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I wan't the Jack 3
GT Avalanche 3.0 with Discs < MK4 VW Jetta
When will it give prices? The remedy 5 looks pretty nice.
What gives? Did they ditch the Bruiser line-up for this Jack stuff?
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Weapon of choice:Bruiser 1
i guess they did. can't say i disagree with the change though.. i consider it an evolution. IMO the bruiser was its own niche anyways... not exactly freeride, but not exactly trails.
Treks design department dropped the ball again and this time it broke. The only ones that look good are the sessions.
bumpity bump.
anyone know approx how much the jacks are gonna cost?
From the looks of things, they might be from under 500 to over 800...
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Weapon of choice:Bruiser 1
WHY do they continue to make the freakin Y26? WHY!?
I am Signature-less
i dunno but i want that po bike
i'm liking the dash.
Isn't the Y26 the bike in that movie "40 year old virgin?"
Marin Rift Zone
Marin Hawk Hill
Avid BB7, levers
Truvativ carbon riser bar
hahaha yeah i remember that
The geometry of the Remedy looks very Ellsworth "Instant Center"- ish (or whatever they call their setup) though I notice that the rearmost pivot is on the seatstay rather than the chainstay - thus saving Trek the ignominy of paying a licensing fee to Specialized but preventing them from having a true 4-bar linkage.
(I Love my Fuel like an old friend, but the "single-pivot multi-link" has the pedaling/braking shortcomings of a single pivot with the complexity/maintainence issues of a 4-bar - kind of funny)
omg, the session 10 has 203mm of front sus. daang! And it has like king earl amost everything! I wish i had that. mm i was hoping theyd have the 06 bruiser 3
i want the fuel EX 9.5.. but i can't see any significants changes..
ooooohhhh.....Pretty in pink~
My two choices were a trek 6700 or a specialized stumpjumper. Honestly I chose the 6700. I just love trek. I know everyone here hates trek as mtbs, but honestly. My friend has a trek hardtail. Hes had it for over 2 years.. It has over 1000 miles on it and its still running strong.
heres the bike im getting vv
I wanted a 6700 as my 2nd choice but i got the bruiser instead
lol, well the bruiser has a drastically different purpose.Originally Posted by EJ123


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Ann and Nancy Wilson wanted everyone at the Celebrity Theatre to know two things Sunday night: They've been rocking for a long time, and they're not even close to hanging it up yet.
Not that anyone is asking them to do so. But the sisters fronting legendary rock band Heart, due to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Thursday, April 18, aren't resting on any laurels. Nancy was eager to point out just how long they've been in the business — three-and-a-half decades, by her reckoning — while Ann took jabs at their advancing years. "We've been writing songs since the 1970s," she said. "We used to use pencils and paper."
Easy to make light when you sound as good as these pioneering women of rock. They made that clear out of the gate with an explosive "Barracuda," Ann's voice still a pitch-perfect marvel at 62.
While the set was heavy on old favorites and crowd-pleasers, Heart made it clear they weren't hosting a greatest hits night, and followed up with "Fanatic," one of several tracks to be played from their 2012 album of the same name. Much of the crowd sat when the unfamiliar tune kicked in, but Ann had most of them back on their feet by the song's end.
But what really got the crowd's attention again was the sing-along-friendly "What About Love," which (perhaps with the exception of an ethereal "These Dreams" later on) was the song that most made you feel like you were slow dancing at an '80s prom. In the best possible way. And minus the crimped hair.
It was back to a new song then ("59 Crunch") before tearing into a synth-heavy "Magic Man" that had the women in the audience grooving. Ann showed off the gentler side of her generally domineering vocals with a sweet "Dreamboat Annie," her voice as delicate here as it was vengeful on "Barracuda" and wistful on "Magic Man." The "Dog and Butterfly" that followed was so gentle, it was almost as if she were singing the audience a lullaby.
And if anybody had been lulled to sleep by that sweetness, they'd have been woken up by "Alone," the power ballad to end all power ballads, and Ann's best vocal performance of the night (which is saying something, considering there wasn't a dud). It was a chill-inducing performance, a marriage of vocal calisthenics and emotion that earned Ann a major standing ovation.
Nancy, 59, hasn't diminished over the years at all, either. She killed it on the acoustic solo that kicks off "Crazy on You," plucking with perfection in a lone spotlight before the stage exploded with color and noise. It was the perfect song to close out their regular set, one that showcases the best of both women's talents.
After a brief break, the band returned onstage for a pair of rousing Led Zeppelin covers starting with "Black Dog." With a shriek to rival Robert Plant's own, Ann was clearly showing off; she was also clearly enjoying the hell out of herself before wrapping up with Zeppelin's "Misty Mountain Hop."
The night may have been short on songs – they were on stage little over an hour with only 16 songs played, and two of those covers. But what it wasn't short on was, well, heart.
Set list:
1. "Barracuda"
2. "Fanatic"
3. "Heartless"
4. "What About Love"
5. "59 Crunch"
6. "Magic Man"
7. "Kick It Out"
8. "Even It Up"
9. "Dreamboat Annie"
10. "Dog and Butterfly"
11. "These Dreams"
12. "Alone"
13. "Dear Old America"
14. "Crazy on You"
15. "Black Dog" (Led Zeppelin cover)
16. "Misty Mountain Hop" (Led Zeppelin cover)

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The first case related to the Boston Marathon bombings will soon go to a jury.
Prosecutors in the obstruction and conspiracy trial of Azamat Tazhayakov, a friend of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, rested their case Monday after a week of testimony. The defense also rested its case, declining to call any witnesses.
"We didn't feel like we wanted to start switching the burden of proof," defense attorney Matthew Myers said. "We know when we start putting witnesses on, the jury starts focusing on our case. They should be focusing on the prosecutor's case, not ours."
Tazhayakov and another friend, Dias Kadyrbayev, are charged with interfering with the FBI's investigation into the bombing by removing Tsarnaev's backpack containing altered fireworks and a laptop from his dorm room hours after the FBI released video and photos of Tsarnaev as a suspect.
Prosecutors called about a dozen witnesses, but none saw Tazhayakov take anything but a pair of headphones from Tsarnaev's dorm room.
The defense, which tried to show that FBI agents gave conflicting testimony and didn't correctly recall details of their interviews with Tazhaykov, maintains that Kadyrbayev removed the backpack and later threw the items away.
Prosecutors say both men shared in the decision to take the items and get rid of them to protect Tsarnaev.
A federal judge told the jury to return Wednesday for closing arguments and to begin deliberations.
With reporting by The Associated Press and WBUR's Bruce Gellerman.
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If you've always wanted to have an alter ego or hidden identity here's your chance. In honor of Teen Tech Week (March 7-13, 2010) some truly awesome librarians have compiled a list of websites where you can create your own Avatar. If you're not sure what an avatar is dictionary.com defines it as "a graphical image that represents a person." So, in other words it's one of those cute little cartoony things that kind of looks like you but isn't you.
Avatars are fun and easy to create and the best thing is, now your parents won't be nagging you about Internet safety and posting your picture online. You can just use your Avatar and no one will know what you really look like. Bonus, creating an Avatar gives you a chance to see what you would look like as a celebrity.
Haven't you always wondered what you'd look like with a giant, blue Marge Simpson beehive? Go to SimpsonizeMe.com and find out. Soon you'll be attracting swell guys like Homer to all of your online postings. Or if you wanted to get a part in the movie "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and got beat out by some other wimpy kid, go to the movie site and see what you'd look like as a stick figure.
For most of these sites all you need is an online picture and a little imagination. They're so easy I was even able to create one. Here is another link to a site where you'll find several other places to create an avatar. If you always thought you'd make a great anime character, now's your chance to show the world.


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Parents who are no longer a couple will have to reach child custody, visitation and child support decisions regarding their minor children. Each parent should be represented by his or her own Connecticut child custody attorney, who will protect each parent's rights while working with the parents to negotiate a parenting plan.
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You're not legally required to use a Connecticut child custody attorney to help resolve your custody, support and visitation issues, but it's strongly recommended. A lawyer can help you:
- Understand your legal rights and obligations as a parent
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FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) — When Bethany Nagel moved with her husband, Dave, from the Chicago suburbs to rural Shannon seven years ago, she knew they would have a better life. She wanted to find fresher, healthier foods and knew a little about the benefits of buying local produce. Having an herb garden was her dream.
