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Welcome. As we embark upon our twelfth year the Executive Committee
is pleased to report steady growth and progress toward our stated
goal of an "Art-Rich Environment that enhances quality of
life and encourages local performers, artists and writers."
Your Arts Council remains on sound financial footing. We try to
make each activity self-supporting, yet many of our performances
and opportunities are offered to the community at little or no
charge. Grants play an important part in making this possible.
In 2004 HCAC received grants from the WV Commission on the Arts,
the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour Program, and the Mid-Atlantic
Arts Foundation. Each one required matching funds, and we thank
those who provided them, especially The Bank of Romney and First
National Bank of Romney.
Many people in the community pitch in to make the Arts Council's
activities possible. An ad thanking them will appear in next week's
Hampshire Review. We'd like also to thank them now as we
review the past year's accomplishments.
During 2004 the Arts Council reached a partnership understanding
with The Loy Foundation that makes this facility available to
us in a very favorable arrangement and makes HCAC the artistic
advisor for the Foundation. We thank Danny Staggers for reviewing
the agreement for us. This partnership helped persuade the WV
Commission on the Arts to award a Cultural Facilities Capital
Grant for adding an accessible entry area and restrooms this year.
The Loy Foundation has designated an upstairs room in the Loy
House for Arts Council use, invested in sound improvements, and
underwritten the sound technician and lighting services for tonight's
gathering. For all the hard work improving the acoustics of this
room we thank Joe Crawford and Larry Brown.
For hosting our monthly art displays, sketch group and meetings
of the Spring Festival Committee, we thank the Hampshire County
Public Library and Bess Rexroad for organizing them..
We also appreciate the storage space Loudoun Thompson provides
us for HCAC's equipment.
In April 2004 our Ice Mountain Writers held their Annual Evening
of Words and Music at the WV School for the Deaf. We thank them
for hosting that evening and the students from the High School
for the Blind and Joe Crawford for handling sound. Featured singer/songwriter
Monica Perz-Waddington worked earlier that day with elementary
students on their writing thanks to Deb Hartsock Title I and the
Hampshire County Schools.
In May 2004 Our spring Coffeehouse with The Intrepid Jazz Trio
was held here at The Bottling Works, sponsored by ERA Creekside
Realty. Anderson's Corner provided gourmet coffee.
Shirley Carnahan and Robin Pancake organized our first Annual
Spring Arts Festival, which the Potomac Center provided a location
for. Kate McWilliams prepared the program, and many others assisted
with providing childrens' activities, exhibits, gardening talks,
and music.
In June 2004 The Bank of Romney again sponsored our Summer Concerts
series and we also thank them for allowing us to use the Community
Center for our monthly Ice Mountain Writers' and Theatre
Group meetings and for the Annual Art Show during Heritage Days.
—We certainly thank the Potomac Center for their gracious
hospitality for our Summer Concerts. In 2004 the series presented
Pete & Maura Kennedy in June, blues masters Cephas & Wiggins
in July, and Ensemble Tympanon in August.
July 2004
The WV School for the Deaf hosted our 9th summer youth art camp,
which tied into the county's 250th Anniversary with a focus on
Heritage. We thank Nancy Williams and Nancy Judd for organizing
the camp, McDonalds for providing drinks for our campers and The
Hampshire County CEOSs and the Hampshire County Committee on Aging
Homemakers Group for sponsoring the camp.
—We applaud Herb Adrian, Pat Barnett, Teresa Bisset, Shirley
Carnahan, Becky Cookman, Steve and Mandy Dawson, Teresa Dillon,
Tom Engelman, Dick Everett, Carolyn Grapes, Leenie & Pete
Hobbie, Sarah Hott, Judy Householder, Sndy Johnson, Shari Loar,
Andy Mason, Marry O'Malley, Patty andMiles Perry, Isabel Plowright,
Sue Saville, Margie See, and Cyndi Wylie for instructing and assisting
at Art Camp 2004.
In September under Robin Pancake's steady hand HCAC mounted its
10th Fall Fine Fine Art Show with $1,200 in awards. We thank Avalon
for sponsoring the Best Figurative Work Award and The Hampshire
Review for sponsoring the best Photograph Award—not to mention
for all the excellent coverage they provide our events throughout
the year. We also appreciate The Hampshire 250 Committee's sponsorship
of the Best Representation of Hampshire County award and Sheila
Melzac for the Vincent Melzac Best Non-representational Work Award.
Betty Williams and Joe Pancake sponsored the Mary Rose Hicks Watercolor
Award and we thank The Friends of the Hampshire County Public
Library for their purchase award, which hangs in the library.
Dillon's Furniture, ERA/Creekside Realty, Farm Credit, Mayhew
Chevrolet, Hampshire House, and Romney Florist and IronWorks all
sponsored Awards of Merit.
• We thank FNB Romney for sponsoring our Fall Concert featuring
classical guitarist Randall Avers and our own Hollyhock Trio.
We appreciate the good job Joe Crawford and Francis Chilcoat's
students did handling sound for that performance.
In November 2004 Century 21/Mountain Heritage Realty, sponsored
our fall coffeehouse featuring Maralyn Lovell and Friends, with
more coffee from Anderson's Corner.
—The Arts Council participated in celebrating Hampshire
County's 250th anniversary last year and one result is a contribution
from the sales of the recordings of our local musicians to fund
another Israel Welch Scholarship. HCAC will administer the scholarship.to
send another budding Hampshire County musician to the Augusta
Heritage Workshops or Common Ground.
In January 2005 We thank the Romney Moose for their support of
our concerts. We thought we'd need their help for the January
Guy Davis concert, but it was such a success that we have been
able to redirect their contribution to helping present the upcoming
April 1st performance. The Guy Davis Concert was our biggest indoor
event yet, with 200 people. We appreciate the sound services contributed
by Gizmo for that performance.
In February 2005 HCAC was invited by WFWM Radio to air a 5-minute
Hampshire Arts Calendar segment each Tuesday at 5:30PM during
All Things Considered.
A new Accessibility Advisory Committee met in February, one result
of which is the wheelchair ramp that has just been added here,
thanks to the Hampshire County Committee on Aging and Vic Madonna.
Our 2005 Cabin Fever Concert featuring the South Mountain String
Band and Rock Candy Cloggers was sponsored by FNB Bank and drew
people from 4 states and 3 other WV counties!
