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CalMac (Caledonian MacBrayne) A Scottish ferry company with over 20 ships, from 22m long to 101m long. Many people are 'fans' of CalMac who enjoy travelling on the ships. The smallest ship is the MV Eigg, which carries 5 cars and the largest is the MV Isle of Lewis which carries 123 cars and 680 passengers. They have ships registered under the UK flag than anyone else. Website: www.calmac.co.uk
- I'm not sure if this is a legitimate factual article or just spam. I would have put it on VFD but I thought I enter it here in case anyone could salvage it. 126.96.36.199 03:25, 18 Aug 2005 (UTC)
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A character in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
edit From Demoscene
Demoscene is computer subculture for game demos. It has it golden years in mid 90's when there were lot of shareware games around. In demoscene people are playing those games and sometimes swapping them with each other.
edit From People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
edit Accomplishments
- Tried to get the town Hamburg to change its name to "Veggieburg" due to it sounding to much like the word "hamburger".
- Tossed some anonymous red blood-like liquid into countless fur coats.
- Tried to rename fish to "sea kittens".
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Rheee, or rheeee or rheeeee or any other amount of 'e's is an utterance frequent among players of the first person shooter Counter-Strike. The phrase was popularized by the myg0t clan flash videos. The word is used to show distaste and frusteration caused by hackers in the game.
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Profession: lawyer.
This lawyer, expert of the subject of author rights, is a archiconocida figure within the world of the internautical Internez thanks to his radical confrontations with the General Society of Autores (SGAE).
This genuine Sevillian (see Spain), consider that from certain sectors, exists an incorrect operation of which "intellectual property" is denominated. Recently public its test "Copy this book" with which it tries to disassemble the theses that "criminalize and describe as pirates to those who share culture".
You can read him at: http://www.filmica.com/david_bravo
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Craig Ferguson (born May 17, 1962) is a multitalented comedian who has done work both in front of and behind the camera. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Ferguson became a highly regarded comic in Britain, appearing in the alternative comedy circuit under the stage name Bing Hitler. After enjoying success at the Edinburgh Festival, Ferguson moved to Los Angeles in the United States in 1994. He is best known in the U.S. for his role on The Drew Carey Show, where he played Nigel Wick, Carey's boss. Of his over-the-top English accent on the series, Ferguson noted that plenty of English actors had used bad Scottish accents in the past, so it was time for a Scottish actor to use a bad English accent.
In December 2004, it was announced that Ferguson would be the successor to Craig Kilborn on CBS's Late Late Show. Ferguson's first show aired on January 4, 2005.
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The local people speak Tamil, Kannada,Telgugu and malayalam, Majority are TAMILS(more than 40%), literally tamils rules in banagalore. Tamils eith their hard work and brilliance transformed Banaglore into a IT city which was earlier a lazy city.
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Chennai (சென்னை in Tamil), formerly known as Madras is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is India's fourth largest metropolis and thrid largest financial centre. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. With an estimated 2005 population of 7.45 million, it is one of the 35 largest metropolitan areas in the world.
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Depending on the context, 'Kangeroo' can denote an Australian mammal or describe a court proceeding
- Editor's note: The spelling of this word is actually kangaroo. Please disregard the above spelling as incorrect.
edit From Great Molasses Flood
Boston is perhaps the only city in the history of the universe to have had citizens (and some horses) killed by a wave of molasses.
edit From July 1
The day before July 2nd.
Celebrated on the first day after June 30th every year.
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Kill stealing is when (most likely) one of your teammates kills the enemy who you have hit 6 times with your gun, and then your teammate gets the frag.
edit From Hot water heater
A hot water heater is a device in your garage that heats your water. Without it you'd be taking cold showers.
edit From Athena
The goddess in Greek mythology; the daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo.
edit From Ryan Stiles
Ryan Stiles played Lewis on The Drew Carey Show and is a regular on Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
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A lightsaber is a kind of of weapon wielded by Jedi and Sith. The lightsaber operates on highly classified mechanisms, one of the few known components being a crystal. Lightsabers project an energy beam a varying number of feet, and can cut through nearly anything. Lightsabers come in many colors, some of the most popular being red, blue, and green.
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Russians have two New Years and two Christmases; first Christmas is celebrated in December, the second - in January. The same things with the New Year. First new Year (real New Year), celebrated after 31th December. And there is also another New Year, they call it "Old New Year", which is celebrated in the middle of January.
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- 1868 - US President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War Confederate soldiers.
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Poke'mon was origanly a video game released to Nintendo system under the cover of darkness. It was a Tactical RPG game in which you train a team of Poke'mon with which you use to defeat other teams, earn prizes, and ultimatly enter a Poke'mon tournement. Later on the Success of this game encouraged Nintendo to make more games with different story lines. The continued success launched the card game which was shockingly successfull. The Poke'mon's empire reached it's peak making the animated series and complementing them with movies which made the mouse Poke'mon Pikachu and his trainer Ash very popular and also making the Poke'mon the single greatest picture for poke'mon out of the now almost unending poke'mon. Poke'mon slowly started to decline after this, the reason is widly unknown but the most know reason is that the animated serious gave Poke'mon a "child-like" look and quickly Nintendo lost most of it's teenaged fans. Nintendo countered this by making more angry looking poke'mon trying to appeal to the it's older fans. Poke'mon is still surving today trying to come back with how it started, video games. Poke'mon today is still a big word, and barely surving on it's painfully slow growing number of disabled fans. Poke'mon today is seen as as 'childish' and others see it as a black magic cult, that tricks small children into drinking the cool-ade in order to open a gateway to hell and fullfilling the prophesy. Fans can come to their own conclusions on what Poke'mon is but Poke'mon remains one of most successful card games, video games,and public icons.
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Isaac Asimov was born into a Jewish family [...] there were multiple science fiction books and articles written sometime in his life.
edit From Forrest Gump
A film made in 1994 starring Tom Hanks as a retard who did everything in history
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A license usually accompanies a piece of software, a book, a DVD, or anything of your choosing. If you haven't received a license with this text you may write to the Free Software Foundation (FSF hereafter), they'll tell you this text is licensed under a Creative Commons (CC) license. In spite of the fact that FSF and CC aim to make licensing more transparent, it still gets more confusing from there.
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Not alpha but before gamma.
edit From USC
USC is an acronymn for Universidade de Santiago de Compostela.
edit From GNU
GNU (official site) applications has grown into a huge diversity ranging from techies' OS kernels and libs to end users' Accounting software. To keep up with what the GNU community is doing, you may find this large unofficial GNU Forum useful. This forum (hosted by Nabble) currently archives many gnu projects' mailing lists into a single hierarchical forum for easy browsing and unified seach. You can drill into each sub-project or search a keyword to find out what the GNU people are talking about.
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Any excuse for large scale consumption of ethanol based drinks or other intoxicating substances
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From Uncyclopedia Marklar (n;v;adj;adv;pn;inj;pcp;cccp;rsvcp) A word that is used to replace every person, place, thing, action, or description on the Planet Marklar: as a person "Hey marklar!"; as a place "Marklar is going to Marklar"; as a thing "What an ugly marklar!"; as many things "Markla-markling marklar, my marklar marklared marklar in the marklar". It is much simpler than english because it saves a lot of grammar and pronunciation. To use marklar you must have something in mind or you will be mistaken for illiterate. If you travel to planet marklar located in the horsehead nebula, do not forget your Marklar to English dictionary (which can be made with a regular English dictionary and a rubber stamp of the word "Marklar"). Planet Marklar is known for its humid summer, so don't forget your Marklar. All the marklar you need to marklar in Marklar is in "Marklar's Marklar to the Marklar".
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Nearly 100 years after the first boat was made, the first successful boat was made, and the Vikings sailed from Europe to America, where they married the Indians and never came back. Luckily, they left blueprints, and the nautical world was forever conquered. (Actually, the Chinese were the first ones to circumnavigate the globe. During the voyages of Zheng Hu in 1421 - 1423. See http://www.1421.tv/ for reference.)
- (Accuracy note: his name is actually Zheng He, not Zheng Hu.)
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A device in your house that you clean your carpet with. It makes a very loud sound.


