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On Jan. 15, the Seventh Judicial District Court of Morrison County convicted Brian Lee Reece, 23, Grey Eagle, of second degree assault with a dangerous weapon.
On Jan. 20, 2013, Morrison County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a domestic assault with a firearm in Culdrum Township. When officers arrived on the scene, they found Reece asleep and placed him in handcuffs.
Reece, who smelled of alcohol, admitted to the officers he had been in an argument with the victim and had pointed a loaded gun at her.
The victim told law enforcement Reece came to the residence intoxicated and the two got into an argument. She said he pushed her to the ground, held the gun to her head and said he would blow her brains out.
Another person picked the victim up from the home. That person also took the firearm which was laying in the living room. The gun was later turned over to police.
Reece was sentenced to 36 months in the correctional facility at St. Cloud, stayed for seven years and 180 days in jail with credit for the four days already served. He was fined $585 and given supervised probation for seven years.
Assistant County Attorney Todd Kosovich said the charge of felony making terroristic threats was dismissed because he pleaded guilty to the charge of second degree assault with a deadly weapon.


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The Soviet Union today vetoed Transjordan's application for membership in the United Nations. The negative vote was cast by Andrei Gromyko in the Security Council which must approve new members before the General Assembly votes upon them.
In explaining his vote, Gromyko declared that he doubted whether Transjordan was really independent and that the entire relationship between Britain and the Arab kingdom was "unclear" and represented a unilateral action on Britain's part. The final vote was nine to one, with Poland abstaining.


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I am currently working on an afghan for Michael for last Christmas. I got the idea a little late and he is very tall (6'3").
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I am currently working on an afghan for Michael for last Christmas. I got the idea a little late and he is very tall (6'3").
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I like the afghan stitch you are doing. It looks nice and cozy. The quilt is a beauty and very generous of you. The start design is perfect. And the little mug rugs are bright and cheers-ful.ReplyDelete
Michael is gonna have a great afghan! That's a really pretty pattern - simple-looking, and warm-looking too. Your wine rug/house gifts are darling! What a perfect thing to give to friends, rather than calories. I'm with you there, girlfriend!ReplyDelete
Congrats on a quilt finish already this year. I'm still sorting scraps and organizing. Frog matts are cute, great idea taking hostess gift instead of taking desert. Sure she will appreciate it.ReplyDelete
What a sweet gift that afghan will make! Your quilt finish is beautiful and will be treasured, I'm sure.ReplyDelete
Mug rugs are a great hostess gift. The dessert would be eaten and forgotten but now they have something to use and remember you by for a long time.ReplyDelete
I love your honor flight quilt. Congrats on a fabulous finish.
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Why You Should Study at Full Sail UniversityPosted on August 22nd, 2013 by Jenny Frankel
Full Sail University was founded in 1979 in Dayton, Ohio as Full Sail Recording Workshop. The school relocated to Winter Park, Florida the following year, changing its name to Full Sail University. The school quickly grew to include programs in film, design, show production, games, animation, web design. Since its founding, Full Sail University has built a reputation as one of the premier art, music, and film schools in the world, as well as one of the top schools for studying recording engineering.
Why Study At Full Sail University?
Full Sail's mission is "to provide students with an innovative style of education, delivered by a staff of dedicated individuals, that addresses the career opportunities available in an ever-growing, constantly evolving industry."
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Students who study at Full Sail University are interested in careers in music, concerts, film, video games, design, animation, or web development. Full Sail's campus boasts world-class studios and production spaces, and as a result, companies are often interested in producing projects on the school's campus.
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Teachers at Full Sail are veterans of the entertainment industry themselves and very often still work on professional projects, allowing them to impart to their students the techniques and tips learned from years of creating movies, music, games, and various other artistic endeavors.
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Full Sail's degree programs are designed to reflect the real-world needs of the entertainment, media, and arts industry, while simultaneously encouraging students to explore their own creativity and artistic passion. Full Sail University offers master's, bachelor's, and associate's degrees at their campus in Florida.
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BEVERLY HILLS — It's just another spa day in the 90210. A valet parks the car, and the client heads off for a facial, manicure and shopping for couture fashions. The reward after a long day of pampering is a raw meat treat.
Why shouldn't the pets of tony Beverly Hills enjoy the good life as much as their owners? The indulgent atmosphere at the Pussy & Pooch Pet Lifestyle Center (www.pussyandpooch.com) is just one more example of over-the-top pet pampering that's become a way of life for some animal lovers.
The center, which opened in December, is the newest of four locations for P&P in Southern California. It offers a holistic wellness spa with vet, an animal trainer, grooming salon, bakery, meat market, training lab, social club, retail outlets and showroom.
It's one of the dozens of 5-star pet resorts and spas across the country providing similar services, but P&P has one thing the others don't: location.
The two-story, 12,000-square-foot center is built around the Pawbar Cafe, a three-station, pet-level dining area where dogs and cats get a choice of raw meat meals, simmered stews or freshly prepared bowls from The Honest Kitchen. The center also provides areas for people to watch or wait.
"The store exists primarily for the pet but is designed to be an experience for the human," says co-founder Janene Zakrajsek, who launched the chain with spouse and partner Rob Gaudio.
For all this pet extravagance, P&P charges by breed. Baths run from $35 for a Chihuahua to $95 for a mastiff; haircuts vary from $55 for a Chihuahua to $125 for an Old English sheepdog.
Retailers such Jax & Bones, LuxeMutt, EzyDog, Sleepypod and hauspanther display their lines in a pop-up shop. Jax & Bones, for example, shows a few of its lounge beds ($120-$240 depending on size) and displays fabric swatches for the rest.
At the Diamonds in the Ruff Ruff display, the most expensive item is a one-of-a-kind $3,000 handmade canopy bed.
"Everything in here has a story," Zakrajsek says. For example, Mootugs from Moochews is a sturdy dog-tugging toy made from cow-milking machine parts once used on Minnesota dairy farms. It's said they still contain the 'essence of bovine,'" Zakrajsek notes.
Soon the Beverly Hills P&P will offer "Set Ready" classes, which will train pets to work on television or movie sets.
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I was perusing the aisles of my local Best Buy as I sometimes like to do, and noticed that they had the Mac mini available for purchase. I know, what a major retail chain chooses to stock isn't the most exciting topic in the world - but the significance here is that this is the only Mac available for purchase in a nationwide chain. The Mac mini has gone mainstream, and this is a nice coup for Apple. Now the Mac mini will be seen by the casual shopper looking for the best deal, and the price tag on the mini is very attractive.
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Switching doctors has me slightly nervous during this moving process. I've finally found a doctor that's been really behind me and aggressive with testing, and I have to leave her. My plan is to call sometime next week and find out how I can obtain my records, or if they can transfer them directly to my new doctor (whoever she may be).