Throughout the year Isabel Plowright has done a wonderful job
of maintaining our website, as well as serving her final year
as our treasurer. Eileen Eddis finished up her term as one of
our co-directors and shepherded the launching of our Community
Theater Group. Mary Miller coordinated the revival of a Photographers'
Interest Group. Robin Pancake produced our newsletters and maintained
our membership records. Shari Gallery organized our concerts and
issued our weekly e-mailed Arts Alerts. Marilyn Nicholson served
part of the year as our secretary and Darla Cook picked up where
she left off. Nancy Judd served as our representative on the Loy
Foundation Board of Trustees.
We thank all these folks, and any others we may have inadvertently
overlooked, for making the past year a productive one for the
Arts Council.
Hampshire County Arts Council, P.O. Box 624, Romney, WV 26757 www.hampshirearts.org
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Black Friday – Duluth Style!November 23, 2012
Take advantage of this great deal on all of our Duluth Pack handcrafted items (well really all of our website items)!
Offer good online through Sunday, November 25th, 2012.
Duluth Pack Store Brings In Wintergreen!November 16, 2012
The Flagship Duluth Pack Store located at 365 Canal Park Drive in Duluth is now the Wintergreen Clothing Twin Ports headquarters!
Stop on in and check out our amazing selection of this Northwoods iconic brand.
Duluth Pack – A Customer's StoryNovember 7, 2012
We thought we would share a letter we received along with a pack that needed repair.
Enclosed is my Duluth Pack. As you can see, it is in need of some light sewing repair on the top of the side seams.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank you for crafting such fine packs. My father owned a Duluth Pack for many years and it went along on with him on hundreds of trips. He started a family tradition when he purchased a Duluth Pack for me as a young adult. Now well into my forties, my pack has tagged along with me as much. In turn, a few years ago, I purchased my son his own Duluth Pack as he was ready to start tagging along with me on hunting, fishing and camping adventures. My father died several years ago, but we continue to use Duluth Pack.
In today's throw-away society, it is unique to own something that I know will last a lifetime, and in my father's case, did. Just for the fun of it, I enclosed a photo of our 3 Duluth Packs.
Thanks for making great dependable packs!
Matt S.
Happy Halloween from Duluth Pack!October 31, 2012
This Minneapolis event is a gathering of like-minded designers, artisans and brands — all true symbols of the heartland. They offered high-grade menswear, accessories and collectibles for sale direct to the public during the market. Celebrated with music, food and spirits, we support our Made in America brands. NorthernGRADE was founded to promote and celebrate them.
The ONLY 100% USA MADE POP UP MARKET FOR MEN
In 1992, Cliff Jacobson and Sue Harings were married at Wilberforce Falls on a canoe trip along the Hood River, in Nunavut, Canada.
The story is in Cliff's book, Expedition Canoeing.
This year, the couple will celebrate their nineteenth wedding anniversary and will re-live the magic of their Wilberforce Affair through this stunning slide presentation. See Susie's reaction when she learns that Cliff has left their Duluth Pack wedding pack (which contained her ermine-trimmed wedding dress!) at the float plane dock in Yellowknife! Later, thrill to the daring of the float plane pilots who flies it to the wedding. See the grizzly that nearly killed the marriage commissioner and ended the wedding; account for the deep spiritual message that was delivered by a raven.
The Wilberforce Affair is more than just an Arctic canoe trip. It is for everyone who has ever been in love or wants to be. This heartwarming story will be enjoyed by all, even those who don't canoe.
HOW TO PLAN A BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA (BWCA) TRIPApril 11, 2012
I posted this a few years pack and we still get requests for the packing list. Here you go and enjoy!
PLANNING • Where to begin? Well how about with choosing your companions! People you know that can handle some work and getting back to nature. The BWCA does have a party limit and campsite limit. Nine people and four watercraft are the maximum allowed in the BWCA. Chose a date that works for everyone and plan for some alternate dates for your group in case the permits are gone already. Advanced planning is key. There are several books on the market that explain planning for a trip in detail.Here a two of our favorites: Canoe Country Camping and Exploring the BWCA .
DATES • From May 1st to September 30th you will need to obtain a BWCA permit. Permits in certain areas go fast so reserve early! You must enter the BWCA on your specific permit date, not the day before or after. The Duluth Pack store at 365 Canal Park Drive is a BWCAW Permit Station, stock up on everything you need when you pick it up at Duluth Pack. Permit tip! Make sure to add extra group alternate leaders on your permit, you are not able to change them once submitted.
ROUTES • For your first time out I would choose a route with limited portages. I would suggest, once your party is determined, to have a group meeting. Choose a leader to pick up the permit, decide who will be in charge of what meals and what everyone is bringing so there are no unnecessary duplicates. Check out the various entry points and maps for the best location. Once you choose your route, buy maps for the lakes you will be paddling. A set of maps for each canoe is helpful in case you are separated. A beginner and popular route is Lakes One, Two, Three, and Four out of Ely, MN off the Fernberg Trail. Entry point 30. There are lots of campsites on each lake and limited portages. The further in you travel the less people you will see.
Experienced campers should check out entry points with limited entries and/or every other day permits. You will see less people the longer portages you take away from all other entry points. Also consider planning your trip during off peak times, the middle of the week, late Fall or early Spring.
PERMIT • You can obtain a BWCA permit from this website or by calling the Duluth Pack retail store at 218-722-1707.
You must watch a video when you pick up your permit, once you watch the video you will get a card so you won't have to watch the video again that year. Permits can only be picked up the day before, or the day of your entry date, by your group leader or an alternate leader listed on the permit. Office hours do vary so check with your permit pickup location for their office hours.
FOOD AND GROUP SUPPLIES • If this is your first trip you may want to consider contacting an outfitter to provide you with canoes, Duluth Packs, and various gear. Here is a partial list of outfitters.
You will need:
tent (with stakes, rain-fly, and ground cloth)
biodegradable dish soap and scotch-brite pad
firestarter, matches/lighter
fishing licenses if necessary.
WHAT TO PACK Personal use.
Your own Duluth Pack
A change or two of clothing (no need to over do it, you have to portage it.) It can get cold at night so pack accordingly
lifejacket (PFD)
rain gear
sleeping pad and pillow (I just use my clothes)
toilet paper
contacts and solution
a change of shoes
Extra- here is something fun! Fishing gear, book, and camp chair.
