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Man Made Machine's "Become" Album Review
Newest rock band, Tempe, Arizona quintet Man Made Machine have just recently been taking the music world by storm. They're on tour with Staind, and have released their debut album, Become. The band fits in very well with today's popular rock bands, as they have similar sound and style, while showing the world what they have "become" since luckily being signed, recorded, released and on tour.
Upon first listen with "Liar and Thief," "Nobody Loves Me" and album single "Victim," I unfortunately classified Become as generic. It's a 12-track record that sounds like every other popular rock band: Papa Roach, Pop Evil, Three Days Grace, Theory of a Deadman and Rev Theory.
It's apparant that this is the band's debut album for many reasons. One- the lyrics and song titles are weak, literal and elementary and lack figuration. Some song titles are even repeats, such as "Pain" and "See You in Hell," and some lyrics are predictable and contain too much chorus. Two- the album sings of generic subjects and juxtapositions, such as "Angels and Devils," "thieves," "changes," "liars," "victims" and "mother*******." Lastly, most of the tracks sound too similar to one another, and eventhough the songs are catchy and are easily stuck in your head, it's because of the juvenile state of the lyrics.
The band's voice and sound are good and on track, and they definitely have potential. They have the right idea and have what it takes, they just need to find their sense of originality and individuality, and need to figure out the right rhythm and style for them that sets them apart from other bands. I hope the band's next album is a big step up and showcases their deep-rooted talent.
I give this album two guitars!


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I'm a contemplative, conscientious soul that has lived on the east and west coast, briefly traveled to the "old world", played competitive Kick-ball and Dodgeball until I suffered a wrist injury whilst "dodging", Ran Cross-Country, Backpacking, Snow-Camping, Snow-Boarding;
I used to earn a living by: teaching inner city kids Math and Science; Implementing Planning regulations and reviewing city applications; Now I want to do something more meaningful and just plain cooler;
I'm a closet "wannabe" artist—I've painted, dabbled in Photography and Film-making (nothing kinky). I do impressions. Remodeled a few houses, Designed and built furniture, seek out activities that are challenging and fun.
I'm very interested in health and well-being…(that's how we piss off death). I was a "Big-Brother", I've helped people get their stuck cars out of the snow, giving random elderly people a ride to get groceries, because Tri-Met blew right by 'em (not cool), I'm good on the BBQ grill but better in the Kitchen.
I'm slightly cynical of "everything"—esp. OKC (Ha !) I Procrastinate, am over analytical, at times...(well, it depends how you define over-analytical... it's good to fully explore options and consequences, choices are a serious business and ...)
Bad Drivers frustrate me :*(
I once did 140 mph on a rented motorcycle, wearing sneakers, a wind breaker, and a cheap 70's style helmet ( I think this qualifies as STUPID not UGLY).
Got robbed at gunpoint, and was pissed about it for almost a month…letting go….
Huge fan of Movies ... documentaries, foreign, most stuff by Cohen Bros. (Raising Arizona), some comedies (they have to be GOOD...although I make exceptions for Will Ferrell) --
Music is cool--I like a WIDE range....and most enjoyed when there's an exceptional performance that's accidental to an unassuming venue--also, I kinda like bluegrass.
Food...It's one of the most instant and fantastic pleasure we as humans have. I heart a variety of dishes :*)
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best online graduate business programs Archives
W. P. Carey School Ranks No. 2 in the Nation
January 8, 2014 by in Business News | Education
Online degree programs are skyrocketing in popularity, and if you're looking for an online MBA or other graduate degree, then the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University is an excellent choice. For the second year in a row, U.S. News & World Report ranks the school No. 2 nationwide on its… Read More →
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January 15, 2013 by in Business News | Education
For the first time ever, U.S. News & World Report is issuing complete numeric rankings of the country's best online graduate business programs. The W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University comes in an impressive No. 2 on the list. "We're extremely happy to see U.S. News confirm we have one of… Read More →


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Argyle House Bed and Breakfast, an original Craftsman design home, was built in 1910. It is one of the few Friday Harbor homes that still retains its original charm and character. Located two blocks from downtown Friday Harbor and six blocks from the ferry, Argyle House is situated on beautiful grounds providing both privacy and proximity to town. Numerous flower gardens, fruit trees and a hot tub are all available for your enjoyment. Our Bed and Breakfast has three guest rooms upstairs, each with a private bathroom. We also have two separate cottages just steps from the hot tub. We also welcome children of all ages and dogs!
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Wedding Colors Argument Leads to Stabbing
Richland County sheriff's deputies say a 34-year-old woman stabbed her fiance on Christmas Day after they argued over what colors should be used in their wedding.
Investigators say the man was trying to leave a home near Blythewood after the argument when Krysta James attacked him around 8:30 Wednesday night.
Deputies say the man was stabbed in the upper body, but his injuries weren't life threatening.
James is charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature.


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Copyright Basics for Business Owners
Intellectual Property Law Issues for Health Care Providers
IP|Trend: Discovering Source Code
Legal Considerations for Web-Based Start-Ups
The Changing Landscape of Intellectual Property in China
Do I need permission to use images from Google on my website?
Beastie Boys Sue; Law Prof's 'Head Spins'
Starting a new business? Intellectual Property 101 Presented by Prof. Islam & PA Thomas Lewry
What should my company be aware of when launching a new website?
Due Diligence in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Transactions
ITC: Protecting Intellectual Property in the US – Interview with Joe Hameline, Member, Mintz Levin
Copyright Matters – Interview with Andrew Skale, Member, Mintz Levin
What Damages Can I Recover If My Copyright Is Infringed Upon?
William Faulkner v. Woody Allen: Copyright Fight
Instapundit: America's IP Laws Need to be "Pruned Back"
'Gray Market' Lawyer: Congress Won't Change Copyright Laws
Harlem Shake's Copyright Issues
Why Did Godzilla & James Bond Need Congress' Protection?
Weekly Brief: Rakoff Orders Gupta To Pay Goldman Sachs' Legal Fees
New Happy Birthday Song, Copyright-Free
Beware sultry-looking ladies.
