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word thanks dank. In a day or two I'll post another painted flick, it'll be better this time. There's no doubt in my mind I can do better haha. And my only crits to you, is that your E is a little thick imo and the D and O get thin on the top right. I feel like you didn't really try though.
Been a while since I posted but I have been working on it. I went off the side of this legal wall so it's a bit off, and the E's are slightly different. It's the first time I have done this kind of 3d and surprisingly was able to pull it off with high pressure paint (painters touch.) My symmetry has improved vastly imo, critz please?
its decent not diggen the n/ tho
Thanks, when I sketched it, it was lower case and I wasn't digging it. So I changed it up and still wasn't too pleased. I mean it's not great, but for me, it's an improvement and I was stoked that I kinda pulled off those 3d effect lines. The downward leg was supposed to be bigger and match that of the M, but whatever. When I ran out of wall it kind of fucked me up. You think I should paint this style again with different accents, etc? Or try something new? I really haven't duplicated any pieces, (other than throwies ofc,) but I may stick with this one for a few more times.
It's decent emune. I dont like how small the n gets and the dark spots on the 3d. Looks like a fair Size piece though man gj
emune: that last e should of be like the first e but backwards how u did it you made it too fat it should match the width of the first e and that tag above it is awful id work on your handstyle
My handstyle isn't great but that was done on my dudes shoulders so its extra bad. ^^ Also if you read my paragraph, I said that I had went off of the wall, the last e is over a sign, a rail and the bricks are on a different level. So the fattness is mostly due to the different surface levels.
I know, left out a highlight on the E. Crits anyhow please!
Finish the red bg on your G, but otherwise
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New Zealand Police's sympathies are extended to families and friends who have lost loved ones on the road over the long weekend. Already there are five confirmed deaths, which for Police, its road safety partners, and the families left behind is simply five too many.
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Rosalind Picard, MIT Media Lab
Phoebe Sengers, Cornell University
There is strengthening interest within the CHI community in designing affective engagement with interfaces. Affect is an important part of user engagement with games, interactive narrative, synthetic characters and robots, wearables, voice interfaces, and many other interactive systems. Systems designed to promote community or to enhance safety, two key themes at this year's conference, also benefit from consideration of users' emotional states. Core CHI practitioners have promoted the value of thoughtfully crafting emotional qualities of interfaces (e.g. Don Norman's 2003 CHI keynote; October 2004 'Funology' issue of Interactions). Research has advanced our abilities to detect affect in users and incorporate this into system response (e.g. Picard, 2000).
But how do we determine whether someone has been affected emotionally in the way we'd like, by interacting with a system? How do we test affective responses early in the design cycle—what kinds of prototyping are appropriate? Where do traditional HCI methods fall short? What new techniques and advances can be used to improve the design and evaluation cycle for creating affective interfaces?
This one-day workshop brings together researchers and industry practitioners in the area of affective interface design and evaluation, in order to:
- Bring together examples of affective interface evaluation strategies already in use.
- Put together a list of current best practices, and collect a body of references from past efforts to evaluate affective reactions to designed systems (both successes and failures), to help us all leverage what is already known.
- Identify key challenges and issues for future work.
We invite submissions of two varieties:
- A brief, 2-4 page paper describing either
- affective evaluation techniques you use which are effective.
- explorations of new tactics for affective evaluation and design.
Examples of affective evaluation techniques might include (but are not limited to): biometrics, questionnaire design, video analysis, focus groups, participatory design strategies. The focus should be upon how this technique allows you to gauge users' affective reactions to your system, toward more effective design.
- A brief demonstration of an affective system that requires
If you are proposing a demonstration, submit a 2-4 page paper describing the system, including images, and discussing key challenges in evaluation. (Please only propose a demonstration that you can bring along on your own laptop for display).
Papers and demonstrations will be selected for the workshop by the program committee based upon their relevance to the core topic and outcome goals of the workshop.
Submit papers to Katherine Isbister (firstname.lastname@example.com) by January 3, 2005. More information about the workshop will be posted on this website as the deadline for submissions approaches.
The workshop description as it appears in the CHI conference proceedings: PDF


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Lindsay Lohan is on the straight and narrow, according to the judge presiding over her probation case stemming from last year's misdemeanor charges. Nothing like seeing a veritable booze tornado defy all odds and become a lesbian. *sniff* She was one of the greats. E! Online reports:
A Los Angeles judge agreed with the 22-year-old starlet's attorney today when he determined that Lohan had "proper attendance" and "no missed dates" regarding the various obligations she has been required to attend as part of her probation from 2007's twin-DUI debacle.
All I have to say is, they don't make overprivileged child stars like they used to anymore. Britney's cleaned herself up and now Lindsay. Christ, next you're going to tell me Paris Hilton has stop killing homeless men with her death vagina. I've traveled into a parallel universe, haven't I? I knew it. I bet I can fly in this one. Whee!
UPDATE: So I don't have the power of flight. What I do have is the ability to bounce off the roof of a Prius into a bus. On that note, I'll be typing with my tongue from here on outpbpt. Damfit.


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Final Thoughts
While this tablet did not blow our minds it is a tablet you may want to consider if you are on a budget. With the price tag of $159 at Geeks.com it is one of the lowest-priced tablets running Android. It will do your daily tasks like checking e-mail, reading books, surfing the web and watching videos on YouTube. Also the speakers are pretty powerful considering the size of the tablet. The SD card slot allows you to add more storage if you choose to do so.
While this tablet does run Android it is very limited. This tablet is not an officially supported Android tablet so you will not find the Android Market on it. You do get the Cruz Market and you can get other repositories but they just seem limited compared to the Android Market. Also many of the Apps we tried to download said they were not compatible with this tablet, one of those being Angry Birds.
Another thing that I did not like was that there were no dedicated navigation buttons, they are on the screen itself. They are very small and are hard to activate. Also at times I ended up selecting something else instead of the actual button I was trying to touch. It can get annoying at times.
Overall I would say this is an entry-level tablet. It is not the most powerful and it does have some issues, but does get the job done. At the $159 price point you are getting what you pay for. Overall ThinkComputers gives the Velocity Micro Cruz T301 7-inch Android Tablet a 7 out of 10 score.
