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JUDY WOODRUFF: Next, honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and correcting an error on his memorial.
Margaret Warner has our story.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: And what's your name?
MARGARET WARNER: President Obama and his family set the day's theme with a volunteer project at a school in Washington.
BARACK OBAMA: This is the third year now that we provide or engage in some sort of service on Dr. King's birthday. And there's no better way to celebrate Dr. King than to do something on behalf of others.
MARGARET WARNER: It was the first King holiday since the Martin Luther King Memorial opened to the public on the National Mall last August.
MAN: And this is the actual birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.
MARGARET WARNER: On Sunday, when King would have been 83, his son, Martin Luther King III, took part in a wreath-laying there. At the memorial today, visitors stopped to read aloud the words of the civil rights leader carved in granite.
CHILDREN: Dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.
CHILDREN: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
MARGARET WARNER: But another quote chiseled into the stone has been a source of criticism. Currently, it reads: "I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness."
It was taken from a 1968 speech in which King discussed how he might be remembered after his death.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., civil rights leader: Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace, I was a drum major for righteousness, and all of the other shallow things will not matter.
MARGARET WARNER: The memorial's lead architect said the quote was shortened to accommodate a design change planners made while the statue was being carved in China.
But one of the memorial's consultants, poet Maya Angelou, complained that the truncated version distorted King's meeting and made him sound like an arrogant twit. A number of others have agreed, including some visitors to the memorial over the weekend.
MAN: He was a great leader. So, to do that, I think I should you quote a great leader as though he meant it to be remembered.
MARGARET WARNER: On Friday, the Department of Interior, with jurisdiction over the memorial, announced the inscription would be changed.
The president today acknowledged the dispute, but stressed that the message was the important thing.
BARACK OBAMA: If you look at that speech talking about Dr. King as a drum major, what he really said was that all of us can be a drum major for service. All of us can be a drum major for justice. There's nobody who can't serve, nobody who can't help somebody else.
MARGARET WARNER: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has given the National Park Service 30 days to consult with the memorial's private foundation, the King family and others on how to modify the inscription.
And the error on the King Memorial was first highlighted in an opinion piece for The Washington Post late last August. It was written by Rachel Manteuffel, who is an editorial aid for the paper's opinion section.
And she joins me now.
And, Rachel, welcome.
RACHEL MANTEUFFEL, The Washington Post: Hi. Thanks for having me, Margaret.
MARGARET WARNER: You caused quite a stir with this column of yours. What first tipped you off that the quote that had been chiseled in granite was in fact a misquote?
RACHEL MANTEUFFEL: You know, I just — I got to see it early because I live here. And so it was open to the public before the opening ceremonies.
And when I went to see it, it — it just didn't seem right to me. It didn't seem like something he would say. And if it was something he said, then it didn't seem like something that is in keeping with the spirit that we remember him.
MARGARET WARNER: Now, why do you say it wasn't like something he would say, to say I was a drum major for peace, justice and righteousness?
RACHEL MANTEUFFEL: Well, sort of proclaiming himself as something like that, something that demands a lot of attention, when I sort of see him as a very — he almost never talked about himself that way, as the most important part or the part that deserves attention.
MARGARET WARNER: And, in fact, that speech — it was a 5,000-word speech — actually was a warning about the dangers of what he called the drum major instinct, the desire to be out front, to get a lot of attention.
RACHEL MANTEUFFEL: Exactly, and that if you — if people say — he said that if people want to say that he sought attention that way, he hopes they would say it that he sought attention for justice, peace and righteousness, which is very different from asserting "I was."
MARGARET WARNER: And it comes right at the end, doesn't it, when he's sort of reflecting on what people might say about him.
RACHEL MANTEUFFEL: Yes, it's true, how he wants to be remembered.
MARGARET WARNER: Now, so, how did this — when your column first appeared — well, first of all, go back to how this reversal of — really of intent on his part happened, because all the other quotes on the memorial are exact quotes, aren't they?
RACHEL MANTEUFFEL: Mm-hmm.
The Council of Historians, including Dr. Maya Angelou, chose, I think, 14 quotations. And they were put up — as you saw in the clip, they're all around on the wall, things like that. And there's a longer quote, "If you want to say I was…"
MARGARET WARNER: Which we heard him say.
RACHEL MANTEUFFEL: Exactly — "then all these other shallow things will not matter."
And that was in the plans. And those plans were approved by the three government agencies that were supposed to approve the plans for the memorial. And after approval, without getting any consultation, there was a design decision made I believe by the architect that the face they wanted to carve on would not support a quote that long, so they needed a shorter quote. So they got a shorter quote.
MARGARET WARNER: They went ahead and paraphrased it.
So, now, when your piece first appeared, and there was — the architect, the lead architect and others with the memorial defended the short paraphrase. What happened? Describe the reaction and what do you think or you know caused this turnaround, to order essentially that there is going to be a change after all?
RACHEL MANTEUFFEL: I think — well, The Washington Post uncovered the story of how there had been a mistake in the process, that these agencies had approved plans that were changed.
And also Dr. Angelou and Martin Luther King III and several other — Stephen Colbert — several other opinion makers, people with moral authority in the matter who knew Dr. King, et cetera, sort of joined the chorus that was saying, this is not how we want to remember him. This isn't what he meant.
MARGARET WARNER: And what was the secretary of interior, Ken Salazar's initial reaction?
RACHEL MANTEUFFEL: He said he was concerned about it. And earlier, he wanted to see the dedication happen without this sort of coming into that, which, you know, makes sense to me anyway.
MARGARET WARNER: So, you mean, when they went through with the official dedication, which actually had to be delayed because of the hurricane, there was just no mention made of this?
RACHEL MANTEUFFEL: Exactly. And they had a lot of other things to celebrate.
MARGARET WARNER: Now, as we see — as you see when you go down there or see in this tape, it is a massive structure. What are the people involved saying are going to be the challenges of actually changing this?
RACHEL MANTEUFFEL: Well, it depends on how they decide to change it. But it is one big piece of stone. And I don't know how easy or difficult it will be.
I know they did decide to truncate the quote in the first place because they weren't sure the stone could support all of the words that the Council of Historians chose. So, I don't know how they're going to do that. But it's going to be part of the plan that the National Park Service comes up with.
MARGARET WARNER: Rachel Manteuffel of The Washington Post, thank you so much.
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INTRODUCING a goods and services tax now would trigger a level of pensioner poverty that the island has never seen, according to a Vale deputy.
INTRODUCING a goods and services tax now would trigger a level of pensioner poverty that the island has never seen, according to a Vale deputy.
Deputy Andrew Le Lievre, pictured, was speaking at the parish deputies' surgery on Saturday after being asked a question about his views on GST as a form of taxation.
The question was posed during a discussion about the island's deficit, capital projects and Treasury and Resources' proposals to phase out mortgage interest relief.
One parishioner said she thought GST would be a good idea because it would target wealthy people who spent more. But Deputy Le Lievre said if it was introduced it would be those on lower incomes, including pensioners, who would be most affected.
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Not just pensioners everyone but the rich
The effect of GST would probable hit the poor less than the rich. Proportionally GST woulld generate more tax revenue from wealthy big-spenders who are presently able to avoid local taxation
The difference though is that the poor would notice is more than the rich. Every penny counts when you're struggling financially.
Besides, surely GST would cost the public as it would require legislation and resources to implement a means of collection. Many businesses would have to amend their systems to incorporate a sales tax - this would cost money that particularly small businesses can ill afford to spend.
Nick Le P
Small business would just need to open on a Sunday to increase their revenue and make up for it!
AD Locke
If you want to put a final nail in the coffin for local retailers the this is it.
It has caused havoc in Jersey with small business leading to many shutting up shop.
And of course the finance industry is exempt from this tax.
Guernsey has a great advantage in not having this tax, it is a tax and spend tax and has no place in Guernsey.
"And of course the finance industry is exempt from this tax."
I'm not sure how you come to that conclusion? It is a Goods and Services Tax - the key word being "Services" which would mean any services invoiced by financial service companies would be subject to GST.
Yes, FS companies are then able to deduct GST paid on any inputs so just act as a collection agent for the balance that's left over.
Anyway, in my personal opinion, GST is not right for this island. It is a cumbersome system to administer, not just for businesses but also for government and to be 'fair' needs to have a number of carve outs (e.g. food, school books, clothes etc.) to protect the less well off. If you want an idea of how complicated this can become just look to the UK and how they're managing VAT.
I would prefer to see a tweak to the income tax system to achieve the same revenue earning aims, even if it meant losing my personal allowance. Keep things simple, keep the cost of administering them low, don't waste money on a new scheme just for the sake of it!
It depends on whether or not a GST system exempts services provided to non-residents. It's easy enough to do that!
Indeed. But even if services to non residents are exempt there are plenty of services provided between FS companies on the Island that would be subject to GST. For example, the admin firms provide services to locally registered entities, professional service firms such as accountants and lawyers also provide services to these Guernsey registered companies/LPs etc.
That's slightly different to saying the whole FS industry would be exempt.
The whole FS in Jersey is excempt from GST, so could well happen in Guernsey
AD Locke
Yes that's correct the whole of FS in Jersey is exempt and do you really think that our treasury would seek to put our FS at a disadvantage over Jerseys?
Mind you you never bloney know what daft idea someone might come up with next!
Andrew Sharp
Living is very expensive already for the poor of Guernsey (and yes there are poor people living here) To introduce GST would further impoverish the needy trying to afford the basics.
Income tax would be a better way to tax the wealthy.
Davey West
A few weeks back the Guernsey Press published the fact that ex Chief Minister of Jersey Terry Le Suer was to visit Guernsey to offer his experience and advice to Guernsey politicians.
This is the man who when served with a petition of 19,000 Jersey islanders against GST said, it will make no difference.
This is the man who was in my opinion, an out of touch nuclear disaster for Jersey's economy.
Then suddenly GST appears in your newspaper.
Stay well clear of GST, then the tourists will still come, and rein in unnecessary spending, unlike Jersey still paying out over £325,000,000 million per annum in public sector wages plus extra millions for consultants.
This continues the trend agreed and supported by Terry Le Suer when he was Treasury Minister.
Agreed, keep this man off of our soil, he has no business whatsoever here and should not be meddling where he does not belong. BE GONE!
Here we go ! "Grab, Snatch and Take ' Tax Why not up the upper earnings tax bracket instead of robbing the poor.
Is this a scam to recoup the $26 million they lost ?
Grab , Grab ,Grab.
Tax the very high earners(£100K+)more before even thinking of GST, and extend zero10 more than it has been.
If the States want to kill off whats left of small local businesses in the island this would do it.
Do not follow the lead or advice from Jersey, as others have said their economy is in a bigger mess than ours.
Before GST is even considered a serious look needs to be taken at the incredible costs of the Civil Service for a population of 60 odd thousand. With most companies, finance included, stripping personnel down to the bare minimum, pay rises on hold, bonuses cut etc. they need to take a good hard look at themselves before contemplating extra taxes.
Totally correct. What I find irritating about many sections of the Civil Service is that the States pay high salaries to attract high calibre personnel. They arrive and then, whenever there is a new proposal, they want to engage English consultants on a fat fee.
Why don't the States employ conscientious secretaries who can commission consultants; OR engage highly paid people who take decisions themselves?
It is true, GST would be the nail in the coffin for some local businesses. I have run a small company on the UK before and the VAT side of the business is a colossal pain that eats into time that should be spent earning revenues.
Many small businesses can only survive on-island due to the relatively low administrative burden allowing them time to generate income sufficient to cover the extra labor costs compared to the mainland. Introduce more administration and that balance gets tipped in the wrong direction and the company ceases to trade profitably. Not the case for all small businesses but definitely for some.
