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Let's talk. You should know we're only talking because my 9:00 forgot about daylight savings time. Do I charge? Would you?
So Saturday I'm walking to shul (rhymes with "pull", Yiddish for synagogue) and it's wet out, the air is wet, wet to the degree that you flip up your hood if you have one, which I don't. And there's no sun, and you wonder: Why am I doing this? Better people than I don't. They stay home and pray if they want to in the privacy of their living room, or not at all. What is this compulsion?
Upon arrival it's no better, but why fight it, you know, because it is what it is. Half-way through the service is the reading from the Torah, the Holy Book, painfully inked in Hebrew by a religious scribe, and I read along in English, even though I could read the Hebrew, am captivated by what other people certainly find very boring, for we read the same readings year to year. This particular parsha (rhymes with Marsha, means chapter) is about the architecture of the traveling synagogue that Jews carried with them in the dessert, having left slavery in Egypt*, and the donations they gave to make sure the tent was magnificent, worthy of a very powerful, beneficent Resident. Reading it reinforces why I'm here, adds meaning to the things I do by rote, reminds me I'm not crazy.
Some of us take comfort in meaning, having a place in the sun, an identity, and religion fills this void very well. If you have one that is really old, that claims authority and irrefutable tradition, then you're really set.
So we can't really blame people for seeking that.
On the cover of the Wall Street Journal is this front page eye-catcher: For the Love of Islam
Ms. Paulin-Ramirez, looking for something to hold onto, has tried Christianity, returned to her books and found them lacking. Islam works for her. She finds a religious community on-line, falls in love with a Muslim man, and before you can say Jihad! is wearing a burka. Her mother and stepfather are beside themselves. Jamie runs off to Ireland with her son, ostensibly planning a murder/suicide attack against a Swedish cartoonist who draws cartoons about Mohamed that don't make everyone laugh.
Enough to make me wonder what drives this behavior, preying on the vulnerable, people like Jamie, just looking for meaning, a self to call her own. Jamie finds a mentor whose translation of Islamic holy books is radical. She's linked in a murder plot, along with Jihad Jane, Colleen R. LaRose from Philadelphia. I remember studying cults years ago, wonder why there isn't more discussion about this in the news. We could call them Religious Predators.
Then today, never mind, they're all free to go.
Jamie Paulin-Ramirez isn't guilty, or has finagled a plea bargain and nobody's telling us. According to WSJ online,
Ms. Paulin-Ramirez's case is the second this month involving American women who converted to Islam, only to wind up attracting attention from law enforcement.They're free to go, although we are made to understand that they are not sure where to go or why. Perhaps they'll have time to read other translations.
An indictment was unsealed this week against Colleen R. LaRose, 46, a suburban Philadelphia woman who authorities said used the Web alias "JihadJane." Ms. LaRose was accused of plotting to kill the cartoonist and attempting to recruit jihadis via the Internet.
You wonder, at least I do, how anyone could be swayed to murder someone else. There has to be something very pathological going on there. A person with Antisocial Personality Disorder doesn't have to be persuaded. The Jeffrey Daumer's, the John Wayne Gaycy's, people who commit murder after murder-- nobody's twisting their arms. It has to be a very vulnerable person who commits to a belief system that advocates an antisocial behavior. We can change children who have been fed terrorist propaganda in school, but changing a Daumer or a Gacy is much harder.
A story, how some people change: (details are fictionalized, down to the Lady Gaga reference)
A patient in her thirties, who has been slowly analyzing her depression and behavior over a lifetime, her miserable relationships, tells me she's angry at herself for being so narcissistic, narcissistic from the get go. She sees herself more clearly now and no longer wants to be special, no longer cares if people think she's great or talented. She's worried, even, about making other people uncomfortable because she's so smart. She hates that she used to gloat, loved it when they failed.
We go through the many variables that can contribute to narcissism:
(a) being a favorite child
(b) being treated as if you can do no wrong
(c) being told you really are better than other people
(d) being abused (how this loads is the subject of a different post)
(e) having narcissistic family members
She tells me that she hates herself for the years she spent in self-worship. She's terrified she'll lose it, her new-found focus upon others, that she'll slip back to thinking she's superior. She's found the only thing that works, the thing that keeps her straight, is prayer.
Prayer? She doesn't look especially religious. More like Lady Gaga, is the truth.
Right. She's praying more and thinking about the things she's learned now that she's read some really good Christian literature. It has brought her back to the idea that there is a power outside of herself who is in charge, who has a destiny figured out for her, and that destiny isn't tied into her being the center of attention, necessarily, certainly not her thinking that the world should revolve around her, and that if people don't admire her, they're stupid. "I'm just like everybody else," she tells me, "and I'm going to start acting like that, take an interest in others. I'm going to be like everyone else."
But what will you do with your talent, I ask? She is an immensely talented person.
"I can still use it, of course (silly). I just have to remember where I got it, and if someone compliments me I tell that person that if I have a gift, I had nothing to do with it, it's a gift. A person has to say thank you, too, publicly, for a gift."
Pushing the envelope I ask, But isn't it narcissistic to think that you have been singled out, gifted? Wouldn't it make more sense to say that it's an accident? A genetic stroke of luck?
"I've thought of that, but is it possible that humanity can be an accident? We do amazing things; someone is creating something amazing every day! A gorilla could be a fluke of nature, maybe, even a killer whale, but not the brains that put a man on the moon or created prostheses. To think that individuals are in charge, to think we're really special, that there's no higher power? That's narcissism. When you keep that in mind, you begin to see other people, the worth of each one. You're back in the world again."
Whatever works, is the truth. Well, maybe not whatever.
*The festival of Passover is not the "Jewish Easter." It is a celebration of redemption from slavery in Egypt.


