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Rep. Wilson is taking quite a beating today from the punditry and politicians on both sides of the aisle. His behavior has been labeled everything from "disagreeable" to "embarrassing" to "totally disrespectful."
I'm actually more interested in the debate itself than whether or not Rep. Wilson's outburst was disrespectful, which is to say that I'm actually more interested in determining whether or not Obama does indeed lie about illegal immigration in the public option, H.R. 3200.
But before turning your attention to this matter, I'd like to suggest that perhaps we Americans are too thin-skinned about things like this. Rep. Wilson's shouting would have fit in perfectly at a session of the Australian or English parliament, which may seem to most Americans to be in a state of perpetual uproar:
Then again, there's plenty of shouting to go around on this side of the pond (but the other side of the aisle), if you'll take a moment to revisit Bush's 2005 State of the Union Address, at which Democrats shouted and booed the president's call for Social Security reform:
(Hat tip: Michelle Malkin / Omri Ceren)
Are Illegal Immigrants Covered In The Public Option?
But as written above, I think the most important issue is whether Obama's heckler was in fact correct. Would Democrats genuinely like to focus on the debate and the issues, as they vehemently insist at all these town hall meetings? Then let's do so, please! The exchange at Obama's speech to Congress yesterday went like this:
President Obama: "The reforms I am proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally."
Rep. Wilson: "You lie!"
Okay, Obama vs. Wilson- who's correct here? To begin with, the public option as provided for in the Democrats' health reform bill H.R. 3200, is so complicated and impossibly lengthy that whether President Obama is lying or not, there is no way he can possibly be sure that H.R. 3200 doesn't provide taxpayer-funded health insurance to illegal immigrants. So he is lying if he pretends any certainty in the matter (unless of course he's read all 1,000+ pages of it).
Sadly, it would seem that H.R. 3200 does make it all too easy for illegal immigrants to end up on the dole. Part of this is because the bill is so confusing and internally contradictory. Obama and his supporters make claims like the one above on the basis of a line in H.R. 3200 that says illegal immigrants are not eligible for coverage under the public option, but the bill contradicts itself in many other places and creates loopholes that allow illegals in.
To begin with, the bill has no enforcement mechanism for this clause at all, and Democrats have fought Republicans every step of the way in their effort to introduce some "teeth" to this aspect of the bill. As the Center for Immigration Studies notes: "An amendment was defeated in committee that would have required the use of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, used by almost all other means-tested programs of this kind."
So illegal aliens are not allowed in the program, but we're not allowed to ask or determine whether someone's an illegal alien before letting them into the program? Sounds like illegals can get covered to me!
Loopholes, Loopholes, Loopholes
The official report on H.R. 3200, made by the Congressional Research Service, the non-partisan research arm of Congress, concludes that "under H.R. 3200, a 'Health Insurance Exchange' would begin operation in 2013 and would offer private plans alongside a public option... H.R. 3200 does not contain any restrictions on noncitzens participating in the Exchange—whether the noncitizens are legally or illegally present, or in the United States temporarily or permanently."
Rep. Gary Miller (R-CA) also points out that "Another provision states that if one member of a family is afforded coverage all members would have coverage, thereby creating another loophole to give taxpayer-subsidized health care to illegal aliens. If a child of illegal aliens is born in the United States, then the entire family becomes eligible for coverage. Page 133"
What emerges is a harrowing alternative. Either our nation's president is woefully inept and uninformed, or he is in fact- as Rep. Joe Wilson shouted last night- a liar! Pick one. But to maintain that H.R. 3200 would "not apply to those who are here illegally" when the CRS has clearly and unequivocally stated otherwise in its summary of the legislation, is to be either misinformed or disingenuous.
You may decide for yourself who was more uncivil last night- Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at the President last night, or Obama for... well- lying.


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I presented this on Tuesday, November 17th at the Progressive Librarians Guild - UA Chapter LIS Skillshare.
I have about 8 years or maybe a little more of event planning experience (including outreach/promo/marketing/pr), so I thought I would share my accumulation of skills. Since I've done educational events, festivals, music shows, library student group workshops and a symposium, community social events, and fundraiser events, I wanted to capture all event types for the attendees, but of course all the information could be relatable to libraries (public, academic, or otherwise).

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Spartanburg Mayor Junie White turned up the heat on public works commissioners Tuesday night, urging those who attended a public forum to oust current commissioners.
Spartanburg Mayor Junie White turned up the heat on public works commissioners Tuesday night, urging those who attended a public forum to oust current commissioners.
About 50 people attended the first of four public forums scheduled by the city on its dispute with the Commission of Public Works. The commission has, for the last five years, transferred $1.4 million to the city's general fund. That agreement ends on June 30 and the commission has proposed slashing the payment.
As he opened the meeting, White said city residents, who own the water system, to "bombard commissioners with emails, write letters and call" to express their opinions.
White's comments were echoed by Councilmen Robert Reeder and Jerome Rice, who also attended the meeting.
Rice said, "we have to replace them with one of us."
"One main thing you can do is elect a new commissioner this fall," White said. "The water works is owned by city residents and you have three commissioners elected by the city residents."
Reeder said the commission has been "so low on the radar for years" and people should call them to "energize them" to restore the $1.4 million transfer payment.
White said if the city doesn't receive the $1.4 million, it be forced to make drastic cuts to police and fire protection, parks and recreation and taxes will increase.
Longtime commissioner and current chairman Myles Whitlock's seat, which is elected citywide, expires in November. Whitlock said Tuesday night when reached by phone that he hasn't decided whether he will run for re-election, but said he wasn't surprised by the mayor's comments.
"The mayor told me personally that he was planning on saying that and I think obviously, he wants people on there who are sympathetic to the city's side," Whitlock said.
Spartanburg Water General Manager Sue Schneider said she was baffled and surprised that the mayor would urge people to vote current commissioners out.
"My reaction is that I'm disappointed that the mayor would have such a reaction to resolve a contractual issue," Schneider said. "It sounds like there's another agenda other than a contract."
Assistant City Manager Chris Story told the crowd that the issue is more than a squabble between two governmental bodies.
"This is a discussion over public policy changes," Story said. "This is over the future of our community. All of us want a prosperous, vibrant, a higher quality of life and a better Spartanburg and that needs to extend to our most valuable asset. The water system has $225 million in assets and that's more property taxes than the city could collect in 15 or 20 years. We should all be rowing in the same direction."
Story said the commission has other options and could make other cuts other than the $1.4 million transfer payment. Commissioners have said that they have deferred system maintenance in order to make the payment to the city and it must make priorities to maintain its system and deliver safe, quality drinking water to its consumers.
