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Most people have their high hat on the left side of the Snare on a real drumset. When doing 16th rolls, it makes sense to start on the left side as it would be difficult to move so far to the left without SOMETHING affecting your left hand at the same time.
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Preface: I'm an actual drummer. I've performed and written several original drum lines, and re-interpreted some old tracks.... 'cause I forgot the real lines. But anyway.
The disco flip (the hi-hats on red, which you're referring to) is perfectly accurate in terms of sticking. Drummers, by large, lead with their dominant hand, which the default arrangement assumes is the right hand. So by doing the disco flip the game encourages you to use the same sticking that the actual drummer uses, which helps maintain the accuracy that Rock Band aims for with drumming.
Further, it's accurate in terms of motion. Hi-hats are to the left of the snare on a standard orientation. Most drummers, though, play cross-handed, keeping time with their right (dominant) hand over their left striking hand. So hats being on yellow normally makes sense. But, when you're doing a two-hand ride, you would on a real kit be moving to the right to strike the snare. The option is to move the snare way over to the right (leaving red unused, since generally there's nothing further to the left than the hats) or swap snare and hats like they did.
Now, if you've played our song Home, you may be wondering why I'm defending the disco flip when we didn't use it for the intro. The reason there is, that pattern is on a tom, which is generally to the right of the snare, not the left. We opted to focus on preserving motion, with the assumption that their drummer did in fact lead with his left for some reason, as that's the only non-awkward way to play it. We do have two upcoming songs that use the disco flip, and they are both far more fun to play with it on than off.
So to answer the topic question: we do it because it's more fun, more natural, and more accurate, and like it or not Rock Band is trying to teach you to drum properly.
It still isn't very realistic though,
the only real way to fix this is to make cymbals necessary...
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The only reason Like a Fool works is because the notes are triplets, giving the beat a 3/4 feel. This means you only need a snare as the sixth note, rather than the eighth, in every measure. If you play five notes in a row on yellow, you end on your right hand, leaving the left open for a snare hit on the red.
For regular 4/4 'disco' beats, how does a real drummer play it? Alternating on the hi hat, and a snare hit to the right. How does Rock Band make you play it? Alternating on the hi hat (red) and snare hit to the right (yellow). It makes sense. Why is these even being discussed?
It works it Like a Fool because the song has a weird rhythm (I forget if it's the snares or the bass that's offbeat, but one of the two is) so that if you alternate hands and hit the snare with your left hand, the bass will fall on your right hand. In most songs with red high-hats, the snares and bass both fall on the same type of beat, so the bass will occur with the same hand that you hit the snare with. There are some weird beats where this doesn't happen (Outside, E-Pro, etc), but it feels much more natural when the rhythm works in a way that makes it possible.
Edit: Ninja'd by Swivle's better explanation, although I think the bass thing is still part of what gives Like a Fool a more natural feel.
Although many players may want things to be realistic, most players, even those who are serious, do not have an ION kit (or another electronic drum set that allows them to position the high hat where it would go on a real drum kit). I'm not sure if you're trying to say that things should be designed under the assumption that people playing difficult expert songs have some sort of cymbal set up, but if so, that's kind of ridiculous. It's like the people who say that anyone buying difficult metal songs has two bass pedals - it's not true, and excludes all the people who play Rock Band a lot but still don't want to spend extra money on more equipment.
With a stock kit with no realistically-placed cymbal, playing these patterns on the yellow is incredibly difficult. Ever try playing Everlong on GH:WT with a stock Rock Band drum kit? I can't even pass it, even though I have very little problems with the song in Rock Band, and the charts are pretty much the same aside from the yellows and reds being switched.
I'd support an option that turns off disco flip and switches the yellows and reds for things like this (since disco flip is specifically labeled in the charts, it may even be possible to set up something that does it automatically without needing to be specifically charted, although there could easily be technical issues with this that I'm unaware of), but the situation with that is pretty much the same as the expert+ mode people often demand: even though it would be optional and thus doesn't hurt anything, it only affects expert difficulty of a small number of songs for people with special non-stock equipment, so it may not be worth the time/trouble it would take for Harmonix to implement.


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For larger vegetables, the juicer works fine - carrots, cucumber, apples. But, smaller items like ginger, strawberries, blackberries and blueberries, this juicer completely wastes them. The smaller ones go straight into the disposal area and aren't juiced. It's pretty disappointing because I love the smaller berries. I'd opt for a different juicer that takes care of small and large items together and doesn't put so much waste in the "scraps" bin.
I do like this juicer but there are two things to keep in mind. One's that it's a bit tasky to clean, there are several parts to clean after each use and the SS basket takes a careful cleaning to remove all of the food bits. The other is that compared to a high priced juicer this leaves your pulp a bit wet. My son has a 1K $ juicer from Korea that grinds the fruit into a dry mass with no liquid left at all, but I wanted a juicer that was more affordable so I chose this one. Over all I'm pleased, but there are better juicers, if you are OK with spending much more money.
Makes great juice, good price. Only thing is - clean up is a pain. But I don't think it's just this juicer, all require a lot of cleaning. All in all, happy we bought this juicer, nice looking and pretty sturdy for the price.
The juicer is quiet and powerful. Setting the juicer up takes me roughly 45 seconds when I have the parts laid out next to my sink to dry. While juicing the product is quick and quiet. Juicing hard vegetables like carrots and beets leaves super dry pulp. Soft fruits leave wetter pulp but still take a good amount of juice. (tomatoes, cucumbers) Very soft fruit like mango does not juice well. I have used the juicer roughly 100 times and I have never been dissatisfied with the performance or the required clean-up.
