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Hakkinen takes 9th in World Cup pursuit
Kasilof biathlete Jay Hakkinen finished ninth in a 12.5-kilometer World Cup pursuit on Saturday in Hochfilzen, Austria.
"This is a great day for me and I'm really happy to be back in the top 10," Hakkinen said in a released statement. "It feels like it's been awhile."
The last time Hakkinen got into the top 10 in a World Cup race was during the 2007-08 season, when he finished ninth in a 20-kilometer individual at Kontiolahti, Finland.
Hakkinen started 45th after Thursday's 10-kilometer sprint. As on Thursday, Hakkinen was able to shoot cleanly. The pursuit is a much more shooting-intensive race, with four rounds of five shots instead of the sprint's two rounds of five shots.
Hakkinen's time of 36 minutes, 35.5 seconds, left him 55.2 seconds in back of winner Andreas Birnbacher of Germany. Birnbacher also was flawless on the range.
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Discussion in 'January 2012' started by roscoe36, Jan 7, 2012.
8:00 PM EST TV: FS Detroit / NBA league Pass Radio: 97.1 The Ticket
Chicago by 16.........
Pistons will turn it on for this game and lose by 9.
Pistons lose by 19.
Oh ye of so little faith. Pistons by 7.
The hell...who is that guy? That picture is not of our PG man.
yet.........no vote today..........
My post is as strong as a vote. Gooo Pistons!
Second quarter blues in process....Pistons tie it at 21 at the end of 1 and then go scoreless the first six minutes of the second with the second unit scrubs failed to score ...Max, Daye, Ben, Bynum and Wilkens were in there and they needed Tay and Monroe to come in and rescue them. Meanwhile Boozer continue to his shots no matter who was on him....and Gordon continues to rack up fouls... OK back to the BCS game...
Starting the 4th down 9 ,>>>> the same players Max, Ben, Bynum, Wilkens and this time Gordon, and the same result ...no scoring first three minutes due to turnovers and bad decision making. Its obvious that combo of a Max, Ben and Wilkens is going to give you almost nil for the team ranked 30th (last) in the league in scoring.... I wish we could trade Bynum for Lucas..
Once again in the midst of the Fourth Quarter Collapse. Meh. And Greg Monroe has touched the ball all of once by my count.
Hard, REAL HARD being a Pistons Fans in this times.. I don't understand why the stadium was falling in shouts when Scalabrine touch the ball.. every time.. it just make me really angry
Ugh. Missed the game, but maybe that's a good thing. Just looked at the box score, and with the exception of Monroe it looks awful. It seems like the only way we'd become a relevant team again is if we get upgrades at every spot for the starter positions, shift our starters to bench, and our bench to retirement or NBDL.
Don't take it personally, he's their Human Victory Cigar. It's annoying, yes, but it's part of the package being a fan of a team in the midst of a rebuild. Think of it as a bump in the road. They won't be able to do that once the Pistons start winning again.
Watched a minute of a Pistons game for the first time this season. They are just as bad as they look on paper.
After he was picking them apart the first 3 quarters, I was literally screaming at the TV every time they kept ignoring Greg in the 4th. How many turnovers do Bynum, Knight, and Gordon have to commit in a row running some broke-ass play before they feed the guy that was keeping the game close? Monroe goes 5-for-9 w/6 assists and 1TO. Bynum, Knight, and Gordon COMBINE for 5 assists, 12 TOs Maxiell goes 1-for-12 Maxiell gets more shots than Monroe? Infuriating.
The way they're playing defense, they might not make the playoffs even if they were in WNBA.
Monroe's been a sole bright spot so far. It seems like he's the only Piston that's worth something. Time to cash-in while his value is high and trade him for a combo guard.
Was a decent 3rd quarter Walt. I thought Frank kept Bynum in there too long, trying to buy some time for Brandon who played all but the last 4 seconds of the third. When Bynum's off, it's best to keep him off the floor. The one time I agreed with the crappy Chicago announcers was when Bynum drove into four defenders blind with nowhere to go instead of pulling it back out and setting up the offense. I know Stuckey does that all the time, but Stuck is bigger, stronger and gets the calls whereas Bynum does not. I would suggest switching things up a little so one of Greg or Brandon is on the floor most of the time. BG got a little too fancy with the dribble a few times and turned it over a bunch at the start of the fourth. Austin looked a bit better, at least in the first half. He needs to just take the open shot instead of pump faking and taking a worse shot though, seriously.
NINE points in the 4th qtr!!!!!! We got Tebowed, Scalabrineed by the Bulls.....Scalabrine just happen to come into the game with less than 3 mins left in the contest scrimmage and the Bulls crowd cheered everytime he touched the ball. He finally delighted them with a 10 ft fadeway jumper to cap an embarrasing night for the Pistons who after pulling within 5 pts with a minute left in the third, saw the Bulls run off 11 straight points to lead by 16 before Knight temporarily stopped the Bull run with a trey with about 7+ mins left in the game. After that it looked worst than garbage time for both teams, even though the Bulls were still scoring.
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Hello everyone. I'm a young, new driver. I have a 1992 Mitsubishi Diamante that my dad bought new that is impeccable with low miles. A while back, I stupidly lent my car out to an older friend of mine. I then realized while being in the car with him that he shifts from R to D without stopping, and he shifts a lot without stopping. He did it once in my car when I was with him, and I asked him not to do it again, but who knows if he actually did do it again or not. Anyway, this happened a while back but thinking about it makes me queeze and I want to know, does doing that really hurt the trans? I see many people do it in parking lots and I'm just wondering whether it's really bad, or is this a myth? I'm so crazy, I can't get over it without knowing if it was REALLY bad or not.Thanks.
Well, with a manual transmission, its no big deal, as you're not grinding gears, but just slipping the clutch (which I guess is a little bad for it). I think that's what you're seeing most of the time, in parking lots. However, with an auto transmission, its not a good thing to do, and there is really no excuse. It is not a smart thing to do, by any stretch. While what he did is bad for your transmission, it shouldn't cause any serious damage, if it just happened a couple of times. However, if you start doing it, on a consistent basis, you will surely do damage to your transmission.
Okay, thanks. It still bugs me every day for some reason just because I'm nuts.I just hate to put any additional wear on a 14 year old car with 97k on it. It already takes a beating with a lot of my stop and go driving. As long as you don't think it did any serious damage, I should be okay. Thanks again.
