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She's not exactly an exemplary mom, but Jenelle Evans is looking forward to giving parenthood another shot with the upcoming birth of her second child.
The seven-months-pregnant "Teen Mom 2" star posted an Instagram photo of herself in a pink bikini, proudly displaying her massive baby bump. She captioned it, "29 weeks in counting. #BikiniShot ❤."
Despite the fact that her babydaddy Nathan Griffith is in the middle of a 30-day jail sentence, a Radar source says he's getting ready to pop the question.
"Jenelle hasn't gotten a ring yet, but Nathan said he has his proposal already planned out. It's going to happen soon, but when Jenelle isn't expecting it."
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Discussing Occupy Wall Street, Coulter Says: "It Just Took A Few Shootings At Kent State To Shut That Down"
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As San Francisco Weekly and others have noted, while discussing Occupy Wall Street on November 17, Ann Coulter stated: "So at the moment anyway, I mean I don't know what's going to happen in New York today, but at the moment I'm not really worried of a movement like SDS which really swept a lot of the college campuses taking over. Of course if it does, just remember the lesson from my book: it just took a few shootings at Kent State to shut that down for good."
SUSSMAN: I wanted to ask you this morning, you wrote this book almost as if you knew this movement was going to break loose.
COULTER: Yes, yeah the FBI ought to be looking into me. I mean, I knew there would be mob uprisings again, it -- they are, they are demonic thus the title of my book. We will always have the demonic among us. There will always be evil in the world. I did not anticipate that it would happen actually while I was on my book tour. Because -- but, it's been awhile since there's been something at least as broad as this, fortunately so far not as frightening or threatening as the weathermen or SDS, and it's hard to imagine how it could be in today's America.
Maybe it's just my sunny optimism, but I just feel like there's so much -- America is in a much, much better place now than it was historically with the internets, with talk radio, with Fox News.
SUSSMAN: Right.
COULTER: It was so easy for the liberals to control a large part of the country. I mean you always did have the silent majority as Nixon called it, but I just think it's easy for the silent -- easier for the silent majority to communicate with one another now. And thus, for example, instead of speaking in abstract terms, with the Occupy Wall Street, I mean I'm sure you've been online. All these kids with flipcams are out there filming the Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oakland, and I'm sure occupy -- I bet I can find a video of what you were just describing, which sounds horrible, and I'm sorry about your bank by the way, and people can see for themselves and get the news they want themselves.
So at the moment anyway, I mean I don't know what's going to happen in New York today, but at the moment I'm not really worried of a movement like SDS which really swept a lot of the college campuses --
SUSSMAN: Yes.
COULTER: -- taking over. Of course if it does, just remember the lesson from my book: it just took a few shootings at Kent State to shut that down for good. And despite the Neil Young song --
SUSSMAN: Right.
COULTER: -- and every single article on Nexis/Lexis, those protests were -- I mean that must have been a very frightening time without the silent majority being able to communicate with one another via email, the Internet --
SUSSMAN: Yes.
COULTER: -- talk radio. And you know, those kids, the ones who started the Kent State riots was Bill Ayers' best friend and according to Ayers, homosexual lover. He ended up blowing himself up in that townhouse in Greenwich Village when they were trying to blow up army recruits -- a dance for army recruits and their dates. They were running through Kent State smashing jewelry store windows, burning the ROTC building to the ground, and when the firemen showed up, they threw rocks at the firemen, they slashed the fire trucks' hoses. This was really out of hand -- it wasn't some peace [unintelligible], you know, peace, love not war --
SUSSMAN: Right.
COULTER: -- rally, and also, according to the recent reporting by James Rosen, the National Guard may have been shot upon first. But the point is, these kids never realized that they couldn't go run around burn down a building and get anything from -- but praise from the mainstream media.
SUSSMAN: Wow, wow.
COULTER: This is the first time they got bullets back, and that put an end --
SUSSMAN: That was the end.
COULTER: -- to the protests pretty quickly. [emphases added]
Sadly, this is hardly the first time that Coulter has fantasized about the killing of her political enemies. It's not even the first time she invoked the Kent State massacre to do so.


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Re: Removal of Temporary symbols
Thanks Carlos. I have been using the Remove function in order to ensure
that my unreferenced temporary symbols don't take up memory. Should I
prefer to use ClearAll instead? I can't find a compelling reason to
choose one over the other.
Anyway, does anyone know whether or not it is by design that
unreferenced temporaries are not always detected and removed? I think
it's important to know the conditions under which temporaries won't be
removed, so that we can now when it is necessary to explicitly call
ClearAll or Remove, and so that the memory footprint of a function is
carlos at colorado.edu wrote:
> Andrew Moylan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Can you help me understand the conditions under which Mathematica
> > automatically removes symbols with the attribute Temporary that are
> > created by calls to Module? Please consider the following code:
> >
> > $Context="test`"
> >
> > Module[{x, y},
> > y[] = 0;
> > x = y;
> > ]
> >
> > Names["test`*"]
> >
> > For me the result of the call to Names is something like {y, y$18}. Why
> > is the temporary variable y$18, which is no longer referenced by
> > anything, not being automatically removed?
> >
> If explicit deletion of temporaries is desirable, for example to free
> memory taken up by a large list or array, use ClearAll
> before module return. I do that for graphic modules that build
> large plot files.
> > If I remove the line "x = y;" from the above code, the temporary
> > variable is destroyed as expected, and the result of the call to Names
> > is {y}. I'm not clear on why the symbol "y" has been created in the
> > global ("test`") context in this case; but I'm not bothered by it
> > (because, unlike the preservation of temporary variables, it doesn't
> > represent an O(n) memory overhead for evalutating my Module n times).
> > Can anyone explain this behaviour?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Andrew


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UTEP Soccer Reaps Academic & Athletic Accolades
Dec. 9, 2013
EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP soccer team has received a prestigious honor by earning the NSCAA Team Academic Award (min. cumulative team GPA of 3.0) while Tori Martyn (second team), Aleah Davis (third team) and Azia Nicholson (third team) were all named to the 2013 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Women's All-Central Region Team.
UTEP has been a perennial honoree of the NSCAA Team Academic Honor, and the squad's performance in the classroom for the 2012-13 season was sensational. The Miners recorded a team cumulative GPA of 3.40 to easily surpass the minimum requirement of 3.0.
"I am very proud of UTEP Soccer achieving the NSCAA Team Academic Award," UTEP head coach Kevin Cross said. "I am very thankful for the soccer team's commitment to not only soccer but most importantly to its academics. This award shows a lot about our players' character. I am proud to coach a team with such high commitment to both soccer and academics."