Bending Branches debuts their new Black Pearl carbon fiber paddleAugust 11, 2011
Hard charging, performance-touring paddlers are going to love the new Black Pearl carbon fiber canoe paddle from Bending Branches. Made from high tech materials and coming in at just 14 ounces this paddle will be a great addition for your lightweight Kevlar canoe. The company recently debuted the new Black Pearl paddle at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, 2011.
American made Bending Branches (BB) was founded in 1982 by whitewater paddlers Dale Kicker and Ron Hultman. By building composite paddles with Kevlar tip guards, which became known as rock guards, they revolutionized the industry and changed paddling forever. This small, privately held company in Wisconsin has built more than one million paddles for canoeists and kayakers.
The Black Pearl was built as an answer to Bending Branches customers who own and paddle high-end canoes built of Kevlar or carbon fiber. They wanted a lightweight, strong paddle to match well with their lightweight boat. The Black Pearl gives them the ability to partner a high tech touring paddle with their high tech boat.
It starts with a carbon fiber touring blade paired with a carbon fiber composite shaft, a very stiff, light combination. The paddle is topped off with a carbon grip built to fit the paddlers' hand. Dale Kicker has said he believes it to be the most comfortable grip they have built. At 14 ounces this paddle possesses an extremely high strength to weight ratio, and with the large touring blade it is maximum efficiency on the canoe trail.
This paddle will be ideal for the canoeist who likes to have the newest, fastest technology in their hands. And, has been waiting for a high-end paddle to pair with their high-end boat for outstanding performance touring.
Grab one of these paddles today, get your canoe pack out of the garage, and be ready for the Boundary Waters tomorrow. And don't forget one for you bowman, too.
Portage me back to DuluthPack.com
You've been watching "Love in the Wild," and have your favorite guy, girl or couple in which you are pulling for. Please always keep in mind that Miles is from Minnesota. You are really in the spirit and have stenciled your name on your Wanderer pack, making it ready for an adventure in Costa Rica. But what great gear are you going to use to fill up your pack?
Let me share my five favorites with you:
1. Leatherman Skeletool, $79.00. You can't go into the woods without a Leatherman, and this is the coolest one out there. Not only is the frame cutout to keep it light, but you have all the tools you would ever need. One word of caution: never hold your Leatherman over the side of the boat to de-hook your fish. That's not covered by the 25 year warranty.
2. Petzl Tikka Plus 2 Headlamp, $39.95. Having a hands-free light source is invaluable whether camping, night fishing or just reading a good book in the Adirondack chair on the deck. This headlamp is great because it has a couple different levels of light, and the light source tilts giving you extra flexibility when pointing the beam.
3. MSR Pocket Rocket Stove, $39.95. Lightweight, easy to use, and adjustable flame from boil to simmer. This little stove fits right on top of the canister and hardly weighs anything. Add an aluminum windscreen and you are good to go for hiking or canoe camping.
4. Brunton Military Compass, $19.95. This sighting compass has rugged case and is easy to use with all maps.
5. MSR MiniWorks Water Filter, $89.95. Two reasons why I love this filter: 1. it screws right on top of my Nalgene water bottles. And 2. this filter is field maintainable. Simply unscrew the pump, remove the ceramic cartridge, give the cartridge a good scrub and rinse, and back into the pump it goes. Keep it on top in the canoe pack, just under the flap or in a side pocket, and it is handy at any point.
Here's an honorable mention: Sigurd Olsen, "The Singing Wilderness." It is simply wonderful, old-school, Boundary Waters prose that will make you listen to the glide of the canoe, and revel in a fly line that is thrown with a perfect loop.
Enjoy the water!

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Can your resume ready be viewed on a smart phone? Your resume and job search has to now contend with smart phones, iPads, iPhones, Android phones, Blackberries and every other type of old and new tech device in between. The job search and the recruitment model is going mobile like the rest of business and every other industry—if they are smart and want to stay ahead of the competition. So how can job seekers be ready for these technological adjustments and what should they expect?… Continue Reading…


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The IRS attacks: A scandal grows
Not only did the Internal Revenue Service target conservative groups for harassing and illegal scrutiny of their tax-exempt status, it appears to have lied about how far up the food chain knowledge of this thuggish practice went.
Friday last, the IRS threw under the bus low-level workers in Cincinnati for flagging groups that had the audacity to use the phrase "tea party," "patriot" or "9/12 Project" in their paperwork during the 2012 election season. Now comes word that the practice was known at the highest levels of the agency the year before and that the targeting actually began in 2010.
But the "fix" was just as despicable as the first practice. Among other things, the criteria were changed to flag groups that might — hold on to your subversive hats — be proponents of limited government and educate the public about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Also reportedly targeted — pro-Israel Jewish groups whose activities contradicted Obama administration policies.
Other subversive red flags for the IRS — groups focused on making "America a better place to live" or those that criticized how the country was being run.
This is the stuff of police states.
Just last year, then-IRS chief Douglas Shulman adamantly denied any targeting. But the IRS chief counsel had been apprised of the targeting long before. That Mr. Shulman did not know is not believable.
As we editorialized on Saturday, not only must there be a full congressional investigation, a special prosecutor must be named to get to the bottom of this most sordid affair. The IRS must be brought to justice.


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shcov (Shell script execution coverage testing) is a gcov-like code coverage tester for Bourne shell/Bash scripts. It also has an lcov-like HTML output generator to present coverage results.
|Software Development Testing
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Release Notes: "Here documents" are handled. hashlib is used if it is available. The source code was cleaned up.
Release Notes: This release fixes a race condition when executing multiple instances of the same script. Symbolic links are now de-referenced to avoid duplicates.
Release Notes: This release fixes the output of multi-line items on stderr, and handles the case when the output file cannot be written.
Release Notes: Better detection of non-code lines and support for executing scripts with shcov as "hash bang". Some corner cases are now handled with script exit. Better output support was provided.
No changes have been submitted for this release.
A Fluent OpenStack client API for Java.
A TWiki appliance that is easy to use and lightweight.


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How can you not love woot.com? I check it (and it's sister sites) every morning for deals. I've gotten great gifts that I normally couldn't afford, and found fun stuff for myself.
