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The Arctic is arid like most deserts. There is not enough precipitation to create the Arctic ice cap.
How did the ice form in the Arctic Ocean?
How did an ice sheet over 1 mile thick accumulate over Canada and Europe?
Arctic Ice blocked the ocean surface through the Arctic Ocean Europe and Asia for 50,000 years. Commercial ships began using the Arctic for the first time in 2009.
Scientists hired by David Koch have stated the planet is warming up.
NASA and NOAA say that the planet is warming up.
Ice Age
People did not melt the ice that ended the last ice age. Global warming has dominated our climate for 20,000 years.
The arctic is bone-dry because air from high altitude sinks over both poles. This effectively blocks precipitation over the ice caps.
Not enough snow to build an ice sheet.
Arctic and antarctic precipitation can be less than 1 inch/year. That doesn't even keep up with summertime ice melting.Recent information indicates ice accumulated fast during the last ice age. Very fast.
How could the Arctic ice cap form during the last ice age?
Jet Streams
Precipitation depends upon jet streams that were discovered in the 1940s.
The average location of the jet streams in the northern hemisphere have been moving toward the pole at ab
out 1 mile/year since their discovery.
The jet stream at 30 degrees is where cold-dry air from high altitude sinks so deserts form - like the Sahara and the American Southwest. The jet stream at 60 degrees is where warm-moist air rises to hight altitude so rain clouds form - like over Canada and Europe. Air rises at the equator and that makes rain forrests.
Shifting average position of the jet stream means our air is transporting more heat to the poles every year. Solar heating has declined since 1700, and less energy has been coming from the sun. This movement is the result of air masses that expand as they are being heated, and this heating is due to carbon dioxide accumulation in the atmosphere.
Here is the important question - what happens if extra heat drives the northern-most jet stream all the way to the pole?
Answer - over 100 inches of ice accumulation every year over Canada and Northern Europe.
One foot of unmelted snowfall over the pole every week during fall, winter and spring.
This kind of perpetual ice storm would freeze animals inside a glacier while they have undigested vegitation in their stomach.
Entire cities could be buried under an ice sheet during a single storm if this kind of thing happens.
Ice Caps
Canada and Europe under 1000 feet of ice within 1 generation if jet streams move - just like the geological evidence.
Accumulating ice will run all the way south to Oregon, Spain, and Pensylvania.
The rain forrest zone of the equator would expand 1000 miles toward the poles, creating fertile land in the Sahara and in the American Southwest from Los Angeles soutward to the equator. Everything north of San Francisco and the Mediteranean would become desert all the way north to the ice cap.
Evidence indicates this happens about every 100 thousand years, and the last cycle began 70,000 years ago.
There is no evidence that indicates this will not happen again.
Accumulating carbon dioxide could accelerate this change.
Archaologist, geologists and climatologists all agree sea level was about 400 feet below present until about 20,000 years ago. The Arctic polar ice cap had to be at least 1 mile thick at that time. Global warming has already raised sea level by 400 feet when the arctic polar ice cap melted during the last 20,000 years.
This melting never stopped.
The Northwest Passage opened in 2009. It was impossible to cross the Arctic by boat because the Arctic Ocean used to be covered by ice all year long. Many arctic explorers perished looking for the Northwest Passage. Enough Arctic ice has melted to open a passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific. The remnants of the Arctic polar ice cap began to float on the surface of the sea a few thousand years ago, so sea level stopped rising while Arctic melting continued. There has been no observable rise in sea level as the remaining Arctic ice cap melted during the last few centuries.
Floating ice makes our climate constant the same way melting ice keeps a drink at a steady temperature. Fluid level does not change as floating ice melts.
Water is responsible for melting the Arctic ice. The Gulf Stream carries much of the equatorial solar heat absorbed in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans straight to the Arctic. That is why Europe is warm with significant rainfall and not icy cold and dry most of the time. The thickness of air covering earth has a mass equivalent to about 33 feet of water. Water covers about 70% of the surface with an average depth of about 5000 feet. This means about 99% of the heat from the sun is contained in water and not in air. A rise in sea temperature of 0.01 degree is the equivalent of a rise in air temperature of about 1.0 degree.
Arctic ice keeps the Arctic sea temperature low. Low temperature over the pole helps to maintain the present jet stream positions.
There is not enough precipitation over the Arctic pole or over the Antarctic pole to accumulate the amount of ice that had to be present during the last ice age. Polar areas have the equivalent of about 1 inch of rainfall each year, just like the deseerts of the Sahara and Amercian Southwest. It would take at 60,000 years (or more) to accumulate the ice caps from the last ice age at that rate, and that little snow fall is not enough to freeze the ocean covering the whole Arctic no mater how cold it gets. Ice is a good insulator, and sea surface freezing stops after a few dozen feet of ice accumulates on the surface.
The archaological record and the science of ice formation indicates the only way a one mile thick ice cap could form is if there is much greater Arctic precipitation.
People recorded observations during the end of the last ice age. Oral traditions from about 20,000 years ago were handed down from generation to generation until about 6,000 years ago when these traditions were recorded in writing.
People that wrote the Bible, Torah and Kuran documented what they saw. Most of the Genesis story matches the geologic and archaologic record. The Garden of Eden is described as an area in the Middle East between Iraq and Kuwait. The book of Genesis clearly describes the Tigris and the Euphrates as flowing in an area that had lush vegitation and plentiful rainfall. That is the Persian Gulf as it looked over 10,000 years ago. The depth of the Persian Gulf is about 400 feet, so the botom of the Persian Gulf was above sea level until about 20,000 years ago. Areas of the Sahara Desert have petroglyphs drawn on rocks by people that show animals that live only where there is water and vegitation - hippopotomus & alagators.
The Sahara was covered with vegitation and rivers.
The Genesis story of the naming of the animals in the Arabian Peninsula area agrees with these rock drawings. This describes a period about 20,000 years ago. RARAR imaging of the Sahara Desert shows river beds that are now submerged below sand. Almost all of the Sahara Desert region has a large body of fresh water beneath the surface that could not possibly be there unless there was much greater rainfall.
Rainfall has shifted to create arid deserts in areas that had no deserts 20,000 years ago.
Shifting rainfall means the jet streams have moved.
The difficulty is that rising sea level and shifting sand has buried much of the evidence.
All human settlements on river deltas from over 10,000 years ago are now under water. That includes the area of the world described in Geneis that is now submerged or covered by sand. All people that lived near rivers until a few thousand years ago because they could not drill wells or transport large quantities of water over land. All people require about 1 gallon/day of fresh drinking water, and we can only go about 3 days without water before we suffer kidney damage. This means human populations were restricted within a few miles of flowing water until domesticated animals and kiln fired ceramics about 10,000 years ago.
Sea floor sediments accumulate at a rate of about 2mm/century near continents.
Things that were submerged during sea level rise from the last ice age are no longer visible because they have been covered by at least one foot of sediment. Every spec of organic material for carbon 14 dating would have been devoured by sea creatures long ago. The only way ogranic material could survive underwater is sterilized in a leak-proof containers invented during the French Revolution. The only other things that survive are bone and things made from stone, like carved rock.
Systems Engineering
Global warming engineering is fairly obvious.
The Gulf Stream acts like the fluid in a refrigerator.
Refrigerator cooling fluid speeds up when you add more heat. Refrigerator cooling fluid slows down when you add less heat. The fluid temperature doesn't change. Same cooling fluid temperature both ways.
Adding more heat to equatorial ocean water will speed up the Gulf Stream and produce more clouds. Cooling equatorial water temperature will slow down the Gulf Stream and reduce rainfall. The same phenomenon as found in refrigerator colling fluid.
The Gulf Stream performs exactly the same function as the cooling fluid in a refrigerator. Ocean heat from the equator is brought to the arctic where it melts ice.
Arctic ice keeps our climate reasonably constant as it sacrifices heat to cool the Gulf Stream.
Declining polar ice will cause the Gulf Stream to slow down because of a smaller temperature change. Rising Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean heat will create greater precipitation over the east coast of the United States, the east coast of Canada, and western Europe.
Declining polar ice will also reduce sunlight reflection and increase Arctic Ocean heating.
Polar air will heat up as the Arctic Ocean accumulates more heat.
When polar air heats up enough, the rainfall from the northern most jet stream will most likely move over the pole.
The global loss in terms of economy, famine, warfare, and human life will be unimaginable when this occurs.
There is no competent model of global heating.
Risk is unknown.
No possible excuse exists for why a competent climate model does not exist given the possibility of this kind of catostrophic outcome.
With no climate model, there is no way to predict the outcome of global heating.
The kinds of predictions provided by a competent climate model are needed to plan the redistribution of resources so that global warfare, global famine, and catostrophic loss of life can be avoided.
Lack of a global climate model to predict the outcome of atmospheric carbon dioxide accumulation is profoundly reckless.
Carnegie Institute; Jet Stream Movement
Cambridge; Ice Age Interrupted
National Academy of Science; Evidence of Abrupt Climate Change
Scientific American: Air Tides
NOAA; Role of Arctic Sea Ice In Global Atmospheric Circulation