Spartanburg resident Monique Watson said citizens should start attending commission meetings to find out where the funds are going and ask tough questions.
Ruth F. Jones urged those in attendance to "impeach" commissioners.
"I feel like those people should have been here to answer questions," Jones said. "They represent us, but they weren't here. That speaks volumes to me."
Schneider said commissioners received the dates and times for the city-scheduled public forums, but there was no effort by the city to schedule around commissioners' schedules.
On Monday, water system staff put the water commission budget and other documents, including planned projects, online and asks for residents' input.
The city has another public forum scheduled for May 2 at Spartanburg High School; May 7 at Cleveland Academy of Leadership and Woodland Heights Recreational Center. All meetings start at 7 p.m.


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okay, I made a little thing comparing the PCJ to sililar real life counterparts.
I think its clearly the Ducati judging by the seat, light, and body style. There you have it. Its hard to see but you can zoom in and make it bigger, sorry I couldnt fina a way to. Brettdude13 02:03, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
I added an engine category and filled it to the best of my knowledge. Gorden Frohman 19:22, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
I'd say it's a 50/50 mix of Ducati Monster and Triumph Speed Triple, with the frame, gas tank, and taillight being more Monster-esque. The single bulb headlight looks very much like the one on a Monster, but the same can be said about the dual headlight and the Triumph.
The three-cylinder engine is unmistakeably from the Speed Triple, and the sound, while not particularly reminiscent of the Triumph triple, could in no way be confused with that of the 90 degree, desmodromic twin-cylinder Ducati engine(which the FCR-900 of GTA:SA tried to replicate)
--Fuzzybananas 03:14, September 11, 2009 (UTC)
Unique blue PCJ 600
The blue PCJ 600 in Autocide is a unique shade of blue. There are two other shades of blue for the bike that commonly spawns in traffic. It would be nice if someone make a comparison picture for all the three shades of blue.--spaceeinstein 05:53, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
I thought it was just a silver PCJ-600? --Gta-mysteries Talk 06:02, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
- I mean the blue PCJ that you chase around the city, ridden by Charlie Dilson.--spaceeinstein 07:13, July 28, 2010 (UTC)
Oh --Gta-mysteries Talk 07:19, July 28, 2010 (UTC)


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Ok….. i was not planning on writing this post for some time (definately not the way, i am writing it now however) …. i was going to put it on ice, and bury it..
I am starting to get annoyed at the way this whole affair is being treated; it is damaging ufology big time, and yes i do care about it.
SO, i hear you cry….. where is the evidence to back up your claim, that this is disinformation, and a hoax….
I begin with the brilliant post by http://www.ufo-blog.com/2007drones/drone_timeline.htm many great points here for you to consider……they are excellent and well written 🙂
I would like to also add my observations, of this drone affair (no thats not "dragon fly" or any other phrase you care to mention).
The DRT (Drone Research Team), has "California drone UFO Investigation FAQ". Now it starts off with
This document explains away the many claims of hoax against the drone case. Generally, hoax claimers are using fact-free opinions, and or ignorance of photography etc. Hundreds of people have devoted thousands of hours to the answers found in here
So, straight from the start, it lays out its intentions for all to see….. I'll fill in the gaps that seem to elude them shall i.
Before i do go on, some might say that i am doing the reverse, to what they are doing in their FAQ's, ie from a skeptic/hoaxers point of view…. in some ways i am, but i am mainly doing this as a response to what has been written, by the supposed DRT, (who are from the Open Minds forum). They are meant to write a well balanced report (which we have not seen yet, but if the FAQ's are anything to go on, i will not be holding my breath)….. how can they, when their clear intent is to only have a one sided argument. Do not forget, the investigators evidence, will probably be 'used' in some way to promote their theory (especially when it seemed the "drone" effect was quietly dieing a death).
So sorry, back to filling in the gaps for them…. (although i see they have recently attempted to put in a small pro-hoaxer argument at the end…mmm, but its still written in a style thats not very convincing). Below are just some of the first thoughts that pop into my head.
- FAQ's is only backed up by theories and not fact… (can we say the witnesses of the photos even exist, for instance)… i will expand this later.
- No original photographs….. ie no raw image data from the photographs…. how do we know that the EXIF data, is in fact not from photoshop,ect.
- Out of the 12 drone photos sent by Ty-B to LMH (quoted in ufo-blog's article above; refers to 2nd Big basin drone sighting, reported on the 16th june, but claimed to have been seen on the same day as the previous sighting=5th june) only one hi res photo has been made available; this was done by Linda Moulton Howe, because she says they will be used by all sorts of viral programmes and hoaxers? However, it is nearly a year now, and no more are to be put on the internet for us to see, so far…. do you not think that she might be hiding something… (touched in much more detail by ufo-blog link above).
- Very clear photographs of the drone…. also, why, if it was going so slowly, was not the hyroglyths/writing not taken with clear clarity, and a close up at that, for all to see? and ponder.
- The drone seemed, with each sighting that came next, to become more and more advanced…possibly, or is this my imagination…mmm.
- Stephen's sighting was later found to not be in Big Basin, but just outside Saratoga… so even the places are debated… although some argue this is not to draw attention to the real area of the sighting? Also Chad's Bakerfield photo….also proved to not be at this location.
- Even more suspect is, soon after the first sightings (may 2007), the CARET documents come out in june 2007… is that not amazing timing. Also, if he did have this excellent evidence to hand, would it not be better for him to come into the limelight, get more attention, more publicity, and not stay anon….being anon would possibly put him at a higher risk…not safer?
So these are just some of the immediate problems we are faced with……..
I have to dwell on the main figure of all this… and i am afraid this is Linda Moulton Howe….
Again, at the ufo-blog article above, it makes excellent points that seriously question Linda's intentions i'm afraid… i will not cover the same points, as it has already been covered well, especially that both DRT and Linda both know each other (the DRT numbers 6 members, i believe).
Anyway, it seems Linda tends to "sensationalize" stories for her own benefit, rather than using her position as once-respected reporter, to make things better.
I'm not saying she's a fraud, I'm just saying that her days of being a respected reporter of important issues are over, and she is unfortunately doing more harm than good with the subjects she chooses to champion. That is also unfortunate for the rest of us.
However, some have mentioned that LMH, Bill Birnes, George Noory (+others)… see a website subscription, TV/magazine role, in keeping this all in the eye of the paying public. I will leave this up to you, what that role could be?
I might go into more details on the LMH effect some other time, but she, for whatever reason, seems to be determined not to question the sightings in a proper manner, keep hold of all the evidence, so we cannot analyse it properly, and persist in saying more witnesses are coming forward, and keeping a monopoly on these witnesses also….
