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Because of Coach Haines I can call myself a state and national champion. When I first came to Coach Haines as an awkward middle schooler I had many bad wrestling habits and was far from being tough enough for upper level wrestling. Coach Haines' expert technique and rigorous training regiments have made me confident as I enter the world of division 1 wrestling.
-Derrick Borlie
University of Wisconsin
NHSCA Senior National Champion, Fargo Runner-Up, 2X State Champion
Coach Haines is one of the most influential people in my life. I wrestled at a school other than the one Coach Haines coached at, then after my sophomore season I began attending his summer club practices. From this, I learned that even though I was from a rival school he was willing to help me in any way possible. From the time knowing Coach Haines I have learned many great traits that I will carry on for the rest of my life. Coach Haines made me mentally tougher as a wrestler and taught me goals on and off the mat are not given to you, you have to put in the time and effort to earn them. As a wrestler Coach Haines opened my eyes to new levels of conditioning, skills and competition that I may have never reached without his motivation and support. He has been there for me while I was struggling on and off the mat. I believe my experience with Coach Haines has made me the wrestler I am today and has set me up to succeed in the future.
-Matt Fletcher
St. Andrews College
2X State Place Winner, 2x Region Champion, 2x District Champion
When I started high school I weighed 98 pounds, I was the weakest kid Coach Haines had ever seen. 4 years later I graduated high school as a 4-year letter winner, 2-time team captain, and valedictorian. Haines didn't teach me how to work hard, he was just showed me that the only way to live without regret about a part of your life is to outwork everyone at that part of your life. It could be school, wrestling, or being a good family member. As long as you're working harder than
everyone else, as long as you're outworking everyone, you'll have nothing to regret in life. Haines made me into a role model instead of a kid who wouldn't stop running his mouth. He made me into be leader instead of a kid who worked hard in the background. He made me into a confident individual who always walks with a swagger and a head held high, instead of a kid who always stared at his shoes when he walked down a hallway. He made me into be a wrestler, instead of a member of the wrestling team. That means that even though I'll never wrestle competitively again, I still use what he taught me everyday. My goals have changed, instead of being a state place winner I want to work for ESPN, but I'm still using the wrestling mentality to get there. I still know that if I outwork everyone I'll have nothing to regret. I'm still using my Haines training everyday.
-Stephen Boyle
Northwestern University
Training with Coach Haines has been a life altering experience for me. Coach showed me how to push my mental and physical training in everything that I do. The passion that Haines showed for wrestling and coaching made me want to improve every day. Coach not only taught me how to become a dominate wrestler, but also how to be a role model off the mat as well. The time I spent with Coach on and off of the mat has, and continues, to mold me as a human being; I am very proud of that. The skills that I have learned with Haines about training, mental toughness, and leading a good lifestyle will last me a lifetime.
-Wes Heavener
Campbell University
State Champion, 3x Region Champion, 2x District Champion
Parent Testimonials
I am the father of three student athletes and I have participated in NCAA Division I athletics and coached multiple sports for multiple age groups over the past 18 years. Chris Haines is the absolute best coach, motivator and role model that I have had the pleasure to meet since playing football for Bobby Ross at the University of Maryland 25 years ago.
Chris Haines possesses and demonstrates just about every positive and beneficial attribute through his coaching and oversight of his wrestling programs. With his innate passion and ability as a successful NCAA Division I wrestler, his prior successes as Head Coach of the Millbrook High School wrestling team and his highly productive "Madmen" Wrestlers; Chris continuously produces young men of excellent wrestling ability and high character, many of whom have found themselves on NCAA wrestling teams.
The number of High School All Americans, High State Champions, State Place winners and NCAA wrestlers Chris's coaching has produced in just a few short years is astounding. In addition, these results came in an area (northwestern Virginia) where wrestling is not a traditionally strong sport and from a brand new high school where he started and based his programs.
The things that stand out the most to me are his willingness to take on any young person willing to work hard and his ability to motivate and get his wrestlers to perform and achieve beyond their potential. He does not build success by selecting from top talent; he builds top talent which results in success. Chris is the most demanding coach that I have seen in over 20 years, yet his wrestlers always want to work harder and buy into his program 100%.
It is amazing to witness the affect of Chris and his programs on a child or young adult. My oldest son wrestles for a U. S. Service Academy which equates to a "full ride" scholarship. He was successful in gaining an appointment and Congressional nomination in large part because of his success as a high school wrestler and a recommendation from Chris Haines. Chris played a vital role in my son obtaining admission to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
My middle child is also a student athlete and spent much of his middle school time unmotivated and unfocused. After two years of offseason wrestling with Chris's "Madmen" club, he is now dedicated to being a high school state champion and following his older brother's path to being an NCAA student athlete.
-Mike Skubon
My son made great strides in his wrestling and mat awareness when he began to participate in the camps and club that Coach Haines ran. Due to the strong work ethic inspired by the club and camp sessions, he began to realize that hard work would pay off in greater success both on and off the mat.
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Trendsetters come and go, but there are few whose food is truly sublime. With its imposing bronze-doored entrance, dim lighting, expanses of mahogany, and cozy banquettes, you'd have to be a bumbling fool not to impress your date here. And yet it's chef Germán Martitegui's kitchen that will really blow your mind, working rabbit medallions into a state of melting tenderness, and pairing delicately crisped morcilla (blood sausage) with jammy fruit. The wine list is huge, and wildly overpriced. The cocktails served up by resident bar maiden Inés de los Santos are the best in the city. This is a place you won't soon forget.
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Here are a few notes and quotes from Wednesday's practice and coach Dave Clawson's weekly press conference ...
- First, an injury update -- which is full of good news. Clawson said the Falcons did not lose any players to injury in the Florida contest.
Further, the week "off" will help a pair of injured players return to action soon, perhaps as early as this week. Defensive lineman Ronnie Goble is "good to go" according to Clawson after missing the Florida contest -- and much of fall drills -- with a high ankle sprain.
And wide receiver Heath Jackson has been upgraded from "doubtful" to "questionable" for the Idaho game after missing the contest against the Gators because of knee problems. Jackson and Goble both wore a yellow "do not hit" jersey in practice.
OK, now that the family is in bed for the night ...
- I noticed that the offense was wearing orange in practice today and the defense was wearing white. In all of the practices this fall (before this week), the defense was wearing orange and the offense wore white.
I asked Clawson if it was just my imagination or the units had switched colors, and he confirmed that they had. The reason? Clawson said he wants the offense to practice in the color jersey the team will play in its next game, so they get used to throwing and "looking for" the proper color of jersey in teammates.
- Clawson confirmed a change in the place-kicking duties on Saturday, with freshman Tyler Tate kicking PATs and field goals in place of Stephen Stein.
