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- n. Plural form of sarcophagus.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Plural of sarcophagus.
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And that, of course, according to the pope's wishes -- and these were his specific wishes -- will not be placed into a sarcophagus, but, of course, 148 popes buried with a lot -- most of them are in sarcophagi, which is a sign of nobility in the ancient world.
Rolling slowly round the floor between the sarcophagi was a heavy, oily white gas which Arthur at first thought might be there to give the place a little atmosphere until he discovered that it also froze his ankles.
The stone coffins, usually called sarcophagi, were of oblong shape, having flat straight sides, like a box, with a curved or pointed lid.
The only large structure in the city, the mosque which surmounts the Cave of Machpelah, is in excellent repair, especially since 1894-5, when the Jewish lads from the _Alliance_ school of Jerusalem renewed the iron gates within, and supplied fresh rails to the so-called sarcophagi of the Patriarchs.
Of the at least nine articles the Brooklyn Paper has written regarding the ginormous new security bollards outside the renovated Atlantic Terminal-which the broadsheet has unilaterally, and rather humorously, dubbed sarcophagi - this one might well be our favorite.
uraeus cartouche canopic ankh was faience ba ka sarcophagi shabti
Perhaps as guides to the afterlife crocodiles were also embalmed in sarcophagi in these tombs, placed alongside canopic jars filled with vital organs necessary for the thereafter.
Houselike structures—little chests with gables—are at once sarcophagi, architecture and metaphors for the church as an enormous reliquary protecting the obligatory relics within its consecrated altar.
Feeble start-up funds were announced for a green investment bank, one sixth of the minimum £6bn thought necessary, and there was a tragic-comic increase in one area after the government underestimated the cost of decommissioning nuclear power stations ( "late and over-budget" will be carved on the concrete sarcophagi of the industry).
"Fascinating Mummies" brings together a selection of pieces from the museum centered around mummification and death rituals, including recent cat scans of mummies, revealing previously unseen contents of the sarcophagi.


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Madonna and Child with infant Saint John the Baptist
(c. 1514-1515)
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Measurements
- 45.5 × 35.8 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Italy
- Accession Number
- 2011.330
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Andrew Sisson, 2011
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
- Gallery location
- Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
- About
Correggio is one of the greatest and most influential figures of the Italian High Renaissance. Painted in the early 1500s, this picture provides great insight into the development of the young Correggio, shedding new light on the extent to which he was prepared to experiment with form, design and the degree of emotional content in his work. A developing sense of humanism is a central characteristic of 14th and 15th century Italian art, culminating in the perfect naturalism of the High Renaissance, with Correggio as one of its most admired and able exponents.

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Discussion in 'The Trash Can' started by essence_of_soy, Oct 19, 2011.
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Ooh, love the mention of B/S' transitions.
Chan may be inconsistent, but "Take Five" at Worlds was the textbook definition of effortless.
I think Virtue/Moir fit this too.
With all due respect to Japanese skaters, I find it interesting how they (eventually) win the boards though they never win polls.
I agree with butyrskaya making it seem difficult to skate for most of the time when she was competing...but somehow she's one of my favorite skaters and her short program at 2000 worlds is still my favorite short program of the ladies...somehow she made that specific program seem effortless...miss her!
As in Kwan performing year after year in a way rarely seen today to only be called lazy ...
Virtue and Moir. I was surprised how fast they were but made it look to smooth easy and effortless.
They also have an ease with one another that comes with the amount of time they have skated together. I appreciate this kind of ease from many longstanding partnerships.
Master of anything require the greatest difficulties done effortlessly, then achieve the easier elements simply, purely, often with some aspect of signatured originality that makes the choreography the performer's own.
From the Brits present: John Curry, Robin Cousins, Torville and Dean doing the Bolero....enough said


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Cant seem to figure out how to post pics. I click on the icon that says "insert image" but then cant seem to figure it out. Can somebody help me out. Thanks, Doug
Cant seem to figure out how to post pics. I click on the icon that says "insert image" but then cant seem to figure it out. Can somebody help me out. Thanks, Doug
Doug, after you click on the Insert Image button it will open another little window. At the top, click on the From Computer words, then click down in the lower right corner the words Basic Uploader, then click the Browse button, pick your picture, then under the location of the pic, it says UPLOAD Files, click it and it will go from there. Just a reminder, anything with a LARGE file size it will probably fail on, resize all your pictures to 1024x1024 or lower.
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Thomas Bartram
Could moderators sticky these instructions? I am certain there are others who would refer to this.
Janne....first hives April 2013, 19 hives, treat, plant zone 8b, at sea level, latitude 49.13, longitude 123.06
> resize all your pictures to 1024x1024 or lower.
If you are attempting to use the forum photo attachment feature, the image must be 800 x 800 or less, and file size no more than 195 Kb.
There are photo uploading tips in the FAQ tab, here:
The above pertains to using the forum attachment feature, and will result in the clickable thumbnail style photos. Another option is to use a photo host like Flickr or Photobucket and then post a link here. If you choose the IMG style link offered by those hosts, images will be displayed inline full size.
USDA Zone 7A Elevation 1400 ft
Practice photo
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First try at posting pic. Hope it works. This is from one of my hives using foundationless.
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Egypt Prepares for Historic Elections
USIP's Daniel Brumberg discusses the significance of Egypt's election for the country and the region.
USIP's Daniel Brumberg discusses the significance of Egypt's election for the country and the region.
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This week, Egypt will hold its presidential election. What is its significance for Egypt and for the wider Middle East?
It would be no exaggeration to say that this is the most important election to take place in Egypt in more than 50 years. The president has been the lynchpin of political power since 1954. As such, the entire electoral machinery was periodically mobilized to ensure the president's reelection. Supplied with enormous constitutional powers, the office of the president symbolized the essence of Egypt's system.
Given this historical context, it was hardly surprising that the one goal shared by all factions of Egypt's revolution was to secure a democratically elected president under the umbrella of a truly democratic constitution, and in concert with a democratically elected parliament. This week's presidential election will provide Egyptians with the opportunity to achieve most—although not all—elements of this vision.
It's a historic moment of unparalleled importance.
You note that it is a chance to achieve "most—although not all" of the democratic opposition's goals. What do you mean by this? What are the key obstacles to electing a president capable of pushing the democratic transition forward?
There are really two immediate challenges, both of which are intimately connected.
First is the challenge posed by deep ideological and social divisions in Egyptian society, and within the political elite itself. There is an Islamist-secular split, as well as a sharp divide pitting mainstream Islamists from the Muslim Brotherhood against the Salafists. There is also a generational divide between the younger activists who favor a more profound political transformation, and older actors, some of whom are ready and even eager to forge compromises with leaders and sectors drawn from the previous regime.
These divisions have undermined the democratically elected parliament's efforts to create a constituent assembly charged with the task of creating a new constitution. In the absence of political consensus, Egypt is not only going into elections without a new constitution, but without a united opposition that can articulate a common vision, particularly regarding the key issue of what powers the military will wield the day after the elections. And this raises the second challenge: how to encourage the military to support a democratic process that could very well produce an elected president whose authority is not dependent on or subordinated to the military itself.
Press reports indicate widespread concerns that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, or SCAF, could move to undercut the authority of a new president. Are such fears justified?
I understand such concerns but I believe that it is far too late to turn the clock back, and that the military understands this. Indeed, the fact of the matter is that the SCAF is not preventing a free and fair presidential election, and has even allowed foreign observers, including former President Jimmy Carter, to monitor the vote. There has been a four-hour televised debate between two of the leading candidates (Abdel-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh and Amr Moussa), as well as open campaigning for the first time in modern Egypt's history. This dynamic is creating facts on the ground that pose the most severe political challenge the military has ever faced.
While the SCAF's decision-making process is opaque, I would guess that its 20 members have been engaged in vigorous debate about how to balance the legitimate interests of the military with the legitimate requisites of a democratizing Egypt.
That seems like a difficult balancing act? How will the candidates respond to this challenge?