Many believers in the photos and Isaac documents, claim that there is no proof that these are hoaxes… of course it depends where you look….. MUFON at http://www.hyper.net/ufo/vs/m05-001.html claims that these are hoaxes.
But here is the crux of the matter, i say it again, for those not wishing to listen…… if we are not given all the evidence… ie the photos in Hi-res, so we can look in proper detail, then how are we going to properly analyse the source…… reduced images are not sufficient to be 100% sure of anything….MUFON had their doubts and could see problems with the photos, and called it a hoax, due to other problems: they cannot be dismissed…. if nothing else alarm bells should be ringing. So basically, what i am saying is, we have no witnesses who are willing to come forward, to question, and no original photos… so what are we left with… theories? where are the facts.. one would be nice.
I also had a little search for XPArc, and came up with Xerox Palo Alto Research Center…. also i found http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Xerox+parc+map+viewer , and http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Palo+Alto+Research+Center . in the second link, have a look at the history and accomplishments…. However, this could have got the brain cells ticking don't you think?
If anyone wishes me to "drone" on, with some more evidence/controversy and so on, then i can do so in another post…however, i feel i have rumbled on for longer than i had intended….
I would just like to end here with a quote taken from http://www.uk-ufo.org/condign/casehoax.htm (the website of Flying Saucery, by Dr David Clarke, Andy Roberts, Joe McGonagle and Gary Anthony) which was written a while ago, but is very apt here….
Hoaxes are rarely just standard UFO reports. They are invariably photographic or document based. This makes them an easily displayable, marketable media commodity. Whereas a single witness sighting of a brightly lit UFO may only get, at best, a few column inches in a newspaper, a UFO hoax photograph, such as that created by Gordon Faulkner during the 1965 Warminster flap, will receive national media coverage. In turn this sort of exposure can add a stamp of validity (however specious) on to a hitherto disparate collection of UFO reports, turning local a flap into a national phenomenon. And so the cycle continues.
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Breaking from tradition, I recently paddled somewhere other than Otter Creek. My sister, the illustrious raft guide, was visiting and we settled on the not-so-tame New Haven River.
Senior reporter John Flowers makes a weekly Tuesday radio appearance on Morning News Service, a program on Waterbury-based WDEV, 96.1 FM. He wraps up recent Addison County news for listeners across Vermont.
Welcome back to another installment of "Otter Creek is the Best Creek," a serial tour of paddling on our backyard stream. This week, it's the Otter Creek Gorge, a class II-III section of whitewater between Belden Falls and Huntington Falls.
Last week I undertook a yearly ritual known to many in Vermont. I went out to the garden and harvested anything that looked even remotely edible. Green tomatoes, underripe peppers, tiny baby greens, and undersized corn cobs all ended up in my bucket. The reason for my garden purge, of course, was the forecast of frost the following evening.
Our garden has had a tough year. Between heavy spring rains, Tropical Storm Irene, powdery mildew, and our local groundhog, keeping the garden going has been a challenge (though we have been rewarded with a great deal of cucumbers). Here in East Middlebury, we narrowly avoided a frost in late September, but the end of the growing season is very close. The first hard freeze of the year is coming to Addison County.
Editor's note: Please don't try this at home.
This week, another installment of paddling in our backyard: Otter Creek Falls.
Whenever we slide into the water behind the restaurant there are a few patrons who shout off the porch.
"Do you know there's a waterfall down there?" they say, gesticulating wildly.
"What?" I say. "Really? A waterfall? How tall?"
By coincidence, this year as the Jewish High Holidays approached I have been reading "Dead Man Walking," Sister Helen Prejean's personal witness against the death penalty. Her account of her journey into the lives of death row inmates and their victims' families is riveting. She quotes philosophers and criminal justice experts, cites statistics and Catholic doctrine to support her arguments for opposing the death penalty. But for me what is most timely and moving is her unrelenting focus on forgiveness, in Hebrew selichot.
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For two years, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has vigorously defended the indefensible notion that citizens shouldn't be allowed to record the public actions of police officers. Point your cell phone at a cop and press "record" and you could find yourself arrested and facing 15 years in prison.
That's a modern-day application (or misapplication) of the state's 50-year-old eavesdropping law, which makes it a felony to record a conversation without the consent of all parties. If one of the parties is a police officer, it's a Class 1 felony, triggering that possible 15-year prison term.
In May, a federal appellate court said the law likely violates the First Amendment, and the U.S. Supreme Court this week rejected Alvarez's plea to weigh in. So it's back to the trial court, where Alvarez could prolong her losing battle to preserve an unconstitutional law. Please, just stop.
This is not what the eavesdropping law is supposed to be about. It was passed before anyone imagined we'd all be carrying recorders around in our pockets and purses. And videotaping isn't the problem -- it's the audio. Across the state, police and prosecutors have taken the position that recording the sounds of cops as they go about their jobs in public is eavesdropping.
Thus a Chicago artist who used a digital audio recorder to document his arrest for violating the city's anti-peddling law found himself charged with the much more serious crime of eavesdropping on police. A Loyola University professor making a documentary was detained after taping the arrest of a teen who'd jumped a CTA turnstile. A pair of brothers who tried to record an exchange with DeKalb police after a traffic stop ended up charged with a felony.
Prosecutors argue that the law ensures civilians can have candid discussions with police officers in public places, and that citizens with recording devices don't interfere with police work. It seems to us, though, that the arrests are meant to discourage people from making tattle-tapes that could show police in a negative light.
The 2010 lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, which wants to record cops on the job as part of a long-standing police accountability program. The ACLU asked a federal judge to prohibit Alvarez from prosecuting its monitors under the eavesdropping law, arguing that it violates the First Amendment. The judge disagreed.
But the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals saw things differently. In its ruling, the appellate panel called the Illinois statute "an outlier," noting that eavesdropping laws in other states typically apply only to private conversations.
"The Illinois eavesdropping statute restricts far more speech than necessary to protect legitimate privacy interests," the ruling said.
The panel said the ACLU was likely to prevail in its argument that the law violates the First Amendment, a key purpose of which is to protect free discussion of governmental affairs. Audio recording enables that speech, it said.
Back in a U.S. district courtroom Thursday, the ACLU will ask for a permanent injunction. Such a ruling would technically apply only to the ACLU case, but legal director Harvey Grossman says it would effectively end misguided prosecutions for "eavesdropping" because police agencies throughout Illinois will be on notice that the practice has been found unconstitutional.
We hope that's the end of it, because attempts to repair the law in the General Assembly have come up empty.
Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Northbrook, sponsored an amendment last spring that would have erased the prohibition on recording police officers in public. It sailed through the House 71-45 -- then stalled in the Senate, where it somehow seemed logical that if Illinois cops are going to have to stop this unconstitutional behavior, the police lobby ought to get something in return. Broader surveillance powers, for example.
