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All of our smartphones have an integrated compass. It can be very useful when you are looking for in which direction you should start heading while walking. However, you have probably noticed that sometimes, the direction showed by our phones can be quite...wrong! It happens when the compass has not been calibrated correctly. But if you try to turn the compass around in every direction, you'll probably notice that the direction arrow finally takes the right direction. Why? Because the smartphone is doing a "live" calibration as you move the compass.
What you should keep from this introduction is that compass calibration is fundamental ! Don't intend on using a magnetic sensor in your project unless you have it calibrated. Otherwise, the data you'll be using will probably be inaccurate, if not completely random ¤śĆ
Back to basics
What does a magnetometer do?
"Well, it obviously gives you your heading!"
"NOPE! (Chuck Testa)"
The magnetometer gives you a three dimensional vector of the magnetic field it senses. This magnetic field is a combination of both the earth's field and of the magnetic field created by all the surrounding objects. And this second magnetic field is far from being negligible, ┬Āespecially in our hobbyist projects where there's electronics (and motors) all around.
Theoretically, the measured magnetic field should :
- ┬Ābe centered around 0
- always have the same strength
If we could represent it in 3D, it should basically look like a perfect sphere centered in 0.
In reality :
- it is not centered around 0, because of the presence of other magnetic fields around the sensors(such as other magnets, electric wires) : it is hard iron┬Ādistortion.
- it does not have a constant strength, because of the presence of other ferromagnetic materials around the sensors, which skew the magnetic field. This is soft iron distortion.
What we get is essentially a potato-shaped magnetic field (because of soft iron distortion), that is not even centered (because of hard iron distortion).
Calibration techniques
Hard Iron distortion
Hard iron errors introduce an offset in the magnetometer data
To get this offset is pretty simple : we keep track of the maximum and minimum values the magnetometer outputs on each axis while moving it in space. From what we know the maximum and minimum should be centered around 0, so we get the offset by :
We can then subtract the measured offset from each raw measurement in order to get ┬Āhard iron free data.
Soft Iron distortion
Here, the work consist in transforming a potato in an orange. Or, transforming an ellipsoid into a sphere, if you prefer. It's actually easier than it sounds. There are ┬Āobviously mathematical formulas that involve matrices but let's keep it simple here.
Let's say earth magnetic field's value is F. It is the norm of the vector given by the magnetometer. While we've seen it should be the same on the three axes, experience shows it's not. So let's assume we have measured the maximum magnetic field Fx for the x axis,Fy┬Āfor the y axis,┬ĀFz┬Āfor the z axis.
We┬Āthen calculate the average field value F by :
Let's assume that F = 1. If F_x = 0.8, it means that F_x is only 80% of the average field value. Hence the potato. Now if we simply multiply all the incoming x values by F/F_x, the potato effect, will be gone, as we expand the range of the x values so that it is no longer 80% of what it should be, but 100%.
Final equation
If we no combine the two equations and use vectors, we get:
Scale transforms the potato into an orange(soft iron distortion) and the Offsets vector brings it back in the center(hard iron).
Calibration process
The calibration consist in getting the min/max┬Āvalues of x/y/z fields, and then calculations the offsets and scale factors. The more you move the magnetometer in all directions, the more efficient┬Āyour calibration will be.
Using calibration data
// We get the raw values here ┬Āin mx,my,mz //(this is pseudo code) mag.getHeading(); // Now we apply the calibration data mx = (int)((scale_x)*(mx-x_offset)); my = (int)((scale_y)*(my-y_offset)); mz = (int)((scale_y)*(mz-z_offset));
Using Processing and ┬Āa slightly modified version of┬Āthis program, I was able to quickly draw the 3D representation of the magnetic field. The video shows the before/after.
As you can see, hard irons distortion was HUGE before calibration. I could never have gotten reliable readings without correcting them. Soft iron errors┬Āwere also present, and completely removed by the calibration. ¤Öé


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Hi everyone! I am new here and just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Mandy and I live in MI. I am married and have 3 kids. We lost our 1st German Shepherd 2 years ago after 13 great years with him. We finally decided yesterday we were ready again and added Luca to our family. We are excited to have another great dog!
My first German Shepherd Owen was black and tan. My husband and I have been looking at different colors and breeders for awhile. Of course I was/am not specific on color but more on personality. I was wondering though what your opinions are on Luca's color? His mom was sable and his dad black and tan. I have seen many pictures of how their coloring changes as they get older and am just curious as to what you would classify him as and how much you think he will change color wise?
Thank you!
Although I will add, if he is liver:wub:
I had a gold sable that looked very much like a black and tan when she was a pup. Time will tell.
Really cute, I would say black/tan, but some more pics might tell more, enjoy that pup! Bob
Color him fun.....
You "decided yesterday" and went out to get a puppy right after your decision?
I'd say your pup is a black and tan and will most likely end up tan with some black. Who is the breeder? Did you see the mother, any information on the pedigree?
Thank you all for the replies. I will post more pictures of him.
Yes, we did see both the mother and father. Like I said his mom was sable and dad was black and tan.
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Here are a few more pictures that I was able to take today. These show his coloring a little bit better.
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He will lighten up considerably as he gets older, beautiful pup, I had a black & tan growing up. See pics below 1st my black and tan, my last 2 I went to black & red.
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First Nations people are more likely to be admitted to hospital for a heart attack and at an earlier age than residents of areas with a low aboriginal population, a new report finds.
Thursday's report by the Canadian Institute of Health Information's report on hospital care for heart attacks in First Nations areas is the institute's first look at the topic.
Once hospitalized for a heart attack, aboriginal people are likely to fare as well as others, the report's authors said.
But residents of areas with high concentrations of First Nations are also more likely to have other complication conditions such as Type 2 diabetes.
"The results presented in this report highlight that disparities exist in rates of heart attacks and hospital experiences of heart attack patients from high-Aboriginal and low-Aboriginal," the report's authors concluded.
Despite higher needs, residents living in high First Nations areas were less likely to have angiograms to take pictures of their arteries or to receive ballooning to open up blocked arteries.
The researchers analyzed seven years of hospital records to compare residents of areas with a high concentration of First Nations people to locations with small aboriginal concentrations.
Heart attack patients from high First Nations areas had similar mortality rates within 30 days of hospital admission once factors like age, sex and other illnesses were taken in account.
Areas were defined as having high proportions of First Nations if a third or more of residents self-identified as First Nations.
Researchers turned to geographical comparisons to overcome inconsistencies in how hospitals record patients' ethnicity.
They said socio-economic disadvantage plays an important role in health inequalities but they couldn't assess the impact because of small sample sizes. It's thought that longer term studies could provide more insight into the differences in complications and survival after cardiac treatment.
Residents of areas with a relatively high proportion of Inuit were less likely to be admitted for a heart attack than residents of remote low-Aboriginal areas. Despite distance barriers, procedure rates were similar.
