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|This article was nominated for deletion on January 22, 2008.
The result of the discussion was Keep.
edit Facts
Adding so called "facts" about Vin Diesel is considered a short-term bannable offense (8 hours - 2 days depending on my mood and your other contributions). These things are not Uncyclopedia material; please have your fun with the external link to the Vin Diesel fact generator. --Sir gwax (talk) 18:25, 17 Jan 2006 (UTC)
Why spoil the fun? --Mockstar 14:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Yeah anyways...the Mr T/Vin Diesel/Chuck Norris Articles with facts were the only reason i started comming to uncyclopedia.
Ditto. Someone showed me THIS very page which is why I started coming to this site. Shame shame mods
- That is really unfortunate because the facts are not indiginous to Uncyclopedia. They were taken from other places on the web; just try doing a google search for Vin Diesel Facts and you'll see what I mean. --Sir gwax (talk) 21:17, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
How about ones that specifically pertain to Uncyc? Vin Diesel ate a grue, Vin Diesel won The Game, etc. Since they wouldn't make sense on the Fact Generator, it makes sense to put them here. It's a reasonable compromise. --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 20:35, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- No, facts like that would be too inside as far as jokes go and not all that funny. --Sir gwax (talk) 21:17, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
There were plenty which weren't from the generator, and besides what's the harm in collating them here? Part of what made it funny was the ridiculously long list. Are you a Chuck Norris fan? Is this what this is really about!? --Mockstar 15:36, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
- No, I am a list unfan; you will notice that I was also responsible for removing a similar list from Chuck Norris and Mr. T. --Sir gwax (talk) 19:17, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Well, the Vin Fact Generator stopped accepting new facts after they switched to their new site. While they do add Chuck facts, the moderators have ignored EVERY SINGLE NEW SUBMISSION to the Mr. T and Vin database. Not one Vin fact submitted since the new site has been accepted or rejected. They are all still pending. So frankly, this is the only place we can add them. --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 20:15, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
- Why not put them on a subpage, like Vin Diesel/Facts? --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 20:17, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Yay! --Mockstar 16:09, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
edit Distasteful?
The Pitch Black ones were hilarious but some of the filmography was definitely distasteful. I would remove it but I know YOU PEOPLE would find it funny.
Which ones? I must have done about 10 of those and the rest seem pretty damn funny to me... --Mockstar 16:09, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
i wish we could at least remove the page then or something, it's quite annoying to find a page with only the text "[" on it :( that's just my opinion though. Warumono256 19:38, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
edit Filmography?
Its fah-qing ridiculous... and 90% of it is "2 Fast 2 Furious" jokes... do people have any sense of originality? I know the FAQ on humor suggest repetition... but it's gotta be slightly funny the first time for that to work. Can we burninate most of these, keep about 7 or 8 good ones... and be done? Mister Six 22:17, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
I know what you mean. My friends and I made up a bunch of them, and lately I've felt that they're being buried under a lot of unfunny and poorly written entries. The FAQ also suggests mixing some real world facts into your BS, which is why I based Tu Fast Tu Furious on some real world data. It was based on the Larry David joke about how he's glad he's not a wealthy spanish landowner, and La Posada, which is an actual hotel. I also wrote 2222222, which is my small tribute to Mitch Hedberg, who I was fortunate enough to see in person before he died. I was especially proud of both of these, and I would appreciate it if other people put as much effort into their entries as I put into mine. Admittedly, both titles are just plays off of 2 Fast 2 Furious, and both have illegal races (one street, one boat), but the whole idea, at least to me, was that I took what started as just a stale joke and built a story around it. I also wrote secSECsec (triple sec) and xXxmas (triple xmas), but, while I like the names, I couldn't think of a lot of content for them, so if someone wants to get rid of them so the other entries don't get lost in the crowd (or, better yet, improve on them), then I'll understand. FlickMontana 11:24, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
I just took out some of the numerous 2 Fast 2 Furious entries. I left 2 Kill Or Not 2 Kill, because I like the name, although I do think it could use some work. FlickMontana 11:58, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
xXxMas is pretty funny. secSECsec is kinda funny too. I wasn't hammering you. I just removed a -bunch- more of the crappy ones. There are still 30 entries in the Filmography, which is probably still too much, but at least now you can find some of the witty/funny ones through the clutter. Mister Six 16:08, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
hey wasn't he that bald monk dude with the dots on his head on the DBZ movie???
Close. The bald monk with the dots on his head was "Airbender: the Last Avatar". But yes, Vin did play the monk. It was the only saving grace of M. Night Shamalamadingdong's number 1 top grossing movie. But the guy from DBZ was Elijah Wood. Alas, James Marstens got all the Oscars for that movie. - KWS 262 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 22.214.171.124 (talk • contribs)
edit In Case Anyone Is Interested
which they probably aren't, but still, I'm going to do a bit of a major cleanup of this article, if that's okay. Cheers. Nameable • mumble? • (UnScr:PWotM) 18:03, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
edit In Case Anyone Is Still Interested
I spoke too soon. This is far too much effort to clean up! Nameable • mumble? • (UnScr:PWotM) 18:26, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
edit Blind Man?
Alrighty so umm Riddick wasn't actually blind. How exactly was that suppose to be funny anyways? o.o
edit Were does he come from?
he comes from antarctica... he is also cross beetween a seal and speaks the antarctic language :a isa seana besa guana. meaning: i will need some cheese


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Spooning into summer - life with chronic pain & fatigue.(1000 Posts)
A lovely, supportive thread for those of us suffering with a range of illnesses & syndromes that cause chronic pain & fatigue, amongst many other things.
Lots of advice shared but also a place to chat & laugh with people who understand.
theory here http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/wpress/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/
I get what you mean Accidental, by tired and emotional, without being depressed or sad. It seems to go with being close to exhaustion for me, when only emotion is left and I/m running on empty, and used to happen a lot when I was first ill. Its odd because before illness, wearing yourself out left a satisfied tiredness.
Yes moods are very intricately linked to physical symptoms IME! I can get very tearful when tired and in pain. Recently I have felt like I am permanently PMSing.
Found out I have a UTI today, bit nervewracking as that's what seemed to start the CFS initially. Also got referred for an ultrasound as I've had a few odd gynae symptoms
I've started to realise I can actually tell how fatigued I am by my thoughts even if my body is trying to keep going....irritable means I need a lie down soon, teary means I needed a lie down yesterday.