So a nice, clean fix was derailed by a far more complicated and controversial measure, and in the end nothing got done. Nice move.
Judges in two counties have ruled that the eavesdropping law is unconstitutional when used against citizens who record police in public. Some downstate prosecutors have stopped enforcing it. Chicago police Supt. Garry McCarthy has said he has no problem with such recordings; he ordered his officers not to arrest protesters wielding recorders during the NATO summit in May.
Yet the law remains on the books. It's been applied in a way that was never contemplated. Citizens have been arrested, threatened with prison time and saddled with huge legal bills.
The appellate court has said, in strong words, that the law is likely unconstitutional, and the U.S. Supreme Court did not disagree. The writing's on the wall. Ms. Alvarez, let this be the end of it.


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How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else's work from the safety of your living room or office. It's your turn to identify the violation.
Hint: Cable guy versus electrician
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Well, it looks like the cable guy won this fight. He took over all of the working space needed for the electrical panel. Thus, the electrician ends up as the loser in this battle. But it might not be the cable guy's fault, since Sec.90.3 of the 2011 NEC tells us that Chapter 8 (Communication Systems) are not subject to the requirements of Chapters 1 through 7, unless specifically referenced in Chapter 8. Nowhere in Chapter 8 will you find any reference to the clear working space requirements outlined in 110.26.
Despite that lack of reference, this is still a violation of 110.26(A).The working space in front of this panel is required to have a depth of at least 3 ft, a width of at least 30 in. and the ability to open hinged covers at least 90°. In addition, the working space shall be clear from the floor and extend to a height of 6 ½ ft or the height of the equipment if it is higher than that. An encroachment of 6 in. is permitted into the working space above or below the panel if the equipment is associated with the electrical panel. In this installation, the CATV installer has placed his cables directly in front of the panel and his CATV box directly below the circuit breaker panel. While this may not violate any sections of Art. 820 it certainly violates the requirements of 110.26.


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Morgan sea trial involves lots of learning
If Sunday's sea trial is any indication, life aboard the Charles W. Morgan will be all about rope.
As the crew prepared for the 173-year-old whaling ship's upcoming journey to New England ports with a seven-hour excursion in Long Island Sound, they did just about everything you imagine with the rope: they tugged it, coiled it, uncoiled it, knotted it, climbed it, complained about it, lashed it and whipped it.
While crew member Cassie Sleeper sat cross-legged on the deck and whipped a line-that is, wrapped twine around the end of a rope to keep it from fraying-she estimated that the Morgan contains 6 to 8 miles of rope, but she's not sure how many lines that translates into.
"Too many lines," she and fellow crew member Jen Dexter agreed, laughing.
But there are more skills required to be part of the Morgan's crew than an aptitude for working with rope. Seemingly among them: an unnatural lack of anxiety about heights, an affinity for Jolly Ranchers, a voice that carries, dietary restrictions or picky eating habits (according to the ship's accommodating steward), the ability to take orders to "report to the spanker" without giggling - and doing all of the above while people snap photographs of you. A spanker is a type of sail.
The ship's first sea trial was Saturday, a windy day during which everything went smoothly, said chief mate Sam Sikkema. The crew worked well together as a team and responded well to small issues that cropped up.
Although everyone seems to agree with second mate Sean Bercaw's assessment that the Morgan is "much more nimble than anticipated," Sikkema said it's his responsibility to make sure the staff is just as agile by the time they leave New London on Saturday.
"If it's within the walls of the ship, it's my job to make sure it happens and happens right," said Sikkema. Now that they have the initial voyage under their belts, he said the crew needs to internalize what they learned about the ship and see how it operates in a variety of weather conditions.
"Learning sailing is lot of repetition," said the chief mate, and in this case requires figuring out how to respond to "the things that, not having sailed for 90 years, you don't know about the ship."
Even with prior familiarity with the ship, Sikkema said he's been noticing details about its design that he hadn't picked up before. The Morgan is "very purpose-driven," he said - lacking much of the normal equipment for being tied to the dock because it was almost always out at sea.
Most of the hands-on discoveries fall to people like Sleeper, 30, and Ryan Loftus, 25, members of the core crew and deck hands - a job Sleeper defines as "a little bit of knowledge with lots of beef."
The basics of sailing a whaler like the Morgan are documented, but there are some smaller tasks that never got recorded because they would have been common sense at the time, said Loftus.
Figuring out how to operate the Morgan is challenging "simply because no one's done it before," he said. "We kind of have to figure it out. It's like putting a puzzle together without the box to see where things go."
To someone unfamiliar with sailing, the real puzzle was the 19th-century sailing language that flew across the Morgan's deck Sunday. Not only is the vocabulary intimidating, but everyone came to the Morgan speaking a different "dialect" of sailing terms, said Sikkema, who is responsible for delivering many of the commands.
"To me, it's part of marine preservation," he said. "It's like learning a musical instrument. Once you become proficient with it, it flows."
As Sunday's trip drew to a close, Capt. Kip Files asked guests to gather around while he narrated the crew's attempts at tack-that is, turning the ship so that it sails directly toward the wind.
"It sounds complicated, but it really isn't," insisted Files. "The hard part is the timing."
Nevertheless, he let out a breathless "Isn't that cool?" as the Morgan's sails caught the wind.
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To insure that you receive all of the aid you are eligible for, you must register for BOTH Session I and II classes prior to the Financial Aid Certification date for a given semester. You can view the current Financial Aid Certification date on the college's Academics Calendar. It is also important to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) each academic year and to keep close track of deadlines each semester. LaGuardia Community College's Student Financial Planner provides a month-by-month outline of all that you need to do to secure and maximize your financial aid awards.
Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements for Federal Aid (Title IV):
LaGuardia Community College measures student's academic progress annually in accordance with the Department of Education's Program Integrity Regulations. Effective July 2011, if a student is not making satisfactory academic progress, he/she is ineligible for Title IV aid. Federal regulations stipulate that a student at LaGuardia Community College may remain eligible to receive Title IV assistance upon achieving at least a "C" average, or its equivalent according to the College's retention policy, and accumulating credits towards the degree according to the following standards:
If the above requirements are not met, eligibility may be retained by meeting the following conditional standard:
The credits the student has earned are equal to or greater than .875 of the total amount of credits attempted minus 21. Students who fail to meet the conditional status will lose Title IV eligibility. Students may file a Financial Aid Waiver Appeal through the Academic Standing Committee.The decision of the committee is final.
