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jb wrote:peeker643 wrote:jb wrote:furls wrote:I didn't call you a troll. I have never stated that this defense is even decent. I think Shazier is pretty good, probably not an AA, but pretty good. Grant and Barnett have been decent. The other 4 are worthless.
No, that was for Peeker & Eye.
Individual performance always varries but as a unit Meh.
So if I mention again the Brandon Weeden shitshow is that fact based or trolling?
You were trolling. I know how it works. It's easy money here.
No one's arguing they aren't elite. Point being no one else appears to be either.
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Peeker - the Buckeye's offense is top 10 and almost elite IF Miller is healthy and running.
The D is just flat out mediocre.
CFB is rounding out nicely. It's bama, Oreygun and FSU. All else shove off into mediocrity.
Okay. Not disagreeing.
But that said, it will not shock me in the least if OSU wins out and all three of those teams you believe to be elite are beaten at least once. Oregon still has UCLA, Stanford and Oregon St, Alabama has LSU and Auburn, Florida State has the easiest road but their bus is still being driven by a RS freshman, regardless how precocious he is. Like I said and will continue to say, if OSU wins out I think things take care of themselves as to a BCS title game appearance for Buckeyes and their admittedly shitty defense.
And if they get waxed then they get waxed.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Shaun Ellis is excited more than usual heading into his 11th season with the New York Jets.
The 33-year-old defensive end thinks his team has a legitimate shot at making a Super Bowl run, something Ellis has dreamed about since being the 12th overall draft pick out of Tennessee in 2000.
He has outlasted three Jets head coaches and dozens of former teammates, and is also one of only nine first-round picks from his draft class still on an NFL roster.
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Among the retail holiday heavy hitters, Halloween ranks dead last behind Christmas ($69.2 billion by IBISWorld estimates), Valentine's Day ($20.8 billion), Mother's Day ($17.1 billion), Father's Day and Thanksgiving ($7.8 billion). Think Turkey Day's spot is looking ripe for the plucking thanks to Black Friday's encroachment on Thanksgiving dinner? Nope. Halloween's 3% year-over-year growth lags well behind Thanksgiving's 6.4% growth in 2012.
Fluctuating commodities prices have more than a little bit to do with Thanksgiving's annual take, but weather-dependent Halloween has plenty of its own variables. This year, Halloween has the grave misfortune of sharing its run-up sales period with a lingering government shutdown. With roughly 800,000 federal workers sent home, 2.1 million civilian contractors also furloughed and government money locked up tight, few people are feeling particularly flush this season. Halloween sales with still grow, but that growth is just a costume for some telling spending cuts.
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Bakunin, Mikhail (Alexandrovich)
Mikhail (Alexandrovich) Bakunin 1814-1876
(Also transliterated as Michael; see also Aleksandrovich) Russian political philosopher and social activist.
For further information on Bakunin's life and works, see NCLC, Volume 25.
Recognized as one of the founders of anarchism, Mikhail Bakunin is remembered for his central role as architect and perpetrator of revolution in nineteenth-century Europe. His fervor to see social revolution take place made him one of the most active radicals of the century, sometimes driving him to travel from country to country in pursuit of the rebellion that would spark continental revolution. Articulating himself in a variety of forms, including lectures, pamphlets, journal articles, and an extensive correspondence, Bakunin contributed to the development of philosophical and political anarchism with disquisitions on revolutionary aims and means, and plans for social reorganization. Through both his actions and his writings, he became a model and a leader to many revolutionaries, spearheading substantial movements in Italy and Switzerland. While Bakunin's anarchist vision of the overthrow of reigning powers in Europe was largely superseded by the ideological program of Marxism, his stated goals—the destruction of institutional government and the creation of a federation of cooperative communities—have continued to influence radical thought.
Biographical Information
Bakunin's youth reflected his position in Czarist Russia, where he was born into an aristocratic family with liberal sympathies. After an initial education at home, Bakunin entered a military academy at fifteen and took commission as an officer at eighteen. During his two years of active duty he developed an interest in philosophy and, obtaining an early release, determined to find himself an intellectual community. In 1836 he moved to Moscow, where he studied German philosophy and associated with various writers and intellectuals. He pursued his philosophical education further in Berlin, beginning in 1840, hoping ultimately to return to Moscow to teach philosophy at the university. By 1842, however, his interests had taken on an explicitly political and radical bent, which aroused the suspicion of his home government. When he published the political tract "Die Reaction in Deutschland" (1842; "Reaction in Germany"), Russian authorities—alarmed by its incendiary content and his association with German communist Wilhelm Weitling—ordered Bakunin to return home. When he refused, he was sentenced in absentia to an indefinite term of hard labor in Siberia.
As a phase in the development of Bakunin's political thought, the years from 1842 to 1863 roughly represent his nationalist or "pan-Slavic" period. As revolution appeared to rage throughout Europe in the 1840s, Bakunin saw the opportunity for people of all Slavic countries to throw off their largely monarchical regimes. Living in Paris during much of this time, he became acquainted with several leading revolutionaries, including Karl Marx and anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, both of whom influenced him profoundly, although he would ultimately find himself in dire conflict with Marx. After participating in the Paris Revolution of 1848, Bakunin went east to join the revolutionary uprisings in Prague and Dresden, where he hoped to instigate a unified Slavic rebellion. His ambitions were cut short when Dresden authorities captured him and sentenced him to death. He was granted a reprieve, however, and extradited to Russia, where he began to serve a life sentence. At the invitation of Czar Nicholas I, and in the hopes of having his sentence reduced, Bakunin penned an autobiographical statement called the Ispoved' (1851) or Confession, a controversial work in which he combined a candid record of his subversive activities and revolutionary thought with self-recrimination and pleas for the czar's leniency. Despite the Confession, his sentence was not altered until 1857 when, under Alexander IPs rule, he was exiled to Siberia for life. There, he married, enjoyed a congenial relationship with the governor of the district, who was also a distant relative, and was afforded considerable freedom to travel. In 1861 he capitalized on this laxity and, in a daring escape, made his way to London via Japan and the United States.
In London, Bakunin resumed his efforts for Slavic unification, contributing essays in support of the 1863 Polish uprising to Alexander Herzen's periodical Kolkol (The Bell). When the Polish rebellion failed, Bakunin moved to Italy and shifted his focus from Slavic issues to international anarchism. He also succeeded in his efforts to organize groups of revolutionaries, beginning in Naples where he founded the International Brotherhood in 1865. The revolutionary principles Bakunin articulated for this group exemplified the form his anarchism took—stressing the need to abolish government, organized religion, and private property, and advocating conspiracy and violence as the means for change. When that association dissolved in 1867, Bakunin moved on to Switzerland, where he founded the International Alliance of Social Democracy. Through this latter organization he sought in 1869 his first formal alliance with the International Workingmen's Association, a largely socialist organization founded in 1864 and defined heavily by the leadership of Karl Marx. For a time Bakunin carried some weight in the International, informally heading anarcho-communist factions from Italy, France, Switzerland, and Spain. Ultimately, however, Bakunin and his followers found themselves at odds with the majority faction led by Marx on the key issue of how power ought to be distributed following a successful revolution. Bakunin argued that the communist state envisioned by Marx, in which the workers held power, would be no less corrupt than the governments they sought to overthrow; this conflict also betrayed a struggle between the two leaders for the control of the International. That competition came to an end in 1872, when Marx engineered a coup by scheduling the Congress for Hague, a location to which Bakunin and many anarchists could not travel; a formal expulsion went through in the absence of Bakunin and his delegates.
While Bakunin tirelessly formed another association and continued to pursue an agenda of political agitation, he was increasingly plagued by poor health and financial problems. Exhausted after his endeavors in the unsuccessful Bologna uprising of 1874, he spent his final years in poverty and illness. Allegations of misspent funds and revelation of the treachery of his one-time associate Sergei Nachaev added to his distress. Bakunin died in 1876.