Definitely know what you all mean with emotions and fatigue/pain levels. Yesterday evening I sobbed, a deep hard cry for an hour. The pain was too much and I felt beside myself with tiredness but couldn't sleep. I also can't shake the feeling that I'm letting everyone down. dMIL has been fantastic (thankfully only live 2 roads away) but dFIL has M.E too so she has her hands full there and although she wants to help I know she feels torn.
Today ds1 went to after school care (he's been begging to go as his best friend goes) at the same nursery that ds2 is in this week. It's virtually at the end if our road. My friends then took the boys until dh got home. They had a fab day and ds1 is loving nursery so so much I am missing him like crazy but I know after this emergency care is finished that I will look at booking him in their part time for my own physical health.
Fuzzpig I hope that your UTI goes soon. It's horrible and emotional links to how everything started is hard to deal with
I now have a referral to OT and physio and we are looking personal payments. Does anyone get these? Do any if you have a PA?
My dad moved in after my mum died as he was incredibly lonely. He has a part time job but he has ended up becoming a part time carer to me. He can't claim carers allowance though unless I am awarded DLA! It's the amount of energy needed to even apply is energy sapping
Ds1 has had a bad week health wise and has fallen asleep after school every day at about 5pm. His pain levels have increased and he has needed more dihydrocodeine. I know in going to need more energy to help him fight. I want to take his pain, he is 6, it's just not fair that he has to have these worries
Do many of you get tachycardic? I have been tachycardic since I was a child, which is when they think my fibromyalgia started. The drs keep doing ECG's but just say I'm weird they try and link it to my higher blood pressure at the moment, but that's only been an issue since ds2 was born!
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I've been away for a few days.
I have a job interview today, for a full time job, much nearer to home. At the moment I'm commuting 8 hours a week, so I'm hoping that even though the job is more hours, I'll be able to manage better, as I can walk to the office in minutes.
I'm a bit worried about my sick record being brought up at interview though. I apparently have to pass a health check to get the job, so I'm not going back to the gp yet, so I don't have a chronic health condition on my record.
Korma, what time do you take it at the moment? I take mine (50mg at the moment, moving it up to 75mg this week) at 7pm and that let's me get the boys up for school by 8am the next morning without feeling too "drugged"
Altogether that's great, hope the job interview goes really well
I got the job!
So now I need to fill in a health form, but I think that should be ok. I hope so.
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Yay altogether! Congratulations!
Korma I am glad you have a firmer dx now. I take my ami, 40Mg at 5pm. Earlier than that means I get no evening!
Mega achy this eve, muscles have tightened so much I can't straighten my legs!
I was going to say bringing it forward to 5 or 6pm would still arouse you from your "coma" at about 8 or 9am.
I can't remember if you said what dosage you take? I know the GP said that its like walking a tight rope, finding a dose that helps with the pain but doesn't comatose you
Altogether, huge congratulations on the job
I take my amitriptyline at 8. I find if I have to get up early for work (5.30 ) I'm ok but if not I can't seem to get up until 10 or I feel hung over. I'm lucky that dh has taken over the role of getting kiddies ready and off to school that I can stay in bed.
oh and well done about the job.
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Oh korma, you have my every sympathy. I have psa but not fibro and I struggle with fatigue etc. I'm currently on methotrexate but on antibiotics for an infection so had to skip it this wk. There's so many times I've sat down with the kids just to relax and I've started drifting off! My pain is ok at the minute so I can manage ok. Is amtiriptyline a fibro drug?
I was asleep before nine on the sofa last night so much for a nice evening with DH eh! Did a lot yesterday, both school runs and work in the middle and took the DCs to the park (taxing, but better than them going stir crazy stuck indoors) and I'm in a lot of pain this morning. A shame as we were all going to go out (to a bus depot open day... DCs very excited) but I'm crying off to rest.
Icant - amitryptiline isn't specifically a fibro drug, it is actually an older type of antidepressant (tricyclic IIRC). However due to its effects on the brain, it has proved every useful as a painkiller in lower doses, and is often used for that purpose instead, especially for chronic pain/ME/fibro, and also migraines. (so it does not mean you are depressed if you are prescribed it)
Korma, good to see you have a further diagnosis (although obv not good that you have to have it!) we were both diagnosed at pretty much the same time i think? I'm waiting for another rheum appt to discuss my possible hyoermobility (as i said on a pnothe thread, but cant remember whihc one, told the gp and she siad its already in my notes!) and yesteday i had a call that they need go redo my blood tests for my sulfasalazine check, so now worrying whats up!
I'm on an oldy tricyclic too, lofepramine for me though. Dr did say when i was given it thet it can help long term pain, but also have had depression for years anyway. But then is that actually because of the pain or a seperate problem? Who knows, lol!
Kids have been up at 5 last two mornings, so i fell asleep on sofa yesterday. Early mornings kill me, even if I've had the same amount of sleep at night I just cant do them.
Psoriasis is flaring now too, having been quite calm all summer. So am extra specially attractive now on top of not being able to move!
And i am rather irritable, probably not helped by being massively overtired. And I grt very "woe is me" then, hugely annoyed any time anyone mentions any sort of minor health issue and feeling sorry for myslef that I'm so bad, and mad at them for being so whingey when they have no right to whinge
Sorry about particularly shit typing btw, swollen fingerrs plus changed keyboard for ipad update equals nonsense
I've randomly fainted since i was a teenager, no proper diagnosis after oodles of tests and years of it happening. Until i was investigating hypermobility recently and saw POTS, which i am 100% positive is what it is? Although That could also then point to cfs too, which people have joked about me having for years ( not funny!) but can cfs even be diagnosed after psa? Cause surely all cfs problems would just be attributed to the psa?
Hypochondria (along with actual diagnosed problems already) is not good whencyou also add a bit of medical knowledge!
Beyond According to a top neuropsychiatrist (whose name I cannot recall), CFS/ME should not be diagnosed alongside other conditions that cause fatigue such as; depression and inflammatory autoimmune conditions. However, the reality is that many doctors will diagnose CFS/ME when the fatigue is very likely caused by a different condition. I was diagnosed with CFS and refuted it and eventually, it was undiagnosed and my rheumatologist agreed that the fatigue was caused by uncontrolled inflammatory arthritis. To prove my point, I am on an anti-TNF that is already easing my joint symptoms and guess what, my fatigue has eased too!
korma I am on amytriptiline and started on 10 mgs with a view to gradually increasing to 50mgs. I've never got beyond 20mgs! But, it does help with night pain and whilst I do sleep very heavily I do sleep...I am fine in the mornings now, though do have to drag myself awake. So do give it time, the morning hangover feeling really does improve.