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An officer on routine patrol early Thursday morning at Lake Zorisnki spotted a vehicle parked in the parking lot by the baseball fields after the 10:00 closing time.
The officer then observed a woman near the playground equipment with a can of spray paint.
Officers searched the area and found the suspect had painted a piece of playground equipment, a porta-potty and a trash dumpster.
18 year old Miranda Jacob was arrested for felony criminal mischief and unauthorized application of graffiti.

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Time tries to invent a GOP leader
Time's annual list of the 100 "people who most affect our world" is out, and includes a few oddities in the "Leaders" category. Like Sarah Palin [1]. Who, exactly, is Sarah Palin "leading"? Even a plurality of tea partiers doesn't think she'd be a good president [2].
Weirder still: Scott Brown [3].
What, exactly, makes Scott Brown influential? Quick, name something -- anything -- he's done since becoming a Senator. Or before, for that matter (No, a Cosmo spread decades ago doesn't count.) Brown is a freshman Senator who joined the Senate in the middle of a term, has less than six months of Senate experience under his belt, and is a member of one of the smallest Senate minorities in modern American history. It isn't a shot at Brown personally to recognize that he simply isn't -- can't be, really -- particularly influential.
So, apparently, we're supposed to believe Brown is influential simply because of the fact that he became a Senator, rather than because of anything he has done as Senator. And, indeed, that's what everybody said at the time, after all -- the media quickly announced that Brown's election marked the death of health care reform.
Then health care reform became the law of the land.
Still, Time pretends that Scott Brown is more influential than every elected Democratic politician other than Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi [4]. More influential than Mitch McConnell.
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No prizes for guessing that these wouldn't be enumerated, but Crikey's Luke Buckmaster has his year-end lists up: films, male performances and female performances. I haven't begun to compile mine yet, but I think if I were to list my favourite performances of the year my picks would be very similar to his.
Luke Buckmaster's year-end wrap up
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1969 cj-5 Keeping it.
Pictures tell a lot about this.
The following "book" should answer a lot of questions.
This started out as a restoration. I found this jeep up around Lowell with a good frame and near completely stock drive train.
I was planning on getting a Willy Overland repo-tub and restoring this to stock condition.
But, having only been able to spend 7 hours total with this over the last 2 years I have come to the conclusion that I should just pass it on to someone that can do something with it.
It is a 1969 cj-5 with a good frame with the stock drive train except the engine (I think). I think it has the 231 out of a 76 skylark because that is written on the fan shroud. But that may just be referring to the HEI distributor and actually have the stock 225.
So, I get the jeep and see it may not have the original engine. It is late when I get back to the house so that day is lost. I planned on restoring this, so the next day I drive 4 hours and get a 69 Dauntless 225 engine with 25k on it from CJfreak on here.
This is a long block and seems to be well taken care of.
The engine would not turn over due to a bad starter so the next day I head out and grab a new battery and starter. I install the starter and rig up a hard wired key because the stock wiring is pretty much shot. I put some new gas in it and turn it over expecting it to be froze. It turns over easy surprisingly. But, I can not get it to stay running. I poured some gas down it while turning the key and it can run that way not kicking out smoke. I'm guessing it needs the fuel system run through. But just have not had enough time to mess with it.
A while goes by and I see a 60's Myers top from dmc on here and jump on it. I had been using my old YJ top just to keep it covered before this.
So, I have a Myers top and doors. This use to be a button soft top and had the hardware but I removed that and the buttons to set that hard top on. The windshield has a lip at the top that sticks out about a quarter of a inch. I believe the lip is for the soft top to secure to but am unsure. The hard top has a lip at the front and that hits the windshield lip. I was going to grind down that lip and the hard top would then fit snug. But never had the time to cut or grind anything so the hard top is just sitting on there.
I pretty much say screw the stock thing and I picked up a t-18 jeep/ford hybrid and bring it back to Michigan. It is a jeep t-18 with ford internals(so I am told) I am tossing it in if the buyer wants it.
From there my mind kept tearing apart this bit by bit until the only stock pieces that would be left would have been like half the firewall and the frame.
Instead of cutting this up I am just going to get rid of it and build a buggy.
I would like someone to buy everything so I can just forget about this. Maybe I will build one later when I am home more then 7 days year.
-Outer body is covered in thick bondo in spots. The inner body and under body looks good but the outside of the tub looks bad. It could be a good wheeling or trail tub but it won't win any beauty contest. Without soda blasting the tub I can not say how bad it is so I'm just going to say it needs repair. I bought the jeep with the intent of replacing the tub before I even seen it.
- Engine may need carb/fuel pump replaced.
- Need to modify windshield or top to make them fit.
-Top's back glass replaced with lexan
-wagon wheels/tires go flat.
-Seats are like new
-Tub looks good from the outside/bottom
-Engine in it is either a 225 or 231.
-I have a 69 225 long block that I was told has 25 k on it.
-Mostly everything is original
-Comes with period matching Myers top.
-Has a new starter
I need to list a price so lets just start with $1800. I will toss in the t-18 for free. I may even toss in the red top if it sells before I leave. Oh I have a brand new car cover in the box for this that I was never around to install. I may toss that in also.
So for $1800 your getting a pretty much stock cj-5, Myers top, Myers doors, a long block 225, and a t-18.
I don't want to screw around. I am not making money on this and am telling you everything I know. I pretty much want it gone so I can put a running/driving thing in its place.
The only thing I really be interested in for a trade is a double axle utility trailer, double axle enclosed trailer, or a trailer I can use to move the 6 feet wide by 11 feet long 3200 lb buggy that I plan on building around on.
I will be home for sure the 24th and the 25th for sure. I may show up as early as the 22nd and leave as early as the afternoon on the 25th. I wont know until the 20th for sure. After the 25th consider this not for sale because under this current contract the next time I will be able to sell it is next September. I am coming back for Christmas. But, I expect this to be burred under snow a few hundred feet from the driveway. After Christmas, unless I change contracts, I plan on staying out until 11/20/12.
