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|Nov 14th, 2010 04:42 PM
|Omega the Zainin
Like GoldenKitten, I'm a bit late to the party, but I wanted to add to this as well.
The main reason for the tentacles and such was Lovecraft had a terrifying fear of the ocean and deep-sea creatures, particularly octopuses and squids.
|Sep 28th, 2010 04:42 PM
Great read.
Sort of...two years behind here but I think it bears mentioning. Lots of folk are pointing out the number of tentacle/bulbous/amorphous-blob gods in the Cthulhu mythos and how that isn't very creative. I'd just like to point out that at the time it WAS pretty creative, sure today it's been overdone but at the time it was a pretty grotesque concept. It was the gore/splatterfest of the day to put essentially unimaginable horrors to pen that did terrible things to people that in that day and age no decent individual would have dared spoken of. At that time a monster/demon was a werewolf, a vampire, a gremlin, not a galaxy sized monstrosity that could rend the very fabric of the universe and your sanity apart like a tissue napkin. This was the start, this was what made all these tentacle creatures make their way into modern day literature to an over saturation point, but at the time it was unique.
|Sep 26th, 2008 09:53 PM
Very good selection. Cthulhu was always my favorite. I never knew Lovecraft had so many creatures that had tentacles. Very funny stuff you did Protoclown. I cracked up at Nyarlathotep's section XD. Also, not to be a nit picky bastard, but some guys like Azathoth, Nyarlathotep and Yog-Sothoth are technically not part of the Great Old Ones. They are actually the Outer Gods, and the Outer Gods are much more powerful than the Great Old Ones. Just thought I'd say it.
And Yig reminds me of El Seed.
|Sep 26th, 2008 04:45 PM
|Talk tough and then apologize? You wimp
|Sep 26th, 2008 04:19 PM
|I didn't mean to offend anyone, I was just commenting on the obvious.
|Sep 25th, 2008 10:15 PM
|Sep 25th, 2008 09:53 PM
And to read Max Burbank.
So is he alive still or what?
|Sep 25th, 2008 09:51 PM
|Sep 25th, 2008 09:49 PM
Guys, I have to confess that I may have made some of that content up
from my head
|Sep 25th, 2008 09:11 PM
|Sep 25th, 2008 06:59 PM
|Hey look guys, he can change his font! This dude Geminate... wow, I am simply amazed at his in depth criticism. He is the master of the written word in bold font.
|Sep 25th, 2008 06:21 PM
Hmm, I found this article sadly incomplete and is some respects incorrect. I mean why bother, maybe it took ten minutes to throw this together?
"for to go into any greater detail on these horrible, horrible creatures would be to invite utter madness upon you" What a cop-out, where's the content.
|Sep 25th, 2008 01:47 PM
|I like Nyarlathotep's human avatars more. Sometimes he's a happy guy, other times he's a Nikola Tesla allegory, and some other times, he's a completely black (imagine a living silhouette) figure wearing a robe.
|Sep 25th, 2008 12:02 PM
|Mister Tea
|Silver: Good try, but Protoclown beat you to it in his own article.
|Sep 25th, 2008 04:55 AM
|There's some site I can't find now, not even off hplovecraft.com of live action Lovecraftian roleplaying games that stretch as far back as 1980. People make props and gather in the woods and pretend to be scared of monsters and shoot capguns at each other, sometimes they even went out in the desert on a helicopter and pretended like they were at an archaeological dig site in Nevada standing around in dorky trench coat and goofy hat costumes with notepads while helicopter pilots looked on scratching their heads embarrassed beyond belief. Hilariously depressing site but interesting.
|Sep 25th, 2008 01:39 AM
|Are you sure Ithaqua wasn't the one that captured Luke in The Empire Strikes Back?
|Sep 24th, 2008 02:08 AM
|makes me want to play some arkham horror.
|Sep 23rd, 2008 09:25 PM
I loved playing CoC. I usually tried to play the "quiet guy" that would seek to murder whomever he was with. Sometimes it would be overt like stabbing someone in the back, othertimes it would be as simple as tripping someone while we ran from the cultists.
Good times.
|Sep 23rd, 2008 09:11 PM
|Beardy Goodness
|I love the guy, but Lovecraft sure has a thing for tentacles and blobs.http://bodhranman.files.wordpress.co...ng?w=420&h=420
|Sep 23rd, 2008 07:30 PM
|ThanksThanos, I'll go look for those.
|Sep 23rd, 2008 03:12 AM
yes, yes, a thousand times YES! this site is now perfect, Cthulhu was the final piece needed
Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fthagn!
|Sep 23rd, 2008 02:08 AM
"All this scroll says on it is Hastur...Hastur...Hastur..."
This article definitely brought about quite a few chuckles, for more reasons than one. And I'm proud to say that I'm proud supporter of Cthulu...in beanie baby form. *laughs*
And that's an idea for a costume, Proto! Go as the King in Yellow!
|Sep 22nd, 2008 11:59 PM
|Purple Man
A great list, but my personal favourite would have to be Y'golonac. I know he's not strictly canon (being a Ramsey Campbell creation) but I love the faceless bastard.
How many Sanity Points were lost in the writing/reading of this article?
|Sep 22nd, 2008 11:17 PM
Great guide Proto - it'll come in very valuable once the LHC rips a crack in dimensional reality and these guys slip on through and start wrecking shit.
I for one welcome our new other dimensional overlords.
|Sep 22nd, 2008 10:46 PM
|pretty good guide, though i found that even though his world was well made, it really wasnt as good as his Reanimator stuff.
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Giant Squid
As part of the Architeuthidae family, giant squid are deep-ocean dwelling animals that can grow to an amazing size – up to a reported 20m in length (though scientific estimates put this at a maximum of 13m).
Stay buoyant due to ammonia present in body
Giant squid (Architeuthis dux) and some other large squid species maintain neutral buoyancy in seawater thanks to the ammonium chloride solution which flows throughout their body and is lighter than seawater.
The giant squid, which like other squid has 8 arms and 2 longer tentacles, is the world's second largest mollusc (after the Colossal Squid). They catch prey, including deep-sea fish and other squid species, using the 2 tentacles, gripping it with serrated sucker rings on the ends. The maximum weight is estimated at 275kg for females and 150kg for males.
Tales and myths surround these creatures
Tales of giant squid have been common among mariners since ancient times, and may have led to the Norwegian legend of the 'kraken', a tentacled sea monster as large as an island capable of engulfing and sinking any ship.

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I'm going to depart from my normal practice of limiting this blog to Israeli-related matters, in order to take on a broader foreign policy issue. I differ from Steve Walt (and many others, of course) over the Wikileaks issue. I don't doubt that from time to time the public good is served by the leaking of cables or other secret government documents. In particular, the publication of the Pentagon Papers was surely a good thing, because the country was caught in a mindless war and it was obvious that the government was routinely lying about it.
That said, on balance I can't see how Wikileaks serves the public interest. If government officials—U.S. and others—come to expect that what they say in confidence may soon be revealed, perhaps very soon, what can be the consequence other than that they will simply talk to each other in private to avoid creating a public record on controversial issues. How can that be good for either rational or reasonably democratic policy making?
Moreover, not only secrecy but outright lying may sometimes be necessary to serve the public interest. Consider a hypothetical but hardly implausible case. Suppose the Obama administration concluded that the war in Afghanistan was lost or at least not worth its various costs, and decided there would be a complete withdrawal of U.S. ground forces within six months. On the other hand, for obvious reasons it did not want to tip off the Taliban that there was a date certain—and soon—for the withdrawal. Therefore, in public the administration would have to deny it had reached this decision—that is, it would have to lie. Would we want Julian Assange to reveal this? What would be good about that? Aside from the consequences on the ground in Afghanistan, it would create a field day for the demagogues and rightwingers in this country.
Anyway, no need for hypotheticals. In 1940 Franklin Roosevelt decided that for both moral and national security reasons, the U.S. could not stand idly by while Britain was in mortal danger from Nazi Germany. However, he was faced with a militantly isolationist Congress and public opinion. So, FDR bypassed Congress, defied public opinion, and took a variety of illegal actions--all the while lying about them--in order to provide military assistance to Britain and to deliberately but secretly propel the U.S. into the war against Hitler. Thank God.
So where does that leave us? Sometimes deliberate violations of government secrecy are necessary and serve the public interest—the Pentagon Papers—and other times they would be damaging not only to national security but to the very cause of more open and democratic control over foreign policy. I don't feel comfortable about leaving the decision on where the balance lies to Julian Assange, or for that matter to anyone else who has managed to steal or hack into the U.S. government's computer files.