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President Barack Obama presides over an economy that has recovered considerably since he gave his first state of the union address. But as he prepares to embark upon his second term, critics from all sides agree there is much work still to be done.
Obama is expected to put the economy at the centre of Tuesday's speech. When Obama gave his first address in February 2009, unemployment was 7.8%, slightly lower than today, but was set to rise as the economic crisis worsened. Unemployment remains stubbornly high, but it is gradually falling, while house prices are rising and the stock market has recovered.
"The economy looks stable," said Steve Cunningham, director of research and education at American Institute For Economic Research and a professor at the University of Connecticut. "Structural issues remain. There is uncertainty about fiscal policy, which is still having a negative impact on the economy," he said. But beneath that, the economy is solid, he said.
In fact, in its latest report, the AIER calculates that while the recovery appears lackluster it is only weak in comparison to the boom that preceded it. "That comparison is unfair," said Cunningham. In reality, growth is now "close to normal".
Dan Greenhaus, the chief global strategist for BTIG, said Wall Street is not expecting big surprises from the president. "It looks like he is going to double down on the policies he thinks are right."
He said Obama was likely to blame Republicans for Washington's continuing failure to broker a long-term solution to the US's fiscal woes. Such a stance increases the likelihood of massive budget cuts – known as sequestration – which are set to kick in come March, he said.
"Whoever is to blame, it looks like it is going to happen," he said. Most of the impact will be felt in defense. Cuts in defense spending helped turn the US's gross domestic product (GDP) negative at the end of last year.
Sean West, a policy analyst at Eurasia Group, a political risk consultancy, said the president was likely to "turn up the heat" on Republicans about sequestration. "He's the most popular politician in America right now. I think he will try to increase the political price Republicans face for not doing anything." But with both sides deadlocked, West said sequestration looked increasingly likely.
It's not just Wall Street that will be watching Obama carefully tonight. Its critics will be tuning in, too. "We want to hear that he is still committed to holding Wall Street accountable," said Brian Kettenring, director of Campaign for a Fair Settlement, which has lobbied for harsher actions against the banks after the financial meltdown. More than four years after the worst financial crisis in a generation, Kettenring said Obama had shown little appetite for real reform of Wall Street. "The most generous thing you can say about him is that he's been distracted, and that that's a very generous interpretation," he said.
"This is an opportunity for him to answer the question: does he want to be remembered as the guy who held Wall Street accountable or the guy who let the bankers run off with the people's money?"


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TAMPA -- Former GOP presidential nominee John McCain slammed President Obama's handling of crises around the world and for weakening America's military might.
In a speech before delegates at the Republican National Convention, the Arizona senator repeatedly said he has "trust" in Mitt Romney to be the next commander in chief and to protect the defense budget.
"I trust Mitt Romney to know that good can triumph over evil, that justice can vanquish tyranny, that love can conquer hate, that the desire for freedom is eternal and universal, and that America is still the best hope of mankind," McCain said.
Without mentioning Obama by name, McCain criticized the man who defeated him in 2008 with causing countries "from Latin America to Asia, Europe to the Middle East, and especially in Israel -- a nation under existential threat -- to doubt America's leadership."
McCain was harsh about Obama's handling of the war in Afghanistan, now running for 11 years. He said Obama's plan to withdraw U.S. combat troops substitutes "a political timetable for a military strategy."
"By committing to withdraw from Afghanistan before peace can be achieved and sustained, the president has discouraged our friends and emboldened our enemies, which is why our commanders did not recommend that decision and why they have said it puts our mission at greater risk," McCain said.
McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, also bemoaned a time gone by on Capitol Hill when lawmakers of both parties put aside their differences when it came to tackling defense and foreign policy issues.
"We've drifted away from our proudest traditions of global leadership -- traditions that are truly bipartisan," he said. "We've let the challenges we face, both at home and abroad, become harder to solve."
The solution, he suggested, lies in electing Romney and running mate Paul Ryan in November.
"When we nominate Mitt Romney, we do so with a greater purpose than winning an advantage for our party," McCain said. "We charge him with the care of a higher cause. His election represents our best hopes for our country and the world."
McCain bounded onto the stage to the song Danger Zone, from the movie Top Gun, in a nod to his days as a naval aviator. His life story is well known, including the more the five years he spent held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Today is his 76th birthday.
McCain's remarks began with some of his trademark humor, a poke at himself for his unsuccessful 2008 election.
"I had hopes once of addressing you under different circumstances. But our fellow Americans had another plan four years ago, and I accept their decision," McCain said.
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
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On the 2nd of October in the year 1798, Davy quitted Penzance, before he had attained his twentieth year.
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Students who bomb out in mathematics in the School Certificate should repeat year 10 if they want to study the subject for the HSC, the head of the state's curriculum authority has advised.
After two successive years in which more than 3000 students technically failed the easiest HSC maths course, the president of the Board of Studies, Gordon Stanley, issued a warning to students and parents to change entrenched attitudes that maths is a must-do for the HSC.
"If you really haven't done well [in maths] all through year 10, there's nothing magic about year 11 . . . the demands are going to be greater," Professor Stanley said. "If students haven't achieved appropriate outcomes, they perhaps ought to do that again . . . repeat the year 10 maths course or choose another course."
Other education experts warn that maths is important not only for its own sake, but also for cognitive development, logic, problem solving - or simply filling out a tax return. The Board of Studies and the State Government have trumpeted the success of the revamped HSC in attracting more students to higher-level maths courses, but thousands of others are dropping out of maths by year 11.
Teachers have argued that general mathematics, the lowest HSC maths, is too difficult for less capable students. Terry Gagen, associate professor at the University of Sydney's School of Mathematics and Statistics, even warns of a generation of "maths illiterates" in the making.
General maths was one of only five HSC courses for which more than 10 per cent of students scored in band one last year. The board does not issue fails, but band one is a mark less than 50 and "below the minimum standard expected".