Métis in Manitoba and Ontario also had higher risk for and higher rates of heart attacks than their non-Métis counterparts.
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"Instead of using a whopping dollop of mayonnaise on your sandwich, try using thin slices of avocado," suggests Megan Madden, a registered dietitian in New York, NY. A 1996 study done by researchers in Mexico found that people who ate avocado every day for one week experienced an average 17 percent drop in total blood cholesterol. What's more, their levels of LDL ("bad") cholesterol decreased and HDL ("good") cholesterol increased.
The soluble fiber found in whole grains such as whole-wheat bread, brown rice, and oatmeal binds the cholesterol in your meal and drags it out of your body, Madden says. "And, when your body needs to utilize cholesterol in the future, it draws on your blood cholesterol supply, effectively lowering your total blood cholesterol level and your risk for heart disease." And oatmeal isn't just for breakfast; you can enjoy it any time of day with these easy recipes.
A 2011 study found that people ages 65 or older who regularly used olive oil (for both cooking and as a dressing) were 41 percent less likely to have a stroke compared to those who never use olive oil in their diet. Use a little olive oil instead of butter or drizzle some over pasta, salad or veggies to take advantage of its high mono- and polyunsaturated fats, Madden says. "And although it's a healthier option, remember to use these oils sparingly, as all fats still contain the same number of calories."
Grabbing a handful of nuts is a heart-healthy way to beat the afternoon itch for a cookie, Madden says. "Almonds are very high in heart-healthy monounsaturated fats, vitamin E and fiber, while walnuts are a great plant-based source of an omega-3 fatty acid called alpha-linolenic acid." According to the American Heart Association, monounsaturated fats can help reduce levels of bad cholesterol in your blood and lower your risk of heart disease and stroke.
Sterols are compounds that compete with the cholesterol in your food for absorption within your digestive tract, Madden says. "Sterols have been shown to lower both total and LDL cholesterol and can be found in certain brands of fortified orange juice, margarine spreads, and milk." Just be sure to check the label -- make sure the margarine is trans fat-free and that "partially hydrogenated oil" does not appear on the ingredient list.
Fatty fish such as mackerel, herring, tuna and salmon are chock full of omega-3 fatty acids, Madden says. "Eating fish twice a week can reduce your risk of developing heart disease by decreasing inflammation and lowering triglyceride levels, and it may even help boost your HDL levels."
Asparagus is one of the best, natural artery-clearing foods around, says Shane Ellison, an organic chemist and author of "Over-The-Counter Natural Cures". "Asparagus works within the 100,000 miles of veins and arteries to release pressure, thereby allowing the body to accommodate for inflammation that has accumulated over the years." It also helps ward off deadly clots, Ellison says.
Pomegranate contains phytochemicals that act as antioxidants to protect the lining of the arteries from damage, explains Dr. Gregg Schneider, a nutritionally-oriented dentist and expert on alternative medicine. A 2005 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that antioxidant-rich pomegranate juice stimulated the body's production of nitric oxide, which helps keep blood flowing and arteries open.
Broccoli is rich in vitamin K, which is needed for bone formation and helps to keep calcium from damaging the arteries, Schneider says. Not to mention, broccoli is full of fiber, and studies show a high-fiber diet can also help to lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
"The spice turmeric is a powerful anti-inflammatory," Schneider says. "It contains curcumin which lowers inflammation -- a major cause of arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries." A 2009 study found that curcumin helps reduce the fatty deposits in arteries by as much as 26 percent.
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According to researchers in the Netherlands, people who drank more than two, but no more than four, cups of coffee a day for 13 years had about a 20 percent lower risk of heart disease than people who drank more or less coffee or no coffee at all. Moderation is the key to coffee's heart-health benefits -- the caffeine is a stimulant which can cause a temporary increase in blood pressure, and in excess, can lead to irregular heart beat.
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Talk about a perfect snack -- watermelon is not only a diet-friendly food, but it can help protect your heart, too! A Florida State University study found that people given a 4,000-milligram supplement of L-citrulline (an amino acid found in watermelon) lowered their blood pressure in just six weeks. Researchers say the amino acid helps your body produce nitric oxide, which widens blood vessels.
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The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is making major investments to improve security and reduce the risk and vulnerability of its facilities. In view of these investments, which include expanding the Canal's electronic monitoring and tracking systems, a new fee will be assessed on all transiting vessels as of June 1, 2002. In view of these major investments, the ACP has established a new security fee per vessel, per transit, based on net tonnage. It will be payable from June 1, 2002. For vessels up to 3,000 PC/UMS tons, or 5,392 displacement tons, the fee is $50. Vessels more than 3,000 PC/UMS tons or 5,392 displacement tons, will pay a fee of $400.
Improvements include adding new computerized systems and collecting data from all ships that arrive in Canal waters. The ACP is currently working on the Automatic Identification System (AIS), to be test-activated in 2002 and mandatory by July 2003. AIS will permit identifying and tracking all vessels before they enter Canal waters and during their transit.
An additional 24-hour Security Control Center has been established for incident and emergency management. It will provide dedicated resources for internal Canal security personnel to work jointly with the national police and civil protection entities.
Enhanced postings and patrols along the Canal and its reservoirs will also increase security.
The authority is to acquire new equipment such as launches and specialized vehicles for patrolling, alarm systems and additional closed-circuit television for existing Canal areas. It is also retaining security consultants to evaluate the risks and provide recommendations.
The authority has invested in a Fire Extinguishing Foam System at Gatun Locks. This system is already in place in Miraflores and Pedro Miguel Locks, and is designed to provide an automatic system for spill and fire emergencies originated by inflammable substances. The foam controls and puts out fires by containment, cooling and suppression of vapors. Depending on the type of foam, it could suppress toxic vapors if necessary.


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Peter O'Neill here with some comments about being truly effective at content marketing. Did you know that B2B buyers say that 70% of the content they read and study before making a purchase decision is actually found by themselves; as opposed to being given to them by marketing or sales? At Forrester, we like to talk about the new interaction model of need-match-engage, where the buyers now initiate the interaction and spend a major part of their buyer journey doing their own research before calling in potential suppliers.
Content marketing has therefore become much more than product and solutions collateral, campaigns, mailings, and fulfillment. B2B marketers have to be great at being found by buyers in their early research phase (the phases we call discover and explore). In a way, successful marketers will "fool" their buyers into consuming their thought-leadership and educational content in stages 1 through 5 — while hardly realizing its source. And the most successful marketers will learn how to mix their brand "scent" into that content without appearing to be selling — to the extent that buyers will count it as part of their 70%.
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After hosting a Forrester webinar on April 25 about "3 Ways To Turn Content Marketing into Thought Leadership", I received some interesting questions from clients. I thought I would share the questions -- and a short response to each – since this line of inquiry points to broader question about the role of public relations (PR) in content marketing generally and thought leadership marketing specifically.
