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by Ben Vanderford, Robert Martin, and Laurie Kirchner
Click here for our side of the Beheading Hoax story
& official press release
Click here for voice mails left by Reuters and other moronic news organizations on Ben's phone
CLICK HERE for MEDIA ROOTS, the new INFORMATION & INDEPENDENT NEWS website co-created by Robbie Martin
CLICK HERE for other Media stunts, Music, and Videos made by Ben, Robbie and Laurie
director/cameraman - Robbie/fluorescent grey
concept/hostage - Ben/great white hype
Friday, November 19th 2010
listen to the new Radio Show by Abby & Robbie Martin (The director of the beheading hoax)
Media Roots Radio- Introductions, Obama Administration by Media Roots
This is the first episode of Media Roots radio with hosts Abby and Robbie Martin. First we introduce each other and explain our personal political awakenings before segueing into the Obama administration's policies and the political climate after the transition of administrations. Robbie also goes in depth about the beheading hoax story and what his philisophy on the media is as a result
you can check out ALL the other Episodes of MEDIA ROOTS RADIO Here
Thursday, June 8th 2006:
Zarqawai dead
Military Plays Up Role of Al-Zarqawi
Is Al-Zarqawi really who the media portrays him to be?
Monday, May 22nd 2006:
Zogby Poll: Over 70 Million American Adults Support New 9/11 Investigation
FLASHBACK: over half of NY city believes that US government allowed 9/11 to happen
Thursday, November 3rd 2004:
35 hostage executions on video released to date from Iraq
since the beginning of the war. 19 of which are beheading videos
click here for list
*cannot confirm the authenticity of these videos,
although in most cases the identified victims have been confirmed dead.
Viewer discretion, and skepticism, are advised*
Friday, October 29th 2004:
NEW Bin Laden video tape airs on Al Jazeera....- BBC article.
flashback to August 8th, Ben and I were telling all the newspapers and media outlets
that the other "hoax" we had planned prior to the beheading was to make
a new october surprise Bin Laden video.
We were going to have my similar looking Punjabi friend dress up as Osama Bin Laden
and make threats to Americas election. It looks like either Osama himself or someone with
experience in CGI or video production beat us to it.
Walter Cronkite agrees it was a hoax.
Thursday, August 31st 2004::
US mainstream and independent media completely ignore the
most graphic and disturbing terrorist video produced to date
12 nepalese hostages killed at once on a video released from iraq. One is beheaded
and is left with head half cut off for about 30 seconds while screaming.
*cannot confirm the authenticity of this video, although all
identified in this video are confirmed dead.
Viewer discretion, and skepticism, are advised*
August 9th 2004:
Al Jazeera closed in Iraq because of our beheading hoax says Prime Minister Ayad Allawi - SF Chronicle article
Prime minister Ayad Allawi cited the hoax videotape broadcast
by the channel on Saturday that appeared to show an American
being beheaded as an example of the coverage he opposed....
"I am worried about these people," he said.
"I am not worried about whether al-Jazeera
will like it ( the closing of al jazeera in Iraq ) or not."
5:32 AM, Saturday, August 7th, 2004:
Iraqi beheading becomes world news, then hoax is discovered - SF Chronicle article
Ben awakens to a knock on his apartment door. It is Reuters, along with the FBI.
Somehow they managed to get through the electronically locked front door
click here to watch hoax coverage on Fox News
click here to listen to voice mails left on Ben's phone by the media
May 13th 2004:
Benjamin, Robbie, and Laurie create a video parody of an iraq hostage beheading,
put it on the internet filesharing network "Kazaa". It was posted on Ogrish about 1 month later by someone, not us.
People in the Ogrish.com forums quickly discoverd it was obviously fake.
3 months passed....
Click here
to watch the fake beheading video we made
Our side of the story
We would like to clear some issues up regarding the video we co-produced. First, the video we produced should not be viewed in a partisan light. This video is not meant to be a pro or anti war commentary. The anti war comments Ben said during the movie was a reflection of how Daniel Pearl was possibly forced to say anti-Israel comments in his movie. How the video should be viewed is that it exposes problems in the media. The media is almost mindless in its handling of the news; not checking facts, uncritically recycling information from wires, doing no probing or follow up questions. This problem is compounded by the fact that almost all media outlets rely much too heavily on Reuters and Associated Press for stories. If one of those agencies make a mistake, as happened here, almost all news outlets report that mistake. Media ownership is a big concern for some people but this experiment shows that the media is already de facto far too centralized regardless of ownership. Stop and think how a similar, but much more harmful hoax could be conducted. Physical evidence should be the new standard in the modern digital age, rather than grainy videos.
Since it was not fully and accurately reported in every news story about us, we would like to make clear how events actually progressed. We produced this video on the same day that the Nick Berg execution video was released. To release it, we simply allowed it to be retrieved from our computers by anyone who searched the Kazaa and Soulseek file sharing networks for words like "execution" or "beheading". We knew that since the media was seemingly jealously guarding the source video of the Nick Berg execution, people would have no choice but to use those file sharing networks to attempt to find the video for themselves. Part of the reason we created this video was to explore this phenomenon on how people will use these decentralized networks to bypass the mainstream media and even the mainstream Internet.
The video then spread, and we imagined most people believed
it was fake immediately upon seeing it. But someone did believe it was real
and that person had the ability to put that video on a Middle
Eastern website which has been used to publish other, real, terrorist videos.
Then an Arabic television station (which one is not clear as yet), believed
the video was real simply because it appeared on this website. The station then
showed the video on its broadcasts. The American media noticed this, and immediately
broadcast it on the wires saying that a new American had been beheaded. We want
to make clear how absolutely dumb it was for the American media to do this.
First of all, if they had questioned the origin of the movie, they would have
found out that it simply was from a website, with no physical tape, letter,
or other evidence from the terrorists. If they had viewed the video, they would
see how absolutely unrealistic it looks (we encourage
everyone to watch the video in order to see this point). On the other hand,
the Daniel Pearl video also looked very unrealistic in much the same way (which
was one point we were trying to make as well). Nevertheless, we find it unacceptable
that the media would publish a video of the low quality of ours as real without
disclaimers and statements within the article of how the video might be fake.
This is a serious loophole in our media system. Those who wish to terrorize
us don't even have to take the risk of really capturing and beheading someone
anymore, they can fake it.
The final mistake of the media was to do no fact finding, or probing, before it released the videos as real. In the video Ben clearly states his name and
address (this was done intentionally so that the video would be found to be a hoax immediately). If the reporter at that time searched for Ben's name on the Internet, he would have immediately found Ben's campaign website which features pictures of Ben and full contact information. A 20 minute drive could have cleared up the situation immediately. The press however, had to have their "scoop".Media organizations are increasingly relying upon sensationalism rather than a code of ethics of journalism. We must ask ourself the question, are we susceptable to another William Randolph Hearst ("Remember the Maine!")? Our media is getting homogenized when individual papers and networks stop doing their own investigations and rely upon one or two sources, frequently Associated Press and Reuters. This is another case of the media being caught with its pants down because it failed to find complete physical evidence before breaking a story, and they are attempting to shift the blame from themselves and onto us.
We also find it ironic that we were lambasted on Fox and other networks for our video. We are criticized for belitting the real beheadings; however this was not our intent, nor do we think that we are responsible for any pain caused to the families. The media's sensationalism is the cause of this pain; had they spent 20 or 30 minutes checking into the name Ben Vanderford, or his home address which is said in the video (which many of the reporters we have talked to had actually not seen!), they could have easily found out the video was a fake and given it the amount of coverage it originally deserved--none. Now that it has been shown how easily the media can be duped, it's certainly newsworthy--but before it really wasn't much of a story. If you check Kazaa, there are many other faked death videos being shared. We never envisioned the scale our video would be published--this scope is thanks to lazy organizations such as AP and Reuters who published it and Fox News who continued to run the story of the "hoax" all day when it broke, much more than any other network.
If Fox and a few other TV networks really are sensitive to the families they would have done as other networks have largely done--which is to not air the story on TV. Or perhaps AP and Reuters could have just done responsible journalism in the first place, and obviously this never would have happened. But it's easier to blame us rather than take on the worldwide problem we have in news reporting.
"If i met this man in real life i would give him a good ass kicking" Quote: Geraldo about Ben
We also ask, how do Geraldo Rivera's aggressive threats towards Ben accomplish anything? Does Geraldo think more violence would somehow solve something? If you compare Geraldo and Ben, and think about who put these Americans' lives in danger more, I would say it was Geraldo. He made the error of giving up sensitive troop positions while reporting in Iraq: Geraldo puts troops in harms way, military kicks him out of Iraq
Here is a quote from Geraldo, who made his own hoax about satanism over a decade ago: "Estimates are that there are over 1 million Satanists in this country...The majority of them are linked in a highly organized, very secretive network.....The odds are that this is happening in your town." Strange that Geraldo would criticize Ben for a hoax, yet that is something he has done himself: http://www.religioustolerance.org/geraldo.htm Gee, those numbers don't add up...and then: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7069/satan-8.html
We are also shocked by the reaction of some "educated" people. For example, from Crystal Carreon's San Jose Mercury News article: " ''It's a cheap shot,'' said Theodore Glasser, Stanford University professor of communications. ``It's like bombing a building to see if security measures are in place. . . . You don't demonstrate something like that at the public's expense.'' " We would like to ask Mr. Glasser how the two events are analagous. Bombing a building is an act that involves damage to physical things, such as buildings and lives--none of which our video caused. We do not understand this type of blatantly intellectually dishonest commentary, especially from a Stanford professorm, but that is exactly how hacker's are paid to test the integrity of networks, of which the media is an example. Most of the negative and unfortunate fallout of this is the medias fault. Blaming us primarily for offending the families is like blaming the 9/11 commision for bringing up "bad memories". While true, it misses the point.