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|November 22nd, 2011, 04:02 PM
Direct Drive FTW
Replaced the fuel pump and it runs. Quadrajunks accelerator pump is shot so that will get tossed. Removed the lip on the windshield and the hard top is on. Can not get the T-14 into 1st or Reverse(shift pin)but the 4wd works.
I have a 350/465/dana 18 and passenger side drop fj-62 axles and could wedge all this into this cj-5. But, I plan on tossing those in a TF 151 style buggy.
Will hang onto it for now and figure out what to do with it next winter.
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On This Day: Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
There are 13 comments on the findingDulcinea story from Dec 7, 2010, titled On This Day: Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor. In it, findingDulcinea reports that:On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan launched an aerial attack on a U.S. Naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing over 2,000 Americans.
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#1 Mar 6, 2013
it was on decmeber 7th
#2 Mar 6, 2013
I think pearl harbor is scaryy
#3 Mar 6, 2013
I miss the peral harbor
#4 Mar 6, 2013
I cried so hard at this lesson
#6 Mar 6, 2013
I like potatoes
#7 Mar 7, 2013
i cry all the time at this
#8 Mar 7, 2013
BOMBS VAO` CAI' LoN^` MAAAAAAA' MAY^` Diiii CHOOOOOOO'DOI' MOT' KHMU' ...
#9 Mar 9, 2013
Check dispatched flights of top surgeon and nuerosurgeons. From Japan to USA. USA UFO conference and contactee.
I believe it The convoy was not authroized to land, only one unit as protective guards to surgical teams.
BOY in A Bubble (drug addict baby) Wealthier family and no doctor in USA had a cure. So everyone seen the kids as alien as per perceptual feed of mind variations.
When the Mayor of the town and police refused to answer the telephone call dispatched from Washington DC to abort sucuide pact, They permitted the boys international live confernece "WE come in Peace, I only have a few minutes prior to detination" Oxygen would sponataneous combust the kids.
Japan Convoy flying circles in Air space went balistic as Japanese Drs landed was the exact time the boys exploded and Japan pilots pumped up to save the USA kids freaked out and began deploying missles at random targets in their frustrations.
Tears in their eyes"those kids did not need to die!" They have been trying to neak in to get the MAyor and Us MArshals and all family or friends invovled there since. We stay clear of those people and let International conference do their job and hope to hell we hold no Countraband or illegal funds in our accoutns and possessions so we would live thru ground seizure.
My father taught me to behave long ago and since I am not thin with a houir glass figure nobody will want it anyways so I should be fine.
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this cite sucks it doesnt give the information thats needed
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#15 May 16, 2013
on this day many people sit with brain disease, blood poisening toxic shock, gang green, hemmoriages in brain, poisened, brain washed, raped, head and body organ blows (Attmepted murder, REPORT; they need that name and plate to homocide in 25 years that contirbuted to yoru death They will sit the entirety of life in prison waiting to die for harming you or getting in 4 foot square radius of you, DAILY HARM to civilian secters BY ALL LAWS and UK it is a terrorist attack and grounds for WAR
Madison Wisc sees this daily, Hosptials, clinics, schools, mental health and outreach, shelters other. People failed to reprot although if you have a job your mandated to be the sanest and most sound civilan to be obligated by law to report. BUT THEY contributed and aided daily crime. I SHOULD SAY UK RESTOCK And military prosectutions please.
Lutheran SOcial Services abuse their clients, neighbors and workers report although the resident client is not a legal RESIDENT OF CITY OR STATE they indicate do not assist client no more, MISSING PERSONS IN their home state, call police even for psychotic episode LSS does nto have legal aquirements to be here, police may have to bare arms on unlawful resident and with gunshot wound Hopstpail has to track thru DNA systems identiy form Hostpial records of home state, LSS employees or DIrector will be put in prison for kidnapping unlawful detention NO JUDGE authorised them to mandate to facility. Then all policies of committement and missing persons PARENTS and friends and all truustees go to prison as well.
Their audit team tried to shoot me for reporting that my clients were abused, they came down to investigate my reports and pulled guns out to my head and chased me out the house. Lutheran Social Serivces, PEggy Carrol was the supervisor and called police fo rme as well as the neighbor man across the street Jan BRadley was Director permitting abuse because they did not have anyone to fill on call basis for home residential care and I was to mind my own business or I'll be sorry.
I resigned from my job after a second bait and entrapment false allegation and attempt on my job and life cam ein at that time Grace Coasta rehired me, because I really did like my job.
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Can IBM Workload Deployer deploy software that is not IBM software?
Yes. You can use one of the included images as a springboard and customize them with your own software via extend and capture. Additionally, you can use the IBM Image Construction and Composition Tool (I'm getting ahead of myself here) to create your own custom images from the ground up and use those within IBM Workload Deployer.
Can I use VMotion for the systems I deploy with IBM Workload Deployer?
Yes. IBM Workload Deployer has tolerated the use of VMotion since the WebSphere CloudBurst days (see the Additional Considerations section on this page for more information). IBM Workload Deployer v3 introduced the notion of virtual machine mobility initiated directly from the appliance. This capability takes advantage of VMotion in the case of VMware-based cloud environments.
Can IBM Workload Deployer deploy just a base operating system?
Yes. IBM Workload Deployer v3 introduced a base operating system image that contains 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Internally, IBM Workload Deployer uses this as the foundation on top of which virtual application patterns are deployed. You can use it to deploy virtual machines containing just the base OS, or you can customize it to deploy software of your choosing. (As an aside, IBM Workload Deployer v3.1 will include a base operating system image for AIX)
Can I automate the process of calling/using IBM Workload Deployer?
