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Located in the heart of Vina del Mar, this hostel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Palacio Carrasco, Quinta Vergara Amphitheatre, and Estadio Sausalito. Francisco Fonck Museum and Palacio Rioja are also within 10 minutes.
Property Features
Along with a bar/lounge, this hostel has dry cleaning and laundry facilities. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a library, tour/ticket assistance, and barbecue grills are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 8 rooms offer free WiFi, microwaves, and cable TV. Other amenities available to guests include minibars, showers, and free toiletries.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hostel Amenities
Hostel Amenities
A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This Vina del Mar hostel also offers a library, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance.
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 8
- Number of floors - 3
- Bar/lounge
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Free breakfast
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Fireplace in lobby
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Library
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free parking nearby
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free parking nearby
Room Amenities
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Minibar
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Shower only
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen
Where to Eat
A complimentary breakfast is offered.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
Hostel Policies
Check-in time starts at 1 PM
Check-in time ends at 8:00 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of CLP 12000 per pet, per night
- Dogs and cats only
- 1 per room (up to 20 kg)
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
- The national sales tax (19%) is charged upon check-out to citizens of Chile regardless of length of stay and to foreigners staying in the country for 60 consecutive days or more. To qualify for a tax exemption, foreigners must pay for their stay in foreign currency (not in Chilean pesos) and present a valid passport along with the migration card they received upon arrival in the country at check-in. Furthermore, the tax may apply per room when the room is shared by a taxable and a nontaxable guest.
Optional extras
- Airport shuttle fee: CLP 60000 per vehicle (roundtrip)
- Pet fee: CLP 12000 per pet, per night
Hostel Name
- Hostel Jaguar
- Jaguar Hostel
- Jaguar Hostel Living
- Jaguar Hostel Living Vina del Mar
- Jaguar Living Vina del Mar


text: THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP HOST: JOHN MCLAUGHLIN PANEL: PATRICK BUCHANAN, MSNBC; ELEANOR CLIFT, NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE; TONY BLANKLEY, THE WASHINGTON TIMES; JAY CARNEY, TIME MAGAZINE RECORDED: FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2005 BROADCAST: WEEKEND OF MAY 28-29, 2005-----------------------------------------------------------------Copyright (c) 2005 by Federal News Service, Inc., Ste. 500 1000 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA. Federal News Service is a private firm not affiliated with the federal government. No portion of this transcript may be copied, sold or retransmitted without the written authority of Federal News Service, Inc. Copyright is not claimed as to any part of the original work prepared by a United States government officer or employee as a part of that person's official duties. For information on subscribing to the FNS Internet Service, please visit http://www.fednews.com or call(202)347-1400 ----------------------------------------------------------------- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Issue One: Gang of Fourteen. SEN. JOSEPH LIEBERMAN (D-CT): (From videotape.) We came together and did the unexpected. In a Senate that has become increasingly partisan and polarized, the bipartisan center held. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ): (From videotape.) The first question that most of the media are going to ask is who won and who lost. The Senate won and the country won. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: A revolt of the moderates. That's what befell the U.S. Senate this week. Fourteen senators -- seven Democrats, seven Republicans -- banded together and broke ranks with their parties in a master stroke, a maverick defection, striking an historic and earth-shaking last-minute deal that defused a looming constitutional crisis over judicial nominees. The terms: Democrats retain the right to filibuster judge nominees only under, quote/unquote, "extraordinary circumstances." For their part, Republicans gained assured confirmation of at least three previously-stalled judges. Both Senate leaders, Republican and Democrat, were uninvolved in the deal. Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist seemed less than thrilled. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER BILL FRIST (R-TN): (From videotape.) It falls short. It has some good news and it has some disappointing news, and it will require careful monitoring. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Also carefully monitoring the deal: The Republican Party's right wing, steaming over the deal-makers and pledging to take aim at the seven Republican compromisers. Former GOP Senator Alan Simpson, a moderate, warned the breakaways about the Republican Party's right-wing vindictive streak. FORMER SEN. ALAN SIMPSON (R-WY): (From audio tape.) I've been a Republican all my life; they'll never throw me out. But they have an amazing ability to eat their young. They give each other the saliva test of purity every once in a while, and then they lose and then they just sit around and bitch for four years. And it's a very fascinating party. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Pat, who were the winners? MR. BUCHANAN: Well, I'd say the losers, where the Republican Senate was really hammered. Frist was a big loser. He was on the verge of getting all seven judges and disarming the Democrats. The moderates took it away from him, McCain and them. McCain and the moderates were dished when the Democrats turned around and undercut them with this filibuster against Bolton. The winners are now, John, the conservatives who argued against the Munich Pact and who are now denouncing the spirit of Munich. And I think the one winner there of this week is George Allen, who stood up and said, "This is a lousy deal," was proven right, and then said the honeymoon is over. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Red-state Allen, right? MR. BUCHANAN: Yep -- Virginia. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Virginia. MR. BUCHANAN: Mmm-hmm. (Acknowledging.) MR. MCLAUGHLIN: And appealing to other red states. MR. BUCHANAN: He's a comer, and he's gotten a lot of good publicity in the last two months. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Yeah, including my other show, that other brilliant show I do. By the way, Pat, congratulations on this -- The American Conservative, "From Kennan to Wolfowitz: The Intellectual Collapse of the American Foreign Policy." Great issue. It's come a long way. MR. BUCHANAN: It's a great magazine. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: When did you get out of it? MR. BUCHANAN: When did I get out? (Laughs.) I've got a column in there. (Laughs.) MS. CLIFT: I agree, Frist is a loser because he looks weak. He lost a head-to-head with John McCain and he lost control of the Senate. But I think the right wing is throwing a tantrum that is totally out of proportion to what happened. They didn't lose all that much. And the reason they're getting all worked up is they're trying to put Frist and the president on notice for a Supreme Court nomination that, nuclear option, no nuclear option, no excuses; they want a conservative judge. And I think that's what this is about. I also think John McCain is a winner because I think he boosts his standing with the country. And you've got such a crowded field of right-wingers with George Allen, the new darling, that the right- wingers divide. And I think McCain has the potential to put together a winning coalition of hawks, fiscal moderates and Republicans disenchanted with the hold that the religious right wing has on the party. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Tony. MR. BLANKLEY: I think this makes perfect sense that Eleanor is going to be McCain's campaign manager in the Republican primaries. But I agree with Pat on the analysis of the primary losers and winners. But another loser potentially is President Bush, particularly when -- not only has he lost on this issue to some extent. He now has a leadership in disarray in the Senate. And if they can't get back on track, then it's going to be harder for him to get anything through the Senate (unless?) through Congress. Further point, and this is -- I don't know what it means, but the 14 said they also wanted to expand the current interpretation of the advise provision of advise and consent, which would, if they're able to do it, further restrict the president's ability to have full discretion to nominate his people. So it tends to suggest the nominations, if these 14 stick together, which they may not, to have more moderate rather than solid conservative nominees. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Jay Carney, welcome. MR. CARNEY: Thank you very much. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: What are your thoughts with regard to winners and losers? MR. CARNEY: Well, I have to agree with Tony that I think the president has lost a series of things in Congress. When Bill Frist was in control of the Senate, since Bill Frist was the White House's hand-picked successor to Trent Lott, it means that the White House has lost control of the Senate. And when you've got something we'll talk about later, the stem- cell vote in the House and a very strong stem-cell vote in the Senate, which the president will then probably veto, you've got another instance where this Congress, that was supposed to be under the control of the White House, is thumbing its nose at the president of their party. And that's a problem. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Has Frist been neutered by this? MR. CARNEY: Absolutely. And the tragedy for him is that he has been perceived to be acting on an agenda that was supposed to enhance his prospects in the 2008 presidential primaries. MR. BUCHANAN: John -- MR. CARNEY: But he has hurt himself because he's angered both the right and the middle of the party and he's looked weak. And there's nothing worse than looking weak. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Hold on, Pat. Can Frist bring back the nuclear option? MR. BUCHANAN: He's got to. MR. CARNEY: Yeah, I think he can, and I think -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: You think he can? MR. CARNEY: And I think this is going to be the shortest-lived treaty of all time. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Well, it has been proved to be a hollow threat. How can he bring it back? Because he's been neutered -- MR. CARNEY: Because I think there are several Republicans on that seven-member -- of the gang of 14 who would shift back to Frist's camp if necessary. MR. BUCHANAN: John, the judges are going to be brought out, and you've got to go after the nuclear option. Let me disagree with Eleanor to this extent. McCain was a winner as of Tuesday morning. He looked like a great hero. But as of Thursday night, it looks like the moderates were dished by Reid. They were made out to be fools. Secondly, McCain is pushing the envelope too far. He's calling everybody who wanted to go and do battle on this thing an extremist, Eleanor. And that's not just Jerry Falwell. That's 90 percent of the Republican Party and the president and the vice president. MS. CLIFT: This revolt against the Supreme Court and the judges is mostly in your imagination, Pat. It's a very small portion of America. MR. CARNEY: Well, it's a huge part of the Republican Party. MS. CLIFT: Well, yeah, but the moderates may get invigorated -- MR. CARNEY: That's who decides. MS. CLIFT: -- because of stem-cell. MR. CARNEY: That's who chooses the nominee. MS. CLIFT: And we're finally arguing the abortion issue on turf that is friendlier to the choice movement. It's not partial-birth abortion and parental consent anymore. It's about research that can help save people from dreadful diseases. And so that whole debate shifts against the favor of the president. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Has Bush lost control of the GOP? MR. CARNEY: Well, I think that's overstating it, but he is a weakened president only six months into his second term. MS. CLIFT: He looks -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Is he losing control of the political agenda? MR. CARNEY: Yes. MR. BLANKLEY: Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. If this band of 14 breaks down, and sometime in early June we have another nuclear vote where they win, that's going to put an awful lot of energy back in, because the Republicans will then be able to go straight with all of Bush's nominees. So it could happen, but it's premature to say. MS. CLIFT: The White House did not like this deal. MR. BLANKLEY: Of course not. They're not nuts. MS. CLIFT: And I would bet that they are going to send up more extreme appellate nominations -- MR. BLANKLEY: You mean, more responsible? MS. CLIFT: -- to force the Republican -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Let her finish. MR. BLANKLEY: Just trying to -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Stop baiting her. MS. CLIFT: -- to force the Republicans to filibuster, and then they will unleash the nuclear option. MR. BUCHANAN: They've got to do that, John. MS. CLIFT: They want to do it before the Supreme Court. They don't want to do it in the context of the Supreme Court. MR. BUCHANAN: It is -- the only survival for Frist now is to say, "Look, they went down the road to negotiations. It failed. They humiliated us. Okay, we're going for all four judges who were being held up, and we will use the nuclear option on them." If he does that, he can gain back his strength and the president will be a winner after a bad setback in the first quarter. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Is it pretty clear that the White House orchestrated the nuclear option? MS. CLIFT: I think the White House wanted the nuclear option, and they didn't want the deal. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Do you think they orchestrated it? MS. CLIFT: Sure. They were encouraging it. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Did McCain pull the rug out from underneath the White House? MS. CLIFT: Yes. McCain has a gift at getting under the skin of Republicans, from Tony to President Bush. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: How is McCain, having now experienced and will in the future experience the wrath of the religious right, how is he going to get the nomination? Who's he going to appeal to? MS. CLIFT: Because you're going to have so many contenders for the hearts and minds of the religious right that they will divide among themselves. And McCain has the opportunity to put together, I think, a coalition of Republicans who are fed up with the hold of the religious right, plus hawks -- he's hawkish on the war -- plus fiscal conservatives. That's all wide-open territory in the Republican Party. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: But they see him as John "Judas" McCain, do they not? MR. CARNEY: They do. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Okay. MR. CARNEY: And McCain had made some solid ground up in restoring his relations with the conservative wing of the party after the 2000 campaign, especially by helping President Bush last year. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Okay. MR. CARNEY: I think he lost a lot of that this week. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Is all of this, notwithstanding what we have said about Frist being neutered, going to help Frist in getting the Republican -- winning the Republican primary for president in '08? MR. CARNEY: No. MR. BUCHANAN: Oh, for heaven's sakes. He's got to exercise the nuclear option to get back. The guy's been depantsed on the playground twice, John. He's got to fight now, and he's got to fight and win. And he can do it if they'll exercise that nuclear option. And I think -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: But he looks like he was the victim of the perfidy of John "Judas" McCain. MR. BUCHANAN: You don't nominate victims. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: What? MR. BUCHANAN: You don't nominate victims. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Well, Pat has a point. Okay, aborted honeymoon. Federal-judge nominees of President Bush and the gang of 14 is one controversy now resolved. Another controversy, still unresolved, is John Bolton, Bush's nominee to the United Nations on this unending controversy. Party lines have now solidified. Republicans failed to put together enough votes to end debate on Bolton's nomination this week. Cloture failed. Question: Where is the Bolton controversy headed? Eleanor Clift. MS. CLIFT: Well, the Republicans are spinning it that the Democrats have somehow violated the spirit of the pact by filibustering. That's not true. The White House has refused to turn over classified documents that Bolton and his staff see. And there is no reason why the Congress, which has oversight responsibility, shouldn't see this. And so I think they're going to hold off on that vote. It's not about refusing an up-and-down vote for John Bolton. He'll get it sometime after the recess. But let's see -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: It's about getting the information they need? MS. CLIFT: Let's see what's in that information that the White House -- MR. BLANKLEY: Let me -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: They have a right to that, because they have to advise and consent, correct? MS. CLIFT: Yeah. The suspicion is that John Bolton went after the names that had been redacted from some internal spy documents. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: National Security Administration. MS. CLIFT: Right. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Agency. MS. CLIFT: To see -- because he had a vendetta against people who disagreed with him. And his abuse of intelligence is at the heart of it. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Is it the Republican strategy to try to spotlight the Democrats as being obstructionists, and all of this they see as working to their objective? MR. BLANKLEY: I don't think the Republicans have a strategy other than flounder right now. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: All right, will you put that in writing? We'll have it notarized and sent around to the administration. MR. BLANKLEY: Well, look -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: And curb your sources. MR. BLANKLEY: I've told them that publicly and privately. Look, as far as the secret information they want, Senator Rockefeller, the ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, has said, according to news accounts, that there's nothing in these documents. These are delaying tactics to try to string out the Bolton matter. MR. CARNEY: There are two sets of documents, first of all. Jay Rockefeller, ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, was able to review those documents redacted, with no names. John Bolton is allowed to see the names. He's an undersecretary of State. His staff is allowed to see the names. But the chairman and the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee are not. That's one thing. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: The names that the NSA revealed. MR. CARNEY: That's right. The second thing is that there's another set of documents that they want to see, which is the preparatory materials for testimony that John Bolton was going to give on Syria. MR. BUCHANAN: Let's get back to the mega-politics, John. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: All right, wait a minute. Let him finish. MR. BUCHANAN: The mega-politics. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: What's the point? MR. CARNEY: There's a red flag. I mean, I think John Bolton will be confirmed and that this will blow over. But there's a red flag being raised when the State Department will not provide these documents. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: I have a question for you, Pat. The question is this. Do you think that the White House is pleased that this delay has occurred and they will stretch out the handing over of the information that Biden has asked for, because when it is presented, it will clear Bolton and will make them even look more like obstructionists for interfering with his movement? MR. BUCHANAN: Not only that; they ought to be delighted that Reid and those guys held Bolton up because they destroyed the whole spirit of the compromise, John. Reid did, and the Democrats. And I'll tell you, the Republicans -- MS. CLIFT: It was only about judicial nominations. MR. BUCHANAN: Hold it, Eleanor. You hold it a second. Now, look, the Republicans can only now go back and do battle. They cannot accept this humiliation. And the fact that Reid did it -- if Reid were smart, they would have let Bolton through. MS. CLIFT: Excuse me. Why did the Republicans -- they're the only ones who are entitled to fight and avoid humiliation? The Democrats should just roll over? MR. BUCHANAN: No, no. MS. CLIFT: The compromise was only judicial nominations. It was not about executive appointments or -- MR. BUCHANAN: You think -- MS. CLIFT: -- about legislation -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Let her finish. MS. CLIFT: -- although that may come next if you guys have your way. MR. BUCHANAN: When Lindsey Graham goes down to South Carolina this weekend, they're going to say, "You were a fool, Lindsey. Did you see what they did to Bolton after you cut your deal? You're a fool." MS. CLIFT: They're going to be lining up at the K-mart to say that. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Pat, is George Allen your candidate for president? MR. BUCHANAN: No, he's my candidate for the Senate in 2006. (Laughs.) I'm in Virginia. MR. BLANKLEY: Let me get one last thought in here. I agree with Eleanor that this deal was only about judicial appointments. But there was apparently -- Reid had assured Frist that there would be enough votes to cloture on Bolton. Now, either Reid was not able to deliver the votes or he didn't; he was insincere. I'm taking him at his word that he wasn't able to deliver, which suggests that there's some lack of control on the Democratic side. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Do you think -- MS. CLIFT: That vote was as much -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Hold on. MS. CLIFT: -- a surprise to the Democrats -- MR. BLANKLEY: That's what I'm saying. MS. CLIFT: -- as it was to the Republicans. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Is this a tempest in a teapot as far as the American public is concerned? Quickly, you. MR. CARNEY: No, I think that the public's estimation of the Congress has been nosediving. And I think that we could see a price paid by incumbents, perhaps of both parties, for this in 2006. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Because they think it's a tempest in a teapot. MR. CARNEY: Well, they think -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: In the Senate teapot. Exit question: So is the Senate armistice over? Are we back to partisan showdown, as usual? MR. BUCHANAN: I hope so, and I think we are. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor. MS. CLIFT: We're back to fighting on principle on both sides, probably. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: So the Frist and the Allen effort to translate this as a partisan showdown, with obstructionists on the one side -- MS. CLIFT: It averted the constitutional crisis for today and tomorrow, and maybe two weeks. But after that, forget it. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: And it was a legitimate demand for information so they could fulfill their obligation of advise and consent. MS. CLIFT: Absolutely. It's a revolt against the most secretive White House in memory. MR. BLANKLEY: Both parties are fighting -- liberals and conservatives are fighting over ideological principles on this. You can call it partisanship, but the fact is, they're fighting over something substantial. And as a result, you're not going to be able to paper over that struggle and we're going to go back to a fight on principles. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: What did you think when you heard Alan Simpson describe the Republicans in those nasty terms? Did you think he was right on the money -- MR. BLANKLEY: No, I -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: -- that they have the saliva purity test, and if you flunk that -- MR. BLANKLEY: I love Alan -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: -- then they bitch over you forever? MR. BLANKLEY: I love Alan Simpson. He's a wonderful man, both as a senator and as a fellow. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: But -- but. MR. BLANKLEY: But he's had in his craw for a long time the conservatives. And so he makes these very colorful statements. He's a great guy. He's not always -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: But he's hit the conservatives, the right-wing Republicans like yourself, right in the head. Right by the throat he's got you, right? MR. BLANKLEY: No, no, my throat's still here, thanks. (Laughter.) MS. CLIFT: He was a pro-choice Republican, and they always tried to run him out of town because of that. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: The armistice is over, right? MR. CARNEY: Oh, completely. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Completely? MR. CARNEY: It was a fake armistice. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: It was a fake armistice? MR. CARNEY: Sure. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: There will never be comity? MR. CARNEY: Well, in our lifetime? MR. MCLAUGHLIN: This wound goes deep, though, right? MR. CARNEY: Sure. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: And we haven't heard the end of it. Issue Two: Standoff in the Petri Dish. REP. JIM RAMSTAD (R-MN): (From videotape.) It's too late for my beloved mother, who was totally debilitated by Alzheimer's Disease, which killed her. But it's not too late for the 100 million other American people counting on us to support funding. PRESIDENT BUSH: (From videotape.) I made it very clear to the Congress that the use of federal money, taxpayers' money, to promote science which destroys life in order to save life is -- that I'm against that. And therefore, if the bill does that, I will veto it. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: If so, it will be the first veto of the Bush presidency. The House voted this week to allow federally-funded researchers to take stem-cell lines from frozen embryos, embryos that would otherwise be incinerated. Scientists say this research could one day save millions of people suffering from Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, spinal-cord injuries and many other ailments. Opponents, like President Bush, say the research would mean the destruction of thousands of living embryos. President Bush notwithstanding, most Americans, 53 percent, want to see stem-cell restrictions eased or removed altogether. Twenty-four percent would keep the restrictions as they are; 19 percent would cut all government funding. Question: If President Bush does actually veto the stem-cell research bill, what will that do to Mr. Bush's political standing? I ask you, Jay Carney. MR. CARNEY: Well, it's complicated for President Bush, because obviously he's not running again. This is one of those cases where the majority of the public is against him. It's a very important issue to his religious conservative base, and it is a decision that I think he can say is made on moral grounds unassailably. I don't think you can read -- it both helps him with his political base and also does not reek of politics, because this is an issue that divides people morally on legitimate grounds. However, I think that when Tom DeLay gets up and says that these embryos are living human beings that are being dismembered, that is fundamentally false and scientifically dishonest. Embryos are flushed out of women's systems every month. Okay, they're also created for -- (inaudible). If there is not conception, that is not life. And I think while there is a lot of debate about when life begins, it certainly does not begin before conception. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: When does a fetus begin? MR. CARNEY: At conception, not pre-conception. And a fertilized embryo is not a conceived human being. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: So the embryo is habitually thought to be about eight days' life span. Is that correct? MS. CLIFT: No. MR. CARNEY: Well, it can be frozen. MS. CLIFT: Maybe President Bush is blissfully unaware of the science, but in-vitro fertilization is very popular among couples who cannot conceive any other way. And in order to produce one live birth, you create and then probably discard many, many embryos. And they are five days old. They are a cluster of cells no bigger than the period at the end of a sentence. And there are 400,000 of them languishing in storage tanks and fertility clinics. You should give couples who want to donate those leftover embryos to science. And that's what this is about. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Is this a standoff between G.W. Bush and the religious right, on one hand, and Nancy Reagan and the old-line Republicans, Goldwater and Reagan, on the other? I ask you, Patrick. MR. BUCHANAN: Well, you wouldn't have -- Ronald Reagan would be with George W. Bush. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Are you sure of that? MR. BUCHANAN: Oh, sure. Ronald -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Are you sure of that? MR. BUCHANAN: George W. Bush is a man of principle. He believes this is a moral issue. He wants -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: We know all that. We know all that. MR. BUCHANAN: He wants to stand to thwart what is coming, which is the farming of human beings for spare parts. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: We know that too. What's the point? MR. BUCHANAN: Politically, the president will be helped because everybody will see him as standing up, as you said, for principle and for his beliefs. And I believe he is right. And I don't think he cares about whether people disagree with him. MS. CLIFT: It's gonna be seen -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Isn't this a battle now between Nancy Reagan and that school over against the old-line Republicans like Goldwater and Reagan? Don't you believe that Reagan would be on the side of -- MR. BLANKLEY: I don't want to put words into a dead man's mouth. I think Pat's right, but I don't know for sure. But, look, here's a point. Look at the vote in the House. There were 48 Republicans who voted for the legislation and 160-some who voted against. So if that reflects the attitude, about two-thirds or so of the party is in opposition. But this is a position that doesn't break down really directly on partisan lines. I think the Republicans are not in bad shape if he ends up vetoing it. It hurts Bush, I think, a little bit with the public. But the party will be solid -- MS. CLIFT: This makes -- MR. BLANKLEY: Let me just finish my sentence. The party will be secure in their base and the individual members have voted their conscience. MS. CLIFT: This makes Bush -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Hold on -- MS. CLIFT: -- look as out of touch as his father when his father vetoed fetal-tissue testing on the theory that somehow it would create a market for tissue from aborted fetuses. That was overturned, and we've moved on a long distance from that. MR. CARNEY (?): I don't disagree with you. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: What happens if Bush does veto and his first veto, in favor of the religious right, is overridden? MR. BUCHANAN: It's not gonna be overridden. MR. CARNEY: Well, it won't be, because he's short about 30, 40, 50 votes in the House. So the Senate may have a veto-proof majority, but the House will not. So it will not be overridden. But it's -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: There's no possibility? MR. BLANKLEY: No. MR. BUCHANAN: No. MR. CARNEY: Very slim. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: What would happen if it were? MR. CARNEY: It'd be a huge political loss. It'd be an embarrassment. MR. BLANKLEY: They need 290. MS. CLIFT: And victory for the country. (Laughs.) MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Would he then lose the House of Representatives in 2006? MR. BUCHANAN: No. MR. CARNEY: Not over that issue, no. MR. BUCHANAN: Why? MR. MCLAUGHLIN: You don't think -- MR. CARNEY: This is so speculative, because it's not going to happen. MR. BUCHANAN: John, Ronald Reagan got his veto overridden on the sanctions against South Africa. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Do you see the way people are now polling on this issue? MR. BUCHANAN: Yes, I do. Look, John, I know that this is probably one of those issues -- Eleanor's correct -- on the moral front where the other side, the left, has a slight majority with the country. I agree with that. But that's why I believe the president is behaving correctly and morally, because he's not doing the popular thing. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Okay, the overwhelming conclusion of this panel that this week was a Washington political tsunami. Issue Three: Darwin Versus the Board of Education. STEVE CASE (KANSAS SCIENCE STANDARDS COMMITTEE): (From videotape.) They're trying to do an end run by introducing essentially propaganda, philosophical propaganda, into the science classroom. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: The propaganda referred to is the belief that the universe is so complex and so beautiful that it must have been created by an intelligent being. That belief is called intelligent design. It is presented as though it were opposed to the theory of evolution; namely, the process by which all species develop from earlier forms of life through adaptation and natural selection. Last month the Kansas Board of Education held hearings to determine whether to give equal time in its statewide science curriculum to the theory of intelligent design and to the theory of evolution. Three evangelical Christian members of the Kansas state board argue that such equal time should, in fact, be afforded because intelligent design does not violate the separation of church and state. The theory of intelligent design, they say, does not explicitly endorse one god or one religion. Question: Is America in danger of becoming a theocracy? Father Carney. MR. CARNEY: Ha. No. The short answer is no. Now, the problem with what the evangelicals on the board is arguing is, whether or not intelligent design endorses one god over another or is a representation of a church-versus-state issue, is irrelevant, because it's not science. And they're talking about introducing it as a competitive scientific argument with the theory of evolution. It's simply not valid as science. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Are they also trying -- MR. CARNEY: It may be true, but it's not science. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Are they trying to hide the word creationism? MR. CARNEY: Well, certainly what's troubling about it is some of its most fervent backers have conceded, including one woman on the board, that it doesn't matter to them whatever scientific backing there is but that it is about religion. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Do you think it's based on a false dichotomy, and that is that God can be God and still be God over evolution? MR. CARNEY: Well -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: It doesn't necessarily say -- MR. CARNEY: Well, you're talking about beliefs. You're not talking about science. MR. BLANKLEY: Can I get in just for a second? The only fit topic for education is science. The question is, does evolution explain -- does it explain fully, does it explain completely, does it explain not at all, physical science? MR. MCLAUGHLIN: What do you think? MR. BLANKLEY: I think it explains it. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: It does? So God can be a God of that evolutionary process. MR. BLANKLEY: But the role of God -- MR. MCLAUGHLIN: So why do you have to postulate intelligent design? MR. BLANKLEY: It shouldn't be in the curriculum, the religious component. We should be studying the validity of the scientific theory. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Predictions. Pat. MR. BUCHANAN: Before next we meet, France and Holland vote no on the EU. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Eleanor. MS. CLIFT: Republicans, with the encouragement of the White House, will detonate the nuclear option before there is a Supreme Court nomination. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Tony. MR. BLANKLEY: The City of San Diego will declare bankruptcy this year. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Jay Carney. MR. CARNEY: Without a filibuster, Antonin Scalia will be nominated and confirmed as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Huh. Interesting. Pat stole my prediction. The French are going to defeat the constitution in their referendum. That will set off a seismic chain reaction. 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It's good news that [Robert] Colover won't be asked to undertake these kinds of prosecutions any longer.
It sends a clear message that these kind of comments are completely inappropriate.
The CPS must implement mandatory specialist training in all sexual offences cases to ensure a culture shift in the legal profession; this will ensure that it protects vulnerable witnesses.
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Counsel in the case agreed that he should not have used the expression that he did and deeply regretted his choice of words.
It was agreed that he would resign from the CPS Rape Panel of advocates and will no longer undertake prosecutions involving serious sexual offences or child sexual abuse.
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I had a look at the online manual - hadn't had a chance this year until now and found out about the fantastic "wide icons".
These are going to look great - I've changed the skin slightly to increase list width and font size because I'm installing an xbox into my car and the screens are only 5-7" which makes it hard to read.
Having played a little tonight - and without seeming rude (maybe this should have been a feature suggestion) - what about having a different thumb file for the wide icons?
We could use xxx.tbn and xxx.wide.tbn, for example. At the moment, loading thumbs from, say, a media server means that the decision for the thumb style must be made server-side since the wide thumbs don't scale well for list views.
One other thing - would it be possible to left-justify the wide icons instead of centering them? At the moment, folders with a mix of wide and standard thumbs don't look quite right.
Thanks for adding this feature though. Absolutely first class job.
Different thumbnails for different views (banners vs. posters), support using both?
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Yes, you can left justify items via the skin with the align attribute of the <texture> tag.
Whether or not a separate wide icon is taken into account depends on whether developers (probably me) have time for it.
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A seperate wide icon file would be a great feature
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Now that we have so many great views for our videos (list, list2, icon, big icon, wide, etc) wouldn't it be nice to have XBMC keep multiple thumbnails for each view? At the very least, it would be great to have both wide & normal thumbs maintained.
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Can't see how it would work TBH. The thumbnails are usually as folder.jpg so how would you differentiate between the different views?
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Its my understanding that the thumbnails are read from the folder.jpg files but that is only one of a couple of source. The various library scrapers also provide thumbnails. The images actually displayed are stored under USERDATA/THUMBNAILS.
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Possible solution:
If folder-[viewname].jpg isn't available, it reverts back to folder.jpg. Dunno if there is a predefined list of view types, but I'm sure someone could come up with a comprehensive list.
Patch welcome, or not interested?
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I'm not sure we need a thumb per view but a different thumb per thumb type:
folder.jpg - default image
folder_w.jpg - wide image
folder_3d.jpg - 3d image
Then the skin itself can make a decision on which type(s) of image to use (in some views you may want to use more than one type of image). Also in terms of someone making this change there are far less thumb types than there are view types so it would be easier to code and maintain.
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suggestion... make sure the fall-back is set in case the skin wants to use one that does not exist.
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Affini Wrote:suggestion... make sure the fall-back is set in case the skin wants to use one that does not exist.
I would imagine that if no image has been setup for a specific thumb type then I guess it could default to the default image (ie folder.jpg) but it would be good if this was configurable (some skins may want to use a wide icon and use their own default icon if no wide icon has been setup)
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I believe it checks the cache first (USERDATA/THUMBNAILS), then it will check for the folder.jpg
I agree, it would be awesome to have different icon views!
I notice that in my DVD view the top of the screen where it used to the wide icon is now just a small DVD icon. The ability to set both would be great!
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this looks like it was getting some traction (or at least some interest).
Did it fall off of the table?