In terms of the athletic realm, it marked a school-record-tying three Miners on the all-region team. UTEP also achieved the feat in 2009.
"Tori, Azia, and Aleah being recognized as one of the top 33 players in the entire central region is a tremendous honor for the players and for the UTEP Soccer program," Cross said. "I know all three of them have worked very hard for this prestigious recognition, and they would want the team to understand that these individual awards are a result of the team's success. They could not obtain these awards without their UTEP teammates. This award carries extra weight because it is voted on by the central region coaches which consists of many top soccer programs, and the central region is extremely competitive."
Martyn was a standout on both the defense and midfield with her play in the air. She helped the Miners maintain possession & control play in the midfield. She served as an impact player in set pieces, both offense and defense because of that ability. The senior scored three goals on the year, including two on headers.
Nicholson paced the Miners and tied for fourth in the league (through all games played in regular season) in goals (nine) while checking in fifth in points (20). She enjoyed a stretch of a goal in four straight and five of six conference matches, including three tallies which served as match winners. Nicholson started every contest of the campaign, and led the team in minutes played.
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LOS ANGELES – In a recent interview, United States Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner laid out his view of the nature of world economic growth and the role of the US financial sector. It is a deeply disturbing vision, one that amounts to a huge, uninformed gamble with the future of the American economy – and that suggests that Geithner remains the senior public official worldwide who is most in thrall to the self-serving ideology of big banks.
Geithner argues that the world will now experience a major "financial deepening," owing to growing demand in emerging markets for financial products and services. He is thinking, of course, of "middle-income" countries like India, China, and Brazil. And he is right to emphasize that all have made terrific progress and now offer great opportunities for the rising middle class, which wants to accumulate savings, borrow more easily (for productive investment, home purchases, education, etc), and, more generally, smooth out consumption.
But then Geithner takes a leap. He wants US banks to take the lead in these countries' financial development. His words are worth quoting at length:
"I don't have any enthusiasm for…trying to shrink the relative importance of the financial system in our economy as a test of reform, because we have to think about the fact that we operate in the broader world…It's the same thing for Microsoft or anything else. We want US firms to benefit from that…Now, financial firms are different because of the risk, but you can contain that through regulation."


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A judge in Italy ordered that a couple undergoing IVF treatment had to implant all the embryos created, regardless of any genetic condition the embryos might carry. Under Italian law made earlier this year (see newsletter article February 2004), reproductive techniques are restricted. The law bans freezing and destroying embryos and all embryos created by IVF, limited to three oocytes, must be implanted into the woman. The couple in this case both carry the recessive gene for � thalassaemia and had wanted to have pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to determine which embryos were healthy, as they did not want to have to abort the pregnancy, and decided to challenge the law on this point. They lost their case and were required to implant the embryos. The British Medical Journal reported that the judge stated that, ��according to the new law, the woman did not have the right to choose to have a healthy baby� (BMJ 2004 328, 1334). Shortly after the transfer, the woman suffered a haemorrhage and lost the embryo, which was later shown to be healthy. The woman claims that the haemorrhage was likely brought on by stress.
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Amanda Knox's family: "Comedy night fundraiser a welcomed break"
Nearly 90 people attended Amanda Knox's fundraiser Wednesday night, Jan. 27, held at the Comedy Underground in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood. Tickets were $50, and raffle tickets were sold, to raise money for Knox's appeal process which follows her Dec. 4 guilty verdict for murdering her college roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy Nov. 1, 2007. Money raised goes to www.amandaknoxdefensedfund.org.
Five stand-up comedians performed for free, including event organizer and host, Renee Perrault, a friend of Amanda's father, Curt, and his former co-worker at Macy's Corporation. Several raffle prizes were awarded. At the event's conclusion, Curt and Amanda's mother Edda Mellas briefly thanked the crowd.
The comedians' topics varied but none made reference to Amanda or the trial. Many family members were sprinkled in the audience as well as supporters from Amanda's West Seattle neighborhood. One audience member said he came from Connecticut to offer his support.
"They have a strange system of justice in Italy," said said Tony Comito from Ballard, an Amanda supporter and professional magician who said he is Italian-American and has been following the trial closely. "You would think they've had all this time since the Roman times to develop their system of justice and this is what we have?"
"It was funny," said Chris Mellas, Amanda's step-father. "It was good stuff. I'm surprised how many people turned out. It's pretty cool."
"I grew up in West Seattle, and went to the UW study-abroad program in France," said landscape designer Blair Constantine who also happens to be the brother of King County Executive, Dow. "I would recommend France over Italy to anybody. I kind of relate, since I was also a student in Europe, and feel very, very bad for the family."
"I had a really amazing time," said Madison Paxton, a close friend of both Amanda and her sister Deanna. "It really touches the heart to see all these people here. It was really funny. I also thought it was really funny and I'll definitely come back here a lot."
"I scoped this place out on my 21st birthday," said Deanna. "The comics here are hilarious." She said she would "turn beet red" if she tried to do stand-up comedy on stage.
"While it was a comedy event we're dealing with a very serious situation," said Curt. "Absolutely the greatest loss was the loss of Meredith's life."
Curt said his family welcomed a break from the day to day anguish of fighting for his daughter's freedom.
"it was actually kind of nice to venture away from the stress involved with the situation," he said. "It was extremely nice to have all of the people around us and it was a great event."
Although some media earlier reported the possibility of "anti-Amanda" protesters gathering outside the club, they were a no-show.
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I am from england and i can assure you all that this stunt is viewed as sick and lacking any form of respect for the kercher family, and realy sends out all the wrong messages, I mean what next from you seattle dwellers a fundraiser for ted bundy a free charles manson open air concert.
I mean guys fair enough the family have every right to raise funds so they can visit there sibling but a "comedy night " come on for gods sake get real she is a convicted killer.........
Such a Tragedy
Although I'm inclined to believe that Amanda's lies and DNA traces are indicative of guilt, my heart goes out to her family when I see them trying so hard to hang on to their belief in Amanda.
Unfortunately, the abuse of illicit narcotics can make people do unspeakable things that would NEVER have crossed their minds when sober.
It's a shame to behold the destruction they've wrought in this case.
God help us all.
I am sickened by these perverts.
Is this representative of all Satellites or are the Amanda Knox supporters in isolation?
Totally perverse!
sad, sad, sad
I hope the reality of the bad press and feeling they will have generated with this venture will give them a reality check. The energy would have been better spent looking within themselves to see how they have gotton into this mess, and how they can help Amanda by seeking to get her to tell the truth, then real healing can come out of this sad, sad, situation.
About 90 people, huh? Does that include the waitstaff and the comedians? This is the most horrifying spectacle ever. We have over 100,000 dead in Haiti and these people are giving their money to a murderer. Only in America.
