Robert Infarinato (Chairman of the Hospital Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Trustees): email@example.com


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Sister Agneta Mohr
Sister Agneta Mohr, Order of St. Benedict, 85, of Clyde, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013.
Her funeral Mass was conducted on Jan. 5 at the Benedictine Convent in Clyde.
Agnes Cecelia Mohr was born to Martin and Clara (Tauer) Mohr in New Ulm. She graduated from Holy Trinity High School in New Ulm in 1945. In 1948 she graduated from the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul as an R.N. She worked in hospitals in New Ulm and Rochester before entering the convent in 1951. Sister continued her nursing profession in several of their communities.
Sister Agneta had six brothers and three sisters. She is survived by Vernon and Clarence Mohr of New Ulm, T. Hilary Mohr of Springfield, Allen Mohr of Mankato; and sisters, Aurelia Guggisberg of New Ulm, Irene Schwartz and Elizabeth Larson of Sleepy Eye. She was preceded in death by brothers, Marlow and Landis Mohr.


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About the Author: Karan E. Swaner serves as a Consular Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Naimey, Niger.
U.S. Embassy Niamey celebrated a sunny and warm Fourth of July with an old-fashioned community picnic for all registered American citizens in Niger. An estimated 200 people -- including missionary families, NGO employees, Peace Corps volunteers, and embassy staff -- gathered for a potluck barbeque on the grounds of the Chief of Mission's Residence.
After a brief welcome by Charge' d'Affaires Eric Whitaker, the group migrated towards the shade to enjoy delicious food, ice cold drinks, and a chance to show off new babies and catch up with old friends. Disregarding the heat, the young and young-at-heart played a spirited game of touch-football, followed by a swim in the pool.
As the consular officer, I especially appreciated the opportunity to sit down informally with many of the Americans I'd previously met "through the window" of the American Citizen Services office. Among those I was glad to see were the three young adult children of an American citizen who has been living in Niger for over 30 years. This was the children's second Fourth of July celebration in Niger since they obtained their first passports. Seeing this family enjoy the holiday together and having a chance to reconnect with fellow Americans made this event a memorable celebration.


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The Northern Illinois Huskies are ranked No. 16 in the current Associated Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Polls released this afternoon. Northern Illinois is fresh off a thrilling 44-37 win over No. 17 Kent State in Friday's Marathon MAC Football Championship game. The win for the Huskies was the second consecutive football championship for the program.
Northern Illinois is 12-1 overall and await the BCS Standings, which will be released tonight at 8:30 pm ET. A 16th ranking puts them in the Orange Bowl.
I'll fire off my game wrap-up after the BCS 16 are announced.


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Corruption is old news — but no less urgent
Part of last summer's movie "Lincoln" resonates loudly in New York today. The president's secretary of state, William H. Seward, knew our Empire State all too well; he had previously been its governor and one of its U.S. senators. In one scene in the movie, Mr. Seward (played by David Strathairn) advises the president that passing the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery – a noble end – will require some not-so-noble means, such as twisting congressmen's arms and bribing them with patronage jobs. The president, of course, doesn't want to personally get involved in that dirty business, and neither does Seward – so they'll have to hire some people who specialize in this kind of chicanery.
"I'll fetch a friend from Albany," Mr. Seward tells the president.
Where else?
"I didn't include it as a comment on any current situation – I really tried to stay very specific and true to the place and moment about which we made the movie – Washington, January 1865," screenwriter Tony Kushner told the New York Times in an email. "But of course as a proud New Yorker, I was delighted that when proto-lobbyists capable of stealth and sleight-of-hand were needed, Lincoln and Seward turned at once to Albany!
"As it is today, it was in the mid-19th century a boot camp for an unapologetically, um, pragmatic brand of politics."
We are saddened but, sadder still, not shocked that several elected leaders in this state have been arrested on corruption charges recently. Actually, what's more surprising, and pleasing, is that someone is going to the trouble of investigating them, busting them and rounding them up. For that, all New Yorkers owe thanks to federal law-enforcement officials.
This week's arrestees included state Sen. Malcolm Smith, a former Senate majority and minority leader, as well as Assemblymen and New York City Council members. It's important that we not consider any of them guilty until they are proven so. But there's no doubt that political corruption is a widespread problem ingrained in our state for most of the last two centuries.
Assemblyman Eric Stevenson, D-Bronx, who was arrested this week, was reportedly caught on tape saying, "if half of the people up here in Albany was ever caught for what they do … they … would probably be in (jail)."
The accusation that got the most attention this week is that Mr. Smith, a Democrat, bribed a Republican city councilman to set him up to run for city mayor as a Republican, since the Democratic field of candidates is more crowded. Digging up that scheme, though, unearthed numerous other bribes and favor-for-favor deals – everyday, routine examples of the politicians allegedly putting greed and ambition above the morals and honesty voters expect.
"Today's charges demonstrate, once again, that a show-me-the-money culture seems to pervade every level of New York government," U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said.
Nothing's new.
The lack of shock, however, is a big part of the problem. Crooks have worn New Yorkers down over many generations, and while people don't like corruption, they tolerate a certain amount of it – especially if they can't see it, and even more so if it's in their own district representatives, the ones who show up at schools and fundraisers and get state grants for local projects.
Amid that jadedness, this statistic snapped us to attention: In the last six years, 11 New York state senators have been arrested – and only nine have lost re-election bids.
"When it is more likely for a New York state senator to be arrested by the authorities than to be defeated at the polls, (the people of New York) should be angry," Mr. Bharara said Thursday. "And they also should ask some pointed questions: Given the allegations in today's case, how many other pending bills were born of bribery? And worse, how many passed bills were born of bribery?"