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Natural Selections: Don't Believe Every Bottle You Read
By Olivia Campbell
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Rushing through the aisles, trying to outrun your baby's inevitable grocery store meltdown and avert the toddler candy tantrum, you remember you're out of baby soap. Being the informed and concerned parent you are, you grab a large bottle of "Natural-organic-soothing-hypoallergenic-unscented-tear-free-you'd have to be a terrible parent NOT to buy this" soap.
That evening, as your little ones splash in the sweet-smelling bubbles, you catch a glimpse of the ingredient list on that new bottle of baby wash—"PEG 80 Sorbitan Laurate, Cocamidopropyl Bentaine, Sodium Trideceth Sulfate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, PEG 150 Distearate …"*
What? How natural is it if you can barely pronounce it?
What makes a product natural anyway? Who regulates that term and other related terms? Surely companies have to meet certain standards to use these terms, right? How do you know this product is actually free of chemicals and toxins, and therefore worth the extra cost?
It turns out the answer is more complicated than it should be.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn't regulate the use of the terms organic, natural, hypoallergenic, or any other enticing adjectives that adorn baby care products, which renders the terms essentially meaningless.
"Children are at particular risk from exposures to personal care product ingredients. Their skin is significantly thinner than an adult's, their ability to detoxify and excrete chemicals can be limited, and at birth the blood-brain barrier that can block chemicals' access to brain tissue is not complete," said Jane Houlihan, vice president for research at the Environmental Working Group (EWG). "In short, their developing bodies are more vulnerable to damage from hazardous chemicals. Yet children's products are not assessed for their risks to children."
Since baby body care ingredients such as parabens, phthalates, and 1,4-dioxane have come under scrutiny as potentially toxic, parents have sought less harmful alternatives. Countless natural formulas and organic brands have been popping up in an effort to cash in on the newly informed market of parents. But magic words on the front of the bottle don't necessarily translate into true ingredient safety.
In March, the Organic Consumers Association reported that an independent study found the known carcinogen 1,4-dioxane in more than 40 percent of body care products labeled natural.
"The FDA have become cheerleaders, not the police, for … the big cosmetics and body care companies. That's why they tolerate vague, relatively meaningless standards for so-called natural products, which are typically conventional formulations made up of synthetic, often problematic and toxic chemicals," said Ronnie Cummins, director of the Organic Consumers Association. "Even the FDA admits that they do not regulate the safety of cosmetics and body care products and rely on industry-indentured scientists for drug testing.
The [Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act] contains no provision that requires demonstration to the FDA of the safety of ingredients of cosmetic products … prior to marketing the product," said the FDA to nonprofit public health watchdog EWG.
Toxins are regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency via their Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. The act declared that all 60,000 chemicals on the market at the time were safe, and created relaxed standards for the approval of new chemicals. Backed by the FDA, the Cosmetic Ingredient Review investigation process is voluntary.
The vast majority of ingredients have not been assessed for safety by the CIR, the FDA, or any other publicly accountable body," said Houlihan. "Companies are free to use almost any ingredient they choose in personal care products, with no proof of safety required."
In February 2007, the EWG released a report finding 1,4-dioxane potentially contaminating 55 percent of baby bubble baths, 57 percent of baby shampoos and 55 percent of baby soaps.
"1,4-dioxane is considered a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer … and has no place in natural or organic branded personal care products," the Organic Consumers Association says. Some of the leading brands the report found to contain 1,4-dioxane are JASON Pure Natural & Organic, Giovanni Organic Cosmetics, Kiss My Face and Nature's Gate Organics.
Hypoallergenic can mean whatever a company wants it to mean. Manufacturers are not required to submit substantiation of hypoallergenicity to the FDA. Dermatologists say the term is essentially meaningless.
Only the USDA regulates the term organic, so if a body care product contains agricultural ingredients, and can meet the USDA organic standards, it can be certified under the National Organic Program regulations.
So how do parents safely navigate through an industry plagued by a plethora of products claiming to be toxin-free? (Nontoxic doesn't mean toxin-free).
"Parents and consumers can protect themselves and their children by reading ingredients labels carefully, seeking out alternative sources of information (especially on the Internet) and buying products—foods, vitamins, clothing and body care products—which display the USDA Organic seal, which is backed up by strict federal standards and verified by independent … certifiers," Cummins said.
Another option to consider is simply using fewer products. Find truly natural products that offer all-in-one cleansing, such as bath soaks, bubble baths and hair/body wash. Less frequent washing will give your baby's skin a chance to moisturize itself with its own natural oils, leaving less need for lotions. Buying and using fewer products is also cheaper, or at least should offset the cost of buying slightly more expensive soaps and lotions.
If you're feeling particularly industrious, you can try your hand at making your own soap. Recipes for homemade soap are abundant. Another great source of safe, high-quality products are myriad homemade body care product websites, such as the Etsy handmade goods online marketplace.
Keep in mind that your baby is also being exposed to products you as a parent use. Babies suck and chew on any body part they can wrap their gums around. You touch your baby almost constantly, so they are inhaling, touching or ingesting whatever you've put on your own skin.
In an effort to help protect children and hold the government accountable, the EWG has introduced the Kid-Safe Chemical Act to Congress. The legislation would require that the 62,000 chemicals already on the market and any new chemicals be tested and proven safe for infants, kids, and other vulnerable groups.
The EWG's Skin Deep Cosmetic Database provides a wealth of information on ingredients, products, and companies. Search for your current products and see how they score, but be prepared to trash all of the body products in your house.
At the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, you'll find a list of all the companies who have pledged to not use chemicals that are known to, or strongly suspected of causing cancer, mutation, or birth defects in their products.
* Actual partial ingredient list for Susan Brown's Baby Foaming Shampoo and Body Wash found in the green and natural baby care section of drugstore.com. The package boasts "Sensitive, Tear Free, PH Balanced, Dermatologist Tested, Hypoallergenic."
|Phthalates (pronounced 'tha'-lates')
|These chemicals are used as plasticizers, solvents, and perfume fixatives in toys, detergents, food packaging, and personal care products. Phthalates can be found in teethers, bottle nipples, and pacifiers.
|The FDA published: "It's not clear what effect, if any, phthalates have on health. An expert panel … concluded that reproductive risks from exposure to phthalate esters were minimal to negligible in most cases. In 2002, the Cosmetic Ingredient Review … concluded that exposures to phthalates from cosmetics are low compared to levels that would cause adverse effects in animals. We are currently beginning a survey of infant/children cosmetic products to determine the levels of phthalates so we can more accurately assess infant exposure."
|The journal of The American Academy of Pediatrics called Pediatrics (published in February 2009): "Children are uniquely vulnerable to phthalate exposures given their hand-to-mouth behaviors … and developing nervous and reproductive systems. Phthalates are known developmental and reproductive toxicants in animal[s].
Several human studies support adverse effects of phthalates on male reproductive function. Urinary concentration … has been associated with sperm DNA damage in male adults and is hypothesized to have widespread effects on endocrine and reproductive systems. In male infants … prenatal concentrations [of phthalates] were associated with decreased anogenital distance … exposure through breast milk was associated with abnormal reproductive hormone levels in three-month-old infants, suggesting that early human exposures may have an adverse impact on endocrine homeostasis. Of particular concern for children is sucking and playing with plastic toys and child care products that are used directly on the skin."
|1,4-dioxane forms as a byproduct during the manufacturing process of certain cosmetic ingredients, and therefore doesn't appear on any ingredient list. It is used as an industrial solvent and a foaming agent. Ingredients that can contain the contaminant 1,4-dioxane include sodium laureth sulfate and ingredients that include the clauses PEG, xynol, ceteareth, and oleth.
|The US Department of Health and Human Services "considers 1,4-dioxane as reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen. Some cosmetics, detergents, and shampoos may contain 1,4-dioxane at levels higher than recommended by the FDA. Few studies are available that provide information about the effects of 1,4-dioxane in humans. Exposure to very high levels of 1,4-dioxane can result in liver and kidney damage and death. Scientists do not know whether 1,4-dioxane affects reproduction or the ability to fight infections in people or animals."
|The FDA: "The 1,4-dioxane levels we have seen in … cosmetics do not present a hazard to consumers," the FDA stated in July 2007. "Concerns initially were raised in the 1970s, when studies at the National Cancer Institute found an association between1,4-dioxane and cancer in animals."
|Parabens are used as a preservative to protect against microbial growth in cosmetic and body care products.
The FDA says: "The Cosmetic Ingredient Review reviewed the safety of methylparaben, propylparaben, and butylparaben in 1984 and concluded they were safe for use in cosmetic products at levels up to 25 percent. Typically parabens are used at levels ranging from 0.01 to 0.3 percent. In December 2005,
The Journal of Drugs in Dermatology (published in January 2009) wrote: "Parabens … have been extensively used in skin care, cosmetics, foods, and pharmaceutical agents as antimicrobial preservatives for many years. Published reports have emerged in recent years implicating parabens as potential carcinogens in breast cancer, uterine cancer, and most recently, skin cancer.
|When avoiding synthetic fragrance, be sure to buy fragrance-free products, not unscented products that can contain scent-masking chemical agents.
|The EWG says: "Fragrances are the great secrets of the cosmetics industry, in everything from shampoo to deodorant to lotion, and falling straight into a giant loophole in federal law that doesn't require companies to list on product labels any of the potentially hundreds of chemicals in a single product's secret fragrance mixture. Fragrances can contain neurotoxins and are among the top five allergens in the world."
Flavor and Fragrance Journal had this to say: "Fragrance formulas are considered trade secrets and components that make up the fragrance portion of the product are not revealed on labels. Fragrance is increasingly cited as a trigger in health conditions such as asthma, allergies and migraine headaches. In addition, some fragrance materials have been found to accumulate in adipose tissue and are present in breast milk. Other materials are suspected of being hormone disruptors. The implications are not fully known, as there has been little evaluation of systemic effects. … At present there is little governmental regulation of fragrance."
The Unusual Suspects: Ingredients to be wary of
Other recommended resources:
The FDA's Cosmetics information page
Etsy online handmade marketplace
Olivia Campbell is a freelance journalist, wife, mother, and dancer based in Richmond, Virginia.


