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Unless some legislator pulls off a last-minute double-cross, health care reform will pass the Senate this week. Count me among those who consider this an awesome achievement. It's a seriously flawed bill, we'll spend years if not decades fixing it, but it's nonetheless a huge step forward.
Now consider what lies ahead. We need fundamental financial reform. We need to deal with climate change. We need to deal with our long-run budget deficit. What are the chances that we can do all that — or, I'm tempted to say, any of it — if doing anything requires 60 votes in a deeply polarized Senate?
Some people will say that it has always been this way, and that we've managed so far. But it wasn't always like this. Yes, there were filibusters in the past — most notably by segregationists trying to block civil rights legislation. But the modern system, in which the minority party uses the threat of a filibuster to block every bill it doesn't like, is a recent creation.
The political scientist Barbara Sinclair has done the math. In the 1960s, she finds, "extended-debate-related problems" — threatened or actual filibusters — affected only 8 percent of major legislation. By the 1980s, that had risen to 27 percent. But after Democrats retook control of Congress in 2006 and Republicans found themselves in the minority, it soared to 70 percent.
Father Tim Jones, parish priest of St Lawrence and St Hilda, broke off from the traditional Nativity story yesterday, and said stealing from large national chains was sometimes the best option many vulnerable people had.
He told the congregation: "My advice, as a Christian priest, is to shoplift. I do not offer such advice because I think that stealing is a good thing, or because I think it is harmless, for it is neither.
"I would ask that they do not steal from small, family businesses, but from large national businesses, knowing that the costs are ultimately passed on to the rest of us in the form of higher prices. I would ask them not to take any more than they need, for any longer than they need."
He said his advice did not contradict the Bible's eighth commandment, not to steal, saying God's love for the poor and despised outweighed the property rights of the rich.
He added: "Let my words not be misrepresented as a simplistic call for people to shoplift. The observation that shoplifting is the best option that some people are left with is a grim indictment of who we are. "Rather, this is a call for our society no longer to treat its most vulnerable people with indifference and contempt."
It's not often I agree with a priest…
Verizon has unilaterally updated user Storm 2 BlackBerries and other smartphones so that their browser search boxes can only be used with Microsoft Bing.
The move is part of the five-year search and advertising deal Verizon signed with Microsoft in January for a rumored $500m.
Verizon pushed the search change over its network two days ago, the company has confirmed with The Reg. "We're a proud supporter of Microsoft's Bing search engine," a company spokesman tells us. "On a couple of select smartphones (Storm 2 the most prominent), we've changed the [Verizon Wireless]-supplied web menu to make Bing the default search engine."
Previously, the search box – baked into the top of Verizon's browser, above the url address bar – could be set to search Google, Wikipedia, and other sites.
Naturally, such sites can still be queried via the browser proper. But countless users are up-in-arms over the switch. A discussion thread dedicated to the change at CrackBerry, a popular BlackBerry user site, is now 36 pages long.
I can't imagine who at Microsoft and Verison thought this would be a good idea… $500 million for undying animosity and ridicule…
Just in time for the holidays: a Hubble Space Telescope picture postcard of hundreds of brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds. The festive portrait is the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery in our local galactic neighborhood.
The massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. There is no known star-forming region in our galaxy as large or as prolific as 30 Doradus.
Many of the diamond-like icy blue stars are among the most massive stars known. Several of them are over 100 times more massive than our Sun. These hefty stars are destined to pop off, like a string of firecrackers, as supernovas in a few million years.
The image, taken in ultraviolet, visible, and red light by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, spans about 100 light-years. The nebula is close enough to Earth that Hubble can resolve individual stars, giving astronomers important information about the stars' birth and evolution.
Since 1965, the percentage of graduates of highly-ranked business schools who go into consulting and financial services has doubled, from about one-third to about two-thirds. And while some of these consultants and financiers end up in the manufacturing sector, in some respects that's the problem. Harvard business professor Rakesh Khurana, with whom I discussed these questions at length, observes that most of GM's top executives in recent decades hailed from a finance rather than an operations background. (Outgoing GM CEO Fritz Henderson and his failed predecessor, Rick Wagoner, both worked their way up from the company's vaunted Treasurer's office.) But these executives were frequently numb to the sorts of innovations that enable high-quality production at low cost. As Khurana quips, "That's how you end up with GM rather than Toyota."


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I COULD say I've dutifully worked on myself and chipped off the bad while honing the good throughout my life. The very short temper of long ago now takes relatively greater stimuli to set off. But one trigger refuses to be toned down – good manners and right conduct.
Show me bad manners and expect war. A certain police officer had just had a taste of it last week, and all those who read about it should by now realize what I mean.
It's sad really that ill manners prevail. Sadder because what we regarded as basic good manners and right conduct are now the exclusive realm of those whose parents knew responsible parenthood. It is saddest because from this very basic human behavior emanates everything. From good citizenship, to good relations, to the toning down if not the total obliteration of the ego and the corrupted sense of entitlement.
The ego. This is one enemy of society that the younger generation today have taken well under their wing. Thus we see them unmindful of how they behave, unmindful of the people around them and how their actions affect those. They will not even show a modicum of movement when you say excuse me. This is what we get when parents pander so much on the physical beauty, and the Facebook and Twitter produces more selfie-addicts.
It is all about the self, the me, the me, the me.
A few elder persons may have been a fault in our generation's stars and thus have become the egoistic persons that they are now. But in the younger generation this has become the norm and not the fault. The fault is now in those who abide by basic good manners and right conduct and thus say excuse me and thank you, and really look where they are going and where the other people are going instead of sashaying down corridors and roads as if they own it and everyone else has to move aside, vehicles included.
Mindfulness seems to be a thing of the past. Slamming doors seem normal, shouting at your parent to get what you want only gets you a frown and a sssshhhh, that allows you to shout louder. Then these brats grow up to be the hairbrushing, duckfacing, selfie-ing crowd we all have now, all focused on the self and no one self. Notice how young women, all wearing their hair long, don't even find it discourteous if their hair gets into your face all because they refuse to hold this down or tie it in a knot. Suggest that they tie this and they will roll their eyes in consternation, their puckered mouths shaped into a silent, "D-oh!"