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Dating back to the second half of the 13th Century, the Venice Historical Regatta, that takes place on the first Sunday of September, is a spectacular competition whose origins are firmly entrenched in the history of Venice. Although the other islands and communities of the Venetian lagoon also hold their own regatta's The Venice historical regatta is the main regatta of the year.
It begins with a ceremonial parade along the Grand Canal of historical boats manned by Venetians in period costume.
Like the celebrated Palio of Siena, the most important races are between the various neighborhoods of the city centre. The fans and followers of each neighborhood boat and crew encourage and incite their rowers from the streets next to the Grand Canal. The traditional points of reference for the Venice historical regata are the *spagheto, a rope stretched across the starting point in front of the public gardens (Sant'Elena Area) in the Castello sestiere of Venice; the Paleto, a pole driven into the centre of the Grand Canal in front of the Church of Sant'Andrea de la Zirada, around which the boats must turn before going back up the Grand Canal to cross the finishing line. The finishing line is indicated by the Machina, a construction erected on a wooden raft richly carved, painted and gilded, and where the prize-giving ceremony is held.
The Historical Regatta is one of the most important event of the Serenissima's recent history, but the origins of the procession are unknown.
According to some historians, the first testimony of the Historical Regatta is dated 10th January 1315, during the government of the Doge Giovanni Soranzo. This event was organized to celebrate the war victories of the Serenissima Republic.
According to other historians, the water procession re-evokes the triumphant welcome accorded by the Serenissima yo the Queen of Cyprus, Caterina Cornaro, who had donated her kingdom to Venice in 1489. of the 16th Century when Caterina Cornaro, a native Venetian who was later crowned Queen of Cyprus returned to Venice to deliver the island of Cyprus into the hands of the Venetians.
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I'm with Jim Wansacz: cancel the Convention CenterSubmitted by BradyDale on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 10:52am.
While the workers who will get jobs at the new convention center stand to benefit, even more workers would benefit if North Broad ever came back from the dead. You can absolutely guarantee that nothing will happen with North Broad if that Convention Center blocks everything.
Otherwise, the Convention Center is only good for the bankers getting fees off the financing.
Here's what Rep. Jim Wansacz has to say about it in the Inqy this morning:
A Pennsylvania lawmaker plans to introduce legislation as early as Monday to strip Philadelphia of up to $64 million annually in economic development funds for failing to have its two casinos up and running.
"The two casinos and Mayor Nutter have to reach agreements and have permits in place and have these casinos built and up and operational," said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Jim Wansacz, a Northeastern Pa. Democrat and member of the House Gaming Oversight Committee. "If no progress is made, then the rest of the state could use that $64 million to create jobs and stimulate the economy."
Jim! I'm with you! Block it! Stop it! We'd be better off with an empty patch of grass there than we would with a Convention Center!


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It's the perfect accompaniment to my favorite holiday picture of the Mr. and I. I think this would look adorable framing your babies on Christmas morning or sleeping on Christmas eve. Read on for how to make one for yourself!
I originally wanted to hand write the poem on a spare photo mat that I already had, but my handwriting is not that uniform and I'm pretty sure I'd screw something up. Instead, I did what I like most -- a printable. It will fit perfectly in a standard 8x10 frame and will showcase your favorite 4x6 photo.
I wasn't sure which font I liked more so I made a couple different versions. You can download all of them here: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 . I used version 2 for mine.
a 4x6 picture
a 8x10 picture frame
Twas the Night printable (on an 8.5x11" piece of paper)
cutting mat
xacto knife
optional: bone folder
1. Print out the poem on your printer.
2. Flip it over. Lay an existing mat or the glass from the frame in the center of the page and trace over it.
3. Cut it out. I know that it's probably straightforward but just wanted to point it out. Haha :)
4. From one corner of the inside rectangle to the opposite corner, use a ruler and xacto knife to cut a line.
5. Repeat on the other corners as well. You will end up with an X like this.
6. Use a bone folder to crease the sides and fold them back. You could just cut them off instead, but I like the dimension of them folded to the back.
7. Trim the flaps and use a small piece of tape to hold them back.
8. Attach your photo to the reverse side and slip into the frame.
Doesn't it look perfect? We'll see if any of our Christmas party guests take a moment to see what it says. Even if they don't, my favorite picture will be framed by my favorite Christmas tale.
I made the printable in MS Word and it only took a bit of figuring out. You could easily do this with your favorite song lyrics, your wedding vows, a collection of random words, etc. I'm totally digging it though.
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This is a discussion on Hindsight is 20/20 a Great read about NE MAll within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; http://joemerchant24.blogspot.com/20...-shooting.html My feelings When I heard the first round of gunshots, I knew what they were but didnt want to believe it. I tried to ...
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When I heard the first round of gunshots, I knew what they were but didnt want to believe it. I tried to think that they were balloons or fireworks. However, I definitely took a defensive stance ready to run.
When I saw the shooter, I stood there for nearly 5 seconds just watching.
First, he was firing 90 degrees away from me. The thing is, this image was nothing new to me. I see people shooting all the time at the range, on TV, in video games. But what my brain was having a hard time processing was that was Van Maur.
Now back to the point I referenced earlier.
Honestly, and as God as my witness, when I saw him shooting and as watched for a few seconds trying to figure out what he was going to do and what I should do, the thought that when through my mind was, If I had a gun, I have a perfect shot.
Yes, a perfect shot. I had a full side profile, I was close, and no one was visible behind him execept a wall. I had a clear shot during the second round of fire. I told this to every cop I came in contact with. The interviewer agreed.
When I realized that I had no gun, fear instantly struck me, along with anger, and severe panic.
I ran hard.
I did not think to try to help people, I just got out.
While I was running, I kept hearing shots. In my mind, I could see myself getting shot in the back, bullets ripping through me and blood spraying in front of me.
Interestingly, I was still able to make decisions. I knew the dressing room was a bad place. When I realized I was trapped in a corner, more fear set in and I almost went for the dressing room, but then I saw the emergency exit.
I instantly started second-guessing that decision as well. For all I knew, there were more shooters waiting for people to try to escape. But realizing that I was wide open to attack, I ran out the emergency door.
As I ran down the stairs, all kinds of thoughts started occurring. What if a shooter was coming up the stairs? What if one followed me down? Every decision I made was second-guessed, should I just stop or keep going?
I kept going, and due to luck, I was fine. There was only one shooter, and he did not set any boobytraps.
Thats all. My decisions were fairly limited and all I could do is go where the doors and hallways took me.
After my interview, as I was being escorted by the cops to my car, I saw the nice, white coat still there by the garbage can. I pointed it out to my interviewer who was escorting me, hoping maybe hed let me go pick it up to possibly save it. But, it was a lost cause. I would have gone back later and paid for it.
This part of the story may be removed later, but I will have it here for now.
I do not have a Concealed Handgun Permit. I have completed the training class, but I keep putting off applying for the permit because I think it is useless. In the places I would need a gun most, I am not allowed to have it. I will not be a person living in fear and not go to Van Maur because they dont allow guns.