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Unless a developer (or someone able to make a patch) is interested, it's not gonna happen.
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I'd second this feature. At least for the wide scrapers there should be a look-up like for folder.jpg
I am using the scrapers for the tv-series wide view and when setting up the XMBC from scratch (which happens from time to time) it takes quite some time browsing for all my scraper.jpgs manually. So yes, that feature would be nice and I think very welcome...
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I know the devs were pretty resistant to the idea of this at first, but I could have sworn that they eventualy caved in and said it would EVENTUALLY be implemented....However, that could be ages before it actually happens. Somebody should look into implementing this themselves and submitting a patch, as I´m certain it would be a VERY welcome addition. In my opinion, we don´t want a different image for each viewtype, instead perhaps a choice of default.jpg and default-wide.jpg, and maybe even default-tall.jpg. That way, you could differentiate between the square shaped ones, the tall, dvd case shaped ones, and the wide ones.
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Detive work!!!! Your help needed
Did that get you attention? I need to know if any of you have heard of, or delt with a gent Named Lanre Usman from Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa?
Have any of you heard of a shipping company named Pacific Ocean Air Liners? When i sort this all out i`ll explain it to you all. Please respond asap.
Thank you all!!!!
Slider in Wa.
DANGER my friend!!!!
West Africans exspecially nigerians and ivory coast folk are a bit of shady folk. Some arn't but very few. Smart, but shady folk. Little tip if your dealing with them learn their language it helps, the most widely used is Hausa. Keep any numbers held close read carefully and leave your wallet home.
Delete the email and what ever you do DONT and I mean DONT give him your checking account number.
Now you can give him your ex wifes or someone else you dont like!
Slider...this ain't sounding good. I hope you didn't lose any money to this guy. Is this the one you are selling the truck to? If so make sure you get every dime first and let him make all the arrangements. Also when you see all my postings edited it is usually from fat fingers!!! LOL!!!!!
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Oh yeah you sold you car to someone over there.
I keep getting emails from Nigera wanting a checing accout number to transfer millions of dollars to american fund and pay me 10 percent. Thats what I thought you were refering to.
Whats the whole story?

O.K. so far no money has changed hands. I have contacted the Secret service, who have requested the e-mails he sent. I don`t want to loose the deal , but would never take a chance with my money. I have to little of it.
He has offered to have his Amercian client send me a certified check via fedx. The check is for $6,800.00. I am only asking $2,400.00 for the car. The balance i am to send to him Western Union, and he pays the cost. He has also made all the arrangements for shipping. Including having it picked up at my house. I can find no phone number for "Pacific Ocean Air liners"
I am concerned because i don`t know anyone that would trust an unknown person with $4,400.00 of their money.Although i will send his money to him, after i clear his check. I don`t see how i can get hurt with a certified check, and he has not ask for any of my bank information.Of course the check is not here yet! MY hope is that this is indeed an honest person, and a good deal for both of us. Thank you all for your advise. So far nothing lost. I will keep you updated and informed.
Looking for specific info on this buyer. Anyone have any history on him?
I got one similar to that too Mav. They gave me a sob story about needing to get money out of the country and giving me part etc. etc. I figured one of two things: it's a con to get money, or it's Al Quaida trying to hide/move money. Probably the first. I contacted the local Sheriffs dept. and they said contact tne F.B.I. About then a virus got my computer so I didn't have anything to show them. So I didn't waste my time.
Maverick, 38, the e-mails you speak of are actually called a 411. Thats a criminal code in nigeria and what the US government reffers to the e-mails/scams. Millions of dollers are lost each year to these people. Thats why I refer to them as being incredibly smart considering they actually get rich off of this scam because everyoes ready for the easy money and not willing to look into the facts they present and the papers they send. In reality ssome actually may be legit. The nigerian and ivory coast governments are loose with govermental funds and a person could very well imbezzle millions of dollers right out of the country. This is why the nigerian government has spent so much money in advertising these 411's because they could potentially loose millions of dollers even if 99% are frauds that 1% could potentially yeild devastating fund depletion in that country resulting in thousands of goverment fat cats not getting their tea and mid day massages and loosing their harem of women.
I sent mine to the States Att. generals office. I get one usually once a month from differant email address with same story just a little differant. I heard a story were a bookkeeper got the email and belived it and gave them her companies bank acct number and they wiped them out of 100's of thousands of dollars. Guess you send out enough all you need is one or two suckers!
So guys you are telling me to wait for the "REST of the story"? So far no one has asked for any bank info. And they won`t get any either!!! If this is a scam, i hope everyone here reads about it here. I would not want to be part of a money laundering scam/ rip off, or help in funding terrisom in any way. It was hard for me to call the seceret service. You see i love my country very much, but after my dealing with our gorvernment, i do not trust them to do the right thing.
In the end if this is a good deal,(legal) it`s great. If we head off a scam it`s great. If we inform our friends on here to look out for this ,it`s great. Thank you all!
Slider in Wa.
So H.K. , can you run down how this works? How do they make money by sending me a certified check for $6,800.00 allowing me to take my $2,400.00 and sending on the balance of $4,400.00? Does the money send Western Union get paid in US funds? Is U.S. money worth more there?
There is no way i would have, or will give them banking information.So is that the deal? They hope to get me hooked enough to get my info out of me? It is sad that things like this happen. I still hope it is not a scam. I want Mr Lanre Usman to be real, not because i need the money, but because, it would pee me off to have that kinda stuff goin on here on our site. I guess i just want things to be above reproch on here. Dreamer huh? But, i want everyone to know about it. Can you explain the working of it to us? Thanks
Slider in Wa.
I read of a simular story to this about 2 months ago.From what I gather,even after your bank cashes the check YOU are still responsable if the check doesn't clear.The bank had told this person that it would take 24 hours for the check to clear then everything would be fine.
This was not the case .It actually takes over a week for the funds to be transfered form bank to bank.Even though the bank here assured this person that 24 hours would be enough ,they still told him that he was responsable for the bad check after a week had passed and it was determined that the funds did not exist.I herer this is a common scam.So RUN LIKE HELL.
Slider...what HK and Mav are talking about is different than what you are doing or going to do. With the other they want your account info then they'll bleed you. Yours might be on the up and up but until the checl clears don't do anything. Also DOCUMENT EVERY PIECE OF PAPER AND KEEP EVERY E-MAIL. Make duplicates of everything and back up the copies of e-mails to your computer somewhere. Write down the dates of any phone conversations you may have and a note beside it what it pertained to. Like I said it may be a legit deal and I wish the best for you.
My wife use to work for a bank. If you take the check to the bank or branch office of the bank it was drawn on they can tell you if there are enough funds in that account to cover it.
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Hey guys,
I need some help/advice.
How do you promote your items? Like I have two items in my portfolio. Last month one has really good sales, but towards the end, It had no more sales. The reason behind it being, when you used to go into the CSS section last month, My item used to be on the first page, Now its on the second or third page, where no one actually notices it.
Now I have no clue how to promote my item. Posting it on forums would count as spamming. I can advertise it on Google and all, but would that really bring me any traffic?
I would like answers from anyone who was able to go high in the marketplace. To be honest, I am really confused, And I can bet many other newbies around would be too. I hope this thread helps them as well.
Depends how you want to do it and who you are targeting. There are several ways from adwords, to Facebook ads but generally I would suggest trying to get it reviewed by bloggers or on CSS or WP inspiration type sites etc
I would suggest: SEO item page here in the marketplace, YouTube video related to the items, self promotion on your blog and high quality images related to the items.
Well. I just ran an advertisement on Facebook. As a trial I only used 3$ but lets see if it works, if it does, I shall put in some more.