"Rat on a rat"
It's like rats in New York City: No one likes them, but no one expects them to be rooted out, or even reduced significantly. If a mayoral candidate promised to make the city rat-free, he or she would be written off as a nut. Yet could it be done? The huge Canadian province of Alberta – almost as big as Texas – made itself rat-free in the 1950s and '60s, and it remains that way except for a few small outbreaks, which are met with fierce resistance.
Here in the North Country, we don't see many rats; nor do we see, in our elected leaders, the same level of immorality we see in lawmakers from New York City. But is it lurking behind the scenes in our reps, too? The recent arrests should prompt us to be inquisitive – not to assume guilt but to be vigilant. If we see corruption, let's all agree to stamp it out at the polls and send those politicians packing.
But being able to see the rats, and the corruption, is one of the main challenges. In Alberta, anyone who spots one of the grain-nibbling, disease-carrying rodents is urged to call a toll-free number to "rat on a rat," prompting a "rat patrol" to show up and exterminate the critter. Sure, there are false alarms – small gophers are often unintended victims – but the system has generally done its job for 60 years.
What about our political system? A democratic republic is intended to let the people vote in the best leaders and keep out the not-so-good ones. Is it working?
We say yes, in general, but it's challenged by schemers who take advantage of its weaknesses. Voters need to know what's happening and have real options, not just candidates who are on the take.
This is why open government and campaign finance reform are so important. It's why journalists work to shine a light on the workings of government, why people should be suspicious any time government blocks transparency. It's why whistleblowers who "rat on a rat" need to be protected from retaliation. It's why the political money race is a problem, why campaign donations need to be strictly restrained, fully documented and attentively monitored. It's why party bosses and other political gatekeepers need to filter candidates based on the issues, character and popularity, not on fundraising prowess, loyalty or schmoozing.
New York can root out the political rats. There sure seem to be a lot of them, but we have to try to shake this age-old reputation. The alternative is despair or apathy, which are fertile breeding conditions for vermin. As bad as it is, history shows us it can get worse.


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Related concepts:
Incarcerated hernia, Strangulated hernia
Introduction to hernia:
Hernias are one of the most common reasons for children to need surgery. Thankfully, the risks today are very low and the results are excellent.
What is a hernia?
Before a baby is born, the testicles and ovaries begin life high in the back of the belly. A band-like cord forms, called the gubernaculum. This attaches to the testicle or ovary on one end, and to the inside of the scrotum or labia on the other end. Slowly, the gubernaculum pulls and guides the testicles down through a tube called the inguinal canal and out into the scrotum (the descent of the testicles). The ovaries also descend, into the pelvis, but they do not exit the abdomen. Then, the slippery inguinal canal closes permanently – the walls fuse together – in the few weeks surrounding birth.
If the canal does not close, the child has an inguinal hernia. The open canal allows some of the intestines to slip through from time to time and create a bulge in the groin.
Who gets a hernia?
Babies who are born prematurely are far more likely to develop hernias than those who are born at term. Boys are also far more likely to have hernias than girls.
Hernias can also run in families. In addition, they are associated with a number of other conditions including undescended testicles, hypospadias, inconspicuous penis, congenital hip dislocation, and cystic fibrosis.
In most children with inguinal hernias, the intestines first squeeze through to create a bulge sometime within the first year (usually the first six months). Sometimes, however, the opening is so small that the bulge does not occur for years. It may even first occur when straining as an adult. In some, a bulge never occurs.
What are the symptoms of a hernia?
Parents usually notice a lump or bulge in the groin, scrotum, or labia. It may be present only during crying or straining, and disappear when the child is relaxed or asleep. Most of the time this does not cause discomfort. The bulge is noticed during a regular bath time or diaper change.
Occasionally, some of the intestine will get trapped (incarcerated) in the hernia. This causes acute swelling and pain, and must be treated immediately. The child is fussy and may cry without being consolable. There may also be signs of intestinal obstruction, such as vomiting, constipation, and abdominal distension. Sometimes the child is thought to have appendicitis, if the bulge has not yet been discovered. When the incarcerated hernia is identified, usually the intestines can be maneuvered back into the abdomen. Surgery is scheduled for the near future.
If the blood supply to the incarcerated intestine is cut off, the child has a strangulated hernia. The bulge is often red and extremely tender. In addition to the symptoms of incarceration, the child may have a fever and a racing heart rate. This is very uncommon in children, but requires emergency surgery.
Is a hernia contagious?
How long does a hernia last?
An inguinal hernia lasts until it is corrected surgically.
How is a hernia diagnosed?
The diagnosis is often based on the history and physical exam. Sometimes a hernia can be difficult to distinguish from a hydrocele. If the size of the bulge varies significantly from time to time, it is a hernia. If not, time will often clarify the issue (see "hydrocele").
When girls have hernias, they should be checked to be sure that they have a uterus. Most do, but in rare cases the uterus is absent, because the child is a boy with female external genitalia.
How is a hernia treated?
Inguinal hernias do not go away without treatment. Closing the inguinal canal requires a simple, safe operation. It is usually scheduled as an outpatient procedure soon after the diagnosis (to prevent a possible incarceration). When closed before incarceration, the risks from the hernia itself, or from the surgery or anesthesia, are extremely low.
Incarcerated hernias require emergency treatment.
In general, the results are excellent. The risk of complications is much higher (about 5 percent) if the hernia has become incarcerated before repair. The major complication is damage to the testicles from the incarceration.
How can a hernia be prevented?
Inguinal hernias can be difficult to prevent. Good prenatal care can decrease the risk of prematurity, which can decrease the risk of hernias.
Related A-to-Z Information:
Anorectal Malformations (Imperforate anus), Appendicitis, Colic, Congenital Hip Dislocation, Cystic Fibrosis, Dehydration, Hydrocele, Hypospadius, Inconspicuous Penis, Intussusception, Labial Adhesions, Undescended Testicle (Cryptorchidism), Vomiting


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Corrections warranted in the 20-question quiz
(Editor's note: Starting Feb. 25, Dave Werner's "Safety on the Roads" will move to Mondays.)