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Although it happens all the time, reproducing photographs found on the internet for use in business is fraught with risk. Businesses should only copy images where there is clear permission to use them—or face a substantial...more
The sudden appearance near Wall Street on March 8, 2017 of The Fearless Girl, a bronze life-sized depiction of a roughly ten-year old girl staring defiantly at the famous Charging Bull sculpture has prompted headlines...more
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Artist Richard Prince's exhibit entitled "New Portraits'' was displayed at New York City's Gagosian Gallery and Frieze New York during the summer of 2015. This exhibit featured screenshots of other people's Instagram photos....more
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On August 12, 2016, the Electronic Frontier Foundation ("EFF") petitioned the Supreme Court on behalf of its client, Stephanie Lenz, to reverse the Ninth Circuit's decision in Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., 801 F.3d 1126...more
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Police said Danisha Rolle, 27, was treated for a cut over her left eye and released from Baptist Hospital in Nashville Monday night.
"Unfortunately with this being a legal matter, I am unable to comment on the particulars of the situation," Samari Rolle said in a statement. "We are cooperating in this process and it is our wish that our privacy would be respected."
Hospital personnel contacted Brentwood Police and authorities obtained a warrant after a preliminary investigation. Police said the incident occurred Monday night.
Rolle turned himself in on a single charge of simple assault, a misdemeanor, Chief Ricky Watson said.
The 27-year-old Rolle posted $1,000 bond and was released, officials said. If convicted, he faces probation up to 11 months and 29 days in jail.
"Samari notified us that he has hired an attorney to represent him," coach Jeff Fisher said. "We will continue to monitor the situation."
The Rolles have been married since November 2003 and have two children.
Samari Rolle's first court appearance is set for Feb. 24.
Rolle appeared in 12 games in 2004 before undergoing surgery on his left knee. He finished with just one interception and 28 tackles. Rolle's best season was in 2000, when he went to the Pro Bowl after making seven interceptions.
The Titans drafted Rolle in the second round in 1998 out of Florida State.


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A Bruise
What's happening? Blood vessels under the skin have been broken and are leaking blood into the surrounding tissues. Bruises usually start as purple. As we all know from middle-school biology, blood that has not been oxygenated by your lungs is a dark color, which is why bruises first appear with that telltale eggplant tone. They then evolve through a series of colors, finally ending with a faint yellow/brown as the body begins to break down the pooled blood into a series of waste products and clear them away.
Why is your body doing it? A bruise is simply an indication of some kind of bodily trauma—minor or major. "It doesn't serve a purpose," says Cain. "It's just a sign of your body's ongoing healing attempt."
What should you do? "The best treatment for a bruise is rest and 'tincture of time,' " says Cain. Elevating the injured area and applying compression to it—as you raise your arm and then get it wrapped with a dressing after giving blood—may decrease the size of the bruise if you do it soon after the injury. If you're really sore, Cain recommends trying over-the-counter painkillers such as naproxen or ibuprofen. You should see a doctor if you bruise very easily (from the most minor injuries), your bruises do not go away, or if you have a very large bruise (for instance, it covers a large part of your arm or leg), which can be a sign that you have lost a lot of blood.


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Jerusalem (Jul. 3)
Indications of growing dissension within the ranks of the Arab leaders are seen in the organization of an opposition group to the Arab Executive in the Arab villages of the Jaffa district. The leader in this opposition is Azam El Sayed, mayor of Jaffa.
The chief ground of the dissatisfaction is the alleged mismanagement by the Grand Mufti's party of the distribution of the riot relief funds collected throughout the Moslem world. The opposition was held in check while the Arab delegation was presenting the Arabs' demands in London as a sign that the Arabs were maintaining a united front.
The opposition to the Grand Mufti and his followers is becoming pronounced, especially in the northern part of the country where the Mufti's opponents are concentrated.


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undergrads encounter
"real life" problem solving
David Salisbury
September 10, 2003
It has green lights that we can use to track it," says Bina Shah
excitedly, pointing at the toy flying saucer that Edwin Vargas is
attempting to pilot with a controller attached by a long black cord.
Shah is a senior from
the University of Alabama at Birmingham majoring in computer science.
Originally from Bogota, Colombia, Vargas is a senior at Middle Tennessee
University, where he is a double major in computer science and mathematics.
They are among 11 undergraduate engineering and computer science
majors from schools in the Southeastern United States who spent
10 weeks this summer at Vanderbilt as interns in the Summer Internship
Program in Hybrid and Embedded Software Research, or SIPHER.
"This was my first research
experience, and I didn't know what to expect," says Shah. "It's
turned out to be a lot more fun and a lot more useful than I expected.
You can see possible uses for what we have done."
The grant involves the development of "hybrid and
embedded systems." These are the kinds of systems proliferating
madly through modern society that integrate computers with other
devices, such as cell phones, computers that control automobile
engines, "smart" appliances and a variety of new medical instruments.
The purpose of the internship is to expose members of under-represented
minorities like Shah and Vargas to this important new technology.
"Despite the fact that we had a late start in sending
out the announcements for the internship, we received 22 applications
in only two weeks," says program coordinator Robert P. Boxie, III,
himself a recent Vanderbilt graduate with a double major in chemical
engineering and music. The NSF grant supported seven of the interns
who were selected. The other four were funded through a variety
of other programs.
When the interns arrived
early in June, they were divided into five teams and each was given
a different project. Shah and Vargas teamed up with Trione Vincent,
right, a double major in computer science and computer engineering
at Fisk University whose home is New Orleans. The three got the
assignment of developing a video system that can track moving objects:
first a slow-moving toy blimp made of aluminized mylar and second
a fast-moving flying saucer. Graduate student Tivadar Szemethy is
on the left.
The other four teams were assigned similar projects:
Each of the teams was
assigned a graduate student advisor. Tivadar Szemethy worked with
Shah, Vargas and Vincent. "It's very interesting to see how quickly
the students began applying theory to real life problems," says
the Hungarian grad student. "The classroom problems that they are
used to always have one right solution. But that isn't the case
in real life. So they had to come to terms with the fact that there
isn't one right solution, but a number of solutions, each with different
pros and cons."
Szemethy's observation
is echoed by Gabor Karsai, the associate professor of electrical
engineering and computer science who directs the internship, with
the aid of Janos Sztipanovits, E. Bronson Ingram Distinguished Professor
of Engineering and director ISIS, Ken Frampton, assistant professor
of mechanical engineering, and Gautam Biswas, associate professor
of electrical engineering and computer science.
"I have been impressed
by the quality of the students that we got and it's a very nice
feeling to see them progress as far as they have," Karsai says.
