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The Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2008 (S. 1547) contains two provisions that will serve to delay the fielding of an effective missile defense capability. The first eliminates funding for a test bed for missile defense systems in space, and the second establishes operational testing requirements in order to continue development of the missile defense system. To help protect the American people, U.S. soldiers deployed abroad, and America's friends and allies from missile attack, the Senate should affirm its support for fielding missile defense systems in space and for the spiral development process for missile defense, which is necessary to field the complex missile defense system.
A Space-Based Missile Defense
The Bush Administration's missile defense budget proposes $10 million in FY 2008 as initial funding to establish a space test bed.[1] Funding for this program is envisioned to reach $124 million in FY 2013, for a total of $290 million from FY 2008 to FY 2013. The funding proposal is categorized as one of several "capabilities investments"that are designed to address requirements beyond FY 2013.
Even though the Bush Administration's proposal to begin work on establishing a space test bed is very limited and in keeping with a slow, incremental approach, it has been attacked by missile defense skeptics on the Senate Armed Services Committee. Their aim is to force the U.S. to adopt a position that prohibits it from developing--much less deploying--missile defense interceptors in space under any circumstance and for all time.
This opposition is being driven, at least in part, by a desire to "prevent the weaponization of space." Arms control advocates are currently focused on this issue and base their proposals on the assertion that space is not already weaponized,[2] which is true only in a very limited sense.[3] The fact is that space was weaponized when the first ballistic missile was fired, because ballistic missiles travel through space on their way to their targets. The threat that these weapons pose to U.S. security and the U.S. population is undeniable. The superior effectiveness of space-based interceptors in countering ballistic missiles is based on the fact that ballistic missiles transit space. As a result, space-based interceptors are ideally located to intercept ballistic missiles in the boost phase, when they are most vulnerable.
The Senate should reject the assertion that space-based ballistic missile defense interceptors would constitute an unprecedented move by the U.S. to weaponize space. It should do so by recognizing that space is already weaponized and identifying the advantages of fielding missile defense interceptors in space that target threatening missiles that transit space.
A constellation of space-based missile defense interceptors would provide missile defense to the U.S., U.S. troops deployed abroad, and U.S. friends and allies. Participants in the Independent Working Group on Missile Defense, the Space Relationship, and the Twenty-First Century determined that a substantive program for space-based missile defenses would require $100 million in FY 2008, $500 million in FY 2009, and $1 billion in FY 2010 to create the space test bed.[4] This approach should yield a capable development test bed in three to four years if it is put in the hands of a small, competent management team focused on reviving the demonstrated technologies of the Brilliant Pebbles program of the early 1990s.
A Dead End for Missile Defense?
The Department of Defense is using a spiral development process to advance missile defense technology and systems. This means that it is putting developmental systems in the field and improving them incrementally. The spiral development process is essential to the missile defense program because the eventual missile defense "architecture" is a system of systems that must be built in order to be tested.
The Senate Armed Services Committee, however, has chosen to ignore this reality. The Committee would deny the Department of Defense access to funds for the acquisition or deployment of operational long-range missile defense interceptors in Europe until the Secretary of Defense certifies that the interceptors have a high probability of success obtained through operational tests.[5] A similar provision would prohibit the deployment of more than 40 long-range missile defense interceptors in Alaska unless the system has demonstrated a high probability of effectiveness through "operationally realistic end-to-end flight testing."[6]
Supporters of these provisions are likely to advertise them as just "fly before you buy" common sense. In reality, this is an effort to prohibit the procurement of additional missile defense components until current ones have passed an unrealistic and perhaps impossible slate of end-to-end operational tests. The problem is that such tests depend on the fielding of the additional components in order to constitute the end-to-end system to be tested. These restrictions are akin to a requirement that the Department of Defense may not deploy the first satellite in a constellation of satellites until it has conducted operational tests that demonstrate that the entire constellation works as a whole. These restrictions will grind the overall missile defense program to a halt because the system, as a system of systems, requires that components must be built in order to be tested.
The Senate must reject such restrictions, which could severely delay the fielding of an effective missile defense. Instead, it should consider the substance of an amendment to the House's national defense authorization bill offered by Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX). That amendment stated that the President would retain the power to put developmental missile defense systems on operational alert.[7] The Sessions amendment could be modified to state that the Department of Defense would not be restricted from using funds for the deployment of long-range missile defense interceptors that would support end-to-end and operationally realistic testing of the system, and that the President's power to put developmental missile defense systems on operational alert shall be maintained.
The Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the National Defense Authorization Act contains two provisions that undermine progress in missile defense. The first curtails the development of a space test bed, which offers the most promise for providing an effective defense. The second creates a procedural dead end for missile defense by requiring operational tests of the system prior to the acquisition of all the components that are necessary to conduct such tests.
If these provisions become law, the American people will be deceived. The rhetoric out of Washington would lead the American people to believe that their government is committed to defending them against missile attack. The reality, however, will be that they are being provided a defense of limited effectiveness and subject to significant delays. The Senate needs to make good on its promise to field an effective defense against ballistic missiles.
Baker Spring is F. M. Kirby Research Fellow in National Security Policy in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, a division of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, at The Heritage Foundation.
[1] U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency, "Missile Defense Agency Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) Budget Estimates," 07-MDA-2175, January 31, 2007, at www.mda.mil/mdalink/pdf/budgetfy08.pdf.
[2] Jeffrey Lewis, "What If Space Were Weaponized? Possible Consequences for Crisis Scenarios," Center for Defense Information, July 2004, at www.cdi.org/PDFs/scenarios.pdf.
[3] Ibid., p. 12.
[4] Independent Working Group on Missile Defense, the Space Relationship, & the Twenty-First Century, 2007 Report (Cambridge, Mass.: Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, 2006), at www.ifpa.org/pdf/IWGreport.pdf.
[5] Senate Armed Services Committee, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008," S. Rpt. 110-77, June 5, 2007, pp. 140-142.
[6] Ibid., p. 143.
[7] Congressional Record, May 16, 2007, pp. H5271-H5272.


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Regeneron Announces First Recipients of Annual "Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation"
New National Prize Recognizes Talented Early-Career Scientists Poised to Make Important Contributions to Scientific Discovery
Jun 27, 2013, 16:30 ET from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced the first recipients of the Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation, a new initiative designed to acknowledge, reward, and foster talented early-career scientists.
"We are excited to offer the Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation to scientists who are beginning their research careers and show great promise," said George Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., Founding Scientist, President, Regeneron Laboratories, and Chief Scientific Officer, who designed the program as a way to identify and track developing scientific talent. "We believe this program demonstrates the Company's commitment to supporting science education and research excellence."
Regeneron is awarding two prizes for outstanding research this year.
- The Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation by a Postdoctoral Fellow has been awarded to Chuan Wu, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University.
- The Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation by a Graduate Student has been awarded to Cody Gilleland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Additionally, this year Regeneron is recognizing two graduate student researchers with Honorable Mentions: Daria Zamolodchikov, Rockefeller University and Lukasz Bugaj, University of California at Berkeley.