The couple isolated and cleared about an acre of good ground between their house and old barn. They built raised beds and filled them with good topsoil. Bethany Nagel learned which plants would thrive in northwest Illinois and began to plant. That was the beginning of the Stone House Herb Company, 4865 S. Bolton Road.
The gardening is done without the use of chemicals. Nagel is determined to grow medicinal, culinary and ceremonial herbs in an organic and ethical way.
"Ethically means I don't over-harvest. When I wildcraft I don't take everything," she said.
Wildcrafting is the practice of harvesting plants from their natural habitat for food or medicinal purposes.
"I don't take all the flowers. I don't take all the plants. I leave stuff behind for the pollinators, birds, butterflies and bees," Nagel said. "I try to work in a holistic manner for the good of the planet."
A couple years ago, she enrolled in a series of online classes and became a certified master natural herbalist. Now she shares her harvest knowledge.
"I'm raising quite an assortment of herbs including mugwort, St. John's wort, lemon balm, comfrey plantain, Chinese motherwort as well as tarragon and sage, which can both be either culinary or medicinal," she said. "Our big push this year is the expansion of our medicinal herb beds. It seems to be going well."
She said the Chinese have used dried mugwort leaves for centuries as a method of heating specific acupuncture points to treat physical conditions. The most common modern-day use of St. John's Wort is for depression. Tarragon has valuable phyto-nutrients known to have anti-oxidants, vitamins and minerals. Milk thistle has been used for 2,000 years as an herbal remedy for a variety of ailments, particularly liver, kidney and gall bladder problems.
Nagel is a certified master natural herbalist but is unable to recommend medicinal herbs as remedies. She can provide educational information about her medicinal herbs. It is important to note that as with any herbal remedy, there can be benefits and side effects. Bethany said she is available for educational sessions to explain the potential benefits of her herbal and garden products and to discuss possible drawbacks.
As the growing season progresses, Stone House begins to yield culinary herbs. Nagel says fresh is best.
"The difference between what you get from us at Stone House is that I'm harvesting the best of the best of whichever herbs are ready, whereas when you purchase from one of the big spice or tea companies you get everything that was in the field — stems, flowers, leaves and whatever. They mix the good and the bad together, and that affects potency and flavor."
Right now, Stone House has fresh sage, thyme, French tarragon, oregano and rosemary. More varieties will be available later in the season. Quantities are somewhat limited because this is their first year of growing surplus for market.
"Next year I'm thinking to stage a lecture series where people can come out to the farm, tour the herb gardens and discuss their needs," Nagel said. "It might be nice to take it to a sort of herb fest level and bring in artisans and craftsmen."
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<rant> Attractive girls can be "real gamers," too
You know what really bugs me? I really hate when a good-looking girl posts a picture of herself wearing a game-related shirt or holding a controller and everyone automatically assumes that she isn't a real gamer. Okay, so "real gamers" that are female can't be attractive? This makes no sense to me. Sure, some girls on the internet pretend to be gamers so that guys will like them. And some guys do it too. But realize something--there are PLENTY of girl gamers in the world. Trust me: I love games more than most guys I know.
Don't judge a game by its cover art. Not all girls who post pictures of themselves with game paraphernalia are posers.


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BYOD is driving SMB storage market growth, says IDC
The BYOD trend, along with strict regulatory requirements for data retention, is fueling demand for data storage at small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), IDC analyst Liz Conner tells PC World.
Network-attached storage enables tablets and smartphones to access shared corporate data more easily, Conner notes.
According to the latest IDC stats, shipments of entry-level business storage units, which include those for SMBs and small/home offices, increased 20.3 percent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2014. Higher bay storage devices--five bays or more--saw a unit shipment increase of 22.6 percent in the quarter.
"The increased interest in both the entry level and higher-end portion of the personal storage market can be attributed to improved customer awareness of data storage, increased vendor offerings, shifting expectations of data storage, improved marketing/customer education, and average selling prices that more closely align with personal storage than enterprise storage," explains Conner in a statement.
Ethernet is the "interface of choice" for the entry-level business storage market, securing 93.8 percent of the market.
Hard disk drive (HDD) vendors increased their market share for personal and entry-level storage, reaching a 77.6 percent market share in the second quarter of 2014. At the same time, the entry-level business storage market was dominated by the mainstream non-HDD vendors with 58.8 percent unit shipment market share, down 13 percentage points year-over-year, according to IDC.
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Tallahassee, FL - The Florida A&M University Volleyball team will have a three-match home stand at the Al Lawson Center beginning on Sunday, Oct. 9.
FAMU will have back-to-back Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference matches as they will host North Carolina A&T on Sunday at 3 p.m.
Then the Lady Rattlers will host North Carolina Central on Monday, Oct. 10 at 7p.m. The match was originally scheduled for Friday, Oct. 7, but was rescheduled due to a scheduling conflict.
FAMU will then wrap up their three-match home stand on Wednesday, Oct. 12 as they will host Mercer University in a 6 p.m. start.
The Lady Rattlers are currently 1-1 in conference play and 1-11 overall. FAMU picked up their first win of the season last Monday night as they defeated Savannah State, 3-0 (25-12, 25-12, 25-16).


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Situation analysis
- Malawi has experienced significant macroeconomic growth in recent years. The annual growth rate for the period 2008-2010 was over 7 percent. However there is an unequal distribution of economic gains and available resources. About 39 per cent of the population lives below the poverty line, poverty being particularly severe among female-headed households and in rural areas.
- The 2008 census indicated a population of 13.1 million, with an annual growth rate of 2.8 per cent. The total fertility rate declined slightly from 6.5 to 5.7 children per woman between 1998 and 2010. Fifty per cent of the population is aged 17 years and below which indicates a youthful population. One third of women aged 15-19 have begun childbearing
- The maternal mortality ratio has declined from 984 in 2004, 807 deaths in 2006 to 675 per 100,000 live birthsin 2010 but remains high. AlthoughSkilledbirthattendanceincreased from 54% in 2004 to 73% in 2010, thereispooraccess to essential emergency obstetric care services, withonly 2% healthfacilitiesproviding basic emergency obstetric care. Inadequateequipmentdrigs and supplies has compromisedquality of maternal and neonatalhealth care The contraceptive prevalence rate is 46 per cent among marriedwomenusinganymethod of contraception, with 42 per cent using a modern method of contraception and 4 per cent traditionalmethods.
- Infant mortality rate declined from76 to 66 deaths per 1,000 live births between 2004 and 2010 and under 5 mortality from 133 to 112 deaths per 1,000 live births during the same period. Life expectancy at birth has increased significantly from 39 years for male and 45 years for female in 1998 to 48.3 years and 51.3 years respectively in 2008.
- The national HIV prevalence rate among the general population stands at 12 percent since 2007. Women and girls have higher infection rates than men, and are more often affected at younger ages. The higher prevalence rate among women can be attributed to among others, early age of marriage, harmful cultural practices, lack of skills to negotiate safer sex, and limited access to HIV prevention services. The HIV epidemic is predominantly occurring in stable relationships and discordant couples fuelled by multiple and concurrent partnerships, low, in-correct and in-consistent condom use.
- The UNDP gender equality index for Malawi was 0.374 in 2009, one of the lowest in the world. The difficulty with achieving gender equality is due to weak legal, policy and coordination frameworks, inadequate financing for gender activities and poor planning and implementation of development programmes that are not gender responsive. Women and adolescent girls continue to meet unsurpassed challenges and limited opportunities which increase their vulnerability to reproductive health challenges and gender based violence. Only 22 per cent of parliamentarians are women, well below the Southern African Development Community target of 50 per cent of women in decision-making structures by 2015.
Past cooperation and lessons learned
- The end of the sixth country programme evaluation found that the programme achieved most of its targets in all its outcome areas and had contributed to the improvement of lives for the people of Malawi.
- In Reproductive Health, the programme supported:
- the review and formulation of national sexual reproductive health and rights policies and strategies;
- the Reproductive Health Commodity Security and the Condom Strategies;
- a follow-up Emergency obstetric and neonatal care assessment;
- the youth-friendly health services standards and implementation framework and
- the HIV prevention Strategy.
- At service delivery level, the programme supported
- the capacity building of health service providers on the implementation of the roadmap for the reduction of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality although human resource challenges remain especially in hard to reach areas;
- mass media campaign to address key drivers of HIV/AIDS epidemic .
- In the area of population and development, the programme supported:
- the 2008 Population and Housing Census which resulted in the production of thematic reports that informed the development of the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy and the United Nations Development Assistance Framework;
- the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey whose results provided baseline data for key CP indicators. 'While significant effort has been made to generate and analyze population-related data, deficiencies in dissemination and utilization of this data still remain.