It is a difficult balancing act and huge challenge, but one that is hardly unique to Egypt. Indeed, absent a complete collapse of the old system – as was largely the case in Tunisia—transitions of this kind usually involve some kind of negotiation, some process of give and take. One key challenge is for the opposition to find a measure of consensus regarding the kinds of compromises they will try to sell to the military. Such a consensus has been in short supply, in part because Egyptians themselves have different points of view on the matter. Some, particularly those who fear a radical break with the old system, view Ahmed Shafiq --a former prime minister with military past who openly calls for compromises that would sustain the military's influence -- as their best bet. Others who share this desire for continuity, but nevertheless seek a leader with a measure of greater independence and legitimacy, favor Amr Moussa.
As a veteran politician with extensive foreign policy experience, Moussa has the advantage of name appeal, and advocates a kind of middle ground position on a host of issues that reassures many sectors, including secular Egyptians, Coptic Christians, the business community, and the military itself. Finally there are the Islamists candidates, including Muslim Brotherhood Leader Mohamed Mursi, and Dr. Abul Fotouh, a former Muslim Brotherhood leader who espouses a more liberal vision of Islam by comparison to Mursi. Both candidates have indicated some readiness to reach a compromise with the military, although statements from veteran Muslim Brethren leaders suggest a lively debate within the movement's Freedom and Justice Party. Thus, for example, party leader and veteran activist Dr. Esam el-Erian has stated --in one breath mind you-- that his party "will not allow (the military) to wield political influence in the new state," but that "dismantling the army's hold on the civil state is a gradual process because any quick decision will led to a civilian-military confrontation." It will not be easy to square this circle, but that will be in the challenge in the coming years. It is a long process.
Does such a multiplicity of positions concern you?
Answer: Not really, they are natural, part and parcel of a democratic process. Indeed, to see these various positions compete for popular support after 50 plus years of autocracy, that is something to behold. That said, too much fragmentation among the opposition on essential issues could also present a problem. After all, it' s a negotiation, and thus leverage is key. But this is why the presidential election is such a crucial moment. Whoever is elected will be presented with an historic opportunity to preside over the remaining, but vital key steps in the transition, the most important of which will be forging a new constitution. Suddenly, the issue of leadership has become pivotal to Egypt's future. Hold on to your seats.


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Musa ornata, Roxb. India (Deccan): root, scape (leafless flower stalk), and convolute leaf-sheaths eaten. Ref. WATT.
Musa paradisiaca, L. Yucatan: corm eaten as a famine food by the Huastec Maya. It is said that, after one month of continually eating this, a person swells up and dies. Ethnomedical use: sap of corm used for dysentery and burns. India Rajasthan, western): tuber [sic] boiled, dried and crushed with leaf sheath and center core and eaten as a vegetable; stem peeled and eaten raw. Vernacular name - Yucatan (Teenek): It 'ath ['soft']. Rajasthan (western): Kele /Kela. Ref. ALCORN, SAXENA.
Musa rosacea, Jacq. India: rhizomes and shoots eaten. Ref. GAMMIE.
Musa sapientum, L. India: the stem of the tree which afterward bears the plantain, is eaten raw. Vernacular name - Bombay Presidency: Nasik district, Peint; Ahmednagar district, Akola: Kawadar. Ref. GAMMIE.
Musa superba, Roxb. India (Deccan): root, scape (leafless flower stalk), and convolute leaf-sheaths eaten. (Bombay Presidency): rhizomes and shoots eaten; roots of wild plantains dried, pounded, and [the flour] used [for making] bread. Vernacular names - Bombay Presidency: Nasik district, Kalwan: Kardai. Khandesh district: Rankele. Nasik and Poona districts: Kawdari. Ref. GAMMIE, WATT.


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Jason Bellamy: Ten years from now, if not sooner, when people refer to Standard Operating Procedure, they'll call it Errol Morris' film about Abu Ghraib. But anyone who has seen the film, and certainly anyone who has heard Morris discuss it, knows that the prisoner abuse scandal that unfolded at the notorious Baghdad prison wasn't the subject of the documentarian's investigation. For Morris, the scandal is coincidental context. What Standard Operating Procedure is actually about is the elusiveness of unambiguous truth in photojournalism. Morris uses the digital snapshots of prisoner harassment at Abu Ghraib to illustrate that while a picture never lies, it seldom tells the truth. To look at a photo of a hooded man, standing on a box with wires wrapped around his fingers, is to see just that, yet instinctively we give images additional meaning; we fill in the areas outside of the frame. In the context of Abu Ghraib we look at that aforementioned photo and call it a depiction of torture or harassment or effective interrogation or standard operating procedure, etc. Any one of these might be true. A few of them might be true. Or maybe none of those interpretations is true. In the end, all we really have is an image of a hooded man, standing on a box with wires wrapped around his fingers. That's where unambiguous truth ends.
I mention all of this as setup to our conversation about the films of Errol Morris because I think it's fascinating that a documentary filmmaker would call attention to the unavoidable deceptiveness of his medium. Though most moviegoers are savvy enough to realize that documentaries seldom deal in Absolute Truth, the documentary genre is one that relies on the presentation of at least near-truth. As a "documentary," Standard Operating Procedure is akin to 60 Minutes; without that label, it would be akin to A Few Good Men. Fictional films can still be truthful, of course, but their truth has a different weight. In a fiction film the "based on a true story" assertion is a decoration, an accessory. It's like a tattoo. In a documentary, truth is the spine holding everything in place. Thus, you'd think that no documentary filmmaker would want to chop away at the very element that keeps the genre upright. Then again, not many documentary filmmakers are so specifically expressive with their images as Morris. I wouldn't go so far as to argue that Morris' documentaries are more unambiguously truthful than anyone else's, but few filmmakers are so skillful at slicing away the periphery to narrow in on the subject at hand. I can't think of any filmmaker who so adeptly and obsessively focuses our attention to precisely what's on screen.
Ed Howard: The thing is, truth is always at the center of Morris' films, as you'd expect of a documentary filmmaker, but he also acknowledges that truth is a complicated thing; he's always toying with questions of truth and fiction. Morris' films aren't about The Truth; they're about our personal, private truths, as well as the lies and rationalizations we create for our actions. So fiction and lies and manipulation are also at the center of Morris' films. Fiction is as much the spine of his work as truth. In fact, Morris has gotten a lot of flak as a documentarian for his extensive use of reenactments and reconstructions, starting with his third film, 1988's The Thin Blue Line. I can think of few documentary filmmakers—other than the much cruder Michael Moore—who so obsessively tinker with their images, who are so engaged in presenting only exactly what they want the audience to see. As you said, Morris focuses our attention very tightly; he has a very precise, rigid control over his images, which is not inconsistent with truthfulness but certainly complicates the matter. All documentaries must deal with this issue, but they usually do so behind the scenes. Incompleteness is implicit in every film, whether it's fiction or documentary. If we're seeing only what Morris wants us to see, we're not seeing everything, we're not seeing the whole story. And he's usually dealing with such complex issues and stories that it would be impossible to show everything anyway. I'd imagine that most documentarians grapple with (or at least acknowledge) this stuff privately, but Morris makes it the subtext, if not the subject, of his work.
The solution to this problem, for Morris, is to narrativize his documentaries, to shape and mold his raw material into a forward-moving story that will grip an audience like it's a Hollywood thriller. I want to be clear that this is not a criticism of Morris—I don't agree with those purists who reject his work because of its manipulation, the use of fictional constructs and stylized imagery. I want only to get to the essence of his often powerful work. And that essence must include roughly equal measures of truth and fiction, much like in the work of his idol and mentor Werner Herzog, who pushed a procrastinating Morris into making his first film, 1978's Gates of Heaven. Morris' approach to truth is not singular, it is multifaceted. He recognizes that we each have our own truths. So he simply lets his interviewees speak, whether what they're saying is truth, lies, or something in between, and even if they are immediately contradicted by another interviewee with his or her own conception of the truth.
