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The Request for Enhancement Community Process
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We launched the WebSphere RFE Community this week at Impact. We are exciting how this will change the way WebSphere customers can influence the future of their products. In case you missed the Unconference on the RFE Community, or simply want to learn more about how the RFE Community is your tool to access IBM product teams, here is a video put together by our resident RFE expert, David Salinas, that explains it all:
Why is the Request For Enhancement Good?
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At Impact, we are announcing the new WebSphere Request for Enhancement Community. On Monday, we talked about why what it is in detail. Well, the next logic discussion is "why it is good for you and IBM"?
To start, the results of IBM's community-driven RFE system are remarkable. Over 20,000 RFEs have been submitted to date with almost 2,300 already delivered into a previously released version of a product, or in the next available release. Customers may submit RFEs for products in five IBM product families: Lotus, Rational, Tivoli, Information Management, and, recently WebSphere. And with the success of the program, more product groups are getting onboard, bringing closer to making the IBM RFE the one-stop shop for customer-driven requirements gathering. As a customer, never again do you have to worry about your requirements falling into virtual black holes. And as a product decision maker, the IBM RFE gives you access to your customers through a direct, manageable, and productive model.
Join the Unconference today (Wed May 2) at Impact to learn more about WebSphere RFE Community with Andrew Bates!
Influence IBM products with the Request for Enhancement Community (RFE)
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WebSphere Request for Enhancement (RFE) community on IBM developerWorks. Unlike many other companies' requirements submission systems, the IBM RFE is an online community consists of both customers and product team members. In fact, IBM product decision makers are active participants of the RFE community, communicating with and working alongside to refine requirements to produce products that meet customers' needs. RFE submissions are, in general, open to other community members to view, remark, and improved upon. IBM developerWorks is IBM's premier development resource site, making it the ideal home for the IBM RFE community.
Stay tuned to check out the Unconference (Wednesday, May 2, from 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm) where Andrew Bates from WebSphere will give you a demo of the tool!


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Awesome story! Well Done!
This is a discussion on Got a buddy hooked on guns today!!! within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; So a buddy of mine asked me to go look at a VW Van for sale for him today. I said sure, I'm on my ...
So a buddy of mine asked me to go look at a VW Van for sale for him today. I said sure, I'm on my way to the range and it's close by. We can go look at it and you can come with me to shoot if you want. So we checked out the VW, and we head to the range. We've been going to car shows since I moved here, some ball games, etc. We've talked guns, and he has a couple of old ones that are less than stellar, but has basically never shot a handgun before.
I have my Bersa Thunder 9uc, Taurus PT709, S&W 649, H&R 922 snub, Browning Buckmark .22, and Remington Fieldmaster pump .22 rifle. We got 2 lanes, I went over all of the range rules, safe handling instructions, etc. and I showed him how to shoot. We went back and forth from lane to lane and had a blast. At first, he was high and right. Flinching pretty hard. It wasn't long before he was putting them in a circle the size of your hand at 7 and 10 yards. He shot the PT709 better than any of them. We were there for 2 hours and shot 700 rounds total.
For me, it was the first opportunity to shoot the 649 and Buckmark (had to get it sighted in) and they were without fail. I shot from 7, 10, 15, 20, and 25 yards. My previous Buckmark I had dialed in perfectly. I used to shoot golf balls from 25 yards with factory open sights. This one, I was hitting a 3"x3" post-it note with it from 25 yards with factory open sights, but just could not get a good group or consistent placement inside of the square with it. I've got some work to do to get it fine-tuned, but I'm sure it is me and not the gun. The 649, DA trigger pull I was dead centering the 3"x3" post-it note from 15 yards. Buttery smooth!!!
So, when we finish we head out into the gun store part of the range and my buddy LOVED IT. He startes asking me how to get a permit and I tell him the process. He waves one of the guys over and signs up for the class on 8/30 and pays them up. Then we start looking at guns and we check out a multitude of brands and types and he liked the Bersa Thunder CC .380 and the Bersa BP9CC 9mm. He couldn't decide, SO HE BOUGHT THEM BOTH!!!
I was so proud, we went to a little local dive and sat outside and had seafood and a cold beer and listened to live music...MY TREAT!!! The least I could do for my new 2A supporter. We talked about 2A, carry laws, lethal force, and I gave him some websites (including DC) to check out. The only bad part is after the money he spent today his old lady might not let him hang out with me on Saturdays anymore. But hey, there's a lot worse things he could have spent his money on.
PS. Oh, and I fell in love with my Taurus PT709 all over again. Dead nuts on shot after shot from 10 yards. Shot the center out of the target. That's 2200 trouble free rounds through it now. Same thing with my Bersa Thunder 9uc. Shooting it is like painting with a brush. LOVE THOSE GUNS!!!
Know Guns, Know Safety, Know Peace.
No Guns, No Safety, No Peace.
Awesome story! Well Done!
Stop whining and go do something that makes a difference!
If you think that I may be talking to you, then I am.
Good job bugdude! I have gotten several of my customers over the years interested in guns and hunting its a good feeling. My daugther got married a year ago and my son-in-law never had guns in his house growing up his mom was "too afraid of guns." He now hunts and shoots clays and now shooting handguns. He now wants to get permit to carry; I am glad I convereted my son-in-law to a gun owner!
Friends dont let friends not try guns
"The thing about quotes on the internet is that you can not confirm their validity."
-Abraham Lincoln
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky. dangerous animals."
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His ol lady is sure to be pissed at you! Two new pistols and a concealed carry class. Ha ha. I love it. Good job.
Yep, sounds like he's addicted! Another shooting partner.
You can educate ignorance, you can't fix stupid
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Nice work. Also, I'm with you on the PT709... that's a great little gun that gets dismissed by a lot of folks because it's a Taurus.
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.
Clint Eastwood
Sounds like you had a great day! I'm another fan of the PT709. It's my EDC, Accurate, 1400+ reliable rounds, good trigger, I love the gun.
That's great! Good work on your part. Keep it up.
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Very cool. BTW, when the time comes to defend yourself, and you will have to, and you mention "other ways" he could have spent the money - prostitutes is probably not a good venue to bring up . Just sayin'.
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No Guns, No Safety, No Peace.
Man, nice work BugDude! You really do a great service for spreading the appreciation of 2A and CC.
Can I send all my friends and aquantances to you?
I dare almost anyone to go to the range and safely shoot 700 rnds from some qaulity firearms and not have fun!
The stupidity of some people NEVER ceases to amaze me.
I love taking people to the range. That's one way I can justify having a lot of diverse handguns. That's 2 friends I've met here in FL that I've taken to the range and they have purchased firearms and are getting their concealed permit.
My buddy and I were talking later and I told him, "You know, there aren't many countries left in the world where we could do what we did today. And if it weren't for a lot of people fighting the fight and the political pull of organizations like the NRA, we wouldn't be able to do it here either." That really resonated with him. We are going to plan regular range trips going forward...and invite more buddies to go with us. Word of the day is Freedom...spread the word.
Know Guns, Know Safety, Know Peace.
No Guns, No Safety, No Peace.
I like it. The more recreational shooters are out there the better our chances when some legislators come up with idiotic ideas for gun control laws. They become a lot less scary and threatening when you understand them, and for those who aren't terribly concerned either way, getting them into the shooting sports can sway them from "neutral" to our side. Plus, having more shooting buddies is always a win.

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Why do the surgery?
What to ask your surgeon
The surgical procedure
Risks and benefits of the surgery
What to expect during the hospital stay
Going home
Long-term prognosis
What is Tetralogy of Fallot?
|Illustration by Steven P. Goldberg, MD
Copyright © 2012 STS
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common form of congenital heart disease associated with children being blue (cyanosis). Tetralogy of Fallot means that there are four different conditions occurring in the heart at the same time ("tetralogy" is Latin for "four"). It was named after Fallot, the physician who identified it.