Btw, It got me 1 sale after 30 mins of the ad being live. So thanks
I hope you will get more information at this thread http://themeforest.net/forums/thread/do-you-promote-your-themeforest-item-with-paid-advertisement/122397


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Eddie Adams Barnstorm Celebrates New Media
Posted by Holly Hughes on Wednesday October 13, 2010 | Photojournalism
Posted by Holly Hughes on Wednesday October 13, 2010 | Photojournalism
At the 23rd annual Eddie Adams Workshop, which took place over Columbus Day weekend, speakers frequently referenced the many ways
still photographers of the past are transitioning into visual journalists of the future. The rustic farm in Jeffersonville, New York, where the workshop takes place may have sparse cell phone service, but technologies like the iPad and DSLRs that shoot HD video were in use and discussed throughout the weekend.
In a first for the Barnstorm, the Saturday evening line up of speakers included a motion picture producer. Michael Hausman, the producer of films such as Amadeus, Brokeback Mountain, The Firm and Gangs of New York, showed two clips to illustrate how digital video capture is changing filmmaking. He first showed a clip from The Firm, a Hollywood movie shot with 35 mm Panavision cameras and lenses, which cost more than forty million dollars to make; his second clip was shot with the Red camera and a Canon 5D.
He noted, "When I started you couldn't make a film without 250 of your closest union buddies. Today we made a film for $40,000 with the Red camera and the Canon 5D."
Also on Saturday evening, Chris Hercik, Sports Illustrated Creative Director, and David Link, co-founder of the design firm The Wonder Factory, gave the audience a tour of photos, video and text on the SI's iPad app, which they said offers subscribers 30 to 40 percent more content than the print magazine. On Sunday, MaryAnne Golon, former director of photography at Time, moderated a panel with Santiago Lyon of Associated Press, Michelle McNally of The New York Times and David Griffin of National Geographic on how mobile devices have changed our lives and reading habits in the past 12 months.
Referencing the headline of a recent Wired magazine article, "The Web is Dead, Long Live the Internet," Lyon said there has been a shift away from people surfing the Internet to seeking story elements curated and delivered by editors and journalists. Griffin said that cooperation between news gatherers is critically important, explaining that photographers must move beyond a focus on the content itself to grasp a story's bigger issues. "Be well read, understand customer and consumer needs and think about a wide diversity of content," he advised the aspiring photojournalists in the audience. The speakers agreed that an evolution of the medium requires more cooperation between an organization's editorial and business sides.
During the image makers' presentations, Ami Vitale, a 1993 workshop alum, showed work in two media. She presented highlights of her still photography career and her recent experimental filmmaking efforts (shot for workshop sponsor Nikon) about Indian culture.
As at every Barnstorm, when not attending lectures, midnight portfolio reviews and a Sunday afternoon memorial to Adams, workshop veterans Jay and Sandy Colton, Al Paglione and to colleagues who died covering war, the young Workshop attendees spent most of the weekend rushing to fulfill assignments. The stories –ranging from subject driven topics such as Teens in Sullivan County to loose concepts like Taking Chances and the Fall of Life—are assigned to ten color coded teams. Advising the students are 150 professional photo editors, producers and image makers, who volunteer to work as team leaders, editors and digital techs.
Each team was also assigned a multimedia producer, to assist with the audio, video and stills to produce one multimedia story per team.
Individual assignments are developed "to get students out of their comfort zone," said Josh Ritchie, producer for the orange team. A 2001 workshop alumni, Ritchie began researching stories for his team in July, brainstorming with team editor Maura Foley of The New York Times. While assignments are not disclosed to students until they arrive at the farm, shortly after the teams were announced in August, Ritchie created an Orange team blog, allowing students and instructors to correspond about everything from equipment queries to image sharing to logistics. Ritchie also e-mailed individual students, "asking what [they] wanted to get out of the workshop, and what their strengths and weaknesses were photographically. I used that information to try and find subjects that worked and to pair the students up with their assignments," he says.
Ritchie assigned a wholesome story on the 53-year marriage of high school sweethearts to a photographer known for expressionistic black and white reportage. A photographer with a passion for dance was assigned a story on an Elvis impersonator. Other assignments included stories on a grumpy old man, 91 year-old twins and a hair stylist who also works as a prison guard.
When the final presentations were screened before the assembled audience on Monday night, several awards were also given out:
Lung Liu of Vancouver, Canada received the grand prize of Nikon gear worth approximately $10,000.
Brad Vest, an Ohio University masters student, received a $1,500 cash award from National Geographic.
Fred Dupoux of Miami, Florida received the Sandy and Jay Colton Award for the student who best embodies the spirit of the workshop, including a $1,000 cash prize and a spot on the 2011 black team.
Aaron Ontiveroz of Cheyenne, Wyoming and Chris Griffin of San Antonio, Texas each received a $500 cash award from Life magazine.
Numerous awards in the form of photo assignments were given by AARP, the Associated Press, the Denver Post, Getty Images, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Newsweek, Parade, People, Sports Illustrated, TV Guide and the Wall Street Journal.
Additional awards of photo gear or services were offered by Adobe, Agency Access, B& H Photo, Mac Group, Manfrotto and Photoshelter.
On October 27, the Eddie Adams Workshop will be honored with the Visionary Award from the Lucie Foundation during their 8th annual awards ceremony at New York's Alice Tully Hall.
–Jill Waterman
Posted by Holly Hughes on Friday June 9, 2017 | Photojournalism
A year after NPR photographer David Gilkey and journalist Zabihullah Tamanna were killed in Afghanistan, NPR is reporting that their deaths were the result of a targeted Taliban attack, not a random attack as Afghan officials originally claimed. The two journalists died June 5 while riding with a unit of the Afghan National Army in... More ›
Posted by Holly Hughes on Friday June 9, 2017 | Photojournalism
French photojournalist Mathias Depardon has been released from prison in Turkey one month after his arrest, and is now on his way to Paris. The news was reported by Reporters without Borders, and confirmed in a statement from French president Emmanuel Macron. Depardon, a French citizen based in Istanbul, was on assignment for National Geographic... More ›
Posted by Holly Hughes on Monday June 5, 2017 | PDN Video Picks, Photojournalism
In preparation for PDN's July issue on Ethics, we asked photojournalist Victor J. Blue to explain what he does and doesn't do to gain access, how he avoids conflicts of interest, his thoughts on fairness vs. neutrality, and the "Define the Relationship" talk he has with his subjects. More ›


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Hi, my name is XXXXX XXXXX here are a few things you can try. Try them and get back to me with the results...
First, try resetting PRAM/NVRAM, follow these steps to do so:
1.) Shut down your Mac
2.) Press the power button on your Mac to turn it back on
3.) Immediately press and hold the following keys (before the chime noise and startup screen):
4.) Continue holding these keys until the computer restarts and you hear the startup chime 3 times
5.) Release the keys and allow the computer to boot
okay, one second...
try this...
Try starting the computer in safe mode. To accomplish this complete the following steps:
1.) Shutdown your Mac
2.) Press the power button on your Mac to turn it back on
3.) As soon as you hear the startup chime noise, immediately press and hold the <SHIFT> key until you see a progress indicator.
4.) Release the <SHIFT> key when you see the progress indicator -- allow your Mac to boot up.
5.) Once your Mac has booted in safe mode, reboot it and allow it to boot normally.
See if you can get far enough to get a progress indicator, if not, I have one more trick we can try before having to modify the contents of the system
okay, if it's been more than 30 seconds, you can abandon...Try this next...
Single user mode disk verification / repair
1.) Turn off your mac2.) Turn your mac back on 3.) Immediately press and hold Command (or Apple) key and 'S' simultaneously
Hold these keys -- Your Mac should boot into a text console. When you get to this point (text stops scrolling), release the keys and type:
/sbin/fsck -fy
Hit the return (enter) key after entering the above command, let the disk utility finish. When it finishes, type:
The hit the return (enter) key. See if your Mac boots
oops, sorry, formatting issue, this will make it look more readable...
1.) Turn off your mac2.) Turn your mac back on3.) Immediately press and hold Command (or Apple) key and 'S' simultaneously
OKay, timing is crucial, did you attempt to boot your Mac holding Command+S a couple of times? It's pretty picky about when the keys are actually pressed
Before the chime, press the keys immediately
bummer -- well, I always hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the hard drive is most likely corrupt, meaning, you'll need to re-install Mac OS X and hope that your data can be recovered. Or, the hard drive may have failed completely. For the latter case, the data might be recoverable, but the cost is usually prohibitive.