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Jack Black Has Second Baby
Jack Black Welcomes Baby Number Two!
Word on the street is that Jack Black and wife Tanya Haden welcomed another boy into their family. According to People:
"I have a new one," Black, 38, told reporters Saturday at the junket for his animated movie, Kung Fu Panda, in Beverly Hills. "It's eating every three hours."
We'll keep you updated on any more details we learn about the bambino!
Update: ET reports that the new baby boy is taking after daddy — his name is also Jack.


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I hated my tiny breasts and finally got up the nerve to do something about it.
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I hated my tiny breasts and finally got up the...
Dr. Kraft is a superb physician. He spent a great deal of time with me in two pre-operative consultations. His price was extremely fair and less than doctors in Manhattan. I wanted to pay for a good doctor and not the fanciest office, although his office is definitely upscale. The office staff is extremely knowledgeable. What I liked most was that Dr. Kraft was extremely conservative. He didn't try to sell me services that I didn't want. He explained all the risks and negatives honestly and with integrity so I knew what to watch out for. I wanted information in order to make an intelligent decision---and got it! He went over my medical history in great detail. I got the impression that he chooses his patients carefully and makes sure that they are healthy enough to have surgery. I wouldn't hesitate to return to this doctor for more surgery. I'm saving up for a tummy-tuck now.


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MELBOURNE, Fla. — President Obama continued his push for older voters in the important battleground state of Florida on Sunday by charging that Mitt Romney's Medicare plan would increase health care costs by tens of thousands of dollars for Americans nearing retirement age.
Obama made the charge after his campaign cited a new study to reporters by the liberal group Center for American Progress Action Fund, an organization with close ties to his campaign. The study concludes that the average person retiring at age 65 in 2023 would pay $59,500 more over the length of their retirement. A person qualifying for Medicare in 2030 would pay $124,600 more, according to the study.
"One report just said that by the end of the next decade, our opponent's plan would mean $16 billion and $26 billion for insurance companies," Obama said at a rally at the Florida Institute of Technology. "So basically your costs would rise by thousands, so their profits can rise by billions."
The study was conducted by David Cutler, a Harvard professor and health policy expert who served as an adviser to Obama's 2008 campaign. While Cutler is no doubt a partisan figure, Obama advisers are intent on spotlighting differences between the president's approach and Romney's on overhauling Medicare.
The Romney campaign blasted Obama for citing the study, which they say offers an inaccurate picture of the Romney ticket's plan to overhaul Medicare. The plan, put forward by Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP vice presidential nominee, in 2011, calls for the federal government providing each senior with a set payment that began at $8,000 in 2022 to purchase health care on the open market, and the voucher payment would grow with inflation.
A Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Ryan proposal suggested that because health care costs would grow faster than inflation, the plan would lead to seniors having to pay more of their health care costs. But the Romney campaign argues that the CBO analysis of the Romney-Ryan proposal ignores the potential benefits of competition between insurance providers that they contend will be spurred by the voucher proposal.
"President Obama's latest false attacks are a sign of desperation," said Romney campaign spokesman Ryan Williams. "The president's decision to use discredited studies and outright falsehoods to attack Mitt Romney is an admission that he can't talk about his record of crushing the middle class and failing to turn the economy around."
Ryan has proposed to overhaul the government health program for older Americans, with a voucher-like system that could cost beneficiaries more out of their pockets. Even before today's attack on the plan by Obama, Democrats had charged that the Ryan plan would increase the average cost for seniors by thousands of dollars.
Obama's advisers are betting that reminding voters about the issue could increase doubt about the GOP ticket with older voters. Meanwhile, the Romney ticket has consistently pushed back that the Obama is cutting $700 billion from Medicare to pay for his signature health care reform law.
"If they want to have a discussion about who do you trust on Medicare for the next 60 days as their central argument, you know we ought to send them an in-kind contribution," White House senior adviser David Plouffe told reporters on Friday. "We're happy to have that discussion. We think people trust the president more on Medicare."
Before speaking in Melbourne, Obama stopped by Ossorio Bakery & Café in nearby Cocoa, Fla., to meet with supporters and chat about Medicare.
One couple the president spoke with, John and Shirley Hill, expressed concerns that if Medicare were converted into a voucher program that they wouldn't be able to take care of Shirley's 102-year-old mother who has dementia and requires round-the-clock care that is paid for in part by Medicare.
David's journalism career spans three decades, including coverage of five presidential elections, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 2000 Florida presidential recount and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has covered the White House for USA TODAY since 2005. His interests include history, politics, books, movies and college football -- not necessarily in that order. More about David
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Easter Island/Salas y Gomez
2-23 September 1995
The 1995 Cordell Expedition to Easter Island and Salas y Gomez is a multipurpose, multidisciplinary project involving natural science, amateur radio, archaeology, and state-of-the-art computer-based communications. A major goal is to implement new techniques for using available high technology to enhance communications from remote sites, to document and monitor natural resources, and to preserve and protect our cultural heritage. Click here for a more detailed SUMMARY
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The expedition will involve natural science, amateur radio, archaeology, and state-of-the-art computer and communications technology. Plans include investigation of the emerged, intertidal, and subtidal areas around Easter Island and Salas y Gomez; making representative collections of terrestrial, avian, and marine specimens; implementing a variety of digital and amateur radio communications links; conducting research on radio propagation during low sunspot conditions; and implementing computer network technology for remote field conditions.
A major goal of the expedition is to bring worldwide attention to the usefulness of using existing advanced technology to document and monitor the natural resources at remote sites such as Salas y Gomez, and to preserve and protect cultural heritage such as the Easter Island archaeological records.
The expedition will be carried out by two separate teams operating simultaneously. One team will travel to Easter Island and establish a camp and operations center at La Perouse, on the north side of the island. The other team will sail from Chile directly to Salas y Gomez, which lies 225 nm to the east of Easter Island. That team will be helicoptered on the island, and remain there for approximately 6 days, subsequently returning directly to Chile.
The total crew for both teams is about 30, and includes persons from the US, Mexico, Netherlands, UK, Switzerland, Belgium, and Chile. Onsite arrangements will be facilitated by local groups in Chile and on Easter Island.