"Tyler Tate will get the chance to kick this week," Clawson said. "That was a neck-and-neck competition [in the fall], and their percentages [of makes] were very close. Part of the competition is how you kick in games, and we think Tyler deserves the opportunity to see how he will do [in a game]."
- Clawson has talked about not claiming a "moral" victory over Florida, but he was asked Wednesday about if there were positives to be gained from the contest.
"We'll find out as the year progresses," Clawson said. "Certainly there was the physical aspect of competing against them, and holding up on the line of scrimmage was very encouraging. Florida is a team that has tremendous skill, and they have the ability to make plays in space. We gave up 21 points on three pretty badly missed tackles. ... Is it because Florida is that good at those positions, or because we're not as good as we thought we were at those positions. Those are things that you don't find out the answers to until the year goes on."
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Commercial ventures are planning to send out profit-hunting missions to asteroids by the year 2020 — but in the shorter term, they're bringing in money by developing technologies that may show up on NASA spacecraft before they're put to use commercially.
For example, NASA said this week that it would award up to $125,000 to Arkyd Astronautics for a software system that would allow spacecraft to maneuver autonomously in close proximity with near-Earth asteroids — or the International Space Station. "Companies like SpaceX and others providing commercial resupply services to the ISS, as well as vehicles like HTV and ATV, could benefit from the proposed software," Arkyd said in its proposal.
So who's behind Arkyd Astronautics? Arkyd is actually an old code name for the Planetary Resources asteroid-mining company.
Planetary Resources' ultimate goal is to identify promising near-Earth asteroids, and then process the water and the precious metals they contain. The metals could be used in space or transported back to Earth, while the water could be turned into breathable air and rocket fuel for deep-space missions. If the reality matches the vision, asteroid mining could become a multitrillion-dollar industry. "It's just waiting to be had," said the company's co-founder and co-chairman, Eric Anderson.
The software system that won NASA's backing, known as COARSE, could be used on the spacecraft that Planetary Resources will send to asteroids. But it could conceivably be used before that on NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, which is due for launch to a near-Earth asteroid in 2016. The same dual-use principle applies to a $124,960 NASA grant that Planetary Resources won last year for work on a laser-based communication system for small satellites.
Planetary Resources has said it is also receiving funding from the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. "With reference to DARPA, the company cannot comment on any specific project work at this time," company president Chris Lewicki told NBC News in an emailed statement. "When appropriate, more details will be released."
By themselves, technology development contracts from NASA and DARPA won't get Planetary Resources to the company's near-Earth nirvana. But the income stream serves as a supplement to the money put into the venture by billionaire investors such as Google's Larry Page and Eric Schmidt.
More funding ahead
There could be more government funding ahead: Last month, Aviation Week reported that NASA was planning to ask for $100 million as a down payment on a multibillion-dollar mission to corral a 23-foot-wide (7-meter-wide) asteroid and bring it to the vicinity of the moon for study. Also last month, lawmakers hinted that they'd support increased funding for asteroid research, particularly in light of February's meteor blast over Russia.
That beefed-up government spending could be seen as competition for commercial asteroid ventures — but it's more likely to turn into an opportunity.
"Let's create a cooperative situation from the very beginning, where different companies get a chance to participate and use some of that taxpayer money to catalyze the beginning of an industrial economy in space," said Rick Tumlinson, chairman of Deep Space Industries.
Like Planetary Resources, Deep Space Industries is trying to get into the asteroid-mining business — and looking for closer-to-home opportunities in the meantime. Tumlinson said his company is in the midst of discussions with NASA officials about potential deals. He doesn't mind the fact that he's competing with Planetary Resources for the business.
"One company is an anomaly. Two companies is an industry," Tumlinson said.
Selling technology
Both companies want to capitalize on technologies long before they hit the asteroid jackpot: Deep Space Industries touts 3-D printers that can turn ground-up metal into high-strength parts, even in zero gravity. Planetary Resources, meanwhile, plans to sell its Arkyd space telescopes for Earth observation or space exploration.
"If you wanted to send a camera to Mars or Venus, you could do it yourself," Planetary Resources' Anderson said.
Anderson provided an update on Planetary Resources' plans this week during a Hacker News Seattle meet-up. Here are some of the high points:
Is all this doable? Does it sound like pie (or platinum) in the sky? Either way, feel free to share your view in the comment section below.
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Just a Coal Tit (Periparus ater) taken in late afternoon sunshine the garden the other day, against the background of a hornbeam hedge which is just beginning to show autumn colour.
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A frame house plans are characterised by a triangular or A shape. Andrew Geller is the architect credited with this spectacular design that received international acclaim when it was featured in The New York Occasions in 1957 and has been a popular house plan since then.
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She originally bought a vintage dress on Ebay, and she waited, waited, waited for delivery, but it never showed up. After a bunch of back and forth with the flaky seller, she decided to get her money back and start over 3 months before the big day. For those who have never tried to buy a traditional wedding dress before, 3 months ain't much time. You're pretty much left with floor samples and/or off-the-rack, because even David's Bridal can take up to 12 weeks to make your dress.
So we go to a local bridal shop and BOOM! she finds a discontinued style on the clearance rack that fits her perfectly for $240. Naturally, she snapped it right up.
And since that amazing deal is off the market, here are two more, in case you're looking:
Both are from Nordstrom. The strapless is $188, and the short one is $118.
Did you get an awesome deal on your wedding dress? Were you one of the few who bought off-the-rack? (I bought the floor sample at a discount, but it was still kind of a lot. Sigh.)
And before I go, the next 30 for 30 getup. Day #6 goes out to Mother Nature and the 100-degree heat index she handed down on Sunday. I'd also like to give a shout-out to all the people in my life who don't think khaki and grey go together (they SO do).
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i headed to sf for two photo shoots last week, which gave me a great excuse to hang with the college crew between. one shoot was the wallflower's performance at bimbo's 365 for the TV show "Live from the Artists Den" above. gallery is now up HERE! you can also check out galleries from my adele and mayer hawthorne shoots for them.
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PiLi-9 Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
The PiLi-9 (PL-9) infrared-homing, short-range air-to-air missile has been developed by the Luoyang-based China Academy of Air-to-Air Missile for the export market. The missile was reportedly developed from the indigenous PL-5 and PL-7, but fitted with a new infrared seeker based on the Israeli Python 3 AAM technology. So far the missile has only been promoted to the export market with no inventory in the PLA, but a surface-to-air variant known as PL-9D have been deployed by the PLA ground forces in small numbers.
Development of the PL-9 began in 1986 in parallel with another SRAAM programme PL-8, a Chinese licensed copy of the Israeli Python 3. It is somehow confusing for China to have two SRAAM development programmes with similar performance at the same time. One possible explanation is that the PL-8/Python 3 co-production agreement between China and Israel prohibited exporting the missile to a third-party. Therefore China integrated the Python 3 IR seeker with an indigenous missile airframe to produce the PL-9 specifically for the export market.