The subject replaced two application-based courses, Maths in Practice and Maths in Society, in the HSC overhaul of 2000.
"You look at the less able students doing it and they haven't got a hope," said Margaret Bigelow, spokeswoman for the Mathematical Association of NSW and head of maths at The MLC School, Burwood. She says general maths is conceptually difficult and, ironically, "very English-based", involving a lot of writing and language skills.
Dr Graham Barnsley, senior lecturer in the faculty of education at the University of Technology, Sydney, said maths was important in "all walks of life" - for cognitive skills ranging from the understanding of logic to problem solving.
But he believes the maths rot is setting in much earlier than senior high school. And with both federal and state governments pushing for students to stay on until year 12, Dr Barnsley says there are many more students who are academically weaker in all subjects.
"There are a lot of kids who do the HSC who don't have any particular strengths and they may still want to do maths, even if it's at a low level," he said.
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* C$ at C$0.9941 to US$, or $1.0059 * Greek deal expected; disappointment could roil markets * Stalled U.S. budget discussions also weigh By Alastair Sharp TORONTO, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar was slightly weaker in early trade on Monday as investors awaited the results of Greek debt aid talks and worried about pending U.S. tax hikes and spending cuts. Euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund are attempting to release emergency aid for Greece for the third time in as many weeks, but they first need to agree if some of the official loans to Athens might eventually be forgiven to cut Greek debt. "The market is probably set up for something fairly decisive today (on Greece)," said Adam Cole, global head of FX strategy at RBC Capital Markets in London. "If they fail to agree yet again it could be quite violently negative." U.S. lawmakers have made little progress in the past 10 days toward a compromise to avoid the "fiscal cliff" of harsh tax increases and government spending cuts due to start to kick in in the new year, a senior Democratic senator said on Sunday. At 9:07 a.m. (1407 GMT) the Canadian dollar was trading at C$0.9941 to the greenback, or $1.0059, compared with C$0.9920, or $1.0081, at Friday's North American close. The two-year bond was up 3 Canadian cents to yield 1.108 percent, while the benchmark 10-year bond was up 25 cents to yield 1.758 percent.


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Auburn University student nurses are bound to be nervous when they provide care to a patient for the very first time.
Riley Cullen, a first-year nursing student, wasn't nervous. She was terrified.
"But I feel better now that it's over because now we can go to the hospital and know a little bit more about what to expect," said Cullen.
Every semester, before Auburn's nursing students participate in a clinical rotation, they participate in a simulation exercise on campus, mimicking what they could see at a healthcare facility. Nearly 60 first-year students went through the exercise Oct. 10-14, before their first clinical experience at area hospitals began Oct. 17.
Teresa Gore, an assistant clinical professor and simulation learning coordinator for Auburn's School of Nursing, said a mock hospital unit was created in Miller Hall in 2007, after her research showed how much the experience decreased anxiety levels in students before their first clinical.
"Because they've never had this experience before, we always try to make sure we give them opportunities to practice in a safe environment that they can learn from and this way, there is no harm to any human patients," she said. "Their anxiety goes down because they have experience to pull from so that when they care for real patients, they have more knowledge."
The mock hospital looks like the real thing, with hospital beds and medical equipment. Each of the four beds is occupied by a patient, a computer-operated mannequin that can 'talk' to nurses and react to the care it receives thanks to a nursing instructor manning a computer from behind a one-way mirrored room.
Each instructor has a role to play – a patient with a particular condition such as diabetes or an infection – but will put the role aside to offer students advice when necessary.
The symptoms of every patient vary each semester depending on the students' level of skill and knowledge. Gore said it would have been ineffective to make the first-year students react to a patient who dies from cardiac arrest, but she wouldn't hesitate to test the scenario on senior students who have had more training.
Because death is possible in a real hospital, Gore said the students take the fake exercise seriously. An unintentional glitch with the microphones presented a pair of first-year students with a real problem they didn't expect – an unresponsive patient. Instead of assuming the lack of communication was pretend, they responded as if it was real.
Gore believes nursing students learn to make fewer errors and develop a foundation for safe practices in the mock hospital setting.
"We were extremely nervous and we made a few mistakes, but it helps us learn from them and now we are going to feel much more confident to enter the hospital and have confidence in our skills," said first-year student Ashley Pigg. "A couple of the mistakes we made, we really never want to make (again) and we learned from them and we won't make them in real life."
The first-year students may still be nervous for their first clinicals, but Pigg is confident in her classmates.
"We're very skilled and we've been taught by the best," she said. "We've learned a lot in the last few weeks and we are very excited to get to use our skills in real life."
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Zonker nails it again
One of the great things about people writing things that you have been thinking — let alone things you wish you had written — is that you don't have to do it yourself.
So, thanks to Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier for writing this on the Linux Magazine site about the "Party of Gno," with some words that hopefully the Free Software Foundation will take to heart.
My thoughts exactly, Zonk.
(Fedora ambassador Larry Cafiero runs Redwood Digital Research in Felton, California, and is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
I'm baaaaaaaaack
As I've said ad nauseum — Latin for "if he says that one more time, I'm going to throw up" — I only write things when I have something to say. What I have to say today is simple — I'm back.
Going through the last few months of observations, I have only this to offer:
(Fedora ambassador Larry Cafiero runs Redwood Digital Research in Felton, California, and is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
Eight Distros a Week: gNewSense 1.1
[This is the fifth in an eight-part series on distros I use. These observations are based on distros running on one or more of the following hardware: Dell Inspiron 5000 laptop, an brandless Pentium III-based desktop, an IBM PL 300 Pentium II, an iMac G3 (Indigo) and an iBook G3. As the auto commercials say, your mileage may vary.]
A couple of Saturdays ago, I appeared as a guest on KUSP's GeekSpeak radio show to talk about Free Software, and about two-thirds of what I said on the radio was about gNewSense.
Truth in advertising: I was on with Richard Stallman, who the panelists really wanted to speak to (and rightfully so), and my total contribution to the hour-long radio show was three sentences. But two sentences out of three praising gNewSense isn't bad.
What I said on the show was that gNewSense was the only completely free-as-in-freedom distros I would recommend, and that I have already had one user converted from a proprietary OS to gNewSense.
The third sentence — I corrected the host on how to pronounce my name, I think.