- The Gender Equality component supported the review and implementation of:
- the National
- Key Lessons from the sixth Country Program include:
- Strategic partnerships with government, parliamentarians, NGOs, FBOs, other UN organisations and the media are very important when advocating for population and development issues;
- Community mobilisation is key in reaching out to the most vulnerable, underserved and hard to reach communities including young people;
- mpowering young people to stay in school, delay age of marriage, reduce adolescent fertility and HIV incidence contribute significantly to the reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity;
- continuous capacity building of Implementing Partners on financial management and National Execution audits is crucial for NEX implementation.
Program management, monitoring and evaluation
The Program will be implemented in accordance with UNFPA policies andprocedures and through government, and civil society partners with the Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation coordinating the programme. UNFPA and the Government of Malawi will develop joint programs with the United Nations and other development partners in the areas of HIV prevention, response to gender-based violence and data management and utilization and the implementation of the road map on maternal and neonatal mortality reduction. UNFPA will participate in the Sector Wide Approaches (SWAps) on Health and Gender and Youth.
The 7th country program will be implemented using a results-based planning, monitoring and evaluation approach. A monitoring and evaluation framework will be developed and implemented for timely performance assessment and an end of program evaluation will be carried out to assess the achievements of the program and to inform the development of the next country program.
The Country Office in Malawi consists of a Representative, a Deputy Representative, an Assistant Representative, an Operations Manager, 7 National Program Officers and support staff. Program funds will be earmarked for additional international and national Program staff posts to facilitate effective programme delivery, especially where additional resources for specific projects have been mobilised. Technical support will be sought from national experts and institutions wherever possible, UNFPA Regional and Sub-regional Offices and other international experts. The country office will encourage and support South-South cooperation


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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday May 27, 2016 00:05 by Stop TTIP 2 images
The idea of this meeting is to inform people of the secretly negotiated TTIP agreement between the USA and Europe. It is open to all.
We hope to be able to help launch an automonous local Anti TTIP group that can work with unions, political groupings and others to defeat TTIP, by being separate from but co-operative with others. This model has worked with the Water Charges Movement in the area and we hope it can be as strong on TTIP. read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Thursday May 26, 2016 00:17 by pfc 1 image
Three days - six films - with love from Cuba. Opening with one of the saddest episodes in Cuban history - the exodus, in the early sixties, of thousands of children to the United States. Two beautiful shorts and a look at the life of one of Cuba's most loved actresses. The last day of the festival features one irreverent and one sensual comedy. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Monday May 23, 2016 23:16 by pbp 1 image
Demonstate 5pm - Dail Eireann, Kildare Street, Weds 25 May
Support Dail Motion To Finish Off Water Charges
There is a demonstration against water charges on Wednesday 25th May at 5pm at the Dail whilst the Right2Water TDs have tabled a motion to scrap Irish Water and water charges.
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dublin / housing / event notice Monday May 23, 2016 22:55 by NHHC 2 images
There are now at least 1,880 children living in emergency accommodation, rents are escalating beyond affordable levels, there are economic evictions, mortgage arrears, repossessions, 100,000 households on the housing waiting lists, substandard accommodation and the growing numbers of those unable to buy a home.
* House the homeless * Address rising rents * Build social & affordable housing read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday May 19, 2016 12:45 by Margaretta D'Arcy
After the success of the reading of the Non Stop Connolly Show in Connolly Books, I will be in conversation with the Oscar winning director Jim Sheridan on the 28th of May in Smock Alley Theatre at 8pm. He was also one the directors of the Non Stop Connolly Show back in 1975 in Liberty Hall. read full story / add a comment
dublin / housing / news report Monday May 16, 2016 22:26 by SPARK 1 image
Dublin Tenants Association are launching a campaign for rent controls and security of tenure, to coincide with their submission to the Oireachtas housing committee.
They are asking people to submit photos (anonymous) of themselves with a short sign telling people about their stories from the private rental sector. See attached example. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday May 11, 2016 12:05 by Dublin Film Qlub
Our new season continues with...
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dublin / racism & migration related issues / event notice Monday May 09, 2016 14:05 by pbp 5 comments (last - sunday may 15, 2016 22:43) 1 image
Stop Racism in its tracks. United Against Racism are holding a protest
demonstration at the garage entrance to Nutgrove Shopping Centre to show
solidarity with the three young Afghani people who were subjected to a racist attack on Nutgrove Way
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dublin / housing / event notice Friday May 06, 2016 23:53 by D7HousingAction 2 images
As part of the 'Housing Land Initiative' Dublin City Council is threatening to hand land across Dublin - in O'Devaney Garden, St. Michael's Estate and Oscar Traynor Road -over to private developers.
We Want to Stop This.
Help us protest public land and housing across our city.
Protest - Dublin City Hall on Monday May 9th 5pm read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday May 03, 2016 23:44 by Inga
Polish organizations in Ireland are holding a solidarity rally with the events in Poland. We invite all political parties and organizations in Ireland with a commitment to civic freedoms to join us in this positive event promoting full equality and inclusion for everyone. On that day, we want to stand together, above nations, borders and political divisions, in a common quest for a just and democratic society.
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday May 02, 2016 22:42 by Rojava Calling 1 image
Please come and show your support and opposition to the crimes against humanity being carried out by Turkey.
At 1pm there will be a peaceful vigil at the Turkish embassy, 8 Raglan Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
At 6:30pm there will be a public rally at the Spire in O'Connell Street.
We invite everybody who would like to join the campaign for solidarity with the Kurdish freedom struggle to attend a public meeting after the rally in the Teacher's Club on Parnell Square at 8pm this same evening. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Thursday April 28, 2016 22:26 by dctu 1 comment (last - friday may 06, 2016 23:28) 1 image 3 video files
Dublin Council of Trade Unions - May Day 2016 - Parade & Rally, Sunday May 1st
Assemble 2:30 pm, Garden of Remembrance
March to Liberty Hall for rally, Social with music provided by
Wally Page Band & Shadada People's Choir
Come out on Sunday May 1st and march behind your trade union banner .... Please spread the word!
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Thursday April 28, 2016 12:45 by 1 of Indymedia
SIPTU members at Transdev will not accept the company reducing their pay in response to their prosecution of a lawful and legitimate trade dispute.
According to SIPTU Divisional Organiser, Owen Reidy, Transdev has acted in a provocative and unprecedented manner by threatening to reduce the pay of Luas drivers by at least 10% if they continue their work to rule. read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Thursday April 28, 2016 08:48 by D1916 2 images
On Bank Holiday Monday, May 2, 2016 - on the eve of the one hundredth
anniversary of Patrick Pearse's execution - the people of Ballinteer,
Rathfarnham, Dundrum, Sandyford and the wider South Dublin
community will come together for a '1916 People's Parade' - to
remember and celebrate the lives of the Pearse brothers and all those
who fought for Irish freedom during the 1916 Rising. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday April 27, 2016 22:48 by Fusion Sundays 1 image
International stalls, street-food, pop-up workshops, live performances and entertainment, and great vibes at Dublins only world culture market! read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Wednesday April 20, 2016 21:56 by Inga Wojcik
We invite you to join us for a silent flash mob to express our solidarity with Polish women in showing disaproval to further restrictions on abortion law and the interference of the Catholic Church in women's reproductive rights. Simply drop a coat hanger any time between 11-2pm on Sunday by the Polish Church on High St, Dublin
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[Dublin] Palestinian lawyer Aouda Zbidat: Palestinian Political Prisoners from children to internees (IPSC)
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday April 19, 2016 23:34 by ìpsc 1 image
To mark Palestinian Prisoners Day 2016 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is honoured to present Palestinian-Israeli lawyer Aouda Zbidat from Addameer, the Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. Ms. Zbidat will speak on Wednesday 20th April in The Academy Plaza Hotel, 10-14 Findlater Place (off Cathal Brugha Street map here), Dublin 1 at 7pm. Her talk will be a first-hand account on the key human rights violations facing Palestinian Political Prisoners in occupied Palestine. read full story / add a comment
dublin / economics and finance / event notice Wednesday April 13, 2016 23:25 by Gerry 2 comments (last - tuesday april 19, 2016 22:21) 2 images 1 video file
Prof Werner is the authority in the area of Public/Community Banking and also has an unrivalled understanding of the real forces controlling/manipulating economies worldwide.