This is a good juicer for my famliy of four. It is sutable to what we use to make green juices and fruit juices. drink kale, spinich, carrots, etc. Amazing. Doesnt replace a vit a mix, as far as quality, but is useful. It has got the kids involved in eating good. They It is realatively easy to clean. The instruction book is helpful with receipes and nutrtional facts.
Easy set up out of the box. Far too much wet pulp and little juice. Fairly quiet. Like most juicers, time-consuming to clean. The 5 speeds is a good feature for various fruits and veggies.
I had purchased another brand of juicer previously. It was very basic with two speeds and I used it one time. My husband tried to use it one morning several days after I used it and the motor would not work. Decided when I replaced it I wanted to go with a brand that I know is quality and that the appliance has the features that I wanted and a good warranty. The Cuisinart CJE-1000 has 1000 watts and five speeds. The design of the juicer has been thought out very well and makes using it so easy. Clean up is very simple as well.
What's taking so long to get this ? Would have ordered some where else,
Love my new Juicer. At first I felt a tad intimidated by all the pieces but after the first use I found how easy it is to take apart, clean and put back together. Cleaning is very easy. A stiff brush is provided to clean the "strainer". No pulp at all in any of the juice. I would recommend to anyone interested in a juicer.
The machine works pretty well. The pulp is a bit moist still but I have never used an expensive juicer so perhaps they at all like that. It is easy to assemble and pretty east to clean. Would be nice to have the juice cup lock in a bit more snugly.
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One of the things I miss is the convenience of frozen meals. I know they're typically not the best nutritionally, and they often cost a lot, but on days when you just don't feel like cooking they're better than fast food. But they're filled with additives that contain gluten.
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i think they could improve GCN on the current process node without a shrink and release models with 1, 2, 4 GB Cards.
He's talking about games not really taking advantage of the great hardware both AMD and nVidia have to offer and how developers are incredibly lazy, especially when it comes to porting. I don't know about other people, but sure Metro "2" might look nice, but if it will require another 3 generations of GPUs to be played properly, then I'm seriously not gonna be impressed... or may I remind you that Metro 2033, originally launched durring the 5870 era, still can't be played at over 40fps on a single GPU at 1920x1080? Same can be said about The Witcher 2 and some other games. Also, consider that by the time hardware that will run these games properly comes out, most of the graphical interest will be gone, not to mention the story, the game itself.
I think this may be what they want to push gamers away from how good the game looks and to hae us see how fun it is to play instead. Todays hardware is more than capable of playing games like Metro 2033, Crysis and Witcher 2, the problem is bad coding IMO.
Bad coding might be wrong wording... less then optimum sounds about right. And what do GPU makers have to do with the development of the game, they just pay them to implement their SDKs (3D stereoscopy stuff, nVidia's PhysX, AMD's Global Illumination enhancements and so on...) or render stuff in a certain way as to take advantage of their architecture better, and last, but certainly not least, (which makes up the bulk of it, especially in older TWIMTBP games) pay to have first-hand access to the game's inside, as to optimize their drivers as much as possible for the incoming title. With the shovelware of console ports coming this way, PC has little say in improving how the game looks or runs, GPU makers even less, as they're only a part of PC as a gaming platform.
6970 was basically a 2nd generation of the 5870, but performance increase was nowhere near 70%. Unless AMD did something seriously wrong with the 7000 series (and I don't think they did), the 8000 series will be an incremental, rather than revolutionary upgrade. OTOH, the 7000 series was a complete redesign compared to the 5000/6000 series, and yes there were HUGE gains, but because those gains happened on the compute side, most people don't notice it.
The graphics drivers definitely weren't there at launch, Catalyst 12.7b/12.8WHQL fixed most of that, but still. Not sure how compute stacks up, then and now, tho.
5*** series are in the DX11 bracket so highly unlikely AMD will drop support for the series and make it legacy.
I don't think AMD have dropped support for older generations either anyway (DX10 part at least)... they just release actual updates for them on a much slower (but probably consistent) basis.
I agree with that, amd did a smart move getting the 7 series out some mnths back, when my card came out, i think it was around 500$-600$ if i remember, 3 weeks ago i paid 320$ 7 odd mnths later etc, nearly half price. I was thinking of nvidia for a change, but the equivelant card[660ti?650ti?], because its just released, was more pricey than the 7950. Perhaps the memory bus doesnt make a significant enough difference in performance? , i noticed in max payne3, when i pushed the af [or was it aa] up high, it used much more memory, but not the full 3 gb, maybe around half if i remember, yet the game still jagged out on that setting?
Already the CrossfireX support for 5xxx is complete crap for newer games, and no signs that they will improve it soon...
We can only hope AMDs drivers a worked on more due to the extended time gap before each release and not because they have secretly laid off driver developers. There is always going to be someone worrying about performance loss with older generation cards as AMD releases a new generation on GPUs.
HD6950/70 were a new architecture (VLIW4) it wasn't a refined VLIW5. All ATi cards from 9800 to HD6800 were VLIW5.
I looked this up the other day. I was left with the impression that vliw4 was basically vliw5 with the 5th pipe cut out, because it was rarely used after they did some game profilings. Most peak usage was 3-4 pipes at a time. Cut 20% per unit, and stamp 20% more units out.
yup exactly why they did it, increases profits. when the 4th pipe is loaded 100% of time they will have a VLIW 5/6 design.


