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Tubes... lots of extras I don't need (over 600 part #'s)
Hello all... I've been a lurker here for a while before registering to post, as I'm pretty new to DIY/modding electronics and just don't have much to contribute to the forum as of yet. Hopefully that'll change in time. I must say that I'm REALLY impressed by the working knowledge presented here and I can't even begin to match that...
Anyway, I'm an aspiring hobbyist who's been picking up batches of vacuum tubes and picking through them for guitar amp and audio tubes for my own private stock (I hope to get into tube substitution work later on). Of course, in doing this I have also wound up with a large quantity of vacuum tubes that I just don't think I could have a use for. So, up for sale they go in the hopes that I can help others out, and that I can help offset some of the costs of my addiction...
I should mention right now that I am NOT selling off any guitar amp tubes at all, and almost no other audio tubes.... now, I realize this is primarily an audio forum... BUT, there are bound to be some of you guys that will have tube needs that are in my extra stock... maybe some of you guys are into Ham radio, or antique radios, or vintage TV's (you never know), or oddball DIY electronics projects, or whatever. So hopefully this post will still be welcome here.
I don't know just how many tubes I have for sale, but there are over 600 part numbers that I have on my shelf that are for sale-- just a whole lot of miscellaneous. I did see a few sweep tubes, nixie tubes, and who knows what else. I mainly go by part numbers, so who knows what kinds of tubes might be there.
I am a family man with extremely limited time... I can't test tubes at this time, and will have to sell as-is. But the vast majority of these extra tubes appear to be NOS in the boxes. I will gladly notify you if it looks to me as though anything might not be NOS in the box.
So here goes: (and please bear with me, as I'm trying to keep this to quick easy deals with very minimal time involved)
--I generally sell NOS tubes at HALF the average dealer price, but I do have a $1 minimum per tube. I'll discount further for anything that appears to me as possibly used.
--I will visually inspect the tubes, but cannot spend time on a tube tester and will have to sell as-is. (Yes, I'll notify you if I think something might not be NOS)
--Again, not a lot of audio tubes available, but lots of other stuff.
--I can't tie my time up with 50-cent orders, so let's keep any deals to a $10 minimum for all tubes involved, plus the mailing costs.
--Mailing costs will be covered by you and generally will involve Flat Rate Priority Mail plus Delivery Confirmation within the USA and Canada.
--other international shipping and payment methods might be a real problem, I just don't know. So until further notice, I wish to keep this primarily to the USA and Canada. IF you live elsewhere, you can still hit me up and I'll see if I can help... but I can't promise anything at this point because I just don't know what might be involved (please bear with me here).
--I will be glad to purchase the insurance for you if you specify (you cover the cost), but if something goes wrong, you will have to do any legwork on filing a claim (again, my time is critically limited).
If all this seems reasonable, then feel free to send me your specific tube needs (specific numbers) direct to my e-mail address at firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks for the great DIY electronics forum...
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A Victorian government incentive to encourage the installation of solar panels looks set to be the latest scheme affected by the federal government's extremely popular rebates for energy generators.
Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia offer what are known as feed-in tariffs to home owners who generate power from solar panels and sell it into the electricity grid. These payments come from electricity retailers, are usually well above market rates and the cost is recovered in the bills of other energy users.
NSW scrapped its scheme after it was massively oversubscribed.
The Victorian scheme pays solar panel owners for any power generated over and above what they use. It was established with a cap so that once a total of 100 megawatts of capacity was installed the payment incentive would cease.
It was anticipated when the legislation was passed in 2009 that it would take several years to reach that point but strong demand, fed partly by federal incentives, mean that the 100 MW cap is expected to be breached by midyear.
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"When the cap is met, the cap is met," he said. "There is no open-ended commitment to this regime beyond that cap, that has always been the policy and nobody should be surprised."
Feed-in tariffs would be examined in an inquiry by the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission, as promised by the Coalition heading into last November's election, Mr O'Brien said.
Clean Energy Council policy director Russell Marsh said it was "absolutely" possible the tariff cap would be reached before the government had made a decision on the future of the scheme.