I find it praiseworthy that people who believe in Amana Knox's innocence (and they have good reason to do so) stand up and take action to support efforts to assist with her appeal. There is no disrespect to the memory of Meredith Kercher in this. It may be that the greatest disrespect to her memory if two young people were wrongly convicted and effectively have their lives taken away.
Marijuana is not a narcotic. There were no narcotics involved. You are entitled to your opinion, but I sure which you people would not invent your own facts.
Laugh it up, you sickos.
Laugh it up, you sickos. Your daughter/sister/friend is a vile murderess. She's a liar and a psychopath and is lucky to be in a humane Italian jail instead of serving hard time here in the US.
It is wonderful to see that there are still people who have the courage to stand for what is right in spite of the intolerant backlash it will undoubtedly bring them. I have a deep regard for Amanda's family, her friends that continue to believe in her and these performers who have the guts to do what they know they will be screamed at by "the haters" which every opinion page seems to be filled with.
There are multitudes of rational people around the world who have looked at the facts and used mere common sense to determine that there is only one murderer of Meredith and that murderer is Rudy Guede.Those of us who see this clearly realize that the only route to fighting the injustice of putting Amanda and Raffaele in prison is money and the best way to get it is through entertainment. If that bothers some of the haters then they have the problem-which, after-all, is not much of a surprise.
Well said and right on. It's nice to see someone post that's articulate and sounds rational. I was beginning to wonder if such people still exist.
I wonder how the Knox family would feel if Amanda was murdered and Meredith was convicted of doing so and the Kercher family held a COMEDY fundraiser.
Wait a minute, no I don't. Judging by how much the Knox/Mellas family is reveling in being TV stars now, I think they would even use their daughter's death as a way of filling their pockets. They want Amanda free because she is worth more money that way. Though they will still get a lot out of the book or books they will invariably write.
I would suspect that alot of the people who attended this comedy have also given money to help those in Haiti. Do you truly think it is important for the world to stop because there is a calamity somewhere-if so then we humans will never be able to do anything but grieve and wring our hands. Haiti is a calamity-the newest calamity-in a world where calamities never stop. The world is working on it as well as the world works on disaster. However your strange idea-nieve really- that the entire world must stop still and do nothing because there is something horrible that has happened is odd. What can we do for Haiti or the Haitians but send money and pay our taxes that give our governments the money to send the help of those who won't get in the way and will help.
Yes only in America is so much given so often to the needy the hurt and the sick. Whenever there is a tragedy we are one of the first and best responders.Ask anyone from a foreign country that has a calamity which country they would like to have arrive first. Sweden you think? Russia? No, The United States is the number one country that people want to see. Because we get there and we get it done and although it's never perfect and it always takes longer than those in pain and agony want we are the best and do the best. Read your stats Melissa, and open your mind.
Dear ANONYMOUS guest (and family member),
Get over yourself already. You're giving money to a convicted murderer and you're calling me out? Give money to your local animal shelter. Hell, tip the person who serves you at McDonald's. A fundraiser for a murderer is bad enough but a comedy fundraiser is beyond the pale and anyone with any sense of common human decency can see that. The whopping 90 supporters (and that's a liberal count apparently) prove they are operating with no moral compass. How many of those (rounded up) 90 were friends or family of the comedians? How many were friends and family of Ms. Knox? How many included the employees of the comedy club? We can rest assured one of them was the completely neutral and unbiased Candace Dempsey who is writing a book to profit off the murder of Meredith Kercher. You spin it anyway you want to but to the average human being, this is a slap in the face to the family of the murdered woman.
Very interesting post on
Very interesting post on youtube. "What if Amanda Knox was black?" What would the media support have been then?
rsvp to Melissa#11
Melisssa, Melissa, Melissa. Tch, tch,tch.Have you no compassion,no kindness, no understanding, no sense.Amanda's parents love their daughter.Her aunts and uncles and cousins and sisters love Amanda. Her friends love Amanda.If you have actually read anything you know this is true. Amanda, no matter what her reputation has become due to the tabloid media and "others-we-won't-name-or-we-might-be-sued-for-pretend-slander"has always been one of those good people that everyone has liked at least-and more often loved. I believe this is one of the reasons that she has been vilified so thouroughly by "the haters" who have no love in their own lives and try to destroy those who have.
rsvp to guest #14
If Amanda had been black she would have gotten the great treatment that Rudy Guede has gotten-kid gloves and forget-the-facts even though his is the only DNA evidence all over Meredith's room and Meredith-and all over the apartment even though he never had visited the upstairs before in his life-so all the prints came from that one night-the night of the murder.
I'll save my compassion for Meredith Kercher's family, thanks. I've yet to see one 'friend' of Amanda's that she knew prior to 2005. Where are they? As for her family, they have behaved in a harsh and extremely upsetting manner with all the couth of a wild boar. They have admitted publicly they have yet to offer condolences to the family of Meredith! Who does that? Really, if your child's roommate was murdered, you wouldn't offer your condolences? Sorry but I don't see "good person" ANYWHERE in this family. But maybe all those 20/20, Dateline, 48 hours shows are just reflecting them in a terrible light. Trying to paint their daughter as a victim while erasing the actual victim? No compassion from me.
Sad comment on just how delusional parental love can become.
She was convicted by unanimous verdict of 8 jurors who spent a year listening to evidence that 19 separate jurists had unanimously declared sufficient to bring charges.
Get over it.
Your abandoning her as a child, and being forced by Court Order to pay her child support will not be excused or mitigated from your Maker by this exercise in futility that stupidly are now continuing to conduct in the Public arena.
rsvp #13 Melissa
I am not a family member nor a friend of Amanda's- I simply have followed the story and done alot of research and have determined through facts that Amanda and Raffaele are innocent of the murder of Meredith Kercher. If I hated Amanda I would still, as a person who truly believes justice should be blind, know her to be innocent because of those same sticky facts.If she were black or an alien she would still get my vote of innocent. Being incarcerated, being convicted does not mean the person is guilty. It means they were found guilty-not that they are guilty.
The difference between us Melissa is that you, based on what I don't know, have decided that Amanda and Raffaele are guilty and I, based on facts and common sense, know they are innocent of the murder of Meredith Kercher.So you look at this fundraiser as an insult to Meredith and I look at it as needed to free two people who have been wrongly accused and convicted of a murder they haven't had a thing to do with.
When you revise or alter an original story (such as by adding the last line as you recently did) you really need to note that you have revised the story. That is just good journalism, friend.