Our hearts go out not only to the families of those who have died as a result of beheadings, or "terrorism" but to the soldiers and innocent civilians who have died unjustly in the "war" against it. We are sorry for any pain caused.
Thank you,
Robert F. Martin, co-producer aka Fluorescent Grey
director/cameraman - Robbie/fluorescent grey
Laurie Kirchner, co-producer
Ben Vanderford, actor aka The Great White Hype
concept/hostage - Ben/great white hype
The above names can be clicked for Biographies
Additional comments can be viewed at our interview with The San Francisco Chronicle:
This is a pretty fair story on our experience. If you want to read an accurate news story on the beheading hoax go here.
Additional multimedia:
Director Robert Martin & Co-producer/camera Laurie Kirchner photo
Fake Iraq set photo
Fake Iraq set 2 photo
Fake blood recipe photo
An experimental nature video by Ben Vanderford & Fluorescent Grey wmv video
Freemasonic documentary by Robert Martin wmv video
Click here to watch the fake beheading video wmv video
Additional Art and Music by Ben and Robbie
Beheading & Execution Videos from Iraq since the start of the invasion by US troops before August 2004.
35 total hostage executions on video produced and released from Iraq since start of US invasion. Of those 35, 19 were beheading videos, and 1 was a hoax beheading video (ours)
Turkish Truck Driver Beheading Video - Execution Performed By Qaqa Brigade
(Tawhid and Jihad group)
Video Of Brigades of Abu Bakr Al-Sidiq Beheading 2 Iraqi Intelligence Agents
(Fadhel Ibrahim and Firas Imeil)
Shiite Iraqi Ala al-Maliki Beheaded By Ansar al-Sunnah Army (Video)
Iraqi Kurdish Translator (Luqman Hussein) And Turkish Contractor Beheading
Video - Beheaded By the Ansar al-Sunnah Army
Iraqi constructor Barea Nafea Dawoud Ibrahim Beheaded By Ansar al-Sunna,
Beheading Video
Ken Bigley Beheading Video
American Hostage Jack Hensley Beheading Video
American Hostage Eugene Armstrong Beheading Video (Killed By Zarqawi Militant
Video of 3 Kurds (Part of Kurdish Democratic Party) Beheaded By Army of
Ansar al-Sunna Here
3 Turkish Hostages Executed By Ansar al-Sunna, Video
South-Korean Kim Sun-il Beheading video
Nick Berg execution Video Here (Killed By Abu Musab al-Zarqawi)
Robert Jacob Murdered On Video
Nepalese 11 Hostages Execution Video And Beheading Images
The Paul Johnson beheading video
Khaled Abdul Messih Beheading Video
CIA Agent Beheading Video
Bulgarian Beheading Video In Iraq (possibly Georgi Lazov)
Murat Yuce, Turkish Hostage Execution Video
Hoax Benjamin Vanderford Beheading Video
Here is a new updated list copied and pasted from after August 2004.
Ogrish.com http://www.ogrish.com/beheading_videos.html
*nothing newer than Oct 22nd 2005 compiled, we'd estimate at least 40 videotaped beheadings out of 70 total
hostage beheadings have taken place in total since the start of the iraq war in 2003*
Al Qaeda in Iraq Beheads Badr Brigades Member - Oct 22 2005
Two Beheaded in Iraq by Ansar Al Sunnay Army - Oct 5 2005
Throat Cut of Russian Soldier - Aug 11 2005
Al Qaeda in Iraq says it killed Algerian envoys - Ambassador Hostage Video - Jul 27 2005
Al Qaeda in Iraq Says it Killed Egypt Ambassador - Hostage Video Released - Jul 7 2005
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Threatens with Beheading Egyptian Diplomat (No Hostage Video) - Jul 6 2005
TV Airs Italian Hostage Video (Clementina Cantoni Video) - May 28 2005
Japanese Contractor, Akihiko Saito, Taken Hostage by Ansar Al Sunnah Army - May 9 2005
Australian Hostage, Douglas Wood, Threatened with Beheading in New Video - May 6 2005
Australian, Douglas Wood, Taken Hostage. Douglas Wood Video Released by Shura Council of the Mujahedeen of Iraq - May 2 2005
American Contractor, Jeffrey Ake from Indiana, Who Was Taken Hostage in Iraq, Shown on Video - Apr 13 2005
US contractor kidnapped in Iraq - Apr 11 2005
Russian Soldier Beaten and Beheaded by Chechen Rebel - Apr 9 2005
Zarqawi's Group, al Qaeda in Iraq, Beheads Iraqi National Guard on Video - Apr 4 2005
Ansar Al Sunnah Executes 3 Iraqi Drivers - Mar 29 2005
Three Romanian journalists kidnapped in Iraq - Mar 29 2005
Zarqawi's Group Executes Iraqi Interior Ministry Official by Gun Shot - Mar 27 2005
'Beheading' Horror in the Streets of London (News Article) - Mar 14 2005
Iraqi Translator Executed By Ansar Al Sunnah Army (Execution Video) - Feb 7 2005
Giuliana Sgrena an Italian journalist, Kidnapped In Iraq - Feb 4 2005
Roy Hallums Video Shows U.S. Hostage Pleading For His Life - Jan 25 2005
2nd Iraqi Worker Beheaded on the Streets of Iraq - Jan 21 2005
Iraqi Worker Beheaded on the Streets - Jan 21 2005
Nick Berg's Body Found Hanging From Bridge - May 8, 2004 - Jan 21 2005
Ansar Al Sunnah Army Executes 2 Iraqi Election Internet Workers In Mosul - Execution Video - Jan 19 2005
Mussab bin Omeir Brigades for Islamic Jihad Captures 2 Lebanese Businessmen - Hostage Video - Jan 8 2005
Rebels 'Behead Westerner' In Mosul Ambush (News Story) - Dec 17 2004
Italian Hostage Salvatore Santoro Killed In Iraq By Islamic Movement of Iraqi Mujahideen - Dec 16 2004
Ansar Al Sunnah Army Takes Kurdish-Iraqi Hostage - Dec 8 2004
Militants Behead Iraqi Soldier - Dec 8 2004
EXCLUSIVE: Beheaded Body Image Of Korean Hostage Kim Sun Il - Dec 7 2004
Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Is Attacked By Gunmen - Hostages Taken - Dec 6 2004
Arabic television Al Jazeera has 'interesting' material concerning the execution of Enzo Baldoni - Dec 4 2004
Margaret Hassan Video Tape Shows CARE worker Getting Murdered. (Video Not On Net Yet) - Nov 16 2004
Western Woman, Possibly Margaret Hassan or Teresa Borcz Khalifa (Polish Hostage) Found Mutilated In Fallujah - Nov 14 2004
Ansar Al Sunnah Army Captures Three Marine Corps Translators - Nov 7 2004
Beheading In Vietman, 1908 - Nov 4 2004
Lebanese-American businessman, Radim Sadeq, Kidnapped In Iraq. No Radim Sadeq Video - Nov 3 2004
Army of Ansar al-Sunnah Army Beheads Iraqi Officer (Beheading Video) - Nov 3 2004
Shosei Koda Beheading Video (Downloadable) - Nov 2 2004
Beheaded Body Of Japanese Hostage, Shosei Koda, Found In Iraq. No Shosei Koda Video Yet - Oct 30 2004
Margaret Hassan Video - Oct 26 2004
Iraqi Seif Adnan Kanaan Beheaded By Ansar Al-Sunnah Army - Oct 22 2004
Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi Group Claims To Have Beheaded 11 National Guard Apostates - Oct 17 2004
Turkish Truck Driver Beheading Video - Execution Performed By Qaqa Brigade (Tawhid and Jihad group) - Oct 14 2004
Brigades of Abu Bakr Al-Sidiq Beheading 2 Iraqi Intelligence Agents (Fadhel Ibrahim and Firas Imeil) - Oct 13 2004
Shiite Iraqi Ala al-Maliki Beheaded By Ansar al-Sunnah Army (Video) - Oct 12 2004
Iraqi Kurdish Translator (Luqman Hussein) And Turkish Contractor Beheading Video - Beheaded By the Ansar al-Sunnah Army - Oct 11 2004
Ken Bigley Video - Kenneth Bigley Beheading Video - Oct 10 2004
Iraqi national Barea Nafea Dawoud Ibrahim Beheaded By Ansar al-Sunna - Oct 3 2004
Beheading Victims In Guatemala - Oct 1 2004
US Soldiers Beheaded 2 Vietcongs In Vietnam - Sep 26 2004
American Hostage Jack Hensley Beheading Video - Sep 22 2004
American Hostage Eugene Armstrong Beheading Video (Killed By Zarqawi Militant Group) - Sep 21 2004
Video of 3 Kurds (Part of Kurdish Democratic Party) Beheaded By Army of Ansar al-Sunna Here - Sep 20 2004
Beheading Video Of Turkish Driver, Durmus Kumdereli , Executed By Tawhid and Jihad - Sep 13 2004
Various Beheading Images - Sep 13 2004
Murdered By Decapitation (3 different Scenes) - Sep 10 2004
Nepalese Hostages Execution Video And Beheading Images - Aug 31 2004
Khaled Abdul Messih Beheading Video - Aug 25 2004
CIA Agent Beheading Video - Aug 11 2004
Exclusive: Beheaded Body Of Bulgarian Hostage, Georgi Lazov, Found In Tigris River - Aug 9 2004
Bulgarian Beheading Video In Iraq (possibly Georgi Lazov) - Aug 9 2004
Mohammed Mutawalli , Egyptian Spy, Beheading Video - Aug 8 2004
Head Of Bulgarian Hostage In Iraq - Jul 29 2004
Unconfirmed Aftermath Images Of Nick Berg's Beheading - Jul 3 2004
Historical Beheadings - Jun 28 2004
Kim Sun-il Beheading Video - Jun 23 2004
Photos of Paul Johnson beheaded - Jun 19 2004
Robert Jacob Shot And Beheaded In Iraq - Jun 13 2004
Man decapitates grandmother, ex-girlfriend - Jun 10 2004
decapitation - Jun 5 2004
Three children found decapitated in apartment - May 28 2004
Berg beheading: No way, say medical experts - May 26 2004
Nick Berg Beheading Video - Nick Berg Execution Video - May 25 2004
Daniel Pearl Beheading Video | Daniel Pearl Execution Video - May 16 2004
Beheading In Progress - May 16 2004
Decapitation by RPG-2 - Apr 22 2004
Son beheads and cooks mother's head - Apr 21 2004
Chef saws off wife's head - Apr 14 2004
10th Severed Head Found in Honduras - Apr 10 2004
Various decapitations, amputations and traumatic wounds part 3. - Apr 9 2004