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SARASOTA, Fla. - When the 'Queen of Mean', Leona Helmsley died, she left her famous hotel on Lido Beach to her dog Trouble, who called the Sandcastle Hotel home until his death two years ago. Now the building is up for sale.
The Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel is located on what realtors say is a platinum piece of property, but it may not be a hotel for much longer.
In the 1950's Lido Key was one of the first area beaches to build hotels. The Sarasota County History Center says the population ballooned in the '50s, and to keep up with the influx of vacationers, developers began building more hotels and resorts along the beaches.
In 1953, the Helmsley Sandcastle Resort opened its doors for the first time on Lido Key Beach. But after 60 years, the property – which was passed on to Trouble after Helmsley died in 2007 -- is for sale.
Trouble lived at the hotel until his death 2 years ago, and now the Helmsley's charitable trust has placed the hotel in the hands of the commercial brokerage firm CBRE to sell the property.
CBRE is marketing the listing as a future site for condominiums.
"It's sad news because it is our home away from home, but we realize, you know, progress. This is what happens in life." For fifteen years, Robert Bunston has escaped the Canadian cold to come stay at the Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel. But now he, like many others who fill the 177 rooms each year, needs to find another place to stay among the very few remaining waterfront hotels.
"It's a win-win as far as condos and residences are concerned. It's a loss for a hotel," says Barry Seidel, president of American Property Group.
Suncoast real estate professionals say the city would rather build condos than hotels on the water because they have the potential to be more profitable. "I think that it will impact it negatively in one way, but it's going to bring an awful lot of other people that are going to live in those condos, and they're going to shop in our shops and they're going to eat in our restaurants."
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Webloyalty will help the hotel brand to increase revenue and drive repeat business. At the same time it provides Premier Inns budget savvy customers the opportunity to join a discounts and rewards programme, which offers savings across their internet purchases.
Premier Inn is the UK's largest and fastest-growing hotel brand with over 580 budget hotels and more than 42,000 rooms across the UK and Ireland. All bedrooms feature en-suite bathroom, TV with Freeview, and WiFi internet access. Premier Inn, which is set to be the largest provider of budget hotels in Central and Greater London by 2012, offers customers a money-back Good Night Guarantee' for a good quality room, comfortable surroundings and friendly service, which is unique amongst Britain's leading hotel chains.
Webloyalty provides solutions for online retail and travel businesses in the US, UK, France and Germany to leverage their existing online sales models to generate additional revenue and reward repeat custom. Webloyalty does this by offering valuable membership programmes such as Shopper Discounts & Rewards* to their customers.
Martin Child, Managing Director Europe, Webloyalty, said: With the current staycation trend, there is no better time for a hotel brand such as Premier Inn to ensure they have the right online revenue strategies in place. Webloyaltys model helps retailers create an additional revenue stream from their web pages with minimal effort required by them to implement the programme.
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Sri Aurobindo's Collected Poems
from sunayana.com Most people think that one bids goodbye to poetry when one steps out of the student life. This may be why poems don't usually form a part of our general reading. Sunayana Panda
A combination of factors has made the poems of Sri Aurobindo so little appreciated. Firstly, among his followers, especially the Indians, there are very few who are familiar with the subtleties of English poetry. Secondly, even among those few who do take pleasure in reading poetry, an even smaller number would turn to the poems gathered in Collected Poems, as they don't belong to the kind of poetry which the modern reader is used to. Then for those who do not know much about Sri Aurobindo the reputation of his prose works as being rather difficult to understand without close study may lead them to assume the poetry of this yogi must be incomprehensible to the common man. There may also be a certain impression in their minds that he probably wrote poetry as a pastime after he had become a yogi...
We can open the Collected Poems and take delight in the many-coloured emotions, in full bloom here, of one whose high thoughts we usually have to grapple with. Perhaps knowing his feelings through his poetry may help us to understand his thoughts better. Perhaps our knowledge of Sri Aurobindo the philosopher may remain incomplete without our knowledge of Sri Aurobindo the poet. 'Love & Death'


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Allen Iverson Broke? A.I. Doesn't Have $1 Million Ex-Wife Seeks In Child Support [VIDEO]
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Allen Iverson has told an Atlanta family court judge he does not have the $1.2 million his ex-wife is seeking as child support for the couple's five children, according to TMZ.
Tawanna Iverson filed court documents last week insisting she plans to put the money into a trust for their kids and explaining she is requesting a lump sum payment from the former NBA star to avoid any more delinquency on his part.
TMZ has previously reported the court recently ordered Iverson to pay off more than $40,000 in back-owed payments or face jail time after his ex-wife filed court papers showing he had not made a single monthly- ordered payment in the first eight-months following their January 2013 divorce. .
In papers filed last week, Iverson, who made more than $140 million in salary during his playing days and upwards of another $100 million from a lucrative Reebok endorsement deal, told the court he does not have the money, adding that his only steady source of income these days stems from the lifetime deal with Reebok.
It's been a rocky summer for the one-time high school sweethearts. Tawanna Iverson recently accused her ex of kidnapping their children, with Iverson countering they were with him as part of a prearranged visitation and his ex knew where they were and had access to them at all times.
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The Maya have been an enigma since their rediscovery 170 years ago. How did the Maya create advanced sciences in the isolation of the Yucatán and how did they develop technologies that enabled survival of their grand cities in an adverse environment? The discovery of these technologies proved that the Maya were not a "stone age culture" and that they built their sophisticated urban environment without use of the wheel. Their technologies include tools harder than iron, fabrication of cement, durable structures that enabled high-rise cities, paved highways and the longest bridge in the ancient world. Technology enabled a large population, but failed the Maya when a natural disaster collapsed their scientific civilization. The basis of the lecture will be personal the explorations and discoveries described in his book: "The Lost Secrets of Maya Technology."
Not only did the Maya venerate time, but time was on their side. The 3000-year term of their civilization enabled Maya scientists to develop an idea, assess the results, and utilize the scientific method to finally perfect their technology. Their obsession with time and the movement of cosmic bodies were the stimuli for the development of their accurate astronomy, elegant mathematics and one of the world's five original written languages. They developed their sciences in the isolation of the Yucatán. The Maya enjoyed their golden age while Europe was wallowing in the Dark Ages.
Maya engineers had the intellectual capacity to solve complex problems in technology. However, scholarly research has overlooked the technological achievements of Maya engineers. These enabled the survival, good health, and lifestyles of the inhabitants of their cities which were the world's densest urban centers during their Classic Period. Their environment suffered from an inconstant supply of rainwater, poor soil conditions, lack of metallic ore and the absence of beasts of burden. The needs and wants of their stratified urban society became more defined as the cities burgeoned as a result of the success of their technology. Maya engineers satisfied the ever-increasing demand for a sophisticated urban environment with an ingenious array of technological advancements.
