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Foley on Microsoft
Consumers have good reason to be excited about the next OS -- and Microsoft has good reason to ship it sooner rather than later.
Yes, I realize that Microsoft officials are still citing their "three years after Windows Vista went generally available" ship date as the target for Windows 7. But any Windows watcher worth his or her salt knows that "early 2010" is a more likely timeframe for Redmond to ship the product.
Microsoft has every incentive to get Windows 7 to market sooner rather than later. Among them:
From what sources tell me, Microsoft intends to deliver a public, feature-complete beta 1 of Windows 7 by the end of this month. I hear there's no planned beta 2 of Windows 7. The product is slated to go from beta 1 to Release Candidate to released to manufacturing (RTM). Increasingly, it appears Microsoft has a real chance to RTM Windows 7 by mid-2009.
With all this momentum, why am I questioning whether 2009 will be the year of Windows 7? There are still a couple of potential hurdles that could delay this fast-moving train. There's the chance a showstopper bug could rear its ugly head in the eleventh hour of testing, but there are a couple of bigger worries:
What do you think? Will Microsoft release Windows 7 at the optimal time to head off these potential problems at the pass? Do you expect to see Windows 7 RTM in 2009, or do you care if it slips into 2010?
About the Author
Mary Jo Foley is editor of the ZDNet "All About Microsoft" blog and has been covering Microsoft for about two decades. She's the author of "Microsoft 2.0" (John Wiley & Sons, 2008), which examines what's next for Microsoft in the post-Gates era.
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Who is a Catholic to vote for? Depends on who you ask
The presidential debates are upon us, Election Day is (thankfully) only a month away, and Catholics by now have probably heard more than enough about the "right" way for them to vote in accordance with the teachings of the church.
But just in case you haven't heard enough, there's always the U.S. bishops' helpful guide, "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship." I've always found the bishops' document to be well balanced, with information on the importance of voting, the church's social teaching, and the bishops' policy positions on various issues. The document never tells Catholics who to vote for--in fact, it cautions Catholics that the church endorses no candidates or parties and offers positions that conflict both major parties' platforms--and stresses that there is no one single issue that should define how a Catholic votes. It is up to the individual, the bishops say, to form their own conscience and decide which candidate is the best choice.
Don't agree with that approach? Then you might want to try the Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics, distributed by Catholic Answers Press. Again, the guide cautions that there are no endorsements being made for any party or candidate, yet there are five "non-negotiable" issues given for Catholic voters: abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, and same-sex marriage. Other issues are considered as not having the same "moral weight," the guide says, such as poverty, the environment, immigration, war, and the death penalty, and Catholics can come to their own conclusions on these issues when voting. Not an endorsement of any party, but a pretty clear line is being drawn for which party Catholics should gravitate toward.
EWTN's "Brief Catechism for Catholic Voters" makes it even simpler by boiling it down to one issue: abortion. It is never "morally permissible," the document states, to vote for a candidate that is pro-choice, even if their policies would "do much more for the culture of life" than the other candidate. So according to this guide, Catholics are bound to vote for the candidate who says they oppose abortion, even if that candidate would sacrifice lives to war, capital punishment, or extreme poverty.
The Catholic Hispanic Leadership Alliance makes things even easier for you, scoring each presidential candidate on a variety of issues to determine which one is the better Catholic choice. Life issues, religious freedom, and marriage are the first issues listed in their guide, and after breaking down the candidates they inform Catholics that Mitt Romney is much more in line with church teaching, giving him a 52.2 percent score, compared to the 17.4 percent earned by Barack Obama.
But if these voter guides don't seem to suit you as a Catholic, fear not, there are plenty of others to choose from. Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good breaks down the issues into the common good, the economy, pro-life issues, workers' rights, health care, immigration reform, foreign affairs, and religious liberty. That's certainly a more broad spectrum of concerns for Catholics to consider, and there's no list of "negotiable" versus "non-negotiable" positions.
Another handy tool for voters is this workbook by the Sisters of Mercy, which lists questions that voters should ask and gives you space to fill in your own findings on the candidates' positions. The issues it covers are poverty, the earth, immigration, nonviolence, racism, and women. Again, a whole different set of concerns than some of the other Catholic guides.
A quick Google search can find you even more advice on how you should vote as a Catholic. Most of these guides will include quotes from popes, encyclicals, scripture, theologians, and church leaders to back up their claims that certain issues should be of primary concern for voters. So how does a Catholic know which one to listen to?
Although they differ greatly in some cases, all of the guides do bring up issues that should be important for Catholics on Election Day. How they weigh those issues ranges from an unbiased, balanced view to thinly veiled partisan politics. It is up to the voter to figure out which is which, and that can be a daunting task.
How you vote should certainly be informed by your faith, and it is important for Catholics to know the candidates and the issues as best they can. Once they do, the best guide is to simply follow their own conscience. You can still ask someone else for their guidance, but be warned that they might just make you even more confused.


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FAO Director-General meets EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
20 May 2014, Rome – FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today held talks with the EU's top fisheries official, Commissioner Maria Damanaki, who attended the 38th session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), held at FAO headquarters.
"Blue growth –sustainable management of the world's oceans and wetlands- is one of our priorities and crucial for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries", Graziano da Silva said.
The discussions focused on the fight against illegal fishing as a priority. While they agreed that good progress has been made, they stressed that much more needs to be done in terms of adequate resources, expertise and capacity building.
FAO Director-General underlined the importance of protecting artisanal fishing and requested the support of the EU to assist fishers in the overall chain process, particularly during this year of the International Year of Family Farming. He noted that one of the new FAO Ambassadors for Family Farming is a fisherman from Mauritania.
In her address to the GFCM, Commissioner Damanaki welcomed a key reform to the body to strengthen cooperation between GFCM Members for the sustainable management of the stocks they share.
She praised the GFCM and FAO for their role in introducing the reform. "The EU has contributed greatly to this work and has been working very closely with all its partners in the region," Damanaki said.
"We are fully committed to implement together with our partners this reform as soon as possible. I am convinced that this Agreement will become indispensable for the future of Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries and fishermen," the Commissioner added.
She also stressed the need for urgent action to improve the status of stocks in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
Fish remains among the most traded food commodities worldwide, worth almost $130 billion in 2012 –a figure which is likely to increase according to FAO.
However, FAO warns that harmful practices and poor management threatens the fisheries sector's sustainability.
The importance of fish is set to feature prominently at the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) jointly organized by FAO and the World Health Organization for 19-21 November in Rome.
Commissioner Damanaki expressed her intention to attend the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) meeting at FAO (9-13 June).