– Does your basic tasks
– Running Android
– Speakers are very loud
– SD slot for extra storage
– Sluggish
– Dim screen
– No Android Market
– No dedicated navigation buttons


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COUNTRY Uganda
NAME Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
II (National Park)
Natural World Heritage Site inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994.
Natural Criteria iii, iv
BIOGEOGRAPHICAL PROVINCE East African Woodland
/ Savanna (3.05.04)
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION In the Kigezi (Rukigi) Highlands
of southwestern Uganda overlooking the western rift valley, within the
Districts of Kabale, Kisoro and Kanangu. The Park borders the Democratic
Republic of Congo on the west. The nearest main town is Kabale 29km by
road to the south-east: 0°53' to 1°08'S x 29°35' to 29°50'E.
AREA 33,092ha
LAND TENURE Public. The park is owned by the Uganda
Wildlife Authority (UWA), a parastatal government body. Protection is
total, although a multiple use program is being developed through which
peripheral communities can access some resources from the Park.
ALTITUDE 1,190m to 2,607m. The lowest point occurs
in the northernmost tip of the park; the highest is Rwamunyonyi hill on
its eastern edge.
PHYSICAL FEATURES Bwindi is extremely rugged,
characterised by steep hills and narrow valleys, with a general incline
from the north and west to the high deeply dissected south and southeast.
60% of the Park is over 2000 meters high.Together with some remnant lowland
forest outside the boundary, the Park is an important water catchment
area serving surrounding agricultural lands. Three major tributaries of
the Ishasha River drain into Lake Edward to the north; the Ndego, Kanyamwabo
and Shongi Rivers flow southwards towards Lake Mutanda. There is an 80ha
swamp at Mubwindi in the central of the south. The area is associated
with the upwarping of the western rift valley. Its underlying rocks are
phyllites and shales, with some quartz, quartzite and granite outcrops
of the Karagwe-Ankolean system. The soils are mainly humic red loams,
moderately to highly acidic and deficient in bases (Howard,1991). Over
60% has been logged and owing to the steepness of slopes, the soils are
very susceptible to erosion in areas where trees have been cleared.
CLIMATE The climate is tropical with two rainfall
peaks from March to May and September to November. The annual precipitation
lies in the range 1,130-2,390mm (Howard,1991;UNP,1993). The annual mean
temperature ranges from a minimum of 7-15°C to a maximum of 20-28°C.
VEGETATION Bwindi is one of the few large expanses
of forest in East Africa where lowland and montane vegetation communities
meet. It is representative of the Afromontane Centre of Plant Endemism
and the northern sector is rich in species of the Guineo-Congolian flora.
It is also a Pleistocene refugium, all of which have resulted in extremely
high biodiversity. Current evidence indicates that for trees Bwindi is
one of the most the most diverse forests in East Africa, with more than
200 species (163 were listed by Howard in 1991), and for ferns with more
than 104 species. In recognition of this, Bwindi was selected by IUCN's
Plant Programme as one of Africa's 29 most important forests for conserving
plant diversity. The forest gets the name 'impenetrable' from the dense
cover of herbs, vines and shrubs growing in the valley bottoms. The area
is broadly classified as medium altitude moist evergreen forest and high
altitude forest (Langdale-Brown,1964).
Approximately 40% of the forest is medium-rich to rich mixed forest, including
key species such as red stinkwood Prunus africana (VU), nationally
threatened Newtonia buchanani,, Symphonia globulifera, Chrysophyllum
pruniforme, Podocarpus spp. and Strombosia scheffleri. There
are three presumed climax communities which tend to single-species dominance,
the dominant depending on altitude. In low-lying areas around 1,500m,
Parinari exelsa is dominant, covering about 10% of the Park; around 2,000m
Newtonia buchananii covers about 11% of the Park); and at around
2,200m Chrysophyllum gorungosanum dominates about 8% of the park.
Almost 30% of the park is occupied by low stature communities, classified
as poor, hill and colonising types. There are also small areas of swamp
and grassland. Bamboo forest is restricted to less than 100ha. The trees
of Bwindi are not particularly well known, and the current list may be
far from complete. Nevertheless, the list of 200 species (47% of the country's
total) includes 12 species not found elsewhere: Allanblackia kimbiliensis,
Balthasaria schliebenii, Croton bukobensis, Grewia milbraedii, Guarea
mayombensis (VU), Maesobotrya purseglovei, Memecylon spp., Strombosiopsis
tetrandra and Xylopia staudtii (Howard,1991;Kakuru1990).
There are two internationally threatened species, Lovoa swynnertonii
(EN), Brazzeia longipedicellata (EN) (Hilton-Taylor, 2002) and
a further 16 species have a very limited distribution in south-west Uganda
FAUNA Bwindi is believed to have the richest faunal
community in East Africa and is an important locality for the conservation
of Afromontane fauna endemic to the mountains of the western rift valley.
Highly significant is the presence of over a third of the world's population
of mountain gorillas Gorilla gorilla berengei (EN) numbering about 300
out of 674 (WWF, 2000), living in some 23 family units (von Zeipel,1996).
This population may be a distinct subspecies, more closely related to
Gorilla gorilla graueri (Conservation International, April, 2000).
It has shorter hair, slightly longer limbs and lives at lower altitudes
than the Virunga population. The Park also holds 120 species of mammals
including 14 species of primate. Other globally threatened species include
eastern chimpanzee Pan troglodytes schweinfurthi (EN) in the
only place where its range overlaps with the gorilla's, l'Hoests guenon
Cercopithecus lhoesti and African elephant Loxodonta africana
(EN) which are estimated at 30 individuals (Said et al.,1995). Other primate
species include black-and-white colobus Colobus guereza, red-tailed
guenon C. ascanius schmidti, blue guenon C. mitis mitis,
vervet C. aethiops, and olive baboon Papio anubis plus
nocturnal prosimians. In addition, there are bushpig Potamochoerus
larvatus, giant forest hog Hylochoerus meinertzhageni, bushbuck
Tragelaphus scriptus, yellowbacked and blackfronted duiker Cephalophus
sylvicultor and C. nigrifrons. Buffalo were poached to extinction
in the late 1960s. Recently the existence of 47 rodent and 20 shrew species
has been confirmed (Kasangaki et al.,2003).