Special Value Courses: To be eligible to receive Title IV, you must, according to Federal guidelines, be "making significant progress toward your degree," meaning that you must be earning credits at a sufficient rate. The federal guidelines for achieving full-time status in a semester do allow you to include, along with credits, the tuition units of the "special value" courses, but there is a limit: after you have registered (and received Title IV money) for 30 or more "special value" tuition units, Title IV programs will not pay for any additional "special value" courses. For example, if you register for Basic Writing 099 and Math 095, those two courses count for a total of 10.0 "special value" tuition units. If those units are used in calculating your Title IV award for the semester, you will have 20.0 "special value" tuition units remaining in your account.
If, however, you register for other, "non-special value" courses that make you full-time without using the "special value" tuition units, you would still have 30 "special value" tuition units in your account.
Once you have used up your 30 "special value" tuition units, you can only receive Title IV money for "non-special value" courses. Any future awards will be based on the credit values of regular courses only. It is therefore to your advantage to try to take "special value" courses along with regular courses, if you have met the prerequisites.
Note: Although ESL courses are listed as "special value" courses, they do not count toward the Title IV maximum.
Probation: Satisfactory academic progress is monitored each term. Students who do NOT meet Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards are NOT eligible for aid. Students can file an appeal. Appeals are reviewed by the Academic Standing Committee, and the decision is final. If the appeal is granted, the student will be eligible for aid.
Additional Regulations: For Federal Pell awards, students under 24 years old as of January 1st must prove their independence if they claim to be independent of their parents. They must also have unusual circumstances, which must be documented.
Students are reminded that attendance is a requirement for receiving financial aid. Failure to attend classes could result in a reduction or loss of financial aid. If students charge tuition and/or books and attend classes, they are still liable for the costs and will be billed accordingly.
Permanent residents who have not had their status confirmed by INS/DOH must also submit a copy of their permanent resident card. Students who have an I-94, with the following endorsements, are no longer eligible for Title IV Aid: a) Adjusted Applicant.
Total Withdrawals and The Return of Title IV Funds: The Higher Education Act of 1965 as amended in 1998 (Public Law 105-244) revised the rules to return Title IV funds (e.g. federal Pell) for students who completely withdraw from a term of enrollment. The rules require that students earn their financial aid based on the period of time they remain enrolled.
During the first 60% of the term, students earn Title IV funds in proportion to the time they are enrolled. If a student received more aid than he or she earned, the unearned portion must be returned to the Department of Education. If a student received less aid than the amount earned, he or she may be eligible for a late disbursement.
The portion of aid the student is entitled to receive is based on a percentage generated by comparing the total number of days in the semester to the number of days completed before the withdrawal. For example if you completed 20% of the semester, you would have earned 20% of your Title IV aid. If you received 100% of your Title IV aid, you would have to return the unearned portion. The regulation stipulates that the amount to be returned is to be shared by the College and the student in proportion to the aid that each possessed. The College's share of the excess funds is the lesser of the total amount of unearned aid or, institutional charges multiplied by the percentage of aid that was unearned.
The College's share is allocated to the Title IV programs as determined by statute. The student's share is the difference between the total unearned amount and the College's share. This is also allocated to the Title IV programs as determined by statute. The law provides that any amount that the student returns to a grant program be reduced by half. The amount to be returned is also considered an overpayment and must be returned within 30 days to the Department of Education. If the student does not repay the overpayment in full or make a satisfactory payment arrangement within 45 days from the date of notification, the student will become ineligible for future Title IV funds.
Students who remain enrolled beyond the 60% point of the term are considered to have earned all their aid and do not have to return any Title IV funds.
Effects of Withdrawing on your Title IV Aid:
Federal Pell Grant - If you withdraw from one or more of your classes after the first day of classes, but before the official withdrawal date listed in the schedule of classes, and remain with at least 1.0 tuition unit through 5.5 tuition units, the amount of Pell funds you receive for the session will be reduced. If this amount is less than the amount you charged or credited towards tuition/fees and a book voucher, you will immediately have to pay the difference to the Bursar's Office.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Federal Perkins Loan (FPL), Federal Work-Study (FWS) - If the class or classes you withdraw from by the official withdrawal date reduce(s) your enrollment status to less than half-time status (as described in the Schedule of Classes), you will not receive any funds for the session from these programs. If you work in the Federal Work-Study Program, you must stop working the day you withdraw (officially or unofficially) to below half-time status.
Federal Direct Loan Program (FDL) - You must maintain at least a half-time enrollment status (as described in the Schedule of Classes) throughout the semester, otherwise you are not eligible for funds from the above loan programs. If you drop to less than a half-time status, you immediately start using your grace period and must contact your loan service for an Exit Interview and repayment information.
Use the following examples to help determine your eligibility for financial aid:
Example I. Withdrawing from all classes
Student originally registers as a full-time student. After the last day of the tuition refund period, the student withdraws from all of the classes. Student is currently receiving payment #2 from TAP. Title lV Aid-Pell Grant - During the first 60% of the term the student's award will be pro-rated based on the number of days completed before the withdrawal.
College Discovery – Student is not eligible for C.D. funds after withdrawing from all classes and dropping below full-time status.
TAP – The student will pay for the session from which all classes have been withdrawn since it is after the last day of the tuition refund period. The student will be seeking TAP payment #3 when the student returns the following semester.
In order to receive TAP payment #3, the student would have had to earn 9 credits or more, have a GPA of at least 0.75 and complete 50% of the courses in the semester the student received TAP in the prior term.
Therefore, since the student withdrew from all classes and did not complete 50% of the courses in the semester for which the student received TAP payment #2, the student would not be eligible for TAP payment #3. (See Progress and Pursuit Chart.)
Example II. Withdrawing From One Class After the Last Day of the Tuition Refund Period:
Student originally registers as a full-time student and withdraws from a class after the last day of the tuition refund period. The student becomes ¾-time with 9 credits/9 tuition units. Student is currently receiving payment #3 from TAP.
Title IV Aid – The Pell Grant will be reduced from full-time to ¾-time payment. If Session II brings student back up to full-time, remaining payment could then be received.
FSEOG, FPL, FWS, FDL – Payment will remain okay.
College Discovery – The student is not eligible for C.D. funds after dropping below full-time status. If Session II brings the student back up to full-time, payment could then be received.
TAP – The TAP will pay for the semester since it is after the last day of the tuition refund period. When the student returns he or she will be seeking TAP payment #4 the following semester.
In order to receive TAP payment #4, the student would have to have18 credits or more, have a GPA of at least 1.30 and complete 75% or 9 credits. (See Progress and Pursuit Chart).
Academic Requirements for State Aid (TAP):
In order to be eligible for TAP, the following major requirements must be met:
»Students must be registered as full-time. Students should check each semester at registration to be sure they are registering for a full-time program. A major must be declared the first semester when the student registers.