Yes. IBM Workload Deployer is built to fit a specific need -- creating and managing a cloud of middleware and middleware-based workloads. In that light, it would be a shortcoming if IBM Workload Deployer did not to fit well into more holistic or enterprise-wide cloud management systems. The REST API and CLI allow you to automate the use of IBM Workload Deployer, thereby allowing it to be mashed up into other processes.
Can I group two appliances together for high availability?
Yes. IBM Workload Deployer v3.1 introduces the ability to configure appliances in a master/slave setup. You can connect two appliances, allow them to share a floating IP address, and be confident that data is continuously replicated between the two. If one appliance fails, the other appliance picks up the floating IP ensuring continuous service.
Are images created using the Image Construction and Composition Tool supported for use within IBM Workload Deployer?
Yes. Part of the new IBM Workload Deployer 3.1 announcement was a statement of support for using images created by the Image Construction and Composition Tool as a component of your virtual system patterns. This is a very important enhancement as it allows you to extend the set of content deployed by IBM Workload Deployer while being sure that you are operating within the boundaries of intended use.
Can I use IBM Workload Deployer to provision to public clouds?
No... and yes. If you install an IBM Workload Deployer appliance in your datacenter, you cannot use it to deploy to a public cloud environment. However, you may have recently heard about the IBM SmartCloud Application Services portfolio. IBM has announced that the pattern-based provisioning that one gets with IBM Workload Deployer will also be available as part of this portfolio. This means that you will be able to build and deploy patterns using a service hosted on the IBM SmartCloud. Further, your deployed systems will run on the IBM SmartCloud. Check out this demo for more information.
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Kodak today introduced an array of new products and services - from self-serve kiosks and digital capture solutions to professional photo services, professionals and retailers. Kodak's new lineup, unveiled at Photokina - the largest imaging exposition and trade show in Europe. "Kodak invented digital photography, and today's announcements further demonstrate our innovation and commitment to enhance all types of imaging - digital, traditional and mobile," said Antonio M. Perez, Chairman and CEO, Eastman Kodak Company. "These new products and services allow consumers to enjoy a richer imaging experience, and provide our partners with increased business opportunities."
Kodak Picture Kiosk GS - Wireless
New Kodak Picture Kiosk GS Digital Station - an addition to the digital picture kiosk family - that creates a new category of affordable, medium volume retail digital photo printing solutions. The self-service GS Digital Station sports a 17-inch touch screen monitor and the ability to print from a full range of input methods, including Bluetooth wireless technology. The GS Digital Station is fast - 11 seconds per print - and yields 750 4x6 prints per roll. It will be available for installation beginning October 2006.
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New Kodak Picture Kiosk G4 Software, V1.1, brings a host of features specifically designed to maximize return on hardware investment for retailers and elevates the consumer experience. The V1.1 software creates photographic specialty products such as greeting cards, calendars and collages instantly from the kiosk without any additional hardware expense. A new "shopping cart" feature allows retailers to drive incremental sales of enhanced prints and enlargements - all printed in seconds for the consumer.
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I've been a bodybuilder for about 24 years and have always carried fat in my upper arms. It was hard to see definition except when I dieted down for a show so I thought SmartLipo would be good way to get this. It was!
I'm 5'1" and weigh about 118lbs. I had surgery 4.5 weeks ago and still have lumpiness and some discoloration but I'm sure this will improve during the next few months.
I do have some nerve pain and inflexibility but with some work that has improved dramatically in the last two weeks. I do have to add, however, that although the surgery was not very painful, nor the recoup, it is taking longer than I thought. It was very painful to take the compression suit on and off each day for a shower (make sure you have two) and I did take the pain meds for about 2 weeks to do this but I think it was worth it. The discoloration that I have is slowly starting to recede.
One piece of advice that I would give is to make sure this is done by a plastic surgeon.


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EXCLUSIVE: Abramoff Regrets Paying Writers For "Placed" Columns
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Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff expressed regret for paying columnists on multiple occasions to write articles favorable to his clients.
During a recent interview with Media Matters while promoting his new book, Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist (WND Books 2011), Abramoff said in the past he would find columnists who agreed with his positions and pay them to "place" articles in newspapers.
"Normally what that means in a lobbying context is that you have a friendly writer who is somebody that the major papers are willing to publish and you get them to focus on your issue and write a piece about it," Abramoff said in a phone interview, later adding, "It just happened when it had to happen. When it did, we would find somebody who agreed with us, a writer, and we'd usually pay them to do it, but they would be in charge of getting it placed. And that probably still goes on. I can't imagine it doesn't go on."
Abramoff said he paid for columns on maybe a half-dozen occasions in several major newspapers. He also said the newspapers themselves were likely unaware of the financial arrangement.
He said the media "was a tool in lobbying, and that's the way lobbyists view the media. That you try as best you can to keep them out of your hair, use them where you can to spin your issue, and otherwise keep them at a distance."
Abramoff also stressed that the writers paid to push his agenda were always columnists or op-ed writers, never reporters:
"I'd find a writer who was sympathetic to the issue, I wouldn't approach a writer who disagreed with me or was neutral. I'd find somebody who was passionate about this and we'd try to get them focused on it, get them some money if they needed money or they wanted to be paid for it," Abramoff explained. "A lot of these writers write for pay, they write columns and get paid by their papers. ... So we would pay them, and their job would be to get the article placed. Rather simple. It didn't always work, by the way. They weren't always able to get them placed. But generally they could."
Asked if he ever tried to pay a news reporter to write something sympathetic, he said, "Nah. Most of the time we stayed away from reporters. Lobbyists don't like to hang out with reporters, at least lobbyists who are prudent."
Abramoff confirmed two specific monetary relationships involving writers Doug Bandow and Peter Ferrara, who were quoted in a 2005 BusinessWeek story as having been paid by Abramoff.