Please allow me to bring the Banking and Money Reform Conference and the Public Banking project to your attention.
The Public Banking Forum of Ireland (PBFI) and the Public Banking Alliance (PBA) are working to introduce Community Public Banks to Ireland. Much progress has been made. We have learned that the Public Banking Project has been introduced into the Programme for Government discussions by the Independent TDs. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday April 07, 2016 11:23 by Plowshares 1 video file
100 years after reducing downtown Dublin to rubble the British Navy returned during last week's
Easter 1916 commemorations. Accompanied by U.S. warships, they docked in Dublin as part of the NATO
fleet presently waging wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday April 06, 2016 11:45 by Dublin Film Qlub
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Self-Shadowing Prey, one of the final texts by the Romanian poet Ghérasim Luca (1913-1994), combines surrealist playfulness with an impetus for rigour that does not shy away from revising, expanding, and rearranging ordinary vocabularies and meanings. Indeed, much of Luca's life and work suggests a poetics of dislocation on several, intensifying levels: first, as self-dislocation, in the assumption of the pseudonym by the emerging Jewish-Romanian artist; second, by the artist's migration — and movement into another language — from Bucharest to Paris. Finally, there is the dislocation in poetic practice, occasioned by the confrontation with the very historical forces compelling such migration. The result, in the words of reviewer Michael G. Kelly, are works which 'bathe in a carefully modulated and sustained sense of menace where language's porosity, the compossibility of contrasting and overlapping meanings, heightens the lack of ease that is fundamental to the poet's artistic subjectivity'.
A major portion of the poetry of Günter Eich (1907-1972) has, at last, been made accessible to an English-speaking readership in a new translation by Michael Hofmann. The judicious selection of poems gathered in the volume ('Angina Days', Princeton 2010) allows the reader to follow Eich's development as a poet in detail. It is a journey which accompanies and reflects upon the personal, political and social issues of his time, the Cold War, rearmament, the German "Economic Miracle", the Vietnam War, the suffering of the poor and oppressed. In his detailed review for The Berlin Review of Books, reviewer Axel Vieregg, himself a notable Eich scholar, offers annotations and footnotes, in an attempt to clarify some of Eich's concerns that might otherwise be overlooked.
The Poetry Lesson, by Andrei Codrescu, is a lucid yet playful book, that slips between memoir and fiction, jaunty anecdote and pure tangent, as it describes the first lesson of an 'Introduction to Poetry Writing' course, in the last year of its teacher's institutional career. While Codrescu's displays a light touch and an elegant frivolity throughout, the very cleverness of his approach leads reviewer Rupert Thomson to ponder what is left of the sense that a passion for poetry will achieve anything.
"Those who should hear, they'll hear nevermore / Destroyed, dispersed is the proud host of yore / With thirteen thousand their trail they began. / Only one man returned from Afghanistan." On the eve of the 2010 Afghanistan conference in London, The Berlin Review of Books publishes a new English translation, by Gabriele Campbell, of Theodor Fontane's poem 'Das Trauerspiel von Afghanistan'. First published in 1848, it tells the story of the sole survivor of a massacre suffered by the British during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842) in January 1842.


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"Dealing in this state, for example, you think so much about
the painful days in the deep South — the overt schemes to deny the right to
vote," Jackson said on Tuesday, the last day to register to vote in Ohio.
"We saw Ohio as a kind of beacon of light, the beacon of hope once we ran across the river coming north. This year we've seen Ohio and Pennsylvania take the lead in trying to purge voters and suppress the vote to determine the outcome."
Jackson's comments came on the same day Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted appealed to the U.S.
The three days had previously only applied to military personnel and their families.
Republicans like Husted have cited cost as the reason to not allow in-person voting on the three days before the election. But in an Aug. 19 email to The Columbus Dispatch, Franklin County Republican Party chairman Doug Preisse said "I guess I really actually feel we shouldn't contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine."
Pennsylvania, meanwhile, tried to require voters take a photo ID with them into the polls. A state judge blocked the law from going into effect for the 2012 election.
Jackson said restrictions as to who can vote when and where undermine the purpose of democracy.
"Open access, free, transparent voting makes democracy real," he said.
Flanked by a tapestry portraying President Barack Obama, Jackson touted the president's accomplishments in his first term and urged those assembled to give him a second.
Jackson was in Toledo Oct. 5 pushing early voting. He said he was in Cincinnati because "Ohio matters" and he saw it as a way to penetrate Appalachia because "poverty is not just a black problem."


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Can people play one another, if the two people are in different areas (states, cities, etc)?
Can people play one another, if the two people are in different areas (states, cities, etc)?
I believe that they can using the Wii Wi-Fi option but I'm not sure. I thought our DS was talking about this yesterday.
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To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. - Heather Cortez
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix
Where do you find the wii number? That's exciting!
To find your Wii number.
Your Wii number is the 16 digit number displayed on the front of the address book.
- Click on Wii Message Board (Bottom right corner of Wii home screen
- Click on Create Message (Bottom left corner of screen)
- Click on Address Book
To add friends Wii numbers to your Wii.
When playing online games you can then select friends from your address book to play against.
- From the Address book screen click on the right arrow to open the address book.
- Click on Add, to add a contact, enter their name and Wii number there.
Oh thanks!
No problem Lozzy.
When I play tennis, that arm ends up sore, so yes. It does hurt when I Wii.
I wish that we could play other people with the sports game, but from online it looks like I can only play other people on certain games.


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Downloadable files
This document describes how to download and install the IBM® SmartCloud Cost Management (SCCM) Fix Pack 1 for SCCM Version 2.1 and any known issues resolved.
Download Description
This fix pack includes the following IFIX for IBM SmartCloud Cost Management 2.1:
The following restrictions from IBM SmartCloud Cost Management 2.1 have been resolved:
- Inability to duplicate a rate table
- Inability to delete an entire rate table
- Inability to order rate groups
- Inability to order rate codes
- Inability to move rate codes between rate groups
Note: See the 'Defining_rates.pdf' for information about the updated Rate UI panels.
This fix pack also resolves the following issues:
- Database error thrown when the Rate Table Maintenance UI is launched with DB2 9.5.
- Upgrade fails from 7.3 to 2.1 because ratetable column in CIMSDimClient is set to 8.
- DB2Utility.sh does not work since code looks for DB2 driver in <SCCM_install_dir>/lib.
- db2utility code has been updated with additional stored procedures.
- Various configuration option entries are not displayed in the Customs Options panel.
- Invoice Contact default incorrect for Clients.
- HMC is unable to handle no results returned for a managed system.
- UpdateConversionFromRecord stage writes duplicate records to the conversion table.
- conversionFromIdentifers stage not working as expected when From Identifier contains dots.
- Rounding issue for Percentage field in Rate Table Maintenance UI.
- Missing validation to prevent users from adding a rate code to different rate groups.
- Detail by Multiple Identifiers Cognos report does not work with the latest DataDirect driver.
- Various Web Reporting and Rates UI Accessibility issues.
- Editing and saving a rate group description will prevent users from editing other rate code fields, for example, value/threshold/percent etc.
- If upgrading from a release prior to 2.1 and you have not previously applied the SCCM2100-IFIX-0001, you must apply this Fix Pack prior to running any database upgrade.
- Before applying this Fix Pack or restarting the SCCM Application Server, you must log out of the Administration Console. Failure to do this may result in UI errors due to the browser cache not being refreshed correctly. If you do experience these UI errors, logging out and logging back into the Administration Console will resolve the issue.
- After applying this Fix Pack, we recommend that all administration users delete their browser cache and cookies.
- Ordering of indexes is now global across all rate tables. You may notice some changes in ordering in certain situations after the database upgrade. Use the Rate Group Maintenance panel to adjust as required.
- It is advisable to update the SCCM reports using the latest Cognos package if DataDirect drivers are used to connect Tivoli Common Reporting to the database. If a database client is used to connect to the database, then there is no need to update the reports.
You must be running SmartCloud Cost Management Version 220.127.116.11. It is also recommended that a database backup is performed before installing this fix pack.
Installation Instructions
Installation Instructions
How to install the patch
For Windows:
- Unzip the zip file to a temporary directory.
- Open a DOS command window and cd to the temporary directory.
- Type "applyFixpack.bat username password", for example, "applyFixpack.bat tipadmin tippass"
For Linux, Unix:
- Unzip the zip file to a temporary directory.
- Open a shell and cd to the temporary directory.
- Type "./applyFixpack.sh username password", for example, "./applyFixpack.sh tipadmin tippass".
