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What is wrong with the US Government.
Our country is in such political turmoil right now, and it's all leading to a very big change. What this change is, I don't know. I'm speculating a change in primary parties of our country, while the party names "Democrat" and "Republican" may not change their goals and values will.
In my opinion, this is stemming from the loss of moderate politicians. In the past four years, a little before the first recession everyone in the government started moving towards much more extreme sides of the spectrum. Nowadays everyone is very conservative, or very liberal. This is why we aren't accomplishing anything in congress, and it's very childish how bitter everyone is towards each other. When sitting next to someone outside your party is taboo in congress, you know there is something very wrong. While these people may have different opinions it doesn't mean that they must hate each other to such extremes.
It reminds me of seeing how jocks and hipsters interact in my high school.
The defense bill that was just passed is a prime example of how fucked up our government truly is. Something as radical as that should never even make it to the executive branch, while I still consider myself fairly liberal (however, I've been on the fence about recognizing myself as a Libertarian for a while) this act is something that has been feared and theorized as the beginning of a communist rule on our country. In school I have read worst case scenarios of how our government will run in thirty years, and the way things have shifted this past year it is really appearing imminent.
Just imagine how insane it's going to get once people realize the concept of the "american dream" is dead and that where they are economically and socially now is where they will stay. When they have no hope of climbing higher on the social ladder they will FREAK THE FUCK OUT. I'm talking riots in the streets and shit....
Thinking about conspiracies and the such, this may be reasoning for this bill. Maybe it's a front to arrest people reacting to this? You decide....
Also, you need to think about the whole concept of the "dumbing down of society." Theories that the government will pump us full of mind altering drugs to make us all stupider and the such to keep people from revolting against the government. Think about how many kids are on ADD/ADHD meds right now. Being in a public school, I see first hand how Ritalin and Adderol are as common as candy, if you go to your doctor and complain that you can't concentrate- BAM you're prescribed. However, the long term effects of these drugs are well known. Especially the effect on the brain's natural reward system. These drugs wear out the brain and cause different mental disorders later in life.
These drugs are brainwashing the countries youth. I'm not one of those conspiracy theorist nutjobs, but it's the government that has made them so accesible to people.
The economy failing miserably is purely printing more money when you have nothing to back it. Every failed currency died when the government printed more money with nothing to back it, simply inflating it to ridiculous proportions. Just think of the German Mark pre-World War II. I'm scared that if the US Dollar loses it's standing as the world's reserve currency, or countries like Saudi Arabia no longer accept oil payment in USD the cost of oil will skyrocket inflating the price of every other good in our country. Just imagine what will happen when a gallon of milk costs $100.
A consumer-based economy CAN be successful, but only if you have something to back the money.
So what I want to hear is your own opinion on what is wrong with the country. Explain, debate, do whatever. Please be respectful of other posters opinions, we can debate peacefully without hurting feelings as long as people understand not to make this personal. That's what's wrong with congress, and we all know we here at SBF are above that.
It is finally clear that a system based solely on capitalism led to a corporation controlled society, that prescribes meds for kids not based on the long term effect or benefits, but because it is rigged to sell more than help. If you happen to be in the upper 1% you'rte perfectly fine and making millions, if you are not....not.
The rest of the political discourse is just smoke. Are we really discussing about a pipeline that will lower the cost of fuel? No. The fuel will be back on the market, big oil will make more money and the locals will be stuck with the pollution. Exactly how it happened for decades in 3rd world countries.
Will you get a job in the future with your degree? No, you will need a good salary to pay off your student loans, while a foreign students will be able to accept a lower salary because he didn't' pay 200.000 $ to finish college.
To answer the title of this thread, whats wrong is that its owned by the 1% and has not been a democracy for a long time.
Its just a facade pretending to be a democracy.
The desires and rights of the people are not represented or listened to. Human rights are all but gone, whilst mega corps are protected and bailed out.
I don't know exactly what the change will be either, but I believe a lot of shit will hit the fan next year.
It will change. The question is will you be a part of the change or play the game of the 1%s like a hamster on a treadmill?
I personally believe taking your own consciousness back and unplugging from mass media/TV brainwashing is one of the first steps.
Then making choices that allow you to be as independent from the current system as possible. Standing on your own feet.
Also working together with like minded people to take back the sense of community that has been systematically eroded away, pitting everyone against each other. When people feel isolated they are afraid to act and will go along with any BS.
People need to get back the values of helping each other and making sure everyone is taken care of.
The Japanese people after the Tsunami showed this ethic beautifully. No looting, no free for all. They quietly lined up to get their 2 liters of water and package of food. They helped each other instead of turning on one another.
Japan is no utopia and has its problems, but I think they showed the world how to deal with the pending crisis. Together.
I was sincerely moved and impressed by the behavior of Japanese people after the tsunami, money found and returned in that situation? Amazing. Very good example.
On the other hand they must stop killing whales for food, or dolphins for fun....using the tsunami relief money...GO sea Shepherd!
As much as I blame the government and corporate state, we are all to blame for the current predicament. I'm not just talking about the typical "consumer credit-debt bubble" that gets tossed around aimlessly, I'm talking about our actions as part of a democracy for the past 30+ years. You could say the corporate state perpetrated it, because that was their goal afterall - but consumerism turned the baby-boomer generation into a bunch of carefree sheep. We gave all of our power to the government and corporations because responsibility and civil duty were inconvenient. We handed over the keys and said "Here, you deal with this, I'd rather be watching football and drinking beer on my new Ikea sofa". In order for a democracy to work it has to be regulated and run by the people, and we failed to do that. Look at the social stigma in America for protests - until recently 80%+ of people regarded protesting as some sort of jobless hippy activity that was a waste of time. Most people still do. They feel this way because consumerism has kept them comfortable enough to remain in ignorance. People are ignorant only so long as they are shielded from harm.
Well, that bubble is about to burst rather violently. There are many aspects of society that are currently set up to fail, but the most obvious factor is fossil fuels. They run our country 100%, are limited, most come from foreign countries, and right now they are burning natural gas fields in North Dakota etc... because capturing it is not profitable in the short term. Our government and allied corporation state have absolutely no vision for the future - even of their own organizations. In the face of collapse they are more concerned with putting buckets under the leak rather then just fixing the pipe. And why wouldn't they? American capitalistic culture taught them to get theres and fuck everyone else. We'll see how long that ideology actually works...
Yes the American people are to blame for not reacting at all in 30+ years. Try the same thing in Europe and you have an INSTANT total strike. You want to try and destroy unions in Italy or France? Be ready for ALL trucks to stop, trains, cabs, phone operators, radar operators...you name it. I say finally someone is getting out and reacting (OWS) keep it up!
Paul is wrong about many things.
A better question is... what ISN'T wrong with government? It is built on layer upon layer of lies. We all have some experience in this, if you tell 1 lie, you then have to tell 2 to cover up the first, then tell 4 to cover for the last 2...sooner or later the lies become your reality....now consider 40-50 years worth of thousands of lies.
A good article on "What's wrong with government" This shit has been going on for decades. I've been ranting about this kind of crap since the late 80's and everyone said I was nuts. Who's nuts now fuckers hahahha....told ya so :cheeky4:
Kind of long, and doesn't go into EVERYTHING.....but to cover it all would take volumes.
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Eagleview Elementary classroom continues Skype sessions with adopted soldier
Students in Allison Reigel and Cassandra Amsden's first-grade class used their monthly Skype session with Lt. Cmdr. Amy Lindahl as a supplement to their lessons on deserts. Lindahl and her roommate also modeled and answered questions about combat gear.
"I thought it was fun because we got to see their gear," said first-grader Aubrey Larsen.
The first-grade class has been corresponding with Lindahl, her roommate and friends based in a military base in Afghanistan since last fall. It was at that time that Lindahl approached Reigel, whom she had known since second grade in International Falls, and asked if her class was interested in adopting her.
"She actually contacted me and said, 'I'm going over there. Would you be interested in having your class adopt me as a soldier?' So that's kind of how it started," Reigel said.
Reigel and Amsden's students benefit from the sessions by using them to supplement classroom learning. Between Skype sessions, the students sometimes even monitor weather conditions in Afghanistan so they can discuss it with Lindahl.
"I think pretty much at the end of this month they won't have any again until the very end of the year around November and December," said Sam, an Australian soldier. "It's not very much rain and they have to make it go a long way."
In addition to learning from Lindahl and her friends, students have also sent letters and Christmas gifts to her, and the group also sang them a song of thanks.
Overall, the opportunity has been beneficial to both groups.
"I think it's given them an opportunity to learn about a different culture," Reigel said. "We've even done some reading about Afghanistan."
Though the students have been cooresponding since November, it is unlikely that they will have the opportunity to actually meet Lindahl, as her tour of duty ends in July, long after the end of the school year.
The students sang "American Soldier," a song sung to the tune of "Frère Jacques." They also altered the lyrics to honor soldiers from other countries. The lyrics are:
American soldier (x2)
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You keep our country safe (x2)
We thank you (x2)
Australian soldier (x2)
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A house with 4 private bedrooms (lokable), Two with a double bed and the 2 other with two single beds. Ideal for a family with children.
You also have access to the bathroom with two sinks, a toilet, and a shower with Turkish bath / Sauna. As well as the full equipped kitchen (fridge, microwave, ceramic hob, extractor hood, oven, dishwasher, double sink (+ fridge freezer and additional to the cellar).
Six seater dining room and living room with documentation.
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Can accommodate 8 people (extra bedroom - see announcement)
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Unfortunately our stay in Brussels was hindered by recent bombings. But this place is enormous and although pricey (but so is everything else around there) was definitely worth considering if you have a large travelling party. If we return to Brussels I would be seeking them out again. Nil issues. Plenty of everything to make you feel like you are in a home away from home.
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st: RE: Running a program in a variable number of variables
"Nuno" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
st: RE: Running a program in a variable number of variables
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:09:04 +0100
Well, just found a workaround: just rename v1 and v2 to y1 and y2 and then
use: foreach i of varlist v*
Sorry to bother you all!
-----Original Message-----
From: Nuno [mailto:email@example.com]
Sent: 17 July 2007 06:56
To: 'email@example.com'
Subject: Running a program in a variable number of variables
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if someone could help me with a programming issue. I need to
import several csv files that might have a variable number of variables.
Given the structure of the files to be imported, the variables will be
labels v1, v2,..., vn and string. The code I'm using will then keep
variables v1, v2 and vi at each cycle. I've written the following program
(for simplicity, the code I'm sending is just for a file to be imported, not
for the complete set of files):
insheet using "C:\Documents and Settings\Nuno\Desktop\test.csv", clear cd
c:\ foreach i of numlist 3/4 { preserve keep v1 v2 v`i'
drop if v1==""
drop if length(v1)>7
gen year=v`i' if v1=="TYPE"
destring year, replace force
gen name=v2[_n-1] if year~=.
gen dscd=v1[_ n-1] if v1=="TYPE"
replace name=name[_ n-1] if name==""
replace dscd=dscd[_ n-1] if dscd==""
replace year=year[_ n-1] if year==.
drop if length(v1)<=6
rename v1 vars
rename v`i' data
drop v2
save file`i'.dta
As you can see, in the foreach cycle I had to introduce the number start/end
of cycles manually. Is there a way to get this information directly for the
number of variables that are first imported? I would then do the cycle
"foreach i of numlist 3/(total_number_of_variables-2). I could use -varlist-
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Stop talking and spend some time thinking
We were wrong.
We were wrong about the turnout.
We were wrong about the makeup of the electorate.
We were wrong about the advertising mix and message that would work.
We were wrong about the effectiveness of President Obama's turnout mechanism.
The simple fact is Republicans spent more and achieved less than Democrats in 2012.
This was not just a personal defeat for Governor Mitt Romney and Congressman Paul Ryan.
29Victor on November 12, 2012 at 9:37 PM
We were wrong about the makeup of the electorate.
And how! We thought they wanted to be self-sufficient.
Silly us!
OldEnglish on November 12, 2012 at 9:40 PM
I don't get it.
What's he trying to say?
dforston on November 12, 2012 at 9:43 PM
dforston on November 12, 2012 at 9:43 PM
People put their mouth in gear–or their keyboard–before they've done any serious thinking and analysis of what happened.
I don't know that I agree with all of his conclusions, but I definitely agree with the title. So many pundits who jumped the gun with their analyses have already been proven wrong. They're stiff with a lot of pride and pomp and short on reason and wisdom.
We were wrong about the effectiveness of President Obama's turnout mechanism.
Not really. 9 million fewer voters turned out for him. We were wrong about the effectiveness of Romney's turnout mechanism.
xblade on November 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Good advice.
Robert_Paulson on November 12, 2012 at 9:48 PM
Fig Newton Should Follow His Own Advice.
LegendHasIt on November 12, 2012 at 9:50 PM