For the unmindful, tying one's hair has long been out of fashion. The message being: eat my hair or even get it all over your face, I don't really care for as long as I am in fashion. This is reinforced by all those shampoo commercials that show girls flinging their hair like they own all the space in this world. There is definitely no regard for anyone else outside the self.
From there comes disregard for the rights and privileges of others, from there is the warped sense of entitlement. I deserve this, the uncouth young are now screaming, even if they do not lift a finger to earn anything. From there, we get the corrupt, the kawatan.
If you think what you are watching on the news today is infuriating, where a senator acts as if he truly deserves an air cooler in his detention room (take not it's not even a jail cell but a room), all because he's a senator and yes, an action star, wait till all these egoistic youths take over the government we have already allowed to be grossly corrupted.
As for me, just don't ever dare cross my path with your false sense of entitlement and unmindful ways because I'm not going to hesitate to cut you down to size, no matter who you are. There is just so much ill manners this world should be allowed to take.
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Veteran's Day In Appalachia
November 11, 2012
This post was originally published here on the Blind Pig in November of 2010.
I'm not sure if it's because Pap was a Marine-or because he is patriotic-but he taught my brothers and me to make a big deal out of Veterans. Without our Military Veterans-past and present-where would America be? Would we even be free?
The good doctors at the VA Hospital in Oteen take care of Pap's medical needs. Whether you're going for a doctor's appointment in the outpatient area or visiting the hospital floors-going to a large VA Hospital is always a humbling experience.
By far the majority of patients at the Oteen VA are elderly men. There are some women sprinkled in-and some younger vets too-but mostly it's old men. I'm always struck by their voices-some grown shaky with age-some so strong and vibrant it's easy to visualize them in their soldier boy uniforms standing at attention. It's funny how the different branches of service seek each other out-and eerie how they seem to know if their neighbor in the waiting room was a leather neck, ground pounder, or fly boy.
Over the years, due to Pap's health, I've been at the VA in Oteen for extended periods of time. As I sit in the waiting rooms I listen to snatches of conversation-wives worrying if their husband will pull through-daughters and sons hoping their father improves cause Mother needs to go home and rest before she ends up in the hospital too. Long time buddies sitting nervously to the side-as I look at the worry written on their faces it always makes me wonder why the Vet doesn't have family members to bring him-maybe he does-maybe he prefers the comfort of a friend who understands-maybe he's outlived all his family.
Perhaps the camaraderie between the Vets is the most touching. One asking the other where they were stationed and what year they served. The answers always bring along talk of rations-of memorable Sergeants-of trips to distant lands. Often the good folks who work at the VA join in the conversation as many of them are Vets who are still serving-taking care of those they used to stand in the chow line beside.
After a visit to the VA there are always folks who stand out in my mind over the days and weeks that follow-like the gentleman who was discharged at the same time Pap was one time. He was from Franklin-so we all joked about how we were going in the same direction once we left Asheville.
There was the patient in the bed across the way who looked so frail and weak I wonder how long he made it-but know his wife and daughter would be there to comfort him no matter what.
There's the young tattooed janitor who entertained me and Pap with his out going personality and obvious gift for gab. He was in awe of Pap because he was a Marine-he told us he'd never get over having his childhood dreams of wearing Marine dress blues crushed by type 2 diabetes.
One Vet stands out in my mind from a few years ago-he was a tall gangly old man. He could barely walk and his daughter helped him shuffle along with his walker. Once he got seated in the chair by Pap they began to compare stories of their service. The old man told Pap he was at Normandy-he told Pap all of his 4 siblings had served too-even his 2 sisters had been nurses. He told Pap they all came back-except both the sisters' husbands. What gifts of service he and his family gave-but what sticks out in my mind till this day is the way he talked to Pap about it-he talked like it was just yesterday or last week-like he and his siblings were all still young-like they were just recently home after having marched off to war for the good of me.
I look at the old veterans and think- they made it. They came back home-and the loved ones who hover around them in hopes that their pain will be lessened are evidence that most of them went on to have a good life. I guess what I'm trying to say is my wish for all those who are serving now-is that they come home-is that they live long lives surrounded by family and friends who love them-is that someday they become the old Vets at the VA talking about their past service with their comrades.
To all Veterans-THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
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I THANK all the veterans world wide, that made our countries and families safe. The horrific events that you lived through and suffer from STILL to this day is absolutely unthinkable.
I pray that you can recieve peace and calmness in your hearts and minds for the trauma you've experienced. Many blessings to you for your bravery and courage that you had to overcome to pick up arms against another soldier. May you find peace in the years you have left, surviving with your Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) May God be with you ALL to lighten the burden of your own personal pain and heart wrenching experiences.
Thank you so much...Angie
Wonderful post Tipper. Thanks and even more thanks to our veterans!
Tipper, today's posts are really a beautiful tribute to our veterans of all wars. Today is a sad day for me,but really about the other day. Thanks to all our Veterans, those still living and those that have gone on. We salute all. I mean a true salute, the ones who died in Fort Hood never got a true one.
We were in the Army for 22 years and was proud of every day. My one brother was in Korea and one in Vietnam. They saw some horrible sights.
One of the young friends we grew up with here in Birdtown community was
Charles George. Charles was killed when he threw his body on a hand grenade to save his four buddies.He lived down the road about a mile and half from our house.Charles was a full- blood Cherokee Indian. They named something at Oteen Hospital for him.
At our 100th Annual Cherokee Indian Fair in Oct. last month, we had a group of Montagnard People (Vietnam) French term for Montagnard meaning "People from
the Mountains(s)" refers to an indigenous people group from the Central Highlands of Vietnam. These people helped our soldiers during the war. Montagards immigrated to the US states of North Carolina and South Carolina
in the late 1970's. They are Christians and teach Christianity
to their people in their language,
the same way the Cherokee taught their families, before they learned to speak English.
I learned something that day, it was Elders Day.I met some of the Adult Montagnard men and young girls. I was in my daughters booth and the girls were buying some beaded earrings.They are small in size.