Erik,The lesson to be learned here is that you should watch who you lend your car to! Most cars are built tough enough to take a little abuse.....
i agree that its bad for auto trans. i have a manual and do it all the time and it doesnt really matter. my mom on the other hand does it with her auto on a regular basis.
Thanks for all your thoughtful replies, I'm hopefully starting to get over it for good, things like this make me crazy!Has your mom had any trans problems when doing it routinely? What kind of car and how many miles does she have? Just out of curiosity...
I saw a video somewhere with a Cadillac slamming from drive to reverse and back again a full throttle as a test. This was a few years back. Not something you want to do, but if you are backing out and put it into drive before coming to a stop you wont' kill anything, but not necessarily a good thing. Rule of thumb is to stop before shifting.
Smack your friend upside the head.Tell him he's stupid for disrespecting your car. Never lend him your car again. Tell him to get educated about cars before he screws up someone else's car.
ROFL goood answer!!!
I used to do that until I broke the yoke of the torque converter and killed my transmission. Cost me $800.00 in 1984. I was making $3.50 an hour at McDonalds. Took a long time to pay my parents back. Lesson learned.


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Tea Party's True Colors
Original post made by Cindy Cross, Parkside, on Sep 12, 2011
Don't you just love that song by Cyndi Lauper, 'True Colors'? That song came to mind tonight after watching the CNN Republican Tea Party Debate.
The candidates answered the questions as expected, although Mitt Romney and John Perry sparred more tonight than at any other debate. Clearly these two front runners are trying to differentiate themselves from the other candidates, and want to show Americans that they are strong in their convictions.
But aside from Romney and Perry's theatrics, one thing occurred that made me hit the pause button and sit closer to the TV. I hit rewind on the remote and listened for a second time to the hypothetical scenario CNN host Wolf Blitzer threw at Congressman Ron Paul. "A healthy 30-year-old young man has a good job, makes a good living, but decides, you know what, I'm not going to spend $200 or $300 a month for health insurance because I'm healthy, I don't need it, but something terrible happens, all of a sudden he needs it. Who's going to pay if he goes into a coma, for example? Who pays for that?" Blitzer asked.
Here is how Paul responded:
Paul: "Well, in a society that you accept welfarism and socialism, he expects the government to take care of him."
Blitzer: "Well, what do you want?"
Paul: "But what he should do is whatever he wants to do, and assume responsibility for himself. My advice to him would have a major medical policy, but not be forced.."
Blitzer: "But he doesn't have that. He doesn't have it, and he needs intensive care for six months. Who pays?"
Paul: "That's what freedom is all about, taking your own risks. This whole idea that you have to prepare and take care of everybody.."
Blitzer: "But Congressman, are you saying that society should just let him die?"
At this moment two people from the audience yelled, "yes" followed by thunderous applause.
And I'll see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
This is not a hypothetical. This is not some person making a good living. This is not a person choosing to simply stop paying for insurance because he is healthy and wants to use this money elsewhere. This is someone who stops paying insurance because he wants to keep his house, wants to feed his children, and wants to keep his electricity on. This is a person who is gambling that they will stay healthy when the house has all the odds, yes, let's let them die. An American's life is not worth paying for.
And that's why I love you…
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a resident of another community
on Sep 13, 2011 at 12:56 am
Death is part of life, Cindy. Deal with it. You're attempting to moralize a market decision. Markets are not moral. Markets always trump morality. Morality is so 20th-century passe'. If you want to be moral, move to Sweden or Canada or someplace. We here in the US have moved beyond your socialistic moralizing blather.
Cindy, can you hear me now? Let the guy die! It's one less mouth to feed, and one less life support system I have to pay for. Morality sucks! Consumerism wins! Ron Paul for President! We'll only have to pay a dime a gallon for gasoline.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 13, 2011 at 6:44 am
I suppose they all wore their "Christianity" on their sleeves, too. Jesus was the world's most extreme liberal.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 13, 2011 at 7:24 am
Cindy - In your 'This is not a hypothetical', the person should have been making a good living when they bought the house. They should have made a conscious decision to raise children knowing that they will be able to provide for them. At what point did this 'hypothetical' not have the earning capacity to take care of the life they have built? Should they have sold the house? Used unemployment insurance that they have paid into? Asked for help from friends and family?
Are you saying Cindy, that if you ride a motorcycle without a helmet and sustain a serious head injury, that it is my responsibility to pay for it? Hardly.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 13, 2011 at 7:29 am
Cindy - Your 'True Colors' have been shining through from the first article you have posted on this PW. That the Tea Party's colors are different from yours should be no surprise. Keep your motorcycle helmet on, Cindy. You are going to need it as the world's costs find their rightful owner.
a resident of Amador Estates
on Sep 13, 2011 at 8:22 am
I say that we should spread Cindy Cross's wealth around. Despite her paying her own bills and taking care of her family, possibly her extended family...SHE should dive into her bank account and pay for the uninsured person in the above scenario.
I am so sick of the Cindy Cross's of this world that it is driving people to the breakpoint.
When will people stop looking for government handouts for every single social problem.
(Speaking of that...I have a broadleaf problem in my frontyard and am thinking I should receive a handout to rip all my grass out and start over with sod. I will start the paperwork and DEMAND that all others contribute to my re-sodding!)
a resident of Parkside
on Sep 13, 2011 at 8:24 am
b- are you saying Jesus advocated for universal healthcare? LOL.
Maybe obama thinks he is Jesus, coming to save us from stupid decisions like not covering yourself with medical coverage, when you're fully capaable of making that responsible decision.
Wolf Blitzer's straw man argument ignores that when idiots make decisions there are consequences. If his straw man consciously chooses to buy an HDTV instead of insurance, why exactly should I have to cover his stupidity. Where do you draw the line with your bleeding heart mentality...when you run out of other people's money?
a resident of Downtown
on Sep 13, 2011 at 9:05 am
The Tea Party = white resentment blacklash culture
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 13, 2011 at 9:13 am
Cindy, you totally contradicted yourself:
The question started:
"A healthy 30-year-old young man has a good job, makes a good living, but decides, you know what, I'm not going to spend $200 or $300 a month for health insurance because I'm healthy, I don't need it"
And you wrote: "This is not a person choosing to simply stop paying for insurance because he is healthy and wants to use this money elsewhere."