Join us as Mr. O'Kon talks about the technological achievements that allowed the Maya to artificially push their environment to its optimum capacity with dense populations in urban centers. When disaster struck in the form of a drought, the worst in 7000 years devastated the Maya civilization. The same advanced sciences that built the cities and enabled the growth of large populations could not save the Maya; and the scientific Maya civilization was no more.
Biography of James A O'Kon, P.E., FN'98
James O'Kon has pursued a lifelong passion for Maya archaeology, science and technology. He has combined his unique professional engineering experience with the search for Maya technology into his role as an archaeoengineer. He has applied his diverse engineering talents to explore and investigate nearly inaccessible Maya sites located deep in the dense rainforest. Traveling by dugout canoe, hacking his way through the tangled jungle and sleeping in tents while fighting off millions of insects, his search went on. With the collected field data he was able to utilize digital tools, along with his creative engineering skills, to reconstruct feats of Maya engineering and reconstruct the mysteries of lost Maya technology.
His discoveries in Maya technology have been recognized by National Geographic Magazine among other publications and a production on The History Channel. He has delivered scientific papers dealing with his discoveries in Maya technologies at international scientific and archaeological symposia. His explorations and discoveries of Maya technology have been documented in his book, The Lost Secrets of Maya Technology. These findings are the basis for this lecture.
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Physician demands can be infuriating sometimes. Physicians can order testing that is obsolete, not indicated, or in a grape shot of requests. As I pointed out in my last blog, we should be happy to perform whatever they need to make treatment decisions.
But I also pointed out our obligation as laboratory experts to sell our services. Here are a few ideas, in no particular order:
Create a Newsletter. A newsletter or flyer in any form is targeted marketing. It can include anything you want: new tests, changes, hours of operations, specimen collection guidelines, tables, flowcharts, opinion. When I asked our physicians what they wanted to see in a newsletter, they responded, "Tests we do here."
Pick the Right Time. Timing is everything, sometimes. Any question or suggestion of what to order can be seen as defiant if done at the wrong time. A physician who calls for a STAT test, for example, doesn't want to hear, "We don't perform that test STAT." Say when the test can be done instead.
Send a Helpful Message. Presentation is critical. Beginning with, "I want to be sure to give you the test you need" or "Tell me what you're looking for, and I'll call a pathologist" makes you sound helpful. While you encounter those physicians who want what they want when they want it, those individuals are rare. (You need to help them, too.)
Be Agreeable. Saying, "Sure, we can do that," or "We can help you" is not just what a physician wants to hear. It promotes a positive, professional image. If a test is no longer offered, you can say, "I think we can help you with that. We perform a newer test that gives you a better result."
Telephoning the physician first instead of waiting for that dreaded complaint is proactive. Physicians need to have the best knowledge to make the best decisions, and we are in that loop. Every interaction with a physician is a chance to sell your lab and yourself.
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GENEVA (AP) — Iran struck a historic deal Sunday with the United States and five other world powers, agreeing to a temporary freeze of its nuclear program in the most significant agreement between Washington and Tehran in more than three decades of estrangement.
The deal commits Iran to curb its nuclear activities for six months in exchange for limited and gradual sanctions relief, including access to $4.2 billion from oil sales. The six-month period will give diplomats time to negotiate a more sweeping agreement.
It builds on the momentum of the public dialogue opened during September's annual U.N. gathering, which included a 15-minute phone conversation between President Barack Obama and Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani.
Obama hailed the pact's provisions, which include curbs on Iran's enrichment and other projects that could be used to make nuclear arms, as key to preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear threat.
"Simply put, they cut off Iran's most likely paths to a bomb," he told reporters in Washington.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who led his country's delegation, called on both sides to see the agreement as an "opportunity to end an unnecessary crisis and open new horizons."
But initial reaction in Israel was strongly negative. Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz, who is responsible for monitoring Iran's nuclear program, said the deal was based on "Iranian deception and self-delusion."
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has loudly criticized the agreement, saying the international community is giving up too much to Iran, which it believes will retain the ability to produce a nuclear weapon and threaten Israel.
Secretary of State John Kerry, who joined the final negotiations along with the foreign ministers of Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany, said the pact will make U.S. allies in the Middle East, including Israel, safer reducing the threat of war.
"Agreement in Geneva," he tweeted. "First step makes world safer. More work now."
The deal marks a milestone between the two countries, which broke diplomatic ties 34 years ago when Iran's Islamic revolution climaxed in the storming of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Since then, relations between the two countries had been frigid to hostile.
Although the deal lowered tensions between the two countries, friction points remain — notably Iran's support of the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad. The United States also has said Iran supports terrorism throughout the region and commits widespread human rights violations.
The Geneva negotiations followed secret face-to-face talks between the U.S. and Iran over the past year, The Associated Press has learned. The discussions, held in the Persian Gulf nation of Oman and elsewhere, were kept hidden even from America's closest allies, including its negotiating partners and Israel, until two months ago.
A White House statement said the deal limits Iran's existing stockpiles of enriched uranium, which can be turned into the fissile core of nuclear arms.
The statement also said the accord curbs the number and capabilities of the centrifuges used to enrich and limits Iran ability to "produce weapons-grade plutonium" from a reactor in the advanced stages of construction.
The statement also said Iran's nuclear program will be subject to "increased transparency and intrusive monitoring."
"Taken together, these first step measures will help prevent Iran from using the cover of negotiations to continue advancing its nuclear program as we seek to negotiate a long-term, comprehensive solution that addresses all of the international community's concerns," said the statement.
Since it was revealed in 2003, Iran's enrichment program has grown from a few dozen enriching centrifuges to more than 18,000 installed and more than 10,000 operating. The machines have produced tons of low-enriched uranium, which can be turned into weapons grade material.
Iran also has stockpiled almost 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of higher-enriched uranium in a form that can be converted more quickly to fissile warhead material than the low-enriched uranium. Its supply is nearly enough for one bomb.
In return for Iran's nuclear curbs, the White House statement promised "limited, temporary, targeted, and reversible (sanctions) relief" to Iran, noting that "the key oil, banking, and financial sanctions architecture, remains in place." And it said any limited sanctions relief will be revoked and new penalties enacted if Iran fails to meet its commitments.
Kerry said the relief offered would give Iran access to $4.2 billion from oil sales. Approximately $1.5 billion more would come from imports of gold and other precious metals, petrochemical exports and Iran's auto sector, as well as easier access to "humanitarian transactions."