Note: This patch deploys an updated war file so it may take a few minutes to complete.
Installing the Cognos Package:
It is advisable to backup the existing reports and package prior to importing the latest Cognos Package. Details of how to create
and export the SCCM report package can be found in the Exporting Cognos report packages section of the SCCM documentation.
Copy the report package file from
to the deployment folder in Tivoli Common Reporting:
Note: If any changes have been made to the standard model and published, then users may be affected during this installation process.
Please ensure users have logged out of Tivoli Common Reporting prior to installing this fix pack.
- Log in to the SmartCloud Cost Management interface, and go to Reporting > Common Reporting.
- In the Work with reports window on the right, choose Administration from the Launch drop-down list.
- Go to Configuration tab, and open the Content Administration section.
- Create new package import by clicking New Import button. This opens a New Import wizard.
- Follow the wizard to import the new SCCM_Reports_2-1-0.zip package.
If custom changes have been made to the standard model and published, then the custom version of the model must be merged back into the standard model.
To merge the custom changes into the standard model, the following steps must be completed:
- Start Framework manager and open the SCCM.cpf project file for the new version of the standard SCCM Model located in the directory: <SCCM_install_dir>\setup\console\reportscognos\model
- In Framework Manager open the model and navigate to the Project menu and select Merge from...
- Navigate to the directory of the custom model project which is is to be merged, and select the cpf file for the project and click open.
- Click Run.
- Once the changes have been applied, if no errors have been raised then click Accept. If an error has occurred, click Reject to revert back the changes.
- The custom objects should now be visible in the Model. If the changes are as expected then it is advisable to save this new version of the model at this point to a new project folder.
To publish the new model, the following steps must be completed:
- Once all changes have been made, navigate to the Package section, located at the end of the project viewer in Framework Manager.
- Click the Click to Edit link in the definition property for the package or alternatively, right click on the package name and select Edit.
- Ensure that the relevant namespaces and query subjects have a green tick against them and click OK.
- Right click on the IBM SmartCloud Cost Management (SCCM) package and select Publish Packages... and a menu is displayed.
- Navigate through the menu options as required and publish the package.
How to uninstall the patch
For Windows:
- Unzip the zip file to a temporary directory.
- Open a DOS command window and cd to the temporary directory.
- Type "undoFixpack.bat username password", for example, "undoFixpack.bat tipadmin tippass".
For Linux, Unix:
- Unzip the zip file to a temporary directory.
- Open a shell and cd to the temporary directory.
- Type "./undoFixpack.sh username password", for example, "./undoFixpack.sh tipadmin tippass".
Uninstalling the Cognos Package:
To uninstall the Cognos Package, import the backup taken prior to the install. Details of how to create and import a SCCM report package can be found in the Importing the Cognos package into Tivoli Common Reporting section of the SCCM Information Center.
Download package
How critical is this fix?
Not critical
Known side effects
Product Alias/Synonym
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Tie together mass transit
Gov. Tom Corbett defied many legislative leaders of his own party when he included mass transit in his plan to increase annual transportation funding by $1.8 billion a year.
Many Republican lawmakers want transit to be considered separately but the governor chose the better course, even though his proposed increase of $40 million in the first year, statewide, is modest. The budget also includes a challenge to agencies to consolidate services where possible.
Lackawanna and Luzerne counties already have taken a step in that direction, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars, individually, by having the county transit agencies take over shared-ride programs. The counties have explored consolidating or, at least, coordinating their entire transit systems, and 10 transit systems in Southwest Pennsylvania have begun to do so.
At issue is not simply the cost of mass transit, but how to ensure that it best serves its communities as the economy evolves. Most transit agencies are set up mostly around urban hubs, for example, even though many jobs and other economic activity has moved to the suburbs.
Consolidating transit systems would serve an added purpose in fostering a regional, rather than county-based, economic outlook. The economic reality is that jobs and other public business are not defined by county lines.
How to economically provide services to a core constituency while expanding services to meet changing demands of the economy is a complex question for transit agencies. Combining forces would expand their scope and provide greater flexibility, while reducing administrative costs. Local agencies should act on the incentives in the governor's budget proposal to coherently serve a single economic region.
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National touring production of 'Les Miserables' schedules Oklahoma City stop
French novelist Victor Hugo was on vacation when his 1862 novel "Les Miserables" was published. Curious to know the public's reaction to his tale about the French revolution of 1832, he sent a telegram to his publisher asking "?" Taking his cue from Hugo, the publisher replied with a simple "!" to indicate the book's success.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of "Les Miserables." And while its lofty position as a 19th century literary classic has never been in question, its popularity as a musical theater piece has far overshadowed Hugo's original narrative.
The songwriting team of Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil created a musical stage version of Hugo's sprawling novel in 1980. Their take on the intertwining stories of convicted criminal Jean Valjean and ruthless police detective Javert captivated French audiences.
The musical's Parisian success prompted British producer Cameron Mackintosh to approach Boublil and Schonberg about creating an English-language version of "Les Miserables."
Newly outfitted with Herbert Kretzmer's English lyrics, "Les Miserables" opened in London in 1985.
A Broadway production followed in 1987 and earned eight Tony Awards. Since then, "Les Miserables" has been produced in 43 countries and has been translated into 21 languages, making it one of the most popular musicals of all time.
"Les Miserables" was the last production to play the Civic Center Music Hall before its three-year renovation began in 1998. A new touring production based on the 25th anniversary version that played England in 2010 makes its way to the Civic Center for eight performances this week.
The show is sponsored locally by Celebrity Attractions.
As Mackintosh was preparing to mount the 25th anniversary production, he wanted to tweak the show to give it a fresh look. Gone is the familiar turntable used to create seamless changes of scene. And Chris Jahnke's new orchestrations have given the musical a slightly different sound.
"In a sense, this show has been changing from the moment it was born," Boublil said in a printed release. "While the original album contained pretty much everything you hear now, not every song was in the same place. And the truth is, you never just write a musical. You always rewrite it."
Actor Peter Lockyer says he's come full circle with "Les Miserables." He was a replacement Marius during a portion of the Broadway production's 16-year run. In this Cameron Mackintosh/Networks tour, Lockyer has graduated to the role of Jean Valjean. No wonder he considers the musical a part of his own life story.
"I think 'Les Mis' is one of the best musicals ever written and I feel so honored to come back to it," Lockyer said recently. "I loved the original production which was sort of majestic and had that romantic Jane Austen kind of pace.
"This version is a little grittier and moves faster. It takes sort of a different angle on things. Because of that, certain aspects of show play a little differently. I think that proves that a new production can be just as successful as an older one."
For revivals and touring productions of long-running musicals, producers like to employ any technological advances that could be incorporated. This version features projections that complement the narrative playing out on stage. Many are drawings by Hugo, who suppressed his artistic leanings for fear they might overshadow his literary work.
"This production has been completely redesigned," Lockyer said. "The projections alone make it cinematic. It's just another tool the set designer can use for his vision of how the show will look. It's kind of a morphing of cinema and theater genres." Much of the success of "Les Miserables" depends on the chemistry between Valjean and Javert. Lockyer said he and Andrew Varela (the actor who plays Javert) have been friends since they appeared in the Broadway production together.
"We had a blast with each other onstage," Lockyer recalled. "I think because of that relationship, we trust each other's professionalism. We have a freedom within the structure of our scenes together.
"I feel like we can do anything with each other. Our director encouraged us to find little things to play with. It doesn't take a big change to make a scene feel new. It's a way for us to keep the show alive for every performance."
"Les Miserables" purists need not worry about the show's familiar narrative. It's one aspect of the musical that hasn't been tampered with. The Boublil/Schonberg score, one of the musical theater's finest, is also intact.
"When I first came to see this new production I was a little nervous because I loved the original version so much and even felt like I had some ownership over it," Lockyer explained. "But I've had such a blast with this production. I found myself laughing at moments that took me by surprise.
"I've talked to people who have come to the stage door who said they were also a little skeptical at first. But after seeing this production, they love the changes that have been made. By taking a step back, we realize we are creating new memories."


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U.S. Department of State 2002 Trafficking in Persons Report - Malaysia
|United States Department of State
|Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
|Publication Date
|5 June 2002
|Cite as
|United States Department of State, U.S. Department of State 2002 Trafficking in Persons Report - Malaysia, 5 June 2002, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4680d7a2b.html [accessed 25 May 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Malaysia (Tier 2)
Malaysia is a source and destination country for trafficked persons, primarily for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Persons trafficked into Malaysia come from Indonesia, Thailand, China, and the Philippines and a small but increasing number from Uzbekistan. Japan, Canada, the United States, Australia and Taiwan are destinations for Malaysian trafficking victims. Trafficking on a smaller scale also occurs within Malaysia's borders.