So many pundits who jumped the gun with their analyses have already been proven wrong. They're stiff with a lot of pride and pomp and short on reason and wisdom.
INC on November 12
Many of them have an agenda, and being right isn't the agenda they have. Like amnesty, for example.
xblade on November 12, 2012 at 9:51 PM
So many pundits who jumped the gun with their analyses have already been proven wrong. They're stiff with a lot of pride and pomp and short on reason and wisdom.
INC on November 12, 2012 at 9:45 PM
Yep. We have a pundit class that gets paid, not for being right or wrong, but for having opinions. They're like a stock broker — whether the market goes up or down, whether he's right or wrong, as long as you trade through him, he still gets paid.
The same people who were 100% certain (and totally wrong) a week ago about who our next president will be are now 100% certain what went wrong and how to fix it. And almost to a man their solution is to is to change all the things that currently bug them about the Republican party or the conservative movement.
29Victor on November 12, 2012 at 9:55 PM
Shorter Newt: All I'll blame everyone and everything.
Frankly this attitude is why corruption is never cleaned up in government. Something goes wrong and there is always "Plenty enough blame to go around." while it's always obvious some are way more to blame than others. This how Obama can call for an "investigation" into Benghazi with a straight face when it's perfectly obvious what went wrong and who is to blame.
Rocks on November 12, 2012 at 9:58 PM
Newt, shut up. Go away. No one cares what you think. Go back and sit on the couch with your pal Nancy.
nazo311 on November 12, 2012 at 10:02 PM
29Victor on November 12, 2012 at 9:55 PM
Ha ha. A stock broker is a terrific analogy.
I hope Newt does hang in there and do some civic education lectures, because a great deal of the country is in need of learning exactly why Encroaching Big Government is bad, bad, bad, and always ends in disaster for those it claims to help. He's capable of doing so if he can go back to the basics and reins in some his wild and wheeling imagination.
Take Orca away from the Romney camp, fix it, and spread it to every republican candidate running for any seat above dog catcher.
Zaggs on November 12, 2012 at 10:08 PM
Here's the thing that a lot of people don't seem to understand. All those that keep pointing at Romney, that keep saying that his GOTV machine was poor.
Well guess what, Romney's campaign was one of only a small handful of races in the entire nature where better GOTV may have mattered.
The fact of the matter is, we embarrassed ourselves this year. We had numerous opportunities to present ourselves as a mature serious party, perfectly capable of tackling the problems of the country. Instead, we put on performances that would embarrass any circus clown.
Yes, the media set out to do it, they hammered us every chance we had, but we made it easy for them! The media wasn't the one that elevated a man whose entire platform consisted of yelling 999. The media wasn't the one who for a time seriously considered Donald Trump a serious candidate. The media wasn't the one to briefly elevate Gingrich, a man whom many apolitical individuals still detest for his antics in the 1990s, as a primary frontrunner. The media didn't elevate a man who couldn't resist stepping into social wedge issues every chance he had, the media didn't nominate numerous candidates whose views on abortion are fringe even within the pro-life camp. The media didn't prompt Limbaugh to use highly inflammatory language to describe a college student. The media didn't insist on bringing up Birtherism over and over, again and again and again.
Yes, the left has its crazies, in fact its fair to say that they're far nuttier than we could ever be. But we media isn't fair, and we made it extremely easy for them to pain us as a bunch of whack jobs. Since the election I've got in touch with a couple old friends whom I know voted for McCain and Bush, and they emphatically told me that they just couldn't bring themselves to vote for a party so out of touch as ours.
So it should hardly be any surprise, that one of the races that came closest to winning, was Romney, one of the few candidates we ran this year that was somber, serious, and kept to the core issues every chance he could!
Yes, the establishment wing of the party doesn't run enough candidates that are true advocates of the parties true principals, and thats a real issue. But being a true advocate for conservatism isn't enough, we ran plenty of those during the primary, and each and every single one hurt the party.
So if you want to run a true con, you better make darn certain they can campaign their way out of a paper bag first, because they can't do a thing to advance our cause if they can't get elected in the first place!
Not that I want to be over critical or anything.
WolvenOne on November 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM
Finally a piece from Newtron that I completely agree with.
Lots of comments like people who never played elementary grade level football who "know" everything about the NFL, and people who never headed a PTA know all about campaigning and governing, many of them pundits.
Kermit on November 12, 2012 at 10:16 PM
Think of it this way.
At the beginning of 2008, Bush wasn't wildly unpopular for his policies. Remember that during Obama's campaign, he promised to keep many of these policies intact, and that once in office he adopted many of Bush's most criticized policies with no ill effect.
No, Bush was unpopular because the media attacked him relentlessly for years. After awhile, it stuck, despite the fact that Bush was actually a fairly effective campaigner, and personally likeable.
Well, the media just did that to us, and this time it only took one year.
The difference, as I stated earlier, is that this time we made it easy for them.
WolvenOne on November 12, 2012 at 10:21 PM
WolvenOne on November 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM
So, we only win if nobody on our side says something stupid.
Wow. Please join the other side.
faraway on November 12, 2012 at 10:25 PM
faraway on November 12, 2012 at 10:25 PM
Whenever Romney was allowed any period of time to talk about the core issues of our party, he surged in the polls. Whenever the story became about Akin, or Mourdock, or any of the other embarrassments I mentioned above, not only did Romney sink in the polls but EVERY Republican did.
The democrats effectively portrayed the Republican party in the worst possible light, and ran against it. Yes, it's inevitable that every once in awhile, somebody is going to screw up and have a little gaffe.
We're not talking about the occasional little gaffe though. Donald Trump and Herman Cain, aren't LITTLE gaffs. Implying that there is legitimate and illegitimate rape isn't a LITTLE gaffe.
Again, the occasional little slip up is fine, so long as its little. But unfair as it might be, the media isn't going to cut us any slack, whatsoever. Our side, our candidates, has to be as media proofed as possible, simply because the media is never going to give us a single break.
WolvenOne on November 12, 2012 at 10:34 PM
"Stop talking and spend some time thinking" is kinda rich coming from Newt, but he's making more sense than most.
Wolven, the other side had a fake Indian… and won.
They stood by their candidate.
faraway on November 12, 2012 at 10:38 PM
An intellectually honest and courageous Republican Party has nothing to fear from the current situation.
We need more of this and less of Bill Crystalmethsmoker and David Frumdumb
Glenn Jericho on November 12, 2012 at 10:38 PM
"Stop talking and
spend some time thinkinglet me do the talking"
FIFY, Newt 😉
Glenn Jericho on November 12, 2012 at 10:41 PM
John Kerry, Al Franken, and Fauxahontas
Please. Our candidates don't hold a candle to these people.
faraway on November 12, 2012 at 10:43 PM
Wolven, the other side had a fake Indian… and won.
They stood by their candidate.
faraway on November 12, 2012 at 10:38 PM
Yes, in Massachusetts, where only 15% of Registered voters are Republican. Do you realize just how absurdly well you have to perform among Independents to win office in Massachusetts? During a Presidential election year, when Democrats are going to be out in full force to vote down the party line, its almost impossible for a Republican to survive in Massachusetts.
So, whats your point exactly? That democrats can get away with being utterly horrible campaigners? Yeah, that was kind of my entire point. They can get away with it, we can't.
WolvenOne on November 12, 2012 at 10:48 PM
An intellectually honest and courageous Republican Party has nothing to fear from the current situation.
That is even more ephemeral than 0bama Unicorns.
LegendHasIt on November 12, 2012 at 10:58 PM
faraway on November 12, 2012 at 10:25 PM
Any Republican candidate has to get extreme media training as part of their candidacy, even if the RNC pays for it. They HAVE to learn how to deflect the `gotcha`questions.
We also need surrogates who will go on tv and be every bit as aggressive as Axelrod and Cutter.
Mitsouko on November 12, 2012 at 11:04 PM
This was a party-wide defeat and should be thought of as a profound wake up call.
+ 100..Hear!..Hear!.. 😎
Dire Straits on November 12, 2012 at 11:09 PM
Any Republican candidate has to get extreme media training as part of their candidacy, even if the RNC pays for it. They HAVE to learn how to deflect the `gotcha`questions.
We also need surrogates who will go on tv and be every bit as aggressive as Axelrod and Cutter.
Mitsouko on November 12, 2012 at 11:04 PM
All this should be RNC 101. Add Orca, OFA-like website/organizing, etc.
We have a lot of work to do. We are 8 years behind the Dems.
faraway on November 12, 2012 at 11:10 PM
It's the media. No Republican can win a national campaign any more so long as the supermajority of the media is Democrat.
If we can't beat a Donk when unemployment is over 8%, gas prices have practically doubled, debt is astronomical, household incomes are down, Americans serving abroad are getting killed, etc., we can't win ever.
It's the media. They are the enemies.
dukecitygirl on November 12, 2012 at 11:11 PM
It's the media. No Republican can win a national campaign any more so long as the supermajority of the media is Democrat.
Not exactly, it's important to keep a few things in mind.
Look at the 2010 midterms. The media was just as biased against conservatism then as it was now, but there were a few differences.
First, social conservatism very much took a back seat. That isn't to say that there weren't socially conservative candidates, but the focus was on the issues of taxes and the size of the government.
As a side note, candidates that kept getting caught up in social issues in 2010, lost.
Second, in 2010 we spent a lot less time attacking ourselves, and our own candidates. Scott Brown for example, was known even then to be a fairly liberal Republican. However, instead of criticizing our various candidates for their flaws, we circled the wagons kept in formation to protect them..
Third, for the most part, Republicans that WERE simply too far to the right, or who had spent just too much time in Washington, were largely challenged during the primary season. This kept what infighting there was largely out of the public eye, and give the movement some credibility.
In other words, in 2010 we ran an excellent campaign and swept all races save for a couple senate seats. Those senate losses were largely blamed on either bad candidates, or on their opponents better GOTV machine.
As a result of winning those races however, two things happened. First, the mid term acted as a pressure release valve. A lot of the anger against the incumbents was vented, and some tea party supporters became less active.
The second result, is that we as a party became a little cocky. We saw how low Obama's approval rating, and assumed we could run anybody and win. So, when it became clear the front runner was somebody that activist portion of the party did not approve of, they pushed other far more flawed candidates instead. Instead of rallying around a single candidate for the sake of victory, we spent the better part of six months caught up in bitter ugly infighting.
I don't mean to be too critical here, because a lot of people were frustrated by the fact that we ran a man like McCain, and did want a more solidly conservative candidate. However, we should have realized a lot sooner than there was no viable candidate like that to choose from, and moved on. Getting stubborn about it changed nothing, and the resulting temper tantrum destroyed a lot of the good will the American people had put in us.
In other words, while it was understandable, is was ugly and childish, and hurt the party.
Third, the media realized after 2010, that demonizing the tea party for small government activism wasn't effective. This is why they spent so much time hammering away at the socially conservative wing of the party. They so how socially conservative candidates performed poorly in 2010, and the negative reaction many Americans had to Santorum. They put two and two together, and attacked us on this front. Worse yet, anybody who pointed out that we were being hurt on this front, was deemed a traitor to social conservatism, which made our party look even more out of touch.
Basically, in 2010, we attacked each other less, and we were far less preoccupied with social issues. If we had not been, it is likely that we'd have two more senate seats right now, AND may have succeeded in booting Obama.
I hate to be too critical of the So-Con wing, cause I do empathize with a lot of their positions. At the same time though, they hurt us tremendously and NEED to realize that their strategy doesn't work. When we run on real issues, we when, when we're distracted by social issues we lose, end of story.
WolvenOne on November 13, 2012 at 12:02 AM
What's fascinating to me is what a superior revisionist "Historian" Newt Gingrich is in the realm of modern America's "Short Attention Span Theatre":
We were wrong about the advertising mix and message that would work.
Haha-yeah…Starting with the primaries where (Gingrich-backer) Vegas zillionaire Sheldon Adelson ran those powerful, Capra-esque mini-movies about the proud blue-collar working man smashed under the heel of greedy 'Snidley Whiplash Romney' twirling his mustache over at eeeee-vil Bain Capitol (MUAAHAHAHAHA!).
YOU built that, Mr. Gingrich. You and your bottomless pit of gambling money guy who dumped you as soon as you were down and out and–Hey! Mr. Adelson promised to spend ever more on his newest wager than he blew on you, never mind that he'd already made his latest bet look like the banker Mr. (a-hole) Potter in 'It's A Wonderful Life'. Too bad that since Mitt Romney was playing a gentleman's game, whether personnaly unmoved, or (more likely) ill-served by sycophants who refused to say he needed to get agressive against Rick Perry calling him a "Vulture Capitalist". Meanwhile, Rick Santorum chose the 'lack-of-core-beliefs' meme to attack Mitt Romney for being, as Romney cousin Jon "Minty Tenterhooks" Huntsman sneered, "A well lubricated weathervane".
But wait–there's more!
We had two candidates throw away Senate seats in Indiana and Missouri.
Wow. I'll bet that after the Mike Huckabee "Stand by Your Christian Man" endorsement of Todd Akin, you, Newt Gingrich said…AAAAAGH! There's a spotlight that I'm…Not…IN!!!! Interesting that the man he traveled to support in the depths of Mr. Akin's abject dumbassery is nowhere mentioned in Newt Gingrich's shrinking legacy of an article.
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on November 13, 2012 at 7:11 AM
it's the media. They are the enemies.
dukecitygirl on November 12, 2012 at 11:11 PM
Yes it is the media, poorly trained (untrained) candidates, candidates with baggage, dem vote harvesting, voting fraud and a couple other things.
If the RNC had real leadership and a real organization it would have strategized these issues, developed counter measures, tactics for success and properly trained the candidates.
There you go GOP. You want to win? Act like it. Pull your heads out, please. You're in a war, you act like you're going to your effing high school prom.
Am I the only one that can see how deeply stupid the GOP leadership is?
dogsoldier on November 13, 2012 at 8:03 AM


