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A recent article released by the Project for Public Spaces, entitled "The Re-Emergence of the Public Square" explores how public squares and parks can be effective "lower-cost, high-impact strategies to foster prosperity," the piece reads. "A central attraction of cities throughout the world, public squares not only bring economic rewards but offer people a comfortable spot to gather for social, cultural, and political activities. They are the pulsing heart of a community and foster true urban sustainability," according to PPS.
PPS has helped envision a number of public squares across the country (the non-profit offers technical assistance to communities designing public spaces). The group helped the Detroit 300 Conservancy and the City of Detroit to envision Campus Martius, located in downtown Detroit. The article directs readers to an interesting Washington Post article, entitled "City parks, bringing urban centers back to life," which uses Campus Martius as an example of a successful urban renewal project.
"The City [of Detroit] held a grand opening for the new Campus Martius in November of 2004. It was an immediate home run with the people of Detroit and surrounding communities. People are coming back downtown to hear concerts, watch outdoor movies, admire the ever-changing flower gardens, delight in the fountains, meet a date at the Park Cafe, or simply sit and relax," PPS's website reports. Beyond being a space that attracts people who are looking for a great outdoor place to hang out at, a well-planned public square attracts businesses and professionals who want to be near places where people gather. You can read a bit more about how Campus Martius has spurred economic growth, redevelopment, and job creation in Detroit in one of my earlier 21c3 blog posts.
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Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget to host "Design & Construction Contracting 101" Seminar in Lansing
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Contractors will have the opportunity to ask questions of Procurement Officials, including representatives from the Design & Construction Division. VetBiz Central, a veteran business organization, will also be in attendance to take questions and explain the types of resources that they have available.
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William (Bill) Swart, PhD, worked in three public school districts in New York State (two as a school superintendent) over 37 years. He worked as a classroom teacher for 13 years, and as a school administrator for 24 years. He was an assistant principal, director of special education, assistant superintendent of pupil personnel, associate superintendent of k-12 instruction, and school superintendent in the Hudson Valley and on Long Island. Recently, he served Mount Saint Mary College as an adjunct professor and supervisor of student teachers.
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he tore into scott and other staff for taking too many pretzels because they were going to ruin the 'free pretzel giveaway'.
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howard said his staff were stingy taking the pretzels
And Tracey yelled at Gurillo. http://www.dawgsaloon.com/showthread...r+tracy+grillo
I just can't believe he's that cheap of a bastard; had to be lame pretzel bit. Doesn't he care that he's lookin really foolish lately w/high -end bullshite horse stuff whilst wack packers ain't got 2 nickels.
I can see the dixie cups just overflowing with pretzels now
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Despite the media clampdown, Haobo's grisly death has sparked public uproar, especially on Weibo, China's micro-blogging site with more than 250 million users.
Many condemned the killer.
"Hurry with the verdict!" said @LuoMoShideShang. "He deserves death penalty, no better way to calm people's outrage."
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"What kind of parents will leave their babies alone in cars?" asked @Qiyanhenziaozhang.
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A month ago, an SUV was stolen in the Bronx in New York City, with an 8-month-old girl still inside. "The silver Jeep was found abandoned just over an hour later with the child unharmed---after the perp phoned in the car's location to police," the New York Post reported.
@ZuoJingXiaoWu: "Ironically it's the same story but with very different outcomes! I believe that race has nothing to do with it but the problem is that Chinese people's moral education is disgusting. Also, brain-dead parents have no qualifications for parenthood."
@LanXiaoHaiMayday: "It's either a matter of better law or purer hearts."
As the finger-pointing continues, other netizens have turned their ire on the police.
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While some angry postings have been deleted on China's social media sites, no new key words related to the case have been blocked on Chinese search engines -- a common censorship tactic -- just yet. Meantime, citizens are still expressing their grief and outrage on Haobo's grisly death online.


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Honda has a long history of leadership in the development and application of advanced technologies and designs to enhance the safety of all road users, including automobile occupants, motorcycle riders, and pedestrians. The company operates two of the world's most sophisticated crash test facilities and is responsible for numerous pioneering efforts in the areas of airbag technology, collision compatibility and pedestrian safety. This commitment to safety is founded in Honda's goal to be a company that society wants to exist, and it complements the company's leadership in reducing vehicle emissions, improving fuel efficiency and advancing alternatives to gasoline.