Well, I would love to have the book you are giving away. It sounds just like the way I grew up, only the land situation is different. Our land is held in trust by the U.S.Government. We each have an Enrollment Card with our Degree of Cherokee Blood, our name, number and picture. If we have a mountain our parents have to give it to us or sell to us. You have to be 1/16 degree to be enrolled. I love what part of the
mountains we have but there is always some one on the other side like,the Smoky Mt. Park on one section. I love it except, I don't like to hear the Ravens, reminds me of the myth of the "Raven Mocker"
About the riddles, I knew most but not all and the Appli. words we say the same. I was without my computer a few days. I decided to
clean it out and I had to have the computer man come out and get me back on line. Never do that again.
Thanks Tipper and all who are on the Blind Pig. Thanks to "Pap", is he the handsome man in the Uniform? "Pap" or "Pap-paw", this is what our grands and great-grands call their grand paw and I'm Nannie or Nan. Thanks for all your work. You do good things.
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This is very humbling.. Thank your Pap for his service to our country..We can never thank them enough.. It is so true what you said about the veterans. My husband goes to Asheville and I've heard them talk.. Brings tears to my eyes sometimes..Thanks for the great post.
Am a former Marine myself, Sergeant 1969-72. Our dad was a Marine and our nephew is a Marine SSgt. currently serving in Quantico, Va after spending time at Parris Island, Okinawa, Camp LeJeune, Okinawa again, Camp Pendleton and Afganistan. We sure are blessed he got home safely, we pray for those still there and we pray for the loved ones of those lost in foreign lands.
Unless one has served, they often don't understand that it's a "calling" one receives deep within their heart to protect others - regardless of personal cost.
God bless.
Tipper - Let us not forget there is a grander army in which my Daddy served and your Pap still serves. It is all volunteer and accept all who would join. Even the weakest can march straight and proud.
Daddy had pins, ribbons, badges and a flag draped casket to denote his military service in the Army of the United States of America, but none of that could hold a candle to the glory bestowed on him for his service in the Army of the Lord.
You made my glasses fog up with
your appreciation of our Vets.
I totally agree. In the mid to
late 70's I worked in a Tool and
Die shop right behind the Veteran's Building at Oteen. Have
enjoyed many a meal in their
cafeteria. We became friends with
the ground's keeper and he would
leave the big fense gate open for
us. Sometimes we got to eat with
lots of Doctors and had some of
the best of times. My affection
runs deep for all our Veterans
and I just simply say "thanks".
Much respect and many thanks to Pap and all those who served and continue to serve our great nation.
God bless each one and God bless the USA!
"Back in the 60's,
He thought everyone was hip,
Then they sent him off to Viet Nam,
On his senior trip,
They forced him to become a man,
While he was still a boy."
From "The Old Hippie" by the Bellamy Brothers
All veterans have a place in my heart. I always get goose bumps when I think of them and see our flag. I wish there was someone here today that could sing and play "America the Beautiful" for me at the piano. That would give me a severe case of goose bumps! So to all you vets....THANK YOU ALL!
My husband is a former Marine and Viet Nam war veteran and you bet we celebrate Nov. 10, the Marine Corps birthday, and Nov 11, Veterans Day!
Blessings and thanks to all our service men and women!
ohh tipper you brought tears to my eyes.. i could hear and picture the words you told... about the veterans and their stories. i am fortunate to have my father in law still, and he tells me of his days of flying over the hump... and other flights overseas.. and as you said.. its like it was just last week that they are talking about.. i guess its because they were so young then, and it was such an important time in their lives, and such a meaning to our country. i thank all veterans also, and may you all have a wonderful veterans day, with loved ones and friends around you.
special hugs to pap and the family tipper
and as always thank you so so much for your wonderful blog.. im blessed to have found you
big ladybug hugs
Hello Tipper,
I will occasionally go to one of the local restaurants in the late morning and have coffee with a friend, one of the county commissioners. Approximately 80% of our county is owned by Fort Benning and on most days a few soldiers will start coming in for lunch before we leave. My friend makes a point of thanking them right then "...for everything you do." which in my opinion is more than proper, thanks for doing his (or her) job while s/he's doing it, not after it kills him or her. I am old enough, of course, to remember when November 11 was called "Armistice Day" signifying and perhaps glorifying the end of The First World War in 1918, and I for one approve of the renaming and re-purposing the holiday.
Now please excuse me, gotta call my youngest son, the retired sergeant...
I wrote this last year, in response to a post on an on line forum. I saved my response, but don't recall the exact location. It upset me to read the initial post, so I didn't save a link.
"Thoughts for Veterans Day, 11/11/11
No one likes war, least of all those who have to fight it. Forty years later, my former commanding officer has much emotional baggage about giving orders that got good men killed or wounded. Despots create situations where they can only be stopped by force. If no one is willing to take out the 2-legged garbage, the despot wins by forfeit. If your Hitler offends thee, pluck it out. You may freely substitute Saddam, Ho Chi Minh, Attila the Hun, or other dictator of your choice. It still comes down to the same thing, well-meaning civil leaders have to send soldiers to do what needs doing. Or, we can just surrender every time. The surrendering will never end, once all the despots think you will attempt to preserve peace at any cost."
Thanks to all our veterans and the ones serving now. I enjoyed reading this post again..Save it to keep reminding us of another special day we should celebrate and honor all our men and women in uniform now and then.
Thanks Tipper,
I miss my daddy and uncles, all WW II veterans. My poor Grandma Johnson had all those sons off in the war all over the world, Greenland, Europe, and the Pacific. I bet she was a nervous wreck.
Pap looks handsome in his uniform. I remember looking at Daddy's and my uncles' service pictures and wondering why, back in 1972, the boys in my high school couldn't be that handsome.
Love the last paragraph, caps all the stories and thoughts well.
I would like to say thank you Pap and all the vets out there.
Grateful thanks to Pap and all the other brave souls who have fought to make and keep our great country free!
To All Veterans God Bless You And Thank You. Grandmother Joy.
I had forgotten that your Father is a Marine, Yesterday was the Marine Corps Birthday. Tell Pap that I said Happy Birthday and Semper Fi.
A big thank you to all our veterans for protecting this nation.