Yes it is. The question totally said he made a good living a choose not to pay for health insurance.
I would love to choose not to pay for health insurance, but I do because I make a good living and would not expect society to look after me. The question was presented the way it was for a reason.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Sep 13, 2011 at 10:14 am
Stacey is a registered user.
Totally disingenuous of all of you who think to oppose a universal health care system on the grounds that you're not going to pay for someone else being irresponsible. You already pay a very high cost with the current system.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Sep 13, 2011 at 10:16 am
Stacey is a registered user.
When someone who doesn't have insurance right now needs care, who do you think ultimately pays? You, with the insurance, you do.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Sep 13, 2011 at 10:26 am
Stacey is a registered user.
As for our hypothetical strawman, he is aging. He may not need health care now, but he will eventually. It isn't a consumerism-based decision. One can say they don't need an HDTV or a house but they can't say they don't need water. That isn't to say that society has to force the horse to drink the water. If the man had signed a statement refusing medical care on religious grounds or some other legal document like an advanced medical directive statement, we leave it at that. No one can force treatment on him. It is only to say that it is in society's best interest to insure itself against the higher future costs associated with an individual's inability to recognize the that he is aging and will need health care.
a resident of another community
on Sep 13, 2011 at 10:27 am
jimf01 is a registered user.
I clicked "Report Objectionable Content" on this post and recommend anyone who is interested in the truth do the same. Cindy rearranged the part where the applause came in to after the two people shouting "yes" to make Tea Partiers look heartless and cruel.
The applause came in after Ron Paul said, "That's what freedom is all about, taking your own risks"
"We've given up on this concept that we might take care of ourselves, assume responsibility for ourselves, our neighbors, our friends, our churches would do it, nobody was turned away!" Paul explained further.
To MORE thunderous applause, from the Tea Partiers!
"This is the reason the cost is so high… We have lack of competition. There's no competition in medicine. Everybody's protected by licensing "
I personally do not agree 100% with Ron Paul, but Wolf Blitzer provided a false choice, and Ron Paul cleared it up for him. Catholic Hospitals in this country are doing what Dr Paul described, and they are doing it now, every day.
My own family is supporting an unemployed family member who had a heart attack, and the CHW hospital in Stockton provided life-saving coronary balloon angioplasty, and he didn't pay them a dime.
a resident of another community
on Sep 13, 2011 at 10:29 am
jimf01 is a registered user.
And HERE is the video
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 13, 2011 at 10:34 am
Whatever my feeling about either party before this event, I am now firmly against this GOP/Tea Party low end mentality. The conservative movement showed its complete ignorance in this instance and has lost me forever. They are a truly "stupid breed". I would be embarrassed to associate myself with them as some of you do. This is a very rotten mentality.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 13, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Stacey said that "Wolf Blitzer's straw man argument ignores that when idiots make decisions there are consequences. If his straw man consciously chooses to buy an HDTV instead of insurance, why exactly should I have to cover his stupidity. Where do you draw the line with your bleeding heart mentality...when you run out of other people's money?"
Exactly. Stacey is right. This is a matter of markets "determining" what is best for consumers. Sometimes the road looks much longer than it actually is.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 13, 2011 at 1:04 pm
First, you say Romney & Perry were trying to differentiate themselves. THEY weren't any different than others trying to do the same. THEY WERE 'SET UP' TO BE SIDE BY SIDE, IN THE MIDDLE, and the'buzz' questions were directed to THEM. I'd be yelling & screaming if I were the others...being ignored ! I hope they are rotated differently next time.
Next, Cindy started out accurately stating the question "...30 yr old man has a good job, makes a good living.."
Then in your attack you changed the question with "..keeping a house, feed children". ..more theatre...
a resident of Livermore
on Sep 13, 2011 at 1:06 pm
I am proud to be an American. Thank you for providing health care to as many Americans as possible.
a resident of Canyon Creek
on Sep 13, 2011 at 1:09 pm
Why didn't anyone ask about refinanced school bonds? That in and of itself indicates there's a left-wing conspiracy at work. This will change once the flood hits.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 13, 2011 at 2:58 pm
The law requiring hospitals to treat all comers, regardless of ability to pay, was signed into law by that bleeding-heart liberal Ronald Reagan. I guess it is time to repeal the law and let everyone fend for themselves.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Sep 13, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
May I kindly recommend that you re-read the thread? You're getting a bit overzealous there...
a resident of Parkside
on Sep 13, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Arnold, where have you been hiding steve? Isn't it time for him to make his appearance? Oh, that was Chyna? I see.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Sep 13, 2011 at 4:29 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Now all we need to make this thread complete is Nate Silver, Linguist, Kate Golden, joe, BCF, Fransisco D'Anconia, Dick Cheney, Tippecanoe and Tylor too.
a resident of Parkside
on Sep 13, 2011 at 4:32 pm
"Now all we need to make this thread complete is Nate Silver, Linguist, Kate Golden, joe, BCF, Fransisco D'Anconia, Dick Cheney, Tippecanoe and Tylor too."
Thanks for your input, steve. Where are you keeping Arnold?
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Sep 13, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
P.S. I'm also Jimbob.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 13, 2011 at 4:37 pm
Now we're getting somewhere. But you haven't answered my question. Where is Arnold?
a resident of another community
on Sep 13, 2011 at 4:46 pm
jimf01 is a registered user.
Stacey, if we ignore the race-baiting anonymous trolls, they will go away. Please stop feeding them
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 13, 2011 at 4:59 pm
While you loosers are playing here, I'm out in the sun enjoying life. Your all race-baiters. Except Stacey and jimboy.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Sep 13, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Ignoring spam doesn't make it go away, does it? Companies that ignored their spam problems found themselves losing customers. Ah well, the PW will find itself in the same situation.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 13, 2011 at 10:58 pm
If you want to identify yourself as Stacey, Mike, Arnold, and Steve, that's your prerogative. I'm merely pointing out the hypocrisy of it, as you're so quick to accuse others of using more than one name.
a resident of another community
on Sep 14, 2011 at 12:18 pm
jimf01 is a registered user.