My point that Open Carry needs to be easier in Omaha, and places like Westroads need to take down their no guns signs.
If I had my gun deeply concealed, I wouldnt have been able to draw it very fast. However, If I had open carried, I could of drawn instantly.
Either way though, I could have drawn and taken a clean shot. However, in both cases, regardless of the laws, I am not allowed to carry a gun at all in Westroads Mall. If the laws did not oppress my rights, I would carry a gun most places (except work). I would certainly have had it in the mall as mall shootings have been on my mind since the incident at a mall involving a shotgun back in February.
My wife is somewhat cautious about guns as is my sister-in-law. After this event, both are now pro-guns. In addition, I will never again be caught without a gun.
I later learned from the news that people were shot at customer service (to my right) and the childrens section (in front of me, off to the left). This means it was only luck this guy did not target me, as I was closer to him than some of the people he shot. I have a second chance at life.
What really irks my gut is that I was just there at Van Maur on Monday night with my wife and daughter. What if they were with me this time? Escape like I did would not of been possible.
I am very angry at the city of Omaha and the mall for their stupid laws that nearly cost me my life. The laws protected no one, and in my opinion, caused people to die.
Will I go to the media? Maybe. I cant make a decision now because I am still shaken up. I got very little sleep last night. I need to let my head clear. Nothing I do right now is going to change the outcome and near brush with death.
Right now I have been practicing with my .40 S&W Beretta, replaying the situation in my mind.
I could have done it, no problem, no hesitation, no regrets. This was a test of my soul, and the results are in and I know them for certain.
I am going to go buy some gear, then go to the shooting range for some target practice.
My knnee hurts and my legs and lungs still burn. I cannot recall how high of jump I took, but I am going back to Van Maur to find out.
UPDATE 12/6/07 - I went to a local shooting range and purchased several silhouette targets. I then put the targets down range, to the approximate place I think the shooter would have been.
It seems it may be between 40 and 50 meters based on my memory. I used my Beretta 90-Two (.40 S&W) and shot each target several times with 6 round magazines. I mostly aimed for the head because that is probably what I would have done in the mall, as I didn't know if he was wearing a vest or not.
My accuracy to the head was about 4 out of 6, depending on how fast I fired. For the shots I missed the head, they still hit the neck or the chest. A few test cases, I missed the head by an inch. I would of been shooting up at a slight angle so the missed shots would of went higher than most people stand.
I then took body shots and my accuracy was near 100% on the target, though not necessarily in the kill zone. I conclude I could have taken the shots with decent accuracy and been effective. I cannot predict the outcome, except that I would of rather been shooting at the killer, instead of crossing my fingers, turning my back, and running away. Even if I only wounded him, I could of run in closer for more accuracy. Call me crazy, it may be true, but running away like I did was more crazy and more risky with my life. I just got lucky.
I do want to say that when I talk about that I could of stopped the killer, I am not trying to make a political statement. I am simply saying if
I were allowed to carry a gun, I would have and I would have used it.
That is a hard fact. I am not trying to be a hero and say that I would
have tried to save lives. I am saying that I was trying to save my life,
and if my family was there, their lives as well. There is nothing
"hero" about what I am saying, it's about survival.
I feel that I am alive today because of luck. I chose to run, but it was not a choice. I was forced to run. Many will say that is the right choice. I say it is the choice that requires luck. ALOT of luck with the position I was in.
Use of deadly force at times may also require luck. But, it also depends upon skill, awareness, and practice. These are things I can control, and these are things I trust far more than luck
The statements I am making today are my own, and represent my personal views and my views alone. It may or may not be the views of my family, friends, employer, other professional affiliates, or anyone or thing affiliated with me in any way of form other than myself.
Thanks, NW.
Its not about guns...Its about Freedom!
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All ready posted in each of the Mall threads.
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Well, it's been a month since my last entry. A lot has happened in that time making it hard to keep on top of the travel blog. And now I'm left trying to condense a month's worth of activities into a readable diary. Where to start? From the beginning would be good I guess.
We arrived in Sydney and decided to head straight to our friends place that we met in Bali. We took the train from the airport and caught the ferry from Circular Quay to Manly Beach. As soon as we arrived we realised that our money was not going to go as far here. Crikey, it's expensive! We had budgeted for a western country but didn't realise just how pricey it was here. Luckily our dollar is strong and we are getting about $1.25 Aussie dollars to the Loonie, which helps. So, we arrived at Sharon and Tony's place in Manly beach. They have a beautiful house set up on Queen's Cliffe overlooking the beach
Over the course of the week staying at Sharon and Tony's they were so hospitable. We ate like a King and Queen. Sharon actually wrote and published a Mexican cook book. Needless to say she knew her way around the kitchen. And she'd passed on her talents to Zeke who was also an excellent cook. Tony was brilliant! He took us to a car auction in Sydney and helped us buy a car. We ended up getting a 2002 Ford Folcon station wagon, with only 160,000 kms on it for a hell of a deal
The first leg of our travels took us 3.5 hours north of Sydney to a place called Hawk's Nest via The Tea Gardens. There is a beautiful stretch of white sand beach running up a sort of narrow channel dividing one surf beach from the sheltered bay behind it. We set-up our first camp at a site called Jimmy's Beach. We were quite pleased with ourselves and feeling like we were finally embarking on the adventure we were expecting in Australia. Our tent was comfortable, our stuff sac pillows were great, our sleeping pads like heaven
The next day the weather took a turn for the worse. It started to rain and got quite cold. We packed up our wet tent and headed out of Myall Lakes as we were told that the weather was not going to let up for the next few days
The next day we headed out to Belingen. This is a small hippie town more inland from the coast. We decided not to stay there and headed straight to Urunga and Mylestom. We ended up staying the night at a caravan park in Mylestom. The whole park was packed full of a caravan club that was touring up and down the coast. There was probably around 100 people there. They were all over 70. They had set up a large marquise tent for the nightly bingo and uker tournaments. The barbeque area was right next to their tent, and when Erin and I went up to cook our dinner we became the star attraction. They couldn't understand why such young people had come to this "Biddy" park, and at this point, neither could we! They were all really nice people and were feeding us rum balls and other tasty pastries that they had baked in their caravans during the day. It was all very nice, but they really wouldn't leave us alone. So with nowhere to escape, we hung out with them until bed time. So at 8:15pm we all decided to turn in for the evening...... LoL!