In addition to all the
engineering the students have done, the program also was filled
with social activities for the group. Dinners, field trips, concerts,
canoeing and white-water rafting outings were also part of the program.
These activities allowed the students to get acquainted.
"We're a really diverse
group. We have people from Nigeria, India, Colombia, Hungary and
Puerto Rico," Vincent says proudly. "We've learned a whole lot about
each other's cultures."
The ISIS research grant
runs for five years, so the SIPHER program will have funding for
the next four summers.
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Aging is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, but evidence suggests that emotional stress may also contribute to accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles, a hallmark of that condition.
Paul Sawchenko, professor in the Neuronal Structure and Function Laboratory, showed in the Journal of Neuroscience that damage triggered by negative emotions is relayed through two receptors expressed by certain brain cells, CRFR1 and CRFR2, to modulate a key process in the development of Alzheimer's neuropathology.
In Alzheimer's disease, a protein called tau becomes overly decorated with small chemical modifiers called phosphate groups. Hyper-phosphorylated tau then becomes insoluble within nerve cells, contributing to cell death.
In their study, Sawchenko and senior research associate Robert Rissman stressed mice by physically restraining them just once for 30 minutes and observed marked, but short-lived, increases in tau phosphorylation in the brain's hippocampus, a critical structure in learning and memory. When restraint was administered daily for two weeks, phosphorylated tau accumulated in the hippocampus, some of it in an insoluble form, which may represent an initial step in tangle formation.
To understand what factors were responsible for these changes, the investigators did similar experiments in mice engineered to lack either CRFR1 or CRFR2 in collaboration with Salk professors Kuo-Fen Lee and Wylie W. Vale in the Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology.
They found that mice lacking CRFR1 failed to show stress-induced tau modification, while in mice missing CRFR2, tau phosphorylation was increased.
This work indicates that crosstalk between CFR1 and CFR2 in some way modulates tau phosphorylation and suggests a biochemical mechanism for how chronic stress induces deleterious changes that may promote neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.
Significantly, drugs that target CRF receptors are already in phase II clinical trials for depression and other mood disorders. This work indicates that these drugs could also potentially delay the progression of Alzheimer's disease.


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Alumni January Newsletter
Dear Milne Alumni and Supporters,
In this issue:
* Digitization Project Update!
* Need News!
* Sad News
(Please note that links included in Milne Alumni Newsletters may at some point become obsolete.)
As of 01/14/14, our total is $12,592...so we're halfway to our goal! If you click here and then click on the donations link, you will see that there are many alumni who have not yet contributed to this important project. Please help us reach our goal so that we are able to digitize all available Crimson & White and Bricks & Ivy editions, which will enable us to enjoy full-text web access of many of our Milne yearbooks and/or newspapers via searchable files. If we, as Milne School Alumni, don't ensure that our memorabilia is preserved...who will?
Please remember that the total necessary to complete this project is $25,000 (but, as with anything else, the price will rise as time passes)...so if you haven't yet donated or wish to increase your contribution, please consider doing so soon. Thank you very much to those who have already contributed.
For further information, see http://www.albany.edu/~milne/Project.shtml. A list of donations is available at http://www.albany.edu/~milne/DigitizationDonations.pdf. If your donation does not yet appear on our list, please note that the University sends updates every two weeks.
Unless you enjoy simply being reminded about our Digitization Project and learning who has passed away, PLEASE SEND NEWS!
Please note that I rely upon the Albany Times Union and input from other alumni for this information, so if you become aware of someone who has passed away, please let me know. If a name is underlined, it represents a link to the obituary. Many obituaries are available free for a limited time only.
Judith MALZBERG Grubea, '57, passed away on December 1, 2010. She was the sister of Ruth MALZBERG Silverman and Amy MALZBERG Weintraub, both members of the Class of '60.
Robert R. Lewis, husband of Marcia HUTCHINGS Lewis, '64, passed away on August 6, 2013.
James Russell VAUGHN, '63, passed away October 6, 2013, in Texas.
Susan GOLDMAN Gersten-Becker, '58, wife of Karl BECKER, '54, and sister of the late Lois GOLDMAN, '62, passed away on December 18, 2013.
Jane WEIR Damino, '37, passed away on December 28, 2013.
Pearl Weinstock, mother of the late Dr. Susan WEINSTOCK Greenstein, '63, and the late Deborah WEINSTOCK, '67, passed away on January 6, 2014.
Thanks to all of you for your interest in Milne Alumni activities.
Judy (Koblintz) Madnick, '61
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Other Password Problem
Problem: the database is asking me for a password other than the EMU NetID (my.emich) login.
In almost every case, the library does not use separate logins and passwords for databases: Remote access uses authentication with an EMU NetID password. However, it can happen that a database will ask you for a different password (when it's a database with limited numbers of users or when you are automatically logged out of a database due to inactivity). Yes, this is really confusing!
1. Locate a link to the resource on the EMU Library web site.
In most cases, you need to link from the Library web site and you can't bookmark the database directly. Depending on the type of resource, you might find the link you need in one of these places:
If you can't find the resource in these places, it might be something that EMU doesn't have a subscription for. If you are unsure, contact the EMU Library to check.
2. Click on the link, then log in with your EMU NetID.
You might be asked for a password other than your EMU NetID because:
- You tried to access the database directly, rather than linking from an EMU page.
- The database you were using logged you out due to inactivity.
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This year the residents of District 14 should approach the May 20th vote on the school budget from a different perspective. It appears that it is necessary to vote down the budget in order to get the Board of Education and District Administration to develop what I call pragmatic prioritization.
Last June I attended a meeting of the Board of Education as I often do. At that meeting I provided the members and district administration with a copy of an article that appeared in the New York Times on June 2nd, 2013 entitled "Schools Are Not Cool" by Sara Mosle, an educator, author and journalist.
In that article she pointed out what is obvious to most people who grew up in years past with public education. Those times of the school year where temperatures rise into the 80's and 90's with increasing levels of humidity present major difficulties and obstacles for those attempting to teach and those trying to learn in non-air conditioned situations. Mosle points out how those in air conditioning have the distinct advantage with regard to the learning process and ultimately with assessment results.
I have reminded the Board that we have two schools out of five without air conditioned classrooms and that conditions in those buildings are sometimes reminiscent of a sauna. It is particularly unfortunate that students in those buildings are the most vulnerable. They are the youngest with the least amount of control over their environment during the school day. They cannot control their locations for even brief periods of time such as going out to lunch.