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The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market index surged to 52 from 44 in May, easily topping forecasts for 45. It was the first time the index has been above 50 since April 2006. The Fed will hold its two-day policy meeting beginning tomorrow.
Equities: The SEP13 E-mini S&P 500 is trading up 18 points this morning on not only a great housing market index number, but also possible expectations of a dovish Bernanke on Wednesday. Our key market profile pivot line is 1629. If this market stays above this key level, we have our next upside target at 1667. We believe this next move is very dependent on Bernanke's policy statement this week. If he is uses dovish language, indicating the Fed is keeping its stimulus program until the unemployment #'s actually warrant a change, we could see this market have a big relief rally. However, if Bernanke echoes some other Fed member's sentiment that stimulus could be tapered over the next few meetings, we could see both the stocks and bonds (and commodities) drop.
Bonds: The SEP13 U.S. 30-year bond market is down 8 ticks this morning, trading at 140'03. Again, this market awaits a very important policy statement by Bernanke on Wednesday. The bonds look to us to be in a downtrend, and are currently in a small corrective move. Our key monthly pivot level on the market profile is 139'12. If the bonds can stay above this level, we could see a short covering rally especially if we get a dovish Bernanke. However, if the bonds get below 139'12 again and rebuild some bearish momentum, we have our next downside price target at 136'09.
Commodities: AUG13 gold is down $5 to $1,383. Our key resistance level on the market profile is $1,398, and then $1,385 below that. If gold can stay below $1,398, we look for another leg down to the high $1,330s. If gold can rally above $1,398, we believe gold can go a bit higher to $1,410. We are also watching the corn market, as that has picked up strength this morning after a recent multi-week down turn. Crude oil is somewhat quiet today, still holding to its recent bullish tone, trading up $0.14 to $98.02
Currencies: The U.S. dollar has reversed course in June, trading down to 80 from 84. Today, it is up slightly, with the Aussie dollar down 31 ticks and the yen down 59 ticks against the USD. The euro has been very strong and is actually up today, trading up 2 ticks to 133.48. The Aussie dollar has a key support zone from 94.40-94.60, it is currently trading at 95.02. It has a market profile resistance at 95.30. We believe the Aussie is in a downtrend and just in a consolidation phase currently.
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Frederick Schauer
- David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law
Frederick Schauer is David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. From 1990 to 2008 he was Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard University, and was previously professor of law at the University of Michigan. He has been visiting professor of law at the Columbia Law School, Fischel-Neil Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, Morton Distinguished Visiting Professor of the Humanities at Dartmouth College, distinguished visiting professor at the University of Toronto, visiting fellow at the Australian National University, distinguished visitor at New York University, and Eastman Professor and fellow of Balliol College at the University of Oxford. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Schauer is the author of The Law of Obscenity (BNA, 1976), Free Speech: A Philosophical Enquiry (Cambridge, 1982), Playing By the Rules: A Philosophical Examination of Rule-Based Decision-Making in Law and in Life (Clarendon/Oxford, 1991), Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes (Harvard, 2003), Thinking Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning (Harvard, 2009), and, most recently, The Force of Law (Harvard, 2015). The editor of Karl Llewellyn, The Theory of Rules (Chicago, 2011), and a founding editor of the journal Legal Theory, he has been chair of the Section on Constitutional Law of the Association of American Law Schools and of the Committee on Philosophy and Law of the American Philosophical Association. In 2005 he wrote the foreword to the Harvard Law Review's annual Supreme Court issue, and has written widely on freedom of expression, constitutional law and theory, evidence, legal reasoning and the philosophy of law. His books have been translated into Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese and Turkish, and his scholarship has been the subject of three books (Rules and Reasoning: Essays in Honour of Fred Schauer, Linda Meyer ed., Hart Publishing, 1999; A Demokracia es a Szolasszabadsag Hatari, Andras Koltay ed., Wolters Kluwer 2014; The Force of Law Reaffirmed; Christoph Bezemek & Nicoletta Ladavac eds., Springer, 2016) and special issues of Jurisprudence, Law & Social Inquiry, Ratio Juris, Politeia, the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, and the Notre Dame, Connecticut and Quinnipiac Law Reviews.
Scholarship Profile: Unconventional Wisdom (Virginia Journal 2010)
- J.D.Harvard Law School1972
- M.B.A.Dartmouth College1968
- A.B.Dartmouth College1967
Books and Book Chapters:
"Incomplete Responses," in Christoph Bezemek & Nicoletta Ladavac eds., The Force of Law Reaffirmed: Frederick Schauer Meets the Critics 145 (Springer, 2016).
Leading Cases in Constitutional Law (with Choper, Fallon, & Dorf) (West Publishing, 2016).
"Lessons from the Free Speech Clause," in Micah Schwartzman et al., eds., The Rise of Corporate Religious Liberty 193 (Oxford University Press, 2016).
The Force of Law (Harvard University Press, 2015) (Italian edition, Milan, Libreria Mimesis, forthcoming 2016) (Spanish edition, Fuerza de Ley, Lima, Editores Palestra, 2015) (Portuguese edition, Sao Paolo, Martins Fontes, translation in progress).
Constitutional Law (with Choper, Fallon, & Dorf) (West Publishing, 12th ed., 2015) .
The First Amendment (with Choper & Shiffrin) (West Publishing, 6th ed., 2015).
"Law and Social Cognition" (with Barbara A. Spellman), in Donal E. Carlston, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Social Cognition 829 (Oxford University Press 2014).
"Proportionality and the Question of Weight," in Grant Huscroft et al., eds., Proportionality and the Rule of Law: Rights, Justification, Reasoning 173 (Cambridge University Press, 2014.
"Foreword," in Edward H. Levi, An Introduction to Legal Reasoning v (University of Chicago Press, 2013).
"Hart's Anti-Essentialism," in Luis Duarte d'Almeida et al., eds., Reading HLA Hart's The Concept of Law 237 (Hart Publishing, 2013).
"Must Virtue Be Particular?," in Amalia Amaya & Ho Hack Lai, eds., Law, Virtue and Justice 265 (Hart, 2013).
"Necessity, Importance, and the Nature of Law," in Jordi Ferrer Beltrán et al., eds.,Neutrality and Theory of Law 17 (Springer, 2013).
"Positivism Before Hart," in Michael Freeman & Patricia Mindus, eds., The Legacy of John Austin's Jurisprudence 271 (Springer, 2013).
"Stare Decisis and the Selection Effect," in Christopher J. Peters, ed., Precedent in the United States Supreme Court 121 (Springer 2013).
"The Ubiquity of Prevention," in Andrew Ashworth et al., eds., Prevention and the Limits of the Criminal Law 10 (Oxford University Press, 2013).
"Balancing, Subsumption, and the Constraining Role of Legal Text," in Matthias Klatt, ed.,Institutionalized Reason: The Jurisprudence of Robert Alexy 307 (Oxford University Press, 2012).
"Comparative Constitutional Compliance: Notes Towards a Research Agenda," in Maurice Adams & Jacco Bomhoff, eds., Practice and Theory in Comparative Law 212 (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
"Is Defeasibility an Essential Property of Law?," in Jordi Ferrer Beltrán & Giovanni Battista Ratti, eds., The Logic of Legal Requirements: Essays on Defeasibility 77 (Oxford University Press, 2012).
"Legal Reasoning" (with Barbara A. Spellman), in Keith J. Holyoak & Robert G. Morrison, eds., Oxford Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning 719 (Oxford University Press, 2012).
"Social Epistemology, Holocaust Denial, and the Post-Millian Calculus," in Michael Herz & Peter Molnar, eds., The Content and Regulation of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses 129 (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
"Editor's Introduction," in Karl Llewellyn, The Theory of Rules 1 (University of Chicago Press, 2011).
"Perché il precedente nel diritto (e altrove) non è interamente (e nemmeno sostanzialmente) questione di analogia," in Luca Pelliccioli & Vito Velluzzi, eds., L'analogia e il diritto: Antologia Breve 111-120 (Pisa, Italy: Edizioni ETS, 2011).
"Ponderación, subsunción, y el rol restringente del texto juridico," in Gustavo A. Beade & Laura Clérico, eds., Desafíos a la ponderación 51-77 (Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2011).
"The Trouble with Cases" (with Richard Zeckhauser), in Daniel P. Kessler, ed., Regulation versus Litigation: Perspectives from Economics and Law 45 (University of Chicago Press, 2011).
Thinking Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning (Harvard University Press, 2009). (Spanish edition, Madrid, Marcel Pons Ediciones, translation in progress) (Portugese edition, Madrid, Marcial Pons Ediciones, translation in progress) (South Asia edition, Universal Law Publishing Company, forthcoming 2011)
Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes (Harvard University Press/Belknap Press, 2003) (paperback edition, 2006)(Italian edition forthcoming Spring 2008, Il Mulino, Bologna; Spanish translation now in progress).
"Institutions and the Concept of Law: A Reply to Ronald Dworkin (with Some Help from Neil MacCormick)," in Maksymilian del Mar & Zenon Bankowski, eds., Law as Institutional Normative Order: Essays in Honour of Sir Neil MacCormick 35 (Ashgate Publishing, 2009).
"Paltering" (with Richard Zeckhauser), in Brooke Harrington, ed., Deception: From Ancient Empires to Internet Dating 38 (Stanford University Press, 2009).
"Rules of Recognition, Constitutional Controversies, and the Dizzying Dependence of Law On Acceptance" (with Larry Alexander), in Matthew D. Adler & Kenneth Einar Kimma, eds., The Rule of Recognition and the U.S. Constitution 175 (Oxford University Press, 2009).
Playing By the Rules: A Philosophical Examination of Rule-Based Decision-Making in Law and in Life (Oxford University Press/Clarendon Press, 1991) (paperback edition, 1992) (Italian edition, La Regole del Gioco, Bologna, il Mulino, 2000) (Spanish edition, Las Reglas en Juego, Madrid, Marcel Pons Ediciones, 2004).
The Philosophy of Law: Classic and Contemporary Readings with Commentary (with Walter Sinnott-Armstrong) (Harcourt Brace/Oxford University Press, 1996).
Supplements to Gunther, Constititional Law (Foundation Press, 1983-96).
Law and Language (ed.) (Dartmouth/Gower/Ashgate Publishing Company, 1992).
The First Amendment: A Reader (with John H. Garvey) (West Publishing Company, 1992, 2nd ed., 1995).
Free Speech: A Philosophical Enquiry (Cambridge University Press, 1982) (paperback edition, 1982) (Turkish edition, İfade Özgürlüğű: Felsefǐ Bir İnceleme, Ankara, Liberal Dűşűnce Topluluğu, 2002).
The Law of Obscenity (BNA Books, 1976).
Articles and Review Essays:
"Sanctions for Acts or Sanctions for Actors"
"Free Speech, the Search for Truth, and the Problem of Collective Knowledge," 70 SMU L. Rev. 231 (2017).
"Law's Boundaries," 130 Harv. L. Rev, 2434 (2017).
"Analogy, Expertise, and Experience" (with Barbara A. Spellman), 84 U. Chi. L. Rev. (2017).
"Every Possible Use of Language?"
"Calibrating Legal Judgments" (with Barbara A. Spellman)
"Not Just About License Plates: Walker v Sons of Confederate Veterans, Government Speech, and Doctrinal Overlap in the First Amendment," The Supreme Court Review 2014(forthcoming 2016).
"Second-Order Vagueness in Law," in Geert Keil & Ralf Poscher, eds., Vagueness and Law: Philosophical and Legal Perspectives 177 (Oxford University Press, 2016).
"How (and If) Law Matters," 129 Harvard Law Review Forum, 350 (2016).
HeinOnline (PDF)
"Fuller's Fairness: 'The Case of the Speluncean Explorers,'" 35 U. Queensland L.J. 11 (2016).
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"On the Utility of Religious Toleration," 10 Crim. L. & Phil. 479 (2016).
"Defeasibilities," Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, February 25, 2016.
"Why the Declaration of Independence Is Not Law—and Why It Could Be," 89 S. Cal. L. Rev. 619 (2016).
HeinOnline (PDF)
"Source Formality in International Law," in Samantha Besson & Jean d'Espremont, eds.,Oxford Handbook on the Sources of International Law (forthcoming 2016).
"A Reply to Five Friends," 29 Ratio Juris 348 (2016).
"Free Speech on Tuesdays," 34 Law and Philosophy 119 (2015).
"Out of Range: On Patently Uncovered Speech," 128 Harvard Law Review Forum 346 (2015).
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"On the Distinction between Speech and Action," 65 Emory Law Journal 427 (2015).
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"Legal Fictions Revisited," in Maksymilian Del Mar & William Twining, eds., Legal Fictions in Theory and Practice 113 (Springer, 2015).
"Testing the Marketplace of Ideas" (with Daniel Ho) 90 New York University Law Review1160 (2015).
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"The Politics and Incentives of First Amendment Coverage," 56 William & Mary Law Review 1613 (2015).
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"The Path Dependence of Legal Positivism," 101 Virginia Law Review 957 (2015).
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"On the Relationship Between Legal and Ordinary Language," in Lawrence Solan, Janet
Ainsworth, & Roger Shuy, eds., Speaking of Language and Law 35 (Oxford, 2015).
"Twining on Llewellyn and Legal Realism," in Christopher McCrudden ed., Law's Theoretical and Global Contexts: Essays in Honour of William Twining 265 (Cambridge, 2015).
"Is Law a Technical Language?," 52 San Diego Law Review 1 (2015).
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"Constitutions of Hope and Fear," 124 Yale L.J. 528 (2014) (reviewing Robert C. Post,Citizens Divided: Campaign Finance Reform and the Constitution (2014)).
"Do People Obey the Law?," 51 San Diego L. Rev. 939 (2014).
"The Mixed Blessings of Financial Transparency," 31 Yale J. on Reg. 809 (2014).
"Memorial to John Mansfield," 128 Harv. L. Rev. 533 (2014).
"Modeling Tolerance," 170 J. Institutional & Theoretical Econ. 83 (2014).
"Our Informationally Disabled Courts," 143 Daedalus 105 (2014).
"Constitutionalism and Coercion," 54 B.C. L. Rev. 1881 (2013).
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"The Decline of 'The Record': A Comment on Posner," 51 Duq. L. Rev. 51(2013).
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"Fish's Five Theories," 9 FIU L. Rev. 21 (2013).
"Is Expert Evidence Really Different?" 89 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1 (2013) (with B. Spellman).
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"The Jurisprudence of Custom," 48 Tex. Int'l L. J. 523 (2013).
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"Legal Realism Untamed," 91 Tex. L. Rev. 749 (2013).
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"The Miranda Warning," 88 Wash. L. Rev., 155 (2013).
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"Official Obedience and the Politics of Defining 'Law,'" 86 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1165 (2013).
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"On the Open Texture of Law," 87 Grazer Philosophische Studien, 197 (2013).
"Law and Social Cognition," (with Barbara Spellman), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-10.
"Legal Reasoning," (with Barbara Spellman), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-09.
"Lie-Detection, Neuroscience, and the Law of Evidence," in Dennis Patterson & Michael S. Pardo, eds., Philosophical Foundations of Law and Neuroscience 85 (Oxford University Press, 2016).
"Anonymity and Authority," 27 J.L. & Pol. 597 (2012).
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"Is the Rule of Recognition a Rule?," 3 Transnat'l Legal Theory 173 (2012).
"On the Nature of the Nature of Law," 98 Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 457 (2012).
"The Permutations of Academic Freedom," 65 Ark. L. Rev. 193 (2012).
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Women in Struggle. Buthina Canaan Khoury.
Women in Struggle. Buthina Canaan Khoury.
Reviewed by Victor Kattan
Published on H-Gender-MidEast (September, 2005)
I am not the Person Responsible, the Occupation Is
Buthina Canaan Khoury tackles a difficult subject in her first feature Documentary, <cite>Women in Struggle</cite>. The film is about four Palestinian women imprisoned in Israeli jails for various offences, ranging from the serious (providing safe houses for members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, surveying targets and planting bombs), to the less serious (waving the Palestinian flag, which was prohibited before the 1993 Oslo Accords). <p> Most of the film centers on the lives of three middle-aged women: Aysha Odeh and her sister Rasmieh Odeh, who were both sentenced to life in prison but spent ten years in detention; and Rawda Basir, who spent eight years in prison. These women joined the resistance in the 1960s and 70s, after Israel occupied what remained of Palestine in the June 1967 war. Towards the end of the film a younger Palestinian women called Terry Bulata is interviewed. She was imprisoned several times in the 1980s during the first Palestinian intifada--a national civil uprising that lasted from 1987 to 1993. <p> The film starts off strangely, with Aysheh Odeh watching a movie on a TV set where a young girl is tortured and thrown into a bucket of water. In the next scene, Odeh is driving the car while Khoury is filming. On approaching a checkpoint (one of hundreds scattered throughout the West Bank), Odeh and Khoury enter into an argument with an Israeli soldier. The soldier is Complaining because Odeh didn't bother to queue up with the hundreds of other Palestinians who had been waiting at the checkpoint all day. Instead she overtakes them on the wrong side of the road and then enters into a pointless argument with the soldier. Khoury's intention was probably to elicit the viewer's sympathy by highlighting the suffering and misery caused by Israel's prolonged and belligerent occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and its impact on Palestinian life (such as restrictions on movement). But entering into a semi-coherent argument with an Israeli soldier (who probably does not want to be there) over the rights and wrongs of the occupation is not the best way to go about doing this. This scene as it is adds nothing to the documentary and it should have been cut. <p> Similarly, the next scene with Rawda Basir is out of place. In this clip, Khoury follows Basir from Nablus where she currently lives, to see her former home in the old city of Arab East Jerusalem. Rather embarrassingly, the current occupant, a Christian Palestinian woman called "Mary," doesn't want a complete stranger barging into her home with a journalist (who happens to have a camera on her shoulder) while she has guests! It beggars belief why it did not cross Khoury's mind that this scene ought to also be cut from the documentary, which is a shame because the film's subject matter is unusual, important and interesting. <p> The most fascinating and shocking aspects of this film are the interviews with the three middle-aged women about their activities in the Palestinian national movement, their experiences in prison, and their relationships with their families during and after their internment. Aysha Odeh, a strikingly beautiful women in her youth, was subjected to sexual torture (similar to the stories one hears today from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and Abu Ghraib in Iraq) which included being tied up and displayed naked (in front of male officers who touched her), as well as being beaten and raped. At one point Aysha alleges that she was violated with a stick: <p> "No matter how much I screamed, they would not stop. I remember the pain. It seemed like it came out of the belly of the earth and would come through my body like a twister reaching up to the sky." <p> Despite the passage of time, the sexual torture made it difficult for Aysha to have a normal sexual relationship with her husband. So when he was exiled to Jordan it was a relief for her. But the pain did not stop there. Aysha's sister, Rasmieh was also subjected to sexual torture. The Israelis used torture to force the sisters to confess against one another. In the film, Rasmieh describes an incident when she was brought into a room and made to watch a male prisoner get electrocuted after she herself had been tortured and stripped naked. The man died from the shocks. But for Rasmieh, the worst was yet to come: <p> "Even though I was stripped naked and tortured in front of others, in front of my father the situation hit me at a different level. I was worried about my father; this was a very sensitive issue. I was worried he would die from this incident, as though something major inside him was destroyed." <p> Walls and fences have become a familiar sight for many Palestinians in the West Bank who have discovered that prison seems to follow them wherever they go. When Rawda Basir makes the difficult journey from Ramallah to Jerusalem to visit her friend Terry Bullata, Khoury skillfully uses the camera to portray the concept of imprisonment with what most Palestinians have to live with now. And Aysha put it most pertinently: <p> "You discover that you cannot get prison out of you. You carry it inside you. It confronts you with every detail. Your life in prison dictates to you your behavior to the outside world. In other words, you didn't leave prison; you actually carried it with you." <p> The film explores an interesting subject but it is too long. At least 15-20 minutes could be cut. Khoury needs to keep the viewer engaged and interested. There is too much incidental information in the film that is not necessary for The message she is trying to convey. Khoury also presumes that viewers are familiar with the Palestinian question, and with the story of Jamela Abu Hared, when in fact they may not have any previous knowledge whatsoever of the Palestinian struggle for social justice. And since it is presumed that this film is primarily aimed at a Western audience (since it is subtitled in both English and French) more background information is required. This could be achieved with a voiceover or with maps and supplying additional material on the DVD. <p> Sadly, Khoury does not quite manage to convey the plight of the Palestinian people in the film, nor the pivotal role Arab women have played in Palestinian society and in their struggle for independence. Having said this, the film does contain rare and invaluable testimony to the appalling treatment meted out on Palestinian female detainees in Israeli prisons in the last quarter of the twentieth century.
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Something Blue: 1969 Jeepster CommandoPosted in Project Vehicles on June 1, 2011
It was at Easter Jeep Safari 2010. No, actually it was after Easter Jeep Safari. Most people had already gone home, but I was going to hang out for a few days and see what kind of rigs rolled into town after the crowds were gone. I was heading out to grab some breakfast when Hazel called, Hey I found this nice Jeepster, but I'm on my way out of town, would you mind if I gave him your phone number? I said, Sure, even though I was sure I'd find some weird orange thing with a slew of rare, haven't-been-seen-in-fifty-years drivetrain parts, and no gauges or electrical beyond the alternator and battery.
Sam Coolbaugh called me in short order, and when I caught up with him, what I found was the total opposite of what I expected. It was mostly home-built, really clean, and almost stock-looking with a killer and reliable drivetrain hidden under the skin. I knew in a flash I needed to bring it to these pages.
Rather than ditch the chassis for something wider, Coolbaugh decided to keep the stock chassis and modify it to work. He stretched it front and rear with some 2x4 square tubing and ended up with 107 inches of wheelbase for his troubles. The front leaf springs are Deaver units intended to run in the back of a Jeepspeed XJ and damped by a pair of Rancho shocks. Out back, a three-link was fabricated by Shaffer's Offroad in Carson City, Nevada, and the Jeep rides on Radflo coilovers. The coilovers sport 250- over 350-pound Eibach springs. The narrow frame was notched for transfer case clearance and raised so that a flat belly skid was able to be fabricated to cover both the transmission and T-case. Up front a PSC ram-assist power box was added to the frame extension.
It all starts with a GM Performance Parts ZZ4 crate engine that has a 10.5:1 compression ratio and a 670 cfm Holley Truck Avenger carburetor providing the fuel. Fumes are scavenged thanks to a pair of Summit Racing headers with 158-inch primaries dumping into two 2-inch collectors. From there Jim Farley Fabrication takes the exhaust out with a custom single 3-inch system. Both an engine-driven fan and an electric pusher fan help the dual-core aluminum radiator keep the engine cool.
The engine is backed by a TCI-built TH400 with a B&M shift kit and a B&M 1,750 rpm-stall torque converter. A B&M Supercooler is mounted under the body, above the rear axle, and is plumbed in with braided stainless lines and AN fittings to keep the transmission cool. A 4.3:1 Atlas II transfer case hands power off through a duo of 1350-equipped driveshafts.
Front and rear Dana 60 axles are stuffed with 5.13 gears and Detroit Lockers and spin 39x13.50/17 Interco Iroks wrapped around 17x8.5 Walker Evans beadlocks. The whoa comes from Chevy calipers and rotors at all four corners and a Vanco-ported hydro booster pushing on a stock '87 Chevy diesel truck dual-pot master cylinder.
Body and Interior
Coolbaugh lopped the rockers off the body along with the sheetmetal rear overhang. He then replaced the rockers with 2x3 square tube. The rear fender openings were opened up 4 inches (all to the rear) and raised 6 inches. The front grille is actually from a CJ-7 with the Jeepster wings added to it. After his father-in-law was done painting it in the single-stage metallic blue, Coolbaugh wrapped the rockers with a rocker cover that was more Jeepster-like.
Inside, a custom tonneau cover made by Johnny's upholstery in Carson City, Nevada, provides shade for the Corbeau-sourced front thrones and OE Jeep rear seat. The custom six-point roll cage is tied into the frame and features plenty of gussets and angles to keep everyone safe. An ARB fridge keeps things cold behind the rear seat, and the dashboard, along with the glove box door were very cleanly modified to clear the front down tubes of the cage. The floor was hosed down with Al's Liner, and the Auto Meter gauges are housed in a random-ground aluminum plate which matches the replacement door panels.
Good, Bad, and What It's For
We didn't get a chance to check out how Coolbaugh got the Atlas II to clear that narrow frame, but we sure hope that he reinforced the area he had to cut out. Larger T-cases normally just don't fit between the framerails of a Jeepster. The engine is simple, as is the transmission (for an automatic), and front and rear 60s and 1350s make for a larger parts interchange which could come in handy if something pops on the trail. Coobaugh tells us he would like to add fuel injection, which would surely improve drivability but would also add a level of complexity. For the trails he runs, we think a winch is a must; if he ran a fan shroud, there might be no need for the pusher fan.
Why I Wrote This Feature
I have a soft spot for Jeepsters. While they are becoming more popular, there still aren't that many out there on the trails and seeing one built to this level is still quite rare indeed. Throw a V-8 in it, restore the body to stock-like condition while getting rid of the stupid rear fender skirts, and you've got a winner. Coolbaugh has a Jeep that could possibly win car shows, but he built it to wheel and has no problems doing so.
-Pete Trasborg
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '69 Jeepster Commando
Engine: ZZ4 GM Performance Parts 350ci V-8
Transmission: TCI TH400
Transfer Case: 4.3:1 Atlas II
Suspension: Leaf spring (front), three-link (rear)
Axles: Dana 60 (front), Dana 60 (rear)
Wheels: 17x8.5 Walker Evans beadlocks
Tires: 39.5x13.50-17 Interco IROKs
Built For: To replace a tired '68 CJ-5.