24 hours have elapsed, and Cindy Cross will not respond, either to defend or retract any part of her false attack on Tea Partiers. PW management, for their part respond by saying via email that they want "bloggers who have strong opinions and can articulate (and defend) those opinions"
Cindy Cross appears to be exempt from the defend portion of that requirement.
a resident of Amador Estates
on Sep 14, 2011 at 12:51 pm
Your post entitled "Tea Party's True Colors" is a bit long-winded.
I could have answered that in much fewer words...
Red, White & Blue
(unlike the Socialist Democrats' colors of Black & Red...which are symbolic of Anarchist/Communists (link > Web Link)
BTW: Did you noticed that Black & Red are the colors the ENTIRE OBAMA FAMILY wore during Obama's inauguration? Hmmm.... > Web Link
a resident of another community
on Sep 14, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Using the color code below, Obama is obviously passionate, strong, energetic, fiery, loving, sexual, exciting....
steve, posting as chris, believes, based upon red and black, that the Obamas are Anarchists, or Communists (take your pick). I would have thought Stacey above such infantilist thinking.
"RED: Passion, strength, energy, fire, love, sex, excitement, speed, heat, arrogance, ambition, leadership, masculinity, power, danger, gaudiness, blood, war, anger, revolution, radicalism, socialism, communism, aggression, summer, autumn, stop, Mars (planet), respect, Aries (star sign), December, the Roman Catholic Church[citation needed], martyrs, the Holy Spirit, conservatism (U.S. politics), wealth (China).
Studies show that red can have a physical effect, increasing the rate of respiration and raising blood pressure; red also is said to make people hungry; the red ruby is the traditional 40th wedding anniversary gift. Red is also the color of the devil in modern Western culture.
BLACK: Absence, modernity, power, sophistication, formality, elegance, wealth, mystery, style, evil, death (Western cultures), fear, anonymity, anger, sadness, remorse, mourning, unhappiness, sex, seriousness, conventionality, rebellion, anarchism, unity, sorrow, life, rebirth (ancient Egypt), slimming quality (fashion), January (Northern Hemisphere only)."
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 14, 2011 at 2:20 pm
Tea Party Bringing The Sunset to Public Sector Labor Unions?
"There are is something interesting happening in the Wisconsin school system since Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-dominated legislature eliminated collective bargaining rights for state government workers earlier this year…
Although Kraig maintained that it was bad for Wisconsin to be loosing "seasoned" teachers--another view is that there will be an influx of newer teachers, at the bottom end of the pay scale, who bring a contemporary set of teaching skills and youthful committment to their new positions.
The two immediately positive results for the Wisconsin economy will be:
1. a substantial decrease in the unemployment rate in the state, as the departing teachers will no longer be considered as part of the labor force; and younger, [unemployed] teachers will become employed.
2. these new teachers will be immediately contributing [more] to the healthcare and retirement fund, versus the departing teachers.
This will be welcome music to the ears of the state's trust fund actuaries, as any unfunded liabilities will begin to decrease precipitously…"
"There is however a more far reaching change that will be likely occurring in Wisonsin, and across the nation.
As unions can no longer automatically deduct union dues from teachers paychecks, according to a recent article in The Economist, when this has happened in the past, the percentage of union members paying their dues collapses quickly.
The first such case was in 1992, when such a law was passed in Washington State, and as a result, the percentage of members paying dues dropped from 82% to just 11%. When Utah enacted such a ban on collections in 2001, a year later there were 90% fewer dues paying members. By 2011, Indiana has observed a 90% decline in union membership since automatic deductions were ceased in 2005. And, finally, in 2001, when Colorado passed a law requiring an annual vote to "re-authorize" automatic deductions of union dues, union membership fell by 70% [in that first year].
A majority of the states are now in various stages of the process to restrict, or eliminate, collective bargaining rights for public employees, whose benefit levels are causing severe strains on their annual budgets. And with there being a Republican majority in their legislatures and Governor's offices since the November 2010 elections, this would appear to be the trend.
This is very bad news for the Democrat party.
First, the resulting deep cuts into union operating budgets, will force a reduction in their management headcount (because without collective bargaining it is not necessary) or even the elimination of many union locals
But, more importantly, union political contributions, one of Democrats largest sources, will nearly evaporate.
As we reported in a prior article, studies have shown that 94% of union political contributions have gone to Democrats, with just 6% going to Republicans, regardless of the political demographics of the union members--basically usurping the "political will" of all non-Democrat members.
So, it is easy to understand why, at the Labor Day Rally in Detroit, when James Hoffa, Jr., President of the Teamsters Union, called for union members to "take out" the Tea Party [members], it was obviously not intended as a "social invitation.""
Other than the unions claim the Tea Party is irrelevant while firing shots in their direction at every opportunity, I think the most interesting point contained in this article is that when unions DUES aren't automatically deducted they aren't voluntarily offered.
I wonder what Country club Hoffa is golfing at today?
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a resident of Dublin
on Sep 14, 2011 at 11:11 pm
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Jimf01 "24 hours have elapsed, and Cindy Cross will not respond," maybe she has a life... Maybe you are not worth responding to. Sorry, not trying to be cruel but... you have an anger management issue.
a resident of Parkside
on Sep 15, 2011 at 1:52 pm
SteveP is a registered user.
dublinmike--I didn't sense anger here (except on behalf of the haters of the right), but instead frustration. I'm sure if the shoe was on the other foot, the hypocrisy of the left would shine brightly. Note that the current occupier of the WH has launched his own website promoting the reporting of 'attacks' about him and his followers. Jim was doing anything differrent by pointing out the obvious distortions cindy posted. Unless you're saying the president has anger issues. The way his support is slipping, I suppose we can't blame him.
a resident of Livermore
on Sep 15, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Whether posting as jimfol or stevep, the anger management issue is the same. Cindy is probably scared to death of you. I am.
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Leg cramps, usually brought on by ingestion of alkaloids derived from or related the ergot fungus (which primarily feeds on rye). Such alkaloids include ergotamine, LSA (found in certain varieties of Morning Glory Seeds), LSD, and several others. It is a good sign you need to lay of the A for a while.
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Jacobs is aiming his grievance at one of three options getting reinstated, receiving the rest of the money on his contract, or being released by the 49ers.