The next day we headed down Waterfall Way (aptly named for all of the waterfalls scattered along the side of the highway) on our way to Point Look-out National Park via Dorrigo
It seemed very logical at this juncture to head to a place that was populated by a lot of people. We skipped by a couple of remote looking spots on our itinerary and headed straight to Byron Bay. Now this was more like it. The place was packed! Byron Bay is a very touristy beach side resort town. It has great shops, restaurants and tonnes of things to do. We had arrived as all of the high school kids had just finished their semesters and were out for summer holidays. The locals called them "Schoolies" and didn't seem to enthusiastic about them invading the town. There was literally thousands of kids hanging out and getting wasted all over the place. It was a refreshing change for Erin and I, except now we felt like the old "biddies". Nevertheless, it made for great people watching. We met a girl at our camp site (Kate) who was from Newcastle (about 2 hours from Sydney). She was around our age and we hit it off. We went into town one night (Friday, I think) and hit the local pubs. It was hilarious walking around town and watching the chaos of hundreds of drunk teenagers unfold. We noticed throughout the course of the evening how many kids were on crutches. Kate found this quite perplexing and had a fascination with finding out what had happened to them
We had a great time in Byron. The weather was on and off again. It mostly rained at night. One night it rained so hard and for so long that we were hanging out in the camp barbeque shelter all night. People were coming up and telling us how their tents leaked and everything in there was soaked. We were dreading heading back to our tent that night, expecting the worst. Luckily out tent was bone dry on the inside. What a relief! But on the nice days it was great. The temperature was in the mid 30's and the ocean there was actually 'swimable'. We had a couple of beach days. We did a long hike around the bay and up to the lighthouse one day
After camping in the rain for the last week we decided that we needed to stay somewhere with a solid roof over our heads. We packed up and drove to Murwillumbah. We ended up staying in a YHA hostel there. It was a great place. The owner, Tassie (because he came from Tasmania) was very dedicated to the tourist industry. He had a great business set up. If you stayed for three nights or more you could use the bicycles and kayaks free of charge. The hostel was built right next to the river tweed and with a great view of Mount Warning. Every night at 9pm he would bring ice cream up for everyone in the common room. 'Everyone' at the hostel consisted of Erin and I, two 70 year old Aussie backpackers and a 60 year old backpacker from The Netherlands and Tassie. WooHoo! Party time! Across the street from the YHA was a recreation center that had just invested $16 million into renovations. They were offering free entry to everyone over the weekend to debut their improvements. Erin and I went over and used the swimming pools, then went kayaking down the river, then went biking. At the end of the day we were exhausted. We tried to stay up but had to turn in at 9:15pm, after ice cream, with the rest of the biddies... LoL! We decided the day after to relax from the strenuous activities and save ourselves for the hike up Mt. Warning the following day
We are now in a camp site on Mount Tamborine called Thunderbird Park. It's a great spot. There is an adventure park right on the grounds that we are going to tomorrow. It has platforms elevated a good 20 feet from the ground with all kinds of obstacles on it (rope nets, swings, elevated tunnels, zip lines, etc.). On the mountain itself are tonnes of wineries, great views of the volcano crater, waterfall walks, just to name few.
From here we are heading to Brisbane, and then who knows from there? Our itinerary is pretty open. A few 'definites' are; Fraser Island, The Whitsundays and The Great Barrier Reef. And before heading back to South East Asia it looks like we might be meeting my parents in Fiji for a few weeks, so we are pretty excited about that, if we can fit it into our budget.


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The Forest City Council is wrangling with an issue regarding pay for part-time paramedics. Currently the city employs up to four paramedics who work long shifts and are on call during that time. Councilmember Suzanne Murphy addressed the council on the issue:
The council had a subcommittee look into the matter and report back to the city on what measures could be taken and what would be the most effective way to handle the workload for the paramedic team.
The city has initially agreed to increase the pay of paramedics to $15 an hour for a 24 hour shift or a total of $360 for the day. The same would apply to PRN paramedics for the area.
Currently, paramedics in Forest City are earning a $14.75 an hour for a 24 hour shift and PRN's would fill in for an 8 hour shift.
The Forest City Ambulance Service has proposed to take over paying for the PRN services which would amount to $26,970 annually along with other monetary incentives. The city and the Ambulatory Service would enter into a five year contract once it is drawn up. It will have to go through the Finance Committee before it will be finally voted on.
The council credited Murphy for the hard work on getting the proposal done for the city to approve.


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The University of New Hampshire is proud to sponsor its thirty-fifth annual faculty-led summer program in the UK at the University of Cambridge. The program will be accommodated at Gonville and Caius College, one of the oldest and best known of the thirty-one colleges that make up Cambridge University. Students stay at the college from July 7 – August 16, 2013, and choose from a series of courses taught by a distinguished British and American faculty.
This summer, our program will offer the following 6 courses, of which students choose two:
History 498: Land of Hope and Glory? History of the British Isles, 1500-1901
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Mere sandwich? Paseo Apocalypse Now….brain goo…bigfoot
Is it fate? Death? Desire?…or just a sheer movement in the brain that leads people back again and again to the pink peddler of pork perfection, Paseo Caribbean Restaurant (6226 Seaview Ave N.W. and 4225 Fremont Ave N.).
Among a fuselage of flavorful delights that the Paseo menu offers, there is one item that stands out to this lowly reporter. It's called the Caribbean Roast (#2 for short).
To most patrons this is the alpha and the omega of Cuban sandwiches: food of the gods materialized, passed down from a cosmic reverberating Big Bang flux for Seattle mortals to bow down before and offer sacrament to.
To sit down with feet firmly planted under a stable ritualized eating shrine (table) holding the succulent sandwich is finally, truly, to live in the moment: when it's time to eat, you eat (all that yoga and meditation but all that was needed to obtain enlighten was this mere sandwich).
But why is eating this sandwich such a religious experience? After all, it's bread, meat, sauce, and vegetables combined with heat. Seattle circles cannot say enough. The mere mention of Paseo elicits Dionysian soliloquies of culinary credence and praise. There must be different forces at work here.
The Ballard News-Tribune has an objective, scientific theory.The Caribbean Roast is a recipe for intoxication that taps into the most primitive areas of the brain. Reacting much like an empathogen, eating the sandwich stimulates mass elation, empathy, bliss, and euphoric complacency with waves of hallucinogenic syncopations. The synapses in the amygdala (fear zone) are blocked by a strange aioli-like goo called "Paseo-num peptide". After consuming, the subject's cerebellum undergoes an abrupt disconnection from the spinal cord and a drone mode ensues. "Feeders" report a loud echoing boom followed by a long low hum, and then KAFLOOM! "White Rabbit" erupts in their sonar field. In short, a love-zombie state happens after only one inebriating bite (dose). What else could cause such terrible overwriting in this very article?
With such powerful psychoactive effects, surprisingly the DEA has not scheduled this "sandwich" as a schedule 1 narcotic. Indeed, they could put together a whole new drug classification schedule for each item on the menu.
Watching the wide-eyed, frenzied, patron-zombies leaving the line at Paseo with pupils dilated and white knuckle hands grasping bags full of their dopaminergic fixes leads one to suspect there is a "feel good" pandemic of grand proportions happening here. Perhaps a second "love wave" back from 1967 is happening right here in North Seattle under the very noses of decent and hardworking, relatively drug-free, patriotic Americans and law enforcement — they soon shall catch on.