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Despite the fact that she and her husband Joe Giudice are being accused of perjury, in the form of concealing assets during their bankruptcy filing, in addition to an auction date set for August 22nd to auction off the contents of their home items to pay off their creditors, Teresa Giudice is showing off her home in the latest issue of In Touch magazine.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star, who seems to be in major denial when it comes to her financial and legal woes, tells the mag of her 12,000-square-foot NJ mansion: "My house is very warm — even though it's big, it's very inviting and that's what I love."
And despite the fact that her husband's finances are being investigated by the IRS plus the very public knowledge of her $11 million debt, Teresa makes certain to brag about just how luxurious her mansion is. "We had our house built with nothing but marble, granite and onyx," she says, "I don't think you can ever have too much of that. I could've had even more," says Teresa the idiot.
Teresa could also be heard bragging that her mansion is worth $5 mil in last week's episode of the Real Housewives of NJ, despite the fact that it's value was listed at $1.7 mil in their bankruptcy filing. More photos of Teresa's home below.
In other NJ news, more legal woes for Danielle Staub. Just days after her ex-boytoy/former sex tape partner Steve Zalewski filed suit against her for defamation, Zap2It is now reporting that her ex-husband is also planning to file a new lawsuit against her within the next two weeks .
That ex-husband is Kevin Maher, the man who wrote 'Cop Without A Badge,' the book which details Danielle's sordid past as a prostitution coke whore.
Kevin tells Zap2it his attorneys will file a lawsuit against Danielle, her book's alleged ghost writer and its publisher, Simon & Schuster for "lies" found in her book, "The Naked Truth."
And what exactly are those lies? "The lie that she told about me was that I beat her in a cocaine stupor for days," Kevin says. "And then when the police showed up, I confessed and then I went to prison." He adds, "I was never in prison in my adult life. Period."
Kevin also reveals he is actually working with Steve and that the two had hoped their suits would hit together. "Steve and I were working together," he reveals. "We wanted to sue her on both coasts at the same time, but my lawyer was too busy and Steve beat us to it."


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BOWIE -- Orioles left-hander Wei-Yin Chen said his rehabilitation start at Double-A Bowie on Saturday night was pain free, and he is in line to return to the club during next week's road trip.
Chen allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five in five innings of work against the Harrisburg Senators at Prince George's Stadium. Chen threw 79 pitches, 56 for strikes. He routinely sat at 91 mph with his fastball and occasionally touched 93 mph in his first rehab start after suffering an oblique injury May 12 in Minnesota.
"I feel pretty good today," Chen said through interpreter Tim Lin. "Everything was working with everything."
Chen allowed two hits through his first three innings, at one point retiring seven straight Senators. Four of those outs came when Chen got ahead of hitters 1-2.
But he ran into trouble in the fourth, allowing four runs on two walks, two doubles and a single.
Chen said his issues in the inning stemmed from being unable to get breaking balls over the plate for a first strike. Once he was behind in the count, he struggled to catch up with the Senators hitters, and it led to the early walks.
Chen would rebound to finish the inning with a fly out and a ground out, and in the fifth he retired the side on nine pitches.
"After six weeks of rest, I'm pretty confident I'm really good right now," Chen said. "I'm real satisfied with tonight's game and real satisified with the performance tonight. I tried to work hard and work every pitch and try to get everything out."
The Senators lineup featured another major leaguer trying to overcome an injury. Washington Nationals left fielder Bryce Harper started and batted second, going 0-for-2 with a walk and run scored against Chen and 0-for-3 for the game. In the first inning, Chen froze Harper looking for a strikeout with a 91-mph fastball on the outside corner.
"He's definitely a good player, and remember, we both are doing rehab right now, so I owned him once, he owned me once, so that's even," Chen said. "I don't want to think about that too much."
Manager Buck Showalter said Chen could return for the Orioles' upcoming road trip and start Thursday in Chicago or Friday in New York. Showalter already said Chen would make two starts before the All-Star break after his rehab was complete.
"For me, personally, I'm ready to go," Chen said. "I think I can make the next start. That's Buck's call. We'll talk to Buck first and make a decision. Right now, I'm just getting ready and preparing for the next start."


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(Reuters) - The return of Dwight Howard helped the Los Angeles Lakers end their longest losing streak in nearly six years as they blew out Cleveland 113-93 on Sunday.
Howard had missed the last three games with a right shoulder injury and the Lakers had been ailing on the court with a six-game losing streak, but they broke out in a big way to snap the stretch.
Howard had 22 points and 14 rebounds, missing just two shots from the field, and Kobe Bryant added 23 and six assists and was not needed for the fourth quarter of an easy win.
Los Angeles are still without big men Pau Gasol, who missed a fourth straight contest with a concussion, as well as Jordan Hill, who may be out the rest of the season because of a hip injury.
The Lakers (16-21) have fallen well short of the lofty expectations set by their talented roster, as defensive issues and rumored personnel problems have surrounded their defeats.
While still out of the current Western Conference playoff picture, a much-needed win could put them back on the right track.
Los Angeles outscored the Cavaliers 37-20 in the first quarter and held the visitors at bay from there.
Steve Nash chipped in 10 points and nine assists in the triumph.
(Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles. Editing by Patrick Johnston)


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LFA Stimulates $7.6 Million in New Funding for Lupus Research and Education Programs
Originally posted on the LFA National website:
The U.S. Senate Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee delivered some very encouraging news this week for people with lupus and for the physicians and scientists who are working to solve the cruel mystery of lupus. Chaired by longtime friend of the Lupus Foundation of America and champion for lupus research and education programs Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), the Subcommittee release details of its 2015 spending bill, which includes:
- $5.6 million for the National Lupus Patient Registry program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC);
- $2 million for The Lupus Initiative at the Office of Minority Health; and,
- $30.46 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an increase of $605.7 million.
Earlier this month, the full Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill providing next year's funding allocation for the Department of Defense, which includes $247.5 million for the Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP), a $47.5 million increase over the current level. The Lupus Foundation of America successfully advocated in 2004 to have lupus listed among the disease eligible for funding by the PRMPR, and the Senate Appropriation Committee's 2015 bill continues that eligibility.
The Lupus Foundation of America's advocacy efforts are part of the Foundation's comprehensive strategy to increase funding for lupus research and education program. The federal government is a major source of funding for lupus research. Without the great work and dedication of lupus activists across the country, our work to elevate lupus to a place of prominence on the nation's health agenda would be very difficult and these accomplishments in securing additional funding for lupus research and education programs would not be possible.
While the appropriations process for the 2015 fiscal year, which begins on October 1 of this year is stalled, most likely pending the outcome of the November mid-term elections, the Foundation remains committed to ensuring that funds for lupus research and important public and professional programs is robust. We are vigilant in our efforts to ensure that the needs of people with lupus are well represented when Congress debates important appropriations legislation.
Check back for more details on how you can help this fall when Congress returns to session after their summer recess and engage in this fight to ensure that lupus receives a fair level of funding support from the federal government.
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The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) Congratulates Trine Jorgensen, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic Foundation and I-Cheng Ho, M.D., Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital


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The term window blinds is also sometimes used, somewhat inaccurately, to describe window coverings generically—in this context window blinds include almost every type of window covering, including both curtains and blinds for homes and commercial premises, such as bars/pubs, offices, and shops, e.g., Plantation Shutters/Jigsaw Shutters, Roman blinds, roller blinds, and of course, vertical and horizontal blinds.
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I was raised Protestant, but, in my exploration of Orthodoxy, feel called by God to move towards it. Hopefully this is the appropriate place to ask these questions.I'm in my early twenties and have struggled with fairly severe OCD and anxiety. A fairly unstable home life exacerbated these illnesses, resulting in compulsive lying to keep safe and difficulty trusting others. Recently, I started to professional help and am starting to have hope again, for which I'm eternally grateful to God for. I take complete responsibility for the sins I have committed because of them, and fully desire, with the grace of God, to fight against the compulsive lying and other sins I am tempted by.In about six months, I will be moving to a new city where there are Orthodox churches (there are none close enough for me to drive to where I live now), so I plan on visiting them then. Here are a couple of questions I have:1.) Would a priest be understanding about how my past and illnesses have shaped my life, and be willing to aid me in learning how to live a life of integrity? I worry that this would be too demanding of a priest.
2.) Does Orthodoxy condemn medical treatment of such illness, such as anti-depressants and the help of a therapist to keep my symptoms under control?
3.) Would I be shunned by other members of the Orthodox church for suffering from these illnesses and how they have manifested themselves in my life?
4.) Does anyone have suggestions for creating a supportive community with other Orthodox Christians until I move? Is this forum a good place to learn and ask questions and for prayer?Thank you very much!
1.) Would a priest...be willing to aid me in learning how to live a life of integrity? I worry that this would be too demanding of a priest.
...you can imagine so-called healing services of the pigpen. The books that could be written, you know: Life in the Pigpen. How to Cope in the Pigpen. Being Happy in the Pigpen. Surviving in the Pigpen. And then there could be counselling, for people who feel unhappy in the pigpen, to try to get them to come to terms with the pigpen, and to accept the pigpen.
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Mushroom Risotto & More: Top 10 Recipes of January 2011
Welcome to our year-end roundup! This is an annual tradition around here, where we reach back into our archives and pull up the best and most popular posts of the past year. Let's jump right in with the most popular recipes of January — from Italian wedding soup to a vegan sticky marmalade cake, here are the 10 recipes our readers loved the most in January 2011.
• 1 Italian Wedding Soup
• 2 One-Pot Pasta e Fagioli
• 3 Baked Mushroom Risotto with Caramelized Onions
• 4 Chickpea Casserole with Lemon, Herbs and Shallots
• 5 Miso Soup with Rice and Poached Egg
• 6 Chinese No Clay-Pot Chicken with Soy and Ginger
• 7 Vegetable Lasagna with Butternut Bechamel
• 8 Sticky Orange Cake with Marmalade Glaze
• 9 Asian Cabbage Rolls with Spicy Pork
• 10 No-Bake Boston Cream Pie Strata
Welcome to The Kitchn's Best of 2011 roundup! From December 19 through January 1 we are rounding up some of our favorite (and your favorite) posts from the past year.
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I had a productive day in my herb garden and kitchen. I made four new recipes! Tonight's dessert was rated "five stars" by my husband. He doesn't hand those out easily, but I have to say-- Ree (the Pioneer Woman) posted a great new recipe.
The sponge cake is made with sifted flour, corn starch, baking soda and creamed butter and sugar. Eggs (at room temperature) are added one at a time:
Like Ree, I used a greased and floured 8" cake pan, and leveled the top of the batter with an off-set spatula. The cake was baked in just over 40 minutes, rather than the 45-50 recommended time. Watch this closely, depending on your oven!
Depending on how tart your strawberries are, add about 3 Tablespoons sugar (these were tart, because I didn't buy Driscoll berries).
The berries should macerate, in the fridge, for at least 30 minutes; then mash them in batches and add about 1 tablespoon more sugar, if needed.
Who doesn't love cream cheese frosting, with unsalted butter, powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until fluffy..
Cut the cake in half, and divide the strawberries. Place an even layer, with the juice. The cake is dense, so it can take it. Freeze for about five minutes, to make frosting easier.
Spread a layer of icing over the strawberry layer; then add the second layer and ice the top, and the sides with the remaining icing (which I didn't seem to have enough to finish the job).
I thought about decorating the cake with fresh pink roses, from my garden...or garnishing this with fresh strawberries-- but I didn't have any! Actually, my boys don't care about that stuff.
This is what they care about! I really like this recipe. I would, seriously, considering making a whipped cream frosting as a variation. For potlucks, though, I'd make this Ree's way.
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The Kansas Department of Commerce announced this week that 27 Kansas communities will share a total of $9,732,596 in federal grants through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.
"We are happy to announce the awarding of these funds to some very deserving Kansas communities," said Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George. "These grants allow Commerce to assist the small and rural communities that are so important to the livelihood of our state."
The CDBG program provides federal funds to local governments for the development of viable communities by addressing their housing, public facilities, and economic development needs. To be awarded funds, local government units must meet at least one of three program objectives: benefit low and moderate-income persons, prevent or eliminate slums and blight, or resolve an urgent need where local resources are not available to do so.
CDBG funds are one of the Department's primary tools in supporting the state's small, predominately rural communities. The Department has distributed more than $272 million in CDBG funding over the last decade.
"The Department remains committed to the state's small, rural communities," George said. "We recognize the challenges these communities will face in the years ahead, and we are prepared to help our cities and towns meet those challenges."
For more information, contact the Kansas Department of Commerce at (785) 296-3004, TTY(Hearing Impaired) at 711, or visit www.KansasCommerce.com.
The recipients of grants are as follows:
City of Argonia, $500,000This project will consist of construction of an ion exchange/absorption water treatment plant. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will provide $1,614,226 in matching funds.
City of Cawker City, $384,700 This grant will rehabilitate 11 homes for low-to-moderate income families and demolish five unoccupied housing unit. Other funds will match this grant with $11,000.
City of Colony, $500,000This project involves rehabilitation of approximately 13,250 linear feet of sewer line and service taps. Other funds will provide $502,325 in matching funds.
City of Cottonwood Falls, $500,000The city proposes to replace water lines throughout the city. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will provide funds of $1,110,000 to this project.
City of Englewood, $172,000The proposed project will purchase approximately 55 reverse osmosis units, install water meters for all connections, water line replacement and automatic reading system for the new meters. Other funds will provide $628,900 in matching funds for the project.
City of Harper, $500,000The city will install a new water treatment plant with a triplex ion exchange system. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will provide $2,142,500 in matching funds for the project.
City of Independence, $400,000This project proposes to address approximately 200-250 curb ramps throughout the city in an effort to meet ADA requirements. The city is providing $400,000 in matching funds for the project.
City of Jewell, $332,571The project consists of removing and replacing concrete curb and gutter in approximately 11 blocks and reconstructing pavement. The Transportation Revolving Fund will provide $272,104 in matching funds.
Lincoln County, $164,000This project will remove and replace the existing stone drainage structures on a 10-mile stretch. New culverts and place embankment will be done with the project. The Transportation Revolving Fund will provide $340,300 in matching funds.
City of Lincolnville, $245,275The project will repair the existing sewer lagoons. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will provide $245,275 in matching funds.
City of Lyons, $400,000 This grant will rehabilitate 15 rental properties and two owner occupied homes. It will also demolish two unoccupied units. Other funds will match this grant with $148,558.
City of Mankato, $400,000 The grant funds will rehabilitate nine homes and demolish eight units in the City of Mankato. Other funds will match this grant with $44,500.
City of Marion, $400,000The proposed project will reconstruct 13 blocks of street as well as curb and gutter. The city will match this project with general obligation bonds of $722,655.
City of Oakley, $400,000This project proposes renovations to a building that houses the library and museum. The city is providing $1,227,591 in matching funds.
City of Onaga, $400,000The city will reconstruct Prospect Street. The city will provide $160,085 to this project.
City of Oswego, $300,000 The grant funds will rehabilitate 11 owner occupied homes. The city will purchase two properties and use CDBG funds for rehabilitation. These properties will be sold to low-to-moderate income families. Other funds will match this grant with $121,000.
City of Plainville, $400,000The project consists of reconstruction of the storm sewer system in several locations within the city. The city is matching this grant with local funds and bonds of $1,585,943.
Rawlins County, $90,000The project involves ADA improvements at the Good Samaritan Society in Atwood. The county is matching this grant with $97,786.
City of Robinson, $444,000The project will repair sanitary sewer mains, service taps and manholes. Other funds of $544,579 will be used to match this project.
City of Rush Center, $340,000The proposed project is construction of a new wastewater treatment facility and pumping station. Other funds of $1,315,562 will be used to match this grant.
City of Stafford, $400,000The project upgrades the city's electrical system. The city will match this grant with local funds of $430,500.
City of Troy, $500,000The city will rehabilitate approximately 42,000 linear feet of sanitary sewer lines. Other funds will match this project with $2,782,838.
City of Uniontown, $500,000The proposed project will replace the city's water distribution system and add 16 new hydrants. Other funds will match this project with $596,000.
Washington County, $296,000The county proposes to demolish and replace six bridges. The county will provide local funds of $318,000 and $134,000 in county labor to the project.
City of Wilson, $389,900 This grant will provide rehabilitation of 12 homes and the demolition of one site. Other funds will match this grant with $7,000.
City of Windom, $260,000This project will upgrade the city's water distribution system. Other funds will match this project with $574,470.
City of Woodston, $114,150The city will make improvements to the sewer lagoon for proper control of the wastewater. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and city will provide a total of $114,150 in matching funds.