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Acid-loving plants need iron but rusting metal won't help
A Bay Weekly reader told me he throws a handful of nails in the bottom of each planting hole whenever he plants trees or shrubs. The tradition has been handed down from grandpa to grandson. The purpose, he says, is "to provide an adequate supply of iron to the roots, of course."
He could not tell me if nail size, such as ten-penny, finish nails or shoe tacks, made any difference. He had no preference for rusty nails or new nails.
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It took me a while to convince him that adding nails to the planting hole had no beneficial effect other than disposal of rusty old nails. For the growth of plants, nails do nothing. Iron is available to plants only in its ferrous state. When nails rust they form iron oxide, which cannot be absorbed by the roots of plants.
Iron is a very important nutrient in the growth of plants. It serves as a catalyst in the formation of chlorophyll. It is most readily available to the roots of plants when the pH is 5.5 and below. Acid-loving plants have a great affinity for iron in their diet.
Most soils in Maryland have an adequate supply of iron. But there are areas — in and around Hagerstown and Frederick, for example — where iron in soils is limited. In such instances iron can be supplied as iron sulfate, chelated iron or iron in a polyflavanoid.
Symptoms of iron deficiency most often occur on the new growth at the tips of the branches. The tissues between the veins will appear bleached while the mature tissues will appear normal.
Similar symptoms can be caused by repeated applications of hardwood bark mulches because they contain large amounts of manganese, which is released in the soil as the mulch decomposes. When the manganese level in the soil exceeds the iron level in the soil, the manganese inhibits iron uptake by the roots. Unless you have the soil tested for both iron and manganese, you won't know you have a problem. This is another reason why I discourage hardwood bark mulch in landscapes.