BusinessWeek reported at the time that Bandow, then a Copley syndicated columnist, said he had been paid to write between 12 and 24 columns favorable to Abramoff clients. Ferrara, a freelancer, said that in the past, he had received "general support" from Abramoff.
"They were paid on articles and issues that they agreed with," Abramoff told Media Matters, confirming the incidents for the first time.
The BusinessWeek article at the time stated:
A review of Bandow's columns and other written work shows that he wrote favorably about Abramoff's Indian tribal clients -- as well as another Abramoff client, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands -- as far back as 1997. One column, syndicated by the Copley News Service, saluted one Abramoff client tribe, the Mississippi Choctaws, for their entrepreneurial spirit, hard work, and commitment to free enterprise. "The Choctaws offer a model for other tribes," Bandow wrote.
BusinessWeek added that a review of Ferrara's work "shows that he wrote articles for The Washington Times that were favorable to the Choctaw Indians and the Mariana Islands."
Media Matters sought a response from The Washington Times on Wednesday. The Times acknowledged the request in an e-mail, but did not provide a substantive response.
Shortly after the 2005 BusinessWeek article appeared, Ferrara issued the following statement:
For many years, I have had the honor of having my writing widely published on a variety of public policy issues. My writing has always reflected my free market and socially conservative views and philosophy, without exception. I have not nor would I ever take financial support to write anything that I did not think was good public policy or that was against my economic or social philosophy.
I follow an unqualified policy of not taking money from lobbyists for op-eds, which I established on my own years ago. I rely solely on financing from my foundation employers for financial support.
I am glad to ask people to contribute to my work if they agree with what I have been writing for years now and want to support it. That is what I was referring to in the quote in this regard in the BusinessWeek Online article.
If I were paid by a newspaper or a syndicator to write a regular column, I could not possibly take money from any outside party for that work, as that would betray the newspaper or syndicator employing me. As a freelance writer who submits individual articles to publications, I must honestly follow the disclosure policies of those publications. These are the rules I follow.
I have already acknowledged that, years ago, Jack Abramoff was among those who provided occasional financial support for my work. Any crimes or unethical practices of his do not make anyone he raised money for or contributed to in the past unethical. I have not dealt with or received any contributions in any form from Abramoff for years now.
With specific regard to the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), a think tank with which I am affiliated, I have never written anything under an IPI byline that was financially supported or otherwise motivated by anyone other than IPI.
Ferrara and Bandow did not respond to requests for comment from Media Matters.
Abramoff named several other major newspapers that he believed may have unknowingly published op-eds for which he paid. But Abramoff said he couldn't remember for sure, and he provided no specific evidence.
Abramoff said of the payoffs: "I think it's terrible. ... Unless you are going to put a disclaimer at the bottom. It was wrong. It was one of the many things that I regret, for sure."
Abramoff also insisted that other lobbyists likely did the same thing and said he believes that similar payments to writers continue today, though he offered no specific proof.
"During my time, other people did it, sure. I didn't invent that, I didn't come up with the idea. Others definitely do it and did it. I don't know if they still do it. Why wouldn't they? It's not like it is easily catchable, and it's not illegal," he said.
While Abramoff's book discloses many of the illegal practices and admits guilt that led to his imprisonment in 2006, it does not discuss any of the payments made to columnists.
Abramoff, who was released in 2010, said he wrote the book on his own, but sought out a ghost writer in the beginning.
"I tried to get a ghost writer, but I couldn't find somebody who I liked the way they wrote. So I just sat down and wrote it," said Abramoff, who noted he first worked with two potential ghost writers, but did not name them.
"They both were willing to do it," Abramoff said. "They gave me each 10 pages one by one, and I just totally rewrote the 10 pages and didn't feel it was my voice. So finally I just said, 'You know what I can do this.' And I did."
Referencing the embarrassing, racially charged emails that became part of the criminal case against him, Abramoff later joked in the interview, "I wrote 850,000 emails so I thought I could easily write a book."
He also said other "mainline" book publishers were interested in the book, but only World Net Daily could publish it quickly enough for him.
"There were two other houses that are more standard mainline publishers who wanted to do it but they wanted to do it next year," Abramoff said. " ... I wanted to get moving and World Net Daily was the only one that could move quick enough to get the book out in stores and get it printed and that kind of thing."
He declined to name the other interested publishers, stating: "I'm talking to them about some other books."
Abramoff also said he did not get an advance and did not expect much in the way of profit because he still owes restitution to many of his victims:
"I have a big restitution order on me so a good chunk of it goes to that, and then to debts that are otherwise owed. I didn't do this to get rich. I mean I'd love to get rich, but I don't think it's going to happen for a long time if it ever happens again and this isn't going to be the way it happens. I've got a major $44 million restitution order ahead of me. You know, I'd have to make an awful lot of money to get through that and you know, well see, we'll see what happens.
"After everything, when you add it up it's probably very little, no matter how it does. It's going to be very, very little. It's not why I did the book. ... I never went into it thinking I was going to make money off it. I wanted to do it to get my story out, number one. And number two, I wanted to be able to say some things in terms of where I was in terms of the lobbying and what my positions are now."
Asked about Daily Caller editor Tucker Carlson hosting a book party at his home for Abramoff last month, and taking criticism for it, Abramoff said the online news outlet has no other connection to the book than Carlson's party:
"They are not really connected per se. I mean Tucker is a friend. I've known him for years. I knew his father when he was in the Reagan administration. He was just very gracious and kind to offer to host a reception, which I was beyond grateful for. It's not how things have gone in the past period for me. I was very happy that he did it."
On the criticism Carlson received for hosting the party, Abramoff said: "I think it's silly. C'mon, I've been to prison for a long time already. I'm wiped out. What more do they want? I've repented. I openly admit that I was wrong and that I committed these things, and I want to do something to make recompense.