Comprehensive Approach to Safety
Honda takes a comprehensive approach to vehicle safety, seeking to provide enhanced levels of occupant protection and help with crash avoidance in all Honda and Acura passenger vehicle designs, while also making an active commitment to enhance safety for the occupants of other vehicles as well as pedestrians.
- The company's 'Safety for Everyone' initiative, undertaken in October 2003, helped lead the industry to the increased application of standard safety features. In 2006, the company fulfilled the core part of the initiative, to equip virtually all Honda and Acura vehicles with a core suite of advanced safety features as standard equipment, regardless of vehicle size or price.
- Today, the company is looking to further advance its commitment to safety with the introduction and broad application of new safety technologies.
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- More than 10 million Honda and Acura vehicles purchased by U.S. customers, including all model year 2008 and newer vehicles (except the S2000 – discontinued for MY2010) feature pedestrian injury mitigation features and designs.
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MNR Player Profile: wipeout_god
What inspires you?
Anime inspires me to create some of my favorite anime characters. However I don't publish most of them, and I usually race with Mods and Karts that are not mine, but my friends.
Who are your favorite creators and creations?
My favorite creators for tracks have to kuro-anco, BIGHEIHO-, puni-perfect, salome-yst, maverick--07--, and StealthReborn--.. Favorite Mods creators go to R-ASKA, SayWord01, Yika, parise93, tyentoykaina, BIGHEIHO-, hoshii961miki, kazu-chon, kuro-anco, KissesKat, and NOR0012, Karts have to be the same creators but I have to add jmg4231970. My favorite creations are Mio Akiyama (different v
What are your favorite creations?
My favorite are Lady Purple Heart Mod and Kart, from Hyperdimension Neptunia
What have you learned most from other racers?
I have learned not to shoot a level 2 at someone when I'm not in second place, because who do you want hit, the guy in first place or the guy in fourth place? But everyone knows that a level 1 blue is acceptable no matter where you are. I also learned that I shouldn't sideswipe people at the beginning of a race or I will get hit by a level 2.
What advice would you give to newer ModNation racers/creators?
I would tell them to go do career and time trail, because that is what I did, and now look at me, I have improved a lot, just ask anyone who raced with me before I became this good, they will all tell you the same thing. wipeout is almost on maverick--07-- level.
Other Interests:
I like to play guitar, and watch anime until 3:00am in the morning. I also love to go on trips, but I would never go to Hawaii again, just because I went there at least 9 times every year for 15 years.
Acceleration or Speed? / Drift or Handling?
1+ Speed and 1+Handling. Sometimes I like to switch it up, so I race with 1+ Speed and Neutral Handling.
What type of tracks do you like to race?
I like tracks that easy to race, not tracks that go through trees, and racing on props, and that are impossible to see where you're going.
Biff or Gary?
Biff......................nuff said
What is your favorite creation theme and why?
I guess I have to go with Far East, just because the tracks look smooth and are really fun to race. I personally don't create tracks, so I can't really say anything about creating tracks.
What is your favorite UFG track and why?
I bet everyone knows my favorite UFG track. Fracture, its easy to race and it fun, because I nearly DNF people everytime I race it.
What are your TOP TIPS for XP Racing?
My TOP TIPS for XP Racing (May not work for everyone, but it does for me). I like to follow my racing line, and if I mess up, you will hear me get mad. Like saying " Wow I hit a wall", " stupid laggy rockets". Find a good racing line that best suits you. Also when doing Village Run (Everybody's favorite) I tend not to use my boost for going fast but instead I use it to shield weapons.
Favorite weapon?
Level 3 Warp is my favorite weapon, I like to drop it at certain points of the track, so that the racers fall off the track or they hit a wall. Plus I like the reactions of people that go through it.