What makes this sandwich so psychoactive? It can only be the combination of savory, garlicky aioli (Paseo-num peptide), a crisp yet chewy baguette, spindled cilantro, caramelized globes of giant onion, lettuce, opiates of jalapeño, and of course, the gospel itself: wet shreds of steaming pork. Together they infuse a synergy of umami with raptures of textures unsurpassed by other, mere mortal sandwiches. This is a breed of a different class -- a "soma" sandwich (gasp).
Beware! Oh beware reader if you endeavor to devour like the rest of the love-zombies and slip into the ether. You will need a publication of napkins, a quart of any beverage (sour beer for this journalist to tame the atavistic psychosis), restraints, emergency Thorazine, and a sober fiend I mean friend to keep back fearful onlookers when "Wolfy" violently emerges. In addition, this isn't amateur hour. Don't dare even try to eat the Paseo sacrament unless you have the clear minded stamina in feeding only Big Foot, Jesus, Joan of Arc, Don Juan, Miley Cyrus, Tim Leary, and the President of this great democratic nation can endow.
Now knowing the power of the Paseo, we can assume that if this combination of delirium inducing, cosmically orgasmic ingredients were to fall into the wrong hands there would be no end to the enthralling widespread madness. Western civilization would collapse and apocalyptic love-pandemonium would grip the world (Picture "Mad Max" meets an unrated rendition of "Grown Ups," directed by Lars von Teirs … The horror! The horror!). War would end. Disease would be eradicated. Utopian communes would rise. Citizens would write satirical epitaphs for "capitalism." Human language would evolve into telepathy. Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus would retire.
Oh dear reader, be glad, be glad for your life that this sandwich from the gods is here in Seattle, where the rainy winters, mild summers, Sound air and Phoenix Jones keep midnight Cuban sandwich devils at bay… at least for now.
Eat well Seattle. Rest easy. Good night.
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I recently view some live preview for other template in TF iframe demo which have the ability to choose template, etc. Is that the new feature? but when I view mine there is no options show. Now I try the other, it's gone too. Or am I daydreaming?
Hi nackle2k10, maybe this thread can be of some help. Good luck.
Hi DzincStudio, I know that thread. I used it myself. But what I saw Today was Themeforest Iframe "With Options to change template", and I'm sure it's not a dream. The options is beside the Remove Frame | Purchase Item! area with small thumbnail select options
I've tried to replicate it on my end but TF's iframes remain the same here, no ability to change templates. Maybe the author customized his own to look like TF's iframe, and added that option?
Yeah it was, I found the link it's work by dtbaker, but I just hope it's the TF new iframe system. Since I heard that TF gonna apply new Iframe system with lot's of options for author to play with.


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by Prasad Gunewardene
Self proclaimed "Jesus Christ:" with his Counsel Hemantha in 1982
Law College Lecturer, late Minister, Lalith Athulathmudali once asked
his students whether there were any 'civilians' among them. There was a
pin-drop silence, and the students wondered why.
Athulathmudali broke the silence to explain that he wanted to know
how many were interested in civil law. He then asked whether there were
any 'criminals'. Up went the hand of a tall lanky lad. This 'criminal'
was none other than Hemantha Warnakulasuriya who took silk as a
President's Counsel last Friday.
I knew Hemantha as a court reporter from the time he stepped into the
hallowed precincts of justice at Hultfsdorp. Therefore, I felt it is
appropriate to recall a few interesting cases of this man whose voice
may still echo in that compound though he has now risen to the highest
level in his profession.
If one speaks of interesting legal encounters in the Magistrates
Court, the name Hemantha Warnakulasuriya is certainly in the lead. The
man who defended an accused for having robbed a bread- fruit to feed his
son, was later the leading defence counsel in many a murder case in the
country. The episode of that bread fruit case in brief now follows:
"Mr. Warnakulasuriya, you seem to appear not only for the defence but
also for the prosecution as well, to prove your point", remarked Keerthi
Srilal Wijewardene, Chief Magistrate, Colombo during the trial before
him way back in 1982. The case was of a human nature where a man had
pilfered a bread fruit to feed his child.
The complainant was a wealthy woman from Colombo. I do not know
whether the new President's Counsel, Hemantha Warnakulasuriya remembers
this case which made front page news in "The Island" at that time when I
was a court reporter covering the Magistrates' Court. Turning to the
complainant, Mr. Warnakulasuriya said, "Sir, I can see that the
complainant is a very humane person from her appearance.
She would have certainly spent more on petrol to come here. Her
inability to control her anger on seeing the accused run with the bread
fruit may have forced her to complain. Otherwise, I am certain she would
not have wasted her valuable time and money to punish this man for a
fruit that just costs ten cents. Isn't it?, he asked her. She nodded in
The accused was warned and discharged. "Hunger is greater than
anger", quipped Mr. Warnakulasuriya before he took his seat. In the mid
1970s', this man Hemantha Warnakulasuriya drove into the Magistrates
Court in a bright red sports car to start his career after his
apprenticeship period under the late D. C. De Silva at Panadura.
Not knowing what the trend was at Hulftsdorp, Hemantha was a self
starter. The men who most dominated that complex were giants like Bunty
De Zoysa, P.C., Daya Perera, P.C. and Jayantha Gunesekere, P.C. After
the Royalist, Chippy Gunesekere, it was Hemantha who came to dominate
the MC as a Royalist.
His long journey to the position of President's Counsel could be
described as the one from the 'log cabin to the White House'. If it was
not so, Hemantha would never have been equalled to Cicero by the most
respected Judge of the Supreme Court, the late Tissa Dias Bandaranayake
who chaired the Lalith Athulathmudali Commission. In his report, Justice
Bandaranayake said, "The witness was cross examined by Mr.
Warnakulasuriya. We believe that the learned counsel was equal to
Now, I will describe another event in the MC which hit the headlines
and even made Hemantha popular in the international media. There was a
case where a man claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. He was
charged with assaulting a police officer.
This "Jesus Christ" claimed he punished the cop with the spiritual
powers in him. But, this "Jesus Christ" had to be defended. The defence
counsel was Hemantha. It was a difficult task. Despite being a devout
Buddhist, Hemantha unfolded scriptures in the Bible to seek pardon for
the accused. Magistrate Chandradasa Nanayakara roared with laughter as
Warnakulasuriya quoted from Peter to Paul not forgetting Moses and
Judas. Finally, the police officer agreed to compound the case and the
self proclaimed "Jesus Christ" was pardoned.
The late Bunty Zoysa was a giant at that time in Hultsdorp. But,
Hemantha never feared to battle with such men when it came to court. He
had the highest respect for Bunty Zoysa. When many others feared to
accept cases in the MC where Bunty appeared, Hemantha took up such
In a case where then Sub-Inspector, Priyanka Perera was charged with
the murder of a suspect in the police cell at Grandpass, Hemantha
appeared for the deceased. Bunty appeared for Perera. The Magistrate was
Chandradasa Nanayakkara. Bunty knew he was fighting a losing battle.