"The core sanctions architecture … remains firmly in place through these six months, including with respect to oil and financial services," Kerry said. He said those sanctions will result in more than $25 billion in lost oil revenues over six months.
Those conditions are being highlighted by the U.S. administration in its efforts to demonstrate that Iran is still in pain. The administration has urged Congress to hold off on any new sanctions and give the accord a chance to prove its worth.
But one influential member of Congress was quick to criticize the deal.
Rep. Ed Royce, the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed "serious concerns," saying the United States was "relieving Iran of the sanctions pressure built up over years," while allowing Tehran to "keep the key elements of its nuclear weapons-making capacity."
Obama hailed the deal as putting "substantial limitations" on a nuclear program that the United States and its allies fear could be turned to nuclear weapons use.
"While today's announcement is just a first step, it achieves a great deal," Obama said. "For the first time in nearly a decade, we have halted the progress of the Iranian nuclear program, and key parts of the program will be rolled back."
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NAACP, Wells Fargo and Partner Groups Expand Financial Freedom Center Support Across 21 CitiesSeptember 23, 2011
Expansion Will Increase Financial Education and educe Discrimination in Mortgage Lending Services
(Washington, DC) – The NAACP, in conjunction with Wells Fargo and several partner organizations, announces the launch of the Financial Freedom Center Satellite program. The program expands financial education, financial services, and banking resources to historically disadvantaged communities.
"This is an important step toward educating underserved communities about money management, financial services, and home ownership," stated NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. "The NAACP is proud to stand with Wells Fargo and our partner organizations as we take on these important issues."
Twenty-one NAACP units across the country will receive $4,000 grants to provide workshops on topics ranging from money management and credit to home preservation, mortgage foreclosure prevention services and mortgage lending services through partnerships with community groups in their local areas. These NAACP local units and state conference are: Alaska, Oregon and Washington State Area Conference; Huntsville, Alabama; Gilbert, Arizona; Riverside, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Wilmington, Delaware; Rockledge, FL; Illinois State Conference; Fort Wayne, IN; Louisville Youth Council; Jackson Parish Branch (Jonesboro, LA); Maryland State Conference; Biloxi, MS; Scotland County NAACP Youth Council (Laurinburg, NC); Montclair, NJ; Rio Rancho, NM; Roosevelt, NY; Columbus, Ohio; Brownsville, TN; Texas State Conference and Washington, DC.
"The Financial Freedom Satellite program provides people from around the country easier access to the tools and information they need to create a strong financial future for themselves," stated Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Director for Economic Programs for the NAACP.
Other partners of the NAACP Economic Program include the National Foundation on Credit Counseling; Financial Planning Association®; National Council on Aging; Bank of America; NeighborWorks America; Center for Responsible Lending; Operation Hope; Annie E. Casey Foundation; Capital Area Asset Builders; Common Security Club; Federal Trade Commission; National Community Reinvestment Coalition; U.S. Labor Department; United for a Fair Economy; Center for American Progress; Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights; National Urban League; and National Council of La Raza.
The national NAACP Financial Freedom Center launched on April 4, 2011, in Washington, DC, in partnership with Wells Fargo, as an initiative to influence change in the banking industry, prevent unfair mortgage lending practices, protect the community against predatory mortgage lending practices, improve fair credit access, and promote sustainable homeownership, financial education and wealth building strategies in historically disadvantaged communities.


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Beyonce Misses Top 10 in 2011 for the First Time Since 1998
Bad news for Beyonce: The R&B queen failed to chart within the Top 10 this year, for the first time since Destiny's Child began racking up hits in 1998. Then again, she shouldn't feel too bummed about it — she's been charting in Billboard's upper echelons for an incredible 12 consecutive years, and with her Bey-by on the way, she has much to celebrate. And, as Yahoo! notes, this is merely an interruption to Beyonce's winning streak, not an end to it – we're sure that she'll be back on top in 2012.
Bill O'Reilly Says Lady Gaga Is 'Over'
FOX news pundit Bill O'Reilly has strong opinions on many issues, but it's usually pretty easy to ignore him — that is, until he moves in on a target that hits close to home, like the Mother Monster herself. In a recent post, O'Reilly took Lady Gaga to task for reportedly "jumping the shark" — that's code for declining in relevance — with her "middle class mainstream" projects.
Rihanna Rides the London Tube to Her Own Concert in New Webisode
Despite slaying the charts with her 11th No. 1 single, Rihanna has managed to stay grounded as the dollars roll in. The latest evidence? In a charming show of humility (not to mention a brilliant PR move), Queen RiRi rode the tube to her own concert in London at the O2 Arena — and though we saw pictures of the results a few weeks back, seeing the video in full as part of her 'Talk That Talk' webisode series is pretty darn cute.


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Ryan Bergen
At CIM Magazine, we do not spend much time on big personalities in the mining industry. Though there are plenty of these, too much attention dedicated to
them seems a distraction.
A silver-tongued talker who sees nothing but upside may be just the character a small project needs to distinguish itself from the competition. But when
the time comes to extract the resource, charisma alone will not improve the mineral recovery rate.
Our "Names to know" issue runs against that grain. It affords us the chance to explore the industry in a way that captures the ideas and the inspiration of
people such as Don Lindsay, Rob McEwen and Glenn Nolan who have an influence in this field – or, in the case of the Indonesian president, influence on it.
The emphasis on personalities extends beyond the feature. With his profile "Big league debut," editor Peter Braul successfully outlines the character of
Imperial Metals, a company rich with experience and a sense of shared purpose, and its Red Chris project through the people in his story. And, of course,
we honour the professional accomplishments of Gerry Hatch, who passed away in June.
In a nice bit of symmetry, this character-focused issue also marks a transition in the editorial department. We welcome Kelsey Rolfe as editorial intern.
Finally, Tom DiNardo has taken on the editorial responsibilities carried by Herb Mathisen, who is returning to his hometown of Yellowknife. You can find
evidence of the talent and energy of each of them throughout this issue. On behalf of everyone at CIM National, I can say without reservation that Herb
will be missed.
Ryan Bergen
Copyright 2011 - Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. All Rights Reserved


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Win fax & scan in W7 allows you to send a fax by email or old fashion way thru a fax modem.
3 questions:
1) Can I fax any type of document, .doc. xls, jpg, .pdf, etc from my hard drive using this application? I don't see a way to access my HD.
2) Are email faxes legal as I have not seen any company's accepting them? (I deal mostly with Healthcare, Financial, Legal, & Govt industries.)
3) Is there a "fake" fax # to call to send a old fashion fax, testing the Win Fax Scan app? Everyone I know is so busy working & caring for their families, NO time.
PS: My PC has a fax-modem and a USB scanner.