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Back Shooting at Hunter's Point, San Francisco
While in San Francisco over the holidays, I was able to get back to Hunter's Point and shoot some more. The Navy granted me access to most of the Superfund site, except portions that have yet to undergo remediation or are too dilapidated. I noticed a considerable amount of change since I was there last July. The cleanup seems to be moving fast, which makes me think that construction of a new 49ers football stadium might be in the not so distant future. Here are some keel blocks that were once used at the dry docks (shot with my iphone). My 4×5 negatives are still at the lab…
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Chengdu Lazybones Backpacker Boutique Hostel Hostel
16#, Yang Shi Jie, Chengdu, China
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Atmosphere 93%
Cleanliness 90%
Facilities 90%
Location 94%
Safety 94%
Staff 96%
Value 95%
- Air conditioning
- Lockers
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Airport Transfers
- Bar
- Bicycle Hire
- Bicycle Parking
- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
- Cafe
- Common Room
- Free Internet Access
- Games Room
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Jobs Board
- Key Card Access
- Linen Included
- Luggage Storage
- Outdoor Terrace
- Pool Table
- Reading Light
- Restaurant
- Steam room
- Swimming Pool
- Telephone Fax Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
Check-in / Check-out
Earliest check-in: 00:00
Latest Check-out: 12:00
- No Curfew
Group booking?
Group of 15 or more traveling to Chengdu?
Shared Rooms
Standard 4 Bed Mixed Dorm Ensuite
Sleeps 4
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Shared Room
Private Bathroom
Standard 4 Bed Female Dorm Ensuite
Sleeps 4
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Shared Room
Private Bathroom
Basic 8 Bed Mixed Dorm Ensuite
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Standard Single Private Ensuite
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Deluxe Twin Private Ensuite
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Standard 3 Bed Family Room Ensuite
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About Chengdu Lazybones Backpacker Boutique Hostel
Lazybones has turned as Chengdu's most popular hostel since it's opened in 2009! It's traveler's choice! Let's reveal the secret!
Is there any hostel in Chengdu located only 20 meters away from metro station (1 minute walk from ''luomashi metro station exit A'') ? Could be more convenient than this?
* Mao Statue is only 1 stop away!
* Wenshu Temple is only 1stop away!
* People's Park is only 2 stops away!
* Green Ram Temple is only 3 stops away!
* North Railway Station is only 3 stops away!
* East Railway Station is only 8 stops away!
Is there any hostel located right at the heart of downtown with easiest access to city's attractions by foot?
* Tianfu Square/Mao Statue (8 minutes walk)
* Pinganqiao Catholic Church (5 minutes walk)
* Royal Mosque (10 minutes walk)
* People's Park (15 minutes walk)
* Wide lane bar and restaurant street (15 minutes walk)
* Wenshu Temple (15 minutes walk)
Is there any hostel provides bigger room than Lazybones? And all with windows?
Standard twin (3.85m x 3.85m)
Big/Deluxe twin (3.75m x 5.6m)
Triple (3.75m x 5.6m)
4-bed dorm (3.3m x 3.1m)
6-bed dorm (3.75m x 5.6m)
Is there any hostel provides spacious, bright traveler's lounge with all kinds of recreational facilities such as pool table, table tennis plus outdoor floral garden with lots of relaxing spaces to hang out? Most of all, you can freely enjoy the common area and no one will force you to consume!
* Free pool table
* Free table tennis
* Free board games
* Free dvd movies
* Free library (lots of English books)
* Free darts
As Lazybones is under the same management of Mix hostel team and Flipflop hostel team, we too provide following quality services:
* Cheap Chinese and western meals, cold beers served from morning till mid night
* Travel desk, free and fresh travel information is provided
* Tibet permit and budget tour (with the capacity of more than 300 beds in Mix, Lazybones and Flipflop hostel, we surely easier than any other hostel to help finding travellers to share cost)
* Daily panda tour
* Panda and Leshan buddha 1 day tour
* Jiuzhaigou national park tour
* Yangtze river cruise tour
For other regional tours please refer to hostel's tour menu.
Not to mention, the freebies are the bonus for travelers!
* Free City Walking Tour (every Monday)
* Free Dumpling Party (on Friday)
* Free Bike Tour (every Wednesday)
* Free Hotpot Party (on Friday)
* Free Majhang Class (every Saturday)
* Free Movie Night (every Sunday)
* Free beer on arrival (for first time stay guest)
* Free WiFi
* Free pool table
* Free table tennis
* Free board games
* Free music instruments
* Free library
* Free DVD movies
* Free luggage storage
* Free travel info about Sichuan and Tibet
* Free use of hair dryer
* Free 24 hours hot shower
* Free hot/cold drinking water
* Free Air tickets booking
* Free locker in dorm
* Free map of Chengdu
* Free clean linen
* Free candies
* Free postal card
Sichuan Cooking Class!
For those who are interested in Sichuan food, we have Sichuan Cooking Class on site, it is 100 RMB/pp includes a short tour to food market and step by step teach how to cook it.
Last but not least, our young, passionate and friendly staff are at your service 24 hours a day. Welcome to join this backpacker's family, sit back and ready to get turned into a Lazybones.
Have a great trip to Chengdu!
Accommodation Information
* Single room, double room, twin room, triple room, 4-bed dorm and 6-bed dorm
* All the rooms are en-suite including the dorms with Air-con
* Bed curtains on bunk
* Security lockers for every single bed in dorm
* Read lamp on bed
* Cheap foods and drinks served from 7:00-22:30
We have single, double, twin, triple, 4-bed dorm as well as 6-bed dorm, and it's all with bathroom and shower inside. Air-con is equipped in every room, TV & water boiler are provided in private rooms, and privacy curtains & security lockers are in every dorm rooms.
It's the hotel standard but hostel atmosphere!
Location Information
* 1 min walk to '''Luomashi'' (Exit A) Metro station! 8 mins walk to ''Mao Statue'' & ''Tianfu Square''.
* Near by:
(1) Mao Statue
(2) People's Park
(3) Wenshu Temple (The old quarter)
(4) Wide Lane bar & restaurant street
(5) Biggest Catholic Church in downtown and modern-est Christian Church in the world!
(6) Mosque
(7) Nearly all famous banks are close by
(8) Carrafour supermarket
(9) Huge shopping malls
(10) Sport stadium
(11) Snack restaurants
(12) Many public bus lines
Cancellation Policy
Customers can cancel their reservation free of charge up to 1 day before arrival. After this date, charges will be applied by the property up to the first nights cost of the reservation, unless otherwise stated in the property's conditions. Deposits paid are non refundable.


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Music Mug
What a good idea. This ceramic mug is not for you coffee, but for your iPod. Plug it in and drop it into the mug. Your iPod powers the mug's speakers, so no additional cords to clutter your desk.
Cute way to share music!Tags: music, headphones, earphones, ipod, iPhone, headphone splitterAdded 6 Years Ago from MoMA Store
Added to my Shopping Guide Holiday Design Gift Guide!
What a great design for speakers, these are perfect. The only problem is that they may be difficult to balance


