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EvoCloud is a cloud-based website and application platform built in Python using the Django framework. It was built with love by the team at Evo Studios, Inc. - an agency that builds websites for cities. The goal of EvoCloud is to create an open, scalable, affordable web platform for egovernment, using the latest in cloud technologies.
Our platform is built to take advantage of the auto-scaling and near infinite storage capabilties of Amazon Web Services. EvoGov.com uses this technology to build websites for local government agencies.
Use ANY mobile framework you choose. We use Bootstrap for most of the websites we build, but you can use any framework easily.
After seeing WordPress (and many other PHP) plugins get hacked constantly, we decided to make something better. To end plugin madness, we built the most common applications directly into the system. This makes our platform perform better, and more safely.
We are rolling out live features every week. Unlike other projects that are volunteer-only, our livelihood and our customers depend on EvoCloud. We are constantly improving the platform.
July 08, 2016
You can now use your in-house Windows servers to manage logins to the Employee Portals that you can build on Evo.Cloud.
We are also introducing LDAP logins for our other applications soon, so that IT managers can use their centralized Windows servers to control access to our applications.&nbs;
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We are now offering FREE SSL certificates for the websites that we host.
This includes wildcard certificates and multiple domain certificates.
These are 2048 bit encryption certificates, issued from Amazon.
We can set these up in minutes at no charge for sites using EvoCloud!
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February 16th, 2016
We are proud to announce the new name for our software platform - EVOCLOUD!
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This new branding replaces the temporary name of "TwistCMS" that we used to create our new municipal website platform.
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The absence of Meccano in our lives and our failed carpentry career means we don't do much building these days. So Apparatus is the construction kit and puzzle combo we've been waiting for.
Each level has a set of fixed platforms and a collection of items you can bodge together to get the marble into the basket. It doesn't matter how you do it – just get it in that basket.
Still bearing its "public beta" tag (though unfortunately not free), there are occasional glitches in the game as certain pieces freak out, forcing you to reset the level, but other than that it's a very polished affair.
Motors, switches and exploding blocks all feature. You can skip the occasional level, but have to complete a set to advance. It did take us a while to get our head around the way some of the parts interacted with each other and it can be a bit fiddly at times, but it always seemed worth the effort.
But it's the community and sandbox features that really impress in this game. You are swiftly connected with hundreds of playable "challenge" levels designed by other users, or their wildest mechanical imaginings under the "apparatus" heading. We spotted pinball machines and a motocross bike for starters. Of course, if you're feeling creative you can add your own to the mix.
The whole game has a satisfyingly real quality to it, as the pieces before you successfully burst into action or just tear themselves apart in a woody joint-popping frenzy. Judging by some of our early efforts, we still shouldn't pursue our dreams of being a chippy, but we can take some solace in the fact that we have Apparatus on hand to play with whenever the mood takes us.

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We all knew it would happen; it was only a matter of time. The Club Nintendo exclusive gold nunchuk has once again sold out. Whether the quick sell out was due to extremely low stock, large demand, or both is not known.
None of you were probably surprised. The last time the nunchuk sold very quickly, and the description for this round included the note that quantities were limited. Some might just be amazed that the accessory sold for as long as it did.
Hit the jump for more!
It's been less than a week since our post announcing the return of the nunchuk, and now it's already unavailable. Hopefully, for those who're unable to grab it both times, Nintendo will realize the popularity and restock for at least another time. Or they could start selling the gold nunchuk at stores for regular currency.
What I don't understand is why there are limited quantities. Nintendo doesn't directly make money from the stuff people get at Club Nintendo. My only thoughts are that the Big N is trying to drive sales of games by offering rewards such as this rare, golden accessory. We all know that the 3DS system is only being supported by the sales of games. But who knows; marketing is a complicated business.
What are your thoughts? Did you get a gold nunchuk this time around or did you have one from before? Let us know in the comments!
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The Division of Gaming Enforcement currently has openings for the position of intern. Within the Division, areas of work include each of the following:
Casino Entity Licensing - assures the suitability of casino licensees, their affiliated entities, principal employees, significant investors and others with authority over the casino entity. A primary focus is analyzing financial transactions and the stability of casino operations.
Employee Licensing - investigates and reports on the financial stability, good character and integrity of applicants for casino employee and casino key employee licenses and handles revocation cases.
Service Industry Licensing - investigates and reports on the integrity of gaming and non-gaming companies or individuals that seek to conduct business with the casinos.
Regulatory Enforcement - prosecutes cases involving violations of the rules of the game, accounting and internal controls, and other matters involving applicable laws and regulations.
Technical Services - tests and assures the integrity of all gaming equipment in Atlantic City casinos including some 28,000 slot machines by operating a state-of-the-art slot laboratory for testing each game and employing a team of specialists who assure game integrity once the games have been approved for play.
Description of Intern Positions:
There are currently opportunities available in these areas for law students, paralegals, investigative personnel and engineering/mathematical staff as unpaid interns under a work/study program for school credit or work experience in our offices located in Trenton and Atlantic City. Comprehensive in-service training and supervision are offered. Students will review investigative files for completeness and analyze information, prepare reports and complaints which are submitted to attorneys for review, and write legal briefs. Third-year law students are eligible for a program through which they can represent state interests before the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, may try cases, and present oral arguments pursuant to New Jersey Court Rule 1:21-3b. Students may attend Commission meetings, hearings and conferences. If you are interested in an unpaid intern position where you have the opportunity to be involved in administrative proceedings, this may be a position that meets your needs.
If you are interested in an unpaid internship with the Division of Gaming Enforcement, please contact:
New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement
140 East Front Street
P. O. Box 047
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Writing Sample and School Transcript are required.
The Division of Gaming Enforcement is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity in our work and staff. We strongly encourage people from all groups and communities to apply.


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Mission Statement
The mission of the Mecklenburg County Bar is to serve the public and the Bar members in improving and preserving the administration of justice, and to assist the North Carolina State Bar as described by statutory requirements.
Overall Goals
To promote the highest standards of professionalism, competence, and ethical behavior among its members.
To promote the administration of justice.
To assure access to legal services consistent with ethical consideration to all regardless of social, ethnic or economic status.
To promote public education in the community on legal issues, the Bar and the legal system.
To provide its members educational and support services to promote the delivery of competent ethical legal services.
To increase involvement of all sectors of the legal profession in the Mecklenburg County Bar.
These goals are carried out by the work of the established committees and sections.
I. Resolve Building Issues
a. Complete Repairs and negotiations with Myers & Chapman
b. Finalize building needs, both interior and exterior
c. Celebrate Move - Building Dedication
d. Finalize Facility Use Policy
e. Finalize Naming Rights Campaign Proceeds distribution
II. Finalize and begin to implement a three-year strategic plan
III. Evaluate programs and events to determine priorities, best use of resources, and greatest impact to the MCB membership
a. Schedule a Division of Bar Services audit of MCB committees, sections, programs, events, and implementation of Diversity & Inclusion Task Force recommendations
IV. Develop additional details and structure as needed to the Board-approved Pro Bono Evaluation Task Force's recommendations and strategies for implementation.
V. Actively encourage Bar members to submit voluntary demographics
VI. Continue to focus on diversity in its broadest sense, i.e. race/ethnicity, gender, firm type, age and geographic location when developing program and services and leadership opportunities
VII. Complete revision of the MCB website


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The Nighthawks defeated rival Salpointe Catholic 3-0 last Thursday to win the 5A-II Southern region title, ending their regular season with a 36-9 record and the No.1-overall seed heading into Tuesday's first-round state playoff match against Lake Havasu (11-9).
Junior Michaela Christiaansen continued to control the floor both offensively and defensively for Ironwood Ridge, notching 10 kills and 28 digs with three aces against the Lancers. Senior libero /outside hitter Jessica Hall also contributed on both sides with eight kills and 18 digs. Offensively, the middle blocker duo of senior Briana Hughes (eight kills) and junior Morgan Eaton (five kills) added much-needed scoring for the Nighthawks.
Junior libero Elle Sneyd (14 digs), senior outside hitter Taylor Stender (10 digs) and senior setter Autumn Sanford (nine digs) stifled the Lancer offensive attack.
The Nighthawks will be at home the first two rounds of state playoff action. If Ironwood Ridge defeats Lake Havasu on Tuesday, it hosts either Phoenix Sandra Day O'Connor or Anthem Boulder Creek on Thursday at 7 p.m.


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The Miami Herald / Associated Press, October 10, 2013
These are complicated times in the affairs of Washington and the nation, with death stars everywhere and all of them a struggle to comprehend. The partial government shutdown, the debt limit squeeze just around the corner, sequestration, how they fit with the health care law, how they don't — it just goes on. So we've cooked up some questions about this grim galaxy and taken a stab at answers: Q: Which is better, "Obamacare" or the Affordable Care Act? A: When late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel asked people this question, they thought they could choose between the two, and they opted for the nice-sounding Affordable Care Act as the way to go in health care.