Man Convicted for Decapitating Mother with Sword - Mar 31 2004
Man Decapitates Mother - Mar 25 2004
Man cuts off mother's head with samurai sword - Mar 24 2004
Decapitation - Dec 4 2003
Youth leader beheaded, 3 others slain - Nov 21 2003
Requested repost: Decapitation by helicopter blade - Nov 21 2003
*cannot confirm the authenticity
of these videos,
although in most cases the identified victims have been confirmed dead
Viewer discretion, and skepticism, are advised*
*Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is one of the claimed terrorists
however in every video he is wearing a face mask. Why would the
man say who he was in the video, but be wearing a mask?
Viewer discretion, and skepticism, are advised*
Photo & Web Credit: Brian English


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- Question from Gloria: Does hair dye, lipstick, makeup, or house cleaning detergent cause breast cancer? What about canned goods that have chemicals that mimic estrogen? I wash my veggies in a vinegar wash and I am not sure if this does anything to stop the effects of harmful pesticides. HELP.
Answers -
Sue Heffelfinger
There are very few epidemiological data that point to any specific product or any specific chemicals as being a cause of human breast cancer. Many of these products and chemicals, when given to laboratory animals, increase the frequency of mammary cancer and therefore are worrisome. In the world today, we are exposed to many agents, some of them naturally occurring and some of them man-made, that either cause direct genetic damage and therefore might be able to produce cancers, or which alter our hormone levels which might encourage cancerous cells to grow.
But it's very difficult with all of these chemical exposures that are a daily event in our lives to know which are important. And so, when it comes to risk reduction and trying to decide whether to use a particular product or eat a particular kind of food, there are very few hard and fast recommendations other than to cut down on your exposures whenever you can.
Devra Davis
I agree with what you just said, but there are some studies in animals that have found certain types of plasticizers (compounds put into plastics to make them harder) can accelerate breast cell growth in animals and have a number of other effects on reproduction and the endocrine system, especially in baby boys.
There have also been case reports that we describe on our website, showing that young black baby girls who developed premature breast growth between the ages of 1 and 3 years had been exposed to hormones from personal care products, which their parents had used on their daughters' hair and scalps. When this exposure stopped, the breasts went away in these baby girls. Unfortunately, very few people know about this problem.
But Dr. Chandra Tiwary, who is a pediatric endocrinologist, reported a case series of young girls with premature breast growth and exposure to hormones in hair products. He also documented finding a hormone in a number of widely used personal care products in the African-American community. The FDA does not regulate personal care products unless they are officially called "hormones." These products are not identified as hormones. Dr. Tiwary made his report about 7 years ago, but these products are still on the market. Certainly anything that can cause a baby girl to develop breasts is a problem.
- Jennifer Griggs, M.D., M.P.H. There are a lot of policy issues coming up in our conversation tonight. Workplaces and communities can increase opportunities for vigorous exercise and help with education for risk reduction, especially if certain products are associated with increased breast cancer risk.
The Ask-the-Expert Online Conference called Environmental Issues and Breast Cancer featured Jennifer Griggs, M.D., M.P.H., Sue Heffelfinger andDevra Davis answering your questions abouthow the environment can affect breast cancer risk and ways to reduce this risk.
Editor's Note: This conference took place in August 2005.
The materials presented in these conferences do not necessarily reflect the views of Breastcancer.org. A qualified healthcare professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product or regimen discussed. All readers should verify all information and data before employing any therapies described here.
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Luther offers many opportunities for students to engage in research with faculty in Environmental Studies. In areas ranging from history and policy to ecology and climate science, Luther students gain firsthand experience researching pressing environmental issues. Supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, dozens of Luther students have spent a summer doing intensive research. For more information on applying for summer research, contact the program director.
Luther faculty who research topics related to environmental studies:
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In mid-September Dr. Laura Peterson set off for sunny Barcelona, Spain to meet with other paleoclimatologists from colleges and universities around the world. There wasn't much time for paella and strolling the cobbled streets, however, as she and her colleagues had an important matter to discuss: climate conditions during the Pliocene period. Dr. Peterson, unique as she represented one of the few researchers from small colleges, contributed her findings on how the earth system responds to Milankovitch forcing. Peterson, with the help of student researchers in her lab at Luther, has been working to reconstruct past sea surface temperature change in the Southern Hemisphere. Peterson is looking to find how the internal processes in climate system evolved as the Earth transitioned from a single polar ice cap (Antarctica) to the world of today in which both the Northern and Southern hemispheres have polar ice.
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Oregon Tech Track & Field Head Coach Jack Kegg has announced the signing of two student-athletes who will be joining their brothers at Oregon Tech for the upcoming 2015 season.
Lindsay Devereux (Coos Bay, Ore.), a sprinter, from Marshfield High School ran the 400 and 200 and will join her brother Conner on the Hustlin' Owls squad.
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Video: Bush throws out the first pitch
posted at 9:29 pm on March 30, 2008 by Allahpundit
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His national approval rating's 30 percent, his D.C. approval rating's probably somewhere north of 10. Knowing what was coming, he could have begged off. He went out there anyway. Click the image to watch.
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aengus on March 31, 2008 at 12:40 AM
You've seemed to miss the point that it is working since 9-11-01. That is not by luck, it is by what has been put in place by the Bush administration, old chap.
R D on March 31, 2008 at 12:50 AM
You've seemed to miss the point that it is working since 9-11-01. That is not by luck, it is by what has been put in place by the Bush administration, old chap.
R D on March 31, 2008 at 12:50 AM
That's not a logical answer to my questions, old chum. It doesn't explain how KLA jihadists launched a failed attack against Fort Dix. Why weren't they over there (Iraq) instead of over here (US)? Oh right, they slipped in through the Mexican border. Oh well none one was killed so no harm done I guess. Lets all go back to sleep. /Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Seeing that video actually made me have some sympathy for the man. I don't think I've ever been sympathetic towards a politician.
terryannonline on March 31, 2008 at 12:31 AM
I agree with having a lack of sympathy for the politicians in this country, but I have always had it for Bush. Bush has managed to set the liberal base so far out there it truly is disgusting to see what people say about him.
crabtree on March 31, 2008 at 12:58 AM
You've seemed to miss the point that it is working since 9-11-01. That is not by luck, it is by what has been put in place by the Bush administration, old chap.
R D on March 31, 2008 at 12:50 AM
That's not a logical answer to my questions, old chum. It doesn't explain how KLA jihadists launched a failed attack against Fort Dix. Why weren't they over there (Iraq) instead of over here (US)? Oh right, they slipped in through the Mexican border. Oh well none one was killed so no harm done I guess. Lets all go back to sleep. /Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
aengus on March 31, 2008 at 12:56 AM
So I guess you're pretty high up on the intelligence network chain to know what has and has not been done to prevent attacks here. Please enlighten us.