As has already been noted there is also the government cottage industry in GST collection to consider, the huge implementation overhead for all businesses, and the negative impact on tourism.
I hope that the powers-that-be aren't even considering it, Jersey has comprehensively proven what a flawed concept it is for everyone bar central government.
'Deputy Le Lievre said if it was introduced it would be those on lower incomes, including pensioners, who would be most affected'...
soooo, let me see if I've got this complex theory right...if the Government take more money from people, that means the people will have......errr, less.
Is that right?
Thank god for the geniuses running this island, I couldn't have worked that out for myself, I mean, it's not like he's stating the bl**ding obvious, or anything.
How much are we paying this lot again.....?!
Low tax is about the only thing this place has got going for it. Take that away and you'll have a mass exodus PB Falla stylee.
Guernsetom... Not only the numbers of employees need to be questioned but also how they have been able to match salaries to UK government salaries where the responsibilities are for millions of people not just 60,000 odd.
Shane Langlois
That "… those on lower incomes … would be most affected" is not a valid argument against introducing a GST because any percentage of the £45m raised from a Jersey style GST could be used to improve the lot of those on lower incomes. A GST, in conjunction with other measures, could be progressive not regressive. The arguments against a GST are that it adds to businesses' administrative burden and that rebalancing our income tax system would be a more equitable and efficient. Income tax reform could target high incomes not middle incomes. Increasing the income tax rate to 25% would generate about the same as a GST. It would be easy to forgo some of that revenue by increasing personal allowances so income of, say, £50k pa or less was not affected. At the other end of the spectrum one could even lower the tax cap if it was thought we might lose some high net worth individuals who are more of an asset to than a burden on the island.
You are absolutely spot on there.
If a GST is ever introduced in Guernsey, and I think it should be, but in a much cleverer way than Jersey, then it could be applied in such a way that it not only eliminates the naturally regressive nature of it, but that it also passes direct benefit to lower earners.
It would make sense to do it an economically worthwhile level, say 10%, to make the cost of collection and implementation viable. I believe I am correct in saying that this would raise around £100m annually.
Mortgage interest relief could be maintained at £400k.
All earners of say £25k and below, including retirees, could not only be exempt from income tax altogether, but could receive maybe £100 per month directly back via the GST system to effectively reimburse them for all GST suffered.
We could then look at income tax rates of just 10% up to £50,000, 15% between £50,000 and £100,000, and 20% over £100,000.
A much fairer overall tax system for everyone, with GST being used positively. Maybe £100m raised (gross) from GST would end up raising a net extra £50m or £60m, but lower and middle income earners would get a much better deal, while higher income earners who spend more would end up paying more via their spending/consumption,
Oh, and levy GST on imported goods to prevent avoidance via Internet shopping.
No need to materially change the corporate tax system either, so that side is taken care of.
Couple it with ongoing tight budgeting of government, and deal with the States pension scheme and we'd be in an infinitely better and fairer tax system all round.
GM - I normally agree with most of what you post on here.
However, on this, I totally disagree.
GST/VAT is always regressive. As you know the original purpose of VAT (apart from the obvious revenue raising) was to either put a brake (raise the rate) on spending in a time of inflation or used as a stimulous (reduce the rate) when an economy was sluggish.
The UK and many European govs increased VAT/GST during a recession and one can plainly see the effects - which are negative.
Your vision makes sense only if your consumption argument is correct in that top earners spend more than anyone else. I would challenge that.
I'd suggest that the aspirational middle would suffer most initially then retailers and then the "working class". I'll give you an example (its not real world but you'll get the idea).
Family has just bought a house and want to modernise it - builder quotes 220k for extension etc. 20k is GST. Family can't afford that so either don't do it or reduce the spend. Builder gets this a lot so has to reduce his workforce with the obvious negatives for all concerned. The States then have to start reversing all the good ideas you had regarding tax allowances for the lower paid but still keep GST at the same level because of an increased welfare bill and lower overall revenues.
If the UK reduced VAT to 10% tomorrow within six months the economy would be recovering - the Treasury would suffer initially but increased employment and therefore revenues would make any deficit up over a longer period. Obviously the UK economy is more complex than that but I hope you see what I'm getting at.
Those are valid points, but I challenge your comment that GST is always regressive. That is only the case if NOT coupled with the sort of redistribution strategy which I proposed.
A simple question though. Can you name me one single jurisdiction in the western world which does not have either a VATor GST? Every other country has come to terms with the nature of such a tax, including their builders as per your example.
GM - if your well thought out plan was followed to the letter I can't argue against it!
However, as we've seen with fuel duty, the idea was excellent but the spirit of the tax has been meddled with and we now have just another tax.
I would affirm my earlier point that, once in place and however well intentioned, the temptation would be to reduce the distribution and/or increase GST.
Introducing any new tax IS ultimately regressive for the reasons given above. The temptation to fiddle is too great - it's easier to raise a tax than address excess.
You're right that most Western economies have a form of GST/VAT. But, and this is a big but, the orginal purpose of the tax as a fiscal brake/accelerator has been lost.
I'd suggest that GST should be the weapon of last resort.
The first thing T&R should do is grab the public sector by the hairy plums and reduce as much waste as possible. Which as most people would agree is considerable.
Secondly address the Civil Service pension - replace it with a defined contributions scheme. Which is pretty much what everyone else is doing.
Finally - if the above doesn't fill the fiscal hole then, as you've suggested before, raise the income tax rate to 25p for those earning over 100k.
I don't disagree with your summary there. Whilst introducing GST would be the easy option, I'd hate to see it come in before the culling of wastage in the public sector was first addressed. I agree that GST should be the last resort, but I strongly suspect that we will need it at some point within the next 5 years.
A local
Interesting discussion. I have no expertise in this area, but it has always occured to me that it would be likely that the benefits of GST if they could be justified in theory / on paper would almost certainly turn out to be costly for businesses / the tax authority to compy with / run. But that is just a hunch.
And I only understand UK VAT a bit - never looked into Jersey GST.
To take a for example, it sounds good on paper to "...levy GST on imported goods to prevent avoidance via Internet shopping."
But how do you do this in practice? I am thinking when one checks out on Amazon or John Lewis etc etc, how does the GST on that sale end up with a GSY tax authority? Is it realistic, how much would it cost, would it add delay etc etc?
Genuine question - but for an idea to work it has to be deliverable right down to the minute detail I think. No point failing at the last hurdle.
There must be other anomalies - e.g. how to deal with exports? Or more to the point, is the admin / hassle worth it?
Unless the tax was a high percentage I can envisage the overheads not being worth it. And I can see considerable econmic harm ensuing from a number of aspects.
We are an island the size of a small UK town - again my instinct, but it may be that we should operate the fewest number of taxes possible and just work with income tax, document duty, TRP and the benefits system (including social security) plus some reform of corporation tax (and whatever other taxes we already have that I have overlooked!).
And as others have said, we should not rush to increase taxation, perphaps save to the extent necessary to put us back in the position of more or less not having given 0% corporation tax to so many corporates. They might not suffer if we increased their tax to say 10% because if they are multinational and we have a Double Taxation Treaty with the relevant country (e.g UK) they might not be prejudiced, but our public purse could gain a bit (a fair slice).
Anyhow, unlike you I suspect, I am no expert on any of this and so my thoughts could all be off the mark.
No idea.
GM - The cost of administration of what you're suggesting would be utterly unnacceptable. You might raise £100m but you'd spend most of it funding a huge new empire in T&R (and a reasonable size one in customs) while hamstringing virtually every business on the island. The whole package is about as politically acceptable as shutting the PEH.
I pay more than the rich
Or maybe even do something incredibly radical and remove the upper limit for social security contributions, how much would that bring in?
Social security is a tax on income (the notion that it's some kind of insurance fund is nonsense) and should be collected in exactly the same way as income tax, on unearned as well as earned income. Make the rate 25% in total deductions (tax + s.s) for the employee, 5% for the employer, with no upper limit. Another bonus is that the number of staff required to collect the money would also drop considerably.
At the moment I pay more deductions in % terms than someone who earns £1million a year, surely that isn't fair?
But the person earning £1m pays 20-25 times more tax/ins than you for the same benefits - is that fair? If you want to look at %tages then the effective tax rate of the £1m earner is greater than your tax rate - is that fair?
I pay more than the rich
Yes it's fair, otherwise we'd all be paying a fixed amount, an amount that would be more than some people earn.
It's the overall direct taxation rate that is relevant, and that should include social security, so back to my original point that the £1m earner pays less as a % of their earnings.
Shane Langlois
There are strong arguments for retaining insurance based social security contributions and equally strong arguments for merging them with income tax as you suggest (though the overall rate would have to be 32% rather than your 30%). What there is no justification for is our current ss system, a clumsy, inequitable stealth tax brought in to offset the losses incurred when the 'zero-10' regime was introduced.
Better still than your idea would be to merge income tax and social security contributions into a single income tax on earned and unearned income but keep contributions to the States pension separate. The States pension was never a good fit with other social security benefits and few mind paying the contributions.
Rees Bryant
Why is the talk always of increasing taxes, and so rarely about cutting costs?
Obviously easier to soak the public, but where does it stop?
T+R should look very hard at all budgets and reduce them by 5%, say, and see what, if anything, really suffers. I suspect not much.
I am sure your readers could provide lots of helpful suggestions.
Sara Thompson
Thank goodness Shane Langlois is no longer in the States.
What a misguided view
You obviously don't realise that all regulated finance companies (whether owned locally or not) are going to be paying 10% from now on!
For those which are locally owned it makes little difference other than timing, as local shareholders eventually pay20% tax on those profits anyway, so it just means that half that tax is collected annually, whether distributed or not.
The big difference is that those regulated finance companies which are owned by non-local shareholders will now be paying 10% rather than 0%, so that is extra tax revenue.
It's not possible to tax client companies (owned by non-residents) of those regulated businesses without putting the entire industry at risk (there are many competing jurisdictions who charge zero and who would grab that business from us overnight).
Point taken... But what about A.J's idea could that not work?.
Anyone that thinks GST isn't going to hit everyone in the pocket, rich or poor, must be mad.
why not just leave well alone, Stop hitting the little man, and find another form of tax......like 1% tax on all locally owned finance companies.
Wow I'm glad he's a deputy where would we be without such high level reasoning!
The best ideas are the simple ones. As soon as things become complicated most of the advantages seem to be gobbled up by the disadvantages. The 'The Income Tax' system,(probably the simplest way of raising public funds,) could be 'tweaked 'to increase tax on ALL annual earnings in excess of £100,000 to 25%".Simple, but effective.
good idea AJ
That gets my vote
But how much would it raise?
RUSSM lots!Why do you ask these questions?
I ask becuase I'm interested in the actual amount that can be raised rather than simply suggesting it as a popular way of the rich paying more.
If the prices go up anymore then I will have to consider moving away, everything you buy on this Island is at least 50% more expensive than the UK/Europe already!
Introducing a goods and services tax would cripple small Guernsey Businesses and indeed would tip many families over the edge into poverty? Yes poverty is here alive and well in Guernsey. Hard to imagine when you look around you. On a recent trip to the UK I could buy things that were cheaper than here even with the VAT added on. Why is that? Oh the freight charges..... that's is boll---- Introducing any form of sales tax coupled with the already very high prices (that probably sneakily include VAT on UK goods etc)would be a disaster for Guernsey that we would never recover from. People would stop buying the way they do now and I would not blame them. Raise the upper earnings limited and higher taxes for those earning over 100K.