Hemantha battled to ensure that the sub-inspector was remanded.
Hell broke loose one morning when the Magistrate threatened to report
Bunty to the Supreme Court and the President for trying to influence him
the previous night over the telephone. Sittings were suspended. Several,
including Hemantha had to plead with the Magistrate to save Bunty.
Sub-Inspector Perera was remanded.
There was another interesting case where medical men insisted it was
a suicide by a woman in Kolonnawa due to drowning. But, Hemantha argued
it was a case of homicide. Magistrate, G. Wickremsekere ordered the body
be exhumed. The time was not made public. Myself, Norman Palihawadana
and photographer, Wimal Surendra had a sleepless night at the Borella
Prof. Nandadasa arrived at the cemetery around 8.30 a. m. that day
with the Borella Police to exhume the body. Later, it was established
that the woman had been strangled to death and thrown into the river.
Such was the proven ability of this lawyer, Hemantha Warnakulasuriya who
reigned over the MC for three decades.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has made the correct decision in making
him a President's Counsel.
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Help Removing tail lights & bumper reflectors..
Hey Guys
Anyone have info on how to remove the tail lights & bumper reflectors?? I am going to tint them with VHT lens tint. Any help is appreciated.
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check these out first:
I just removed mine a few days ago, it is a bit of a PITA, but ok if you go slow.
As shown above, first get the rear panel from the hatch off. I started at the lower end of the panel nearest to where the panel is closest to the cargo floor when closed. There are 8-10 plastic plugs that you need to get to first by prying open the panel enough to get a pry tool to the plugs to lever them out without breaking plastic or knuckles. Go slow and take each one out before moving to the next. You can cut your hands on the platic panel so gloves might help. You can also snap the plastic panel if you use too much elbow grease.
Once you get the panel out there are four small nuts mounting the hatch lights to the hatch door.
Then moving to the corner lenses, follow the above links - these are pretty simple by comparison.
I'll post up pictures later, just haven't had time.
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Those links don't work..
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I just went through this...
The "wrap-around" tail sections are easy. Pull the two plastic pins out by hand (I worked them out with a small flathead screwdriver). Then, I put tape around the edge of the lens as to not scratch the paint beneath. I also removed my wedding band.
Then, grab a hold and pull straight back. Be careful because the light cords arent very long. You can see in the picture how the lenses are connected.
I left the liftgate portion of the tails on because they are installed with double-sided sticky foam (yes, thats the technical term). I took out the two hex-head screws on the back side of the liftgate and thought, wow this was easy. I assumed they were installed the same as the wrap-around tails so when I started to tug on the lens I noticed the foam. I quickly re-installed the hex-head screws.
Hope this is helpful, I don't have a lot of time to do a proper write-up.
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^thanks mhassler. i started the same tint effort with them on using lamin-x, then concluded i was too hamfisted to do the self tint job, which led to needing to remove the lenses to get them spray tinted, which also allows me to do the LED bulb replacement. phew.
first shot is the plastic panel you need to pry off the rear tailgate to get to everything. there are at least 8-10 green and yellow plastic plugs you need to lever out with a forked pry tool if ya got one.
this is the rear liftgate once you get the interior panel removed. easy access from here.
there are 4 of these black posts with small nuts which mount the liftgate lenses to the liftgate. two are located outboard of the interior panel, two are located underneath the panel - so you gotta go in to either get the lenses removed and/or to replace the bulbs on the hatch. Stoopid design here, but I've not said that on this vehicle previously for anything else, so hall pass is given.
shot from rear exterior once lenses are removed, you can see the four corner holes where the posts/nuts are mounted.
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dang moose thats a pain. in the wk i can remove a tailight in about 1 minute tops/
but glad to see yopu guys figuring stuff out. and pics ALWAYS help.
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Moose, need additional advice:
How do you ensure that your wife is out of the house and won't do a surprise return right when you've got your vehicle dismantled thusly??
Mani/pedi gift cert?
Cosmo Girl's Night Out with you picking up the tab?
Custom jean fitting at the mall (again, on your dime)?
Golf/tennis lesson? (careful, this can backfire depending on the instructor)
Whassup, how do you do it?
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Tonite, I have to wear the cowboy hat, spurs, and assless chaps.
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Moose if you have the lamin-x already, why spray tint? Trying bringing it to a tint shop they should be able to get it on nice. I got mine yesterday but it recommends 70 degree weather (roughly) so I am waiting until its a tad warmer (50-60) as 30's at night is cold for adhesive to adhere properly and no heated garage for me.
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J13ntv - where did you get the chrome tube side steps?
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Our big announcement on the Trump-Russia scandal.
Politico's Michael Calderone has an interesting story today about the members of the rarified White House press pool whining about the recent inclusion of Talking Points Memo and Huffington Post in their exclusive club. The press pool, as Matt Yglesias ably explains, is "basically a mutually agreed upon plaigiarism pact" in which a large group of news organizations agree to pool their resources. Instead of having 20 reporters follow the president to his golf game on Sunday, the pool sends just one to cover the president's activities for the day. The pool reporter of the day (the responsibility rotates among the members of the pool) files detailed just-the-facts updates that the rest of the pool organizations rely on when putting together their own stories. Apparently some White House reporters are worried that the presence of TPM and HuffPo in the pool will make people doubt other pool members' credibility:
White House reporters have privately discussed and debated the recent addition of sites like Talking Points Memo and Huffington Post into the White House in-town press pool. It's not that reporters are criticizing the work of either Christina Bellantoni or Sam Stein, but some have expressed concerns about pool reports coming from left or right-leaning news organizations that will then be used by the rest of the press corps.
"This is really troubling," said New York Times reporter Peter Baker in an email to POLITICO. "We're blurring the line between news and punditry even further and opening ourselves to legitimate questions among readers about where the White House press corps gets its information."
Baker said he has no problem with outlets like Huffington Post, which he described "an important part of the marketplace of ideas." But the site, he said, has a mission "to produce pieces with strongly argued points of view" and that puts the Times—or other non-partisan news organizations—"in a position of relying on overtly ideological or opinionated organizations as our surrogate news gatherers."
Critics of including HuffPo and TPM in the pool claim that they're not accusing Stein or Bellantoni of being unprofessional or misleading, they're just worried about the appearance of bias. But this really stems from something else: the belief by the so-called "mainstream media" that their reporters (and only their reporters) are somehow magically endowed with the ability to write and report without making any subjective judgments. The bit in Baker's email about "overtly ideological" organizations is especially revealing. Is it better that news outlets are covertly ideological? The Washington Times is part of the in-town press pool—and Bellantoni previously wrote pool reports when she was that paper's White House reporter. Fox News is part of the television pool. Does anyone really think the Washington Times is non-ideological? What's the disqualifying difference between the Washington Times and TPM? TPM's not on paper? TPM's leans left instead of right? Peter Baker used to work for the Washington Times but not for TPM?