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It Was Supposed To Be Just An Experiment…
Posted in Brain Dump, Rant on October 26th, 2011 by Eric Lamb – 4 Comments
Last June I decided to do something unprecedented for me; I dipped my toe into the ExpressionEngine add-on market to try and sell some custom add-ons I'd written. Being the open source loving hippie that I am this felt pretty out of character for me at the time and I got a bit of grief for it from friends and my own id. But I've been talking about moving out of client services for far too long and figured a little experiment by writing some add-ons and selling them through Devot:ee (the de facto marketplace for ExpressionEnigne add-ons) would be a good introduction into full time commercial development. Looking at things 4 months later I realize that deciding do that was one of most important things I could have done for my career.
Those of you who read this blog regularly (which, I admit hasn't been that regular of late) probably noticed that I've been writing more and more about ExpressionEngine over the last year and a half. Obviously, I've been doing a lot of ExpressionEngine development. Mostly for client work but, like most things a good programmer does, I eventually built up a go to library of custom stuff for when new projects started. Just your normal stuff really; a couple extensions and modules to make my client's lives easier and give that little "extra" to make a project sparkle.
Then, my CartThrob project ended. This is a project that will forever have a place in my heart. Not the site specifically mind you, which is pretty awesome BTW, but the clients tight budget combined with needing more from the site than they had initially outlined created a dilemma that presented an opportunity. I could either hand off the site as is, which was to the client's spec but not to their expectations, or I could continue working without getting paid to make the client happy. Then, a third option came to mind.
I proposed to the client that I build an add-on to handle their needs on the condition that I retain ownership of the add-on. The plan was simple; I'd write this add-on and then sell it on Devot:ee in the hopes that eventually I'd recoup my loss in time investment. Hence, the birth of my first commercial add-on now called CT Admin. That... I then sat on for a couple months while I worked up the courage to put it up for sale.
The more I thought about releasing CT Admin the more nervous I became over the prospect of putting out an add-on that's only useful for users of another third party add-on. Starting out with a customer base that's a small slice of another company's customer base isn't exactly a good way to measure an industry. So, I decided to release a second add-on around the same time as CT Admin.
This second add-on, now named Backup Pro, was at the time a specialized backup add-on I'd written for my hosted clients which due to certain configuration conflicts couldn't use any of the existing ExpressionEngine backup add-ons on the market. Releasing Backup Pro was also a gamble though of a different sort; as mentioned there were existing add-ons within that niche and and one of those competitors has fiercely loyalty customers (Hi Tom!). But still, two add-ons are better than one. Right?
So on June 10th I had a stiff drink and posted my add-ons to Devot:ee. And a whole 24 hours later I sold my first add-on. Immediately, I realized I was in. I was hooked. The joy I felt when I got the email notification from Devot:ee about the sale was absolute and total. Someone had paid me money for proprietary code I had written that I was going to be able to sell again. Fuck. That was the sweetest $24 I ever made.
But $24 also came with a weird sense of responsibility I never really felt writing OSS code. With OSS I'd always kept things at my pace and, unless there was anything critical that affected me personally, individual issues other users experienced weren't that big of a priority. But, with the ExpressionEngine add-ons, that someone had paid real cash money for, the paradigm shifted from random and faceless users to clients. In essence my customers became my clients and that's a dynamic I've always been comfortable with in terms of knowing how to respond. Put simple; complete and total support until they're happy.
And that's really the key to everything right there. What initially started out as a small experiment I personally likened to an OSS project morphed into me sharing some responsibility with other developer's client work. Shit got real all of a sudden. People were paying money on my code with the belief that the code would help them solve their client's problems. For those users who had issues (and there were more than a few) my responsibility could not be denied.
Initially, I was naive enough to think I could just post my add-ons to Devot:ee and go about my life. I had no concept of how much care would have to go into support and customer satisfaction or the amount of hours I'd spend in the Devot:ee forums and answering questions on Twitter. To give an idea of just how many updates there have been; at the time of this writing Backup Pro is at version 1.8.1. That's a lot of bug fixes and feature requests in just under 4 months. Almost to the point of ridiculousness.
But it's addictive. Extremely so. The more feedback I got, and the more features and bugs that were fixed or added, the better the products became. The process creates a really nice positive feedback loop wherein we're all winners. The customer gets a better product, I get to create a better product which, in turn, makes my products more appealing to others. It's really something to be a part of.
So after 4 months of progressively improving my products, networking within the community, building a dedicated site for marketing and having an absurd advertising appetite and a library of 7 add-ons now, I look around and realize that I'm a part of something I had never anticipated; the ExpressionEngine community. And it feels like home.