Favorite race type (action / pure / time trial/ online):
I like to race Pure races, but sadly those are not in XP series, so I tend to find myself crying in a corner if I enter a XP series gameroom with 12 people. I like doing Hot Lap, just because I want to beat maverick--07-- for the second time in my ModNation career, I only did 257 laps to beat him the first time, but hey it worked.
How has your racing style evolved since you started playing?
My racing style has now turned into a racing style that I have become one of ModNation's Best Racer's ( I love saying that). When I started playing this game I would never drift, but now I drift through every track, almost flawlessly.
Additional comments for player profile:
I have to give shoutout's to: kuro-anco( All your Mods/Karts/Tracks are beautiful), salome-yst (I like racing casual races with you), maverick--07--(for being super fast and almost impossible to beat in Hot Lap). SayWord( for making this game very fun). R-ASKA ( One of my favorite creators and friends )
Other then that K-on and Touhou FTW!!!!
on 30-06-2011 04:17 AM
Congrats on the player profile wipeout.
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wipeout_god is waaay too fast, everytime he shows up in a casual raceroom it clears out pretty quickly!
But seriously, a damn good racer, congrats on the profile!
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Lloyd2k4 wrote:Lakabro, are you making fun of my wipeout_dog? I might have to unleash him on you.
Have you seen thaat thread? It's gone to hell and back, then back to it. (Thanks to me )
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150 million dollars to the indians for coal royalties, bonuses, groundwater, leases and air permits, is not much compared to the billions others make from the energy and water they sell. The indians should ask for more. If you look at your electric bill from Salt river Project in the Phoenix area, every year they ask and tell us, they have to raise the rates to install mandated pollution controls. Every year they get to raise the rates. Water is a precious and expensive comodity, please realize this at least.
Hopi and Diné Meet to Discuss Future of Navajo Generating Station
Long the cause of conflict and distrust, Black Mesa coal is becoming the key to a new approach to building a sustainable future for the Native peoples of the region and the many non-Native peoples who have lights and water because of that coal.
In early December, three generations of Navajos and Hopis met with representatives of grassroots and national human rights and environmental groups to discuss the future of Navajo Generating Station (NGS) on Navajo land near Page, Arizona. Former Navajo Nation president Milton Bluehouse says, "This was a strategy meeting about how to phase out coal for energy over a period of time and find a way to use other resources such as solar, wind or biomass to produce electricity."
The 2,250-megawatt coal-fueled power plant was built in the early 1970s to provide power for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) and electricity for the growing cities of the Southwest. Marshall Johnson, Navajo, who describes himself as a watchman for his people, explains that most of the power generated at NGS and owned by the federal government "is used to push water uphill from Lake Havasu to Phoenix and Tucson. Eighty percent of the people in Arizona depend on CAP for their water."
The fuel for the power plant comes from Kayenta Mine on Black Mesa. That coal is owned by the Navajo and Hopi; the strip mine is owned and operated by Peabody Energy, which pays royalties to the tribes. According to a report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the power plant and the mine together provide $150 million to the tribes, including coal royalties, bonuses, groundwater, leases and air permits. NGS employs 450 American Indians and the mine 400.
The future of NGS is up for grabs for several reasons, says Johnson: "Coal is too expensive and water is too expensive to use for generating power." First, plant owners will in the next few years have to install pollution controls for emissions of nitrous oxides, mercury and other toxics under new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules. Estimated cost: as much as $1.1 billion. If Congress or the EPA imposes limits on carbon dioxide emissions, NGS's position in relation to the Clean Air Act would be even more tenuous.
Second, the water service contract between Salt River Project and the Bureau of Reclamation that supplies water to the power plant expires in 2014.
Third, the power plant is on Navajo land, and the 50-year site lease for the plant, as well as the rights-of-way for transmission lines, railroads and haul roads, expires in December 2019.