These students attend the Franklin Early Childhood Center (FEEC) and the Hewlett Elementary School (HES). The children attend FECC for three years and HES for four. A child, who goes to FECC and HES, will spend about 50% of their educational career in climatic conditions significantly more difficult and physically more challenging than students in the Ogden Elementary School and the other two schools. Students at Ogden will have endured FECC but at Ogden, where they will face the Core Curriculum and State Assessments, they will have the benefit of air conditioned classrooms for learning and test preparation. That is not the case at HES. The youngest children at FECC have to endure the same conditions found at HES. Those attending FECC and Ogden will spend 20% of their time in public schools in non- air conditioned classrooms.
Over the years the Board has been reminded of the lack of air conditioning at FECC and HES but there has been little change in the classrooms of those buildings. This lack of change has continued although air conditioning at the district offices (Woodmere Education Center, a former elementary school of similar design and vintage as FECC and HES) has been upgraded along with a newly designed and equipped parking lot. Other parking lots and offices have been upgraded and improved as well while classrooms at FECC and HES remain without air conditioning.
When I met with district officials, they presented me with a host of reasons why change now and in the immediate future ranges from difficult to improbable. However, my forty plus years of experience in public education on Long Island makes me reject those arguments in favor of the exigent need to protect our youngest and most vulnerable students and to level the playing field for their learning and assessment results. In my career I have seen districts accomplish remarkable things in remarkable periods of time in the interest of education.
I strongly disagree with the district's prioritization of district requirements. After attending budget forums in the district and seeing the budget being presented to residents on May 20th, I have come to the conclusion that the Board and Administration are not prepared to approach the need for air conditioning at FECC and HES with the importance it warrants. I now believe that the Board and Administration can only be moved to a different position if the budget is not approved on May 20th. This is not an easy decision for me and is contrary to my decisions in prior years. However, the Board and District Administration are taking their position while sitting in their air conditioned offices. I believe their priorities are not in touch with the needs and reality of our youngest children.
I urge all of my fellow residents to vote NO on the proposed budget and NO on a contingency budget should that be necessary if such budgets do not make air conditioning of FECC and HES a budget provision. If budgets continue to be passed without such air conditioning, two things will became even more true every year and that is that the suffering of our youngest students will continue and my statements will be increasingly accurate.
If the district proposes a bond issue, please remember that it requires passage by the community and is a long term proposition. I believe that the budget should NOW include monies to resolve the lack of air conditioning at FECC and HES. Do not be swayed by those who should say that failure to pass a budget is the end of the world. It is not the end of the world and it will provide an incentive for what I call pragmatic prioritization.
Joseph Margolin
Retired Teacher and Attorney
Active and Concerned Grandparent, Dist 14
Pragmatic Polarization
This year the residents of District 14 should approach the May 20th vote on the school budget from a different perspective. It appears that it is necessary to vote down the budget in order to get the Board of Education and District Administration to develop what I call pragmatic prioritization.


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About the Book
On Boxing Day 2004 Mike & Jacqui were enjoying a holiday on the island of Sri Lanka when it was struck by the most devastating tsunami in history. Hundreds of thousands lost their lives.
Those who survived, had their lives changed for ever. This is the story of the changes that it made to Mike and Jackie and the small difference they tried to make for others.
Covering an 18 month period following the tsunami, this book covers the work of the authors and hundreds of international volunteers. It recognises the invaluable contribution of the Tsunami Volunteer Centre to the recovery of the communities in the Khao Lak area of South Thailand. It is a record of the indomitable spirit of the remakable people of this wonderful land.
Features & Details
- Category Blogs
Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
116 Pages
- Softcover: 9781367680579
- Publish Date May 18, 2009
- Language English
- Tags Khao Lak, Volunteer work, Tsunami, Thailand
About the Creator
Mike & Jacqui were married in 1999 having both lost their previous marital partners. This coincided with the time that their children left home and the dog ran away. This meant that they had the time and disposable income to do things that they had never managed when younger. Travel was one of these things. Having only travelled as far as Europe in earlier days, the world suddenly beckoned. After a honeymoon in Thailand, the travel-bug bit and now they are trying to make up for lost time. Having been caught up in the Asian tsunami of 2004, the next two years holidays were spent working as volunteers for a month at a time, back in Thailand.
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WAUSAU, Wis. – "He is raping our educational system in this state," shouted an exercised Phil Swanhorst in early 2012.
The Eau Claire transit bus driver and Amalgamated Transit Union local president from Chippewa Falls was speaking at a pro-union, anti-Scott Walker rally in Wausau.
Now, more than two years later, Swanhorst's comparison between Gov. Walker's budget reforms and rape bears a resemblance to controversial comments made by Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. On September 3rd, Wasserman Schultz speaking in Milwaukee declared:
"Scott Walker has given women the back of his hand. I know that is stark. I know that is direct. I know that is reality."
Wisconsin Democrats quickly ran to distance themselves in various ways from the remarks. The DNC chairwoman later offered something of an apology for her choice of words. But the hyperbole of her remarks comparing a policy decision to violence against women – something Swanhorst did as well – nevertheless frustrated pragmatic Democrats.
Swanhorst, a Democrat, is running for state Senate now in the 23rd District, which is currently held by state Sen. Terry Moulton, a Republican. Despite the similarities between Swanhorst's barely controlled rant and Dwight Schrute's memorable speech to fellow salesmen in The Office, Democrats have not been shy about backing the emotional candidate.
"He knows what public transportation means to their families and their future," convicted former state senator-turned-lobbyist Gary Goyke (D) said of Swanhorst in an endorsement of him.
Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson (D) co-hosted a fundraiser for Swanhorst in Milwaukee in August, and the candidate proudly posts pictures of himself with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke and Vice President Joe Biden. Biden recently embroiled himself in controversy at a Democratic women's event in D.C. for praising an ex-U.S. Senator who resigned from office over allegations of sexual harassment.
In an interview with WisconsinEye, Swanhorst said that if elected he would not rule out pushing for tax hikes to fund transportation spending. "I would not take any raising of taxes off the table," he explained.
UPDATE: The YouTube video used in this report has been deleted by the user.
Authored by Brian Sikma
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A GROUP of motorists has set off on a 2,500-mile round trip to Sweden for a Wirral charity helping children with cerebral palsy.