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Taking to her blog to share the arrival of her first son, the former 'Clueless' star unravels that the newborn is called Bear Blu and gushes, 'We are all three in love!'
Alicia Silverstone is beaming with joy. The Cher Horowitz of 1995 movie "Clueless" has, on Thursday, May 5 at 7:50 A.M., given birth to her first son with husband Christopher Jarecki. Her representative has confirmed the arrival of the baby boy, who weighed in at 7 lbs., 15 oz., to People magazine.
The 34-year-old actress/author herself has taken to her blog to share her excitement. "My husband and I welcomed our 7 lb 15 oz baby boy Bear Blu Jarecki into the world on May 5th at 7:50am (PT)," she wrote. "We are all three in love! I'm so grateful to this community for all the love, support, good wishes and happy vibes you've sent me during my pregnancy...it has been wonderful. Thank you all!"
Alicia married punk group S.T.U.N. frontman Christopher in June 2005 after eight years together. She unraveled in January this year that they were expecting their first child together. Back in April 2010, the actress told People magazine she can't wait to be pregnant, gushing "I've been wanting to have a baby since I was 2 years old - I'm destined to be a mother."


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The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. will build a $60 million data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming to house a supercomputer for weather research. The project be a partnership among NCAR, the University of Wyoming and the state of Wyoming.
Construction is expected to begin later this year, but the center will likely not open until late 2010 or early 2011. The new center will house "some of the world's most powerful supercomputers in order to advance understanding of climate, weather, and other Earth and atmospheric processes," according to a press release.
The facility will also create 30 new high tech jobs, and local officials hope it will attract future high tech businesses to the area. "It's gonna be just mega for not only Cheyenne's economy but the state's economy," says Cheyenne Mayor Jack Spiker told the AP. "Having an NCAR supercomputing facility in Wyoming will be transformative for the University of Wyoming, will represent a significant step forward in the state's economic development, and will provide exceptional opportunities for NCAR to make positive contributions to the educational infrastructure of an entire state," says William Gern, the university's vice president for research and economic development.