"I'm not engaged in the old political wars, I'm not part of the Republican political establishment. What's the point of attacking him? Frankly, I think the people who are busy attacking at this point are people who just want to get some publicity for themselves. Cause it's stupid, what's the point of it?"
Still, Abramoff contends most media outlets have been fair to him as he promotes the book and seeks to start his life after prison:
"Now that I'm out, frankly, it's the rare exception of somebody who's not being opened-minded and fair to my approach. I mean there are a few snarky swipes here and there: 'Don't trust him'; 'What if he's not sincere?' My response to that is, 'So what?' I'm not running for president, I am not trying to be winning a popularity contest, I am just trying to get word out about what's going on with this system. If you don't want to listen, don't listen.
"I can't think of hardly anyone that has been anything but fair and open and reporting things as they are. In the past, I think the narrative of my life was so strong, in the media, as this satanic figure, that it's hard for me to point fingers."
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Toy brand lets smartphone users become film directors with new movie-making app.
LEGO has made it easy for anyone with an iOS device to become a film director.
Designed to promote LEGO's new DC Universe Super Heroes Collection, the new, free 'LEGO Super Hero Movie Maker' app lets users shoot, edit, and even score their own stop-motion films with their smartphones.
The app is easy to use and mimics childhood play; simply set up your LEGO figures in the scene of your choice and start shooting. Each camera shot is a frame in the film, so take a picture any time you move an action figure or change the scene. Once you're done shooting, you're ready to edit the film.
In editing, choose one of 11 customizable title cards to start the film, delete any unwanted frames, and add a score to the action (the app comes with 5 soundtracks). You can even add a color filter to frames to add a bit of Hollywood magic to the film.
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swampcrawler wrote:I had a 140 class buck on opening morning come in to 50 yards .I put the cross hairs on his shoulder ,pulled the trigger.WELL I THOUGHT HIS TICKET WAS PUNCHED FOR YHE POLAR EPRESS,he bleed for 100YARDS AND DRIED UP.Never found him or any more blood.
Great deer evan.I did see 2 fork horns fight tonight for a couple minutes,i can't imagine seeing 2 mature bucks going at it.AWESOME.
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JoJo Puts an Acoustic Spin on Lady Gaga's 'Paparazzi'
JoJo closed out her Hard Rock Cafe club tour in Chicago on Wednesday, including yet another skillful cover in her live acoustic set. This time, the 20-year-old tackled Lady Gaga's 'Paparazzi.'
The Boston native stuck with a mid-tempo rendition of the 2009 smash hit, intently singing the heralded pop tune to an excited crowd. JoJo sang the song sitting down, but used her hands to further dramatize the lyrics. The stripped-down version was only backed by a single guitar, letting the songbird's vocals shine.
JoJo's latest trek has hit Hard Rock Cafe locations around the country over the last couple of weeks, providing free shows for fans in order to raise breast cancer awareness. During her run, the pop star has covered Rihanna's 'What's My Name?,' Bruno Mars' 'Grenade' and, most recently, Amy Winehouse's 'You Know I'm No Good.'
The former teen star will release her third album, 'Jumping Trains,' in early 2012, which will be six years since her last album, 2006's 'The High Road.' She recently released the first single from the forthcoming LP, the reflective love song 'Disaster.'
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A former senior US official who worked on anti-drug programs in Afghanistan accused President Karzai of playing the US "like a fiddle" and protecting drug lords from being interfered with as they pursued their program of getting drugs out of the country. Thomas Schweich, who until June, was the US State Department co-ordinator for counter-narcotics, said the Afghan president was interfering with anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan. Schweich noted drug production has been soaring since the United States invaded Afghanistan and deposed the Taliban who at that time were actively suppressing drugs. The American charged Karzai's friends were involved in drugs. "Karzai had Talbian enemies who profited from drugs, but he had even more supporters who did," claimed Schweich.
Hillary Mann Leverett, a former US National Security official for Afghanistan, told Al Jazeera, the US knew that government officials, including the minister of defense in 2002 were involved in drug trafficking. "When I worked on this issue at the White House in 2001 and 2002, we were made aware, very clearly aware, that the highest government officials, including the minister of defense at the time, were drug traffickers."
Perhaps, it is time to change our attitude towards drugs and consider alternative approaches such as legalization of this product and placing it under some form of government monopoly. This would end the power of drug lords.


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Tuesday, December 29, 1998
"Corporation. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility." -- Ambrose Bierce
Schwab Tops Merrill Lynch
Online brokerage firm Charles Schwab Corp.'s (NYSE: SCH) 5% gain yesterday may have paled in comparison to rival E*Trade Group's (Nasdaq: EGRP) 26% rise, but it was Schwab that reached an unprecedented milestone Monday: Its market capitalization now exceeds that of the Wiseguy of the Wise, Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER). As of the close of trading yesterday, Schwab's market value stood at $25.5 billion compared with Merrill's $25.4 billion.
The fact that investors now think Schwab is worth more than Merrill is especially ironic (poetic justice?) considering that the world's largest brokerage has been highly critical of online trading. A notable quote by Merrill Vice Chairman John Steffens, a.k.a. "The Big Bad Wolf": "The do-it-yourself model of investing, centered on Internet trading, should be regarded as a serious threat to Americans' financial lives." Looks like online trading is more of a serious threat to Merrill and its ilk than anything else. A Merrill spokesman, James Wiggins, "shrugged off questions about being surpassed by a relative upstart," The Wall Street Journal reported.
To be sure, Schwab's market cap is still $19 billion short of that of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, but Rome wasn't built in one day. Plus, judging from the inexplicable, meteoric rise of Internet-related companies such as eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) -- up more than 1,000% from its all-time low of $25 1/4 -- Internet mania may well drive Schwab into the stratosphere. Schwab's upward momentum can be seen in this chart showing its stock price movement over the past year. Compare that with charts for Merrill and Morgan Stanley, and it's clear why many investors have put their money on Charles Schwab.