Finally, the power plant uses 34,100 acre-feet a year of water from the Upper Basin of the Colorado River. Arizona's share of that water under the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact is 50,000 acre-feet a year. The Navajo Tribe has claimed all of Arizona's share under the Winters Doctrine. The Hopi also have a claim under the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. In the original water contract to supply NGS drawn up in the late '60s, the Navajo Nation waived all rights to Upper Colorado River water in exchange for job preference at the mine and power plant, the exclusive right to sell coal to supply the mine, an allocation of power from the plant to the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, $125,000 over five years for Navaho Community College (now Diné College) and some CAP water. The resolution passed by the Navajo Nation Tribal Council says the tribe promises to limit its claim to 50,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water per year "for the term of the lifetime of the proposed power plant, or for 50 years, whichever shall occur first." That 50 years is up in 2016, just one year after the life-of-mine permit expires in 2015.
Given this constellation of environmental requirements and expiring leases and contracts, Joe Browder, who worked on environmental issues in the Carter administration and is now an international consultant on energy development, says, "It is inevitable that NGS will go through some kind of transition. Since the transition will occur anyway, and funds will be invested to make that happen.… It's not some radical dream for the tribes to think they could get a better deal."
Clark says the Flagstaff meeting looked at two main questions: "How do we talk about what this transition should be? And how do we present our ideas to tribal and federal leadership in such a way that our ideas will be part of their discussions? We hope to elevate this issue to a top priority in President Obama's second term."
The options for converting NGS into a cleaner generator are many. The Navajo Reservation has excellent solar potential, according to the NREL report, and for some, solar is the preferable—or indeed the only—answer. In addition to conventional solar farms, Clark, citing a draft working paper on NGS prepared by the Grand Canyon Trust, suggests the possibility of covering the CAP canals with photovoltaic solar panels.
Natural gas could be another option as a stand-alone or it could be combined with solar, says Browder. "Tribes could offer a combination of solar and natural gas generation, which would be of real value to the utilities and their customers," he says.
Other possibilities include the sale of the water used at NGS to cities such as Las Vegas, which, according to Clark, is paying $2,000 to $3,000 an acre-foot. The water used at NGS—which the tribes have or say they can claim—would be worth at least $68.2 million. Another option would be to use California's carbon market. In the global carbon market, says Clark, there are examples of indigenous people earning revenues by not cutting down their forests. Not turning organic carbon, in the form of Black Mesa coal, into atmospheric carbon could work the same way. Not running NGS could also produce revenues. At the low end, the global carbon market is paying $10 per ton of emissions. At that figure, the carbon dioxide emitted by NGS would be worth approximately $200 million a year.
Regardless of which option (or options) is pursued, the effort will have to be led by the Department of the Interior (DOI). Clark says the Trust's key point is that there needs to be a commitment from DOI, the Department of Energy and the EPA to come up with a sensible solution to a unique set of problems and to look at a transition plan involving the development of economic alternatives for Native peoples, providing low-cost electricity for CAP and reducing the health impacts of the mine and power plant on the Navajo and Hopi people. Several of the steps needed to keep NGS going or to create alternative energy sources will require an environmental impact statement. There is interest in the environmental and business communities in looking at the life-cycle costs of projects, which could mean, for the first time, quantifying the long- and short-term health and social impacts of coal-based generation in general and NGS in particular.
Bluehouse suggests a principle under which such a plan could evolve. If an orderly transition is going to occur, "we have to cooperate with people in Phoenix, Tucson and Southern California who use the electricity produced at NGS in a civil, respectful negotiation. We should plan this transition with compassion and humanity among all the people involved. We all have to be at the same level in terms of non-Indians and Indians."
Despite years of struggle, which Janene Yazzie, Navajo, and others say was fostered by the federal government in order to obtain cheap coal and water from the Navajo and Hopi people, Bluehouse says he saw at the meeting "no hard feelings between Navajo and Hopi," but rather a group of well-informed young, middle-aged and elderly people who had gathered to work collaboratively. He added, "We will have to pull together as brothers and sisters to handle this."
To go toward the least
To go toward the least environmental impact will be to also go toward the economic route in the long run. Right now there are 5000 solar jobs in Arizona. That is far more than the jobs at the nation's largest nuclear plant west of Phoenix. And there is not yet the same capacity in solar as there is at the nuclear plant. Solar delivers more jobs per million dollars of investment, by far, about 3 times more than nukes and 2 times more than coal.
Solar is much less impacting than nuclear energy, and far more economical. New solar electricity delivered is below 18 cents/kilowatt-hour and dropping quickly. New nuclear is 24 cents and going up.