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Pokemon Platinum Version
Where can i see happiny ?
I need it to finnish the sinnoh dex.
narutosasukegum - 8 years ago
Top Voted Answer
As Aslan244 said, you can battle a trainer that has Happiny on Route 210. You can also catch breed Chansey or Blissey with any male Pokemon in the Fairy Egg Group or a Ditto to get a Happiny, provided that Chansey/Blissey is also holding the Luck Incense, which you can find on the Ravaged Path. Unfortunately, the Happiny Egg that you could get at Hearthome was in Diamond and Pearl--it was replaced with Cynthia giving you a Togepi Egg in Eterna City.
Also, please be aware that to complete the Sinnoh Dex, you only need to see Happiny. If you're want to actually have it in your Pokemon collection, then you can either breed for it--as above--or wait until you get the National Dex and wait for it to appear in Mr. Backlot's Trophy Garden.
starknight75 (Expert) - 8 years ago
happiny can, be obtained if you get a chansey and breed it with a ditto, or other chansey. i am not sure that it can be seen in the wild, it may be possible but i dont know about that.
1 you could post a message on the tradeing board and trade it with someone for something else
2 get a frined to breed it for you
3 try the GTS
sorry for the limited help
chickengamer93 - 8 years ago
Do you mean see, or catch. A hiker in the south-east of Herthome gives you a Happiny egg, but you could also find it can be fought on Route 210 South via Pokemon Breeder Kahilil.
Aslan244 - 8 years ago
Breed a Chansey/Blissey holding Luck Incense with a Male Pikachu/Raichu, Clefairy/Clefable, Togetic/Togekiss, Marill/Azumarill, Roselia/Roserade, Snorunt/Glalie, Pachirisu, or Cherubi/Cherrim (the only compatible Sinnoh Dex Pokemon).
Route 210 (South) - Male PKMN Breeder Kahlil (use the speed gear of the bike to reach him, he's above the twins).
Kraleck (Expert) - 8 years ago
In a pokemon game
beaulieu100 - 8 years ago
Go to route 210,outside the cabin where you can buy moomoo milk,you can battle a breeder girl with a hapiny,or you can trade,breeding is not an option yet,and the hiker that gives you the egg was only in diamond and pearl.
darklikex - 8 years ago
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Recipe by Derf2440
Rumtopf is a traditional German delicious fruit preserve.It works with any combination of ripe fruit. Both my grandmother and mother used the 2nd method described, with A Rumtopf crock, traditionaly every summer and we always enjoyed it at Christmas. I still have their crock, but have only made it once. (maybe next summer) Prep time is for refrigerating.
Top Review by Studentchef
I halved the recipe, and found it to be sweet, which is what I expected it to be. I love everything about this recipes, especially the tartness of the cherries.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 12 cups sugar (about 5 1/2 lbs)
- 3 cups water
- 4 1⁄2 quarts golden rum (buy two 1.75 liter and one 750 milliliter bottles) or 4 1⁄2 quarts light rum (buy two 1.75 liter and one 750 milliliter bottles)
- 5 lbs large peaches, peeled,halved and pitted
- 4 1⁄2 lbs green seedless grapes, stemmed
- 3 1⁄2 lbs pears, peeled,halved and cored
- 3 lbs red seedless grapes, stemmed
- 15 dark sweet cherries
Directions See How It's Made
- In a 8 quart stockpot, combine sugar and water.
- Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly.
- Continue to cook until temperature reaches 235 degrees, stirring occasionaly to prevent sugar from crystallizing on sides of pot.
- Cool slightly, then gradually stir in rum until blended.
- Set aside.
- In a rumtopt crock, or if you don't have one, a clean wide-mouth 2 1/2 gallon jar, arrange fruit in layers, making sure to pack jar tightly.
- Ladle syrup into jar, covering fruit completely.
- Wipe rim clean with damp cloth and seal jar.
- Store in refridgerator at least 2 months before serving.
- As time passes, the fruit will absorb the rum syrup and float in the solution.
- The rumtopf can also be made gradually, by making the rum syrup in advance.
- As fruit ripens in the summer a layer of it is added to the crock, covered with the rum syrup and covered, until the next fruit came into season and another layer was added, until fall when the crock was well packed with layers of several different fruits.
- the crock was sealed each time a layer was added with a tight fitting lid and with sacking covering the lid and tied around the neck.
- It was stored in a cold dark place in the back of the basement or in a root cellar.
- It was always ready to serve at Christmas time.
- Ours always had peaches, pears, plums, apricots, cherries and sometimes grapes.