Morris seldom enters these films as a commentator. His voice is heard very sporadically throughout his oeuvre, only occasionally asking for clarification or nudging a reluctant interviewee into answering a tough question. Mostly, he allows the words of his subjects to stand alone, and he makes no attempt to untangle the contradictions and lies and rationalizations in their words. It's up to the audience to decide what's true, although Morris usually guides his viewers towards his own preferred avenues of interpretation—his narratives are tightly constructed to tell a certain story, to reach the conclusions that Morris wants us to reach from this material. He gives the appearance of objectivity by staying out of the film, by remaining behind the camera, unseen and mostly unheard. But the paradox of his films is that, though Morris himself remains outside the image, seemingly letting objective reality stand on its own, really he's active in every frame of his films, always putting form to how we see and hear things. Over the course of his career, he's become a master storyteller, which is not a trait often ascribed to documentary filmmakers. Maybe it should be used more often. It certainly applies to Morris, at least.
JB: Yes, Morris is a masterful storyteller, and a masterfully deceptive one. Deceptive because, unlike Herzog, he doesn't construct his films in a way that suggests that he has a story to tell. Quite the opposite, Morris plays the part of a priest hearing confessions. This is an accurate description of his involvement on one hand, because Morris' films empower his subjects to tell their own stories. But it's misleading on the other hand, because in the silence of the editing room it's Morris who has ultimate control over these confessions. How Morris packages these testimonials, how they are scored and how he accompanies them with reenactments or metaphorical B-roll, shapes the raw footage. The straightforward nature of Morris' confessional style camouflages the complexity of his filmmaking.
That said, Morris is a far more complex storyteller today than he was in the early stages of his career. Gates of Heaven, about a pet cemetery in California and the people who run it and bury their dead pets there, strikes me as something of an accidental masterpiece. I don't want to undercut Morris' contributions, but in this case it's the oddball subjects who bring complexity to the table, and they don't need much help. In most instances Morris doesn't do much more than point his camera at his characters, pull their strings and let them go. I'd wildly applaud him for coaxing such colorful conversation from his interviewees if they seemed to need require any coaxing. (The attentive camera is a powerful aphrodisiac, I think.) Morris' biggest achievement was just finding this story and these people.
One of the most memorable encounters in the film is with Florence Rasmussen, an old woman who begins several minutes of mad rambling by talking about how she doesn't get around very well and ends it by bragging about how well she gets around. Rasmussen's necessity in this film is flimsy at best; supposedly she lives in the area of the cemetery. But her wacky rambling, like something out of Grey Gardens, is too delicious for Morris to ignore, and so there she is. Rasmussen is just the tip of the oddball iceberg. Compared to The Thin Blue Line or Standard Operating Procedure, where Morris needs to be meticulous with factual specifics, here he can afford to be careless, abstract. Gates of Heaven is a discovery of riches more than it's an invention.
EH: I think that Morris emerged as a storyteller with The Thin Blue Line. His first two films, whatever their other merits, are looser, more anecdotal, and the stories they have to tell are incidental to their appeal. This is especially apparent in the first half of Gates of Heaven, when Morris spends quite some time dealing with the failure of Floyd McClure's idea for a pet cemetery. Structurally, this section points the way forward to Morris' later semi-narrative films, as he cuts back and forth between McClure and the investors he had working with him on his plan. As in later Morris films, they each tell their side of the story, and Morris lets them all talk, lets them contradict one another without correction. But it is, frankly, mostly boring. Before rewatching the film for this conversation, I'd vividly remembered the quirky interviews with the Harberts family and various pet owners in the latter half of the film, and had all but forgotten everything else. I'd wager that no one remembers the film because of its account of Floyd McClure's inept business dealings. In comparison to later Morris works, the storytelling here is rough and unsatisfying, with too many gaps and no sense of context or temporal sequence. It's obvious that Morris has the instinct to tell stories, even at this early point in his career, but he doesn't yet have the proper subject or the aesthetic tools.


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Meera to Marry Airline Captain
Tue 24-01-2012
The Pakistani actress Meera announced that she is marrying a Pakistani-American airline captain Naveed Shehzad.
The couple is likely to get engaged on February 19 in Lahore
"Shehzad is a family friend and I will be getting engaged to him on my family's insistence," Meera told Express Tribune.
According to media reports, the two have been seeing each other for three years.
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On Friday's "Good Morning America," Chris Cuomo talked with Hillary Clinton supporter Senator Charles Schumer of New York and sympathized about how tough exiting the campaign must be for the candidate. After observing how some dared describe her failure to immediately endorse Barack Obama a calculating move, Cuomo empathized, "But, you know her. You've been talking to her. How difficult has this all been for her emotionally?"
In an earlier segment, reporter Kate Snow recounted the secret meeting between Senators Obama and Clinton on Thursday. After summarizing in an impressed tone how reporters were camped outside the New York senator's Washington home, Snow marveled, "But somehow, Senator Clinton managed to slip out of her house undetected to meet secretly with Obama at the home of Senator Dianne Feinstein." Yet, in 2003, when President Bush secretly traveled to Baghdad to have Thanksgiving dinner with U.S. troops, the press did not appear as awed. The MRC's Brent Baker recounted the annoyed tone that many journalists adopted in a December 1, 2003 CyberAlert:
[Howard] Kurtz, hosting CNN's Reliable Sources on Sunday, grilled his guests repeatedly about the appropriateness of reporters cooperating with the White House, but neither guest -- Washington Post reporter Mike Allen or Newsweek's Don Klaidman -- agreed. Kurtz complained about how "they put out a false story," pressed Allen about how "in retrospect, was the press used here for an elaborate two-hour turkey filled presidential photo-op?" and was disturbed about all the positive coverage Thursday on cable: "It sounded like he landed on the moon instead of in Baghdad."
A transcript of Chris Cuomo's interview with Charles Schumer, which aired at 7:05am on June 6, 2008, follows:
CHRIS CUOMO: Not easy to nail things down here. Let's try to get some more insight. Joining us from Washington is a prominent supporter of Hillary Clinton, fellow New York senator, senior senator from New York, Charles Schumer. Senator, thank you for joining us this morning.
SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER: Good morning, Chris. Morning.
CUOMO: Please shed light on this meeting for us. Was this about Hillary becoming the vice president?
SCHUMER: No, this meeting, [coughs] excuse me, both, both Hillary and Barack have said they were going to meet in the near future. They were going to do it outside of the klieg lights and all the hundreds of questions. I think it's an example of the kind of unprecedented cooperation you are going to see between the two campaigns. Because both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton said throughout this primary, the most important thing is winning November, and this is a good, both symbol and first step, in terms of uniting the party to win in November.
CUOMO: Senator would you agree that dealing with the issue who the vice president is, is the first and perhaps biggest test for Barack so far?
SCHUMER: Well, it's certainly not the first test. Because he's going to take his time, as he should and Senator Clinton is a team player. And she's done exactly the right thing. She has said if Senator Obama should want her to be the vice president and thinks it would be best for the ticket, she will serve, she will take that. She will accept that. But, on the other hand, if he chooses someone else, she'll work just as hard for the party in November. And he is going to take this time. He has said to some of us, it's better to do it-- It's better to do it right, than do it quickly. And that's what is going to happen.
CUOMO: So, Senator, straight question, should Hillary be the vice president?
SCHUMER: Well, I think she would be a very strong candidate for vice president. There are many of us who do. But that choice is going to be Senator Obama's. He knows best because he's running the ticket and running the campaign. And everyone, including Senator Clinton and almost all of her supporters will abide by his choice, whatever it is.
CUOMO: Concern that Barack Obama cannot win if he doesn't have Hillary as his running mate?
SCHUMER: Look, I think that we had, and we said this throughout the primary, most Democrats did, both Obama supporters and Hillary supporters like myself, we have two extremely strong candidates. This was not one of those primaries where you said, boy, why couldn't we find someone better? I think Barack Obama is going to bel be a strong candidate. I think he's going to beat John McCain handsomely. And I think that will happen whether Hillary is on the ticket or not. I think, as I said, she is a strong, strong choice. And I would urge Senator Obama to consider her very seriously, but I think this is going to be a strong Democratic year. The Bush-McCain type of thinking is just out of touch. And yet, both [SIC] Senator McCain clings to the Bush type thinking. It's not going to work.