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Chevrolet Corvette Indy Pace Car
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0-62 mph
Top Speed
(from General Motors
Press Release) A 2007 Chevrolet Corvette convertible will
pace the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 27, 2007. As it
was selected as the Official Pace Car, Chevrolet will supply several
identically prepared and uniquely trimmed Corvette convertibles � in
new Atomic Orange paint with distinctive gold ribbon graphics � that
will serve in the official pace duties of the race, as well as
supporting activities.
Five hundred production replicas of those official cars will be
offered to the public � all of them convertibles. They�ll be
available beginning this spring.
The distinguishing features of the pace car replica convertibles
Atomic Orange
exterior color, including door handles
Indianapolis 500
exterior graphics � including gold ribbon graphics that flow
outward from the front fender vents and � Indianapolis 500� door
Special Indianapolis
500 fender badges
Z06 rear spoiler
New aluminum
�split-spoke� wheels in Sterling Silver
Ebony seats with
embroidered Indianapolis 500 logos
Interior trim plate
and pods painted Atomic Orange
Atomic Orange engine
All of the pace car
replicas are equipped with the Corvette�s standard LS2
small-block V-8 and Z51 performance package. A six-speed manual
transmission is standard, with the six-speed paddle-shift
automatic optional. The navigation system with Bose audio, as
well as OnStar, is standard.
Pricing for the pace car
replica convertible is $66,995 MSRP, including destination. The
paddle-shift six-speed automatic is the only option, which brings
the price to $68,245.
The performance-bred Corvette handles its official pace duties in
nearly factory-stock trim, with little more than race track-required
safety equipment and strobe lights added � as well as, of course,
the eye-catching graphics. In years past, many Indy pace cars
required extensive modification to perform their on-track tasks. The
2007 Corvette�s powertrain and suspension, including the
400-horsepower (298 kW) LS2 small-block V-8 engine, are more than
adequate to maintain the speed, acceleration and handling required
to lead the pack around the famed �Brickyard� race track.
This year marks the ninth time Corvette has served as the Official
Pace Car of the Indianapolis 500. The previous years were 1978,
1986, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006. It also is a record
fourth consecutive turn for the Corvette, as well as a record 18 th
time for a Chevrolet, to be selected as the pace car.
Production replicas were not offered every time the Corvette was
selected as the pace car. In fact, 2007 marks the first time
Chevrolet has offered a regular-production replica since 1998. But
along with the regular-production models, several dozen copies of
all the pace cars have been used for official activities in support
of their respective Indianapolis 500 races, such as parades. These
cars � known as �festival� cars � have become prized collectibles,
along with the limited-edition regular-production replicas.