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Recently one of our long time neighbors approached us with the idea of getting together and praying for each other and the entire neighborhood. Over the years we have gathered for picnics, Christmas tea, garage sales, and lots of chatting at the mailbox. This was different, it means stepping it up a notch. Another neighbor who has been a life-long missionary shared how they've seen transformations in other countries of neighborhoods after praying together. They use this acrostic:
B - Body- For health, safety, and physical needs.
L - Labors- For the success and prospering of they work and studies.
E - Emotions- For peace and joy to replace fear and anxiety.
S - Social Life- For families to function well together and in their community.
S - Salvation- For each to understand salvation in Jesus Christ and grow in their spiritual lives.
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omg he was AWFUL and that slapping his leg thing! ugh!! Carlos is thee man!!
Antonio? just HORRID.
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omg he was AWFUL and that slapping his leg thing! ugh!! Carlos is thee man!!
Antonio? just HORRID.
The Pats will be back next year. Watch out.....
I read in the site rules something about not copying and pasting and putting a "yeah that smilie"Originally Posted by PhoneGrrrl
I can't recall if it said not to or, just add something if you do. I think it was the latter. So, I'll say YEAH THAT to your whole post.
And I'll add, someone needs to take a net to Julia Roberts when she gets on that stage :rolleyes
The Pats will be back next year. Watch out.....
Another Morgan Freeman fan here. I LOVE THAT MAN! Shawshank Redemption is one of my top 10 favorite movies, and that's specifically because of his performance.
I thought Chris Rock was okay. I love David Letterman, and I thought he was terrible when he hosted, so I think it's a difficult show to host. My all-time favorites are still Johnny Carson and Billy Crystal, though.
I forgot it was on and was watching ESPN's Dream Job instead!
Well, at least I got everything starting with Best Actress award. No surprises this year in the results, but Catalina Sandino Moreno looked smokin'!
I didn't get Sean Penn's reference to Chris Rock, was he offended by one his jokes or something? :rolleyes I personally love Rock's sense of humor, he's not afraid to step on toes and he doesn't conform to some guidelines, he's just being himself. Sean Penn sucks, I thought he hated coming to the Academy Awards anyways!
Edit: Reading through this thread, I'm guessing Rock did not do as well as I hoped. Oh well, its not like this will make or break his career.
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I thought it was funny that beyonce performed 3 times and still lost. How wonderful.
I lvoed chris rock, im glad for Morgan, hilary and Jaime most of all.
Last night hilary proved to me that history does tend to repeat it self. I just wonder if for the next 5 yrs she's going to encounter a bunch of duds for films.
Blow a kiss, fire a gun, we need someone to lean on
Hilary's dress i thought i would hate at first since it's super covered up in the front only to finish with an open back. Now that's a plunging back.
I liked Renee's dress as well.
I noticed that Jenn garner wasn't there unless i missed that part and im glad Zeta jones wasn't there either. Cant stand her.
Blow a kiss, fire a gun, we need someone to lean on
Well, my predictions for Oscar wins pretty much sucked. But at least I did pick the right winners for Best Director and Best Picture (not to mention a couple of others) though. :rolleyes
Memorable moments:
Morgan Freeman - totally classy acceptance speech. Kudos.
Hilary Swank - obnoxious and windy once again. HATE HER.
Scarlett Johanssen - what was up with her arms swinging like pendulums on caffeine? Jeezus. Pretty girl, but she always looks so uncomfortable.
Antonio Bandaras - Oh god. I bet Santana had cotton plugged into his ears. The winner of Best Song looked like he wanted to kill the guy, and actually made a point to sing the song right durig his acceptance speech.
Beyonce, Beyonce, Beyonce - kill me now. Watching her mangle the song for Les Choristes with her atrocious French accent...*shudder*
Sean Penn - stick up the you-know-where. Old bastard.
Jaime Foxx - great speech, but basically a rehash of his one for GGs.
Charlie Kaufman - ahaHAHAH. Can we say "deer in the headlights"? V. v. glad he won. Totally deserving of it.
I bet I'm in the minority in saying that Chris Rock as host was a total dud. Almost rivals the Letterman fiasco...almost.
Can't believe Scorcese was shut out. AGAIN. (Susan Lucci of The Oscars, here we come.) Those earlier awards to The Aviator for Art Direction or what not were totally inadequate consolation prizes.
Another note - the pacing for the show had all the finesse of a martinet conducting ballet. Geez. Give those poor Costume Makeup persons and Documentary people (Born into Brothels a total heartbreaker, btw) their brief moments in the sun, why don't you? Don't relegate them to the lesser stages. They're not lesser mortals.
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I absolutely abhorred this format.
Blow a kiss, fire a gun, we need someone to lean on
Sean Penn is currently filming All The King's Men with Jude Law, so he probably felt compelled to say something. It feels good to know that Sean had to sit around for two plus hours all angry..... well, angrier than usual.
I thought Chris Rock would have been funnier, but he was decent. I prefer the host's opening monologue to be more about last year's films. Billy and Whoopi are great at that, and they're one-liners throughout the show are better because they have a quicker wit. Billy's musical parodies of the top films are well written (most of the time), and the songs he chooses often has a whimsical correlation to the film's theme or subject matter. The fact that he can't sing doesn't bother me.
What's up with boxing movies? Isn't Million Dollar Baby just Rocky in a sports bra?
There are so many great boxing movies: Rocky, Raging Bull, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Ali - you'ld think that micro-genre should have been tapped out by now. I guess not.
Now, before you vigorously defend the movie, I'll say I haven't seen it, AND that it looks like an EXCELLENT MOVIE. One that I would enjoy.
[conspiracy] I guess when now know the power of Time Warner [/conspiracy]
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I sort of had a feeling Hillary Swank would win.....I really like her and think she deserved to win, very talented actress. I also liked her dress, very unique, and showed of her body beautifully....the back was awesome!! I didn't like her hair style too much a bit too severe....
I was a bit disappointed Leonardo Dicaprio didn't win for Best actor for The Aviator and Martin Scorsese for Best director


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Calcutta, Jan. 9: Calcutta High Court today directed the additional home secretary to file an affidavit by January 16 stating whether the state government was considering handing over the Madhyamgram rape and murder case to the CBI.
The court also told the state to provide adequate security to the family of the 16-year-old, who was allegedly burnt to death.
After receiving the affidavit, this court will decide whether it would apply its judicial power on the issue or not, Justice Dipankar Dutta said in his order.
The girl was allegedly gang-raped twice in Madhyamgram last October and set on fire in the familys one-room rented accommodation near the airport area in Calcutta on December 23. The family shifted to the airport area after allegedly being forced out of Madhyamgram in North 24- Parganas.
Justice Duttas order followed a petition by the father of the girl seeking a CBI probe.
The girls fathers counsel, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya, pleaded before the court that Madhyagram police had taken the case lightly from the beginning and her second rape and then death could have been avoided if the police reacted soon after the FIR was filed on October 27 after the girl was raped the first time.
Bhattacharyya said: On October 25, the 16-year-old victim was first raped by the miscreants. The next day, her father, along with her, went to lodge a complaint with the Madhyamgram police station. They had to wait at the police station from 9am to 7pm to lodge the complaint.
After the complaint was lodged, some people started threatening the family to get the complaint withdrawn. The family had to leave their home. But the miscreants traced them to their new home on December 12
. Finally, the girl was set on fire and she died at SSKM hospital
Opposing the petition, advocate-general Bimal Chatterjee said the state government had taken all possible steps to try the culprits.
The judge then asked: But why is your police not providing protection to the family?
Government pleader Ashok Kumar Bannerjee said: How can we protect them? They have already taken political shelter. But the judge said: This court is not here to see the political colours of the petitions. It is the duty of the state and the police to protect every citizen. The advocate-general intervened at this point. You are right, my Lord. We will take care of them. The judge said: The state will have to provide enough protection to the family.