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MIDLAND CITY, Ala. – Authorities are digging around the site where a man held a little boy hostage after killing a school bus driver in southeast Alabama.
Aerial photos taken Friday by The Associated Press show workers have partially excavated the bunker constructed by 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes.
Concrete-block steps lead up to the shelter's hatch-type door, which is open.
The images show authorities also are digging around the opening of a steel shipping container that neighbors say Dykes used for storage on his 1.5-acre tract near Midland City.
Officials say Dykes died of multiple gunshot wounds during an exchange of gunfire with FBI hostage rescuers on Monday. The 6-year-old is safe and back with his family after the six-day ordeal.
Authorities say Dykes fatally shot bus driver Charles Albert Poland Jr.


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|January 13, 2000, 09:18 PM
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I will be attempting my first batch of .357SIG shortly. What do you guys recommend for dies, I use a Dillon 550b and have experience with 9mm,45,40sw, but only have used Dillon dies so far, the 357sig dies however, are $103 so I may consider others. Any thoughts on this? and do the cases need to be trimmed like rifle ammo? I am in need of info as this is a new caliber experience for me. Thanks!!
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I have no experience with reloading, yet . I have been researching it though, I will be buying an RL550B in the next couple of weeks. I think that Lee makes a relatively inexpensive set of dies for .357sig. A guy at a shop told me that the only thing he will buy from Lee is their dies, he says that they make the best dies. I do know that the cases have to be lubed as no one makes a carbide size die to my knowledge. Please drop me an email to let me know how you make out, cause I will be looking to reload for my .357sig, as well as my .40, 9mm , etc.......
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I've been reloading for the .357SIG for a couple of years. I bought the Lee dies and am very pleased with them. General consensus seems to be that the Lee dies give the best crimp, which is important for this caliber. I've heard several people who have bought the Dillon dies and still use the Lee crimp die.
I've reloaded all my brass more than 4 times with no need to trim...doubt I'll ever need to. Be careful on your bullet selection for this round. Because of the small gripping surface, slippage can occur with all but short ogive 9mm bullets. I've tried several bullets and my favorites are the Rem 115/124 grain JHP. (no slippage and cheap at under $50/1000) I've heard that the Rainier 124gr FP are good too.
One of the other people posted that they don't know of any carbide dies for this caliber. The Dillon's are carbide, but you still have to lube with them.
Good luck, this is a great caliber that is fun to reload!
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|January 16, 2000, 02:48 PM
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I've been reloading the 357 SIG since 1996. I use the Dillon die set and use the Lee crimp die. The 357 SIG is an unusual round and needs a tight crimp. The Dillon crimp die just doesn't seem to work well at all. Hopefully, someone at Dillon will eventually fix it.
You might go to greent.com to the Calibers page and read the two 357 SIG articles there.
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The first auction held under California's ground-breaking carbon cap and trade program was declared a "success" Monday by state officials.
The first auction held under California's ground-breaking carbon cap and trade program was declared a "success" Monday by state officials.
Several businesses with San Joaquin County connections registered to participate in last Wednesday's auction, but the state Air Resources Board released no specifics about whether those businesses actually submitted bids or, if they did, what their price was.
"This is an important milestone for our state as a leader in the global clean technology market," said Mary Nichols, chair of the air board. "By putting a price on carbon, we can break our unhealthy dependence on fossil fuels and move at full speed toward a clean energy future."
Under the cap and trade program, businesses that emit a certain amount of carbon must either reduce those emissions or purchase "allowances," or permits, from other businesses.
All available allowances for next year were sold during the closed-door auction. That's about 23.1 million allowances, each worth a ton of carbon.
The results of the auction set the price at $10.09 per allowance, just above the minimum $10 reserve price.
Nichols said that's good news for businesses, some of which have warned of the burdensome cost of complying with the regulation. The state Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit to block the program last week, although the auction continued as scheduled.
"We're delighted," Nichols said. "Our goal is to reduce carbon at a good price in a way that is flexible for the companies that are covered. We feel like we're showing that is actually going to work."
State officials said the auction was "competitive," with three times as many bids submitted as the number of allowances available.
Contact reporter Alex Breitler at (209) 546-8295 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/breitlerblog.


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With its zero carry-over this fall, the California blackeye bean industry is in prime position for a proactive approach in marketing the 2006 crop for better grower returns in the future, says an industry leader.
Paul Paulin, manager of Cal Bean and Grain Warehouse, Pixley, Calif., is looking for a crop of about 275,000 hundredweight — about 50,000 hundredweight more than 2005 — from the state, which contributes about half the U.S. output.
He told growers at a recent field day at Shafter, Calif., that prices of $38 to $40 a sack were holding as the last of the 2005 crop was shipped out during September.
Exhausting the stocks broke a three-year streak of surpluses that held prices so low that many growers stopped growing blackeyes. Blackeye acreage in California this year is about 10,000 acres.
But Paulin warned that if growers are lured by higher prices this crop year and plant more in 2007, they could tip the industry's supply-demand balance.
He said the United States can absorb about 600,000 sacks year in, year out, but not 800,000. In fact, a 50,000-sack surplus can push down the price. So, he added, growers need to moderate production to keep a profitable margin.
His cooperative, established in 1959 and better known as "Cal-Bean," typically markets 60 percent to 65 percent of the California blackeye production, which is concentrated in Tulare and Kern counties.
"Part of our plan the last three years," Paulin said, "has been to basically dry up this market and start a proactive campaign to get end-users to understand the realities of what it costs California growers to be successful with blackeyes and continue to grow the crop."
Depressed prices at $28 or less a sack, he said, not only hurt growers but also Cal-Bean and other warehouses trying to keep their own overhead down. Paulin figures the break-even for growers is about $30 a sack at 30 sacks to the acre.
In pursuing the plan, he said, Cal-Bean is now courting more direct sales to canners and other end-users. "We are not trying to eliminate all brokers, but we'd like to see a slow movement toward direct sales. We have to convince end users that the guys growing the beans have to make money, and we believe the end-users are starting to come around to our point-of-view."
Cheap, inferior quality blackeye imports from nations such as Belize influence the world market, but Paulin said they may not be as cheap as some believe, considering costs of shipping them to the United States. Foreign stocks often must be blended with California beans to bring quality to a marketable level.
Growers in the southern San Joaquin Valley enjoy a longtime reputation of being a reliable source of top quality product for the dry bean industry, he said.
"There's no other place that can guarantee the end-users a supply, so they need to book blackeyes with us in advance at a structure, or level, that is economical to our growers. We want to market ourselves as a consistent supply."
Blackeye producers in Texas, still smarting from their own series of seasons of surpluses and depressed prices, agree with the California movement. "We've started communication with them, and they understand that none of us can afford to overproduce."
Allowing that Texas blackeyes are cheaper and cannot match California quality, Paulin said, "That's OK, but we want them up to a trade level where their price supports California's."
Paulin urged growers not to be preoccupied with good prices and delay harvest until fall rains threaten, even as the crop continued to set more beans in September. "They're worth a lot more this year, but get them in the barn sooner than later. With the high price of propane, if you get them wet you can't afford to dry them."
Paulin said veteran bean marketer Gary Burnett, who recently joined Cal-Bean to head up the marketing campaign, was hired in the process to replace the broker level. Part of the co-op's strategy is to market multiple varieties of dry beans.
Burnett said Peruvian blackeyes landed on the East Coast at $40 are cheaper this season than California product because of the $8 to $12 in freight to the east.
He estimated that the 2006 California crop would open at $36 to $38, with many growers having contracts, and said that he expected the price to hold for at least 30 days.
Burnett said he recently negotiated contracts between Cal-Bean blackeye-grower members and major-league bean canner Bush Brothers & Company of Knoxville, Tenn., which takes California blackeye shipments year-round.
Many blackeye canners, he said, are still accustomed to dealing through brokers and plan to stay that way, but, as brokers leave the business for one reason or another over time, Cal-Bean will press for direct marketing. He added that 80 percent of Cal-Bean's garbanzos are now direct marketed.
Blake Sanden, Kern County farm advisor, was also on hand for the field day and gave some pointers for growers based on his irrigation trial on blackeyes planted in Wasco sandy loam soil at the station this year.
By the second week of August, he said, area growers had been irrigating their beans about once a week since June to make sure they had plenty of stored soil moisture during the spate of three-digit temperatures in July.
Sanden said this year he had seen no bean field that had cut out, even though in a typical year several have begun to cut out by early August.
"I can't be certain, but it seems to me, with all the heat, everybody got really nervous and compressed their irrigation schedules. The result was they forestalled depletion of moisture down to 6 feet and prevented loss of the stand."
By checking for deep moisture, he added, growers may find it's better to run 12-hour sets every four or five days instead of depending on a 24-hour run every 10 days.
With less-frequent irrigations, the Wasco sandy loam at that point in the season characteristically will absorb water only within the top foot. Meanwhile, the lower moisture profile, which supplies blackeye roots that reach down to five or 6 feet, is depleted.