For the past two weeks, the "Did You Know" articles presented 20 questions on vehicle and traffic law and other traffic related subjects. As in all the weekly articles, correctness in the information presented is a high priority.
To this end, all articles are reviewed by several authorities on traffic law and safety before being released. However, sometimes mistakes are caught before the articles are released, and sometimes they are not. In the 20-question quiz, the answers that were in last week's article, contained several errors that need to be addressed.
Question No. 1 asked if a driver were found guilty with driving with a BAC of 0.18 or more for the first time, is it a felony? The published answer was true. However, the key to the answer to this question is "first time," and the correct answer is "false" – it is not a felony, but rather a misdemeanor. Authority for this answer is found in Vehicle & Traffic Law, section 1193(1) (b) (i). If it were the second conviction in the past 10 years, it would be a class E felony [section 1193(4) (i)], and if the person had two prior DWI's over the past 10 years, it would be elevated to a class D felony [section 1193(4) (ii)].
In question No. 11, the answer given to the question "Just holding a portable electronic device in a conspicuous manner while operating a motor vehicle is illegal" was true, but this is not totally correct. V & T Law section 1225-d (4) makes a rebuttable presumption that the person is using a device illegally. It does not mean that just holding the device in a conspicuous manner is all that is required to establish an illegal action. If there is proof that the driver was holding the device conspicuously, it will shift the legal burden to the defendant to prove he was not "using" it as defined in 1225-d (2) (b), which states "Using" shall mean holding a portable electronic device while viewing, talking or transmitting images, playing games, or composing, sending, reading, viewing, accessing, browsing, transmitting, saving or retrieving e-mail, text messages, or other electronic data.
I, as author of the weekly Did You Know articles and vice-chairman of the Franklin County Traffic Safety Board, thank Mr. James L. Maswick, Esq., of the law firm of Flink Smith LLC, 2577 Main St., Lake Placid, and also with an office in Albany, for these corrections. He may be reached at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Lastly, in question No. 20, the correct answer was listed as "A"; the correct answer should be "B". The explanation that an "area" speed limit cannot be less that 30 mph under V & T Law section1622-2, was answer "B". Thanks to Dorothy Campbell of Westville for picking up this error.
The good news about being made aware of the errors is that the articles are being read by many readers. The bad news is that I must try harder to get it right the first time.


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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesdays With Rita: Female Ancestors
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Hi Rita, your post is so fascinating. I almost don't dare begin tracing my ancestry as I think I'd get caught up in it forever. But I do love to read your stories. Especially these of the courageous womenfolk. Penny xReplyDelete
It's a blessing for you to have photos of this many generations! Most of my ancestors (beyond my grandparents) came from Europe, and finding their stories is very hard. I always find it fascinating, though, to follow a person's lineage.ReplyDelete
Thanks for this post Rita, it is inspiring. I am still in the throes of sorting out the current generations, moving back on set past my parents...I guess it isn't that much further back to the civil war...onward - no backwards! Lori W at Art Camp for Women.ReplyDelete
you have very inspiring and obviously strong women in your past. i know very little about my ancestry but would like to learn more.ReplyDelete
thanks for stopping by my blog!
Rita thanks for your kind words on my blog. I am delighted to see someone interested in genealogy...I have spent the last 25 years collecting and recording histories for my own family...I find them fascinating.ReplyDelete
I have a story for you...my great great great grandfather joined the greybeard regiment from Iowa in the Union Army when he was 63 years old. He had served as a state legislator and speaker of the house in Iowa and was a personal friend to Abraham Lincoln. He served with along with three of his sons one of them was my great great grandfather....sorry to bend your ear but you asked for it. Have a very Happy Easter.


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Skip to comments.FR, the pro-God "purist" site that RINOs love to hate
Posted on 08/14/2012 1:53:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Well, folks, it happens every four years or so. The presidential election cycle really brings out the RINOS. I have to state and restate FR's positions more and more frequently, because the true blue RINO types simply cannot stand that a conservative site will not support a gun grabbing, abortionist, homosexualist, big government statist.
Last cycle it was Rudy McRomney. Boy, did we ever catch hell for not supporting the big RINOs of the day. Hundreds of true blue RINO supporters fled grassroots conservative FR in disgust when they couldn't get their way and called us every name in the book on the way out, especially, the Rudy cabal.
Where did it get them? The abortionist/homosexualist Rudy didn't get the nomination. We on FR finally decided to support McCain after he was the last RINO standing and he selected Palin as his running mate, but that will not happen this time. And McCain proved not up to the task anyway. He was far too undependable to make it as a conservative, but he was at least pro-life and pro-family and a war hero and that's why I finally relented and gave my reluctant no other choice endorsement.
But Myth Romney is without a doubt the most leftist, flip-flopping, lying, two-faced politician ever to be nominated by the Republicans. We have the most leftist Democrat ever sitting in the White House which ANY Republican should be able to defeat in a Reaganesque landslide, but in their infinite RINO wisdom, the GOPe pushes the most leftist Republican ever.
Why, oh, why would the GOPe risk it all by pushing for and giving the nomination to a man with Romney's abortionist, homosexualist, gun grabbing, big government statist Keynesian record? Do they have a death wish or are they simply trying to move the goal posts even further to the left? Romney is the grandpappy of ObamaCare for crying out loud. He made ObamaCare possible. ObamaCare gave birth to the grassroots tea party movement. The GOPe has done nothing but torpedo the tea party conservatives when they should have embraced us. Sarah Palin was the best thing to happen for the Republicans party since Reagan and the tea party the best thing in a century. Why would they try to kill us off?
We can take a clue from the Rudy McRomney cabal that left FR last time. They exclaimed on the way out that, "The conservatives have held their boot to the GOP's neck for far too long. Never again will guns, abortion, and the gay agenda be important issues for Republicans."