Be that as it may, I am surprised there was nobody protesting this event. If I lived in Seattle, I certainly would have and offered an alternative to donate money to a worthy cause rather than trying to free a convicted murderer, found guilty by 9 jurors and 19 judges. If this is anti-Americanism, why was an Italian also convicted? If it is about saving face, why release the INNOCENT black man she framed and hold a PRESS CONFERENCE to do so? That doesn't seem like the action of an evil empire, determined to 'save face' and put that American in jail. Use the brains the good Lord gave you already.
You've gotten your 'facts' and 'information' from the FOA website, Doug Preston, Candace Dempsey and the US media.
Trust that there are many differences between you and I, anonymous. Thank God for that! Scott Peterson also thinks he's innocent and there wasn't any physical evidence. How much have you donated to his family and friends?
The Knox family is practising daily for their own reality show. Jerry Springer will seem quaint compared to this family.
The last word
Rudy Guede is the murderer of Meredith Kercher: the rest is all stuff and nonsense.
True that
Rudy Guede is indeed a convicted murderer, right along with Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito. 26-25-16. Looks like AK and RS should have gone for the fast track, too.
For 'Truth'
Your egotistical unequivocal statement that "you +know+ Amanda and Raffaele are innocent intrigues me.
Would it be possible for you to bestow on those of us less blessed mere earthlings your 'knowledge' of why the above mentioned 27 unbiased observers unanimously wanted to send the 'innocent' son of a well respected Perugia family as well as an innocent American student to jail for 1/4 a century ??
After listening to some of the highest defense talent available in all Italy, why would they just decide to send these 'innocent' kids away to jail ??.
Help us, O Gifted One to understand the 'why' of what you 'know
America, America...
...when will you drop this DREADFUL family! They represent everything that the rest of the world despises about America, but try to overlook. We really do. It's hard, but we kinda want to like you so we try. It's the refusal to take responsibility, the casual rudeness and disrespect shown towards other countries - who can't POSSIBLY be doing things properly i.e like Americans would. Have you no idea how this plays to the rest of the world? I once dined with a young American and discussed various political issues and the view of America abroad - which was at an all time low at the time. He said "We don't care. We don't HAVE to care". I was so shocked. But it is how it seems. America grew up when it elected Mr Obama. The world just loved you for it, and was proud of you. Now please, continue your growth. Quietly leave this issue, this family, to its private grief. They are not heroes. Amanda is not a role model or a heroine wronged. She messed up. Big time. Don't show this disrespect for Italy and the jurors who gave a year of their lives to reach this verdict. Have the grace to accept it. Grieve for one who has been lost, and one who pays the price. But don't make yourselves smaller as a nation any longer by showing the world your fear of the outside world. You're bigger than that now. We need you. Come on.
to guest #24
It all comes down to two things: facts and common sense. Hasn't anyone ever told you that that's what you're supposed to base a guilty or innocent verdict on? If you think that the A/R trial was fair and based on facts or that the "evidence" was good (in any way) that led to their incarceration then you have not been delving into the matter very deeply and have probably been getting your information-and opinion- from the Italian and British tabloids. However "The Gifted One" forgives you and hopes you will do your homework better in future.
All real facts and all the DNA evidence lead to one killer, Rudy Guede. Amanda and Raffaele may be convicted but that does not make them guilty.They may be in prison but that doesn't mean they aren't innocent.
There are many references (by people who were in the court) to the fact that the jurists and prosecution spent alot of the time in court sleeping-when they weren't at home or on vacation reading the tabloids, talking to friends and neighbors and forming their opinions.Perhaps you would feel comfortable having such a trial but I would not.
More for Truth
Again,As I said, you certainly 'know' more about the case than the 19 judges who spent months examining evidence, and the 8 jurists who then spent a year listening to both sides of the evidence.
So granted you (not I) 'know all there is to know.
But per chance you missed the question....WHY...did all these people who 'know' about the evidence much more than I, but of course much less than you ...UNANIMOUSLY say they were guilty.
What motivation would prompt people(who know so much less than you) to send kids to jail.
PS: the only person who commented on 'sleeping jurists' was the same 'ditzy' dimwitted close relative who also later states she now hates Italians because they smiled at her in Court then decided her kin was guilty.
Please spare even those less gifted than thou any more quotes from this source.
This comments is deeply disrespectful to the jury and the Italian legal system. Get yourself an education. You sound so ignorant. WHO TOLD YOU ALOT OF THE NONSENSE YOU SPOUT? 'Alot' of time sleeping? Really? I don't think so dear. Grow up.
To #25
I am an American and I have been waiting all my life to be accepted and loved by people just like you. What do I have to do: put up with injustice?ok. Turn on good people and condemn them because it's polically correct? Oh, that's ok.Call black white and white purple? Why not. Accept the spewings of pompous asses? Sure, why not?Waste inordinate amounts of time making decisions but never really coming to one?Yeseree.There now I sound just like you and have sold out all my beliefs so that I can get along...righto. So now I can be your friend?
for # 29
Does your mother know you are playing with her computer ?
Talk about your fantasies
Let's see. Who told us people were sleeping in court? Candace Dempsey and famil y members. Oh and that middle-aged guy who lives in a college town and hangs with college students (gee, wonder why) and writes a blog dedicated to Meredith Kercher yet bought and sold to the Knox/Mellas family.
Sure. I'll believe that.
Who leaked Amanda's diary? No, not the prosecutor. HER OWN FAMILY. Who is sick, huh? Jersey Shore will have nothing to shock once this family gets their own tv show. Let the plastic surgery begin!
There were jurors sleeping
There were jurors sleeping during the trial? That is BAD!
Bullseye, I was actually addressing the slightly more intelligent members of your nation. Go away. It's the brighter ones that will lead you into the modern world. Wanna beat terrorism? Start getting yourself educated. You can stay in your pit forever, but you'll always be looking up for those jet planes...
You don't care about the rest of the world? We noticed Bullseye. They'll make ya. Thank God your fellow citizens had the sense to elect Obama...
You know, if some of these people who support Amanda would honestly admit that a Comedy Show to raise money for the family of a their daughter or sister or friend who happens to also be convicted murder and who will appeal, was in bad taste, and probably a very very bad choice for furthering their cause in the public's eye, we just might be able to have a conversation.
Italian legal system
Posted: "This comments is deeply disrespectful to the jury and the Italian legal system."
As they should be. How does a court find guilt when there is no believable motive, there is no evidence of the convicted in the victim's bedroom, and all so-called witnesses discredited themselves?
How does a court consider a knife to be valid evidence when it was 'magically' selected from a drawer full of knifes, when it doesn't match the victim's wounds, when a bloody silhouette on the bedding doesn't match, when LCN DNA testing was performed, when the testing lab withheld information from the court, when the testing lab is still withholding information, and the court refused an independent expert to examine the testing of the knife. In addition, LCN DNA is not admissible in a U.S. court. How does the court justify this? How does anyone justify this?