The four conditions are:
- Pulmonary stenosis (PS). PS is a narrowing (stenosis) at or around the pulmonary valve that blocks the flow of blood from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery. Since the pulmonary artery is the main path for blood to travel from the heart to the lungs, this stenosis means that blood cannot get from the heart to the lungs easily to collect oxygen.
- Ventricular septal defect (VSD). A VSD is a hole (defect) in the wall (septum) separating the pumping chambers of the heart (the right and left ventricles). Patients usually have one VSD but may have more than one.
- Overriding aorta. Oxygen-rich blood is pumped to the body from the left ventricle of the heart through the aortic valve and aorta. An overriding aorta occurs when the aortic valve is located over the ventricular septal defect instead of the left ventricle, so that instead of receiving just the oxygen-rich blood from the left ventricle it can also receive oxygen-poor blood from the right ventricle. This anatomy means that both oxygen-poor and oxygen-rich blood is being pumped back to the body.
- Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH). RVH is a thickening (hypertrophy) of the muscular walls of the right ventricle. The walls thicken because the right ventricle is pumping at high pressure to try to get blood to the lungs through the narrowing around the pulmonary valve.
Together, these conditions mean that there is not enough blood flow to the lungs so there is not enough oxygen in the blood, and the child appears blue.
Why do the surgery?
The surgery will repair the four conditions. Every child with TOF is different. Children with TOF do not have enough blood going to the lungs because of the narrowing around the pulmonary valve (pulmonary stenosis) and so do not have enough oxygen in their blood. If the narrowing is not very small, the blood flow to the lungs is more like normal, and the child will not appear blue. These children are sometimes called "pink tets." If the narrowing is more severe, the oxygen level in the blood is lower and the child will appear blue (cyanosis).
If the pulmonary stenosis is left untreated, the right ventricle muscle gets thicker (right ventricular hypertrophy) to try to push blood through the narrowing around the pulmonary valve. When the right ventricle muscle is too thick, it also blocks the flow of blood to the pulmonary artery, and the amount of oxygen in the child's blood continues to decrease.
Eventually, the child may have what are called "tet spells," during which they may lose consciousness, experience seizures, have heart failure, and be at risk of death.
What to ask your surgeon
The surgical procedure
|Illustration by Steven P. Goldberg, MD
Copyright © 2012 STS
Surgery is usually done when the child is between four and six months old. The surgeon makes an incision down the front of the chest (called a median sternotomy) and divides the breastbone (sternum) in half to get access to the heart. The heart is placed on cardiopulmonary bypass, meaning that a machine takes over the heart's job of pumping of the blood so the surgeon can enter the heart to repair it.
The repair may consist of the following steps:
Fixing the narrowing around the pulmonary valve (the pulmonary stenosis). The pulmonary artery may be cut open where it is too narrow, and a patch of material may be placed there to make the artery wider. If the narrowing is located at the pulmonary valve, it may be necessary to cut open the valve to make the repair. The child may require another surgery later in life to repair the valve.
- Cutting out some of the muscle in the right ventricle if it has gotten too thick and is blocking the flow of blood to the pulmonary artery.
- Fixing the ventricular septal defect. The hole(s) between the right and left ventricles are usually closed with a patch of fabric made of Gore-Tex™ or Dacron™. Both fabrics are strong woven materials that are accepted by the body. The child's own heart cells will grow over the patch, making it part of the child's body.
When the breastbone is put back together, stainless steel wires are usually wrapped around the bone to make it very sturdy. The surgery will take an average of four hours from start to finish.
Risks and benefits of the surgery
The benefit of the surgery is for the child to have a better functioning heart.
What to expect during the hospital stay
- A fast heart beat (supraventricular tachycardia or SVT), requiring medications to slow down the heart
- Fluid in the chest (pleural effusions), requiring a chest tube that is put in place at the end of surgery to stay in longer or additional chest tubes to be added
- Needing help from a machine (ventilator) to breathe for a few days These challenges are part of the normal recovery after surgery in a child with TOF.
Just after surgery, the child will be sleepy while recovering from anesthesia and will be under the influence of strong pain medications. It is normal for a child to be confused, thirsty, and nauseated. The child may have nothing but glue over the outside over the surgical incision in the chest and will have many tubes and wires attached, including a chest tube.


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Complete Field Hockey Weekly Release in pdf format
PRINCETON, N.J. -- After a week off from League
play two weekends ago, the Ivies played their fourth round of
League games this past weekend. On Saturday, Princeton used a 7-1
win over Brown to stay atop the League standings at 4-0.
Katie Reinprecht led a balanced Princeton attack
as she scored the Tigers' second goal and had the assist on
the third.
Also on Saturday, Yale and Dartmouth met in Hanover, N.H. with both teams looking for a win to remain one game out of first place. Virginia Peisch scored first to make it 1-0 in favor of the Big Green, but Erin Carter answered with two straight goals for the Bulldogs as Yale went on to record a 3-1 victory and move to 3-1 in the League. Cornell also moved to 3-1 in Ivy play with 2-0 road win at Harvard on Saturday. Catie De Stio was the hero for the Big Red, scoring both goals as Cornell won its fourth game in a row.
Then on Sunday, Penn earned its first Ivy League win of the season by knocking off Columbia in dramatic fashion. After falling behind 2-1 with ten minutes to play, Caroline Olt netted her first goal of the season to send the contest to overtime where Laurel McGarvie scored the game-winning goal for the Quakers. For Columbia, it marked the second consecutive dramatic finish as the Lions previously outlasted Lafayette to earn a 2-1 non-conference win in penalty strokes on Wednesday. The win was in large part due to goalkeeper Christie O'Hara's 10 saves during the game, including five in the two overtimes, and then she added three more stops during the shootout.
Junior back Erin Carter (Perkiomenville, Pa.) scored three goals over the weekend, leading Yale to a pair of victories. Carter had two goals in Saturday's come-from-behind 3-1 Ivy League win at Dartmouth. Against the Big Green, Carter scored to knot the game at 1-1 and then netted what proved to be the game-winning goal early in the second half. Then in Yale's 2-0 win over Holy Cross, she scored the insurance tally to put the Bulldogs up 2-0.
One of Yale's top defensive players, Carter also helped Yale limit its opponents to just one goal in 140 minutes of play. Dartmouth entered the contest versus Yale with the third highest goals per game average in the country (4.09) but scored only once on Saturday.
With six goals in the last six games, Carter has taken over Yale's team lead with seven for the season. She is also second on the team in points with 14. Carter is Yale's first Ivy League Player of the Week since Dinah Landshut earned the honor on Nov. 10, 2009.
Carter's Weekly Stats
2-2 GP/GS, 3G, 0A, 6 Pts., 9 Shots, 6 SOG, 1 GWG, Team: 2-0
Freshman Georgia Holland (Stony Brook, N.Y.) has been one of Yale's best two-way players as a midfielder, but this weekend the Bulldogs needed her in the backfield to focus on her defensive prowess.
Holland made the most of her time at back, helping Yale hold its two opponents to just one goal in 140 minutes of action. Dartmouth entered the contest versus Yale with the third highest goals per game average in the country (4.09) but scored only once in Saturday's 3-1 Bulldog win. Yale then recorded its fourth shutout of the season Sunday, blanking Holy Cross 2-0.
Holland ranks third on Yale in points (4-5-13) this season and has now been named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week three times. She also earned the honor on Sept. 14 and Oct. 5.
Holland's Weekly Stats
2-2 GP/GS, 0G, 0A, 0 Pts., 1 Shot, 1 SOG, 0 GWG, Team: 2-0
Catie De Stio, Cornell, Sr., F (Sea Cliff, N.Y.)
1-1 GP/GS, 2 G, 0 A, 4 Pts., 9 Shots, 8 SOG, 1 GWG, Team: 1-0
Laurel McGarvie, Penn, Sr., A/MF (Medford, N.J.)