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As of Tuesday, the archive's online collection will include every morsel of news produced in the last three years by 20 different channels, encompassing more than 1,000 news series that have generated more than 350,000 separate programs devoted to news in both English and Spanish. Searching is based on closed captions, and programs can be viewed via streaming or borrowed on DVD for research purposes and personal use. [Full disclosure, I did some work on this project - Nan Otek] # # # New technology helps Oregon inmates stay connected By Les Zaitz The Oregonian September 12, 2012 http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/09/new_technology_helps_oregon_in.html Most Oregon inmates are finding it cheaper to phone home these days, as new flat-rate calling is part of a wave of new technology rolling out in the state's 14 prisons. Starting this week, the state's 14,200 inmates can buy MP3 players to receive text messages and photos, and to buy and store music. Also, for the first time, inmates can be contacted from the outside by phone and family and others can leave a voice mail of up to three minutes. Another system will enable them to "video visit" families who are often hundreds of miles away. State Corrections officials expect the technology to drive down recidivism and cut prison costs that now consume nearly a dime of every dollar in the state's general fund budget. The system also gives prison officials a new investigative tool, as all calls, chats and messages are recorded. # # # Salon Sells "The Well" to Longtime Members By Nick Wingfield The New York Times - Blogs September 20, 2012 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/salon-sells-the-well-to-longtime-members/ One of the earliest online communities, The Well, has a new owner: its members. On Thursday evening, Salon Media Group, the previous owner of The Well, said it had sold the community to the Well Group, a private investment group consisting of longtime members of the community, which was founded in 1985, long before the rise of the Web. Created as the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link by Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand, The Well was never a huge community by the standards of today's social media Web sites. But it had a highly influential audience of cyber- thinkers and entrepreneurs and was a true pioneer of the digital age and a forerunner of today's ubiquitous social networks. # # # Village Voice Media's Owners Are Selling All Their Papers By Dashiell Bennett Atlantic Wire September 24, 2012 http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2012/09/village-voice-medias-owners-are-selling-all-their-papers/57175/ The owners of Village Voice Media have decided to sell all their publications to distance the news from their controversial adult services website. Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin will transfer their nationwide network of alternative papers including The Village Voice; SF Weekly; LA Weekly; Denver's Westword; and the Phoenix New Times; to a new company and sell control to several of those papers' current publishers and editors. The pair will retain ownership of Backpage.com, a classified ads website that has been extremely lucrative but has faced several lawsuits and criminal complaints due to its adult-services advertising. The remaining employees will have to wait and see if this new direction turns things around financially. # # # Corruption in Wikiland? Paid PR scandal erupts at Wikipedia By Violet Blue CNet.com September 18, 2012 http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57514677-93/corruption-in-wikiland-paid-pr-scandal-erupts-at-wikipedia/ A Wikipedia trustee and a Wikipedian In Residence have been editing the online encyclopedia on behalf of PR clients. Add the discovery of an SEO business run on the side, and this tempest is out of its teapot. Wikipedians In Residence liaison with galleries, libraries, archives and museums to facilitate information between the organizations and Wikipedia community editors. They are not allowed to operate if there are conflicts of interest and are not allowed to edit the pages of the organization they liaison with. # # # On Web, a Fine Line on Free Speech Across the Globe By Somini Sengupta The New York Times September 16, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/technology/on-the-web-a- fine-line-on-free-speech-across-globe.html For Google last week, the decision was clear. An anti- Islamic video that provoked violence worldwide was not hate speech under its rules because it did not specifically incite violence against Muslims, even if it mocked their faith. Although Google says the anti-Islamic video, "Innocence of Muslims," was not hate speech, it still restricted access to the video in Libya and Egypt because of the extraordinarily delicate situation on the ground and out of respect for cultural norms. Google is not the only Internet company to grapple with questions involving the anti-Islamic video, which appeared on YouTube, which Google owns. Facebook on Friday confirmed that it had blocked links to the video in Pakistan, where it violates the country's blasphemy law. Every day, Internet companies write their own edicts about what kind of expression is allowed, things as diverse as pointed political criticism, nudity and notions as murky as hate speech. Most vexing are the decisions that involve whether a form of expression is hate speech, which has no universally accepted definition. Around the world, countries, including democratic ones, have widely divergent legal approaches to regulating speech they consider to be offensive or inflammatory. # # # Hanoi Web Crackdown Hits Blogs; Foreign Firms Fret By James Hookway Wall Street Journal September 13, 2012 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444433504577649361464660658.html Vietnam's leaders are stepping up their campaign against critical blogs, ordering government investigators to arrest the operators of three websites, at a time when global Internet companies are growing more worried about doing business in the tightly policed country. A government statement issued late Wednesday named three blogs that allegedly posted articles accusing the government of corruption and human-rights abuses, describing the blogs as being part of a "wicked plot of the hostile forces" - a term often used to describe advocates of democratic reforms. Two of the three sites vowed to continue. # # # Racist NYPD Facebook Group Prompts 17 Cops To Be Disciplined Huffington Post August 30, 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/nypd-racist-facebook-group-punished-17-employees_n_1824774.html The NYPD has disciplined 17 department cops who took part in a racist Facebook page titled "No More West Indian Day Parade Detail." Last December, lawyers compiled nearly 70 pages worth of racist and violent comments in which police officials called parade-goers a slew of derogatory names including "savages" and "animals." One cop wrote, according to the report, "... when they all gather drop a bomb and wipe them all out." The Facebook group caused so much outrage, some local lawmakers even proposed new requirements mandating NYPD officers to live within the five boroughs in order to prevent racist misconduct. The announcement comes nearly a full year after the 2011 Parade and just days before the 2012 Parade. which was scheduled on September 3rd. # # # It's Official: The Era of the