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Dear Carolyn • My husband's 49-year-old brother has advanced cirrhosis. The prognosis sounds pretty grim. My mother-in-law, who is taking care of him and trying to make his apartment habitable, is adamant that my husband not go help. She's taking all the burden on herself, and doesn't even want her own husband to know how much she is doing for her son. This is a normal dynamic for this family nobody ever speaks the truth about what they need and want. Do we overrule her and tell her my husband is coming up to help, which ultimately I think she would appreciate, or do we respect her repeatedly stated wishes? For what it's worth, I think he should just go; my husband is not certain. This martyr-syndrome, "Oh no, we don't want to be a burden" thing drives me nuts. It's part of Every. Single. Interaction. So that could be coloring my view of this ...
Dear Anonymous • How sad. It sounds as if these unspoken truths are claiming their victims. And I can see why your husband has doubts. When you trust them, or lack sufficient knowledge to trust or not, then it's important to take people at their word. It's a combination of showing respect for others' stated wishes and going with what you know. But when "what you know" is that you can't take certain people at their word, because their word is subject to any number of ulterior motives and years of lousy emotional patterns, then you're in a bind. Taking Mom and Brother at their word when you're confident they're not being truthful can feel like enabling, and yet going against their word can feel like disrespect for competent, if unhealthy, adults. If your husband felt strongly that one of these options was the right one, then he'd be right to make that choice, whichever it was. Since he's conflicted, he'll need to find his answer somewhere other than his mother's words, and where better to look than his own conscience? If he feels he belongs at his brother's side, then that's where he needs to go, and he can place credit for his decision where it belongs. "Mom, I know you told me not to come help, but I'm not doing this for you I'm doing it for myself."
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Nice try, Hendry Wan (Letters, October 17-18), but there is not one but a number of queues which those coming by boat seek to circumvent.
First, those waiting patiently in refugee camps with the hope of being accepted under our refugee quota will now miss out because of those who paid people smugglers.
The next queue is to do with processing. Immigration staff must give priority to those who arrive illegally by boat. Those waiting in offshore centres get pushed further down the list while the impatient and the impetuous take their place.
Then there is the waiting list for public housing, which will be ignored in favour of immediate support of illegal arrivals.
As far as I know, none of those who wait in these queues threaten to blow up boats or go on hunger strike should they not be immediately attended to. One wonders at the cornucopia of legal and ethical options available to those with the means to pay people smugglers tens of thousands of dollars. Is the ability to seek out shady characters and avail oneself of their illicit services a skill we need in this country?
Peter Maresch Lane Cove
The asylum seekers from Sri Lanka who have travelled halfway around the world, and paid a lot of money to people smugglers to do so, claim they did this as the only way to "escape persecution".
These people are Tamils, and not 100 kilometres from where they set off is the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, their traditional homeland and birthplace of their kin. Hardly much risk of being persecuted there.
Surely if escaping persecution was their only intent, they could have achieved it much more easily, safely and cheaply than by the perilous route they chose.
Andrew Gee Castlecrag
Not all Tamils were engaged in a "murderous terrorist conflict" with the Sri Lankan Government as David Knowles says (Letters, October 17-18), least of all nine-year-old children, well-trained or not. Many Tamil civilians were equally terrorised by the Tamil Tigers and now face even worse abuses by the Sri Lankan Government, including forced eviction, internment in concentration camps and summary execution – simply because they are Tamil.
The fighting may be over but innocent people are still paying the price, just as Czechs and Hungarians did after their revolutions were crushed.
To suggest all Tamils were involved in the extreme actions of a hardcore minority and now must pay for that extremist group's defeat is like saying all Australians are insensitive, uncaring and ignorant on the basis of one letter.
Sunil Badami Rozelle
I am not sure of the precise legal status in Australia of the United Nations conventions our governments signed. But I am sure that in addition to the rule of law, keeping our word is equally a "bedrock of Australian law and politics" ("Refugee lobby's 10 commandments", October 16).
Is Paul Sheehan suggesting we should make a habit of breaking our word? It is a difficult issue, especially for the refugees, but Australia has much bigger opportunities and problems to deal with than the processing of a few hundred (or even thousand in some years) escaping persecution and attempting to find safety and security here.
The asylum seekers who arrived by boat this year are about 1 per cent of our total immigrant intake. Most are found to be refugees, and our experience shows they become model citizens. We need some perspective.
David Hind Neutral Bay
Remember the law on refugees
Your editorial ''Boat people far from an open or shut case'' (October 17-18) was sloppy, confused and incorrect. You refer to asylum seekers as illegal immigrants. Under Australian law they are not.
Australia incorporated key elements of the UN Convention on Refugees into the Migration Act and these provisions have not been repealed. People arriving by boat or by plane and making a claim for protection as a refugee are to be treated as such until it has been demonstrated otherwise through established legal procedures. If you want the law to be suspended on this issue, do not complain when your right to publish is withdrawn.
What has border security to do with the claims of refugees? You imply a concern about the security of coastal landings, but mention nothing about the security found wanting at airports. You confuse Australia's immigration program with the need for protection of refugees. Under Australian law they are not interchangeable.
Finally, no information or understanding is conveyed about the plight of Tamil people in Sri Lanka to assist the reader to put your editorial into context.
Bruce Haigh former diplomat and member of the Refugee Review Tribunal, Mudgee
Sack the NRMA's board, not its front-line staff
What a disgrace that the board of the NRMA proposes to solve its financial mismanagement problems by reducing services to members and especially by reducing front-line staff (''NRMA to slash services, workers'', October 17-18). The people who should be sacked are the board members whose failed investment strategies have led to the current situation.
Members should also reflect on the actions of past boards, who with the assistance of paid ''consultants'', convinced members of the wisdom of selling NRMA Insurance, which was the best investment the NRMA ever made on behalf of its members. It not only provided cheap insurance but also substantially subsidised the operation of the NRMA as a whole.
John Chippendale Marsfield
The NRMA board members have ensured their re-election at next month's annual general meeting by spending $12,500 in ''prizes'' in a draw to encourage members to send in proxy votes. How many members will know the name of a dissenter who will be at the meeting? How many mug voters will allot their proxy votes to the chairman to be eligible for one of the $500 prizes?
To me this sounds a little like bribery - and with our money.
Malcolm Darroch Tura Beach
How does the NRMA explain a $60 million loss when it no longer has to support Ross Turnbull's dining habits?
Bill Carpenter Bowral
Protect children from assault
With the exception of military or police force, corporal punishment against children is the only accepted physical attack that is used to exact compliance through a unilateral use of force (''You've got to be cruel to be kind, says PM'', October 17-18).
Kevin Rudd's comments, and the cited research, illustrate that the practice of smacking children has a strong cultural legacy and still receives wide public support. Undoubtedly, opposition to it is in the minority in Australia.
But many studies, legislative bodies and courts internationally have found corporal punishment not to be a benign necessity of parenting. Its use as a disciplinary technique contradicts key legal principles that protect bodily integrity, disregards international obligations and neglects the expanding field of children's rights.
Joe Tucci is right to question the assumptions of harmlessness made by Mr Rudd, and Australia should not be so quick to disregard a potential change in law to protect children from unwarranted assault.
Sallie McLean Leichhardt
Classrooms, not wards, for pupils
Dalwood Assessment Centre and Palm Avenue School provide intensive one-on-one assessment and assistance for students from rural and remote NSW with severe learning difficulties (''State closes book on literacy help for rural children'', October 17-18).
Until now these students have been able to receive a holistic assessment, with all the professionals on site at Seaforth. Relocation to the Children's Hospital at Westmead will mean a fragmented approach to dealing with learning difficulties. These students need a classroom, not a hospital ward.
The Isolated Children's Parents Association (NSW) has met the Government annually since its foundation in 1971. This week the association is in Sydney on an annual deputation, but neither the Education Minister nor the Health Minister is available. The association would like to be consulted on the Government's plans for our children with learning difficulties.
David Cameron President, Isolated Children's Parents Association (NSW), Rowena
In June, the British Government accepted all recommendations of a report on children with dyslexia and literacy difficulties, and immediately made available £10 million to train 4000 teachers in specialist dyslexic teaching.
Its author, Sir Jim Rose, who visited Australia last month, is helping to draft a report to the federal parliamentary secretary for disabilities and children's services, Bill Shorten, on the shortfall in services for people with dyslexia.
It is inexplicable that the NSW Government, having passed an act last year to support children with significant learning difficulties, is shutting the only school in Australia that supports such children from rural and regional areas, while casually stating that there is no alternative provision for the students and families affected.
Emma Anderson Cremorne
Eastern ascendancy
Les MacDonald (Letters, October 17-18) makes the outrageous argument that ''Eastern'' economies have shunned ''Western'' economic thought and this has contributed to their rise, while the West has been ''in decline''.
Notwithstanding the various shortcomings of neo-liberalism, the West has grown significantly overall since the 1980s. It has declined only compared with the growth of Asian nations, whose economic miracles have come mostly from the adoption of the economic ideologies that stemmed from Britain and the US and thereafter engulfed the world.
These economies would have remained frail without the capital inflows, technological innovations and organisational strategies that occurred as a direct result of foreign investment from the practitioners of ''dry, dusty, and useless economics''.
Nick Kenny North Ryde
Afghan support
My home-town newspaper, the Asheville Citizen-Times, reprinted your editorial ''Time for a chance to succeed'' (October 6). It commented on General Stanley McChrystal's request for an additional 40,000 American soldiers and urged the US not to abandon Afghanistan. What I did not read was an urging for the commitment of a substantial number of Australian soldiers.
Asheville has sent a number of her sons and daughters to Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan to keep al-Qaeda at bay. Americans would welcome a meaningful commitment from the rest of the world for support in the form of troops and money, in addition to editorials.
Philip Carson Asheville, North Carolina
Beijing investors
You assert that "a long list of Chinese investments in Australia have been delayed, discouraged or rejected by the Australian Government" (''How BHP scuppered China Inc'', October 15). This is incorrect. I have approved 99 foreign investment applications, four of which were subject to conditions or undertakings to protect the national interest. Not one Chinese application has been rejected.
The article draws heavily on the views of a former Treasury official and Peter Costello staff member, Stephen Joske, which are described as "the first insider's confirmation of problems with the investment policy process".
Mr Joske left his Treasury post in Beijing in early 2007, before this Government was elected. He was not privy to Treasury's advice to me. His assertion that Treasury failed to brief me on the usual pros and cons of foreign investment is wrong.
His claims that lobbyists unduly influence the foreign investment decision-making process, and specifically the Chinalco matter, are unsubstantiated.
Wayne Swan Treasurer, Canberra
No conspiracy in Anglican funding
Averil Treloar (Letters, October 17) misreads the funding outcomes from the financial losses to the Sydney Anglican Diocese. There is no reason to think women's ministry funding is not being given equality with men.
The special funding for women's ministry is being maintained, but women also benefit equally from funding for recruitment and training. Indeed, there is a good and growing number of women at Moore Theological College and Youth Works, the two Anglican colleges, who are looking forward to ministry in the Sydney Diocese.
The positions of one bishop and all regional archdeacons have been lost (all men), but the archdeacon for women's ministry remains, who happens to be a woman. Final funding outcomes will be decided this week by the synod, of which I am one of many women members.
By all means criticise us for the financial losses, but there is no patriarchal conspiracy in the funding decisions.
Claire Smith Roseville
Tax break vital for low-paid staff
Your story about the benefits of salary packaging for health employees overlooks one important fact (''Dining out on NSW a tax dodge'', October 17-18). It is because of these benefits that it is possible to eke out a meagre existence on the pay levels of many health employees.
Cleaners, porters, security staff, catering staff and others have hourly pay rates just a dollar or two above the legal minimum. Managers in the health system still take home less then average weekly earnings, despite their considerable responsibilities.
Without salary packaging it would be very difficult to recruit and retain staff and, as the story points out, some of the money goes back into hospital revenue.
Uno Grevberg Health Services Union local branch, War Memorial Hospital, Waverley
Bargain silk
Enough, already. Will you please stop the ''silks on $7000 a day'' nonsense (Letters, October 17-18). There may be silks who charge such fees, but most work for much less.
Almost all spend some of their time doing free and legal aid work. Others, such as the Solicitor-General, the state and federal directors of public prosecutions and the senior crown prosecutors, work for government or prosecution agencies. They are well paid,
but receive nothing like the figure quoted.
Three of the most recently appointed silks are public defenders. They may be worth $7000 a day, but their services are provided free to anyone who qualifies for legal aid.
Andrew Haesler, SC Sydney
Master peace
So, there were 28,000 Masters Games competitors in Sydney. It seems there were no reports of bad behaviour such as streakers in the motel hallways, skinny dippers or brawling parties. But my bet is that these oldies were not so knackered that they went straight home to bed. Good on you all for showing how you can have a good time without inconveniencing others.
Milton Battaglini Carindale
Shared opinion
In Saturday's Herald readers' poll, in response to the question on the preferred dinner guest out of Malcolm Turnbull, Joe Hockey and Tony Abbott, 51.8 per cent voted ''None of the above''. Exactly the same percentage opined that Australia was losing its humour. Coincidence? I think not. I even reckon they were the same people.
Gary Sullivan Sans Souci
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There were a few other things, like the mechanical birds and the fake butterflies and stuff.
As a result, the images can be much more detailed and the equipment less subject to mechanical problems.
Many of the obituaries and tributes of the last week seemed either patronizing or mechanical.
Three of the six members of the group work on the channel full time, but Sep has a full time job as a mechanical engineer.
They can tell if fire played a part, or whether the fire occurred after a mechanical failure.
They were mechanical contrivances—the metal monsters of which the Wanderer had spoken.
An excellent piece of literary, artistic and mechanical work.
America is a nation of inventors—the leaders in this mechanical age.
He is not dragged along by the mechanical sequence of events.
Which power finds use in philosophy, science, and mechanical invention, and how?
mechanical me·chan·i·cal (mĭ-kān'ĭ-kəl)
Operated or produced by a mechanism or machine.
Relating to, produced by, or dominated by physical forces.
Interpreting and explaining the phenomena of the universe by referring to causally determined material forces; mechanistic.