If you still have your Mac OS X install discs, the next step would be to try to re-install Mac OS X, (the archive and install option would likely be the best)
If you're referring to your Mac OS X install disc, then yes, you can use it to boot and start the re-install process
okay -- when you turn the machine on, hold the 'C' key to force your system to boot from the install disc
Keep me posted on your progress
hmm, probably not -- it may be the motherboard -- one sec
Can you confirm for me that it actually makes a chime noise though?
Try again to hold the 'C' key during boot up...
If that fails, do you have a USB keyboard that you can plug into your Mac -- in case the keyboard is going bad?
Is there an Apple store near you?
At this point, we've gone through about as much trouble shooting as we can without getting fairly technical. If your system will not boot into the recovery disc, it's probably best to take your Mac to the Mac store to see if they test the hard drive and the remaining components
From what we've covered, it sounds like the hard drive may be bad (or it's at least become corrupt to the point that it cannot boot)
It's hard to say -- if it's just corrupt, they might be able to help you get the installation started on the spot and might not charge you anything (make sure you take your Mac OS X disc with you).If the hard drive is bad -- 2.5" hard drives usually cost anywhere from $50-$200 depending on the size of the drive. Installation would probably run another $100. Now, if you buy the hard drive yourself and take it to a technician, it might save you money. $50-$200 is the price you'll pay if you buy the drive locally (from Fry's or Best Buy, etc...) If you buy it through Apple, they may end up charging you twice as much, it's hard to say. Either way, I would recommend at least taking it into the Apple store to get a quote, they shouldn't charge you just to take a look at it and give you an estimate. At that point, if you want to come back here, I can help you pick out a hard drive, and depending on your level of technical ability, you may be able to install it yourself
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About Guy Gillette, U.S. Senator
Guy Mark Gillette (February 3, 1879 – March 3, 1973) was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from Iowa. In the U.S. Senate, Gillette was elected, re-elected, defeated, elected again, and defeated again.
Personal background
Born in Cherokee, Iowa, he attended public school and graduated from Drake University Law School in Des Moines in 1900. He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in Cherokee. During the Spanish-American War, he served as a sergeant in the Fifty-second Iowa Regiment in the United States Army, but never saw combat. He volunteered to fight against the British in Africa in the Boer War, but was turned down.
Returning to Iowa, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and was the city attorney of Cherokee in 1906-1907. He became the prosecuting attorney of Cherokee County from 1907 to 1909 and a member of the Iowa State Senate from 1912 to 1916.
During the First World War, he served as a captain in the United States Army. He ran unsuccessfully for Iowa State Auditor in 1918, and returned to Cherokee to farm.
Service in the U.S. House, then U.S. Senate (1933–1945)
In 1932, in the Roosevelt landslide, he was elected as a Democrat to represent Iowa's 9th congressional district, in heavily-Republican northwest Iowa. He was re-elected in 1934, and served nearly all of that term. He resigned upon his election to the United States Senate on November 3, 1936 to serve out the remainder of the term of Senator Richard Louis Murphy, who had died in an auto accident. Nearly two years remained in Murphy's term, which would end January 3, 1939. Although he generally supported the New Deal, he opposed the new wage and hours bill, a new farm bill, and aspects of the Social Security system.
In 1938 the Roosevelt Administration targeted Gillette for replacement because of Gillette's vote against Roosevelt's plan to expand the Supreme Court and other positions. He nevertheless defeated Roosevelt's choice for the Democratic nomination, Otha D. Wearin, and was elected to his first full Senate term. During that term, his conflicts with the Roosevelt Administration expanded, on topics as diverse as the terms of the Neutrality Act, Roosevelt's pursuit of third and fourth terms, and choices for judgeships.
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (where, coincidentally, Gillette's brother Captain Claude Gillette managed the Navy yard), Gillette became "more of an internationalist." Nevertheless, he used his chairmanship on a Senate subcommittee to aggressively challenge the Roosevelt Administration's failure to prepare for the prospect of a Japanese seizure of the source of the nation's rubber imports by developing synthetic farm-based alternatives. Like several others who had opposed Roosevelt's efforts to aid Great Britain before Pearl Harbor but faced wartime elections, Gillette lost his next race, in 1944, to Iowa Governor and Republican Bourke B. Hickenlooper.
Between terms
Within days of Gillette's first defeat, Roosevelt nominated him as the chairman of the three-member Surplus Property Board, prompting the Washington Post and a Life Magazine editorial to quip that the president was confusing the problem of surplus property with the problem of surplus politicians. He took an early dislike to the job, and complained that he was often outvoted by the two other members. After resigning from the Surplus Board in May 1945, he became president of the American League for a Free Palestine, serving until the Committee's work ended with the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.
Return to the Senate (1949–1955)
He made a political comeback in 1948, unseating former governor and U.S. Senator George A. Wilson from Iowa's other U.S. Senate seat. In 1951 his Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections conducted an investigation of Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy's campaign practices. Gillette served until January 3, 1955, when his own bid for re-election was thwarted when he was defeated by U.S. Representative Thomas E. Martin of Iowa City. His defeat was considered an upset because it conflicted with earlier polls. For the last time, it left every Iowa seat in Congress in Republican hands.
After the Senate
Following his second defeat, Gillette initially remained on Capitol Hill, serving as counsel with the Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee (from 1955 to 1956) and the Senate Judiciary Committee (from 1956 to 1961).
He retired and resided in Cherokee until his death at age 94 on March 3, 1973, and was interred in Oak Knoll Cemetery.
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February 3, 1879
Cherokee, Cherokee, IA, USA
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If you create a wildlife-friendly garden (or even if you don't), it's only a matter of time before you discover an injured animal in your yard. Birds fly into windows or fall out of nests. Many kinds of wildlife are poisoned by garden chemicals, hit by cars, injured by pets, or tangled in trash. Some escape from their natural predators less than whole.
In these situations, one option is to simply let nature take its course. Most injured wild animals you'll encounter are common species, and the loss of one individual won't have much impact on the overall population. If you're like most wildlife gardeners, however, you can't bear to see an animal suffering. Here are the best ways to help:
Don't be a hero. Your first impulse might be to care for the animal yourself, but that's a bad idea. First, it's usually illegal to keep native wildlife in captivity, even if you have good intentions. Second, an injured animal doesn't know you are trying to help it and will bite and scratch to defend itself, potentially hurting you or spreading disease. Most important, it takes special training in animal handling and medicine to heal injured wildlife. If you don't have that training, the chances of the animal surviving are slim.
Ducks (pictured here), geese, and most ground birds are able to walk, swim, and feed themselves when they are born. If you see these babies away from their nest, don't worry. They don't stay in the nest once they hatch.
Call for help. In order to give the hurt animal the best chance for survival, contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. Two good places to start are your local animal shelter and your local nature center. Staff at these places might be able to help you themselves; if not, they should be able to put you in touch with those who can. You can also do a Web search using your town and state and the words "wildlife rehabilitator" or use the search function at wildliferehabber.org.
Protect yourself. If you feel that an animal is in imminent danger and you must capture it, do your best to minimize your direct exposure to it. Put on heavy work gloves; you'd be surprised how painful a bite can be from even a small animal such as a songbird or squirrel. Start by gently covering the animal with a towel, which puts a barrier between it and you. It also calms the animal. Then, using a broom or shovel if necessary, carefully guide or scoop the animal into a cardboard box or plastic storage bin and keep it covered. (Remember that a plastic bin with a lid can quickly overheat in warm temperatures.)
Be extra careful with mammals, snakes, and large turtles. These animals can transmit disease, be venomous, or inflict serious injury trying to defend themselves. Avoid handling these animals.
Don't feel bad. Once the animal is in the care of the rehabilitator, it's out of your hands. Some animals will survive, and some won't. But you'll know that you did what you could, and that you are helping countless other wild animals by creating a natural garden filled with food, water, cover, and places to raise young.