In any case, if the inclusion of TPM and Huffington Post in the press pool hastens the public's realization that all reporting involves points of view, that would be a good thing. Reporters are not robots. We make decisions all the time that affect the way our stories come out. Reporters' decisions about who to talk to, how to describe events, and what kind of credibility to give to different sources (Judy Miller, anyone?) all affect the final product. Does anyone seriously argue that opinion judgments never appear in New York Times stories? What about the paper's judgment to avoid using the term "torture"? What about this or this or this or this or this or this or this? Good journalists do their best to report the truth. And even New York Times reporters make judgments about what, exactly, that is.


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Centurion Military Alliance (CMA)
Friday, June 28, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
If you're a Recruiter or Hiring Manager (employer), join Centurion Military Alliance (CMA) for a chance to network and recruit from a talent pool of highly talented and skilled Transitioning Service Members. This is a great opportunity for both small and large businesses to find viable candidates to compliment your company's hiring needs!
As an employer, you will have 15 to 20 seconds at the mic to:
- Introduce yourself,
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We ask that you bring plenty of business cards and your "Ready-to-Hire" attitude. This is a business professional enviornment so we ask all participants to dress professional.
Please note that 100% of this $25 entrance fee goes directly towards the cost of the event.
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5901 North Interstate 35 Frontage Road
Friday, June 28, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM (PDT)
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Bill Clinton is asking his wife's supporters to help pay off lingering debt from her 2008 presidential campaign as speculation grows on whether she will run again in 2016.
In a message to Hillary Clinton's email list, the former president offered donors the chance to spend a day with him in New York City if they gave to the fund before December 6.
"There is nothing I enjoy more than good conversation with good people, which is why I've enjoyed it so much whenever we've brought one of Hillary's strongest supporters to New York to spend the day with me," Bill Clinton wrote. "I'm happy to tell you that I've asked to do it again."
After ending her presidential bid in June 2008, the now-Secretary of State was left with $ 25 million in debt. She has since whittled that figure down to $ 73,000 as of September 30.
According to ABC, the remaining debt is owed to market research firm Penn, Schoen & Berland for consulting and polling.
It's not the first time the former president has stepped in to help his wife pay down the remaining fees. He offered a similar trip to supporters in 2010.
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Shortly after the North American press premiere of "The Matchmaker" hit technical difficulties and screened without English subtitles, the film's Israeli director, Avi Nesher, tried to calm himself. "Wrist-slashing is an option," he said.
About 100 journalists and industry types showed up for the recent Toronto International Film Festival screening, and dwindled to a handful within minutes.
"The most interesting part of making movies is when what you did finally meets the people, whether they are in Tel Aviv or Toronto," Nesher said. "It's crushing that it didn't happen."
When the technical gods do not interfere, Nesher's works usually connect. He is one of Israel's most popular directors, boasting a string of homegrown hits. His 2004 film about a girl from India adjusting to life in the Negev, "Turn Left at the End of the World," sold more than 600,000 tickets, according to The Jerusalem Post. That's big box office in a country of fewer than 8 million people.
Nesher estimated that his average budget was about $2 million, and he says that all his films have made money — just not the crazy money that he could be making in Hollywood, where he toiled for 10 years as a writer-director of such B-feature titles as "Timebomb" (1991) and "Doppelganger" (1993), the latter featuring Drew Barrymore.
He still gets offers. He turns them down. A recent jog he took on a Tel Aviv beach perhaps explains why: Eight or nine people approached him to say how much "The Matchmaker" had moved them. "It's very joyous to make these movies that have a part in your country's cultural life," he said.
"The Matchmaker" takes place in the summer of 1968. Israel has settled into the everyday after a 20-year struggle to survive, capped by victory in the 1967 Six Day War. An imposing matchmaker, Yankele (Adir Miller), works what he calls "special cases," meaning the scarred, freakish and lovelorn who occupy the lower city of Haifa. One favorite client is Sylvia (Bat-El Papura), a dwarf who runs a movie house that screens only love stories; however, she yearns for a romance of her own.
The film casts a nonjudgmental gaze. An elegant mystery woman (Maya Dagan) hosts gambling parties, where booze and conversation flow freely. Prostitutes strut along the streets.
Much of the action is filtered through the eyes of the teenage Arik (Tuval Shafir), who scouts prospects for the matchmaker. For Arik, America's 1967 Summer of Love arrives in Israel a year later, in the form of Tamara (Neta Porat), who has returned from the United States blaring rock 'n' roll and talking of free love.
"I've lived in Israel many years, and it's like any other country," Nesher said. "It's about having fun. It's about surviving. It's about where your next meal comes from. It's about who you fall in love with. It has big historical events as the wind to its sails, but the way life is conducted is ordinary."
Nesher blasts the notion that he is tough to pin down thematically. He explained that all his films tackle Israeli mythology through key subjects: immigration (in 2004's "Turn Left at the End of the World"), religion (2007's "The Secrets") and freedom fighters (1984's "Rage and Glory"). Even his first movie, a 1979 musical called "The Troupe," examined the Israeli ideal of the collective, he said.
"The Matchmaker" quietly evokes the Holocaust. All the characters have been touched by this massive tragedy. Some, like Yankele, bear obvious physical evidence. Nesher's own parents were survivors, and his mother did not speak of the experience until two years ago, he said. And even then, she talked to Nesher's children, now 13 and 9, not to Nesher himself.
"The Holocaust is so deeply embedded in the national consciousness," he said. "You consider yourself an outcast — being a child of parents who are Holocaust survivors. It is an overriding experience and emotion, so you become sympathetic to everything outcast and very open to it."
The misfits of "The Matchmaker" — titled "Once I Was" ("Pa'am ha'yi'ti") in Israel — yearn to squeeze the most out of the daily routine, no matter how horrible the past. (The dwarves running the movie house are rooted in historical fact: A similar family endured Dr. Mengele's gruesome experiments before immigrating to Haifa.)
"It's about accepting people who are not like us," said Nesher, who borrowed elements of Amir Gutfreund's 2008 book "When Heroes Fly" and collaborated with the author on the script. "These are people that I know, people I relate to."
"The Matchmaker" earned seven nominations for Israel's version of the Academy Awards, providing further validation that Nesher made the right move in choosing projects of passion over stateside thrillers. A native of Israel who lived for years in New York City as a student at the Ramaz yeshiva and Columbia University, Nesher said he considered his adventures in Hollywood an exercise in making movies from the head.
Now that Nesher makes movies from the heart, he believes there is no formula to undermine their soul.
"There's no particularly happy ending, and George Clooney is nowhere in sight," he said.
On a happy note to Nesher's bittersweet movie, the rest of the screenings in Toronto unspooled with the subtitles intact, the film's publicist said. All the public showings were sold out, reinforcing an exchange I had with Nesher about film fans not having to be Jewish to enjoy his work.
Said the filmmaker, "Apparently the word is out."
Ron Dicker is a freelance writer based in New York who writes regularly for the Forward.
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