Small batch production of the PL-9 commenced in 1989. A model of the surface-to-air variant of the PL-9 missile was first revealed during the 1991 Paris Air Show. However, no order for the air-to-air variant of the missile has been received. The improved PL-9C was introduced in the 1990s, again with no order received.
The PL-9 resembles the Python 3 in appearance, but with only one third the range of the latter. The missile features an all-aspects cryogenic liquid nitrogen gas-cooled seeker infrared-homing seeker head unit, which utilises proportional navigation guidance techniques. The missile seeker 's off-boresight capability is +/-40 degrees. Flight control is by long span pointed delta fins at the front of the missile with Sidewinder-type slipstream driven rollerons on the aft tail fin surfaces to prevent roll and so enhance the operation of the guidance system.
The performance of the PL-9 can be improved by integrating with a Chinese indigenous helmet-mounted sight (HMS), which is similar to the Arsenel helmet sight for the Russian R-73. A Chinese brochure credits the helmet sight with a 60 degrees off-boresight capability, or a 120 degrees field of fire. During the November 1996 Zhuhai Air Show, a Chengdu (CAC) engineer confirmed that the HMS will be fitted onto the F-7MG fighter.
Missile length: 2.90m Missile diameter: 0.157m Wingspan: 0.65m Launch weight: 115kg (PL-9); 123kg (PL-9C) Warhead: 10kg HE (PL-9); 12kg (PL-9C) Propulsion: One solid-propellant rocket motor Off-boresight capability: 60 degree Speed: Mach 2.1 G Limit: 35G (PL-9); 40G (PL-9C) Range: 0.5~5km (PL-9); 0.5~22km (PL-9C) Guidance: All-aspect infrared + helmet-mounted sight guidance
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A pair of star-crossed marine mammals from rival families fall deeply in love despite the disapproval of their warring parents in director Phil Nibbelink's animated, kid-friendly take on the William Shakespeare classic. Juliet's father has promised his daughter to the brutish elephant seal Prince, and now in order to be with her beloved Romeo the saddened seal must fake her own demise. As Juliet's daring plan hits an unexpected snag and her friends Friar Lawrence and Kissy race to her rescue, the endangered seal must summon the power of love if she is ever to find true happiness.
- MPAA Rating: G
- Genre(s): Animation,Family
- Run Time: 76min.
- Theatrical Release Date: 10/27/2006
- DVD Release Date: 06/12/2007
- Distributor(s): Indican
- Director(s): Phil Nibbelink
- Starring: Daniel Trippet , Patricia Trippet
- Themes: Forbidden Love,Feuds
- Tone: Fanciful,Whimsical
- Country of Origin: USA - Limited (10-27-2006)
- Language: English
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Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay had been in front going into the closing stages, but late quick laps from Briscoe and Power saw the Penske duo hit the front, 0.1482sec apart. Scott Dixon was also quick for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, taking fourth behind Hunter-Reay with a time 0.2807sec down on Briscoe. Dixon's series champion teammate Dario Franchitti was outside the top 10 in both sessions today.
"It is very competitive around this track," said Power. "You can see how close the times are together. We were running on new tires and it turned into a really good session for us. We will make a few changes for tomorrow and see if we can get another pole."
Alex Tagliani took Sam Schmidt Motorsports to an excellent fifth position, ahead of Penske's third driver Helio Castroneves, Andretti's Marco Andretti and a very strong eighth place for Foyt's Vitor Meira.
Justin Wilson had a few trips down run-off areas on the way to taking ninth for Dreyer & Reinbold, ahead of Newman/Haas' Oriol Servia.
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more but now my deskband does not look too pretty when I try to move
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colors in a crazy way (blacks and greens becoming whites).
I have observed the behavior of other built-in deskbands (such as
Address) and I found them to be only about 20-30% transparent, with no
whitening effect.
Is there some new API function that I can use to control the level of
transparency of my deskband on Vista? I don't need anything fancy for
a start. All I want is just a standard eye-pleasing behavior, like the
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Reducing the group of 10 finalists for the Dave C. Shea Sportsmanship Award to two proved to be a very difficult task for the staff of the Ogdensburg Boys and Girls Club.
Picking between Courtney Sherwin and Jed McRoberts proved to be impossible.
So for the second time in the history of the award, which began in 1995 as the Sir Thomas Lipton Award, there co-recipients on Friday night. The first time came in the 2008 when Holli Cota and Mike King shared the award which each year honors longtime Journal-Advance News Sports Editor Dave Shea for his commitment to Sportsmanship in his coverage and for his contributions to the OBGC.
McRoberts is the son of Scott and Angie McRoberts and Sherwin is the daughter of Chris and Michelle Sherwin. Rounding out the field of 10 worthy candidates were: Connor Badlam, Peyton Lalone, Kristen Synder, Vinnie Molinari, Riley Luckie, Justyn McCormick, Cale Sargent and Jordan Miller.
All of the finalists were asked to write an essay on How Being A Member of the Club has taught me sportsmanship.
It was an excellent group of candidates and we just couldnt get down to one recipient, said OBGC Executive Director Tom Luckie Jr.
The presentation of the award culminated an evening which annually kicks off the OBGC Summer Activities schedule.
In earlier presentations Riley Luckie received the Russ McDonald Memorial Service Award and Justyn McCormick received the Keith Knowlton Memorial Award as the clubs Table Tennis Champion.
Special recognition also went to Konnor Murdock who was previously selected as the OBGC Youth of the Year and a finalist at a state competition and LeMoyne bound Sean Love who received the J. Russell Phillips Memorial Scholarship in memory of one of the OBGCs founding fathers.
Debbie McDonald, the widow of Russ McDonald, presented the Russ McDonald Service Award and Don and Judy Ashley presented the J. Russell Phillips Scholarship.
Several members of the OBGC received Sports Camp Awards in memory of Russ McDonald: Mecci, Mesean, Marcus and Kierra Johnson, Jackson Jones, Joey Dalton, Noah Moore, Austin Patterson and Cooper Hunter. Hannah Degraw received the Anne Lynch Memorial Sports Camp Award.


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It's a one-of-a-kind event: an at-water Cosplay Party that will be sailing down the Thames and back for five hours on a hopefully gorgeous summer evening. We're running from 7pm-midnight on 10th July, and have live music performances, DJ sets, full sized dance floor, bars on both decks, an event photographer, competitions and more! The boat itself is a stunning, restored paddle steamer, the largest passenger vessel on the Thames. Cosplay isn't mandatory, so if you just want to come to party down, feel free, and if you do cosplay, it doesn't have to be anime or video game based - comic, TV, movie, western animation, etc, are all fine inspirations!
