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Even with the MSNbot visiting our site constatntly, lots of pages in the index, and many unique keyword combinations that are extremely relevant on our site, we are burried deep in the results. We don't even come up above #4 for our own company name. The sites above us are just sites that link to us. I am not talking about competetive keywords, I am talking about keywords within our small niche, but sites come up that have nothing to do with these keywords. Also for our competetive keywords, we normally compete on Google and Yahoo with the same group of sites and do very well against them. However, in MSN it looks like we don't even try, but when we go and do a site:competitor.com, we are killing our competitors in the amount of relevant pages indexed. It seems as though we can't get above a certain number. A lot of times the pages in front of us don't even have these keywords anywhere on their pages.
Is there some type of an MSN sandbox or filter that will only allow me to go over a certain amount, and if so what could cause this? You would think that if we were that penalized, wouldn't you think MSN would not visit our site and index some many pages every day? I could really use everyone's personal thoughts and experiences on this.
I understand that backlinks are very important, but sometimes we will find ourselves behind sites that don't even have backlinks, and we will have at least some targeted backlinks. It just seems odd that we can't ever reach the top even for our company name. Sites that really don't even mention us will rank above us always. We can't hit above #4 on anything, and when we hit #4 there are only 4 results. If there are more results we find ourselves around like 200-500.
Can anyone please give us some expert opinions! Does anyone else experience this?
Since it's that bad, don't you think your sites must be getting penalized for something or other? (I mean, rather than your site just missing something MSN likes, MSN is finding something it really dislikes.)
I'm guessing success stories of how sites are ranking very well in MSN won't help much, since those folks were obviously not penalized.
sin, good luck getting that info. Don't forget that we're all competing with each other for traffic and I doubt anyone here who is doing really well is going to give up the info so that you can compete with him (except generally or theoretically).
Additional outbounds with the same keyphrase don't seem to have all that much effect, though.
I assume those are affiliate text ads with the keyphrase in them? MSN seems to go crazy over outbound anchor text.
Actually, yes. And now that you mention it, the reason I might be ranking so well on some terms is because most of the rest of the world is probably using banners without text for its links and I'm using text links (which would be rare for the one affiliate on the top of my head right now). Thanks.
I've also theorized that since I have a page for each outbound link that MSN could be heavily weighting the % of text that is the keyword text. That is, the higher the amount of text on a page, the less value the keyword has because it's less of a % of the total text on the page than the alternative.
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Also today they are indexing my forum like crazy since I pushed many of my forum topic pages below 40k last night.
I have stuff appearing in the index with in hours of being crawled.


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Mallo out for the season after rupturing his cruciate ligament
The Celta defender suffered the injury during last night's Copa del Rey clash.
Celta defender Hugo Mallo is out for six months, and will miss the rest of the season, having ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. The injury occurred last night during the return leg of the Copa del Rey tie against Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabéu and was confirmed by a scan today. It would appear that the player has also torn the lateral meniscus in the same joint. The injury occurred just before half time in the Copa del Rey match, as the player went after the ball subsequent to a tussle with Cristiano Ronaldo, although the Portuguese striker wasn't involved directly in the movement that led to the injury.
The medical tests carried out this morning confirmed the extent of the injury, according to Celta club doctor Juan José García Cota, who is also the Spanish national team doctor: "The MRI confirms what we suspected, a complete rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament as well as a tear in the lateral meniscus. This requires surgical intervention to both reconstruct the ruptured ligament and also to treat the injury to the meniscus".
According to the Celta medic it is likely that they will attempt to suture the torn meniscus, "because its integrity is very important to the success" of the ligament reconstruction. "If we can suture it to maintain it entirely then it's much better for the knee going forward, much better than if we have to extract the injured section", he explained.
The doctor also stated that the operation would not be carried out straight away: "We'll decide later when to do the operation. It's not urgent, and in fact it's better that the knee 'cools down' a little before we think about the procedure. We'll probably do it at some point over the course of next week", said García.
In the communication sent by Celta the club wished the player "a complete recovery" and also thanked the "innumerable messages of support received".

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Man shoots intruder on south side
Metro Police are investigating a shooting in the 1400 block of Kennington on the south side this morning. Witnesses say a man with a crow bar was shot when he broke into their home.
Police have not confirmed the identity or condition of the man shot, but he was taken to Methodist hospital.
Members of the family say they had just moved into the house. and the wife was mopping floors when she said they heard glass break, and found the alleged intruder in the kitchen.
The husband of the family located his handgun, first confronting the man with the crow bar, then shooting him after he allegedly swung the crow bar.
The couple's daughter believes the intruder was shot in the leg. His identity and condition are not available.
Police are questioning the husband who fired the shot.
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Meatless Monday is a global movement, a way of life. It's not a campaign to turn everyone in the world vegetarian or vegan; in fact, many involved are meat-lovers. Eating less meat has been proven to reduce the risk of disease, curb obesity and has important environmental impacts, too. Will you join us in giving up meat, just for one day a week?
You don't need copious amounts of butter or oil to make vegetables tasty. You can sneak good-for-you ingredients into the dishes you love without adding a bunch of fat. Spinach is packed with vitamins and is a good source of calcium and fiber, but its not exactly my favorite food to eat totally raw. With garlicky pasta and a bit of cheese, however, it becomes a lot more enticing.
You can count on Cooking Channel's recipe for Spinach and Tortellini for a simple, satisfying Meatless Monday dinner. Who doesn't love pasta after all? With no fancy ingredients or complicated steps, the meal comes together in just about a half an hour. The sauteed garlic and tomatoes bring the familiar Italian aromatics we all crave, while mushrooms, peas and spinach add new flavor and texture to each bite. With so many healthy ingredients in one bowl, a sprinkle of pine nuts and Parmesan is the little extra indulgence you deserve.


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|The Elastic Waistband
|Crime Fighting
|Retired Superhero (Possibly Formerly Retired)
|Physical appearance
|Barnacle Boy
Mermaid Man
Miss Appear
The Quickster
Captain Magma
Pi-Right Ponderer
|The Chief and I.J.L.S.A.
|Man Ray
Dirty Bubble
Atomic Flounder
Jumbo Shrimp
Sinister Slug
Barnacle Man
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|"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V"
|Latest appearance:
|"The Bad Guy Club for Villains"
Bikini Bottom Brawlers (Patrick)
|Bill Fagerbakke ("Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V")
Dee Bradley Baker ("The Bad Guy Club for Villains")
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The Elastic Waistband is a superhero who is first seen in the episode: "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V," and later appeared in the episode "The Bad Guy Club for Villains." He is part of The International Justice League of Super Acquaintances. Patrick Star is briefly given this role. He has the ability to become very flexible. His costume is a green suit with blue and red goggles.