R D on March 31, 2008 at 1:04 AM
Or did you even notice you were talking about Failed attempts?
R D on March 31, 2008 at 1:07 AM
I didn't hear boos. I heard cheering. Something to put "President booed" in a headline?
BowHuntingTexas on March 31, 2008 at 1:08 AM
So I guess you're pretty high up on the intelligence network chain to know what has and has not been done to prevent attacks here. Please enlighten us.
I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the failure to secure existing borders. If any Joe Soap can wander in from Mexico then you've got a permanent problem right there. Any one of a billion plus Muslims can make their way into the US and cause havoc. Jihad doesn't stop at the Rio Grande. If Bush won't do anything to fill up the gap then his over there/over here rhetoric is dishonest and a distraction from the vulnerability his open borders globalist agenda represents.
Or did you even notice you were talking about Failed attempts?
They failed over here, not over there.
aengus on March 31, 2008 at 12:40 AM
And this is one of the areas where I disagree with President Bush and John McCain. You can't make the case for fighting them over there if you're letting them in over here.
Connie on March 31, 2008 at 1:15 AM
They FAILED! That doesn't register with you?
R D on March 31, 2008 at 1:21 AM
Hey aengus, before this goes any further, I don't like the open borders either. If they are here illegally, get them out and put them to the back of the line, before or after we build the fence. I want the fence.
R D on March 31, 2008 at 1:28 AM
Die hard George W. Bush supporters would be well advised to skip over this post.
George W. Bush's secret MySpace entry:
Hi. My name is United States President George Walker Bush. You can call me the Commander Guy if you want. Or you can just call me The Decider if you want. I am now in my second triumphant term after wining it by an even bigger landslide than I won my first marvelous term by.
I graduated from Yale in June 1968 in the top 99% of my class. Then I went into the Texas Air National Guard. I was a Top Gun and almost single handedly protected America from the Viet Cong. You didn't see any Viet Cong in America, now did you? Well did you? See. See what I mean.
I am sure to go down in history as one of the greatest Presidents of all time in U.S. history. Probably only after that guy what's his name George something. Hey, I just thought of it, he had the same first name as me!
After binging peace and tranquility and democracy to the Muslims in Iraq and the rest of the Middle East, I will now lead Republicans to a clean sweep in 2008 as all Republicans will run on my outstanding legacy. I don't know how any of them will be able to lose that way. Just wait and see. One success will follow the other as everything I touch just seems to turn to gold.
I sometimes like to chill out after a long day of serving the American people by watching reruns of The Marx Brothers on TV. Don't you just love those guys? I have learned so much from them and try to make all my cabinet level and department head selections based on their philosophy.
I would like to think that I am open minded, honest, trustworthy and polite except to those damn unpatriotic cut and runner surrender monkeys!!! What is wrong with them anyway? I just don't get it. Can't they understand how brilliant my strategy is? Fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here. I know that is the opposite of my philosophy during Vietnam but hey, I like too keep the bad guys guessing! Pretty tricky huh? Kind of like that Niccolo Macaroni guy or that Sun Chop Suey guy. I must say that I am not too fond of that al-Maliki guy anymore, in fact I am thinking about what happened to that Ngo Dinh Diem guy in Vietnam. If al-Maliki doesn't get with my program pretty damn fast and stop making me look bad! Know what I mean don't you?
Who I'd like to meet:
…. Cool people who live close to Washington D.C. so that we can get together after work, kick back, and have a whole lot of fun while making more plans for more brilliant surges and nation building in Iraq, and maybe even in Iran, with my very best war time advisers Dick, John, Joe, Sean and Hugh.
MB4 on March 31, 2008 at 1:37 AM
I sometimes like to chill out after a long day of serving the American people by watching reruns of The Marx Brothers on TV. Don't you just love those guys?
MB4 on March 31, 2008 at 1:37 AM
Good to know me and W have something in common. ;)
Back in the Nats' inaugural season in 2005, James Carvelle and Tim Russert went halvsies on a pair of front row box seats next to the Nats' third base dugout. And at the game we saw there (about 20 rows up from the dugout) the crowd was populated mostly by government employees just off from work, and part of the permanent D.C. bureaucracy. Not many Bush fans to be seen back then, either.
Lots of those types bailed on their season tickets or regular attendance after a decent 2005 season, when Washington fell apart in 2006. But the chance to be at the first game in the new stadium no doubt brought all those same fair-weather fans back out to the ballpark, and if they had a chance to boo Bush, they were going to do it (I'm not sure if Carvell still has his season tickets near the dugout, but if you see a replay of the first pitch on TV Monday morning and hear some Cajun yelling "Judas!", then James is probably in the ballpark).
jon1979 on March 31, 2008 at 1:46 AM
Glad he did it.
desertdweller on March 31, 2008 at 1:46 AM
I didn't hear that much booing, but there was some to be sure. It just goes to show the lack of class that exists on the left. If I had been at a game with Bill Clinton throwing the first pitch, I wouldn't have clapped, but I wouldn't have booed either.
TheCulturalist on March 31, 2008 at 1:52 AM
I finally registered to vote in the last presidential election because I could not fathom John Kerry as POTUS.
I love my President!
Domino on March 31, 2008 at 2:07 AM
I love that man. I think it has something to do with the fact that liberals hate him so much. Liberals didn't seem to mind McCain that much, and they hated Romney.
I think I can decide who all the best conservatives are by just seeing who liberals hate the most.
iamse7en on March 31, 2008 at 2:27 AM
First of all, for his age, (unless he was Nolan Ryan) that was a good pitch. Second, even though there was some booing, he kept a smile on, and ignored the classless people in the stadium. Good for him.
j_ehman on March 31, 2008 at 2:37 AM
I laughed my way through the boos. George just shrugged it all off. Good for him!
That having been said, as a DC-area native I'm used to having to like the same teams as a bunch of democraps. What can you do? Go Nats!!
fiatboomer on March 31, 2008 at 2:46 AM
I love President George W. Bush. Lord, please bless that man as he prepares to leave office. (And Sue, I agree with you – I think he has been treated horribly.)
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone, folks.
capitalist piglet on March 31, 2008 at 2:58 AM
I think it took guts to go out there and I still support Bush. I saw a study at the Tarrance Group out on March 11th that said Bush's favorability ratings were about 56%. Whether people are happy about high gas prices and the war in Iraq or not many do have respect for the man.
In fact when it came to individual policy decsisions such as drug prescription plan {63%} approved, Supreme Court Justice picks {&0%} approved, tax cuts {53%} approved and even the surge {52%} approved, the President garnered a majority. Which means that if the situation in Iraq continues to improve and the price of gas goes down his numbers might well improve.
As for the borders, where the hell were all these people who think we need to put land mines on 19,000 miles of border? I mean really, why blame this problem on Bush when he has done more to secure the borders than any other president has ever done? Now to the people who will not be satisfied until we are all inside a wall, a moat, and a wall guarded by sub machines guns it might not be good enough…but nothing ever will be, either.
For years, people did not treat presidents with disrepect when they went out and threw that pitch because it showed a lack of respect to the office. Now how would Obama fans like it if he won and a bunch of Republicans made sure they had tickets for the game and booed him when he came out? This kind of stupidity can work both ways.
Terrye on March 31, 2008 at 6:35 AM
That should be 70% approved of Supreme Court picks. That Tarrance Group report is available on pdf for anyone who is interested. I do not have the link handy but I saw it over at Power Line a few days ago.
Terrye on March 31, 2008 at 6:39 AM
The boo's on that tape are in the forefront of many more cheers. After the President tosses that ball, the boo's are gone. This is an interesting example of how President Bush gets a loud, negative lashing by a minority that is promoted as a majority, and still manages to walk of everyday and perform his job in a manner fitting a president. No wonder the people that can only yell "boo" hate him so much. He ignores them, and gets the job done anyway. With the waiting line of persons looking to take over his job, his kind are a fading breed.
Hening on March 31, 2008 at 7:49 AM
You stay classy, District of Crack.
Kid from Brooklyn on March 31, 2008 at 8:24 AM
ehhh you have to realize (one of the commenters said it) MD and North VA are liberal, DC is far left and IMO I think it was mixed. To be booed out of the building, you have to be Jessica Simpson or Santa Clause in Philly.
JVelez on March 31, 2008 at 8:27 AM
I've seen games all across the country and DC fans are by far the worst.
Petulant, whiney, little knowledge of the game, continually getting up during play to go get another bucket of Diet Pepsi, profane, unfriendly and rude.
I attend a lot of Nats games and used to root for the home team, even though they're not my favorite.
No more – I have two favorite teams now – the Pittsburgh Pirates and whatever team is in town against the Nats. At least one of them will be a winner.