Requests for applicants were distributed to key academic institutions around the nation in February. Each institution was asked to nominate two graduate students and two postdoctoral fellows.
A key component of each application was a proposal, drafted by the nominee, explaining a "dream" project in biomedical research. This proposal gave the review committee at Regeneron insights into the nominee's creativity and ability to think independently as a scientist. Each nominee also included a curriculum vitae and list of publications; the trainee's productivity in his or her current laboratory also factored into the review committee's decision.
"We're looking for productive, creative, and innovative young scientists who are not afraid to think outside the box," said Susan Croll, Ph.D., a Regeneron scientist who directs the postdoctoral program at Regeneron. "The results of their research proposal should have the potential to drive biomedicine forward."
Ten finalists were invited to Regeneron in April to meet with scientists, give presentations about their proposals, and tour the Company's facilities. The two winning trainees will each receive $50,000, and the institutions nominating the two winners will each receive a $5,000 donation to support their seminar series. The remaining finalists will each be awarded $5,000, except for the two recipients of "Honorable Mentions," who will each receive $10,000.
"Regeneron is proud to support and encourage early career scientists as they forge their futures in biomedicine. To build the pipeline of promising new treatments for unmet medical needs, we must also develop the pipeline of talented new medical researchers," concluded Dr. Croll.
About Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Regeneron is a leading science-based biopharmaceutical company based in Tarrytown, New York, that discovers, invents, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines for the treatment of serious medical conditions. Regeneron markets medicines for eye diseases, colorectal cancer, and a rare inflammatory condition and has product candidates in development in other areas of high unmet medical need, including hypercholesterolemia, oncology, rheumatoid arthritis, allergic asthma, and atopic dermatitis. The Company was ranked by Science magazine as the top employer in the global biopharmaceutical industry in 2012. For additional information about the company, please visit www.regeneron.com.
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For wild life photography fans, we have already posted about the NatGeo wallpaper downloader, a free program that automatically downloads more than 5000 National Geographic wallpapers. Now Microsoft has released a new theme, the Discovery Channel LIFE theme, for Windows 7. This theme has 5 high resolution wallpapers, of a lizard in a desert, a mushroom shaped tree, a clown fish, penguins by the sea shore, and starfish.
This theme is based on Discovery Channel's new series called LIFE, which features several episodes of bizarre ways of life. The show airs on Sundays at 8 P.M, starting this March 21st. Download the theme pack, double click on it, and it automatically gets applied and added to your Desktop Personalization screen.
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One of the most impressive monuments on the University of Georgia campus is the Student-Athlete War Memorial in front of the Rankin M. Smith Sr. Academic Center.
The monument was dedicated in ceremonies on Nov. 9, 2002, and its structure features red and black granite, obtained by UGA alumnus Tom Oglesby of Keystone Memorials in Elberton.
This edifice honors 21 former Bulldog athletes, including two Athenians, who made the supreme sacrifice for their country in five different wars:
► World War I: Thomas R. Beasley, Reidsville, football (Army); Joseph B. Connally, Atlanta, football (Army); and Edmund B. Tate, Elberton, football (Army).
► World War II: Henry T. Elrod, Rebecca, football (Marine Corps); James A. Gillespie, Carnesville, basketball (Navy Seabees); Winfred S. Goodman, Atlanta, football (Air Corps); Winston D. Hodgson, Athens (Marine Corps); Howard W. Johnson, Clarkesville, Tenn., (Marine Corps); Ralph C. Maddox, Carrollton, football (Army); Lacy F. Mangleburg, Athens, boxing (Air Corps); Homer S. Passmore, Valdosta, football (Air Corps); H. Walter Ruark, Bostwick, football (Army); James T. Skipworth Jr., Columbus, football (Army); Thomas E. Witt, Louisville, Ky., football (Air Corps); Joseph G. Woodruff Jr., Savannah, boxing (Air Corps);
► Korean War: Robert G. Salisbury, Ocoee, Fla., boxing, football and track (Air Corps).
► Cuban Missile Crisis: Joe Glenn Hyde, LaGrange, football (Air Force).
► Vietnam War: Jackson E. Cox, Waynesboro, football (Marine Corps); Samuel P. Eskew, Greenville, S.C., football (Air Force); M. Lee Lenderman, LaFayette, football (Marine Corps); Luis Sutera Jr., Miami, Fla., football (Army).
Also, there was Marine Captain Henry T. Elrod, stationed on Wake Island in the Pacific when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor Dec., 7, 1941.
A few days later, as a Marine pilot, he executed low-altitude bombing and strafing on enemy ships. He became the first man to sink a major warship (the Japanese destroyer Kisargi) with small-caliber bombs from a fighter aircraft. He died in action two weeks later, helping defend Wake Island when the Japanese captured it. He was awarded the Medal of Honor.
On July 6, 1985, the modern guided frigate the USS Elrod was commissioned in Brunswick. At the Marine Corps School in Quantico, Va., the main street is named Elrod Avenue.
Eleven of these men were classmates and friends of mine at Georgia: Lacy Mangleburg, Winston Hodgson, James Gillespie, James Skipworth, Winfred Goodman, Howard (Smiley) Johnson, who all died in the Pacific.
These three died in Europe: Tommy Witt, Walter (Chief) Ruark and Homer Passmore. Bob Salisbury later died in the Korean War.
I served in the Marine Corps with two true Marine heroes in the Pacific who were teammates on Georgia's football team in the late 1930s: Winston Hodgson and Howard (Smiley) Johnson. Hodgson's daring deed (tossing a hand grenade in a cave that held Japan's largest supply of ammunition, blowing up all of it) hastened the capture of Okinawa in the last battle of World War II. Johnson won the Navy's highest award (the Silver Star) for his part in the capture of Iwo
Jima in the Marines' most important victory in the Pacific.
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ATLANTA, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Houston rapper Chamillionaire said the title of his sophomore album, "Ultimate Victory," refers to his artistic goals.
"The victory is when you realize what's important," Chamillionaire, whose real name is Hakeem Seriki said. "I wanted to have substance on every song this time, (on) the whole album. So even if it's a club song, it's got a concept to it. You've got to find ways to keep yourself excited."
Chamillionaire's first album, 2005's "The Sound of Revenge," sold more than 6.5 million copies worldwide and won a Grammy Award. Weird Al Yankovic parodied the hit single "Ridin' " as "White & Nerdy."
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The weeks are sailing by aren't they? OK maybe not sailing but certainly chugging along with determination. The whole world has been wrapped in the the New Royal Baby bubble for several weeks and I bet you'd be delighted to have a little distraction, yes?
If so, settle down, shove the children in front on the TV (other forms of child-related entertainment are available but that's how I roll, and I've had my kids off school longer than pretty much every human on the planet or so it seems and get down to some entertaining reading:
More Than Toast tells you how to 'do' Divorce.
Kelly Exeter points out the one big mistake every one of us is making
Patch of Puddles considers Body Image. Hers specifically.
Nathaniel Tapley says that he'd love to work for free: a post for all the bloggers out there.
Life Through the Wrong End of the Telescope- a blog title so good I'm gutted I didn't think of it- asks could you do it?