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Surface-water and ground-water features, Clay County, Florida
Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-87
- By:
- C.B. Bentley
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AbstractClay County is a rapidly growing area in northeastern Florida. Surface water largely is undeveloped except for recreational use. Black Creek is the largest fresh-water stream in the country and has an average discharge of about 515 cubic feet per second. However, excessive color, iron concentration, hardness, and pH often make the water objectionable for many asses. Water from the lakes and streams in the Etonia Creek basin in southwestern Clay County generally is of good chemical quality. Ground water occurs in the county in a water-table aquifer, secondary artesian aquifers, and the Floridan aquifer. Large withdrawals of water from the Floridan aquifer since the 1940's, especially in nearby metropolitan Jacksonville, have caused a decline of the potentiometric surface of up to 30 feet in the northeast corner of Clay County to less than 5 feet in the western part. The rate of decline in recent years at Orange Park has been about 0.7 of a foot per year. Ground water in the county generally is of good chemical quality and is suitable for most uses. (Woodard-USGS)
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- Water-Resources Investigations Report
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The Princeton boys swim & dive squad opened the season with a 10-4-82 road meet won by host St. Cloud Tech Dec. 10. Placing first for the Tigers were Nicholas Johnson in the 50 (23.1) and 100 Freestyles (52.0), Luke Paplham in the 200 IM (2:23.2) and 500 Free (6:00.5), Trent Lange in the 100 Backstroke (1:06.4) and Wyatt Lawrence in the 100 Breaststroke (1:13.9). The Medley Relay of Lange, Johnson, Paplham and Noah Swanson began the meet with a winning 1:53.2 time.
Posting second-place results were diver Bailey Carlberg (162.7 points), Lange in the 500 Free (6:05) and Lawrence in the 200 Free (2:08.0).


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In August 2009, the President directed a broad-based interagency review of the U.S. export control system, with the goal of strengthening national security and the competitiveness of key U.S. manufacturing and technology sectors by focusing on current threats, as well as adapting to the changing economic and technological landscape. This review determined that the current export control system is overly complicated, contains too many redundancies, and, in trying to protect too much, diminishes our ability to focus our efforts on the most critical national security priorities.
As a result, the Administration launched the Export Control Reform Initiative (ECR Initiative), which will fundamentally reform the U.S. export control system. The ECR Initiative, which is not related to the President's National Export Initiative, is designed to enhance U.S. national security and strengthen the United States' ability to counter threats such as the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
The Administration is implementing the reform in three phases. Phases I and II reconcile various definitions, regulations, and policies for export controls, all the while building toward Phase III, which will create a single control list, single licensing agency, unified information technology system, and enforcement coordination center.
For additional background information on ECR, please visit the ECR Library.
The Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
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Sunday's scouting report: Phillies at Pirates
Pirates beat reporter Rob Biertempfel's inside look at Sunday's game:
• Going into Saturday's game, 1B Ryan Howard had zero home runs and one RBI over 15 games. The Phillies went 4-11 in those games. The dry spell came after a four-game stretch in which Howard hit three homers and collected nine RBIs. In 50 career games against the Pirates, Howard has batted .237 with six homers and 37 RBIs. On May 31, Howard notched his 1,000th RBI when he mashed a three-run homer vs. the Mets.
• The Phillies are averaging nearly a full run scored per game on the road (4.17 runs per game) than at Citizens Bank Park (3.44 rpg) this season. The Phils have the fifth-best road batting average (.250) in the NL and also rank fifth in runs per game. However, the Phillies so far have played only 41 road games, which is fifth-fewest in the majors.


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Apple Purchases Maker Of 3-D Technology
(Undated) -- Apple has purchased an Israeli company whose 3-D technology was used in the original Xbox.
While Apple did not disclose what it paid for the acquisition, an Israeli newspaper says the deal was worth about $345-million.
PrimeSense recently announced that its sensor technology would be used in a three-dimensional scanner being built by 3-D Systems, which manufactures 3-D printing devices.


text: I have a customer that has a problem with his irrigation. He has a 7 zone sytem, rain bird pro c control box. His home is run on a well, not city water. When I open the valve coming off his well, the entire system comes on. No matter if the system is off at the box or not. I turned it on, off, manual, everything. The customer told me before this happened, lightning hit close by and fried his neigbors garage door opener. Is this the control box?


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Do this: Turn off IDM or DAP anything you using.Then try to fill capache.
It will give you link and error for capache won't be there now...
Click on it to get direct download link and as soon as download starts in default downloader of browser,close it.
Right click the external mirror link provided on the page there,click copy link location and paste it in IDM or DAP and get downloading started with resume support upto 6 hours.
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It seems that with the Disney purchase of Star Wars this past year that May the Fourth is coming on strong this year. I wasn't planning to write up anything, since it kind of felt like this year the holiday was getting plenty of exposure, but then I want to Amazon and found out there are some amazing book deals going on.
In fact, there are a whole slew of Star Wars novels that are selling at $1.99. Dude, I'm filling up my kindle library with these deals. So far, I've picked up the following books. Take a look, you might want some of them as well.
I read Heir to the Empire: Star Wars a number of years back and enjoyed it. I don't know what to expect out of the others but for a Star Wars fan and about $20, I think I can't be too disappointed.


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A provocative article by Ben Sherman on "bro-choice" and his follow-up piece on conservatives hating casual sex have riled up both sides of the abortion debate. Mr. Sherman is a student at the University of Texas-Austin and is quite upset about the implications to his sex life if Texas House Bill 2 is signed into law. His article spawned the "Bro-Choice Pledge" to support "reproductive justice" as well as numerous articles and tweets by pro-life supporters aghast at the callousness of "bro-choicers," which prompted his second article about conservatives and sex.
What about this bill has Mr. Sherman's boxers/briefs in a twist? HB 2 is a pro-life law intended to protect women and save babies. Here are the two main provisions of the bill:
It prohibits abortions after the 20th week of gestation (that's five whole months, Mr. Sherman) because at 20 weeks gestation the baby can feel excruciating pain in the womb (while it is being torn apart, limb-by-limb, during a late-term abortion) with exceptions in the bill to save the life of the mother or prevent her from suffering serious and irreversible physical harm and for severe fetal abnormalities. To protect women who are harmed during legal abortions, the bill requires abortionists to have admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic that has gynecological and obstetrical services, and the bill requires the abortionist supply his patients with a phone number where someone from the clinic may be reached 24 hours a day in case of emergency after the abortion and the phone number of the hospital nearest the woman's residence where she may obtain emergency services due to a botched abortion.
Mr. Sherman's take-away from this bill is fourfold:
Your girlfriend's/wife's life will be in danger. Making abortion inaccessible for millions of Texas women is going to put them in danger if they ever need to terminate a pregnancy. Black markets for unsafe abortions will emerge, and women will be pushed into potentially fatal, back-alley abortions. That's your girlfriend's life we're talking about. Your freedom to choose is at stake, too. While it is ultimately a woman's choice whether to have an abortion, many women choose to make that decision with the man involved. Do you want that decision ready-made for you by politicians in state government? Not if you value freedom, you don't. You want to decide when and if to have kids. This bill will force thousands of Texas men into unplanned fatherhood by making it impossible for women to access an abortion in the event of an unplanned pregnancy. Even if you want to have kids, you probably don't want an accident to make you a father before you're psychologically ready and able to care for a child. If you don't want kids, you don't want the narrow, personal views of politicians in the state government to force you to have them. Your sex life is at stake. Can you think of anything that kills the vibe faster than a woman fearing a back-alley abortion? Making abortion essentially inaccessible in Texas will add an anxiety to sex that will drastically undercut its joys. And don't be surprised if casual sex outside of relationships becomes far more difficult to come by.
Let's address his concerns one by one:
Just because abortion is legal today does not mean it is safe. Are you aware, Mr. Sherman, of even one detail from the Kermit Gosnell trial, which included proof that this late-term abortionist perforated women's wombs, uteruses, and internal organs, left parts of the babies in women's wombs, gave them sexually transmitted diseases through dirty instruments, and caused the death of at least one woman, not to mention the countless babies born alive whom he dispatched by "snipping" their spinal cords? (For those signing the "Bro-Choice Pledge," keep in mind these babies could have used your "courage to speak out against injustice.") Women suffer horrible, life-endangering, and life-altering injuries during legal abortions every day in this country, and that is why the bill puts in the safety provisions for women.
Your freedom to choose was actually long before you find yourself with a pregnant girlfriend, and there are more choices available after the fact. You could have chosen to forgo sex until you were ready to understand and accept the fact that every time a man and woman (who are not sterile) have sex, there is the possibility a new life will be created by that act. If HB 2 passes, you and your girlfriend could still choose to kill your baby during the first 19 weeks and 6 days of gestation. You could choose to raise your child, or you could choose to put your child up for adoption. Abortion, Mr. Sherman, is not the only choice. The Texas state legislators did not decide when, where, how, why, or with whom you had sex, but if successful with HB 2, they will set parameters as to when and how you may kill the baby you created.
HB 2 is not forcing any man into fatherhood. The bill is not forcing you to have sex. If a man and woman have sex and neither one is sterile, there is a possibility the woman will become pregnant if she is of child-bearing age. If you are not psychologically ready for this possibility and responsibility, perhaps you shouldn't be having sex. (Yes, I know this suggestion annoys the heck out of you, but that's probably because you know it's true.) This basic fact of life seems to be a mystery to so many people who find themselves in "unplanned and unintended" pregnancies. Did the "comprehensive sex ed" classes teach students nothing? And again, the government is not forcing you to have children; the government is setting parameters on how long the consequences of your irresponsibility may go on before you are no longer allowed to dismember and kill babies in the womb.
Poor Mr. Sherman; he's afraid his consequence-free sex lifestyle will be impaired if the women he is having sex with don't have the ability to kill the babies in their wombs at any time during their pregnancy. His companion piece is all about how mean conservatives just want to harsh his mellow by taking away late-term abortions.
Ladies, think about what Mr. Sherman and his "bro-choice" buddies are really saying. They want to have sex with you but do not want to have children with you, nor do they want to bear any responsibility for having sex with you. You are merely there for their pleasure. They want abortion-on-demand so they don't have to become daddies with the women they are bedding. They will only be your "authentic ally" when you need a ride to the abortion clinic, and even that seems doubtful, considering their laser-beam focus is on their sex lives and not your real-life situation. They want to define this as "masculinity," but what it amounts to is perpetual adolescence.
Real men think before they act and take responsibility for their actions. Those "living bro-choice" will never understand that killing the baby is not a manly thing to do.