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November 25th, 1998
This week I am going to write about choosing an on line provider. You know how sometimes you will hear a commentary on the radio or TV and it will be followed by a statement that the previous commentary does not necessarily represent the opinions of this station? Well, that is what this is - only my opinion.
I am going to discuss the different options offered to you as a user by the different kinds of internet providers who all clamor for your business. This column will concentrate on American Online (AOL) vs. a local internet service provider.
When I first went on-line (which I compare to the first day of school because it was so overwhelming) I signed up with AOL. Primarily I did this because it was the service that my children used and they all told me it was the only way to go. They installed the program, got me set up with a sign-on name, strung the phone wire, and installed the external modem. Then two of them looked over my shoulder while I explored this vast new world. My first intelligent thought was that I wished I had had access to this when I was in graduate school (1993-1995). It would have saved me many, many trips to the library. My second intelligent thought (which came much later in the day) was to thank God I could type 100 words per minute.
I used AOL as my only internet provider for about 6 months. By that time I was good and fed up with it.
AOL offers a number of features. It has easily accessible e-mail, a menu driven home page that both identifies and provides access to different sites, and the infamous chat rooms. You can immerse yourself into the AOL world as much as you choose become a member of the club as it were. Many members choose to create a profile that tells who you are without revealing your real name or address. Other members can access those profiles and contact you for chats, requests, etc. There are a lot of really nice people on AOL, but there are some real weirdoes too. I was astonished at the number of very young men who were apparently extremely interested in becoming involved with older women. I developed a number of theories about this, none of which I will go into now. Lets just say that I have raised all the children I am interested in raising. There are sites that allow you to research special interests such as travel, sports, investments, etc. Most of them then lead to other sites. For instance you can go to a general people site and from there look for personal ads, find bulletin boards where you can leave messages that you are trying to find a long-lost friend or love, find people who share your birthday or your astrological sign, or find a group that shares a common interest in anything from motorcycle enthusiasts to stamp collectors. One of the most popular components of AOL are the chat rooms. Chat rooms are special interest groups that range all the way from people with foot fetishes to young mothers looking for help with colic. There are rooms for StarTrek addicts, rooms for people from specific parts of the country, or certain age groups. There are rooms for elaborate fantasy games, and rooms for dog lovers. You name it and you can probably find it. If not, you can create you own. It was in a chat room that I appreciated the fact that I was a fast typist. Most chat rooms move like lightening with several people entering comments at the same time. There can even be more than one conversation going on in a chat room, depending on the participants.
And, there are rules for chat rooms. If you break the rules you will hear about it quickly. For instance if you type in all capital letters it means you are yelling. This is a no-no. There are symbols that are used to show you are laughing, angry, happy, etc. These are actually necessary since you do not have the advantage of the nuances of speech to show how you feel.
One nice aspect of AOL is the Buddy List. You can enter and save the AOL e-mail name for anyone you want and the Buddy list will tell you each time you sign on whether or not they are also on-line. It will even tell you where to find them if you ask. Another special feature is instant messages. You can send an instant message to anyone on-line on AOL and they will receive it, even if they are involved in something else. (You can also block individuals from contacting you.) You can create your own private chat room. I do this with my daughters once or twice a week, when we can all get on-line at the same time. It is like a conference call without the long distance charges.
At this point you may be saying "but I thought you said you didnt like AOL." The answer to that is I dont, but my children do and to take advantage of the opportunity to easily converse with them I have to maintain a membership in AOL. However, since I use another, quite different kind of primary internet access, I am able to get unlimited access to AOL for less than $10 a month as opposed to the regular price of around $20 a month for unlimited access.
There are three reasons why I absolutely refuse to use AOL as my primary contact. These are: the difficulty in dialing in, the inordinate amount of time it takes to work, and the limitations on what I can access.
I choose to regularly use a local internet service provider. I can count on two hands the number of times in the 2-1/2 years that I have used a local provider that I was not able to dial in on the first attempt. Those times were related to floods that damaged phone lines and times when the whole internet was flooded with users at the same time. I access the internet using Netscape with no home page. That means I get a blank page and can quickly type in a destination or pull down the favorites menu and go to a site of choice. Using this system I can get into the internet in approximately 50 seconds (with a 56K modem). It usually takes AOL about 3-1/2 minutes just to get to the home page, even longer if they throw in one of their periodic advertisements. My set up also allows me to use Eudora as an e-mail provider. I can access my e-mail without opening Netscape at all and it usually takes about 20 seconds to access.
I also discovered over time that while AOL offers a number of subject categories and options for getting information, it is all tied directly to AOL. What I mean by this is that it is difficult to access the regular internet and non-AOL sites. I discovered this when I tried to refer a daughter to FourII.com to help her find an old friend. Granted she is not an experienced user, but she couldnt get there using AOL. It was only after I switched providers that I began to discover great sites like PlanetAll.com and bigeye.com. Any of the multitude of search engines can search subjects faster and better than AOL. The home page for AOL provides news updates and allows you to seek out other news destinations. But with my regular provider I signed up with infobeat.com(a free service). Twice each day, at my request, they automatically send me mail that includes the headlines with access to in-depth coverage. They send me another message with the evening TV lineup for my local area, including the cable channels that are not listed in my local paper. A third message contains trivial information such as the historical happenings for the current day. I can choose to read these messages or not as my schedule allows, but either way I dont have to do anything to get them.
In summary, AOL is much more cumbersome and slower than my regular internet provider, but it offers the advantage of Buddy Lists, Instant Messages, and Chat Rooms, features that are only available on AOL to AOL subscribers. My local internet provider gives me faster service, greater access to the whole internet, and fast e-mail.
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The topic du jour is Pax Dickinson.
For those just now joining the internet circus, Pax is an opinionated, semi- neo-reactionary, frequently hilarious, performance-artist who tweets with a faux-brogrammer alter ego.
He makes outrageous tweets, asserting things like he invented the question mark (well, no, really – that's from a Mike Meyers character) and delights in baiting defenders of free speech into calling for censorship ("heightening the contradictions" as Lenin and Saul Alinsky would say).
His detractors would say that he's crude and insulting, and while there's some truth to that, what they miss is that the vast majority of his tweets are based off of current events and slyly reference existing memes. When I used the phrase "performance art" before, that wasn't just a lazy way of saying "he's an asshole in public and I like listening to assholes". There are tons of assholes on twitter, and I end up blocking most of them, even the ones that I sort of agree with politically. I dislike crudity, racial stereotyping, insults for the sake of insults, etc.
…as does Pax. I note that he criticized the two-day-ago the "titstare" app as being in poor taste and classless, even as he fine-tooth-comb criticized criticism of it as being poorly written.