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Noun - Originated by Danny Collins and Jake Walling in Oceanside CA, it evolved from the "McGang Bang". The McMoney Shot is an interfusion of the better McDonald's menu. With the Double Cheeseburger made as the foundation, you must add the McChicken patty between the two Cheese Burger pieces, then add bacon and last but not least, Big Mac sauce. As you eat the McMoney Shot you will find that the Big Mac sauce gets on your face, but you will not mind as the flavor will be the only sense that matters at the moment. Much like a "Money Shot" you will not care about wiping this away, yet until the whole thing is finished.
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Atherton contniues to demoralize its Officers
Original post made by Fed up, Atherton: other, on Apr 29, 2013
What message does this send to the Officers in Atherton? That they can have a career here? That they are opportunities to advance in their job?
If Flint was hired to destroy whatever morale was left he's done a really good job. Residents should wake up and realize that between the morale hits and the compensation hits the council has planned, there won't be an Atherton police department much longer. Officers are going to go where they are wanted and appreciated.
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a resident of Atherton: other
on Apr 29, 2013 at 11:28 am
Make sure Atherton cops get everything they want, including the money they want, the boss they want, and the promotions they want. Otherwise they might leave. Be scared, very scared.
a resident of another community
on Apr 29, 2013 at 1:55 pm
I believe (hope) that Yup's post was done with tongue in cheek, but I also believe Officer Fed Up's comment was seriously intended--FU, please tell me I missed the humor. Given everything I have read, heard, seen, to say "officers are going to go where they are wanted and apprciated" is an insult to the intelligence of the residents of Atherton. Nowhere else would they get the money they get, the freedom to do the totally non-dangerous things they do to earn that money, and be allowed to intimidate the populace the way they do-filming spublic meetings. Okland & Richmond can't even get approval to put security survelliance cameras in public places!
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Apr 29, 2013 at 3:34 pm
Well, officer fed up, you just try and go get another job at a real police department and see what happens. Methinks you'll be staying in Atherton and complaing for a long time. The fact your chief wants to bring in a sergeant from outside (not at all an unusual move in small agencies) should tell you something about the quality of the officer corps he has to select a new sergeant from. In fact, it speaks volumes. Try looking in the mirror before you further embarass yourself by whining here.
a resident of another community
on Apr 29, 2013 at 3:47 pm
Huh, I guess someone is worried that their armed butlers are gonna get their feelings hurt due to an outsider being hired - again. Welcome to the real world! Yes, take it personally - & professionally. If you're smart, it could be an opportunity to learn any number of things.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Apr 29, 2013 at 7:40 pm
I think it's the "armed butlers" that have an issue here not the citizens of Atherton. The Atherton hoy ploy haven't a clue as to the inner workings of their police department beyond how it actually affects them. You know, if their mail isn't taken in when they're out of town, if their lawns don't get watered, the usual nonsense. Whether someone gets promoted from within? They haven't a clue nor a care. Unless, of course, it creates a problem with their security checks while they're on vacation. All things they could pay security guards to do.......never mind.
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About a month ago I dumped a stuck fermentation of mead down a floor drain. I had attempted to get it unstuck with cream of tartar and got this nasty taste going I was not going to live with. A couple weeks passes and I keep dumping more water down that floor drain because that had to be the source of the odor! I started cleaning and looking and thankfully found a mouse population that I didn't know I had! In the house 28 years and nary a sign of Mickey or Minnie. A good thing as I think I about have them exterminated. If I can't I go catch a bull snake and turn it loose in the basement~! No, not if I want to stay married, but it would really work .
But the smell went on. Today while digging more I came across my bucket of sauerkraut and guess what! Holey Hannah but we got a sufite thing going on~! So now I am canning kraut! I had been wondering when it was going to be ready. Normally it doesn't put out any warning but I filled the container too full and I didn't get A good enough seal. The kraut is crunchy and It usually is beyond that when I open it up but I lost track of when it was supposed to be done. Probably the end of the month.