CUOMO: Let me ask you something, there's been a lot of criticism of Hillary for why she didn't concede in the original speech. That this was a calculating move. But, you know her. You've been talking to her. How difficult has this all been for her emotionally?
SCHUMER: Well, of course it's been difficult. You run long and hard for a year an a half. I ran an intense Senate campaign. And, wow, that was intense, but it's nothing like running for president. And you wake up at 6:00 in the morning, work hard 'til midnight every night for a year and a half and then you lose by a little tiny bit. Of course it's hard. And Hillary Clinton deserved her space. In other words, she deserved a little time to put on paper what she wants to say to the American people. She's going to do it Saturday. After that point, you know, most of us who have been Hillary supporters, just about all of us will line up firmly behind Barack Obama. But she deserves her little space. She deserves her way of merging this campaign into the Obama campaign. And what she did was perfectly appropriate.
CUOMO: Senator Schumer, appreciate the insight this morning.


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8 out of 10, you are missing an AR and a wheel gun!
This is a discussion on Gun Porn within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Meet my family:...
8 out of 10, you are missing an AR and a wheel gun!
Ccccccc what? Ccccccccccc Hawks!
Do they every mate and reproduce?
The gun safe could be a very productive place.
I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness,
nor the arrow for its swiftness,
nor the warrior for his glory.
I love only that which they defend.
-J.R.R. Tolkien
Good looking "family"!
*WARNING - I may or may not know what I am talking about.
Great looking collection ;-)
A Native Floridian = RARE
The 556 would be an excellent addition.
Friends don't let friends be MALL NINJAS.
I am just as nice as anyone lets me be and can be just as mean as anyone makes me. - Quoted from Terryger, New member to our forum.
I'm unfamiliar with rifles. The pistols look like (from left to right), a Ruger SR9, Sig p239, subcompact XD, Ruger LCP, at first thought it was a SIG but noticed the hammer, Glock 17, 1911 (not sure what brand).
On duty: Glock 21 SF (.45) w/ Safariland Cobra Tactical holster & Remington Hallow-points
CCW: Glock 19 Gen 3 (9mm) w/ Crossbreed Supertuck IWB holster
Magtech Hollow-points
The first 4 are shotguns, then the 270, and then a couple of 22's.
In the middle is a Browning 22.
For the auto-loaders:
Ruger SR9, Sig P239, Springfield XD9 sc, Ruger LCP, Bersa Thunder 9 sc, Glock G23, and last but not least my Kimber (I switched the barrel from 45 to 22 for plinking).
That's what I call my monthly Quarter Horse Journal....my 'horsie porn.'
Especially the Stallion issue!
Damn, you're definitely the type a friend to have. Nice collection for sure, even though I'm a revolver guy.
Monsters are real and so are ghosts. They live inside of us, and sometimes they win.
~ Stephen King
Very nice collection... but you do need at least one revolver, even if it's just a fun gun...
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Day 22 Cardio Log, Reminders & Motivation
Once you have completed your daily cardio workout, log it in the replies below.
Tell us what kind of cardio you did today and for how long!
Did you walk an extra 10 - 30 minutes in addition to your daily workout/cardio?
Did you drink at least 64 oz of water today?
Don't forget to update your food/fitness journals.
My exercise today: Wednesday, May 22nd:Metabolic conditioning: 38' video that took me 60' to finish: 412 calories http://www.youtube.com/watch?
33 mins on the elliptical
10 mins on stair stepper
I had to cram in my run. I did a 30 minute, go hard run. I managed 3.1 miles in 30:04, including the time I spent waiting for cars at crosswalks! I am really happy with that pace!
"Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want right now."
I did a 4 mile run in 34 minutes.
I played a one hour softball game.
And I'm sooo ready for bed! Work also kicked my butt today!!


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There's a lot of justifiable shock today at a Wall Street Journal report on what Ron Paul's portfolio consists of:
Most members of Congress, like many Americans, hold some real estate, a few bonds or bond mutual funds, some individual stocks and a bundle of stock funds….But Ron Paul's portfolio isn't merely different. It's shockingly different.
Yes, about 21% of Rep. Paul's holdings are in real estate and roughly 14% in cash. But he owns no bonds or bond funds and has only 0.1% in stock funds. Furthermore, the stock funds that Rep. Paul does own are all "short," or make bets against, U.S. stocks. One is a "double inverse" fund that, on a daily basis, goes up twice as much as its stock benchmark goes down.
The remainder of Rep. Paul's portfolio – fully 64% of his assets – is entirely in gold and silver mining stocks.
This tells us a few interesting things about Ron Paul. First, it is more evidence of his distrust of experts or of experts with beliefs within the mainstream. You would be hard pressed to find a non-crank economist or financial advisor who would suggest such a portfolio. Is there any economic issue about which Paul does not have extreme beliefs?
The investment advisor the WSJ talked to had this to say:
Mr. Bernstein says he has never seen such an extreme bet on economic catastrophe. "This portfolio is a half-step away from a cellar-full of canned goods and nine-millimeter rounds," he says.
What would it tell us about Ron Paul if he literally had a cellar-full of canned goods and nine-millimeter rounds? And what does it tell us about the average person who chooses the so-called "prepper" lifestyle?
In effect you are spending a lot of time and money insuring against one highly unlikely outcome. Either these people have extreme preferences or extreme probability beliefs. Extreme preferences would mean they would hate being unprepared in a post-apocalyptic U.S. way, way, way more than the rest of us would. Given how much almost any of us would hate it, it's hard to imagine how their expected disutility in this outcome could be large enough to justify the tens of thousands of times more they spend on insuring than the rest of us do ("But I'm insuring against this zero" you object, but admit it: when you spend that extra $10 on the fancy maglite flashlight, visions of a post-apocaplyse and a thought of "just in case…" zipped through your mind. Don't worry, I won't tell your wife* you're a prepping just a little bit). So I think this rules out extreme preferences as the primary determinant, which leaves you with extreme beliefs.
What do extreme beliefs about the odds of complete economic disaster tell you? One thing it suggests to me is bad economic theories. This is the point Krugman his rightly been making about those who have predicted we'd be facing hyperinflation by now. We didn't need this datapoint to tell us Ron Paul has extreme and crankish ideas about economics, but it certainly reinforces the idea that he is not faking it.
In some part I think beliefs like this also reflect wishful thinking. There is a lot of moralizing that accompanies bad economic theories. As if our failure to adhere to the crank theories makes us in a way deserve economic collapse. The ability to yell "you should have listened to me!" and "I told you so!" from a well prepared bunker as society collapses is every crank's fantasy. I'm not going to psychoanalyze too deeply, but I do think there is something sociopathic about a desire to be right that is so strong it makes people, even subconsciously, kind of want a global disaster to happen. To the preppers and doomsayers in the room: you can object all day you don't want it to happen, but I have spoken to many of you in real life, and I have seen the wishful glimmer in many of your eyes**.
So what does this belief tell us about Ron Paul in particular? Well we can say something additional about his beliefs based on the fact that he is running for president. As Will Wilkinson pointed on on twitter, his insurance against disaster tells us either Paul thinks he has no shot at being president, or that even if he becomes president he can do nothing to prevent economic doom. So which is it? This is actually an important question and one that reporters should be asking him.
Another thing I think you can arguably take from this relates to the re-emerging scandal of Paul's racist newsletters. Racism, especially of the kind espoused by whoever wrote Paul's newsletter, can be thought of as another crazy belief. It is my contention that crazy beliefs tend to be correlated. For any given crazy claim, people who hold another crazy belief are more likely to accept it, and those who hold dozens of crazy beliefs are way more likely to accept it. Because of this phenomenon, of I think it is more likely that Ron Paul actually believes the crazy things published in his newsletters than it is that Barack Obama believes the crazy things Reverend Wright said. Ron Paul is on the record as holding many crazy beliefs, whereas Barack Obama is not (that creating green jobs is something for policy to target may be wrong, but it's not crazy).