And nuclear gets 6 cents or more per kWhe, while solar gets about 3. Coal gets about 1-3 cents per kWhe of subsidy. Not counting the subsidy reduction in all these figures for electricity price, new coal would cost about 13 cents. New Wind is already below coal's cost at about 12 cents on average.
Solar will fall below coal costs soon. Go with solar and wind and energy efficiency and save money and the environment.
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Democrats say meaningful action in the wake of last week's elementary school shooting must include a ban on military-style assault weapons and a look at how the nation deals with individuals suffering from serious mental illness.
It's an issue that President Obama addressed during Sunday's memorial service in Connecticut, it's one that Cong. Brian Higgins raised during an appearance on WBEN this weekend, and it's something that is likely to grow in coming weeks and days.
"I will use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens -- from law enforcement to mental health professionals to parents and educators -- in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. Because what choice do we have? We can't accept events like this as routine. Are we really prepared to say that we're powerless in the face of such carnage, that the politics are too hard..." --President Obama at the Connecticut Memorial Service Sunday (READ MORE & SEE THE VIDEO) |
" I just don't want to pretend to address something ... there's a lot of overriding themes here, including the Second Amendment, including mental illness, including depair and hurt and what is it that drives people to take these kind of actions. " As a nation...(we) need to try to do something about it, but not anything. To do something that's meaningful and mature and sophisticated, that is very different from any responses to gun tragedies we've had before" --Cong. Brian Higgins on WBEN (HEAR MORE) |
Several Democratic lawmakers and Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that it was time to take a deeper look into the recent spate of mass shootings and what can be done to prevent them in the future. Gun control was a hot topic in the early 1990s, when Congress enacted a 10-year ban on assault weapons. But since that ban expired in 2004, few Americans have wanted stricter laws and politicians say they don't want to become targets of a powerful gun-rights lobby. Gun-rights advocates said that might all change after the latest shooting that killed 20 children aged 6 or 7. "I think we could be at a tipping point ... a tipping point where we might actually get something done," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on CBS' "Face the Nation." Speaking Sunday night at a vigil in Newtown, Conn., the site of Friday's massacre, President Barack Obama did not specifically address gun control. But he vowed, "In the coming weeks I'll use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens, from law enforcement to mental health professionals to parents and educators in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this." He added: "Are we really prepared to say that we're powerless in the face of such carnage, that the politics are too hard? Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year after year is somehow the price of our freedom?" Schumer and other Democrats, as well as Lieberman, said they want to ban the sale of new assault weapons and make it harder for mentally ill individuals to obtain weapons. Lieberman said a new commission should be created to look at gun laws and the mental health system, as well as violence in movies and video games. "Assault weapons were developed for the U.S. military, not commercial gun manufacturers," Lieberman said before the Newtown vigil Sunday night. "This is a moment to start a very serious national conversation about violence in our society, particularly about these acts of mass violence," said the Connecticut senator, who is retiring at the end of the year. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said she will introduce legislation next year to ban new assault weapons, as well as big clips, drums and strips of more than 10 bullets. "It can be done," Feinstein told NBC's "Meet the Press" of reinstating the ban despite deep opposition by the National Rifle Association and similar groups. |
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Obama could use executive powers to enforce existing gun laws, as well as throw his weight behind legislation like Feinstein's. "It's time for the president, I think, to stand up and lead and tell this country what we should do - not go to Congress and say, `What do you guys want to do?'" Bloomberg told NBC's "Meet the Press." Gun-rights activists have remained largely quiet on the issue since Friday's shooting, all but one declining to appear on the Sunday talk shows. David Gregory, the host of "Meet the Press," said NBC invited all 31 "pro-gun" senators to appear on Sunday's show, and all 31 declined. All eight Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee were unavailable or unwilling to appear on CBS' "Face the Nation," host Bob Schieffer said. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, was the sole representative of gun rights' activists on the various Sunday talk shows. In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," Gohmert defended the sale of assault weapons and said that the principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School, who authorities say died trying to overtake the shooter, should herself have been armed. "I wish to God she had had an M-4 in her office, locked up so when she heard gunfire, she pulls it out and she didn't have to lunge heroically with nothing in her hands. But she takes him (the shooter) out, takes his head off before he can kill those precious kids," Gohmert said. Gohmert also argued that violence is lower in cities with lax gun laws, and higher in cities with stricter laws. "The facts are that every time guns have been allowed - conceal-carry (gun laws) have been allowed - the crime rate has gone down," Gohmert said. Gun-control advocates say that isn't true. A study by the California-based Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence determined that 7 of the 10 states with the strongest gun laws - including Connecticut, Massachusetts and California - are also among the 10 states with the lowest gun death rates. "If you look at the states with the strongest gun laws in the country, they have some of the lowest gun death rates, and some of the states with the weakest gun laws have some of the highest gun death rates," said Brian Malte of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. |
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President Obama's Remarks at the Connecticut Memorial Service
Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, Governor. To all the families, first responders, to the community of Newtown, clergy, guests -- Scripture tells us: "…do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away…inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands."