A variety of innovative radio techniques will be implemented for this expedition. It is planned to deploy 4 stations operating 24 hours on Easter Island, using all bands and all communication modes legally allowed. Facilities include operations on 160 meters, 6 m EME (moonbounce), slow-scan TV, and RTTY and other digital modes. An internet connection will enable daily uploading of log data, news, and other information. Scientific data, radio data and logs, and news will be communicated to the central site, from where it will be posted on a WWW server and distributed over Internet, FidoNet, PacketCluster, and other networks to various hubs, nodes, and individuals. Major innovations for amateur radio include a network of anchor stations that serve to distribute information locally, next-day QSL cards, automatic callbook lookup and personal QSL card composition, and automatic email confirmation of contacts. A multiband HF beacon will operate during the entire expedition.
The expedition will be documented in a book, video, CD-ROM, and audio tape. A variety of souvenirs, including coffee mugs, tee-shirts, and photographs will be available and will help defray the expenses of the expedition.
The expedition is financed by contributions from participants, industrial partners, scientific, and governmental organizations. Partial support has been provided by the radio, computer, communications, and travel industries. Partial support will be obtained from donations ,and from the sale of souvenirs.
This expedition will be conducted in full compliance with the laws and policies of the Republic of Chile, and the local rules and customs of Easter Island.
Cordell Expeditions has 20 years' experience in exploration and documentation of remote sites. The work of the group led to the designation of a U. S. National Marine Sanctuary, the publication of several books, and a continuing series of expeditions to environmentally sensitive sites worldwide.
For more information, contact one of the following:
Dr. Robert W. Schmieder
National Coordinator
Director, Cordell Expeditions
4295 Walnut Blvd.
Walnut Creek, California 94596 USA
tel: (510) 934-3735 (voice and fax)
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Dr. Carlos George-Nascimento
International Coordinator
2061 Magnolia Way
Walnut Creek, California 94596 USA
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There are serious concerns regarding allegations that Michael's father Joe, who would be living in the home with the Jackson children, was abusive to Michael and his brothers when they were children
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The world said goodbye to Michael Jackson today. His sudden death left behind a legacy of fans and music. His death also left behind three minor children and an inevitable custody battle that will likely turn into one of the most complex custody disputes this country has ever seen. Jackson's two eldest children, Prince Michael, 12, and Paris Michael Katherine, 11 were both born to his ex-wife Deborah Rowe, while the third, Prince Michael II, 7, was born to an unidentified surrogate mother.
Prior to Jackson's death, the children were living under the full custody of their father, and since his death, they have been staying with their grandparents, Katherine and Joseph Jackson, at the couple's Encino, California, estate. In the wake of his death, Jackson's family appeared in court and successfully attained temporary custody of the three children. Those close to the family feel Jackson's mother, Katherine, is best suited to care for the three children. Jackson's will, which was filed in court last Wednesday afternoon, requests that his mother, Katherine, be made the guardian of all three of his children. The will also states that if Katherine died before him or couldn't serve as guardian, he nominated Diana Ross.
Attorney Jeffrey Feulner, founder of the Men's Divorce Law Firm, feels that despite Jackson's wishes to have his mother named legal guardian, the person who has the strongest legal claim to Jackson's two oldest children is his ex-wife Rowe. Feulner holds that Rowe never gave up her parental rights, but rather "she merely surrendered her custodial rights," and now that Jackson has passed, Feulner claims "Rowe is next in line to raise Michael Jackson's kids."
After Rowe's divorce from Jackson in 1999, she surrendered all custody rights to the children. In 2003, however, the court had her rights restored when Jackson was on trial for child molestation. In 2006, Rowe and Jackson once again worked out a deal that would award Jackson full custodial rights. Despite the prior custody agreements, Attorney Feulner feels that if Rowe challenges Katherine Jackson's petition for permanent custody, she has a good case. "There are serious concerns regarding allegations that Michael's father Joe, who would be living in the home with the Jackson children, was abusive to Michael and his brothers when they were children," Feulner says. Feulner also points out, however, that a Judge will ultimately have to determine what is in the best interests of the children, and cautions that despite any monetary agreements that may have been made, "you can't buy and sell kids."
As for the youngest child, who fans of the King of Pop know as "Blanket," Jackson's wishes will be more influential since the birth mother is currently unknown. Still, however, if the birth mother were revealed, she too would likely cause a challenge for Katherine's petition. Feulner also points out that a Judge isn't going to be inclined to separate the three children who until now have been raised under the same roof as their siblings.
The dispute surrounding custody of Jackson's youngest child may also shed light on legal issues in custody disputes involving surrogates. Attorney Feulner encourages those seeking surrogates to use donor eggs rather than having the surrogate's eggs fertilized with the father's sperm. In traditional surrogacy, the surrogate is impregnated with her own biological child, but the child is conceived with the intention of relinquishing the child to be raised by others, or the father. In gestational surrogacy, the surrogate becomes pregnant via embryo transfer with a child of which she is not the biological mother. Attorney Feulner points out that this type of surrogacy affords the parent more legal protection as there is no genetic relationship between surrogate parent and child. If Jackson had utilized gestational surrogacy, which is still unclear, Feulner feels that the wishes outlined in Jackson's will would undoubtedly be carried out.
Katherine Jackson is due back in Court in August when a judge will hear her Petition for Permanent Custody. It is unlikely, however, that the court date will mark the conclusion of this custody battle. Those close to the Jackson family wonder how a Judge could award custody to anyone other than Katherine, but according to Attorney Feulner and many other family law experts, "a Judge is bound by the law and is not going to infringe upon the rights of the biological parents lightly."


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CANTON, Mass. (AP) Investigators have discovered that a newspaper on triple murder suspect Amy Bishop's bedroom floor when she killed her brother more than 20 years ago described an incident strikingly similar to what she did that day, raising questions about her claim it was an accident.
Norfolk District Attorney William Keating said investigators found the date of the newspaper after enlarging a police photo of the scene. He said the newspaper contained an article about a shotgun killing in which the suspect stole a getaway car from a dealership.
Bishop, now accused of killing three colleagues at an Alabama university this month, said she accidentally killed her teenage brother with a shotgun at their suburban Boston home in December 1986. She then went to a car dealership body shop and tried to commandeer a car at gunpoint, police said.
"We were struck by how parallel the circumstances were," Keating said. "That could go to the state of mind of Amy Bishop at the time."