Dear Pap, we are grateful and humbly thankful for your service..with our Lords grace and your service we live in a Great Nation.. May the Lord bless you and give you many good days ahead,, and be able to keep plucking them strangs.. enjoy all your songs...
we see these older veterans and some people don't realize that when they went to war they were such young boys- and that their growing into men happened fast and often brutal. Many endured and saw things that forever changed the path of their lives. They did it for their country and for all of us. May we never forget and always remember to give thanks.
I'm so thankful for our veterans and also thankful for the VA Hospitals across the country. I have many friends and family that have served our country and utilize the services provided by the administration. A few of the guys retired from places like GE and still go to the VA for medical attention. I saw first-hand why they are so fond of the care provided there.
I thank all veterans for their service, but especially the ones who fought in Vietnam. I lost a 'boyfriend' to the enemy when was just 18 and I was 15. My ex-husband suffers from exposure to Agent Orange and has a loss of muscle, bone and organs. He was never a smoker, yet he is on oxygen as his lungs are only functioning at a small percent.
As Billy Ray Cyrus said in his song, "Some Gave All." Thanks Pap!
God Bless the men and women who serve and protct this great country we live in. I to have a son in the military and a brother who retired and his wife who still serves. They are all in my prayers as are all military personal. THANK YOU ALL.
I truly appreciate the sacrifices of my father, uncles, cousins, and friends who gave of their lives to protect those at home from a wicked world, but in all honesty I wish we didn't have a Veterans Day. I wish a young man didn't have face death at the hands of another young man very much like himself. Or face putting an end to that other young life. Why does he have to be acclaimed because his government forced him to do something he wouldn't have done on his own.
What if our heroes could be heroes without death or dying or bullets or wars? Our heros would still be the same people. We would just have more uplifting reasons to celebrate them.
Tipper, as I have recently discovered, visiting the VA hospital AS an old man can be even more humbling!This is another great post, from a perspective most people can never experience. Being the daughter of a Marine certainly must make you more sensitive and caring! Tell Pap I like that "Rifle Expert" badge on his chest...those weren't easy to get!
Well said Tipper!
Respect and honor for our soldiers is very important! My family started serving before the Revolutionary War and my Uncle is now the last one to have served as a Navy Commander. I remember well when the Nam vets showed up on the GI Bill at our local college. Many of them had very little to live on and were trying to make a new life for themselves. A small group of High School students got together and fixed meals for them once a week and I will never forget the stories and the gratitude. I think that a lot of people do not realize how many of our military families do not have what they need and how many of them show up with their families at food banks. It is a disgrace and I encourage all of your readers to find out what the needs are of our military families around them and try to help take up the slack this Veterans Day and Everyday!
Yes, I agree with your wishes and gratitude to all who have served. My husband served thirty-one years in both active and reserves. He doesn't relate too many war stories with me, but he does with others who just seem to be there. There seems to be a sense that they find each other, especially those who were in Viet Nam. God bless our military and bring them home soon and out of harms way. Thank you for helping our country keep its freedoms.
I think I was in the fourth grade when my mom took me to a VA Hospital to visit her relative. I think he was an uncle and I think it was in Tennessee. I remember big screened in porches with lots of men sitting around visiting with family.
I don't remember what was wrong with him but knew that he would not be leaving. After that visit his daughter, who was the age of my older sister, came to live with us for a while.
Sadness and loss abound among war ravaged survivors.
Military service asks a lot of a man or woman. They give it freely to protect hearth and home.
Tipper, your post is well put. Thank you for remembering our military veterans.
While reading this it brings back many memories of my life from 1942 thru 1946. Some of these memories I try to forget. As I write my memories in the books I publish I never mention the the bad part of what happened after and during the days we went into Normendy in 1944. I feel It's best I try to forget.
I am blessed to have reached the age of 90. Many of my comrads and friends did not.
God Bless America.
Charles Fletcher
Thank you, Tipper, for the poignant reminder of how dearly our freedom has been won by persons like your Daddy and my dear late husband--who spent the last four years of his life in the Georgia War Veterans' Home here. Tomorrow I will go, as a Community Volunteer of our local GWVH, to the service planned for Veterans' Day. We will hear a good speech lauding our heroes, past and present. We will be reminded of how dearly our freedom has been won--and is maintained. May we, as well, be reminded to remain vigilant. As frightful as it sounds, we may be just one generation away from the freedoms so dearly won! God help us!
To all the veterans, still living and those who have heard taps for the last time, a heart-felt and sincere "Thank you!" From a grateful citizen, Ethelene
I am a vet, but I went on active duty just at the end of the Vietnam War, so I almost 4 years with 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kansas.
My Dad served in WWII in the Navy and will celebrate his 90th birthday in March. His time in the Navy is clearly the highlight of his memories. He served on a small sub chaser and I am planning to take him to the Patrol Craft Sailors' Association reunion in Norfolk, VA in May.
Dad was also able to go on one of the Honor Air flights to Washington a couple of years ago. That was a wonderful experience for him.
I just wish we could live in a world where we didn't need for our men and women to go overseas and risk their lives.
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If you follow national political news, you are probably aware that Utah's junior U.S. Sen. Mike Lee's rhetoric appears to be undergoing a significant shift. While this swing is undoubtedly influenced by the national backlash from the government shutdown, it is also a bold move, which, if fully realized, brings me some optimism that Lee could be a leader in preventing the Republican Party from devouring itself in a civil war. Ultimately, while Lee may seem an unlikely champion for a more unified GOP, his emerging proposals — if acted upon — could play an important role in addressing our nation's many challenges.
The civil war narrative intensified when Lee, with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, led the charge to defund Obamacare. Both senators were blamed for causing the 16-day shutdown and became Exhibit A of what's wrong with uncompromising Republicans. Representative of national articles printed during the weeks immediately following the reopening of the government was the Wall Street Journal's provocatively titled article: "Utah Senator Pays Price Back Home for Shutdown, Republican Critics Say Mike Lee Helped Chart a Course that Weakened the Party and State Economy." Neil King's opening paragraph stated, "Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee has found a cold shoulder since returning to one of the reddest states in the country."