To be fair it's really the 49ers trapping Jacobs that's the real problem. He would get out on the field in a heartbeat and run his heart out for the niners if they gave him that chance. Hell the only time I saw him run all season he converted a 2nd and 6 up the middle. This isn't like the Tiki situation where he refuses to play at all. Jacobs wants to get on the field, and the niners refuse to use him at all, and yet, at the same time, refuse to release him...
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- 1 pound medium cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 6 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1-1/2 cups finely chopped cabbage
- 3 green onions, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup shredded carrot
- 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
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- 48 wonton wrappers
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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- For each shrimp roll, place 1 tablespoon of shrimp mixture across the bottom third of wonton wrapper to within 1/4 in. of bottom and side edges. (Keep remaining wrappers covered with a damp paper towel until ready to use.)
- Combine flour and water until smooth; brush a 1/4-in. wide strip on side edges and fold side edges over 1/4 in. Brush side edges and top edge with water mixture. Fold bottom third of wonton wrapper over filling, then bring top over and pinch edges to seal completely.
- Lightly spray rolls with cooking spray. Place on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 400° for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown, turning once. Serve warm. Yield: 4 dozen.
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An England batting blitz has seen them claim the Twenty20 series from New Zealand with a 10-wicket win in the deciding game at Westpac Stadium in Wellington tonight.
The home side were always up against it after they lost the toss and were put in to bat on a ground where the chasing team had won the four previous Twenty20 internationals.
New Zealand could only muster 139-8 from their allotted overs as they struggled to get on top of the impressive English seamers who bowled with good pace and used their height to great advantage on a bouncy Westpac Stadium wicket.
English captain Stuart Broad was the pick of the bowlers as he claimed 3-15 from four overs and never let New Zealand gain any momentum to their innings.
Black Caps opener Martin Guptill played the anchor role as he made a patient 59 from 55 balls but he looked out of touch as he mistimed numerous strokes throughout his knock.
A healthy crowd of 20,238 piled in to the Cake Tin for the game and many of them rose to their feet to welcome former skipper Ross Taylor to the crease but he failed to give them much to cheer about as he only made six.
Taylor was out trying to hammer another six after he got off the mark by clearing the rope and will hope for better with the one-day series about to get underway in Hamilton on Sunday.
New Zealand were guilty of not putting together a meaningful partnership during their innings and Guptill found little support although skipper Brendon McCullum did add 26.
When Guptill was dismissed from the bowling of Broad with seven balls left in the innings, New Zealand only had 128 on the board and you knew they would struggle from there.
Jade Dernbach then snagged two wickets in the final over to finish with 3-36 from four overs, while fellow seamer Steve Finn was unlucky to go wicket-less but was miserly as he only conceded 18 runs from his four overs.
When it was their opportunity to bowl, New Zealand needed early wickets to make inroads to England's power-hitting line-up but they did themselves no favours.
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The fans had seen enough by the start of the 13th over and made their way to the exits as Hales' opening partner Michael Lumb (53 not out) completed the victory in a canter with 44 balls to spare with a six on to the roof of the Cake Tin.
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The viewers in watching them are hoping that they stay together. Robert and Kristen should know this in there heart for sure that they never be the same without one another. Even when playing in other people arms that they know that they belong to each other. Love is that knowing no one can split them up. Kristen could have anybody because she is one beautiful girl. Robert is cute and could get another girl, but, why? They never would be more then Kristen. So in my eyes stay together and get married and have that beautiful little Bella. 60 years of marriage could be proof of love last forever and show other movies stars how wrong to fall out of love. When movie stars fall out of love for other stars and they are not stars to me anymore. Parents of them, should stay out of this, and learn to love there chosen one.
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Posted at 12:38 PM on January 22, 2013
Let's stop pouring fuel on the fire HL has started. Nothing they write is true. We think we know Rob & Kristen, but we don't….neither does HL. If we (including myself) would stop reading this junk maybe it would stop. It makes me sad to see the things people write (so negative & hurtful). How can you have that much hate in you??? Kristen does not need Rob. Rob does not need Kristen. They do however love each other. If the media would stop hounding them they could possibly have a pretty normal life. They both are very talented and compliment each other more than any two people that I have seen in a very long time. I hope they stay together forever. In the mean time I wish them luck in their careers and happiness to last a lifetime. They deserve it.


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BBB issues door-to-door magazine scam warning
Better Business Bureau warns of magazine scam
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Better Business Bureau is warning everyone of reoccurring door-to-door magazine scamd from the company Midwest Circulation.
The BBB has received more than 160 complaints about the company.
For years people have been going door to door trying to convince people to write checks to buy books and magazines.
In the BBB business rating, Midwest Circulation received an "F" because of complaints from customers and not delivering what they promise.
Lauren Keller was living in Columbia when she heard a knock on her door a couple of weeks ago.
Two girls began to ask her odd questions about herself and her job.
"They went on with this for a bit then told me to pick out a book to send to a children's hospital. Then they made it sound like I needed to pick something out for them to send," Kellner said.
Mike Odneal from the BBB says this is a clue to a scam.
"If they are pulling on emotions and give you a sob story, take a second look and think about that a little further," Odneal said.
Keller continued to listen and ended up writing a check for the books.
After doing research days later she sent in a refund form.
But the money was withdrawn from her account within the week.
Lauren called Midwest Circulation. Their response was short on the phone and in email.
On the company website it said it can take up to 120 days to receive the books and they hire individual contractors. They don't train them or make them stick to a certain selling tactic.
The BBB said it is important to remember this information especially this time of year.
"As the weather gets better there is going to be more and more door-to-door salespeople out and about. People meed to remember if you have a person come to the door there is no obligation to come to the door much less let them in," Odneal said.


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Herman headed to Paraguay
After 34 years in education, Nisswa Elementary School Principal Erin Herman will retire at the end of the school year—sort of.
She and her husband, Steve, will embark on an adventure to Paraguay where she'll be an elementary school principal at an American-sponsored school for two years.
Herman and her husband will work at the same school in the capital of Paraguay, Asuncion. Her husband, a math teacher, was offered a high school math teaching position at the same K-12 school where Herman will be elementary principal.
Herman said the United States has international schools around the world that are popular for children of embassy staff or military personnel as well as with locals.
Herman had been exploring options for working at overseas schools for a while, but applied for this position just a few weeks ago. After two video interviews over Skype, both she and her husband were offered positions just days later. They were given only a few days to decide whether or not to take the jobs.