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On 03/13/2011 12:40 PM, Dexter Filmore wrote:
> I run m0n0 on an P-II350 with flash, hooked to a VDSL25 line and it typically
> draw around 40 watts.
> I think about swapping the old crate out for something less hungry, but that
> would of course mean the savings would have to cover the price in some time.
> So - how about an Alix, for example? How much do these draw? Will they be good
> for 128MBit down or even more?
That old system may not be as power hungry as your think... It is not
much more than your cable box.
Well, at least parts of it may not be bad. You already removed the hard
drive. Start by removing / replacing all the fans. Old fans gum up and
suck power. Also newer quiet fans use less power. Now measure the
wattage. I am betting it is WAY below the rated wattage of your power
supply, which also is probably not that efficient. (And has an old fan)
Get a new 80+ power supply rated at 120% of what you run. Bet you are
down to 25-30 watts, whit little money spent.


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How Breitbart.com Became Part Of Liberal Conspiracy To Push The Birther "Distraction"
For conservatives, it never gets old. It's 2012 and Obama's dedicated media foes are still writing about his possible foreign birthplace.
But now, in a confusing twist, conservatives are demanding the mainstream press pay great attention to the latest Kenya-related blip-of-a-revelation [1], that a 21-year-old publishing pamphlet not meant for public distribution erroneously claimed that Obama had been born in Kenya. (The author of the pamphlet insists it was a simple mistake [2].) One Breitbart blogger is now insisting [3] that the press take this story very, very seriously and follow it up with detailed reports. And if journalists don't, well, that's just proof that the liberal media is covering for Obama.
Please note that up until very recently, conservatives were making the exact opposite claim. You'll recall that birtherism, according to some right-wing pundits, was a liberal media conspiracy [4] and the only reason the story lived on was because the Obama-loving press wouldn't stop writing about it in hopes of making the president's opponents look like "right-wing nutjob kooks [5]." (Hint: They didn't need any help [6].)
The claim, of course, was pure fiction. Last year, it was Fox News that went all-in [7] on the birther story and gave Donald Trump a national platform to embarrass himself with his birth certificate expedition.
Nonetheless, right-wing commentators [8] were in heated agreement [8]: Talk of Obama's birthplace was a deliberate "distraction [9]" cooked up by the press [10] and the White House to keep people's minds off the real issues of the day.
If so, then Breitbart.com is now part of that vast left-wing conspiracy, as the site has morphed into a clearinghouse this week with scores of blog posts about burning questions that surround Obama's birthplace. Or at least the burning question that surrounds a 1991 pamphlet that mentioned his birthplace.
Team Breitbart is making all the strenuous claim that by raising questions about Obama being listed as "Born in Kenya" on an old publishing pamphlet, and blogging about the topic incessantly, they're not wallowing in birtherism. But it's a distinction without a difference, really. Either you purposefully feed this conspiratorial jibberish or you don't.
This week there has been lots of feeding going on and naturally it's been loudly promoted by professional birthers, such as [11] Joseph Farah, who heralded the Breitbart pamphlet story as a "breakthrough." (Although Farah was upset the Breitbart crew was "still reticent about publishing this blockbuster for fear of being labeled 'birthers.'") Breitbart.com contributor Pam Geller also held up the pamphlet story as validation [12] of her previous birther nonsense.
Last year, Karl Rove and Bill O'Reilly, two birther non-believers, were lamenting [13] the story's astonishing staying power when Rove noted, "Every moment that conservatives talk about this, they marginalize and diminish themselves in the minds of independent voters."
Rove and others please take note, it wasn't the liberal media or the Obama White House that forced the entire right-wing blogosphere [14] to, once again, wallow in questions about Obama's birthplace this week. That dubious distinction came from within the heart of the conservative movement, Breitbart.com.
UPDATED: According to a Breitbart post today [15], the press is now ignoring, or covering up, the site's birther scoop. So, last year the press protected Obama by hyping the birther story. Now the press is protecting Obama by not hyping the birther story.
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Jason and the Argonauts
Ray Harryhausen Signature Collection
- 1963 (1998) - Columbia/TriStar
review by Todd Doogan, special to
The Digital Bits
Film Rating: A
I'm too young to really have been impacted by the work of Harryhausen -- but thanks to home entertainment and DVDs like this one I get the chance to look back, smile and thank Ray that I can now show my kids his magic.
Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): C/B-/C
The sound's in mono, for criminey's sake, the print shows a little too much age (although it is in widescreen) and the only extra is a rerelease trailer and John Landis interviewing Harryhausen about what made him tick.
Overall Rating: B
You have to keep in mind that this is a Columbia TriStar disc, and they never put special edition material on their discs, so maybe we should jump up and down for this disc regardless. But as it stands, this is a great disc because it give us one of Harryhausen's finest films on DVD, the best possible format.
Specs and Features
104 Minutes, G, letterboxed widescreen (1.85:1), 16x9 enhanced, pan & scan, double-sided, single-layered, Amaray keep case packaging, interview with Ray Harryhausen conducted by John Landis, film-themed menu screens, scene access (28 chapters), languages: English, French and Spanish (DD 1.0), subtitles: English, French and Spanish, Close Captioned
Stop-motion animation is a bitch. I've done it, so I know. The luxury stop-motion animators have, and it is still a bitch, is videotape referencing. Stop-motion animators can now videotape themselves animating and go back to see what the last pose was so they can keep track of themselves. That's an important fact to understand, because Harryhausen had absolutely nothing to go back on. He relied on only his memory, and his work is still more beautiful than what is currently coming out. The guy is a genius, and no one can debate that.
Ray Harryhausen started his grand career assisting the equally brilliant Willis O'Brien -- the innovative animator who brought
King Kong
Mighty Joe Young
to life. Harryhausen had a hand in a number of what film scholars consider to be the most important sci-fi films of the 1950s.
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
It Came From Beneath The Sea
Earth Versus The Flying Saucers
were just a few of his credits. He used his O'Brein apprenticeship and his solo credits to catapult himself into producing his own work and his own ideas, and judging from his credits, his inspirations came from ancient mythology -- Greek especially.
Jason And The Argonauts
is a good example of the kind of work Harryhausen was capable of. It has thrilling action, breathtaking effects and an intelligent story. Actually that's what strikes me hardest when watching this movie -- just how intelligent it is. This was a movie, that at the time of release, packed the theaters with kids. Even today, parents show this film to children and they go gaga over it. It mostly has to do with the Harryhausen effects, but a lot of it has to do with the classic heroes quest that is at the heart of this story. Think
Star Wars
, but instead of a Wookie you have Hercules.
Pelias is a mortal man who is told by the gods that he will rule Thessaly -- he will rule for 20 years, only to give up the thrown to Jason, son of the fallen king. Pelias doesn't like this idea, and takes it upon himself to kill the children of the king so that he can keep the kingdom all to himself. Of course, he fails to do this, and is told by Hera that if he kills Jason he will in turn be killing himself. Twenty years go by and the young Jason (Todd Armstrong) returns to Thessaly to claim his rightful throne. On route he saves a man from drowning. Now, we all know this man is in fact Pelias, but Jason is not aware of this. Pelias, out of gratitude brings Jason to his camp. Knowing who Jason is from the god given prophecy, Pelias must think quick in order to keep Jason away from his throne. His chance comes when Jason confides in Pelias of his intention to claim the throne, and Pelias tells Jason, "Boy, it would just rock if you could bring back the Golden Fleece. In fact, you'd be the baddest dude in the world -- and then you'd be able to rule over this land with much force. Word." Okay, that's not exactly what he says, but that's the gist. This will keep Jason away from Thessaly for a long period of time, and might even get him killed. Can't argue with that theory. Anyway, Jason thinks that this idea is good, so he gets a shipbuilder to make him a mighty sailing vessel (which he dubs Argo after the builder Argus), hires a crew and heads off in search of The Golden Fleece. Many adventures ensue, providing much opportunity to showcase Harryhausen's effects. The Argonauts face the mighty bronze titan Talos, they battle evil Harpies and must seek passage through the oh-so-scary clashing rocks. These things they must face before they can reach the land of Colchis where hangs the Golden Fleece. And even if they make it that far, in order to claim their prize they must face the mighty Hydra and an army of skeleton warriors.
Without giving anything away, let me say that Jason completes his tasks, and then some. That slick ladies man Jason hooks up with the stunning Medea, high priestess , daughter to the king of Colchis and Pam Grier look-a-like (played by the ample Nancy Kovack). Hooking up with a major hotty would all be a great capper for a whirlwind adventure, except, if you follow Greek mythology, you know that there isn't a "Happily Ever After" ending for Jason -- Medea ends up becoming quite the bitch, destroying his life and making a pest of herself to everyone she touches.
But oh, well -- that's really his problem. Us? We get this fine film on DVD, without any of the baggage and all the thrills. This is a nice little package Columbia TriStar gives us. The print is as nice as you're gonna get, me thinks. From the get-go, you can notice some age, and a few bits of noise. It goes away very quickly, and it turns into a very clear print. The widescreen option is incredible -- flipping over to pan and scan, you almost need to flip it back to widescreen. I had to watch both, so I didn't have that option. There are no problems on either side. The sound is in frickin' mono. Which amazes me. Why not make a cool Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack? With all the monsters and splashing water, this would have been incredible. Just imagine what Talos would have sounded like in DD 5.1 -- all that metal on metal squeals. Heaven to the ears, I tell you. But we get mono, and we're happy for it. Believe me -- I wasn't a big