In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V," he is shown wearing a green costume, blue goggles with red holes, and yellow hair that was shown in SpongeBob's lunchbox.
In "The Bad Guy Club for Villains," he doesn't wear a mask, he has a white head band, yellow hair, and a purple suit.
- Flexibility; he can bend into different shapes and sizes.
- Inflatable Gut; reflects attacking projectiles.
- If he gets stretched out too much he is temporarily unable to revert to normal (although this could just be Patrick's stupidity while wearing the suit)
Video Games/Online Games
- Lights, Camera, Pants! - His costume appears in the Mermalair stage in the GBA version of the game.
- Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots - Patrick mentions being the Elastic Waistband when the player is playing as him.
- Bikini Bottom Brawlers - Unlockable character (as Patrick).
- The Elastic Waistband is a parody of Marvel's Mr. Fantastic, DC's Plastic Man, and DC's Elongated Man.
- In "The Bad Guy Club for Villains," The Elastic Waistband couldn't stretch but could only inflate his waist, allowing him to reflect things that came into contact with him.
- His costume design is similar to 18-Volt's, from WarioWare, Inc.
- An elastic waistband in real life is a stretchable device sewn into clothes in place of a belt; his name references his ability to stretch much like the device itself.
- The Dirty Bubble particularly dislikes him.
- He is also a squinkie in SpongeBob Squinkies.


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Each week we run campus tours for prospective students/applicants and their family or friends. These visits involve a look around our Hope Park campus and our knowledgeable staff or student ambassadors will be able to give you lots of information about life at Hope
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Leadfoot and his cohorts drive fast, have a thing for loud weapons and maintain a strong dislike for Decepticons. But Leadfoot is not all flash and show; while on Cybertron he was called a genius weapon designer.
Please note that the photos shown are of a prototype; the production version may vary. Also, items such as this are mass produced and as a result some inconsistencies in finish and painting may occur; these are not considered manufacturer's defects. If you absolutely must have perfection, prepare to do some touch-up work on your own.


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Grains marketers GrainCorp Ltd and AWB Ltd have said that the two companies will merge to create one of Australia's largest diversified agribusinesses.
The two companies said on Friday that GrainCorp will issue to AWB shareholders one GrainCorp share for every 5.75 AWB shares they own, subject to an AWB shareholder vote.
The transaction will result in a nil premium merger with the exchange ratio based on the volume weighted average prices of shares in each company over the last six months.
GrainCorp's shareholders will hold 58 per cent and AWB shareholders 42 per cent of the merged company.
The combined entity will have a market capitalisation of more than $2 billion.
The merger is expected to add to earnings per share for both GrainCorp and AWB shareholders, with synergies in excess of $40 million per annum.
The two companies said the merged entity will be more attractive to investors, with greater stock liquidity, improved access to capital and significant efficiencies.
Directors of GrainCorp and AWB unanimously support the proposal.


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Glencoe and Cairngorm will be open today - 19th April 2012
Glencoe and Cairngorm will be open today - 19th April 2012
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If you're lucky enough to be North of the Border with some free time today... head for the hills...
Photo: Fresh tracks in the Top Basin on CairnGorm Mtn, Mon 16th April - courtesy of Winterhighland
From Winterhighland this morning...
Photo: Fresh tracks in the Top Basin on CairnGorm Mtn, Mon 16th April - courtesy of Winterhighland
From Winterhighland this morning...
Winterhighland wrote:... Glencoe restarts the 2012 West Coast Season on Thursday Morning & CairnGorm Mountain continues to be open daily.
The week started with a fantastic bluebird day on CairnGorm Mountain on Monday, ahead of an overnight storm that brought significant further snow falls and finally some drifting to the mountains of Highland Scotland.
Sufficient snow has now blown into the top tow tracks at Glencoe to allow the Main Basin T-bar to run and Glencoe will reopen at 9.30 on Thursday morning. The best riding is expected to be on the Main Basin, Happy Valley and Etive Glades. The Wall which has something of a base is probably the best route down the mid-mountain. All unpisted with a further light covering of fresh already this evening.
If heading to Glencoe, why not take maximum advantage of the return of winter and get more than one day on the slopes, the fantastic Glencoe Hotel is under 15 minutes from the slopes.
CairnGorm Mountain is now offering top to Sheiling riding with 1200ft of vertical served by the M1 Poma, Coire na Ciste and Ptarmigan T-bars and the Polar Express Trainer Tow, plus Funicular for access. All Top Basin runs are in decent shape with fresh snow, a mix of windblown, skier packed and machine packed powder on a firm base.
Mid Mountain the M1 RaceTrack is pisted fence to fence above the timing hut and the Traverse, 105 and Upper Cas are also providing alternative routes to the mid-station. White Lady is skiable for advanced riders.
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Your gift to help a hardworking entrepreneur will double in impact thanks to a generous World Vision partner.
Cristina is from Mexico. She has 1 child. She needs a loan of $400 to buy three sheep and pasture land.
Cristina is from Mexico. She has 1 child. She needs a loan of $400 to buy three sheep and pasture land.
Cristina is a single mother who raises sheep and works in a candy store to provide for her two-year-old daughter. She will use a loan from World Vision to buy three more sheep and a little bit more pasture land for her sheep to graze on.
Cristina's mother taught her how to raise sheep so that they become healthy and fat, so Cristina excels at the sheep-raising business. A loan will give her a chance to sell more sheep at the market. She will then use her additional profits to save money for her future business plans.
Cristina's goals are to have a bigger place to sell and to own a grocery store. Currently, she often travels to Mexico City to work, which means that she can only see her daughter on the weekends. When she is able to sell her sheep in her own town and run a grocery store near her home, she will be able to spend more time with her daughter.
The Agriculture business sector covers all farming and livestock activities. Some entrepreneurs request loans to help in securing supplies and equipment. Others want to buy more animals to breed or purchase feed and medicines. The majority of our loan clients live in rural communities where agriculture is already understood as a business model. It is for this reason that approximately 50% of our loans are in the agricultural sector.