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31 January 2008 2:51 pm (mercurial | python | version control)
Over the last two and a half years we (at work) have been using baz as our distributed version control system. Baz is based on tla, the original GNU arch implementation by Tom Lord. After all this time we have applied more than two thousand patches (distributed in various projects). We also have been using Xtla (a wonderful Emacs front-end to GNU Arch) and lately DVC (its successor, which handles GNU Arch, Bazaar, git, Mercurial and Monotone). After some months thinking about it, I decided that it was time for a change, baz was too slow working with this magnitude of patches and even slower in my PowerBook. I also wanted a fast web interface and ArchZoom was not an option as it took ages to show changes between two revisions and mostly in any operation. So, I watched the Mercurial Google TechTalk and I also read some blog entries about git and Bazaar. I decided to give Mercurial a try as it also had complete DVC support and a great web interface (like the darcs one).
One of the things I needed was a tool to convert our baz repositories to Mercurial. As far as I knew, there was no such a tool, so I thought I could use arch2darcs to convert the repositories to darcs and then use the Mercurial convert extension to convert them to Mercurial. I tried it but it didn't work. The Mercurial convert extension worked really well with darcs for my personal projects, so, why not write a GNU Arch converter?
After some days trying it, I have posted an issue to Mercurial BTS with a GNU Arch converter. It currently does not support directory renaming (fixed, see updates), but all other things I have tried work well. The converter is slow as I didn't know how to compute a complete changeset between patches easily (any help?... solved, see updates). The log files might not provide all the information needed (added, removed, modified files), so I decided to use the delta command which computes all this information, and this takes a bit of time.
To use the converter (in 0.9.5) copy it to the convert extension directory (hgext/convert) and edit the __init__.py file following, for example, the darcs converter (you'll easily see how to add it). Use the converter at your own risk, as I am sure it needs more work. I would appreciate any comments and bug reports until it is included in Mercurial (if ever).
Update 2008/04/28: The GNU Arch converter is available since Mercurial 1.0.
Update 2008/02/09: The converter does not use the delta command anymore to compute a changeset (the replay command used to merge already does it). This has increased speed drastically (in the order of hours).
Update 2008/02/06: The GNU Arch converter has been added to Mercurial development branch. Thanks!
Update 2008/02/04: Directory renaming is now supported. A bug related to link modifications has been fixed. The '--rev' option is also supported. You will need to download and install the development branch (hg clone http://hg.intevation.org/mercurial/crew) and apply the patch provided here.
Update 2008/02/01: Yesterday, I found this page (weird, as I didn't see it some days ago) which talks about GNU Arch conversions to Mercurial. None of the converters uses the convert extension, but I guess it would had been easier to reuse them.