Tickets are on sale now - click through the link above for more info - but we're only able to sell until this Friday, 25/06, as we need to confirm attendee numbers to the boat's owners.
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Third paragraph, you mean 'to' not 'two'
This is interesting to me, but nothing has really happened as far as plot. Some of the characters feel awkward but I like how you write Rainbow Dash .
I ALMOST would have liked this idea as it sounded like an apocalyptic Equestria with a sole survivor, kind of like I Am Legend, but then I saw the human tag and I was instantly turned off. Nothing against you, I'm just not a big fan of human in Equestria stories. I liked the concept, but that was just the factor that ruined it for me.
As for the actual story itself, here's some helpful tips:
1. Don't use asterisks (*) to signify actions or sounds. It's very chat room looking, and it detaches the reader.
2. When a new character is speaking they need a new paragraph. It helps the flow of the story, as you have really big paragraphs right now and it's hard to tell who's talking.
Just some stuff to think about.
GAH, formatting. OK I'm going to just copy paste what Vannar says here, "New Speaker, New Paragraph, Every time. I would inscribe this in flaming letters if the board would let me."
^^^^^ what Mist said, but without the human part. Some people like HiEs so there's an audience out there.
Alright, ill admit, im a bit out of it right now, but for the most part, slow down. Thats a big one. Your actions are far too fast. Its a little disconcerting. You seem to have issues separating thoughts from narration, if somepony is thinking, you need to show them thinking, for instance.
"And then they bucked" He thought. A narrative thought, is something like "Standing there looking between the two, he couldn't help but be impressed, and thinking that they would buck" as an example.Another thing... Always start a new line for a speaker. So, for instance. Between myself, Eclipse, and Tundra.
"So, Tundra. You like your story so far?" I inquired playfully.
"To be honest, I hate what you make me go through." Tundra replied, not bothering to hide his contempt.
"Trust me man, its not nearly as bad as what he made ME go through, I mean... WOW!" Eclipse laughed as he leaned back. "The stuff you are going through is child's play!" He finished.
"Its true." I nodded as I spoke. "Tundra you are getting off easy." Tundra looked between the two of us.
"You both are insane." He muttered darkly.
See? Like that. Try to avoid going ............ All the time, its a little annoying. And, for the most part unnecessary. An ellipsis is just fine. Thats three periods and represents an extended silence. Like...That.
Your story also tends to jump around, one moment hes laughing at zombies in some unknown area, the next hes running, then suddenly hes teleported to safety. This falls under the "Slow down" category as well. Explain how stuff happens, "Assume the reader has no idea what is going on" All the time. Explain, everything. For some more advice, I recommend checking my watch list. I'm watching a pony named "Shadow fax" look through his blogs comments for some good advice. the first blog The second. and the third. Hes a new writer as well, and pretty much everything in there may be able to help you improve. Also, you may want to watch your spelling! Two is a number, you meant to. Not two.
This is my first time ever writing a story, so I know there a HEAPS f mistakes and thank you all for pointing them out and giving me advice
I know this was going REALLY fast, but the next chapter will most likely be a flashback to some of the deaths of Family members.
EDIT 3: Ok, I'm writing the new chapter now and I am using a few of the things you guys pointed out. P.S I fixed a few of the mistakes.
I'm loving the story, sure some grammar issues, but the idea is great, I hope you update soon and i'm looking forward to it.
OKAY! I hope I fixed everything up, and used all the right tips.
This took longer to write because my computer was.......I really don't know, it just fucked itself
>>348893 Uh, why does he try to kill himself? I mean, I can maybe understand him shooting a random purple horse that he sees, but then why does he shoot himself afterwards?
>>354142 He recognises its a dream, because he remembers the day and seeing a purple horse snaps him out of it.
(both kinds of bears...hehehe)
>>375524 Awwwww heeeelll naawwww!
EDIT: I am in class right now, and writing chapter three! (silly English teacher thinks I am such a good student)
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"Why do you resist? We only wish to raise quality of life for all species."
A villain who adheres to the philosophy that The Needs of the Many outweigh the needs of the few.
At best, he's a Well-Intentioned Extremist who believes that Utopia Justifies the Means and he did what he had to do. He might eventually have a Heel Realization or die in his struggle for the greater good... or maybe he's actually right. At worst, he's a Knight Templar hellbent on assimilating everyone in a Lotus-Eater Machine, killing everyone who is unhappy, killing everyone to stop unhappiness, or doing things that would send him plunging toward the Moral Event Horizon... if not worse.
What makes the Totalitarian Utilitarian a frightening character is that while his For Happiness motive is very flawed, he lacks the childish unethical hedonism that would make him less of a threat.
There are three basic flavors of Totalitarian Utilitarian:
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Katharine McPhee News:
- Need to see more of Katharine McPhee? Here you go.
- Want to hear more of McPhee's new album? Check out her record company's website. If you like Beyonce, you'll like some of the album, I think. Sadly, it doesn't sound so great. There's a song in there devoted to her love of open toed shoes. I kid you not. It's called "Open Toes." What the — ?!?
- Super Mario Kart 64 is coming to the Virtual Console next week. The News Channel goes live on Saturday. Wii Play is due out mid-February.
- Searching (and finding) American Idol contestants on MySpace. Remember when you'd find them on LiveJournal? Ah, how times have changed.
Web/Tech Geekery:
- Interesting curiosities in web site code.
- Nerdgasm: Apple Widget to track Wii Availability.
- Tutorial to create STAR WARS logo and scrolling text.
- The Grammar Girl podcast gets a CNN writeup. I've downloaded this podcast for about three months now. One of these days, I'll listen to one. ::sigh::
- The RPM Challenge is like NaNoWriMo for bands — record an album (10 songs, 35 minutes) in 28 days. Starts in February.
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Jim Lux wrote: > I doubt that metal shelving would have any beneficial EM properties, and, in > fact, might actually make things worse by being a capacitively coupled > radiator. Trust in your FCC Class B cases... > > Actually, does anyone have any evidence of Electromagnetic Compatibility > problems in a cluster? Lots and lots of computers, all with switching power > supplies, running off fairly long extension cords all strewn about (neatly, > of course), and the conditions are certainly ripe for EMC/EMI problems. > Fortunately, the computers themselves are probably fairly immune, but what > about other devices (i.e. does your cell phone still work standing next to > your cluster?). Back in oh, 1983 or 1984 my 4.77 MHz IBM PC would radiate like all hell on FM 100 or thereabouts. I could even hear it "work" in the static. I'm sure that any good phreaker could have told you character by character what I was typing from fifty feet away. Messed up my ability to listen to music and work. Shortly thereafter, those Class B cases started to be required and motherboard designs improved (probably fewer sharp turns and more attention paid to conductive path shapes and lengths) -- haven't heard a peep for well more than a decade out of anything except the sound card of the system itself, which DOES sometimes register a bit of system state-dependent noice. Given that this is an amplifier with all sorts of resonant loops sitting INSIDE the box I'd have to say this is pretty darn good. I honestly don't think that metal shelves or the lack thereof make any real difference to cluster stability or performance these days. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu
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What College Basketball Star Scored Over 100 Points in a Single Game This Weekend? [VIDEO]
This player is a scoring machine.