Personal Computer Is Over By Arik Hesseldahl All Things D.com September 15, 2012 http://allthingsd.com/20120915/its-official-the-era-of-the-personal-computer-is-over/ As a signpost on the road to the so-called Post-PC Era, as of this year, personal computers no longer consume the majority of the world's memory chip supply. Word of this tipping point came during the second quarter of 2012, when PC memory chips, also known as DRAM (pronounced "DEE-ram") accounted for only 49 percent of DRAM produced around the world, down from 50.2 percent in the first quarter of the year. PCs have consumed the majority of memory chips since the 1980s, but now they are going into tablets and smartphones. For PC-making companies, notably Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo, the shift marks the beginning of an overall decline in the importance of PCs. # # # Facebook's Growing Silent-Majority Problem By Kevin Kelleher Pandodaily.com September 15, 2012 http://pandodaily.com/2012/09/14/facebooks-growing-silent-majority-problem/ For all its talk about bringing people together online, Facebook has always had two vocal camps: One took to the social network enthusiastically, the other took the opposite direction, avoiding the site entirely, or canceling their accounts. All along, there was a third camp - people who were not drawn to publish their daily activities but check in as needed, maybe daily or weekly, to communicate with their friends. This third group - the silent majority of Facebook users - hold the key to the company's future. Inactivity among Facebook users is becoming a growing problem, because although FB's overall user base continues to grow globally, people are using the site less. The migration to mobile devices accounts for some of that decline, but not all. The remainder appears to be that FB is simply not taking over all of our on-live lives, as their business model predicted. # # # ABC News, Univision Soft-Launch Website For New Cable Channel By Alex Weprin MediaBistro.com September 19, 2012 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc-news-univision-soft-launch-website-for-new-cable-channel_b146409 Although it doesn't have a name yet, ABC News and Univision have quietly launched a website for the upcoming cable news channel the two companies are developing. As promised, the articles on the site have a focus on issues important to Latinos, and are all in English. While it is still early, the new site is a first step in getting the network off the ground, and gives it an online presence in advance of the upcoming Presidential election, which will likely drive tremendous traffic to most online news outlets. # # # Power, Pollution and the Internet By James Glanz New York Times September 22, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/technology/data-centers-waste-vast-amounts-of-energy-belying-industry-image.html [This is a long feature article about the huge demand for uninterrupted energy required by today's giant server farms and the growing environmental impact of their inefficient design and operations.] There are tens of thousands of data centers around the world, all with rows and rows of servers spread over hundreds of thousands of square feet and using industrial cooling systems, solely to support the overall explosion of digital information and the stupendous amounts of data set in motion each day. A yearlong examination by The New York Times has revealed that this aspect of the information industry is sharply at odds with its image of sleek efficiency and environmental friendliness. Most data centers, by design, consume vast amounts of energy in an incongruously wasteful manner, and online companies typically run their facilities at maximum capacity around the clock, whatever the demand. As a result, data centers can waste 90 percent or more of the electricity they pull off the grid. To guard against a power failure, they further rely on banks of generators that emit diesel exhaust, and the pollution from data centers has increasingly been cited for violating clean air regulations. Considered an industry dirty secret, on average these centers use only 6 percent to 12 percent of the electricity powering their servers to perform computations. The rest was essentially used to keep servers idling and ready in case of a surge in activity that could slow or crash their operations. # # # Portside [Media Scan] - September 25, 2012 Occasional stories, comments and analysis about reports IN the media # # # Brought to You by...Big Oil? Washington Post hides industry sponsorship of energy debate FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting September 14, 2012 http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4619 The Washington Post had a two-page spread in its September 11 edition devoted to a "debate" on energy policy. "Ahead of 2012 Vote, Energy Generates a Lively Debate," read the headline on page 14. The two-page spread that followed was presented as an election-year discussion of U.S. energy policy. As Editor Jordan explained, the debate grew out of discussions held at both the Republican and Democratic conventions. Those forums were sponsored by the Post and the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think tank. But the Post failed to credit another sponsor: Vote4Energy.org, whose logo appears on the Post Live website that features the forums. What is Vote4Energy? It's a project of the American Petroleum Institute, the main lobbying group of the oil and gas industries. And entirely missing from this "debate" were environmentalists or any strong critics of the fossil fuel industry. # # # Marikana, murder and journalism By Mara Kardas-Nelson Pambazuka.org September 12, 2012 http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/84051 On 16 August, television cameras captured the police shooting at an advancing group of miners. When the police stopped shooting, the cameras showed bodies of the injured and dead. Official figures put the number of dead at 34. It was widely assumed that all 34 were killed in the incident captured on television. But Greg Marinovich published an article on the Daily Maverick website which presented evidence that miners were executed at a koppie away from the scene we saw on television. The report stated that "Some of the miners killed in the 16 August massacre at Marikana appear to have been shot at close range or crushed by police vehicles. Yet there is not a single report on an injured policeman from the day." # # # Media Missing The Big Picture On Solar by Jill Fitzsimmons Media Matters September 11, 2012 http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/09/11/media-missing-the-big-picture-on-solar/189835 A solar industry group announced this week that the U.S. is on track to install as much photovoltaic solar power this year as we did in the last decade. 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New plan bases eligibility age on lifetime earnings
May 23, 2012
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I -- everyone agrees that entitlement spending needs reform -- the debate is over how to reform it.
In a New York Times op Ed this week Ezekiel Emanuel yes -- brother the older brother of the Chicago mayor suggested that wealthy people should wait longer.
-- poor to collect Medicare -- security.
Benefits even as a scaled to go along side this is a fair way to help fix the system Charles Gasparino senior correspondent.
The Fox Business Network got that Hoenig is it managing member of the capitalist pig -- fun.