The Government of Malaysia does not yet fully comply with minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. An interagency group on transnational organized crime addresses trafficking in persons, and four other interagency committees address illegal immigration, foreign labor, and border control. A separate agency investigates public corruption. There is no specific law against trafficking but applicable law criminalizes most of the acts involved in trafficking in persons. Although persons suspected of trafficking may be detained, to date there have been no prosecutions or convictions for the specific offense of trafficking. A limited number of law enforcement officials have participated in anti-trafficking training programs. An anti-vice unit recently launched a campaign to clamp down on local criminal groups affiliated with international criminal syndicates involved in trafficking. While there are no indications of general government complicity in trafficking in persons, the government recently suspended three senior police officers for negligence in an illegal migration case. Five officers were also dismissed for involvement in criminal and corrupt activities. Embassies and consulates are required to report on the number of trafficking cases involving Malaysian citizens abroad. In terms of protection, the government sponsors rehabilitation services for at-risk women and girls, and provides financial support to NGOs dedicated to women's welfare, including shelter for victims of rape and domestic violence, legal referrals and job-skills training. However, the government generally treats foreign victims of trafficking as immigration offenders, detaining and deporting them. Repatriated Malaysian victims may receive public assistance. There are no witness protection programs, although laws punish prevention of testimony, and foreign trafficking victims may obtain special permission to remain in the country to testify in criminal proceedings. The government has taken steps to address prevention of trafficking. The largest ethnic Chinese party in the ruling parliamentary coalition publishes trafficking warnings in its Chinese-language publications and holds periodic press conferences highlighting the plight of returned Malaysian trafficking victims. Public service announcements about the dangers of trafficking by an international organization have been broadcast on television. In 2001, the government created a cabinet-level post for the Minister of Women's Affairs and Family Development and passed a constitutional amendment barring sex discrimination.


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Posted by Matt on Saturday, June 30th, 2012
I haven't written much lately. We adopted a feral rabbit and it's occupying a lot of our time. But how about the dozen of us catch up together. Here we go.
I got married. Married life is enjoyable. Most of our conversations end in projecting how much sex we will be having 10 years from now. Answer? Zero. (Mayans)
And then…
….the New York Times published a report on President Obama's 'Kill List,' the mechanism the White House uses to attack suspected terrorists from a converted Galaga machine somewhere in Nevada. It also discusses the intricate National Security apparatus that allows the military and/or CIA to carry out these strikes and the coinciding decision-making process. It's a lot like the gradeschool game MASH, except it tends to end up, "Mohammed / in a village / with 6 kids / and a robotic missile."
And then…
François Hollande is elected French President. The Economist loses its shit. Putin is "elected" (haha) on the same day – but it's cool because it's hard to criticize a man who unironically rides horses while shirtless.
And then…
North Carolina, home of legal incest, bans gay marriage because of
hate Jesus. This finally allows the wife and I to enjoy our hetero nuptials. Thanks bigots!!!
And then…
The next day Obama comes out of the awesome-timing-closet to support gay marriage. Santorum shits a rainbow.
And then…
I picked up the new Shins album. It's good.
And then…
Dozens of Syrian children are massacred. Can't lighten that up.
And then…
The Census bureau reports the Browns Blacks And Yellows are now the majority in America. America no longer exceptional.
And then…
JP Morgan loses a bunch of money. Congress calls Jamie Dimon in to fellate him for being the ideal American and doing so well at taking exorbitant fees for shuffling money around.
And then…
And then…
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker outraises his opponent 10:1 and heroically overcomes the odds to win his recall election.
And then…
After not watching the entire season, we watched the season finale of The Killing, just to see who killed Rosie. And unfortunately not all the characters died.
And then…
Bath salts.
And then…
Dicks in the Michigan House ban Rep. Lisa Brown from the House floor for saying 'vagina' in a debate about government control of vaginas.
And then…
And then…
And then…
The Heat won the championship because Lebron is the best player on the planet. Millions of people can't handle it. They hate him so much. It's really funny. He had a remarkable Finals. Chris Bosh behaves weirdly. GW nailed it's predictions – calls its own number. Really stepped out there.
And then…
Darrell Issa (R-Hackville) continues the GOP's laser-like focus on job creation by leading one of the most disingenuous investigations in memory. Holder is the first AG to be held in contempt in our history. That must mean this Fast+Furious program, started in the Bush era (but evidentally masterminded by Holder), is the first botched operation in our history and has nothing to do with lax NRA-endorsed gun laws in states like Arizona.
And then…
Chief Justice Roberts commits treason by upholding a clearly constitutional law that was never really discussed as being unconstitutional during legislative "debates." Millions will have access to health insurance and can delay dying for a few more months. So clearly SCOTUS doesn't like you. Scalia hate-masterbates with peanut butter.
And of course…
Jerry Sandusky convicted on 45 of 48 counts. The people of PSU are disgusting. Some finally start to realize Joe Pa might have had something to do with the institutional enabling of a child rapist. Of course, much of this information was available in November. But, you know, football victories are most important.
That's all. Hope to see you soon.
Posted by Matt on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
20. Rick Scott: You have a friend on Facebook who updated his status with something like this: "post this as your status if you think all welfare/UEI recipients should be drug tested. They're all just puffing up ratings for the Price Is Right, so let's make them jump through as many hoops as possible in this awesome job market. It's a great use of state resources. USA! Also…fuck 'em."
Now imagine you are the governor of an awful state and implemented said policy because it's the ultimate in pandering. (Also, it's always cool uniting behind facebook campaigns….Matt and 211,932 others like "orange highlighters.")
Then imagine that before you were governor you were CEO of a company found guilty of the largest Medicaid fraud in the country's history.
Let he who has not overbilled Medicare cast the first reimbursement.
Of course, the drug testing ended up costing the state more than it's worth to deny benefits to the 2% of recipients who failed the drug tests. (If the state tested elected officials, I would bet $1.7 billion that more than 2% would drop "positive." )
Oh, and it might be unconstitutional as a clear violation of the 4th Amendment. However, BO/W have made sure the 4th is the Tito or Jermaine of Amendments.
Stay true to form, Rick. See you next year.
19. Fmr. Sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan: Can be located in cell block 3 of Patrick J. Sullivan Detention Facility.
18. Mike Allen: If you boiled down the smugly nonsensical petri dish of cable news to print form, you would have Politico. Mike Allen is its chief political reporter. He's also a talking point wrapped in a talking point pretending to do real journalism in talking point form, with the apparent lack of any discerning value system.
He clocked in at #9 on Alex Parenee's 2011 Hack 30 List, and god willing he'll one day reach the top of that City on a Hill.
17. Bank of America: Since corporations are now people, they can now be included . (Thanks John Roberts, Chief Justice of the US
Chamber of Commerce Supreme Court!)
In June, Bof A settled claims against its adopted lovechild Countrywide for a very light $8.5B. While simultaneously putting their hand out to the TARP gatekeepers, BofA continued attempts to foreclose on Americans who weren't even behind in their payments. Beyond the hidden fees and all the other Big Bank bullshit, they're also really good at foreclosing on military families.
Purple Mountains Majesty!
16. Jon Corzine: Even among elected Democrats, Corzine's duplicity stands out in technicolor. The former NJ Governor drove MFGF into the ground while practicing the same behavior he long condemned. In other words, the Goldman Sachs Way. From the Philadelphia Inquirer:
When I read MF Global Finance's second-quarter results, though, what popped out at me was its compensation expenses: 64 percent of revenues went to compensation. In any industry but Wall Street, that would be obscene. Indeed, in a talk he gave at Princeton last year, Corzine said that he'd been "arguing about compensation sins of Wall Street" for decades. Not enough to actually do anything about it, though, once he was back in charge of a firm.
Then there's Corzine's own compensation. When he walked in the door, he negotiated a salary of $1.5 million. (Incredibly, MF Global Holdings paid a $400,000 fee to Corzine's lawyers.) He also received a signing bonus of $1.5 million, and $11 million in stock options.
But here's the kicker. Like many executives — on Wall Street and off — Corzine's agreement also covered his eventual departure. If he left MF Global because, say, it was sold, his $11 million in stock options would immediately vest, and he would get a $12.1 million golden parachute. Of course, the MF Global proxy statement doesn't call it a golden parachute. It calls the payment "severance."