Her next big project is learning Spanish, which is spoken in Paraguay. She noted that the country is located on the Tropic of Capricorn, and has a subtropical climate.
"To imagine we might not have a severe winter for the next two years, that's pretty exciting," she said with a laugh.
Herman's formal retirement from the Brainerd School District is July 12, and the Hermans board a plane July 14 for Paraguay.
"I have a feeling this is going to be a really exciting adventure," Herman said, adding she's not ruled out extending her two-year contract.
The Hermans have four children and three grandchildren. They hope to return to the United States for holidays, and also hope their family can visit them in Paraguay.
Herman praised Nisswa and the Brainerd School District. She has been principal in Nisswa for a total of 14 years.
"I can't express enough how thankful I am to have been in the school districts I've been in," Herman said, referring to Little Falls, Pequot Lakes and Brainerd. "There's something about Nisswa. We call it Nisswa Nice. ... Here we get to be a part of little Nisswa, where the community treats us like the heartbeat of their little town."
She said being Nisswa Elementary School principal is the best job in the world, and she's sure there will be a large pool of well-qualified candidates to take her place.
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The data on rooms were obtained from Housing Question 7a in the 2008 American Community Survey. The question was asked at both occupied and vacant housing units. The statistics on rooms are in terms of the number of housing units with a specified number of rooms. The intent of this question is to count the number of whole rooms used for living purposes. For each unit, rooms include living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, finished recreation rooms, enclosed porches suitable for year-round use, and lodger's rooms. Excluded are strip or pullman kitchens, bathrooms, open porches, balconies, halls or foyers, half-rooms, utility rooms, unfinished attics or basements, or other unfinished space used for storage. A partially divided room is a separate room only if there is a partition from floor to ceiling, but not if the partition consists solely of shelves or cabinets.
Median Rooms
This measure divides the room distribution into two equal parts: one-half of the cases falling below the median number of rooms and one-half above the median. In computing median rooms, the whole number is used as the midpoint of the interval; thus, the category "3 rooms" is treated as an interval ranging from 2.5 to 3.5 rooms. "Median rooms" is rounded to the nearest tenth. (For more information on medians, see the discussion under "Derived Measures.")
Aggregate Rooms
"Aggregate rooms" is calculated by adding all of the rooms for housing units in an area. (For more information on aggregates, see "Derived Measures.")
Limitation of the Data
The Census Bureau tested the changes introduced to the 2008 version of the rooms question in the 2006 ACS Content Test. The results of this testing show that the changes may introduce an inconsistency in the data produced for this question as observed from the years 2007 to 2008, see "2006 ACS Content Test Evaluation Report Covering Rooms and Bedrooms" (http://www.census.gov/acs/www/AdvMeth/content_test/H2_Rooms_Bedrooms.pdf).
Question/Concept History
The 1996-1998 American Community Survey question provided a space for a write-in entry on the number of rooms. From 1999-2007 the question provided response categories from "1 room" to "9 or more rooms." Starting in 2008, the response categories were removed and a write-in box was added for the respondent to enter the number of rooms. Additional changes introduced in 2008 included adding the word "separate" to the question stem, adding an instruction that defines a "room," adding an inclusion instruction to include bedrooms and kitchens in the count of rooms, and changing the current exclusion instruction by removing the word "half-room" and adding the phrase "unfinished basements."


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Why Getting Grandpa Online Could Save His Life
We tend to identify hot, new technologies with the young, but it is the not-so-young who will reap many of the greatest benefits of technology, not only today, but tomorrow. With 5.2 million Canadians -- or 15 per cent of the population -- over the age of 65 today, "digitally aging" has the potential to be a very good thing. Even better, more than 20 per cent of Canada's population is coming up right behind at ages 50 to 65.
So, while technology like smartphones, tablets and such seem at first glance to be aimed at the young and hip, it's those in need of replacement hips who will be the biggest winners as technology continues to transform our daily lives bit by byte.
And we're not just talking of medical advances, for which there have been many over the last few decades, like those super strong polymer composite hips, knees and shoulders. There is so much more in store. Take depression, an all-too-common affliction in the elderly with different effects than on younger people. For example, studies show depression doubles an elderly person's risk of cardiac diseases and death and reduces an elderly person's ability to get healthy or at least improve their overall health.
Isolation speeds up the aging process and is one of the leading causes of depression in the elderly. Technology can lessen these feelings of isolation. When you can Skype with your grandchildren, email your children or keep in touch with old and new friends via Facebook, you don't feel as isolated.
For chronic diseases that afflict the elderly, like diabetes and heart disease, there are now so many easy-to-use apps and gadgets to monitor blood-sugar levels, blood pressure and more. Some people say technology is just too hard for old folks to learn and adopt in their lives. Bunk, I say, and point to the brilliant investor Warren Buffet who never used a computer and never wanted to learn how -- until he found out he could play bridge online. Besides making money, bridge is one of Buffet's great passions. Point is: he learned to work the computer when there was something in it for him. And what's more important than health, especially when you're aging and suffering chronic problems?
Look at brainiacs like Dr. Eric Topol, a pioneering geneticist, cardiologist and director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute in San Diego, who argue technology must destroy the way medicine is practised and that will be a great thing, not only for seniors but also taxpayers because healthcare costs will come down.
"With personal technology, doctors can see a full, continuously updated picture of each patient and treat each individually. Powerful new tools can sequence one's genome to predict the effects of any drugs, and improved imaging and printing technology are beginning to enable us to print organs on demand," Topol writes in The Creative Destruction of Medicine.
But set aside great big medical advances and look at everyday things, too, where technology can improve the lives of the elderly.
There are numerous websites out there with cognitive tools that improve memory and slow down memory loss. There are countless products on the market -- from high-tech, easy-to-enter showers for the home, to sensors that use open source technology to send emergency alerts out if a senior falls in his or her home.
There are companies like GoodRobot coming up with innovative ideas to use technology to benefit seniors. For example, every morning, we do two things: use the washroom and go to the refrigerator. Well, GoodRobot has apps that measure water use in the home and whether the fridge door has been opened.