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A jury in San Jose, California, found that a group of young girls falsely accused gym teacher John Fischler of being what they called a "perv" and peeking in on them in the bathroom.
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Jimmie Johnson won his sixth Sprint Cup Series championship in eight years at Homestead-Miami Speedway, as Denny Hamlin held off Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the Ford EcoBoost 400 on Sunday
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(00:27:16) Afghanada - Episode 08 9. (00:27:00) Afghanada - Episode 09 10. (00:26:50) Afghanada - Episode 10 11. (00:26:37) Afghanada - Episode 11 12. (00:26:44) Afghanada - Episode 12 Playing Time.........: 05:21:30 Total Size...........: 588.74 MB NFO generated on.....: 1/15/2008 7:15:18 PM --------------------------------------------------------------------- Three Canadian soldiers have been shipped out to Afghanistan and are based deep in the heart of the conflict: Kandahar Province, where the Taliban insurgency is fiercest. Every day, Canadian soldiers on the ground confront the chaos and violence of life "outside the wire". They don't have the big picture; they're not interested in the policy. They're just trying to help the people, protect each other...and survive. Afghanada gives us a grunts'-eye-view of the conflict . The sound is edgy and gritty, the impact immediate, pushing the listener into an auditory journey that is impossible to escape. It is a reflection of the very real situation Canadian soldiers are facing every day in Afghanistan. ---- The Afghanada cast includes Billy MacLellan as Private Lucas "Chucky" Manson, Jenny Young as Sergeant Pat "Coach" Kinsella, Paul Fauteux as Private Dean "The Machine" Donaldson, Jordan Pettle as Corporal Jakes, Anousha Alamian as Sami and Khan Soroor. ---- Episode 01: The series begins with five Canadian soldiers and a translator traveling from Kandahar to a local village to establish contact and deliver supplies to a school. Following a successful meeting with village elders, (a shura,) they proceed to the school but are intercepted by the Taliban. One member of the unit disappears. Episode 02: The Sergeant is missing in action. Master Corporal Pat Kinsella, a female combat soldier, is made temporary section commander. The section is ordered back to base. On the way back, they are marooned in the desert when their Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) falls into a dry river bed during a sandstorm. They make a surprise discovery in a cave in a mountainside following a strange encounter with a lone American soldier. Episode 03: While returning to base from a medical mission, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explodes, disabling their LAV. The section comes under attack when an attempt to borrow a tractor from a local farmer goes sideways. They are rescued by American firepower. Episode 04: Assigned to American command, the section is tasked with hunting for suicide bomb factories in Kandahar. Following a raid on an Afghan family, (who could be suicide bombers), the unit comes to a mosque and meets a rogue American unit which they suspect is involved in shady operations. They must decide whether to blow the whistle or not. Episode 05: Prior to a major offensive, Kinsella is replaced as temporary section commander by Master Corporal Jakes from the Provincial Reconstruction Team. He must gain the trust of the unit in the midst of battle. His lack of experience under fire highlights the consequences of his decisions for the unit. Episode 06: Engaged in the NATO offensive against the Taliban, the unit encounters a small group of Afghan National Police (ANP) doing their best to keep law and order without equipment or supplies. Their attempt to aid the ANP by destroying some Taliban weapons caches embroils them in local tribal politics and worsens the local situation. Episode 07: The section is assigned with providing security on a Village Medical Outreach (VMO). The goal is to improve conditions in rural areas and gain the support of the local Afghan population. They run afoul of Islamic law while attempting to save a teenage girl who has a fatal infection. Episode 08: Christmas at Kandahar Airfield looks better than being stuck at an abandoned American firebase in the mountains on the Pakistan border. In the valley below is a madrassa, that doubles as a Taliban training base. While waiting for a possible attack, Private Donaldson struggles with the psychological effects of killing an enemy fighter. Episode 09: The Section splits up for the first time in months to take a few days leave. Dean and Lucas fly out to blow off steam in Bangkok and Sergeant Kinsella heads home to Prince Rupert to see her parents and her boyfriend. The boys have a great time sampling many delights forbidden on the job in Afghanistan. Kinsella on the other hand finds re-integration into civilian life a complicated experience. Episode 10: Outside the wire once again, the Section heads out on a clandestine operation to find and destroy a Taliban command post. This time they have a new interpreter recruited from a local village. 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Personal views on politics, education and the environment from a Deep South perspective.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Real Men Have Big Gardens
For the last three years my sister, Robyn Guyton, has roped me into running a workshop on Autumn planting at the Riverton Harvest Festival she organises with her husband, Robert. I wish I had taken photographs of the festival itself as there were numerous colourful displays of nature's bounty and useful workshops on preserving and processing home grown food. I have had to make do with a picture of a recent tomato harvest from my small greenhouse and earlier photo of my own garden.
The quarter acre with the vege garden at the back was once accepted as normal, but greater work pressures, less time and the convenience of supermarkets saw sections being subdivided and patios, barbecues and landscaped garden "rooms" taking precedence. The vege garden has all but disappeared from most homes now, however, after three years the festival has become a well supported local event with growing numbers of people embracing the joy of growing their own food.
I liked the poster I saw at the festival stating, "Real Men Have Big Gardens", wouldn't it be great if this replaced sporting prowess, car ownership or beer drinking as an accepted status determiner for New Zealand males. "He's got a big one" will take on a whole new meaning...
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- March 27, 2011 at 1:07 AM
- robertguyton said...
Dave - yours looks well proportioned!!
I've visited Dave' garden many times and it's a very productive one - he's finely tuned his tunnel house to produce more tomatoes than is decent and his raised beds are overflowing with vegetables.
I too am a firm believer that
"Real men have big gardens." - March 27, 2011 at 1:10 AM
- bsprout said...
Thanks, Robert, however, while mine may be big by most people's standards yours is enormous. I guess though its not about size in the end, but how you use it. ;-)
- March 27, 2011 at 2:02 AM
- robertguyton said...
I want to add,
"and it's attractive to birds' but we've gone too far already Dave! - March 27, 2011 at 2:26 AM
- Shane Pleasance said...
Bah! Me missus raised beds lie unmade by in a sprawl of overgrown wood.
Sitting down to pee from now on! - March 31, 2011 at 3:52 PM
- Shane Pleasance said...
unmade by me, that is.
- March 31, 2011 at 3:52 PM
- bsprout said...