Mr Marsh said a VCEC process could easily take 12 months or more before it led to a government decision.
If the cap was reached before the government had made a decision then that would lead to a further "softening of demand" for solar products which would have an impact on the industry, he said.
"The government should look at what they want to do next very quickly," Mr Marsh said.
The Greens agreed, calling for a review scheduled for next year under the scheme's legislation to be brought forward.
"They need to make that review happen urgently, the whole point of it was it would last 10 years when supply would be down to grid parity," said Greens leader
Opposition energy spokeswoman Lily D'Ambrosio said the government's prevarication would kill the industry.
"The Baillieu government has already closed the doors on wind farms, and now it appears they are signing the death warrant on the solar industry."
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Basketball is an exciting spectator sport because games are often decided in the last five minutes, when official scorekeeping begins. Get close to the action with this GrouponLive deal to see the Nike Hoop Summit at the Rose Garden on Saturday, April 20, at 4 p.m. For $14, you get one ticket for reserved 100-level seating (a $35.50 value, including all fees). Doors open 1 hour before tip-off.
A joint effort of USA Basketball, Nike, and the Portland Trail Blazers, the 16th annual Nike Hoop Summit showcases up-and-coming basketball talent from across the country and abroad. Since 2008, the annual game has rattled the rims at the Rose Garden as the nation's top high-school seniors take on an international squad comprised of elite players under the age of 19.
From Naismith Players of the Year to NBA MVPs, some of the sport's biggest names have used the game as a way to showcase their talents and get out of their chores. This year's roster offers more of the same: all 10 U.S. team members rank among the nation's top 30 basketball players. Seven of them are ranked in the top 10 by multiple scouting services, including the number two and three recruits in the nation according to ESPNU and Scout.com.


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Tiger crossed a line by spitting on the green.
Put me in line behind everyone who has already excoriated Tiger Woods for expectorating on the green at the Dubai Desert Classic. Even given all we know about Tiger, this was a new low. Cursing and club-throwing are bad enough, but depositing a slimy, congestion-enhanced loogie on a putting surface with other players on the course behind you is clearly out of bounds. It's not just golf course etiquette; it's common sense. To put it in language Tiger might understand — you don't s*** where you eat, and you don't spit where you putt.
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Forge Island:
Forge Island is a large open area with 3 flat islands for forging. 1 large, 1 medium, and 1 small flat island all on one map titled "Forge Island." This map will also have several new forge pieces to play around with, but the pieces look mostly like the Ravine forge pieces. This will be released for FREE on April 11th.
Castle Map Pack:
I played 2/3 of the new maps so far (I tried perdition, and that small green level), and they are AWESOME! They're not small competitive maps, but for being what they are (BTB maps), they are really REALLY good. I still have to try Outcast, but I'll let you guys know about that map tomorrow. That green map plays very well as a medium CTF map. I'm looking forward to these maps to come out for sure. The maps will be released April 8th
Competitive Skill Rank (CSR)
The CSR system will work on a 1-50 type of ranking system, where each individual playlist will have their own separate ranks. No word on how hard it will be to progress through these ranks though.The ranks basically look like a big number with a color behind the numbers. No color, bronze, silver, gold, and FIRE! level 50 is the only rank that has flames behind it. Now here's the crap part.... Periodically all of the ranks will be reset back to 0. You don't get anything special for reaching lvl 50 before a reset... just a reset. They didn't say how long it will be between resets, but just 1 total reset is too much. These ranks will also only be available on the waypoint site. No word was given for when these ranks will be released.
Weapon Balances
Although no SPECIFIC weapon balances were announced, they did go more in depth as to what their system will be able to do. With this new title update patch, 343 will be able to adjust the weapon damage, and firing speed for every weapon AND vehicle. The best part is, they will be able to adjust the weapons and vehicles, and apply these adjustments to specific playlists. So the damage and speed of the battle rifle will not have to be the same in BTB vs Team Throwdown. With this change 343 will also be able to adjust these settings on a weekly basis if necessary, rather than waiting 4 months for a title update to come along. This, along with the rest of the title update will come out in 1-2 weeks
Will we see precision forge make a return?