We gather here in memory of twenty beautiful children and six remarkable adults. They lost their lives in a school that could have been any school; in a quiet town full of good and decent people that could be any town in America.
Here in Newtown, I come to offer the love and prayers of a nation. I am very mindful that mere words cannot match the depths of your sorrow, nor can they heal your wounded hearts. I can only hope it helps for you to know that you're not alone in your grief; that our world too has been torn apart; that all across this land of ours, we have wept with you, we've pulled our children tight. And you must know that whatever measure of comfort we can provide, we will provide; whatever portion of sadness that we can share with you to ease this heavy load, we will gladly bear it. Newtown -- you are not alone.
As these difficult days have unfolded, you've also inspired us with stories of strength and resolve and sacrifice. We know that when danger arrived in the halls of Sandy Hook Elementary, the school's staff did not flinch, they did not hesitate. Dawn Hochsprung and Mary Sherlach, Vicki Soto, Lauren Rousseau, Rachel Davino and Anne Marie Murphy -- they responded as we all hope we might respond in such terrifying circumstances -- with courage and with love, giving their lives to protect the children in their care.
We know that there were other teachers who barricaded themselves inside classrooms, and kept steady through it all, and reassured their students by saying "wait for the good guys, they're coming"; "show me your smile."
And we know that good guys came. The first responders who raced to the scene, helping to guide those in harm's way to safety, and comfort those in need, holding at bay their own shock and trauma because they had a job to do, and others needed them more.
And then there were the scenes of the schoolchildren, helping one another, holding each other, dutifully following instructions in the way that young children sometimes do; one child even trying to encourage a grown-up by saying, "I know karate. So it's okay. I'll lead the way out." (Laughter.)
As a community, you've inspired us, Newtown. In the face of indescribable violence, in the face of unconscionable evil, you've looked out for each other, and you've cared for one another, and you've loved one another. This is how Newtown will be remembered. And with time, and God's grace, that love will see you through.
But we, as a nation, we are left with some hard questions. Someone once described the joy and anxiety of parenthood as the equivalent of having your heart outside of your body all the time, walking around. With their very first cry, this most precious, vital part of ourselves -- our child -- is suddenly exposed to the world, to possible mishap or malice. And every parent knows there is nothing we will not do to shield our children from harm. And yet, we also know that with that child's very first step, and each step after that, they are separating from us; that we won't -- that we can't always be there for them. They'll suffer sickness and setbacks and broken hearts and disappointments. And we learn that our most important job is to give them what they need to become self-reliant and capable and resilient, ready to face the world without fear.
And we know we can't do this by ourselves. It comes as a shock at a certain point where you realize, no matter how much you love these kids, you can't do it by yourself. That this job of keeping our children safe, and teaching them well, is something we can only do together, with the help of friends and neighbors, the help of a community, and the help of a nation. And in that way, we come to realize that we bear a responsibility for every child because we're counting on everybody else to help look after ours; that we're all parents; that they're all our children.
This is our first task -- caring for our children. It's our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything right. That's how, as a society, we will be judged.