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Angular, TypeScript, and Promises! Oh my!
With all the buzz around Angular 2.0 and ES6/ES2015, I figured I may as well start moving that direction. There seems to be some consensus that writing your Angular 1.x apps in TypeScript is a good first step, and should theoretically ease the migration path.
At first migrating my Angular code to TypeScript wasn't a big deal. Add types to variables, functions, etc: check. Use TypeScript modules instead of IIFEs: check. Move registration of classes with Angular to the bottom because classes don't hoist: check. Dig into services and try and get types set correctly for $http promises: @#$@)@#$)@!!!
Perhaps for folks who have lived with strongly typed languages most of their career, it's pretty straight forward. For someone like me who hasn't had much to do with strongly typed languages in over ten years, something just wasn't clicking. There also doesn't seem to be a whole lot out there that walks a noob like me through typing a promise. Here is my contribution to the topic.
If you're using or learning TypeScript, you should have heard about type definition files already. If you haven't, most of this post will probably go over your head. You should at least familiarize yourself with TypeScript with the TypeScript Tutorial and/or the TypeScript Handbook. You could also give John Papa's TypeScript Fundamentals a shot.
All of the types you will need are in the angular.d.ts file you can get from Definately Typed. What tripped me up was figuring out which types to apply where and how to make the generics line up in such a way that the compiler was happy. Let's start with an interface definition for a service method that is going to make our $http request.
module foo {
export interface IThingsService {
allTheThings(): ng.IPromise<any>;
So here we have a method that returns a promise. the
ng.IPromise type is the type that has definitions for
catch, and
finally. I don't usually recommend using the
success and
fail shortcut methods. If you're happy using
success and
fail then you'll need
ng.IHttpPromise instead.
You'll notice I've used
any as the type ultimately returned by my method call.
any? Isn't that a cop out?
any can certainly be a cop out, but it's in TypeScript for a reason. For now, trust me that is what your type needs to be. I'll explain in a minute.
Now, let's take a stab at an implementation.
module foo {
class ThingsService implements IThingsService{
static $inject = ['$http','$q'];
private $http: ng.IHttpService,
private $q: ng.IQService
allTheThings(): ng.IPromise<any> {
return this.$http.get('http://foo.api.com/all/the/things')
.then((response: ng.IHttpPromiseCallbackArg<IThings[]>): IThings[] => {
var things: Things[];
things = response.data;
return things;
OK. There's a lot there, so lets go over it. First, note the types for $http and $q. It's not strictly necessary that they be there, but this is TypeScript. You may as well get used to typing everything. That is the point, right? Plus, you'll get typing hinting for $http and $q if your editor/IDE understands type definition files. If you're searching the net for Angular + Typescript + Promises, I assume you're far enough into TypeScript + Angular to recognize dependency injection and TypeScript's shorthand for defining class properties. I must admit, I didn't like that shorthand at first, but it's growing on me.
Let's take a look at the types in the callback definition.
(response: ng.IHttpPromiseCallbackArg<IThings[]>)
Our single parameter named
response should look familiar to anyone used to $http promises and
then. The type we use is
ng.IHttPromiseCallbackArg. This gets us type hinting for the properties on the response object like data, status, headers, etc. The generic type is the type you expect the data attribute to be. If you have an interface defined for the response data, go ahead and use it here. If not, then use
any. You have to specify some kind of type there.
Next we define the return type of our anonymous function.
IThings[] Now is when we can get specific about the type of data the promise will contain: our array of Things. The TypeScript compiler is happy because we specified a type of
any for our service method call. But if I specfied a specific type for my then callback, why don't I just specify that type for the method call itself? Ah. Here is where the fun begins. Let's modify our method a bit.
allTheThings(): ng.IPromise<any> {
return this.$http.get('http://foo.api.com/all/the/things')
.then((response: ng.IHttpPromiseCallbackArg<IThings[]>): IThings[] => {
var things: Things[];
things = response.data;
return things;
.catch((response: ng.IHttpPromiseCallbackArg<any>): HttpException => {
var boom: HttpException;
boom = {
code: response.code,
message: response.statusText
return this.$q.reject(boom);
Now we've added a catch method. I don't have an interface defined for error responses so I've left the callback function parameter type as
any. Notice that I'm going to return a custom error object from my catch. This is why we specified
any on our service method call. Regardless of what you do inside your catch, it's unlikely that you're going to be returning an array of Things. This will make the TypeScript compiler very unhappy if you have specfied that your service method will be returning a promise containing an array of Things. If you're not going to use catch in this context and rely on a promise farther up the chain to deal with errors then, yes, you can use a more specfic type in the service method definition. Maybe your catch is going to return an empty array of Things. That would work.
One more thing before I wrap up this way too long post. Let's look at the consumer of this service call.
.then((data: Things[]): void => {
this.things = data;
.catch((error: HttpException): void => {
this.things = [];
Notice that our function parameter for
then and
catch are the types we returned from our service call. If you think about it, that makes sense. That's what promises do. It's worth noting that we haven't lost much in terms of typing by using
any on our service
allTheThings method. The values returned to
then and
catch are typed so we know what to expect.
Hopefully this will help someone else trying to wrangle types with $http requests, TypeScript, and Angular.


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There are 4 revisions of the 2602W according to the SMC site.
-000 (v1) uses the Prism chipset and should work fine
-025 (v2) uses some other chipset that I didn't immediately from scanning
through the driver
-121 (v2a) uses the same chipset as -025
-214 (v3) uses an AMD chipset and isn't supported AFIAK.
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From: CHRISTOPHER HOEY [mailto:mrprometheus at gmail dot com]
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 11:20 AM
To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: [m0n0wall] SMC 2602W wireless pci nic supported?
Hello all I was wondering if anyone has succesfully had m0n0wall use
an SMC 2602W wireless nic? I ordered this card for work based on
seeing it on the known to work hardware lists. I cant seem to get it
to work though. m0n0wall does not list it as an available interface in
both the web gui or console. Any suggestions on how to get this to
work? Anyone have this very same card working? Did SMC change
chipsets on this possibly?
Here the card info:
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Model = SMC2602W
Part # = 99-012084-214
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I bought a book ages ago from a charity shop and when I got it home a loose page fluttered out with instructions for making an angel mobile from paper. I have adapted the instructions I found- and which appear to have been lost in the move- to use paper plates to make hanging angels. The instructions seem complicated but after the first one it makes perfect sense and they are quick to make, I promise.
So you need to fold your plate in half, with the shiny side on the outside. Then you need to fold one side back on itself- to create a 2cm deep strip through the middle-ish of your plate.
Fold back in half, and you need to draw a head and arms- see image. Cut out the two semi-circley type shapes from the fold, without cutting any of the rest of the plate. This will give you the angel body and head. Open out the plate, and cut a wedge out of the shorter side- it should then become clear that this has created the top arch of the angel wings and the halo. The fold through the middle will help give the floating halo effect.
Finally, cut up the dress outline- just to the first fold and not across the middle- to create the bottom of the wings. These sections you tuck behind the dress and secure with sticky tape. If you want to make quite a few, I suggest using your first one as a template for the rest.
You should now have an angel which you can decorate with anything you fancy before leaving to dry.