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Keithley Instruments announced what it asserts is the first benchtop source measure unit (SMU) instrument with a capacitive touchscreen graphical user interface. The Model 2450 SourceMeter SMU combines the intuitive touchscreen and icon-based control that novice SMU users can appreciate with the versatility that experienced users need to learn faster, work smarter and invent easier. The Model 2450's design offers a new way for users to interact with test and measurement instruments. It is based on the company's "Touch, Test, Invent" design philosophy.
This new design philosophy reflects recent market changes, including shrinking product design/development cycles and fewer personnel devoted exclusively to test engineering tasks. At the same time, the profile of the typical instrument user has also evolved. In addition to electrical engineers, it now includes a growing number of non-engineers who need fast access to data but sometimes have limited training in electrical measurement.
The Model 2450 incorporates numerous ease-of-use features that ensure a fast "time-to-answer" including a context-sensitive help function, "Quickset" modes that speed instrument configuration, and on-screen graphing capabilities that quickly turn raw data into usable results. It builds on the design strengths and precision of both the Model 2400 SMU and the newer Series 200B system SMU line. This instrument combines the functionality of a power supply, true current source, 6-1/2-digit multimeter, electronic load, and trigger controller in one tightly integrated, half-rack instrument. With all of these capabilities, the Model 2450 integrates the capabilities of I-V systems, curve tracers, and semiconductor analyzers at a fraction of their cost, according to the company.
Keithley Instruments, Inc., www.keithley.com


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ROBB KENDRICK (b. 1966)
Robb Kendrick has been interested in photography from a young age. He grew into a self-taught photographer and chose photography as his major in college. Kendrick says that he is inspired by people and the environments that shape their lives. His work is greatly influenced by the Texas characteristics of independence and pride as well as the rough environment and challenging weather.
Over the years, Robb Kendrick's photos for National Geographic have won him international recognition. In the past decade, however, his work as a tintype artist has earned him even wider acclaim. Kendrick has resurrected the tintype format, a photo technique from the mid-19th century, to bring a haunting timelessness to his portrait subjects which include cowboys from the West, Tarahumara Indians in Northern Mexico, and mummies in Guanajuato, Mexico. The tintype photos he creates with the wet-plate process are all handmade from start to finish, making each a unique, one-of-a-kind image.
Kendrick has published four books of tintypes. His first book, Revealing Character: Texas Tintypes, was also a traveling exhibition featured at eight major museums throughout Texas. The wet-plate portraits of working cowboys in Still: Cowboys at the Start of the 21st Century were made in 14 Western states, Mexico, and Canada.
Kendrick believes that his art is driven by connecting with people, sharing stories and meals together, and capturing them in their environments.
Selected Biographical and Career Highlights
• 1963 Born in Spur, Texas
• 1981–85 East Texas State University, Commerce
• Frequent Instructor for National Geographic seminars and workshops
• Book Publications:
2005 Revealing Character: Texas Tintypes, Bright Sky Press
2008 Still: Cowboys at the Start of the 21st Century, University of Texas Press
2009 Changelings, Cloverleaf Press
2011 History of the Waggoner Ranch, Four-O Publishing
• Magazine Publications:
In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits, cover image, November 2004
"21st Century Cowboys," National Geographic, December 2007
• Currently resides in Austin, Texas
Selected Exhibitions
• 2004 Best Portraits of National Geographic, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• 2005–07 Solo exhibition of tintypes, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi; Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin; International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen; National Cowgirl Museum, Fort Worth; Old Jail Art Center, Albany; Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon; Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock; Witte Museum, San Antonio
• 2011 Solo retrospective, The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University, San Marcos
• 2012 Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo
• 2013 Holidays at the Haley, Haley Memorial Library, Midland
• 2014 Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Turner House, Dallas
• 2015 Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring
• 2015 Ties that Bind: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Turner House, Dallas
Selected Public Collections
• Frost Bank, Houston
• Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Ralph Lauren Collections
• Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York
• Wittliff Collections, Texas State University, San Marcos


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Ask A Married Guy: "Is Mr. Nice Just Stringing Me Along?"
This is our friend Tom. He's a married guy with tons of relationship experience, and a skilled advice giver who's here to answer all your pressing sex, dating and relationship questions. Have a query for Tom? Email him at [email protected]! All questions will be posted anonymously, unless otherwise requested.
Mr. Nice and I met in 2012. Our first date lasted 13 hours: incredible, as was every date after that. We're both divorced: he's 52 and I'm 46, each with two kids (his in college, mine in high school). We've kept the kids out of it, so neither has been to the others' home.
About eight months in, he started to become withdrawn, calling less frequently in the evening. We were still going out several times a week (dinners, movies, etc.), but it was not the same.
I finally inquired, and he gave me this response: he moved a deceased friend's wife and four kids into his house. The friend's wife was going through cancer treatment, unable to work, had no family, and was on the verge of homelessness. He felt he had no option but to help. He went on to say there wasn't anything going on between them (he volunteered info), and that he hadn't it shared with me because he didn't know how I would respond. He said he adored where we were relationship-wise and wanted to continue. (Eight months into dating, we weren't having sex. Lots of heavy kissing and cuddling, even a few weekend get-aways in a shared bed, but no sex). We both agreed early on that sex complicates things and we really wanted to take it slow.
Fast-forward three months: after a great weekend in New Orleans, my phone rings and his number comes up. I answer, only to be confronted by a female voice, screaming at me about 'her man.' I was dumbfounded and calmly suggested she talk to Mr. Nice.
We met for dinner to discuss it. He apologized for her calling me, and assured me this was truly a friend helping a friend, and it wouldn't affect our relationship. He said she was nearing the end of her treatment and would be going back to work, and by the fall would be in her on place.
Well, the fall has come and gone.
We continue to date several times a week. (Still no sex). He now says she doesn't want to move, and that she's asking if they can date. Every month there's a different reason why she can't move (she's in the hospital, car problems, she doesn't have enough money etc). He's becoming tired of the situation, but unsure how to get her out. The latest episode was the worst. We were spending the weekend at hotel, and found out she tried to kill herself and was in the hospital. Now he's too afraid to make her leave.
I'm having a difficult time with this. When is enough enough? I want to walk away, but the connection we have is so unbelievable. We talk about future plans, but I feel like it's going nowhere soon. Am I being strung along?– T
This guy needs a new name. Mr. Nice? Hardly. Nice guys don't keep secrets like "I moved a woman and her four kids into my house without even talking to you about it." Mr. Weak suits him better.
Weak guys are a pitfall for sweet women. You spoke of your amazing first date and that's the problem. Weak men seem like a dream in that "first 48 hours" which defines many relationships (and murder investigations). They are sweet. They listen. They're not boorish braghards or pushy sex pests. They show all the signs of being "the one." But it's all downhill from there.
Let me spell it out. This man is chronically weak, for the following reasons:
- He gives up way too much, way too soon. OK, so his friend's widow is in dire straights, and like a decent guy he wants to help. There are many ways to do that. You can find her a job, mentor her kids… run a marathon and give her all the cash, for god's sake. But Mr. Weak didn't do any of that. He skipped right to: "you look cold… want to come inside for a few years?" That's a ridiculous choice. And did it help anyone? No. It fuelled one woman's dependency, smashed his self-respect, and scuttled yours and his budding relationship. Slow clap. What a hero.
- No sex after eight months, despite multiple hotel rooms. Come on. You both get scolded for this one. Why on earth are you denying yourselves this pleasure? There are no prizes for chastity. Why aren't you fucking the china out of its hutch like the shag-starved divorcees you are? You "agreed that sex complicates things and wanted to take it slow". Well, your agreement was stupid. Waiting a month is slow. Waiting eight months? That's being too chicken to make a move (him more than you), thus dialing up the pressure so high that the sex can't possibly live up to the stakes. And "sex complicates things"? It looks like your situation got plenty fucking complicated without a single thrust. So have some fun while you're at it. And what kind of man is this who doesn't want to have sex with you and your hotness even ONCE in almost a year? He's not an awkward teenager. He knows how his penis works. He may have a medical problem he's not addressing (weak), be asexual and not have the balls to tell his romantic partner (double weak), or actually be into submissive sex denial and afraid to celebrate his own kink (triple-axle ice-skating weak). In a word, he's weak.
- Total inability to call people on their bullshit. The Frisky is a feminist-minded publication, so I chose my words carefully. This other woman is a conniving, gold-digging, toxic pile of malodorous insanity… and also a beautiful, unique snowflake… but at the moment? Crazy. She thinks that emotionally manipulating a weak man is the best way to give her kids a good life. She's wrong, but entitled to try. It is incumbent upon sane people to stop her in her tracks, call bullshit on her sly attempt to become "wife-by-default", and give her some tough love. That will help her regain her dignity, conquer her horrific grief, and become the strong, self-actualized, non-crazy person we all know she can be. Mr. Weak did none of that. He enabled, and enabled, and then enabled some more.
You asked if you are being strung along. I would say, no. Mr. Weak isn't capable of stringing people along. He seems like a well-meaning guy, despite being a wee bit deluded about himself and human nature. This man is in fact stringing himself along, by not addressing the great opportunity (you) and terrible risk (this lady) that wandered into his life. He's letting life happen to him, rather than taking charge and getting what he wants. My advice is to give the guy a 30-day ultimatum. You are well within your rights. This is a "her or me" situation. If she is not gone in a calendar month, you should be. And don't accept any sniveling about her killing herself. Those kind of threats are the most reprehensible emotional blackmail that deserve to be ignored. If she makes repeated threats, call a psych ward (which is undoubtedly the right place for her care, if she's actually serious). Either way, she's out of that house.
I doubt he'll do it. But he may surprise you. Men are capable of tremendous growth at a rapid pace (because we're stunted to begin with). If he can throw the lady out, jump your bones, and apologize for getting so mixed up in that craziness? You have a good man. If he can't? Bow out.
Have a query for Tom? Email him at [email protected]! All questions will be posted anonymously, unless otherwise requested.