Some 350 species of birds have been recorded. At least 70 of the 78 montane
forest bird species occurring in the Albertine Rift region are found in
the forest, including 22 of the 36 endemics. 12 species of bird occur
only in Bwindi and in some cases in the neighbouring highland forests
of south-west Kigezi within Uganda. Key species are the dwarf honeyguide
Indicator pumilio, African green broadbill Pseudocalyptomena
graueri, Lagden's bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni, Kivu ground
thrush Zoothera tanganjicae, Oberlander's ground thrush Z.
oberlaenderi, Grauer's rush warbler Bradypterus graueri,
Chaplin's flycatcher Muscicapa lendu (VU) and dusky crimsonwing
Cryptospiza shelleyi. (Fishpool et al. 2001). Other rare birds
are Fraser's eagle owl Bubo poensis, white-bellied robin chat
Cossypher roberti, Grauer's warbler Graueria vittata,
short-tailed warbler Hemitasia neumanni, yellow-eyed black flycatcher
Melaenornis ardesiaca, montane double-collared sunbird Nectarinia
ludovicenis and dusky twinspot Clytospiza cinereoinacea.
The forest may also be the most important in Africa for the conservation
of montane butterflies (Butynski,1993). 202 species occur (84% of the
country's total) with 8 Albertine Rift endemics. 3 butterflies occur only
in Bwindi: the cream-banded swallowtail Papilio leucotaenia (VU),
Graphium gudenusi and Charaxes fournierae, It also has
the threatened African giant swallowtail Papilio antimachus (Howard,
CULTURAL HERITAGE No archaeological sites are
known inside the park, although the wider Kigezi region may have been
occupied from as early as 37,000 years ago (UNP, 1993; Cunningham, 1992).
The earliest evidence of forest clearance dates back 4,800 years, most
likely due to the presence of the Batwa pygmies, hunter-gatherers who
were the original inhabitants of the forest and manipulated the vegetation
with fire (Hamilton,1986). This is the earliest evidence for cultivation
anywhere in tropical Africa (Hamilton,1986). It was not until approximately
2000 years ago that Bantu agriculturalists arrived in the region (Cunningham,1992).
The extensive knowledge of wild animals and plants possessed by the Batwa
people is threatened with disappearance unless their way of life is restored,
or their knowledge condensed onto paper.
LOCAL HUMAN POPULATION Bwindi lies in one of the
country's most densely populated rural areas, with figures ranging between
160 and 320 people / sq.km at different locations around the forest. Approximately
10,000 families belonging to three Bantu peoples, the Bachiga, Bafumbira
and Barwanda cultivate the land immediately surrounding the park. Also
present are between 50 and 100 Batwa families who live as landless laborers
following their eviction from the forest in 1964. They were completely
dependent on forest resources and have received limited compensation.
Initially there was strong opposition to the loss of forest resources
from the local people who were also excluded from decision-making about
the forest, but most now appear to respect the Park and show constraint
in their use of its resources. However, large numbers do extract wood,
bamboo, honey, bushmeat and gold and only about 10% of the forest remains
free from human disturbance. According to Butynski (1984,1993) between
100 and 300 people were employed in pit-sawing in 1983 over 61% of the
park, between 60 to 120 in hunting and collecting bushmeat, (24%), a further
100 to 200 people work in gold panning and mining (6%); and also collecting
building poles, fuelwood, bamboo, honey and medicinal plants. Livestock
are raised over 10% and footpaths over 67% of the Park. No forest remains
immediately outside the Park, but commercial mechanised logging has not
occurred within it owing to the ruggedness of the land.
VISITORS AND VISITOR FACILITIES Following the
preparation of a tourism development plan by the International Gorilla
Conservation Programme (IGCP) in 1992, Bwindi opened for mountain gorilla
tourism in April 1993. The park became a major tourist destination following
the collapse of gorilla tourism in Rwanda due to civil war, and the absence
of law and order in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Between 1991 and
1997 some 3,600 tourists visited Bwindi each year, and the park earned
approximately US $1 million per year (Johnstone,1997). Visitor numbers
are tightly controlled, and a permit is needed to enter Bwindi and join
a guided tour tracking groups of gorilla, of which one has become habituated
to man. Only 12 permits are issued per day, costing US$275 for foreign
non-residents, US$210 for foreign residents, and 80,000 Ug.shillings (US$55)
for citizens (UWA in litt.,2002). These fees can also be paid
in Uganda Shillings or GB Pounds.
There are various tourism facilities in Buhoma: A & K Tented Delux Camp,
African Pearl Safaris, Mantana Tented Camp, Homestead, Hot Ice tented
camp, Buhoma Community Camp and two other camp sites. Another station,
Ruhija 50km away, offers facilities for birdwatchers (K.Mutaka Musana,
in litt., July1997). In August 1993, private concessions were awarded
to tour operators allowing the development of accommodation at selected
sites around the forest. The Kenyan company Abercrombie and Kent operates
a luxury tented camp concession (Johnstone, 1997). The IGCP and Uganda
Wildlife Authority built a visitor centre at Buhoma, produced educational
material for visitors and trained guides in forest ecology (IGCP,1997).
In 1999 the centre was destroyed by Rwandan Hutu rebels who killed 8 westerners.
However, Uganda's President has since toured the Park to show that security
has been restored.
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND FACILITIES A survey of
the conservation status of the park was carried out by Harcourt in 1979,
and an ecological survey was later made by Butynski of the New York Zoological
Society. In 1986, the Impenetrable Forest Conservation Project (IFCP)
was set up at Ruhija, staffed by a full time expatriate, 5 graduate counterparts
and 20 assistants. The site now contains a library and laboratory equipment,
with accommodation and facilities for up to 60 people. Howard (1991) undertook
a further survey of the forest in September 1986 as part of a large-scale
Forest Department inventory. Further studies of the avifauna were conducted
by Butynski and Kalina (1993). In 1991, the facilities of IFCP were developed
into the Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC) at Ruhija, to
act as a field station for Mbarara University of Science and Technology.