» Students must be making satisfactory academic progress toward their degree. In each semester that they wish to receive an award, they must successfully pass a specified number of credits and achieve a grade point average at a specified minimum level (see chart below).
» Students must pursue their courses at a specified level of completion. Completion means receiving any LaGuardia grade except WA, W or WU (grades of R and F are acceptable). Prior term (see chart below).
In addition to the academic requirements described, students must also meet certain residency requirements, citizenship requirements, and financial program criteria. For a full explanation of these regulations, students should contact the Financial Aid Office.
First Payment in 2006-07 through & including 2009-10 and for students who meet the definition of "Remedial Student" in 2010-11 and thereafter
First Payment in 2010-11 and thereafter for Non-Remedial Students
Payment #
Equated Credits completed in prior term (sessions I & II)
Cumulative Credits Earned
Cumulative GPA
The Academic Performance chart above illustrates the requirements. If you fail to meet these requirements, you become ineligible for your next scheduled TAP payment.
If you received TAP awards at another school prior to attending LaGuardia, you must meet the academic performance for your TAP payments based on the number of transfer credits you received.
Requirements for Part-Time TAP Eligibility:
1. Student must have started college in Fall 2006 or thereafter. 2. Student must have earned 12 credits or more in each of two consecutive semesters. 3. Student must have a GPA of 2.0 or above. 4. Courses must count toward the student's major. 5. Student must be enrolled for less than 12 credits (6cr or less than 12cr).
Effects of withdrawing on your State Aid (TAP):
College Discovery (CD) - You must maintain a full-time status either in Session I or in a combination of Session I and Session II to remain eligible for C.D. funds in that semester.
Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) - If you withdraw from part or all of your classes after the first day of classes but before the last day of the tuition refund period (listed in the Schedule of Classes), TAP will pay only the amount of any tuition liability. You will use a semester's worth of TAP eligibility and you may lose TAP eligibility for the semester or future semesters depending on TAP standards for Progress and Pursuit (see chart).
If you withdraw from part or all of your classes after the last day of the tuition refund period (listed in the Schedule of Classes) you will receive the amount of TAP award charged or credited towards tuition for the session, BUT you may lose TAP eligibility for the next semester or future semesters depending on TAP standards for Progress and Pursuit.
Tuition Assistance Program (TAP):
Application Procedures: Applicants must complete TAP application.
The Higher Education Services Corporation (H.E.S.C.) determines the applicant's eligibility and mails an award certificate directly to the applicant indicating the amount of the grant. Selection of Recipients and Allocation of Awards: The Tuition Assistance Program is an entitlement program based on financial need.
The applicant must:
1. Be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen (permanent resident alien). 2. Be a New York State resident for at least one year. 3. Be registered as a full-time student, enrolled in courses in his or her major. 4. Have graduated from a U.S. High School or have a G.E.D. or have passed a federal approved exam (ATB); all subjects showing the meet cut point. 5. Be matriculated in an approved program of study and be in a good academic standing; have at least a "C" average after receipt of two annual payments. 6. Be charged at $200 tuition per year. 7. Not be in default on a student loan granted by H.E.S.C. and not be in default of any repayment of state awards. 8. Meet income eligibility limitation: a) if dependent, have a N.Y.S. family net income below $80,000. b) if independent, have a N.Y.S. net income below $10,000.
The current definition of independent status is as follows (independent status under the State definition does not necessarily insure independent status for federal aid programs):
» Thirty-five years or older on June 30, 2009 or
» Twenty-two years or older on June 30, 2009, and not
» A resident in any house, apartment, or building owned or leased by parents for more than 2 consecutive weeks in calendar years 2008, 2009 or 2010, or
Claimed as a dependent by parents on their Federal or State income tax returns for 2007, 2008
Under 22 years of age on June 30, 2009 and meeting all other requirements of (2) above, and able to meet at least one of the following requirements:
a) Both parents are deceased, disabled or incompetent
b) Is receiving public assistance other than Aid as a Dependent Child (ADC) or food stamps
c) Is a ward of a court
d) Is unable to ascertain parents' whereabouts
e) Is unable, due to an adverse family situation, to submit parents' income
f) Was married on or before December 31, 2008
Undergraduate students may generally receive TAP awards for four years of study. Students enrolled in approved five-year programs may receive awards for more than a total of eight years of undergraduate and graduate study.
Award Schedule: The amount of the TAP award is scaled according to level of study, tuition charge, and net taxable income. The income measure is the family's (or independent student's) New York State net taxable income, and (for dependent students) support from divorced or separated parents. This income is further adjusted to reflect other family members enrolled full time in post secondary study.
Aid For Part-Time Study (APTS):
Application Procedures: Application is made through the CUNY Financial Aid Supplement form. This program is opened to eligible students who meet income requirements and who are taking at least 6.0 to 11.5 credits. Students must make academic progress toward a degree in accordance to the NYS TAP/APTS program pursuit and academic progress requirements and must not have exhausted TAP eligibility. Since funds are restricted, applicants are advised to apply early.
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Pussy Galore didn't invent noise rock, but they did change the way many musicians approached the notion of transforming chaotic noise into music. Early on, most bands that embraced noise as an aesthetic either had an arty world-view, a philosophical axe to grind, or some combination of the two. Pussy Galore, on the other hand, simply embraced godawful racket for the hell of it, laying out willfully primitive and technically ragged music drawn from '60s garage punk, gutbucket blues, and several generations of attitudinal and misbehaving rockers (most notably the Rolling Stones), all wrapped up in a simple but aggressive agenda of annoying anyone within earshot, even those who had sympathy for their approach.
Pussy Galore were formed in 1985 in Washington, D.C. by vocalist and guitarist Jon Spencer, vocalist and guitarist Julia Cafritz, and drummer John Hammill; they also frequently included additional percussionists who would bang on pieces of metal. In the interest of greater ear-splitting chaos, the band did without a bassist, and a few months after forming they booked time in a tiny recording studio to cut their debut 7", an EP called Feel Good About Your Body, which was released on the trio's own Shove Records label in January 1986. A few months later, Pussy Galore were back with a 12" EP, Groovy Hate Fuck, which introduced the band's third guitarist, Neil Hagerty. Groovy Hate Fuck's cover photo was snapped by a young photographer named Cristina Martinez, who caught Spencer's eye and would soon join the lineup on guitar and organ, despite her lack of musical experience (something that didn't burden most of the members of the group).