So, your mom is 80-years-old and lives alone and she generally wakes around 7 a.m. You can use an app from GoodRobot that alerts your smartphone or tablet if no water has run or fridge opened in your mom's home by 9 a.m. After getting the alert, you phone her, head over there, call a neighbour or call 911 even.
Maybe you can't teach an old dog new tricks -- unless it's done with an online learning program for seniors.
Exercising does more than improve your exterior. Several studies have found an active lifestyle keeps your cells young, according to The New York Times.
These orange veggies are chock full of the phytonutrient alpha-carotene, which lowered the risk of dying from cancer and cardiovascular diseases in a study, according to The Los Angeles Times.
Sun worshippers, take heed: Between two and three million people are diagnosed with skin cancer globally each year, according to the World Health Organization. With May being Skin Cancer Awareness Month, Third Age has tips on how to avoid the "potentially fatal cancer."
A ring-a-ding-ding! Dr. Braverman of The Doctors suggests having sex at least two times a week to help "reboot the brain."
Studies suggest that foods rich in this fatty acid may reduce your risk of Alzheimer's.
Huff/Post50 recently reported on a study that had subjects do moderate exercise and use a computer, which resulted in increased memory function.
Glutathione is a rock-star antioxidant found in the body's cells that "neutralizes harmful free radicals," and keeps cells running smoothly, according to WebMD. To attain these benefits, eat a diet loaded with fruits and vegetables.
While there are conflicting reports on whether or not pets will add years to your life, it is confirmed that pets can ease stress and lower blood pressure, The New York Times reports.
A spoonful of sugar may make the medicine go down, but it also "changes metabolism, raises blood pressure, critically alters the signaling of hormones and causes significant damage to the liver," according to three doctors at the University of California at San Francisco. In a recent issue of Nature, they argued that the health hazards of sugar are similar to those related to drinking too much alcohol.
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A smiling Kathy Chiverton, Executive Director of SRV YMCA, was pictured in the Danville Times today accepting a $10,000 check as part of a $50,000 Danville Rotary commitment to expand the SRV YMCA deep into Alamo's Hemme neighborhoods. You might recall that Kathy was District 3 Chief of Staff when the YMCA abuse of Alamo's Hemme neighborhood was approved by CCC-BOS.
Danville refuses to continue access to SRV YMCA because they know the traffic flow will be abusive to neighborhoods. And yet, Danville Rotary is all smiles as they FUND the transfer of that traffic burden to Alamo neighborhoods. Why not ask the Danville Rotary why they sponsor such abuse of Alamo neighborhoods when their merchant members wants Alamo's business?
With a great Trader Joe's in Walnut Creek, do Alamo neighborhoods have any remaining reasons to go to Danville?
Hal Bailey as a courtesy to Alamo neighborhoods
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Shame on the Danville Rotary: another Alamo abuse!
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And now its screwed up again. No ability to quote and when you hit reply, you can't post until you hit "go advanced".
"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
Because Matt's plan was always to have 3 WR AND flex. When I voted on the flex question, I was voting for 2 WR and a flex.
"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
I was voting on 2WR and flex as well Morehead, but then he came up with the "compromise" while the vote was going on, it gives us a flex while still giving him his 3WR's
I know you don't like it, I actually do because it makes us have to go even deeper looking for players, anything that makes it more difficult to find top quality players is something I'm gonna vote for.
I don't know why people keep calling it shady, he mentioned it 2 or 3 times a page for about 6-10 pages straight....just because you guys weren't paying attention to it and missed it doesn't make it shady.
and the votes that did come in were almost unanimously for it.
It makes the league have to dig deeper...that's a good thing in my opinion.
I'd love to quote you but the friggin boards won't let me. No, Matt definately manipulated the vote but we were guilty of letting him. The problem with 3 WR's (maybe 4 with the flex) is that how a crap WR plays on a given day is more a matter of pure luck. Generally you're hoping for a few catches and if he scores thats just pure luck. I know that luck has a lot to do with FF, but you enhance the chances of luck playing a part with 3 WR's.
I'm OK with flex because that takes some team strategy. Now a flex PLUS a 3rd WR reduces it to a crap shoot. Thats why Matt likes it, he's a bad player and when you add luck it gives him a better chance.
"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
yeah I know what you are saying morehead, it's true that there is definitely more luck involved with 3WR-Flex then 2WR-Flex, another thing I don't like about it is in a 3WR-Flex you are almost guaranteed to have 3WR and 3RB vs in the 2WR-Flex it could be either 3WR and 2RB or 2 WR and 3RB since the RB and WR depth and points per game are almost identical (even though matt refuses to acknowledge that fact)
with that all said, it still forces people to know more about teams if they want to get a good 3rd RB and WR you need to know which teams throw to the 3rd and 4th option more often and which teams have a 3 deep RB corps...you know what I mean? I like Fantasy Football to be determined by who knows the most about the most teams and I think the deeper you have to go to find players the more that becomes a factor.


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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Thanks, i just got a fw, and saw a nice treddle, thought about it,but it needs refinishing. Now i know what tilo do.
thanks again
By alcohol is it any ie gin whiskey or is it special?
Glenn, Here is a totally newbie to wood refinishing question: Can you use the Briwax, to seal, finish wood, that has been stained with a water based product? I also see that the Annie Sloan Wax is used over paint, I imagaine that the Briwax, is the same.
Thank you,
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Thanks Kat
Glenn is the shellac the same as yacht varnish usually clear that we get in England. Some of the names you say I hAve problems translating the words
Dottymo - not Glenn but I'm 99% certain shellac is not yacht varnish. I think that's what we would call spar varnish - it's tough stuff, very waterproof and non-reversible. The only other name I've seen shellac commonly referred by is French Polish, though that's properly an application method. Here's a link to one company on your side of the pond that lists it:


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When I asked Richard Stallman about the use of open licenses for educational materials, first he complained because I didn't use the word "free", then he said that he wasn't interested in educational content, that his arguments applied specifically to software. Clearly his views have been modified since then, as this post attests
Without extending this into a full-blown debate, as I have already written at length about this elsewhere:
- licenses that allow commercial use are less free than those that do not, because they allow commercial entities to charge fees for access, to lock them behind digital locks, and to append conditions that prohibit their reuse
- works licensed with a Non-commercial clause are fully and equally open educational resources, and are in many cases the only OERs actually accessible to people (because the content allowing commercial use tends to have costs associated with it)
- the supposition
that works that cost money can be 'free' is a trick of
language, a fallacy that fools contributors into sharing for
commercial use content they intended to make available to the
world without charge
- the lobby very
loudly making the case for commercial-friendly licenses and
recommending that NC content be shunned consists almost
entirely of commercial publishers and related interests
seeking to make money off (no-longer) 'free' content.