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Some combination of denial and fear led the Egyptian government to refuse my colleague and me entrance to the country on Sunday night. It was an unprecedented step. No one from Human Rights Watch had ever been barred from Egypt, even during the darkest days of former president Hosni Mubarak's rule. But the reason for my visit was also unprecedented – a massacre that rivals the most notorious of recent times, such as China's Tiananmen killings in 1989 and Uzbekistan's Andijan slaughter in 2005.
I went to Cairo to present the results of a detailed investigation that Human Rights Watch had conducted into last year's massacre by Egyptian security forces of protesters at a large sit-in demonstration in Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya Square, which was organised to oppose the military's ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's first elected civilian president. In one day – indeed, in about 12 hours – security forces killed at least 817 people, each of whom has been individually identified by Human Rights Watch, and quite likely more than 1000. The slaughter was so systematic that it probably amounts to a crime against humanity under international law.
The sit-in had been going on for a-month-and-a-half when authorities moved to quash it. Egyptian officials promised a gradual dispersal that would include warnings and a safe exit for anyone who chose to leave. The actual dispersal was anything but that. Early in the morning of August 14, 2013, the operation was launched: within minutes, security forces – advancing on crowds of protesters with bulldozers, armed personnel carriers, and hundreds of ground forces – were firing live ammunition, sometimes in intense fusillades.
Protesters began falling. The promised safe exits did not materialise until the final minutes of the dispersal, causing protesters to cower in an ever-shrinking area as snipers picked off people from rooftops and ground-level police fired indiscriminately into the crowd. Snipers even targeted the entrance to Rabaa Hospital, which became known as ''Sniper's Alley''.
The Egyptian government stresses that there was some violence among the demonstrators as well, but that does not begin to justify the security forces' slaughter. On the periphery of the demonstration, some young men did throw Molotov cocktails at security forces and, in a few instances, used firearms. However, the police found only 15 firearms among the tens of thousands of demonstrators, and the police death toll, according to the government's own Forensic Medical Authority, was eight. Such a grossly disproportionate death toll suggests something deeply wrong with this operation, especially as it was a policing operation in which international law required that lethal force be used only if necessary to meet an imminent lethal threat.
Far from taking cover in fear of protester violence, the police stood openly on rooftops and armoured personnel carriers as they fired and advanced on the protesters. Countless witnesses, including local residents and independent journalists, described anything but a targeted effort to neutralise a handful of armed protesters. Instead, they described security forces indiscriminately mowing down demonstrators.
There is every reason to believe that this was a planned operation in which officials at the very top of the Egyptian government were implicated. Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim was the lead architect of the dispersal plan. His immediate supervisor was Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who was then defence minister and deputy prime minister for security affairs and is now Egypt's president.
In discussions before the dispersal, senior Interior Ministry officials spoke of anticipating thousands of deaths. The day after the slaughter, Ibrahim said it had all gone exactly according to plan, and later gave bonuses to participants.
The Rabaa dispersal was part of a pattern of cases across Egypt in which security forces used excessive force, including killing 61 participants at a sit-in protest outside the Republican Guard headquarters on July 8, and another 95 protesters near the Manassa Memorial in eastern Cairo on July 27. There was every reason for senior officials to take steps to prevent the large-scale killing of protesters in the Rabaa Square dispersal, but there is no evidence that they did.
Despite calming reassurances that the security forces would exercise restraint, senior officials seemed to act with knowledge of the criminality that they would undertake. Two Interior Ministry generals told Associated Press that high-ranking security officials warned their forces to expect the dispersal to escalate quickly and not to worry about being held accountable for their actions. One of the generals detailed steps taken by his ministry to stymie forensic investigation of the crime scene, including mixing ammunition from multiple sites and covering up ammunition release logs. The streets around Rabaa Square were later repaved and damaged buildings rebuilt, in what appears to have been an effort to erase memories of the massacre.
In the past year, there has been no official accounting of what happened, no credible judicial investigations, no one prosecuted. The Egyptian government has refused to acknowledge any wrongdoing on the part of the security forces, and has refused to co-operate with any investigation. Instead, it erected a monument in the centre of Rabaa Square to honour the police and army.
This head-in-the-sand approach is not going to work. The massacre at Rabaa Square was too big, too planned, too unprecedented in Egyptian history to be forgotten. Some Western governments are eager to put the past behind them and embrace President Sisi's government. But a precedent of impunity for such a large-scale crime will only encourage more atrocities when future protests inevitably take place. That impunity is no way to build the rule of law – an essential part of the ''transition'' to democracy that the United States keeps touting but which has yet to materialise.
Today the Egyptian government would like to pretend that it has obliterated memories of the Rabaa massacre. I doubt things are so simple. As security forces ushered me from one lounge to the next at Cairo airport, a young woman who worked at the airport asked me what I had done to merit such special attention. I showed her a copy of the Human Rights Watch report on the Rabaa massacre that I had hoped to release. She smiled and returned with a photo of herself in Rabaa Square during the sit-in.
To prevent more killing of people like her, who want nothing more than respect for their right to freely elect their government, justice must be done in Egypt. If Egypt continues to ignore this enormous crime, the international community should step in.
Kenneth Roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch.
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The espadrille is the shoe to have for summer lounging without looking too well, slouchy, but still pool casual, honey! These are so lovely in purple silk shantung.
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Located directly in front of our hotel is Playa Negra, the break known worldwide since being featured in Bruce Brown's movie Endless Summer II.
Considered by many to be one of the top spots in Costa Rica, Playa Negra has rock bottom with perfect right-hand barrels and well defined channel for paddling out. The break has good exposure to both Northern and Southern Hemisphere swells and is reasonably consistent year-round. December through April is the dry season, and surfers can expect steady off-shore breezes, cloudless skies and flawless conditions. May through November are officially considered to be the rainy months. Lucky is the visitor, however, who finds that he has arrived during one of the numerous "veranillos," or "little summers", and encounters perfectconditions and a Southern Hemisphere swell to boot.
Remote from other tourist developments, Playa Negra offers a surfing experience in pristine conditions: crystal clear water, abundant sea life and remnants of the tropical forest down to the high tide line. Sea turtles and parrot fish cruise the line-up accompanied by schools of brightly colored reef fish. A white sand beach just 100 yards south provides swimming and boogie-boarding opportunities for the whole family. Within walking distance are numerous other breaks, including some off-shore reefs for the more adventurous.
A short drive widens your horizons to include dozens of other spots including the reef, beach and rivermouth breaks at Avellanas, a quick 10 minutes by car from Hotel Playa Negra. Another half hour brings you to Tamarindo, the sometimes-crowded surfing capital of Guanacaste, with the nearby breaks of Playa Grande and Langosta and its interesting night life.
At our Surf Shop you can rent surf boards of all sizes and boogie boards. You can also book your surf lessons or boat trips to Witch's rock and Ollie's point. For more information, please contact the Surf Shop by email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Second Place Win for Titan Formula Racing Team
Oct. 8, 2013
Kalen Eidenschink, left, Titan Formula Society of Automotive Engineers team captain and president, SAE student chapter, and Carlos Gibson, president, student chapter, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, accept the team's second-place award in the California Challenge.
CSUF's Titan Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) racing team took home second place in this past weekend's California Challenge, part of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The competition was judged based on energy efficiency — how far the formula-style race cars could go on $1 worth of energy from any source.
First-place winner was Cal State Los Angeles, with UCI Epsilon placing third. Titan drivers were mechanical engineering students Bryan Humburg and Michael Crull. The team is working on designing and building a new race car to compete in next June's Formula SAE international competition in Nebraska.


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You just set up your equipment for the first dive of your vacation in Saint-Somewhere, as you activate you're Tec-400 Light (see SKU: PTCHL) and the bulb burns out. The worst thing that can happen on a tropical vacation has just happened, no dive light. Pre-dive equipment preparations is serious business. Missing or broken equipment can ruin an otherwise perfectly planned dive. Just put a replacement bulb in your dive bag so you will have it in case you ever need it.
The Tec 400 Replacement Bulb is a 50 lumens halogen lamp. Lamp provides a wide patterned light beam when installed in the Tec 400 Light that has a beam distance of over 548' (167 meters) on land. It is always better to have an extra and not need it than need an extra bulb and not have one. Princeton Tec Tec-400 Light Replacement Bulb makes a great save-a-dive kit item. Always pack some spares, don't forget your primary dive light, it needs some too.
This product has a limited lifetime warranty.


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Thus far, there hasn't exactly been a deluge of books on food that are not cookbooks. Not, at least, those written by Indians, for Indians. Things, happily, look set to change: last week saw the launch of a book on Japanese food written from an Indian perspective.
Though the intention was a marketing exercise, the brains behind the venture -- Delhi's Nikko Hotel -- ensured it introduces the reader to various facets of Japanese cuisine.
"If the book results in Japanese food becoming trendy in Delhi, I've done my job successfully," says R Kono, general manager of the hotel, and the driving force behind the book.
From the stable of Penguin India comes the vast majority of books on food: all three of them. The best known is Vir Sanghvi's Rude Food, a compilation of his writings in the Sunday section of Hindustan Times, where Sanghvi is the editorial director.
At once erudite and accessible, Sanghvi's canvas is a large one: from bhel puri to butter chicken and from Perigord truffles to pinto beans. "It's a bestseller," claims Diya Hazra, commissioning editor, Penguin India.
Booksellers in every metro point with pride to the wunderkind. "No work of non-fiction has ever done so well."
In turns mid-market and hugely upmarket, Rude Food is such a good read because it is the gastronomic equivalent of an armchair travelogue: you're just as likely to read about street food in Bangkok as you are about how Michel Bourdin used to serve up his desserts at The Connaught, London.
The other interesting book about food is A Matter Of Taste, edited by Nilanjana S Roy. Two aspects stand out. The writers (all Indian) fall into the 'literary' category.
The second is the widely differing perspectives of each of them. Excerpts by Sudha Koul and Frank Simoes take the reader to Kashmir and Goa respectively, while banquets, fasting, leftovers and drought showcase not only food, but the absence of it. There even is a certain M K Gandhi on his ambivalence about eating meat.
Penguin's third tasty morsel is Chitrita Banerji's Life And Food In Bengal, part-autobiography, part meticulously researched documentary on Bengali cuisine.
Given the regional diversity of India, I find it incredible that there is no other work like this one. I also find it inexplicable that no Indian author has come up with a travelogue where food is the leitmotif.
It doesn't have to be restricted to India. It doesn't even have to be about good food -- even bad food makes good reading.
The last book is one of the best-kept secrets of Indian publishing. It is Index -- A Lexicon For The Indian Gourmet, by Deepak Nirula, of the eponymous fast food chain.
It started as a 'time pass' for Nirula, while he lived in the United States. He was in danger of forgetting the Hindi names of ingredients and jotted them down on the proverbial back of an envelope.
It soon grew into an index of ingredients and cooking terminology in French, Kashmiri, Oriya and Telugu. It has been published privately and is only available at the counters of select Nirula's outlets. So far, that is.