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''Art Beneath the Oaks'' by Susan Serice. (Special to the American Press)
Last Modified: Friday, July 05, 2013 3:56 PM
By Cliff Seiber / American Press
Sulphur native Susan Serice combines elements of Zen, Jungian psychology, photography, drawing and "just doodling" into her artwork, which will be on display in an exhibit opening next week.
The show will be at Art Interest Art School and Party Center, 1322 Ryan St. An opening reception will be 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, July 18, with wine and cheese provided by Louisiana Jam, light hors d'oeuvres, and sweets created by Laura Kober O'Connor. The show will continue for two weeks.
Serice earned her master's degree from the University of Houston at Clear Lake, concentrating in art therapy courses. She worked as a volunteer with art projects for child cancer patients at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She lived in Houston for 10 years, but her primary residence is now in Los Angeles.
"I always loved seeing the creativity of others and how working on art projects affected them," she said in an interview with the American Press at her mother's home in Lake Charles. "No one is angry or sad when they are creating art.
"I always shied away from drawing myself because drawing was my least favorite art studio course," she said. "I've always drawn just doodles but never thought of it as an art form until I recently discovered a technique called Zentangles. I found myself constantly drawing them in my journal."
"Susantangles" is the name she coined for the form that is part of most of her work today. She has had a long-standing love of photography, and now she uses intricate geometric drawings to mat her framed photographs "to draw in the viewer and lead them to see the details in the photographs," she said.
In her photographic displays, she picks up elements and shapes from the photographs and extends them out onto the mat with her drawings. She travels extensively with her friend Jen Kober, actress and standup comic, also from Lake Charles. She lugs her Canon EOS Rebel camera along and takes pictures of scenes she finds interesting in the major cities and small, out-of-the way places where her friend performs.
If you see a black van with bumper stickers plastered all over it, either around town or across the country, it is likely Jen on her way to the next gig, probably with Susan by her side. There is also a lot of airline travel.
"I am trying to ease off of some of the travel," Serice said. "It is hard to work on the road with distractions and limited room to work."
Their apartment in Los Angeles has a spare bedroom that serves as her art studio.
"But I will still go out on a more limited basis and collect photographs I can use in the studio," she said.
One of her works on display next week is a shot she took at night at the intersection of Sheffield and Roscoe streets in Chicago. It shows a train on the iconic El, rounding a curve. She picks up the curving lines of the train onto the mat and carries the eye beyond.
Serice has also studied the work of psychoanalyst Carl Jung and his theories of the collective unconscious and archetypes.
"He believed that the archetypes, such as the Hero, the Mother, the Anima, the Animus and so on, are universal, innate and hereditary symbols that are inherent within all of us," she said. "They are a part of man from prehistoric times until today, across all cultures. The creators of Zentangles also believe their patterns are also universal.
"From the responses I have received from people who have seen my work, I think there is some underlying connection that they are seeing," she said.
"The most rewarding response I get from my viewers is in the questions they ask," she said. "By the questions, I know that they 'get it.' "
Serice also works in stone carving and will have one sculpture on display in Lake Charles. It is an infinity symbol carved from Texas crème limestone.
"It is very time-consuming," she said, "but I believe in the old saying that there is something innate in the stone, and the sculptor simply chips away the rest."
Some of her designs are made up of thousands of pinhead-size circles. She has started a series of astrological signs created with this technique, using white ink on black paper. Her "Scorpio" and "Aquarius" are included in the exhibit. The idea for the minuscule circles to form larger pictures came to her in a dream, she said. The circle is also an important symbol in many religions, philosophies and cultures.
"I am often asked, 'Did you really draw all those little tiny circles?' and of course I answer yes," she said.
Serice is also interested in equestrian sports. Her photography has been published in the Los Angeles Times as well as the Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk. Her photography and pen-and-ink drawings have been shown at The Liberty Art Gallery in Long Beach, Calif. Susan is spending this summer in her studio in Southwest Louisiana.
She has had several of her research papers published, most recently in Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association. She and her co-author-professor replicated an earlier study on whether coloring mandalas reduces a person's anxiety. Jung was interested in mandalas, circular drawings or paintings that have universal spiritual and psychological meaning for people.
"The original study showed little or no effect, while our replication study showed that the act of coloring the patterns has a greater anxiety-reducing effect than the original study did."
Serice is the daughter of the late S.J. Serice of Serice's Store in Sulphur, and his wife, Dorothy. She is a graduate of Sulphur High School.