NoDonkey on March 31, 2008 at 8:32 AM
"Now how would Obama fans like it if he won and a bunch of Republicans made sure they had tickets for the game and booed him when he came out? This kind of stupidity can work both ways."
That's the kind of people THEY are. We don't act like that.
Same reason I have my car vandalized when I put a sticker on that supports a Republican politician, while Democrats fill their bumper with stickers full of hate for this country and lies about the President and they stay on for years.
Democrat politicians are scum and the people who support them are sadly, little better.
NoDonkey on March 31, 2008 at 8:35 AM
As a Met fan, I had no trouble in Nats game (maybe we roll too deep), cant wait to go the the new park.
BTW, was that idiot Fenty there? that would be one politician I would boo…
JVelez on March 31, 2008 at 8:39 AM
JVelez – I've never actually encountered rude Nats fans so that was really the only team I still kind of rooted for.
Met some real jackasses at the Redskins-Steelers EXHIBITION game in 2005. They were full of talk since the Redskins won. I thought of them often after the Steelers won the Super Bowl that year.
Capital fans are very rude. Went to a lot of playoff games. Always good to see the Penguins whip them.
The District is generally a circus. Fenty is what he is, but he's actually doing some things to shake up the public school establishment in DC, which is something that really needs to be done and it takes some courage on his part. Still, the District is forever a fiasco.
Mets? Bought time you got a new ballpark, good luck on the upcoming season. I'm hoping my Pirates stay out of the cellar, that's the best I can hope for since '92.
NoDonkey on March 31, 2008 at 8:46 AM
Yeah, Mets/Giants fan living in Northern VA is a pain. Redskins fans in the stadium are morons (majority, not all) I really dont like Fenty but you are correct with the school situation….
JVelez on March 31, 2008 at 9:21 AM
I don't care what party you belong to or what you think of a particular president, at events like that you should remain respectful of the office. Their behavior was low class.
srhoades on March 31, 2008 at 9:23 AM
Half the country couldn't read when Lincoln was president.
Sue on March 30, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Well that's more than can read now!
Poise and grace. The man always exhibits both.
I too love my President and will be sorry to see his strong leadership gone. God help us all if one of the wimps gets elected.
dustoffmom on March 31, 2008 at 9:26 AM
You can like him or not but the guy has balls.
roux on March 31, 2008 at 9:37 AM
I'm always surprised that lefties go to sporting events. Why do they like sports? Or do they go just because it's "the place to be"? It embodies everything they hate: competition, physical superiority, strength, big money, the desire to win and be the best at something…?
None of them ever played sports, did they? They really have no business at a baseball game – especially since it is such a deeply-rooted American sport. I don't get it. Even here in the "State of Hockey" most die-hard hockey fans – and even Canadian players – are conservative.
foxforce91 on March 31, 2008 at 9:44 AM
The President did a great job last night, both on the mound and in the booth. Joe and Jon really wanted him to stay longer ~ you could tell they were enjoying his company and so did we. Booing a President is so low class, dang. It's a baseball game and opening day tradition, cretins ~ not a political rally.
soldiers turn(ed) their
backs on…Bill Clinton
I'll tell you, the thing that started it all was a picture of Bill Clinton getting off Marine One and some right wing bozo said it proved the Marines cared so little for him that they didn't salute and turned their back to him as he exited the plane. It might have made some snarling conservatives happy to think so, but I tell you what ~ it pissed the H*LL out of the Marines when we saw it. major dad zipped off a 'high heat' reply to a liberal cousin who sent it around as proof that there was a military fascist conspiracy. Ignorant lies. The Snopes page on it is right here and the most important point from the Marines is included. It is a most grievous insult to the professionalism of the HMX Marines ( or ANY Marine for that matter) to infer that they would ever do less than their duty or ~ regardless of personal opinion ~ perform with anything LESS than the vaunted professionalism we are so very proud of and hold so very dear.
It's also a sterling example of why people who blindly forward emails (just because they sound like something you'd want to be so) without verifying the material do ever so much more harm than good to whatever their cause.
tree hugging sister on March 31, 2008 at 9:45 AM
You stay classy, District of Crack.
Kid from Brooklyn on March 31, 2008 at 8:24 AM
As for the most important part of the clip: nice pitch. He went to the top of the mound, put a little gas on it, and delivered it high but over the plate. Nice.
Redhead Infidel on March 31, 2008 at 9:52 AM
"Yeah, Mets/Giants fan living in Northern VA is a pain."
The great thing though is listening to sports radio here when the Redskins implode.
The entitlement mentality seeps through to sports.
NoDonkey on March 31, 2008 at 10:12 AM
I wouldn't boo a sitting President, no matter who he was. It's juvenile and anti-America. I'm sick of it.
Connie on March 30, 2008 at 9:37 PM
Amen and ditto.
This is why you're conservative and not liberal. Maturity is the most basic ingredient that separates the two.
Booing is stupid and classless – particularly at such a non-political event.
Liberals can never separate out the politics and treat people like … people.
It's yet another constant hypocrisy. It's sad.
Professor Blather on March 31, 2008 at 10:26 AM
I've seen games all across the country and DC fans are by far the worst.
Petulant, whiney, little knowledge of the game, continually getting up during play to go get another bucket of Diet Pepsi, profane, unfriendly and rude.
I attend a lot of Nats games and used to root for the home team, even though they're not my favorite.
No more – I have two favorite teams now – the Pittsburgh Pirates and whatever team is in town against the Nats. At least one of them will be a winner.
NoDonkey on March 31, 2008 at 8:32 AM
So you were born and raised in DC area? I was, and we're awesome fans. The bad fans are the transients that move to my hometown, jump on some bandwagon then always jump off onto whatever team is winning at the time because their hometown didn't have any sports team. Redskins fans stick by their team through thick and thin. If in fact DC is your hometown then you, yourself are an example of a bad fan if you're so willing to switch teams. Not to be rude or petulant, just being honest with you.
foxforce91 on March 31, 2008 at 10:27 AM
The President has an ARM, for sure. The best part of the video for me is watching how uncomfortable uber-liberal Peter Gammons looks.
The booing was classless. Heck, I even shook Billy Jeff's hand once. NO jokes please. ;)
Malpaso on March 31, 2008 at 10:27 AM
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone, folks.
capitalist piglet on March 31, 2008 at 2:58 AM
Indeed. Whoever wins in November, I suspect a lot of people will be missing Dubya, sooner or later.
I laughed (through my tears) for days after Reagan passed away when polls should him at 70% approval ratings and ALL the pundits were saying glowing things – some of the same people that loathed him two decades ago.
When Dubya dies, it'll be the same. People forget how much Reagan was hated.
I do love the Prez. I really do. I disagree with him sometimes, I've been disappointed at times … but I've never forgotten how I felt about him after 9/11 … or how proud I was to vote for him in 2004.
People can argue his presidency all they want, but he's a good man. I will miss him.
And he does throw a pretty mean pitch.
Professor Blather on March 31, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Capital fans are very rude. Went to a lot of playoff games. Always good to see the Penguins whip them.
So…you attend playoff games in DC, root for the other team, and the DC fans are the bad ones? Sounds to me like you are trying to start something. You know, just because Caps fans will not root for your team (or believe that Sidney Crosby is "The Next One" when they have the best player in the league right now,) doesn't make them bad fans; it makes them loyal fans.
foxforce91 on March 31, 2008 at 10:33 AM
I'd suggest leaving Philly off the schedule. They booed Santa Claus and and they throw batteries.
If you don't respect the man, respect the office, for goodness sake. Americans take too many things for granted…most people really have no idea how great this country and how unusual it is in all of history.
Asher on March 31, 2008 at 10:37 AM
"So you were born and raised in DC area? I was, and we're awesome fans."
No, Pittsburgh.
I've been to Capitals game where some of the fans literally stood up and screamed "F-Pittsburgh" at the top of their lungs. Real classy stuff like that. With kids around.
And I know fans in the northeast corridor can be abusive. I'd go to a Steelers-Redskins game before I'd go to a Steelers-Eagles game.
But Redskin fans were being clowns during a meaningless exhibition game.
And the attitude that comes out is, "you left your dinky little town and came to work here, because it's so great here and that's because of us."
No, I left my dinky little town and came to DC because DC has the federal government and the huge number of jobs that go along with it. It has NOTHING to do with the people who were born and raised here, it has to do with a decision made practically two centuries ago.
People in other towns at sporting events are basically friendly and will talk to other fans. DC it happens rarely, unless they want to taunt you.
I admit that even though I've lived here 10 years I made up my mind to never cheer for these teams, but now I've made the choice to go the other way and actively root against them. It does make things more interesting.
NoDonkey on March 31, 2008 at 10:46 AM
I was not fond of Mr. Clinton. But, I would never have booed him at any function. Respect the office!!! The left never got over the 2000 election, so get over it already. My candidate did not always win, but in the end he was my PRESIDENT. I have never seen this country so divided. This crap has to stop. I hope the winner in November wins by a large margin. Maybe than we can put this crap to sleep.
pueblo1032 on March 31, 2008 at 10:56 AM
No, Pittsburgh.
I thought so.