Out of those ashes, however, Lee may be positioning himself to lead a charge that could transform not only his standing with Utah voters, but also, potentially, the direction of the national Republican Party. Michael Gerson, a respected national conservative columnist proclaimed in his Washington Post article entitled "Saving the tea party" that "For those who expect and fear an irrepressible conflict between the tea party and the Republican establishment, Sen. Mike Lee of Utah is a hopeful anomaly. Should this anomaly become a trend, the GOP's future would be considerably brighter."
Through his recent speeches, interviews and legislation, Lee is demonstrating that he could metamorphose from being viewed as an obstructionist, Republican pariah to an agent for creating a better GOP and a brighter future. In a lecture at the Heritage Foundation — an institution that used to be far more purposeful and far less angry before former Sen. Jim DeMint took charge — Sen. Lee explained his new vision succinctly. First, he stated, "To deserve victory, conservatives have to do more than pick a fight. We have to win a debate. And to do that [w]e need an agenda." Second, he urged fellow Republicans to engage in a "Great Debate" and cease trying to purge more moderate Republicans from its ranks.
In short, Lee encouraged tea partiers to do more than protest and obstruct and urged them to stop trying to destroy fellow Republicans who might have a slightly different worldview (and who might help the GOP win more elections). Lee also challenged establishment leaders to reconnect with the base to fill the gap in the party. He then explained that the hole in the Republican Party, which divides the establishment from the grassroots, is exactly the size and shape of a positive, unifying agenda. Lee punctuated these notions with an insight: "[F]rustration is not a platform. Anger is not an agenda. And outrage, as a habit, is not even conservative. Successful political movements are about identifying converts, not heretics."
Lee has gone on to present "a new, comprehensive anti-poverty agenda that not only corrects — but transcends — existing policies." He offered broad reform strokes on issues including consolidating and trimming federal government programs, expanding better K-12 education opportunities to underprivileged students, expanding access to higher education and reforming the federal government's criminal justice and penal system.
More substantively, the senator recently helped introduce the Leahy-Lee Patent Reform bill, which received strong praise from the Obama administration. Lee has further worked on legislation with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) dealing with sentencing reform; Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) on indefinite detention; and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on visa reform. I view these across-the-aisle initiatives as positive and important for Lee, the State of Utah, and the country.66 comments on this story
On January 23, 2014, I look forward to hearing more details of these noteworthy proposals when Lee presents "Boston to Philadelphia: A Journey From Protesting the Government We Don't Want to Creating the Government We Do" at the Hinckley Institute. Lee has the credibility, and recent endorsement, of the tea partiers to help lead this movement. My hope is that his words will continue to be more inclusive and productive and — more importantly — that his, and our D.C. leaders', actions will live up to this rhetoric and deliver real results for all Americans.
Kirk Jowers is the Director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics and a partner at the Washington, D.C., law firm of Caplin & Drysdale.


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Following the leak of Pawan-Kalyan starrer Telugu action-drama "Attarintiki Daaredhi" online, its makers announced Monday that the film will hit the screens worldwide on Friday.
The 90-minute footage of the film was leaked online Sunday.
"We can't delay the release of the film any further. We don't want the audience to end up buying the pirated copy of the film, and therefore, have decided to release the film on Friday (Sep 27). I hope everybody watches the film in theatre," the film's producer B.V.S.N Prasad said at a press meet.
On Monday, police caught people selling pirated copies of the film for Rs.50 and raids were conducted in most CD shops across the state.
"I'm hoping that the audience will make it a big hit. Even though I'm devastated by the leak, I have confidence in the audience," Prasad said.
Directed by Trivikram, the film also features Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Pranitha, Boman Irani and Nadhiya in important roles.
Meanwhile, most of the films that were scheduled to release Friday have cleared the way for "Attarintiki Daaredhi".
"We won't be able to release 'DK Bose' if 'Attarintiki Daaredhi' releases now. We will lose some money. But, its ok as 'Attarintiki Daaredhi' producer has a lot at stake," wrote Anand Ranga, producer of "DK Bose", on Twitter.
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I thought she was okay. I don't see much difference with Bristol week to week. I hope she can turn it up a bit.
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I thought she was okay. I don't see much difference with Bristol week to week. I hope she can turn it up a bit.
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That's what I thought too - trying to give it some sex appeal
He overcompensated for her being stiff and unemotional, and it only put more of a spotlight on her shortcomings.Quote:
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I'll be happy if either her or Mike/Sitch goes this week. They really are the two worst.
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I'd say the show is being stupid, however. No one wants to watch the same pro win over and over again, except for that pro's most ardent fans. It's more fun to watch if it's more of a real competition. That's true of any show involving any kind of competition. When the winner might as well be declared the fourth week in, what's the point of it running more than four weeks?
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I thought he was talking about Bristol! :lol
really Bristol seems like the kind of sensitive young person who might.. well. nevermind.... I think they need to take it easy on her as she has been through an awful lot in her young life most of it not positive, not self esteem building. This one bright spot was such an opportunity but poor thing she is really bashful and uncomfortable with herself. I know at her age I was not able to take criticism without thinking it was the end of the world.
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Yawn. Same song and dance every season where Derek's concerned. The judges fawn over him, his partner's already a pro or has more potential than the average non clunker, he gets away with things others don't. Jennifer knows she's a shoo in and will do no wrong.
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She may just be the kind of person who doesn't take to performing and can't turn it up a bit. I get the feeling she'd be just as happy learning to dance without any kind of performance in front of anyone being involved.
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Sports Illustrated Models Show Off Chile in Photoshoot
Chile's Atacama Desert made for a dramatic backdrop for this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, which hits newsstands this week.
Four of the models — Julie Henderson, Daniella Sarahyba, Irina Shayk, and Zoe Duchesne — traveled to the Atacama Desert and posed at the Alta Atacama Desert Lodge & Spa. Photos were made on guest room terraces as well as natural settings like the world's highest active geysers at Tatio.