The trial was a charade with the 'guilty' verdict predetermined before the start of the trial. Shame on you Italy, shame!
Italian Legal System
Witnesses discredited themselves ??? HUH ??
The only people who discredited them selves were the people convicted.
I mean, lets forget all the pseudo CSI Forensic babble from biased amateur sympathizers above.
Lets just look at the guilty parties answers to that ever so difficult question....
Where were you at the time of the Murder?
The scattershot self contradictory answers ranged from:
A: Raffaele's "answers":
1) At a party with friends
2) OOOPS that was just "Rubbish to protect Amanda's lies"
3) Amanda was with me all night after we smoked pot and screwed
4)But Amanda did leave for a few hours that night.
5) I was so high last night i still cannot remember where I was or who was with me
Amanda's "answers"
1)I stayed with Raffaele all night after we got high and screwed
2) Raffaele said I left ??
OK I was in the kitchen holding my ears while Mr Lumumba killed Meredith
3) 1) I'm so confused from smoking so much pot, I do not know where I was
But this is all circumstantial evidence..they are innocent.
How to heal
So sorry to hear you are sick, Guest. If you developed a sense of humor it would do wonders for your health and outlook on life. You might even be able to see more clearly.
Amanda may have been convicted but she is not a killer. Too many Europeans hate Amanda because she respresents the all-American girl. Good at sports, intelligent, good-hearted, religious and still able to enjoy life (Americans like to think we're all like that ...we're not). She's so "perfect" that it pleases you to think she is a killer and is now being punished ("That'll teach you, Miss Goody two-shoes.") I'm sure she has a flaw or two but killing someone is not in her repetoire.
If you'd stop being so hateful you'd be less sick and it'd do a world of good for your karma.
Still waiting to hear from anybody who was friends with her before 2005.
She does indeed represent what has become the all american girl. Spoiled with a sense of entitlement, shameless self-promotion, rude, arrogant, obnoxious, loud and crude.
. . . if some of these people who support Amanda would honestly admit that a Comedy Show to raise money for the family of a their daughter or sister or friend who happens to also be convicted murder and who will appeal, was in bad taste, . . .
Your righteousness is vomit inducing! The first Knox family fund raiser (which was not a comedy show) many months ago attracted such nice crashers that some were seen stalking the two younger Knox girls in the bathroom! What disgusting examples of human beings.
Why would someone wish to crash a fund raiser for a family attempting to raise funds for their daughter's defense? Why would someone wish to crash a fund raiser for a family attempting to raise funds in order to visit their daughter in an Italian prison? And to top it all off, two or three of these crashers were actually seen stalking the two young Knox girls in the bathroom!
Almost forgot, the infamous Jacksons were so crass that they saw fit to dis Amanda and her family in a short TV interview. As I said previously, "your righteousness is vomit inducing! "
Oh I love this site
We get a free Dr Phil Wannabe psychoanalysis by E-Mail in addition to an assinine analysis from CSI Forensic wannabe phonies.
May I with all due respect suggest to both of the above that the only "sick" people who harbored "hatred" sufficient to brutally murder an innocent young woman will have about a quarter of a century behind bars to heal themselves with their own "karma".
Best Regards
to #35; You're right
Your post and it's response from the next one,36, remind me of the question "Are you going to believe what you see-or what I tell you you see?" #36, wants us all to believe her even though the evidence and all the facts are against her.She, and others of her ilk, will never change their minds. In that they are just like the prosecutor of the case who's mind closed tight like a clamshell as soon as he thought he had figured out the case..No amount of facts, plain dealing or attempts to convince based on fact or anything solid will ever get past that fortified prison called their brain. It is ever so with such people.Might as well try turning coal into precious metals-or a pigs ear into a silk purse.But the attempt was worth the try.
"Witnesses discredited
"Witnesses discredited themselves ??? HUH ??"
Yes! One so called witness said Amanda was wearing a red coat. Everyone put on the witness stand was questioned as to whether they ever saw Amanda in a red coat. The answer, NO! Also, she doesn't own one.
Another witness said that Amanda has gaps in her teeth. Right. The whole world knows this to be untrue.
The shop keeper claiming to have seen her the morning of Nov. 2, 2007, was discredited by his own employee who said that Amanda was not in the shop that morning.
Then we have the homeless man who can't really recall the night nor the time.
Discredited witnesses, all of them!
Alan - More PR Bull$h!t
Gogerty Stark Marriott making another rounds at synthesizing a "Nation-wide" support group. I love how they made sure this had just enough "Italy is base" and "go to France instead of Italy" snippets in there. Very Objective.
This is what Marriott PR is doing in the news (taken from their website):
Media Relations
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***Briefings with reporters and editorial writers
***Events that attract favorable news coverage
-Media kits including press releases, fact sheets and Q and As
-Producing and placing op-eds
-Letters to the editor campaigns
***Placement of positive stories
-Media training for client spokespersons and message preparation
-Internal research and risk assessment to help anticipate and prepare for potentially negative coverage.
You may as well raise money for Charlie Manson...
This is awful. She is guilty, was declared so in a fair trial in which NO COMPLAINTS WERE MADE BY THE AMERICAN CONSULAR PRESENCE, and come appeal time, when she is convicted again, hopefully we'll have an ounce of remorse and an apology to the people of Italy, the other group of victims who have had the names dragged in the mud undeservingly.
The only people who write in support are lame, go-nowhere editorials, such as this one.
This article is subjective, unbiased and irrelevant. This isn't news.
@ Loretta: Maybe 'Europeans'
@ Loretta:
Maybe 'Europeans' (if you chose to ignore the majority of the US people who also condemn her) dislike her because she's a murderer.
That could be a reason...
Incidentally, she's not religious at all, or intelligent for that matter, judging from her behavior and comments, though she does seem to enjoy life :P
In case anyone is wondering,
In case anyone is wondering, Truth is the same poster who posts under John Winters. There are almost as many hits for his name + Amanda Knox as there are stars in the sky.
Nice to see you're still out and about John. I hope you're at least getting paid by Gogerty Marriott rather than for the pleasure of beating off to a murderer.
When she's convicted (AGAIN) you can totally send her letters in prison. I hear lots of people dig murderers - just ask any convict in prison!
Bye for now and see you at the next post!
"Too many Europeans hate Amanda because she respresents the all-American girl. Good at sports, intelligent, good-hearted, religious and still able to enjoy life"
WHAT????? Religious? Shagging a stranger on a train in the toilet while her liddle sister waited? Taking drugs? Seven men in six weeks? Lying to police? Lying and lying and lying? She's a trollop!!!! All American girl!!! This is hysterical!!! Claim her if you want, as the embodiment of your young American women, I'd prefer to claim someone slightly 'cleaner' in their sexual habits. You can have her, America, she's as sick as you are!