And now the abortionist/homosexualist/shamnesty Rudy McRomney cabal and the anti Palin RINO crowd have teamed up to come after FR again. They couldn't hack it with their wideawakes wankers for Rudy site or their trueblue RINOs for Romney site, so they are now posting their current anti-FR screeds on facebook and on any blog site they possibly can.
Hell hath no fury like a RINO scorned.
One of the RINO's we're talking about is our old friend Luis Gonzalez. He was a big Rudy pusher and would relentlessly trash any conservative who objected. We eventually had to invite him to leave FR and go with the wankers for Rudy. But it turns out he had a sleeper account on FR called "Lancelot Jones."
He recently registered a mole account on FR called "The Duke of Pearls" where he attempted to post the anti-FR screed pasted below. I pulled it and banned his account(s), but it is the one he's now plastering all over the net aided and abetted by his pal and anti-Palin RINO troll, EveningStar.
By the way, it's telling that Gonzalez in his Lancelot Jones mole persona posted the following quips to FR just a couple of days ago:
"If you can't rely on something at the precise moment that you need it the most, because that thing that you need to rely on is only reliable when the circumstances suit it, then get rid of it."
"If the GOP realizes that "purists" will only supprt the GOP when the Party's candidates meet their test, then it may be best to not count on them at all."
"The lesson that the GOP will probably learn from your scenario, is that it needs to jettison purists once and for all."
So, I guess my pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-small government, pro-gun, pro-liberty constitutional stance makes me a "purist" who must be hated and persecuted and run off the net even though my positions on these causes are exactly the same as the official Republican party platform. Very strange.
Here's Gonzalez' latest anti-FR screed that he's trying to make go viral:
Once, a long time ago, if you were an individual seeking reasonable and intelligent political discourse in the Internet, from a right-wing perspective, there were few places as prominent and respected as Jim Robinsons freerepublic.com. The site counted among its members such luminaries as Tony Snow, Barbara Olsen, and Andrew Breitbar; even Robert Bork was rumored to post in FR.
The sites users, known as FReepers, were considerable in number, dedicated, and passionate, and Jim Robinsons conservative brigades were able to launch either spontaneous roadside rallies, or organized nation-wide protests from Texas, to Florida, to Georgia, to Washington DC itself.
- It was a FReeper that ended Dan Rathers career.
- It was a FReeper that coined the term Sore/Loserman during the Bush/Gore recount wars.
- It was a FReeper that posted the first known report of trouble with the Columbia, as it disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana on re-entry.
- It was a FReeper that photo-shopped the infamous image of John Kerry standing side-by-side with Jane Fonda in an anti Vietnam war rally.
Those were the Golden Days of Free Republic, but the site shines no longer. Mr. Robinson fails to realize that it was individual members of his forum that brought gravitas to the forum, and not the other way around. To be fair, Robinson created what could very well be the best softweare of its kind, but it was the massive interchange of ideas between members, all driven by the e-wave of the late 20th Century, and the animosity toward the Clinton administration that brought the forum into the spotlight.
Alas, Mr. Robinson convinced himself that the message was the medium, when it was the messengers that raised the medium to glory.
Internet blogs are buzzing with reports of a massive crack up in FR, with anti-Romney sentiment standing toe-to-toe with open anti-Mormon bias, FReepers are abandoning Jim Robinsons burning ship in droves, populating sites like www.gopbriefingroom.com to discuss the chaotic status of Free Republic.
In facebook, exiled FReepers stand amazed at the realization that Free Republic and Daily KOS, bitter Internet blog political ideology enemies, are actually supporting the same candidate for the Presidency this cycle, as FReepers openly support the idea if an Obama win, as such a victory will teach the GOP a lesson.
This post from FReeper Leep
"Crash and burn America. Hopefully, we can rebuild in 10 or 20 or 50 years ?" The signs are visible to even the naked eye.
Check this statement by the sites founder, Jim Robinson, just a few nights ago:
Lastly, were having a bit of changeover on our moderator staff. At least two moderators resigned this afternoon after I flatly refused to rein in a so-called anti-Mormon bigot on FR. In todays Free Republic, no one will be critical of anti-Mormon statements. Jim Robinson once again:
This website considers the Mormon religion as false doctrine. Period. Its nearly impossible to cross the line on criticism of Mitt Romneys Mormonism at a site where the proprietor dismisses the entire religion as a false doctrine.
Robinson, in his refusal to support the GOP ticket seems to understand that he has become a minority within a minority, within a diminishing number of supporters, as he says:
"I doubt there are 10% of the FReepers in agreement with me on this." Ten percent of a rapidly diminishing number of posting members could spell financial troubles for Robinson, as some of the sites most steadfast financial supporters quietly melt into the night.
Then again, even as Free Republic fades into irrelevance, Robinsons legacy lives on in an unintended cottage industry of forums offering refuge to FReepers wishing to distance themselves from Robinson.
As one of the members of The Briefing Room quipped recently:
"The FR meltdown is good for business, people are looking for a sanctuary, and a place where sanity still reigns. Our membership rolls are increasing hourly, and they all come to ask the same question what in the world happened to Free Republic?
Sad thing, that what was once such a great notion will crumble and fall under the weight of such a negative and destructive actions, and that in the end, the great things accomplished by the many, will be dragged down into the mud by the few.
Well, this ought to be interesting.
Thank you Boss and God Bless!!!!!!
way to go, Jim.
Looks like you are still here.
Keep up the good fight, and thank you.
Count me as a purist too.
I will not vote for either candidate. It's not a change. It's not my values.
These fringers are obsessed with you and FR, Jim.
"This post from FReeper Leep "
I have never heard of this clown. Was this a troll?