There's more to the story. When Joe Nocera wrote this killer column earlier this week, it hadn't even come out yet that….THE MONEY'S GONE!!!
Federal regulators have discovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in customer money has gone missing from MF Global in recent days, prompting an investigation into the brokerage firm, which is run by Jon S. Corzine, the former New Jersey governor, several people briefed on the matter said on Monday.
15. Charlie Sheen: next.
14. Joe Walsh: The Illinois rep. is a self-proclaimed "family values" tea partier who differs with his family's value by the $100,000 he owes in child support. However, he loves to take personal responsibility and blame any of his kids' debt on Obama. He yells at constituents and doesn't think a single bank has done a single thing wrong. He's also a 2nd Amendment revolution troll. All around great guy. Well done, IL-8.
BTW, The Family Research Council Action gave Walsh an award for his "unwavering support of the family," because of course they did.
13. Evan Bayh: A Man Of Honor.
Posted by Matt on Thursday, January 20th, 2011
What can you say about 2010 (except that it's over)? In fact, while this might not be the greatest 'Best of' list, it's certainly the latest. Here is how GW spent its year when it wasn't throwing rocks at day laborers.
Book You Should Read: War, Sebastian Junger. Left, Right, Center, Whatever. Everyone should read about the daily toll of our nearly decade-long military action. A story of both courage and futility. The corresponding documentary (Restrepo) is also worth watching.
Best Television Show: Breaking Bad (again). Season 3 and still getting better. (How 'bout that finale?) The margin between this and other shows continues to grow.
Honorable Mention: Community. I've never liked Joel McHale. Never been interested in The Soup and my usual response to his stand-up is 'oh, that was the laugh line?' Watched a couple uninspired episodes last season because the tv was turned on. However, whatever the writing staff shook up this season produced gold. The 'Armageddon/Apollo 13′ Spoof was one of the funniest episodes of tv this year. Same goes for the zombie-genre episode and heart-warming stop-motion Christmas episode. Well-done.
Favorite New Show: Via recommendation, just caught the 2nd Season of Party Down on Netflix. Went back and watched the first as soon as possible. Steve Guttenberg episode was awesome.
Worst Franchise Demise: Law & Order: SVU. People watch Law & Order because of the tidy, plot-driven, twist-at-the-3/4-mark episodes. Back in the day, they took this fool-proof premise and added sex crimes. Winner! Now the show is a shell of itself. Why does every episode have to include some melodramatic personal involvement of one of the characters? How many episodes ending with a Mexican Standoff are too many?C'mon! Just give me a serial rapist or abusive stepfather, a little legal battle, and be done with it. I'm starting to root for IAD. Benson & Stabler are TERRIBLE cops. They would be working Macy's security if this was real life. But it's not. It's just a stupid television show. So maybe I should relax.
Favorite Movie: Black Swan. In fairness, didn't see much this year, but Aronofsky certainly got it done with this effort. I mean, a movie about Swan Lake that can keep me riveted for 2 hours? Well done. I also liked the much acclaimed indie flick Winters' Bone.
Worst Last Words: In October, the State of Arizona executed convicted murderer Jeffrey Landrigan. When asked for his last words, Landrigan said, "Well, I'd like to say thank you to my family for being here and all my friends, and…Boomer Sooner."
A classy way to go out for an obviously classy guy. Boomer Sooner is, of course, the official fight song and rallying cry for the University of Oklahoma Sooners, and I'm sure Landrigan's final homage to the Sooners was duly appreciated by all associated with the University.
But just one thing – and I'm sure you'll all be shocked – Landrigan never attended the University of Oklahoma, yet chose to use his final words to associate himself with the school.
To me Landrigan is a despicable but probably not far-off representation of all the townie college football fans – from Columbus to Norman to Tuscaloosa, who try to associate themselves with institutions they never attended, I'd like to say, Jeffrey Landrigan – while you're neither Sooner Born nor Sooner Bred, you certainly are 'sooner dead.' good riddance, douchebag.
Best Inappropriate Tweet: 50 Cent - Speaking of MILF. I wanna do something that impact kids in a positive way, thats why im opening an abortion clinic. Ima call it 50/50 chance.
I laugh, but today's offensive family planning idea is tomorrow's Vitamin Water.
Hate-Monger of the Year: Pamela Geller - Wow, what stiff competition! Sorry Mr. Beck, Pastor ZigZag Chops, and virtually every Arizona conservative, but no one hated-it-up quite like Geller. I'm talking Barabara Bush type hate (as Richard Nixon would've said). Before the manufactured not-at-Ground-Zero-not-mosque controversy, Geller was probably best known as the Holocaust Revisionist who runs the Atlas Shrugs hate blog. In 2010, she ascended to America's prestigious 'Queen of Islamophobia' position. Here's just a taste:
Amazon(.com) is pimping for jihad. The Arafat war scarf is on sale. The keffiyeh is the icon of the global jihad. It is as iconic of jihad as the swastika is for Nazis. Notice the advertising of the bloodiest murderer in modern Middle East history (the competition is stiff, after all), Yaser Arafat.
And kudos to virtually every media outlet for allowing her to mainstream her venomous bigotry. She couldn't take home this award without you.
Best Product Innovation: Rascal Scooter's Magnetic Stabilizer. Americans are getting fatter. We're watching 35 hrs of tv a week, and increasingly bathing in corn syrup. Anyone looking for an investment opportunity should check it out…
Just one of the many innovations on display during the expo is Magnetic Stabilizer technology (patent pending) designed to prevent sideways tipping. Stabilizer wheels utilize this technology to deploy only during contact with the riding surface, instantly giving 3-wheel scooters the superior stability of 4-wheel models. This technology affords riders excellent 3-wheel maneuverability without sacrificing safety.
Worst Pope Of The Year: In a landslide, it's Pope Benedict XVI! Among other gems, the disco pope blames the 70s for the kid rapers he protected for decades.
Unproven Fear Of The Year: Keeping my phone in my pants pocket will result in testicular cancer somewhere down the line, thus forcing me to sympathize with douchebag Lance Armstrong
Most Asinine Supreme Court Decision: It doesn't take much to keep tabs on the Roberts' Court. Just look for a corporate agenda and follow the musk. To simplify, Citizens United v. FEC basically says corporations, like soylent green, are people. Enjoy that, America.
Worst Relationship Development: Groupon. Don't get me wrong – this simple, yet genius business model is well crafted. But Jesus, 'we have to go to restaurant __ because my groupon is going to expire' seemed about as contrived as saving sex only during ovulation.
'It's -10 wind chill and a Tuesday!' Doesn't matter. Groupon, moutherfucker.
Do we really need a water pick? We already have 2. 'It was a Groupon.' And that's where the conversation ends, as if getting 30% off makes whatever unnecessary bullshit product immediately necessary.
Best Sports Story: Three years ago, the once proud Chicago Blackhawks franchise was in disarray. One timely death and a few successful personnel moves later, and the Hawks were back as the darlings of Chicago. As one belonging to neither demographic, the rapidity of the bandwagon jumpers combined with the resentful push-back from the die-hard Blackhawks faithful made for a hilarious few months. In June, the Hawks triumphantly hoisted the Stanley Cup. And now that the Bears and Bulls are back, people might care again
when if they make the playoffs.
Worst Sports Story – Event: World Cup. Once every four years I am susceptible to mouth-breathing rants in support of 'American Exceptionalism.' Well done, soccer.
Worst Sports Story – Individual: Oh my God, I can't believe it was possible to overshadow the ridiculous charade that was LeBron James' free agency 'Decision', but CONGRATULATIONS Brett Favre! You did it again! And this time with more cock!
Best Campaign Ad: Alabama. Alabama. Alabama. Roll Tide, War Eagle, and whatever other stupid shit they do down there. I'm pretty sure it's just football and campaign ads. They just churned them out one after the other. This one was my favorite.
Worst 'Person Of The Year' Award: Mark Zuckerberg? Really, Time? Welcome to 2007. amirite?
Best 'List': Salon's Hack 30: Our Complete List Of America's Worst Pundits – A wonderful compilation of the media establishment hacks who drive our substance-free political discourse. E.g., big time hack and intellectually dishonest "historian" Jonah Goldberg (@ #7)…
Repeat offenses: Juvenile (but unamusing) sense of humor, adolescent writing style unbecoming a 41-year-old, laziness, "Simpsons"-quoting, inability/unwillingness to defend arguments when challenged.