Lindsey Graham - is she another all American girl? Abu Ghraib? Is that an example of American justice? Water-boarding? Is that an example of American interrogation techniques? The death penalty? Is that an example of American justice? Barbaric nation. You will be made to learn, believe me. All of you. Your hypocrisy stinks and this disgusting family embody it.
Amanda Knox is a sex offender and a murderer.
Get OVER IT.
Who holds a comedy evening when a family are still weeping by the grave of their daughter?
Why doesn't Raffaele support Amanda's alibi if they are innocent?
Who is the looney tune here?
Guest # 39. You know what I am talking about. I am talking about a Comedy show being the venue for fund raising for the Knox family. People who want to can give via paypal 24/7 so WHY A COMEDY SHOW??? when Meredith Kercher was murdered? What planet are you on?
Alibi is...um...quite important?
Because otherwise you just look like a liar. So if you say you were at your boyfriend's house and he says, "I am not sure if she was with me all night. In fact, ignore the load of rubbish I said before. Amanda told me to say it and I did not think of the inconsistencies; she went out and came back around one am", then it suggests there is a disagreement about alibi. That is what is known in the detection trade as a WHOPPER. People who are being questioned about a murder who tell WHOPPERS are treated as suspicious. Just a cultural note there for you guys. Is it different in the US? Do you release people who tell lies about where they were on the night of the murder? Sheeesh, it must seem really unfair to you, all this professional detective work then. No wonder you're annoyed. And Amanda's blood mixed with the murder victim? In six different spots? You'd let her GO in the US? Jeeese, it all makes sense then! Don't worry, you have twenty six years to get used to the way things are done 'elsewhere'. It's a long time....She'll be 48...
Posted: "You can have her,
Posted: "You can have her, America, she's as sick as you are!
Who holds a comedy evening when a family are still weeping by the grave of their daughter?"
How refreshing. An American hater. If you don't want Amanda Knox, then free her and send her home. Quit playing games with your charade of a trial!
Also, if you haven't noticed, there are victims other than Meredith Kercher--Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito and families.
Most countries require evidence to convict someone of murder and sentence them to 25 years in prison. Obviously this doesn't apply in Italy's 3rd world justice system. You may despise America, but be assured that the feeling is the same for Italy!
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POSTINGS on United Steelworkers website [flyer]
October 11, 2008
Standing before a Pennsylvania AFL-CIO bus adorned with the faces of workers, Rooney said he decided to endorse Barack Obama for president after studying all the candidates in both political parties. Obama won his support after hearing him speak during the Democrat primaries about helping Middle Class families.
"That's the reason I endorsed Barack Obama - seeing the man and seeing what he stood for. He is a person of intellegence, of integrity, who wants to move this nation beyond its religious and racial divisions," Rooney said.
"Hope is such a big thing - hope for the future, hope for our children. Barack Obama can again offer that hope."
Rooney and retired Steelers defensive back Mike Logan joined USW International Secretary-Treasurer Jim English and International Vice President Fred Redmond on the first leg of the bus tour, which will stop in mill towns every week between now and Election Day. The final stop is scheduled to be in Pittsburgh at USW headquarters Nov. 1. (See a complete schedule here.)
While Rooney and Logan signed autographs and posed for photos, volunteers signed up union members to block walk and phone bank for Obama-Biden.
English reminded the crowds that there isn't much time left to help turn out the vote for the most important election of our time.
"We will have an opportunity to vote to replace the worst president this country has ever witnessed," English said to loud cheers from the West Mifflin crowd, where people were decked out in black-and-gold "Steel Blitz for Barack" jerseys and USW for Obama t-shirts. "You'll have a chance to vote for someone who, unlike any other candidate in recent memory, is not ashamed to use the word union when he talks to the public."
Redmond reminded the crowds of the crucial issues facing Americans - an economy in crisis, rising expenses, job losses and trouble with health insurance.
"We've got 24 days to change the direction of our country," Redmond said. "And there's no organization when it comes to mobilization, getting out the vote, knocking on doors and making phone calls better than organized labor. Millions of people are counting on us to take back our country."
Fayette County Commissioners Vince Vicities and Vince Zapotosky joined the tour in Uniontown and spoke on behalf of the Obama-Biden campaign. Pennsylvania Rep. Marc Gergely spoke on behalf of the campaign in West Mifflin and McKeesport, where Mayor Jim Brewster joined a passionate crowd of USW local leaders and members.
Logan, who grew up in Pittsburgh in a Steelworker family, encouraged USW members to do what they can to help elect the Obama-Biden ticket. He said he got involved in the campaign after his 6-year-old son showed interest in Obama during a time when Logan's mother, who did not have health insurance, was ill. She recently died at the age of 51.
"My son said to me, 'Dad, can we get Barack Obama in office so we can have health insurance so my grandmother can be here?'" Logan recalled. "Please, on November 4th, let's help my son and your children achieve their dreams.
Let's get things done to have the United States of America the way we want it to be - the way it should be."
October 18, 2008
The only color that should matter in this election is green.
That was the message Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, USW International President Leo W. Gerard, Pittsburgh Steelers Owner Dan Rooney and retired Steeler Edmond Nelson sent loud and clear on the first stop of the "Steel Blitz for Barack" bus tour Saturday morning.
"Color does matter in this election," Gerard said to a cheering crowd. "And you know what color matters? Green. Because working people have had their futures robbed and it's time to get back on track with Barack Obama as president."
The USW Local 1238 union hall decorated with black and gold "Steel Blitz for Barack" signs was overflowing with USW members and others who heard that the qualifications and proposals from Obama make him the best choice Nov. 4.
"Barack Obama is a person who has lived our life – a person who has fought for a better America," Gerard said. "This is our obligation to our kids and grandkids to win this battle."
Strickland reminded the audience of the millions of lost jobs, lost health care, the economic crisis and other woes suffered under the Bush administration. He compared the plight of working Americans to a person who is drowning in a river.
The governor told the crowd that if someone were drowning, they wouldn't care about the race of the man who was trying to rescue them. "Too many people feel like they're drowning and Barack Obama is the rope," Strickland said to loud applause.
Strickland also compared Obama's candidacy to that of John F. Kennedy's, the country's first Roman Catholic president. He reminded folks that many argued wrongly that Kennedy should not be elected because of his religion.
"We broke that barrier and America became a better country because of that. This year, we have another barrier to break and that is the barrier of race," Strickland said. "We will break that barrier and that will make us a better country because of it."