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Elsa Cording might peer out the window of her caravan and see rows of dunes instead of cafes, boardwalks and high-rise apartment buildings.
Kent Jarman may imagine himself as a teenager again in the 1960s, dashing into the surf to make the first of countless rescues.
Stuart Crosby could think back to his free and easy years at the beach, cruising up and down the coast with his mates looking for the perfect break.
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At the Mount, every local might view their home town differently, but get them talking for long enough, and all will come around to the same noun.
Pick any day at Main Beach and the scene won't be the same as the day before. Today, it's a group of sea kayakers fighting hard in the foam and two teenage girls dancing with the sunset.
There's a strong inshore breeze thick with the scent of sea salt, sweeping up a sandy haze that blows through the Norfolk pines lining Marine Parade.
Mayor Island, a faint blue outline on the horizon, is framed by the green slopes of Mauao and the rocky northern face of Moturiki Island.
Mauao, or the Mount, hovers like a monster above Maunganui Rd, the main street.
Down the road, music and laughter spill out of trendy bars and into the evening air of this tourist-ready boulevard of gift shops, boutique fashion stores and cafes.
But much of the old Mount still remains.
Teenagers wrapped in beach towels walk bare-foot over pedestrian crossings licking ice creams, and the facades of fish 'n' chip shops are classic, even if it does cost $6 for a cheeseburger.
The Mount that Elsa Cording remembers as a girl had only a lone hotel and a humble campground that stretched to the sand.
"The donkey days," she calls them.
Donkey rides, the beach's then top attraction, were offered to children for a few pennies.
Mrs Cording later began camping at the beach with her husband Butch not long after they were married.
That was more than 40 years ago and this summer was their first Christmas at the Mount.
They still enjoy its free and simple pleasures - reading books in the sun and collecting catseyes.
"We love just watching the ships coming and going, the beautiful sunrises," Mr Cording said.
"We get wet, but I don't know about swimming. I love to watch the scenery, sit down, go for a walk around the base track, that's me."
Mt Maunganui has some of Tauranga's finest restaurants - the duck medley at the Mount Bistro is an event - but the Cordings are happy enough with their usual orders at the local Cossie Club.
A shrimp cocktail for her and scallops for him.
"We've got to know some good people here over the years ... but most of them are all gone now," Mr Cording said.
Mt Maunganui Lifeguard Service veteran Kent "KJ" Jarman is a respected authority on Main Beach - after 46 years of patrolling, he knows its deadly rips intimately.
He learned how to bodysurf and handle himself in the water here in the 1950s.
That was before the bridge was built, and you had to travel over to Welcome Bay to get to the beach.
"From the city it was quicker to get the ferry."
At 16, he joined the club and was soon faced with his first rescue.
"There was a guy, probably about 150 metres out, with a big rip and a good surf running," he recalled.
"I had to swim out with a reel and grab him and about 40 well-meaning members of the public almost drowned us pulling us back in ... we went under a few times."
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The ferocious currents built the club's 40 lifeguards into some of New Zealand's strongest swimmers.
"To think we used to do all our rescues with reel and line ... there were no tubes back then," he said.
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"The Mount is still very much that laid-back holiday destination."
Restrictions limiting the heights of buildings hadn't changed since the amalgamation, although residents had remained worried their relaxed community could become a high-rise jungle resembling a New Zealand equivalent of of Surfers Paradise.
An Environment Court victory over a Tauranga developer in 2007 and a later review of planning rules for the high-rise end of Mt Maunganui may mean their fears are never realised.
Mr Crosby, a self-proclaimed "beach boy" who grew up riding the Mount's waves when "I was about four-foot six and the surfboards were 12 feet long", wants the Mount to remain for the people.
"I want the beach and sand dunes to remain intact - that's its main point of difference to the rest of the city - and for there to always be access to public spaces, so everyone can enjoy it for free."
Shops in the Mount have come and gone, but its business community has preserved a strong owner-operator tradition.
"We have the perfect mixture of residential, apartments, cafes, bars and boutique shops, as well as a blend of local and national businesses," says the manager of the Mount Mainstreet business association, Leanne Brown.
"It would be a great shame to see department stores and parking buildings appear on our patch of paradise."
Main street retailers were enjoying a fast-growing trade from visiting cruise ships which had brought in more than $40 million this summer alone.
But the annual boom took a hit last year, when scenes of oil on beaches spilt from the stricken MV Rena turned many tourists away.
News of the disaster spread quickly around the world, tarnishing Mt Maunganui's postcard image of paradise.
Baywatch star David Hasselhoff, who rode ashore in an IRB months earlier for an iceblock promotion, was moved to tweet his dismay after reading an online article.
Locals were urged to post pictures of the restored beaches on Facebook as tourism operators battled perceptions that the region's entire shoreline was blackened with oil.
They were often at pains to point out that authorities had been able to re-open the beach days after blobs of tar-like oil appeared on it.
Gerry Hodgson feels proud to have been partly responsible for the rapid clean-up.
"When I walked down on the beach and saw that horrible black goo for the first time, I was shocked," the retired architect said.
He ignored warnings to stay away and began scooping the oil into shopping bags, using kitchen gloves to protect his hands.
"It was just so obvious to people like me who know a little bit about authority - when you see a tape, you know whether it's a bulls**t tape. You step over it and carry on."
Mr Hodgson eventually found himself leading a group of volunteers charged with caring for the beach.
Fernanda Braga has her own attachments to it.
On a warm day you might find her sunbathing at Little Rio, known to most locals as Tay St, a popular surfing spot that has become the seaside hang-out of Mt Maunganui's burgeoning Brazilian community.
"I remember coming here from Hawaii," she said. "I thought that was the best surf place I'd seen until I saw this beach, and thought, 'wow' ... I never left."
About 300 other Brazilians live here too, giving it a unique flavour that might be seen in Havaiana jandals or churrascaria, traditional Brazilian barbecue.
Coracao de Galinha - fresh chicken hearts marinated in beer and garlic - go for $16 a plate at Armazem, the Brazilian-theme restaurant Ms Braga runs with husband Alex Aragao.
Luis Moresco, working as a barman up the street, is also raising a family here.
The water might be colder than at the beaches of his homeland, but he enjoys Mt Maunganui's safety, pristine white sand and fat, rolling waves.
"I just love the fact it's so relaxed here, without any stress."
Mr Jarman sometimes found himself hankering for the old days, "those days when it wasn't so crowded and everyone knew each other ... but those days are gone and will never come back.
"This place will always be a holiday place - it'll always get that vibe for six weeks, and then we'll all go, 'thank God, they've all gone home'."
But a few thousand extra beachgoers to watch over during summer was little to complain about when he got to live in Mt Maunganui for 12 months a year. "I've travelled around, I couldn't think of anywhere I'd rather live. This place is paradise."
Mt Maunganui
Location: Mt Maunganui is on Tauranga's Pacific coast, a 10-minute drive from the city over the Harbour Link. The journey from Auckland takes about 2h 10m.
People: At the last census, 3738 people were recorded as living in the main area of Mt Maunganui, 336 more than in 2001.
Famous for: Pristine white sand, surfing, rolling waves, a laid-back holiday atmosphere and the extinct volcanic cone that overlooks it. More recently, the beach became associated with the Rena disaster.
Special features
Mauao: At 232m high, Mauao dominates the horizon over Mt Maunganui. In Maori legend, Mauao was a nameless mountain, which out of heartbreak asked to be drowned in the ocean. Patupaiarehe, the people with magical powers, hauled the mountain toward the sea with a magic rope but it was left fixed in place by the sun. The name Mauao means "caught by the morning sun". It takes between half an hour and an hour to climb.
Moturiki Island: Home to the famous blowhole, the island lies at the southern end of Main Beach and is connected to the mainland by a man-made land bridge. From 1967, the island operated as Marineland and was home to dozens of marine mammals as well as chimpanzees, llamas, wallabies, kea, possums and ferrets. It later hosted Mount Maunganui Leisure Park, which had bumper boats, a variety of hot and cold pools and a waterslide that travelled from the top of the island into the pool below.
Main Beach: One of New Zealand's most popular summer destinations, Main Beach is an open ocean beach that has gentle, rolling waves because of its unique geography and its position between Moturiki Island and Mauao. Its white sand was polluted in October 2011 by blobs of oil during the Rena disaster.
Mt Drury: A reserve overlooking Main Beach that once served early Maori as a burial ground. Its caves were used as burial crypts, and the terraces on its north-eastern face also indicate Maori occupation.