Home to a primarily ethnic Mazahua population, the community of Najhé is located in a mountainous region in northeastern Mexico State. The climate is sub-humid, but temperatures are typically cool due to the region's high elevation. Windstorms are common during the early spring, followed by heavy rains in the summer and frost in the winter.
Women in Najhé continue to wear typical Mazahua dress, and some community members uphold traditional artisan practices, producing pottery, woodwork, and crafts made of wool. The primary economic activity is agriculture. Squash, beans, and fruit are grown for consumption, while corn is grown both to eat and to sell.
World Vision's work in Najhé includes agricultural assistance to improve nutrition and family incomes; vocational training and tutoring sessions; and self-esteem workshops. We are also working to improve health conditions by training volunteers who can educate community members and by providing housing materials that will contribute to better living environments.
Thank you for supporting a small business loan for Cristina Garcia Martinez to expand her farming and livestock business where she sells sheep.
After receiving the loan from World Vision, she invested the $400 to buy three sheep and pasture land.
Cristina has been repaying her loan on time with her new profits. She makes weekly payments of $50.
In addition to repaying her loan, Cristina is using additional income to purchase food for the animals and purchase food for the family. Cristina's child continues to study in school.
Thank you for supporting Cristina and World Vision Micro!
Thank you for supporting the small business loan for Cristina Garcia Martinez to improve her farming and livestock business. She invested her loan of $400 to buy three sheep and pasture land.
Cristina has now repaid her loan in full. In addition to repaying her loan, Cristina has used her additional income to purchase food for the animals and food for her family. Cristina's 1 child continues to study in school.
The loan Cristina received helped her business expand, and the profits she is now earning create lasting improvements in her life. In the future, Cristina hopes to start a new business, take out another loan, and purchase livestock.
While Christina was out when we visited her home, her mom told us that her business is doing very well, and Cristina is optimistic about continuing to expand her sheep raising business.
Cristina has repaid her loan in full, 100%. These loan funds are now available to help another worthy entrepreneur in her community. Thank you for supporting Cristina and World Vision Micro!


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Ruby Arlene Cox Quesenberry, 79, of Radford, mother to many, went to be with her Lord and family Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012.
She was a member of Belspring Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sylvan Eugene Quesenberry, and son-in-law, Doug Smith. Left to cherish her memory are four daughters and sons-in-law, Rhonda Smith, of Dublin, Linda and Bill Bailey, of Boonesboro, Md, Sandra and Ronald Ratcliffe, and Dana and Todd Ratcliffe, all of Radford; special daughter, Gwen Jones, of Riner; special niece, Patricia McGlothlin; brothers and sisters-in-law, Jerry Alan and Karen Cox, and Theodore G. Jr. and Mary Ruth Cox, all of Hiwassee; sister and brother-in-law, Leta and Bill Creggar, of S. Daytona, Fla.; grandchildren, Christopher Smith and wife, Wendy, Adeena Spencer and husband, Brian, and Amanda, Lucas, Tanner, Morgan and Mackenzie Ratcliffe; step-grandchildren, Ashley Bruchey, Joanna and husband, Jared Brenner, and Scott Bailey; five great-grandchildren; a step-great-grandchild, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be held Monday, Nov. 19, 7 p.m., at Mullins Funeral Home in Radford, with Pastor Darrell Linkous and the Rev. Neil Wood officiating.
Graveside services will be held Tuesday, Nov. 20, 11 a.m., in Dishon Cemetery at Page Place in Pulaski County. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until the time of the service on Monday, Nov. 19, at the funeral home.
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Receive envelopes so your church can hold a collection the same week an emergency appeal launches.
Worship resources
For use in your church or individually
Prayer points
- Pray for those who have and are fleeing their homes into an uncertain future.
- Pray for Christian Aid partners working in Iraq and Lebanon.
- Pray for Christian Aid's ACT Alliance partners working in Greece and Serbia.
- Pray for those in authority to make wise, cooperative and compassionate decisions.
- Pray for change and a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Syria and places around the world affected by conflict.
Prayers for refugee week
Theme: Change the story
'For the Lord your God…executes justice for the orphan and the widow,
and who loves the strangers, providing them with food and clothing.
You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.'
Deuteronomy 10:18-19
For you have been a refuge to the poor,
a refuge to the needy in their distress,
a shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat.
When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rainstorm,
the noise of aliens like heat in a dry place,
you subdued the heat with the shade of clouds;
the song of the ruthless was stilled.
Isaiah 25:4-5
Psalm 16 – Sunday, 26 June
Loving God,
protect all seeking refuge.
May the boundary lines be lifted
and fall once more in pleasant places.
Give fearful hearts reason to be glad,
weary souls cause to rejoice
and exhausted bodies a place to rest secure.
Lead us together on the path to life
as we share from your abundance
so all may know the fullness of joy.
Christian Aid, 2016
When did we see you a stranger and welcome you?
Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these
who are members of my family, you did it to me.
Matthew 25:38-40
Lord, who changed the story
from stranger to sibling,
equip us to change the story.
From frustration to freedom,
for those stuck in refugee camps.
From panic to peace,
for those separated from families.
From trafficking to safe passage,
for those on perilous journeys.
From despair to hope,
for hearts weary with grief.
From worry to hospitality,
for minds uncertain of change.
From crisis to opportunity,
for countries providing a home.
From foreigner to family,
as we were welcomed by you.
May we never miss meeting your gaze,
in the eyes of our sibling, the stranger.
Christian Aid, 2016
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
provide for all seeking refuge from famine.
God of Hagar, Joseph and Moses,
liberate all seeking refuge from slavery.
God of Esther, Naomi and Ruth,
strengthen all seeking refuge as families.
God of David, Elijah, and Jeremiah,
protect all seeking refuge from conflict.
God of Ezekiel, Ezra and Nehemiah,
comfort all who are longing for home.
God of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
journey with all seeking refuge today.
In the name of the One who was
both refuge and refugee.
Christian Aid, 2016
Psalm 43:2,5
You are the God in whom we take refuge;
yet many have been cast off,
cast into the depths of the sea.
You are the God in whom we take refuge;
yet many have had to walk so far,
mourning for family and longing for home.
You are the God in whom we take refuge;
yet many are oppressed by conflict,
refused safe passage and the refuge they need.
You are the God in whom we take refuge:
so to you we bring our downcast souls,
disquieted by questions, we refuse to be silent.