Major Works
Unlike most major political philosophers, Bakunin has to his credit no clear and extended explanation of his political ideas. His writing was prolific, but never sustained. His contributions to political thought exist instead in short pieces—letters, pamphlets, articles, and lectures—most of which he wrote to address specific events or circumstances. Some of these pieces nonetheless influenced the shape of anarchism in particular, and progressive nineteenth-century politics in general. His "Reaction in Germany," his first significant work, concluded with a statement—"The passion for destruction is also a creative passion"—that many anarchists later adopted as a kind of motto. The idea expressed here, recuperating the requisite destructiveness of revolution as something ultimately positive, underpinned Bakunin's later work and the work of many subsequent revolutionaries. The piece has also received critical attention for its clear demonstration of Bakunin's debt to the "Young Hegelians," who were revising the dialectics of Hegel for their own purposes. His "Appeal to the Slavs" of 1848 represents the major statement of his pan-Slavic period, but also contains seeds of the internationalist perspective necessary to his developing anarchism.
He produced other articles in the 1840s, but it wasn't until his imprisonment in 1851 that Bakunin penned his next significant work. The Confession has been particularly controversial in the Bakunin legacy, since the context in which he wrote required circumspection. The Czar, apparently hoping for both repentance and names of co-conspirators, requested that Bakunin write him a letter documenting his revolutionary activities. Bakunin, apparently hoping for some reduction in his sentence, complied. The autobiographical document that he produced, however, both did and did not meet the Czar's expectations. On the surface, Bakunin acknowledged the criminality of his actions; nonetheless, he offered no clear apology for either his actions or his convictions. Those convictions achieved their first explicitly anarchist form after Bakunin's release from prison; when he attended the Congress for Peace and Freedom in 1867, he presented the assembly with his address on Federalism, Socialism, and Anti-Theologism (1867).
Two pieces entitled "Revolutionary Catechism" have been attributed to Bakunin, one on solid grounds and the other on dubious. The first, composed circa 1866, constitutes Bakunin's statement to his Italian followers, the International Brotherhood, and delineates the aims and mode of revolution that he considered appropriate to anarcho-communism. The second, probably written in or before 1870, may have been written with Sergei Nachaev or just by Nachaev alone. Since its discovery in 1870, Bakunin's enemies and detractors have tried to attribute it to him, since its content is so violent as to lose the sympathy of even most anarchists. His defenders, in turn, have tried to dissociate him from the diatribe. Other pamphlets of uncertain origin, but associated with Bakunin and Nachaev, include "How the Revolutionary Question Presents Itself and "Principles of Revolution."
Most of the works that have garnered critical attention came from the last six years of Bakunin's life, during the height of his conflict with Marx. One such document was the 30,000-word Letters to a Frenchman, composed in the early 1870s in response to the Franco-Prussian War. Later edited into six ordered sections by James Guillaume for publication, the document became one of the most lucid statements of Bakunin's thought. Two other pieces, probably the most important from Bakunin's corpus, also come from this period: L 'empire knouto-germanique et la révolution sociale and Statism and Anarchy. The first, composed from 1870 to 1871, exemplifies much of Bakunin's written work. Begun as a pamphlet, it quickly took on the dimensions of a book, but never reached completion. Later editors, putting aside the many revisions, fragments, and addenda, extracted a coherent section and published it as God and the State. First published in French in 1882, the fundamental explanation of government and religion as mechanisms of oppression went on to become Bakunin's most reproduced work, translated into more than ten languages and published around the world. Statism and Anarchy, composed in 1873, was Bakunin's last major work, appropriately reflecting on the events of the previous years, particularly the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War and Marx's victory over Bakunin for control of the International. While this work was also incomplete, critics have also found it less fragmented than much of Bakunin's other works; translator Marshall B. Shatz even dubbed it "quite artfully constructed."
Critical Reception
While the two other significant anarchists of the nineteenth-century—Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Peter Kropotkin—are generally hailed as the seminal thinkers of the philosophy, Bakunin's reputation as a thinker and writer has come second to his reputation as an activist. The great majority of commentators have maintained that he formulated no coherent system, pointing to his inability to produce sustained statements of his political philosophy. Even his admirers often hold this view, including Bertrand Russell, who remarked in 1919 that Bakunin's works were hurried and therefore "lack . . . literary order." Russell also made the charge, echoed by many others, that Bakunin focused almost exclusively on the destructive aspect of revolution and neglected to think through the post-revolutionary society that follows. Isaiah Berlin's 1955 comparison of Bakunin with another Russian revolutionary, Alexander Herzen, represents the harshest critique of Bakunin: while the critic found the "power of cogent and lucid destructive argument . . . extraordinary," he also dismissed it as derivative of eighteenth-century philosophes and dubbed it "glib Hegelian claptrap." Other scholars have agreed that Bakunin's works only synthesize and translate the theories of other philosophers into a form more conducive to activism. The negative critique of Bakunin took another form in psychological studies, including biographies by Arthur Mendel and Aileen Kelly, both of which reduce Bakunin's political commitments to the sublimated seepings of an unresolved oedipal complex.
Another, more positive strand of commentary has persisted, however, usually sustained by avowedly anarchist critics, including historian George Woodcock. This revaluation has gained pace in recent criticism, exemplified in the work of Robert Cutler and Brian Morris. Morris, for example, sought in his 1993 study to demonstrate a consistency and rigor across the body of Bakunin's work, refuting the perspective that dominated for most of the preceding century.
Principal Works
"Die Reaction in Deutschland" ["Reaction in Germany"] [as Jules Elysard] (essay) 1842
"Appeal to the Slavs" (essay) 1848
Ispoved' [Confession] (autobiography) 1851
"Revolutionary Catechism" (pamphlet) c. 1866
Federalism, Socialism, and Anti-Theologism (address) 1867
Letters to a Frenchman (letters) c. 1870
La Commune de Paris et la Notion de l'état (essay) 1871
L'empire knouto-germanique et la révolution sociale (essay) 1871
Gosudarstvennost I anarkhya [Statism and Anarchy] (essay) 1873
Oeuvres, 6 vols...
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Principal English Translations
God and the State [reprints 1916, 1970] (translated by Benjamin Tucker) 1883
The Political Philosophy of Bakunin: Scientific Anarchism (translated by G. P. Maximoff) 1953
Michael Bakunin: Selected Writings (translated by Steven Cox and Olive Stevens) 1973
The Confession of Mikhail Bakunin (translated by Robert C. Howes) 1977
Bakunin on Anarchism (translated by Sam Dolgoff) 1980
From out of the Dustbin: Bakunin's Basic Writings, 1869-1871 (translated by Robert M. Cutler) 1985
Statism and Anarchy (translated by Marshall B. Shatz) 1990
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Peter Kropotkin (essay date 1899)
SOURCE: "St. Petersburg—First Journey to Western Europe," in Memoirs of a Revolutionist, 1899. Reprint by Black Rose Books, 1989, pp. 209-319.
[Peter Kropotkin, a Russian of noble descent who lived most of his adult life in London, was the primary anarchist theorist of the late-nineteenth century. His writings include Mutual Aid, a seminal text of anarcho-communism, and the autobiographical Memoirs of a Revolutionist. In the following excerpt from his memoirs, originally published in 1899, Kropotkin recalls the mark Bakunin had made on a group of Swiss radicals.]
Bakúnin was at that time at Locarno. I did not see him, and now regret it very much,...
(The entire section is 596 words.)
Bertrand Russell (essay date 1919)
SOURCE: "Bakunin and Anarchism," in Proposed Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism and Syndicalism, Henry Holt and Company, 1919, pp. 32-55.