Jason and The Argonauts
fan before I saw this flick again on DVD -- my stupid head thought it was a band, actually.
The extras are all but non-existent, BUT for a Columbia Tristar DVD, it's the mother load. A nice interview between John Landis (director of
The Blues Brothers
films) and Ray Harryhausen illuminates Harryhausen's craft from his perspective and gives a few nuggets of information for behind-the-scenes fans. It's fun to watch, but no big deal. There's also a trailer for the film's rerelease -- but when you have the flick waiting for you in digital widescreen, who needs a trailer.
Bottom line
Jason And The Argonauts
is a thrilling and captivating film about a hero and his quest. Filled to the gills with special effects goodness from famed FX legend Ray Harryhausen -- you can't go wrong. On DVD it's heaven to the eyes. The sound is a bit lacking, but it's still much better than any Jason laserdisc or video tape you're going to buy or rent.
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Dominican holds off Lady Vuls
Dominican kept the University of Hawaii at Hilo women's basketball team from getting on track offensively and ultimately from gaining a little momentum.
Sarah Nelson scored 12 points and Stephanie Carnes made two big 3-pointers late in the game Saturday as the Penguins edged the Vulcans 57-55 at UHH Gym.
UHH (4-6, 1-3) was trying to even its Pacific West Conference record during the second of a three-game homestand. The Lady Vulcans fought back in the second half but couldn't get a basket on two attempts during the game-ending sequence.
Senior guard Kirsty Imai scored 12 points and was the only player in double figures for UHH.
Leading scorer Kamie Imai grabbed 10 rebounds, but the junior was only 2 of 10 from the field for five points. Both Imai sisters collected five assists. Senior guard Kirsten Shimizu (nine points) shot only 4 of 14, while senior guard Jameia McDuffie had five points with five turnovers.
"I don't think we handled their pressure on the ball very well," UHH coach David Kaneshiro said. "Dominican did a good job and scrambled the game which is what they've done to a lot of teams this year.
"We had talked about how it. It was going to be a different kind of game than we have played and it was more to their liking in terms of pace and style of play. We have things in our offense to counter that but they did a better job defensively what they do than what we do offensively."
Carnes, a 5-foot-1 senior guard, hit a 3-pointer with 2:45 left to play to put the Penguins ahead 54-52, a lead they never relinquished.
Shannon Rousseau made a free throw but missed a second that would have tied the game with 45 second left. After a Dominican timeout, Carnes made another 3.
Still, the Vulcans had a chance to tie or win it on the last possession after Jazlyn Afusia's basket with 17 seconds to go pulled them within two points. Kamie Imai missed a jumper, and Afusia's 3-pointer at the buzzer hit the back of the rim.
Guard Noelle Roldan scored 11 points for the Penguins (3-8, 2-1) and Carnes had eight. Nelson, a 6-4 sophomore center, was 6 of 12 from the field and grabbed six rebounds, as did junior Jasmine Cox.
Dominican, which made all four of its 3-pointers in the first half, led by as many as 15 early and eight at the break.
Midway through the second half, Kirsty Imai hit two jumpers and a pair of free throws to spur a 12-2 run. Shimizu capped the surge with a 3-pointer to give the Vuls a one-point lead with under 5 minutes to play.
Both teams struggled from the field. UHH shot 38.2 percent, a tad better than Domincan's 21-for-59 effort.
The Vuls host Holy Names (7-5, 2-2) at 5 p.m. Monday.
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1. Israel Folau came of age
Michael Hooper was awarded man of the match, and there may have been more games in which Folau's attack made the highlights reel, but, in terms of influence, this was Folau's best game for the Wallabies - for three reasons. First, his aerial mastery took away a weapon for the Irish that so hurt the Wallabies at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, the bomb. Second, he made two telling tackles within the first 10 minutes in the last line of defence. And third, he's developing a kicking game. Twice he put up lofted kicks, which were not in his armoury earlier this year. One of which gave him the time to grab Irish No.15 Rob Kearney and shove him back about five metres. The performance of a Test rugby player as opposed to a rather special athlete playing Test rugby.
2. James Slipper's heart is not in doubt
Slipper had Mike Ross clean off his feet in retreat in one scrum as the Wallabies dined out on the physical dominance they clearly felt from the early scrums. Not only that, but in the lead-up to Michael Hooper's second try, Slipper provided a crucial clean-out just when it looked like Ireland might win a turnover. Slipper has had a few unforgiving physical examinations this year, but he has shown a fair bit of mental toughness to stick at it and get his reward.
3. Ireland were poor
Without detracting from the Wallabies, consider this. In the first seven minutes, Ireland failed to find touch from a penalty, dropped a lineout cold, then put another ball down before even hitting the line. This was the Ireland that lost 60-0 to the All Blacks last year and finished joint bottom of the Six Nations this year, not the one that should have beaten New Zealand last year. Both sides entered the game as middleweights with aspirations to go higher. One finished as a super-middleweight, the other a welterweight that looked like it has done too many rounds.
4. Kieran Read is the world's best player
When the IRB announces the player of the year soon, you suspect Wales No.15 Leigh Halfpenny will get the nod, given his prominence in the Lions tour. But Read is the best player in the world. England's players certainly cast their vote by swarming around him as they tried to bundle him into touch for the All Blacks' first try, only to be deceived by the big No.8's subtle offload to Julian Savea. Pick one part of game and you will be impressed. Watch him put it all together, and he's at the very top of his craft.
5. Only fools would write England off
It would have been a salutary lesson for England to play at intensity for an hour, only to find the All Blacks could empty the bench and go to another level entirely for the final 20 minutes. How they missed Manu Tuilagi's game-changing abilities to work in tandem with Billy Vunipola. And No.1 Joe Marler's bark far is far louder than the bite. But England have shown enough to suggest they are going to be a player on the world stage over the next couple of years. Courtney Lawes is starting to deliver and it took a very, very good All Blacks side to put them away.
Team of the week:
1. James Slipper (Australia)
2. Stephen Moore (Australia)
3. Owen Franks (New Zealand)
4. Brodie Retallick (New Zealand)
5. Courtney Lawes (England)
6. Tom Wood (England)
7. Michael Hooper (Australia)
8. Kieran Read (New Zealand)
9. Mike Phillips (Wales)
10. Quade Cooper (Australia)
11. Julian Savea (New Zealand)
12. Ma'a Nonu (New Zealand)
13. Ben Smith (New Zealand)
14. George North (Wales)
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Gary, I raised AMQ-3597 [1]. And of course we are willing to help with the implementation and test case creation, if we are able to. As we are still struggling with the "simple" setup of consumer-based redelivery, this may take some time though. We would like to get a better understanding of the code before we start looking into a very concrete issue. We have also been slightly confused about the specific handling of the consumer for the case of the initial delay, until we found out, that the initial delay is only copied to the redeliveryDelay member of the RedeliveryPolicy at class instantiation time, so that if someone sets this property via a Spring bean (setter injection) the getNextRedeliveryDelay(long) if called with 0 will never pickup the configured value. Therefore the differentiation is probably moved to the user of the class, although this is not really intuitive. Is everything of the RedeliveryPolicy class (including the getNextRedeliveryDelay(long) which does not really represent a conventional getter) considered to be part of the public API? Changing from a delay to a redeliveryCount should result in rather small implementation changes (both inside the method implementation as well as the broker internal usages), but a bad smell in terms of API change. Contrary adding another operation with a different name and deprecating the existing one would not be of much value either, once all internal usages are changed. Thinking about potential future requirements and noticing RedeliveryPolicy is no interface, but a concrete class it might also be an option to not pass in just the redelivery counter, but possibly the message. This could allow the use of other metadata to influence the way the delivery delay is calculated. If you have any preference or some don't, please just shortly comment. Otherwise I will update the issue once we look into the implementation. If someone wants to beat us, we are of course all open. ;-) Thanks, Eric [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-3597 > >> I think a change to pass the redeliveryCount to the redelivery policy > >> would make sense, such that the policy can determine the delay > >> independent of the consumer. > > Yes, this is exactly how I was originally anticipating the > implementation would work. What are the plans regarding releasing 5.6? Any > chance that such a change could be included? > > We are actively trying to lock down 5.6[1] but this change is a nice > candidate and would require a major version due to the api change so > now is a good time. > > Can you raise a jira issue for this or even submit a patch with a test > case and we can integrate it. >
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On page 36 of the December 2013/January 2014 issue of the MAA FOCUS there is a short article about Math Ed Matters, which is a monthly blog/column sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America and coauthored by Angie Hodge and myself. The article, written by Katharine Merow, highlights a few of our recent posts and describes some potential future posts (I should write these down, so we remember to write the advertised posts!). Katharine wanted to include a picture of Angie and me for the article, and as you can see in the picture to the left, she chose one of us that was taken after we had finished a trail run. I'm also wearing some ridiculous looking socks! The socks are actually compression socks designed for running, but they look silly nonetheless. I've been getting some flak for wearing such tall socks, but I think it's funny.
I knew this article was going to appear, but I wasn't sure when. It was brought to my attention by Robert Jacobson via one of his Google+ posts. Robert is responsible for the photo.