In sum, this discussion would be better conducted without further debated about which open license 'is best' and especially with fervent declarations in favour of commercial-friendly licensing. The suggestion that the free sharing of non-commercial content is not 'practical' is not Stallman at his best, and is refuted by the experiences of millions in the field.
Wayne McIntosh objected, "Stephen, your assumption is incorrect with reference to access to learning materials and the OERu assessment model.."
- I very specifically referred to OERu assessment, not content, and assessment will cost students $1000 for a typical 5-course semester
- I have been following and commenting on WikiEducator and OERu since the beginning, and have expressed my concerns in this regard on numerous occasions
- In particular, I expressed my concerns regarding the 'logic model' employed by OERu, as well as the 'founding partners' methodology, both of which entrenched educational institutions as an essential part of the process,
- No mechanism for recognition of learning exists, or was even contemplated, other than institutional recognition, which as noted, carries a significant financial burden
I have no objection to the mechanism whereby OERu converts OERs it receives for free from volunteers into revenues for universities. What I object to is the ongoing campaign by OERu staff to depict non-commercial OERs as 'non-free' and to lobby for their exclusion from the definition of 'free educational resources'. I wish to pursue my support of OERs in such a way that does not impose significant cost on students. To this date, the best and only mechanism for ensuring their use of OERs remains genuinely free is through the use of the NC license.
As an aside: there is always in this context a reference to the 'original' version of open source licensing, and of course Stallman's four freedoms. I would like to point out that open source licenses existed before GPL, and open content licenses existed before Creative Commons. Until the intervention of staff from large U.S. universities (Berkeley-Stanford-MIT-Harvard) these licenses required that distribution be unencumbered with cost. It is only with the intervention of staff from these institutions that 'free' comes to mean 'commercial'.
Again: people may attach licenses allowing commerical use to their work if they wish. I have no objection to this. But such people should cease and desist their ongoing campaign to have works that are non-commercial in intent, and free in distribution, classified as 'not free'. Content that cannot be enclosed within a paywall, and cannot be distributed with commercial encumbrances attached, is just as free - indeed, more free - than so-called 'free' commercial content.
To follow up on some points made by Rory:
Content (under whatever license) is 'enclosed' when it is contained behind a barrier such as proprietary encryption, a digital lock or a paywall. Enclosure does not restrict the content itself, but restricts access to the content; access is granted (typically under some other name) only via some concession, such as payment, or provision of personal information.
To my understanding, all of Flat World's content will now be enclosed behind a paywall. OERu assessments enclose assessment content. This mailing list (OER-community) encloses content behind a subscription requirement (I can't even link to discussions in my newsletter; all non-subscribers see is a barrier).
Enclosure is an important concept because it leads to 'conversion'. The process of conversion is one where what was once a resource that could be freely accessed is (for all practical purposes) accessible only through a barrier of some sort; in other words, the content is free, but has been effectively completely enclosed. This is what happened (for example) to many UseNet newsgroups. It almost happened to Wikipedia, and would have happened, has Google not intervened.
Having said that, let me be clear how perspective plays a significant role in the free / not-free debate:
- from the perspective of someone who already has the content, the content is 'not free' if there are limitations on the use of that content, including the right to sell it
- from the perspective of someone who does not already have the content, the content is 'not free' if there are barriers preventing the person from accessing the content (note that the putative assertion that the content 'could be made free somewhere' does not constitute a removal of the all-too-practical barrier
It is not to me surprising that the people with wealth - namely those in U.S. universities - could view 'free' from the perspective of those who have the content. But I speak from the perspective of one who does not have access to the content. And my argument, in a nutshell, is that the second perspective is just as valid as the first (even though the second perspective cannot afford lobbiests).
Content behind barriers - for example, content that is being sold - is 'not free'. This perspective matters. For 99 percent of the world, it's the only perspective that matters.
And finally
Totally agreed with David Wiley: "It would be great if the world were simple enough that One License to Rule Them All could exist, but it doesn't."
It needs to be recognized that for many people, 'open' and 'free' do not mean 'commercial'. For many people, the idea of 'selling a free resource' is a contradiction in terms. For many people, access to the resource, rather than making money from it, is the primary concern.
I don't wish to continue restating this (though it seems the campaigning from the CC-by people against NC is endless). I would simply urge UNESCO to respect the wishes of those people who are not commercial publishers or multi-million-dollar educational institutions, to recognize the intent of people creating NC-licensed resources to ensure they can be accessed for free, and to recognize resources licensed with a NC clause as OERs with equal standing.
This is consistent with the 2012 Paris declaration, which I remind people, refers to OERs as "teaching, learning and research materials in any medium, digital or otherwise, that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions." (My emphasis)
Ilkka Tuomi wrote,
> Logically, CC-BY-NC is a subset of CC-BY. In this sense, it is more restricted.
Not so. No entity in the set "CC-BY-NC" is also in the set "CC-BY".
It's a trick of the way CC licenses were originally formulated. The designations in fact mean:
- CC-by-Commercial (CC-by-C)
- CC-by-Noncommercial (CC-by-NC)
So as you can see, the two sets are disjuncts, specially, not-C and C
The creators of CC treated 'Commercial' as the default. There's no reason why they should have had to do this. They could have established the licenses the other way (indeed, the way I would have done it):
CC-by – allows all free uses, ie., no limitations on access and distribution
CC-by-C – allows commercial vendors to restrict distribution contingent upon payment
In fact, each of CC-by-C and CC-by-NC create restrictions. They create different sets of restrictions, which may be more or less limiting, depending on your perspective.
The 'commercial-by-default' world in which we live is something recent and something that has been created through the use of language and the setting of assumptions. The creation of a 'non-commercial' clause is a way of setting 'commercial' as the default. It makes it seem as though 'commercial' implies no additional restrictions. But it's just a trick of language, just a trick of perspective.
That's why it's false and misleading to say that 'CC-by-C' is 'more free', and why people shouldn't do it.