Dale Bland, owner of Keep it Cheap Garage Services in Birkenhead, wife Tanya and colleagues Steve Giles and Brad Stevenson began their journey to Volvo's headquarters in aid of Wallasey-based Stick'n'Step on Friday afternoon.
They are travelling in a vintage 240 series Volvo, which was manufactured in 1975 in Gothenburg and is anticipated to take around five days to complete.
The team was waved from Stick'n'Step's Liscard headquarters by Wirral mayor, Cllr Dave Mitchell and Mrs Galaxy UK, Samantha Ratcliffe, alongside staff, families and supporters.
The trip is taking place through the charity's 50/50 fundraising challenge.
The organisation invited gave 50 businesses £50 each to kick-start fundraising, in a bid to raise a collective amount of £150,000 by November.
Dale said: "Cars have always been a hobby of mine, so when the opportunity to join Stick'n' Step's 50/50 challenge arose I couldn't wait to get involved.
"I decided to do something that's unusual, in the hope that this will get some big name sponsors to back us and ultimately the charity."
Kerry Roe-Ely, Stick'n'Step's community and events fundraiser, said: "Since we launched the 50/50 challenge in November last year, we have had a fantastic response from all those involved.
"Dale's decision to go on a sponsored road trip is a great example of the sorts of ways in which local businesses can fundraise for charity.
"We can't wait to hear how the 'Keep It Cheap' team gets on during their fundraising journey."
Keep It Cheap will updating supporters on the team's progress whilst on the trip, with pictures and blogs, via its Facebook page Sticknstepvolvochallenge2014 To support the Volvo challenge team visit its JustGiving page 'sticknstep-volvochallenge'.
Stick 'n' Step provides conductive education and support services to children with cerebral palsy and their families and carers across the North West of England and North Wales.
To get involved with Stick 'n' Step's 50/50 Challenge for businesses, contact Kerry Roe Ely at Stick 'n' Step on 0151 638 0888 or visit to find out more.


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I am going to give this one to my sister-in-law. It is play scale 1:6 (Barbie size), the chocolate bunny and colored eggs are removable so it can be used off season.
1½" tall (4CM) to top of handle. Chocolate bunny is 1" (2½ CM) and eggs are 5/16". All of it is entirely polymer clay. I have some pretty blue ribbon that I will use to make a bow for it.
I want to make a whole series of baskets, not for Easter, in both 1:12 scale and 1:6 scale. But first there is something else I need to make. You will see it tomorrow if I finish it in time.


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This morning, in a report ("Romney, Obama win; Manchin to face Raese") with a 1:00 a.m. time stamp, Associated Press reporter Lawrence Messina informed readers that U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia "refused to say whether he voted for Obama on Tuesday" in West Virginia's primary. That's news.
In his 6:01 a.m. dispatch currently at the AP's national site ("Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes") revising and updating his earlier work, Messina only tells readers that "Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Sen. Joe Manchin ... have declined to say whether they will support Obama in November." Messina would rather his readers not know that a sitting U.S. Senator in President Barack Obama's own party wouldn't say whether he made a choice between Obama and Texas prison inmate Keith Judd, whose name appeared along with Obama's on the state's Democratic Party presidential ballot. This is how news is scrubbed at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press. Comparisons of the two stories follow the jump.
From the 1 a.m. report, at Paragraphs 4 through 8:
Now, from the 6:01 a.m. dispatch, at Paragraph 10:
Messina's later writeup is a substantial revision, but that hardly justifies scrubbing something that actually occurred -- i.e. Joe Manchin's refusal to say whether he voted for Barack Obama yesterday -- clearly in the interest of preserving his own political viability -- and replacing it with speculation over what what Manchin might do six months from now. Manchin poked Barack Obama in the eye yesterday.
A Google News search done at 8:40 a.m. on Manchin's refusal sentence in the 1 a.m. report (in quotes, sorted by date with duplicates) shows that only eight online reports remain which carry Tuesday night's real news of the night out of West Virginia. Messina's 6:01 a.m. report, based on a search with the same parameters on the first sentence in the excerpted paragraph above, returns 190 results. At least as important, Messina's scrubbing operation was completed just in time for the morning news shows, which heavily rely on AP copy.
It's also more than obvious that a Republican or conservative Senator's direct refusal to say whether he voted for a sitting GOP president in a primary election would be getting far more notice from AP and the rest of the establishment press.
Graphic found at CE Journal.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.


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The worst kept secret in town is now official: Princeton will have a new mayor come January.
City councilor Paul Whitcomb was the only candidate to file for the mayor position and will replace Mayor Jeremy Riddle. Whitcomb received 1,799 votes in the Mille Lacs and Sherburne County portions of the city. There were 47 write-ins for the seat.
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City council incumbents Dick Dobson and Victoria Hallin were both re-elected. Dobson had 1, 254 votes and Hallin 1,342 votes.
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Last week I had the good fortune of being a guest of Thomson Reuters for the excellent Keynote speech given by the very entertaining David Pogue at ABA's TechShow in Chicago. As I sat in the front row with several other fellow bloggers, the screens on either side of the dias showed videos of WestlawNext testimonials and, interestingly, a "WestlawNext iPad Video". I think this video must have run twice in the time we waited for Pogue to be introduced, but anyway, here it is again:
I get the desire to sync up identities, to hitch your wagon to a compelling company like Apple, an organization that has changed human behavior in so many ways. But as I sat watching it, I couldn't help but to feel sad that legal research was portrayed as being fun, light, easy, and all with just a few simple swipes and taps. Maybe I'm making more of it than I should, but I come from the days of law books, of pouring over facts, details and standards, of writing shit in yellow pads until your fingers hurt. It was stimulating work, but hard. We were also dealing with real people, with actual injuries whose lives were transformed by a single event. It isn't the land of sunshine, rainbows, and unicorns. When I watch a video like this, I can't help but think that it's no wonder the current generation of entering law students have such a perverted view of the legal practice. Tech is shiny! Tech is fun! Your job is simple!
To be fair, a few speakers at the conference mentioned that they enjoyed doing research with WestlawNext on their iPads. I can't speak to their briefing or advocacy skills, but they were older and not paid for their endorsements, so take that for whatever it's worth to you. Whatever you do though, please don't ever let your associates think the practice of law is anything but difficult.