Overall though, I think Conor Friedersdorf is correct when he argues that it is unlikely Ron Paul truly believes these crazy racist things given everything else we hear out of him. But I do think the odds that he does are higher than they would be if he didn't hold all the other crazy beliefs, and they are higher than the odds Obama believes the crazy things Wright said.
I don't think this is a partisan argument, and I think even Ron Paul supporters should agree with me. This is because you can believe something is true and still agree it is crazy relative to expert consensus, and you can also agree crazy beliefs, defined as such, are highly correlated.
*Yes, I am implying here that the tendency to insure even the tiniest bit against doomsday scenarios is a primarily male tendency.
**Then again, who am I to judge? Some part of me wants a zombie invasion to happen.


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Fauria and Mut discuss the Brady window. How many years does the Patriots star QB realistically have left?
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Both all of a year round for me I think the -- -- find a body of -- it is early or are you as saying. -- however many we play twenty games this year so Erica White basically every -- you can't really. It out short cut off -- and I think that's certain -- these that your particular spot. You know it's more like -- my grass and -- like your -- rest a little bit. At that he's a little party you know this was emotional energy that span and -- challenging is that you know get up and down. There really get up for every game and and that you with a bit more -- so I bought it goes on my body goes straight to come out of a lot CNN. You know I feel like well. I just wish we could play -- mortgage. At your quarterback Tom Brady earlier this week with the NC -- united 37 WEEI Christian Fauria. Is -- how's the man who appeared on storm the castle -- game show that actually aired once in 1993 we found the audio. From Christian and Joel have that for you later on in the show great job like Joes are -- our producer. -- track -- that jot down a bad job like Christian not telling us who's on the game show that is actually on YouTube but here's the game show question -- one of the break. I asked everybody what's the window for Tom Brady immediately. Attacks came back at 37937. On the window for Brady is closed already and it's closed all caps exclamation point. Let me ask you. 37 and August. How do you view the window how many years to the patriots have left the Brady is the quarterback Christian. And big -- championship contender. Because of Brady because the office. Is he is long as he wants to play he's going to play so I was late this analogy to this that this is the closest Mikey come to. My experience with an older quarterback hall of fame quarterback which Tom Brady is. So I always used to Warren Moon analogy so. Warren Moon came to Seattle from Minnesota. In 1996. He was forty years old. Day and I was in my third year. So. I remember when he first got there and you start throwing the ball like how good this guy was -- it it. More importantly. How Smart he was as far as getting your byline that correctly you know everybody knowing what to do after having Rick Meyer who was the first round draft Taurasi scored from. John freeze the Brock you're. You name it a week Adam in Seattle. So -- comes -- His first year and he ends up at forty years old. Okay he ends up it doesn't really played -- much his first year because they're really trying to push for the Rick Meyer thing but the next year. He ended up making a Pro Bowl. And he and 83. He had 83 point seven quarterback hurry. He played great she led the league in yards per game passing that your to a 45 he was a million viewers phenomenal and beat out and I'm not gonna compare Tom Brady's arm to warm news -- any better for Beers that are similar but different in the way they approach the game and in how to manage the game. But as far as what they can bring to a team there are dead even. That even I'll take I'll never take anything away from -- -- what they gave -- away from promptly with -- problem and warm home -- he was 44. Kate last three years of Kansas City didn't really play OK I don't think that's the route robberies -- ago when he retires he's going to be done. You got so many more years out of this guy I -- 58 the windows only two or three years I think you're selling yourself a little short. OK so I saw Tom Brady like two weeks ago. And we were doing the shows for crafts sports are doing the whole patriots all access. Do a couple of shows and Brady comes in to kind of shoot something I don't know what was. And I was like you know he's 6465. Is 222 pounds and I didn't know that Thomas like man excuse me. -- public wilted away he's a signal to point to hide it well. I feel great. That's all I need to know I don't idle question that he feels great -- a question that's part of it that but he has to feel great because it. If the older you get. The worst you're gonna feel owed to us by the fact that you can't beat up -- as easily as you used to when you were 25 years. Recovery time you could perhaps more like him but recovery time when you are. You know 21 verses even 31 that ten year difference between what you can put your body through -- recovers verses you know the the age or at and and I bring this question up. It because you you played with -- you -- throw you a chance that seemed throw again this year. Bring it up because if you look at the the Super Bowl right Peyton Manning can become the second oldest quarterback in the National Football League to win a Super Bowl. You're the guys who were 35 or older since the Super Bowl started. Right the first 47 Super Bowls. Who were who actually won age 35 or older unite us are back clunky -- Elway. If -- guys who did it Elway did him back to back years 9798. Dollars and 37 of 38 years since then nobody. Really the modern era of the National Football League if you don't want a quote look at star back in a unitas. John always the only guy to go back to 3738. When they finally got Terrell Davis and changed the way that team walked the only guy 35 or older to actually win a super. I played against -- Denver Broncos teams OK and I remember mediate. Because they were but they were great. -- but. John Elway. Is not nearly as. I guess I did not is not nearly held up as well I think is -- past. We want what John Elway it was stories 730 -- those -- bulls beat you when you secede from run with a knee braces and everything like that. It looked painful I know Brady is not the most athletic guy outcomes are running in the open field. But just the look like it hurts it looks like it hurts John -- went out watch those games okay. Tom Brady I would say probably has a better team around him than most when it comes to take care of his body. What puts into his body. How are we cop faster -- -- he's not sleeping at hyper -- for a hampered -- recorder that -- tiger Papa -- chamber you know disputed J. D. -- yet he's not doing that. I'd do it doesn't need to. Vitamins is a good crew around dumb one of the best in the business name's Alex -- -- last name but you know they -- he's great what he does keeping Tom on the field working out of body. Deepen and into and I know he gets a lot of rest. Regards -- -- has. So I think that needs to play into it when you think about. Mike can invest a lot of money. Any guy it would discredit his freezer right now what -- -- you know -- three years patent any -- money that he -- for the Broncos hope Mike in a second. It -- second. If there were physical at CL a holds up I mean they're not going to be a doctor that says you can't do it. Well that's why I we say three years you've hit the sweet spot for me I think heading -- TB AB 37 by Thomas -- starts. I believe the Brady championship window -- three years age 3738. And 39. And I can still play after that he wants to like you said you keep playing war -- played forever. But at that point he really -- Play plate forever but he was a back hoping Kansas is so you really I can't really count that. Because I was a back up my last two years and it would believe it's much easier being a back up but it is being a starter who. Remove the year you talked about he's 41 years old you know that would be not be the fifth season to be say Brady is -- nearly 37. That would give Brady five more seasons. -- up until 41 to be true championship -- -- Jimmy to quarterback -- contender. I think you'll still be good but -- realistically what you can bank on. Is three more years I think Warren -- Christian. Is a freak of nature -- are far more guys that would get to 373839. They're -- they're skills have deteriorated on the arm strength or moon does. They can't make the decisions anymore can't move like they used to. And are the same guys anymore. We get -- -- -- all want which finally get him on the phone. -- -- -- -- -- -- the -- that there are about to tell me that's very common good I think you KP when you talk about aids and how what effects a quarterback. I think it's important to. To talk to a guy like that figure out -- what are the big impacts you know because you mentioned EF 41 because I'm 42. OK and don't get dale for I think but to make up for my life majority. In and out a there's if I -- -- that we're joke around yesterday about coaching people would receive ministries they hate you given of the year idea. As a mentally of course I -- mentally I can do it physically now -- -- half a it would take some convincing. -- -- -- and when I Wyatt of sign North Carolina. I was in Hawaii for like two months just -- thought it was done. They called the opposite page one play out like. When I get home all work out I'll CL I feel. Off. I was like this is not this is not happening -- for you and I think when you talk about what he gets to forty. Obviously forties always like a big is a big number when it comes to life changing events in OK in my starting