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Movies ~ Madagascar, Breaking Upwards, Darjeeling Limited, Be Kind Rewind and any fatalistic documentary.
Shows ~ Seinfeld, L Word, Curb, HIMYM and I want to go back in time to kill the person that cancelled Off Centre.
Music ~ Hall & Oates, Charles & Eddie, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, Florence & the Machine, She & Him, Tegan & Sara, Matt & Kim, pretty much any band with an "&" in their name.
Food ~ I tried to be vegan but I can't give up French food! So pretty much any meatless thing covered with cheese, dripping with butter or topped with an egg.
Vanilla Ice my white iPad
mom's ratatouille
Zeiss Ikon camera
Peeves my pet maltese
LELO my little purple friend ;)
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Milne Alumni March Newsletter
Dear Milne
Alumni and Supporters,
Dr. Theodore H. Fossieck Scholarship Application--no longer available!
Dr. Theodore H. Fossieck, principal of the Milne School from 1948 to 1972, established an annual scholarship to the University at Albany for a student who is a descendent of a Milne School graduate or faculty member. Applicants must fill out an application and submit documentation that they are direct descendents of a Milne School graduate or a Milne School faculty member. Both incoming and present undergraduate students are welcome to apply.
Dr. Fossieck chose to fund the scholarship in honor of the
teachers and students who formed the heart of the
University's experimental school, which was in operation
from 1852 to 1977 (and named in honor of University President
John Milne in 1929). Their results were impressive. "Those
students exhibited a rare degree of adaptability — often
working with as many as 40 student teachers and supervisors, plus
dozens of observers, during a school year," said
Martha Lowder
Kimball, '64, has graciously agreed to share a questionnaire
that her class used for their 40th reunion. Click here to open it in Word format,
which you can edit as you wish to make it appropriate for your
class year. If you are interested in seeing how the results were
presented to members of the Class of '64, click here. (This is
really "fun" reading even if you are from another
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Thompson Square Faces Jana Kramer on Today's Daily Duel [AUDIO/POLL]
We have a major correction to make on our Daily Duel.
In the recent competition between Brantley Gilbert and Thompson Square, Gilbert was declared the winner even though Thompson Square received about 70% of the vote.
I could blame the oversight on my getting older, however, I think it goes back to the fact that I've had the delicious food from Red Lobster on my mind, causing me to have seafood daydreaming spells….my apologies.
So, to set things straight, Thompson Square is our champion and today will face the new songs from Jana Kramer. Remember to vote and to leave your name in the comment section for your chance to win a $50 gift card from Red Lobster! Our most recent winners are Jennifer Miller of Tyler, Samantha Toliver of Longview, and Kristin Bright of Mineola.
Here's Thompson Square with 'If I Didn't Have You'
And here's Jana Kramer with 'Whiskey'
Now vote in the poll below to let us know your favorite of the two songs…then, leave your name in the comment section below so that you can go into our drawing for a $50 gift card to Red Lobster. We'll do the drawing tomorrow at 3:30.