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Fox & Friends' post-State of the Union guest list is neither fair nor balanced
Research ››› ››› DIANNA PARKER
In its post-State of the Union analysis on January 28, Fox & Friends hosted more than twice as many guests who were critical of President Obama's speech and agenda than those who were supportive, many of whom used inflammatory rhetoric or false claims to attack the president. Moreover, even one of Fox & Friends' few Democratic guests -- Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) -- was invited on to "take on his own party" and talk about how he's "fed up with the arrogance" of Democratic leaders.
Fox & Friends hosted more than twice as many critics of Obama's speech and agenda
Bill Press, syndicated radio host
Angela McGlowan, Fox News contributor
Tom Donahue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce president
Landy Wade, college student in Florida
Gary Berntsen, former CIA agent
Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Dale Mallek, unemployed Florida resident
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)
Jim MacDougald, chairman of Free Enterprise Nation
Michelle Malkin, conservative blogger and Fox News contributor
Peter Johnson Jr., Fox News legal analyst
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Karl Rove, Fox News contributor
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Rudy Giuliani (R-NY)
Fox & Friends provided platform for critical guests to attack Obama as "snitty," "weak," and "disconnected from reality"
Michelle Malkin: Obama's SOTU speech was "snitty" and "rife with self-contradiction, self-serving, and self-delusion." During her appearance, Malkin said Obama's speech was "rife with self-contradiction, self-serving, and self-delusion," and that his criticism of GOP obstructionism was "snitty." Malkin also said Obama's statement on his role in Washington "really reflects a lack of self awareness," that "Obama lied and transparency died," and called his speech the "Barocky Horror Picture Show."
Peter Johnson Jr.: Obama "attacked" everyone. Johnson claimed that during the speech Obama "attacked Republicans, he attacked Democrats, he attacked Congress, he attacked cable news, he attacked banks, he attacked corporations, and he attacked the Supreme Court." Johnson criticized Obama for taking a "demagogic approach" when he criticized the Supreme Court for its decision in Citizens United v. FEC, even though Obama's comments echoed ones that four of the justices made in their opinions.
Karl Rove: "At the end of the day, it really didn't have much substance to it." After co-host Brian Kilmeade asked, "Is it good politics ... to bring up your predecessor and talk about your first year office while looking back at his last year in office?" Rove replied, in part, "No, I think it makes you look weak." Rove also claimed there were "lots of contradictions" in Obama's speech and that "it was not clear what [Obama] was recommending." Rove further stated of the speech, "At the end of the day, it really didn't have much substance to it."
Rudy Giuliani attacked Obama for not focusing on national security. During his appearance, Giuliani criticized Obama for the amount of time he spent on national security during the address and falsely claimed he never used the word "war." Giuliani said: "The reality is he spent something like a page-and-a-half -- on what was a 14-, 15-page speech -- on national security, as if it's an afterthought. It was a footnote to the speech. It was in the -- when the speech was running into going over one hour and people were starting to yawn, part of the speech. National security is a lot more important than that. Part of the problem this president has had is he hasn't made national security important enough. He began with not wanting to call it a war, didn't mention the word 'war' last night, didn't mention the word 'Islamic terrorism' last night. This would be like Franklin Roosevelt giving a State of the Union speech during the Second World War and not mentioning Nazism and not mentioning the war."
Angela McGlowan: Obama "didn't give solutions." During her appearance in a panel with radio host Bill Press, McGlowan gave Obama a "C-minus" for the content of his address and said that he "didn't give solutions." She criticized Obama's job creation efforts in the stimulus package, saying: "At the end of the day, it's great to talk about it, but what are you going to do. You can say certain things, but what have you done, Mr. President?"
Gary Berntsen: "His performance has been weak in national security, and therefore, his speech was weak." Fox & Friends hosted Berntsen to discuss Obama's efforts on terrorism and whether the president had "sa[id] enough" about national security. Berntsen said "his performance has been weak in national security, and therefore, his speech was weak"; that Obama's statements on North Korea and Iran were "ridiculous"; and he criticized Obama's withdrawal plan for Afghanistan as premature. Berntsen gave Obama a "D" for national security.
Jim MacDougald: No "correlation between what he was talking about and what we think it's going to take to make the economy take off." Co-host Steve Doocy hosted MacDougald as part of a panel of Florida residents to discuss Obama's economic proposals. After Doocy asked him whether he found the address to be "business friendly," MacDougald said, "No, not at all. ... We didn't see any correlation between what he was talking about and what we think it's going to take to make the economy take off again." MacDougald gave Obama a "D" on "results and plans" because he's "disconnected from reality of the trillions of dollars of debt that he's building up."
Doocy invited Pascrell on to discuss Democratic leaders' "arrogance." Despite being generally supportive of the tone of Obama's speech, Pascrell said "there is an arrogance" in the way Democrats have legislated and that they have been "tone deaf."
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Burger Beast's Nine Favorite Food Truck Items
When a dozen or so food trucks lined up on NE 13th Street this past Sunday for the Fall for the Arts Festival, Sef Gonzalez -- the ground beef aficionado behindBurgerBeast.com
-- stood by and watched proudly. A burger that represents Miami's true spice (and area code) "would be a
frita" -- a Latin-spiced burger smothered in shoestring potatoes.
Located in front of the Adrienne Arsht Center, the event was pretty much n open house for the arts, showcasing booths occupied by local culture houses and non-profits like Habitat for Humanity, Miami Acting Company, WLRN, and the Miami Music Project.
But there was also the food truck parade, which blogger Paula Niño described earlier today. Short Order was there, and questioned Sef about his favorite dishes of the mobile sort.
- Yellow Submarine: Yellow Dog
- Sakaya Kitchen's Dim Ssäm à gogo: Croquetas
- Jefe's Original Fish Taco & Burgers: The Double Cheeser
- Bite's on Wheels: Cubanito
- The Rolling Stove: Ron's Bites
- La Camaronera's Fish Box: La Camaronera Sandwich
- Latin Burger: Burger Beast Sandwich (no plug here, whatsoever)
- Wing Commander: Chipies
- gastroPod: Short Rib Slider
- Latin House Grill: Chimi Burrito
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UK court: Catholic Church liable for priest wrongs
Ireland -- Catholic bishop of Derry to retire over ill-health
Mississippi Personhood Amendment: As Election Day Nears, Voters Are Narrowly Divided
UK -- Women in the Church – Thoughts from a Laywoman
South Korea -- Priests in Seoul have begun a hunger strike in protest at what they call a nation's greed that is threatening the environment, peace and economy.