The main aims of the Institute are to systematically inventory the fauna
and flora, initiate conservation programmes, and assess the population,
distribution and particular requirements of the mountain gorillas. Working
in close collaboration with ITFC is the Development Through Conservation
(DTC) project of the Central African Regional Program for the Environment
(CARE) which is researching the economic needs of the local community,
training Ugandan students in inventory techniques and ethnobotany, and
running extension programmes with local farmers. In 1996 the Bwindi Impenetrable
Great Ape Project began a long-term study of local gorillas and in 1998
a research station was built at Camp Kashasha next to the Park, funded
by the National Geographic Society and the University of Southern California.
CONSERVATION VALUE Bwindi is an ecological island
forest of international importance and is the richest conservation area
in Uganda owing to the exceptional diversity of both its flora and fauna.
Its faunal community is considered to be East Africa's richest due
in part to its extensive lowland-montane forest continuum. This includes
many Albertine Rift endemics and six globally threatened species including
the habitat of more than a third of the world's population of mountain
CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT Until 1994, the management
plan (Leggat et al, 1961) for Bwindi emphasised simultaneous preservation
of forest cover with maximum sustainable timber production. Unfortunately,
after 1971, Forest Department management structures collapsed, leading
to massive illegal exploitation of the forest for timber, bushmeat, gold,
building materials, cultivation and livestock grazing. Stabilisation has
now occurred following the establishment of the Impenetrable Forest Conservation
Project in 1986, and other Forest Department and Wildlife Authority initiatives.
In addition to law-enforcement, the main achievements to date are in species
inventory and monitoring, research, staff training, and demarcation and
securing of park boundaries. In combating the threat of agricultural encroachment,
the Uganda Wildlife Authority is assisted by the CARE Development Through
Conservation (DTC) and the Mgahinga and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Conservation
Trust (MBIFCT) project which has promoted good relations with the local
community through a large-scale tree-nursery program. In addition to its
out-forest work, DTC has also studied in-forest resource use and zoning
strategy. A tourism plan has been in use since 1993 (IGCP, 1992). The
People and Plants initiative of WWF and UNESCO has trained 13 Ugandans
to MSc level in ethnobotany and an overall management plan has been jointly
prepared by the Uganda Wildlife Authority, the Institute of Tropical Forest
Conservation, CARE-DTC and local communities (A. Atucunda, in.litt. 2002).
MANAGEMENT CONSTRAINTS Although there is no evidence
of gorilla hunting in the forest since 1995 when four gorillas from a
habituated group were killed, poaching for antelope, pigs and other large
mammals is common. It is reported that infant gorillas have been taken
to be sold to private collectors (von Zeipel, 1996; Johnstone, 1997).
Tourism is currently tightly controlled in the park, but the demand for
gorilla tracking is growing. Tourism poses a great threat to Bwindi's
mountain gorilla population in two ways: through habituation and thus
increased vulnerablilty to poachers, and through disease transmission,
although only healthy tourists are allowed to enter the park (Johnstone,
1997). Gorilla-tracking protocols of the kind proposed in the tourism
development plan must be adhered to strictly if the gorillas are not to
be put at risk. A lack of Ugandan wildlife veterinarians also limits the
the gorilla tourism project. The forest skills of the Batwa indigenes
qualify them well to become guides and to monitor and control wildlife,
but as they are illiterate, they are not employed as rangers by UWA.
Relatively intensive logging also occurs in certain areas, as does the
extraction of gold and charcoal. Consistent help from IFCP and DTC has
enabled the Forest Department and UWA to reduce most illegal activity
to sustainable levels. But the position of Bwindi as an isolated forest
surrounded by a densely settled local population which makes agricultural
encroachment the major threat to the integrity of the forest. The lack
of community participation in park management, plus a low level of public
awareness in conservation, exacerbate the human threat. Unless the measures
proposed in the current general management plan are implemented quickly,
and future conservation efforts closely involve local communities, encroachment
is likely in future. Park authorities are currently working with the ITFC
on plant resources research, to enable local people to harvest useful
forest plants on a sustainable basis. A benefit-sharing program is being
developed for the local community in which a percentage of the entrance
fees is set aside for financing projects such as building schools and
health clinics in compensation for gorilla inroads into crops, winning
local interest in gorilla conservation in place of hostility (von Zeipel,
STAFF The park is headed by a Chief Park Warden
at Kabale assisted by five Wardens: two for tourism, research and monitoring,
and one each for community conservation, law enforcement and security,
and an accounts assistant. There were in 1997 42 rangers, 9 ranger-guides,
6 community conservation rangers, four trackers, five porters and six
office staff (Mutaka Musana in litt.,1997), working from stations
at Ruhiszha and Rushaga
BUDGET 20% of the Park's income is used
for management, 20% for research and 12% for community development, but
owing to rebel incursions this income has diminished. Funds are short
and staff numbers have recently been cut to permit realistic salaries
to those who remain. IGCP has been funded variously by the WWF, FFI, the
African Wildlife Fund and USAID and much of the funding has gone to pay
the salaries of the rangers during the civil unrest. In the MBIFCT project
the World Bank and GEF have also set aside funds for Bwindi.
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14 CFR 29.755 - Hull buoyancy.
§ 29.755 Hull buoyancy.
Water-based and amphibian rotorcraft. The hull and auxiliary floats, if used, must have enough watertight compartments so that, with any single compartment of the hull or auxiliary floats flooded, the buoyancy of the hull and auxiliary floats, and wheel tires if used, provides a margin of positive water stability great enough to minimize the probability of capsizing the rotorcraft for the worst combination of wave heights and surface winds for which approval is desired.
[Amdt. 29-3, 33 FR 967, Jan. 26, 1968, as amended by Amdt. 27-26, 55 FR 8003, Mar. 6, 1990]
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Teens and young adults get a taste of what it's like to be in law enforcement, thanks to the Salt Lake City Police Department's Explorers program.