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Fire that destroyed Lynn apartment building was arson, officials say
Lewis Street blaze displaces dozens
A four-alarm fire that ripped through a Lynn apartment building on Monday was intentionally set, fire officials said Wednesday.
The fire started at about midnight at 145 Lewis St. and quickly engulfed the building, leaving dozens of people displaced.
Images: Fire rips through building
State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan and Lynn Fire Chief James McDonald are now calling the fire a case of arson.
Several residents were forced to use fire escapes to get out of the burning building.
"I am not surprised because there was another fire two weeks earlier in the hallway," said resident Randy McGlone who escaped out a window.
McGlone said he put out the first fire with water and snow.
Kim Valenti says she thought all along the fire was set and she and her son have talked with investigators about a possible suspect.
"There were some things that happened and my son was a witness," she said.


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Hound's Tooth
The personal ship of Bossk, the Hound's Tooth was a perfect fit for the Trandoshan hunter: imposing, deadly, and reliable. The bridge sits high atop an elongated, rectangular hull, giving Bossk a commanding view of landing fields or spacebound prey. The vessel's engines, power core and weapon systems take up the lower decks.
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One of the most feared bounty hunters of the galaxy, Bossk used his natural Trandoshan hunting instincts to capture his prey. During the Clone Wars, the red-eyed reptilian partnered with Aurra Sing, Castas and young Boba Fett. Bossk didn't care much for vendettas or politics. He was in it to get paid. After a brief stint in a Republic prison, Bossk continued his partnership with Fett, becoming a bodyguard to the teen bounty hunter. Decades later, Bossk answered Darth Vader's call to capture the Millennium Falcon after the Battle of Hoth, an assignment that put him in direct competition with Boba.
Slave I
The deadly Slave I was infamous for its association with Jango Fett, a bounty hunter in Mandalorian armor. Fett packed the craft with weapons, from laser cannons and projectile launchers to seismic charges. Boba Fett inherited Slave I upon Jango's death, but Aurra Sing crashed it on Florrum and Boba was taken into Republic custody. Hondo Ohnaka repaired Slave I, and Boba later reclaimed it. A generation after Jango's death, the distinctive craft remained the last thing fugitives wanted to see on their scanners.
Cad Bane
A ruthless bounty hunter from the planet Duro, Cad Bane was the preeminent blaster-for-hire in the galaxy at the time of the Clone Wars. No quarry was too dangerous for Bane... if the price was right. Using an impressive arsenal of weapons and allies, the cold, cruel and calculating Bane would literally track his prey to the ends of the galaxy if required. Bane carried custom twin blaster pistols, gauntlets studded with control devices, a concealed bola, explosives, integrated breathing apparatus and rocket boots, ensuring that he was always well prepared for any situation that may arise.


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DL Keith Bryant of Delray Beach, FL used Twitter Wednesday night to reveal his official visit plans for the next three weeks, and the news was not particularly good for USC.
Bryant had planned to visit the Gamecocks this weekend but will go to Miami instead. The next weekend he will visit Tennessee. And his final visit will come from USC, Alabama and LSU. Bryant has visited Florida State and Purdue.
Bryant wrote that he is "very wide open" and "anything can happen."


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University teams from across the globe are building solar homes on the National Mall in Washington for the Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition.
Organizers say the winning home will be affordable, comfortable, attractive, easy to live in and supply energy for cooking, cleaning and entertaining. The winning home will also provide adequate hot water and as much or more energy than it consumes.
The homes will be open to the public for free.
The Solar Decathlon begins Friday and runs through Oct. 2.
The competition at the National Mall's West Potomac Park includes teams from as far away as China and New Zealand and as close as College Park, Md. Organizers say the University of Maryland was the first team to qualify for electricity meter installation.