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Almost two centuries of friendship have taken a bit of a battering in the past few days. As we approach the anniversary of the Battle of Plattsburgh, British and American policy on the civil war in Syria is in flux. Two countries which have been friends and allies, almost since the peace of 1815, are suddenly in a complex bind.
The War of 1812 left little unresolved. While the border between Canada and the US did not move, it left both sides with a greater sense of acceptance about the border. For a century, the two Anglo-Saxon powers maintained a sometimes strained friendship, underscored by a growing sense of shared values. In the century since the beginning of World War One, that friendship has been forged in the flame of wars, both hot and cold, for the values of freedom and the rule of law.
But, suddenly, things are very different. While President Obama has been reluctant to act in an assertive way in foreign affairs, Britain and France have urged him to accept the mantle of western leadership. President Hollande and Prime Minister Cameron pressed him to act on Libya, and he did. They advocated strong action on Syria's use of chemical weapons – and then things went strangely wrong.
While US policy remained unclear, British policy was a model of clarity. Britain wanted action, and pressed for such in the UN. Cameron urged Obama to commit to military force, and promised to back him if he did. Parliament was summoned to an emergency session. Oddly, the vote was to be held while American policy was still murky. This was strange, because while Cameron plainly wanted action, he was in no position to deliver it unless the US was on board. Britain and France led the action in Libya – but were only able to do so with American support – and Syria is considerably further away.
To everyone's surprise, Parliament voted against military action. For a variety of reasons – some connected to the issue at hand and some not – a number of Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs (supposedly supporters of Cameron's coalition government) rebelled. The opposition Labour Party opportunistically voted against the government, and Cameron's motion fell. Now there will be no British participation in any American action in Syria.
Effectively, Britain will have no foreign policy for the next two years, at least. Until the general election – planned for 2015 – it will be difficult to take seriously any pronouncements by Cameron, or by his Foreign Secretary, William Hague.
President Obama still has an opportunity to rescue his situation. Given his pledge of a "red line" over the use of chemical weapons, he needs to take decisive action, or the US, too, will have no foreign policy – in this case until 2017, when the next president takes office.
Since last week's column, rhetoric from both the president and the secretary of state has been much tougher. We will see if it is backed by decisive action. Will action be proportionate to the president's prior promise? Or will it be, in words of an administration official quoted in the LA Times "just muscular enough not to get mocked"? This seems a low bar by which to judge American policy. Surely, it should be muscular enough to achieve some specific objective, rather than merely designed to avoid derision?
Quentin Langley is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Bedfordshire Business School as well as a freelance columnist published in the UK and all parts of the US. He blogs on social media and crisis communications at brandjacknews.com


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Is there a way to get copies of text messages that are sent and recieved on your phone even if the other number is not a verizon customer? For instance between two numbers copies of the conversation?
Not really. You can only get the content of text messages with a court order and the content is only available for the last 3-5 days.


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In U.S., mobile app use closes in on time spent watching television
0. phoneArena posted on 08 Dec 2012, 04:23
Last December, Americans spent more time using mobile apps than browsing the web on a desktop box; now, a year later, mobile app use is closing in on America's love of the boob tube with just 41 minutes separating the two...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. wendygarett (unregistered)
Meanwhile I spent more time than gaming apps on phonearena.com :)
3. Nadr1212 (Posts: 741; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
Let's have a moment of silence 4 the future years where TV is no longer "that" entertaining
8. nyamo (Posts: 274; Member since: 19 Mar 2011)
tv hasn't been entertaining for years imo
4. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
2. noim1 (Posts: 297; Member since: 15 May 2012)
I think we need a phoned arena app....that'd by cool !!!
5. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
True, surely will.....™®© Alan. F what about PhoneArena App?
7. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
Get Flipboard and you can customize it.
6. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
I wonder if android free movies still exist? I rarely use an app to watch TV - I just go on the website of choice - series-cravings is great for catching up on series and it screws up companies trying to get you to buy their services when you can watch stuff for free.


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Spareribs in Sweet-N-Sour Sauce
READY IN: 55mins
Recipe by daisygrl64
Just like Chinese take out. This is delicious served with Sticky Rice, Chinese Fried Rice or Chinese Egg Noodles.
Top Review by Member 610488
The sauce on these was perfect and I would definitely make these again. Added a little sriracha sauce and this helped to spice things up abit.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 lb spareribs, cut into bite size pieces
- vegetables or peanut oil (for deep frying)
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch white pepper
- 3 tablespoons Chinese white rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 green pepper, coarsely chopped
- 1 small onion, coarsely chopped
- 1 small carrot, finely sliced
- 1⁄2 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
- 1⁄2 teaspoon finely chopped gingerroot
- 3 ounces pineapple chunks
Directions See How It's Made
- combine the marinade ingredients in a bowl.
- add spareribs, let marinade for at least 20 minutes.
- in a bowl, mix together the vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, and ketchup, set aside.
- heat enough oil in wok to deep fry spareribs.
- deep fry ribs for about 8 minutes.
- drain and set aside.
- remove all but 1 tablespoon of oil from wok.
- then stir fry the green pepper, onion, and carrot for about 3 minutes, remove from wok and set aside.
- add 1 tablespoon of oil to wok.
- fry the garlic and ginger root until fragrant.
- add the sauce mixture, bring to a boil.
- add the pineapple chunks, let boil for about 2 minutes.
- add the ribs, bell pepper, onion, and carrot.
- stir until warn through, and serve immediately.