Detectives and seasoned members trained 17 new cadets Saturday in safety awareness, physical training, radio procedures in emergency situations, firearms safety, and drills and ceremony guidance.For more information about the program, visit the police department's website.
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Radio Legend Casey Kasem Cussing Everyone Out
This obviously isn't a new video, but I've never seen it before, and I'm pretty shocked. If you've listened to the radio in the past 50 years, you've heard Casey Kasem. Now you can hear him cussing out everybody.Obviously, this language is pretty harsh, so be warned. After hearing this rant, I've gotta wonder what it would be like to have Casey Kasem working at the Banana. Actually, this is an open invite to the dude. You can come have my job whenever you want it Casey.
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After coming out of the game on Saturday evening with soreness in his elbow, the Braves didn't waste any time in reaching a decision on what to do with Brandon Beachy. He'll go to the 15-day disabled list and Jair Jurrjens will return to the Atlanta rotation.
Beachy said Sunday before the last of a three-game series with the Orioles that he didn't feel a pop in the elbow and the soreness was due to bone spurs. The Braves don't believe that there is any ligament damage and expect him to be fine after resting on the disabled list.
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez has announced that Jair Jurrjens will make Beachy's scheduled start next Friday against the Boston Red Sox. Jurrjens was sent down to the minors back in April to work through issues after starting the season with an 0-2 record and a 9.37 ERA in nine starts with Gwinnett. The former All-Star continued to have issues in the minor leagues, scoring a 3-4 record with a 5.27 ERA. There were other candidates to start in Beachy's spot, including reliever Kris Medlan, who was recalled Friday after three starts to stretch his arm out. The Braves briefly considered Julio Teheran, who started June 10th and pitched well, but stiffness in his lower back after a Saturday start gave Atlanta pause and Jurrjens was tapped to start.
Jurrjens won't be called up officially until Thursday but in the meantime, the Braves will go with Todd Redmond out of the bullpen. The 27-year-old was 6-4 with a 3.20 ERA in 13 starts for Gwinnett and will be getting his first taste of the major leagues.Tags: Atlanta, Atlanta Braves, Brandon Beachy, Jair Jurrjens, MLB, Todd Redmond


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Feb 28, 2014 at 8:23 am
The grand forks fire department battled sub-zero temps as they snuffed out a fire at 1815 sixth avenue north last night. The blaze was reported shortly before ten p-m. as crews arrived heavy smoke and fire was observed coming out of the home. the residents were able to escape unharmed. Damage was pegged at around 70-thousand dollars to the structure and contents. the cause is under investigation.
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Headlines & Events
Current Events
Our very own, Dr. Alan Breier is featured in the article "Lazarus Drugs" in The Scientist. Dr. Breier discusses Beta, one of our ongoing clinical research trials and the effectiveness of the compound LY500307 as treatment for schizophrenia.
""The program is "based on partnership and shared expertise," said Breier. "It's really a way that groups can work together and advance the development of new treatments.""
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We are looking for passionate & dedicated individuals for our Life-Health Sciences Internships! Interested in learning more about metacognitive therapy or the effectiveness of rTMS in early psychosis and schizophrenia?
Apply Today for a chance to expand your knowledge and experience and most imporantly work under our excellent Dr. Jen Vohs and Dr. Mike Francis!
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This just in! Our very own Dr. Alan Breier will be the featured speaker at the morning plenary for NAMI Indiana's State Conference on October 3, 2014 at the Indianapolis Marriott North.
Exciting news: Nikki will be presenting a poster at the 9th Annual International Conference on Early Psychosis in Tokyo, Japan! Her poster presentation will feature, "The Prize is Right: A low-cost incentive intervention for first episode psychosis patient". The IEPA Conference will take place November 17-19 in Tokyo, Japan! Congratulations!
IUPDP has joined the NAMI Awareness and Fundraiser through Geared for Good. This fundraiser is active now through October 15, 2014. Please check out the link, and join our team if you can participate. The purpose is to raise both awareness and donations, as we work on our own physical health for the next several months. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join our team, whether you walk, bike, run, or blade, log your miles towards our campaign to raise awareness for Mental Health!
Guess what?! The Prize is Right: A Low-Cost Incentive Intervention for First Episode Psychosis Patients poster has been approved for the 2014 APA Institute on Psychiatric Services (IPS) to be held in San Francisco, CA, October 30-Nov. 2, 2014.
Previous Events
We will have a booth at Key Consumer's Annual Mental Health Conference at Crowne Plaza in Indianapolis on September 12, 2014. Come raise awareness to fight stigma and support mental health!
This just in! A research data poster was accepted for the Society for Research in Psychopathology conference. This conference will be held in Evanston, Illinois, from September 18- September 21 at the Hilton Orrington. Shout out to everyone who helped!
On June 13, 2014, our own Dr. Francis will be presenting at the 17th Annual Mental Health Symposium hosted in Indianapolis. Dr. Francis will be giving an extraordianary presentation on, "Current Mental Health Research". This year's Mental Health Symposium will take place at Crowne Plaze at Historic Union Station in the heart of downtown Indianapolis. The theme for this year's symposium is "Building Resiliency in Our Most Vulnerable".
NAMI Indiana's annual conference is scheduled for Saturday, October 5th at the JW Marriott Hotel downtown Indianapolis! Dr. Radnovich will be presenting at 2:45 pm in an "Ask the Doctor" series on Schizophrenia. Register online here
Dr. Liffick presented a lecture entitled "A Quick Stroll Through the PARC" at Neurosurgery Grand Rounds and Neuroscience Grand Rounds September 4, 2013
Dr. Radnovich will be speaking at this year's Regional Integrative Mental Health Conference April 12-14 at West Baden Springs, IN.
Join us for Science Day at PARC for a presentation of our current research! Refreshments will be provided!
October 8-12 was Mental Health Awareness Week! IUPDP hosted an educational event open to the community on Thursday, October 11 at 6:00pm at the new IU Health Neuroscience Center to share information about early psychosis. Three guest speakers discussed topics such as why it is important to seek services during early psychosis, how families can help, and what services PARC (Prevention and Recovery Center for Early Psychosis) provides.