Be our hope and our help
as we seek to provide the answers
of welcome and hospitality for all.
You are the God in whom we take refuge.
Christian Aid, 2016
Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers? He said, 'The one who showed him mercy.' Jesus said to him, 'Go and do likewise.'
Luke 10:36
Storytelling Lord, give us ears to hear,
and to not only be hearers but also doers of the word,
to not only ask who our neighbour is
but also ask how we might be a neighbour.
May we never ever pass by on the other side,
no matter what it costs us.
May we only ever be the one who shows mercy
to those robbed of all life held dear.
May we always go and do likewise.
So help us, God.
Christian Aid, 2016
Litany for refugees
Leader: Lord Jesus, who fled the wrath of Herod.
All: Be with those who have to flee the injustice of others.
Leader: Lord Jesus, who had nowhere to lay your head.
All: Be with those who have no land to call their own.
Leader: For the refugees from Myanmar, Iraq and Afghanistan.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
Leader: For people uprooted in South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Colombia.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
Leader: For refugees and displaced persons who have fled from Somalia, Eritrea and Libya.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
Leader: For all refugees who have fled oppression in their own countries and are seeking new lives in new lands.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
All: Help us, Lord, to find room at the inn for those who are far from home. Amen.
Adapted from World Council of Churches Worship Resources, Focus on Refugee, 1981 in 'Our hospitality both reflects and participates in God's hospitality.' - Minnesota Council of Churches
Litany for refugees II
Leader: God of Exiles, Shelter of the Homeless:
All: You welcome all into the arms of your love.
Leader: To all who wander, with no place to call home,
All: You offer shelter and rest.
Leader: To all who thirst;
All: You offer springs of living water.
Leader: To all who hunger, in body or spirit;
All: You offer bread, the fruit of the earth and the gift of human hands.
Leader: Your table is long and wide;
All: With room for all your children.
Leader: Many have shared with us the gift of hospitality;
All: Help us to go and do likewise.
Leader: And, most of all, O God our Creator;
All: We give you thanks that in You we find our home.
Adapted from 'Hospitality to the Uprooted,' Interfaith Worship, November 1998 in 'Our hospitality both reflects and participates in God's hospitality.' - Minnesota Council of Churches
We pray for all those who are uprooted,
who are hunted, who are fleeing for their lives,
and who so often find only closed borders,
closed doors, and closed faces.
We pray for the women and men,
the children and the elderly
who seek to find safety and solace
and who yearn to begin new lives.
We pray for those who pass by,
who would rather not hear the pleading
or see the fear or recognise
the human being in need of help.
Out of the depths we cry to you,
awaken in us all the potential
which may become your means
of answering the prayers of others.
O Lord, hear our prayer.
Source: Adapted from 'The Worship Book of the Global Ecumenical Consultation on Forced Displacement of People,' Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1995 in 'Our hospitality both reflects and participates in God's hospitality.' - Minnesota Council of Churches
Almighty and merciful God,
whose son became a refugee
and had no place to call his own.
Look with mercy on those who today
are fleeing from danger,
homeless and hungry.
Bless those who work to bring them relief;
inspire generosity and compassion in all our hearts,
and guide the nations of the world towards that day
when all will rejoice in your Kingdom of justice and of peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Source: 'Hospitality to the Uprooted,' Interfaith Worship, November 1998 in 'Our hospitality both reflects and participates in God's hospitality.' - Minnesota Council of Churches


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PARIS (Oct. 8)
President Valery Giscard d'Estaing today condemned last week's bomb attack on the Rue Copernic Temple and sought to reassure the 700,000-strong Jewish community of France that there was no "resurgence of fascism in the country.
The President said on television that French society remained pluralist, tolerant and fraternal. He refuted opposition charges that the police had shown laxity in fighting extreme rightwing terrorism and said that he had given strict orders to the police and the courts to pursue, by all legal means their search for those responsible for last Friday's bombing in which four people were killed.
The President's unexpected appearance on television followed a Cabinet meeting which was devoted to the attack against the synagogue and its repercussions.
"My constant guideline and concern is that French Jews should feel accepted and treated as all French men and women are … while at the same time conserving, as they wish to and just like other French communities, their religion and their cultural personality," Giscard said.
He added that he had ordered government officials throughout the country's 95 administrative departments to call meetings on Friday with local religious, trade union and human rights representatives to show their solidarity and examine problems affecting the security of local community groups.
Giscard d'Estaing stressed that on the same day education authorities have been asked to ensure that teachers in all schools discuss in their classes the consequences of racism and have sessions stressing "the pluralism, tolerant and fraternal character of French society."
Giscard observed that the criminal act against the synagogue was not a sign that the ideals of racism and Nazism "were coursing through the body of French society. Such actions, which are clearly the work of small groups living apart from the national community, do not justify such a base interpretation."
Continuing he stated, "As for the insinuation that the police would tolerate such acts, this is unjust and should be condemned …. It is especially unjust because members of the police and gendarmes have been cruelly hit recently in the fight against terrorism." He added that the government would continue to have confidence in the police and the nation's system of justice to ensure the security and freedom of all French citizens.
Premier Raymond Barre said accusations of laxity against the authorities were defamatory and scandalous. He added that the synagogue attack was apparently intended to set off a chain of violence in France aimed at threatening the democratic basis of French society.


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Or am I?
Trying to learn about myself.
Trying to learn about the world.
Trying to learn about learning.
Trying to learn how to drive, ride, fly and sail.
Trying to learn a few more languages.
Trying to learn some more first aid and healing.
Trying to learn how to feel, think and live.
Trying to learn how to observe, hide, shoot, fight and kill.
Trying to learn how to cope with pain.
Trying to learn how to talk and listen.
Trying to learn how to draw.
Trying to learn how to design and create.
Trying to learn some more about art, music and instruments.
Trying to learn how to be.
Faust/West with the Night/The Decameron/
Il cavaliere inesistente/Faust/Wind, Sand and Stars/
Baudolino/Master and Commander/The Divine Comedy/Seven Pillars of Wisdom/The Alchemist/Dune/Guns, Germs, and Steel/The Song of Ice and Fire/ZEN in der Kunst des Bogenschießens/מיין קמפף喔,你注意到了啊?/The God Delusion/Lord of the Flies/The Silmarillion/Tigers in the mud/God Is Not Great/The Prophet/The Lord of the Rings/五輪書/平家物語/刺客列傳/金庸/
La Chanson de Roland/Kng Athur/Robyn Hode/
Watchmen/V for Vendetta/Le Petit Prince/etc...