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In the last few months, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli government have demanded that the Palestinians formally recognize Israel as a "Jewish State." Depending on the latest iteration, this new demand has been presented either as a precondition for negotiations over a two-state settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or as a necessary component of such a settlement. The demand has been strongly rejected by leading Palestinian officials: Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian National Authority, Nabil Shaath, the deputy prime minister, and Saab Erekat, the PNA's chief negotiator have all said that while the Israelis can call their state whatever they want, the Palestinians will "never" recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
Most of my liberal Jewish colleagues and other critics of Israeli policies also oppose the Israeli demand. There are substantial reasons to do so. First, it is almost certain that Netanyahu has cynically seized on this new precondition as a means of sabotaging any possibility of a two-state settlement which, despite his recent rhetoric, he has always opposed. Consequently, even if the Palestinians accepted the demand, undoubtedly Netanyahu and the even more extremist rightwing Israeli politicians that are part of his governing coalition would have no difficulty in finding other obstacles to a negotiated settlement.
Second, it is argued that even if wasn't hypocritical, the Jewish state demand would be an unjust one, since its acceptance would require the Palestinians to relinquish their own demand for the right of return of the Palestinian refugees from the 1948 and 1967 wars to their former homes, villages, and lands in Israel. Moreover, insofar as Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is an Israeli precondition for negotiations, the Palestinians would have to give up the right of return without serious assurances that Israel would really agree to allow the establishment of a genuinely independent and viable Palestinian state.
To be sure, most Palestinian moderates—including Abbas and other West Bank political leaders—have quietly indicated that in the context of an overall settlement that meets their other goals, they will have to relinquish an unlimited right of return. However, they have refused to publicly and unambiguously state that in advance of negotiations. Somewhat surprisingly, even the New York Times has in effect supported that decision, criticizing the Jewish state demand on the grounds that while the Palestinians will have to compromise on the refugee issue later, "Prejudging it right now is too much." Jerry Haber has made the same point somewhat more forcefully: "the rapists demand that the rapee not only acquiesce in the rape but its legitimacy."
A third criticism is that the Jewish state demand is openly racist; as succinctly stated by Gideon Levy of Haaretz, "Defining Israel as a Jewish state condemns us to living in a racist state."
Finally, it is argued that the demand for a Jewish state is inconsistent with the requirements of democracy, for it would condemn the one million Arab citizens of Israel to permanent political as well as social and economic inequality and marginalization.
These are powerful criticisms, and certainly constitute decisive reasons for the Palestinians to reject the Jewish state demand as a precondition for "negotiations" especially since under Netanyahu they would all too likely go nowhere. However, for the Palestinians to say that they will never do so is a major error. Rather, Abbas and other PNA leaders should publicly state that they would be willing to relinquish their demand for a large–scale right of return and formally recognize Israel as a Jewish state, but only as part of an overall settlement that included the following:
*The creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza that met the legitimate demands—requirements, really--of the Palestinians: territorial contiguity, the withdrawal of Israeli military forces and all or most of the Jewish settlements, the establishment of East Jerusalem as the state's capitol, Palestinian sovereignty over the Haram-al-Sharif (Temple Mount) mosques and other religiously important Islamic sites, Palestinian control over the crucially important water aquifers in the West Bank, and other components of the international consensus two-state settlement.
*A formal commitment by Israel to accept the Arab Israelis that choose to remain in a Jewish state as full citizens, with equal political, economic, and social rights as the Jews.
The Criticisms Considered
A Jewish State Would Negate the Palestinian Right of Return. Of course that is the case, but even in principle it is far from clear that a right of return is a good idea on the merits, for the influx of perhaps hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into Israel might well result in a worsening of the conflict, not its resolution. However, there is no need to puzzle over this issue, since there is no chance whatever that Israel will agree to it.
Moreover, most Palestinian leaders—including Yasir Arafat in the past—understand that the right of return demand is unrealistic. For example, in a widely noted 2002 New York Times oped, Arafat wrote the following: "We are ready to sit down now with any Israeli leader to negotiate freedom for the Palestinians, a complete end of the occupation, security for Israel and creative solutions to the plight of refugees while respecting Israel's demographic concerns." (emphasis added)[1]
In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that the true demand of most Palestinian leaders is a symbolic one--that the Israelis acknowledge their responsibilities for the expulsion or flight of the Palestinians during and following the 1948 and 1967 wars[2]—and that in practice the rights of the Palestinian refugees can only be realized by some combination of a small-scale family reunification return to Israel, perhaps on the order of 10,000 or so; the return of most of the refugees and their descendants, if they so choose, to the Palestinian state; or voluntary resettlement elsewhere, accompanied by major international economic compensation and assistance.
Moreover, it is of great significance that in 2007 the twenty-two states of the Arab League unanimously approved a peace plan that does not mention a Palestinian "right of return" but rather states that "a just resolution of the refugee problem" should be "agreed upon." And it is hard to believe that this carefully chosen language, effectively granting Israel a veto on the issue, would have received such support if the Palestinian National Authority had objected.
It is often argued that for domestic political reasons no Palestinian political leaders can publicly and unambiguously renounce the right of return, even if conditioned on an overall peace settlement. Undoubtedly that is a real problem, but it is equally or probably even more true that as matters stand now domestic political constraints might well prevent Israeli political leaders from ending the occupation and removing large numbers of settlers from the West Bank and East Jerusalem—supposing, of course, that they really wanted to do so--even in return for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Both sides, then, would face major and perhaps violent internal opposition to a peace settlement, but what follows? Should we throw up our hands and accept that it is impossible to end the conflict? Many years ago George Kennan famously wrote: "History does not forgive us our national mistakes because they are explicable in terms of our domestic politics.…A nation which excuses its own failures by the sacred untouchableness of its own habits can excuse itself into complete disaster."
In that light, there is nothing to do but continue the efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and hope that wise political leadership on both sides might yet be able to overcome domestic opposition to a realistic, rational, and a reasonably if not perfectly just settlement.
The Rights of Palestinian Arabs in a Jewish State.
Under its founding Declaration of Independence, Israel committed itself to "ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex…and it will be faithful to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations." However, from the outset Israel discriminated against the Israeli Arabs in a variety of ways, initially in practice though not in principle, but in recent years increasingly by official legislation and executive decrees.
Consequently, it could be argued that even if Israel agreed to full equality for the Palestinian and other minorities in a Jewish state, there would be no guarantee that it would honor its new commitments and no means of enforcement if it didn't. That is correct, but what is the alternative? It stands to reason that the rights of the Israeli Arabs would have a greater chance of being realized if a peace settlement included a formal commitment by Israel that it will grant and enforce full citizenship and equality to them. And in the context of real peace between the Israeli and Palestinian people, there would be a much greater likelihood that Israel would honor its own declared principles and new formal guarantees, especially if they are structured so that they were commitments not only to the Palestinians but to the international community.
Is the Demand for a Jewish State Racist? In a famous or infamous 1975 resolution (later revoked in 1991), the UN General Assembly stated that "Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination." Aside from its political stupidity, that argument is untrue on the merits. To be sure, it is evident that many Israelis have racist attitudes towards Arabs in general and the Palestinians in particular. Still, it is important to distinguish between Zionism in principle and its increasing corruption in practice, and to consider whether Zionism and the demand for a Jewish state is inherently racist.
If it is to have any objective meaning, as distinct from being merely an instrument of denunciation, the term "racism" must include the belief that other races or peoples are inferior to one's own. In that sense, Zionism is not inherently or necessarily racist: the driving force behind the Zionist quest for a Jewish state was not the belief that it was imperative because the Jews were superior but the belief that it was imperative because the Jews were vulnerable.
Israel today is increasingly compared with South Africa under apartheid, and there are substantial reasons to do so. However, there are also important differences, among other reasons because South African apartheid was inherently racist, based as it was on the belief that whites were superior to blacks and therefore should rule over them, when necessary by great force and violence. Moreover, South Africa could not claim that because whites were vulnerable all over the world, they needed a state of their own.
To reiterate, by any reasonable definition the Israelis have become increasingly racist. Even so, the argument for a Jewish state is not racist by its very nature, and even in Israel today the predominant driving force behind the demand for formal Arab recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is not so much racism as it is a consequence of a continuing and probably growing sense of Jewish vulnerability in what is believed to be an inherently anti-Semitic world. Of course, this belief blindly equates opposition to the Israeli occupation and repression of the Palestinians with hatred of Jews as such; nonetheless, however paranoid and mindless, genuine beliefs have real consequences, including consequences that the Palestinians have to take into account.
Zionism and Democracy. Whether or not the Jewish state concept is inherently racist, there is a clear tension between a continuing commitment to a Zionist Jewish state and the requirements of democracy in the context of a substantial non-Jewish minority. This is the most difficult issue for defenders of the Jewish state concept, for once the tension between Zionism and democracy is acknowledged, as it must be, the issue of whether Zionism was ever justified or at least is justified today, is unavoidable.
In thinking about this issue, it is important to distinguish between anti-Zionism and "post-Zionism." Anti-Zionism usually entails the belief that the state of Israel should never have been created--though except for a handful of well-known crazies it does not include opposition to the continued "existence" of that state and its people, despite disingenuous or hysterical Israeli claims and propaganda. Post-Zionism accepts the need for the creation of a Jewish state in the past but holds that Israel today should no longer be regarded as a Jewish state, as opposed to the state of all its citizens, Jewish and non-Jewish alike; indeed, some post-Zionists accept the full logic of their position, in the sense that they would be prepared to accept an Israel in which Jews eventually might become a minority.
It is my view that in light of the long history of anti-Semitism, often murderous anti-Semitism, few if any other nationalist movements have had a more convincing claim to an imperative need for a state of their own than Jewish nationalism, or Zionism. Thus, the anti-Zionist argument, as applied to the founding of Israel, is quite unpersuasive. Post-Zionism today is another matter; even so, in the final analysis it is not convincing, for on what basis can one be confident that anti-Semitism will never again make life difficult—or impossible—for Jews anywhere in the world?
For that reason I cannot agree with my estimable colleague Tony Karon, who writes:
"The majority of the world's Jews have not claimed a right to self-determination as Jews. On the contrary, we're very happy that anti-Semitism in the West has been marginalized to the point that we can freely integrate ourselves into the democratic societies in which we've chosen to live….most young Jews in the West today are not assuming that their gentile neighbors are going to turn on them."[3]
True enough—today. However, go back to the 1920s and substitute the word "Germany" for "the West."
In short, it is historically short-sighted to be confident that the problem of anti-Semitism-- a problem that has repeatedly and with disastrous consequences recurred for more than two thousand years--has now been solved and will not reappear in the future, anywhere. Nor is it necessary to cite the Holocaust to cast doubt on the End of History assumptions implicit in post Zionism--in the last thirty years there has been considerable Ethiopian and massive Russian Jewish immigration into Israel in order to escape growing anti-Semitism and persecution in those countries. In that light, the case for a continued Zionism and the need for a Jewish state remains a reasonably strong one.
All that said, there is no denying that there is inherent tension between the requirements of Zionism and the requirements of democracy, a tension that already is a problem in Israel today and one that could become far more acute to the degree that the Israeli Arab minority becomes larger or increasingly alienated from the Jewish majority. While it is not only the size of the minority that matters, it is worthwhile to consider that issue: if the Israeli Arab minority should become substantially larger, would the tension between a Jewish state and a democratic one become irresolvable?
Perhaps surprisingly, Moshe Arens, one of Israel's most prominent rightwing politicians, has addressed this issue in an interesting and forthright manner:
"Most Israelis are determined to assure the state's Jewish character...while respecting its Arab citizens. We insist on continuing the mission that the Jewish state has set for itself of providing a haven for those Jews throughout the world who may need one. What happened during the Holocaust can never be allowed to happen again. This requires a substantial Jewish majority."
"How big a majority? That's a question that needs to be pondered. Is the present 80 percent Jewish majority sufficient? Would a reduction to a 70 percent Jewish majority be a catastrophe? Is it solely a question of numbers or is it also a function of the degree to which Israel's minority population has been integrated into Israeli society?"[4]
As implied in Arens' argument-- but not sufficiently emphasized--the degree of tension between two legitimate goals, a Jewish but still democratic state, depends not only on the size of the minority but also whether it is satisfied to continue to live in a Jewish state. Today the Arab minority is about 20% of the Israeli population; to some degree it is integrated into the fabric of Israeli life (although, of course, not equally so) and to some degree--apparently increasing--it is at odds with it.
In the context of an overall peace settlement with the Palestinians and the Arab world—readily attainable if only the Israelis would agree to it—the size of the minority might well decrease rather than increase because of the likelihood of some voluntary emigration of Israeli Palestinians into a full Palestinian state, especially if it becomes a political and economic success.
Perhaps more importantly, if Israel finally makes good on its commitment to full equality and rights for all its citizens, the "demographic problem," to employ the Israeli euphemism, would likely become increasingly less important as non-Jewish citizens become fully integrated into the Israeli political system, economy, society, and culture.
The Case for Palestinian Acceptance of Israel as a Jewish State.
Formal recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is hardly a new or radical idea; indeed, the 1947 United Nations partition resolution specifically provided for the division of Palestine into a "Jewish state" and "an Arab state." To be sure, there is every reason to believe that the Netanyahu government has seized upon what should be regarded as a non-issue as a cynical tactic to torpedo negotiations leading to a Palestinian state. But now that the Israeli government has made an issue of it, there is no doubt that for psychological and symbolic reasons most Israelis genuinely support the Jewish state demand—including many serious critics of the occupation.[5]
There is a growing concern in Israel that the state is becoming "delegitimized"—its very existence supposedly under a coordinated and deliberate "international campaign." Of course this concern is entirely misplaced: most Israelis, invariably blind to the consequences of their country's policies and actions, simply deny the obvious, namely that it is not the "existence" of Israel but its occupation and ugly repression of the Palestinians that is regarded as illegitimate, especially since it is clear that in the context of a two-state settlement the Palestinian Authority and most of the Arab world are ready to accept Israel and normalize relations with it.
Nonetheless, for obvious historical and psychological reasons most Israelis apparently genuinely fear "delegitimization," and for that reason the fear, however unfounded, is a real obstacle to peace. In that light, it could be very helpful if the Palestinians were to reassure the Israelis by agreeing to recognize it as a "Jewish State" and dropping essentially symbolic demands, like the right of return, that are unrealistic and have no chance of being accepted.
Indeed, over the years, Palestinian leaders have often indicated that they recognize the realities, and are prepared to act accordingly in the context of a settlement. For example:
* In 2003, unofficial but high level Palestinian negotiators, tacitly backed by Yasir Arafat (at the time still the unchallenged leader of the Palestinians) signed the Geneva Accord, the most detailed and authoritative plan for a two-state settlement. The Accord recognized "the right of the Jewish people to statehood and the recognition of the right of the Palestinian people to statehood, without prejudice to the equal rights of the Parties' respective citizens." Mahmoud Abbas—then known as Abu Mazen—was among the Palestinian leaders who have supported the Accord; indeed, he was the joint author of the 1995 Israeli-Palestinian "Beilin-Abu Mazen" statement, which set forth the principles on which the Geneva Accord was constructed.
*In 2004 Arafat was asked in an interview with Haaretz whether he understood that Israel had to remain a Jewish state. Reinforcing his 2002 New York Times oped, and this time talking directly to the Israelis, his reply was: "Definitely."
*Recently, Yasser Abed Rabbo, the head of the Palestinian delegation that negotiated the Geneva Accord and today secretary general of the PLO, publicly stated that the Palestinians should "recognize Israel under any formula" in return for an Israeli commitment to a Palestinian state with the 1967 borders.[6]
In short, the Palestinians have nothing to lose by publicly and unambiguously stating that they will agree to formally recognize Israel as a Jewish state as part of an overall two-state settlement that meets their realistic and justifiable requirements. To be sure, it is only too likely that such a Palestinian concession would, in the short run, result only in the Netanyahu government and its rightwing supporters finding other pretexts for refusing a two-state settlement—but at least the Palestinians would dramatically be calling Netanyahu's bluff and increasingly international pressures on Israel. Moreover, continued and even more obvious Israeli obduracy might lead to changes in the attitudes of my fellow American Jews, most of whom continue to reflexively support almost any Israeli behavior, thus enabling their most powerful organized leadership to continue abetting an Israel that is now accelerating its descent into a moral and security catastrophe.
[1]Arafat, "The Palestinian Vision of Peace," New York Times oped, Feb. 3, 2002.
[2]For example, in an October 20, 2010 oped in Haaretz, Nabil Shaath, chief of international relations for Fatah and a member of the Palestinian negotiating team, wrote that "We demand that Israel acknowledges its responsibility for the creation and perpetuation of the Palestinian refugee issue, and work with us toward finding a just resolution to this issue." ("Does Israel Want Peace or to Play the Blame Game.")
[3] "Who Made Netanyahu the Leader of the Jewish People?" Email to members of the Israeli-Palestinian List, Oct. 18, 2010.
[4]Haaretz, Sept. 14, 2010
[5] The Israeli centrist Yossi Alpher recently wrote that Netahyahu's demand has broad support within the Israeli public: "The right wing likes it because it is patriotic and seemingly 'anti-Arab.' The left and center cannot easily oppose it because it dovetails with their emphasis on ending the occupation in order to maintain Israel as a Jewish and democratic state in view of the demographic threat." ("The 'Jewish State' Condition," Bitterlemons, October 25, 2010.
[6] For a discussion, see Alpher, cited in note 5.