3-3 GP/GS, 1 G, 0 A, 2 Pts., 1 Shot, 1 SOG, 1 GWG, Team: 1-2
Christie O'Hara, Columbia, So., GK (St. Louis, Mo.)
2-2 GP/GS, 172:09 Min., 4 GA, 1.63 GAA, 12 SVS, .750 SV%, 0 Sho, 1-1
Virginia Peisch, Dartmouth, Sr., D (Koenigstein, Germany)
2-2 GP/GS, 2 G, 2 A, 6 Pts., 7 Shots, 4 SOG, 0 GWG, Team: 0-2
Katie Reinprecht, Princeton, Jr., MF (North Wales, Pa.)
2-2 GP/GS, 2 G, 1 A, 5 Pts., 6 Shots, 3 SOG, 0 GWG, Team: 1-1
Cynthia Tassopoulos, Harvard, So., GK (Dallas, Texas)
1-1 GP/GS, 70:00 Min., 2 GA, 2.00 GAA, 8 SVS, .800 SV%, 0 Sho, 0-1
Competition for positioning within the League standings is heating up as the Ivies get set to play the fifth set of conference games.
On Saturday, Harvard travels to Princeton, with the Tigers
looking to remain unbeaten in conference play. Also on Saturday,
Penn, coming off its first Ivy win of the year, travels to Yale
where the Bulldogs will be looking for a third consecutive Ivy win
to remain near the top of the League standings. Rounding out
Saturday's Ivy slate, Cornell will look to extend its overall
winning streak to five games when it plays at Brown.
Then on Sunday, Dartmouth and Columbia will both be trying to rebound from narrow Ivy defeats last weekend when the teams faceoff in New York. A win by the Lions would pull them even with the Big Green in the standings.
Aside from League play, there will be five other contests involving Ivy teams this week. A pair of cross-town rivalries highlights the non-conference slate as Brown hosts Providence and Penn faces Saint Joseph's on Wednesday.
Wednesday, October 20
Providence at Brown, 4 pm
Saint Joseph's at Penn, 7:15 pm
Friday, October 22
Columbia at Rutgers, 3 pm
Saturday, October 23
*Harvard at Princeton, Noon
*Penn at Yale, Noon
*Cornell at Brown, Noon
Sunday, October 24
Yale at Fairfield, 1 pm
*Dartmouth at Columbia, 1 pm
Princeton at Penn State, 3 pm
* - Ivy League contest


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A former airline pilot has been jailed for life for killing his wife by deliberately crashing his car into a tree after disabling her airbag.
Iain Lawrence was found guilty of murdering his wife Sally by a jury after a three-week trial at Leicester Crown Court.
High Court judge Mr Justice Leggatt told the 53-year-old he would serve a minimum term of 24 years.
Prosecutors said Lawrence adopted the brace position in the crash as Mrs Lawrence, who was not wearing a seat-belt, died almost instantly.
Friends and family of Mrs Lawrence cheered and shouted "Yes" as the verdict was read out.
Lawrence had denied deliberately driving his car into a tree to murder his 47-year-old wife and claimed it was an accident.
But the jury of six men and six women took just over eight hours today to convict him of murder by a majority verdict of 11-1.
Lawrence, wearing a grey suit, stared straight ahead in the dock.
The court heard that Lawrence disabled the passenger airbag of his red Peugeot before the crash in Gartree Road in Oadby, Leicestershire, on October 6 last year and, in the moments before the car struck the tree, unclipped his wife's seatbelt.
Sentencing Lawrence today, Mr Justice Leggatt said: "The way in which you killed Sally was both brutal and carefully planned.
"You must have singled out the spot on the Gartree Road - a road you knew well - as a place that suited your purpose: a large tree with clear ground in front of it on a gentle bend in the road."
He said Lawrence disabled the passenger airbag "in preparation" for what he planned to do.
Mr Justice Leggatt continued: "How you got Sally into your car, and whether by trickery or force, no-one but you can know. I suspect it was a combination of the two. However you achieved it, she cannot have imagined what you were planning to do next.
"The evidence at this trial has clearly established how you killed Sally. As you approached the spot which was your target you reached across and unclipped her seatbelt. Then you steered the car at the tree and drove straight into it at over 50mph.
"You aimed so that the passenger's side of the car struck the tree and bore the full brunt of the collision. You had the protection of an airbag and seatbelt - protection you had made sure that Sally did not have - and, to protect yourself further, you got into the brace position before the crash.
"It was not chance but the result of your careful and cold- blooded planning that you came away from the collision with a few bruises while Sally died of catastrophic injuries.
"You thought that the crash would be seen as a tragic accident and that you would get away with murder. You would indeed have done so if it had not been for the careful and thorough investigation carried out by the police."
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Michael Alan Park
(860) 832-2614
After several majors I stumbled onto anthropology at Indiana University and stuck with it, getting my B.A. in 1969, my M.A. in 1971, and my Ph.D. in 1979. I started teaching at CCSU in 1973. My specialties are in biological anthropology: human genetics, the human fossil record, evolutionary theory, and human osteology. I am also interested in the nature of science and the public perception of science.
Courses taught:
ANTH 140 Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 160 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANTH 245 Laboratory in Biological Anthropology
ANTH 335 Theories of Human Evolution and Behavior
ANTH 365 The Anthropology of Human Differences
ANTH 475 (various special topics courses)
ANTH 490 Senior Thesis
I have also taught and team-taught courses in the Honors Program and in the Biology Department.
I have written six anthropology textbooks:
Workbook in General Anthropology (with Jack A. Lucas) 1979 Kendall-Hunt
Anthropology: An Introduction 1986 Harper & Row
Human Antiquity: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
(with Kenneth L. Feder) McGraw-Hill, now in its 5th edition
Biological Anthropology McGraw-Hill, now in its 7th edition
Biological Anthropology: An Introductory Reader McGraw-Hill, now in its
6th edition
Introducing Anthropology: An Integrated Approach McGraw-Hill, now in
its 6th edition
and one trade book:
Exploring Evolution 2012 Vivays Publishing (London)
I consider myself as much an educator as a scholar and so I give numerous talks to school and public groups on anthropology and on aspects of science. My three hours of fame came in 1982 when I debated the famous scientific creationist, Duane Gish, before an audience of over 1200. (I think I won. Duane Gish thought he did too!)


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Don't Use Any Frayed Electrical Cords
Be careful not to run cords under carpet, because if they get stepped on often, they might fray, causing a fire hazard. If the cord is frayed on the space heater or Christmas lights, you can have a lamp repair pro replace it. Or, if you're feeling fancy, maybe even spring for a new space heater or Christmas lights.


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(I searched to find more info w/i the forum and nothing came up).
Anyone buy this for their dogs? How much do you go through in comparison to a dry or canned food? I'm hoping that the claims are true: with less fillers the dogs will eat less and get more nutrition when they do eat. Thus, I won't got through 40 lbs in a month.
I picked some up today and hope the dogs will actually eat it (they've become extremely picky, I made it worse by preparing their foods but that's so time consuming I realized I was better off trying to find a good brand of food but local supplies are extremely limited - and store-brand dry dog foods are all a waste of money).
Fortunately this is readily available through a local pet supply store, which I'm quite surprised at, and for being a premium brand food it's not too expensive - depending on how much they go through in a week, that is


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Vintage Comic Postcards
As postcards became the quickest, easiest way to send a greeting or note around 1898, they also made the perfect vehicle for a joke. A postcard back has just enough space for an illustration and a zinger, and the sender had the pleasure of knowing they'd just delivered a smile—or a guffaw.
Some comic postcards were political in nature, mocking a political candidate, the suffrage movement, or the enemy during a war. Others featured favorite characters from the newspaper funny pages. Some of these familiar comic-strip icons, like Buster Brown, were employed in postcards sent out as witty advertisements. Still others contained racy or risque jokes or racist caricatures of African Americans.