In Martins Ferry and in Steubenville at USW Local 1190, Dan Rooney reiterated the message that voters should focus on Obama's character and proposals – a life lesson Rooney said he learned from his father, Art Rooney.
"One thing my father told me was, 'It's not all about the money. It's about treating people right, treating people fair. It's about treating people with dignity," he said. "And this is why I think we win and have a winning team."
Rooney told USW members that there are only 17 days before the election: "Get to work."
And that's exactly what dozens of Steelworkers did by signing up to block walk and phone bank as they waited in line to get autographs from Rooney and Nelson.
Conway also fired up the troops, telling them: "This is the most important work we have to do. Don't be afraid."
Nelson said he took his entire Saturday to participate in the Steelworker bus tour because the election is so important. He pointed out that McCain doesn't remember how many houses he owns and supports policies that benefit the ultra-wealthy.
"This election is close to my heart. We need a person who is responsible, who worried about doing the right thing for all Americans," the former defensive end said. "You think about who Barack Obama is and who John McCain is and who they really identify with. Barack Obama is the best thing that's happened to this country in decades."
The Steel Blitz for Barack bus tour continues through Nov. 1.
Stops are planned Thursday in Johnstown and Altoona, next Saturday in
Western Pennsylvania and Nov. 1 at USW headquarters.
October 24, 2008
On a brisk fall night, hundreds of fans packed the venue, dressed head to toe in black and gold. They danced to the "Steelers Polka" under Terrible Towels and Steelers pennants, and they cheered wildly when their Pittsburgh heroes took the spotlight.
This wasn't a football game at Heinz Field. It wasn't even an NFL Sunday at a Western Pennsylvania home. They were halls in Altoona and Johnstown, where the Steelers' legends joined Steelworkers to rally support for Barack Obama in the crucial final quarter of the presidential campaign.
Steelers heroes Franco Harris, Robin Cole and Dan Rooney joined USW's Jim English and John DeFazio and the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO's Billy George on the latest leg of the Steel Blitz for Barack bus tour, which since Oct. 11 has been rolling through battlegrounds Pennsylvania and Ohio. The tour has taken Mr. Rooney, a host of retired Steelers and USW leaders to working class towns to talk about why it's so important to elect the Obama-Biden ticket.
English, the USW's International Secretary-Treasurer, reminded voters about Obama's and John McCain's records when it comes to issues important to working families. It's Obama, he said, who supports health care for all, trade policies that protect American jobs, strong Social Security that doesn't gamble retirements in the stock market and the right to join unions to bargain for a better life.
"When you look at it from the point of view of workers and their economic interest, there really isn't a race is there?" English asked the crowd, which responded with a loud, No! "The choice is clear. Barack Obama."
Former All-Pro linebacker Cole told more than 500 at the Bavarian Hall in Altoona that the economy has everyone dealing with tough times and that Obama is the only candidate proposing solutions for working America.
"When you're feeling the pinch, there's something called teamwork. Teamwork makes the dream work and there's only one guy out there talking about teamwork," Cole said. "It's going to take all of us and that's what Barack Obama is talking about. Our cause is to make America better and that means all Americans working together."
Hall of Fame running back Harris also got the crowds in Altoona and Johnstown fired up for Obama. In Johnstown, more than 1,000 people attended the rally at Ace's.
"I welcome all of you as one team," Harris said. "Labor, you built America. You made it strong. You are fighting for the rights of the working class. The change will only happen when we elect Obama and Biden."
Rooney, who has endorsed Obama since the Democratic primary, said the presidential candidate reminds him of John F. Kennedy and symbolizes the strong family values the Rooney family has always represented. He encouraged everyone to work hard for Obama between now and Nov. 4.
"The largest reason I support Barack Obama is because he challenges us to be the best Americans we can be," Rooney said. "Barack believes in our greatness. He keeps challenging all of us to go for it."
The Steelers signed autographs for those who attended, and while the fans waited in line, volunteers from the Obama campaign signed them up to work in the last days of the campaign.
The Steel Blitz for Barack tour continues this weekend with stops in Latrobe, Leechburg and Beaver, Pa. It ends next Saturday with the biggest rally yet - four days before Election Day.


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Seem that they can't get this part correct.
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First set comes, one sleeve had NO THREADS in one end, 3 RH nuts & 1 LH nut.
Summit gladly exchanged for second set.
Second set comes, sleeves are fine, BUT 4 RH nuts, NO LH nuts
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It was a winning fall in the classroom for Spider student-athletes. Figures released by the Richmond athletic department show the overall grade point average for Spider athletic teams for the fall semester at 3.12. Twelve of Richmond's 15 teams acheived a GPA of 3.00 or better.
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Additionally, more than half of the student-athletes have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or better and almost 20 percent made the Dean's List (3.60 or better), with seven student-athletes earning a perfect 4.0 GPA.
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Ruby has been really twitchy half way down her back to the base of her tail. I took her to the vet and they said fleas, which was surprising, but nonetheless I gave her Frontline. Well, she is still just as sensitive or twitchy. It's frustrating to see that my petting her is causing so much discomfort. What do I do? Besides go back to the vet.
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It's possible that she may still be itching from the flea bites, which are like mosquito bites are to us. She may have an allergy to the flea saliva, which would make things even worse. Take a close look at her skin back there, brushing the fur up against the way it grows to see if the skin looks red, unusually dry or otherwise irritated. If you see anything on the skin, call your vet to ask for advice.
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my cat does it to but of course not all the time, but i asked the vet and she said that its normal they r called twichting spasms. but its normal.
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In your article (Labour targets airlines over carbon emissions, January 5) environment minister Ian Pearson scores an own goal when he says British Airways was "only just playing ball" in the fight to reduce carbon emissions. The evidence shows we've been playing hardball.
For seven years we have led the industry by lobbying for aviation to be included in an emissions-trading scheme and for four years we have actively traded carbon emissions - the only airline in the world to do so - in the minister's own department's scheme. Last year we reported a massive 18% reduction in our contribution to the UK's CO2 inventory, compared to the scheme's 1998-2000 baseline.
We have also improved our fuel efficiency by 27% since 1990 and launched a voluntary carbon-offset scheme for our customers.
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Environment minister Ian Pearson is to be congratulated for having the political courage to speak out against the all-powerful airline industry. By doing so, he is taking a big political gamble with both the environment department's reputation and his own career. The outspoken nature of his remarks reflect the fact that for too long the department has been viewed by industry groups and many in Whitehall as having little real political clout over many of the big climate issues which it seeks to influence, such as air travel.