4 Kids, 20 Suitcases and a Beagle– aka Kirtsy- won a short short story competition with a cracking piece!
Fat Mum Slim inspired me to make a Mars Bar Frozen Mousse. It is very, very, very good. It may even be calorie free if eaten standing up. I made that last bit up. She also shared a great New Mom post from the Huffington Post.
Slummy Single Mummy actually won't miss Primary School that much after all.
And Then All I Thought About Was You has to tell teachers 'he has a sister and she died'.
More for Bloggers: In a Bun Dance reminds us that PRs are people too.
Daddacool shared Being a Mummy's post on sheltering our children then himself wrote a blinding post following on from a twitter debate on the Stay-at-Home-Mum. Some of the tweets were very derogatory and it's a shame that the television personality and her other half felt the need to be so rude.
Cakes Photos Life has a post on the summer event that is Sports Day. If you wrote a post on the topic, join in the linky.
Mummy Barrow and others attended #BlogOnMOSI and her notes on blogging and the law must be read.
BiB Award Winning Life as a Widower wrote the beautifully sad What If?
There's a brilliant recipe for Strawberry and Pimms jam on Plus 2 Point 4 that will be useful for next year's teachers gifts.
Role Reboot wrote a letter to her daughter.
There's a warning to girls that will idolise Daisy Buchanan at the Thought Catalog.
Business Insider shares the best moments in people's lives
I bet you have phrases that make you want to kill people? Read about it In the Powder Room.
Confession of a SAHM gives the low down on jumping out of a plane for #MatildaMae.
Capture by Lucy held an incredible Doctor-themed second birthday party and then took fabulous pictures of it.
And finally, if you are still suffering Royal Baby Fever, get over to Domestic Goddesque, who has been making Royal Baby Cookie Pops and Royal Baby Fingerprint Welcome Cards.
Don't forget: if you see anything worth sharing, tweet @domesticgoddesq with the hashtag #GoodReads. Come back next month for more of the same!
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A Bloody Good Time 05.03.12: The Worst Kinds Of Movie Opinions
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Welcome to A Bloody Good Time.
Last week I gave a brief history of Edgar Allan Poe in film. Here's what you said in reply.
cdunc83 wrote: Nice column. Full Moon's The Pit and the Pendulum is my favorite adaptation as well. It's just well done, good cast, dark humor, great characters, and just a fun movie. Couple others left off the list: Two Evil Eyes (Loved Argento's portion of the film!), Fulci's The Black Cat, and Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key. Vice is my favorite Martino giallo.
Well there's a lot of them out there that it's hard to name them all, but Two Evil Eyes not being included is a little embarrassing.
AndrewCrow suggested: For next week's "bad movie fans" (which I'm assuming you mean "bad movieGOERS") be sure to focus on the people that spoiled YOU-KNOW-FUCKING-WHO from Zombieland.
Yeah I mean those types of people, among others. I guess "armchair critics" would also be a good term. Maybe internet movie fans, since that's where most of them are? I don't know. Bad movie audiences implies something else.
LitasRevenge replied: Was it just me, or did Vincent Price seem to always have the knack for portraying the dark, and menacing roles very well? Just seemed like something he was born to do. Everything from Dr.Phibes, to House on Haunted Hill, and these Poe works adapted to film, and even to modern day works like Edward Scissorhands. It's almost as if He was a modern day film essence of what Poe was trying to portray, and he is the penultimate of the seedy and unknown that can captivate the masses.
Not only was he creepy and menacing, but he was really charming too. Even when playing a villain there's something very likable about him.
411's own Tony Acero said: One question I've answered numerous times is one about inspiration. "Who inspires you as a writer." Considering I've read Stephen King's work for the better part of half my life, people that know me assume it'd immediately be him, but there's just something about Poe that digs deeper. Not to knock King, because I love him, but Poe reached into the fears of humans and blasted them on paper without any remorse. His mind – whether it was full of opiates or not – was warped, and his writing corners, cramped. He didn't create new worlds, he simply turned the lights off in the world we already know. As a writer, I'll surely always have a soft spot for Poe.
Like I said, Poe seemed to have more of a knack for relating human fears. King was good at that too, Cujo is first and foremost about a mother fighting to save her child, but Poe was the best.
This week's column was inspired by the release of the awesome Cabin in the Woods. After I saw it I loved it, and wanted to see how many people thought the same. Critics appreciated it, most fans did, but there were a few that I found irritating. Not the people who didn't like it, mind you. Those people are entitled to their opinions. So if they didn't think it was "scary" or "funny" and didn't like it as a result, I'll let them do what they want. No, there were people on there who said that "if you like this you're stupid", or "it's a fact that this is bad". Things like that.
This got me thinking. What are the worst types of people who give their quick thoughts on films? The worst types of movie watchers are the ones who are obnoxious, and those people are like that for different reasons. I have ten reasons here, not in any real order, of why certain people can be incredibly annoying while offering their ten cents on whatever the latest movie is.
A couple of notes. First of all, this can apply to any genre. I'm sure a movie opinion of each and every one of these types will come out after the release of The Avengers. It's a big movie and everyone will have their own idea of what it should be and how it would be better to them. I'm just going to use horror examples because that's the name of the game here at A Bloody Good Time. Secondly, everyone has been guilty of at least one of these at one point or another. Some of us would like to think we're more mature than the typical Youtube poster, but we each have a movie that we loathe or love. For example, I can't fathom how anyone could possibly not like John Carpenter's Halloween. I just can't process the fact that there is someone that doesn't recognize how good it is. So we're all guilty of it.
People who insult others for their opinion of a movie
It's this type of person that inspired this very edition of the column. Whether it's good or bad, some people like to think that name-calling is the best way to get their opinions across. If you like this movie and not that movie, you are beneath them. Some people not only bashed Cabin in the Woods upon its release, but turned their venom towards all Joss Whedon fans and called them stupid and accused them of blindly praising anything the man does. Are there people like that? Probably. But isn't it more likely that they were just genuinely entertained by the movie and want to defend it from hateful people like you?
These people exist mostly on the Internet. You don't really see this type of person in actual social circles, unless they're just an asshole. The internet gives us all a degree of anonymity when we type our knee-jerk reactions and there are some who use that as free reign for being jerks. Look, I've bashed Twilight to no end on this column, and think it's absolutely terrible. But I try my best not to insult Twilight fans. Sure, they like something I don't, but that doesn't mean they're any less of a human being. You know, with feelings and what not? No movie is worth getting so passionate about that you have to tear somebody down for disagreeing with you.
People who write off a movie/sub-genre and don't get it a chance
I wanted to just say, "those who call movies like Saw torture porn", but that's too narrow a term. They are included, however. There are some who don't like certain types of horror movies, or a particular series in general, and refuse to even give a film that has anything to do with it a chance. Some people hate vampires, even Dracula. But what about something like Near Dark, which is pretty far removed from the classical vampire? Shouldn't you at least give it a shot if it's praised as one of the best of its type?