343 said we will not see this in Halo 4, but it will be considered for Halo 5. So, it's not coming out.
Can we ever Press "X" to pick up the flag?
They said they would consider it, but it's not being introduced into Halo 4 any time soon. Not a definite no, but basically still a big NO!
Will De-scoping make it into Halo 4 in a title update?
NO! It sucks, but 343 said it's just not possible to do with their engine. It will NOT ever come out for Halo 4. Sad Face :(
Will we see Race/ Juggernaut/ assault/ any missing gametype?
They sort of gave a non answer saying "We're always looking for suggestions for new game types, so definitely tweet at us, and send us what you got!" That was Kevin Franklin just being deaf and dumb again, and it seemed like he misunderstood the question. Soooo... I'm not sure about this one.
Multi Team
Multi Team will make a return along side the new map pack on April 8th.
I will be asking 343 staff more questions at their booth tomorrow, so I'll come back with more info when I can. As for now, I'm gonna shut the hell up, stop rambling, and pass out.
jesse_skater 4 years ago#3
Rank resets kinda suck. Idk if halo 3 had rank resets, but halo 2 had 2 rank resets in it's lifetime. As long as the rank resets are spread out like they were in halo 2, I'll be fine with it I guess
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Demigod_Elessar 4 years ago#4
What exactly is de-scoping?
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jesse_skater 4 years ago#5
Getting de-scoped?
Is this your first halo or something? When you're scoped in with a weapon and get shot, you stay scoped in instead of being brought out of scope like past halo games.
Halo 4 Gameplay GT: Jesse I3aker
Demigod_Elessar 4 years ago#7
jesse_skater posted...
Getting de-scoped?
Nah, actually I've been playing since CE back in 2001... I've just NEVER ever heard of that term until now. Sorry.
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enterthemadrox 4 years ago#8
So not only is CSR being introduced (which isn't a make or break at all like some idiots claim and which I wasn't looking forward to anyway), ranks get reset sometimes too?
Just the introduction of CSR was enough to make me consider not playing any more but the rank reset think is the only other negative 343 are bringing to this game other than CSR.
Good thing I have a backlog of 6 year old games to finally play when I have free time to jump on the console. That and Lego City Undercover, such an awesome game and it's not even out here until next week.
"If you don't like something, don't watch it again. Why whinge about it on a forum to a load of divs? Don't worry about it." - Karl Pilkington
Bigtymer113 4 years ago#9
They care more about Forge and BTB maps than they do about ANYTHING else, it's sickening
Nothing is overpowered in a single-player game. -gunsndroses
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jakethenoob 4 years ago#10
>No de-scoping
>Ranks not in game
>Ranks resetting
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The Olsen Twins Cover ELLE UK April 2012
They've transitioned from acting to having created quite the fashion empire, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen cover the April 2012 issue of ELLE UK.
The former "Full House" stars graced the Alexei Hay shot dual front pages with Mary-Kate clad in a Swarovski-crystal and sequined-lace dress while her sis opted for a crystal and gabardine coat by Prada.
Highlights from the Olsen girls' interviews are as follows. For more, be sure to pay a visit to ELLE UK!
On how it's easier tackling their ventures as a duo:
"We are perfectionists. We always wanted to be closely involved with everything, totally hands on - that's why it works. If we step away, it stops working."
On refusing to share certain clothing items:
"There are some items we get a little possessive about."
On not being obsessed over their outfit choices:
"I sometimes wear sweatpants on a plane," Ashley said before her sister added, "I'm not very aware of trends or hot new items. We're not cool."
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ORONO – Ruth A. Dupuis passed away peacefully Dec. 16, 2012, with her family by her side, at a Bangor hospital. She was born in Old Town, a daughter of Claude and Anna (Cloutier) Sawyer.
Ruth was employed for many years at the University of Maine. She especially enjoyed her last position as a secretary in the Bureau of Labor Education. In her younger years Ruth loved dancing, and weekend activities with her husband and their many friends and family. Prior to the death of her husband in 1985, she participated with him in many activities of the Elks lodge. In recent years she enjoyed family gatherings and trips to the coast.