Bibliophile on display.
Blade Runner/Lost in Translation/The Great DIctator/Moonrise Kingdom/Empire of the Sun/Walkabout 1971/My Fair Lady/The Wackness/The Kingdom of Heaven/The English Patient/Stalker/Grand Illusion/Paths of Glory/Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb/
Blindness/Star Wars/Threads/American Splender/The Matrix/The Fifth Element/Stranger than Fiction/THX1138/Gattaca/The New World/Finding Neverland/Metropolis/2001: A Space Odyssey/The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou/Amadeus/Cloud Atlas/Lawrence of Arabia/Children of Men/The Fountain/Big Night/Planet of the Apes/Moon/Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind/Beginners/The Man From Earth/City Lights/Kingdom of Heaven/ etc...
Total Cinephile, not a treky yet.
人狼/Akira/Steamboy/迷宮物語/MEMORIES/千年女優/Paprika/Perfect Blue/もののけ姫/天空の城/紅の豚/風の谷/Cowboy Bebop/The Animatrix/Ghost in the Shell/となりのトトロ/攻殻S.A.C./S.A.C. 2nd GIG/S.A.C. Solid State Society/機動警察パトレイバー/老人Z/四畳半神話大系/蟲師/etc...
風の谷のナウシカ/攻殻機動隊/APPLESEED/仙術超攻殻オリオン/蟲師/Patlabor/ヒストリエHISTORIĒ/銀の匙/犬狼伝説 - Kerberos Panzer Cop/etc...
Black Adders/Yes Prime Minister/QI/The Daily Show/The Cobert Report/Game of Thrones/True Detective/Vikings/etc...
Stand up comedy
George Carlin/Bill Hicks/Lenny Bruce/Robin Williams/etc...
Yoko Kanno/Thomas Newman/Erik Satie/Portishead/Godspeed You! Black Emperor/The Velvet Underground/Lisa Gerrard/Patrick Cassidy/Claude Debussy/George Frideric Handel/Clint Mansell/Frédéric Chopin/Liszt Ferenc/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Antonio Vivaldi/Vangelis/Bernard Hermann/etc...
electric love!
Rock, Medieval, Renaissance, Experimental, Arabic, Andalusian, Electronic etc...
Music is my medicine, the cure for my deathless, lifeless heart.
*Fallout/*Deus Ex/*Total War/*ARMA/*DCS/*Anno/*Mount&Blade/Rise of Flight/Syberia/*Mass Effect/Dragon Age/*Sid Meier's Civilization/*Hearts of Iron/*Crusader Kings/*The Elder Scrolls/*Operation Flashpoint/*Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines/*The Longest Journey/*Tomb Raider/*Ghost Recon/COHBlitzkrieg/*RedOrchestra/*Hitman/*Crysis/Metro/*Portal/ *STALKER/BioShock/Asseto Corsa/*DayZ/*Wargame/etc...
Hardcore gamer by heart.
Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Lebanese, Mexican, Mediterranean, etc...
to be continued...
Forward, back
Living, dying:
Arrows, let flown each to
Meet midway and slice
The void in aimless flight
Thus I return to the Source
I can't help but be conditioned, I am the condition.
I act as I am rational but I am the opposite of actions reasonable.
I can only be selfish but fool myself into believing that I am a savior.
I deny my crimes yet accuse of other's.
I am a hypocritical self righteous man.
I am maniacally disgusted by death, but afraid of living more.
I am weak but fail to acknowledge the fact.
I am sick.
I am unwilling to give up only a fraction of my fantasy and delusion for the justice, happiness and livelihood of many others.
I have too little compassion.
I am only truthful in deceive.
I have neither courage nor honor, I am a coward of the worst kind.
I am anything but a man of true spirit or merit, for I am lost, adrift and forlorned.
I want to try so hard to grasp the marrow of life, to gather the pixels of reality, uphold the sands of time, and to collect, the stardusts of all that there is, all things before, all things now and all things that will become.


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Every day I fill my car's gas tank, I smell raw gas fumes. But when my car fails emissions testing for a gas cap leaking a very small amount gas vapors, it fails. This puzzles me, as in many areas of our country they recover these vapors, mostly in counties that test for vehicle emissions.
I remember from chemistry that vapors condense and form a liquid.
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At Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that "it is for us the living" to solve human problems if we are to achieve peaceful coexistence. The new book, "It Is For Us The Living: Pandora And The Secretary General" (ISBN: 978-1478730507) by John F. Brinster, is a work of fiction. It describes how the Secretary General of the New Third Millennium United Nations reorganized membership for successful planetary governance, spreading optimism and eliminating war.
The book also suggests that ancient scientists might have known about human structure well before our time and that Jesus could have been cloned in the first century in response to the Messianic Prophesy.
Epicurean secrets hidden in a Greek urn, called Pandora, were protected by the infectious Black Death adding to political intrigue and religious conflict in a unique and exciting underlying story.
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First let me start with saying that I love holidays. All holidays. I also love spring. Anything to do with spring makes me happy. The warm weather, trees are budding. People just seem a little more happy.
But I do have to admit. There is just something about people taking photos with the Easter Bunny that has a "creep" factor to it. I have absolutely no problem with people taking pictures with Santa Claus. At least Santa is "human".
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Over 2000 people, mainly women, sallied down Piccadilly for the second London Slutwalk on 22 September. Home-made placards ruled from 'Sluts & Plebs Unite' to 'Compensate Rape Survivors, not Banks'. Many reflected fury at police, prosecutors and courts which ensure … Continue reading
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Investors took the withdrawal on Sunday of former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers as a candidate to head the U.S. Federal Reserve as a green light for risk, betting the bank's next chief would extend an era of easy money that has flooded global markets with cash.
Investors took the withdrawal on Sunday of former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers as a candidate to head the U.S. Federal Reserve as a green light for risk, betting the bank's next chief would extend an era of easy money that has flooded global markets with cash.
Markets viewed Summers' move as leaving Fed number two Janet Yellen, a well-known advocate of looser monetary policy to support the U.S. recovery, the favorite to take the chairmanship.
Still, Yellen's nomination remains uncertain, leaving open the possibility that markets would react differently should one of several other possible nominees be chosen.