[In the excerpt below, Russell praises Bakunin's achievements as an activist, although he finds the anarchist's writings lacking in coherence and thoroughness.]
In the same sense in which Marx may be regarded as the founder of modern Socialism, Bakunin may be regarded as the founder of Anarchist Communism. But Bakunin did not produce, like Marx, a finished and systematic body of doctrine. The nearest approach to this will be found in the writings of his follower, [Peter] Kropotkin. In order to explain modern Anarchism we shall...
(The entire section is 3164 words.)
Isaiah Berlin (essay date 1955)
SOURCE: "Herzen and Bakunin on Individual Liberty," in Russian Thinkers, edited by Henry Hardy and Aileen Kelly, Viking Press, 1978, pp. 82-113.
[Berlin is a noted twentieth-century critic of Russian literature, much of whose work has focused on Alexander Herzen. The characterization of Bakunin that follows, excerpted from a 1955 essay comparing him with Herzen, has often supplied later critics with an exemplary devaluation of Bakunin. Although Berlin lauds Bakunin's political motives and spirit, he emphasizes Bakunin's apparent weaknesses as a theorist and a writer.]
Bakunin, as his enemies and followers will equally testify, dedicated his entire life to the struggle...
(The entire section is 2614 words.)
George Woodcock (essay date 1962)
SOURCE: "The Destructive Urge," in Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements, World Publishing Company, 1962, pp. 145-83.
[George Woodcock is one of the leading anarchist historians of the twentieth century. The following chapter from his book combines a detailed biography with a largely favorable assessment of Bakunin 's political philosophy, as manifested in both his actions and his writings.]
Of all the anarchists, Michael Bakunin most consistently lived and looked the part. With [William] Godwin and [Max] Stirner and [Pierre-Joseph] Proudhon there always seems a division between the logical or passionate extremes of thought and the realities of daily...
(The entire section is 13663 words.)
Arthur P. Mendel (essay date 1981)
SOURCE: "Requiem," in Michael Bakunin: Roots of Apocalypse, Praeger, 1981, pp. 418-35.
[In the following excerpt, Mendel conducts a psychoanalytic study of Bakunin, looking primarily at his conflicted relationship with authority. Ultimately, Mendel finds the authoritarian streak in Bakunin's personality definitive, dismissing his Utopian aspirations as "corrupted by narcissistic and oedipal disorders. "]
Of all the voices that sound through Bakunin's words and deeds, it is that of the frightened youth that is the most genuine. Nothing rings more true than his confession of how difficult it was for him to overcome timidity and make those brilliant speeches that won him...
(The entire section is 9977 words.)
Robert M. Cutler (essay date 1985)
SOURCE: An introduction to From Out of the Dustbin: Bakunin's Basic Writing, 1869-1871, by Mikhail Bakunin, edited and translated by Robert M. Cutler, Ardis, 1985, pp. 15-29.
[In the excerpt that follows, Cutler examines a selection of Bakunin's writings against the backdrop of Marxist doctrine, in order to delineate certain coherent strands in his anarchist philosophy.]
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, the anarchist, was a political thinker; his reputation, based partly on his appetite for action and partly on unsympathetic historiography, obscures this. Bakunin's social milieu influenced the manner in which he expressed his ideas, because he tried always to tailor them...
(The entire section is 8382 words.)
Brian Morris (essay date 1993)
SOURCE: "Social Philosophy" and "Theory of Social Revolution," in Bakunin: The Philosophy of Freedom, Black Rose Books, 1993, pp. 85-95, and 136-51.
[In the following chapters from his book, Morris considers Bakunin's writings in-depth in order to recuperate them from the condemnation of previous criticism, which he also reviews in detail.]
Social Philosophy
For Bakunin, human beings, like everything else in nature, are entirely material beings, and the mind, the thinking faculty with the power to receive and reflect on different external and internal sensation, is the property of an animal body. As with all animals, humans, Bakunin writes,...
(The entire section is 9984 words.)
Further Reading
Carr, E. H. Michael Bakunin. London: Macmillan and Co., 1937, 501 p.
A highly respected, comprehensive biography that focuses on Bakunin's personality and revolutionary activities.
Confino, Michael, ed. Daughter of a Revolutionary: Natalie Herzen and the Bakunin-Nechayev Circle. Trans. Hilary Sternberg and Lydia Bort. La Salle, IL: Library Press, 1973, 416 p.
Contains a discussion of Bakunin's relationship with his compatriots, together with selected letters.
Avrich, Paul. The Russian...
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These words in the headline were written by a young man who has endured twenty different operations to help with a congenital birth defect. He is only 4' 2" tall and his mother has just been diagnosed with a brain tumor.
He is an ardent Baltimore Ravens fan and sent an email to John Harbaugh, the coach of the Baltimore Ravens just before the Super Bowl. (Ravens won, lest we forget.) Basically, he told the team to not whine and find excuses (life isn't fair, he said) but to fix their attitude. Did they ever.
To emphasize the point, I give you this quote from Charles Swindol (a well-known evangelical Christian pastor from Frisco, Texas), "The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than success. We cannot change our past…we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. We are in charge of our attitudes."
Yes we are!
The reason this is so important today is that things are getting better and the owner's attitude should reflect these good times; otherwise the troops will continue to wallow in self-pity and just not believe what the customer is saying, "We want to buy flooring. We want to buy better and different flooring. We are ready, are you?"
Ultimately, the attitude of your employees really comes from you, the owner. There has been a dark cloud over our industry and practicing survival skills is not a positive experience. Sure it might have made you stronger but also bruised and a little negative. These were external forces that caused your business to wobble and you spent untold hours just trying to keep the ship afloat.
But that is history. Now all employees must be part of a winning team built on professionalism and exuding a positive attitude about the store, the town and the future. This will not be done by sending smiley faces to employees. It will come from articulating the "future is green" attitude about everything you do.
Now is the time to reaffirm what's great about your business and how and why all need to be on board. No more telling stories of near death experience at the Rotary club or church group. Stories of change, new ideas, great products and new opportunities — that is the story all employees should tell and believe in.
Trust me, the customer can feel the positive vibe. And they love it. People want to be with a winner; customers love to buy from someone who loves their job and is passionate about their company, their special line of LVT (as an example); she absolutely loves that atmosphere and it transfers to her every time.
As an extra benefit consider this: "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."
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If you stock your kitchen with the right kinds of staples, you'll be miles ahead when it comes to food and your health. As they say, let your food be your medicine.
The most harmful and deadly diseases plaguing America today are caused by food—cheap, low-quality processed foods high in sugar, fat, salt, genetically modified ingredients—and pesticides. But when you reach for whole, nutrient-dense, organic foods, you get a food-remedy tool kit that not only will ward off cancer and heart disease, but also colds, flu, allergies, and a host of other ailments that plague us every day.
With so many great healing foods out there, it's hard to choose just 12, but if you stock your kitchen with a plentiful supply of these staples, recommended in The Green Pharmacy Guide to Healing Foods by James A. Duke, PhD (Rodale, 2009), you'll ward off everything from cancer and colds to arthritis and menopause.


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Cake Boss 12-Cup Muffin Pan, Silver
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Make flower-themed cupcakes, raisin oat bran muffins and other delicious treats just like the Boss with the Cake Boss Professional Nonstick Bakeware 12-Cup Muffin Pan. Cake Boss Professional Bakeware is crafted from heavy-duty, folded aluminized steel to make baking easier and the results more enjoyable for bakers of all levels. The durable, commercial-quality muffin pan features rolled, wire-reinforced rims to provide added strength and easier grip, and to help prevent warping. Try your hand at Sunflower Cupcakes or Daisy Cupcakes, and of course, the pan is also ideal for creating a dozen delicious dried cranberry or applesauce muffins. The pans long-lasting nonstick and quilted surface resist wear, promote even, beautiful heating and browning, with superb release of muffins and cupcakes, and quick and easy cleanup after baking. Oven safe to 450°F, the nonstick muffin pan from the Cake Boss Professional Bakeware line complements the other great items from all the Cake Boss collections.