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Should we care about form when the need for function looms so large? Read more
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Clark D. Manus, AIA's 2011 President, on the new partnership between AIA and residential architect Read more
Stacey McMahan, the American Institute of Architects U.S. Green Building Council Architecture for Humanity Sustainable Design Fellow, on rebuilding efforts in Haiti. Read more
Special No.9 House aims to change the future of sustainable prefab Read more
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The kitchen of this 1950s ranch house is reborn by updating some of its original features and adding custom-fabricated surfaces. Read more
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The Marron Glace line of cabinetry, cut from walnut and accented with glass shelves, is named after a French delicacy: glazed chesnuts. Read more
Sometimes the question of whether to remodel or rebuild isn't an easy one, but it's one architects frequently address. Read more
For someone who's experienced a serious natural disaster, an 8-by-12-foot shed can be a lifeline to normalcy. Read more
With its livable, regional style Mississippi Cottage the Mississippi Alternative Housing Program has developed a new model for rescue housing: a transitional dwelling that can become a permanent home. Read more
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Brooklyn Collection is inspired by mid-century gate valves. Read more
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GE's hybrid light bulb combines halogen and compact fluorescent technology. Read more
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The Washington Post broke their long held policy of not using the President's middle name this morning when they posted the following on line. Here's why: It is customary to use all three names (or four in George H.W. Bush's case) when each president is sworn in (unless the incoming president desires a different way - ie: Jimmy Carter). Please click on the link above to see the oath of office of every president from FDR to Obama.
The Post wrote:
"Barack Hussein Obama officially began his second term as the nation's 44th president Sunday, taking the oath of office in a low-key ceremony at the White House.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts administered the oath, and the two will repeat the process again Monday in a public celebration at the Capitol. The Constitution mandates that presidential terms begin on Jan. 20, and it is traditional when the day falls on a Sunday that the public ceremony take place the next day."
The story itself is fairly straight-forward news.
The nation celebrates every Inaugural - as it should.
As a nation, this weekend we are honored to celebrate the start of another presidential administration.
May President Obama support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, so help him, God.
PS: Just a fascinating historical tid-bit. President Obama will be the only US President since FDR to be officially sworn in 3 times and unofficially sworn in an additional time. Twice in 2009 due to the public blow-it by the Chief Justice, today and one more for good measure tomorrow.


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ghd Partners with Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
A top leading professional hair styling brand ghd, announced a brand new multi-year partnership with Victoria's Secret as the first ever official hair tool sponsor for its annual fashion show.
ghd tools are already the choice of industry experts across the globe, with seven successful seasons creating looks for top runway shows at London and Paris Fashion Weeks. The hotly anticipated Victoria's Secret fashion show is the perfect partner for ghd's US fashion debut.
ghd stylers and hairdryers will be used exclusively backstage by lead hairstylist Orlando Pita and his team, creating signature hair looks for the 2013 show. The show will also unveil a new revolutionary, patented styling technology - the ghd tri-zone styler, which styles any hair type faster and creates unbeatable shine.
"ghd is excited to be building on the work we do at fashion capitals across the globe with the Victoria's Secret partnership," says Paul Stoneham, Chief Executive Officer, ghd. "The sexy, show-stopping looks that are synonymous with the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show will be created faster than ever before using our game-changing new ghd tri-zone styler. We hope to see the iconic styles that we create for the runway inspiring women all over the world to have a good hair day, every day, with ghd."
"We are thrilled to work with ghd as the official hair tool sponsor of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show," notes Monica Mitro, executive producer of the show and executive vice president of brand communication & events. "We are certain that ghd tools will help us to achieve the iconic Victoria's Secret hair styles we have become famous for."
ghd's full line of stylers and brushes, along with the award-winning ghd air professional performance hairdryer, will be on display at select in-store events leading up to the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Professional stylists will be on hand to create a good hair day for consumers using ghd's styling tools. To follow ghd's real-time brand alerts, extensive behind-the-scenes coverage, how-to videos and other exclusive content, follow #ghdxVSFS and visit www.ghdhair.com/VSFS.
ghd will debut as the official hair tool sponsor in the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, airing on December 10, 2013 at 10 PM EST/PST on CBS Television Network.


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Woman screams in a state of pain delusion or psychosis Sony ECM-99 stereo microphone to SonyMD (MZ-N707)
A series of individual kisses. Result of experimenting with Granulab.
A woman who cries softly with trembling breaths.
A stereo recording of a woman laughing
A glass breaks.
A big glass crash using a composite of freesounds: Alcove Audio's "BobKessler-Break Glass", schluppipuppie's "tsch - 02" and "Glass Break" ...
Several bottles of glass being moved inside a recycle bin.
Breaking small window panes
A hard jaw jarring face slap I recorded
glass breaking.
Sound of steps in snow
coins dropping on a wooden desk
Man screams loudly in dumb room, rec by AKG C414 TLII 4m distance