U.S. stock index futures and Treasury futures <TYc1 > rallied as a result of the news, and investors and analysts said those gains will likely extend further into the Monday session.
"My first thought was that the markets will rally on this," said Scott Frew, managing partner and owner of Rockingham Capital Advisors in Hartford, Connecticut. "There's certainly a perception that Yellen is more dovish than Summers."
The Fed has taken extraordinary steps to try to buoy the world's largest economy both during and after the financial crisis.
Currently the bank is buying $85 billion per month in Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities, its so-called quantitative easing program.
That wave of easy money has helped take U.S. stocks to record highs and yields on U.S. government debt to record lows. Global markets have also benefited, with dollars flowing around the world.
But the view that the Fed could withdraw its stimulus soon has rocked global markets, taking benchmark U.S. Treasuries yields to two-year highs - underscoring how the U.S. central bank's every move affects investors big and small all over the world.
Yellen has been a forceful advocate of the aggressive steps taken under current Chair Ben Bernanke to spur U.S. economic growth, earning her a reputation as a policy "dove" who would tolerate a bit more inflation to drive down unemployment that she deemed too high.
Analysts said a Yellen nomination would boost markets because of that sense of continuing Bernanke's approach.
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Lion Nathan is once again shooting for double-digit earnings growth this year despite fears its Australian beer business faces heightened competition in the lead-up to Christmas and concerns about the health of its fledgling wine operations.
The brewer of Tooheys, Hahn and XXXX Gold yesterday posted an 11.2 per cent increase in net profit to $180.1 million for the year to September 30. The result, widely expected by the market, was built upon ongoing cost reductions and an improved performance by its Chinese brewing operations.
In what is expected to be his last annual result presentation, chief executive Gordon Cairns said Lion had made steady progress already in its new financial year, putting the company on course to produce a solid 11 per cent rise in net profit to around $195 million-$200 million.
The forecast was described as "conservative" by some analysts but Mr Cairns said there were two potential danger signs: a repeat of pre-Christmas price discounting by rival Foster's Group and tough market conditions for wine producers.
Analysts warned that Lion remained a questionable "growth story" as its share of the Australian beer market was expected to remain static around the 42 per cent mark and up to $10 million in cost savings were forecast to drive 2003-04 profit growth.
This time last year Foster's kicked off a bout of fierce price discounting using its Victoria Bitter brand. Mr Cairns warned analysts that Lion's larger rival - which is in the midst of a $100 million cost-cutting blitz across its Carlton & United Breweries beer division - had the firepower to do it again. "They can spend 100 per cent of [recent beer] price increases and still make their guidance."
Mr Cairns also told analysts that market share in Australia was facing marginal pressure from the likes of Coopers, in Adelaide, and Heineken.
Lion's Australian beer earnings before interest tax and amortisation rose 5 per cent to $330.5 million in 2002-03, New Zealand beer earnings were up 4.6 per cent to NZ$96.9 million ($84.3 million) while the much smaller Chinese division halved its losses to $6.2 million and was cash flow positive for the first time.
With Chinese volumes up 30 per cent, the world's most populous nation remains a crucial growth region for Lion.
Mr Cairns said the group would consider $15-$20 million "bolt-on" acquisitions in China where it sells the Taihushui and Rheineck brands, but nothing was imminent.
Mr Cairns, who is stepping down in September, also warned conditions for the group's wine division, which reported $13.2 million EBITA following a $6.8 million write-down of the carrying value of inventory, remained tough particularly in the United Kingdom.
In May Lion announced it had appointed Paterno Wines International as its distributor in the US and in looking to strike a similar deal in the UK to shore up its export sales.
Lion shareholders will receive a fully-franked final dividend of 14c per share - taking the year's payout to 27c, up 35 per cent on the previous year.
An internal candidate is expected to replace Mr Cairns.
Lion Nathan shares closed 1c lower at $5.60.
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In this episode of Adobe Creative Cloud TV, Terry White shows you how to get started with Adobe InDesign CC and the 10 things beginners want to know how to do.
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- Part III: "I don't like to sweat."
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Bottineau Blue Line LRT gains key federal approval
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Transit board takes initial steps to dissolve
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MnDOT misses federal goals for disadvantaged contractors
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Well, my friends, the final week of classes before spring break has finally arrived and let me tell you—it feels like anything but spring. While we're all itching to break out our newest spring fashions and show a little skin, this week's frigid cold has offered us one last chance to soak in all of winter's glorious tones and trends. On a sunny Michigan morning, I spotted this Fashionista doing just that, looking bold in black as she headed downtown to run errands.
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CF: How do you dress to prepare for the cold during the winter?
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CF: If you could have any celebrity's closet, whose would it be and why?
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CF: Looking ahead, which spring fashion trends are you most excited for?
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Konami has announced that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 will be making its way to PC next year, and that it is set to ship alongside its console counterparts. As with the 360 and PS3 versions, Lords of Shadow 2 is being developed by the studio behind the first Lords of Shadow, Mercury Steam. The sequel will be powered by the new Mercury Engine 2 and feature the Belmonts facing off against a resurgent Dracula.
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Oshiomhole urges Edo voters not to be intimidated by FG might ahead of PDP's rally
The governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole, has urged the people of the state not to be intimidated by presence of federal government and its machineries ahead of the gubernatorial rally of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
Vice President, Namadi Sambo is expected in Benin City on Saturday at the PDP gubernatorial rally in Edo State.
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole while addressing a rally at Upper Lawani Street, Oredo local Government Area called on the Vice President to ensure he goes beyond the stadium to see for himself and compare the achievements of the PDP and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
The governor who is seeking another term in office on the platform of ACN, urged the people to come out en masse and vote for his re-election on the 14th of July rather than assume that being a popular candidate, he will win effortlessly without their votes.
The Oshiomhole campaign rally which is at the ward and community stage, was in Oredo, where some youths in a protest, called on the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC), not to use federal government workers for the forthcoming election instead of youth corps members.
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Police: Ohio infant apparently killed by dogs
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Authorities say a 3-month-old Ohio girl is dead after she was bitten by the family's dogs.
Police say Mia Gibson was bitten inside the family's Columbus condo Tuesday morning. She was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Sgt. Steven Little tells The Columbus Dispatch the family's two Shiba Inus didn't appear to have attacked the baby, but rather were playing with her. Little the girl had been on the couch with her father an apparently fell to the floor as her father slept.