Nevertheless, of all the distros providing true digital freedom, gNewSense stands out as probably the best performing and most stable distro available. To those for whom complete free-as-in-freedom programs with the distro is of vital importance, gNewSense provides suitable alternatives to other-than-free (for whatever reason) software; Burning Dog, for example, is the free (albeit domesticated?) replacement for Firefox as a Web browser. Rhythmbox works well on a PIII, as does Serpentine.
The KDE version of gNewSense, which I ran on the PIII desktop, ran through its paces flawlessly, although the caveat here is that I didn't have an Internet connection and couldn't put it through some on-line tests that I did with the laptop.
Whether you prefer GNOME or KDE — and I don't mean to start a flame war here, and past posts have outlined where my desktop loyalties lie — bear in mind that both desktops run the OS suitably and makes a strong argument for running completely free.
Further, Ireland is beginning to stand out as a digital leader in Europe — both gNewSense and Linux Mint (which we'll talk about tomorrow) are two testaments to how Eire is taking a lead in FOSS. So a toast with a pint of stout to the both Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley — and the rest of the developers of gNewSense on either side of the Atlantic — for providing a great distro.
Coming tomorrow: Linux Mint 4.0 Darnya Xfce
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source and Free Software Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
Notes, quotes and gloats
Driving Mister Stallman: My 1994 Jetta (with the specialized California license plate "GNU LNUX") and I had a special guest over the last few days: the Free Software Foundation's Richard Stallman. RMS, as he is known, needed transportation from Palo Alto to Santa Cruz on Saturday morning, and at 8 a.m., we appeared at the doorstep of the home at which he was staying for a ride to KUSP in Santa Cruz for an appointment with a radio show.
After a spot of tea, we loaded up the Jetta and headed southwest. For the most part, RMS kept to his work on his laptop in front of him as he rode in the passenger seat (no, I don't know what he was working on — I didn't look) but we did have time to talk about some of the upcoming events — the radio show, his Op-Ed piece running in the Sunday Santa Cruz Sentinel and his talk on Monday at Cabrillo College. He also commented on the road noise my car makes, but after 274,000 faithful miles, the Jetta can play Sousa marches with every passing mile for all I care.
On Tuesday morning, I drove RMS from Santa Cruz to the San Francisco airport, and the trip was a little more conversational. While negotiating the twists and turns of Highway 17 over the Santa Cruz Mountains (hoping all the while I didn't hit anything, lest his laptop become a permanent part of RMS's forehead thanks to the driver side airbag), we talked about a GNU-friendly "Intro to Unix/Linux" textbook (which may soon be available — watch this space) and how much alike surfing and love are. Other topics — the folly of highway expansion in the face of peak oil and a McAfee billboard on Highway 101 that said "Hackers are bad" — led us both on conversational tangents punctuated by work on his laptop.
We arrived at SFO after a side trip to Palo Alto to the home he had stayed in before to pick up an item he had forgotten. At 11, he had plenty of time to catch his plane. As we shook hand to take leave of each other, he left me with two words (and you can say them with me): "Happy hacking!"
[Note to P.L.: Not to worry — I didn't tell RMS about the dream you had about him.]
Blue Screen of REAL Death: The Defense Department and Boeing plan to base their new Future Combat Systems not on Microsoft Windows, but on a GNU/Linux based system using Red Hat. The reason the generals made is clear — they don't want to be beholden to Microsoft — but another more important issue arose, this from John Williams, a sergeant at the Boeing plant in Huntington Beach: "Soldiers don't care about software," he said. What they care about is "if it's going to work." That means the men and women on the ground have their lives depending on software, and that software has got to work or the result could be fatal. So, arguably, that counts Microsoft out.
[So how far did that chair travel, Mr. Ballmer?]
Coming soon (like tomorrow): Starting tomorrow, I am going to release eight straight blogs on eight distros I use and particularly like, and why. Call it "Eight Distros a Week" if you like, because I plan to. In any case, hope you enjoy it. Up tomorrow: AntiX 6.5 Spartacus and 7.0 Lysistrata.
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source and Free Software Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
Miscellaneous ramblings
Back to school: The last time I had a college ID, Gerald Ford was president, disco was ravaging the country and I — try not to laugh — entertained thoughts of studying architecture. Of course, Ford passed away and disco faded away (only to become part of a '70s-based sitcom) and my all-but-non-existent math skills had no chance to fade away, guiding me from this failed endeavor to become the next Frank Lloyd Wright and propelling me into the writing field.
But 32 years after proudly graduating at the middle of my class from Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Opa Locka, Fla., I am a college student again, this time at Cabrillo College in Aptos, Calif., where my sole class to date is Intro to Unix/Linux.
Jim Griffin, a pretty enthusiastic and all-around good instructor, teaches the course. I have about 30-some-odd (meaning there are about 30, some of them odd) classmates and the course seems to be pretty easy, so far — that year of self-study masquerading as throwing myself into FOSS didn't hurt. Needless to say, I will keep you posted on the class and my yet-to-be-announced efforts to start a Cabrillo LUG. Oops . . .
Born free: A couple of those who commented on the blog's name change — as well as those of you who e-mailed me personally — seem to think that I am a recent convert to free software. Nope — I've always been on the side of "free as in freedom" (although I have absolutely nothing against free beer!) since I converted to the FOSS side. Again, with what's being touted these days as "open source" not being so — or defined in a kind of "1984" doublespeak — and when even the OSI is having a hard time redefining what "open source" is, then clearly it was time for a name change.
RMS . . .SF . . OK?: Richard Stallman does a series of talks in Northern California this week: Stanford on Monday (Sept. 10), San Jose State on Tuesday (the 11th), Berkeley on Wednesday (the 12th) and the University of San Francisco (a block from where I used to live when I first moved to San Francisco) on Thursday (the 13th). The Berkeley event may need an RSVP, but the others are free — as in freedom and free beer. A schedule is available from the Free Software Foundation — click on the day of the week for the event time and location.
Hello, Columbus: For those of you Buckeyes (and those of you in the neighboring states) finding yourselves with free time on Saturday, Sept. 29, make your way to the Greater Columbus Convention Center for Ohio LinuxFest 2007. Fedora's Max Spevack and Bradley Kuhn, of the Software Freedom Law Center, are keynoting. From what I'm told, it looks like it is ramping up to be a good event — don't miss it.