However, since David Miliband came to office last year both he and his junior ministers have increasingly spoken out in an attempt to challenge both the hegemony of big business and the established political hierarchy. For example in November Ben Bradshaw told shoppers to dump excess packaging at the supermarket checkout and in December Miliband said that the environment must be put on a par with national security, economic policy and public-service investment. Their success will ultimately be determined by whether or not we see the environment department becoming one of the great offices of state under a Brown premiership.
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Your excellent series on aircraft emissions has not mentioned the effect of air freight on global warming. Airbus Industrie has forecast that by 2020 the number of international air freighters will double to about 3,350 aircraft. Many of these will be conversions of older passenger jets without the latest reduced-emission engines; moreover, like passenger jets, they still pay no fuel tax on international flights. Freight does not vote. Would air freight therefore be a better target for the politicians?
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If Ryanair is the irresponsible face of capitalism, then Ian Pearson is the hypocritical face of politics. The government in which he is environment minister is aggressively promoting UK airport expansion. This expansion is driven by the uniquely favourable taxation status of aviation - no fuel duty, no VAT on tickets or aircraft purchases, and a puny air passenger levy only recently restored to the level it was cut from in 2001. To blame the airlines for growing aviation emissions is cynical "green-washing" of the reality of government policy - the solution to the problem is in the hands of the minister and his colleagues.
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O'Leary deserves some sympathy but he also deserves compensation from a government that has failed to give consistent signals on climate change, the fuel tax accelerator being another example.
Unfortunately, O'Leary does not have Richard Branson's foresight. In 1998 Branson was investing in the west coast mainline upgrade - one of the businesses that will benefit from high aviation taxes. O'Leary should note that Branson is now investing in biofuels.
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Ian Pearson has attacked the airline industry and gone so far as to brand Ryanair as "irresponsible". Michael O'Leary is more than capable of defending himself, but the proposed inclusion of airlines in the European carbon-trading scheme looks suspiciously like a way to tax an easy target rather than something which would have any real effect.
Like all carbon-reduction initiatives it is built on the premise that human use of fossil fuels is driving an increase in average temperatures. This remains a plausible but unproven hypothesis, and the fact that 1998 remains the warmest year on record does little to strengthen it. By all means strive for energy efficiency, but don't pretend that increasing the cost of flying will make any difference to the climate.
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Environment minister Ian Pearson is right to take on the irresponsibility of the airlines regarding their contribution to climate change. However, excluding the poor from flying by increasing the price of tickets, allowing companies to buy themselves out of trouble through the EU trading scheme and the nonsense of a voluntary agreement overseen by the International Civil Aviation Organisation only amount to reorganising the chairs on a sinking ship.
Sustainable transport options and improved information and communication technologies reduce the need for air travel. We have to bite the bullet and fly less if we are serious about tackling climate change. Anything else, in Pearson's own words, would amount to the "unacceptable face of capitalism".
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Shortly before Christmas I wrote a piece for Comment is Free about the GLA Christmas Carol concert at Southwark Cathedral, which I'd attended. I filed it rather late and as a result it slipped through the cracks of the seasonal schedule. I hope you won't mind my belatedly publishing it here. Radio Four has just broadcast a series about the King James Bible, the text that gives my piece its starting point. Plus, we haven't yet taken down our Christmas tree. And it is Sunday, after all:
As a fellow champion of freedom and diversity I quite admire Boris Johnson's enthusiasm for the King James version of the Bible. His embrace of a text the Church of England deemed redundant in 1870 is informed by a love of language and history that deserves applause. The Mayor has taken to disporting his penchant at the GLA Christmas carol service, which at his instigation has been held at Southwark Cathedral since his election in 2008. This year's took place last week. Boris read reverently from John, Chapter One verses 1 to 14 with all the "people"s that appear in the New Revised Standard version replaced by "men"s and all the linguistic archaisms intact.
Some might recoil from my defence of a man paid handsomely from the public purse using his position to promote so marginal a preference, but I firmly believe that the rights of minorities should be respected. That said, Boris was making a highly ideological statement - perhaps that most of all. Conservatives of certain backgrounds have long considered the continuing relegation of the King James, first published in 1611, in favour of revisions that are easier to understand as emblematic of the dumbing down of culture, the abandonment of national identity and kow-towing to what they call "political correctness". Boris, I think, belongs in this category and here is where he and I, alas, diverge.
The Mayor's creation of the carol service was part of that wider and wholly absurd annual spectacle of right-wingers howling that Christmas in England, indeed Christianity itself, is being relegated, diluted and, most hilariously, "banned" by craven multiculturalists. As well as being utter rubbish that denies the possibility that people make free choices about faith, such laments demonstrate a dazzling ignorance of the very inheritance those bleating them presume to defend.
The story of Christmas in England is not a straightforward one of fixed traditions that have endured down the centuries and are now, suddenly, coming under siege from scheming enemies within, but one of varying attachment and constant evolution. The custom of the family Christmas as captured and ennobled by Charles Dickens was secular, sybaritic and confined largely to the middle-class. His portrayal of it rebukes the religious establishment and, by implication, the pious observance of the Victorian posh. Go back a little further, to the mid-18th century, and find that Christmas was but one bank holiday among dozens. The English Christmas has also been changed by foreign influence. German textile merchants introduced the Christmas tree and Prince Albert popularised them. Silent Night, lest we forget, was written by Austrians.
Input from overseas also informed last week's proceedings at Southwark, where a school choir receiving deserved sustained applause for its rendition of a classic by the US gospel giant James Cleveland. This sat perfectly snuggly alongside We Three Kings and See Amid The Winter's Snow and I wish there'd been more people there to hear it – the turnout was good but several pews remained unfilled, suggesting that Londoners may not be quite as desperate to reclaim a supposedly threatened style of Christmas celebration as some would have us believe.
Still, I bear Boris no ill will for his seasonal indulgence. I'd only ask him to reflect that Christmas is changing and adapting with the times in the city he leads and, far from being erased, is in some ways being reinforced. As I scrambled to ensure that my fridge and cupboards were filled with sufficient festive fare in advance of this year's big day I drew comfort from the knowledge that my local East London corner shop would be open on 25th December as usual. The shopkeeper, who is Turkish, doesn't do Christmas much himself but he's keen to serve those many of his customers who do. He had gift wrap, beer and cranberry on his shelves and Oh Come All Ye Faithful on his in-store stereo and on Christmas Day itself I was pleased to discover, just before the turkey was carved, that I'd forgotten to buy any party poppers. It was good to have a reason to drop in on him. After all, it's practically traditional.
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Heather just brought to my attention that Joe Juice did a blog post about the fashion at this years Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival. It seems at the festival bacon is the new black. Everyone was wearing it and it looked great.
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