Then that brings is to "torture porn". If you don't want to watch a torture movie because you don't think gore is necessary, or if you are just squeamish, that's one thing. But if you dismissively claim that movies like Saw, or slashers like Friday the 13th have no value whatsoever then you're mistaken. Maybe you won't like the special effects work of Friday the 13th enough to give it a pass. Maybe you won't appreciate the clever traps/plot twists of Saw. But at least sit down and watch them before you prematurely form your opinion. There are other types too, like those who claim that since a film likely will change (or did change) things from the book, that the movie version is crap. Those people seem to think that if a movie is not 100% as the author intended, then it's not worth seeing. You have the book for that. Expect those types of fans when The Avengers comes out too, trust me.
People who write movie reviews with nothing but hyperbole
You know these people. "This is the worst movie ever", or alternatively, "this is the best movie ever!" People who can't just say a movie is great, or good, or terrible, or merely average. They have to have everything settled in the extreme. I understand how this makes me look, considering I write opinion lists every other week proclaiming something as the "best" of its kind. I didn't say I was immune. But while this can and does refer to those who use that talk in general, this is also for those who make reactionary claims about a movie that has just come out.
Maybe you actually feel that this movie, indeed, is the best or worst movie you've ever seen. I know quite a few people that when the Halloween remake came out automatically wrote it off and declared it the worst ever. "Rob Zombie raped the franchise!", etc. If Rob Zombie raped the franchise then so did Rick Rosenthal when he made Halloween: Resurrection and Dominique Othenin-Girard when he decided to add comical sound effects to bumbling cops in Halloween 5. It's not the opinion here that's wrong (opinions can't be wrong), but the fact that the individual doesn't seem to think about what they're saying before they say it. How many "greatest" and "worst" movies can there be, exactly?
People who claim their opinion is fact
This is almost as bad as insulting someone for liking something, and in fact the two often go hand-in-hand. These people swear that just because they like or dislike something, that it means the movie itself is the cause and anyone who says different is just wrong. They can't have a different take on it, because "my opinion is the only one that matters!" Look, you're not as important as you think you are. You're not the end-all, be-all of movie watching and what you say shouldn't affect how other people view something.
Think about how divisive the Paranormal Activity movies are. "This movie is boring." "No, you're wrong. It's building suspense." "No, you're wrong, it's the scariest movie ever!" Can you imagine how boring cinema would be if every single movie was exactly how one person thought it should be? They'd all be uniformly the same, with nothing that makes them stand out. Sure, that individual would love it (and probably insult those who didn't), but no one else is going to think so. It is not only possible to accept that someone may disagree with you, but preferable. That person isn't wrong, and neither are you. But you're being incredibly immature.
"Turn your brain off and enjoy it."
These next six are sort of grouped in pairs in two, because one is the exact opposite of the other. Each option is an extreme on the scale. This one is for defenders of dumb movies who claim "It aint Shakespeare, just switch off your brain and enjoy it." Why should I have to stop thinking about a film critically in order to enjoy it? Am I not allowed to have an opinion, but should stupidly drool and smile as the latest stupid movie is shoved on me?
That's not to say I don't enjoy dumb movies. I definitely do. You don't get much dumber than the Godzilla series: men in rubber suits beating each other up. But I can recognize it as dumb, point out its flaws, and still like it for what it is. I didn't have to "turn my brain off" to do it, I just had to love it in spite of its stupidity. The same thing applies to "so bad they're good" movies. You can still enjoy a bad movie even if it is bad. There's no rule saying otherwise. But don't turn your brain off. You need it for vital functions.
"If you didn't like it, you just didn't get it."
A lot of pretentious snobs (or people who think they're pretentious snobs) like to use this one. These people like to feel superior when a smarter film comes around and see anyone that dislikes the film as stupid and they just need to watch it several times in order to fully digest it. Maybe read the book too, if there is one. The problem isn't something to do with the movie, but something to do with them. Look, I've watched Scanners twice and outside of the head explosion, I just can't get into it. That means that me and the movie aren't clicking. It doesn't mean there's something there to get that I'm not seeing.
But the same thing happens with movies I like. Fans of Grindhouse blamed moviegoers for not getting the concept and walking out after the first movie, and others who didn't see it (over Easter weekend, by the way) for the movie's failure. Maybe it's not the fault of the people watching but the fact that some people just don't want to see two movies? Or possible the fact that it could have been better promoted as a double feature? I certainly didn't have anyone at my theater telling customers that they were about to pay to see two movies for the price of one. It may help if you do that. The same thing happened with, Cabin in the Woods. That minority of people who didn't like it was told that they just didn't get it, and something was wrong with them. Look, I can't understand why you wouldn't like that movie (particularly with all the carnage), but if you didn't, that's because you found something to dislike.
"It's old, so it sucks."
I remember way back when I did my top twenty horror franchises that I declared Universal Horror, as a whole, to be my favorite. Some of the comments read: "those movies aren't scary, they're too old". There are opinions like that which just make me sad. It usually happens with younger audiences but that isn't always the case. There are some who will outright refuse to watch a movie if it was made before a certain date (like say, when they were born), or if it's black and white. New is always better for those people, and that's not always the case.
Are the Universal monsters scary? I think there are moments when they can be, but that's not really the point. The point is you just dismiss an entire era of film-making because you weren't alive when the movies are made. Aren't you a movie fan? Shouldn't you want to watch good movies regardless of when they were filmed? Just because Bela Lugosi is dead, it doesn't mean he's a worse actor than Robert Pattinson. Oh god…I just realized that there may be someone out there who thinks that. Hold me.
"They don't make good movies anymore."
Now we have the exact opposite. These are people who not only love the past, but assume that it's the best time for movies and there is no way that anyone could ever make anything that's good. They will dismiss all movies made after a certain time with a wanking motion and may only ever watch remakes/nostalgic films just to complain some more. They'll call an homage film "derivative" and ignore anyone who says that a movie that came out this year can be good.
This may sound a little extreme, but I've talked to people like this. I've read opinions on forums of someone recommending something like Insidious and someone else exclaiming, "I liked it better when it was called Poltergeist. Why yes, it does borrow some from Poltergeist. That's because the filmmakers loved that movie too and were influenced by it! Shouldn't you actually see the movie before you assume that it will never be as good as anything that came out before 1980?
People who complain about spoilers for old movies
There are good reasons for throwing out spoiler warnings. If I were to talk about Cabin in the Woods, The Devil Inside or even something from last year like who the killer was in Scream 4, I'd throw up a nice spoiler warning so I wouldn't ruin it for anyone. It gets a little different when you're asking me not to talk about the Saw series (which has been over for two years and started in 2004), who the killers were in the original Scream or even worse, someone who actually doesn't know how King Kong ends and will be pissed when you inform them that Kong dies at the end.
Did I just ruin the movie for you? It was made in 1933, get over it. I think it's good to avoid spoilers for newer films, but at a certain point it becomes silly to avoid spoiling a film that's been out long enough that you should have been able to watch it if you really wanted to. Maybe for an indie film that you never heard of it's different, but not for a mainstream Hollywood release. Especially not a classic. I think even Zombieland's safe to spoil now, since everyone who was going to watch it has had a chance to anyway. Speaking of which….