Whether for sweet cupcakes or mouthwatering muffins, the Cake Boss Professional Nonstick Bakeware 12-Cup Muffin Pan is ready to create a dozen delicious baked treats.
The muffin pans durable, folded aluminized steel construction resists corrosion and warping. Crafted for commercial-level quality, with rolled, wire-reinforced rims to provide added strength, stability, and grip. Long-lasting nonstick resists wear, offers superb release of baked goods and makes cleanup after baking quick and easy. The quilted pan surface promotes beautiful, even heating and browning and releases baked goods with ease. Oven safe to 450°F. Warranty: Lifetime Limited Warranty Oven Safe: 450 degrees
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Four Things We Learned At Monday's Crew Practice
The Columbus Dispatch - October 07, 2013 02:46 PM
Four things we learned at today's Crew practice.
1. The extent of Federico Higuain's hip injury will be known Tuesday.
Throughout the Crew's 1-0 home loss to Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night, Higuain was clearly hobbled by some sort of injury to his right hip. He remained in the game until the final whistle, but he was not at today's training session at the team's facility in Obetz.
"He went straight to the doctor this morning to have them take a look at his hip," interim coach Brian Bliss said. "I really don't think there's more to it other than he just got hit and it's sore and tender. I don't think there's any damage there."
2. The Crew has not yet started making decisions on players for next season.
With a new owner still assessing the franchise and Bliss guaranteed nothing beyond this year, plenty of uncertainty surrounds the Crew's future. Today, Bliss said no conversations have yet taken place on who to bring back and who not to bring back.
"We haven't had anything in-depth," Bliss said. "(President and general manager Mark McCullers) has got his own opinion, I've got mine, Mike Lapper's got his own opinion, I'm sure Anthony (Precourt) will have his own opinion when given all the information. As far as sitting down and going over the list and checking them off and saying, 'Yes, no, maybe,' we haven't done that."
As for his own future, Bliss said he has not yet received feedback on the job he has done. The Crew is 4-2-0 with Bliss at the helm but could be eliminated from postseason contention this weekend.
"Win, loss, draw, I think we're doing the right things here," Bliss said. "I think the group is motivated and guys are playing well. We've had a player of the week and player of the month. There's a new sense of urgency and passion from the guys, and I don't think it's a short-term thing either. I think this is who we are and who the guys are. In terms of any acknowledgement from Precourt or Mark, we just keep working and hope in the end it all works out."
3. Chad Barson is one tough dude.
Fall arrived overnight in central Ohio, and temperatures were in the 50s with a stiff breeze under cloudy skies this morning. Most players dressed appropriately with warm clothes, but Barson was the only player sporting a sleeveless t-shirt to go with shorts. Saturday's starters took part in stretching and a passing drill before the rest of the team went through a scrimmage that was watched by the weekend's starters. Barson remained until the end as several players sought warmer pastures inside the locker room.
Plus, he was sporting a black eye after a nasty collision with Kansas City's Matt Besler that opened up a bloody gash on Besler's forehead. Neither player was seriously hurt.
"I'm glad he's doing well, so that's good," Barson said of Besler. "Unfortunately he's going right to the national team. Never good when you do that, but he's good, so that's good to hear."
4. We might still see Danny O'Rourke this season.
The veteran midfielder/defender has missed the last four games with left adductor inflammation, and he has remained questionable on the team's injury report each week. O'Rourke was full-go for much of last week but had to opt out of drills before Saturday's game. He did not practice today.
"He trained last week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday all-in and then wasn't feeling all that great on Saturday when the guys who weren't in the 18 trained," Bliss said. "Then he came in this morning and again he still feels very similar to how he did Saturday, so he's taken off again."
As for whether he will play in either of the Crew's remaining games this season, Bliss said, "It's a possibility."
O'Rourke has played in 22 games this season, his highest total since 2009 (26 games).


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Youngsville Area News in Brief
YHS 1966 Class
YHS 1966 Class will meet for breakfast at Richard's Restaurant at 9 a.m. on April 12. To pre-register, contact Denny Mason, 563-1655, email firstname.lastname@example.com. Family and friends are welcome.
YHS Basketball
Boosters Fundraiser
YHS Basketball Boosters will be having a lunch fundraiser on Sunday April 13 at Richard's Restaurant from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. We will be serving BBQ pulled chicken sandwiches, macaroni salad, baked beans and desserts all for a donation. Mark your calendar and stop by and support the YHS Basketball Boosters.
Lenten Services
The sixth week of the Lenten services of Youngsville Area Ministerium that include worship followed by a light luncheon will be held at St Luke Church at noon on April 16. Father John Neff will preside at the service. Members of the church will host the luncheon.
Good Friday
Procession of the Cross
You are invited to participate in the Youngsville Good Friday procession of the cross on April 18. Gather at noon at the Youngsville Free Methodist Church, 179 Davis St.
We will begin the procession with a short prayer service outside the church and then process in silence to St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church where we will again hold a short prayer service outside. We will process through the borough stopping at each church: First United Methodist Church, St. Luke, Evangelical United Methodist and Saron Lutheran having a brief prayer service at each and ending with the service at Saron Lutheran.
Participants are asked to bring and carry crosses during the processional (size is up to each person but should be large enough to see when carried but small enough to easily carry). Each participating church is asked to bring a large cross if possible that can be carried by folks from your congregations.
You are invited to join the entire procession but if you would have difficulty walking you are encouraged to meet the procession at your church to join in the prayer service and keep the procession in prayer for the duration. It is suggested that you gather at noon to begin praying and you will be sure not to miss the procession when it arrives at your church.
Committee to meet
at Sen. Casey's office
Main Street Redevelopment Committee has an appointment in Erie on Monday, April 14 at 11:15 a.m. at Sen. Casey's office to talk about his support of our Main Street redevelopment. Call Nancy Holmberg at 563-7966 for more information.
Gal Pals of '68 Lunch
The YHS gals from the class of 1968 will be gathering for their monthly lunch get-together at Richard's Restaurant in Youngsville on Monday, April 14, at 11:30 a.m. Let Deb Ritter Sumner know if you can come so she can update the reservation numbers.
Corn Festival Meeting
Next planning meeting of the Corn Festival is Tuesday, April 15 at Youngsville Borough Building, 40 Railroad St., at 9 a.m. All are welcome. Corn Festival scheduled for Aug. 15-17. For additional information, contact ROY Chairman Ron Young at 563-4722.
Offices and
Services Closed
Youngsville Borough offices and services will be closed on Friday April 18 in observance of Good Friday.
Easter Egg Hunt
The Youngsville Free Methodist Church, 179 Davis St., will be having an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 19 at 11 a.m. All are welcome to join us.
Pittsfield Community
Easter Egg Hunt
The Pittsfield Community Easter Egg hunt will be on Saturday, April 19 at 11 a.m. at Friendship Field. Many prizes! We have an addition this year! The Otter Express Puppets will be performing following the hunt at the Pittsfield Community Center. Parking is available behind the community center.
Playground Update
The Pittsfield Community Playground is hoping to get the playground in this spring. We have enough to purchase the playground; we still will need enough for the fence. There will be a sub sale on April 12 to benefit the playground. So come by and grab a sub at the Pittsfield Otterbein Church at noon before going back out to fish! The price for the subs will be $6 a piece, 2 for $10, or 5 for $20. The choices will be turkey and cheese, or ham and cheese. Orders can be placed by calling the church office at 563-3333 or email Angie at firstname.lastname@example.com. Forgot to pre-order? Stop in anyway, we will be sure to make extras.