News to Go
Pentium chip maker Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) has filed papers with the SEC disclosing it may sell about $18.3 million in shares of Internet search software developer Inktomi Corp. (Nasdaq: INKT) and around $4 million in shares of online "Computer Network" CNET (Nasdaq: CNWK). While the filings indicate an intent to sell, they don't obligate Intel to go through with the sale.
Oilfield services company Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) warned that it now expects to earn $0.14 to $0.16 a share in the fourth quarter, far short of analysts' expectations of $0.36. The company late yesterday announced plans to cut 2,750 more jobs and record a $24 million ($0.05 per share) after-tax charge in the fourth quarter. It was only in October that the company increased its number of layoffs to about 8,100, or roughly 8% of its workforce.
Oil drilling equipment maker Halter Marine Group (HLX) also said it anticipates fiscal Q3 earnings will fall below analysts' estimates due to higher-than-expected costs for the construction of six drill barges. The company added that it probably won't meet its revenue goal of $1 billion by fiscal 2000.
No. 2 soft-drink maker PepsiCo's (NYSE: PEP) beverage sales increased 7.7% in the four weeks ended December 6, according to consumer data-tracker Information Resources Inc. The growth was driven in part by the introduction of its new Pepsi One one calorie diet soda this fall.
Britain's General Electric Co. (GEC) -- no relation to "GE, we bring good things to life" -- reportedly is in talks with several potential merger partners, including Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Thomson-CSF of France, and British Aerospace PLC of the U.K. For now, there's no front-runner. "It's varied from week to week and even from day to day," said a GEC spokesman.
According to The Wall Street Journal, insurance companies may soon guarantee corporate revenues and expenses, which may in effect insure earnings per share. Such coverage would likely be tailored to individual companies and would leave insurers plenty of escape hatches in case companies tried to manipulate the system to take advantage of potential payments.
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The level of means-testing among pensioners must reduce if plans to encourage more people to pay into a pension at work are to succeed, the government has been told.
"I don't think the private pension reforms we have proposed can go ahead without some changes to the state system," Pensions Commission Chairman Lord Turner told BBC Radio 4's Money Box following publication of its final report.
"If we are going to automatically enrol people in private pensions there is a real problem if there is a spread of means-testing on the state side."
Lord Turner set a target for reducing it.
"At the moment about 40% [of over 60s] are getting Pension Credit. If there is no change that will go up from 40% to 75% [by 2050].
"If [the government proposes] a package to bring it down to 35% not 30%, you would have to think if that is as good as one is going to get. What is clear is, it has got to go down not up."
He told the programme that he expected government plans to include most of the measures he has proposed when they are published in a couple of months.
That would include a national pension savings scheme which employees are automatically enrolled in (although they have the option to opt out) and to which their employer has to contribute at least 3% of their pay.
Women's pensions
Lord Turner also expects changes in the state pension.
"I think there will be a commitment that the state pension age goes up, to improve the treatment of people with interrupted careers, above all that means women, to make sure they are more likely to accrue a full state pension.
"And I think there will be a more favourable future indexation of pensions. The big issue is how much more favourable and is that enough to make enough progress against the spread of means-testing."
That would almost double the annual increase from around 2.5% to closer to 4.5%, so pensioners share in rising living standards.
Chancellor Gordon Brown has said he has no problem with that in principle, but any change must be affordable and not put up taxes.
Lord Turner told the programme that the job now was to make politicians listen: "What we have to do is push the politicians to go far enough down the path of state pension reform.
"There needs to be a significant shift in state pension policy away from the path that we are on."
BBC Radio 4's Money Box was broadcast on Saturday 8 April and was repeated on Sunday 9 April at 2102 BST.
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Sticky Rice (see the book) makes the perfect accompaniment to this dish.
2 large onions
A little sunflower oil for frying
700g/1-lb 6oz sirloin steak, fat-free and cut into strips
90ml/6 tablespoons sweet soy sauce
2 limes
4 tablespoons each: salt and freshly ground black pepper
1. Peel and cut the onions into strips. Heat some oil in a large heavy-based frying pan and fry the onions (do not allow them to color), about 2 minutes. Set aside.
2. Heat some more oil in the saucepan and, when hot, fry the steak strips quickly until almost sealed, about 2 minutes. Mix in the onion strips. Add the soy sauce and mix together quickly, allowing the sauce to coat the meat and onions and thicken.
3. To serve, cut the limes in half and arrange on plates with the steak mixture. Put some salt and pepper together at the top of each plate. To really enjoy this dish, each person should squeeze their lime half onto the salt and pepper and mix it into a paste. The beef-onion mixture is dipped into the paste.
Dark, syrupy, and highly aromatic, this caramelized soy sauce is usually marketed under its Indonesian name, kecap (or kejap) manis. In Indonesia it is a popular dipping sauce for satay, while Mark uses it here to add a lovely smoky flavor to dishes such as Crispy Quail with Watercress. Unlike ordinary soy, it is also a good coating sauce. Broiled Chicken Brochettes (see book), for example, are bathed in sweet soy sauce before broiling to produce a lovely, rich brown glaze.
Lemongrass and Lime
New Vietnamese Cooking
By Mark Read
Ten Speed Press, 2001
Hardcover, $29.95
Recipe reprinted by permission.
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In the current challenging economy, custom home builders, designers, and architects alike are searching for ways to improve their businesses, from brushing up on basic management skills and best practices to learning about the latest home design trends and how to apply new building technologies. But when times are tough, it's difficult to justify the travel expenses to attend business-building conferences.