Shane-It is never too late to resurrect your waning manhood. A few hours is all you need to get those raised beds up and functioning. Get in some silverbeet, spinach, mini cauliflowers and cabbage and you'll be set up for Winter. I have heard that peeing in the garden (discreetly of course) can be good for your crops.
- March 31, 2011 at 4:51 PM
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11-Alive news anchor and author Karyn Greer greets one of the hundreds of readers attending the inaugural Books Down South festival Saturday in Fayetteville. Read More»
Construction of a medical office building on Brandywine Boulevard off Ga. Highway 54 is another sign that the economic climate in Fayetteville continues to improve.
The Brandywine Medical Building is the second of two medical office buildings approved in 2006 though only one of the buildings was built due to a receding local economy. Now site work for the second building is underway with a completion date expected in March.
The 14,763 square-foot building is situated on 4.2 acres and includes approximately 500 feet of frontage on Brandywine Boulevard. Read More»
The Fayetteville Tax Allocation District (TAD) redevelopment plan designed to stimulate economic development in some of the city's older commercial areas was back on the Oct. 17 agenda after being tabled earlier this month. But the resolution to move ahead with the plan had not been advertised correctly so the resolution was put on hold for the second time. Read More»
More than 40 local and regional authors, including several New York Times bestsellers, are participating in Books Down South, A Festival for Readers and Writers, on Saturday, Oct. 26, in the former River's Elementary School at the intersection of Sandy Creek Road and Veterans Parkway in Fayetteville (map below). Read More»
Developers for the proposed mixed residential development on Grady Avenue in Fayetteville were expected to ask the City Council on Oct. 17 to agree to have the potential development return for a full review by the city's Planning and Zoning Commission. The council agreed, but Read More»
Faced with a potential murder charge for participating in the Oct. 11 armed robbery and shootout at the China Cafe in Fayetteville, Leandro Bernard Johnson, 27, surely knew his days as a free man were over.
Instead of surrendering to a group of armed marshals Tuesday morning, Johnson ended his own life with a single gunshot wound to the head, officials said.
His lifeless body, a handgun laying beside it, was found in the closet of a relative's apartment in Covington, according to U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force Supervisor Jim Joyner. Read More»
It took more than two centuries, but the British Union Jack is flying again on Fayette County soil. That flag, along with the American flag and the job site flag designating the various developers, was hoisted last week to the roof of one of the soundstages at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in a "topping out" ceremony to signify the placement of the tallest portion of the 65-foot building. Read More»
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ferree of Fayettville are proud to announce the marriage of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth to Mark William Pinkepank on September 21, 2013. Mark is the son of James and Randi Pinkepank of Peachtree City. The wedding ceremony was held at the Senoia United Methodist Church. A reception followed at the Banquet Hall of Alvaton. Read More»
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Burch of Fayetteville, Ga. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ms. Courtney Burch to Mr. Kyle Hood, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hood of Jackson, Ga.
The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Annelle Burch and the late James W. Burch of Fayetteville, Ga. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Orbin Howell of Macon, Ga.
Courtney is a 2005 graduate of Fayette County High School and a 2009 graduate of Auburn University, from which she earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She is employed as a Wound Care R.N. at Piedmont Fayette Hospital. Read More»
McDonough Road Baptist Church in Fayetteville will host a "Fall Family Blast" on Thursday, Oct. 31 beginning at 6 p.m.
"We encourage families to go out and do their trick-or-treating, then come over and enjoy a hot dog, popcorn, drinks and more candy. Then, we'll show a family-friendly movie on the front lawn, 'The Lost Medallion,'" said David L. Chancey, pastor. Read More»


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Here's a look at what you need to know about North Korea. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has a centralized communist government.
About North Korea: Land Area: 120,538 sq km, slightly smaller than Mississippi
Population: 24,720,407 (July 2013 est.)
Median age: 33.2 (2013 est.)
Capital: Pyongyang
Ethnic Groups: Racially homogenous, small ethnic Chinese and Japanese populations
Religion: Traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, with some Christian and other sects
GDP: $40 billion (July 2011 estimate)
GDP per capita: $1,800 (2011 estimate)
Other Facts: North Korea borders China, Russia and South Korea.
North Korea has no diplomatic representation in the United States. They do have a permanent mission to the United Nations.
The U.S. does not have any diplomatic representation in North Korea. The Swedish Embassy represents the U.S. as consular protecting power.
The Korean People's Army has up to 1.2 million active personnel. (State Dept, April 2012 )
Military spending is estimated at 25% of GNP. (State Dept, April 2012)
20% of males ages 17-54 are in the regular armed forces. (State Dept, April 2012)
Timeline: 1910-1945 - The Korean peninsula is under Japanese control.
August 1945 - After Japan surrenders in World War II, the U.S. occupies the southern half of the peninsula while the U.S.S.R occupies the northern half.
1945-1994 - Kim Il-Sung is the country's first leader.
1948 - Separate governments for the northern and southern parts of the Korean peninsula are established after an international stalemate fails to resolve the issue.
June 25, 1950 - North Korea invades South Korea. Peace negotiations begin in 1951, but hostilities continue until 1953.
July 8, 1994 - Kim Jong Il Becomes the leader of North Korea when Kim Il-Sung, his father, dies.
2000 - Kim Dae Jung, the leader of South Korea and Kim Jong Il meet for the first time since the country was separated 50 years earlier.
January 10, 2003 - North Korea withdraws from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
April 23, 2003 - North Korea declares it has nuclear weapons.
December 11, 2007 - Freight trains begin crossing the border between North and South Korea, resuming a regular service that last ran in the 1950s.


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A Timbers blog post. I know shocking right?
I know, I've not written on the old NASL, or it's connections to the sport, in a while, but the European game is still there, so I had to stay on topic. And that's hard for someone who is ADD. No, I don't mean I'm math. One of the great clubs in the American game is Portland. Their fans are nuts, I mean who else has let on and off (club dying for a couple times) a man with a chainsaw into the matches? You couldn't pull that past the ushers in Europe. I mean come on?
Not saying that, this is unique, just look at the history of the game, and all the stuff the old NASL would do. Sometime that might be another blog for me. But let's not get to far ahead. While I'm not a big MLS fan, I do watch Philadelphia Union games when I can (I have a radio spot on a Union radio show), and will look in on Portland Timber games. (itunes has the station that their games are played on, on their radio stream). So there's a lot there for me to digest.
Also, just the love of the supporters is what makes the Timbers a fun. Look up the Timbers Army when you are next at your cubicle at work. I know it breaks the tradition of surfing facebook at work. Just for once you can do something smart in your "break times" It's a fun thing to see them singing the national anthem or the chants with the fireworks. Well, that or the flairs, which is awesome.