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Who as a child has not looked up into a leafy canopy and seen a great palace perched there. A place where they would be protected from villains and allow entry only to friends? At TreeHouse Workshop we have had the great pleasure to work with a few of these masterful minds to build them a special place among the branches.
Open air or enclosed, with rope swings and fire poles or just a place to read the afternoon away, our kids projects use natural and salvaged materials to create whimsy and intrigue.
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Description: Based on the book by celebrated and award-winning actress Julianne Moore, Freckleface, nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for outstanding new Off-Broadway musical, steps inside the book's pages with Freckleface and her friends as they confront bullying and learn to love the skin they're in. This performance welcomes all families with children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder or other sensitivity issues. It is a special pilot project designed to not only create a positive live theater experience for those in attendance, but also to determine how best to offer additional sensory sensitive performances of upcoming productions. To make the occasion more accessible to children and adults on the autism spectrum, theater lights will remain on at a low level, sound amplification will be lowered and remain constant without abrupt jarring sounds. Children will be free to talk and leave their seats under parental supervision and there will be a reduction of strobe lighting that might be focused on the audience.


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The human palate can make very subtle distinctions, from finding floral notes in a pinot noir to determining the exact value of a rare stamp. Lick your thirst with this Groupon.
Choose Between Two Options
- $25 for a wine tasting and food pairing for two (a $55 value)
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Tastings include three samples of chilled wine and three samples of red wine apiece, each paired with local artisan cheeses and charcuterie.
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The inspiration behind thumbprint cellars' namesake was a happy accident, albeit a messy one. In his college years, Scott Lindstrom-Dake would bottle his own vintages in his garage and sign them with a pen that his wife and business partner, Erica, bought him. The pen began to leak one night, and in his attempts to stem the flow of golden ink down a bottle, Scott left a thumbprint on its surface. Now more than 20 of the winery's products showcase the print in a rainbow of colors, recalling the work of Andy Warhol during his short-lived career in criminal justice. At the downtown tasting bar, patrons sidle up to the sine-wave bar for pours of those vintages, pairing them with bites of local cheeses and meats.


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Baby if you time travel back far enough you can avoid that work because the dust won't be there. You're too pretty to be working that hard.
What's "holiday flavor" taste like anyway?
Christmas trees?
Disappointment and resentment?�Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.� Rumi
Originally posted by Dr. Bork Bork View PostKale chips are NASTAY! They had some free samples where I buy my raw milk and I about gagged. I was really disappointed since I know several members on here go ga-ga for them.-Ryan Mercer my blog and Genco Peptides my small biz
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See what he thinks of the stuff then.
Feeding the troll will just continue the trolling. Just ignore him and you'll be good to go in a month when he gets tired of being all up in your face with no reaction all the time.
And to everyone suggesting the Jones Gravy soda, ironically these are already Jones Soda flavors. That would make it all the more hilarious. "Oh, you want more Jones Soda roomie?""The cling and a clang is the metal in my head when I walk. I hear a sort of, this tinging noise - cling clang. The cling clang. So many things happen while walking. The metal in my head clangs and clings as I walk - freaks my balance out. So the natural thought is just clogged up. Totally clogged up. So we need to unplug these dams, and make the the natural flow... It sort of freaks me out. We need to unplug the dams. You cannot stop the natural flow of thought with a cling and a clang..."
Originally posted by Him View PostI like Kale. I've never tried kale chips per se, but if they are anything like what happens if I leave kale in the pan too long, they won't get raves from me. The only veg I can think of off the top of my head that seems truly foul is raw turnips though.
No, it absolutely isn't. That's like saying people drink coffee because the flavors and colors make them think they are getting nutrition out of it. Nope. People have been drinking coffee a LONG time, they've been told it's bad for them and people still drank it, they've extracted the caffine and people still drink it, and that drinking has bupkiss to do with nutrients. If you ask most drinkers why they drink it, they'll give you one answer: because the taste pleases them. It is done for pleasure, for enjoyment, not nutrition. Same with soda. People don't see the color and say, "that must be full of nutrients!" They enjoy the taste and say, "I want to enjoy more."
The fact (that you agree with) that it would NOT be appetizing without the flavor and color, and carbonation, proves the point I was making. And to make the link between what I was saying, and coffee, is absurd. Coffee is nowhere near the "fakeness" of soda. Coffee contains all sorts of things we don't fully understand. Soda on the other hand is sugar water, with flavor, with color, and with carbonation.
And if you've resorted to getting enjoyment in your life from an aluminum can of sugar water, flavor, color, and carbonation, maybe you should recalculate things.
It's not subconscious, it's simply not there at all.
There are many clear sodas. Years ago there was a fad of selling clear versions of normally colorful sodas - people didn't seem to care. Some uncarbonated beverages are consumed like soda (and can be carbonated - e.g. Apple juice + carbonation apparatus = sparkling apple juice) and I've heard of people intentionally serving hot/flat dr pepper for example. So I don't agree that soda categorically would not be appetizing to somebody if not for the color and carbonation.
As for fakeness, that's not really a requirement of soda. And you miss the point on coffee... Actually, you show your bias on coffee. You talk about what we don't know as if the health benefits matter. 20 years ago people were routinely told that coffee was a mutagenic cancer causer with NO health benefits and should not be consumed. You know the results? Did it make coffee less popular? No. People enjoy the taste. They do what they enjoy.
Maybe they should recalculate things. The world wasn't built for our enjoyment, and, like sex, maybe drinking should be a serious undertaking. Maybe.
For now, though, your analysis is all askew because you are assuming a motive (nutrition seeking) which does not exist.Last edited by Him; 12-21-2012, 05:53 AM.
It's a holiday pack with flavors like "gingerbread cookie", "candy cane", "sugar plum", and "pear tree." Lovely, right?
Soda is definitely empty calories....but not unenjoyable to some of us. What is obnoxious is people shoving what you don't want in your face after you say "no thanks!". It's equally obnoxious to say "Oh that stuff is nasty".
It is human nature to want to share what you enjoy with people. It's a two way street though. You should politely decline and they should desist. Being rude about food choice is becoming epidemic. I remember eating a tofurkey sandwich at lunch a few years ago and this bitch, every day would let me know that "That is just foul". OK, fine, I'm not even offering you a bite, but must you be unpleasant? It looked like a plain sandwich, no odor. She also did WW and LOVED to critique the point value of people's lunches. "That is so many points".
Unless someone comes to you and says "What do you think of the taste and nutrition value of these Chips Ahoy?", just don't say anything. No one actually cares to be educated. If someone is an actual asshole about offering you food, sure, be an asshole back, but "Yay, my holiday soda came, would you like one?" (or "I baked cookies" or "Have a slice of my mom's fruit cake"is not being an asshole and merits a response like "No thank you, you enjoy!". "My holiday soda came, you are an IDIOT to not want some are you surrrrrreeee you don't, why do you follow that crazy diet" is being an asshole.
Everybody enjoys a different mix of foods and no one has a "perfect diet". Also, no one has the same palette. Just because I don't like beer and margaritas doesn't mean I am somehow superior over in my chair swilling vodka and club soda.
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My girlie prissy response, "If you were truly confident in what you were eating, you wouldn't constantly be belittling my food."
I do like Him's responses - more manly.
The only mac'n'cheese I miss is fiber gourmet pasta with butter and some very very ripe, stinky, and runny brie or camembert. And maybe the old fashioned baked version my mom used to make. But the store bought versions are crap even for the more healthy of SAD eaters (and those with taste)."Right is right, even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it." - St. Augustine
Who says back fat is a bad thing? Maybe on a hairy guy at the beach, but not on a crab.