Between their frantic, noisy attack and song titles like "Teen Pussy Power," "You Look Like a Jew," and "Fuck You, Ian MacKaye," it didn't take long for Pussy Galore to get noticed, and after thoroughly polarizing the D.C. music community, the band relocated to New York City in search of a larger audience. Drummer Hammill opted to stay behind, and former Sonic Youth timekeeper Bob Bert joined the group in his place. When a rumor began to circulate that Sonic Youth were working on an album in which they would cover the Beatles' White Album song by song (a rumor that proved to be false), Pussy Galore decided to create their own preemptive response, cutting a jagged, lo-fi reinterpretation of the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. that was issued on a limited-edition cassette; the release earned Pussy Galore a great deal of press attention, even though they only produced 550 copies of the tape.
Independent New York label Buy Our Records teamed up with Pussy Galore for their next release, the EP Pussy Gold 5000, which arrived in stores in early 1987. Pussy Galore soon headed to Chicago to record their first proper album with fellow curmudgeon Steve Albini at the controls, and Pussy Galore, Right Now! was issued by Caroline Records in September 1987. Neil Hagerty sat out the sessions for the 1988 EP Sugarshit Sharp, as did Cristina Martinez, but Hagerty was back (along with additional guitarist Kurt Wolf) for 1989's Dial 'M' for Motherfucker. However, the band was starting to run out of steam, with Julia Cafritz dropping out prior to the recording of 1990's Historia de la Musica Rock, and not long after the album was released, Pussy Galore finally broke up.
Given Pussy Galore's busy and often contentious existence, most of the bandmembers went on to surprisingly successful careers in the wake of the band's breakup. Jon Spencer would, of course, front the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and formed Boss Hog with Cristina Martinez, who had become his wife. Julia Cafritz would go on to perform with the bands Guv'ner and Action Swingers, and would perform in Kim Gordon's side project Free Kitten. And Michael Hagerty (also billing himself as Neil Michael Hagerty) would record with Royal Trux, Weird War, and Howling Hex, as well as cutting several solo albums. ~ Mark Deming


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My memory of Mary Gillespie Henderson is of a tall lady of some severity whom we would be taken to visit. She would tell us stories of her life. One was her memory of an uncle who had fought in the Napoleonic war. She had been born in 1840 in Canada, but her family lore went back to the beginning of the 19th century. I have always thought of it as an example of how oral history might be an accurate account.As excited as I was to receive the Family History Cookbook, the researcher in me jumped on the part about the Napoleonic War. We've so far never run into any family account, oral or written, that has ever suggested our Gillespie family was involved in that conflict. So now we have stumbled upon another curiosity begging for research attention.
First, when were the Napoleonic Wars? The UK National Archives lists the dates of these series of conflicts with the French Empire to be circa 1803-1815, mostly because there is no clear date between the end of the French Revolution and the start of the Napoleonic Wars. But for our purposes, let's just go with these dates which covers roughly 12 and a half years.
Now, let's consider who might be an uncle of Mary Gillespie. We know her mother was Mary Orr Jamieson, who was born in 1814 in Armagh, Ireland. If we assume that any brother of Mary Orr Jamieson was born around the same time, he would certainly not have been old enough to fight in a military conflict between 1803-1815. So perhaps the uncle Mary Gillespie referred to was the brother of her father, James Gillespie, who was born in 1810. For that to be true, the uncle would have to be a half-brother of James Gillespie, born of John Gillespie's first marriage which produced offspring as early as 1780 and possibly as late as 1795.
The thing that bothers me about the idea of a Gillespie in the Napoleonic Wars is that our family lore, even though essentially unconfirmed, tells us that the Gillespie's were involved in the Irish Rebellion of 1798. This is from the Gillespie Family Record written by Edith Gillespie:
John Gillespie, a farmer and a weaver, whose father came from Glasgow, Scotland, was well-known in the county and was instrumental in raising a company of volunteers for Lord Charlemont in the Rebellion of 1798.If this is true, it's terribly hard to imagine any Gillespie wearing a British uniform. But do you see what I just did? I have presumed that any Gillespie involved in the Napoleonic Wars fought for the British. But low and behold and entirely by accident, I fell upon this website, which describes how the Légion Irlandaise which was at first formed in anticipation of an invasion of Ireland, was later manned by expatriots from the failed revolts. The Irish Legion wore distinctive green uniforms, and carried their own flag with a large gold harp and the motto "L'INDEPENDENCE D'IRELANDE". They fought quite valiantly for Napoleon in Holland, Spain, and Portugal although they did not participate in the Waterloo campaign where Napoleon was finally defeated. The regiment was disbanded shortly after Louis XVIII regained power in 1815.
So, this is all very interesting! It's hard to know where to look for records pertaining to Irish soldiers in the Napoleonic Wars, especially given that we don't know the exact name of the Gillespie who might have served. And then there's the additional possibility that the term "uncle" was used more broadly to include maybe a grand-uncle, in which case we could be looking for the surname WOODS, ORR, or RAINEY.
With so little to go on, it seems fairly unlikely that we might be able to chase this one down, but stranger things have happened, especially in the pursuit of family history. And meanwhile it's exciting to learn something new about this particular time period. All thanks to one small comment made in a cookbook introduction!


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"Free agent Corey Brewer is expected to talk to the Mavs, Spurs and Celtics Tuesday, a source tells Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski."
Good call Knicks. I can see the future quote now: "Donnie Walsh kicks himself for not realizing Corey Brewer could be a good role player. Walsh promises to never to use the pick the guy's name out of a hat method to cut players in the future."


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East Bay Rep. Pete Stark may have been voted out of Congress, but he's already got at least one high-profile post-Congressional gig: He'll be the featured speaker at the 2013 American Atheists National Convention next March in Austin, TX. About 1,500 folks expected.
Stark was the only "out" atheist in Congress, having stepped out of the godless closet in 2007. American Atheists president David Silverman just told us there are 20 other closeted atheists currently on The Hill, according to a tally taken by what Silverstein described as members of "The Movement" (i.e. the atheist movement) who have canvassed lawmakers.
But don't look for any of the Congressional closet-dwellers to be outed. "No, no way," Silverman said. "That's not what we're about."
Many closeted atheist politicos fear that if they come out, they'll be politically doomed. In that way, Silverman said Stark was a terrific role model, proving that one could be re-elected regardless of their religious or a-religious views. "The reason he wasn't re-elected had nothing to do with his being an atheist."
No, it had more to do with scenes like this. And this.
For, well, ever, Congress was the playpen of white Protestants. But the just-elected 113th Congress "includes the first Buddhist to serve in the Senate, the first Hindu to serve in either chamber and the first member of Congress to describe her religion as 'none,' continuing a gradual increase in religious diversity that mirrors trends in the country as a whole," according to a recent Pew survey.