Oh in their first year, in the first time they existed, (this is the fourth time the club has been in existence) they ran all the way to the 1975 Soccer Bowl (league championship game) against Tampa Bay Rowdies. There's another team that I haven't written on in a while. All in due time. But that was the stable franchise in the Pacific Northwest for a very long time.
That man that has a chainsaw at the matches? Started out with Timber Jim. Well, instead of writing about it, let's just see it.
And that was during a match. Timber Jim has since retired, and turned it over to Timber Joey.
Can't you wait to see that? Well, watch the games they play, ok, so they aren't that good right now, but the fandom will get you into it.


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Keep Drops Halloween Theme Due to Party Postponement
Living up to its reputation for creativity and style, Keep Cottage will be throwing a "neon party" on Saturday, Nov. 17 to make up for this year's cancellation of their traditional Halloween party.
The notorious Halloween party, scheduled this year for Saturday, Nov. 3, overlapped with President Marvin Krislov's inauguration weekend, bringing up problems with security, and was subsequently postponed for two weeks. Safety and Security classified the inauguration ceremony as a "full force event" that necessitated that every officer be on duty for his or her normal eight-hour shift in addition to an assigned detail. This resulted in many officers taking shifts of up to 16-hour in one day, as the ceremony required the presence of all officers over the three-day period. Tasks extended beyond monitoring the speech; officers managed all visitors and dealt with parking issues and other side functions. Assistant Director of Safety and Security Marjorie Burton clarified, "At all times we have to maintain our full services, so when additional events come on campus we look to see if we can staff beyond our normal procedures." "We needed Safety and Security at the party and there wasn't enough personnel," said first-year Keep party planner Logan Takahashi. Other co-opers blamed the postponement on the College's concern for its image. "Our party was delayed because of the inauguration weekend. Alums and board members were in town, so the administration thought it would look bad if students were stumbling drunk out of a residence hall," explained junior and Keep HLEC Rebecca Grodofsky. Administrators could not be reached for comment. Keep Housing Loose Ends Coordinator and sophomore Kurt Schmidt commented on the party postponement: "A lot of the first-years were very disappointed," he said. "For some of them, the Halloween party was the reason they decided to live in Keep." The party was pushed back two weekends, past Parent's Weekend, to this Saturday. "We talked about having a delayed Halloween party, but we thought everyone would be tired of the concept by then," said Grodofsky. "Then we talked about having our own Marvin Krislov Inaugural Ball, or even a Marvin Krislov Debutante Ball or a Marvin Krislov Bar Mitzvah called Barvin Mitzlov. All of these ideas were great in theory, but they seemed less interesting once we thought of the practicalities of dressing up." "I'm psyched for the neon party. It's gonna be rockin,'" said Takahashi. Grodofsky agreed, "Look out for sweet bands. Do not come if you are prone to seizures." |
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Nothing that Justice Scalia says in his recent interview with California Lawyer should be news to anyone who has followed his jurisprudence closely. But I do have a few bones to pick with him about his originalist claims. (Before I begin, it's worth noting that throughout the interview Scalia seems to assume that the original meaning of the Constitution is pretty much identical to how the adopting generation would have applied its provisions; for the purposes of this posting, I will accept his account of originalist methodology, although it is not my own.)First, The central purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to guarantee equal citizenship and equality before the law for all citizens and for all persons. It does not simply ban discrimination based on race. The fact that the word race is not mentioned in the text (as it is in the fifteenth amendment) was quite deliberate.Scalia argues that the fourteenth amendment was not intended to prevent sex discrimination. That's not entirely true. The supporters of the fourteenth amendment did not think it would disturb the common law rules of coverture: under these rules women lost most of their common law rights upon marriage under the fiction that their legal identities were merged with their husbands. But these rules did not apply to single women. So in fact, the fourteenth amendment was intended to prohibit some forms of sex discrimination-- discrimination in basic civil rights against single women.Moreover, the Constitution was subsequently amended. After the nineteenth amendment, the common law coverture rules made little sense. If married women had the right to vote, why did they not have the right to contract or own property in their own names? If we read the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of civil equality in light of the Nineteenth Amendment, the guarantee of sex equality should apply to both single and married women. The conservative court during the Lochner era thought as much in a case called Adkins v. Children's Hospital, decided immediately after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.Scalia argues that if contemporary generations want to protect women, they can pass antidiscrimination laws and nothing in the original understanding of the Constitution forbids this. But this is not quite correct. The federal government would not be able to pass civil rights laws protecting women from discrimination; only states and local governments could. That is because if judges followed what the Constitution's framers expected, federal regulatory power would be greatly constricted and, among other things, the Civil Rights Act of 1964's ban on sex discrimination would be unconstitutional because it would beyond federal power to enact. Justice Scalia would surely vote to uphold much federal legislation today (see his concurrence in the medical marijuana case, Gonzales v. Raich), but that is because he accepts the New Deal revolution, which he well knows is not consistent with original understandings about the scope of federal power. So Scalia's arguments about what modern majorities can do today rest on his view that a very significant proportion of constitutional understandings of the framers can simply be jettisoned because they make little sense in today's world. That is to say, he doesn't really believe in originalism either when it comes to a very wide array of cases concerning federal governmental power.Second, if Scalia had really wanted to be faithful to the expectations and assumptions of the the adopters of the Fourteenth Amendment, he had no business joining the opinion in Bush v. Gore, because the Amendment was not intended to change state rules concerning the right to vote.During the interview Justice Scalia says that he doesn't even need to read the briefs to know what originalism permits, requires or forbids; but I would respectfully suggest he needs to read a bit more history. Posted 8:35 AM by JB [link]


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Because I was born in 1990, when the Cold War was coming to a halt, I have never experienced duck-and-cover drills, the fear of Russian spies, or the belief that nuclear weapons are necessary. My generation barely even remembers the Clinton presidency, and if asked about it, will probably be quicker to name the sex scandal than any of his policies. George W. Bush was elected president when I was in 4th grade, 9/11 happened when I was in 5th.
I have a theory that Bush and his policies are the reason that my generation is more open to new ideas, although not necessarily more liberal than those older than us. We see some people so unwilling to change from policies that are making a negative impact now, simply because they are commonplace and were once useful. The youth are open to trying something new. Seeing that the way we currently do things leaves millions of people without jobs and health care, homeless, and impoverished makes a new way of living seem both possible and essential.
The same way of thinking applies to nuclear weapons – I was not alive when nuclear weapons were thought to be crucial as a deterrent from another world superpower and perhaps as a result, I see no use for nuclear weapons in this day and age. The United States is already the biggest superpower and the biggest spender in arming themselves militarily. Even if the US were to drop the cost of their nuclear weapons program by disarming all of their bombs, they would still be the world's largest military spender – by a lot.