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
Hackers: Good – Crackers: Bad
It's interesting how those urban stories become urban legends (no, Bill Gates is not going to give you his fortune if you pass on that e-mail — sheesh) and how myths become become truths when repeated often enough.
Last week, the paper at which I work had a headline on a story that said that the U.S. had the most hackers in the world. Under my definition of hacker this would be welcome news, but the article continued to implicate those who "hacked" as people who did illegal things via computers.
Those aren't hackers. Most of you know who Eric Raymond is, but for those of you who don't, the author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" — arguably a defining book regarding open source software — has something to say about hackers; real hackers, that is.
Raymond says that hackers — "a community, a shared culture, of expert programmers and networking wizards that traces its history back through decades to the first time-sharing mini-computers and the earliest ARPAnet experiements" — originated the term as a positive one. Hackers built the Internet, Raymond continues, made Unix what it is today, run Usenet, and generally make the World Wide Web work.
He continues later to say, "There is another group of people who loudly call themselves hackers, but aren't. These are people (mainly adolescent males) who get a kick out of breaking into computers . . . . Real hackers call these people 'crackers' and want nothing to do with them . . . ."
Raymond continues later: " . . . [B]eing able to break security doesn't make you a hacker any more than being able to hotwire cars makes you an automotive engineer."
Hackers build things, and crackers break them.
I think about this every time I look at the Free Software Foundation business-card disk that doubles as my membership card, especially at the signature by Richard Stallman (I asked him to autograph it, sheepishly, after the stellar speech he gave at the University of California last month) which says, "Happy hacking!" To be a hacker would be a badge of honor I'd gladly wear.
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
Richard Stallman at Berkeley
Richard Stallman and others in the free software movement may not like my choice of words to describe his speech on Friday, Feb. 23. But to quote a large software conglomerate way north of here: Wow.
Tod Landis, the Technical Editor of Open Source Reporter, and I drove up to Berkeley from Santa Cruz to see Stallman speak (but not before picking up mutual friend, uber-geek and Web host operator without peer Cameron Spitzer on the way in San Jose), and Stallman did not disappoint. In fact, he was engaging, funny, passionate and thought-provoking during the course of the two hours in which he spoke.
More importantly, Stallman was convincing about the need to promote the free software philosophy and further the free software movement. Specifically, he touted the need for people to get involved not only with the Free Software Foundation, but also with some of the FSF's projects, primarily their efforts around stopping DRMs and Bad Vista (both of which can be found on the FSF site).
Also, he explained how GNU was really a significant part of the operating system everyone calls "Linux," and that because Linux is only the kernel and all the other aspects of the operating system were from GNU. Hence, it should rightfully called GNU/Linux instead of just "Linux."
So noted, Professor Stallman: We at Open Source Reporter have made a note of it, and will refer to all operating systems as such in the future.
He also revealed what he uses on his computers (Blag), and stated that there were only three distros that provided fully free software: Blag, gNewSense and a third one that I didn't get (Ulteo, maybe?).
As one of the crowd's non-geeks (or as a geek apprentice, perhaps), my observation is that Stallman comes across as a very eloquent and very engaging in presenting his views to the audience. I understand his passion and urgency in promoting things like abolishing DRMs and calling Vis-duh and Microsoft on their individual and collective shortcomings. He effectively and convincingly lays out the reasons why free software and open source software are different, and how open source could stand to be more like free software.
Stallman's "Saint Ignutius" schtick was very entertaining, and in ordaining the crowd into the Church of Emacs, he warned that as adherents we should "beware of Vi, Vi, Vi — the mark of the beast" (get out your geek-to-English dictionaries: Vi is another editor, and VI of course is the Roman numeral for six; hence six-six-six, ba-da-boom!).
The talk was attended by between 75-100 people, mostly Cal students with a few of us older folks in the audience.
I understand that the audio for this speech is supposed to be available on the Free Software Foundation's Web site (http://www.fsf.org), but I haven't found it yet. It would be good to give it a listen, because it touches firmly on the need for free software, and how we should go about promoting it.
I came away from this speech with a better understanding of free software, converted to the free software movement, and with a couple of items of worth — a FSF lapel pin and a Richard Stallman autograph on my FSF card.


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Voting conducted by RollingStones.com showed that James Blunt's 'You're Beautiful' is placed at #1 for songs that will make people want to commit violence.
Moderate popularity seems to be a better option this time for James Blunt as his claim to fame hit 'You're Beautiful' tops another infamous chart. The single that went #1 on most countries' chart has been listed at #1 for songs that used to be enjoyed but now makes people want to hurt others.
A poll was gathered by RollingStones.com's Rock List column and Blunt's hit beat Black Eyed Peas' 'My Hump' and Smash Mouth's 'All Star'. The songs that are considerably new are followed in the fourth and fifth post with old pieces 'Don't Worry be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin and 'YMCA' by Village People respectively.
Funny enough, sitting at 13th post is Coldplay's 'Yellow' that recently brought actual violence to a guy singing to it. A fan of the band was singing the song in a karaoke bar when a woman reportedly said, "Oh no, not that song. I can't stand that song!" and made a leap to the singer telling his singing "sucked".
As previously reported, "You're Beautiful" also sat at number 1 in a poll to determine the most irritating songs of all time. Blunt responded saying "It's a huge honour to be recognised in this way. I am not going to take offence at the result of the poll - unless of course I came second. That would be desperately offensive."
Here's Top 20 list of songs that "make you want to get violent":
- �You�re Beautiful,� James Blunt
- �My Humps,� Black Eyed Peas
- �All Star,� Smash Mouth
- �Don�t Worry Be Happy,� Bobby McFerrin
- �YMCA,� Village People
- �Breakfast at Tiffany�s,� Deep Blue Something
- �With Arms Wide Open,� Creed
- �I Will Walk 500 Miles,� The Proclaimers
- �Zombie,� Cranberries
- �Your Body Is a Wonderland,� John Mayer
- �Hey Ya,� OutKast
- �Torn,� Natalie Imbruglia
- �Yellow,� Coldplay
- �Truly, Madly, Deeply,� Savage Garden
- �Wannabe,� Spice Girls
- �Hot In Herre,� Nelly
- �You�re Still the One,� Shania Twain
- �Fast Cars,� Tracy Chapman
- �This Kiss,� Faith Hill
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My Sweet, Sweet Girl:
I'm sitting here tonight wondering just where the last five years of our lives have gone. Somehow, we came home with this tiny, precious baby and suddenly, basically overnight, our baby has grown into this beautiful, talkative, funny girl.