But that one "none" — newly-elected Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-AZ — kinda backed off her atheism the other day when CNN asked her point-blank: "Do you believe in God?"
Said Sinema, who was raised Mormon: "You know, I'm not a member of any faith community, and I think faith is a deeply personal issue that individuals should deal with in their private lives."
And that's the challenge with mixing atheism and politics. Atheists, by general nature, are not joiners. Not exactly an easy marriage with politics.
As this pre-election Religious News Service study found, a big chunk of Obama supporters were the non-religious.
Atheists gather regularly — and often discuss political matters, as we noted here. And back in 2006, we wrote about how the atheistic Secular Coalition for America hired what was believed to be the first paid lobbyist for the unbelievers in the nation's capital.
Most of their political wins in Washington, Silverstein said, are "defensive." As in, they stop "Christianity from being inserted into many other parts of our lives."
"One of the biggest wins we've seen lately is this last election season," Silverstein said. "If you notice, there was a lot more talk about issues and a lot less about religion."


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A gerund always ends in ing and is used as a noun. Eatingis fun.
The gerund can be a subject (Eating is fun.); a direct object (I like eating.); a predicate nominative (A fun time is eating.); an appositive (A fun time, eating, takes much time.); an indirect object (I give eating too much time.); or an object of a preposition (I give much time to eating.)
Gerunds can have with them direct objects, predicate nominatives, predicate adjectives or modifiers to form what is called a gerund phrase. Example: Eating solid foods is hard for babies. Eating is the gerund used as the subject of the verb is. It has its own direct object foodswith the adjective solid, which together make up the gerund phrase eating solid foods serving as the subject of the sentence.
Gerunds can be compound. (Jeff likes hiking and camping.)
Instructions: Find the gerunds and gerund phrases in the following sentences and tell how they are used (subject, direct object, predicate nominative, appositive, indirect object, or object of the preposition).
1. Turning off the freeway was our mistake.
2. The secretary's duties are taking minutes and typing letters.
3. You can start this machine by simply pushing this button.
4. His assignment, testing jet planes, is really exciting.
5. In some countries tourists can be arrested for taking pictures.
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1. turning off the freeway = subject
2. taking minutes/typing letters = predicate nominatives
3. simply pushing this button = object of the preposition
4. testing jet planes = appositive
5. taking pictures = object of the preposition
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Considered to be one of the most innovative coaches in lacrosse today, Cottle gives an excellent demonstration of how you can build your 1-4-1 motion offense. Cottle teaches the complete 1-4-1 offense illustrating his entire system with markerboard diagrams and on-field demonstrations. Cottle demonstrates his screening and cutting series, proper field balance, and pivoting, which are all designed to get your players open for shots. Next, Cottle diagrams numerous options that can take advantage of individual skills and different defensive coverages. He includes set plays, options, and entries into 1-4-1 motion offense to take advantage of a defensive weakness. This offense helps your players see the defensive slides coming and provides great spacing and when the 2-pass theory is implemented, the 1-4-1 is a great offense at any level or program!
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Uhhhhhh. Oh, boy. Either People magazine got some really bad information on Christina Aguilera's Halloween costume this year, or Christina Aguilera herself doesn't know who or what Zelda is.
Either way, according to this issue of People—and caught by Gamervescent—depicted above (and in full below) is "game heroine Princess Zelda, and beau Matt Rutler suited up as her love interest Link." At least they got the gender/names right?
Interestingly, if you visit People online and check out a similar image, the description is somewhat different.
"The queen's got her knight in shining armor! Christina Aguilera poses with boyfriend Matthew Rutler," it reads. Guess someone figured it out.
The Legend of Xtina [Gamervescent]
Haunted Hollywood! Star Costumes of 2012 [People]
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This shouldn't be held against him, but it probably will be.
The caucus members are Rand, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah and South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, who backed Rubio's fledgling Senate campaign even as the Republican party backed former Gov. Charlie Crist. They will meet in a Senate office building with leading tea party activists including Campaign for Liberty president John Tate, Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist and Tea Party Express chairman Amy Kremer…
Kremer, who said the tea party movement is aimed at "sending conservatives to Washington, not Republicans," acknowledged a "little bit of disappointment" that it appears Rubio "won't be standing with Sen. DeMint, Lee and Paul.
"Ultimately what matters is his vote, but there is concern," Kremer said. "All these new members should know that we are watching. If anybody thinks they can play this movement, that's not going to happen. We're watching what they say, what they do."…
"It would be nice if he joined Rand Paul's caucus, but as long as Marco continues to vote in the way we'd like to see him vote, that's the most important thing," said Steve Vernon, vice president of Tea Party Manatee on Florida's west coast. "As long as his vote and his actions and his word continue to essentially mirror our principals, then we're not really upset."
Click the image below to watch Rubio explain his thinking to the Shark Tank. He's been publicly skeptical of a Senate Tea Party Caucus since at least last July, and I myself have made some of the same points that he makes here: Is there any purpose to a TP Caucus beyond providing grassroots tea partiers with a symbolic beachhead on the Hill? And isn't it odd, and maybe counterproductive, for a deliberately leaderless, anti-Beltway movement like the tea party to have congressmen suddenly coopting its brand? That said, if there's interest among grassroots conservatives in a Senate caucus along these lines, why wouldn't a popular young pol want to pander to them by joining?
The obvious answer: Unlike DeMint, Paul, and Lee, Rubio has national ambitions. And as an exceptionally savvy retail politician, he knows that he's more likely to achieve those ambitions by voting the tea party way without wearing the tea party label. It was slightly more than a year ago that the NYT dubbed him the "first senator from the tea party," and ever since then he's been quietly inching away from it — a prescient move given all the negative attention to people like Angle and O'Donnell in November. No less a tea party authority than Dick Armey of FreedomWorks started nudging candidates like Rand Paul last summer to identify as Republicans rather than TPers because the tea-party label will draw extra attacks from the left without adding any extra benefits from the right. Case in point: Tom Coburn. Not a guy who waves the Gadsden Flag regularly, but a guy who's nonetheless deeply respected on the right for his record. That's what I think Rubio's aiming for more or less — a Coburn-esque stature among conservatives for his record and an Obama-esque appeal to centrists via his youth, charisma, and relative soft-spoken-ness.


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I want to provide rss feed under google app engine/python.
I've tried to use usual request handler and generate xml response. When I access the feed url directly, I can see the feed correctly, however, when I'm trying to subscribe to the feed in google reader, it says that
'The feed being requested cannot be found.'
I wonder whether this approach is right. I was considering using a static xml file and updating it by cron jobs. But while GAE doesn't support file i/o, this approach seems not going to work.
How to solve this? Thanks!