My take is pretty simple:
If you can handle supporting Romney/Ryan, do so-
If not, work to support conservative candidates in other races, as JimRob is doing
That purist label is a lie anyway. Conservatives are the ones who have repeatedly compromised for moderates only to be stabbed in the back. Guys like McCain and Graham wouldn't be where they are if conservatives hadn't compromised for them and in return conservatives have been repeatedly screwed.
In contrast, George Romney stomped off to pout and refused to endorse or support Barry Goldwater when he won the nomination in 1964.
The purists are the moderates who reserve their compromise for their friends on the left.
His "screed" makes me like FreeRepublic more.
"In contrast, George Romney stomped off to pout and refused to endorse or support Barry Goldwater when he won the nomination in 1964."
Reminds me of how they acted when various TEA party candidates knocked off RINOs in primaries.
Long live FR. You, Drudge, and Instapundit are my news sources. Period.
Consequently, I receive relevant news sooner and with far less distortion and omissions than from the MSM.
As for RINOs, may they rest at the bottom of the same sewage tank as the Obamadork and his West Wing Clown Show of Felon/Cretins.
Oh, and RINOmney is still a dork...although I will have to hold my nose and vote for him.
Any way we can drop the vapid dork and get Ryan to the top spot?
The GOP is a disgrace to our Country and way of life. They pretend to be conservative but are nothing more than Democrats hiding behind a veil of limp talk. They have the same values as the Dems since they fully believe the citizens are too ignorant to run their own lives and need to be subjugated to the GOP elite whims.
I'm with you, Jim. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
Ryan Paul is a near-perfect T.E.A. Party candidate and would be a heartbeat away from the presidency if elected.
Could even position him for his own presidential run.
I enjoy and support FR, so I'll try not to get the boot after all these years.
My priority is the defeat of Obama.
WTF is a RINO these days anyway? The Republican Party has moved Left. That's a true fact. Why are they doing this? It's simple. For the past 30 years, industry and government have worked together to ship all the manufacturing jobs out of this country, so a hard-working high school graduate has almost no chance of success.
Then, they conspired to make us all get a degree so we could get a job and now that just gets you in the door for a minimum wage job that a teenager could do in 1975.
If we lived in Conservative Utopia, where would everyone work? The jobs are never coming back. The business owners aren't going to bring them back and the consumers aren't willing to pay the high prices for domestic content. Business owners keep demanding more and more work from less and less employees for less money each day, yet they pay the same taxes they paid under Bush (so far). We've turned America into a nation for the wealthy elite and the welfare class. There is no room at the table for a working man.
Now, we could lower the standard of living so that our labor costs are low enough to lure jobs back to the US.
And that is EXACTLY what both parties are doing. We are going through a painful contraction of the economy that will end with a large number of Americans permanently on the dole and the rest working like galley slaves to live just a little better than those who live on government checks.
In addition to simply taking money out of our pockets to lower our living standard, they have indoctrinated two generations with global warming, unrealistic body images, and a lifestyle that is unhealthy so that those generations think that every day is armageddon.
Both parties are unwilling to grow the standard of living. They are partners in lowering it. They only differ in the methods and speed of decline.
And that is the big diference. Obama and the Progressive Left want to drive us into a third world lifestyle, raising up the multi-culti peoples as the standard. They want the white middle class punished for past successes in favor of the multi-cultis.
Romney and the Progressive Right want to drive us to European Socialism. That's not a great place to be, but it gives us a chance of a standard of living that doesn't include eating our pets.
The "greatest generation" is dying off fast and the Boomers will start dying off soon. Then, the children of the Cold War will die off. The generation after that has been prepared for the hopeless future and they are ready to live the urban survival lifestyle that the future will demand.
Its a bleak, dystopian future, but that's the way it is. The Conservative is today's true RINO because the political system has abandoned us as obsolete artifacts of the days of American Greatness. The political parties laugh at our naivete. If you are even a nominal Christian, place your faith in God and give up on the USA. It is dying and political system is feeding it poison as it struggles to live.
There are going to be thousands of voters who are curious about mormonism....this is a good advertisement for FR as a site to gather information that is not just propaganda from Salt Lake City.
Welcome in advance, Truth-Seekers! When you get here, just do a site search for users Colofornian, Elsie, greyfoxx39, delacoert,reaganaut and zakeet as the FReepers who have posted much information on mormonism taken directly from the mormon/lds articles, doctrine and leaders. There are many other contributors, but many of the actual threads have been started by the above-named. These threads are providing sourced information on the history of Joseph Smith and the lds church, along with articles on the current state of the religion.
As I voted for Palin last time, I'm voting for Ryan this. I can't sit back and vote for soetoro by not voting the GOP ticket. It may be unfortunate but it's true.
That being said, I love FreeRepublic. God Bless the site and God Bless the overall work you do.
Well, I'm not going along with any of that. If they want my vote, they can put Ryan or someone else at the top of the ticket at the convention. Otherwise, piss on 'em.
I'll stand firm for God, country and Liberty!! Socialists can KMA!!
Here in Michigan I voted for Clark Durant in the primary. He lost to Pete Hoekstra but I can support Hoekstra over Stabenow because Pete isn't the bridge too far that Romney is.
Sure Hoekstra has some RINO tendencies but he's well to the right of someone like McCain.
LOL! I'm a bit lacking in sleep today, and I thought your post was "These fingers are obsessed with you and FR, Jim"
I thought it was either very nice, or rather odd. Then I realized I needed a cup of very strong coffee! LOL!
>>Ill stand firm for God, country and Liberty!! Socialists can KMA!!
As I said, stand for God. The country and liberty are as good as gone. I'm voting for Romney/Ryan not because I think they'll save the US, but because they might prolong the death until I'm gone. If we can get a few states to seceed and create a Christian nation, I will go there.
God bless you, Jim. God bless your family, too.
A liberal is a liberal whether there's an R or D after their name.
I doubt any Conservatives have left Free Republic but a lot of RINOs and libs have.