By the elections of 1900, postcards were becoming an acceptable means of sending out campaign propaganda, and particularly jabs against rival candidates. However, it was during the elections of 1908 that political postcards exploded, thanks in part to the introduction of split-back postcards in 1907.
President Theodore Roosevelt, often depicted as a teddy bear, used his influence to help get his Secretary of War, William H. Taft, elected as his successor. A political cartoon in "The Atlanta Constitution" first showed Taft as a portly possum, with the caption, "If Teddy Bear why not Billy Possum?" and this image was printed as a postcard by the Lester Book Company.
Soon after Taft's election, though, he got on Roosevelt's bad side, which gave comic postcard artists like Crite plenty of fodder. One image in Crite's 1909 12-card set, copyrighted by L.Glick, even shows a lip-licking possum prepared to chow on a "Roast Teddy Bear, Mountain House Style." In 1912, Roosevelt decided to run against Taft in the presidential election, so cards about this rivalry are common.
Instead of animals, Florence Pretz played on the fad for Billiken good luck dolls, drawing "Billibryanikin" and "Billitaftikin" with the faces of Taft and William Bryan in her 1908 postcards. Another popular gimmick was wire-tail postcards, showing the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, or Roosevelt's bull-moose with a metal wire for a tail. The springy motion of the wire gives the animals the appearance of running.
Jay Norwood Darling, who signed his card images J.N. Ding, worked as a political cartoonist for 49 years, and his work was syndicated across the United States, as he tackled envi...
The women's suffrage movement began in the United States around 1840, and was going full-fledge in the Golden Era of Postcards (1898-1918), even though the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote didn't pass until 1920. Two separate suffrage activist groups joined forces in 1890 to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Because it was such a hot topic of the day, artists would design both pro- and anti-suffrage cards. Sometimes the cards would have identical images with very different captions. Suffrage cards often depicted men doing "feminine" tasks, like giving a baby a bottle or washing laundry, with captions like, "I want to vote but my wife won't let me." Others showed women in traditional "masculine" costume, dressed as police officers, Uncle Sam, or simply wearing pants.
Anti-suffrage cards are much more common than pro-suffrage cards, and when the latter are found, they are usually not stamped or postmarked. It's likely that these cards were exchanged in person or kept by the purchaser, as the political climate may have been too tumultuous to actually send them.
The start of World War I in 1914 was the beginning of the end of the postcard era, but cards still served as a useful tool for bolstering morale and insulting the enemy. The Central Powers would send out postcards showing the Allies being belittled with punishments meant for little kids or animals. Allies postcards often ridiculed and emasculated the Germans.
Aside from political postcards, comic-strip artists often turned their panels and well-loved characters into jokey postcards. Some of these artists also drew sketches and gags exclusively for the cards.
English artist Tom Browne drew the strip "Weary Willie and Tired Tim" for "Punch" magazine early in his career, and later made cartoons for "The New York Herald," "The New York Times," and "The Chicago Tribune." During the turn of the century, he designed more than 900 exclusive postcards for Davidson Brothers, while Raphael Tuck, Valentine, and other publishers reprinted his images from books, newspapers, and magazines.
Perhaps the most famous cartoon from the Golden Era of postcards is "Hogan's Alley," and specifically a small, bald, little boy in a yellow nightshirt the public called the Yellow Kid, who first appeared in Joseph Pulitzer's "The New York World." William Randolph Hearst quickly hired away the artist, Richard F. Outcault, to produce the "The Yelllow Kid" strip for Heart's papers.
Outcault, annoyed by the bickering between Hearst and Pulitzer—and possibly the link to the new term for sensationalism, "yellow journalism"—dropped "The Yellow Kid" and started drawing a strip featuring a black caricature called "Herald, Poor Li'l Mose." When that strip failed, he introduced "Buster Brown" in 1902, featuring attractive, well-to-do children getting up to mischief.
Already a wealthy man, Outcault held on to the rights to all his characters, and both the Yellow Kid and Buster Brown appeared on advertising postcards, like the set of Buster and his dog Tige promoting Bloomingdale's in New York. Even rarer are the calendar cards featuring the Yellow Kid.
Frederick Burr Opper was already a seasoned cartoonist when he created his best loved character, a round-faced bum named Happy Hooligan, for Hearst's "New York Journal" in 1900. His other popular characters, which also appeared on postcards, were from the strips "Alphonse and Gaston," and "And Her Name Was Maud," about a kicking mule.
Windsor McCay introduced Little Nemo and his adventures in Slumberland in a "New York Herald" comic strip in 1905, but these resulted in postcards that were more about fantasies and less about gaffes.
George McManus created multiple strips for Pulitzer's "New York World," starting in 1904, including "The Newlyweds," but in 1912, he jumped ship for Hearst's "New York North American" where he became known for his rags-to-riches couple, Maggie and Jiggs, in "Bringing Up Father." Maggie and Jiggs appeared in a set of advertising premiums used to promote the "North American."
Other popular postcards of the era featured cute-as-a-button characters like Rosie O'Neill's Kewpies, and George Brill's egg-shaped humanoid Ginks, who said things like "I'm the Gink what wants to know why you ain't wrote" or "All the Ginks are doin' it." Clarence Lawson Wood, who became a freelance illustrator in 1902, created a well-loved family of apes, headed by long-suffering Gran'pop, who often has to care for his troublesome grandkids.
Some of the most iconic cartoon characters appeared late in the postcard game. In 1919, Otto Messmer, working for Pat Sullivan, created the first Felix the Cat animated cartoons, which screened during the silent film era. Sullivan adapted Felix to a comic strip for King Features Syndicate in 1923, and naturally, this downtrodden-but-ever-optimistic kitty became the subject for postcards, too, published by International Art, Woolstone Brothers, and Bamforth.
British cartoonist George Studdy developed a dog character during World War I, but the canine didn't become a sensation until 1922, when "Sketch" editor Bruce Ingram dubbed him Bonzo the dog. Soon, Bonzo appeared on postcards all over the world.
The most famous cartoon of all, Mickey Mouse, didn't come around until the late 1920s, and Disney's shrill, awkward rodent became a household name with 1929's animated short film, "Steamboat Willie." In early postcards, published by Inter-Art and Valentine, Mickey is sadistic and prone to drinking alcohol and smoking cigars.
Mickey, naturally, appeals to children as well as adults—and so the mouse was softened and cleaned up over the years. Some comic postcards, however, have been and always will be directed toward adults.
In 1910, British publishing company Bamforth & Co. Ltd. capitalized on the popularity of coastal towns as the locale for day trips and vacations, introducing "saucy" seaside postcards. These postcards, sold in tourist boutiques at the beach, feature a risqué joke or double entendre. Seaside postcards exploded in popularity in the 1930s, and remained popular as swimsuits got smaller and smaller into the 1970s. An ever-popular gag in Bamforth cards shows a comic situation caused by a man ogling a woman's breasts or butt.
Donald McGill, who made a name for himself drawing anti-German propaganda postcards in World War I, became known as "the king of the saucy postcard," which usually featured sexy young women, fat old wives, drunk and put-upon middle-aged husbands, vicars, and honeymooning couples. Dennis Printing Company bought out Bamforth in the early 1980s.
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The World and European champion fails to add Olympic gold to its trophy cabinet with a third successive game without a goal
Both sides had very few chances in front of goal on a day of changing weather in Manchester. Spain came the closest to winning the game with a crisp passing move in the first half but Adrian Lopez's low shot struck the post, while Morocco's only sight of goal came on the hour but Abdelaziz Barrada was denied by the left knee of David De Gea.
After losing both of their opening games the Spaniards had nothing but pride to play for and Luis Milla named a strong starting lineup as they went in search of that elusive victory. Manchester United number one David De Gea continued in goal at his home stadium, and the Chelsea duo of Oriol Romeu and Juan Mata also started.