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Dan Smolenski (right) is notified of his award by Kleanthis Psarris, chair of
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Rising Star Award: Dan Smolenski
By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(April 17, 2006)--Dan Smolenski, senior systems administrator in the Department of Computer Science, will be honored with the Rising Star Award, one of five that will be presented April 20 at the UTSA Staff Excellence and Service Awards ceremony.
The five Staff Excellence Awards recognize excellent work performance in emerging leadership, dynamic leadership, teamwork, extraordinary initiative and overall excellence.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Additional award winners this year are:
- Leadership Award: Lowa Mwilambwe, university center director
- Team Spirit Award: Inventory Department staff members George Estevez, inventory clerk I; Olinda Ongay, inventory clerk II; Miriam Marin, inventory clerk II; James Sumner, inventory clerk III and Frank Bates, accountant II
- Extra Mile Award: Robert Rivas, research scientist associate II, Department of Biology
- Order of the Roadrunner Award: Hermilo "Milo" Silva, assistant director of planning and engineering, Center for Distance Learning and Academic Technology
In the first of five award spotlights that will be featured on UTSA Today before the ceremony, the Rising Star Award recognizes a staff member with less than three years of continuous service with the university who has made significant contributions to his or her area or to the university community and has demonstrated improvement through cooperation, initiative and a take-charge attitude.
Dan Smolenski
Rising Star Award winner
Dan Smolenski joined UTSA in October 2003 as a senior systems analyst in the Department of Computer Science.
In charge of the department's computer systems and laboratories, he has continually made improvements to the computer system and management of it. He diagnosed and corrected many ongoing problems and streamlined procedures for resetting passwords. He trains assistants to help solve students' computer problems.
Each semester, Smolenski manages a staff of student assistants who monitor the computer science computer labs. Serving as a role model to the students, he helps them learn new skills in problem solving.
He has provided invaluable support for special programs at UTSA, such as PREP and the Computer Science Graduate Program for High School Teachers. Smolenski managed the installation of two new software programs that were required to handle the demands of the two programs. He showed great patience and care in working with the instructors for the programs to set up their courses online. Additionally, he worked with housekeeping to ensure that the laboratory was always a pleasant environment in which the teachers could work.
He has shown tremendous support for teaching and research by installing and providing technical support for software packages used in many UTSA classes.
One colleague who nominated Smolenski for the award said, "When I realize that he is providing technical support of this nature not only to me and to my research program, but to everyone in the department -- I am awed. Dan is truly a star -- he is dedicated, competent, thoughtful and focused. He is a person who, in every aspect of his work, helps students, faculty and staff do their jobs better. He has made our department more productive, and he treats everyone with courtesy and respect. It is an honor to work with him."
UTSA employees are invited to attend the event hosted by Rosalie Ambrosino, UTSA provost and vice president for academic affairs; Kerry Kennedy, UTSA vice president for business affairs; and Jude Valdez, UTSA vice president for extended services, at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 20, in the University Center Laurel Room (2.01.28) on the 1604 Campus. The ceremony will include remarks by UTSA President Ricardo Romo.
Downtown Campus and Institute of Texan Cultures staff members can attend the event utilizing VIA buses 93 or 94 at no charge by showing their UTSACard.
The ceremony will include retiree recognition, service pin awards for 5 to 35 years, and refreshments. Thirty-four staff members will be honored on their retirements and 214 staff members will receive UT System service awards for the 2005 calendar year.