She is survived by a son, Lee Dupuis and wife, Ellen, of Orono; daughter, Carol Dupuis of Houston; four grandchildren, Barbara Presswood and husband, Ron, of Houston, Jody Dupuis and Kristi Shaw of Blue Lake, Calif., Nicholas Pike of Seattle, and Zachary Pike of Orono; five great-grandchildren, Dylan, Tyler and Ryan Presswood, and Talis and Lyra Shaw-Dupuis; and very dear close friends, Norman and Cathy, Dottie, Jackie, Krisy and Linda. She was predeceased by her husband, J. Leon Dupuis, in 1985; two brothers, Claude Sawyer and Leo Sawyer; and sister, Margaret (Sawyer) Annis.
A graveside service at Forest Hill Cemetery, Old Town, will be announced in the spring. Memorial contributions may be made to Old Town Animal Orphanage, P.O. Box 565, Orono, ME 04473.


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"Scores of United Nations staff and personnel were victims of detention, abduction, kidnapping, assault, harassment and even murder again over the past year. Every attack on a United Nations staff member is a tragedy for the individuals involved, a serious crime that must be prosecuted and an attempt to undermine our Organization's global work for peace, human rights and development. We must respond with prevention, protection and justice...To read the full text, please click here
The head of the DPKO Hervé Ladsous underlined on 21 February 2012 before the General Assembly Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations the challenging diversity of work undertaken by DPKO's various field missions, stressing that peacekeepers are a valuable tool in global efforts to respond to threats to international peace and to prevent the recurrence of conflicts. He pointed out that the global membership of the UN provided peacekeeping with a universal legitimacy and a global reach, ....To read the full story, please see February issue of "Dynamism"
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As in years past, this year's election season has brought many references to "values." On the Republican side, these are often referred to interchangeably as "Utah," "conservative" or "Republican" values.
As a fifth-generation native Utahn, I would expect that I should be able to ascertain what Republicans believe "Utah values" include. However, given the gap between what many Republican candidates and office-holders say compared to what they do it is sometimes difficult to pin those values down.
For example, many Republican candidates have declared that they are against government bailouts and deficit spending. And yet, the state's Republican legislators and governor have accepted hundreds of millions in federal "bailout" funds for Utah schools, highways and other uses. If government bailouts are so bad, then why did the state's Republican leaders accept those funds?
And, given the perils of the huge federal government deficit, shouldn't the state of Utah step up and pay the funds back?
Further, shouldn't our congressional representatives be pushing for all states to pay back the bail-out funds they received? This would not only heal the bailout problem, but would reduce the federal deficit at the same time. Zions Bank has paid back its bailout funds, so shouldn't the states be willing to do the same? (And would Utah's economy really have been better off if Zions Bank had been left at risk?)
Given that no payback steps have been proposed, are we to conclude that many Utah Republican candidates and office-holders are actually in favor of bailouts? If so, then is their expressed distaste for them nothing more than election-year sloganeering?
Another conservative position popular with many Republicans is that the government should not be "forcing" people to pay taxes in order to "redistribute wealth" through federal safety net programs. To do so, the argument goes, is "immoral."
If this is the case, then why is it that childless taxpayers can be "forced" to pay taxes for public schools while having no children putting demands on the system? Meanwhile, households with children in public schools pay even lower tax rates as much of their income is protected from taxation by dependent child exemptions. Isn't this a violation of the "take responsibility for your own family" test?
Why is it deemed "immoral" to "force" taxpayers to subsidize food and medical aid programs, but not "immoral" to subsidize families with school-age children? And why are people receiving food aid considered to be "on the dole" while schoolchildren are not? Is a little consistency in Republican political philosophy too much to ask for?
Conservatives and Republicans often invoke the argument that many government programs should be privatized as their functions can be done more efficiently when exposed to the competition of the marketplace. Privatization has been urged for many programs from Social Security to Medicare.
So why does the Republican-dominated Utah Legislature continue to hang on to a state-run liquor monopoly despite the management problems that have hampered its operation in recent years?