At a Fox Business contributor and essentially we have a situation where they say if you are eligible for Medicare at 6566.
Over Social Security.
You shouldn't get it right away if he needed.
And 6768.
If you somewhere in the middle an area and -- to 77 and one if you really rich like Warren Buffett -- company so judge you have a problem that Charles.
I have zero problem with that I mean -- he has a thing these are entitlements you know bottom line is the government hands he's out.
If there is no -- social contract between the person that accepts it and has paid for it.
And the government that -- it out I I think this is pretty reasonable coming from someone in the manual.
Right Jonathan do you have a problem that his pitches waiting if he got the money what you need it right away.
Well well whether you need or not Brian is irrelevant you've paid into it and we all agree as you pointed out that the entitlement system.
Is -- -- to mean Medicare Medicaid Social Security -- talking like a hundred.
Trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities.
But without property rights basic property right this is not don't exist on our entitlements you they have no right to anything the government can come -- and say you know what that didn't happen -- -- original -- The sacrifices -- the -- -- you say it's not a property rights not a property right and entitlement is simply report that's every court has ruled that the sort of entitlements.
Enough for a few adults like that I have property rights of the government can hand it out for Charlie and I -- and ration them as they see what -- that you and I think that event.
Sort of complete property rights with entitlements back but -- have a real problem and at that point Charlie and make the point that's the problem is that you have.
Have no rights with entitlements you don't own anything.
All you have is the hope that future generations are gonna be looted like you're being alluded to -- them.
-- -- the current.
Eighty's so -- Ezekiel proposing more up a prescription for the same type of poison.
That's part of this place I could just say that I'm not losing jobs it's audio -- that's good or bad.
Thought that I think it would it would only gives a big houses Charles he disagreed yep I don't just say this I don't think that's up.
But I do I don't they also bottom line is the bottom line is it's would you pay into the government for titled -- like everything else when when money becomes scarce as we have now.
The government has you don't absolutely -- -- hottest day national right to ration those benefits.
And by the way -- -- that they realized natural that panel Social Security.
Is he needs seems to care.
Bet that Charlotte that's that Marxist ideology -- from each according to his ability to -- you know this -- an automatic let's say -- redistribute wealth.
You bought into the there any scenario they will he got in the if their -- and area real quick is there any scenario -- say yes that is our money we -- paid to it but an emergency situation.
Like we are now it -- heading to a fiscal -- we can call also -- -- -- make some changes is there any scenario where you would do that.
The only moral changed new entitlements Brian is and them not continue to media bloodline -- -- John -- in the meantime in the real world.
When we have a would have a lack of -- -- we have scarce resource every.
Warren Buffett does not deserve -- security how you could argue that war probably deserves you're.
I think Social Security -- as the construction worker outside isn't saying that is crazy it's -- tells me Charles got Jonathan speed all of a sudden.
I jaws desperate attempt -- Hoenig thanks so much of the debate if we'll see if this Emanuel proposal go through.
At a special shout out to Angela Giuliano she is the family member from the guests Reno family who chose to watch this morning -- says his whole family watches and we -- single out her.
Almost like the romper room -- morning.
Thanks Charles good job -- and.
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Seven Prayers for Seven Gifts
Excerpted from a Novena to the Holy Spirit
Wisdom: Come and fill me, O Spirit of Wisdom, and reveal to my soul the mysteries of heavenly things, in their exceeding greatness, power and beauty. Teach me to love them above and beyond all the passing joys and satisfactions of earth and to prefer your wisdom over the so-called wisdom of this world. Help me to grow in your wisdom, especially during temptations, trials, and all the daily challenges that I face. Amen.
Understanding: Come and fill me, O Spirit of Understanding, and enlighten my mind that I may accept and believe the mysteries of salvation and the truths of your kingdom in order to stay on the path to heaven and serve your kingdom in my daily life. Help me to discern what is evil, and enlighten me so that I may be holy here on earth and live forever in the light of your glory with a clear vision of you and the Father and the Son. Amen.
Counsel: Come and fill me, O Spirit of Counsel. Help me and guide me in all my ways, that I may always do your holy will. Incline my heart to prefer only what is good; turn it away from all that is evil, and direct me by the straight path of your commandments to that goal of eternal life for which I long. Amen.
Fortitude: Come and fill me, O Blessed Spirit of Fortitude. Protect my soul in times of trouble and adversity. Sustain my efforts in holiness, strengthen me in my weakness, and give me courage against all the assaults and temptations of my enemies, that I may not be overcome and separated from You, my God and greatest Good. Amen.
Knowledge: Come and fill me, O Blessed Spirit of Knowledge, and grant that I may perceive the will of the Father in all things, in every moment of every day. Give me an awareness of the pointlessness of earthly things and the ugliness of unholy desires, that I may stay pure in all my decisions and use the things of this world only if they bring you glory. Tell me what I need to know for my salvation and for the service of others. Amen.
Piety: Come and fill me, O Blessed Spirit of Piety. Possess my heart. Purify me. Humble me. Enkindle in me such a love for God that I may be satisfied only in his service and lovingly submit to all legitimate authority for the sake of your kingdom. Make me increasingly uncomfortable with everything that is evil, so that I turn away from it and live only in you. Amen.
Fear of the Lord: Come and fill me, O blessed Spirit of Holy Fear. Penetrate my inmost heart so that I may honor, obey and prefer you and my Lord Jesus and my Father God above all else. Help me to despise all things that offend you, and make me worthy to appear before the pure eyes of your Divine Majesty in heaven, where you live and reign forever in the unity of the ever Blessed Trinity. Amen.