People in other towns at sporting events are basically friendly and will talk to other fans. DC it happens rarely, unless they want to taunt you.
Yes, I remember once going to an Eagles game in Philly and not being able to cheer for the 'Skins for fear of my life. Real friendly. I've also had Steelers fans (men)drunk and get in my face, (I'm a size 4 girl,) and scream that they've won more Superbowls than my team. I let it go and agreed as scenes from "The Accused" flashed through my head.
It has NOTHING to do with the people who were born and raised here, it has to do with a decision made practically two centuries ago.
And maybe that's why people like me – who are actually from there – are a little more cautious about making freinds who aren't from there. You all move to DC and put us down, put down our hometown, root loudly against our teams, because you have no interest in the people there, you're just there for a job that got you out of your hometown where you might have to settle for something that doesn't allow for retirement at 55 and 60% of your highest income for the rest of your life.
I agree that booing the president while he is there at the game is classless. I would never do that. Political views have no place at sporting events, and it is an honor that the leader of the free world would throw out a baseball at a home opener, (not to mention his connection to the sport) and that should be respected. There are a lot of classless people at any sporting event. But DC fans are the way they are because of the opinions about them expressed by you. We are a tight-knit and small group surrounded by transients who come there to hate and root against everything that we love and support. Your attitude typifies the people who come to live there, hence making us that much more enthusiastic about our teams and our town.
foxforce91 on March 31, 2008 at 11:07 AM
I have to admit that I was there on the Capitol Lawn when the Democrats walked out of Congress to protest the vote for Clinton's impeachment and that I booed them quite lustily as they waddled down the Capitol steps. Also told them to keep walking and take their silly little march straight into the Potomac.
I think in retrospect though, that this was appropriate. It was a blatantly political act and I wanted to send them a message the only way I know how. Since they really don't read e-mails and take phone calls.
NoDonkey on March 31, 2008 at 11:07 AM
"you're just there for a job that got you out of your hometown where you might have to settle for something that doesn't allow for retirement at 55 and 60% of your highest income for the rest of your life."
Well, I left my hometown to join the military and that took me all over the world. This is a thriving IT center which is the industry I work in, I'm not a GS. I have my own business. But it's a thriving IT center because of the proximity to DC, from way back when AOL was huge.
All I can say about the sports scene here is that your fans started it. I have never acted inappropriately at a sporting event and every time I go to see the teams I've been rooting for since I was a kid, I get a bunch of unwarranted guff from DC fans.
Rooting for our teams is the way we maintain our links to where we grew up and the affinity we have for our hometowns and our family and friends who still live there.
If it wasn't for transient workers and the federal government, DC would be trying to keep up with Richmond, VA.
NoDonkey on March 31, 2008 at 11:15 AM
NoDonkey, I'm not trying to say that outsiders aren't welcome (you're not an outsider at this point, anyway,)- especially those, like yourself, who have served the country and bring something good and needed politically to the DC area – I'm just trying to explain why maybe fans of DC teams are enthusiastic, if not have a rabid devotion at times. I went to school with a lot of kids who – because their parents were in the military and moved around a lot – were very obnoxious about whatever their team favorite was, (it seemed there were a lot of Cowboys fans.) It mostly starts there. And I recall as a child hearing Howard Cosell rip my Skins and not give them the respect they deserved. That kind of thing makes you insanely devoted to your teams. And I think sometimes people who move there from elsewhere meet so many like themselves, that they forget that there are actually people who are from there, who love their hometown. I'm sorry for the jerks that give you more than a fun amount of jabbing when you wear your Penguins jersey to a Caps game, etc etc (surely you can see where you would get a ration there, can't you?! "The Next One" vs. Alexander the Great? jk) Btw: I was at a Caps game and they showed a photoshopped picture of Ovie with Hillary Clinton, (it was a "vote for the All Star game players" thing,)and everyone in the house booed, including myself. That was different, though, since she wasn't actually there.
foxforce91 on March 31, 2008 at 11:55 AM
I think sports fans as a whole are getting more and more coarse, so I don't think it's limited to DC. I wouldn't think of bringing my children to ANY major league sporting event until they're 18 at this point, except for perhaps baseball. Sports stadiums are basically saloons full of borderline outlaws where you pay $7 for a beer and are often subjected drunken screaming.
So I understand that. But it's hard to disregard the experience of bring given unfair guff at an opposing stadium/arena. RFK was the one place where that didn't happen, so it upsets me that the season ticket holders at Nats Park (because that crowd was mostly season ticket holders), would boo the President.
That being said, I do like the DC area very much and am proud to live near our nation's Capital (I live in Arlington, right next to the cemetery). But I always notice how much friendlier and more open people are when I go home to Pittsburgh, it's unfortunate that this area can't be that way but perhaps it goes with the territory of being a major metropolis. It's a double-edged sword.
NoDonkey on March 31, 2008 at 1:13 PM
No Donkey —
As a ex-D.C.er, I can tell you the Washington area has some of the worst examples of "front-runneritis" in the world, probably stemming from the carryover idea in politics that if you're not first, you're nothing.
The regular, hard-core Nats fans aren't bad — I was at RFK for a Pittsburgh game last year, and the fans there were there for the game, not to be seen. That wasn't the case when I was there back in '05, when the return of baseball to Washington was a hot, trendy ticket. Then you'd see lots of lawyer/accountant/staff aide/general federal employee or lobbyist types coming in suits right from work to see the game — or to be seen by others who they wanted to be seen by (the crowd was suburban, upper middle class and very white for a game being played at 22nd and East Capitol streets).
Washington stayed in the pennate race almost the entire season, but in 2006, when the Expos' past fire sales of talent finally caught up with the team, those trendies vanished from RFK in a hurry.
Christening the new stadium Sunday night was one of those "be seen" events, so naturally they were going to show up, and naturally those same people were going to boo. And they'll continue to hang out as long as Zimmerman keeps hitting walkoff homers in the bottom of the ninth. But if the Nats fall back again, they'll dump baseball by June and opt for their beachfront rental cabins on the Maryland Eastern Shore.
jon1979 on March 31, 2008 at 2:12 PM
I would never boo the president either. I recently attended a sendoff for the National Guard here in Ohio and Gov. Strickland was there. Even though I'm not a fan of the guy, I stood up and applauded him as I would anyone else.
Liberals would boo their mother if she was a conservative. These people have BDS and will never ever get over the fact that they lost the election to someone like President Bush.
I believe President Bush is a good man who will be remembered as a great president. I personally don't agree with him on everything but I will never forget the way he responded in the days after 9/11.
Erockk on March 31, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Christening the new stadium Sunday night was one of those "be seen" events, so naturally they were going to show up, and naturally those same people were going to boo.
That could be – the seats behind the plate were likely taken up by high priced attorneys in the corporate boxes and we all know how much lawyers hate Republicans.
And a good many lawyers are complete jackasses, so maybe that explains it.
I wonder what they would do if they actually had a chance to meet the President one on one? It's easy to boo someone in a crowd. I was at a DC fundraiser event at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, had a few cocktails and who should appear than my own appallingly worthless Congressman, Jim Moran?
I thought I could stand here and tell him exactly what I felt about him, but I was having a good time and didn't want to spoil it by looking like an idiot in front of everyone, so I introduced myself and shook his hand just for the fun of it. I don't regret being gracious, it's not as if berating the guy publicly would have changed anything he does.
NoDonkey on March 31, 2008 at 3:11 PM
Well, since the District of Columbia voted 90% for Kerry (I was in the minority), I wouldn't think it odd that there were some unhappy voters in the crowd.
Jonn Lilyea on March 31, 2008 at 6:41 PM


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Yao Ming, China's most famous athlete, is officially retiring from the NBA. The 7'6'' Houston Rocket center has faced a lot of injuries over the last couple of years and he has decided enough is enough. This list covers all the highlights from Yao Ming's career - on and off the court. His career peaked in 2006-2007, when he averaged 25 points per game. But, this number would not last. He slowly became prone to injury and started facing the reality that he is a 7'6'' giant... and people that tall are rather fragile.
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Bonus: are you aware of the Yao Ming funny side? Yao Ming career high scoring and rebounding is nothing to scoff at, but he's a funny guy as well. Read on to reminisce about his storied basketball career.
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Fans of Internet memes may have noticed a resemblance between Yao Ming and a certain character who pops up on message boards, forums and sites like Reddit and 4Chan.
To the left is the original photo of Yao. Below is his cartoon incarnation. This face is often used in so-called "rage comics" and other humorous images to depict a cavalier, utterly disinterested manner. Hence, the face is often known as the "F**k That Guy," and it is rarely referenced that the original image is based on Yao at all.
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Yao Ming Carries Olympic Torch
Not only did Yao get to appear in a Coca Cola commercial holding the Olympic torch, but he actually got to carry the Olympic torch to help introduce the games to Beijing in 2008. Yao ran the torch through China's symbolic Tiananmen Square gate through the Palace Museum and onto the streets. Former gymnast Li Ning, who won 6 medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics (China's first), was hoisted up on wires during the Beijing Opening Ceremonies to light the Olympic Cauldron.