Where: IU Health Neuroscience Center Auditorium GH 1030
355 W 16th St Indianapolis, IN 46202
When: 10/11/12 @ 6:00pm
NAMI Annual State Conference!
Small Changes, Big Impact:
Positive Mental Health Outcomes Through Innovation, Practice and Science
Took place October 6, 2012
8:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.
Caribbean Cove, 3850 DePauw Blvd, Indianapolis, 46268
The Windsor Park Neighborhood Association Block Party!
The Second Annual Windsor Park Block Party took place from 4pm-11pm on Saturday, September 8th. The party was held on the 1200 block of Windsor Street between 12th Street and Commerce. The event hosted live music, food, drink, art and craft vendors, and a free bounce house and snow cones for the kiddos (10 and under). Admission is free to all, but donations are accepted and greatly appreciated. All proceeds help fund additional events and activities in Windsor Park.
WPNA seeks artists and crafters who would like to exhibit and sell their products. WPNA accepts booths from other local businesses, not-for-profits, and more (Please inquire if you want to participate!). 10×10 Booths are $25 each.
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CNN's Anderson Cooper did a segment on what it's like to live with Schizophrenia, where he did a simulation involving hearing voices. Just another way to raise awareness for those living with Schizophrenia everyday.
NAMI promoted MTV's documentary show, True Life, which exposes the lives of young adults coming from a variety of backgrounds.
Watch True Life's: I have Schizophrenia
Dr. Mike Francis and Dr. Jen Vohs received NARSAD Young Investigator Grant award letters! The two-year grant project period will be January 15, 2014 - January 14, 2016.
- Dr. Vohs's Grant Title: An Integrated Metacognitive Approach to Improve Insight and Outcomes in Early Psychosis
- Dr. Francis's Grant Title: Cortical Activation and Cognitive Performance During Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in First Episode Psychosis: A Pilot Study
A big CONGRATULATIONS to our very own DR. MIKE FRANCIS on receiving 4 awards at the Resident Graduation Ceremony!
William Fisher Award - Given to a graduating resident for excellence in clinical and academic performance. This award is selected by the Residency Training Committee.
Clare Assue Award - Given to the graduating resident who contributed the most to the education of other residents. This award is selected by residents currently in the program.
IPS Roeske Research Award -Given at graduation by the Indiana Psychiatric Society for excellence in psychiatric research. Selected by the Psychiatry Resident Research Committee.
Joseph Hingtgen Scholarly Award - Given at graduation to the resident with the best scholarly paper. Selected by the Psychiatry Resident Research Committee.
Dr. Jen Vohs' manuscript entitled "Metacognitive Mastery and Intrinsic Motivation in Schizophrenia" has been formally accepted for publication in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease! Manuscript scheduled to be made publicly available around March 2014.
60 Minutes presents an inside look into the lives of those diagnosed with Schizophrenia:
NIH to fund collaborations with industry to identify new uses for existing compounds:
Each award recipient will test a selected compound for its effectiveness against a previously unexplored disease or condition. The eight disease areas represented are alcohol dependence, Alzheimer's disease, calcific aortic valve stenosis, nicotine dependence, peripheral artery disease, schizophrenia, and two rare diseases: Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the progressive lung disease lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
For more details about each project, please visit http://www.ncats.nih.gov/therapeutics-projects.html.
The schziophrenia project, award recipient principal investigators and industry partners are:
The efficacy and safety of a selective estrogen receptor beta agonist (LY500307)
Academic Partner: Alan Breier, M.D., Indiana University, Indianapolis
Industry Partner: Eli Lilly and Company
For more information, click here: http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jun2013/ncats-18.htm
Indiana CTSI to assist NCATS-sponsored drug study
July 9, 2013
The Indiana CTSI will provide support to one of the only nine researcher teams selected to participate in a new program from the National Institutes of Health that aims to identify new uses for drugs that have undergone significant research and development by industry, including safety testing in humans.
Alan Breier, M.D., Association for the Advancement of Mental Health Research and Education, Inc. and Indiana University Psychiatry Associates Professor of Psychiatry at the IU School of Medicine, will receive $1.2 million from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) for the first year of a $3.8 million three-year grant.
The Indiana CTSI will support the project through data management, sample processing and the study design. NCATS is the same center that oversees the award program supports the Indiana CTSI.Dr. Breier received the highly competitive grant from the Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules program to study estrogen as a treatment for schizophrenia using an unreleased drug developed by Eli Lilly and Co.


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what are some good desserts that somewhat fit into primal guidelines if there is any or is it a better idea just to leave sweets for a cheat meal.
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Our go-to meal is baked bananas topped with whipped cream and a little dark chocolate. So good.Disclaimer: I eat 'meat and vegetables' ala Primal, although I don't agree with the carb curve. I like Perfect Health Diet and WAPF Lactofermentation a lot.
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Originally posted by dnieto090388 View Postwhat are some good desserts that somewhat fit into primal guidelines if there is any or is it a better idea just to leave sweets for a cheat meal.
Aside from the "Occasional Indulgence" of dark chocolate, I didn't really see much outside of simply enjoying fruit.
There are tons of recipes, though, here and in print, with all kinds of desert options.
The common themes I've seen so far are as follows:
Replace flour with coconut or almond varieties.
Use whole (preferably raw) cream.
Use honey as a sweetener.
Use dark chocolate.
I can't speak to how tasty any of this is. My guess is that one needs to de-acclimate (sounds like a made up word!) from sugar first. Then one probably has to get past the fact that the first few attempts at making "primal" deserts will end up not tasting nearly as good as one thought they would!
After that, you can probably create a bunch of satisfying things. I wouldn't try to stack them up next to traditional goods at the office holiday party! But at least you'll have things that will be good to you!
Bananas in cream or berries in cream. It's even better if the cream clumps together.In all of the universe there is only one person with your exact charateristics. Just like there is only one person with everybody else's characteristics. Effectively, your uniqueness makes you pretty average.