Youngsville Senior
Men's Golf League
Youngsville Senior Men's Golf League at Maplehurst Golf Course is accepting new members and substitute players.
We play Tuesday at 9 a.m. starting April. 22. Only requirement is that you are 60 and above. You can be 60 this summer. Contact Gary Wood at 730-1173 or Terry Jackson 563-7079, for more information. All are welcome to join.
The Friends of Rouse
Annual Silent Auction
The Friends of Rouse are having their Annual Silent Auction on April 26 at the Youngsville Fire Hall. It is a basket raffle, bake sale, and lunch will be available for purchase.
You may take chances on a lottery tree, (3 winners), a family basket, and put your name in for a door prize. The doors open at 11 a.m., and the winners of the baskets will be announced at 12:30 p.m.
You may buy tickets for the lottery tree from a Rouse Friends member or at Youngsville Pharmacy. Cost is 1 ticket for $1 or 8 tickets for $5 or the day of the auction. Questions contact Mary Lu Zock at 563-9310.
Youngsville Borough
Spring Clean Up
Spring Clean-up will be held on May 3 at the borough building parking lot at 40 Railroad St. from 8 a.m. to noon. Minimum fees for $10/car, $20/truck; ID required.
A Night at the Races
The Friends of the Brokenstraw Valley Swimming Pool and the Youngsville Recreation Commission will be sponsoring "A Night at the Races" on Friday, May 2 at the Youngsville Fire Hall. Wager on action-packed, heart-pounding videotaped horse racing. Win one of many fabulous raffle prizes.
BYOB and BYO snacks (finger snacks will be provided). Don your best Kentucky Derby attire and win a prize. All betting wagers are $2 minimum. Payouts will be determined by the number of winning tickets. Payouts will go to win, place and show. Doors will open at 6 pm. You must be 21 years of age to attend.
Vacation With Purpose
going to Lithuania
Anyone interested or know of someone interested in going on a mission trip to Lithuania? We need more people! It is June 22 – July 5. The cost is $2,000, which includes everything but food in the airports. We are going to install a hot water heater in a third-story apartment and help fix up the apartment for a young girl (who is legally blind), her brother and daughter. If you are unable to go and would like to contribute to the cost of items needed, paint is very expensive in Lithuania.
Contact email@example.com or call Dr. Don Russell at 724-475-6010. Deadline for the mission trip sign-up is April 15.
Spring Sale at Saron
Lutheran Church
Saron Lutheran Church 148 W. Main St., will hold a Rummage / Bake sale on Friday May 2 and Saturday, May 3. Friday's hours are 8 a.m. till 4 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. till noon. Friday will be a bake sale as well from 8 a.m. till sold out. Saturday offers $1 per bag.
Love INC
Golf Scramble
Saturday, May 10,will be the Love INC 3rd Annual Golf Scramble. The event will take place at Cable Hollow Golf Course, Russell, 757-4765 Registration will be at 8 a.m. Tee Time: 9 a.m. The cost is $60 per person; four-person team $240.
Prizes- 1st Place team-$500. 2nd Place team-$250 3rd Place team-free round of golf. Food and refreshments available. If you would like to participate, contact Love INC of the Brokenstraw Valley, Box 184 205 E. Main St., Youngsville, PA 16371; 814-563-3394 or Cable Hollow Golf Course 757-4765 or join us on our web pageloveincbv.org.
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The revitalization is made up of dedicated volunteers who contribute their time and skills to the people who live in and around the Youngsville community. Our goals are to improve quality of life through restoring the traditional commercial area by improving existing buildings, and revitalizing older deteriorating downtown streets while supporting community events and services.
Our dream is to take our wholesome, pleasant small town and beautify it with facade improvements, bike paths, hiking trails, ballparks, a swimming pool, and any other amenity that will enhance the beauty and health of our entire community. In essence, a downtown that has all the businesses and charm needed to be self-reliant, safe, picturesque, and family-centered.
Current projects include
Bike Hike Trail We are developing an outdoor recreation trail that runs along the Brokenstraw Creek starting at Island Park and runs for so many miles and ends at the Rouse Estate corn fields. The trail needs funds for future paving.
Capital Improvement Project on East Main Street from the bridge to Bates Street. The project will begin the infrastructure replacement, traffic flow improvements and pedestrian safety improvements in the area. Your donation will be matched with other funds from the state and federal government. We are required to raise $100,000 in order to receive over $4 million in government funding.
Sewer and Water Lines replacement – The pipes on East Main Street were laid in the early 1900s. Your contribution will allow Youngsville to purchase and install new pipes on Main Street made of ductile iron. This stronger, up-to-date, flexible material will eliminate the need for constant patch-ups and save dollars in annual repairs and water leakage.
Corn Festival Community events unite the people who attend and are free to the public but there are high costs to the volunteers who must raise the funds to ensure these events.
Other projects look at youngsvillepa.org/pdfs/HeritageCommPlan-3.pdf
Cinco Race Forms & Display at Youngsville Public Library
From its beginning, the Cinco Race & Walk event has actively supported the five libraries located within Warren County. Each year all race proceeds are donated to the five libraries in Warren County and are collectively used toward the purchase of library materials which, in turn, benefits all residents of Warren County. This year, registration forms, information, and displays can be found at each library in addition to their website www.runthecinco.com. The large display at Youngsville Library includes many photos of participants and well-wishers as well as registration forms.
The Cinco Races & Walks are a unique rural race that offers running races of 22.7-miles and running races and fun walks of 13.1 miles, 5 miles, 3.1 miles, and 1.5 miles. "The Cinco Event is more than just a community race and not only because of their generosity to each of our libraries," stated Library Director Kristy Wallace. "This community event is Cinco de Mayo-themed with a focus on fun for the whole family. They also offer events from bike safety, fly fishing and urban geocaching instruction to chair massages, arts activities, a magic show, storytelling, face painting and even free dashes for the kids to participate in while parents run or walk. They even have bull costumes for kids and adults to wear if you'd rather interact with the crowd!"
The Cinco Races & Walks will take place Saturday, May 3 at 4000 Market St., behind the Warren Mall. Preregistration is strongly encouraged. You can pick up a registration form at your local library or register at www.runthecinco.com, active.com, or call 954-675-4684 with questions. Sponsors for this year's Cinco include Tim Horton's, Michelob Ultra, Warren General, PNC Bank, KwikFill, and Shego.co.


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Tuesday Tip{s} with Maya Road
So how we doing so far??? Are you having fun!?!??! We sure are! We are keeping with our regular schedule Tuesday Tips today because Maya Road Chipboard and Core'dinations are so much fun and there are so many unique things you can do with chipboard and cardstock!
Remember those GREAT videos we have on our website here? Make sure you watch the video on Outlining that Design Team Member Cari Locken showcases on this beautiful layout with loads of Core Essentials Cardstock.
And check out all the techniques on this layout by Design Team Member Hera Frei! She used an ENTIRE sheet of rubons on this layout in addition to Maya Road mists, chipboard tags, and flowers. The chipboard tags were part of an album but they look great on a layout, too! They really show off those photos beautifully.
Here are some tips on how to create these cool letters! Take your mist (Maya Mist Hydrangea Blue) and make a mask by cutting a border with the Fiskars Wave Border Punch and then just lay it over half of the chipboard letters and spray! LOVE IT!
And….GUESS WHAT???? you CAN use rubons on our Core Impressions Cardstock. It looks SO COOL! Check out this fun detail from Hera's layout using in ENTIRE sheet of Maya Road Rubons.