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The top of the thread is turned off 0.010 inch to allow the scriber F to slide freely on the screw.
Chewing the scriber and needling his brain, he slowly built up a list of other possibilities.
A scriber is a piece of steel wire having a hardened sharp point wherewith to draw lines.
Lay out the form with a sharp steel point or scriber, saw as close to lines as possible, and with a fine file finish to line.
On the scriber is placed the zero mark which shows at a glance the measurement that is being taken.
A little oil placed on the scriber point will keep it from sticking in the metal.
The sleeve is graduated with fifty divisions each equaling a movement of the scriber of 0.001 inch.
The hole for the scriber in the scriber clamp of a surface gage is reamed out to fit the rods used with inside micrometers.
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Hearing some politicians talk about taxes, one might be convinced the United States has one of the highest tax rates in the world.
But the reality is the federal tax rate, broadly measured, is the lowest it has been in 60 years, Bruce Bartlett writes in a new column. A look at the effective tax rate, which expresses taxes as a share of the country's economic output, belies the stream of political rhetoric arguing that taxes are relatively high, says Bartlett, who was a senior policy analyst under President Ronald Reagan.


text: KrisHx February 09, 2014 5:58 AM What a confidence boster for JML. and then to cap it off with power stage points to really stuff it to his arrogant team mate. Well done Jari. You always get the sense when JML is in a good positon that he will make a mistake but this was a mature drive. Lets hope it continues. Realisticaly, he is the only person who has a chance of competeing with Oigier. Hirvonen seems to have lost a few seconds. Neuville will make the odd crash trying to get the speed out of a Hyundai that doesnt seem the finished article yet. The other drivers are also rans with a couple of them who will pick up a good result now and then. VW are streets ahead. Citroen have a good car but will steadily move away from rallying. M Sport dont have the funds to compete right at the top and I fear Hyundai will be like their last time in WRC. Just not fast enough. I hope I am proved wrong about Hyundai though. Reply Report abuse 11 agree 5 disagree


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The Minikini
My first time at Gold's Gym, centre of the bodybuilding universe. I can't wait to have a workout here. I book a session, and the receptionist asks if it is my first time. I tell her I have done gym work before, but she looks unconvinced. She says she will get someone to look after me for my first session. I return to the desk after changing, and her jaw hits the floor. 'Just go in . . . ' she mumbles. Guess the sight of wall to wall muscle has changed her ideas. I pick a spot and start my warmup spiderman push-ups. A pec deck is free so I put on a small weight to begin, say 1000lbs for each pec, and start working out. Soon I am aware of the guys beginning to crowd round me. "Lady" one of them says "I can help you with this, if you do . . . . yadda yadda yadda . . . .". Soon they are all offering advice on what to do. "Guys" I say "that is great, but if truth be known I don't really need your help, as you can see.
All this pumping is making me sweat freely, it is a very hot day and the aircon is barely coping. I think I will remove my top and pants, I still have my slingshot on, that should be ok? As I do preacher curls and lift on the bench my breasts wobble and slap against each other squirting my sweat around, but I always wipe up with my towel, don't want to be unpopular. It's a good job my large erect nipples are holding my slingshot in place! The gym seems quieter now and everyone seems to be looking at something - I see in the mirrors it is me! The Staff approach and ask 'Lady, can you put on more clothes or sumthin?' I put on my best 'dumb blonde' look instead and ask them why - it is very hot and I need to sweat freely, can't they see I pout. 'Well you are not meeting our dress code' they say. Dress code, it's a freekin' gym!
The weights here are far too light for me so I was leaving anyway I tell them. I am sweating heavily and could really do with a shower, but decide to teach them a lesson. I will walk out to my car still wearing the slingshot. People in the lobby and exercise rooms stare at me with bulging eyes - I find all this a great turn-on. I'm glad I put my love eggs in, my juices are flowing now. In the car park it is blistering hot - so hot I am sweating hard, and I am sweating milk! I rub it all over myself, and my body glows and glistens as the sun shines off me. I won't need any sunblock now.
I see people working out on the beach, they are dressed more for the sun so I put on my shades and walk across the road to the weights area. I hear what sounds like cars colliding with each other behind me - I wonder what could have distracted the drivers? Tee hee.
There are some strange sights here, is that Pee Wee hiding behind that wall? And there is a woman painted green all over - no it's She Hulk lifting weights and reading a book at the same time - she seems to be getting all the attention. What's she lifting - tons - that's nothing! I ask a guy where to start but he just stares at my cleavage - I do a pec dance which makes my breasts wobble about like giant pink globes of jello. His eyes open wider and his chin drops but he still does not answer. I push him away and make for a bench and weights. I start with half a ton and work up - everyone is round me now, male and female bodybuilders, I seem popular. My breasts wobble as I easily lift tons in each hand, my erect nipples keeping my slingshot in place. Shehulk gives me several dirty looks and leaves the beach.
She Hulk returns and decides to get some of that attention back, and loads up a bar with 75 tons to rip out some squats. With a smirk I walk over and casually take the weight from her when she's done and crank out a nice set of bicep curls. "Mmmmm nice, this is almost a good warmup for me. I think I'll add another 25 tons and complete my warmup set. What do you think?"
After a quick 15 reps, my sling bikini is beginning to show strain against my titanic muscles. I barely seem to notice as I add another massive ten ton plate to each side of the bar and begin slowly curling another set. Each rep sees the muscles in my arms swell slightly and by the fifteenth slow rep, my thick veins are pushing to the surface of my arm. As I rack the massive weight I reach up and feel the massive hardness of my right arm with my left hand, "mmmm, nice start."
I am a massive pumped titaness now and I slide around and grab another ten ton plate between my thumb and forefinger and easily slide it onto the bar. I giggle slightly as the metal of the bar screams and bends beneath the weight. A moment later I add another one, then I saunter around to the other side and add two more ten ton plates as easily as the first one. "Nice, a few sets at 160 tons should really get these big girls pumped, don't you think? I'm feeling so strong today, I think afterwards I'll try for a new personal best. The thought of that just makes me horny. Mmmmm"
Slowly, rhythmically, the weight moves up and down in perfect easy form. Slowly, rhythmically my colossal biceps expanded, swollen with blood as my thick veins surge ever larger on the surface. By the fifteenth rep, sweat is rolling from my body and down the crevices of my hugely muscular form. I close my eyes feeling the muscles burn and grow. "Sooo good. I need more weight. So much more."
As I set the weight down, the clang reverberates over the beach drawing attention for miles around, but I barely notice. Something has triggered deep inside me and I am in the zone like never before. All I can think about is getting bigger and stronger and today will be a massive day, a record shattering day. Each step of my massive body digs deep holes in the sand as I stride to grab more plates. This time when I bend down I do so slowly, letting my massive striated glutes swallow my thong. To seal the deal, I flex them causing the large globes to surge in twin globes of muscular perfection. "Oh poo, there are no more 10 ton weights. I guess I'll just have to make do with these little 25 toners." My hand goes to my lips in faux shock as my massively thick and pumped bicep curls my fingers to my mouth.
Standing back up, I go back to the weight bar and slide off the three 10 ton weights on the end with a single finger. "These were too light anyway. A girl like me needs a real pump."
After I remove the three 10 ton plates from the other side, I stand eyeing the massive 50 ton bar and the two twenty-five ton plates still resting on it. As I grin I slide two twenty five ton plates on each side, pause then add another one to each side. Looking at my left arm, I ball it into a massive mound of rippling, perfectly-formed muscle. "I think you can handle 250 tons, don't you?" In response I flex the muscle up a few more times. Each flex causes it to rise a little higher in the air. "Oh, you agree. Lets do it!"
As I stand behind the bar, the weights causing each end to sag, I half-close my eyes and smile dreamily. The growing crowd of onlookers wonders if my slingshot bikini will hold up to the onslaught of my workout. Small micro-tears have already started forming as my herculean body swells from the workout, and I seem determined to destroy it. In fact I am, and the thought of my muscles swelling my swimsuit to the bursting point is turning me on immensely.
As I lift the weight, it seems almost too much for me at first. My entire upper body strains. Striations show in my massive chest as veins snake across it just below my massive breasts that seem to swell beneath the heaving pecs. The sound of the tearing fabric sends a trickle of wetness down my legs and the massive weight slowly moves up towards my chest.
I drop the weight with a clang and it buries itself in the sand. As I have just curled over three times what She Hulk has squatted I ask her if she would like to call her cousin, I fancy arm wrestling the Hulk now. She leaves in a huff saying something about 'steroid freaks'. No 'roids here, only huge weights, good nutrition and proper exercise.
The minikini by WomanWonder09Watch
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Clearing out files and found this, another story written in collaboration with Cele, never got around to expanding it into a bigger story as we planned, but I think it stands on its own
I wonder if she spotted my own bulge growing and ripping thru my bikini! heheh
Wow, first time I got a chance to read this, but it was just an awesome story, great shows of both strength and sexiness.
Great short story but, yes, I suspect a development into a wider story would have been awesome!
I liked your story, congratulations
me gusto tu historia, felicitaciones
me gusto tu historia, felicitaciones
Your muscles are so sexy...and the way you show them off is heartwarming ....nicely done...
Sexy story! Guess you could always use the barbell you lifted to make another swimsuit, huh?
*giggles* oh you bet
Super cool story! Bet ur muscles are just massive!!