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NOLA For Life.
Baltimore's Safe Streets (the motto: Stop Shooting. Start Living.)
Indianapolis' Your Life Matters Program.
Milwaukee's Homicide Review Commission.
President Obama's My Brother's Keeper Program.
Kansas City's No Violence Alliance.
What do all of these initiatives/programs have in common?
|St. Louis joins the ranks of cities in America with a program/initiative geared to addressing the collective failures of black individuals...
All are necessary because the standards of civilization collectively established by individual white males are a standard deviation greater than what individual black males can collectively achieve.
All are programs or initiatives requiring funding (be it in grant, government funds, or non-profit donation form...) because of the failures of individual black people to refrain from criminality, making the cities listed above dangerous places for both families and businesses.
With Obama's My Brother's Keeper Program, the reality of the dysfunction inherent in the black community can no longer be contained to "urban" environments: wherever blacks are found in America, the reality of the standard deviation separating them from the standards whites have established is easily discernible in every statistic measuring misery...
But no program or initiative comes close to the desperation found in the name of St. Louis Save Our Sons. [Program means jobs for north St. Louis County men, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1-14-15]:
Take 500 young men, jobless or underemployed, from north St. Louis County. Give them a month's training in how to land a job, keep it and get promoted. Then give them a job at a local company.
That's the mission of "Save our Sons," an Urban League program that's landed $1.2 million in donations from big-name St. Louis area companies in the wake of unrest in Ferguson.
Urban League officials came up with the idea after talking to young men on the streets.
"Young people said they weren't being listened to. All of them to a one said we need jobs," said Urban League CEO Michael McMillan. Scholarships and job training were also on their list.
The jobs issue is critical. The unemployment rate for black men in St. Louis County has run at triple the rate for whites. From 2011 to 2013, black joblessness averaged 17 percent against 5.8 percent for whites, according to the Census Bureau.
Save Our Sons is running its first class of 20 young men, and more will be added over two years. Two St. Louis companies — who wish to remain anonymous — have promised to hire the first 40 graduates at jobs paying $10 per hour plus benefits, said Herta Shikapwashya, the Urban League vice president running the program.
The classes have four components: how to get a job, keep it, get promoted and stay marketable. It teaches interview skills, how to impress a boss with good work, and how to network to find the next job.
A good job is what Darryl George needs now. "I've been through a lot, and it's at the point where it's really changing my life," said George, 33, of Jennings. He just lost a temporary job in a warehouse earning $8.25 an hour. That limits the child support he can pay for his two daughters, aged 13 and 11.
He hopes Save Our Sons, with its promise of training and a new job, will put him on a better track. "I want to make the community better," he said. "I want to be one of the people who come back and speak to the class once I get a job."
McMillan said the new program is limited to men because participants in other Urban League programs are 80 percent female. "Young men are not using the services," he said.
He said the program is open to men with problems, including "work issues, child support issues, a felony conviction."
Some of the biggest names in corporate St. Louis are chipping in the $1.2 million, including Wells Fargo Advisors, Monsanto, Emerson, Anheuser-Busch InBev, AT&T, Regions Bank and Reliance Bank. The NAACP is also contributing.
But no matter the money invested, no matter the number of programs or initiatives, and no matter the desperation of the names of these organizations (S.O.S in St. Louis), the standard deviation will remain.


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Social media has driven the conversation about authenticity in casting. Here are a few of the most visible hashtags along with a brief summary of their use.
This hashtag crops up whenever a light-skinned actor's ethnicity departs from the heritage of his character. It recently surfaced when Brazilian actor Henry Zaga was cast as Sunspot in forthcoming movie "X-Men: The New Mutants." In the comics, Sunspot is Afro-Brazilian; Zaga is not.
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Hello. I am so sorry to hear about your very painful circumstaces. What would be helpful for you at this point? Are you trying to decide whether to stay in the marriage yourself at this point? Let's try to chat when you are online. I look forward to working with you.
essentially thats it, I am trying to decide whether i continue with my wife or leave her.
She says she loves me and will be there for me, however i can't past the fact that this affair went on for so long.
The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. Please forgive me for being so honest, but if you decide to stay with your wife you will be doing so with the knowledge that she will very likely cheat on you again (likely with the same man, many more times). If you think that your children don't know or won't find out then you are fooling yourself.
Ultimately, it is your decision. You are the only one who will live with your decision
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Jeff Bridges has already copped an Academy Award for his acting in movies, but now he can claim another Oscar -- one for political donations.
Our friends at the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics have tabulated their second annual Money-in-Politics Oscars, based on the campaign donations made by this year's major Academy Award nominees.
Now, it should come as no surprise that 99% of the political donations from the movie nominees went to Democrats.
But, hey, it's still kind of fun to know that best actress nominee Annette Bening donated to the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama -- and Ralph Nader. Or how about this? Mark Ruffalo, Bening's co-star from The Kids Are All Right, donated to Democratic presidential candidates Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel -- in addition to Obama.
Bridges, who is up this year for best actor for his role as Rooster Cogburn in the remake of True Grit, has donated nearly $68,000 since 1990 to Democratic candidates, party committees and the political action committee of the liberal group, Moveon.org
The biggest recipient of campaign cash from Bridges and his wife, Susan, is his local congresswoman, Rep. Lois Capps. The California Democrat has received more than $20,000 from them.
Among the few GOP-related political donations, the National Republican Senatorial Committee received $7,500 in 2004 from Michael DeLuca, a producer of a best picture nominee, The Social Network.
To read more about the Money-in-Politics Oscars, click here for the center's Open Secrets blog.
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Ok, before this turns into [drama], lets try to be a bit more diplomatic shall we?

Dear Noisebridge Ning person, as David mentioned, no one here is familiar with your username. Are you new here or have you been involved with Noisebridge for awhile?

As far as the ads go, some may have differing opinions, but Noisebridge has accounts on other online services that are ad supported, such as YouTube and Blip.tv and no objections were raised, therefore the existence of ads is not a huge objection I have to its existence or our association with this.

Also, the source code is not given for other sites we have our name under, such as the aforementioned Blip and YouTube. Again, no objections were raised that we are associating with a non-open source web service. If you demand the source of this site, please be consistent and request the source of everything else that's "http://noisebridge.whatever.com".

Anyway, back to this unnamed Noisebridge Ning individual, thank you for participating in do-ocracy and creating a tool that some people would use. I am still confused at what purpose it serves that other networks do not and how you hope for it to be used. I have not heard of this site before now so input from yourself on how to use this new tool would be appreciated.

Thanks!

-Ani

2009/12/19 David Stainton <firstname.lastname@example.com>

Greetings!

 First off... who are you? I am not familiar with your pseudonym noisebridgening.

 Now for the real question:
 Why the fuck is there a banner ad on http://noisebridge.ning.com/ ???
 Seriously wtf?
 Please explain why our anarchist collective non-profit 501c3 hacker space needs
 to be advertising for evil corporate entities such as match.com?

 Also you stated this software is free.
 Please tell us where to get the source code for it.
 I would like to at least briefly review the code.... thanks.

 ~david

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Apparently I'm on a roll this week, because I got a ton of things done this (long) weekend. Not only did I set up my new laptop and installed a t-shirt filing system, but we also finished the Ikea Rast dresser, organized the kitchen shelving situation (by adding another shelf, basically), started a new project to spruce up my desk a bit, and bought supplies for the board & batten wall treatment and paint for the bar stools. We also cooked a few things: gateau basque, braised beef cheeks (I should share the recipe!) and pumpkin soup (just like this carrot soup but with pumpkin instead of carrot, and no curry) were all on the menu this weekend.
The Ikea Rast dresser was a very simple project:
- I assembled the dresser structure and drawers (except for the drawer rails, which I did at the end).
- Then I painted the dresser and drawers white (one coat primer two coats paint).
- I installed my Zara Home knobs instead of the knobs that came with the dresser.
- We cut the boards for the top of the dresser at the desired size: we left a couple of inches of overhang on all sides except for the back, so the dresser sits against the wall.
- Attached the boards using the trusty old Kreg Jig (my parents got it for us as a gift last year after Ana White recommended it and we love it. It's made our woodworking projects a lot easier).
- And then I stained the top using stain we had leftover from our outdoor dining table (two coats).
- Finally, we attached the top to the dresser itself using long screws (we attached the screws from the inside so they're not visible) and mounted the rails/drawers in place.
Oh and regarding the cost, this was a 20€ project (the cost of the dresser) thanks to a gift card I had for Zara Home (otherwise the knobs would've been 12€) and the fact that the other supplies (paint, stain, wood) were leftover from other projects.
Right now it lives in the entryway, but we might switch to the living room so that it replaces the 5€ Ikea Lack side table. Here it is all prettied up!
I apologize for the picture quality – but it's because of the way the light comes in. Unfortunately the only source of light is the living room, so there's no real fix for that. I still have to work on my "styling" (I've already shuffled things a bit after taking these pics) but I hope you like it! What about you guys? Any DIY projects that you can't wait to share?