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[quote user="myles2424"][quote user="ShockeyShow"]Fleener for sure.
But hypothetically speaking, as someone said above, nothing would make me happier if Reese surprised everyone by trading up to get Trent Richardson. If not him, then Monte Ball out of Wisconsin. We'd be heavy favorites if either of those were in our backfield[/quote] I think Ball went back to school.....[/quote]
Well that rules him out lol....T-Rich...ALL IN!


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Like I said, not complaining about Richardson at all.
Like I said, not complaining about Richardson at all.
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
If this draft worked I would be stoked. If Giants get Denard I would run to store to get a jersey
Logan in the third would be awesome, but probably will be taken earlier
Even though we only have one player in common between our mock drafts I can't argue with your choices, solid mock all around.
" Success is never final, but failure can be " B.P.
With the addition of Jenkins I think I would change round 1 to Desmond Trufant. I think the kid is going to come in and be a starter for years to come. I would be pumped if we selected him personally.


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im looking for a sig for a second gun any sig handgun just not there 1911s any gen cal. 9mm-10mm-40s&w-45acp etc. how cheap can they get and where i live in michigan
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im looking for a sig for a second gun any sig handgun just not there 1911s any gen cal. 9mm-10mm-40s&w-45acp etc. how cheap can they get and where i live in michigan
First off.......http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...fs/shocker.gif
Perhaps maybe it would be better if you spilled out a little more about your handgun experience and background. Preferrences and so forth as based upon your previous postings you appear to be fishing for something. What exactly you are fishing for is what I would like to know before I start offering anymore advice or comments.
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i only own a mosin nagant customized m91-30 but have fired many types of handguns at indoor firing ranges many times i study firearms all the time familiarize my self with handguns but ive never took upon sig guns im looking for something that i could use in competitions maybe a concealed carry
Ahh, you don't want a Sig. Remember... they're lousy! :rolleyes:
My poor mind gets to wonderin' sometimes....
Why, oh Why, would someone who needs a handgun ever WANT a CHEAP handgun?
Perhaps "cheap" was the wrong word...how about "inexpensive", the OP is looking for a decent handgun at an inexpensive price. (We're all watching pennies now a day")
JMHO. Cost wise they are much better than they use to be. Last trip to the range I saw Sig 250 combo set for 730.00
Full size frame and the small CCW size frame plus 4 mags. Thought it was a great price for the package, but Years ago when I bought my first gun, the first gun I looked at was a Beretta and the sticker shock has still not worn off. Back then (and it may have been the store jacking the price up and not Beretta) a gun priced at over 750.00 is almost like 1300.00 today. And it has put me off Berettas. Nothing wrong with them. I just never consider Beretta when I go gun shopping because of that first price tag all those years ago.


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I made two Cuddle 4 patch Quilts out of blue and white fabric. The first one was for my son and when my friend went back to India I said I wanted to make her a quilt, what would she like? She wanted the same one I made for my son, so that is what she got of course!
Other than that, they are all different. Oops! I'm piecing two Dear Jane's now (another duplicate). I've done 9-patch, drunkards path, broken dishes, pineapple, cathedral windows, applique sampler, BurgoyneSurround, and a couple I can't remember the block names. I am easily bored and always like to learn new things. I have some designed in EQ7 that I want to make. I saw a braid quilt today that would be perfect for my brother.


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Downtown Pueblo businesses seeing aggressive panhandling
PUEBLO, Colo. - Downtown businesses in Pueblo would like to see more done to address aggressive panhandling. They argue that it's a safety issue that also goes against compassion for the homeless.
"I don't know the answer," said Tom Bruss, president of the Pueblo Downtown Association. "It's weighing heavy on my heart. What can we do?"
Bruss' organization represents more than 100 businesses. He said complaints from downtown workers prompted a meeting Tuesday night with someone from the Pueblo Police Department.
Police confirmed that panhandling is on the rise. They want the public to call for help when a panhandler blocks someone's path or touches them in an attempt to ask for money.
Bruss said awareness of the law could help curb the trend. The PDA printed 200 fliers detailing the loitering law and those will be up around the downtown area soon.
Downtown visitors said panhandling is a problem all over Pueblo and not just downtown. Krista Miller said she sees the increase in panhandling at work outside restaurants and on Interstate 25.
"There are a lot of people who come and visit and if they see that it may draw them away and they may not want to stop in Pueblo," said Miller.
Caesar, a panhandler who didn't want to give his last name for the story, said most people who ask for money will leave a business if they're asked to.
"If they're making the business look bad and everything, then they'll go across the street or somewhere that's not on their property," said Caesar.
Loitering and trespassing are illegal and the courts have decided that bans on panhandling are as well. Recently, a ban on panhandling passed by the City of Colorado Springs was struck down.
That makes Bruss weary of city reforms addressing issue.
"I hate to be religious but, 'What would Jesus do?'" asks Bruss. "I don't know what Jesus would do but the Downtown Association has to be proactive."


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Ultimate Gentleman: NY Oktoberfest & Flying Dog Ale Pumpkin Beer

Your ultimate guide to Oktoberfest in NYC, our favorite fall brew & what you need to crack it open with.

Photo by Pixonomy (Flickr). CC BY-ND 2.0.
As your friends who are quick to imbibe have already told you, the season of Oktoberfest is upon us. If you're too far from the real action in Munich, there are a lot of ways to celebrate in your hometown. Unfortunately, around this time a lot of not-so-great establishments like to publicize that they too are getting in on the action. If you live in NYC, the be-all and end-all of foodie blogs, eater.com, has compiled the ultimate guide to Oktoberfest in New York City that features 12 of the best places to visit from now through the first week of October. We'll be spending the majority of our time in Brooklyn at Radegast Hall & Biergarten until October 5, attending their Saturday beer tastings, pig roasts and hopefully winning at least one of their mug holding competitions.
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Ready for one last boys' weekend before the leaves fall? Montana's own Stonefly Studio has collaborated with apparel company Sitka to create a beautiful handmade wooden box (which bears the engraving "Castin' flies and tellin' lies) filled with 10 custom hand-tied flies for $130. Get yours in the Sitka store now.
Dark Energy
It's hard to remember a world without the power of Mophie Packs, but we think this next battery extender will be the shifting point in how we use our phones. The concept is the same, but the Dark Energy Reservoir is lighter, 40 percent thinner, includes an AC wall adapter and has about 2000 mAh more charging capacity than Mophie, as well as the ability to charge both the device and your phone at the same time. Plus the case is way more attractive in our opinion and makes the Mophie look incredibly clunky. You can buy your own Dark Energy Reservoir for $128 in black or white; it's compatible with almost every popular device on the market.
Fall always reminds us of artisanal beer. Maybe it's because we're spending more time on the couch watching the beginning of football and hockey season, or maybe it's just because everyone loves to throw spices and pumpkin into the mix. Whatever it is, we're okay with it. Our favorite beer this year has to be from Flying Dog Brewery. Their pumpkin ale, called "The Fear," has the flavors that we look for in fall ale without the sickly sweet additives that too often accompany pumpkin and spices. Make no mistake, the spices are strong, but the pumpkin, brown sugar and caramel make it a well-rounded brew. Buy now at FlyingDog.com. Photo by Flying Dog.
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We believe a man should always be prepared for whatever life throws at him, even if it's a cold one. We've seen a lot of tacky beer bottle openers floating around the web lately, but we've finally found one that's worthy of a spot in our front pocket. Contemporary industrial design studio Fort Standard has brought their "warm-contemporary aesthetic" to the bar with their Crest Bottle Openers. The solid brass pieces go for about $60, come in a variety of styles and have been "designed to use a minimal amount of material." Shop for them on the Fort Standards store.