And by that measure, can we truly say, as a nation, that we are meeting our obligations? Can we honestly say that we're doing enough to keep our children -- all of them -- safe from harm? Can we claim, as a nation, that we're all together there, letting them know that they are loved, and teaching them to love in return? Can we say that we're truly doing enough to give all the children of this country the chance they deserve to live out their lives in happiness and with purpose?
I've been reflecting on this the last few days, and if we're honest with ourselves, the answer is no. We're not doing enough. And we will have to change.
Since I've been President, this is the fourth time we have come together to comfort a grieving community torn apart by a mass shooting. The fourth time we've hugged survivors. The fourth time we've consoled the families of victims. And in between, there have been an endless series of deadly shootings across the country, almost daily reports of victims, many of them children, in small towns and big cities all across America -- victims whose -- much of the time, their only fault was being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
We can't tolerate this anymore. These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change. We will be told that the causes of such violence are complex, and that is true. No single law -- no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world, or prevent every senseless act of violence in our society.
But that can't be an excuse for inaction. Surely, we can do better than this. If there is even one step we can take to save another child, or another parent, or another town, from the grief that has visited Tucson, and Aurora, and Oak Creek, and Newtown, and communities from Columbine to Blacksburg before that -- then surely we have an obligation to try.
In the coming weeks, I will use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens -- from law enforcement to mental health professionals to parents and educators -- in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. Because what choice do we have? We can't accept events like this as routine. Are we really prepared to say that we're powerless in the face of such carnage, that the politics are too hard? Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year after year is somehow the price of our freedom?
All the world's religions -- so many of them represented here today -- start with a simple question: Why are we here? What gives our life meaning? What gives our acts purpose? We know our time on this Earth is fleeting. We know that we will each have our share of pleasure and pain; that even after we chase after some earthly goal, whether it's wealth or power or fame, or just simple comfort, we will, in some fashion, fall short of what we had hoped. We know that no matter how good our intentions, we will all stumble sometimes, in some way. We will make mistakes, we will experience hardships. And even when we're trying to do the right thing, we know that much of our time will be spent groping through the darkness, so often unable to discern God's heavenly plans.
There's only one thing we can be sure of, and that is the love that we have -- for our children, for our families, for each other. The warmth of a small child's embrace -- that is true. The memories we have of them, the joy that they bring, the wonder we see through their eyes, that fierce and boundless love we feel for them, a love that takes us out of ourselves, and binds us to something larger -- we know that's what matters. We know we're always doing right when we're taking care of them, when we're teaching them well, when we're showing acts of kindness. We don't go wrong when we do that.
That's what we can be sure of. And that's what you, the people of Newtown, have reminded us. That's how you've inspired us. You remind us what matters. And that's what should drive us forward in everything we do, for as long as God sees fit to keep us on this Earth.
"Let the little children come to me," Jesus said, "and do not hinder them -- for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
Charlotte. Daniel. Olivia. Josephine. Ana. Dylan. Madeleine. Catherine. Chase. Jesse. James. Grace. Emilie. Jack. Noah. Caroline. Jessica. Benjamin. Avielle. Allison.
God has called them all home. For those of us who remain, let us find the strength to carry on, and make our country worthy of their memory.
May God bless and keep those we've lost in His heavenly place. May He grace those we still have with His holy comfort. And may He bless and watch over this community, and the United States of America. (Applause.)


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October 1, 2008
Pepsi-Cola North America has launched two interactive sites that emphasize its efforts in environmental sustainability and encourage consumers to become more environmentally responsible: PepsiEcoChallenge.com and PepsiRecycling.com.
Pepsi shares its environmental sustainability commitments at www.PepsiEcoChallenge.com, which include reducing water consumption by 20%, electricity usage by 20% and fuels consumption by 25%, all by 2015--as well as its progress toward these and other environmental goals.
Pepsirecycling.com is an interactive site that encourages visitors to recycle by taking the Pepsi Recycling Challenge. By trying their hand at a short quiz and pledging to recycle more bottles and cans, visitors can enter a sweeps to win Pepsi Stuff points, redeemable on pepsistuff.com for an array of environmentally sound prizes, including t-shirts manufactured from recycled materials.