Poland -- Transsexual and openly gay man take seats in new parliament in sign of historic change
The Vatican -- US ad limina visits in focus: a conversation with Bishop Matano of Burlington, Vt
Book Review: Author revisits voices of US nuns
Opinion: Life-sustaining agricultural a faith-based concern, principle
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Current Status: Disbarred
This member is prohibited from practicing law in California by order of the California Supreme Court.
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The following information is from the official records of The State Bar of California.
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9152 Shady Hollow Way
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
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December 30, 2007
THOMAS M. WITTE [#107542], 53, of Fair Oaks was suspended for one year, stayed, and placed on probation for one year. The order took effect Dec. 30, 2007.Witte represented the plaintiff in a suit filed against her for breach of contract; he was also retained to file a counter claim for elder abuse. He stipulated that he failed to perform legal services competently because he did not respond to discovery on time, appear at a mandatory settlement conference, file an adequate MSC statement or provide the name of an expert witness. He also filed a complaint in violation of the code of civil procedure. As a result of Witte's conduct, sanctions were imposed against him and his client.
November 5, 2006
THOMAS M. WITTE [#107542], 52, of Fair Oaks was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on four years of probation with an actual two-year suspension and was ordered to take the MPRE, comply with rule 955 and prove his rehabilitation. The order took effect Nov. 5, 2006.Witte stipulated to misconduct in three matters.He represented a client in a wrongful death action arising from the fatal shooting of her son. Witte was to receive 40 percent of all amounts recovered. Two liens were filed against any recovery, for money paid to the client through the victims assistance fund and for child support she owed.The matter settled for $22,500. Witte disbursed $3,000 to the client and resolved one lien but could not negotiate a reduction of the child support. He agreed to hold $8,000 in his trust account prior to resolving the liens.Over a two-year period, Witte made payments totaling $983.25 for the child support. Although the client says she provided a copy of a wage and earnings withholding order from her employer and that she instructed Witte to satisfy the family support lien, he claims he received neither the order nor her instructions. Instead, he made five payments to the client totaling $900.The client paid off the child support lien but later received a notice from the bankruptcy court that Witte declared bankruptcy, listed her as a creditor and characterized his $8,000 debt as a personal loan. After the client complained to the bar, Witte sent her a check for $8,000 that she did not cash. He ultimately paid her $8,694.16, which represented $6,116.75 in principal and $2,577.41 in interest.Witte stipulated that he failed to promptly pay or maintain client funds, he sought to mislead a judge and he misappropriated client funds, committing an act of moral turpitude.In a second matter, Witte substituted in to a case his client had filed against his brother involving a dissolution of a partnership and partition of real property. The first law firm had sued the client for attorney's fees amounting to more than $51,000 and a court had given the firm the right to attach the client's property.Witte was hired to handle both matters. He was to be paid $10,000 for the case against the client's brother, to be paid upon sale of the property, and he agreed to accept half of any amount by which the client was able to reduce his bill from the first lawyer.The night before trial was to begin in the brothers' matter, Witte demanded $15,000 instead of $10,000 because he had spent so much time on the case. The judge ordered that the partnership properties be sold and the proceeds divided between the brothers.A few months later, an arbitrator in the attorney fees matter awarded more than $39,000 to the lawyers. The client instructed Witte to work to remove the lawyers' lien on the partnership property so he could pay them.The client fired Witte because he was dissatisfied with the way he handled the trial and because he increased his fee on short notice. Witte refused to substitute out of either case, asked to be allowed to negotiate with the other law firm to reduce the award and indicated he was entitled to more money. He then filed a notice of lien against the client on real estate proceeds, claiming the client owed him $25,000 in attorney fees. He filed a second lien later for his fee in the attorney fee case. Witte also rejected the arbitrator award of attorneys' fees without the client's authorization.He eventually sued his client and the other law firm for fees and argued at a hearing that he remained attorney of record for the client because he never signed a substitution form.When one of the defendants served a deposition subpoena on Witte, he tried to have the motion quashed and sought sanctions. The court denied his motion and ordered him to appear, but he failed to do so.The court found him guilty of contempt and sanctioned him $1,000.Witte stipulated that he failed to promptly release a client file, violated a court order, failed to support the law and appeared for a party without authority.In the final matter, Witte represented an administrator of an estate and in filing a document on his client's behalf, made unfounded personal attacks on two women because they were women.He stipulated that he failed to maintain respect to the courts and judicial officers.In mitigation, Witte faced financial and family problems and he suffered emotional or physical difficulties.


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I'm pleased to bring you some news today from the American Library Association (ALA). First, I'd like to announce the release of Digital Futures, our fifth supplement to American Libraries magazine, focused on digital content issues. Two members of the publishing community are contributors, both to the report itself and to our guiding theme...
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Simon & Schuster Strips "Buy It Now" Requirement from Library Ebook Program
When Simon & Schuster launched its library ebook program in June, it stipulated that participating libraries must offer a "Buy It Now" button allowing patrons to purchase the ebooks they borrow. Today the publisher makes that requirement optional in an effort to expand the program to libraries that hesitated to jump on board as a...
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The Republican Primary's Parallel Universe
In case you couldn't tell from the 20 debates, constant news coverage and firehose-like flow of ads, there's a Republican presidential primary underway. But to listen to the candidates—particularly on the economy—you'd think they were running for president of a different planet, one eerily like ours but facing totally different problems.
Let us count the ways that the Republicans' economic conversation is totally out of touch with actual reality here on Earth.
- Jobs. At Wednesday's debate, the word "jobs" was uttered hardly at all, and zero times by candidate Rick Santorum. In a larger sense, when these candidates talk about "creating jobs" they mean one thing: directing more money to the very wealthiest and to big corporations—through tax cuts or through removing regulations designed to protect consumers and workers. This might make a little bit of sense if the biggest problem facing the economy were corporations not having enough money. It's not. The problem is a lack of consumer demand, because too few people have jobs and wages are falling behind.