Beatrice Kate, I really don't understand how five years have gone by and yet, I can't believe I've only known you for such a short time. More so, I can't believe that something, and someone so incredible was made right inside of my very own body. That you came from me. From Daddy. Somehow, during your short time on the inside, before you were born, you managed to pick up only the good parts of our DNA and leave all of the negative parts behind. That's miraculous by itself.
You are so kind, to our family and to your friends. Always the first to remind Daddy and I to speak more gently to each other, and to be fast to apologize if we're wrong. You're a born nurturer and love to touch and be touched, to soothe any pains or worries. If you choose to have children some day, this quality will make you a compassionate mother and partner.
You are driven, more than Daddy or I have ever been and it's pretty fun to watch. And you're so smart, more than just in a classical "book-sense" smart. You can connect themes and ideas, ask questions and inquire, solve problems and create anew at a rate that I can't keep up with! I cannot wait to see where that ambition takes you in life. And believe me, baby, you're destined for greatness.
When you were born, I was so scared that our birth would some how make us, as mother and daughter, disconnected and distant. We didn't get the "Golden Hour", heck, we didn't even meet until 24 hours later! I was worried that you wouldn't know who I was, or that some how our cosmic line to one another had been snipped when they cut your umbilical cord.
Now, I know that's simply not true. You and I, we are connected; and it's a connection so deep and so intense that Daddy makes fun of us. He says that I can hear your eyes open first thing in the morning and I feel like now, more than ever, we "get" each other.
The next year will bring a lot of change for our family, and for you. You'll be starting Kindergarten at a new school, and will be branching out into a social group of your choosing, making new friends and spreading your wings in a way that we haven't yet seen you be able to do. I'm equal parts excited for you and sad for me.
Somehow Kindergarten, turning five, it all feels like the end of one chapter and a start to another. You are officially no longer a baby, and I see evidence of that with each new day. You're a little taller, a little more lean, you have your own (strong, very strong) opinions about life and what's right and wrong, and you ask really deep questions about our community and about your world (often times, we have to say, "I don't know right now, but I'll find out and tell you when I know!). It makes it challenging and a joy to parent you!
I am so thankful that you were born into our family. I am so thankful that you chose me to be your mother. I can't wait to see what happens in the next year; but if this year was any indication, it's going to be a lot of fun.
I love you so much! Happy Birthday!
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Of course, all this information is gleaned from web searches, so all the information could be inaccurate.
Richy: This battery seems to be the best candidate by far. The only two problems would be 1) What if the battery is too thick? (It looks thin, but what if it is "not quite" thin enough?), & 2) What if the connectors don't fit? (Just because it has 3 wires, the connector on the battery might not be the same size as the receiving connection slot on the device).
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He compared possible changes to the "creep" takeover provisions being pushed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission with the introduction of the mining tax, which the federal Labor government had to renegotiate after a revolt by mining companies.
"We saw through the discussions on the early stages of the mining tax that when you move very quickly without consulting appropriate[ly], you don't necessarily get good outcomes," Sir Rod said in an interview.
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The change would be designed to prevent aggressive investors from building controlling stakes in companies without paying extra to other shareholders.
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Killeen Daily Herald
As outgoing City Manager David Blackburn prepares for a whole new ballgame in Temple, Acting City Manager Connie Green is dusting off the dirt and stepping up to the plate.
Though Blackburn, who is leaving Killeen to fill the same position in Temple, will be taking vacation time until his official resignation date April 22, Green said the departing city manager will be available while on leave.
My initial impression (of the position) is that its big, exciting and demanding, Green said.
But thats what Green said he was expecting, so hes prepared to face the challenges ahead the first being the upcoming budget process, which is already on the forefront of everyones agenda.
Luckily, Greens 15-year experience as finance director has made the process a little less overwhelming. The council is used to working with Green during the process, and Green is definitely used to crunching city figures.
I want to make sure the expectations of the council and residents are met this year, he said. I wont use the excuse of there not being a permanent city manager.
But the budget wont be a breeze, even for Green.
He said this year trying to manage all the priorities of the largest capital improvement project package within the constraints of the available resources will be a challenge.
While Green said setting budget priorities is mainly a matter for the council, officials also face setting the tax rate and managing development needs for the city.
Mr. Blackburn left us with a full plate, he said.
Blackburn said the almost daily discussions with Green on a variety of topics that are both deep and broad in scope really started after he accepted the Temple position and is something they will be working on for the next several weeks.
He said the fact that the transition isnt happening overnight is what will keep it seamless.
I dont think hell skip a beat, Blackburn said.
Green, 43, came to Killeen in 1979 from Cameron to attend Central Texas College and graduated from the University of Central Texas in 1983 with a bachelors degree in accounting.
His first job out of college where he said he learned the lessons of fiscal responsibility firsthand was with local certified public accountant Dan Corbin.
Councilman Corbin said that the things that impressed him most about Green when he hired him out of college was his confidence and eagerness to learn.
I think those have served him well throughout his acc-ounting career and will in management, Corbin said.
He stayed with Corbins firm for seven years six of which were after it was sold to Lott Vernon & Co.
Green said that many of the companys clients were in city government, and that is where he received much of his knowledge on city organizations.
It convinced me that a career in government is what I wanted to do, he said.
In 1990, Green became Beltons finance director. That same year, Killeens finance director, Dan Bray, decided to retire.
Similar to the decision it faced on March 14 when the council appointed an interim city manager, Green said the council was looking for someone who was familiar with city operations who could hit the ground running.
Green ended up being the person they were looking for.
Green, 28 at the time, said he was grateful for the councils confidence in his ability to manage the citys financial affairs.
The council told Green that its objective was to be financially independent.
We wanted to stand on our own two feet despite what was going on with the state or national economy, he said.
Green said the city has met that objective and has become one of the highest rated cities by bond agencies and strengthened all fund areas.
The Killeen that Green walked into was facing the challenge of troop deployments. The citys new obstacle how to handle future growth is what Green calls the cup runneth over challenge.
I dont have any doubt that were going to be able to work with that, Green said. Everyone from the mayor and council to the city staff and residents are up to that task.
Sometime between late 2000 and early 2001 Green was given the title of assistant city manager; recent restructuring made him the assistant city manager of administrative services.