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Tieu Luu makes a case for the REST architectural style in a recent article, using a Department of Defense's project, called Net-Centric Data Strategy (NCDS), as an example. He argues that some of the core objectives of NCDS can be more naturally supported by the four basic principles of REST, viz., Uniform Interface, Self-Descriptive Messages, Addressable Resources and Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State.
In 2003 DoD established an enterprise level data strategy, called Net-Centric Data Strategy, which has a set of fairly well defined basic goals. Four of these goals share some common characteristics with the World Wide Web for sharing and utilizing the data within the enterprise. The authors have chosen these four goals of this initiative to illustrate their point:
- Make the Data Visible. This means that all the consumers of the data can discover the existence of that data.
- Make the Data Accessible. This means that the consumers have appropriate authority to access the data.
- Make the Data Understandable. This basically means — make it self-descriptive.
- Support the Unanticipated User. This essentially means no limit on the number of the users, in a style similar to the World Wide Web.
The author goes into detail explaining the existing natural synergy between the REST principles and the NCDS goals. For example, he explains how the REST principle of Uniform Interfaces can naturally support the data accessibility and unanticipated user features of NCDS. He summarizes the coverage of these four goals of NCDS by the above four basic REST principles in a table as shown below:
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Uniform Interfaces
· All resources exposing the same uniform interface enables ubiquitous access to data
· Supports the unanticipated user since all users anticipated or not access resources through the same uniform interface
Self-Descriptive Messages
· Use of standard representation formats and descriptive metadata enables data to be understandable by a broad audience
Addressable Resources
· Every resource or piece of data has an addressable URI making it discoverable and thus increases its visibility
· The URI not only allows the resource to be discovered, but also allows it to be accessed
· These URIs also allow information to be linked to provide context to increase understandability
Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State
· This principle of "connectedness" requires resources to contain links to other relevant resources, enabling related resources to be discoverable through each other's representations
· This connectedness of resources results in a network of information that provides the context to increase understandability
The author also acknowledges those scenarios of DoD in which SOAP and WS-* would be more effective, for instance in an application-to-application integration scenario. He continues to defend his position that he is not positioning REST as a better approach, but simply an alternative that could offer benefits under certain scenarios. In the end he expresses his hope, that is, his article will convince DoD to use REST as well.
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There are roughly 6-8 core capabilities of the Net-Centric infrastructure, from machine-to-machine messaging, to web services, to collaboration, to file sharing.
Most of the current direction has been to build these capabilities with WS-* technologies including strong SAML support. There is a discovery aspect to these set of services, where you register XML metadata for services and
data that you register.
One of the capabilities is called File Based Exposure, this allows users to download files using their browser via normal HTTP URL links. This is a form of REST right?
All the other services are based tightly on WS-* and utilize SAML. Getting the DoD to change from this model to a REST model will happen when the federal budget is balanced or when REST becomes WS-* :^))