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The Boy Scouts of America organization is discussing changing its national policy regarding sexual orientation.
The change being discussed would allow the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units to decide for themselves how to handle sexual orientation.
But the policy change wouldn't affect local organizations, which would uphold their membership policy that says sexuality of any kind that deters from the group's mission of fostering youth could be grounds for removal, according to David Kruse, the scout executive of Boy Scouts of America Western Massachusetts Council.
"If members keep the mission of scouting as more important than talking about sexuality, then there's no problem," he said. "We're not kicking out anybody out of scouting locally for being gay."
The Western Massachusetts Council serves scouts and scout leaders in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties.
The wording of the national organization's policy on homosexuality has changed over the years. It currently states that it does not inquire with individuals about their sexual orientation, but that membership is not granted to individuals who are openly homosexual or engage in behavior that would become a distraction to the association's mission.
The local council's statement on membership states "Promoting sexual behavior or orientation within the confines of the Scouting program is inappropriate, and may hinder, distract, or prevent the Western Mass. Council from attaining its long sought and well-established goal of fostering the development of youth."
The change could take effect after the organization's national board concludes a closed meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 6, according to Deron Smith, spokesman for the organization.
When the change is adopted, he said, "there would no longer be any national policy regarding sexual orientation, and the chartered organizations that oversee and deliver Scouting would accept membership and select leaders consistent with each organization's mission, principles, or religious beliefs."
Neither the local council nor the national organization inquire about a person's sexual orientation, according to Kruse.
"I'm sure there are homosexuals involved in scouting throughout the country," he said.
In an emailed statement, Jason Verchot, the president of Berkshire Stonewall Coalition, said that he doesn't "believe that the stated change in policy for BSA is really anything other than an attempt to placate their numerous supporters and critics."
"I don't believe it represents a change in attitude so much as an attempt to dodge the bullet," Verchot added.
The Berkshire Stonewall Community Coalition supports the well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people of the Berkshires.
"It's not a great victory, but considering [the Boy Scouts of America's] unwavering stance on this matter, it's still a victory nonetheless," Verchot said in the statement.
In another email statement sent later, Verchot said that for the Western Massachusetts Council's statement on membership to suggest that the mention of sexual orientation, as in admitting to being gay, is somehow on the same page as displayed sexual behavior is "a little insulting."
New data have shown that membership in the Cub Scouts -- the BSA's biggest division -- dropped sharply last year, and is down more than 30 percent over the past 14 years.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Tulsa, Oklahoma – (Note: This program originally aired earlier this year.) Steven Johnson, the bestselling author of "The Ghost Map," "Everything Bad Is Good for You," and "Mind Wide Open" (among other books), is our guest today. His new book, which he discusses at length with StudioTulsa host Rich Fisher, is "The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America." It's a biography of Joseph Priestley, the great British scientist, theologian, and man of ideas who fled to America just as this country's founding was in full swing. Priestley lived a most remarkable life; among his many key scientific accomplishments, he's probably best known as the man who discovered oxygen. Moreover, Priestley routinely came in close contact with many of the leading figures of his day, and thus Johnson tells Fisher how and why this particular hero of the Enlightenment was "the Zelig of early American history."


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Norman gives a talk "On Suffering" at the June All Day Sitting at the Headlands Institute. http://everydayzen.org/teachings/2013/deep-suffering-all-day-sitting-june-23-2013/
Norman gives the seventh and final talk of the 2013 Samish Island Sesshin on Compassion. http://everydayzen.org/teachings/2013/compassion-talk-7-samish-island-sesshin-2013/
Norman gives the sixth talk of the 2013 Samish Island Sesshin on Gifts. http://everydayzen.org/teachings/2013/gifts-talk-6-samish-island-sesshin-2013/
Norman gives the fifth talk at the 2013 Samish Island Sesshin on Death. http://everydayzen.org/teachings/2013/death-talk-5-samish-island-sesshin-2013/
Norman gives the fourth talk at the 2013 Samish Island Sesshin on Suffering. http://everydayzen.org/teachings/2013/suffering-talk-4-samish-island-sesshin-2013/
Norman gives his third talk to the 2013 Samish Island Sesshin on Intimacy and Suffering. Unfortunately the recorder malfunctioned near the end of the talk. http://everydayzen.org/teachings/2013/intimacy-and-suffering-talk-3-samish-island-sesshin-2013/
Norman gives his second talk at the 2013 Samish Island Sesshin continuing his talk on Experience. http://everydayzen.org/teachings/2013/experience-2-talk-2-samish-island-sesshin-2013/
Norman gives the first talk to the Samish Island Sesshin on Experience. He continues this topic into his second talk. http://everydayzen.org/teachings/2013/experience-1-talk-1-samish-island-sesshin-2013/
Spanish translation of Going Forth: Taking up the Path of Peace / plática impartida en un Sesshin en Vancouver, B.C., noviembre del 2004 http://everydayzen.org/teachings/2004/haciendo-nuestra-la-practica-de-la-paz/
Talk on afflicted emotions given at Mar de Jade, Dec. 2006. http://everydayzen.org/teachings/2006/afflicted-emotions/
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NBA PM: Bucks Riding Offense to Postseason?
The Milwaukee Bucks are currently two and a half games behind the New York Knicks for the final spot in the Eastern Conference Playoffs, but Scott Skiles' team may have an inside track to the postseason.
The Knicks are looking at up to four weeks without Amar'e Stoudemire (bulging disc) and Jared Jeffries (knee) and up to six weeks without Jeremy Lin (torn meniscus in his left knee). But even more significant than that, the Bucks are confusing the heck out of opponents, one Western Conference source told HOOPSWORLD.