Councilman Fred Latham said he thinks the transition will go well because during his time with Killeen, Green has acquired res-ponsibilities and duties that went beyond the finance department.
As assistant city manager of administrative services, Green continued his role as finance director and was given responsibility over the utility collections and general services divisions, as well as the human resources and information technology departments.
Corbin said that Greens involvement with the city has kept him in the loop for the last several years.
Hes aware of the issues. Hes aware of the history, Corbin said. He is capable for steering the staff in the right direction.
Corbin said Green has also developed a good relationship of faith and trust with the council members, which will help both sides.
Green said his 15 years with the city not only makes him familiar with the council and staff but other organizations within Killeen, such as the school district, college and water department.
I am no stranger to any of those organizations, Green said. They know me by name.
Green said hes also had the opportunity to work closely with leaders from neighboring cities, like Copperas Cove and Harker Heights, not to mention having a very close relationship with the new Temple city manager.
Green stresses that though he is moving into a new role, his work with the city is going to be a partnership.
I am not going to be the lone wolf on any project, he said. No city can depend on any one individual. Its a team effort.
In areas that Blackburn has been notably successful such as working with the citys legislative agenda and with Fort Hood officials Latham said that Green may not have been there on a monthly or weekly basis, but they are areas he can progress in, especially with the citys support.
No one person is going to have to do everything, Latham said. Everyone of us is going to lend a hand and help.
Green said he is already actively tracking the progress of the citys state and federal legislative agenda, meeting with lobbyists and establishing a dialogue with officials.
Since it is a top priority, hes asked the council and staff to help in the process.
Green said good rapport among the citys top officials is evident in councilmen Scott Cosper and Eddie Vale Jr.s trip to Washington, D.C., with Blackburn and Mayor Maureen Jouett.
That type of partnership between the council and staff is the type we need to be effective so nothing slips through the cracks, Green said.
Though Green said the selection process for a permanent city manager will be led by the council, he will not be approaching the position as a part-time or temporary assignment.
Green said he asked the council for the ability to act as the city manager during his employment as interim.
The playing field is clearly defined, he said. Im going to be acting like a city manager until someone tells me to stop.
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5 Reasons Why the Keystone XL Pipeline is Bad for the Economy
1. Building the Keystone pipeline and opening up the Tar Sands will negatively impact national and local economies: Burning the recoverable tar sands oil will increase the earths temperature by a minimum of 2 degree Celsius, which NYU Law Schools Environmental Law Center estimates could permanently cut the US GDP by 2.5%. At the same time state and local economies are already buckling under the real-time economic effects of our nations dependence on fossil fuels. In the past two years, the vast majority of U.S. counties 67 percent were affected by at least one of the eleven $1 billion dollar extreme weather events. Superstorm Sandy alone caused an estimated $80 billion in damage. The drought that affected 80% of US farmland last summer destroyed a quarter of the US corn crop and did at least $20 billion damage to the economy.
2. The same fossil fuel interests pushing the Keystone pipeline have been cutting, not creating, jobs: Despite generating $546 billion in profits between 2005 and 2010, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, and BP reduced their U.S. workforce by 11,200 employees over that period. In 2010 alone, the top five oil companies slashed their global workforce by 4,400 employees the same year executives paid themselves nearly $220 million. But at least those working in the industry as a whole get paid high wages, right? Turns out that 40 percent of U.S oil-industry jobs consist of minimum-wage work at gas stations. Instead of bankrolling an industry that is laying off workers and threatening our economic future, isnt it time to take the billions in subsidies going to oil companies and invest instead in a sector that both creates jobs and protects the planet?
3. Unemployment will rise: According to Mark Zandi, the Chief Economist of Moodys Analytics: Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the job market in November, slicing an estimated 86,000 jobs from payrolls. In the wake of Hurricane Irene, the number of workers filing unemployment claims in Vermont went from 731 before Irene to 1,331 two weeks afterwards. Hurricane Katrina wiped out 129,000 jobs in the New Orleans region nearly 20 percent. For the U.S. economy as a whole, 2011 cost US taxpayers $52 billion.
4. Poor and working people will be disproportionately affected: KXL and projects like it result in disproportionately negative impact on already struggling working families. According to a recent report by the Center for American Progress called Heavy Weather: How Climate Destruction Harms Middle- and Lower-Income Americans, lower-and middle income households are disproportionately affected by the most expensive extreme weather events. Sixteen states were afflicted by five or more extreme weather events in 2011-12. Households in disaster-declared counties in these states earn $48,137, or seven percent below the U.S. median income.
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1. Is there any like, petition against the pipeline?
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2. All true.
This line of persuasion involves an ability to see "the bigger picture", and pretty much everyone who has that capability is already on our side.
Right now, North Dakota is full of people who are building nice houses and going out to eat. Hard for any big picture to compete with that.


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The couple had purchased the home near the Penn State campus in 1969 for $58,000 and owned it jointly before the transfer.
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Labour and the Scottish National Party have clashed over reducing class sizes to improve educational attainment.
Labour has pledged to cut sizes during the early years of secondary school, but the SNP does not believe this goes far enough.
The SNP said it would cut numbers in primary one, two and three to 18 or less within five years in an effort to drive up standards.
Education Minister Cathy Jamieson said standards were a concern and further improvements were required.
The SNP's Mike Russell said the Scottish Executive had failed to tackle poor literacy and numeracy levels.
Speaking on BBC Radio' s Good Morning Scotland programme, Ms Jamieson said she was confident performance levels would rise.
She said: "We've known for a number of years that there is a particular problem of a
dip in attainment there.
"I want to ensure that in terms of literacy and numeracy pupils get the best opportunities.
"That's why we will reduce class sizes in the first two years of secondary in maths and English to twenty, and that's a move that's widely supported."
However, Mr Russell said the problem required greater action and criticised the executive's policies.
He said: "The biggest investment you can make is to start at the beginning.
"To do it in S1 and S2 is not a bad idea, but it's a remedial measure to make up for the failures in primary school.
"We can actually do better than that by making sure those failures don't take place, and that's the investment we need to see Scottish education for the good of Scotland and its young people."
Valerie Wilson, director of Scottish Council for Research and Education, said children in small classes with one teacher performed more effectively than in larger groups.
She said: "Those who gain most are younger children and children from deprived areas and backgrounds."