On hand to cover the photo shoot was CNBC's Sports Business Reporter Darren Rovell, who flew to Chile to interview SI editors and models on location at the Alto Atacama Desert Lodge for his special "A Model Business: Inside the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue." The CNBC Original Series provides a behind-the-scenes look at the scouting, set-up, and inner-workings of the Atacama photo shoot and Sports Illustrated's much-anticipated franchise that is the most profitable magazine single issue in the world. The show premieres Tuesday, February 9 at 9pm ET.
The 32-room Alto Atacama Desert Lodge & Spa, located 1.8 miles from the village of San Pedro de Atacama in Chile's northern desert and two hours by plane from Santiago, provides guests with more than just an opportunity to sleep where the models slept. The property offers 20 excursions throughout the Atacama Desert, including mountain biking, archeology-oriented tours, visits with local Atacama people and trekking around volcanoes. The hotel also has a spa, swimming pools, and outdoor lounge areas lit at night by crackling fires.
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Diageo falls short in 2013 against wastewater polluting power target
Revealing the figures in its 2013 Sustainability & Responsibility Report, Diageo explains that it bases this 60% figure on biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) measured against a 2007 baseline.
Defending its progress against the 2015 target, the world's largest alcoholic drinks firm said that despite the increase in fiscal year 2013 (which ran until June 30):"There have been several encouraging developments which we believe will keep us on course to meet our 2015 target".
"At our Cameronbridge distillery in Scotland, which was responsible for 60% of our global BOD in 2012, BOD output fell by 12% in the last quarter of 2013, during the commissioning of our new bioenergy plant," the company added.
We asked Diageo whether the increase in BOD in wastewater discharged in 2012/23 was principally due to the Cameronbridge site, but a spokeswoman said the increase was "principally due to increased production across our distilling business including but not solely Cameronbridge".
"Our new bioenergy plant at Cameronbridge...expects to reduce BOD by up to 90% - which we believe will keep us on course to meet our 2015 target," she added.
Diageo's 'flagship' green distillery
Introducing Diageo's report, CEO Ivan Menezes said: "Given the importance of water to our business and our stakeholders, we will further drive our efforts to protect water resources as well as improve access to clean water in the local communities that need it most."
Figures in Diageo's report reveal that, in terms of waste water polluting power by region, BOD/kt (per kilotonne) fell across all regions bar Europe between 2007 and 2013; BOD measures the amount of oxygen microorganisms need to consume to decompose organic matter.
The increase that muddies Diageo's sustainability waters, so to speak, is confined to Western Europe between 2012 and 2013, where BOD/kt rose from 28,438 to 33,690 year-on-year.
Cameronbrige – Johnnie Walker, Bell's, Smirnoff, Tanqueray and Gordon's are distilled there – is Diageo's 'flagship' distillery for its sustainability drive, and the firm recently invested £65m ($100m) there to combine biomass combustion, anaerobic digestion and water recovery.
$100m investment to meet target
The firm expects a new bio-energy facility will generate up to 30MW of energy – meeting 95% of the site's energy needs – while new systems can recover up to 30% of the water used in distilling.
In terms of improving water quality, Diageo said:"We estimate that this plant will reduce Diageo's total volume of wastewater discharged (as measured by BOD) by 55%."
Diageo is also commissioning a new effluent treatment plant at Douala in Cameroon – where the firm makes Malta Guinness and other brands – and expects to reduce BOD there by 90% in 2014.
Wastewater polluting power aside, Diageo claims it is on track to achieve its remaining 2015 water and environmental targets, which are also set against 2007 baseline figures.
Carbon emissions fell 4.1% in 2013, there was 1.5% improvement against a 30% water efficiency goal, and a 7% advance against a goal to cut water waste at water-stressed sites by 50%.
There was a 53.4% gain in terms of cutting waste to landfill progress, a 1.2% improvement in reducing average packaging weight by 10%, a 2% gain in increasing average recycled content across all packaging to 42% and 0.2% progress against a goal to make all packaging 100% recyclable.


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One of the best selling sets for both next generation HD formats has been The Planet Earth, a documentary series from the BBC.Ā The reason that this has sold so well is that the show is both visually stunning and thoroughly captivating.Ā Filled with images of animals and nature that have never been shown before, this is a unique look at our planet.Ā The Blu-ray presentation is simply gorgeous with a picture that just jumps off the screen.
One of the most (if not the most) expensive nature shows ever produced, The Planet Earth had a budget of approximately $25 million.Ā It was filmed over a five year period and utilized over 200 locations in 62 countries.Ā While those figures are impressive, they don't begin to prepare viewers for the amazing sights that are contained in each episode.Ā This is really a ground breaking series, since it utilizes technology that hadn't been previously used in shows about animal life and the environment.Ā Not only was the series filmed in high definition, but they employed a new camera system that was able to let them do things filmmakers couldn't do in the past.Ā This system could be mounted on the bottom of a helicopter and still obtain a still, non-jerky image.Ā Very powerful lenses were used too, allowing the creators to get crystal clear close-ups from a very long distance away.
In just about every nature show about Africa you'll see an aerial shot of a herd of Wildebeest thundering across the plains.Ā This is because once the helicopter came near the animals, they became startled and ran.Ā That doesn't happen in this series. With their advanced camera set up, the creators could fly high enough so that the animals on the ground didn't even know they were there.Ā This is a key part of the show.Ā For the first time (in many cases) viewers can see animals acting totally candidly.
Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, each of the eleven episodes in this series takes a look at another ecosystem or area.Ā From the peaks of the tallest mountains to the depths of the oceans, from pole to pole and even into the interior of the planet, there is seemingly no type of wilderness that is left unphotographed.Ā Every episode is filled with amazing scenes of the local flora and fauna living out their lives, and interesting facts about the habitat being examined.
series is all about stunning images.Ā Viewers get to see the rare
Snow Leopard (with only 40 estimated to be living in the wild) hunting
in the Himalayas, running down-hill across rocky, near vertical, terrain
in pursuit of a mountain goat.ĀĀ I can't imagine slowly climbing
down that land, much less running full bore, leaping over rocks and landing
gracefully on boulders.Ā The migration of caribou is nearly as impressive.Ā
As the camera, focused on a small group, pulls out farther and farther
the herd goes from large to huge to gigantic to amazing.Ā Three million
animals travel together each year, and to see it up close and personal
is remarkable.