Another example: three years ago, when Mel Gibson's racist tirades were spilling into the public view
The Most Offensive Mel Gibson Quotes
I found Pax's nearly instant mockery of Gibson's racism, crudity, and simplicity hilarious, pointed, and on target:
In The Passion Of The Christ 2, Jesus gets raped by a pack of niggers. It's his own fault for dressing like a whore though.
— Pax Dickinson (@paxdickinson) July 14, 2010
(I note that around the same time a good friend and I also parodied Gibson's buffoonish behavior by calling each other "sugar tits", after Gibson's now-famous manner of addressing a female police officer; parody is a game we can all play.)
So, anyway, I find Pax to be smart, hilarious, and an ardent defender of free speech, human rights, and a decent human being. I've never met him, but I've swapped email with him twice over two years.
Now you know my biases.
So, what's the Pax Dickinson story?
Yesterday Valleywag / Gawker ( a top 1,000 website with $60 million in revenue, $30 million in profit, and a half-billion-dollar valuation) wrote a calm, even-handed editorial about Pax that started with the lead sentence "What has two thumbs and a homophobic, racist, misogynistic, classist worldview? Pax Dickinson."
And then the world exploded.
Speech and more speech
First, let me say where I agree with Ken:
* I believe that the best (and only) remedy for offensive speech is more speech.
* I believe that "censorship" means "government punishes you for your words"; it does not mean "society punishes you for your words".
Next, let me say where I disagree with Ken:
* While Ken thinks that it is legitimate to use government force to make people engage in commerce that they find morally distasteful (or, alternately, to force them out of commerce), I do not.
So getting back to Pax, Pax has a long history of tweeting stuff that, at a quick glance, is patently offensive…and, after deeper examination, is also frequently offensive.
A writer stumbled into Pax's tweet history and wrote an article that consisted largely of quotes of Pax's tweets and the sentence
We've contacted Business Insider founder, editor, and CEO Henry Blodget, who recently received a $5 million funding round led by Jeff Bezos to see how he feels about Dickinson representing his brand.
In short order the story was picked up by The New York Daily News, CNN, The Huffington Post, Slate, Salon, and, of course, Popehat.
So, on the speech-and-more speech metric, this is a wonderful outcome: Pax said things that are offensive to 99% of American citizens, other people took to media, blogs, and twitter and attacked his statements, and no one with a badge and a gun did anything about it.
A clear line: social shaming vs state punishment
Did government agents arrive and arrest Pax? No.
Did a violent mob tar and feather him, causing second degree burns? No.
What happened was that Pax's opinions were made public and people were free to tweet to him, engage him in dialogue, hold up his tweets as examples of a right-wing dudebro culture that strikes them as misogynistic, racist, and crude.
(And I'm 100% serious about that "yay".)
Types of Speech, Dunbar's Number, Proportionality, Power Disparities, Media Persistence
The following is a topic I've been thinking about for a long time, and it's genesis is actually my concern for people who not e-friends like Pax; I started thinking these thoughts during the Charles Carreon imbroglio – and let the record show that I find Carreon pretty loathsome.
There's a continuum of speech. At one end you have purely intellectual conversations, at the other end you have a bunch of people pointing a finger at one person and chanting "Slut!", or engaging in whispering campaigns.
Like all reasonable people, I prefer the former over the latter. In fact, I detest the latter. However, there's no way to prevent the latter with out also stomping out the former. Further, a fair bit of biting social commentary (first group) actually looks like the second group. As H L Mencken said:
One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.
So while I believe that there is utility in thinking about and talking about the difference between "debate" and "shaming", in practice the line is pretty fuzzy, and there's no way to allow one while preventing the other (even if we were utilitarians and wanted to do such a thing).
So let's talk about shaming. Shaming and exclusion have a long history. Humans do it. Chimps do it. To a lesser degree, you can even see it in the operation of canine social groups.
Shaming is not pleasant for the target, it's not a good technique if you want to encourage people to generate new ideas, and it's not a good technique if you want to encourage people to challenge old orthodoxies…but it is an effective technique to enforce norms and existing tribe / pack hierarchies.
Sometimes enforcing norms quickly and brutally is the right thing. If I overheard someone making fun of my child for his race in a restaurant lobby, I wouldn't engage the miscreant in a debate over human biodiversity; I'd immediately raise my voice and say "Excuse me, sir, are you making racist comments about a child? What's your name? Joe? Joe, I can't believe that you're making racist comments about a child! In public! I guess you don't care if everyone learns that you're a racist who picks on children in public, Joe!"
Shaming works well (to the ends that it works, at least) in small bands of hunter gatherers. It causes people to adjust their actions to social norms, it leaves no physical scars, it doesn't incarcerate anyone or destroy the value of their labor…and it's got a built-in time horizon. A guy reaches for the last slice of pizza, one of his friends says "Hey, don't be a pig; you've already had your share". The guy's face flushes because he was called out. He pulls back his hand and lets someone else eat the last slice. Perhaps over the next few days his friends make pig-snorting noises at him to remind him that he was greedy, and he's annoyed, ashamed…and chastised. He takes extra pains to eat his share or less at future shared meals over the next week or two. The shaming joke never spread beyond 148 or so people, and within a few weeks the entire incident is forgotten.
Social mechanisms evolved in small groups without any form of information persistence other than fallible human memory. I constantly find it amazing that they work at all in our much changed world and society (I also find it amazing that primate minds that evolved to hunt small game on the savanna can do differential equations and put probes into orbit around distant planets).
Eliezer Yudkowsky made a point once about superstimuli which I find endlessly fascinating:
A candy bar is a superstimulus: it contains more concentrated sugar, salt, and fat than anything that exists in the ancestral environment. A candy bar matches taste buds that evolved in a hunter-gatherer environment, but it matches those taste buds much more strongly than anything that actually existed in the hunter-gatherer environment. The signal that once reliably correlated to healthy food has been hijacked…
And likewise, a video game can be so much more engaging than mere reality, even through a simple computer monitor, that someone will play it without food or sleep until they literally die.
I'd suggest that shaming people in very large, very modern social settings is a superstimulus. In the ancestral small-tribe environment it feels good to be the dealer of a joke and not the brunt. It feels good to be the social arbiter and not the social pariah. It feels good to be the cool kid and not the nerd. …and, in the iterated version of the game, where a given person is on the shaming end every now and then and on the shamed end every now and then, everything works out.
We've got the social process wired into our heads, and it works well when we're in small groups, but it can be destructive when we're in larger groups. Calling out the hunter in a pack of 150 who took more than his fare share of meat is one thing. Calling out the miller who took more than his fare share of flour in a village of 1,000 is another.