I guess my pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-small government, pro-gun, pro-liberty constitutional stance makes me a "purist" who must be hated and persecuted and run off the net even though my positions on these causes are exactly the same as the official Republican party platform.
That ... plus I'm willing to bet that your willingness to fight for these ideals ... combined with your non-compromising take no prisoners attitude ... causes the establishment RINO's to pee their pants more than just about anything else.
My doctor told me to get off FR and take a rest......I got a new doctor.
I am considering voting for Ryan as well - by writing him in as President.
I was ABR during the primaries.
I will be ABO now.
I'm glad Ryan is on the ticket.
I suspect that a sizeable majority of FReepers, all good conservatives, will vote the same way as me.
I respect those who don't, though I think they err. That's the way it goes.
Yep. It's RINO season. Thin the herd.
And I'm ready to pack my bags for Texas the moment they decide to secede from the United Socialist States of America!! God, bless TEXAS!!
Jim...whenever someone takes a moral, principled stand, verses a pragmatic one, they will be persecuted for it. That just makes you a good guy!
IF someone calls me a "purist" for having a basic set of reasonable standards and sticking to them....then I know they are NOT truly conservative...they are only conveinently so.
You are taking a stand when all the others are selling out to Romney's nonsense. They do this because of fear of Obama. Well, common sense tells one that you don't fight wrong with wrong. Obama is wrong and Romney is wrong. We don't have to sell folks on Obama being wrong....it is self evident. However, I find it extremely disturbing that folks cannot see that Romney does not meet minimal standards of acceptability. To vote for him would be to violate one's personal standards of morality and ethics. At least for a sensible person...like you Jim.
Keep fighting the good fight!
Ryan seals the deal for me. I will vote for RR. In the best of circumstances I can see Ryan leading on policy for 8 years of a Romney administration and then taking over for a further 8 years to complete reforms of Supreme Court and the whole DC establishment.
Withholding a vote is a vote for Obama. Voting "present" isn't an option if you have a concern for the future of your country..If you can vote for Ryan in 2016 or 2020..then should vote for RR now.
Hey, now how did you manage to get a photo of my new mobility powered zot device? That's classified!
Oh my, that woman is such a pain!
He has corrected me on that by saying that I have met him, therefore I know he is male.
True, I have met him in person.
That didn't convince me though...heh
I remember when he was sycophanting the old anti-freeper site clown posse.
He was trying so hard to fit in, dissing FR and posting 'relevant' scat.
Even they saw that he was a weak fence sitter, and humiliated him to such a degree that he slunk back to FR, pretending to be part of this group.
OK decided to use my backspace key, lol don't need to go into the past sordid history of this sad woman anymore...but I am glad ES has been outed as a class one A anti-freeper finally.
It won't be long until the real hard case anti's send him packing again!
"I can see Ryan leading on policy for 8 years of a Romney administration and then taking over for a further 8 years to complete reforms of Supreme Court and the whole DC establishment."
That is NOT going to happen. Romney will be Romney, just like he was in MASS., and Ryan will just be window dressing and will have zero influence. Romney will surround himself with liberals and his Salt Lake City buddies.
If its not about values and beliefs, then what IS it about?
If its not about restoring America and returning to Christ, then what's the point?
After the election is over, we still have to be able to live with what we've done and who we've become. I will vote Romney/Ryan, but we probably need to start thinking of a third party run for 2016.
Quietly, here in Tennessee, we are weeding the herd. Six of the candidates put up by the TEA Party, who did not live up to their promises, have been primaried out by candidates who we hope will do better. Who knows, Tennessee might join Texas once again if that secession becomes necessary.
LOL @ "fingers" ;0)
Here's you some back up:
That is why I cannot vote for Slick Romney. That would be a sin too far in my eyes.
When I was growing and developing my worldview and was all gung-ho for Reagan and the GOP, the topics were usually things like fighting the communist tide, a Balanced Budget Amendment, family values, term limits, strong defense, and the like. The GOP sure has devolved since then, and here we have a nominee who supported things from hairbrained cap-and-trade nonsense, socialized medicine, abortion and gay adoption, vocally expressed disdain for the Reagan era, and has had minions viciously trash and undercut the few solid constitutional-conservatives that remain out there.
It just seems so insanely surreal. Sure don't seem to have a Party reflecting my voice anymore. Sometimes even wonder if there's much of a country even left worth fighting for anymore. Surreal times.
"place your faith in God and give up on the USA. It is dying and political system is feeding it poison as it struggles to live."
If you're going to "Give Up on the USA" no matter how rotten the future looks, you'd best rethink it.
There is NO other country Left to retreat to.
Here we stand, Faith in God is Fine, but Here We STAND, PERIOD!
Thanks Jim.
We all have to do what we think is right for our country, our families and our own peace of mind.
The GOP is about 2 terms away from nominating a transsexual atheist.
I am going to focus on working for lower level more local conservative candidates get elected. City council up to House of Representatives.
That's where the real work should be done anyway in my opinion.
:) I'm much more awake now.
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What kind of band calls itself Hookers Made Out of Cocaine? The kind that shares shots of whiskey before photo shoots. The kind for whom a record release show involves literally releasing its record into space via helium balloons. The kind that never skips an opportunity to ridicule their best friends' band, Lo-Pan.
Basically, a band that wrings every possible ounce of juvenile joy from playing music.
"This is the funnest band I've ever played in," drummer Joel Archibald said, and he's played in a lot of them.
So has bassist Donovan Roth, whose musical history is intertwined with Archibald's.
"We have always had this f---ing amazing connection," Roth said. "We would just not even talk. We would just look at each other and write a song."
The pair played metal together in The Husher, which led to Archibald joining Roth's band Smashy Smashy circa 2005. That evolved into Hookers Made Out Of Cocaine, a two-piece geared toward short, jarring blasts of party punk.