But perhaps the aspect that annoys this fifth-generation native Utahn the most is the continual lecturing the electorate receives on "Utah values" from supporters of Republican politicians such as Orrin Hatch (from Pennsylvania) and Mia Love (from New York/Connecticut).
They imply that if voters don't agree with them politically, then voters don't exhibit "Utah values." But given the gap between the statements and actions of many Utah Republican candidates and office-holders, it is often difficult to ascertain just what those "Utah values" might be.
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I was worried at first when I heard Gorgoroth signed to nuclear blast records, I prayed to the gods of metal that they wouldn't sell out like Dimmu Borgir.
My prayers didn't go un-heard! Once again Infernus delivered the goods.
Firstly this album has a much colder raw sound than its three predecessors had and overall its hard to spot the similarities between Destroyer and the early works cos of the almost entirely new line-up.
The guitar work of Infernus really shines here. This becomes apparent when the mental intro on the title track ends and the riff kicks in, it gets louder and more insane as a mash of frenzied drumming and machine like noises are mixed up to culminate in one of the most insane black metal songs ever.
From here the pace doesn't really let up as Gorgoroth refuse to compromise their style by putting short slower passages into the middle of songs like so many other bands.
Obviously the drumming is good ( after-all this is black metal ) but alongside the guitar the vocals are amazing too. Gaahl's voice is your typical evil screeching but on this record they fit perfectly in time with the drums and guitars etc. This is cos of Infernus' brilliant song writing.
There is a big mix of styles on this album that are all very well put together. These include some more traditional metal style riffs like on "The Virgin Born" which is the only mid-paced track present. And a menacing presence of electronic samples like on the opener which thankfully never dominate the music and an awesome old school sound which make a very original sound throughout which has never been matched in the eight years since this album was vomitted forth into existence. Many bands have these elements in their music but only Gorgoroth have managed to blend them so well to make such a frenzied black metal assault.


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The FeedBurner analysis is based on 604,533 feeds managed by FeedBurner on behalf of 347,000 bloggers, podcasters and commercial publishers. FeedBurner notes that the service sees more than 3,000 feed reading clients on a regular basis. There is adequate data in a sample of this size to gauge the impact of the various aggregators whose subscriber data FeedBurner publishes.
Because FeedBurner provides stats on item views and clicks, the service can provide a sense of audience engagement level based on the client used. Are users of one client reading the posts more than users with a different client? Are these users clicking back to the original site in smaller or greater numbers? Rick Klau of FeedBurner addresses these issues in an extended post filled with documentation. He notes that:
Looking at engagement across the top web-based aggregators, several top readers are driving the lion's share of clicks and views back to our publishers' content.
In clicks, Yahoo! (54%) leads the pack. This is not surprising since users of Yahoo! are presented just headlines with links to the content. My Yahoo!, Google Reader/Personalized Homepage, Bloglines and Netvibes – account for 95% of all web aggregator clicks to FeedBurner publisher's content.
For views the FeedBurner sample shows that Google Reader, Bloglines, NewsGator and Netvibes – account for 98% of all item views. It should be noted that how an aggregator chooses to display a feed in the reader can influence the number of views recorded.
There are several conclusions can be drawn from this data. First, the Google Reader has rapidly grabbed a significant share of the market. The intricacy of the data shows that there are number of variables that must be taken into consideration in reporting feed consumption. Finally, this post just looks at users consuming feeds in Web-based aggregators. Feeds are so flexible that these readers just cover a small portion of the consumption methods available. Today readers consume content in a number of different places — directly from the content provider's site, through a feed-reading client, within a widget, via resyndicated headlines on another site, or on a social-networking site.
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Is there anyway to test for a corrupt symlink (instead of getting header issues :P) before I go mucking about with it anymore?
Also, afaik.. Envy is just an automated script to apt-get the drivers. I'll still try it though.
Just delete the symlink and re link it to the kernel package, no harm done. Both balding parrot and I tried to recreate your error and were un able to. We were both able to apt-get envy with no issue what so ever. If you are unsure of what you are doing I can post the exact commands if it will help you out.


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To build on his success, the 17-year-old will also be part of the senior squad aiming to qualify for the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta.