"Paleo Comfort Foods" by Julie and Charles Mayfield has several dessert recipes that are primal friendly. I made one a few weeks ago (though I'm not generally a dessert person) that went over very well: apple crisp. Ingredients are almond flour, chopped pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg, coconut oil, vanilla extract, and Granny Smith apples. A small amount of honey is optional.Live your life and love your life. It's the only one you get.
Salmon Mousse Gelatin Ring and Raspberry Coconut Gelatin Dessert | Mark's Daily Apple
I have the same question. The few answers I have found so far include the berry jelly from the link above; a cheesecake with flaked almonds/chocolate/butter in the base, blended cream cheese/banana/vanilla essence/optional berries for the filling, whipped cream and fruit on top; truffles of blended dates/cocoa/almond flour/coconut and butter or coconut oil, roll into balls and refrigerate.
Apart from that baked bananas and chocolate, baked apples cored and filled with mixed fruit/spice/chocolate/butter/honey. All served with cream of course.
More suggestions very welcome!!!!!!!!!Annie Ups the Ante
Any frozen fruit dipped in melted dark chocolate makes and elegant dessert. Raw cream and frozen fruit mixed in the blender makes a soft serve that is awesome.
Chocolate mousse is easy just whip some cream in the blender, add in an egg and about a tbsp of cocoa powder (unsweetened) for each serving. pour in glasses or bowls and chill to set up.
Freeze 1/2 of a ripe banana in foil. It can be eaten with a spoon and is a sweet substitute for a frozen treat, pun intended."It is never too late to be what you might have been" - George Eliot
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I actually like cheese as my dessert, and salted coconut milk. Crumbled creamed coconut. Nuts. I love fruit, but I try to eradicate sweet tooth. Unfortunately, savory dessert is still a treat, and I feel like eating treats. Based on this mindset, dessert/treats are probably better not be had, however, I personally have a complicated emotional investment into the postprandial stuff. Perhaps, that signal that the meal is over is important after all. I just don't know what is right, and how to establish the no dessert routine. So far, I believe that if one could skip the dessert it is a good idea to do so, but if not, a savory dessert may be better than a sweet dessert if you are working on your eating education under the conditions of sugar addiction.My Journal: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread57916.html
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1Maeklong Market Railway (Thailand)
2Napier-Gisborne Railway (New Zealand)
3Tren a las Nubes - Train to the Clouds (Argentina)
The railway line has 29 bridges, 21 tunnels, 13 viaducts, 2 spirals, and 2 zigzags. Because of the design decision not to use a rack-and-pinion system for traction, the route had to be designed to avoid steep grades. The zigzags allow the train to climb, travelling back and forth parallel to the slope of the mountain. (Source)
4Tunnel of Love (Ukraine)
It is said that if you and your beloved come to the Tunnel of Love and sincerely make a wish, it will come true. (Source)
5Trans-Siberian, World's Longest Railway (Russia)
Full-time construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway began in 1891 and was put into execution and overseen by Sergei Witte, who was then Finance Minister. Similar to the First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA, Russian engineers began construction at both ends and worked towards the center. (Source)
6The Landwasser Viaduct (Switzerland)
One of the most impressive feats was the building of the Landwasser Viaduct, built in 1902, which carries a mountain railway track. This is possibly one of the most famous railway viaducts / bridges in the world and is seen in most Swiss travel / holiday brochures. (Source)
7Georgetown Loop Railroad (USA)
The thriving mining towns of Georgetown and Silver Plume lie two miles apart in a steep, narrow mountain canyon. To connect them, the railroad's builders designed a "corkscrew" route that traveled twice the distance, slowly gaining more than 600 feet in elevation. It included horseshoe curves, grades of up to 4%, and four bridges across Clear Creek, including the massive Devil's Gate High Bridge. The Colorado & Southern Railway operated the line for passengers and freight from 1899 to 1938, when it was abandoned.
In 1973, the Colorado Historical Society began restoring the railroad as part of its 978-acre Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park. A replica of the High Bridge was completed in 1984 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its original construction. (Source | Photo)
8The Death Railway (Thailand)
9Gyeonghwa Station (South Korea)


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I am a fan of bell peppers, no matter the color, but I had no idea how GOOD for you they actually are. I follow Boutique Fitness Blogs on-line. The ultra-fit and health conscious ladies post daily content that includes encouragement, recipes, ideas and videos. One of their tips that I found super interesting was info on bell peppers and a healthy recipe for stuffed bell peppers.
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- 1 pound of lean ground beef, ground turkey or your favorite sausage (removed from casing and crumbled)
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- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 8 ounces tomato paste
- 2 tsp dried basil
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As you know, or if you don't know, I'll tell you this: "The Velveteen Rabbit" play is a Christmas story.
Instead of camping outside stores just to get a good Black Friday price or something like that, come see this play. Rather than climbing up to your rooftop and sitting there waiting to see Santa, come see this play. Instead of kissing under the mistletoe, come see this play. You could have a nice refreshing drink of sparkling apple cider and have a belated Thanksgiving feast, but if I were you, I would rather come see this play.
If you go to "The Velveteen Rabbit," you will have a better sense about love. The boy's love for his rabbit is unstoppable.
At the beginning, the boy receives a velveteen rabbit. They play with each other, sleep with one other, and go everywhere together. The other toys make fun of the rabbit. But the rabbit doesn't care for they are not real, and he is — or so he thinks.
One day, the boy becomes sick. The velveteen rabbit is worried. Suddenly, the grandmother takes the rabbit because he is full of germs. He is left to burn in a trash pile in the garden. (There might be a little magic that I have left out of the story. If you go, you will know.)
I went to the play and watched the show. Afterward, I went backstage and interviewed the actors and actresses:
Q: Is it easy to put on a show like 'The Velveteen Rabbit?'
A: It's easier for some of us because we've done it before. So Debbie, Dwayne, me and Jon have all done it many, many times over the years, but this is the first time that Eric and Kate and Kaleena have done it. So I'm guessing it was probably a little bit more difficult for them than it was for us. We kinda just remember stuff from past years, so it's not as difficult." -Katie McFadzen (The Velveteen Rabbit)
Q: Do you think the grandma was right to take the rabbit away from the boy?