over. And keep going -- what do you do with my lives on so forth it's like that. Halfway point out think I'd just assume it a little history. That feel like that's that that's a checkpoint. That's in the mid life crisis kicks in May -- your -- at Justin Bieber Lambeau yeah maybe your dye your hair a little bit more maybe a block up the street you're drinking you're hanging out here Harry here and you're racing your buddy LT Shawn Johnson. Vetoed. Neighborhood Calabasas I don't know. I know there's changes -- calm when you when you and exit that's a big number so if if I'm if I'm playing no hard feelings in my okay. 39 is problem when I should stop. But I am. I'd be here three for Brady got article I think realistically three years I don't I I'll be honest. I didn't see a huge deterioration of his skills this year but the numbers and import just wrote about this I think it was Borges. The numbers across the board were down -- Borges did his that's atlases report card. -- just gave Tom Brady beat for the season which I thought was a low -- based on what Brady. Had to deal with -- given Brady at worst an -- minus I think it's I would give them today because he dealt with receivers that were now lineup be dealt with. Aaron Hernandez and -- -- gronkowski hurt. They -- the -- and the Borges is play he mentions that all the numbers statistically won't worsen they were a year ago he's down across the board and -- initial -- because the receivers but the other point like. Is he ever practice 2010 level I -- realistic I think you have to. I don't think you know what's realistic they weren't uncharted territory that -- gonna start getting better again that he come down to a certain level these receivers the next years gonna have. 2010 MVP type -- year -- -- one way that happens. If the pages do with the Broncos did and put more players around Brady early brisk rate say. Brady makes all these guys better it'd state David -- OK he'll make them better it's -- element fired. Next year. We talk about what's more important defense -- Roth at the one of the reasons people who say offense is more important is because. They you've got to put talent around Brady now the players can't beat score -- Christian at the -- good offensive players sold that. You know not just Brady lifting them up. But it it -- lifting up Joseph Flacco making catches that nobody else makes that makes the quarterback better. It may listen in makes it easier because you know even when you throw bad pass. You know like guys got -- opportunity catch the ball so yeah of course -- what do we all loved to have the best of everything they'll make all elevate my life. So much easier. But it did it normally doesn't happen now wait to talk about the young guys they have chatter was in here last yesterday talking about it. Everything they get a big receiver get this guy get a basket they got voice that got. Dotson he got bigbie got fast. Kimbrel Compton's ended up being a surprise that. I still think he's got long week ago they missed on the tide and that they decide to keep. So. It everything hurt in the pre season and talking to the coaches are talking to the players was OK we have the nucleus now isn't. But again going back -- yesterday. That's not enough. You still need the ball the bold needs to be in the locker room with them in the meeting rooms with them because they're they're gonna make. That the bar is set. Based on what they think he's good. I saw Bob Dotson on boys hey this is good enough Michael to back 1000 Marshall said this is good enough -- to the bars here. -- becomes the ball dude that's what you start. That's not the bar look at the bar is way appears that it circle I'll work hard enough. I need to do a little bit more. -- -- I should stay longer really but I can have this thing it's 5 o'clock or home. Oh it's so it Brady can't beat a guy. To do that he needs support it's like you can't keep yell at the same message -- message eventually there's gonna to now. So they need to they need to hear it. But more importantly they I think they need to see it so I I think it's three years Hubble let's say three years you -- say five year old war mood -- 41 thing Brady I would know she have to get him I'll go for can be here's the thing you always play. Probably one -- two years more than you should. OK so he should probably. Careers -- probably be what would probably be I deal ailment and on top I still feel good payment numbers look good -- to respect me. And I don't wanna be back. So. I'll say three you say three barometer I'm solid three Eid -- safe for. Also for. Pushing five because again. You pushing Bobby 44. But again it's it's always you always go more than you should. The case of some if so please tell me -- -- about Ali re afraid I'm not asking how long do you think Brady's going to play type graphical probably okay I'm asking you what August he -- the championship window when you can break EC's here. There's policies plane. There's the championship opportunity for this team that's Al stamp it out -- -- no crosses count solid. Make it. Like that's it now disagree with that. I think it's three years and then you start -- -- now based on based on what based on the history of the position based on the history of quarterback you national -- -- league camp base that's up from ten years ago you can't look Dan -- stats they compare. To Tom Brady and you look at them nothing that you have to have 47 years of Super Bowls and I got four guys 35 -- will actually want the damn thing. Yeah I think any publicity to the date it that's fine okay you can use that as as a as a benchmark but I think you need DB. A little bit more aggressively to spot on him in particular and how he's made in how it and the quarterback position in general because. I can tell I'm speaking from experience and that's and that's that's only -- I can do when it comes to. Quarterback play. What is the most important thing is it. Cam Newton running around like crazy yeah get some big plays -- -- Russell Wilson you know team managing and getting away on the outside. And having the occasional died drop back pass. That -- that makes a difference. The most important thing. Bar nine is a quarterback OK and Trent Dilfer had this could not throw in the and -- me noticeable was making sure everybody -- lined up bright. Getting your team in the right position. Checks all that other stuff that's the most support the games are won and loss. Based on miscommunication. At the line of scrimmage. A quarterback that didn't know that rolled corner cover three with two seconds left met XYZ they don't know that OK so they don't know that. -- There's there's there's there's there's nothing you can base and also with that. I think what as long as he's here -- healthy their championship Super Bowl caliber team. Let's jump video calls you guys are stacked up on the 6177797937. Ross and Walpole leads -- off today Iran's. Motto hi you doing Ross Goodman or you I -- -- well it's great to talk to Christian and get slot. I agree with Christian not a 100%. And I agree with him. And and what he's making some great points and again I don't listen to show all all this week to talk about opportunities you don't load up. I couldn't disagree -- more because -- in the window is that as open as long as Tom Brady is there. And Christian giving you all the recent debate one that he's talked about he just talked about. Its decision making it -- is -- all the southern got to get stupid overnight. Now I think the decision making is a strength but does he. You get to a point where the guy who's that I -- we all greased the one of the most -- quarterbacks in football right you -- say decision making. I think accuracy is right there with decision making as a quarterback I don't think accuracy. Gets better with age rock -- I can rely on magic at the 3839 -- -- after Puerto. -- -- Our sports on on Tom how I at. Any easy big time into progressive medicine and what he's done to keep self help the absolutely don't want say he doesn't work I think father time at some point catches up and everybody -- think -- next year the year after I'd say. Age forty and beyond after that three year window. Crippled by you may you may in my argument as well. I think the secret -- gonna do what Deborah Broncos did and give him well everything that he needs -- that include deep -- And if you're asking me the -- should do exactly what they've done the last couple years they shouldn't be voting up they should bring bringing units fighting and what that the draft. Or who created -- based -- -- -- get weapons. But they don't need to be getting that deep threat they don't need to begin Anquan Bolden. They need another identical along with gronkowski. You bring back those that too tight end that. The technical role and again. Yeah I I don't I don't think it's that easy you know I attic but it defensively. 