The Stourport High School student earned this accolade with nine wins this season, and can rightly claim to be in great form as this will be his third year in a row he has topped the winners charts for the club.
He said: "It's been a really challenging year with tough competition, but a hugely successful one for me. I'm looking forward to the Henley qualifiers and the crew looks to be developing into serious contenders for the main regatta."
Qualifying for Henley will be held on Friday, June 27, where a time trial takes place for each category and the fastest crews enter the draw to race.
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The Democratic presidential candidates are raising much more money than the Republican candidates. [Read more…]
Democrats are raising more money than Republicans
Corporations aren't funding campaigns after all?
When the Supreme Court ruled that the law limiting corporate contributions was an infringement of the right to free speech, the conventional wisdom was–and is–that now big businesses will buy politicians by funding their elections. But it hasn't turned out that way. Corporations aren't giving much money at all to political candidates.
The ruling allowing unlimited "corporate" giving–"corporate" meaning collective organizations, not just business corporations–is indeed magnifying the reach of issue-driven organizations, which would be in accord with free political speech. And wealthy individuals, such as George Soros and the Koch brothers (notice how those who demonize one don't demonize the other), can throw their weight around with their money. One might still worry about the influence of campaign contributions. But the point here is that business corporations are not, on the whole, giving many political contributions. They have found that giving money to politicians can just alienate some of their customers and that they can get more influence for their buck by hiring lobbyists. [Read more…]
The Democrats' billionaires
As Democrats demonize the Koch brothers for donating money to conservatives, their own billionaires are getting organized to make the most of their political donations. [Read more…]
Funding weaker opponents
In some creative campaign finance shenanigans, some Democratic candidates have been giving financial and advertising support to Republicans whom they think would be easier to defeat than their primary opponents. This includes funding attack ads casting doubt on whether the frontrunner is conservative enough, all in a ploy to get the more conservative and easier-to-beat candidate on the ticket. [Read more…]
You can now give to as many candidates as you want
The Supreme Court struck down the limits to the number of candidates a person is allowed to give money to and the total amount you are allowed to give. Left standing is the limit a person can give to one candidate–$48,600–but the law had limited total giving to $123,200. That meant that a donor wanting to give the maximum amount could only support nine candidates.
I know that critics of the ruling are claiming that this opens the door to political corruption and gives rich people the opportunity to buy candidates. But are there any constitutional grounds for objecting to this ruling? Aren't limitations of political activity unconstitutional on the face of it? [Read more…]
Setting policies by means of SuperPACS
A case-study in contemporary policy-setting. The Republicans put off Hispanics, which is arguably demographic suicide. So how to change the anti-immigration stance associated with the party? Reason? Discussion? Debate? Coming to a consensus? No. Start a super PAC that will give money to pro-immigration Republicans and sponsor primary opponents against Republicans who vote the wrong way.
Prominent Republicans are launching a new super PAC they hope will help begin repairing the political damage left by years of anti-illegal-immigrant rhetoric that has dominated GOP primaries and alienated crucial Hispanic voters.
The organization, to be called Republicans for Immigration Reform, aims to undermine what organizers call the "extremists" who have pushed party nominees to stake out far-right positions such as opposing a pathway to legalization for millions of illegal workers, students and children.
Even before it raises money and establishes target races for 2014, the group's organizers told The Washington Post, it will help smooth the way for wavering Republican lawmakers to vote next year for an immigration overhaul. Such a measure suddenly gained momentum last week after GOP leaders watched President Obama's dominance among Hispanic voters help carry him to an electoral college landslide.
Spearheading the group is Carlos Gutierrez, the Cuban American commerce secretary under President George W. Bush. He is joined by Washington lawyer Charlie Spies, co-founder of the pro-Mitt Romney super PAC Restore Our Future, which, illustrating the very trend that the new PAC aims to thwart, aired some tough ads during this year's primaries accusing Romney's rivals of supporting "amnesty" and being "too liberal on immigration."
"There's currently only energy on the anti-immigration reform side, and we want to be able to provide some cover for Republicans that vote in support of an immigration reform approach," Spies said.