I would be remiss if I didn't note a word of warning about this series.Ā It is about nature, and life in the wild can be violent and short.Ā Animals die and many of them are eaten by predators.Ā One of the most amazing shots in a series filled with amazing shots contains seals swimming in the sea.Ā All of a sudden a large seal will disappear inside the mouth of a Great White Shark that leaps out of the water, swallowing its prey whole.Ā There are sad parts too, such as the baby elephant that loses his mother in a sand storm while crossing the Gobi.Ā The young thing was smart enough to follow his mother's footprints, but he follows them the wrong way, and slowly walks deeper into the desert and certain death.Ā This isn't the focus of the series, and these parts are in the minority.Ā And while none of the scenes are overly bloody or gruesome, young and sensitive children may be affected by these scenes.
The DVD:
These 11 episodes, about 50-minutes in length each, come on four 25GB Blu-ray discs.Ā These are housed in a double width case that holds a disc on the front and back of the case, and the remaining two discs are held on a page that is attached to the spine of the case.ĀĀ (One on each side of the page.)Ā This in turn is housed in a nice, sturdy slipcase which has the same cover art as the disc case itself.Ā All in all an attractive set.
These discs were mastered in 1080p and the image looks simply amazing.Ā If you want to show some guests just why you spent all of that money on a Blu-ray player and HD display, just throw this puppy in and watch their eyes pop out.Ā The level of detail is excellent, with individual drops of water being easy to discern when a whale exhales from its blow-hole.Ā The colors are also stunning; they are bright, solid, and just pop off the screen.Ā From the radiance of an endless field of wild flowers to the bright feathers of the Bird of Paradise, this set really brings forth all of the hues in glorious brilliance.Ā Likewise the undersea shots and low light images (such as winter in the Antarctic) are clear and detailed with a wide range of gray tones.
The only problem I could find was a very slight amount of posterization in some of the low light sequences, but this was very minor and I doubt that many people would even notice it if they weren't specifically looking for it.Ā It's almost not worth mentioning.Ā Other digital defects, mosquito noise, aliasing, and macro blocking are not a concern what so ever.Ā This is an excellent looking set that is sure to please the most discriminating viewers.
This set come with a DD 5.1 track in English and there are optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish.Ā While the picture is incredibly impressive, the audio is only very good.Ā It is appropriate for the show, but isn't as flashy or striking as the video.Ā While the narration is centered on the screen, there are some parts where the room just fills with the sounds of nature.Ā The whale songs in one episode are a good example, totally immersing the viewer in the sights and sounds of the underwater world.Ā Unfortunately this technique isn't utilized as often as it could be, for most of the audio is constrained to the front sound stage.
The lack of a lossless audio track is another strike against the discs, though the DD 5.1 doesn't have any noticeable defects or imperfections.
The only disappointing thing about this lovely set is the lack of bonus features.Ā Like the HD DVD version, this Blu-ray set has no added content.Ā The SD DVD set includes a 10-minute behind the scenes short for each episode which is missing from this BD set.Ā Standard def DVD buyers also get a fifth disc which includes three full length documentaries that act as an epilog to the series.Ā That is nowhere to be seen in this BD set.Ā This is a real blunder.Ā If the studios ever want Joe Six Pack to invest in HD technology, they have to convince him that he's really missing something, namely a much improved picture and better sound.Ā The DVD revolution illustrated that people were willing to purchase new technology if the advantages are big enough.Ā By removing bonus material from HD discs they are just shooting themselves in the foot.
Final Thoughts:
This is one amazing series.Ā I've seen my share of wilderness shows in my time and I can safely say that this is the most impressive one, hands down.Ā With jaw-dropping scenes, remarkable (while not being dreary) information and compelling narration, Planet Earth is a show that is a joy to watch.Ā This Blu-ray set is reference quality, with a picture that is so brilliant and detailed that it is going to be hard to beat.Ā The only qualm is that this set doesn't port over all the bonus material from the SD version of the show.Ā If it wasn't for that, this would have been a home run.Ā Highly Recommended.
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I think we may, with Valemont (MTV, Sunday), be at the beginning of the end of many things. The vampire trend, for one. Our heroine, Sophie Gracen, is posing as student Sophie Fields in order to infiltrate Valemont College and uncover the mystery surrounding her brother Eric's death. "They say it's one of the best universities in the world – but to me, it's one of the strangest." And so it proves. Who are the brooding brunettes who gather in the random gothic tower of Panthera House? Why does our Soph keep hallucinating bats and bloodspatter after two of said brunettes kidnap her and render her unconscious for an unspecified length of time and purpose? How can they gouge lumps out of each other – almost in a frenzy of bloodlust or something – and then appear fully healed on campus a few hours later? Why does a nervous, bespectacled girl keep shoving slashed T-shirts into the communal washing machine?
Hmm. You really want Rolf Harris to walk on and ask "Can you tell what it is yet?"
Dreadful, is the answer. The first half-hour episode of Valemont originated in a series of two-and-a-half minute episodes that premiered during another MTV series, The Hills and The City. As such, Valemont also represents the end of sustained narrative, credible plot development, characterisation and any of the other things that you, grandad, have in your antique way come to expect from your storytellers.
The story jerks along like a scrunch of paper being pulled on a string, and only the very youngest kittens will have the energy to chase it. If you flatten one of those bits of paper out, it contains scraps of script such as "ERIC: The nightmares are getting worse. SOPHIE V/O: Looks like Eric was having nightmares. Nightmares like the ones I'm having."
Viewers in the US could find supplementary, transmedia goodies for each episode on the website, which may or may not have improved the experience, but they are mostly inaccessible – unless you do clever stuff, what I can't – for UK viewers. For once, though, I think we need not feel too deprived.


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The Italian Fashion Editor of Vogue Man with past of model, statuesque physique and style to spare is the most chic fashion idol of the moment.
Class '79 and mother-in-law of respect: Carine Roitfeld, editor in chef of Vogue Paris, (she is engaged to his son Wladmir Restoin-Roitfeld).
She has impeccable style, it is unique, highly, sought, elegant, sometimes eccentric, but never over!