- Debt and Deficits. These aren't the most important economic issue we face—continued too-high unemployment is. But by the standards of the Republicans' own rhetoric, they're important enough to serve as the basis for attacks and talking points. So it seems strange that the plans proposed by Romney, Santorum and Gingrich would increase the debt—and, more specifically, increase the debt by more than Obama's proposals would. And they don't build up this debt by investing in long-term needs: they do it by demolishing revenue through massive tax cuts aimed mostly at the wealthiest. Which brings us to…
- Taxes. The public consensus is overwhelmingly clear—to afford the things we need, we should be able to ask a little bit more from the very richest than the current historic low rates. All of the Republican plans do exactly the opposite. For example, Romney's plan would deliver a $264,000 tax cut to the top 0.1%. As economist Justin Wolfers noted, "Romney's new tax plan is massively regressive relative to current code. Most of the spoils are going to the rich" – and the same is true of the other Republican candidates. And even as they propose these massive tax cuts for the wealthy, they propose devastating cuts to Medicaid and other programs that working-class people rely on. It's redistribution, upwards.
- Housing. In many ways this is the most baffling omission of all. In recent days, Republican candidates have been avoiding the subject entirely even as it's clearly one of the most important factors in the financial crisis. A few months back in Nevada, Romney offered up "let it run its course and hit the bottom" as his solution to the foreclosure crisis (the housing version of "let Detroit go bankrupt"), though he softened how he talked about it in Florida a few weeks later. But mostly it's been crickets and tumbleweeds. Forgive me if I've missed this, but has any Republican candidate, or even any Republican in Congress, weighed in on the mortgage-fraud settlement or the underlying issue of mass abuse of the foreclosure process?
Let's not get into issues like the minimum wage, rebuilding infrastructure, keeping teachers in classrooms or protecting the freedom to form a union and collectively bargain—all issues that matter to our economy. We'd be naïve to expect this batch of Republican candidates to say anything constructive.
During Republican primaries, the candidates are pitching to a small audience, and their proposals are kept in line by harshly ideological enforcement mechanisms like talk radio's Rush Limbaugh and the Wall Street-funded Club for Growth. But with their pledges and proposals now, they're committing themselves to a totally fictional vision of the economy in the fall.
Out in the real world, Working America staff talk to around 20,000 people every week in neighborhoods across the country and stay in close contact with our members, so we have a pretty good sense of what a broad group of working- and middle-class people care about in this critical year. They want to make sure they can get and keep a good job, be covered if they get sick, send their kids to good schools, stay in their homes and retire with some security. I don't know what world the Republican primary is taking place in, but it's not the one where our members live.
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by Staff Writers
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 19, 2016
Despite its pacifist constitution, Japan plans to play a larger role in "global defense and security." The move comes amid pressure from the United States, and likely won't sit well with Japanese citizens already fed up with the administration's new military adventurism.
"The world faces growing security international threats and Japan wants to play a leading role in combating this," Keiichi Katakami, Japan's ambassador to the EU, said in Brussels this week.
"Japan and the rest of the world are facing fresh challenges by those who choose to use force and intimidation."
Katakami's comments refer partly to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent approval of a $41.4 billion defense budget. This marks the most Tokyo has spent on defense since the end of World War II, when Japan adopted a pacifist clause into its constitution.
That money will go toward acquiring new ship-borne interceptors, and the upgrading of two of Japan's existing Aegis ships. The government is also considering buying the land-based Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system from the United States.
Japan's Ministry of Defense has also compiled a hefty shopping list of new military hardware. This includes 11 AAV7 amphibious assault vehicles, 17 Mitsubishi SH-60K anti-submarine warfare helicopters, four Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, three RQ-4 Global Hawk drones, six F-35A Lightning II fighters, one Kawasaki C-2 military transport aircraft, and 36 new combat vehicles.
Tokyo's increased interest in military strength comes at the behest of the United States, which has urged Japan to play a more active role in combating China's growth in the Pacific. Speaking during the same Brussels briefing, Luis Simon of the Institute for European Studies stressed that "Japan is the cornerstone of US defense strategy and force posture in the Asia-Pacific."
"When it comes to security in the Asia-Pacific and, more specifically, in Northeast Asia, Japan and the US are concerned pretty much about the same issues," Simon said. "One issue is, of course, the growing nuclear and missile threat posed by the DPRK [North Korea].
"But arguably the broader, and more systemic geostrategic concern for the US-Japan alliance is the geopolitical and strategic rise of China and its potential to alter the balance of power in the region."
Washington has repeatedly criticized Beijing's construction of artificial islands in the South China Sea. While China maintains that it has every right to build within its own territory, and that the islands will be used primarily for humanitarian purposes, the US has launched aggressive military patrols through the region.
"In order to survive, the US-Japan alliance must adapt to the changing geostrategic landscape," Simon said. "This means a greater, joint effort in the realms of missile defense, undersea warfare and cybersecurity."
Not everyone agrees with the Abe administration's plans, however. Plans to expand the US military presence on Okinawa have been met with widespread protest. The island already hosts 32 American military facilities, enough to cover 20% of Okinawa's total landmass.
The government has also seen massive opposition to its passing of a controversial bill which allows Tokyo to deploy forces outside of Japan in an aggressive military posture. Approximately 40,000 people demonstrated against the bill outside of the parliament building last September.
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Activision has confirmed it will publish a high-definition version of the hit mobile game Angry Birds for consoles this fall.
An announcement is expected in the coming weeks. No other details were given.
The way Activision revealed the game was rather subtle. On a big screen outside their booth at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, a logo would periodically pop up with a red bird soaring toward it. The Angry Birds appearance was first reported by The Escapist.
The popular game from developer Rovio is not new to the console world. It's currently available on the PlayStation 3.
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Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad today bowled outdoors for the first time since having to leave England's Test tour of India with a bruised heel six weeks ago.
Broad was unable to test his recovery outdoors until today, having been prevented by the snowy conditions at Heathrow from travelling back to India during England's one-day international series.
The 26-year-old seamer was watched by limited-overs coach Ashley Giles and bowling coach David Saker as he got through five overs off his full run during the lunch interval at a domestic Plunket Shield match between Auckland and Central Districts on the second square at Eden Park.
An England and Wales Cricket Board spokesman later confirmed Broad appears to have come through his exertions, wearing new specially-fitted boots, with no ill-effects.
Broad's first opportunity for match practice on the tour of New Zealand will come in next Monday's first Twenty20 warm-up fixture in Whangarei.
Before then, he is expected to take part in the tourists' first full practice session on Saturday.
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