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wot's all this then updates the whiteboard explanation
Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away... [citation needed]
This is an ongoing summary of the 1998 PS1 JRPG Xenogears.
It is full of lies. You should not read it.
In the interest of not terrifying people right off the bat,
I've decided to break up the truly massive index page into two parts.
If you are feeling masochistic, you can just start here and ride the
'next' buttons. I'll warn you, though, this narration has kind of a rocky beginning.
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Laconia police arrest man in connection with bank robbery
January 03. 2014 10:59PM
LACONIA — Laconia police have arrested a man wanted in connection with the robbery of Bank of New Hampshire on Friday.
Police said they arrested Johnathan C. Ellinger, 43, as the accused robber of the bank branch in Laconia. Police had been searching for him early Friday night.
Ellinger was considered to be armed and dangerous. Police asked residents not to approach him, but call the Laconia Police Department at 524-5252 instead.


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Eco Gift Wrap: Make Beautiful Bows from Wrappers
I've always loved packages with big fluffy bows, but I've personally had a problem buying them and attaching them to presents in the past. Knowing most of them will just end up in the trash a few moments after unwrapping a gift, they always seemed unnecessary. So if they're going to end up in the trash, why not make them from it in the first place? Guilt free and pretty—a perfect combo!
Over at Zakka Life, inspiration struck as a package of candy was emptied. The inside was so shiny and pretty that it would be a shame not to make it into something, right? The package was cut into strips and turned inside out to reveal the pretty parts.
Next the sections were placed on top of each other to create a bow, and the results speak for themselves. What better way to dress a package or gift during the holidays than to do so by giving life to an item that otherwise would be headed for the garbage can?
• Check out the full details over at Zakka Life
Related Links:
• How to: Make a Gift Bow from a Magazine Page
• 9 Ways To Green Your Gift Wrapping
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Ivory Head is the 2012 Mom Congress Delegate for Louisiana. She is a wife, entrepreneur and proud mother of six beautiful, smart and loving children. Her day involves making their future and life better and easier than the one she had. She loves to travel and show them that the world has endless opportunities and new turns at every avenue.
One thing that is going great in education in your state: Early Intervention Program.
One thing you wish could be improved in education in your state: Awareness, First Encounter Education, Referrals and Active Involvement.
Your favorite teacher (and why): Mrs. Duhe. I love the way Mrs. Duhe involves the kids and constantly motivates them to press through the difficult stages instead of just cramming their growing minds with work and having no understanding of how to nurture children.
Secret indulgence: I love to curl up on the king size with all the kids on the weekend and watch all the kid rated movies, including some of the classics from my childhood. I love to see them amazed when I explain that a movie came out when I was a little girl and how I loved to watch it.
Your hero: My Husband
Favorite subject in school (and why): English. I love to write.
Biggest wish for your kids: To have a fair chance at becoming successful and productive citizens.
Most rewarding/challenging stage of parenthood thus far (and why): The most rewarding stage of being a parent is the recognition. The awards, the many compliments, and good reviews I receive regarding how smart and well-behaved my children are gives me the confidence to know I am doing something right as a non-perfect being. The most challenging stage involves the constant fight to keep the education system that my children have to attend above water, in terms of how they deal with and provide for the children of the future.
Favorite family activities: Travelling and trying new things.
Favorite weeknight family dinner: Hot wings and broccoli cheese.


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TS-CASE Genuine Textured Leather Wallet Case with Stand for Sony Xperia Z3 - Classic Black
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Make your Sony Xperia Z3 Compact both fashionable and functional with this TS-CASE elegant genuine leather wallet case.
This case features card pockets, perfect for credit cards or ID, located on the inside of the front flap for extra security.
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- Helps protect against scratches, knocks, dust particles and oily fingerprints
- Built-in magnetic buckle
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King United Soccer Tournaments
2013 King Classic (June 22nd and 23rd) The King Classic welcomes recreational teams for both boys and girls for the U10 (7v7), U12 (11v11), U14 (11v11), U16 (11v11) and U18 (11v11) age groups. Contact Lyndsay Brannon at firstname.lastname@example.com to register. or call 905-833-5321. More information is available at the following link
2012 King Mini Max (June 23rd and 24th) The King Mini Max is a girl's rep soccer tournament that provides maximum soccer experience for mini teams. Each team is guaranteed 4 games (2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday) and 30 minutes halves. Nobody gets knocked out! Everyone wins a participation medal or trophy. Maximum time and value for your mini team. Age divisions offered include U9 (7v7), U10 (7v7) and U11 (9v9) girls rep teams. Get your team ready for the Outdoor season!The tournament fee is only $325. Contact Kevin Tierney at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.


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Or are you satisfied with training to 90% of your potential but with less chance of injury?
Running is a punishing sport. In training and racing we beat on our bodies, and–let's be honest–in a masochistic sort of way, competitive runners enjoy the thrill of kicking their own butts to the point of being completely spent when there's a personal best at stake.
But, our bodies are only human after all and we're constantly riding the fine line between doing just enough and not doing too much in training. It's a struggle all runners deal with regardless of ability level–from high school harrier to collegiate standout, and from local weekend warrior to Olympic hero.
Some athletes have been coined as injury prone, and for one reason or another they are more susceptible to getting hurt. Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein is no stranger to injuries, as half of his last year of training and racing was swallowed up by them. When asked if he's just unlucky and prone to getting injured, his thoughts were rather that when you're constantly pushing the envelope at the level he trains, it's just a part of the game.
For Ritzenhein it's worth taking risks to get a true, one-hundred percent performance out of himself; he could back off more for the sake of being cautious, but that 10% margin of loss wouldn't grant him a reflection of all he was truly capable of achieving.
By backing off ten percent perhaps one would be injured less–or, you could gamble, go all in and wind up with the race of your life. It's like walking on the edge of a cliff. Sometimes you fall off and wind up injured, other times you don't and you wind up with the performance of a lifetime–like Ritzenhein did when he broke the American Record in the 5,000 meters two summers ago.