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The U.S. Embassy in South Africa was urgently shut down today due to intelligence information it received from U.S. security officials. This closure has also affected the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, consulates in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, and aid and development offices. Despite this, neither U.S Embassy spokeswoman Sharon Hudson Dean nor Nonkululeko Mbatha, spokeswoman for the South African national police commissioner, would say whether a threat had prompted the closure. This has brought back many security questions, however representatives assure "every thing is under control."
U.S. diplomats advised American citizens to review a July 29th U.S. State Department warning expressing concern "that al-Qaida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks against U.S. interests in multiple regions, including Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East." The warning followed suicide attacks on two American-owned hotels in Indonesia's capital that killed seven people and wounded more than 50. On August 7, 1998, Al-Qaeda carried out suicide bomber attacks targeting the US embassy in Kenya and Tanzania. 213 people died in the Nairobi bombing.
Despite the fact that the embassy and other U.S. government buildings in South Africa are still closed, officials refuse to disclose any detailed information and are constantly reassuring everyone who will listen, that they have the situation under control. The embassy and all other American affiliated buildings, are planning to reopen as early as Wednesday.
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KIPP's grit-heavy character education has three major problems, writes Jeffrey Aaron Snyder, a Carleton education professor, in the New Republic.
The first is that we do not know how to teach character. The second is that character-based education is untethered from any conception of morality. And lastly, this mode of education drastically constricts the overall purpose of education.
KIPP focuses on seven character strengths—grit, zest, self-control, optimism, gratitude, social intelligence, and curiosity — which KIPP believes predict success in "college and life." Founder David Levin aims for "dual purpose" instruction to reach both academic and character goals, he says in his online course.
But KIPP's list of character strengths is "devoid of value judgment," Levin told Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed. "The inevitable problem with the values-and-ethics approach is that you get into, well, whose values? Whose ethics?"
KIPP's values are "relentlessly focused on individual achievement rather than "good and evil or citizenship and the commonweal," complains Snyder.
. . . the key virtues taught during the nineteenth-century were piety, industry, kindness, honesty, thrift, and patriotism. During the Progressive era, character education concentrated on the twin ideas of citizenship and the "common good." . . . In the 1960s and 1970s, meanwhile, character education focused on justice and working through thorny moral dilemmas. Today's grit and self-control are basically industry and temperance in the guise of psychological constructs rather than moral imperatives.
. . . This is "tiger mother" territory here — a place where the "vulgar sense" of success prevails.
KIPP's mission is to help students — 95 percent are African American or Latino — get "into and through" college. That's "laudable," Snyder concedes. But really . . . "Educators who have embraced performance character seem to live in a world where their students are more likely to win a Nobel Prize than earn a living as a beautician, electrician, or police officer."
We may not know how to teach character, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try. Perhaps few students will go on to win Nobel Prizes, but that doesn't mean the school should give up on preparing students for success in college. The future electricians, police officers, teachers and accountants will need that — not just the future nuclear physicists.
I do think that KIPP should consider adding citizenship to its list of character strengths. And stop worrying about whose values the schools are promoting. These are the values of the parents who choose KIPP as their "tiger" school. They want their kids to succeed, however "vulgar" that may seem to others. If they wanted a school that saw their kids as future beauticians, they have other options.


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iPhone 5S Pics Swirl Around the Internet (Update 2)
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- It looks as if Apple (AAPL) is gearing up production of the iPhone 5S, judging by pictures circulating around the Internet.
Chinese news Web site sjbbs.zol.com has 13 images of a handset that looks incredibly similar to the iPhone 5, which it believes is Apple's next-gen smartphone, the iPhone 5S. The images were reportedly taken inside a Foxconn factory, further adding credence to the story.
Foxconn is Apple's manufacturing partner in China.
While the images don't show any drastic changes to the outward appearance of the phone, they do provide a rather in-depth look at the insides of the iPhone, detailing chip placement and where certain circuit boards are placed. This type of in-depth look is usually provided when a repair Web site, such as iFixit, gets its hands on a newly released device. This, therefore, is a treat for Apple fans and the media alike if the pictures are real.
There's been much speculation about what Apple will do with its iPhone line, as there are concerns about demand for the device, despite the fact Apple sold 47.8 million iPhones in its first quarter . On a conference call, Goldman Sachs analyst Bill Shope asked about screen size, in light of the fact competitors such as Samsung are increasingly moving toward larger screens, perhaps stealing some of Apple's thunder. CEO Tim Cook responded by saying that "no one comes close to matching the level of quality as the Retina display." The iPhone 5 now has a 4-inch screen, and Apple will not compromise on the one-handed ease of use. "So, we put a lot of thinking into screen size and believe we've picked the right one," Cook said.
The release date of the iPhone 5S has been the subject of intense speculation. There are rumors that Apple could release a cheaper version of the iPhone, with Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White expecting the device to cost around $300 and launch as early as June. Apple could release the iPhone 5S along with the cheaper iPhone (assuming one exists), or keep the fall product launch, as it has done in the past.
Update: the images may be of an iPhone 5, and not a new device. The MacRumors Web site reports that the device in question is clearly not an iPhone for a number of reasons. The battery capacity is much smaller, it has an SD card slot, loose red and black wiring, and a connector that is strikingly different from Apple's Lightning connector.
Shares of Apple were higher in Monday trading, up 1.53% to $482.24.
Apple CEO Tim Cook will be speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference on Feb. 12, which TheStreet will be live-blogging from 10 AM ET:


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Biography(Masterpieces of American Literature)
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was born in Berkeley, California, on October 21, 1929. Her mother, Theodora Kroeber, had a graduate degree in psychology, and Le Guin's father, Alfred Kroeber, was a well-known anthropologist. Le Guin and her three older brothers, Karl, Theodore, and Clifford, grew up in a household that placed strong emphasis on reading.
Le Guin's father taught at the University of California at Berkeley, where the family spent the academic year. With the arrival of summer, they would move to Kishamish, their forty-acre estate in the Napa Valley. Le Guin spent much time exploring this area with her brothers, which is perhaps why so many of her novels include journeys by foot. Summer guests at Kishamish included intellectual celebrities such as Robert Oppenheimer as well as anthropology scholars. Le Guin's exposure to anthropology dates from before she could read, as her father often told his children stories about the local Native Americans.
Le Guin's reading was not confined to anthropology, however, for she read all genres available to her, ranging from the romantic works of Lord Dunsany to the Taoist writings of the legendary seventh century Chinese figure Laozi, whom she read while still in her teens. In 1951, she completed a B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, in French and Italian, with an emphasis on Renaissance literature, at Harvard University's Radcliffe College. She completed her M.A. at Columbia University in 1952, and then began a doctoral program at Columbia. In Paris, in December, 1953, she ended doctoral study and married Charles Le Guin, a history professor whom she had met on shipboard, while traveling to France for a year of Fulbright-supported study.
The end of Le Guin's doctoral aspirations proved to be the beginning of her career as a writer. Her mother had begun a writing career in middle-age; her Ishi in Two Worlds (1961) appeared a year after the death of Le Guin's father. Le Guin began writing much younger, producing her first fantasy story at age nine. Her first science-fiction story was rejected by a magazine when she was eleven, and she waited ten years before submitting another. With her marriage,...
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Obama Admin. to Release Classified Memo Detailing Drone Death Strikes on Americans
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February 7, 2013 11:10 AM
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Classified document defines under what circumstances a death strike is warranted
Senate Intelligence Committee
will this morning receive a classified document that provides a more formalized version of the policies contained in a white paper memo -- "
Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen who is a Senior Operational Leader of Al Qa'ida or An Associated Force
" -- which
leaked to the press
earlier this week.