Morocco came into the game knowing that a win combined with a Japan win over Honduras could see them qualify for the quarter finals of the Olympic competition.
As the game kicked into action the performance from Spain had everything you expect from a Spain side but as it has shown during the whole tournament it lacked that cutting edge in the final third to really hurt teams. The inter-play from the young side was a joy to watch but it was all too easy for the Morocco defense to deal with and they very rarely got behind to test Mohamed Amsif.
Due to the manner in which Spain play Morocco was forced to play on the counterattack for the majority of the first half, but this suited the North African side who has a front two with plenty to offer on the break. Noureddine Amrabat and Zakaria Labyad particularly impressed with their movement, vision and creativitiy but only Labyad came close to testing De Gea when his long range free kick fizzed wide of goal.
It wasn't until the 31st minute that the game had its first real moment of action and it came at the end of another Spanish passing masterclass. Mata found himself on the ball just outside the Morocco penalty area, he spotted the run of Adrian Lopez and played a great through ball into the striker but his low shot crashed against Amsif's left hand post and rebounded to safety.
After a monsoon like deluge of rain at halftime the teams came out in the second half and continued with their neat brand of passing football but both sides still struggling to find that killer instinct in front of goal.
Morocco had its first clear sight of goal on the hour when a neat pass from Amrabat released Barrada inside the Spain penalty area. The forward was one-on-one with De Gea but his low shot was deflected wide by the keeper's left knee.
Nine minutes later Lopez beat the Morocco offside trap and found himself alone with the only Amsif to beat, however the Atletico Madrid man tried to be too clever and chip the keeper but in the wet conditions he only managed to scuff the ball wide of goal.
As the game neared its conclusion the game began to be stretched but neither side was able to produce something of real quality to win the game. Mata and substitute Cristian Tello both saw good chances fly over Amsif's crossbar, while at the other end Labyad's audacious attempt at the back post didn't worry De Gea.
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Irvine-based Adaptive Medias, the developer of programmatic advertising technology which acquired StartEngine's Ember back in December, said Thursday that it has named Bryan Nguyen as its Chief Technology Officer. Nguyen has previously served at MyBuys.com and Traffic Marketplace. One of Adaptive Medias' largest shareholders is Ben Padnos, the Internet entrepreneur behind such companies as DONE! Ventures, Audioo, BetterPPC, and others, and also is an investor in a number of local venture funds. Adaptive Medias is traded OTC.


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One of the most visited and commented on pages on Pregnancy Birth and Beyond is the one on being overdue. I thought it would be far better to start a thread on being overdue and any questions you may have. To start this thread off one of our website visitors asked the following:
Hi there, I am currently 40 weeks and 3 days overdue, I a booked in for a induction next wednesday 31st august 2011, how quickly wld i go into labout after being induced, wld it be on the day I cld have my baby or days after, I had c section with my 3 year old, so i had no real proper pain etc with her as she was brich,i had no contractions etc and she was 11 days early, so a natural birth to me is all quite frightening.Can you help, share your experience or offer suggestions?


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I'm just wondering how long a standard Magento theme takes to build? I'm looking to hire a designer, but not sure budget would be required.
I know that there are a lot a variables to worry about, but can anyone experienced with Magento give me a rough idea for a basic quality theme?
Depending on what you want I've worked on projects that have taken over 400 hours, but if you're looking for a custom design with plugins and custom features you'll be looking for upwards of 60 hours easy
Both of the numbers @BenSheppard posted are fair. It all depends on what is in/out of scope, how far you're pushing the system, and how experienced/prepared you (and the designer/developer) are. Nothing will turn a 400 hour project into a 60 hour project, but you can always do the opposite.
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Case-study: When Getting Your Music Discovered Gets Ugly
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I go through huge amounts of links and information each day when it comes to the music business, but this is by far the coolest and funniest way of getting your music discovered I've seen in a very long time (OK Go, eat your heart out).
The idea of The Ugly Dance is very simple. You go to the site, upload your picture, it's placed on top of a (slightly customizable) body and you can choose all kinds of maniacal ways of dancing. Here's yours truly dancing like nobody's watching:
It's a project by Swedish band Fulkultur and appears to have been around for about half a year right now. Obviously, this type of thing spreads; getting their music heard by a lot of people (and what a catchy song it is). When I wanted to create a second dancer (to send to a friend), I got the following message:
A very reasonable thing to ask... and since I was in such a great mood and figured the donation would not be much effort anyway, I went ahead and gave them some money, even though I believed clicking the Donate Nothing button would still allow you to create more dancers, although I later found out that this is in fact not so.
There are even a bunch of tribute videos and remixes out there (yes, every one of those words links to a unique video, have fun).
These videos are the result of the ecosystem at work! It's a fanbase that co-creates, amplifies and adds value to your original message. It's a perfect example of using something viral to getting your music discovered, but also of creating a movement which is easy to join, because it's obvious what you have to do to participate (also read Derek Sivers' post about this).
I got in touch with the band and asked about the success. Anders Tjernblom, one of the band members, filled me in (even though he was on holiday!):
"TheUglyDance.com was actually not a result of some great promotional master plan. It just happened.It started off as an idea to get visitors to my band Fulkultur's (meaning Ugly Culture/Crap Culture) Myspace page. I have had this idea about a dance application for about a decade. In January last year I started programming it in my spare time, and a couple of months later I wrote the song Fuldans (Ugly Dance) specifically for the application. It was not the other way around, as most people think.On May 17 we released fuldans.se and sent the link to some friends. When I checked the stats a couple of days later a few thousand people had made their own dancers. I could feel something was about to happen. Just the day after someone shared a link on a Swedish blog, and it generated a tsunami of visitors. 30 000 people rushed in in just a few hours. The week after we hade a few hundred thousand hits, and it was a continous struggle to keep the server alive. Two weeks after the release, and 700 000 visitors later, I thought everything was under control. Then the Americans came.Someone had written English instructions for the website, and had published it on some major American website. Our current server could not handle that amount of visitors. We decided to close the server for international visitors, to find a better solution.During June/July we created an English clone of fuldans.se. It was going to be called theuglydance.com. Even the music was translated, and our aim was to raise money for the band to write and record more music. The clone was released by the end of August.Now, to answer your question:TheUglyDance.com have had 7 milllion completely unique visitors. A few very kind people have donated, but they are very few. If we should have done anything differently, we should probably have sold T-shirts or something. Something real for the massive amount of visitors to buy. But we are still very happy for what we have accomplished. We will try to keep the website alive for as long as possible, although it is not a cash cow at all."
I think partly due to the fact that this success "just happened", they never really got the chance to think things through very well. They did a spectacular and exemplary job at getting people's attention and making the initial connection, but there appears to be no focus at all on retention. There appears to be no link to the band's MySpace, which they were trying to promote. Due to the fact that most people are on Facebook and Twitter now, I think it would have been a better idea to put those links in the foreground, but most importantly; there has to be a way for people to connect. A simple Facebook 'Like' button below the Flash application would have gone a long way.
The second part is the business model. I think it's great that the band went into this without a very clear picture of a business model. They just had an exciting idea and executed it and this genuineness shows in the final result (and echoes throughout the ecosystem as you can see through the fan vids on YouTube). From a marketing perspective, asking for a donation or getting people to buy your music out of sympathy is a bad business model. As Mike always says, it's about giving fans a reason to buy. A good thought experiment is to imagine a totally selfish consumer and to see what you could offer them so that they spend money on you. They should spend it for themselves, not for you.
This means making sure you retain as much of the original traffic as you can without getting obtrusive. This means shining a light on the early followers and encouraging them in what they do, because they're helping you amplify your message and are providing social proof. At the same time you should connect these people to each other, forming an ecosystem. You're still the reason why these people are connected, but the communication in the fanbase should be non-linear (as opposed to artist-fan), because that's how the ecosystem can start to come alive (think of it as hosting a party where nearly nobody knows each other). The business models simply come from listening to the ecosystem and playing into their desires (just like Younger Brother did).