Spies and Gutierrez declined to cite a fundraising goal, but both enjoy close ties to corporate America, which generally favors looser immigration laws. A super PAC can accept unlimited donations. Spies's pro-Romney group raised $142 million for the 2012 campaign, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
"This is not small ball," Gutierrez said. "We're serious, and we are going to push the debates on immigration reform to a place where I believe the Republican Party should be in the 21st century."
via New super PAC hopes to give cover to pro-immigration Republicans – The Washington Post.
Let us bracket the issue of immigration reform and whether Republicans need to loosen up on the question and make major efforts to attract Hispanics. I myself agree that something on this order needs to be done. So let's not talk about that. Let's discuss this method of forming policy and making laws.
On any issue, we can now expect a SuperPAC to fund one side and probably another SuperPAC to fund the other side. (I am not disputing their "rights" to do so. Let's not talk about that either.) They work by rewarding, threatening, and punishing lawmakers with money, using campaign contributions–given, withheld, or given to an opponent–as a means of coercing support of a legislative agenda.
Doesn't this replace democracy with plutocracy, so that money becomes the actual means of governing? This strike me as a step beyond simply raising money for a campaign. As we have seen, raising and spending money will not necessarily win you an election. You get special interests making contributions but that may or may not determine how a lawmaker votes. This tactic, by contrast, seeks to determine which candidates can run for office in the first place and fixes their position on an issue, which is determined not by the give-and-take of a rational process but by the SuperPAC that has quite literally bought their vote.


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Regional Reviews: Philadelphia
It's a Wonderful Life! A Live Radio Play
The conceit is that we're in a radio studio in 1946 as a cast of five performs all the parts in a dramatization of the about-to-be-released Frank Capra film. The problem isn't with the story, which still holds up well; the climactic sequencein which the everyman George Bailey finds out just how much "one man's life touches so many others"is still moving, and the banking crisis that propels the plot is scarily relevant in these troubled times. But this scaled-down version just doesn't have the same dramatic impact as the film. Director Barry McNabb's production never loses a sense of stiff formality that keeps the audience from connecting with the characters. As a result, scenes that are touching on film seem corny and melodramatic onstage. The show's best moments are long dialogue scenes taken nearly word-for-word from the movie, but recited by actors holding scripts; why someone thought this would be interesting to watch onstage for nearly two hours is a mystery.
In an attempt to create a nostalgic mood, the cast also performs commercials for local Philadelphia businesses (including the late, lamented department store Wanamaker's), plus renditions of holiday standards like "Winter Wonderland" and "White Christmas." Despite some impeccable jazzy harmonies, the songs seem as mannered as the rest of the show. It all contributes to an unconvincing, forced nostalgia that makes the whole enterprise seem even more artificial.
The cast can't be blamed. Pete Pryor is nicely earnest as George, and Jennifer Page gives a lot of sweetness and warmth to the role of George's wife Mary. (Actually, Pryor and Page are playing the radio actors who, in turn, play George and Mary; Page's character is actually "Sally Applewhite, Miss Pennsylvania 1943.") And the other three actors (Rachel Brennan, Tom McCarthy and Jered McLenigan) are marvelous as they switch from voice to voice to play the entire population of Bedford Falls. But, while it's fun to see McLenigan have an argument with himself (as he plays both Uncle Billy and Mr. Potter), the novelty gets tired pretty quickly.
Despite the cast's best efforts, there are no sugarplum-inducing visions here; instead, you'll have visions of Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed dancing in your head. Why don't you just rent the movie instead? The Prince's adaptation is cute, but It's a Wonderful Life is a timeless movie because it's more than just "cute."
It's a Wonderful Life! A Live Radio Play runs through Sunday, December 21, 2008. Ticket prices range from $30 to $45, and may be purchased by calling UpStages at 215-569-9700, in person at 1412 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, or online at www.princemusictheater.org.
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Today, my boyfriend of 2 weeks said that he was going to cook me dinner. After waiting for the frozen pizza that he decided to make for me to be completely cooked, he said, "Oh I hate this part", reached into the oven with his bare hands and took out the pizza, all while screaming. He is 24. FML
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