"That will be an interesting team as an eighth seed since they added Monta Ellis," the source said.
The team is just 6-4 since they added Ellis and Ekpe Udoh from Golden State and both players have looked lost at times. Still, the offense they're currently running is a big departure from Skiles' usual program.
They're playing without any post player ("Drew Gooden is playing facing the basket, but that wouldn't be the case normally") and the pace has picked up considerably. That means less "programmed plays" and far less movement offensively, which has been replaced with more urgency.
"The last coach to run this kind of a thing was Jim O'Brien in Indiana, but his was run more from the elbow," the source said. "Skiles has taken it to a better level this time.
"Give Skiles credit," he continued. "He's a set-play kind of guy and he moved to this style pretty seamlessly."
The player who may be benefitting the most is point guard Brandon Jennings, who averaged 20.5 points and 5.9 assists per game in March while shooting over 43% from the field (he's a career 38.8% shooter, so yes, that's an improvement). Furthermore, Jennings has turned the ball over only five times over his last three games, which is a sign he's adjusting to the changes.
What makes the Bucks particularly dangerous is the volume of good shooters they have on their rosters. Jennings, Ellis, Mike Dunleavy, Carlos Delfino, Beno Udrih and even 6-10 bigs Ersan Ilyasova ("he's played so well") and Jon Leuer can shoot from the perimeter.
Milwaukee also has a versatile roster featuring no less than 10 players that can serve in multiple positions. Shaun Livingston, for instance, has moonlighted at point guard, shooting guard and small forward.
The only real concern for Milwaukee—and this was never a problem when Andrew Bogut was on the team and healthy—is defense. This is a team that gave up 99 points to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday after yielding 125 points to the Indiana Pacers one week earlier.
"They're not as good defensively," the source said. "There's more possessions per game, so they're probably giving up more points. Skiles is a good defensive coach, but they don't have the inside presence that they had in the past.
"(Udoh) doesn't have a crazy effect," he continued. "I think he's a good player who adds to their depth, but I don't think he really changes them defensively."
You may believe that the Knicks are more talented than the Bucks, but you can't argue with their respective schedules. While New York prepares to face the Indiana Pacers, Orlando Magic and Chicago Bulls this week, Milwaukee gets the Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers and the league's worst team, the Charlotte Bobcats.
The Knicks are still in control of their own destiny for now, but the Bucks' exotic new offense could be coming together at just the wrong time for New York fans.
Reggie Miller, Don Nelson, Jamaal Wilkes to be Enshrined at Hall of Fame
The Pro Basketball Hall of Fame has announced the latest class of enshrinees: Indiana Pacers legend Reggie Miller, veteran NBA coach Don Nelson, four-time NBA champion Jamaal Wilkes, two-time Olympic gold medalist Katrina McClain, former top overall pick Ralph Sampson, former NBA referee Hank Nichols as well as Nike co-found Phil Night, ABA star Mel Daniels, former All-Star Chet Walker and Olympians Don Barksdale and Lydija Alexeeva. The female version of the Harlem Globetrotters, the All-American Red Heads, will also be honored with the rest of the induction class on Sept. 7 in Springfield, MA.
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A Center-heavy NBA Draft Gets Another Center
Suspended Syracuse Orange center Fab Melo will enter the NBA Draft and has signed with agent Arn Tellem, Jonathan Givony of Draft Express wrote on his twitter account.
Melo missed the NCAA tournament because of academic ineligibility and there was some speculation that he wouldn't be welcomed back to the school after possibly costing the orange a chance at a national title.
But while that suggests Melo has a problem with his work ethic, it's worth noting that he shed a significant amount of weight before the season and has never been in better shape.
The native of Brazil's numbers weren't too impressive (7.8 points, 2.8 blocks and 5.8 rebounds per game) although his rebounding suffered because of coach Jim Boeheim's 2-3 zone defense.
For franchises like the Miami HEAT, Cleveland Cavaliers or even the Oklahoma City Thunder (teams with late picks who might want to add a center), Melo's inclusion in the draft is a big deal. Centers like UNC's Tyler Zeller, Illinois' Meyers Leonard and Mississippi State's will probably be off the board by the time Cleveland uses the pick they got from the Los Angeles Lakers.
And even if Melo is selected earlier, St. Bonaventure big man Andrew Nicholson, Vanderbilt center Festus Ezeli and even Bosnian product Ognjen Kuzmic or 7-4 Serbian center Dusan Cantekin will still be options in the late first or early second rounds.
In short, this promises to be a very helpful draft for teams looking for serviceable big men.
Check Out: There are several NBA games on tonight, but there's only one thing that's really worth watching and that's the National Championship Game between The Kentucky Wildcats and the Kansas Jayhawks. The tip-off will be at 9:23 on CBS and there could be as many as eight players participating that will be first-round picks at in June's NBA Draft.
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Invisibility cloak no longer a joke look at me Canadian company aren't they all claims and -- camouflage.
They can hide objects from the naked eye could revolutionize the battlefield.
I've herself biotechnology -- sends top US military officials have seen this special fabric seeing here in action.
I don't see any today.
That's why it works the club bends -- to -- the -- and as CEO guy Kramer tells the Daily Mail the psychological effect in the and he is devastating they've never no way Hillary even it is invisible army have been targeted or surrounded.
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-- -- -- Lightning round diet as a -- are you worried that this technology eventually will fall into the wrong hands IE perverts like Bill Clinton.
More concerned about that that it can -- I I don't.