Senator Dianne Feinstein
(D-Calif.) -- chairwoman of the committee -- cheered the release,
, "I am pleased that the president has agreed to provide the Intelligence Committee with access to the OLC (Office of Legal Counsel) opinion regarding the use of lethal force in counterterrorism operations. It is critical for the committee's oversight function to fully understand the legal basis for all intelligence and counterterrorism operations."
The committee had already received the memo, but did not receive its more highly classified counterpart, which was responsible for actual policy decisions.
The Obama Administration looked to put a positive spin on the release, commenting, "Today, as part of the president's ongoing commitment to consult with Congress on national security matters, the president directed the Department of Justice to provide the congressional Intelligence committees access to classified Office of Legal Counsel advice related to the subject of the Department of Justice White Paper."
President Obama says killing American terrorists without a warrant is the kind of "tough decision" you sometimes have to make. [Image Source: AFP/Getty Images]
The U.S. has to date killed over 28 al-Qaida terrorist leaders under the Bush and Obama administration using
drone strikes
. Among those was U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a Sept. 2011 drone strike in Yemen.
The controversy over al-Awlaki's death was that no warrant or indictment had been issued against him. And while he was intimately involved with al-Qaida, U.S. intelligence did not indicate he was directly involved with a current terror plot. The question was whether Mr. al-Awlaki received his Constitutionally guaranteed right to due process.
Despite the controversy, President Obama is finding some surprising support.
House Intelligence
Rep. Mike Rogers
(R-Mich.) agreed with his political foe this time, commenting, "[al-Awlaki was] somebody who had said that he didn't want his U.S. citizenship anymore. He had officially joined al Qaeda. Al Qaeda had declared war on the United States."
"The legal basis of this goes back many, many years when U.S. citizens would go and fight for foreign nations that were engaging in combat with the United States. So what they were saying is, once you've made that choice, you no longer get the protections that you would. I mean, if you join the enemy overseas, you join the enemy overseas. And we're going to fight the enemy overseas."
On Jon Stewart's Daily Show, President Obama indirectly defended the policy in a guest appearance, stating:
There are times where there are bad folks somewhere on the other side of the world, and you've got to make a call and it's not optimal. And sometimes you've got to make some tough calls. But you can do so in a way that's consistent with international law and with American law.
American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) calls death strikes on Americans without indictments a "chilling" precedent. They and the President's critics fear that the Obama administration or future administrations could arbitrarily label political enemies "terrorists" and target them with unconstitutional death strikes.
Reaper drones are currently being used over U.S. airspace. [Image Source: The Real Revo]
The issue may be rectified if Congress steps in and pushes a more concrete definition of what constitutes a "terrorist".
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Results tagged "hell meets henry halfway" from Drama Queen
Here's how talented last night's Obie Award winner James Sugg is: he got me a job as the Philadelphia Inquirer's theater critic without even knowing it. In fact, we've never even spoken face-to-face, but I should probably have thanked him a few years ago anyway.
Sugg is a member of Philly's own polymorphous and occasionally perverse troupe Pig Iron Theatre Company. Pig Iron and its people have won much acclaim here and elsewhere, this, for Sugg's performance in Chekov Lizardbrain, being their second Obie (the first was for 2004's Hell Meets Henry Halfway), along with who knows how many other awards--Sugg already has 4 Barrymores of his own. The group's work is as eclectic as their multiple personalities. Dito Van Riegersberg often hosts cabarets as his much-beloved, hairy-Hedwigged, Bowie-channeling alter-ego, Martha Graham Cracker. Geoff Sobelle rocked both coasts with his critically hailed Buster Keaton homage All Wear Bowlers. As a collective, they've skewered Quinceaneras, turned Joan of Arc into a French clown, and revisited Measure for Measure in a morgue, with puppets. And if you're tempted to say, "Nice. Sounds pretentious," well, yeah, sometimes they are, but mostly they're not. Somehow they pull it off nearly every time and leave you basking in their awesomeness and ever-expanding potential. The company's dozen or so members come and go, and even when they're together don't always appear as expected. Sugg won his Obie as an actor, but he's just as comfortable behind an accordion, pen, or soundboard.
Sugg first showed up on the local stage in 1998 and astonished audiences as a sort of one-man-band in Gentlemen Volunteers, (At right: Dito Van Riegersberg and Gabriel Quinn Beauriedel) a musical-ish examination of World War I ambulance drivers, Ernest Hemingway included. But the reason I'm thanking him here is because at the 2006 Philadelphia Live Arts/Fringe Festival, he premiered an original musical work called The Sea. It's the story of a drowned sea captain and his lost daughter, and watching it was like sucking down a saltwater Waits and Weill cocktail from deep below decks.
I wasn't working at the time, which meant I actually had to pay for my tickets, and yet I was still disappointed he wasn't selling recordings of the show. As in, I would have gladly shelled out for that, too. Anyway, upon reading the next day's Philadelphia Inquirer review, I was shocked--Shocked!--to find the assigned reviewer considerably less impressed. That week, I called up the paper, asked if they were short a critic, e-mailed some clips, and got myself a new job. I hadn't realized how much I missed being moved by a piece of theater, and having the privilege of telling the city about it, until I found myself powerless in the face of unfair, unenlightened criticism (ok, it was neither unfair nor unenlightened, but I totally didn't agree with it). And yes, I get the irony here, but that's another discussion for another time.
So I'm declaring my love openly, for all to read: thanks Mr. Sugg, for being the kind of artist whose performances inspire action, and thanks Pig Iron, for keeping your work in Philly and giving us first dibs on everything you do.
For more on James Sugg, read this article by my colleague Howard Shapiro, from today's Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Finally, Fernet Flavored Ice Cream Comes to the Mission
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Above is the Home Depot-inspired drink menu for Trick Dog, which happens to be a new bar in the Mission vying "to be a neighborhood place, what bars used to be" (whatever that means). And while that looks nice and all, the real highlight here is their booze/ice cream fusion desert they're serving each and every night until they kick you out. Eater fills us in:
[Bartender Josh] Harris spearheads the "inventive" food menu, available until 2 a.m. nightly. It includes a Scotch egg wrapped in salt cod, Buttermilk-fried sweetbreads with peach-apricot sweet-and-sour sauce, and—this was bound to happen eventually—Fernet ice cream made with creme de menthe and toasted cacao nibs.
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Letter of response to the commentary written by Dr Howell
- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK; ruth.jepson{at}stir.ac.uk
Dr Howell has undertaken some excellent work on the mechanisms of action for cranberries and urinary tract infections (UTIs) and she raises some interesting points in her commentary. However I must dispute some of the assertions she makes.
Dr Howell argues that Cochrane reviews have been used to evaluate drug therapies, but they may not be the most effective way to review randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of food products. Cochrane methods are primarily designed to systematically search, identify, quality assess and synthesise RCTs of a range of interventions. In addition to evaluating the effectiveness of drug therapies, Cochrane reviews cover an extensive range of other topics such as health technologies, complementary therapies and dietary interventions including food products, for …


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The Walt Disney Company: From Mickey Mouse to The Lion King
Founded October 16th, 1923, The Walt Disney Company is one of the largest companies in the world. But this huge conglomerate had humble beginnings: it launched as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio by Walt and Roy Disney, who began their cartoon efforts with a series of films called "Alice Comedies." Soon after, the Disneys lost the rights to one of their popular cartoon characters, and invented Mickey Mouse as its replacement. Since then, Disney has shaped the animation industry, and has made some of the most beloved films of all time, including "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Sleeping Beauty," "Mary Poppins," "The Little Mermaid," and "The Lion King" to name just a few. In this video, WatchMojo.com learns more about the history of The Walt Disney Company.