People who spoil new movies
They can do it by accident while just talking about a movie, or they can do it on purpose just to be a dick, but either way, no one likes it when a movie that just came out is spoiled for them. For some people, it can actually ruin their enjoyment of a movie or make them not even want to see it anymore. If I had Cabin in the Woods spoiled for me, I don't think I would have been as anxious to see it, good reviews be damned. Part of the fun of that movie is the ride, and if you ruin that ride then what's the point. People want to see a movie on their own, they don't want you telling them everything that happens.
As I mentioned, there are two types of people. The first just accidentally lets some details slip while either gushing about a movie or ripping it apart. In the case of the latter, they may consider the movie so awful that they're doing you a favor by spoiling it anyway, and feel no remorse. But seriously, it's not hard to say "spoilers" before you begin talking about a film's ending. It's just one word. The second type of people are the same type who (in a non-horror, non-film sample), spoiled "Snape Kills Dumbledore" all over the internet because they don't like Harry Potter and don't care if they ruined your day. They're just jerks, and probably don't have many friends anyway.
That's it for me. What types of movie people anger you? Leave some comments here on or my Twitter. Next week, with the release of Dark Shadows (which will suck egregiously), I plan to look at the very best vampire films. I'm amazed that I never actually did this before (and I checked the archives). So we're going to do that. I'm guessing the usual suspects will make the list, but you never know!
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Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
This is probably one of my favourite songs in all of newgrounds, you should make house more often, ya rascally devil you :P
Me being A house junkie i couldnt wait to review this track so here goes nothing.
Intro :
It started of with a Sweep uo leading to a climax with a freakin talking robot. I like :P
Very professional sounding all in all for two reasons ;
There's a stable balance of synths and percussions, not too much, not to little.
The percussion was nice because it varied a lot and kept interesting with a delicate balance of kicks, snares, rides and rims.
The synth you used chords in sounded immensely house-y, and im not complaining.
Then there's that cheesy thin sounding synth, i dunno what it reminds me of but im not that impressed by it.
With all due respect, but what the hells up with that bass, (3xosc FTW)
it sounded iffy and gave me a massive headache, i suggest you change that, even though robot day is over.
I liked the effects now and again, like the wobble in the bass, the sidechaining, and repetitiveness xP
And whats up with that ending, it was so sudden, not even, a fade out or something, it didnt sound very good :S
All in all, very nice, has its little problems, but nothing critical..........
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What you you should you you should do though is change the lyrics a bit or something. Ended up way more repetitive than it should have cuz the song itself varied loads.
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This is a dirty song. The bass is gorgeous, and the drums do nicely to compliment it. There are a few parts in the song which I feel the bass should be in a lower octave, but that's a personal preference. Also the ending is kind of abrupt.
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The Fire Grill (Portuguese-style) BBQ is certainly not much to look at. The old Magic Dragon space on Broadway—a Panda Express–style restaurant that always seemed to be staffed by one lonely-looking man behind a steam table—was barely modified at all in the change of management, ethnicities, and geographic derivation. Certain elements are recycled—a Chinese character on a Magic Dragon "order here" sign has been pasted over with an ink-jet-printed Portuguese flag—and most of the few new touches to the space are handmade signs with misspellings, like "Restrooms for costumers only" and "We now have shreaded pork and chicken sandwiches." But you shouldn't go to the Fire Grill to look at things—you should go there to eat a lot of really good, cheap food.
Look, the truth is we're all just sitting around waiting to get laid off. You know you shouldn't be eating out; you should be squirreling your money away in a nice, uncrashable mattress. But sometimes you want to have your food served to you, and you always want it to be good. I first went to Fire Grill for lunch and had the special, a steak sandwich with fries ($4 special, normally $7.50). I was most impressed by the sauce, a tangy deep-red barbecue sauce slathered all over the meat. The steak itself was fine, a little chewy and probably not worth much over the special price. The fries, though clearly of the prefrozen variety, were deep-fried to just the right doneness. And those fries were perfect for dipping: Every table in the surprisingly roomy restaurant has bottles of both the delicious, zesty barbecue sauce and a hot sauce that brings the spicy heat without overwhelming or causing tears.
More visits clarified things. The steak and beef dishes are roundly lacking due to the poor quality of meat. Good steak is much more expensive than chicken or pork, after all, and you can only do so much to cover up the low quality of cheap beef. But everything else at the Fire Grill is amazing. The chicken-breast dinner ($9, $15.50 for two people) is a bargain: a whole tender breast of chicken marinated in a salty, garlicky broth. Combine with the sides—the saffron rice is just the right kind of sticky and fluffy, and a cute little pot of savory black beans just begs for a little shot of that hot sauce—and you've got yourself today's dinner and tomorrow's lunch, easy.
And the pork is always satisfying. The pork meat with clams and fries ($8.50, $15 for two) is an amazing, juicy mess. Giant, succulent cubes of juicy pork and a handful of open-shell clams are covered in sauce and served with a mound of fries: If you can eat the whole thing in one sitting, you deserve some kind of medal. It's the richest couple of meals you can get on Broadway for under 10 bucks.
If, for whatever reason, you're not in the mood for barbecue sauce, the chicken breast in garlic sauce ($8.50, $14.50 for two people) is three tender boneless fillets of chicken soaked in a lemony-sour garlic sauce that's thick enough to stick to the meat but not too flavorful to overpower the simple pleasures of a well-cooked piece of chicken. Or, you can forego the sauce entirely: The pork shish kebabs ($7.50 for half order with two sides, $13.50 for full order) don't come slathered, and that's for the best. You can taste the hardwood charcoal in every bite; the edges of the pork are black with delicious char.
This isn't the sort of place to impress a first date. A sign, currently covered by a Kmart-style Christmas decoration, reads something like "Eat here/Get gas," and I'm pretty sure the front door, which barely slides open when you tug on it, is some kind of fire hazard—I've seen people yank desperately at it, only to give a resigned shrug and then walk away dejectedly. But if you're with a bunch of comfortable old friends and laying the foundation for a night of drinking out on Capitol Hill, there's scarcely a better place for carnivores to gather.
After you've been a few times, and you've made some cash by selling plasma, you might want to get a little fancy. The clams casino ($13) is a super-rich appetizer that could completely sap your will to eat dinner if you try splitting it with fewer than four people: thick, fatty strips of bacon adorn tiny clams, stuffed with rice and soaked in butter. And for dessert, the serradura ($3.50) is basically layers of crumbled ginger cookies interspersed with layers of sweet, heavy whipped cream. Luckily it comes in a plastic cup with a cover since you'll have to save it to eat later.
Elements of the new economy are everywhere in Fire Grill: Most menus come with a business card stapled to them, advertising a cleaning service, and there are a stack of black-and-white flyers on the counter promoting sales at a salon and boutique down the street. In the old days of the dot-com boom, that kind of cross-marketing would have been referred to as "synergy," and it would've been much flashier. Nowadays, it's just one small, struggling business helping another bare-bones startup trying to keep its head above water. Recessions strip away the showbiz pretense like that and leave you with only the things that are simple and beautiful and true. Fire Grill BBQ is one of those things.