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Do you want a name that reflects your heritage or one that also works in these languages? Because a th sound is pronounced like a t in most languages and Katharine would be Kah-tah-ree-ne in german.
Katharina is way more popular here or even just Katrin (which you'll find more women than kids named this).
I like seraares suggestions, even though you'd hardly find a little German girl named Elke nowadays.
Ida would be fantastic with Annika.
Mila also sounds (I don't know its heritage) very scandinavian but also German and English to me.
Laika and Mieke are very Nordic names and in Germany only get used by parents who want that (scandinavian) sound.
Sylvia would fit in with Annika, even though you'll find many more Annikas running around than Sylvies or Sylvias (Sylvie is used more on its own than as a nn).
The question is: Do you want a name that people people in these countries would actually name their children or one that sound very scandinavian and German?
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DAYTON, Ohio — Police in Ohio say a robbery at a pharmacy was stopped by an officer picking up security video from another robbery earlier the same night.
Surveillance video shows Dayton Officer Joshua Campbell entering the Walgreen Co. store Thursday morning and standing in line as a man appears to reach over the counter to grab money from the drawer.
Campbell says he thought: "This can't be happening right in front of me." He said the cashier's look seemed to say, "Oh no, not again."
The video shows Campbell grabbing and drawing a gun on the suspect and the two of them scuffling their way out the door.
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Members of Guns N' Roses, Dire Straits, Whitesnake Featured on Tribute Album for Wounded Warriors
An impressive roster of virtuoso musicians, including Guns N' Roses' Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, ex-Dire Straits guitarist Hal Lindes and Whitesnake's Reb Beach, have lent their talents to a new album that pays tribute to U.S. military personnel who have risked their lives for their country. The Guitars for Wounded Warriors CD, which was released on Tuesday, was organized by multiple Emmy Award-winning producer/composer Brian Tarquin.
Tarquin produced and wrote all of the songs on the album, and he also plays guitar alongside the various guest musicians. Other noted guitarists featured on the record include Steve Morse, Chris Poland of Megadeth, Billy Sheehan of Mr. Big and Alex De Rosso of Dokken.
All of the songs on the album were inspired by the combat experiences of U.S. troops.
"Had a blast trading solos with Brian Tarquin!!," says Bumblefoot. "And best of all, this album supports an important cause, Wounded Warriors. Love to our Warriors, and to everyone for their support."
Adds Morse, "It is an honor to be a part of this cause. I was just turning drafting age at the end of the Vietnam War, and I still remember that the returning military weren't always treated with the greatest respect. For our modern, volunteer military, we hopefully have learned to show our respect and gratitude."
Here is the complete track list for Guitars for Wounded Warriors:
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"Charlie Surfs" -- featuring Chris Poland
"5 Klicks to Hell" -- featuring Gary Hoey
"Surgical Strike" -- featuring The Flyin' Ryan Brothers
"Hunting" -- featuring Chris Poland
"Baghdad" -- featuring Gary Hoey
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By Stephanie Juncker
Mountain West Weekly Release No. 10
FRESNO, Calif. ---The Fresno State soccer team hits the road this weekend for two of the final three games left in the regular season. The Bulldogs will take on Boise State Friday at 3 p.m. PT and then will travel to Reno to face Nevada on Sunday at 1 p.m. PT.
DeVault Passes 100
Goalkeeper Katie DeVault surpased the 100 saves mark against San Diego State. She currently sits fourth all-time in total saves in Fresno State history with 210. DeVault is two saves shy of her total from a season ago, making it back-to-back season with over 100 saves. The last Bulldog goal keeper to have over 100 saves in back to back seasons was Jennifer Johnstone in the `97 and `98 seasons. DeVault is just 26 saves away from breaking Johnstone's 15-year old single season saves record of 129 saves.
Hancock Scores Another
Senior Callie Hancock once again found a way to score against a tough opponent putting the 'Dogs up early against No. 7/13 San Diego State in Bulldog Stadium. The goal was her eighth of the season and 22nd of her career. With the goal, Hancock passed Ali Sill on the all-time points leaderboard. She now sits tied for sixth with Reyna Green with 50 points. Hancock also sits tied for 76th in the country with her eight goals.
About the Broncos (7-8-1; 2-2-0 MW)
Entering the match, Boise State sits right behind the Bulldogs in the Mountain West Standings. The Broncos are one point shy of the three-way tie for second place. The Broncos are coming off 2-0 week¬end in the Mountain West and most recently a last second victory in double overtime over Wyoming. The Broncos leading scorer is Shannon Schueren who has recorded six goals and two assists on the season. In net for the Broncos is Maddy McDevitt leading the team to five shutouts and 58 saves.
Against the Broncos
The Broncos and Bulldogs have met a fair share of times with the 'Dogs gaining the slight edge 6-4-2. The teams last met in 2010 in a double overtime 2-2 draw in Boise.
About the Wolf Pack (6-8-1; 2-2-0 MW)
Nevada also enters the match after a 2-0 weekend on the road in the Mountain West. Their win over Wyoming snapped a four game losing streak. Head coach Melissa Price is in her third season and has already doubled the Wolf Pack's wins from a season ago. Leading Nevada is Chrisalyn Fonte who has five goals and three assists and is tied for seventh in points in the MW. In goal, Dana Moreno sits behind Katie DeVault in saves (75) and saves/game (5.00)
Against the Wolf Pack
The Bulldogs have dominated the all-time series against the Wolf Pack leading 21-1-2. The 'Dogs have not lost to Nevada since 2005, going 7-0-2 since then. The teams met last season on Oct. 28th with the 'Dogs coming out on top 2-1 in Reno.
Top 'Dog in NCAA
Katie DeVault remains amongst the top goalkeepers in the NCAA. After arguably the toughest back-to-back game stretch of the season, DeVault has now recorded 104 saves on the season. This now ties her with Xavier's Katie Markesbery and Towson's Erin Quinn for seventh in the NCAA. Leading the pack is Caitlin Cody of Charleston Southern with 129 saves.
Castain Can Capitalize
Morgan Castain scored the Bulldogs' two goals in the opening road MW game against Wyoming for her third and fourth goals of the season. Castain is the second leading scorer for the 'Dogs and ranks second in points with four goals and one assist.
Myers and Mossman Making Moves
Juniors Shonice Myers and Megan Mossman are tied for tenth in the Mountain West in assists with three a piece. The pair also lead the Bulldogs in assists. Myers also added a pair of goals in the Bulldogs' first Mountain West game against Air Force.
Best of the West
Sophomore Katie DeVault returned this year for the 'Dogs between the pipes. After nine weeks of ac¬tion, she leads the Mountain West in saves (104) and saves per game (6.50). The closest competitor in the Mountain West is Nevada's Dana Moreno who has 75 saves. Junior defender Kayla Kret is tied for the lead in the Mountian West in conference games only with two assists with SDSU's Megan Jurado.
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Barbara Lee to Host Forum on Iran
Experts Will Discuss Engagement, Diplomacy, Alternatives to Preemption
(Washington, DC) - With the Bush administration's increased saber-rattling towards Iran, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) will convene a forum of experts to discuss current U.S. policy towards Iran, the potential implications of preemptive war with that country and non-military alternatives to addressing Iran's nuclear ambitions and engaging Iran in efforts to strengthen regional stability by bringing an end to the civil war in Iraq.
Hawks and doves over Iran
By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE, UPI
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- "Cataclysmic ... Apocalyptic," said
Gianfranco Fini, Italy's former deputy prime minister and
foreign minister, and leader of the National Alliance. He had
just been asked for the likely reaction of America's NATO allies
in the event of Israeli and/or U.S. air strikes against Iran's
nuclear facilities.