She loves the mix and match of prints and colors, combinations out of any scheme. Hes look are easy, but pointing a big focus on accessories and jewelry.
Try to imitate her style, even if your workplace is not the editors of Vogue!


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In a pugnacious, triumphal interview on NBC's Today, Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted on charges of lying to the FBI but escaped conviction on 23 corruption charges, vowed never to cop a plea in his upcoming retrial, saying he was guilty only of "political horse trading." Blagojevich compared himself to the Biblical King David, and suggested U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald should charge himself with hypocrisy for making deals with convicted felons in exchange for testimony.
"The government put their best case on and failed to prove any corruption," Blagojevich told Today anchor Meredith Vieira. "The Wall Street Journal just came out in an editorial suggesting the prosecutors should be fired or should resign because it's been an abuse of his power."
Pretty much standard fare for the newly convicted governor.
Asked if he would accept a plea deal, given that jurors voted 11-1 to convict him of trying to sell Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat, Blagojevich said, "I'm absolutely determined to continue to seek full vindication. I have done absolutely nothing wrong. This is a persecution by a prosecutor who for six years has targeted me. He has spent tens of millions of dollars trying to get me."
In fact Blagojevich refused to recognize that he had been convicted, at all.
"We're going to appeal that."
Blagojevich then challenged Fitzgerald to release all the tapes from the days preceding his arrest on Dec. 8, 2008, saying they would prove he was guilty only of "political horse trading -- discussing possibilities with lawyers and advisers, and an emissary sent to me by the president himself. This is what they're trying to criminalize, these prosecutors who, when they're making deals with convicted felons and in exchange for their testimony, these felons come in and say what these prosecutors want [them] to say. The very thing they're charging me with, they ought to charge themselves with, and they ought to add an additional count of hypocrisy."
Blagojevich insisted that his attempt to cut a deal for the Senate seat was no different than President Obama appointing the brother of U.S. Rep Jim Matheson to the federal judiciary in exchange for a vote on the health care bill.
"That sort of politics is how our country operates," Blagojevich said, later adding, "What I was about to do on Dec. 8, it was pretty much set up, and Rahm Emanuel was part of the deal, was to appoint a senator in exchange for jobs for people, health care and no taxes for people. That was to do things for people."
Vieira played tapes of Blagojevich vowing to testify in his own defense, and asked about reports that he didn't take the stand because he performed poorly in a mock trial with his lawyers. That wasn't the case, Blagojevich said.
Our legal team determined that after the prosecution put its case on, that they didn't prove any corruption, and as a result of that, made a determination to give no credence to their case," he said.
Blagojevich also said that a retrial would be a waste of taxpayer money which ought to be spent prosecuting murderers instead.
"Why are they wasting taxpayer money?" the ex-governor asked. "Chicago is now the crime capital of the world. Children are being gunned down. Police officers are being shot in front of their homes where they were playing. They're spending millions of dollars to prosecute me when they should instead be using that money to address the real crime problems in places like Chicago."
You did a good job on Celebrity Apprentice," Vieira teased Blagojevich at the end of the interview. "Will we see you in another reality show? Are you going to be with Snooki?"
Unlike a plea deal, Blagojevich didn't rule that out.


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Last night's episode of the gadget friendly and glamorous Gossip Girl featured a small collection of chic technology amid the cast's decadent outfits and holiday disasters. Did you catch all the gizmos hidden amid Blair's family drama? Take my quiz and find out!
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Please comment on the following curriculum change.
Download request for Curriculum Request for HAW 221 (PDF)
The discussion finished on September 1, 2014This discussion has anonymous posting.You need to log in, but when you post, your identity will not be displayed or stored.You must log in to post to this discussion.Contributions are no longer possible.The discussion was requested by Kathleen French
This is going to be a great course! A few comments on SLOʻs:1. Show knowledge of phrases and idioms used by native speakers in common conversational settings. ---Show knowledge is vague. Maybe Utilize phrases and idioms used by native speakers in conversational settings in the classroom environment?2. Demonstrate an increased fluidity and speech of spoken language and improved acquisition of listening skills. ---Type o? fluidity of speech? Maybe: Demonstrate increased fluidity (e.g. fewer hesitations, increased use of target language only) in speech and improved acquisition of listening skills, as demonstrated by appropriate verbal and non-verbal responses.Just suggestions. I think it is good to define how you demonstrate a given skill, especially as fluidity and listening skills may be hard to define/quantify and may not be intuitive to students.-ardis
submitted on August 18, 2014 - 9:12am
I like the above SLO suggestions by Ardis, and I think what I'm suggesting below might make them even clearer:1. Use Hawaiian phrases and idioms in conversational settings in the classroom environment.2. Speak fluidly and respond appropriately, both verbally and non-verbally.Kathleen
submitted on August 18, 2014 - 5:53pm
I like the rephrasing! I have small suggestion - drop "in the classroom environment". It seems unnecessary to specify this and I don't think that is the outcome that is desired -- One would hope that students carry the skills they learn with us outside of the classroom.Vanessa
submitted on August 19, 2014 - 9:37pm
Great point, Vanessa. Thanks for seeing that!Kathleen
submitted on August 19, 2014 - 9:54pm
#9. Course Pre-Requisite: HAW 102 ( or concurrent) or consentWhy is our prerequisite lower than KAU & MAU prerequisite - HAW 202A consideration: Should this be changed to be similar to WOA�s HAW 121, Intro to Hawn Conversation? This course does not have a prerequisite. We still could have HAW 221 and have the HAW 202 prerequisite like the other campuses.#28 If approved, I couldn�t tell if the course was to be added to all of the ASC Hawaiian Studies as elective credits.Certificate Area ActionASC Hawaiian Studies: All 5 themes Elective AddPatti
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MIDDLEFIELD — A delay in the inspections of its ski lifts prompted Powder Ridge Mountain Park and Resort to open for the season Friday with just a few options available for skiers and snowboarders.
The beginner ski area, the jib area for ski and snowboard tricks and an air bag landing pad are open, said Sean Hayes, owner and managing director of Powder Ridge. The ski lift in the beginner area has been inspected and is up and running, he said.