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Is your phone number AT&T text -- 379837. We start their today. The window for Brady Christian says the league wants to have the windows along as he's -- three years is a much more realistic -- championship window for Brady we get jerk reaction now. You know it was I would say -- above average in every door open above average is because the person. And what he's done to get their team in the position now. He -- with a couple pro but besides that you can go over separation between the wide receivers in the debate. You know you have to -- -- -- them some credit but. -- the wide receivers in the inconsistent because we've we've known that took command there. With a -- injury Wes Welker leave them like we knew that and you can -- in this game the lack of productivity. You know from the wide receiver. Chris Carter talking about Tom Brady -- -- not a 37 WEEI Christian Fauria in for Lou. Talk a window for Tom Brady 6177797937. You can text us. On the AT&T text line at 379370. Point. I think Q you mentioned that there you think the windows -- he wants to play. I do think we're now in that area of with the next guys -- I don't I don't feel like Ryan mallet is that next guy Ali right now it's gonna sit for three more years. So I'll be honest -- have not gonna be surprised that they spend a draft pick this year Christian. On a quarterback or maybe more likely next year the next couple years spending eight top third top three round pick on a first round. But it top three rounds pick on a quarterback and -- him or at least try to had been as Phoenix got a Tom -- a good organizations do the Packers. Did that first their -- Thousands of first round traffic late the first and a guy who Bruce. Won't even values these proof that he should -- earlier yet remembering amended draft from deep draft pick -- -- And he was all upset Ali he was going yeah was he just had her product out there cal is no good quarterback lot of questions about him and he's now I'd -- taken before -- quarterback in the league right now yeah he's that so and yet the set and bully me Brett Favre. Even until the end did not want to give it up still want to go back -- wanted to job they -- -- blizzard we're done you're not gonna move on we're gonna put his young guy and Ryan mallet isn't a guy okay. I panacea but heck guided the Matt Cassel to do what he did I think he's got the guy -- Residents that the contract window -- I -- If we -- you -- I think three more years writes a -- been here for two or three years already at a got to pay of -- here -- the backup for three more years and then. Probably be the starter to age 2829. There it doesn't make a lot of sense what makes more sense is strapping young guy now for three or four year window. Have him mentor under Tom that have backed -- not to talk about -- -- not ballot I'm just saying but how often does that work. But does it that that's -- Idea it's great plan but now I'm not sure how often it works because. The guy that replaces Tom. Here's the thing you want -- to -- replaces top. The guy that replaces the got to report stopped well you know loaded you have the numbers they Burke for the quarterback. You'll be the guy that replaces the guy replacing Tom for the organization. They helped lot the middle ground they wanna have with the Packers that far. Two Rodgers they wanna have what the 49ers had Montana to Ron Amadon now that they want LT -- Manning. 1 bad year what it in July. Like who got good luck they want that that's what they want that's what -- program -- -- this league that's what you neat yeah. You can't tablet the dolphins had which has -- off until age. Third the eight. It is finally you'll have played eleven games twelve putts out to seventeen picks he's a shell of himself. And the list of all by -- quarterbacks after that is -- disaster they still have not found real allegedly bribed to handle the guy. It took them how many years at all -- okay 199913. Years to find an -- quarterback or so to my point. With all the crap quarterbacks out there and it is hard it is to find a guy that can help you win. You have the guys -- whether he stirred it these forty and he's productive. Look at these 48 he's not throwing it into a team meeting for the defense okay getting interceptions. Thank you have a shot you'll always have a shot now who's to say that the guy that replaces Tom. Is that a seven year vet that's a free agent roles in. Like I'm Matt Hasselbeck OK -- guy who's who have a little bit tread on the tires but he's he's -- he's he's a winner and you can trust of -- alert system he's a leader in god of all of that's a whole other option -- there's no way of knowing that the guy you draft -- -- we know Tom Brady. Secret misty secret meter -- he -- cuddle puddle I it was a we don't tell pop we know he's going to be -- we got to wrap with 100 known as the got to want to replace them and maybe some animosity -- it's kind of keep it under wraps but this is our guy. We draft him he sucks maybe it's possible it got to Clemson. OK maybe it maybe it's maybe it's a quarterback that that hasn't been needs yet. We don't know you think the better route Beagle and free agent got her place radio veteran free agent or draft a guy grooving to wonder Brady my point is. You know which you don't know you got -- you get it. OK you can go through all the easel please come by you go -- a study looked at its gamecube you don't really know how to guy's gonna work until he gets in the building. To assimilate with the crew. And the rest of the guys on the team and you see how we handled real bullet. Here's the list though all right just for get back these phone calls to Marino's finally years 1999. Jay fielder for four years AJ -- -- for -- let me name in the back I'm not doing it justice. Jay fielder and your boy David you're coming up on colossal mistake Jay -- ray Lucas up Jay fielder Brian greasy. Feeling fielder in Rosenfels. Gus Frerotte for fifteen -- -- -- Sage Rosenfels Joey Harrington oh lord -- they call that there is where they messed up Cleo Lemon Cleo Lemon starting seven games in 2008. Chad Henne and then Matt -- Nickel back now. I'm going back go back to uphold -- one case of he had an opportunity they get out raw politics so Culpepper. It was Culpepper and it was Drew Brees yeah he had an opportunity -- -- had a need to breeze coming off a shoulder they were release her. What did it relates doctors said they Drew Brees could throw. Act now and after. Doctors doesn't -- get a bill to throw. Right obviously is that dot I hope that doctors fired but that's their pay to make those -- protect their -- but so it was so they choose Culpepper. He was not dance but that habit that's dealing with the beatle draft the guy you deal with late two injured free agents and trying to guess which one is the right stuff. This isn't it that's why did you go to the draft. Okay fine. Good luck. Okay 88 the draft does not an exact science -- -- -- trying to decide what Culpepper -- drew -- so old so it sent to your point so it's maybe a little bit of both maybe it's somebody in a draft and his older -- -- got -- -- days so you got to hedge your -- you cannot protect just -- US open net so -- young guy. We like -- -- which don't feel like he's mentally ready he's physically ready to -- -- got a whole season. We don't think he's that guy a case or -- the older guy. And kind of bring him in the but there's there's trouble there too you -- have. A cornerback old -- who knows he's just a a gap filler. He's just the guy just keeping the seat warm so you really have to be careful. Who -- get -- get him. You know it it is the guy that's bad that's the quarterback to ways the first round draft pick in -- an older guy that's not gonna work that's Mark Brunell that's Jason Campbell all over. Dollars and -- know that that's why -- -- more boss freeagent lies the draft like you guys are are lined up -- to react to the 617779. 7937. AT&T text like 37. 937 talking Brady's windows that kind of start looking ahead at. It was after Brady all your phone calls first promise next.


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krisrobinson wrote:...man that is hilarious. I'm speechless.
Oman. Those people are the reason why business school is so long, tedious, redundant, and always explaining the obvious. Goddamn.
i like it!
Re: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
Well, I was going to buy this shirt for my girlfriend... But thanks to all the people who took this shirt way to personally I guess I will not buy anything from Kazaam (1996).woot for this derby. I would definitely buy it if you were to put it up on a different site.
Motofly wrote:Well, I was going to buy this shirt for my girlfriend... But thanks to all the people who took this shirt way to personally I guess I will not buy anything from Kazaam (1996).woot for this derby. I would definitely buy it if you were to put it up on a different site.
why did they replace the word shirt with kazaam?
krisrobinson wrote:Actually I disagree, it is a business, just a really smart one, i.e. the derby attracts a community around buying T-Shirts they sell that are designed by the community itself. If you can't see that this is a business then you're just naive.
Just because it's a business doesn't make it bad. And so what if people want to make designs that will get votes and sell? The tab on the shirt says "I want one" not, "I appreciate the artistic ability of this artist - and the time, energy and thought put into this design". Obviously sometimes, a lot people just want to wear a cute panda with distressing.
This is not an argument that a lot of people don't want to wear "works of art" on their shirt, but more of an argument that there are two markets here, not one or the other.
And if there is a crowd that wants to make designs purely and utterly for "art's sake" then why not start your own site where you vote on art once a week and then nothing is ever sold, just appreciated by each other in the forums?
Speaking as somebody who USED to buy a lot of shirts on this site, it is people like you that has caused me to STOP buying a lot of shirts here. I noticed YOU haven't purchased all that much on Woot either. There has been a drastic shift in the attitude of some of the "artists" submitting. Only after the win and the money..that is the mantra it seems. Well, for people like me, that is the supreme turn off and Woot won't get my money for those people's designs.
There are still some designers here that you can tell put love, time, effort and energy into their designs. It is those designs and artists I will continue to support and occasionally buy when they can overcome the "cute" and formulaic and win or place in the Derby. Those are also the designers I respect. I hope to see more designers like that in the future.
There are some designs that don't get a lot of votes each week that deserve more than they get. I encourage those artists to keep submitting. The people at the top started at the bottom..I've seen it myself..people improve week by week and move up and up and up.