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Anyone know anything about Morelli violins? I found what appears to be a very nice looking violin in a pawn shop that says on the inside "Morelli Violins By Italian Engineering Serial Number xxxxx". The shop did not have a price on it yet and my google searches have not come up with much. It appears to be new or like new and very nice grain in the wood. I haven't starting playing yet so I do not know how it sounds but was curious of the quality of these violins. Thanks for any info...
Stephen McClellan here from McClellan Instruments & Bows in Toronto.... I know of the Andreas Morelli label with a circular brand above the label that seem to be Gagliano copies. I believe they were made in the Karl Herrmann workshop in Germany circa 1920. Hope this helps,. SM
"Andreas Morelli" (if that's the Morelli you're looking for) was a group of East Germans in post WW II Europe. I know they were producing instruments at least through the mid 1960s. Some of them were quite beautifully constructed (the instruments, not the East Germans :-)), but "Italian Engineered" or even inspired. Not even close. Sold by the pound, as my violin making teacher used to say. Great regraduation projects, though.
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Hi Rick,
I do have a Morelli violin circa 1920 with this stamp in side (no label):
Antonius Stradiuarius
Andreas Morelli
It correspons to the description by Stephen and Robert. I've learned that the Karl Hermann workshop also produced the Guarneri model with the stamp Andreas Morelli.
The Morelli I have sound quite nice, but it is a student violin and I have the difficult to bring out vibrato and to vary the violin tone. The "dynamic range" is also limited.
I concur with Robert on the regraduation possibility.
In fact, while open the violin for fixing the top plate center joint, my luthier found that its top and back plate were not correctly graduated (very irregular thick). He corrected the graduation as he could and the violin speaks much easier. The control of vibrato, tone, and dynamic range are clearly improved. My luthier told me that he couldn't match the tap tone of the top and back plate, because the original back plate is already too thin at some place.
Therefore "Sold by pound" - as Robert said - is good advice here. A heavier Morelli would get more wood (and chance) for a correct regraduation.
The "timbre" is sweet and very clean (no harsh at all) but slightly "hollow" and lack of "focus" . The power is also so-so. I guess this is because the original back plate is a bit too thin (?) and the top vs back plates do not matched together. It still is a student violin, but much better. IMHO, it won't be good for solo works, but a very nice second violin for playing with other instruments in a group.
The (Andreas?) Morelli violin you have seen is probably the new one, because the inscription inside is very different to mine.
I recall that I've seen new Andreas Morelli violins available at Music Basics, but can not give comments on them.
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Beijing, Dec 31 (IANS) A former vice minister of environmental protection has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and removed from public office following a graft investigation, the party's top anti-graft body announced on Thursday.
Zhang Lijun is accused of accepting bribes, seeking profits for others, abuse of power and misusing public funds, a statement from the CPC's Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection (CCDI) said.
Some of these violations are criminal acts, Xinhua news agency reported.
The former senior leading cadre of the CPC "has lost his ideal, seriously violated the party code of conduct and continued with his corrupt behaviour even after the 18th CPC National Congress," the statement read.
Zhang's ill-gotten gains will be confiscated, and his case transferred to judicial organs.
An investigation centering on Zhang was launched in July. He is the first senior official in the ministry to be implicated in graft.
Earlier this month, Xiong Yuehui, head of the ministry's technological standards division, was also expelled from CPC for corruption.


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Every single thing the San Diego Chargers and their fans could have possibly hoped for went the way they wanted prior to kickoff on Sunday. And then the Bolts actually had to play.
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Senate To Act On Public Assistance Integrity Act
The New York State Senate will act today on the "Public Assistance Integrity Act," sponsored by Senator Tom Libous (R-C-I, Binghamton) and Co-sponsored by Senator Mark Grisanti (R,I, Buffalo) that would help cut down on the flagrant abuse of EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) cards by prohibiting welfare recipients from using cash assistance to purchase tobacco, alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets or to gamble.
"The Senate again made the right choice in protecting your tax dollars by passing a measure that would stop the abuse in the welfare program. Using your tax dollars to support a transaction at a liquor store, casino or strip club is not only inappropriate but it goes against the intent of the welfare program," said Senator Mark Grisanti.
EBT cards work like a debit card for welfare recipients. This card contains both Food Stamps and Cash Assistance. Food Stamps have strict regulations on what can be purchased, Cash Assistance does not. Cash Assistance is intended for items that can't be purchased using food stamps, like soap, toothpaste, school supplies and toiletries.
"Public assistance is designed to help needy families provide for their children until they can transition back to the workforce and become self-sufficient," Senator Libous said. "This common-sense legislation would protect hardworking taxpayers from abuse while ensuring that families receiving welfare benefits continue to get the temporary assistance they need and deserve."
However, recipients can also legally use this cash assistance to buy cigarettes and beer, or even to fund an afternoon at the racetrack or an evening at a local strip club. Currently, there are no laws or regulations against using taxpayer dollars for alcohol, tobacco, lottery tickets or gambling.
If signed into law, the Public Assistance Integrity Act (S966) would limit where EBT cards can be used and what they can be used for. Last year, the bill passed the Senate 56-3 but the Assembly didn't act on the bill, putting federal aid at risk.
The federal government has mandated that each state establish a system of fraud prevention in place by February 2014. If the state does not act, the federal government will penalize New York by cutting federal funding for Cash Assistance by 5 percent ($120 million). New York spends over $2.7 billion each year administering Cash Assistance.


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PARIS – Mentor Graphics Corp. announced that the Tokyo-based Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC) has disclosed the evaluation results for its Calibre xACT 3D Field Solver extraction tool.
Mentor said its xACT 3D provides a complete parasitic extraction solution with deterministic field solver accuracy, process variation modeling, electrically aware reduction, and industry standard netlist format, all within the design environment. (To access the datasheet, click here).
After an extensive evaluation, STARC indicated that Mentor's Calibre xACT 3D extraction product delivers both reference level accuracy and high performance, enabling very high quality extraction for large IPs.
"Our benchmark included a wide range of evaluation data ranging from small cells and routing patterns up to large blocks," stated Kunihiko Tsuboi, senior manager of Mixed Signal Design Group/Development Department-2 at STARC. "We found that Calibre xACT 3D closely matched our reference values and, at the same time, demonstrated performance and capacity sufficient to handle multi-million transistor SRAMs, not just small cells. We also found xACT 3D to be an excellent tool for analyzing parasitic capacitances associated with transistor-level devices."


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Fist off this is the "Mod showroom". Read the red text above, I thought i'd point that out, but the answer to your question I do not know.
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Jonah Hill was the guest host on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, and pulled out all the stops to produce some truly funny sketches.
In amongst the sketches was a particularly funny one featuring Leonardo DiCaprio. Yes, that Leonardo DiCaprio — who recreated the famous scene from Titanic with Hill playing Rose.
Hill has been nominated for two Academy Awards now, the latest being for his supporting role in The Wolf Of Wall Street.