Stubbing out his second cigarette over breakfast at the Italian
Stop the Iran War Before It Starts
By SCOTT RITTER, www.thenation.com
In April 2001 I was invited to Washington, DC, by a group of Republican Congressmen collectively known as the Theme Team. The subject was Iraq. It seems that the Theme Team, responsible for monitoring the ideological pulse of America, was somewhat perturbed that a self-described Republican and former Marine officer, not to mention a former UN weapons inspector, was trash-talking America's Iraq policy. While this sort of action might have been acceptable during the tenure of a Democratic President like Bill Clinton, it was not part of the grand design when it came to the presidency of George W. Bush.
Only Impeachment Can Prevent More War
Only Impeachment Can Prevent More War by Paul Craig Roberts
Global Research, January 22, 2007
Everyone knows that Bush's Iraq 'surge' will not work. Even the authors of the plan, neoconservatives Frederick Kagan and Jack Keane, have emphasized that the plan cannot work with any less than an addition of 50,000 US troops committed to another three years of combat. Bush is only adding 40% of that number of troops, and Defense Secretary Gates speaks of the operation being over by summer's end.
Don't You Love the Smell of Propaganda in the Morning?
Ah yes, someone loves the the smell of propaganda in the morning. Looks like a series of three strategically placed propaganda stories point towards good old-fashioned fear-mongering to boost Bush's all time low poll ratings in the latest Newsweek, CBS, and NBC/WSJ surveys just prior to Dear MisLeader's State of the Dis-Union speech. One of the suspected fake reports appears aimed at garnering support for the impending hostilities with Iran. The multi-pronged PSYOP also seems aimed at not only boosting said all-time low support, but perhaps also to lend credence to lies Bush may deliver in tonight's address...
UN nuclear watchdog disputes claim that Iran barred weapons inspectors
By Larisa Alexandrovna, Raw Story
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is disputing claims that Iran has barred 38 nuclear inspectors from visiting the country, RAW STORY can reveal.
A Reuters report earlier today -- followed up by a report from AP -- sent shockwaves through the international community airing allegations that Iran had kicked out inspectors of the U.N. atomic watchdog organization. Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki posited that Iran had barred 38 inspectors with the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
Leading Senator Assails President Over Iran Stance
By Mark Mazzetti, New York Times
Washington - The new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday sharply criticized the Bush administration's increasingly combative stance toward Iran, saying that White House efforts to portray it as a growing threat are uncomfortably reminiscent of rhetoric about Iraq before the American invasion of 2003.
Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the West Virginia Democrat who took control of the committee this month, said that the administration was building a case against Tehran even as American intelligence agencies still know little about either Iran's internal dynamics or its intentions in the Middle East.
U.S. plans envision broad attack on Iran: analyst
By Reuters
U.S. contingency planning for military action against Iran's nuclear program goes beyond limited strikes and would effectively unleash a war against the country, a former U.S. intelligence analyst said on Friday.
"I've seen some of the planning ... You're not talking about a surgical strike," said Wayne White, who was a top Middle East analyst for the State Department's bureau of intelligence and research until March 2005.
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By Andrew Kishner, www.StopDivineStrake.com
The defense agency that came up with the stupid name Divine Strake and the more
idiotic purpose for the test – to study the blast effects of a nuclear explosion
– may not be as stupid as they seem. Their recently released draft Revised Environmental
Assessment, which is open for public comment through February 7, contends that the
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ElBaradei Concerned By Sanctions on Iran
By Associated Press
Paris - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday he was concerned that the U.N. sanctions on Iran could escalate the standoff with Western powers over its suspected weapons program.
Mohamed El Baradei called for a resumption of negotiations. Only applying pressure, he suggested, could prompt the Islamic republic to follow the path of North Korea, which kicked out U.N. inspectors, pulled out of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in 2003 and then conducted its first-ever nuclear test last October.
Washington 'snubbed Iran offer'
By BBC
Iran offered the US a package of concessions in 2003, but it was rejected, a senior former US official has told the BBC's Newsnight programme.
Tehran proposed ending support for Lebanese and Palestinian militant groups and helping to stabilise Iraq following the US-led invasion.
Offers, including making its nuclear programme more transparent, were conditional on the US ending hostility.
Iran shoots down U.S. spy drone amid growing military pressure
By Liang Youchang, www.chinaview.cn
Special report: Iran Nuclear Crisis
TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iranian troops have shot down a U.S. pilotless spy plane recently, an Iranian lawmaker announced on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic was facing increasing military pressure from its arch rival -- the United States.
The aircraft was brought down when it was trying to cross the borders "during the last few days," Seyed Nezam Mola Hoveizeh, a member of the parliament, was quoted by the local Fars News Agency as saying.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC) introduced H. J. Res. 14, a joint resolution concerning the use of force by the United States against Iran. The resolution requires that – absent a national emergency created by an attack, or a demonstrably imminent attack, by Iran upon the United States or its armed forces – the President must consult with Congress and receive specific authorization prior to initiating any use of military force against Iran.
India & Iran: US double standards on nuclear weapons
By David Morrison
The week beginning 18 December 2006 witnessed another fine example of US double standards on nuclear weapons.
On Monday 18 December 2006, President Bush signed into law an Act paving the way for the lifting of sanctions against India, a nuclear-armed state that never signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), sanctions which have banned India from importing nuclear material and equipment for civil purposes for over 30 years, since its first nuclear test in 1974. India is not required to give up its nuclear weapons (or anything else) in order to get these sanctions lifted.
Iran gets army gear in Pentagon sale
By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press
The U.S. military has sold forbidden equipment at least a half-dozen times to middlemen for countries — including Iran and China — who exploited security flaws in the Defense Department's surplus auctions. The sales include fighter jet parts and missile components.
In one case, federal investigators said, the contraband made it to Iran, a country President Bush branded part of an "axis of evil."
Pieces in Place for Escalation
By Sam Gardiner
The pieces are moving. They'll be in place by the end of February. The
United States will be able to escalate military operations against Iran.
The second carrier strike group leaves the U.S. west coast on Tuesday.
It will be joined by naval mine clearing assets from both the United
States and the UK. Patriot missile defense systems have also been
ordered to deploy to the Gulf.
Busywork for Nuclear Scientists
The New York Times | Editorial
Monday 15 January 2007
The Bush administration is eager to start work on a new nuclear warhead with all sorts of admirable qualities: sturdy, reliable and secure from terrorists. To sweeten the deal, officials say that if they can replace the current arsenal with Reliable Replacement Warheads (what could sound more comforting?), they probably won't have to keep so many extra warheads to hedge against technical failure. If you're still not sold, the warhead comes with something of a guarantee - that scientists can build the new bombs without ever testing them.
Breaking! Our Armed Forces
Published on Saturday, January 13, 2007 by CommonDreams.org
by Evan Frisch
For decades, conservatives have railed against liberals as "weak on defense," content to let U.S. military readiness decline to dangerous levels. Such accusations over the nation's military readiness, in personnel as well as equipment, have proven pivotal in numerous elections. Many progressives still have to learn how to express their views on security in more compelling ways, but we can no longer let conservatives remain unchallenged on their security credentials.
Kucinich Fears Bush's Pending War Against Iran
US legislator fears Bush preparing to attack Iran Thu Jan 11, 9:33 AM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Representative Dennis Kucinich, an Iraq war opponent and contender for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination, said he fears that pResident George W. Bush is setting the stage for war with Iran. Bush "appears to be setting the stage for a wider war in the region," Kucinich said in a statement issued after the president's late Wednesday speech on Iraq policy.
"He has blamed Iran for attacks on America. The president is vowing to disrupt Iran. He is going to add an aircraft carrier to the shores off the coast of Iran. He has promised to give Patriot missiles to 'our friends and allies.' Isn't one war enough for this president?" he asked...