…and calling out the Jewish moneylenders as taking "more than their fair share" in interest in a modern nation of 50 million, in an age of newspapers, radio, and movies (or calling out the Tutsi merchants as taking "more than their fair share" of the economy) is another
(preemptive response to anyone who is tempted to quote Godwin's law: please don't. It's not, contrary to belief, an indication of a rhetorical flaw; it's merely a descriptive law.)
I note that my point here is not remotely to say that Pax is suffering like Jews in the Holocaust; I'm leaving the Pax topic far behind to explore some general thoughts about how our species is not well equipped to deal with the mass media of 1930, let alone 2013.
When we combine modern communications technologies with large crowds (far in excess of Dunbar's number) and then add in persistence and searchability, the social environment of 2013 is radically different from that of even 1990.
…and I'm not convinced it's an unmitigated good thing. I'm not thrilled by a society that tweets pictures of a 15 year old girl blowing a guy at a rock concert. I feel bad for the chubby Star Wars kid and the millions of youtube hits. I am deeply uncomfortable with making fun of Rebecca Black for her song and video "Friday".
But, sure, it's easy to feel bad for kids.
So let me note that while I think that Charles Carreon is a douche, but I'm not sure that his douchiness needs to be highlighted at the top of the search engine listings for the rest of his life. I think that John Scalzi is a nasty individual who has never written a good novel, lies about his website traffic statistics, has the instincts of a censor, and mocks other people but has a very thin skin when it comes to being mocked himself…but I'm at least somewhat uneasy about the glee that some take in shaming him.
And on and on and on.
Human flesh search engines cause pain, and they aren't particularly subtle, and they don't have a well calibrated power level.
tl;dr: I simultaneously think that the proper response to speech is more speech…and worry that given modern technologies, the result is often not debate that merges thesis and antithesis into synthesis, but punishment…and punishment that can be disproportionate to the crime.
Progressives dislike slut shaming, body shaming, childlessness shaming, atheist shaming, and so on. I suggest that people need to either expand their concern about shaming to victims that they don't particularly agree with, or they need to admit that their concern is really special pleading: "I don't want my people or my activities shamed, but I'm all down with shaming The Other's people and activities." That second choice is a legitimate position, but they lose a fair bit of moral high ground – there's not much gravitas in saying that it's wrong to slut-shame progressive women but it's morally good to do it to the Palins of the world, or that it's wrong to fat-shame Bill Clinton but OK to do it to Rush Limbaugh, etc.
I have no solution to this problem, if problem it indeed is. I certainly don't want the government to get involved. But I do think about it with some regularity.
Censorship vs Silencing
Granted: it's censorship when the government does it and merely discretion when a private blog owner does it.
…but there is still something off-putting to me about people who try to silence a critic rather than rebut him or her.
The phrase "needs to shut up" is particularly grating.
No one, in my opinion, needs to shut up.
…but not everyone agrees.
I find that self-described progressives are particularly bad at this. A quick Google search shows the phrase popping up a lot at Salon.com, Slate.com, theroot.com, Daily Kos, etc. ("Sarah Palin needs to shut up", "Juror B29 needs to shut up", "Jeb Bush needs to shut up", etc.)
A question I have, and it's a serious question, is what the goal of trying to get people to shut up (either through explicitly calling for them to shut up, or for making their lives so miserable that they choose to shut up) is.
I gave a hypothetical example earlier of a restaurant patron making racists statements about a hypothetical child of mine. I admit that I'd try to shut him up. My reasons for doing so would be to (a) spare my child the pain of hearing it, (b) show my child that one can choose one's social environment, (c) try to teach the person that his opinions are his own, but others will resist their expression in social environments – especially when children are present.
I'd never think of doing that in an online debate, though – I'd dig up some statistics showing growth rates in societies that are racially tolerant are better than in those where there is less tolerance, etc. My goal would be to win the argument. I'd try to convince the racist that he was wrong (perhaps not very likely) and to convince others that he's wrong (more likely).
So, I am genuinely curious as to what the goal of mass shaming someone is.
Is the idea that the shamed person will genuinely change his opinion because he's been made the object of ridicule? I can't imagine that happening.
Is the idea that the shamed person will falsely change his opinion because he's been made the object of ridicule? Quite possible – corporate CEOs do it all the time, kissing up to groups and causes that they don't really care about. I'm not sure why someone would want this.
Is the idea that the shamed person will stop posting under his own name and take up a nom de plume? This is very likely – I know several people who blog or tweet under personas because they've seen shit-storms descend on people with unpopular opinions.
Or is the idea that shaming people isn't enough, and "society" needs to do more – like curtail their ability to earn a living?
An unclear line: firing, the ability to earn a living
A few days ago Ken called out the distinction between social repercussions and economic repercussions. I recommend his words there.
An hour or two after Gawker's story Pax was fired from his job.
This is exactly the template that played out a few months ago when two engineers at a conference made a joke amongst themselves about the word "dongle" and got fired over it after @adriadrichards made a stink about it.
I'm curious whether Nitash Tiku and Adria Richards are happy that they got people fired over thought crimes and speech crimes (note to literalists: yes, I realize that thoughts and words are not actually criminal. Not in the US, at least. And not unless paired with other activities, like beating someone up. Or engaging in commerce.)
Do they consider this fitting?
Well, we know the answer for Nitash Tiku. Recall that her article said
We've contacted Business Insider founder, editor, and CEO Henry Blodget, who recently received a $5 million funding round led by Jeff Bezos to see how he feels about Dickinson representing his brand.
She was clearly hoping to get him fired, and she got her wish.
But is she content at just having people fired once, or would she prefer permanent blacklists? After all, if Pax thinks that it's irresponsible to try to support three dependents on a minimum wage job, he's unlikely to change that opinion after being fired. What's a good societal goal? Should he be fired from his next job if he still thinks this? Or only if he expresses it again?
Or would it be better if Pax was rendered permanently unhirable?
Or perhaps just unhirable in his current profession? Would society be better off if instead of doing whatever a CTO does ("load balancing nginx servers", or what-have-you), he couldn't get a job better than working the front desk at a dentist's office, would that be good?
At some point one has to think about and draw comparisons with the Soviet Union, especially in its later kinder/gentler days, when certain political opinions wouldn't get one sent to the gulag, but would merely result in being fired from one's job. (Feel free to cite Godwin's law again, if you'd like, suitably modified.)
Thick liberty versus thin liberty
I've been drifting from right-wing anarchism every so slightly towards left-wing anarchism over the past few years. Even if the drift continues at the current rate, I'll die before leaving the territory that's marked out as "ancap", but I do understand and appreciate more left-wing arguments than I used to. One core concept of left anarchists is the concept of thick liberty, and the criticism of right anarchists as being only in favor of thin liberty.