Is it abandoned, or is it ok?
Before you attempt to rescue a baby animal, make sure it actually needs rescuing. Baby birds fall into two categories: nestlings and fledglings. Nestlings are naked or down-covered and cannot fly. If you find one on the ground, place it back in its nest or take it to a rehabilitator. Fledglings have flight feathers and are just learning to fly. They are often found on the ground, but their parents are nearby feeding and protecting them, so they should be left alone. Similarly, mother rabbits and deer leave their young by themselves for long periods of time and return periodically to nurse them.


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Color Scavenger Hunt
Your preschooler is familiar with the colors in her crayon box, but can she find these colors in the world? Take her on a scavenger hunt. Do this activity when flowers are in bloom or be prepared to visit a pumpkin patch to make orange easier to find! A great way to get your family outdoors while honing a young nature lover's powers of observation.
What You Need:
- White paper
- Crayons
What You Do:
- Before you go for your daily walk or go out into the yard to play, take a sheet of paper. At the top of the page, color a red square. Beneath this, orange. Beneath this, yellow. Continue, coloring squares green, blue, and violet. If more than one child will be doing the scavenger hunt, make multiple sheets.
- Call everyone together and explain that when they are out today, they will be on a scavenger hunt. In a scavenger hunt, you find the things on the list.
- Hand each child a sheet. Ask them to go over the colors with you. Explain that they will be finding things outside that are these colors.
- Guide your young hunters as they look, helping them to find the more difficult colors. As they find each color, check it off. If one child is doing much better, encourage this child to help the others. Discuss what kinds of things they might look for so that they have the opportunity to observe the various colors in the world around them.
Make the game more challenging as you go. You can only count natural items. On the next walk, you can count only man-made items. Or, if you are walking down a lengthy road, assign each child one side of the street.
If your kids love this activity, be sure to check out our other fun scavenger hunts for kids!


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Fisher College transforms lives. Every day, Fisher's student-centered approach to higher education is affirmed. I am honored to be a part of an institution that is so committed to realizing the promise and dreams of its students.
First and foremost, Fisher provides for your academic, personal, and professional development. The faculty and staff are your partners in learning. Curiosity and spirit are essential to your success, and Fisher is the ideal setting for you during this critical time in your life. You are to be commended for choosing Fisher to enable this discovery.
Experience all of the opportunities offered by this special college. There are numerous outlets - the arts, student government, athletics, residence halls and city living - that will allow you to make lifelong friends and gain the formative experiences that will shape you as learners, professionals, and citizens.
Welcome to Fisher College. I look forward to seeing you on campus.
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What's So Bad About Superman Returns?
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Re: What's So Bad About Superman Returns?
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Allow me to agree and disagree with you on this point.
Where I agree: Dude in video says that critics hated Richard. In my experience (and yours, apparently) that's simply not the case. Even strident critics of
seemed to like Richard. The complaint was that he was a nicer, nobler guy than Superman. Dude was arguing the wrong thing.
Where I disagree: Richard being a "good man" was an essential aspect to the overall theme of Supes' alienation. Without the global and mythic responsibilities of a superman, Richard can afford to be a "normal hero" and have the normal life unavailable to Supes. When Lois was in peril, he could devote himself to the single task of rescuing her. On the other hand, Supes had to interrupt his attempt, turn around and attend to earthquake ravaged Metropolis first. His duties are far bigger than Richard's – even to the point of sacrificing himself to save the world. That's something that Richard – for all his nobility – could never do.
Allow for a bit of poetry.
It's a description of the passing of generations. The "father" recedes into a more passive role (the "son") when his own son assumes the "father" role. In any case, the line is lifted directly from
. If you hated it in
, you should reserve equal ridicule for its use in
A fair criticism. But SR had exactly as many "fights" as STM. So, again, as long as you dislike
films for that reason... you're being consistent.
I'm sorry I should have made that clear.
No I am not a big fan of STM either. I have many many problems with it. However, I excuse it and it's sequels to a certain extent, and can enjoy them with nostalgia like I do the Superboy TV series without being quite so critical, because of the time period during which they were produced, and the standard of superhero films/tv shows of the time.
SR has no excuses.
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I'd say the
scheme was more "realistic." In
, we're supposed to believe that after a nuclear blast, and the devastation of California, Lex could satisfy authorities by merely producing the deeds to his legally bought land. In
, there's no pretext like that. Lex's control over nations would be derived by power and the fact that half of them are destroyed – not through implausible legal technicalities.
How would he have any control over anyone, let alone nations?
He started growing a huge rock, that nearly resulted in the death of billions of people.
When the army was sent in, he'd be shot... or he'd surrender and be put in jail...
Just accept that this is the direction they have taken.
Then, you can either decide this version isn't for you and stop watching.
you can decide to enjoy it for what it is - an elseworlds tale.
'In Elseworlds, super-heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places - some that have existed, and others that can't, couldn't or shouldn't exist. The result is stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow.'
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I choose not to commit libel by posting my opinion of Al Sharpton.
This is a discussion on What constitutes a SHTF situation? within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Al Sharpton, Chris Matthews, and the rest of the bunch at MSNBC are working tirelessly stoking the flames of racial division. They have as much ...
Al Sharpton, Chris Matthews, and the rest of the bunch at MSNBC are working tirelessly stoking the flames of racial division. They have as much as said that if obama looses it will be because of racism in America. We already know where the New Black Panther Party stands with the Travon Martin case. I haven't seen this much incitement to violence by a so called media outlet since the Tutsi massacre in Rwanda.
I choose not to commit libel by posting my opinion of Al Sharpton.
Retired USAF E-8. Curmudgeon at large.
Lighten up and enjoy life because:
Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
These are the sick and deranged of our society.................IMO.
Unfortunately they have a following of low esteemed, deluted and uneducated they pery on........sorry for them.
Will this ..... Witch Sandy....... constitute a SHTF situation if we loose the power grid in our cities.
Lets see how the east coast handles Sandy.. And the election. If O loses, I do believe there will be riots... Even more convinced now than I was before.
Well it looks like the snow season has finally arrived so, it's getting too cold out up here to riot, so they'll all have to go South too do their bidding. At least till the Spring Thaw!! I would have liked to have seen the Tigers win it all this season but maybe lucky for us they didn't. Did you see the pictures of San Francisco's street-party last night?
I don't understand why people think it will happen, based on a handful of social media statements? People said that crap before social media, you just didn't hear about it.
"Watson claims that InfoWars investigated the Twitter accounts to prove that they are genuine, subsequently concluding that the legit Twitter accounts are evidence enough of vast impending race riots should Obama lose. These jackasses aren't very well-acquainted with the basic rules of logic; but no matter, it's fit to print."
"A quick survey of the Twitter accounts reveals that a lot of the users who tweeted about race riots are just idiots or jokers. In other words, like most Twitter users, they are people wasting time. To borrow Sowell's language for a moment, it would seem that in this case they are the conservative fringe's useful idiots. The means by which conservatives can continue building up the fear of the "other"—the black "other" that will meltdown if Obama loses."
Translation, it's BS.
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Each day we offer a sample of headlines that appeared in the world press along with our comments.
Sweden, Local: "Tree Snatcher"
Now, this is one guy I would like to hire for a few jobs around the house.
Netherlands, Dutch News: "Italian Rubbish Sent To Netherlands"
How about sending the rubbish in US Congress to Italy?
France, Connexion: "Faulty Breast Implants Should Be Removed"
This sounds like a downer to me.
Norway, Norway Post: "Queen Under Fire For Giving Kids Wine"
Money yes, liquor, no.
New Zealand, New Zealand Herald: "Weapon Of Mass Seduction"
Blather from Republican presidential candidates.
Saudi Arabia, Saudi Gazette: "Workers Near Holy Sites Need Permits"
No Jews allowed.
Bulgaria, Sofia Echo: "Slimmer Xmas Stockings"
Of course, that requires slimmer bodies.