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After a few battles with my husband's staple gun (and maybe a few expletives while the kids were in the house) I managed to finish my project :)
I used a frame I bought several years ago in the clearance section of Hobby Lobby for 5 bucks & painted it Bahama Breeze (Krylon). Love this color...not too light, not too dark. The frame is a little banged up but I love that.
After painting it I added the chicken wire...and discovered that I really need to buy a new staple gun. Ugh that thing!!!
I went back & forth on what kind of banner to make. I really love the banner/pennant look right now. I knew that I wanted 5 pennants & figured since we have 5 in our family now that I'd do everyone's initials.
I'll be linking this project up to Jen's Weekend Wrap-Up Party.


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Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced that up to $58.4 million in financial assistance is available to agricultural producers and entities through the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP), established in the new farm bill to promote ground and surface water conservation and water quality improvement.
USDA is seeking project proposals from potential partners through this program. A Request for Proposals was published in the Federal Register. Proposals must be submitted by March 2, 2009.
The AWEP Request for Proposals can be viewed at the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service's (USDA-NRCS) Web site; at the official government regulation Web Site; and at the Federal Register.
The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, or 2008 farm bill, established AWEP as a component of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), USDA's largest conservation program on working agricultural lands. All EQIP requirements and policies will apply to AWEP.
USDA-NRCS administers EQIP, a voluntary conservation program that provides technical assistance and payments to help crop and livestock producers address environmental concerns through conservation improvements on agricultural and non-industrial private forests lands.
Farmers and ranchers can use EQIP to farm in an environmentally friendly manner and still meet their agricultural production goals. In addition, it is designed to produce significant environmental benefits to the public, such as improved soil, water and air quality, and enhanced wildlife habitat.
The new farm bill expanded EQIP to include AWEP. AWEP offers financial and technical assistance to help farmers and ranchers carry out water enhancement activities that conserve ground and surface water and improve water quality on agricultural lands such as cropland, pasture, grassland and rangeland.
Agricultural water enhancement activities include:
• water quality or water conservation plan development;
• water conservation restoration or enhancement projects, including
• conversion to the production of less water-intensive agricultural
• commodities or dry land farming;
• water quality or quantity restoration or enhancement projects;
• irrigation system improvement or irrigation efficiency enhancement;
• activities designed to reduce drought's impacts;
• other related activities that will help achieve water quality or water conservation benefits on agricultural land.
Under this new program, USDA-NRCS can contract directly with agricultural producers who are included in approved partner proposals.
Eligible partners include federally recognized tribes, states, units of local government, or agricultural or silvicultural associations.
Producers who apply for AWEP assistance must meet EQIP eligibility requirements. All AWEP funding must go to producers. Like EQIP, contract terms for producers under AWEP run from one year to 10 years.
Agricultural producers in selected project areas can apply for available AWEP funds at their local USDA service center.
For additional information about the AWEP under EQIP, please visit www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/EQIP or call (202) 720-1845 during business hours.


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Rose State College 24th Annual Oklahoma Student Inventors Exposition, also known as the "Invention Convention," is for Feb. 19.
The competition is open to students in grades K - 12 in public, private, or parochial schools.
The competition is a brainchild of former public school teacher and Rose State College Regent Betty J.C. Wright and inventor/businessman Julian Taylor. Both wanted to provide a way for students to use their math, science and creative thinking skills to create inventions.
The purpose of the exposition for more than two decades has been to foster creativity, problem-solving, inventive thinking and ingenuity, said Wright, coordinator.
Students from all educational backgrounds may enter, Wright said.
"We like to help students release their creativity and develop inventions to serve society," Wright said.
To register, contact Betty Wright at (405) 367-7385, or email email@example.com.


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You have a good young QB, a great RB a very good WR and a decent rookie WR this year.
Your D has an amazing front 4 solid linebackers.. and Corners that played well all year.
So please dont let the suspensions taint your mind thinking your team isnt that good, it is very young and IMO in 2 years be scary even away from home.
Stay strong Hawk fans, your team will continue to improve.


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... at CoolStuff Inc.
(Not an employee, just a satisfied customer. They generally have the lowest prices, albeit not the widest selection.)
"On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
- Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871)


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By Jonathan Weber
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nokia introduced a mapping application for the iPhone and other platforms on Tuesday and rebranded its geo-location services under the Here.com umbrella as it sought to exploit a bright spot in its product mix.
Nokia also said it was partnering with Mozilla, maker of the Firefox web browser, and will acquire a Bay Area start-up called Earthmine to provide 3-D street views for its maps.
The new IPhone app, created in the HTML 5 language that works on many different types of computing platform, is a clear effort to capitalize on the much-publicized weaknesses of Apple Inc's new mapping product.
Michael Halbherr, Nokia's executive vice president for location and commerce services, joked at a San Francisco launch event that the iPhone app was created "on the off chance that there are some iPhone users who want a different map."
Nokia executives stressed the advent of "computational mapping" that would allow users to generate a wide range of maps from the cloud-based Here.com services.
Mapping has emerged as a critical application in the emerging mobile computing economy.
Nokia's mapping services are seen as a strong point for the company, even as its market share in the handset business has plunged in the face of competition from Apple and makers of Android smartphones.
(Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)


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Mom sez we get to have a puppy party today because she is home wif us all day…. We iz going to play and go for a walk and just hang out because mom sez dat is all she wants to do wif us today. Daddy iz working dis aftanoon but he said afta sda dentist he is going to take me for a special daddy/son walkie….I wuv des walks. Mom sez we haz no plans for tomorrow either, just hanging wif da family, me mom, dad, Sandy, and Boo Boo…iz gonna be a great weekend. In other news mom iz going to have a lot more long days ahead because she has lots and lots of every time coming up in October but all the time she spends at work iz taking a toll on her happiness, now don't get me wrong mom loves her job and some of the people she works wif, but the long days away from us is really making some things lonely for mommy…and she is very lucky to have a job with great benefits and has and endless amount of overtime, she knows she should not complain and really she isn't, she just needs to have enough energy left afta long today to hang wif us pups and maybe have a night out wif daddy and some friends…she needs to make sure she has a life outside of the police station…daddy scared the bageebees out of her last night….he was an hour late getting to mommy because his prison had a major count delay….meaning they thought one of da inmates had escaped, so everyone was locked down till they could get a good count…..finally they did get a good count and daddy was allowed to go home. No calls in or out of da prison, so mom was so scared she was really shaking in her booties. Mom really loves daddy and was truly scared, truly scared that something inside the prison had gone wrong…they are having a lot of riot issues lately, and mom was scared something had happened.Ok dis iz too heavy for one lil ole pup to bear so I iz gonna go and watch for mommy to come home…she should be arriving in 45 minutes….woohoo 45 minutes till da momma gets home…yippee!!!!
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Montevideo Man Expected To Plead Guilty In Weapons Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota militia member facing weapons charges in what the FBI once called a "terror plot" is expected to plead guilty.
Twenty-five-year-old Buford Braden Rogers was scheduled to go on trial next week on four counts, including charges related to possessing Molotov cocktails. Instead, a change of plea hearing is now set for Friday.
Rogers is not charged with terrorism.
Authorities have said he was part of a tiny militia plotting to blow up the Montevideo police station. At the time of his arrest, FBI officials said they believed they stopped an attack in its planning stages.
According to an interview transcript, Rogers told the FBI in May he was not violent and didn't know of anyone planning an attack. He allegedly said he was trying to investigate bad people.