Keating declined to be specific about the incident in the paper. Boston newspapers were reporting the incident was about the November 1986 killing of the parents of actor Patrick Duffy, who starred in the TV series "Dallas." They were slain with a shotgun during a robbery attempt at a Montana bar they owned. The two teen suspects then stole a truck at gunpoint from a car dealership. They were arrested after a high speed chase.
On Thursday, Keating ordered an inquest into the shooting of Bishop's brother, Seth Bishop, saying there are new questions about whether it was the accident investigators concluded at the time.
The handling of the case has been under scrutiny since Amy Bishop was accused of killing three faculty colleagues and wounding three others in a shooting Feb. 12 at the University of Alabama-Huntsville.
Keating said the inquest would allow a judge to subpoena Bishop's parents, who refused to talk with state troopers who went to their home last week, saying they had retained an attorney.
"Had they cooperated and we thought their answers were forthright and truthful," Keating said, "this might not have been necessary."
Bishop's mother was the only other witness to the killing. An attorney for the Bishops, Bryan Stevens, did not immediately return a call seeking comment Thursday.
Judge Mark Coven, presiding judge in Quincy District Court, will conduct the closed-door inquest and report his findings to Keating, who would then decide whether to pursue an indictment. The only possible charge that could be filed is murder because the statute of limitations on all other counts, including manslaughter, has expired.
The fact that the only other eyewitness says the shooting was an accident is "a huge burden to overcome," Keating said.
Police reports released by Keating last week said Amy Bishop told police she accidentally fired the shotgun in her bedroom, then went downstairs to ask her brother for help unloading the gun, which her father bought after a break-in.
She said after the gun accidentally went off again, hitting her brother, she fled, believing she dropped it, the reports said. She was arrested with the shotgun at gunpoint. She said she did not remember anything from when she fired the gun the second time until she was at a police station later.
Bishop was released after her mother went to the police station, and police didn't question Bishop or her family for 11 days, among the serious errors Keating said were committed in the 1986 investigation.
Keating said his investigation indicates Bishop was calm and cooperative after she was arrested, contrary to police assertions at the time that she was too hysterical to be questioned.
"The more information we got, the more we looked at reports, the more questions we had," Keating said.
The inquest won't focus on how the investigation was handled, but some of what the judge finds could be used by state police, who are reviewing the original investigation, Keating said.
Seth Bishop's death is among several incidents involving Amy Bishop, a Harvard University-educated neurobiologist, that are being re-examined, including when she and her husband were questioned but never charged in the 1993 attempted mail bombing of a medical researcher who gave her a bad job review. The U.S. attorney in Boston is reviewing its actions in that case.
Bishop also was charged with assault and disorderly conduct after a fight over a child booster seat in a restaurant in 2002. The charges were dismissed after six months' probation.
Bishop 45, is charged with capital murder and attempted murder in the Alabama shooting. Colleagues say she had complained for months about being denied the job protections of tenure.
In Bishop's only public comments since the Alabama shootings, she said they "didn't happen."
A police spokesman in Huntsville, Ala., said it was unclear whether information gathered in a Massachusetts inquest could be used in the capital murder case against Bishop in Alabama.
"It's too bad they didn't do a good investigation up there the first time," Sgt. Mark Roberts said. "If they had in 1986, we might not be where we are today in 2010."
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Bishop David Ricken has a message for the 304,614 members of the Green Bay Catholic Diocese: Voting for pro-choice, pro-marriage equality candidates could "put your own soul in jeopardy."
In a letter to parishioners, the bishop warned against voting for candidates who support "non-negotiables" like access to abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning and same sex marriage.
"A well-formed Christian conscience does not permit one to vote for a political program that contradicts fundamental contents of faith and morals," Ricken wrote in the letter (PDF). "Some candidates and one party have even chosen some of these as their party's or their personal political platform. To vote for someone in favor of these positions means that you could be morally 'complicit' with these choices which are intrinsically evil. This could put your own soul in jeopardy."


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a resident of Danville
on Feb 24, 2012 at 6:29 am
Do any of these people have any type of regular jobs? They seem to be protesting those that went to school and got a job and don't have the time to participate in loud vocal demonstrations in exercising their constitutional rights of pointing out what motivation and entrepreneurship can obtain.
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on Feb 24, 2012 at 6:40 am
I have one word for Castlewood: sprinklers.
a resident of Alamo
on Feb 24, 2012 at 9:31 am
The real question is who is the real backer of the "Occupation Movement" in this country. Look to history. See Germany following WWI. See Argentina from Peron forward.
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We've mentioned already how jam-packed the orchestra's schedule is on any given tour. After all, playing 11 concerts in four cities on two continents would be challenging for even the most adept tour planners - but when you toss a staged two-hour production of a brand-new oratorio into the mix, as well as an educational symposium that spans three days at the outset of the tour...well, then you're getting into "crazy busy" territory, especially when you ask orchestra members and your Music Director to go on the radio to promote your concerts.
Luckily, the LA Phil has the best staff out there, not to mention musicians who love what they do. Working together, the staff and the orchestra make as much time as they can to promote our great organization wherever they go - and, in case, since they're in London, they're going to the BBC. And that's just what Principal Second Violinist Lyndon Johnston Taylor and Principal Piccolo Sarah Jackson did yesterday when they sat down with Sean Rafferty to discuss, among other things, the orchestra's International Residency at the Barbican Centre as part of the Future Play Symposium and what it's like to play in Walt Disney Concert Hall.
You can listen online here, where the interivew will be streaming for the next six days. Johnston and Jackson appear around around the 10-minute mark of the program.
And it's not just musicans who show up on the BBC - our Music Director does as well! That's right - Gustavo Dudamel sat down with John Wilson on the Front Row program for a full half-hour to discuss the orchestra, the residency and more. The interview will be streaming on the BBC's website for the next week, so don't miss your chance to hear it.
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Students can participate in extra curricular activities such as sports and volunteer work. Many students have participated in soccer, frisbee, surfing, and skiing with their Chilean friends. There are also opportunities to volunteer in children´s shelters, teach English in elementary schools, and work on construction projects in shanty towns.
There will be one excursion toward the end of the semester. Previous groups have visited the Cemeneterio General de Santiago to learn about Chilean history, Villa Grimaldi (where some political prisoners were tortured during the dictatorship) to learn about human rights issues in Chile, and hiked a nearby mountain.