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Thomas Poole jailed for 30 months for assaulting toddler
A man who assaulted a toddler causing bleeding to the brain while the child's mother was at university has been jailed for two and a half years.
Thomas Poole, 27, hit the three-year-old boy he was looking after in March at a flat in Whiteinch, Glasgow.
He lost his temper and smacked the child twice on the back, causing him to fall and hit his chin.
On the same day, he sent a text picture of them both cuddling to the boy's mother and told her to "take her time".
The youngster, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also suffered bruises on his bottom, lower back, stomach, legs and chin.
He was kept in Yorkhill Hospital for 10 days before being allowed home.
Poole, from Cardonald, Glasgow, admitted repeatedly hitting the child on the body to his severe injury and was sentenced to 30 months by Sheriff Martin Jones at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
The court heard that Poole had watched the child, who was not well, the previous day while his mother was at university and offered to supervise him again to allow her to check her exam results.
Significant bruising
About 13:00 on the day, he texted her to tell her to "take her time" and said he would have the child ready for bed for her that evening when she came in.
He texted her again about 16:30 to say the toddler had been sick and was going to sleep but reassured the mother that her son was fine and "was just getting the bug out of his system".
Procurator fiscal depute John Bedford told the court: "At 5.51pm, the accused sent the child's mother a text advising her 'he fell a cracker today and has the worst bruise I've ever seen on his bum'."
Poole told her that the boy fell off of the kitchen table and apologised for not watching him more closely.
"On arriving home shortly after 6pm, his mother found him to be lifeless and quite sleepy," Mr Bedford told the court.
"On picking him up, he was sick. On lifting his pyjama top, she noticed that he did have significant bruising."
During the night, the boy told his mum "rub my head" and "my tummy is sore".
She asked him if Poole had hit him and he said "no" but did not answer when asked if he was telling the truth.
The next day, she was advised by her GP to take the boy straight to accident and emergency.
"The staff nurse assessed the boy and found him to have markings which looked like fingerprints, as well as old and new bruising over his back," said Mr Bedford.
"In addition, the staff nurse thought the child looked terrified and in pain."
A doctor noticed bruising on his bottom, back, thighs and front of both legs and abdomen that were not thought to be accidental and consultant Jack Beattie was called for a second opinion.
"By the time Dr Beattie examined the child, it was evident that he had suffered bleeding in various surface parts of the brain," said Mr Bedford.
Severe pain
A number of injuries, including "extensive bruising" over both buttocks up to the lower back and lower chest on the right, were found.
Mr Bedford told the court the consultant's opinion was these were "non-accidental".
The boy's chin and lip were bruised and his lip cut inside, which in the doctor's opinion were caused by his chin forcefully striking a hard surface that, because of the degree of force, caused the bleeding to the brain.
It was suggested that, when the injuries were inflicted, the child would have been screaming and crying and would have been in severe pain afterwards.
Defence lawyer Callum Weir told the court Poole had lost his temper and hit the child twice on the back.
"It was the second strike that knocked the child to the floor, causing the injuries to his head," he said.
"It is also Mr Poole's position, before the child's mother returned, there was an incident when he again lost his temper and struck the child on the leg three or four times."
Mr Weir said his client's remorse was genuine and he fully accepted his responsibility.


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If you are an twitter user with lots of followers Twittad might be just the thing for you to make some money from your twitter account. After signing up for the service advertisers can buy an ad slot in your twitter profile. Then the Twittad gives you a new template for your Twitter page which displays the advertisement. You can set the prize you want and giving a reasonable and a fair prize increases your chances of getting a bid ( in case that is not obvious ). Will this new service make you a heap of money ? If you have a lot of followers you might have a chance , some profiles are priced at 250$ for a week , although nobody had bought them yet 😉 .
The first thing that came to my mind when I heard about this service is how many people are actually visiting the profile to see there Tweets. I might not a twitter addict but I consider myself a active Twitter user , I check my Tweets everyday and reply to some but I never visit my profile to do that , I do it with Twhirl , Infact I don't think I went to my Twitter page for a week or so. Check out any active Twitter page and you can see most of the active Tweeters does there tweeting through some software, It could be TwitterFeed , Twhril , HelloTxt or any other software but the point is hardly anyone do there updates via Web. So if you are an advertiser looking to advertise in a profile chances of someone seeing your ad is pretty slim.
Signing up for the service is very easy and since I don't visit my Twitter page often I don't mind showing an ad in my profile. At the moment I'm selling at 1$ per week and the worst thing that can happen is someon buying an ad and making me some money. There are argument that you will lost your followers if you start displaying ads , but I don't think that will happen simply because not many view there Tweets through some software. It might have an impact in getting new followers though , because ads are something that scares away people. What do you think of the Twittad , do you think showing ads in your profile will lead to you loosing followers ? Feel free to share them in the comment section.