A: In order to do her job she has to take away the velveteen bunny, and while she is sad that she has to do it, she has to look out for him. She wants him to be healthy. –Eric Boudreau (Nana)
Q: How does the rabbit feel when he is thrown into the trash?
A: He's very sad. He says, 'What use is it to be loved, and to lose my beauty and become real if it ends like this?' He thinks it is all over. He thinks his life is over at that point. So, he is pretty sad." –Katie McFadzen (The Velveteen Rabbit)
Q: I feel real when my mom cuddles with me at night. When do you feel real?
A: I think anytime I feel really happy, really sad, or really angry…because you feel really strong emotions. I think maybe that is when I feel the most real. –Debra K. Stevens (Narrator)
Q: What does the Skin Horse mean when he says, 'Generally, by the time you are real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby'?
A: Well, I think what he is trying to say is that the idea, for the velveteen rabbit and for him, their idea of being real is when the boy believes that they are real. And so they can only achieve that after a long time, where the boy is going to cuddle and hold you and tromp through the garden with you." – Dwayne Hartford (Skin Horse)
Q: What do you think Margery Williams, the author of 'The Velveteen Rabbit,' meant when she wrote, 'When you are real, you don't mind being hurt'?
A: It's an odd way to put it — that you don't mind. It's more that you are willing to put yourself at risk of being hurt in order to feel the joys. –Kate Haas (Nursery Fairy)
Q: When you are not rehearsing, what do you do for fun?
A: I'm in school, so I have to do my homework. –Kaleena Newman (Boy)
I don't know what you like, but if you like oversized furniture and stuffed animals, you'll enjoy The Velveteen Rabbit.
If you go
What: Childsplay celebrates the 25th anniversary of its holiday staging of "The Velveteen Rabbit," an adaptation of Margery Williams's classic picture book.
When: 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 22
Where: Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W. Rio Salado Parkway
Cost: Tickets start at $15
Information: (480) 350-2822 or ChildsplayAZ.org
• This article was originally published as part of Childplay's Kid Reporter program, in which local youngsters ages 7-12 write and post reviews. The reporters also get an exclusive backstage tour and interview with cast members. For more information, visit ChildsplayAZ.org.


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WASHINGTON Whoever thinks there's no such thing as a free lunch has not been to the Heritage Foundation.
After Sen. Mike Lee's speech to the conservative think tank Monday, his listeners didn't rush to the front of the room, where the Utah Republican was greeting well-wishers, but to the back to get in line for sandwiches, cookies and soft drinks provided gratis to the hungry young conservatives who sat through the hour.
Such an inducement may have been necessary to fill the room for Lee, who is not exactly an electrifying speaker. His colleague Rand Paul, R-Ky., a fellow first-term senator with tea party backing, packed a much larger auditorium at Heritage in February. But Lee is no bomb-thrower; he is amiable and cerebral and uses phrases such as "We can start ensuring policy sustainability" and "The true and proper end of political subsidiarity is social solidarity." Even Lee's former Senate colleague Jim DeMint, R-S.C., who took over as Heritage's president this month, apparently had more pressing business elsewhere.
This lack of appetite for Lee helps explain why the vision he outlined for conservatives, though worthy, is unlikely to receive serious GOP consideration. He essentially wants a return to "compassionate conservatism" but there are a few big problems: George W. Bush tarnished the notion (by giving it lip service but little else), Paul's libertarian wing is ascendant in the party, and Lee has little to propose other than vague notions of federalism.
Lee, a young man with a round face and thinning hair, diagnosed the conservatives' condition fairly well. "The left has created this false narrative that liberals are for things and conservatives are against things," he said. "A liberal proposes an idea, we explain why it won't work and we think we've won the debate."
Lee sounded much like Bush when he campaigned in 1999 against the "Leave us alone" conservatives. "Freedom doesn't mean you're on your own," the senator said. "It means we're all in this together." He even echoed Bush's "no child left behind" phrase as he argued for a "voluntary civil society that strengthens our communities, protects the vulnerable and minds the gaps to make sure no one gets left behind."
Lee criticized Bush for misapplying the philosophy, referring to "one politician's occasional conflation of 'compassion' and 'bigger government.'" He also criticized past conservatives for overusing federal power and for being intolerant ("The price of allowing conservative states to be conservative is allowing liberal states to be liberal"). His criticism of Paul's libertarian wing was particularly colorful: "This vision of America conservatives seek is not an Ayn Rand novel. It's a Norman Rockwell painting, or a Frank Capra movie."
But as a practical matter, Lee wasn't offering anything much different from the Rand acolytes. He spoke of an end to "corporate welfare" an admirable goal, but his targets were the same old villains such as Planned Parenthood and public broadcasting. He employed the usual straw-man characterization of liberals: "They attack free enterprise. ... Elite progressives in Washington ... believe in community organizers, self-anointed strangers, preferably ones with Ivy League degrees." (This from a man who is the son of Ronald Reagan's solicitor general, grew up in a wealthy Virginia suburb, and went on to clerk for Samuel Alito.)
Lee's grand solution is one that conservatives have wanted for decades: the devolution of power to state and local governments. "We must make this fundamental principle of pluralistic diversity a pillar of our agenda," he said, in a typically airy phrase.
A questioner asked the senator how to "translate the things that you're saying into the benefits for the 40 percent at the bottom" rather than "protecting the 1 percent."
Lee's answer provided nothing specific. "When you take government out of the equation," he replied, "it doesn't have to be a zero sum game between this top percentage and that bottom percentage."
Another questioner asked whether the government should support the "social entrepreneurship" who Lee said are crucial to strengthening society. Again, he had no specifics. He said the government should "establish a neutral set of rules" for all. To do more, he said, would be "destructive."
A third questioner asked bluntly: "Which policies ... help promote these vibrant communities which we as conservatives want to foster?"
Lee replied: "The single most important policy ... would be federalism," which means making "as many government-related decisions at the most local level possible."
That's a philosophy, not a policy. If Lee wants conservatives to rediscover compassion, he'll have to provide something more substantial for them to chew on.
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