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Very interesting. Can't wait for the next episode.ReplyDelete
Fascinating story, Heather. Don't you love being sidetracked by these interesting cousins!ReplyDelete
It's a good thing there was no soap opera tv in the 19th century. Look what we would have missed!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Kathryn, Celia and Denise. It is amazing to see what was important in newspapers over 100 years ago, and what the public found titillating. It is also just as important to think about vital records in a new light, especially when the person giving the town clerk information might not be truthful, or might not know "the whole story"!ReplyDelete
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Debates of Dec. 16th, 2010
House of Commons Hansard #119 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was c-12.
- Question Period
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Ensuring Safe Vehicles Imported from Mexico for Canadians Act
- Democratic Representation Act
- Community Policing
- Military Families
- Informal Caregivers
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Holiday Wishes
- Mount Allison University
- Taxation
- Bill C-288
- Sterling R. Lyon
- Multiple Sclerosis
- 2010 in Review
- The Salvation Army
- 2010 in Review
- Use of Wood in Federal Buildings
- The Government
- Opposition Coalition
- Disability Benefits
- Government Priorities
- Government Spending
- St. Lawrence Shoreline Protection
- Flooding in Eastern Quebec
- Pensions
- Veterans Affairs
- Justice
- Access to Information
- Rights & Democracy
- Access to Information
- Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs
- Firearms Registry
- Afghanistan
- Public Safety
- International Trade
- International Co-operation
- Access to Information
- Financial Institutions
- Pensions
- Mining Industry
- Employment Insurance
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Opposition Coalition
- Points of Order
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Bev Oda Minister of International Cooperation
Mr. Speaker, let me be clear. There are no Canadian dollars going directly to any government official in Afghanistan. Canada is concerned with the corruption issue in Afghanistan. However, all Canadian dollars do not go directly to the government and all contracts using Canadian funds follow the Government of Canada's contracting policies and Treasury Board guidelines.
CIDA is always actively challenging corruption and includes anti-corruption clauses in its agreements.
Public Safety
Oral Questions
December 16th, 2010 / 2:50 p.m.
Johanne Deschamps Laurentides—Labelle, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs told us there were more pros than cons to concluding an agreement with the U.S. government for establishing a "security perimeter". The minister might be right. However, it is not up to him alone to make that decision. A debate and a vote in the House are required.
Since negotiations on the "security perimeter" have a scope comparable to that of a treaty, will the Prime Minister promise to hold a debate and a vote on the issue before signing anything?
Public Safety
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Lawrence Cannon Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, I am so glad to see that the Bloc Québécois is interested in economic issues. The Bloc Québécois is barely ever interested in this issue, while our government has made the economy and job creation a priority ever since it got here. We will continue in that vein with the Americans, while protecting our borders against terrorist attacks.
International Trade
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Jean-Yves Laforest Saint-Maurice—Champlain, QC
Mr. Speaker, the same goes for the free trade agreement with the European Union: the government is refusing to be transparent. The Bloc Québécois was the first federal political party to call for such an agreement. We recently met with the Quebec government's negotiator during caucus. The problem is that we got more information about the negotiations with Europe from Quebec's negotiator, Pierre Marc Johnson, than we are getting from the Minister of International Trade.
Does the minister not find that unusual?
International Trade
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Peter Van Loan Minister of International Trade
Mr. Speaker, we are quite proud of having initiated these free trade talks with the European Union. This is something that proffers to Canadians a potential benefit to our economy of $12 billion annually. What does that mean? It means should we deliver on this agreement, we will have thousands of new jobs for Canadians, the families of Canadians will be more prosperous and the Canadian economy will continue to grow.
It is this focus on the economy, jobs and the prosperity of Canadians that is the focus of this government. That is why we are delivering on a free trade agreement with the European Union.
International Co-operation
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
John McKay Scarborough—Guildwood, ON
Mr. Speaker, for three days MPs have been debating a question of privilege raised against the CIDA minister who misled the House on the recommended KAIROS funding. For three days, the minister has refused to respond.
Three days ago, her former parliamentary secretary had the integrity to admit that he had misled the House when he spoke on behalf of the minister. Will the minister show the same level of integrity and admit that she misled the House?
International Co-operation
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of the Environment
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of International Cooperation shows integrity each and every day she enters the House of Commons. She brings a great deal of integrity to work on international development. People around the world and people in our country are very lucky to have her on the job.
International Co-operation
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
John McKay Scarborough—Guildwood, ON
Mr. Speaker, apparently, the minister cannot answer for herself.
Here is a little problem. I have sitting on my desk in front of me, in black and white, a response to an order paper question, signed by the parliamentary secretary for the minister, saying that it was CIDA's decision to cut the funding for KAIROS. This is unequivocally false.
How can Canadians have any confidence that the government is telling them the truth, in light of these serious ethical relapses? Will the Prime Minister demand the minister's resignation?
International Co-operation
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Bev Oda Minister of International Cooperation
Mr. Speaker, I remind the House that the parliamentary secretary has apologized.
I also want to remind the House, particularly at this season, our thoughts are with those living in developing countries. That is why we want to ensure that those living in poverty are actually seeing the benefits of the international co-operation and development of Canadians. That is why we want to ensure that next year more children will be helped in their health and more mothers will stay alive, more children will be educated and more people will be fed.
Access to Information
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Bill Siksay Burnaby—Douglas, BC
Mr. Speaker, today we learned that two more Conservative political staff blocked the release of access to information documents. This again reminds us of the failure of the Conservatives to fulfill their promise to be accountable and transparent in government.
Do Conservative political staff routinely argue with public servants who are mandated to uphold access to information laws? How many more are involved in this kind of partisan interference? Has anyone other than Sebastien Tognieri been held responsible?
Access to Information
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of the Environment
Mr. Speaker, the individual in question has submitted a resignation. The minister immediately accepted it.
The law is very clear. Every ministerial assistant and every public servant is expected to comply with the law. It was this government, as a matter of priority, that sought to expand the access to information law, and we did. When we wanted to bring a little light to the Canadian Wheat Board, every New Democrat member stood and wanted to keep the cloak of darkness at the Wheat Board. What do they have to hide at the Wheat Board and the NDP?
Financial Institutions
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Glenn Thibeault Sudbury, ON
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Competition Bureau gave us one more example of the current government choosing Bay Street bankers over Canadian families.
The bureau says that Visa and MasterCard are using their market power to squeeze higher fees out of businesses. The government's voluntary approach to credit car rates is not working for anyone but the credit card companies. Guess who pays the price in the end? Working families.
When will the government end credit card gouging?
Financial Institutions
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Ted Menzies Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, first, anything we have done to try to protect consumers, the NDP have voted against it. I wanted make everyone aware of that.
We heard concerns from small businesses and from consumers. We put in place a code of conduct that was welcomed by business and by consumers. The opposition voted against that. Obviously they are against consumers and business. We understand that. We do not know why.
We continue to monitor compliance and any possible violation will be investigated.
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
James Rajotte Edmonton—Leduc, AB
Mr. Speaker, our Conservative government has a strong record of improving retirement income for Canadians.
First, we have lowered the tax bill for seniors and pensioners by over $2 billion a year, including pension income splitting and the tax-free savings account.
Second, we consulted and introduced landmark reform to federally-regulated pension plans.
Third, as over 90% of pensions are provincially regulated, we worked with our provincial and territorial counterparts on larger retirement income issues.
Could the parliamentary secretary update the House with the latest news on this front?
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Ted Menzies Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his great work in chairing the finance committee.
We are proposing a landmark, new, pooled registered pension plan. This plan will support millions who do not now have access to private sector pension plans. This will support small businesses, those who work for small businesses, as well as the self-employed. Unlike the Liberals' bureaucratic proposal that they have put forward, and that has already been rejected by the provinces, we are in partnership with the provinces in any pension plan.


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