Bush authorized raids on Iranians in Iraq: Rice
By Reuters
Recent U.S. military raids against Iranians in Iraq were authorized by President George W. Bush under an order for a broad offensive against Iranian operatives in the country, the New York Times said on its Web site on Friday.
"There has been a decision to go after these networks," the Times quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice saying in an interview conducted on Friday before leaving on a Middle East trip.
Bush's Iraq Plan - Goading Iran into War
Analysis by Trita Parsi*
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (IPS) - President George W. Bush's address on Iraq Wednesday night was less about Iraq than about its eastern neighbour, Iran. There was little new about the U.S.'s strategy in Iraq, but on Iran, the president spelled out a plan that appears to be aimed at goading Iran into war with the U.S.
While Washington speculated whether the president would accept or reject the Iraq Study Group's recommendations, few predicted that he would do the opposite of what James Baker and Lee Hamilton advised. Rather than withdrawing troops from Iraq, Bush ordered an augmentation of troop levels. Rather than talking to Iran and Syria, Bush virtually declared war on these states. And rather than pressuring Israel to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the administration is fuelling the factional war in Gaza by arming and training Fatah against Hamas.
Bush's tough tactics are a 'declaration of war' on Iran
By Anne Penketh, The Independent (UK)
American forces stormed Iranian government offices in northern Iraq, hours after President George Bush issued a warning to Tehran that was described as a "declaration of war".
The soldiers detained six people, including diplomats, according to the Iranians, and seized documents and computers in the pre-dawn raid which was condemned by Iran. A leading UK-based Iran specialist, Ali Ansari, said the incident was an "extreme provocation". Dr Ansari said that Mr Bush's speech on future Iraq strategy amounted to "a declaration of war" on Iran.
U.S. Troops Stage Second Secret Raid at Iraq Airport
Forces Also Capture Up to Six Iranians at Location Used to Issue Travel Permits to Iran
By TERRY MCCARTHY, ABC
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 11, 2007 — - U.S. troops staged two secret raids in northern Iraq today, ABC News has learned, capturing as many as six Iranians and only narrowly avoiding a gun battle with local security forces, according to the Iraqi foreign ministry and local officials in northern Iraq's Kurdish region.
Is President Getting Ready to Attack Iran?
By Dennis Kucinich
"President Bush appears to be setting the stage for a wider war in the region. He has blamed Iran for attacks on America. The President is vowing to disrupt Iran. He is going to add an aircraft carrier to the shores off the coast of Iran. He has promised to give Patriot missiles to 'our friends and allies.' Isn't one war enough for this President? It is time the media and the Congress began to pay attention to this President when he talks aggressively about Iran and Syria.
9:14 p.m.: What Was Meant By That Threat to Iran and Syria?
And WILL CONGRESS STOP THIS MADMAN?
The Right Against War in Iran
The Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy held a forum in June. Videos of the event speakers are now available on The Free Liberal website. Go here.
The speakers included:
Ivan Eland
Independent Institute, Antiwar.com Columnist
"The United States Might Have to Accept a Nuclear Iran"
Philip Giraldi
Former CIA officer, partner in Cannistraro Associates
Officials believe White House chose new Intelligence chief in effort to darken Iran Intelligence Estimate, broaden spying
By Larisa Alexandrovna, Raw Story
The nomination of retired Vice Admiral John Michael "Mike" McConnell to be Director of National Intelligence is part of an effort by the Vice President to tighten the Administration's grip on domestic intelligence and grease the wheels for a more aggressive stance towards Iran, current and former intelligence officials believe.
Impeachment Beamed to You By Satellite
Catch my interview tonight on satellite TV or online at http://www.innworldreport.net
Bush's Rush to Armageddon
By Robert Parry, http://www.consortiumnews.com
George W. Bush has purged senior military and intelligence officials who were obstacles to a wider war in the Middle East, broadening his options for both escalating the conflict inside Iraq and expanding the fighting to Iran and Syria with Israel's help.
On Jan. 4, Bush ousted the top two commanders in the Middle East, Generals John Abizaid and George Casey, who had opposed a military escalation in Iraq, and removed Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte, who had stood by intelligence estimates downplaying the near-term threat from Iran's nuclear program.
Revealed: Israel Plans Nuclear Strike on Iran
By Uzi Mahnaimi, New York and Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times
Israel has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran's uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons.
Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow up an Iranian facility using low-yield nuclear "bunker-busters", according to several Israeli military sources.
The attack would be the first with nuclear weapons since 1945, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Israeli weapons would each have a force equivalent to one-fifteenth of the Hiroshima bomb.


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Hi, I just heard my theme was rejected.. the design generally needs 'further improvements'.
I am slightly surprised – I thought the design was quite good, and without any feedback to know where I went wrong I am not sure what to do next.
http://www.themeshaper.net/ http://www.themeshaper.net/?page_id=644 – features
This has taken me many months to do so any advice that could help me salvage it would be appreciated.
Its very unique, but the design is too futuristic for me and it seems not really easy to costumize it for a normal business company or to any other site I wanna use it for.
There are some things I would change:
- Add some other slider, because a lot of guys dont wanna use flash slider (too much guys with iPad and iPhone)
- Change the icon for the quick contact (its an email, so why the telefon icon)
- You have to think about a few stuff. F.e how should i place "my" logo in this template when its not just black?
- The grey is not really cool and the overall design too futuristic and a little bit clumsy
- Too much use of jQuery
You´ve got some nice ideas, but I think this theme is too special to get accepted by the staff.
I think "'further improvements" is better then "significant improvements"
It's certainly different then all the other themes that follow the same layout (big slider, 3 boxes, fat footer) and that's great.
But you could work a bit more on the colors.
The light blue bar bellow the nav seems kind of strange, try using the same as you have on top of the nav.
The contact form on the left seems odd, remove that white background (make it transparent) and i noticed the submit button is just invisible, but still clickable and submits the form successfuly, fix that validation.
The gray backgrounds are strange, try something else, don't use so much gradients.
You'll get this one approved, just improve the design a bit.
"You´ve got some nice ideas, but I think this theme is too special to get accepted by the staff."
They started reject themes because they're generic, slider + 3 boxes + fat footer. Special is needed on themeforest.
Hi, Thanks for your comments. The theme has 3 other sliders built in, the logo has a secondary position.
Pretty much all the jquery can be turned off, and almost every element of the design (each column color for example) can be modified. It supports one, two or 3 column layouts, (see other pages), even across category pages etc. so it pretty flexible in terms of being able to support different types of site.
I am surprised it got rejected due to design – I guess I have been working on it too long I got blinded and convinced myself it was better than it actually is.
Any other comments would be welcome.
Heh, nah it was 'significant improvements'
Ohh Well just play a bit with the CSS , try to make it look better and give it another try.
Interesting considering there was a recent post from a reviewer asking authors to come up with new ideas and step away from the giant slider, 3 box, fat footer designs.
I did see a couple of things that I thought could use some improvement but considering your theme has a distinct look about it and does step outside of the themeforest box I would assume that the review would give you something more than the generic rejection reply.
I guess you can't win. Make the same 'ol thing and everybody complains, make something fresh and get rejected.
As a theme buyer on Themeforest. I would say that the graphics seem a little dated. Possibly too large and chunky for want of a better phrase. I'm not keen on the three column layout as the twitter feed seems lost in there. The social buttons don't seem to fit very well, possibly make them a little smaller.
I think an overhaul of the site graphics and colours should sort it out and upload some more demo content in some of the positions so that things like the Twitter feed doesn't look as if it has just been stuck in the middle of nowhere.
It's not bad as a concept but I think it lacks some usability.
I would put the content on the left because it is the main thing of the site, not the sidebar with social icons.
you worked a lot… i can see that. the only thing is to ask kailoon what the problem is. it may be codding he dose not like. ask him he will tell you. do not give up. i like it its a weird new layout and i like it. but too much socialization. use other styles or images or whatever.