text: Posted March 5, 2013 It's not completely what they think. It's that they've been ran into the ground by Dunnlap's practices. It was a real worry before the season. Dunlap's manage to run biz into the ground and considering how in shape he is. It's saying something and its not good. That sir is false. I watch their practices. They don't practice any harder than what they did under any previous coach or harder than what any other coach in the NBA would do. He may has worked them to death mentally. NOT physically. He isn't retarded. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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July 2011, www.thinkwithgoogle.com/articles/8-pillars-of-innovation.html
How does a company like Google continue to grow exponentially while still staying innovative? Susan Wojcicki, Google's Senior Vice President of Advertising, discusses some of the processes and principles in place to make sure that the company doesn't get bogged down in the past as it keeps moving forward.
8. Never fail to fail
Google is known for YouTube, not Google Video Player. The thing is, people remember your hits more than your misses. It's okay to fail as long as you learn from your mistakes and correct them fast. Trust me, we've failed plenty of times. Knowing that it's okay to fail can free you up to take risks. And the tech industry is so dynamic that the moment you stop taking risks is the moment you get left behind...


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Sam Smith To Perform At 2014 MTV VMAs!
The likes of Lorde, Demi Lovato and Jason Derulo will also present gongs, while DJ Mustard has been confirmed as this year's House DJ...
Sam Smith is set to make his US award show performance debut at the 2014 MTV VMAs on Sunday (August 24).
With his soulful sound and passionate vocals, Smith has taken the music world by storm with his hits including Stay With Me and Leave Your Lover and is certain to deliver a powerful first-time VMA performance that will leave the audience wanting more.Looking ahead to his stint on stage, the Money On My Mind star stated: "I have watched the VMAs every year since I was a kid.
"I am so insanely nervous but also so honoured to be performing. This truly is a pinch yourself moment for me."
Nominated in this year's Artist to Watch category, Smith will also vie for the Best Male Video during the ceremony, held at the Forum in Inglewood, CA. Sam joins the list of previously announced performers Usher, Ariana Grande, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Maroon 5, Iggy Azalea, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift.
As well as Sam's performance, the likes of Lorde, Demi Lovato, Jason Derulo and Trey Songz have all been confirmed to present a Moonman.
From the world of TV, Orange Is The New Black stars Taylor Schilling, Laverne Cox and Uzo Aduba will also be present to hand over the gongs, as well as Maze Runner and Teen Wolf actor Dylan O'Brien and Vampire Diaries' actress Nina Dobrev.
To keep the live crowd moving throughout the night, DJ Mustard will serve as the House DJ.
You can watch the 2014 VMAs August 25 on MTV UK.


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|Small business classes scheduled here in October
|From Staff Reports
Sept. 28, 2006 - Two small business classes will be offered in Sulphur Springs by the Paris Junior College Small Business Development Center in October. One will focus on what it takes to start and operate a succesful small business, while the other is designed to help facilitate customer service methods.
"Basics for Starting Your Own Business" will be held Thursday, Oct. 5, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce. The fee for this seminar is $25. Learn what it takes to start and operate a small business. Topics include legal requirements, writing a business plan, market research, where to find financing and how to apply, SBA guaranteed loan programs, preparing a cash flow projection, record keeping and tax requirements, and basics of managing a small business. Numerous handouts and forms are included.
"Exceptional Customer Service" will be presented Friday, Oct. 13, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., at the Sulphur Springs Higher Education Center. In this free video series, you will learn strategies that will help you create the exceptional customer service experience. Covered will be understanding customer service, the importance of looking through the customer's eyes, dealing with challenging situations, creating winning attitudes, and building customer service stars and teams within your business.
To register for these classes, contact the Sulphur Springs HIgher Education Center at 903-885-1232. To make an appointment for free counseling to start or expand a small business, contact the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce at 903-885-6515.
The Small Business Development Center is funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the State of Texas, and Paris Junior College.
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Three British explorers have set off on a massive 90-day trek to the North Pole, to find out how quickly the Arctic sea ice is melting.
During the 600 mile expedition, they'll be measuring the thickness of the ice in what's said to be the most detailed survey of its kind in the region.
In recent years, satellites have shown the Arctic sea ice is melting faster than expected.
And lots of experts think global warming is to blame.
A few years ago, researchers predicted that by the end of the century the Arctic could be ice-free in the summer, but now some think that could happen a lot sooner.
Pen Hadow, Ann Daniels and Martin Hadley are the explorers who are tackling the chilly task, but it won't be easy.
As well as having to drag sledges that each weigh about the same as a very heavy rugby player, the trio also face having to swim with all their equipment in the icy waters.
Alarm bells
Mr Hadow, who became the first person to trek solo from Canada to the North Pole in 2003, said the epic trip was about science and discovery.
"If, as scientists tell us, the ice is thinning quickly, then it should set alarm bells ringing around the world," he said.