The program will match you with a Chilean student at your local university to help you navigate the system during your initial days. If you are in Chile for the fall semester, you will enjoy the national holidays of Chilean independence week; many universities do not observe more than a long Easter weekend during the spring semester.
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Retired judges may be used to investigate misconduct by teachers and recommend discipline for them, Education Minister Andrew Refshauge announced yesterday.
He has ordered a review to overcome the lengthy delays in Department of Education processing cases of teacher misconduct.
The review follows the 2 year investigation into English teacher Jeff Sinclair's romance with a teenage student at a Sydney high school.
The inquiry ended on Friday with Mr Sinclair's dismissal and with his papers being marked never to be re-employed by the department.
"The Sinclair case highlights the need for this review," Dr Refshauge said.
"It is not acceptable that a case like this should take two years to resolve. It is not fair on anybody.
"I want to make sure the department has the best possible system in place.
"In no way is this review about undermining procedural fairness. It is about delivering a better system that ensures a more timely resolution."
Education Department director-general Jan McClelland has been asked to report in six week on: Appointing retired judges or other people outside the department on a full-time basis to determine disciplinary cases; Improving the range of penalties open to the department.
Dr Refshauge said he would welcome a submission from the NSW Teachers' Federation.
The department's lengthy inquiry into the Sinclair case found that the 52-year-old teacher had breached the trust between teacher and student.
When he began his relationship with Nicki Shackle, with whom he now lives, she was 16 years old and he was 33 years her senior.
Her father, Stephen Shackle, yesterday welcomed Dr Refshauge's call for outside judicial figures to conduct misconduct investigations.
"I am 100 per cent in support of the proposal," he said. "But I think they will need powers to conduct any investigation properly."
He said he had been appalled by the length of the department's inquiry, saying: "It dragged on and on and on.
"We gave them all the evidence and information they needed right from the beginning but nothing seemed to happen."
Asked if he wanted to have a reconciliation with his estranged daughter, Mr Shackle said: "I certainly hope so. One day the lights will come on and she will see what has been happening to her. We look forward to that day."
The State Government is currently reviewing child protection legislation to improve the authority of teachers in the classroom.
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Maple the Moose/ Erik, der Elch by Stacey Trock
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It's not often that you encounter a big moose… and can give him a hug without getting a poke from an antler! This cutie is such a statement, that you may be tempted to post 'moose crossing' signs in your home!
Height: Approx 7.5" tall, 9.5" antler-span
Yarns: Kollage 1/2 N 1/2 (50% milk, 50% wool; 1.75oz/50g; 174 yds/160m)
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French lecture .. and the double ending
I guess that some of you will be well and truly fed up with my francophone problems. But there is at least a happy ending -- and a bit of a funny story.
This evening was my "Conférence Marc Bloch" moment -- in the vast amphitheatre of the Sorbonne (in the picture): "Les Romains riaient ils?" I had it written, I had it brilliantly translated, I had practised in my best French.. and yet there was still a big risk.
The end of the lecture featured a Roman joke from the Philogelos (the ancient joke book), and the point was to get the audience to laugh at it, and then to think a bit harder WHY they had laughed.
It was rendered very nicely (thank you all who did this, principally Jean-Frédéric Schaub) into a joke in the style of Coluche. Like this:
"C'est l'histoire d'un mec qui rencontre un copain qu'y croyait mort.
Eh là, qu'y dit, j'croyais qu't'étais mort…
Ben non, que dit l'copain, tu vois bien que chuis vivant.
Mouais, répond le mec, mais çui qui m'a dit qu't'étais mort, j'le crois un peu plus que toi !"
The idea was to tell it to the audience and then get to think why they had laughed
Was it because it was still funny? Or because I (that is "we") had translated it to be funny? Or because a dear old middle aged English lady at the Sorbonne was pretending to be Coluche? Or because the whole idea of laughing at a Roman joke was itself funny?
The trouble was that the whole ending of the lecture depended on the audience having laughed at the joke -- and then thinking more about why they had.
But what if they hadnt laughed? Didn't that ruin the finale?'
This morning, when I had my final run through with my friend Evelyne (THANK YOU, E..!), I began to get cold feet, and we adjusted the final paragraphs to make sure that they would still make sense even if the audience hadn't actually laughed at the Roman/Coluche joke!
By this afternoon the feet were even colder. So I decided to write an entirely new ending -- to use if not even a muffled titter had been raised at my attempt at telling a Roman joke.. much more serious and formal etc. It felt a bit like a reprise of some novel (French Lieutenant's Woman, for example).. in which two possible versions of the conclusion were waved before the readers.
The good news was they did laugh.. and ending number one worked fine (but I sure felt better having the other version up my sleeve in case).
It has been fun here.. as well as scary. Thank you so much to all who organised at the EHESS, to all who helped, and to all who turned up -- to new friends (like François Weil), and older ones (like Jacques Revel -- a bit of an inspiration for me, though I have never quite dared say that to him face to face), and to those I was re-meeting in Paris after decades, incuding Marcel Bénabou.. the only paid up Classicist and Oulipien that I know!
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I grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, which is famous for the Kentucky Hot Brown. We are also famous for bourbon, so I decided to marry the two together.
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Thanks Manuel.
The reason why asked is Atheros wireless driver, which is not supported in
FreeBSD 4.10.
I wanted to make wireless AP using WRAP.2C board, enclosure from mini-box.com
(http://www.pcengines.ch/wrapbox.pdf) and Atheros or best supported miniPCI
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> > When m0n0wall will be converted to FreeBSD 5.x? How long should I
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> > What steps should I consider moving to FreeBSD 5.x?
> > Any advices, helps, links will be appreciated.
>When FreeBSD 5.3 is out, I'll try it and see if it can change my
>opinion about FreeBSD 5. Now everybody please stop asking about this.
>In any case, if you want a decent, reliable and fast access point,
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Relay for Life hosting special dinner Saturday night for cancer survivors
By FAITH HUFFMAN | News-Telegram News Editor
Feb. 7, 2007 - Cancer survivors and their spouses or significant other are being sought for a special dinner to be hosted Saturday night by Hopkins County Relay For Life.