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by Jamey Dunn
In February, when Gov. Pat Quinn presented his spending plan for next fiscal year, all eyes were on his budget proposal. But most people — politicians, reporters and Statehouse commentators alike — only focus on four out of hundreds of funds when it comes time to craft the state's budget each year.
The four funds, commonly referred to together as the General Revenue Fund, make up much of the discretionary spending in the budget. But there are 708 other funds. Special funds have a variety of uses. They can be a place to put federal money that is designated for a specific purpose, such as fund number 657, which holds federal dollars for the Illinois Arts Council. They can hold fees collected for a certain function, such as fund number 655, which holds money made from issuing special license plates. The money from that fund is supposed to be spent on benefits for surviving family members of police officers killed in the line of duty. Fund number 515, the Local Distributive Fund, contains tax revenues collected by the state that are funneled to local governments.
While these funds can help those crafting the budget keep all those requirements and priorities straight, at best they can make the budgeting process opaque; at worst, they can be used to obscure budgeting tricks.
When the Fiscal Futures Project sought to create budget projections, professors from the Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA) at the University of Illinois discovered that they first had to make sense of the state's budget, which from year to year included spending that shifted back and forth through the budget's hundreds of funds. Fund sweeps also dumped money from special funds into general spending. "About three or four years ago, we started to build a budget projection model for the state of Illinois, feeling the lack of long-term planning in the state budget," says Richard Dye, an economics professor at the University of Illinois Chicago and public finance expert with the IGPA. "We found that there was no consistently defined state budget. …There were things that moved in and out of the [General Revenue Fund]; there were transfers from [the General Revenue Fund]."
The group found that those changes sometimes made it difficult to understand how much the state actually spends and on what. "Since the General Fund budget gets most of the attention in public discussions, special fund accounting can lead to confusion for those trying to understand budgetary balances or make sense of year-to-year changes in revenues or spending. Worse, greater use of special fund accounting can facilitate obfuscation by those with a particular political or fiscal agenda. Transfers of revenue, balances, or spending assignment back and forth between general to special funds within or across years provides opportunities for budget gimmickry," says a report from the project.
The IGPA weighed Illinois' budget transparency against other states. When it came to the use of special funds, Illinois did not fare well. The state did not have a large number of special funds when compared with other states. However, Dye said it is not the use of such funds that makes Illinois' budget hard to understand; it is the fact that spending is reclassified and swapped from fund to fund under different budgets with no clear rhyme or reason, making it difficult to track. "It isn't whether on average or overall you have a lot of general revenue funds or a lot of special funds. It's about whether or not from one year to the next there is a lot of movement," Dye says.
The report says: "For most states, the year-to-year change in transfers is very small: 20 states have standard deviations of less than 1 percent and another 18 are below 3 percent. Ten states, including Illinois, have variation in the 3 to 6 percent range, suggesting that these are states with a higher degree of budget obscurity." In a time when Illinois is often earning unfortunate distinctions, such as the lowest credit rating in the nation or the third most corrupt state, residents can be relieved that in this study it was not among the worst of the worst. "Alabama and Wyoming are the outliers, with cross-year variation averaging a whopping 13 and 18 percent, respectively." However, under the rankings the project created for transparency related to funds, Illinois fell in the bottom 15 for all but one category.
To address the transparency problem, Dye advocates that governors present a more comprehensive version of the budget, which would include some of the larger funds outside of the General Revenue Fund: "a more meaningful list of 50 funds that would get transportation and some of the big federal funds."
While hundreds of funds can cloud the state's spending, those who have tracked the Illinois' budgeting process over the years agree that they serve a purpose. "You don't want simplicity just for simplicity's sake," says Kent Redfield, an emeritus professor and political scientist at the University of Illinois Springfield.
"Most special funds are special because a particular revenue source has been linked to a particular spending, which is good in terms of control," Dye says.
Steve Schnorf, a former director of the Bureau of the Budget under former Gov. George Ryan, says that funds outside of the General Revenue Fund have grown out of the budgeting process. "A lot of it comes from the way our funding of services has developed over the years," he says. "A fee is charged for a certain government activity [such as issuing hunting or fishing licenses], and that fee goes into the special funds dedicated to that service."
Special funds sometimes hold money that has been entrusted to the state by outside entities to be spent on certain goals or from revenue streams that are set up with a specific intent. They can also help ensure that money, such as federal funding, is spent on programs for which it was intended. "You've got federal things that come with strings," Dye says. "You can account for it that way by making payments only out of that fund and for that purpose."
But in recent years, governors have proposed and lawmakers have approved so-called sweeps of money from such funds to cover the state's operating expenses, leaving the groups that rely on the revenue wondering how special the funds really are.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled recently that lawmakers have the authority to move money from designated funds and use it for general spending.
The Cycle Rider Safety Training Fund contained money that was meant to be spent on motorcycle training classes. But in 2003 and 2004, about $1.2 million was moved out of the funds and used for general spending. The motorcycle advocacy group ABATE sued the state, claiming that the money came from surcharges that were added to licensing fees for the explicit purpose of paying for the class and should therefore be protected. The court disagreed. "The money which enters the CRSTF is simply a percentage of the fee collected by the state for the registration and licensing of motorcycles. Clearly, the fee charged by the state for motorcycle registration and licensing is state revenue," said the opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke. According to the opinion, the fund currently contains about $10.8 million.
"If you've trusted something to the government, then it's your fault," bemoaned George Tinkham, a Springfield lawyer who worked on ABATE's case.
Redfield says it makes sense for lawmakers to do some fund sweeps if large amounts of revenue are sitting around unused. However, he said if funds are growing large surpluses, perhaps it is time to rethink the fees that provide their revenue. "If you've got a huge excess in the fund that licenses horseshoes, maybe you should charge less for licensing horseshoes."
One group says a fund that pays for licensing and disciplining doctors has been put in jeopardy by sweeps. Wayne Polek, president of the Illinois State Medical Society, says previous administrations signed off on budgets that moved $8 million out of the fund. Now it is running low, and he says that lawmakers should replace the money before considering increasing licensing fees for doctors to cover costs. Polek says his group favors a strong disciplinary system for doctors. "We want properly licensed people in the state. We don't want charlatans running around and quacks running around," he says.
But he says that the money that was swept should be used for its original intent. "They have the money there; it's just been taken out."
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation says, however, that the fees doctors pay to get licenses do not match the costs of licensing and oversight for their profession. Doctors pay $300 every three years. The last time the fees were increased was 1987, when they went from $100 every three years to the current rate. California doctors pay about $500 up front for a license and $808 dollars for renewal every two years, and Ohio doctors pay $335 upfront and $305 to renew every two years. California does offer licenses at reduced fees, but they are still much more than Illinois licenses cost. According to the department, Illinois optometrists and lawyers pay more for licenses than doctors, and plumbers pay the same as doctors.
The department is backing legislation to double the cost of licensing fees for doctors to $600 every three years. Sue Hofer, a spokeswoman for the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, says the fund is running short because of growing costs and the lack of a fund increase in recent history. "The structural deficit that we're facing now has nothing to do with sweeps," she says.
Perhaps the most controversial fund sweeps in recent years came from charitable funds that taxpayers contributed to by checking a box on their income tax returns. The Illinois Times reported that Quinn swept more than $400,000 from such funds in Fiscal Year 2010 and borrowed more than $1 million from them in FY 2011. Quinn says he plans to pay back all the borrowed money with interest by the end of the next fiscal year.
Sen. Dan Kotowski, a Park Ridge Democrat, is sponsoring Senate Bill 2958, which would bar the state from taking money from charitable funds taxpayers opt to give to via their tax returns. "What they've done in the past is a violation of the public trust. You quite simply shouldn't be taking money that taxpayers want dedicated to a charitable cause and using it for something else. That's why the public has a tough time trusting government," Kotowski says. "I think what we've found in the state of Illinois is you need to have the teeth of the law in place in order to move people who are in leadership positions in the right direction, because some people aren't necessarily going to follow the intent of the law."
If Kotowski's bill becomes law, it would create another hurdle to such fund sweeps. But future General Assemblies could choose to repeal such a law.
"The question is, do we need to have a constitutional amendment to protect special funds?" asks Tinkham.
He says that persuading lawmakers to pass a constitutional amendment that would limit their budgeting powers would be difficult. "It wouldn't necessarily be impossible, but it would take a lot of effort, and it would take a lot of convincing." Tinkham says such an effort would require support from groups, such as ABATE, that have an interest in protecting special funds. He says support would have to come from "all over the political spectrum" and "all over the social fabric of Illinois."
But in tough budget times, should some areas of spending be shielded from scrutiny?
While Kotowski opposes sweeping charity funds, he supports taking a look at money that is automatically transferred out of the General Revenue Fund into other funds each year. "There's no reason why we should have $1.1 billion in the state budget that's not reviewed in the appropriations process," he says.
Kotowski, who backed recent budget reforms known as Budgeting for Results, says lawmakers need to put sacred cow programs on the table. "We've protected pet political projects over time, and they haven't been reviewed in the budget process. Now some of those projects may have merit, some of them may not, but how is the public supposed to know?"
However Schnorf, who serves on the Budgeting for Results Commission, warns that many of the automatic transfers were put in place as a solution to a budgeting problem and can represent hard-won compromises. "Most of those are there because of agreements that were reached some time in the past." He says lawmakers must take care when scrutinizing the transfers to make sure that they understand the history of each one. "They just didn't pop out of nowhere for no reason."
Redfield says that if lawmakers continue to tap special funds and transfers to keep the operating budget above water, "it really doesn't make any sense to have any special funds at all."
He says such practices allow policymakers to avoid making difficult choices and presenting tough decisions to their constituents back home. "You're never going to have that conversation, but you ought to have that conversation," Redfield says. "You need to have that conversation about what we can and can't afford."
Schnorf says it is fair to give the General Revenue Fund more attention because that is where the bulk of budgeting decisions are made. Many funds have the same revenue streams and spending priorities year after year. "The other funds deserve scrutiny, but not to the level of [the General Revenue Fund]."
As for the transparency issue, Schnorf is skeptical about the public's desire to understand the budget. "Go sit at McDonald's and listen to the conversations sometime." Schnorf says the budget will not be the primary topic of discussion. "I don't believe that 99 percent of the populace have any interest in understanding the budget."
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Published: August 2, 2008 at 12:32 PMI had the pleasure of seeing the new concept art for the Three Broomsticks last night before crashing after work. This didn't really surprise me, seeing as the prior poll was asking where you'd like to sit down for a drink, according to locations from the books. The Three Broomsticks won by a pretty wide margin.
Even so, it's pretty interesting art. Look at some of the details in the picture.


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I am selling a Vertex long lens bag for $220 net to me (e.g., shipping and any Paypal fees are added to the $220). The following was extracted from the original Vertex page and edited for the bag as it was designed for me.This bag was designed for a Nikon 200-400 F4 and (alternatively) a 500 F4 and sized specifically for the lens/camera combination with or without a teleconverter. The idea is to be able to pull your lens/camera combination out of the bag and start shooting immediately.The bag is specifically designed to be mounted to a vehicle seat in a vertical position, or for backpacking to or from a shoot. The bag has ten attachment points (four on each side and two on the bottom) and is supplied with four straps that are five feet long and have a plastic adjustable quick release buckle that are connected to the bag. The attachment points on the bag also have D rings which allow you to secure the bag with bungee cords or any strong cord. The bag is unique in that it has four long zippers which allows you to withdraw your lens/camera in a side ways motion. Most bags close with a lid type top which will not allow you to withdraw the camera when the bag is in a vertical position in a vehicle seat. You would hit the vehicle ceiling trying to pull the lens/camera out of the bag. The four long zippers allow you to pull the lens/camera out from the front, left or right side.The bag also has three external pockets. One pocket is designed for a flash and flash cord. There is a large flat pocket that can hold a Better Beamer Flash extender and a flash Bracket. The third pocket can hold 1.4 and 2x tele converters. That pocket will also hold 12mm and 25mm extension tubes.The entire bag is constructed out of olive drab nylon pack cloth. This fabric is water repellent, not waterproof. The bag and pockets are padded with a light weight foam. The pockets close with 2" Velcro. We use 2" Velcro specifically because of the rough roads in Africa. 2" Velcro tends to be a little noisy but it secures the pockets well. The bag has a strap inside the bag to secure the lens/camera inside. It also has external adjustable straps to snug the bag around the lens/camera.The bag has a stiffener plate in the back and on the bottom to help maintain shape and prevent the bag from slumping. The bag has two padded shoulder straps. The bag originally cost me $325 with customizing and shipping and has been used very little. Since I have sold all my long lenses, I really have no use for it.Please email or PM me with any questions. Thanks.
Tomhttp://tjmanson.smugmug.comD810, D3s, N1-J5, N1-V3 (and a few other cameras) and a BIG handful of lenses.
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Tom, thanks for a trouble free transaction. I love this thing even though I don't yet know what to do with it. Hope to meet you in person some day.