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The Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a community where people value animals and treat them with respect and kindness. For more than 128 years, WHS has been saving the lives of animals in need. We offer adoption services that place 9,000 animals in new homes annually, veterinary services that save thousands of lives, educational programs that instill respect for animals, behavior services to assist guardians and a myriad of other initiatives that help end suffering for animals. We depend entirely on private donations to fund our programs and rely on volunteers in nearly every department. If you are interested in adopting, volunteering, enrolling in a class, taking a tour or making a donation, check out our comprehensive web site at wihumane.org. The adoptable animals' web pages are updated every 30 minutes!
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Get $10 off any dog, cat, or rabbit adoption fee at the Wisconsin or Ozaukee Humane Societies if you are wearing any Packer attire, through February 6! Steelers gear will not cut it. And don't miss WHS's new YouTube sensation, Packer Backin' Puppies at http://www.youtube.com/user/whsstaff#p/a/u/0/SpQ5khS-Pyk
Adoption hours on Superbowl Sunday at WHS will be 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to accommodate fans. Regular hours here.
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Its tough to throw the fade (I think thats the route we are talking about). Especially with smaller(ish) WR's like Cruz, Nicks, Hixon, Randle. I mean it can be done, its just a lot easier to throw them to guys like Plax, Marshall, Johnson etc
So I think Gilbride needs to just give it up, or figure it out.


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I'd say that's good. Just hope that you don't need to use the gun 'cause you'll never get it in time.
Ever consider one of those biometric safes or even one where you just key in the numbers? Gun would be secure and you'd actually be able to get to it.


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I am always amazed after 20 years and working with many beeks and all the learning here there is still so much out there. Let's all share our absolutist most favorite piece of unique advise or beekeeping trick from 2012.
Here's mine -
We use beeswax coated black plasticell and always have more than a thousand new frames to draw out in the spring due to nucs, new hives and replacing the normal wear outs. This year someone told me to melt some beeswax (always use your own to avoid AFB kids), and using a natural paint brush, swipe a swath over the center of the foundation. (I used a 3 inch brush this year). I am the ever skeptic but the source was like twice my expertise so I gave it shot. I could not believe how much faster it "baited" the bees onto new foundation and now we do this to all new sheets before they go in hives. I think we decrease our draw time by at least 30%.
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Sandalwood Oil
Sandalwood is a small, fragrant tree that is native to many parts of the world, including India, Hawaii and Australia. Though sandalwood oil has been used for medicinally to treat depression and anxiety, its deep woody notes are highly prized in the world of perfumery. Sandalwood is a key ingredient in the Gorilla Perfumer's new fragrance The Smell of Freedom. Beyond it's gorgeous scent, we use loads of Sandalwood oil in our products for its ability to soothe and soften dehydrated or uneven skin.
If you're feeling dry this winter, sink into the tub with a Floating Island bath melt, scrub away dead skin with Aqua Mirabilis and finish up with a dollop of our scrumptious Sympathy for the Skin body lotion, filled with freshly mashed bananas and vanilla absolute.


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Abuse proceed?
I was looking for a bit of advice regarding abuse reports:
How regularly do you/should you contact third parties to inform them of suspicious/malicious activity coming from one of their machines?
And where do you draw the line between 'noise' and abuse?
We've got various IDSs, honeypots etc. in place that are continuingly capturing many events sourced from the outside world. Contacting everyone individually/manually is resources we don't have available and automating it seems like a good way to annoy other over-worked admins and get your reports ignored.
How do you handle the same issue?


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RIC Announces Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
2014 Commencement speakers Tim Hebert and Valerie Tutson
At this year's commencement ceremonies, audience members should expect to hear inspiring and engaging advice from the featured speakers – one courtesy of a professional storyteller and another from a R.I. business success story.
Rhode Island storyteller Valerie Tutson will serve as the RIC commencement speaker for the 2014 undergraduate degree ceremony, to be held during the morning of Saturday, May 17. Her speech will address "what's possible when you face your fears and take a leap," she said.
Tutson, who holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Brown University, is the founder and director of both Rhode Island Black Storytellers and FUNDA Fest: A Celebration of Black Storytelling. She also serves on the board of directors for the National Association of Black Storytellers.
Oscar "Tim" Hebert, CEO of the Warwick-based IT company Atrion, will serve as the RIC commencement speaker for the 2014 graduate degree ceremony, to be held during the evening of Thursday, May 15. Hebert, who characterizes his professional life as "an incredible journey of reflection" and a "quest for knowledge," plans to share insights gained during his 27-year career as an entrepreneur and civic leader.
An expert in the field of strategic technological solutions and leading-edge technologies, Hebert is board chairman of the Tech Collective and serves on the advisory committee for the R.I. STEM Center at Rhode Island College.
Both Tutson and Hebert will be awarded honorary degrees from Rhode Island College at the respective ceremonies. Other RIC honorary degree recipients include:
- Peter Arpin, partner in Arpin International Group and president of Arpin Renewable Energy and Arpin Broadcast Network. Arpin, who represents the fourth generation of his family to operate the Arpin moving-services company, runs the Renewable Now media network and has been actively involved in RIC's sustainability and green business efforts.
- Centenarian Irene Kenny, RIC Class of 1935. Kenny, a retired elementary school teacher with a 40-year career in Rhode Island public schools, is an active alumna and recently attended her 78th RIC class reunion.
- Charles McDonald, M.D., founding chair of the Department of Dermatology at Brown University. An internationally recognized dermatologist/oncologist, McDonald has published more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters on the development of safe and effective treatments for skin cancer and systemic autoimmune diseases.
- John Hazen White Jr., CEO and president of Taco Inc. White represents the third generation of his family to own and operate the Cranston-based HVAC system manufacturing company. White is known throughout the region for his strong commitment to employee education and workforce development.
Honorary degree recipients are chosen on the basis of their exceptional leadership qualities or contributions to civic life or in recognition of high achievement. The nomination, evaluation and selection process, which takes place over a five-month period, receives input and review from a broad representation of the college community.
Rhode Island College, the first public institution of higher learning in the state, confers approximately 1,300 undergraduate degrees and 300 graduate degrees each year.


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I want to know if the new X5 will have third row seats. If it does is there going to be room for people to sit.
The new BMW X5 will definitely be offered with a third row. At this point, none of us have been able to see the the vehicle in person, and you can never trust BMW reps to honestly say that its unusable. Check out our Paris auto show coverage in a few weeks for a full report.
Are you guys talking about the new X5 4.8i?


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Yeah, they should just come out and say it. The Saints suck and there is no way the Saints could beat the Giants. No a chance. They should just go to the media and have it recorded. Go out and say it. Drew Brees is nothing compared to Bob....
Unreal. Does this team have a brain?
Spin that Webb young Davis
Mountain out of a molehill.
You little pansies ***** and moan any time a player says something about our opposing teams. Yet a few seasons ago (right before Rolle was signed) a bunch of you complained that our guys were to quiet.
There is a middle ground you know.
You guys should just give it up. They aren't going to keep their mouths shut. Was it a poor choice of words? Maybe, but they talked and yapped all the way to the Super Bowl.
Mood: WOOF!
Mouth sealed shut, or pried open. Doesn't matter, we just need to be mean on Sunday. No soft bull****, no mercy, no breathers. Kick *** for 60 minutes on both sides of the ball and we win.