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Australia relied on experience rather than youth to beat England and that philosophy may have to continue for a while after the national under-19 team lost to Afghanistan.
The war-torn country, which doesn't have Test status, is locked in a battle with Australia and Bangladesh for a top-two finish in pool B of the Under-19 World Cup to advance to the quarter-finals.
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conferral — index alienation (transfer of title), assignment (transfer of ownership), concession (authorization), demise (conveyance) … Law dictionary
conferral — 1880, from CONFER (Cf. confer) + AL (Cf. al) (2) … Etymology dictionary
conferral — [kən fʉr′əl] n. a conferring of an honor, degree, or favor; bestowal: also conferment [kən fʉr′mənt] … English World dictionary
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Ahhh… the feeling of holding a physical printed copy of something you created. I haven't felt this in quite a while. This run is very limited, get the physical copy by clicking the bandcamp player below, or you can get the download for FREE!
wiz1derland Vol. 01 is here!
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I feel blessed to be one of the first to get my hands on the new Akai MPC Renaissance. Having owned nearly every MPC since the 60 when it first came out, this new model does not dissappoint. It's heavy and solid, and feels like an MPC, not a toy controller. I won't lie, the software is a little sluggish, but they are already working on the update. The MPC workflow is defnitely there though, an even though I've been on the Maschine for the past year and a half, I was instantly at home on the Ren.
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I was lucky enough to be one of the people in attendance for the Beat Junkies 20th anniversary celebration and show at the echoplex in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 30th, 2012. I rolled out to L.A. and swooped up the homie Sleeze 1 from the Blak Forest, and we got there early as advised, and just as we thought, parking and the line was a madhouse! We walked right to the front of the line, where we saw the one and only Lord Zen from the Visionaries, who was also on his way in, so we all walked in together. The show and night had a truly historic feel to it. Coming up in the L.A. scene during the same time as these guys, and watching them turn into world class heroes for many up and coming, as well as established dj's, and witnessing different crew members take countless dj titles through the years, I felt truly blessed to be a part of this thing I belong to called Hip Hop. Setlist pic above courtesy of the almighty DJ Rhettmatic. Big up and congratulations to @BEATJUNKIES @rhettmatic @JRocc @djbabuforeal @djmelod @JRocc @ShortKut @MrChocFan4 @DJDStyles @DJIcyIce & @IAmDJCurse


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Reading Guide: Where Romney and Obama Actually Stand on Global Warming
We've looked beyond the candidates' rhetoric — or lack thereof — to find out where they actually stand on climate change.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo linked the storm to a broader change in the weather. "I don't call it 'global warming' because you trigger a whole political debate," Cuomo said. "But the frequency of extreme weather is going way up."
President Obama and Mitt Romney have been even more reluctant to utter the words "global warming." Neither candidate mentioned climate change over four presidential debates and none of the moderators asked about it — the first time that's happened since 1988.
Obama has barely spoken of it on the campaign trail, while Romney has mocked the president's earlier promise to address climate change.
As reporters and scientists discuss what role climate change may have played in fueling the storm, we've looked beyond the candidates' rhetoric — or lack thereof — to find out where they actually stand:
Mitt Romney
In his speech at the Republican National Convention, Romney cited Obama's 2008 campaign promise on global warming. "My promise," Romney retorted, "is to help you and your family." The crowd laughed, then cheered:
Romney hasn't always been clear, or consistent, about what he believes is causing global warming.
In October 2011 he said, "We don't know what's causing climate change on this planet. And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us."
This September, he wrote that he believed "the world is getting warmer," and "human activity contributes to that warming" but that there was a lack of scientific consensus on the extent of the problem. He reiterated his position that regulations meant to combat climate change could hurt economic growth.
Romney's campaign focuses its environmental platform on "energy independence."
To get the U.S. exclusively on North American oil by 2020, Romney wants to promote oil and gas production in the U.S. by opening new areas for drilling, and increase imports from Mexico and Canada, including via the Keystone XL Pipeline. Reuters recently profiled "Romney's energy tsar," the Oklahoma oilman Harold Hamm, who helped produce Romney's white paper on energy policy. The plan doesn't mention climate change, or outline steps to reduce oil consumption.
Renewable energy is mentioned, but Romney supports a hands-off approach to its development, saying that the government ought to support it through reduced regulation rather than "playing venture capitalist" and providing subsidies to green energy projects, like the oft-cited, now-bankrupt Solyndra.
Romney has also pledged to reform and repeal many environmental laws and regulations. For instance, he does not think the EPA should consider carbon dioxide a pollutant and seek to regulate its emission. He's also said he will renegotiate Obama's fuel efficiency standards with auto manufacturers.
Some of this goes against Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts. USA Today and the New York Times recently ran through some of the initiatives he presided over, like one that enforced emissions standards on power plants for pollutants, including carbon dioxide. He also directed millions in to a state green energy fund and offered tax credits to businesses and individuals for efficiency upgrades. Romney helped draft a cap-and-trade program for New England, but in the end did not sign on to it because he believed it to be too costly. He now says he's firmly against cap-and-trade.
President Obama
Back in the 2008 campaign, climate change was one of the few issues that Obama and his Republican rival, John McCain, agreed on. McCain reiterated his support for a "cap-and-trade" system to combat climate change at a speech in Oregon. Obama predicted Americans would look back at the election as "the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal," and said he would make energy and climate change his first priority.
After his election, Obama did make some moves at least related to climate change. His stimulus bill included funds and incentives for clean energy development, and he appointed Lisa Jackson to head the Environmental Protection Agency, which has pushed for tougher emissions standards for power plants and automobiles. The White House also recently announced new rules requiring automakers to nearly double vehicles' average fuel efficiency by 2025.
But a push to hash out a climate change bill died in the Senate. Sen. Lindsay Graham, a South Carolina Republican, had been a key player in crafting the legislation. But he pulled his support shortly after Fox News broke a story citing "senior administration sources" that Graham was seeking to raise gasoline taxes as part of the legislation.
Two months after Graham's exit, Obama said he knew the votes in the Senate "may not be there right now, but I intend to find them in the coming months." But as the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza wrote, "He never found them, and he didn't appear to be looking very hard."
Since then, Obama has largely clammed up about climate change.