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Topic: Overview of the Coordination of the Experimental Therapeutics Clinical
To address the new opportunities and challenges in the development of novel targeted cancer therapeutics, the NCI has established a systematic approach with several interacting functional components. The NCI Experimental Therapeutics Program (NExT) is the portal through which NCI brings investigational agents into DCTD/CTEP for development. After a new agent is chosen for development, the Investigational Drug Branch (IDB) Project Team Leader will form an NCI Project Team from the various clinical, translational, and basic biology programs at NCI. Members of the Project Team will draft a preliminary drug/biomarker/assay development plan. Once this plan is reviewed and approved by the NCI Senior Advisory Committee (SAC), part of the NeXT approval process, NCI will send out a request for a Project Team Application (PTAs) to the ET-CTN members, awardees of the NCI Phase 2 Contracts Program, NCTN awardees, and other appropriate investigators.


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Barnoldswick Town 0 v Silsden 4
After Saturday's home defeat Town brought in new signing Liam Hoyle, and Harry Thompson made a surprise return to the team after dropping out 20 minutes before kick off last Saturday.
Also still out was Mark Threlfall who now has one more match to serve after being suspended for the first three games.
The match started with Town on the front foot, a well-worked move after three minutes between Tom Marshall and Aaron Hollindrake ended up with Liam Blades shooting over from a good position.
Two minutes later a free kick given just outside the Silsden penalty area was taken by Thompson and found the head of Bill Williams whose header was tipped round the post by Silsden keeper Daniel Thorpe.
Silsden's first chance came after ten minutes when a quick break found Nicholas McNally who burst into the Town penalty area, he scuffed his shot allowing Town keeper Edward Hall to make the save.
Joel Melia placed a great chip over the Silsden defence to Hollindrake, he turned the defender and chipped back to the far post beating Thorpe but drifted wide of the post.
After Town being in charge for the first half hour Dale Feather fired in a shot from outside the Town penalty area which flew across Halls goal missing the far post.
Disaster for Town five minutes later as Williams the Town skipper decided to dribble his way out of trouble, he was robbed by two Silsden players and in chasing them back towards goal brought one down just inside the penalty area. Silsden skipper Andrew Hill scoring from the spot.
Silsden increased their lead right on half-time, a great through ball over the Town defence found Dale Feather who scored with a great shot past Hall.
Town started the second half off well Chris Simpson putting a cross in right onto the head of Williams but his header was straight at Thorpe who saved.
Straight down to the other end saw Joseph Jalil hit the Town crossbar with a rasping shot after with Hall beaten. It wasn't long before Silsden increased their lead when Nicholas McNulty fired a fierce shot across Hall into the far corner after 55 minutes.
Town then took Marshall off and replaced him with Carl Ellerton (56). Town made a further substitution after 66 minutes when Martin Broderick came on to replace Harry Thompson.
He was only on the field two minutes before he received a straight red card, Silsden player Joseph Mitchell was over the touchline at the Town dugout, he had the ball between his legs and Broderick kicked it from between them, Mitchell went down and Broderick went off!
Silsden completed the scoring after 80 minutes, McNulty chipped Hall at the near post to Zac Dale unmarked at the far post, from almost on the line hehit the Town post, the ball was half cleared but only to Feather who cracked a fierce shot across Hall into the far corner.
Town hit the woodwork twice in the last three minutes, Melia glanced a shot off the top of the Silsden bar, and Blades hitting the near post from a corner, the ball rebounding for a goal kick.
A better performance from Town but another heavy defeat, which doesn't bode well for the rest of the season.


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Media, Police Mislead Public on Smacking Prosecutions
Media, Police Mislead Public on Smacking Prosecutions
Family First NZ says that the media is misrepresenting the facts relating to smacking prosecutions and in the process are misleading the public as to the effect of the anti-smacking law. They are also concerned that the police appear to have made no effort to correct the wrong facts in the media.
"A number of media outlets and editorials have claimed that 'police have prosecuted just eight parents for smacking children in the five years since the law came in and that seven of those parents had smacked their child in the head or face.' This is completely wrong and misleading, and the police should be informing the media that they are misrepresenting the facts," says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ.
According to the police reviews on the law, smacking is defined as 'a slap with the open hand on the buttocks or legs that does not result in any form of injury'. The police claim that '"smacking" in itself is not an offence.' A minor act of physical discipline is defined as 'a slap with the open hand on any other part of the body (including the face) that does not result in any form of injury'. There have been 46 prosecutions for minor acts of physical discipline, and 8 for smacking.
"But what is significant is the prosecutions for smacking which the police and the politicians say will not be prosecuted."
According to the police
1. One smacking event was prosecuted, but subsequently withdrawn when the primary witness declined to give evidence. 3rd review
2. One prosecution – no details provided by police. 6th review
3. Child was smacked on leg. 7th review
4. Child was smacked on the buttocks with no physical injury. 8th review
5. Child was smacked on the buttocks with no physical injury. 9th review
6. Father allegedly slapped his daughter on her lower leg, causing her to cry but leaving no injury - withdrawn due to insufficient evidence. 10th review
7. Child smacked around the upper thighs, leaving no injuries. 10th review
8. Father smacked his two sons on their legs in a public place, resulting in no injuries. 10th review
"Parents will be surprised by the types of actions which the police are taking to court – despite the guarantees of the Prime Minister that a smack is ok. Almost 600 kiwi families have had a police investigation for allegations of smacking or minor acts of physical discipline since the anti-smacking law was passed yet only 9% of them have been serious enough to warrant charges being laid," says Mr McCoskrie.
"A law is obviously a 'dog's breakfast' when there is such a high rate (90%-plus) of cases warranting no further action by the police. Yet for these 'good parents', the experience will have been hell."
"The Assistant Commissioner Malcolm Burgess claims that police responses have been consistent over time – yet the most recent police reports admit that there has been an upward trend in smacking cases, and 'more widespread use of the legislation' by the police. The other huge concern expressed by police is the big increase in false allegations of assault. This may come from neighbours or even the children themselves. Unfortunately, this confusing law has been used as a weapon against good parents – rather than targeting rotten parents who are abusing their kids."
An independent poll of New Zealanders in March
commissioned by Family First found that 3 out of 4 voters
want the anti-smacking law amended, and two out of three
respondents said they would flout the law and smack their
child to correct their behaviour if they thought it was
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Game of thrones, trust me.. It's not nerdy, lol
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emm u into girly things O.o
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i no some show but there very girly :o a guy would have a heart attack if he was saw watching them XD
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Growing White Egg Turnip Seeds: Apply mulch to conserve moisture and control weeds. Watch out for pests such as the red and black harlequin bug, which must be removed to prevent damage.
Harvesting White Egg Turnip: Harvest greens as soon as they reach a good size for eating; if using both the greens and the root, harvest only 2-3 leaves per root. Since small turnips have the most tenderness and flavor, pull them when they reach a size of 1-3". To store them for extended periods, cut the top down to 1/2" and store in a cool, dark place without washing off the dirt. Gardeners with warmer winters will be able to apply a layer of mulch and leave the crop in the ground all winter.
Saving White Egg Turnip Seeds: Turnips will cross pollinate with other varieties of turnips, and should be isolated to ensure genetic purity. This vegetable must overwinter before producing seed. In warmer climates, a layer of mulch will be sufficient for protection. In colder climates, dig up the turnips; cut the tops to 1" and store them in damp sand at 33-40 degrees F until replanting in spring. The roots will send up flowering stalks. When the seed pods begin to turn brown, remove them before they shatter or dig up the entire plant and hang it upside down in a protected location to dry. Thresh the seed from the dry pods by crushing them. Store the seeds in a cool, dry place for up to 4 years.
Detailed White Egg Turnip Info: Brassica rapa. Biennial. 55 days. 12,500 seeds per oz. 6-18" height. 2-4" apart. Produces 3-4" white turnips with white flesh.