Kris, this is an artistic competition. Your statement "And if there is a crowd that wants to make designs purely and utterly for "art's sake" then why not start your own site where you vote on art once a week and then nothing is ever sold, just appreciated by each other in the forums?[" is utterly ridiculous.
BoredStiff wrote:At the end of the day, it's just a T-shirt.
No, it is a contest worth a lot of money...not just a t-shirt.
Motofly wrote:why did they replace the word shirt with kazaam?
That would be the word "shirt" without the "r".
mrwednesday wrote:I'd agree. This should print. DF's was in the hotness since it was submitted and in those cases SDS is usually pretty accurate. If yours dropped out of the hotness at all SDS is only going to underestimate its vote total.
I personally tracked DF's since fogging and my underestimations are still higher than SDS.
Yodal, even if you don't print, I hope to see more. I really enjoyed your design.
re: catcher in the rye
Holden's hat was red in the book, so I would recommend changing it. Other than that, I like the concept a lot.
marmls2m wrote:oh speechless....
yeah, you must be right. so right, in fact, you dont even have to attempt to logically prove your point. all the better i suppose given that your point is not possible to prove logically
fablefire wrote:Oman. Those people are the reason why business school is so long, tedious, redundant, and always explaining the obvious. Goddamn.
Re: I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
I cannot wait to buy this shirt!
Re: don't count your chickens before they hatch
By far the best shirt of this Derby! I love the color combination's, Its easy to follow and yet very appealing. I so totally would like to see this shirt created.
Beefcoat wrote:Thank you all for your comments!!! I very much appreciate constructive criticism and am not in the least offended by any of it. And I agree that the eggs are a stretch but I thought it was more fun this way. I think it would be awesome to be able to have a week to throw out ideas and let people comment on them and make changes before the derby would begin, but in order to have any chance at a win it has to be submitted by Sunday.
Thanks again for your votes and comments!
If this shirt is ever printed. Keep us posted I would totally buy it even if Woot didn't print it.
DeadFrog wrote:
Now this is a shirt I want to see printed!
Hope this is tomorrow or saturday's shirt. Looks awesome.
catz07b wrote:HOW HAS NO ONE DONE "I AM A JELLY DONUT"???
or the German version...
(by JFK... anyone?)
Ich bin ein Berliner. (translated literaly: I am a jelly donut)
Re: The Devil is in the Details
Re: The Early Bird
This is the only design in the fog that a random person could look at and actually know the quote it's depicting. Thank goodness this is sure to be top 3, disappointing week otherwise.
Re: You can do anything if you put your mind to it!
Hmm wouldn't "slow before steady wins the race" be a more fitting quote? =P
Murphly wrote:Hmm wouldn't "slow before steady wins the race" be a more fitting quote? =P
slow AND steady that is
re: i am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
You guys always look way into this stuff. Cast your vote and be happy.
That being said, if this makes it count me in for one!
Re: I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.
I really wanted to buy one and I missed out on Urban Painter, so I'm at least a bit frustrated that it got thrown out because of the similarity to a previous design.
I'm probably late, but I get the shirt. The character is holding the wing of blades..he has become death. Usually Death would already have the wings, but it illustrates how he chose to become Death...subtle, very subtle, I only caught it because it was referenced by another who mentioned the string..
Re: Call me, Ishmael
LOVED this one...sorry it didn't make it...hope it does some other time!
Holy Kazaam (1996), this drawing is amazing, if this doesn't go on sale i will punch somebody in the face lol
Now I will have to watch out for deadfrog... see if he makes more of the same shirts.
I have to admit that it bugs me that DF defended this design so much.
not a good design... was it worth turning off buyers?
systemerror wrote:what just in case you run out you can use this shirt??
use the shirt instead of toilet paper.
Disappointing that this didn't print. =(
jstpt1022 wrote:Disappointing that this didn't print. =(
I am so pissed this didn't win. This would have been the first print I bought in a while. How does all this girly apcray win ALL the time?!
I can't believe this didn't win, I love this shirt I hope they print it sometime down the line anyway I will definitely buy one
re: an apple a day keeps the doctor away
I would have bought this... This one looks cooler than the one on snorgtee.
Dangit, I wanted one of these!
Congrats on the print. Well deserved.
RoombaSlave wrote:Dangit, I wanted one of these!
Editor's Choice Please!
DeadFrog wrote:J. Robert Oppenheimer, American theoretical physicist nicknamed the "Father of the Atomic Bomb."
Wish this had won.
So how can I get this shirt?? 3XL
no.. noo. NOOOOO!!! Print this!!!! T_T
superbleyl wrote:no.. noo. NOOOOO!!! Print this!!!! T_T
And. . . maybe the "Destroyer of pandas" shirt ^_^, it's pretty funny.
please give me
Very disappointed this didn't make the podium. Hoping for an Editor's Choice. Will buy here or wherever it ends up.
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Major — International Relations
Minor — Quantitative Methodologies
I am a seventh year Ph.D. candidate focusing on international relations and statistical methods. I am particularly interested in U.S. foreign policy decision-making, American foreign policy in Europe and the Middle East, international security, and decisions regarding the use/nonuse of force.
I worked as a writing tutor for six years as both an undergraduate and a graduate student; spent four summers teaching children, mostly with learning disabilities, reading, comprehension, and arithmetic at Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes locations from California to the District; and was a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the GW History Department for a course on U.S. diplomatic history. Prior to graduate school I studied politics and history at Occidental College in Los Angeles, where my bachelor's thesis examined the Israeli-Iranian conflict in the context of its implications for the balance of power in the Middle East.
I am originally from Santa Rosa, in the heart of Northern California's Wine Country. Missing California, I recently relocated back to my hometown where I am working on completing my doctoral dissertation—hopefully to be finished in the next academic year or less. In my free time, I read a lot of Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance-era European history (particularly English history), watch HBO, and see movies. I have a particular love for narrative history, which is perhaps why, despite minoring in quantitative methodology, my dissertation utilizes the qualitative narrative approach more common in history, backed up by long hours in government archives.
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Dissertation — The President, his Advisors, and the Bureaucracy: Decision-Making Structures and the Question of Who "Wins" During U.S. Foreign Policy Crises
Committee: James H. Lebovic (Chair), Eric Grynaviski, Christopher J. Deering
When can the president harness the power of his office to assert his will and get his way in a foreign policy crisis? This question gets to the root of where the balance of power between the president and the top officials in the realm should lie—a question that has vexed political actors since at least the fifteenth century Wars of the Roses in England, if not even longer.
Because of the fast-moving nature of the crisis scenario, they are susceptible to being subtly hijacked by bureaucratic actors and/or top administration officials seeking to maximize their own benefit from the policy ultimately selected at the expense of the preferences of the president (sometimes without him even noticing). The president is a temporary actor (four or eight years) on the stage; the bureaucracy is eternal. Thus they have different conceptions of the "national interest" that take into account their own needs and organizational purpose. My work focuses on the type and operation of decision-making structures used during U.S. foreign policy crises as the relevant variable. I look particularly at bureaucratic and organizational power, the influence of top government officials, and why the president sometimes gets his way and why sometimes his wishes are overruled or corrupted by his subordinates.
Using two case studies that illustrate the dominance of bureaucratic organizations (U.S. policy and the 1953 Coup in Iran) and presidential dominance (the 1956 Suez Crisis) in the policy making process, I construct a theory of presidential decision-making whereby he creates his own "organization" composed of advisors whose loyalty, and thus their organizational purpose, is to the administration's ideals and sense of its place posterity. Within this group, where debate and dissension is allowed on specific policy but where everyone is clear on where the president wants the U.S. to come out of the crisis, the president may strike the balance needed between competing worst-case scenarios: that he ends up isolating himself to the detriment of the policy process on the one hand, or on the other is walked over and subverted by bureaucratic organizations in the executive branch that, because of their permanence on the scene, want to solve the crisis in a way that maximizes the benefit to themselves.
Bachelor of Arts with honors in Politics, Occidental College, 2009
Master of Arts in Political Science, The George Washington University, 2012
Master of Public Policy, The George Washington University, 2014
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