He has occasionally cited it, including September when he told the Democratic National Convention that his "plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet — because climate change is not a hoax." But in an unusually candid interview with The Des Moines Register last month that the administration initially insisted remain off the record, Obama sketched out his agenda for a second term, including tackling the deficit and immigration reform. He didn't mention climate change.
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So what's the point of this article? It adds nothing to the debate and lacks any kind of nuance. Romney was the governor of a very blue state who was forced to work with democrats (though he did that as infrequently as he could by his sheer number of vetoes).
Obama was a president with a razor thin majority in congress—a majority pretty much in name only, composed of a number of conservative dems unwilling to support his policies and radical republicans determined to see him fail.
If elected the White House, it seems likely that Romney will not do a thing about climate change; he has said he will pull back policies and support cutting funding for green jobs. If he does get a republican majority in congress, it will be open season on protected lands and a rollback of regulations that protect our water and air (among other things).
Obama, if reelected, probably won't be able to do much more than he has if the configuration of congress remains the same. But he won't lose ground either. He certainly doesn't support rolling back regulations, gutting clean air and water, and opening federal lands to the highest bidder/polluter. If the dems actually get a veto-proof majority and win back the house (or cut the repubs margins), he will probably do more. Or at least as much as he can.
Please stop making a false comparison and whining that President Obama isn't harping on about climate change. Standing on principle may be noble but being pragmatic affords greater opportunity to actually make a difference—when possibilities allow.
This is not just a US-based condition:
Massive environmental changes have occurred around 2003 or 2004, an area of Brazil's rain forest as large as the size of France, has been converted to monoculture fields growing soy, for export as animal feed in Europe.
Brazil's rain forest was considered the lungs of the earth for (ever?), yet a large section no longer exists. Therefore some portion of moisture normally rising up from the forest to form clouds, that deliver rain to that general area has been disrupted. Multiply this by massive monoculture soy, corn and wheat fields across the middle of the US.
Instead, we are being focused on ideas that individuals should burn less gas and use less electricity, whereas global impact from these unsustainable farming practices developed by Big Ag are doing far more environmental damage.
Think either candidate would be bold enough to go after these US-based multi-nationals? This is only one piece missing from any discussion of climate change.
The scope of the article is Romney/Obama Climate Change. As far as that goes, it's good coverage - and they are saying (much less doing) nothing. My conclusion from all this is we're going to have to do this without R's and D's. Being "pragmatic" as map says is what got us where we are now. Repeatedly we have seen how that is NOT a recipe for success.
It's time for some people with vision. There are other alternatives besides R's and D's.
Minor points: "To get the US exclusively on North American oil by 2020" is a ridiculous premise. Any oil drilled out of North America goes directly to the world market. The the US refiners have to bid on it along with all of the other oil on the world market. The XL pipeline's sole purpose is to get the oil OUT of North America to ships waiting in the Gulf to take it AWAY. When will people get this? More drilling will not 'keep the oil here' and it will not reduce the price of a gallon of gasoline. What it will do is make the fossil fuel industry giants even more wealthy. And those giants are giving gigantic money to both Romney and Obama.
Good point about the 2008 campaign - and cap and trade. Just one more example of how Obama after talking so progressive during the campaign, forgot all of that stuff once elected and became a Republican in action.
There's a pattern there that will be repeated after Nov. 6.
If we are to survive, we are going to have to start looking at creative, visionary and sometimes uncomfortable approaches.
Voting R or D and then smugly going home and flopping on the couch thinking you've done all you can do is going to insure our demise.
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Further to your outine:
Most Americans are unaware that costs associated with gas extraction via fracking are greater than price these companies can sell it for. US is already producing more N gas than US market demands, even with power plants converting from burning coal to gas.
Therefore, if we extract more N gas, even more will be exported.
As you point out above, this is no path toward energy independence, rather it is a path to even higher corporate profits (in addition to annual Govt handouts).
Meanwhile, low US energy costs (compared with the world) make life difficult for renewables like solar or wind to compete with low N gas prices, and even with low cost solar panels from China.
Big Oil and Gas is already running the country. They are divesting themselves of early "solar and renewable project" investments.
Do we need a major 100-year storm to arrive at their Texas doorsteps each year?
Where is the opportunity for people with new ideas and visionaries to gain traction when we are being presented with smoke and mirrors by both parties and major media channels?
Any wake up call cannot be heard clearly if it is not being made…
See, issues like this bug me.
On the one hand, cleaner power generation, less pollutants, and so forth would be great. Getting away from oil (which all but requires a nineteenth-century "robber baron" business model to work) is also a great goal.
There also has been (though the last couple of years haven't borne this out, as far as I know) some warming.
However, linking the two is a terrible premise, and it's doing nothing but dividing people who should be working together. Two hundred years ago, Malthus was trying to convince us that lots of poor people are scary, and the Fabianists picked up the idea a hundred years later. Today, we have Global Warming "proving" that it's so.
Yet, the people allegedly saving us…they don't care. The militaries of the world spew out carbon emissions, with nobody even suggesting privately that we need an electric tank. Cap and trade was devised by Ken "Enron" Lay, and solves exactly the problems Enron solved, that of extracting the maximum money from people who need energy, basically getting a piece of the action on every single transaction in the country and (presumably) then the world. And the one single bulwark against carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is completely ignored, trees.
Seriously, plants absorb carbon dioxide as food, prevent erosion (with their root systems), produce oxygen, provide food, and cool their locality both through shade and evaporation. They're also a fully scalable "technology," plantable anywhere and grow WITH increased carbon levels. It's basically perfect, if this is the actual cause and effect.
Yet the governments of the world have dozens of plans to trigger a nuclear winter to cool the Earth, which would cause widespread starvation and freezing winters (requiring more oil burned) to decrease the temperature, without one politician or environmental advisor planting a single damned tree.
So Obama and Romney are silent on Artificial Global Warming? Maybe that's not such a bad thing. Let's get the real environmentalists back to preserve and rebuild ecosystems, instead of treating poor people (the people who burn high-carbon fuels like wood in large numbers) like a blight that needs to be eliminated, rather than people to be helped out of poverty like we used to (the Malthusians and Fabianists notwithstanding).
Carbon sequestration is critically important to reducing natural and man-made (portion?) of ever-rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Few are talking about planting trees.
The Amazon may already be lost, but that does not mean other parts of the world can do this with great effect.
Sad as it is, large corporations have been handed way too much power in the west. New ideas normally come from outside that arena.
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