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Benefits to pet adoption
It was difficult to describe the dog's appearance. He looked like a cross between an Ewok and Gizmo the gremlin. He was around 3 months old and had been found wandering the streets alone. His cage was marked "terrier mix," so there was no way to fully know the breed or how large the puppy would get.
Despite the way he started his early life, the dog wagged his tail and was very affectionate to me. I decided to take the plunge and adopt him. Eleven years later, my dog Happy is still a part of my family. I can say I've never met a more laid-back, well-behaved and relatively trouble-free dog -- and that comes with a history of many pet dogs growing up and my father even having owned a pet shop at one point. If I ever choose to welcome another dog into my home, I'm certain I'd go the adoption route.
Pets in shelters
According to the ASPCA, many of the shelters operating nationwide are independent organizations, and there is no reliable means of tabulating just how many dogs enter their shelters every year. It is estimated that anywhere between 5 to 7 million companion animals enter a shelter every year. Approximately 3 to 4 million are euthanized, and only 15 to 20 percent are returned to their owners due to microchip or tag identification. The National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy says most of the pets are destroyed simply because there is no one available to adopt them.
There are a number of reasons that dogs end up in shelters. Many times, a family moves and may not be allowed to have pets in their next residence. Sometimes older people can no longer take care of a dog, especially if they're moving into a nursing home. Some individuals simply misjudge the size or the responsibilities of having a dog and surrender the animal.
Dog adoption
Despite the vast numbers of available pets in shelters, there are many people who continue to think a better dog is one that comes from a pet store or private breeder, especially if a pure breed is desired. Keep in mind that 25 percent of dogs who enter local shelters are purebred, according to the NCPPSP. There are actually many benefits to choosing the adoption route.
* Save a life. There may be no better incentive to adoption than knowing you are saving the life of a dog that would probably be on its way to being destroyed. You are also saving the life of another animal that can then fit into the shelter and get a chance for a forever home. Even pets that are in no-kill shelters may not have the quality of life that they deserve. Often they are kept in cages, and some actually develop personality ticks due to the lack of exercise and confinement.
* Save money. Purchasing a pet can cost a substantial amount of money. Depending on the breed, some dogs can cost hundreds of dollars, or even thousands of dollars for designer breeds. When adopting a pet, fees help shelters mitigate the cost of feeding, housing and providing healthcare for shelter animals. Your adoption fee, in part, helps all of the animals in the shelter. Furthermore, the shelter often vaccinates and neuters the animals prior to adoption, helping to save you the cost of these procedures.
* Get a healthy dog. Some dogs at shelters do have special care requirements, but the majority of them are healthy pets. The shelter will have a veterinarian examine and treat the dogs, helping to ensure you start out your life together on a healthy note. This is not always the case with dogs purchased from a breeder. Some pet stores get their dogs from high-turnout puppy mill breeders, where overbreeding may result in genetic problems with puppies or illness from overcrowding.
* Get a dog that's already trained. Shelters house animals of all age groups; therefore, if a housetrained pet is desired, or one that has learned some commands, you may be in luck. Older dogs may not need the same amount of preliminary training that can make puppies frustrating. Older dogs may have outgrown boisterous behaviors, making them ideal for quiet households.
* Get a pet that is already socialized. Having spent some time in a shelter interacting with other animals and people may offer a measure of socialization to the pets. It may be easier to acclimate the dog to a new environment. He or she also may be very grateful for having been adopted and be especially devoted.
There are many advantages to adopting a pet from an animal shelter. To find area shelters, look in the classified section of your local newspaper. National Web sites, such as PetFinder.org, can also help men and women narrow down the list of available pets.


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Fred Williamson: Strike of the Black Cobra
It's a triple dose of Fred "The Hammer" Williamson as the action star portrays crime-fighting undercover cop Robert Malone. In Black Cobra, Malone protects a female photographer (Eva Grimaldi) from some psychopathic bikers. In Black Cobra 2, he takes on Iranian terrorist oilmen and rescues more hostages. And in Black Cobra 3, "The Hammer" is once again in fine fighting trim as he makes a whole new set of baddies pay dearly for usurping the law.


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The summer after my ex and I split, I took my son, Skyler, on a road trip to the San Diego Zoo and Sea World. When we returned, my ex harangued me for "trying to buy our son's love" by taking a trip that he couldn't afford. It's a moment that stuck in my memory as Something to Avoid in the Future.
This was still during the first year of separation, when things were REALLY rough. I've spent a lot of time since then trying to listen more and be sensitive to his needs… mostly to avoid a scolding. And it has paid off! Almost four years later, we are on pretty good terms right now, even spending time together at social events.
The last thing I wanted was to lose his goodwill.
So when Skyler and I started talking about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios theme park in Florida, I got nervous. Sky and I are both HUGE fans of the books and movies. I wanted to splurge and take him, but I was anxious about my ex's reaction. If he was upset at a trip in-state, he would surely blow his top when I told him we were going across country to a place my son was obsessed about. Skyler would be talking about the trip for weeks afterward, and I was sure I would have to endure months of resentment from my ex as a result.
Then I hit on possibly the craziest idea I have ever had: why not invite my son's father to come with us?
I looked online to see if I could find a supportive voice, or perhaps one to tell me "DON'T DO IT!!". On the positive side, I found this post by Arriana Huffington about her own summer vacation with her ex and two daughters.
I knew Sky would be overjoyed to have us both there. It seemed like my ex and I were in a good place in our relationship. Hey, even some celebrities are doing it. Besides, what's the worst that can happen? Its only five days!
stay tuned for more… 🙂
I survived (barely)! Read the full series of blog posts about my vacation with my ex:
Part 1: A brilliant idea or crazy?
Part 2: Putting my money where my mouth is
Part 3: It was the best of times…
Part 4: Everything I feared
The Wilde Side: single, working mom juggling dating, music, and co-parenting an ADHD 3rd grader.
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Hi Alexander et al,
This DBM information I could not find in this release. What I did find was
that by default, it was using -O3 in it's DB compilations on AIX. I
changed that back to -O2 and my last htmerge was successfull.
At this time, having changed nothing else except adding the --debug
request of Mr. Htdig :), I am being led to believe that the -O3 to gcc was
the problem. I'll report back if I find it failing again.
Hope this helps some others too,
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> Hi!
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> I had the same problem on AIX 4.2.1. (Did you use xlc?)
> On 1998/09/14 I posted the fix for my box to the ht://Dig list.
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Last month, I whipped up a RINO detector test that found there were only six true believers in freedom out of all the Republicans in the state House.
Science has now confirmed those findings.
I admitted that my three-vote litmus test was rather glib, but it turns out that the six Republicans it identified for their exceptional commitment to liberty are indeed just about the most conservative members of the state Legislature.
Mark P. Jones of Rice University, among the state's most distinguished political scientists, just published an analysis of 173 "non-lopsided roll call votes" cast in the House. (He takes out the lopsided votes because a lawmaker's feelings about Puppy Appreciation Week and other such official declarations don't tell you much about his politics.)
Jones' list identifies six Republicans as a bit more conservative than the rest of their colleagues. Five of those names were also on my shortlist, which was based on three votes during the floor debate on the budget, one each corresponding to the principles of individual liberty, free markets, and fiscal conservatism.
Those five are Reps. Matt Krause, Matt Schaefer, Jonathan Stickland, and Scott Turner, all freshmen, and Jodie Laubenberg, now in her fourth term.
The sixth member who passed my test, Rep. Scott Sanford, came in one notch down on Jones' list, replaced by Rep. Bill Zedler in Jones' top six.
Of course, the idea of an actual right-to-left continuum in politics is a bit silly, as American politics don't revolve around one particular axis. We have two general, often conflicting ideas – freedom and equality – driving much of our political history.
While advocates of equality often fight amongst themselves over what the principle demands, the ideal of freedom isn't nearly so problematic. I suppose that's why it's so easy to pick out the folks who really believe in it.
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Jake Pavelka: I Turned Down a Second Stint on 'Bachelor Pad'
The vote that led to Jake Pavelka's Episode 3 elimination on Bachelor Pad 2 last summer was one of the closest (and most controversial) the ABC reality series had ever seen. But, Pavelka doesn't have any desire to settle old scores.
When asked if he'd return if the show's producers invited him back to the pad for another season, Pavelka, 34, replied, "They did and no."
Pavelka competed on the second season of Bachelor Pad — which reunites all-stars from various seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette to battle it out for the cash prize and possibly another shot at love — to make amends with his ex-fiancée and Bachelor pick, Vienna Girardi.
"Well, I had some spilled milk to clean up," he admitted. "That's what that was about."
And even though Girardi led the charge to eliminate him, Pavelka feels he "absolutely" accomplished his goal.
"Everybody showed their true colors. I was able to walk away gracefully," the Dallas pilot says.
After eight months together – three in the public spotlight – Pavelka and Girardi agreed to do a breakup special that aired on ABC in July 2010.
Insults were hurled back and forth: Girardi calling him a "fame whore" and "liar," Pavelka said she was addicted to the limelight, as well, and accused her of cheating on him. In the end, Girardi walked off the set crying, as Pavelka seemed cold to viewers throughout the special.
Today, he says, "The only thing that I should have done differently about that was when they told me they were doing the interview is said, 'Get lost.' I shouldn't have done it."
currently on the upswing. He's currently dating actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth, whom he met when she hosted The Humane Society's Hero Dog Awards last October.
Warner Bros. had no comment on Pavelka's claim that it had asked him back for another season of Bachelor Pad.
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One of our newest wikis is all about being outside and exploring the latest trend in food. Have you been noticing more and more food trucks popping up in your city? From San Francisco (where we're based) to Ohio, New York, and Europe, street food is a growing movement that's getting even bigger. So, it makes sense that there's a killer Food Truck Wiki to compliment the trend.
The Food Truck Wiki does a great job of showing how user-uploaded reviews can really make a wiki shine — truck owners have been updating info about their business, and street food lovers are visiting the wiki to leave reviews and add trucks they know and love.
In just over a month, the wiki has added 134 trucks and received more than 20 new editors, 149 pages, and 262 photos. The wiki has also already been mentioned by the well-known food site Foodista. Pretty good for a newbie wiki.
We're excited about the community's accomplishments because the Food Truck Wiki is truly becoming a collaborative project. As with all wikis, more users means higher quality content — so don't be afraid to dive right in! If there are food trucks in your city or country, add them to the wiki. Do you watch "The Great Food Truck Race"? The community would love if you entertainment-savvy Wikians would add info about that show to the wiki, too.
If food trucks aren't you're thing, you can check out other trending food wikis about bacon, donuts, desserts, and even beer (if you're of age!). As always, if you have any suggestions that could help the Food Truck Wiki grow, post your comments here.
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If there's a flying machine over there, it belongs to the government.
The flat, streamlined bulk of a flying machine, shiny and new.
It had been cut by the men of the flying machine at its upper end, and had crumpled down into the hall.
In a flying machine they took him back, and applied stimulants.
In other words, it made the flying machine a machine in which man could fly.
Invent a flying machine, or invent nothing—that is your own affair.
Another explosion took place, this time remarkably close, and pieces of the flying machine came down, and brushed past the boys.
We on the other hand cross the ocean in sixteen hours in a flying machine.
Right now, I am working on what I think the company could classify as a flying machine.
Identically the same thing is done in the construction of the flying machine.