Representative quote:
In today's syndicated column I trot out the cliche that "hindsight's always crystal clear." Several readers have already reminded me that I wrote a column arguing exactly the opposite in June of 2002. This is the danger of cliches. I was trying to make a general point which everyone understands but also ended up communicating an even more general falsehood. Like saying violence never solves anything, people understand what I mean even when in reality what I'm saying isn't true.
GW Person Of The Year: Any reader who can make a convincing argument for anyone will be 'my person of the year.' Giddyup.
Most Over-Saturated Celebrity (out-of-nowhere category): Jane Lynch. As an integral part of Best In Show (and Party Down Season 1), I'll give her a pass for that Glee-whatnot. But isn't it time for a vacation? I think I see her right now. Sitting over there.
GW Worst Person Of The Year: While BP's Tony Hayward received well-deserved attention for the catastrophic Gulf Oil Spill, Massey Coal's Don Blankenship could've been criminally liable for the West Virginia mine explosion resulting in the death of 29 miners. An epic gasbag, Blankenship is also one variation of the corporatists controlling this country.
I first read about this guy when he was caught vacationing in the French Riviera with a judge on the WV Supreme Court, while Massey had an important case pending in front of the WVSC. Lucrative and Romantic.
He loves to rail against the kind of regulation and enforcement that could've prohibited the tragedy. Believe it or not, he's also climate change denier. In a letter to the editor of the Charleston (WV) Gazette dated Oct. 30, 2009 Blankenship denied that climate change, or "global warming," existed, and stated: "Why should we trust a report by the United Nations? The United Nations includes countries like Venezuela, North Korea and Iran."
Great point. Really does a good job of scientifically refuting the years of research incorporated in the report. Instead we should trust Don Blankenship – he has nothing to gain. Did I mention he's on the Board of the Chamber of Commerce and a bigtime Tea Party supporter? Probably didn't need to.
So some lobbyist dollars and 29 deaths later, and Massey is one of the country's most profitable coal companies! Congrats! 'Free market,' K-Street, deregulation, sell your soul, kick a puppy.
By the way, given the chance, he'll fuck over your kids. Congratulations, Don Blankenship! You're GW's Worst Person of 2010! Huzzah!
Posted by Matt on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
The Right gets considerable mileage out of criticizing Massachusetts' state-run health plan that covers over 97% of its citizens. Case in point, listen to Glenn Beck lose his shit (aneurysm around 3:40 mark):
The Boston Globe had a different take today:
The facts – according to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation – are quite different. Its report this spring put the cost to the state taxpayer at about $88 million a year, less than four-tenths of 1 percent of the state budget of $27 billion. Yes, the state recently had to cut benefits for legal immigrants, and safety-net hospital Boston Medical Center has sued for higher state aid. But that is because the recession has cut state revenues, not because universal healthcare is a boondoggle. The main reason costs to the state have been well within expectations? More than half of all the previously uninsured got coverage by buying into their employers' plans, not by opting for one of the state-subsidized plans…
…Trying to scare off the nation from helping the uninsured get coverage, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said recently, "You don't have to look any further than the universal healthcare mess in Massachusetts to see disaster ahead.'' New York Times columnist Ross Douthat on Monday accused President Obama of "pushing a health plan that looks a lot like the system currently hemorrhaging money in Massachusetts.''
In Massachusetts, cost estimates for the reform plan before its passage in 2006 were so low that Romney and the reform law's Democratic supporters in the Legislature were able to get away without creating a new tax to fund it. After the costly Wall Street bailout and the $787 billion stimulus package, that option is not open to President Obama and Congress. But Congress should not allow itself to be buffaloed by false claims about Massachusetts into fearing a tsunami of red ink.
There is one other statistic about the Massachusetts plan that politicians, in particular, should appreciate. According to Robert Blendon of the Harvard School of Public Health and the Kennedy School of Government, the law's approval rating in June 2008 was 69 percent. That is a figure officeholders can only dream about.
I am neither equating Democrats' national plan to Massachusetts' plan, nor endorsing its adoption. I refrain from writing about the intricacies of health care policy because I'm no expert. As one of the "underinsured," I do know the following:
I highlight the above editorial because it's a rare mainstream media counter-point to the anti-reform movement that has done an amazing job getting out their message. This is not surprising considering the mainstream media's long-running need to regurgitate right wing talking points.
The Right can literally make shit up about Obama wanting to kill grandma and the talking heads will give it credence. Soon, Boehner will be telling you that no American will have coverage until he/she bends over while Barney Frank puts on a latex glove. Get on that hot story, Stephanopoulos.
Posted by Matt on Thursday, September 25th, 2008
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After saving the life of 3-year-old Joshua Johnson in the Walmart parking lot Saturday, Evergreen volunteer firefighter Scott Martin was back on the job and coping pretty well by Tuesday morning.
"As tragic as the incident was, the fact that he is still alive is such a wonderful story of hope. The news is always so doom and gloom," Martin said.
Martin's heroic quick thinking and crisis expertise turned a near fatality into a miracle lifesaving opportunity, as bystanders joined forces to lift the car and free the boy.
A local man who joined the Army after graduating from high school, with dreams of becoming a career officer, is being accused of ordering Iraqi police officers to kill two civilians.
Carl Bjork, 28, who was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroism overseas, attended Evergreen High School from 1995 to 1997 before transferring to Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Mo. He graduated from CU in 2004 and immediately went into the Army.
The lawyer for Kenneth G. Berry, the Evergreen man accused of securities fraud, has withdrawn from the case, forcing the arraignment of Berry and his wife to be postponed another month.
District Judge Tamara Russell granted attorney John Tinder's request to withdraw after he appeared with his client, Ken Berry, for an arraignment in Jefferson County District Court on Dec. 21.
In an arraignment, either the parties are formally advised of the charges against them and a trial date is set or a plea may be entered.
Forty boxes of donated food collected by Evergreen High's National Honor Society will make the holiday a little brighter for clients of the Seniors' Resource Center and Evergreen Christian Outreach.
The annual food drive, which runs from before Thanksgiving through mid-December, helped feed 17 EHS families plus those using the services at the two Evergreen nonprofits.
The boxes filled three SUVs, said Tracy Thompson, a counselor at the school and adviser to the club.
Christmas comes early at the Green Ridge Meadow Apartments when the community room begins to fill up with wrapping-paper-covered boxes full of holiday dinners and groceries.
The Seniors' Resource Center-Evergreen packed and delivered 120 baskets of food and other goodies to seniors and people with disabilities living in the foothills from Central City to Evergreen. The SRC has sponsored this project annually since 1981.
SRC began collecting food for the basket giveaway on Nov. 3 by putting out bins at Safeway and King Soopers.
The banner advertising the Ice Melt Barrel contest was stolen from Evergreen National Bank on Dec. 12 or 13.
The Ice Melt contest is a benefit for local nonprofit organizations Drive Smart Evergreen-Conifer and the special needs program of the Evergreen Park and Recreation District.
Call Maren Schreiber, coordinator of the special needs program, at 720-880-1219 with any information.
Contact Vicky Gits at firstname.lastname@example.com or 303-350-1042. Check www.CanyonCourier.com for updates.
Former Jeffco Open Space director Ralph Schell was appointed Tuesday as the new county administrator in a permanent, full-time capacity.
Schell was earlier appointed acting county administrator Dec. 10, the day after Commissioners Kevin McCasky, Faye Griffin and Kathy Hartman unanimously voted to terminate former administrator Jim Moore's contract.
IREA customers have seen at least a 16.5 percent increase in the cost of heating and lighting their homes since the beginning of December and should prepare for an additional 6.5 percent boost starting Jan. 1.
However, IREA will freeze rates after the Jan. 1 increase in an effort to cap rising energy costs that are passed along to its 138,000 households, according to Bill Schroeder, manager of public affairs for the Intermountain Rural Electric Association.
"Be careful what you wish for!" laughed Lisa Rogers, director of resident services at Evergreen's Elk Run Assisted Living Community. "This started as the glimmer of an idea less than three months ago — and now look where we are!"
Luckylure Christmas Trees in Evergreen is about to kick off its annual tree giveaway for area families in need.
Starting today, 25 Christmas trees will be available for any foothills families who have experience job loss as a result of the ailing economy.
Glen "Rocky" Brougham, owner of Luckylure, has also presented checks to the Evergreen fire department, the Elks Lodge and the Seniors' Resource Center as part of a 16-year tradition of contributing to the community.
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