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Yao Ming Meets Verne Troyer
The tallest and shortest celebrities come face-to-face in this spot for Apple's 12" and 17" PowerBooks. (Get it?) Yao and Verne Troyer (better known as "Mini-Me" from the Austin Powers films) are boarding a plane near one another when they both reach for their laptops. Humorously, Yao uses the smaller 12" PowerBook while Verne grabs his 17" PowerBook. (You may also notice that the narrator of the ad is none other than actor Jeff Goldblum.)
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Yao was selected by the Houston Rockets as the #1 overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. It doesn't get much better than that.
The deal was a long time in the planning. The Rockets sought special permission from the China Basketball Association to pick up Yao (who was already a star in his homeland). Through an interpreter, while still in Beijing, Yao told reporters that he was excited for the start of "my new basketball life" and said "This is a new league in front of me for me to play, so it will be a new challenge for me."
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The activist group ACORN got a bad rap during the recent presidential campaign when John McCain accused them of using paid solicitors to sign up bogus voters. Barack Obama had to distance himself from the group, which has been a big advocate for low income homeowners.
ACORN has come out slugging against Hope Now, an alliance between banks, mortgage servicers and other consumer groups.
Says ACORN:
"HOPE NOW's own numbers show that far less than a third of their nearly 3 million foreclosures prevented in 2008 actually involved modifications to the underlying mortgage, rather than weak repayment plans that do nothing to address the structural unaffordability of so many loans. The HOPE NOW estimate of 950,000 mortgage modifications in 2008 is a pathetic failure when stacked up next to the 2 million Americans who lost their homes. We don't know how many of these modifications actually resulted in reduced monthly payments that are affordable to homeowners, the driving reason behind high re-default rates. Instead of more excuses, we need solutions that will stop all these unnecessary foreclosures and fix our economy where it is hurting most."
The group also notes that Credit Suisse recently released revised projections that foresee 8 million foreclosures in the next four years, up from a prediction of 6.5 million in April. "The industry's current bad practices are essentially responsible for doubling the foreclosure crisis and preventing the broad economic recovery we need. The mortgage industry doesn't need any more PR, it needs systemic change."
ACORN is calling on mortgage servicers to enact a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures, taking that time to implement the FDIC's modification protocols that were successful at avoiding unnecessary foreclosures and re-defaults at Indymac. This change alone would stem the glut of Real Estate Owned properties that are dragging down housing prices and would help jumpstart the economic recovery. The federal government must use every stick and carrot at its disposal to help Americans save their homes, including enacting the Bair proposal to use TARP funds to facilitate 2.2 million mortgage modifications, lifting the ban on judicial modifications, and demanding that banks receiving TARP funds start modifying loans per the FDIC protocols."


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The effort to identify psychosis in its early developmental stages is not different from prevention strategies in other areas of medicine, noting that much clinical cardiology now involves strategies aimed at reducing stress, increasing exercise, and promoting better diet and other behavioral changes designed to reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease in individuals at risk.
"It's no different for psychosis," she said. "When someone presents with a risk, we cannot send them away until they meet DSM criteria for schizophrenia. So we share a common goal with medicine regarding any other disorder—namely, that we would like to prevent the consequences of a serious and complex disorder through early identification and intervention."
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REDUCED PRICE - June 2016, now down to Euro 295,000!
CANDELA's Pre-season service took place July 2016 - antifouling etc.
New teak deck 2012.
Replaced reconditioned engine installed 2012
New Kohler 13kva generator, new 2013.
New mainsail Sept 2015
CANDELA is an extended transom version of the successful Swan 59 model.
Her counter transom offers greater LOA on deck, as well as additional storage space in the lazzarette aft of the helm. She also has an extra deck locker where most 59's have a "well cockpit" by the companionway.
Her shallow draft Scheel keel (draft of 7.2 ft / 2.2m) coupled with her hydraulic push button sailing makes her an exceptional short handed cruiser.
She had refit in 2001 and has had continued maintenance since.
CANDELA was purchased by her present owner in 2004 from the USA.
They sailed the yacht in the USA and Caribbean.
The yacht has since been imported to Spain and used for family cruising in the west Med area.
Simon J Turner
Northrop and Johnson Spain
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GRP construction to Nautor's Swan specification of the time.
Hand laid GRP hull and deck.
Aluminium toerail, through bolted.
Extended stern (18,44 LOA instead of standard 17,92m) with lazarette locker (which also houses the gen set).
She also has a modified centre deck area with no central (second) cockpit.
Shallow draft Scheel keel, (2,2m draft instead of standard 3m).
Replaced / new teak laid deck, made 2012 in Tarragona – glued down.
The aft deck has Simpson stainless steel davits; a stainless steel pole for aerials portside; an opening gate in pushpit; outboard bracket on pushpit.
Lewmar Commander system to power the primary and secondary self-tailing winches, as well as the Reckmann roller furling headstay and the anchor windlass - (a separate hydraulic power pack powers the Reckmann furling mainsail system).
Cockpit with pedestal and helm unit.
Gas locker under the helmsman seat.
Sun bimini and frame.
Lockers port and starboard.
Raymarine ST 7002 autopilot unit portside of helm.
Autohelm instruments at cockpit (to forward in centre):- wind; VMG; speed; depth.
Engine controls starboard side of helm including 2 push buttons for headsail.
2 buttons for mainsail forward starboard of the cockpit.
3 electrical inlets set in coaming starboard side – 220v /110v/air conditioning.
Suunto pedestal compass. Raymarine RL80 unit on pedestal.
Navtec hydraulic panel on pedestal, controls – backstay, inner stay, vang, baby stay.
Sprayhood at companionway.
Teak cockpit table (removable).
Side decks: with big cleats aft, amidships and forward.
Dual Headsail Tracks
Lewmar hydro electric anchor windlass mounted in locker at the bow with hand held controls.
Double stainless steel anchor rollers at bow.
75lb. CQR anchor. Kedge folding fisherman anchor.
2 x Lewmar 55 chrome ST chrome hydraulic winches
3 x Lewmar 46 chrome ST manual
1 x Lewmar 52 chrome ST manual mainsheet
2 x Lewmar 66 chrome ST hydraulic primary on bridge deck
Winches on deck aft of the mast:
2 x 52 self tailing
1 x 46 self tailing
1 x 55 self tailing
Description from forward:
Fo'csle with 2 pipe berths; a stainless & teak ladder gives easy access to the deck via a large overhead sliding hatch (there are also steps in the bulkhead) and the ladder doubles as a swim ladder which may be mounted on the side rail; a stainless steel work bench unit is to port and there are drawers under the beds. A door aft leads to -
The port head with a Lavac electric toilet, washbasin, hand-held shower, teak grating sole, mirror and lockers. Small overhead hatch. From there a door aft leads to the -
Port Guest cabinwith locker unit and drawers forward; lockers outboard of top berth; lower single berth and upper Pullman berth; hanging locker; overhead hatch with curtain; side windows with curtains. Hella fan. Reading lamps. A door aft leads to the saloon.
TheStarboard Guest cabin has a lower single bed and an upper Pullman berth. Lockers outboard of top bunk. Locker and drawer unit forward. Hanging locker. Overhead hatch with curtain. Side windows with curtains. Hella fan. Brass reading lamps. A door leads forward to the private ensuite bathroom with an electric Lavac toilet, washbasin, mirror, lockers, teak grating floor; hand held shower. Small overhead hatch. Door aft to saloon.
Note: the lower bed in each guest cabin pulls out and has a leg support to make the bed wider.
Saloon which has an L shaped settee to port with a coffee table; lockers and entertainment unit above and outboard (with flat screen TV, Premier stereo unit, speaker switchover system and Starlogic DVD). At aft end of saloon on port side is a chest locker unit (bar / galley storage).
To starboard is a U shaped settee and a small centre line sofa. The teak dining table may fold out and the central seat may be moved further to port (allowing you to accommodate extra people to dinner if requied!). The table also features bottle storage in the centre. There are shelves and lockers outboard. Under the settee at aft end the storage is made into a filing area for boats manuals.
Large overhead locker to saloon with curtain. 2 x Hella fans.
The navigation station is to starboard with a lift up chest table with modified lid to house and use a lap top. Drawers, seat with instruments including:
Autohelm Tridata + Multi; Raymarine ST7002 autopilot control;
Sailor HC 4500B MF-HF control unit; Raymarine RL70C pathfinder Raychart plotter;
Sylvaniascreen (keyboard in chart table); Garmin Z 010C GPS map;
Navman 7100 VHF; Canon i475D printer. Hella fan at chart table.
Large locker aft of navigation area. Electric panel on inboard bulkhead.
Engine under and aft of companionway and good access from side by chart table (also at the front end). Tools on engine room door.
The galley is on the port side with twin stainless steel sink units, chest vegetable cool box, chest freezer, front opening fridge, lockers over sinks and above freezer unit, locker under sinks, drawer unit, garbage locker unit, lockers either side and behind the cooker.