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Amped 3
Review by demoninabottle
"First snowboardin' game on the 360 is a hit!"
Whooo boy, a nine out of ten. This is a great score for a game, no doubt. Especially for one as odd as it is. Amped 3 is a beautiful mix of twisted cut scenes and beautiful gameplay.
Story: 4/10
There is... a story, which is definitely a rarity for snowboarding games, so I guess I have to give Amped 3 points for that. But the story is so stupid, it might as well had not been implemented. However, the story mode's stupidity is obviously intentional, used to give gamers a good laugh (you need to watch the Weiner land cut scenes). But.... Snow Gods? Boarder Bullies? Evil Snowboard-Hating Bad guy? This is where Amped 3 crosses the line of humorous outtakes to ludicrously pointless additions.
Graphics: 6/10
There isn't a whole lot to say here. They could have been better given the sheer power of the 360, but they didn't ruin the feel of the game. And they could have been worse, much worse in fact. Basically, the developers obviously never tried to give the powder a softer/icier feel, but the neutrality (not bad, not incredible) level of the graphics were more than fine with me.
Gameplay: 9/10
This is most definitely where Amped 3 shines. And boy, does it shine. Boarding is very fun; you really feel like you have complete control over your character. Cool looking tricks and stunts are very easy to pull off, while mastering the combo system is a great challenge for players aiming to bag all of the achievements. And the missions are extremely fun. There are over 500 of them, ranging from trying to cause yourself as much pain as possible by launching your character off of ledges to racking up as many points as possible within a time limit to timed slalom races. Oh, don't forget cleaning up kitty crap with your snowboard. And trying to impress as many fellow boarders as possible for achievements adds an extra incentive for doing tricks all over each of the seven mountains.
Yet another great feature is the ability to customize your boarding area anytime, anywhere (except in the main menu, of course). Not only is it fun, but it can be used to increase the jump size of specific jumps, thus helping increase the likelihood of winning a media callout (a mission type where you show off for the camera in designated areas of the mountain).
Who Should Buy it:
EVERYBODY!!! Snow lover or not, Amped 3 is right for you. It's a fun game that, if played to the fullest, offers over twenty hours of gameplay. Don't let the weird story divert you from this beautifully made game!
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 09/11/06
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Event effectively stewarded by Lord Adrian Neggerstein, Arrowsreach List-Keeper.
No Royalty in Attendance.
Report by Adrian Neggerstein, m.k.a. Timothy Liersch, List Keeper of Arrowsreach.
Heavy: Round Robin, best of three.
Duration: 15 minutes
Marshal in charge: Drogo von Königsberg
Principle Herald: Elizabet Hunter
Round One: Bellisario def. Antoinette; Sir Brennen def. Tobias
Round Two: Tobias def. Antoinette; Sir Brennan def. Bellisario
Round Three: Sir Brennan def. Antoinette; Tobias def. Bellisario
1st – Sir Brennan Halfhand
2nd – Tobias the Troubadour
3rd – Bellisario Lascaris
4th – Antoinette of Arrowsreach
Event effectively stewarded by Lord Adrian Neggerstein, Arrowsreach List-Keeper.
No Royalty in Attendance.
Report by Adrian Neggerstein, m.k.a. Timothy Liersch, List Keeper of Arrowsreach.
Heavy: Did not take place due to insufficient combatants.
A tournament was scheduled, but only two people showed up for Rapier (Gilligan and myself) with Tobias as Marshal.
Format was last to five wins - limbs were not lost, but loss of three arms or three legs resulted in a kill.
Final scores were Gilligan: 6 to Adrian: 5. Time taken was about 15 minutes.
Event Stewarded by Lord Everard Sefar, Arrowsreach Seneschal.
No Royalty in Attendance.
Report by Adrian Neggerstein, m.k.a. Timothy Liersch, List Keeper of Arrowsreach.
Heavy: Round Robin in three styles, with each of the three combatants selecting one style each.
Duration: 60 minutes
List Keeper: Adrian Neggerstein
Marshal in charge: Everard Sefar
Other Marshals: Earl Sir Hugh the Little
Principle Herald: Elizabet Hunter
Support Heralds: None
Round 1 - Traditional Best of 3 bouts, chosen by Countess Theresa Comins.
Theresa def. Tobias (Th - Th - Th) Tobias def. Everard (To - Ev - To) Everard def. Theresa (Ev - Ev - Ev)
Round 2 - Counted blows to five, chosen by Tobias the Troubadour.
Everard def. Theresa (2 - 5) Everard def. Tobias (2 - 5) Theresa def. Tobias (Tobias forfeited)
Round 3 - Counted shots to eight, chosen by Everard Sefar.
Everard def. Tobias Theresa def. Everard Theresa def. Tobias
Round 4 - Tiebreaker. Counted shots to eight and best of three, by agreement.
Everard def. Theresa (Ev - Ev - Ev)
1st - Everard Sefar 4 wins plus tie-breaker, 2 losses
2nd - Countess Theresa Comins 4 wins, 2 losses plus tie-breaker
3rd - Tobias the Troubadour 1 win, 5 losses
Held in conjunction with The Battle's End Inn
Event Stewarded by the Honourable Lord Vandelle Lyncea, henchman of King Berengar.
Their Magesties, King Berengar and Queen Bethan of Lochac, present for all events.
Heavy: Round Robin, single kill.
Duration: 80 minutes
List Keeper: Adrian Neggerstein
Marshal in charge: Vandelle Lynchea
Other Marshals: Drogo von Koenigsberg, Margie of Glen More, Cormac Lenihan, Everard Sefar, Gwynfor Lwyd
Principle Herald: Gilligan of St Bartholomew
Support Heralds: Arghenell
Round 1 - Beliisario Bye, Vandelle def. Rodrigo, Tobias def. Thomas, Siridean def. Wulfric, Berengar def. Everard, Cormac def. Wolfram
Round 2 - Rodrigo Bye, Bellisario def. Thomas, Siridean def. Vandelle, Everard def. Tobias, Wulfric def. Cormac, Berengar def. Wolfram
Round 3 - Thomas Bye, Siridean def. Rodrigo, Bellisario def. Everard, Vandelle def. Cormac, Wolfram def. Tobias, Berengar def. Wulfric
Round 4 - Siridean Bye, Thomas def. Everard, Cormac def. Rodrigo, Wolfram def. Bellisario, Berengar def. Vandelle, Wulfric def. Tobias
Round 5 - Everard Bye, Siridean def. Cormac, Wolfram def. Thomas, Berengar def. Rodrigo, Wulfric def. Bellsario, Vandelle def. Tobias
Round 6 - Cormac Bye, Everard def. Wolfram, Berengar def. Siridean, Wulfric def. Thomas, Rodrigo def. Tobias, Vandelle def. Bellisario
Round 7 - Wolfram Bye, Berengar def. Cormac, Everard def. Wulfric, Siridean def. Tobias, Thomas def. Vandelle, Belissario def. Rodrigo
Round 8 - Berengar Bye, Wulfric def. Wolfram, Cormac def. Tobias, Vandelle def. Everard, Siridean def. Belissario, Rodrigo def. Thomas
Round 9 - Wulfric Bye, Berengar def. Tobias, Wolfram def. Vandelle, Belissario def. Cormac, Everard def. Rodrigo, Siridean def. Thomas
Round 10 - Tobias Bye, Wulfric def. Vandelle, Berengar def. Belissario, Wolfram def. Rodrigo, Cormac def. Thomas, Siridean def. Everard
Round 11 - Vandelle Bye, Belissario def. Tobias, Wulfric def. Rodrigo, Berengar def. Thomas, Siridean def. Wolfram, Everard def. Cormac
1st - King Berengar of Nancy 10 wins, 0 losses, 1 bye
2nd - Count Sir Siridean MacLachlan 9 wins, 1 loss, 1 bye
3rd - Wulfric Halvedeivel 7 wins, 3 losses, 1 bye
4th - Vandelle Lynchea 5 wins, 5 losses, 1 bye
4th - Bellissario Lascaris 5 wins, 5 losses, 1 bye
4th - Everard Sefar 5 wins, 5 losses, 1 bye
4th - Sir Wolfram Flammenherz 5 wins, 5 losses, 1 bye
8th - Cormac Lenihan 4 wins, 6 losses, 1 bye
9th - Rodrigo of Abbotsford 2 wins, 8 losses, 1 bye
9th - Thomas Brock 2 wins, 8 losses, 1 bye
11th - Tobias the Troubadour 1 win, 9 losses, 1 bye
Group Name: Arrowsreach
Lists Officer: Thomas Brock under directions of Adrian Neggerstein
Date: 09/03/2008 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Type of Tourney: Heavy - Meat Grinder - Battle of 300
Event Steward: Everard Sefar (Jason Tate)
Marshal in Charge: Everard Sefar
Other Marshals: Drogo, Audun Inn Illi
Heralds: Impromptu
Royalty Present: None
Number of Fighters in Tournament: 4
Time Taken for Tournament (in minutes): 110
Other Notes: (please add any further details of tourney here)
The battle of the 300 is a meat-grinder which only ends after 300 bouts or until last man standing.
In this case, last man standing occured at exactly fifty bouts. The winner is the perso with the most victories.
Double-kills counted as ties, though there funnily were none.
Placing: Combatant Name, Bouts Won Lost, Draw
1st: Belissario Lascaris, 18, 11, 0
2nd: Cormac Lenihan, 16, 13, 0
3rd: Everard Sefar, 12, 15, 0
4th: Tobias Troubadour, 5, 10, 0
Date of Event: 14 May 2007
Submitted by: Nicolette Dufay
Event Type: Best of 3, Double Elimination
Steward: Everard Sefar
Marshal in Charge:
Royality Present: None
Number of Fighter: 9
Time Taken: 23 minutes
Other Notes:
Event Details
Best of 3, Double Elimination
Round 1
Total 34 bouts in 23 minutes.