What's great about him is his ability to switch from being a simple comic telling obvious jokes to a serious actor, albeit one who is always entertaining.
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Lost and unsure, PLEASE HELP!!!
Ok, where to start? Mikey my son is 7yrs old. It all started when he was a baby. He would sleep all the time I would have to wake him to get him to eat. He is also a very very picky eater. More so then most kids I see. btw I also have a 10yr old son brad with adhd, and a step daughter with adhd. But back to Mikey. I always felt something was just not right, but did not know what. he never really cared to play with other kids. All he ever needed was hotwheels cars and that stnd true today. In pre-k they sent me to get his hearing checked but it was all fine. They said he is smart but wont do his work. In kindergarden the teacher trid timeouts taking play time away making him sit by himself at lunch. Finally when that stuff did not work I made them stop. btw he is also a thumb sucker and still wets the bed at night. The Dr said he had sleep apne (spelling wrong sorry) so they did surgery The said it woud fix him sleeping all the time and not wanting to do any thing. but that did not help they put him on adhd med but still dont work. he is now in kindergarden for the 2nd year and still dont know what is going on. He is on a IEP at school but they dont seem to do much. I cant even get him to take a bath by him self b/c he hates water. ask if need more info please what do u think??
i am sorry to hear this. i think you need a good dr, physiatrist, to give you right dx. my son was dx at 9 with HFA. he only played with racing cars, did purley in school. but, your son seams to have some issues, i am not sure about, that is why, get a good professional help, even in school, they can do testing, evaluation, because he has IEP. good luck to you.
welcome to the group where are you at do you have an advocate for the school also sounds like you need a psychologist and psychiatrists good luck
Thank u both to ur replys. How do you get an advocate?? I feel like the Dr. just want to give him med and is blowing off the REAL issues.
Have you thought about a neurologist to see if there is any brain functions that are causing the sleep disturbances and such? That might be a route to look at as well.
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What is HFA?
high functioning autism.
I have been trying to get a referal but having no luck so far. the Dr said maybe in 3 week if meds dont work
HFA, is when a child speech is normal, more, less, can do things themselves, but everything else is the same, like sensory issues, obsessive behavior, social problems, repetitive behavior, , picky about food, cloth that they wear, some of them. advocate, there are free once to. you can call your district , there is department, where, you can find advocate.


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Former PU Legacy Scholar to Study at Ecumenical Institute in Switzerland
July 01, 2009
Jonathan Hall was named the 2009 Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Bossey Scholar. He will study at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey located in Geneva, Switzerland from Sept. '09 - Jan. '10.
The Ecumenical Institute at Bossey is a school of 45 students from around the world who experience ecumenical learning, academic study and personal exchange.
Jonathan was a member of the 2005-06 class of Phillips University Legacy Scholars. He attended Transylvania University and grew up in Huntsville, AL. Congratulations Jonathan on this prestigious honor!


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Is Peace and Stability Possible in Afghanistan?
As Afghan forces took control of their country's security, the Taliban agreed to join the U.S. and Afghanistan for negotiations. Gwen Ifill talks to former Defense Department official David Sedney, retired Col. David Lamm of the National Defense University and Pamela Constable of The Washington Post about this turning point.
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country occupying the peninsula of Jutland (Jylland), which extends northward from the centre of continental western Europe, and an archipelago of more than 400 islands to the east of the peninsula. Jutland makes up more than two-thirds of the country's total land area; at its northern tip is the island of Vendsyssel-Thy (1,809 square miles [4,685 square km]), separated from the mainland by the Lim Fjord. The largest of the country's islands are Zealand (Sjælland; 2,715 square miles [7,031 square km]), Vendsyssel-Thy, and Funen (Fyn; 1,152 square miles [2,984 square km]). Along with Norway and Sweden, Denmark is a part of the northern European region known as Scandinavia. The country's capital, Copenhagen (København), is located primarily on Zealand; the second largest city, Århus, is the major urban centre of Jutland. Though small in territory and population, Denmark has nonetheless played a notable role in European history. In prehistoric times, Danes and other Scandinavians...


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Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia
Child support was set way below the guidelines with an understanding that my ex husband would pay half of our sons private school tuition. He has opted to ignore the agreement and now I'm paying the tuition on my own. I want to file for child support to be set to the guidelines, I have a case in DCSE because he wasn't paying the small amount we agreed on. I am pretty sure I can request this on my own without an attorney standing beside me, however do I need to "show cause" or just file the paper work with the original agreement attached to have it reviewed?
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If you've already assigned your rights to collect/enforce child support to
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Obama the Muslim?
I guess you saw this on Countdown. Great sarcastic humor!
Posted by Joy at 9:00 AM
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- froggy said...
My parents had me baptized in the Rock of Ages church one of my grandmothers attended. They had me confirmed in the United Church of Canada (Methodist). And somehow I turned out Unitarian (again, they were crafty and we went to their church in Baton Rouge). How come I don't get tagged with all that? And how many other Americans have changed churches, faiths, etc?
The GOP has to stop chasing after silly issues. Or they need to learn to denounce their nutcases and get the media to pay attention. They lost my parents, after 50 years, they managed to chase them out.
Oh, that turned into a rant, didn't it? :-)
- August 27, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- Joy said...
Love the rant! Feel free at any time!
- August 27, 2010 at 1:43 PM
- Electa said...
Great piece that hit it out of the park.
- August 27, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Wonder Man said...
that's a good one
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I have often asked my classes what the image of God is. The typical answer is we are both spirit.
When God told Adam it was not good for him to be alone, He was giving Adam one of those teachable moments, when he would be taught something new about himself and his God. Instead of giving Eve to Adam right away, He instead sends the animals to him to name. Why? So Adam could observe that with every animal species there were male and female. Adam would soon discover he was alone, except for God.
The Scripture is clear that God only needs one thing – Himself – the Trinity. They live in perfect harmony with each other. God created within man the same desire for community. It was not good for him to be alone because he was created in the image of the Trinitarian God.
Wally builds on the three fundamental aspects of relating discovered from his analysis of the Trinitarian relationships between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit: knowledge of one another, access to one another and delight in one another. Incorporating these three Trinitarian elements into our relationships with God, then our family, our church and the world is the thrust of his book.
What helped me as I worked through this book was its practical emphasis – taking us from the theoretical to seeing how it works in real life. To do this, Wally takes us through the life of Kevin, a man struggling with God, his family, and beyond, and how Wally was able to walk with him through how understanding the Trinity teaches us how to improve our relationships with the people in our lives.
This book could be described as John Piper's Desiring God on steroids. Both emphasize delighting in God, but Wally puts it on a much more workable foundation, especially as we get to see it blossom in Kevin's life.
I had the pleasure of spending a few hours with Wally at General Assembly. I got to hear his heart for God's church, and the families in it that are hurting because they do no know God or understand the fundamentals of His working in and through relationships.
This book is for personal study, and it can be used in groups. My hope is you will use it both ways.


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Montreal defenceman P.K. Subban will miss an NHL game due to injury for the first time in his career when the Canadiens host the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
The Habs star suffered what the team described as a "non-serious neck injury," and head coach Michel Therrien said Friday that Subban will require treatment and won't be available for the game.