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I for one, have had not one single error while playing the demo. It was a little laggy, until I turned the ambient occlusion off. But other then that, no issues what so ever. Sometimes, during certain engine configurations, towards the end of testing I hear a few "pop/crackle" sounds. I am, however, assuming this is the sound of backfire coming out of the exhaust.
The only actual thing involving Automation and my computer is that once every few hours (Yes, I've been playing it for a LOONNNG time so far) I get a "CPU" warning from Norton stating that Automation is using too much memory/CPU. Setting Affinity and Priority to "High" seem to have solved this problem for me however, as a warning has not presented itself for quite some time. I do not know if others have had the same?
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There is something very disturbing about this photo. In the west, funerals and burials are formal, antiseptic ceremonies that insulate the mourners from death. These Palestinians use their hands and concrete blocks to bury this family killed by an Israeli shell.
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Palestinians bury four children and their mother after Israeli fire hit their house in the northern Gaza Strip April 28, 2008. The Israeli military said an aircraft and a tank unit fired at groups of gunmen that tried to approach troops in the town but no houses were targeted.


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The 3rd one >>>>crazycrazy wrote:I love Conkers Bad Fur Day, fantastic in every way!! The Silent Hill music is also fab as is the game itself, still one of the creepiest games I've ever played No.1 that is!
Dragon Age? PC or PS? Looks good, very Lord Of The Ringish.chun1702 wrote:Vindrag!! The game is as well.
I might have posted this before, but it is amazing.
Dragon Age (cutscene at Ostagar)
Compare those two versions. Amazing!
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Final Fantasy?crazycrazy wrote:RPG's have some of the best soundtrack music ever, Final Fantasy 9 is my fave!
Dan no!!!! Final Fantasy 7, 8 & 9 are all fantastic for me, so many side quests, exploration, fab emotive music, deep characters and storylines and much more everything you could want in an RPG! I also enjoyed FF10 but it doesn't match the Playstation 1 ones!Vindrag wrote:Final Fantasy?crazycrazy wrote:RPG's have some of the best soundtrack music ever, Final Fantasy 9 is my fave!
I've yet to understand the magic with these series, what I've played and seen have been so lame.
Wow FF is very underated on here! Yes I usually support the underdogs as well but some things do get the credit they rightfully deserve!Vindrag wrote:As I wrote.. I've not played them completely because of this harshness between FF and Suiko fans. I'm always supporting the underdogs you know.
I've watched a few Persona gameplay videos on youtube, looks veryyyyyy different from what I usually like, and what's up with the music!?
But I'll try them all. But first.. Skyward Sword!
Yes I did too, the final boss Sephiroth is epic, all of the FF games have epic music in my opinion! The boss battles in Persona 4 are wonderful too, in particular the final 'true' boss music is almighty!Plym wrote:I used to love the boss music in Final Fantasy VII!
Yup! AOE is one of the best strategy games series ever The original game is the best but I've played AOE II and III also.ANH wrote:You play Age of Empires? Awesomeness! x]
Some of the youtube comments under this video was interesting and funny!
Wow happy you like Persona, it's possibly my favourite JRPG/Simulation game ever well it's the only game quite like that, that I can think of! yeah they don't seem to very well known, they are amazing though!! You should play Final Fantasy 7-9 (they are the best for me!) and Conkers Bad Fur Day is a must, the remake was nothing compared to it!!AlexZ wrote:I played in Persona and Final Fantasy, but didn't play in Suikoden, because JRPG is very low popular genre in my country and very hard find any JRPG on PS2 or Xbox 360.
Final Fantasy (I played only in 4 games) :
1. X-2 (my favourite)
4. XIII (very linear game)
Persona: all PS2 games and PSP-remakes are good.
Conker: don't play in original game, but Live & Reload (Xbox) was nice.
Yes I love it!!!!!Vindrag wrote:F-Zero's music is crazy!!
Oh no you like them too, if you vote for them on the countdown make sure to read the Pokemon instructions on the opening thread of the voting thread!Vindrag wrote:POKÉMON
Epic series! The blue/red games are the best in my opinion, here's my favourite tune:
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