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""Our new Bund pad straps are very deluxe made of Horween unlined shell they come in two sizes. Both hold watches with either 19 or 20 mm lugs and connect to unlined shell straps with your choice of nickel or brass buckles.""
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Disclaimer: I'm not 100 percent sure this is the look Jennifer Lopez's makeup artist Mary Phillips was talking about in her tweet yesterday...
The tweet:
And you'd qualify this as Sophia-Loren-esque, right?
At least, it's more Sophia Loren than the other look of hers I can find this week. But, regardless, Jennifer always has great lashes, so if this is the mascara Mary has been using on her, then I feel it's worth a shoutout.
Behold, the L'Oréal Voluminous Million Lashes Mascara, which has a built-in Clean Sweep Wiping System that eliminates clumps as you apply:
I actually have a tube of this in my office somewhere, so perhaps I'll give it a try this weekend. In the meantime, any of you have experience with this mascara? If so, tell your fellow readers about it below!


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UPDATE 2-Canada's inflation rate edges up, little rate pressure seen
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA Aug 23 (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate edged up to 1.3 percent in July from 1.2 percent in June, underlining how little pressure the Bank of Canada is under to increase rates, Statistics Canada data indicated on Friday.
Analysts had expected the rate to hit 1.4 percent. Although the July rate was the highest since the 1.3 percent recorded in July 2012, it was well below the Bank of Canada's 2.0 percent target.
The central bank, which has kept its key rate at a near-record low 1.0 percent since September 2010, said last month it would not hike rates as long as the inflation outlook remained muted and there was still significant slack in the economy.
"The big picture for Canadian inflation is that it is now gradually climbing from the depths of earlier this year, but it remains non-threatening - think Flipper, not Jaws," said Doug Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets.
Porter said in a note to clients that a recent gradual decline in the value of the Canadian dollar would "add to the mild upward pressure in inflation, but a sluggish underlying growth profile for the economy and slow wage growth will restrain the upswing".
The Canadian unit briefly softened to a six-week low against the U.S. dollar on Friday, slipping to C$1.0569 to the U.S. currency, or 94.62 U.S. cents, after the data was released.
It later recovered some of its losses and by 9:45 a.m. (1345 GMT) it was at C$1.0547. or 94.81 U.S. cents. This was still weaker than Thursday's finish at C$1.0516, or 95.09 U.S. cents. Continued...


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Tue 11 Aug 2009
"Redd Alert" A Senior Ministry Blog Site
Posted by Lou Redd under Welcome/Introductory Page
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Welcome to "Redd Alert", a Senior Adult Ministry blog site
A little about the author: Lou Redd
"Redd Alert" is a brand new ministry vehicle for me and I want to welcome everyone to this ministry blog.
After Years of teaching school, and working with church youth (RA's and Baptist Men) the Lord has opened the door and has called me into a full time ministry for middle and older adults (age 50+).
As of February 1, I began working with the Mid-Maryland Baptist Association with Director of Mission's Joel Rainey, and the Baptist Convention of MD/DE (BCM/D) Missionary Ellen Udovich.
A little about the ministry:
With direction and power from our Lord, we endeavor to minister to the middle and older adult group (Seniors) which make up 40% of our church congregations. In addition, it is also one of the largest unchurched groups in America.
With those statistics in hand, we desire to;
- Develop church groups comprised of older Americans that will not only minister to their senior church members but also reach out to the senior community.
- For each church to transform their older adults into outreach vessels through social and ministry multi-tasking.
- To be informational.
- Learn how the Department of Aging, the AARP and other Senior focus groups can provide information.
As you can see the possibilities are endless.
As one person recently asked me, "what is a middle and older adult ministry?" my answer is that it is a plan for significant living in the second half of one's life. One may have had a successful career, but at retirement one wants to continue to do something significant with the rest of his/her life.
In reality it is a time of re-purposing one's life and how one accomplishes that is dependent upon the church and its staff.
The coordinates of attitude, spiritual growth and Godly habits leads one to strategize a plan to turn aging into significance. The goal of middle and older adult ministry is to move that significance into an action plan of service to others in the church and the community. The equation, Aging + Strategy + Action = SIGNIFICANCE in the second half of life.
A few strategic avenues:
Through mission trips one can resist complacency. Volunteering in your church, hospital, or soup kitchen will focus upon gifts, talents, and resources. Basically that is what middle and older adult ministry is all about.
God's word hold the key:
Psalm 73:24
With Your counsel You will guide me, And afterward receive me to glory
Isaiah 46:3-4
Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, You who have been borne by Me from birth And have been carried from the womb; Even to your old age I will be the same, And even to your graying years I will bear you, I have done it, and I will carry you; And I will bear you and I will deliver you.
1 Timothy 1:12
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service,
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Now that you know a little about "Redd Alert" I welcome any questions or suggestions that you may have. Please feel free to send them to my email at email@example.com.
Please come back often, new blog updates will be posted monthly.
Until the next time, many blessings.
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Which Product Is Utah MOST Famous For?
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The Obama administration sent a letter to Congress over the weekend requesting $50 billion in spending to support the economy. This request will likely affect negotiations in the Senate and House over legislation extending some current spending policies and tax cuts.
With so much discussion tying current legislation with claims of boosting the economy, it makes sense to go back and look at the most recent CBO analysis of the types of policies that are most effective as stimulus, as well as review what the CBO has found about the success of the large stimulus package passed early last year.
The CBO found that the 2009 stimulus clearly improved economic growth and employment levels from where they otherwise would have been, even as it added to the long-term debt. However, an important question is whether that trade-off was made for policies the CBO considered most effective. On that, it is clear the bill could have been designed better.
As policymakers debate how much deficit financing is appropriate for short-term economic relief going forward, they must choose carefully, rather than simply enacting or extending current policies that won't have the biggest bang-for-the-buck in positive economic effects short and long-term.