The event is being hosted to honor all cancer survivors and recognize their struggle to overcome it, and any cancer survivor not already contacted about the event is invited. RFL mailed invitations to those survivors participating in last year's relay. Any county cancer survivors who have yet to phone in their confirmation to attend are also encouraged to do so as soon as possible so that Relay committee members can better know how many to plan for.
Those planning to attend Saturday are asked to contact Tony Aguilar at 903-582-2208, Mynder Nash at 903-885-6633 or Mynder Kelly at 903-439-6399, to notify them of their intended participation.
Saturday's Survivors Banquet features a free dinner as well as a number of guest speakers, and survivors are encouraged to bring a spouse, family member, beau or significant other with them. It begins at 7 p.m. and continues until 10 p.m. at Lake Pointe Church on Gilmer Street.
Also, those survivors who have yet to sign up for this year's rally may do so during the banquet. This year, the Relay Committee's goal is to have 300 or more cancer survivors participating in the relay.
Relay For Life Committee members this year also are hoping to generate more team and individual participation by moving the annual event back one week, to May 4-5. For the last two years, weather has dampened the activity, first with really cold winter weather, then last year with a storm which required organizers to shut the event down early. Another challenge still has been scheduling conflicts, such as area proms and other similar events. This year, committee members hope that moving it back will result in warmer, spring weather minus showers.
Despite the weather and scheduling conflicts, the 2006 relay event raised $129,000 and had 37 teams participating. This year, the RFL goal is $150,000, 300 survivors and 52 teams participating. Already, they're ahead of last year as far as teams go, with 42 signed up so far. However, they're still 10 short, and event chair Aguilar said they'd like to have more youth and organizational teams such as school clubs, after school activities such as 4-H Club, ball and sports teams, church and civic groups involved.
The more teams, the less pressure on each team to "push and hustle" to meet the annual fund raising goal for the American Cancer Society.
Also this year, RFL is "working on new entertainment to keep it upbeat and moving forward." Any local entertainers who want to donate their time and talent are also encouraged to contact the RFL have their act worked into the relay schedule, Aguilar said.
To sign up entertainers, teams or survivors for participation in this year's event, or to make donations or for more information about Relay For Life 2007, contact Tony Aguilar at 903-582-2208, Mynder Nash at 903-885-6633 or Mynder Kelly at 903-439-6399. Cancer survivors planning to participate in Saturday's event are also asked to call Aguilar, Nash or Kelly to let them know.
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Column: Supreme Court didn't agree with Obama
Last Thursday, President Obama walked before the cameras and said, "Good afternoon. Earlier today, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act— the name of the health care reform we passed two years ago. In doing so, they've reaffirmed a fundamental principle that here in America — in the wealthiest nation on earth — no illness or accident should lead to any family's financial ruin."
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A bit later, Obama added, "Today, the Supreme Court also upheld the principle that people who can afford health insurance should take the responsibility to buy health insurance."
The casual listener might take Obama to be saying that the Supreme Court agrees with him and that the ruling was a ringing endorsement of what Obama takes to be the core "principles" of ObamaCare.
But that's not the case, at all.
The dissenting opinion written by four justices found the whole thing to be an affront to the Constitution. And the majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, held that the law is constitutional for reasons the president — a famous teacher of the Constitution — passionately rejected.
"You reject that it's a tax increase?" George Stephanopoulos asked the president in a now legendary interview in 2009. "I absolutely reject that notion," replied Obama.
In Roberts' words
Obama might respond that regardless of how they got there, the justices did affirm the principles of ObamaCare. Nope. "We do not consider whether the act embodies sound policies," Chief Justice Roberts wrote for the majority. "That judgment is entrusted to the nation's elected leaders." And again, Roberts writes of ObamaCare: "It is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness."
This was Justice Roberts' diplomatic way of paraphrasing Oliver Wendell Holmes' famous defense of judicial restraint: "If my fellow citizens want to go to hell, I will help them. It's my job."
No doubt, Obama is delighted with the court's decision. The court might have repudiated the president's own opinions, but as a political matter there's little doubt Obama welcomes such repudiation.
Still, it's telling that Obama's fraudulent claim that the Supreme Court agrees with him is not so unusual. The president has a well-known habit of insisting that not only is he right, but also that all smart people agree with him.
For instance, in a 2009 discussion of the economic stimulus, Obama toldTheWashington Post's Fred Hiatt, "Whatever arguments may be made by the critics at this point, there was no economist out there who thought we didn't need to do (it)." Or, in a speech about energy last March: "What I just said about energy, by the way, is not disputed by any energy expert. Everybody agrees with this."
Let the record show that there are, in fact, economists and energy experts who disagree with Barack Obama. Really.
Beyond what this tendency says about the president's own character, it certainly reveals the arrogance of liberalism itself. There is something about the nature of liberalism that causes its adherents to argue as if it is the one true faith. But rather than speak the language of faith, they instead speak the vocabulary of expertise. They claim "sound science" and the support of "all experts" as if their opponents are devoid of facts and reason.
Contempt for democracy
There's a troubling contempt for democracy in this approach to politics because it assumes that your opponents have nothing of substance to contribute to the discussion. Moreover, this assumption inexorably leads liberals to think that if we could just let the experts run things, then everything would be great.
This was the faith of the original progressives who pushed, in the words of legendary news commentator Walter Lippmann, the "mastery" of scientific governance over the "drift" of messy markets and disorganized democracy. The New Deal and the Great Society were grounded in the same vision of infinitely capable technocrats.
Even John F. Kennedy argued that the problems facing the country "deal with questions which are now beyond the comprehension of most men" and should therefore be left to the experts to settle without subjecting them to divisive democratic debate.
Just last year, Peter Orszag, former Obama Office of Management and Budget director, was making the same argument. "We need to counter the gridlock of our political institutions," Orszag argued, "by making them a bit less democratic." The answer to our problems, Orszag proclaimed: "Automatic policies and depoliticized commissions."
It's no wonder that this mindset led to the creation of ObamaCare. Indeed, this is the real principle at the core of the act: the idea that if we can just give the experts, the commissions, the panels and boards enough power to do "what all experts" believe, then everything will be great, particularly if we can force citizens and businesses alike to heel.
In fairness, the court didn't affirm that principle either, but it did say that if the voters want to go to that corner of hell, we can.
Jonah Goldberg, a member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors, is the author of The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas.
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