Archibald scaled back his musical endeavors after getting married and having a kid, but with his son approaching kindergarten age, Hookers resumed last fall. Their first new song, "Skot Thompson," was about beating up Lo-Pan's bass player.
"Within the first two or three practices, we pretty much had our whole set," Archibald said.
They planned to continue as a duo, but Low Men guitarist J.R. Fisher turned out to be the perfect addition.
"We put him through the wringer, too," Archibald said. "We're still putting him through the wringer."
Hazing rituals aside, they wasted no time recording a self-titled album, released on vinyl in June. All 19 tracks feature accompanying artwork, colored on bar napkins by Roth at the Hey Hey.
They toured the U.S. in June; another tour looms in September. In May they'll tour Europe with Roth's other band, Sick Thrills. But first, a pair of local shows this weekend: Friday at Tree Bar and Sunday at Carabar.
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Synthetic Fuels for Transportation: Background Paper 1: The Future Potential of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
Date: March 1982
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Genuine 10X quality straw Grant cowboy hat by Stetson. Straw cowboy hat features a 4 3/8" crown with black eyelets and a 4" brim. Brown and black genuine leather band with tails has silver-tone diamond shaped conchos. Leather lined interior band.
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Love it!
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Comments about CamelBak CamelBak® .75L Insulated Bottle Sleeve:
Love it! I have had no issues at all with it. Fits my bottle perfectly. Keeps water ice cold, even while hiking. I am a koozie person so being able to have a koozie for my Camelbak is great. The only suggestions would be to have a wider variety of designs... the white flowers tend to get dirty. Other than that, it is perfect.
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Really handy for my glass Eddy bottle
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I broke umpteen million glass Lifefactory bottles and ended up using a Mason jar for a while...(cheaper) before finally trying out a glass Eddy bottle from Camelbak. So for extra protection, I wanted a sleeve on this one. This sleeve is a very tight squeeze over top of the silicone wrap the Eddy comes with. I won't be taking it off to wash the bottle, just handwashing it in the sleeve. I really like the extra padding and also the divided handle that allows me to quickly grab the bottle by the finger strap at the top or hold the bottle around the middle to drink and slip my hand through the longer part of the strap on the side. That's particularly nice because I have small hands and the glass Eddy is big and heavy, especially when full. The only thing I would ask by way of improvement is that this sleeve be offered in the fabrics and styling of the Groove sleeve. If this handled sleeve came with that look, it would be ideal.
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This cover was recommended to me by Camelbak to fit my .7L Canekbak Eddy (aluminum). Of all bottles aluminum benefits most from insulation as the metal gets very cold to touch. Unfortunately this holder is too loose for the .7L eddy and constantly falls off the bottle. I have almost lost it a couple times holding my bottle by the handle and it fell off. Luckily I have noticed this every time within a few steps and picked it up off the ground. The stitching on the bottom of this bottle is not very tight which makes the bottle tip over rather easily when the sleeve is on. I love the insulation - almost a must have for a metal bottle- but it needs to be more usable: Stay on my bottle and allow my bottle to stand straight.
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Jaime Hernandez: The 2012-W Proof $100 Platinum coin was originally offered by the Mint beginning on August 09, 2012. Each One Ounce Proof coin had an issue price of $1,692. Maximum mintage was set at 15,000. The 2012-W Proof Platinum Reverse design has a theme entitled "To Provide for the Common Defense."
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It's important that you are knowledgeable in your field: an engineer must have engineering knowledge; an accountant needs an accounting background; a nurse needs a medical education. Your GPA is indicative of what you have learned in your field. More than half of employers recognize this by screening applicants by GPA, using a cutoff of 3.0. Add an internship or two in your field and you show an employer that you've tested your new knowledge.
However, employers say other skills and abilities help job seekers stand out from the crowd of degree-holders. They want new hires who will fit in with co-workers and into the workplace, and are able to get the job done.
Unfortunately—and ironically—the very qualities employers look for are the qualities they find lacking in many new graduates. Employers say new graduates lack face-to-face communication skills, especially writing skills. They say many students tend to lack presentation skills, teamwork skills, and overall interpersonal (gets along well with others) skills.
Employers also note that new grads tend to lack a good work ethic. Some say students have trouble with time management and are unable to multitask in order to meet deadlines. Some new hires do not have realistic expectations for their new positions: they are not loyal to the organization and they "have a high sense of urgency and want to climb the ladder overnight." Other employers say new hires lack professionalism: they lack maturity and knowledge of business etiquette, including how to dress appropriately.
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Don't Buy Apple, It's Too Cheap
I am bullish on Apple, but I love the negative market sentiment. That's because I want to build an Apple position at the best possible price.
Am I greedy? You bet I am, and I always want to buy at the best possible price. Sometimes, though, you can get too greedy, and wanting to buy much below $500 feels very greedy indeed.
We know most investors are not comfortable positioning against the price trend. It's almost as if the price is too low to buy.
Forget about novice investors -- even many experienced investors want the false comfort of positive media attention directed toward stocks they're interested in.
I'm an active trader who fades extreme price movements, and in order to be successful I follow strict rules of entry and exit. I bought my first stock in the 1980s, and after all these years of investing, I don't enter into a position without knowing my estimated edge, profit target and stop-loss level. Looking at a simple price chart doesn't get me there.
I know my entry and exits points because I have spent lots of time back-testing and calculating the odds as best I can from historical results. I have spent tens of thousands of hours analyzing charts, and I still use precise entries and exits.
Do you believe the typical part-time investor looking at a chart will have an edge over professionals who know the fundamentals of any given company and know the likely price action with any given chart pattern?
Big money doesn't hold all the cards, though, and as a retail investor you have several key advantages over the big guys. Don't make the mistake of discounting your advantage along with your ability to outperform fund managers. Rules are a must, but you don't need a committee meeting to exit a position (unless maybe the committee includes your spouse).