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This place is abounding in love. Come and enjoy.
You will love it!
This place is abounding in love. Come and enjoy.
You will love it!
Welcome to the club….
Hello we just arrived in canggu! Do you have Any bunks for 3 people tomorrow night or the next night? Looks like a great place and a friend who lives here recommended it to me. Thanks very much 😀
Hey, got a dorm bed from the 11th June?
I'm thinking of heading to your rad joint…
Hey guys,
I love the ethos of your hostel! I would love to come and stay but I'm on such a tight budget, I wouldn't be able to eat if I came! I was recommended by rainbow brothers and sisters. I wondered if there was any work I could do in exchange for accommodtion. I am a yoga teacher and also trained in Balanise massage, also I have a tent so maybe could sleep in that if you have anywhere I could pitch it?! I would love to come asap with the potential of staying a while once I upgrade to a 60 day visa.
Anyway I really hope to hear from you soon!
All the best,
Esme xx
Wow… Impressive. I mean I really love how the hostel looks and all the sounds you can hear so often in the rural areas. Great! Wish I could come there.
Hello! Me and my friend Léa are planning on coming to Canggu tomorrow, ada kamar konsong? 🙂 We would love to stay with you guys!!
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When it comes to nightlife, all that glitters isn't gold. There is more to Los Angeles beyond Hollywood and Sunset Boulevard if you know where to look. A plethora of hidden nightlife bounty exists, offering more than just a place to have a drink. The real treasures create an experience rich environment with the power to transport people to another place. Behind unassuming exteriors and in off-the-beaten-path locations are where the diamonds in the rough lie. If the idea of a night out on the town has lost its sparkle, here are a few places that will help reignite the flame.
1233 N Vine St
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Neighborhood: Hollywood
(323) 467-2800
What do you get when you fill a space featuring an unremarkable exterior with a reconstructed Savannah townhouse? A grown up version of Disneyland's "Haunted Mansion" ride. Set within an interesting Southern-style bar, you can't miss the dry cleaners rack above the bar, refashioned as a glass bottle holder, and even the details in the lavatory with an old-fashioned toilet with a chain pull flush. Sassafras has brought back barrel aged cocktails from the 1880's. It's said that the aging process mutes harsh tones, allowing faint notes to sing their high notes on the tongue. You'll be much obliged to sip on old-time inspired drinks that you'd find in days past.
Blind Barber
10797 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 841-90232
A shave, a haircut…and a martini? Blind Barber is a one stop shop for those looking for a secret-style spot that is sure to have you looking and feeling great. That is if you can find the place. You won't find any signage outside of Blind Barber except for an old fashioned barber pole which marks the spot. Enter and you'll find inside a standard barber shop. But, the real fun begins through the secret door in the back which leads you to a bustling speakeasy featuring handcrafted cocktails including the sweet 'Strawberry Fields' and the spicy 'Smoke and Dagger.' Bar munchies including truffled popcorn and a stellar grilled cheese selection make Blind Barber worth seeking out. It may not be new to the LA scene, but it's still as popular as ever.
Harvard & Stone
5221 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 466-6063
Come for the drinks, and stay for the show at this Thai Town fave where it's always a party. Featuring a classic décor and 360 bar, Harvard & Stone is the ideal spot to sample a rotating menu of menu of innovative libations. While H&S attracts a solid roster of DJs and live bands, the real fun begins on Friday and Saturday nights with its famed burlesque show reveals itself. It's no wonder this is one of the hottest bars in Los Angeles. You won't find much signage outside, but once you find it in East Hollywood, you'll be glad you stopped by.
Everson Royce
1936 E 7th St
Los Angeles, CA 90021
Phone:(213) 335-6166
One of the newer spots to the LA bar scene is Downtown LA's Everson Royce bar. Sometimes confused for Pasadena's Everson Royce Wine & Spirits, this is a bar that is open nightly from 5pm to 2am. Situated in the Arts District, the bar is thanks to the people behind the great Siverlake Wine shop. What's good? Well, everything of course. But, cocktails like The Paper Plane, a bourbon based drink with Aperol and amaro, is great. The list of cocktails here might be small, with just about 10 cocktails, but the bartenders can cook up just about anything you want. Using great ingredients, and fresh juices, ask the bartender to create you something, or opt for something standard. They'll create anything your heart desires!
No Vacancy
Hotel Juniper
1727 N. Hudson Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 465-1902
Houston Hospitality has established itself as one of the dominant players in the Los Angeles nightlife scene, pairing "is this for real?" settings with a standout cocktail program. Case in point: No Vacancy, an expansive Victorian-style mansion hidden amongst the tourist trap watering holes that dominate Hollywood. Be prepared for a surprise before you enter (no spoilers) as well as potential long lines on weekends. Once inside, grab yourself a drink, explore No Vacancy's numerous rooms, and make yourself at home.
The Varnish
118 E. 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 265-7089
Cole's isn't simply the home of the (potentially) original French Dip sandwich. It also houses The Varnish, one of the pioneers in L.A.'s now ubiquitous modern speakeasy/craft cocktail movement. Tucked away in unmarked room at the back of the restaurant, The Varnish will transport you back to a time when the cops might bust in for the illegal sale of hooch at a moment's notice. All the old standard cocktails are yours for the drinking, but try giving the bartenders a sense of what you like and they'll shake or stir something up for you that's sure to please.
The Walker Inn
3612 W. 6th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90020
(213) 263-2709
Clubs are karaoke aren't the only late night options in Koreatown. The Walker Inn, found via a secret door inside The Normandie Club (which is another must visit), offers a quiet respite from the bustling K-Town after hours scene. While walk-ins are accepted, reservations are suggested for the 27-person capacity bar which is capacity most nights of the week. The menu, which changes, regularly, revolves around a theme which includes drinks inspired the comedy cult-classic "Wet Hot American Summer." Tapping into L.A.'s sushi obsession, patrons also have the options of an alcoholic "omakase," featuring a menu of drinks catered to their personal preference. Omakase refers to leaving it up to the bartender to select what you drink, which can make it a pretty fun experience! Whether you end up with the Big Sur, complete with fog effect, or the creamy "In N Out," The Walker Inn is sure to provide an experience like no other.
7321 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
(323) 876-5839
Situated at the eastern edge of West Hollywood, Harlowe is yet another jewel in the 1833 Group's crown. The refreshingly unpretentious space with a classic old-Hollywood feel is ideal for enjoying quality versions of familiar cocktails such as an Old Fashioned and Moscow Mule complete with housemade ginger beer. However, don't sleep on Harlowe's original concoctions. The Mezcal-based 'Hot for Teacher' certainly lives up to its name (at least the "hot" part) while the 'Evening Shade,' featuring Laird's Apple Brandy and chamomile syrup, would make Burt Reynolds proud. Show up early to avoid the crowds and take advantage of Harlowe's bargain happy hour.
The Fiscal Agent
11801 Ventura Blvd.
Studio City, CA 91604
(818) 623-8088
Legendary mixologist Julian Cox has given Valley-haters a reason to cross over the Hollywood Hills with the instantly popular The Fiscal Agent. Located above local BBQ favorite Barrel & Ashes and accessed via a secret side door, The Fiscal Agent is a strong buy, from the courtesy welcome glass of champagne to the inventive cocktail menu divide into "shake it up" and "stir it up" columns (the "plate it up" column featuring upscale bar bites courtesy of Michael Kahinka also shouldn't be overlooked). Be sure to make reservations well in advance or prepare to wait.
The Avalon Hotel
9400 W. Olympic Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 407-7791
Located inside the 1950s-style boutique hotel The Avalon, Viviane is a rare treat thanks to the Kelly Wearstler designed interior. A restaurant too, the bar is a great place to snack on some of chef Michael Hung's modern California interpretation of classic European and American cuisine, while sipping from a well-curated cocktail list that includes everything from a gimlet with Tanqueray Old Tom Gin, and lime cordial, their 'Vesper' with Russian Standard Vodka, Bombay dry gin and Cocchi Americano or any other type of drink you want. You may think you've stepped back in time.
Villains Tavern
1356 Palmetto St
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 613-0766
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With a location amidst industrial warehouses adjacent to the Los Angeles River, finding this place is like a dirty secret waiting to be revealed. If you think you're going the wrong way, you probably are, until you approach the oasis of sparkly lights that, like a flare in the inky darkness of night, lets you know you've arrived. Villain's Tavern is an indoor/outdoor venue that features live music to enjoy while imbibing on house libations served in Mason jars. The design elements serve as eye candy to suit a variety of tastes from apothecary to gothic to western outlaw and punk. Inside of this perceived chaos lies a well-orchestrated stroke of genius that makes this bar a true destination worth making the journey for.
The Woods
1533 N La Brea Ave
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 876-6612
If you find yourself in Hollywood with a hankering for the great outdoors, head over to a nondescript strip mall on La Brea where you'll discover The Woods. By the looks of things, it is by far a contradiction in its classification as a dive bar. The scene? Cabin chic. Cedar planks stacked up like Lincoln Logs from yesteryear, antler chandeliers overhead and tree trunk tables beside rich earth hued banquettes. It's even got fiber optic "stars" glittering on the ceiling, adding to a setting ripe with conversation sparking ammunition for first date goers.


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> So if the impending move of the lists was the reason not to bother setting
> up the "Reply-To:", that's no longer an issue. :-) Right now it's
> necessary to edit the address manually when replying to a post.
Yes, and that will stay this way because I read this:
and found that they're right - I can live with the fact that people have
to think twice before posting anything to the list. :) Besides, other
lists behave in the same way, too (including soekris-tech and
freebsd-small), and every better MUA has got a "Reply All" function, so
that issue is settled as far as I'm concerned.
> But the #1 reason for wanting shell access is diagnostics. Any router
> worth its salt should offer the "big three" of network debugging - ping,
> traceroute, and tcpdump. Although m0n0wall currently has a limited ping
> capability, web-based ping is inferior for at least two reasons:
OK, you've got a point there. But all those commercial boxes don't throw
you in a shell prompt without any help and with most of the common UNIX
commands missing. If someone (possibly me if I found the time ;) were to
write a more or less user-friendly console frontend to those diagnostics
functions with a simple menu like the serial console menu, I'd agree to
having console access. Or the existing console menu could simply be
extended to include those functions and then made available to the network
with Telnet and/or SSH, so you'd even get things like "Reboot system".
Should be reasonably simple to add a few items to the existing (shell)
Wishlist updated. :)


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Chinese action god, Chow Yun Fat, and lunchbox turned respected star, Mark Wahlberg, are the reluctant partners out to not only scupper a bloody Triad turf war (which either one of them may have an underhand part in), but also come to terms with their fractious relationship and look damn cool with big guns.
If you're looking for the coolest and most significant contribution made by the Hong Kong film industry to world cinema, then way up the list has to be the diving hero, framed in slo-mo, a blazing Barretta clutched in each fist. Welcome to another round of action in an Oriental stylee.
And boy, does it start with a bang! Blasted to matchwood, the fiery demise of a corner shop heralds two ear-popping shoot-outs and a body count going through the roof, all inside the first 15 minutes. It's war in Chinatown. And as the Fukinese Dragons seek to usurp the resident Tong domination, the NYPD attempts to quell political and public clamour by assigning rookie Danny Wallace (Wahlberg) to their Asian Gang Unit, to the disgust of unit leader Nick Chen (Chow). By the second salvo, he has been fiercely blooded in the manner of Chinatown policing.
With a vivid visual style of kinetic camerawork and stark, colourful (almost hyper-real) lighting belying his more gentle history with Glengarry Glen Ross and After Dark My Sweet, director Foley would score highly in a Hong Kong masterclass, and captures the violent, striding potency of his leads well. His fascination with father-son dynamics (evident through Brian Cox as Wallace's fallen-from-grace policeman pop, and, of course, between Wallace and Chen) remains however, adding levels often ignored in this genre. The resulting relationship between apparently still-damp rookie and street-smart vet is less cliched than you'd expect - particularly as Wallace begins to discover the compromising ties binding Chen to Tong leaders Benny Wong (Kim Chan) and right-hand man Henry Lee (Young) - and capably handled by both actors.
Okay, it may not be Shakespeare, but it's a welcome bonus, for neither Chow or Wahlberg looks out of place in crossfire that would likely leave trained military personnel shell-shocked. With Foley allowing the odd flash of dark humour to creep in, this is superior to Chow's last outing in The Replacement Killers.
Okay, it may not be Shakespeare, but it's a welcome bonus, for neither Chow or Wahlberg looks out of place in crossfire that would likely leave trained military personnel shell-shocked.