"It's bad luck, it's an accident," Therrien said. "He got away pretty good, it could have been a lot worse, so we're pleased that he's day-to-day."
The injury puts an end to an impressive iron man streak Subban had put together.
Subban had played 274 consecutive regular-season games for the Canadiens — which was the team's longest active streak. He last missed a game on Jan. 30, 2013.
"I'm sure it's tough for him not playing tomorrow, but safety for the players is crucial for us," Therrien said.
The Canadiens defenceman was injured in a scary incident with just 2:26 left in a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.
Subban had to be stretchered off the ice near after falling and being accidentally struck by teammate Alexei Emelin, who knocked him on the side of the head.
He grabbed the back of his head and writhed on the ice as trainers and doctors tended to him for nearly 10 minutes.
Subban was transported to Montreal General Hospital as a precaution and the club said he was released late Thursday night after comprehensive testing.
Emelin didn't speak to media after the game or Friday following an off-ice training session, but the Russian defenceman seemed in shock after the incident.
"It was an accident, these are things that happen," Therrien said. "You never want to see something like that happen, but I'm sure he [Emelin] is relieved it wasn't a major injury."
Subban was at the club's suburban practice facility Friday where relieved teammates were glad to see him.
"He's a very important player and it's not something you like to see on the ice, but everyone is happy to know it wasn't a serious injury," forward Paul Byron said.
The flashy defenceman took to Twitter to reassure supporters he was doing well.
"Feeling good, and feeling the love. Thanks for all the support!!," Subban wrote.
Therrien said a defenceman and a forward would be recalled from the St. John's IceCaps of the American Hockey League later Friday to fill out his injury-riddled roster.
Mike Condon is expected to start in goal against the Wild.
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Bill Barrett Corp Appoints R. Scot Woodall Interim CEO
Bill Barrett Corporation (NYSE: BBG) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed R. Scot Woodall, Chief Operating Officer, as interim Chief Executive Officer following Fred Barrett's decision to step down as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of the Company, effective immediately. Jim W. Mogg, lead independent director, has been elected as non-executive Chairman of the Board, effectively immediately.
The Board has formed a Search Committee, comprised of independent directors, to begin the search for a permanent CEO, and is in the process of retaining a leading executive search firm. The search process will include a full review of internal and external candidates. In addition to serving as interim CEO, Mr. Woodall will maintain his current responsibilities as COO while the search is conducted.
"The Board thanks Fred for his dedicated service to the Company since its inception," said Jim W. Mogg, Chairman of the Board. "During his tenure, Fred has guided the Company through a period
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An entertaining, eye-opening guide to what math and physics can reveal about sports. How can sprinter Usain Bolt break his world record without expending any additional effort? Which demands a faster reaction time, tennis or baseball? What dates of birth give rise to the best professional athletes? Is it better to have the inside or outside lane during a race? And how can you improve your balance just by changing your posture?
Drawing on vivid, real-life examples, John D. Barrow shows how math and physics can give us surprising, often counterintuitive insights into the world of sports. For example, we learn that left-handed boxers have a statistical advantage over their right-handed opponents and that gymnasts performing the "giant swing" maneuver on the high bar experience stronger g-forces than roller-coaster designers are allowed to create. Thanks to lucid explanations and a healthy dose of humor, Mathletics is the perfect book for sports enthusiasts and math lovers alike.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Terrariums are back in style for plant lovers, says University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein.
Transparent plant containers date back at least 2,500 years, but the modern terrarium is a more recent innovation. Nineteenth-century London physician N.B. Ward had an interest in insects. When studying a sphinx moth emerging from a chrysalis he had buried in moist earth in a closed bottle, he noticed a seedling fern and grass growing inside. He watched the plants grow in this closed environment for four years, without adding water or removing the cover. Thus was born the modern terrarium.
"Terrariums are an interesting way to grow a small number of plants in a home that might be too hot or the air too dry for growing most plants," Trinklein said.
There are two types of terrariums: closed and open, he said. Closed terrariums are more traditional and retain more humidity than open ones, though open terrariums still provide higher humidity for plants than dish gardens, in which plants are grown in a shallow container. Open terrariums and dish gardens require more frequent watering, but danger of disease outbreak is reduced.
To make a home terrarium, choose a clear glass or plastic container: empty fishbowls, fish tanks, brandy snifters, old glass jars, jugs, bottles, etc.
Use a porous growing medium that drains well and is high in organic matter and free from disease organisms. Prepackaged peat-like mixes make excellent choices.
Choose plants with a low and dense growth habit, Trinklein said. Don't mix plants that have widely different light and temperature requirements.
Place plants that need medium light in good light near a window or an artificial light source. Put plants that tolerate low light no more than 10 feet from a bright window.
Most terrarium plants are tropical in nature and require a warm, but not hot, environment, Trinklein says. A night temperature of 65 F is ideal for this type of plant; day temperatures normally should be about 10 degrees higher. A few terrarium plants prefer cooler conditions and should have night temperatures of about 50 to 55 degrees.
Growing medium and drainage material should fill about one fourth of the terrarium. Place charcoal and pebbles in the bottom of the container below the growing medium for drainage. Charcoal helps eliminate potentially toxic byproducts in closed terrariums.
When planting a terrarium, take plants from their pots and remove extra growing medium to expose the roots. Trim off yellowed or damaged leaves that show any sign of disease or insect damage. If plants are extremely pot-bound, trim off some roots to encourage new root growth. Promptly place the plant in the container. Do not allow exposed roots to dry. In the closed container, try to keep foliage from touching the sides of the container. Leaves that touch the glass may collect water and are more likely to rot.
After planting, mist over the plants to wash off any growing medium that sticks to leaves or sides of the container. Water misted over the leaves is adequate to settle the medium. Repeat the misting after one day. Allow the container to remain open until the foliage has thoroughly dried. Then, if the terrarium is the closed type, apply the cover. Watch the newly planted terrarium closely for several weeks for signs of disease or other problems.
Plants in terrariums should not grow rapidly and seldom need fertilizer, Trinklein said. Don't plan any fertilization for at least a year after planting.
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"How would Sir-or-Madam like his-or-her Ferrari 458? May I humbly suggest the powder blue paintwork and a red-on-cream leather interior with green stitching? Oh, and make sure Sir-or-Madam doesn't forget the yellow carpets, off-white steering wheel and black rev counter…"
Yes, the Ferrari 458 Italia configurator has arrived, and we happily confess to being a little bit obsessed.
We're of the opinion that the 430 replacement is the best-looking Ferrari in, well, ages - 355, anyone? - which makes it even more entertaining to royally ruin it with terrifyingly ill-advised colour combinations.
Veering into the realms of tastefulness for a second, we're loving the 458 in non-metallic white, black-as-the-frozen-night black and, controversially, that weird ivory colour from the 1950s.
Head on over to the 458 configurator and spend a happy few minutes/hours creating your best - and worse - 458s. But make sure you come back, or else we'll be all lonely.
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