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Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
great concept very nice!
Rated 5 / 5 stars
"Coolest" (kek) take on Venice I've seen in my entire life which I can remember, and I remember Venetian werewolves in Ninja Gaiden 2!
Beautifully done. The detail on the buildings adds more than it ever needed to, really enhancing the imagery.
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simply breathtaking.... love it.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Love the art, love the cold.
I love this artwork about as much as I love the cold. This is a beautiful matte painting that captures the frozen city of Venice perfectly.
You have a damn good sense of the cold with this one, and I have to give you kudos for this one, since I have seen quite a fair amount of artists that can't seem to capture the look of the cold very well.
I am the kind of guy who embraces the cold with open arms, and looking at this only makes me miss the winter even more.
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Would you like to save as your currency permanently or for this visit only?
Cheerful helpul staff, especially in the restaurant
the willingness of the staff to accomodate a non german speaking international tourist
The welcome, cleanliness and high standard I suggested they install tea/coffee making equipment in the room. There was a mini bar but no tea/coffee.When I ordered at the reception for a visiting friend and self it took a very long time.
We had great breakfasts that were included in our room rate. Restaurant was very convenient with locally sourced, tasty food. Bathroom had skylight that provided great light.
The room was new and clean. The pine wood furniture added very warm, country feeling to the room.
The staff were hepful and friendly the room was clean and nice I would have appreciated if we had been told the location of all the dinning rooms. chose the least nicest for our evening meal
The food in the resturaunt was great and the staff went out of their way to help us find our way around town.
Friendly manner of the staff, good clean room and the excellent food. The very good value for money!
friendly staff and position in village The room size was too small and access to bathroom was only just possible by stepping sideways.
Very nice staff. The room was nice and clean, large bathroom. The restaurant was open from 11 am until 11 pm and offered a varied menue. The food was very good, not too expensive.
Location andclean
it was a very comfortable and clean room, the staff where helpfull and spoke english which was a help as my german is minimal. The bed was very comfortable and the television was good. A few extras would make a massive difference. Fizzy water was the only refreshment available in the room which pretty much is only liked by the germans. British personnel do not like this. It was a good stay for a night but i was glad it was only a night. I would stuggle to stay there for a week. The food was very nice but again the choise was minimal.
Efficient, clean with an acceptable choice for breakfast. Reasonable price for level of quality. Hotel unstaffed and locked when we arrived, had to hang around over an houtr before afternoon staff turned up even though booking form sdaid 11.00 -23.00
Lovely comfy beds..Cleanliness.Friendliness. No British TV programmes
Staff were friendly and attentive Reception was closed when went to check in had to go round until I could find someone to let me check in. After check out was getting taxi to station and hotel rung to say I hadn't paid for the additional room (I didnt have an additional room and didn't even know the people in that room)
The staff were very welcoming especially when on arrival they had not recieved the booking from yourselves, they were able to accomodate us however if they had been full there would have been a problem. no
Decent food, decent room, central location, inexpensive.
Hotel was clean,staff very polite.I Felt the staff took theire time serving us. .We felt that had we been German we would have been served quicker and not been ignored,as we witnessed them serving germans strate away,how ignorant is that.It was our second time of staying in the Bade had the same problem both times. Could have had tea/coffee making facilities.
Leaving. Cold room, towels were tread bare, bed was way to hard pillows were next to nothing, room had a damp smell, Very poor breakfast.
Quiet location,very comfortable beds The main problem,and this applied to most of the hotels we stayed in in Germany, is that they do not take credit card payment and so we were constantly having to carry reasonably large amounts of cash.
Nice country location Red bedsheets
Friendly staff Outside lites were not on when returning late one nite
Large nice room, very good dinner, limited but OK breakfast. A good quiet hotel near A7, 1 hour north of Hannover. The CeBit show drives Hannover hotels up to Euro 300 for a single room, Hartmann cost me 51.... Larger wine selection.
Very friendly hotel, relaxed with a good service, staff was very tentative. Eat in the restaurant the food was really good and reasonably priced. Just a small thing, black out curtains in the rooms would be good.
The general helpfulness of the staff.
Situated in a peaceful village in the Luneberg Heath, with lots of cycle/walking paths in the area. A quiet family hotel with a large garden to sit in, with a small lake full of fish.Not far from the spa at Soltau and midway between Hamburg and Hannover. We only had B&B but wished that there had been some staff at breakfast to service and clear the buffet and tables. Some bikes available for hire, to take on the cycle routes would have been great
Very quiet. On Saturday and Sunday evenings, the reception is closed. If you arrive at that time, you shall contact them by phone. Then be aware that you need a mobile phone, and if it is a foreign mobile phone, you shall dial 00-49 in front of the hotel number.
It was ideally situated as the building used to be part of the British Army camp. The reason for my visit was to see where I grew up and everything was nearby.
quiet, comfortable, clean, large room
The quite location and surroundings are attractive, but the real pleasure comes from the uniformly high quality of the facilities and meals. It is ideal for a quiet stay in the countryside. Nothing!
Nice staff. Good food. Nice environment It is a bit off if you want city life
Large comfortable room, with nice view into garden. Plenty of parking. Very good food in restaurant.
The bar facilities were very poor. No service until after 5 pm ,closed on Sundays. If a tea or coffe was required you had to go into the nearesr town.
Fantastic hotel with excellent rooms, friendly and efficient staff. The food, servic and cost was excellent value for money. We would highly recommend it and will use it again in the future. No
No hairdriers in the rooms
Friendly staff No tea or coffee facilities in the room
The Hotel was easy to find and in a perfect location to explore the surrounding area. In particular a short drive to the historic town of Celle. Some road noise could be heard at night if you opened the double glazed windows
The food are exellent and big romantic rooms. Wery good service.
The friendliness of the staff and the good rooms. Generous portions of very good food.
Friendly family run hotel in pleasant rural surroundings. An excellent buffet breakfast and helpful staff.


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Yesterday, I wrote about Congressman Paul Ryan's indictment of President Obama's budget for its failure to take on the subject of entitlement reform, an indictment that is somewhat deserved but not entirely. As I wrote, I think, or at least hope, the President is laying the groundwork for a large debate in the 2012 elections about how we approach this admittedly complicated issue.
That issue and its complications have gotten inside my skin, and so today I begin a short series of pieces on entitlement reform and how the voice of the Catholic Church can and should shape that debate.
It is good to remember that one of our own, indeed one of our best, Msgr. John A. Ryan, played a critical role not only in shaping the welfare state in America but in defending it politically. As early as the 1919 statement of the Catholic bishops on social reconstruction after World War I, a statement that Ryan wrote, the Catholic Church has stood, almost unanimously, for such measures as Social Security, ending child labor, unemployment insurance and other provisions of the welfare state. Ryan was especially close to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins who had only accepted her job on the condition that President Franklin Roosevelt would support Social Security. Roosevelt, however, was a canny politician and an exquisite reader of public opinion. (This in a time before there were polls!) He knew that the country was not ready to embrace such proposals and so he told Perkins that she must first set about education the citizenry and the Congress on the necessity of these measures. Social Security was not a part of Roosevelt's storied First 100 Days. It came two years later, after Perkins, with a great deal of assistance from Ryan, had indeed educated the nation about these proposals.
Catholic social teaching has at its heart several key principles, but the one which most shaped the enactment of Social Security was the principle of the Common Good, the idea that we are all in this together and that our public policies should reflect the aspirations of all for a decent life, not the goals of the few and monied interests that had brought the country to ruin in their reckless pursuit of profit in the previous laissez-faire structures of the 1920s. Social Security is not just a program of wealth redistribution. It is an expression of our common responsibilities to each other as Americans. It is imperative that we reclaim that expression as the debate over entitlement reform takes shape.
I am exceedingly nervous. I see in this morning's Washington Post that the so-called "Gang of Six" in the U.S. Senate – Senators Kent Conrad, Richard Durbin, Tom Coburn, Mike Crapo, Saxby Chambliss and Mark Warner – are trying to preserve some of the recommendations put forward by the President's blue ribbon panel on deficit reduction. I do not know any of those men personally, but I know that none of them work on their feet for a living, none have supported their families by working in a mine or waiting tables at a restaurant or pouring concrete at a construction site. To the Gang of Six, raising the retirement age is an abstraction, a budgetary figure, a cost-saving device. For someone who has worked on their feet all their lives, raising the retirement age is cruel.
I am shocked that there is any debate about how to lower taxes at the same time as there is talk about raising the retirement age. If the Democrats do not reclaim their mantle as the defender of the working class, they will deserve to lose every election until they reclaim their soul. The soul of the Democratic Party was most clearly and concisely stated long ago, by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. in his work "The Age of Jackson." Regular readers will recall I have referred to this book before. Here is the key passage: "American democracy has come to accept the struggle among competing groups for the control of the state as a positive virtue – indeed, as the only foundation for liberty. The business community has been ordinarily the most powerful of these groups, and liberalism in America has been ordinarily the movement on the part of the other sections of society to restrain the power of the business community." That was the charter of the Democratic Party in 1946 when Schlesinger wrote those words and it must remain the charter of the Democratic Party today.
The intellectual and moral language of the Common Good is the best, arguably the only, available language with which to confront any entitlement reform proposals that will break the promises the nation has made to its citizenry. Social Security and medicare stand for the proposition that after a lifetime of work, a lifetime of contributing to the health of our society, no one should have to face poverty in their twilight years. A society that establishes such moral guarantees is a more humane society, one more capable of flourishing as well, economically and in other ways. That flourishing will always help the wealthy as much as anyone else and those wealthy should be expected to contribute to it. Social Security is a phrase with a meaning. It is about the security of our society. If the wealthy are not willing to pay for that security, they endanger the society that has rewarded them.
Democrats should take a page from Msgr. Ryan whose efforts earned him the sobriquet "Right Reverend New Dealer," hurled first as an epithet but embraced by Ryan as a compliment. The Common Good demands that we defend Social Security and other entitlement programs and, instead of breaking the promises they embody, look for ways to pay for them that do not bankrupt the country. The programs can be tweaked. The promises should not be broken.
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