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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0529 Monday, 24 December 2012
Date: December 22, 2012 7:19:22 AM EST
Subject: BSA Honorary Fellows 2013
At its recent meeting of the Board of Trustees the BSA, and on the recommendation of the Honorary Fellowship Committee, it was unanimously decided to appoint two Honorary Fellowships for 2013.
Members of the British Shakespeare Association will be delighted to learn that the two Honorary Fellows for 2013 will be Professor Terence Hawkes and Professor Stanley Wells, both of whom have graciously accepted the invitations issued by the Honorary Fellowship Committee of the BSA.
Professors Hawkes and Wells have led the field of Shakespeare Studies over the past 50 years, and both continue to contribute to its advancement. They were also instrumental in the setting up of the BSA. An event to celebrate their installation as Honorary Fellows will take place in Stratford at some time during 2013, and members will be notified once arrangements are in place. This will be the first event of its kind in the history of the BSA, and will set a precedent for the award of Honorary Fellowships in those interstitial years when the biennial Conference does not take place.
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Teen's death a reminder of deer's threat to motorists
By Larry Copeland, USA TODAY
The crash was horrific, all the more so for its freak nature: A 17-year-old girl was killed last week in Lowell, Mich., when a deer that had been struck by another vehicle was flung into her minivan, causing it to swerve, leave the road and strike a tree.
Barbara Barnick died at the scene. Three passengers in her Chrysler minivan and the driver of the other vehicle survived; Barnick and the others were all wearing seat belts, police said.
The high school senior's death in western Michigan, near Grand Rapids, serves as a tragic reminder that November is the deadliest month for collisions between motor vehicles and deer.
Insurance claims for crashes involving animals are nearly three times as high in November as in other months, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), the research arm of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
"The chance of a vehicle encountering a deer and striking it goes way up in November during deer mating season," says Kim Hazelbaker, HLDI senior vice president. "They are crossing the road when they shouldn't be, oblivious to the traffic around them."
Many crash deaths are preventable
Over the five-year period 2005-09, 1,017 people died in vehicle-animal collisions, according to the IIHS. Many vehicle-animal collision deaths are preventable: In a 2004 study, IIHS found that 60% of people who died in such crashes in automobiles were not wearing seat belts; 65% of those killed on motorcycles were not wearing helmets.
About three-fourths of vehicle-animal fatalities involve deer, according to the IIHS.
"One of the problems is we as a society have taken over where the deer used to be," Hazelbaker says.
All across the USA, suburban areas that used to be deer habitats have been developed into subdivisions, but the deer are still there, says Ken Rosen, senior vice president and chief claims officer for San Antonio-based USAA, the nation's eighth-largest auto insurer. "We're seeing more deer walking around the neighborhood than I've ever seen in the past." He says deer populations have grown because of a lack of natural predators.
Fatal vehicle-animal crashes also have involved cattle, horses, dogs and at least one bear, IIHS says. "Particularly when you get out West, you see elk and all kinds of things that it wouldn't occur to you would be out on a roadway," Hazelbaker says.
Vehicle-animal collisions increased by 7% from 2008 to 2009, according to a recent analysis by USAA. The average claim in those crashes: $2,886. "Some safety features such as air bags and anti-lock brakes work well, but if you hit a deer at a high rate of speed, it becomes a projectile," Rosen says.
That's what happened in Lowell, Mich., police say.
Barnick was driving west on Fulton Street when a car approaching in the eastbound lane struck the deer and flung it across the road into her windshield. "There's not much she could have done," Michigan State Police Trooper Dale Cook told TheGrand Rapids Press newspaper. "If a car in front of you hits a deer, what can you do? It's just like a NASCAR pileup — you just don't have a chance sometimes."
In Michigan, 'you've got to make sure you're ultra-alert'
Michigan has one of the nation's highest frequencies of vehicle-deer collisions, according to USAA's analysis. Kent County, where Barnick was killed, has about 2,200 such collisions a year, Michigan State Police Lt. Chris McIntire says. Another driver was killed recently on U.S. 131 north of Grand Rapids after hitting a dead deer that another motorist had killed and left in the highway, McIntire says.
"We're an area where you have a very, very large metro area, but within five minutes, you're in a very rural countryside," he says. "Many of our roads are through heavily wooded areas where the trees and woods come right up to the road. When you're driving in Michigan, you've got to make sure you're ultra-alert to what's going on around you and watch the tree line for deer."
Barnick was a senior at Saranac Community Schools who had played volleyball and softball and was expected to play softball again in the spring, Superintendent Jeanette Adams says. "She was a nice girl," Adams says. "A little bit on the quiet side, but with friends both here and in (nearby) Ionia."
Adams says the tragedy stunned her district, which has 1,150 students, including 360 at the high school. "Everybody knows everybody," she says. "They've been going to school for a long time together." She says grief counselors were available at the school, and students were given the opportunity to delay exams scheduled last week.
"We lost a senior last spring," Adams says. "For us to lose a senior from this class as well, seven months later. ... It was just such a freak accident."
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A very interesting project by Jean Nouvel, One Central Park is an architecture / urban design project that seeks to green the Sydney urban landscape. The taller of the two towers look like modular structures. The largest terrace seems to simply be taken from the heart of the building. This project also includes an new urban park as well as 36,000 square meters of public open spaces. The integration of green elements in the units of the towers is a wonderful part of the design scheme. It gives the impression that the vegetation is in fact emanating from the building itself.
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Pour yourself a healthy glug of scotchy scotch scotch, because Ron Burgundy is in the building, sharing a ice cream cone with Baxter and giving the world a devilish cocked eyebrow. When you're done chugging that down, enjoy these exclusive snaps from FHM's Anchorman: The Legend Continues photoshoot and sit back in your nearest leather recliner.
The new magazine is out tomorrow, Thursday December 5, but these pics come a day early because Ron is impatient like that. You can tell because he's stomping around The Big Apple like a mustachioed Godzilla in these posters, such is his relentless desire for news.
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In the new Anchorman outing, Ron and his loyal news team confront the Earth-shattering changes underway in their industry, and head to New York for the potential opportunity of a lifetime. Assuming they don't screw it all up, that is… As well as Will Ferrell here, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner and Christina Applegate are also back, with the newcomers including Harrison Ford, Kristen Wiig, Meagan Good and James Marsden. It'll be out on December 20 - in the mean time, stay classy.