Alpex Inox 4 burner cooker with oven and grill / rotisserie. Extractor fan unit with light.
Side windows with curtains and one opening port.
Remote gas switch
Aft cabin, accessed past / aft of the chart table. As you enter the cabin, behind the door to starboard is a locker unit - (hanging lockers above and drawers below). There are two wide single beds, with a settee in between them (locker behind the seat). Lockers forward of the port bed.
Central mirror on forward bulkhead and extra chart storage box. Sliding fronted lockers port and starboard of the beds. Overhead hatch with roller blind. 3 x side ports. Hella fans x 2.
Ensuite private headwith Lavac electric toilet, washbasin, grating floor, hull port, mirror and lockers. Separate shower stall.
CANDELA has now a TAMD 31P - HS45A engine (from approximately 2002 originally),installed in January 2012.The unit has approx 1600 hours at August 2012.
When this was installed the boat also received a new prop shaft.
(The old original engine was Volvo Penta TAMD31A, 114 hp at 3250 rpm, that had approx 6400 hours).
The Max Prop feathering propeller was sent to the factory in Italy for reconditioning, 2012.
Range under power approx 1000 nm or 180 hours at economical speed of 6 knots.
Usual cruising speed approx 8 knots. Max speed under power approx 9 knots.
Fuel capacity, approx 900 litres in four tanks
Each fuel tank with own filter.
Icom GM1600 E GMDSS hand held VHF, new 2008.
Navman 7100 VHF at navigation area, 2004/5.
Sailor MF/HF radio with upgraded prom board in 2005.
Garmin 2010C GPS map/plotter, 2004/5.
All electronics interfaced via Sea Talk and high-speed bus.
Auto Helm Sailing instruments, ST50 (1998)
Raymarine ST7000 Autopilot with dual rams and electronics featuring steer by wire function
2002 Upgrades as follows:
Raymarine RL80 CRC in Navpod at helm (GPS / Plotter / Radar)
Raymarine RL70 CRC at navigation station (GPS / Plotter / Radar)
Raymarine 4KW Raydome on mast
Raymarine 120 WAAS GPS Antenna
Raymarine S100 remote control for autopilot
15"LCD General purpose Sylvania display screen at navigation desk
Icom hand held IC M2A VHF
2 x Motorola "talkabout" units
Iridium phone (not connected / in use)
IBM A21 Laptop with port replicator and remote keyboard
Visual navigation suite and captains software
Canon i475 printer
Kohler 13kva generator new July 2013
Condaria Air conditioning system throughout (control unit located in port guest cabin locker at centreline) – system will function as heating in reverse cycle (although owner has not used this recently!).
Watermaker, by Echo Marine, 2001.
Shore power is 110v / 220v with Nautor 3 KVA transformer (you can "plug in" in USA or areas with 110v but the interior systems are mainly 220v and 220v outlets etc in the interior).
There is a thirds inlet for shorepower to directly power the air conditioning.
Prosine 1800 watt sine wave inverter, (under forward starboard bed).
Heart Link monitoring system for batteries.
Batteries - 24 volt house system, 24 volt engine start battery system, new 2007.
110v inverter.
Trimetric battery monitor.
Lewmar Commander hydraulic package (under bed in starboard cabin) powers the mainsail and genoa furling and the hydraulic winches.
Engine driven bilge pump, and manual / electric bilge pumps.
Holding tank - waste outlet near the bow (holding tank to forward toilet is situated in fo'csle under the beds).
Hot water from 220v or from engine calorifier.
Refrigeration driven via 220v or engine driven system.
Fresh water capacity approx 1050 litres (277 US g) in 5 tanks
Sloop with white painted Nautor rig, mast with double spreaders.
Nautor custom in mast furling, (I=22.5M), powered by Reckmann Hydrofurl.
Reckmann Hydrofurl headstay furling.
Wire baby stay. Navtec rod standing rigging (now old).
Spinnaker pole, stores on mast.
Navtec hydraulic control panel at cockpit controls adjusters to:- backstay, inner stay, vang, baby stay.
New mainsail September 2015
Sails 2002 by Quantum Sail makers as follows:
130% Roller Furling Tri Furl Cruiselam genoa (overhauled, serviced 2015)
100% Roller Furling Tri Furl Cruiselam jib
0.75 oz Asymmetrical cruising spinnaker
There are additional storm sails and cruising sails including hank on staysail, storm trysail,
1.5 oz and 0.75 oz spinnakers.
Flat screen TV in main saloon, new 2012.
DVD player, speakers with controls throughout the vessel.
Cockpit speakers.
AB Rib dinghy with outboard motor (motor new 2009)
Life sling and MOB unit, both mounted on pushpit starboard side
Epirb unit, mounted on pushpit portside, and EPIRB inside
Life jackets (stored in locker on deck).
Avon 8 person life raft, set on coachroof
Fenders, warps, boathook, spares, tools, etc.
Bimini, new 2012.
Stainless Steel Simpson Tender Davits
Tools (as on inside of engine room door).
2001 refit works included:
New interior upholstery
New air conditioning chillers by Marine Air (4)
Engine top end overhaul
Complete generator service including new injectors, hoses, belts, etc.
New Echo Marine 900 GPD Watermaker
New Stainless Steel shaft, cutlass bearings (2),
Bottom paint stripped back to gelcoat, two coats of epoxy barrier coat and two coats of anti fouling
All deck hardware and winches serviced. Change sheaves in deck blocks as necessary
New Antal mainsheet traveler system and sheet blocks
Wet sand all gelcoat surfaces and polish
Mast : R&R all hardware and rigging, repaint with white Awlgrip, inspect and re-head all Navtec standing rigging as necessary and replace all running rigging.
Boom: Same
Replace mainsail-furling system with new Reckmann Hydrofurl
Replace headsail-furling system with new Reckmann Hydrofurl
All new canvas on deck including dodger, bimini, and misc. covers
All new working sail by Quantum
New refrigeration holding plates
All new running rigging
New tender davits from Simpson Marine
New rigid bottom inflatable tender
New lifelines and gates
All new interior varnish including cabin soles
New stainless steel antenna mast at transom
Electronics revised
CANDELA is an extended transom version of the successful Swan 59 model.
Her counter transom offers greater LOA on deck, as well as additional storage space in the lazzarette aft of the helm. She also has an extra deck locker where most 59's have a "well cockpit" by the companionway.
Her shallow draft Scheel keel (draft of 7.2 ft / 2.2m) coupled with her hydraulic push button sailing makes her an exceptional short handed cruiser.
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wireless keylock not working 2005 liberty
I have a 2005 Liberty Limited. Recently the wireless key fob quit working. In troubleshooting I discovered that both key fobs worked if you were right next to the driver door. I replaced the batteries in the key fobs but they still will only lock/unlock the doors when I am right next to the driver door. There must be a wireless receiver inside the vehicle but I don't know where it is or what might be wrong with it. Any ideas out there? Thanks!
Re: wireless keylock not working 2005 liberty
Don't know if liberty is made in the same way as the WJ. On the WJ the keyless receiver is part of the passenger door module. It has a wire sticking out of the module, which acts as an antenna. Could be that the wire is loose. This same problem (short distance of remote range) happens on the WJ.
Re: wireless keylock not working 2005 liberty
Some googling learned that the liberty is different. It seems that it has a combined sentry key/keyless entry receiver which is connected to the Body Control Module. It still has a wire antenna though, so have a look at that first.
Re: wireless keylock not working 2005 liberty
Thanks for the advice. I will take a look at the BCM.
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A.J. Reed continued his strong campaign for national player of the year honors, hitting his NCAA-leading 20th home run and pitching eight strong innings Thursday in a 15-1 series-opening win at Tennessee.
The No. 25 Wildcats flexed their hitting muscles against the Volunteers, getting home runs from Storm Wilson, Matt Reida and Ka'ai Tom as well in the blowout.
Reed (8-2) got much more offensive support than he required. The junior left-hander allowed just one run on three hits and struck out nine. He retired the last nine UT batters he faced, recording his ninth quality start in 12 outings this season.
Kentucky (28-17, 10-12 SEC) bounced back from a three-game sweep at the hands of Ole Miss last weekend at Cliff Hagan Stadium. The Cats increased their lead over Tennessee to two games in the Eastern Division standings.
The Cats pounded out 15 runs on 10 hits, six walks and a hit batsman. Wilson and Micheal Thomas each had two-hit nights. Eight of nine starters recorded a hit for UK and all nine starters scored a run.
Reed, who is now hitting .373 with 62 RBI, became only the eighth player in UK Baseball history to hit 20 or more home runs in a season. He is the first to do it since 2006 SEC Player of the Year Ryan Strieby did it during the Cats' league championship run.
Tennessee (26-17, 8-14 SEC) started Hunter Martin, who allowed seven runs on seven hits in dropping to 3-3 on the season.
The series resumes on Friday at 6 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN3.com. UK will send sophomore southpaw Dylan Dwyer (5-2, 3.96 ERA) vs. senior UT righty Nick Wiliams (4-4, 3.80 ERA).