I think this it technology is is sounds really cool and I hope that it is in the right -- -- an army like ours but it can -- in the wrong hands in terms of didn't countries that we don't want to have it and yeah I wish that more which go back to the time of like -- and and they in -- sling shots and whatever else that people are -- go there.
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I news when people had had their legs sought to get that anesthesia act.
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He's easy to kill people.
I think job that you would see you got you against drones.
No I'm not.
I'm not against us having any of it because this is the world we live -- and obviously every -- -- proposes not going to happen so I think this technology is great I'm glad that we have it.
And nobody else does that being said.
If I could take it all back -- would.
An interesting concept not trifle at all but then again you usually -- -- things -- Sometimes if I don't act like this technology is -- cutting -- I've seen it before yeah -- in law Florian.
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I don't know that Harry Potter.
But Harry Potter if there isn't.
There isn't the most bloated and Harry Potter might be records in the hub and I know house but the there's an invisibility cloak and.
The the the magic over the -- the forgiveness and -- in La Gloria.
You don't work first and I.
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But I think you're right it's awesome -- that when we have it but this seems like some this technology that -- Easily see down to bad guys not only like state actors put in.
This country.
And that's kind of scared you know it's where it is -- -- to your surroundings so let's -- I was at John Gibson's rants.
I would just look like a big leather -- Well I don't know what hey bill you are technically invisible to the world -- that no one really sees you.
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I just think of the technology like this will be used for sexual purposes.
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I was just on -- cafe Pacific fighting the action were smiling duke the great stewardesses.
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This personal, lyrical narrative about storytelling and empathy from award winner Rebecca Solnit is a fitting companion to her beloved A Field Guide for Getting Lost In this exquisitely written new book by the author of A Paradise Built in Hell, Rebecca Solnit explores the ways we make our lives out of stories, and how we are connected by empathy, by narrative, by imagination. In the course of unpacking some of her own stories—of her mother and her decline from memory loss, of a trip to Iceland, of an illness—Solnit revisits fairytales and entertains other stories: about arctic explorers, Che Guevara among the leper colonies, and Mary Shelley's Dr. Frankenstein, about warmth and coldness, pain and kindness, decay and transformation, making art and making self. Woven together, these stories create a map which charts the boundaries and territories of storytelling, reframing who each of us is and how we might tell our story. Praise for The Faraway Nearby "The Faraway Nearby is a masterpiece, about nothing less than the story (the myth, the fairy tale) we are living, about how we can step out of that story to become who we are, who we are meant to be. 'The self is also a creation, the principal work of your life, the crafting of which makes everyone an artist,' says Solnit, and she is one of the few writers alive able to be our guide in this 'unfinished work of becoming.' This book is a gift—it will make your life larger." —Nick Flynn, author of The Reenactments "Scheherazade nested one tale inside another in order to save her life; Rebecca Solnit dovetails her own intricate stories to trace the seemingly disparate but profoundly connected elements of a life: a hundred pounds of apricots, a mother vanishing into a haze of forgetting, the allure of ice, the way we locate ourselves in the world through telling stories, finding a voice for the silent self who becomes real as she or he is spoken. When you sit down to a new book by Solnit, you know that you'll come up from it changed: the world seems both more clear and more mysterious at once. Here's one of the most trustworthy voices we have; Rebecca Solnit makes, in book after marvelous book, a new map of the world." —Mark Doty, author of Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems |
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I'm hearing the right wing extremists from Texas want to secede. Well here's something.
Forget the Social Security checks, Medicare, border protection, free highways since we have toll roads and low taxes. Thus, millions of people (including me) will move to other states to receive these benefits which leaves the newly form Republic of Texas cash poor.
To built a army, navy, air force and border patrol requires income and numerous of other taxes in Texas to pay for a new government.
This flash in the pan government will be so deep in debt, they would not even afford tax breaks or credits.
Therefore are you an American Patriot or will you and other secessionist commit Treason. This issue of seceding died with the Civil War (no war is civil).
May God Bless America and Texas and keep it free from right wing (n azi) extremists!
What border protection are you talking about? I didn't know we had border protection! That's a stretch!
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Hey guys, sorry for the delay but my computer issues lead me to have to do this the old fashioned way.
Ok, What if we put a bird on it? I know, totally original idea right?
So we find an image of the 12th fret bird, put that on a sticker printed on sticker paper on someone's computer, cut it out, stick that sucker on the guitar, and everybody signs AROUND it.
When all the signatures are collected we pull that sticker off and are left with a blank korina shaped bird.
Sorry for the jacked up lookin' bird but I'm not too good at drawing.
What do you think? Lame idea?
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Cool idea! I can cut you out a bird if you like. I have a vinyl cutter and some vinyl. I have black or red. Sorry, no blue.
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Here are some rough ideas for masking off the area to be signature free. Looking for suggestions for size and direction of the bird or any other ideas anyone might have.
That's a pretty cool idea.
I'd scale it down a touch or use a bird with a shorter wingspan. Just thinking about running out of space for sigs...
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Awesome work Rob! I agree with Mike, we should scale it down a touch.. but this is really going to be cool.


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10024 US Highway 15/501 Pinehurst, NC 28374
From 89 USD / Night
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Our Pinehurst hotel is only minutes from Fort Bragg and area corporations. Ready to hone your golf swing? We boast an on-site PGA professional, putting green, and easy access to nearly 50 championship Pinehurst golf courses.
105 Brucewood Road Southern Pines, NC 28387
From 94 USD / Night
Located an hour south of Raleigh and the Raleigh Durham International Airport . And, 38 miles west of the Fayetteville area Airport right in the heart of the Sandhills area of North Carolina. The Longstreet Gate for Ft. Bragg is 20 miles away.