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Rideau Hall in Ottawa
Built in 1838, Rideau Hall has been the official residence for Canada's governors general since 1867 and a workplace since 1940. This heritage site is just a few minutes away from downtown Ottawa. Educational tours of the residence and grounds are offered to school groups, from Grade 5 to adult students.
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Hear the name Gavers in this area and you're likely to think Barndance.
And by the looks of the Gavers Community Barndance ticket sales, you're likely to go.
"We are knocking on the door right now of being sold out," said Steven Gavers, who founded the dance along with the Gavers Community Cancer Foundation after beating testicular cancer. "It's our largest this year."
The 14th annual fundraiser, which actually is under a tent and takes place at 5 p.m. July 20 at Emricson Park in Woodstock, is expected to draw about 2,500 people this year.
With a barbecue dinner, live auction and music, including country singer Rick Monroe, the rock band Dot Dot Dot and '80s guitar pop cover band Hans and the Hormones, the event provides plenty of entertainment.
Hans and the Hormones are regulars at the dance, with a couple of the band's members serving on the foundation's board.
They actually helped come up with the idea for the fundraiser one night years ago while chatting with Gavers.
Though a celebration, what stands out for Gavers every year is the underlying reason for the event, along with people it honors. Through his foundation, he works to raise awareness of the need for cancer screenings as well as money for research.
Every year, he selects "Never be Defeated" award winners to honor at the Barndance. Three will be given this year, with the winners announced at the dance. They go to those who've gone through or are dealing with traumatic situations, with the key word being "selflessness," Gavers said.
"That is the only word I can come up with. They're dealing with very emotional, physical and mental ordeals," he said. "They're really not dwelling on what they're going through. They're like, 'What can I do for someone else?'
"That is probably the biggest thing I do at the event. It's my little satisfaction. I get to bring joy to someone else."
The Barndance has raised more than $4.5 million since its beginning, with roughly 2,400 attending last year. Completely volunteer, the foundation donates its profits to facilities that help cancer patients, including Centegra Health System, Rush University Medical Center, the Family Health Partnership Clinic and the Wellness Place.
The event recently was honored as one of the best community celebrations in the country as part of a "Best of US" campaign hosted by Johnsonville Sausage.
The campaign narrowed 275 nominations to a Top 10 that were voted on through www.johnsonville.com. The Barndance ranked at number five, and earned $1,000 toward its cause.
Gavers credits the success of the fundraiser to its many volunteers, including 30 new supporters who offered to help out this year. The cause means so much to those involved, he said.
"I would say everyone on the planet is touched by it (cancer) now, either a friend or relative or someone you know," he said. "The web is so thick that it's one of those things that I think we need to do."
With five class reunions scheduled to take place at the Barndance, it's also become a place where the community comes together.
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Man charged after hit-run crash in tavern parking lot
NIAGARA FALLS – A hit-and-run crash in a tavern parking lot led to the drunken driving arrest of a Ransomville man Friday evening, police said.
Patrons at the Evening Star tavern on Niagara Falls Boulevard told police just before 8 p.m. Friday that a man struck a vehicle in the parking lot and then drove off.
David A. Ross, 50, of Simmons Road, was stopped a short time later and found to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.15, almost twice the legal limit. He was charged with driving while intoxicated.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A dispute over whether to require record keeping for private gun sales is holding up a compromise between Republican and Democratic senators over expanding background checks for firearms transactions, one of President Barack Obama's top gun control priorities, people familiar with the private talks said Sunday.
Two GOP and two Democratic senators have been looking for a compromise on requiring more of the checks, currently required only for transactions by federally licensed dealers. Private transactions at gun shows, online and elsewhere are not covered by the system, which is designed to keep firearms from criminals, people with serious mental problems and others.
The senators have been bargaining quietly over ways to expand the checks to private sales. But Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a conservative who has taken a leading role in the talks, has opposed requiring record keeping for private transactions because of a concern it could lead to a national registry of gun owners, which is vehemently opposed by the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups.
Democrats say keeping records of private sales is the only way to ensure the checks are performed, and say fears of the creation of a federal gun registry are unfounded. They have offered to have gun manufacturers or other private entities, not the government, keep those records.
The talks were described by a Senate aide and a lobbyist who spoke on condition of anonymity because the senators' talks are private and considered extremely politically sensitive.
The other senators participating in the bargaining are liberal Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., moderate Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and moderate Mark Kirk, R-Ill.
An agreement involving the influential Coburn could be pivotal because it could pave the way for other Republicans to support a background check bill.
Coburn said Sunday that he opposed keeping records on "legitimate, law-abiding gun owners."
"All they have to do is create a record keeping and that will kill this bill," he said on "Fox News Sunday."
The bargainers are close to agreement on other parts of the background check compromise, including carving out exemptions for sales between close relatives and for people who have already been cleared to receive concealed carry permits. They are also working toward creating an appeals process for veterans initially denied guns because they have been treated for traumatic stress disorder.
Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., of the Senate Judiciary Committee is hoping his panel can begin writing gun control legislation this week, but that is considered likely to slip until the following week. His panel is expected to approve legislation on background checks and stiffer federal penalties against illegal gun trafficking.
It is unclear whether there will be enough votes to approve two other Obama priorities: bans on assault weapons and magazines carrying more than 10 rounds of ammunition.


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Photojournalists Capture Life in Moberly
Photographers from the University of Missouri's School of Journalism visited Moberly to hone their storytelling skills while adding images to an archive that documents small town life.
In the latter part of the nineteenth century, an enterprising newspaper writer described the city of Moberly as 'magically springing from the prairie' with the arrival of the Wabash Railroad Shop in 1873. Nearly a century and a half later the sound of freight trains still reverberate off the brick-walled downtown buildings and Moberly still touts itself as the "Magic City."
During the last week of September 2006, a band of 30 photographers, a dozen faculty and a score of student workers descended on Moberly hoping to create a little magic of their own at the 58th annual Missouri Photo Workshop. Drawn from the four corners of the U.S. and from Canada, France, Holland, Singapore, Romania and the United Kingdom, their mission was the same as their several thousand workshop predecessors. They came to sharpen their story-telling skills while collecting images that spoke to the essence of community and explored the lives of, and the issues facing, the people who inhabit small town America.
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Real Salt Lake and Costa Rica forward Alvaro Saborio had a good start to the final round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying on Wednesday night, scoring a goal and adding an assist in 90 minutes of action in Los Ticos 2-2 draw at Panama.
Costa Rica had a nightmare start to the match, conceding in the 15th and 28th minutes to fall behind 2-0. Saborio started Los Ticos' comeback in the 39th minute, getting on the end of a cross just to right of the penalty spot and powerfully heading home inside the far post.
Saborio assisted on Costa Rica's late equalizer, crossing to strike partner Bryan Ruiz for a fantastic bicycle kick finish in the 83rd minute.
Real Salt Lake's leading scorer in 2012, Saborio is expected to join the Claret-and-Cobalt for the first time this preseason on Monday, Feb. 11, when the team will travel to Arizona for the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup. He had been with Costa Rica for the entirety of RSL's preseason, captaining his country to a Copa Centroamericana title on Jan. 27 before beginning preparations for Wednesday's game at Panama.


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Paul and Pauline Griffith, May 30, 1980. Interview H-0247.
A Husband and Wife Describe Their Life As Textile Mill Workers in Greenville, South Carolina: Paul and Pauline Griffith spent their working careers in the Judson Mill in Greenville, South Carolina. They offer an overview on conditions in the mill and how the work changed from the 1920s into the 1970s.
Interviewee: Paul Griffith, Pauline Griffith Interviewer: Allen Tullos
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