Despite our unchallenged military supremacy, the argument for having nuclear weapons is still that nuclear weapons act as a deterrent against attacks from other countries. They also act as a measure of strength for getting what you want on the world scene. These arguments ignore the huge financial costs that nuclear weapons demand. They also ignore that our possession of nukes is a great motivator for our enemies to get their own.
The use of nuclear bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which resulted in the deaths of more than 200,000 innocent people, seems to create a stronger argument against nuclear weapons than any other. Simply knowing what we have used these weapons for attacks rather than deterrents, makes having nuclear weapons that much more dangerous and redundant.
The morally reprehensible bomb dropped on Hiroshima alone took $2 billion dollars (not adjusted for inflation) of research to create, and that was 65 years ago. In calculating the costs of building, testing, and maintaining our nuclear weapons and their facilities today, the White House asked for $7 billion for nuclear weapons spending in the 2011 fiscal year, tying up money that could have been used to fix our recession, shrink the national debt, or fund unemployment checks.
Despite his signing of the START nuclear treaty with Russia, which would create a plan to cut back the amounts of nuclear weapons for both the US and Russia, Barack Obama has planned to spend $180 billion to update and maintain our supply of nuclear weapons in the next ten years. This is an increase in nuclear weapons spending from the Bush administration plans. Obama's efforts to diminish our nuclear weapons stockpile seem to be contradicting his plans to revamp our nuclear programs, and this clash in policy is literally wasting taxpayer money to update weapons that will eventually be dismantled.
As the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki takes place this August, we must take time to reflect on the necessity of nuclear weapons. Although there may have been times in American history when people theorized that nuclear weapons were pertinent for defense, history also shows that we have used nuclear weapons not as a defense mechanism, but as a form of attack, devastating the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people.
We must ask ourselves if there is any reason to keep nuclear weapons today and consider whether the positives outweigh the negatives. Are the risks of causing other countries like Iran and North Korea to build up their own stockpiles worth our own perceived safety? Should our debt be made deeper by planning for the development of nuclear weapons while we are in the beginning stages of cutting down the weapons we already have?
Surely if there has been any time in our nation's history to begin dismantling nuclear weapons, it is now. We must take steps as a nation to not only cut our supplies in order to make a small political impact, but to take steps toward a worldwide endeavor to abolish nuclear weapons. Additionally, the Senate must ratify both the START treaty with Russia and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which bans all nuclear explosions. Finally, we don't need an additional $180 billion spent on remodeling nuclear weapons that we say we want to destroy.
In my lifetime, I have yet to witness any threats that justify our possession and construction of nuclear weapons. The negative costs are too great, not to mention, having nuclear weapons may have even hurt us when in the last ten years, as it has encouraged other countries to build up their arsenals.
Holding the potential in our hands to destroy all of life on Earth seems to be the opposite of the advancement of human accomplishment, and the United States, being the first nation to develop nuclear weapons and the only nation to have used them, holds the burden and the capability of leading the world towards nuclear abolition.
Jess Mitchell is an International Affairs Intern at the Peace Economy Project
August 6, 2010
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Complete title: PPX and Concurrent Radiation for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Without MGMT Methylation: A Randomized Phase II Study: BrUOG 244
Research Study Number | 7591 | ||
Principal Investigator | Maciej Mrugala, MD, PhD | ||
Phase | II |
Research Study Description
Eligibility Criteria (must meet the following to participate in this study)
- Genders Eligible for Study: Both
- Histologically proven diagnosis of glioblastoma or gliosarcoma (WHO grade IV)
- GBM must have unmethylated MGMT as determined by central laboratory
- Diagnosis of GBM must be made by biopsy or surgical excision, either partial or complete; as long as there is sufficient tissue to determine MGMT status
- No prior chemotherapy or radiation for brain tumor
- Must be able to tolerate brain MRIs.
- *A diagnostic contrast-enhanced MRI must be performed postoperatively within 42 days prior to study registration.
- Age > 18
- Life expectancy of at least 3 months.
- Absolute neutrophil count > 1500/mm3, Platelets > 100,000/mm,
- Creatinine < 2 x ULN
- ALT or AST < 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) and total bilirubin < 1.5x ULN.
- Patients with a prior history of low grade glioma who did not receive prior radiation or chemotherapy with transformation to grade IV brain tumor are eligible.
- Women must be non-lactating, and surgically sterile, post-menopausal or have a negative serum pregnancy test and agree to use adequate birth control. Males must agree to use adequate birth control.
- Voluntary, signed informed consent.
Other eligibility criteria may apply.
Exclusions (conditions that would prevent participation in this study)
- No other active invasive malignancy unless disease free for at least 3 years.
- Prior temozolomide or PPX.
- Prior use of Gliadel wafers or any other intratumoral or intracavitary treatment are not permitted.
- Prior radiotherapy to the head or neck (except for T1 glottic cancer), resulting in overlap of radiation fields.
- No diffuse leptomeningeal disease, or gliomatosis cerebri.
- Use of any other experimental chemotherapy drug within the 60 days prior to randomization and during the trial. (Use of a non-chemotherapy investigational agent must be approved by the Brown University Oncology Group)
Other exclusion criteria may apply.
Astrocytomas; Brain Cancer; Central Nervous System (CNS); Glioblastoma Multiforme; Solid Tumors
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Your VIP Pass to the Year's Biggest Food Truck Festival
On August 4, from 10am to 9pm, New York's best food trucks are congregating by the South Street Seaport. So Urban Daddy figured you (and any friends you deem worthy) could use a VIP pass, good for 10 bites and six drinks — beer would be a good choice here — and an express pass so you can cut the line between 5 and 7pm. Waiting just isn't the Perks way… This Saturday, August 4, you'll enjoy a glorious day of live music, beer and food from your favorite food trucks, all on the cobblestoned waterfront of the South Street Seaport.


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Yes, there is a cemetery in Superior. The Superior Historical Commission will host a "Tombstone Tour" of our historic cemetery on Saturday, October 13 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The cemetery, located just south of Avista Hospital on the south side of US 36, is one of the older cemeteries in Boulder County. The first burial on record there took place in 1873 and the last in 1949. Historical Commission members and volunteers will be on hand to provide information about interesting people and sites in the cemetery. Parking will be in the Avista Hospital south lot followed by a walk through the tunnel under highway 36. Participants should plan for walking in uneven terrain and wear appropriate clothing, footwear and sunscreen.
The Superior Cemetery Tombstone Tour is a FREE community activity; however, we do ask that you register online by CLICKING HERE and searching for Activity Number 330007.
To register online, all you need is a username and password. If anyone in your household has ever registered for a Town activity or you have a swimming pool ID card, we already have a username and password for you in our system. This information can be obtained by calling 303-499-3675. If you have never registered for an activity through the Town you may create an account online.