Retail investors decide what percentage of their portfolios to allocate to any given stock. If Seagate (STX) is growing relative to your other holdings because it's trending faster than the rest of your portfolio, you don't have to rebalance unless you want to. It's not an excuse to be reckless, but flexibility and quickness are key advantages.
Timing is maybe the greatest edge the average investor has over large fund managers. Retail investors can pick and choose the time frame for any given position. For example, in "BlackBerry Isn't a 10 for Investors" I suggest that Research In Motion (RIMM) may be bought for a gain, and then sold or shorted for another gain when the BlackBerry 10 is released.


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Seatbelt use is up
THUMBS UP: According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, seatbelt use is at an all-time high. The DPS says the latest observational use survey in June showed a 94.8 percent seatbelt use rate – a 15 percent increase since 2003. For a reference, in 1986 – the year Minnesota first passed a seatbelt law – compliance was 20 percent and there were 280 unbelted deaths on our roads and highways. In 2003, belt compliance was just shy of 80 percent with 257 unbelted deaths, and in 2008 belt use was 86.7 percent with 150 unbelted deaths. Last year, seatbelt use was at 93.6 percent with 116 unbelted deaths. Too many deaths on our highways to be sure, but at least this is a positive trend.
MIC moving
THUMBS DOWN: We're sorry to hear that the Minnesota Inventors Congress, which has held its annual show in Redwood Falls for the past 56 years, is planning on moving to a larger city and a bigger venue.
The Inventors Congress is planning on relocating to someplace in the Twin Cities, where there are bigger facilities and bigger potential audiences.
We suppose it can be considered a tribute to the Redwood Falls organizers that the show has grown to the point where it needs to move to keep growing. But it will be missed in this part of the state.
Farm bill action
THUMBS UP: We're glad to see the U.S. House and Senate are talking to each other again on the issue of the Farm Bill. The bill has been in limbo, with two different versions passed, but the conference committee process has been held up until the last farm bill expired on Sept. 30.
The House, which passed a partial version that stripped out the Food Stamp program, has finally appointed its conferees, which includes local First District Rep. Tim Walz, and Minnesota's 7th District Rep. Colin Peterson. On the Senate side, Sen. Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota is on the committee
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A video has gone viral but it's not the latest hit from Justin Bieber or a cute cat.
The Australian Army has posted a strongly worded, three-minute message from its chief, Lt. Gen. David Morrison. It's gotten over a million views.
"Those who think it's okay to behave in a way that demeans or exploits their colleagues have no place in this Army," said Morrison in the video, reacting to an alleged sex scandal involving inappropriate emails and images. "On all operations, female soldiers have proven themselves in the best traditions of the Australian army. They are vital to us, maintaining our capability now and into the future. If that does not suit you, then get out."
The video message came not only as Australia was dealing with its own scandal, but as an epidemic of sexual assaults was revealed in the U.S. military. According to the U.S. Defense Department, 26,000 service members said they experienced unwanted sexual contact last year. But only 3,374 cases were actually reported toRead More »from A Question of Command: Allies Break with U.S. Over Military Sexual Assaults


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Park fee
Dear editor:
Warren Powers that be, when I first heard about the plans to charge a fee for the use of parks in Warren, I was really disappointed; you forgot to put in the clause: Services for the armed forces are exempt. I really thought you had an unfortunate slip up. I have come to discover that this was not a mistake.
You really have placed a monetary value on these services and ceremonies. How embarrassing! How dare you thumb your noses at each and every person that has given their lives for our freedom! This is a slap in the face to every person that lives in Warren County.
I have yet to meet ONE person that accepts this "idea" of yours. You do realize you are just one twitter, one email, one Facebook page, and one newsletter away from having every eye in the nation bestowed upon you? There is a grumbling of the people and it is getting louder.
You allowed the Memorial Day services be moved to Youngsville and still you have yet to change this ignorant policy! There is a very large group of men and women that are starting to organize and I would suggest you take a serious look at what you have done.
This is a poorly thought out policy of unbelievable magnitude. It should not have taken more than a moment for you to realize your "mistake." It has been more than six weeks, and still you appear to be thumbing your noses at an entire nation, for a few measly dollars.
I am embarrassed and ashamed. I am embarrassed for you, for the people of Warren County and especially for the men and women who have fought and died for our little town. This will not remain a dirty little secret for long. The nation is about to slap Warren county off the map, so batten down the hatches, because this is going to get ugly. You grabbed the tail of a lion, not a mouse.
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As Africa's e-commerce space hots up, JP Morgan also joins the chef to cook the food for the internet party currently going on across Africa. Jumia.com.ng, originally launched as kasuwa.com.ng came into the Nigerian market in June: founded by two young, savvy Africans (Rafael Afaedor and Tunde Kehinde) and funded by Germany based Rocket Internet.
The funding is made into Jumia and Zando(South Africa based Fashion site) through a
German holding company in an all cash-for-equity investment. Jumia currently operates in Nigeria, Egypt and Morocco.
"This investment is a real turning point for Jumia, and e-commerce in Nigeria" said Jumia co-founders and joint-CEO's Tunde Kehinde & Raphael Afaedor. "With this investment, we will strengthen our current footprint, offering our customers more brands, more categories and more services as well as improving operations; we are among the pioneers of e-commerce in Nigeria and this investment confirms that Nigeria will become a very large market in the very near future."
J.P. Morgan Asset Management Portfolio Manager Robert Cousin, who worked on the deal from New York, confirmed the transaction, saying, "We are excited to partner with Jumia and Zando as the companies continue to expand their e-commerce presence in Africa."
What does it mean for the Market?
It is quite obvious that confidence on viability of ecommerce in nigeria and Africa is improving day-by-day. It also points to the fact that, the investors have confidence in the team and their strategies (directly or indirectly). For any startup willing to take on the e-commerce gold rush, a strong financial backing or extreme street sense is needed to succeed in this market.