One example of a cause where I see the distinction but am utterly unpersuaded is economics: in any world where people have to pay for food, they have thin liberty. They are not truly free to write poetry all day long, because they'll starve. Corporate employers, goes the argument, can leverage this lack of liberty into other compromises of liberty: exploiting people to sell their labor because they're in need.
(Like I said: I'm unconvinced.)
But let's talk a bit about thick versus thin liberty in the realm of freedom of speech.
Again, I fully support a business owner's right to fire a person for all sorts of reprehensible reasons: race preferences, gender preferences, etc. I do not want any law on the books that would stop Business Insider from firing Pax. I was once fired from a contract gig for my off-the-premises / off-hours political speech, and even though this was a violation of the relevant state law (California) I refused to involve the law because I thought the law was immoral.
So I don't want to use force to stop employers from firing people based on their beliefs or speech.
But I do have another serious question: what sort of culture do we want to create? Do we want to live in a society where people are legally allowed to say that they don't believe in God…but are socially shunned, fired from their jobs, and attacked in dozens of online magazines with millions of readers if they actually exercise that right?
I love arguing; I engage in debates with friends and e-friends on all manner of topics. I don't think that people often or easily change their minds, but it does happen. I've change my mind over
- gun control c. 1985
- abortion c. 1990
- LGBT rights c. 1995
- the death penalty c. 2000
- the legitimacy of US foreign wars c. 2005
- the correctness of left-wing anarchism (in progress)
and so on. Part of the way in which my views evolve over time is that I seek out and engage with people who deeply disagree with me. In the past few weeks I've had interesting conversations with a green, two Trotskyists, a New Deal Democrat, and a left-anarchist.
All of these people have some views that are beyond the pale for polite society, and all of them could be shamed into silence (or, at least, into pseudonym-hood) if the cruel glare of a million shaming eyes all turned on them at once.
It is my assertion that we're all better off with a thick liberty where Trotskyists, Drum Circle Occupy-ists, Family Values Republicans, Pick Up Artists, Racial Realists, Pete Singer pro-infanticide "ethicists", neo-reactionaries, and all the rest out and in the open, where we can debate them, point out where they're wrong, and maybe learn about where they're right.
It is further my assertion that one provocative free-thinking Pax Dickinson is worth a thousand shaming conformist Nitash Tikus.
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Students ask for exam review
Nearly 7000 secondary school pupils have applied to have their 2012 NCEA exam results either reviewed or reconsidered.
New Zealand Qualification Authority (NZQA) has recorded 292 applications for reviews and 5637 for reconsideration after more than 163 000 students received NCEA results on January 15.
Pupils had until yesterday to register any concerns about their Level 1, 2 or 3 exams, and NZQA deputy chief executive Richard Thornton said applications were still being dealt with.
Staff would now begin paper reviews, which involved all sections of a booklet or portfolio being checked to make sure they had been marked and results correctly recorded and transferred.
A reconsideration was when pupils believed their work had not been assessed correctly, and papers would be remarked by a senior member of the marking panel.
Candidates will be notified of the outcome of their review or reconsideration within the next four weeks.
According to NZQA, New Zealand is the only country in the world to return marked examination papers to students.
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Thursday, September 21, 2017
Infectious Diseases
Herpes simplex one & two
What is the major difference between herpes simplex one and herpes simplex two, especially in children under the age of five?.
Despite being given different numbers, herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) and herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) can present with similar symptoms in all patients. As a general rule, HSV-1 infection is more likely to produce symptoms of the mouth, lips and face (e.g., a "cold sore" or "fever blister"), whereas HSV-2 is more likely to be associated with genitalia and sexual contact. However, HSV-1 can be associated with genital infection and HSV-2 can be associated with mouth, lips and facial infections.
As another general rule, infection with herpes simplex viruses may result in recurrent symptoms and disease over a number a years; HSV-1 is more likely to be associated with recurrent "cold sores" if facial infection is present compared to facial infection with HSV-2, and HSV-2 is more likely to be associated with recurrent genital lesions when compared to HSV-1 genital infections.
For children under the age of 5, there can be a broad spectrum of symptoms and diseases associated with the herpes simplex viruses, but, with the exception of newborns, the most common presentation is a "cold sore" or "fever blister" or other infection of the mouth, lips and face.
Stephen Kralovic, MD
Associate Professor
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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Oregon Medical Marijuana Patients Still Protected, ACLU Says
PORTLAND, OR -- The American Civil Liberties of Oregon issued a letter today to the State Attorney General's office and the Department of Human Services urging the immediate resumption of the state's medical marijuana card program in compliance with state law.
"Oregon's medical marijuana law remains fully valid, whether or not the state is currently issuing ID cards," said David Fidanque, Executive Director of the ACLU of Oregon. "This week's Supreme Court decision has nothing to do with the state's program. Based on our analysis, we expect the Attorney General will clarify this point very soon and direct the medical marijuana card program to return to business as usual."
Oregon's Department of Human Services issued a statement the day of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Gonzales v. Raich saying that it would halt the issuance of medical marijuana registration cards until the state Attorney General's office issued a legal opinion clarifying the status of Oregon's state law and program. There are currently more than 10,000 medical marijuana cardholders in Oregon. The Attorney General's office assured the ACLU in a phone conversation yesterday that it plans to issue a statement clarifying the status of the program, and the ACLU submitted a letter today urging the Attorney General and the Director of DHS to immediately resume the issuance of medical marijuana cards.
In a letter sent to the Attorney General today, the ACLU pointed out that the Supreme Court's ruling in Raich addressed only the narrow question of whether the federal government retains power under the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution to enforce federal marijuana laws. The decision did not address any issues related to the continued validity of state laws allowing or facilitating the use of medical marijuana or doctors' rights to recommend marijuana.
"State medical marijuana laws, including Oregon's, remain valid despite the Supreme Court's ruling. That's a fact," said Allen Hopper, an attorney with the ACLU Drug Law Reform Project. "Patients and doctors in Oregon should not be distracted by the recent media coverage. State law provides the same protections today that the voters established by initiative in 1998."
Confusion arose after several Oregon newspapers reported inaccurate public statements that medical marijuana patients were no longer protected under state law because the Department of Human Services suspended issuance of registration cards.
"We want to make sure that medical marijuana patients in Oregon understand they are still protected under state law even with the current moratorium on issuing registration cards," said Fidanque. "As long as a patient has submitted an application for a medical marijuana card with the Department of Human Services, they have the same level of legal protection as if they were holding the card in their hands, unless and until that application is denied."
Oregon is one of at least three states in which the ACLU is clarifying that state medical marijuana laws remain valid despite the Supreme Court's decision in Raich. The ACLU of Hawaii has threatened legal action against a U.S. Attorney in Honolulu who said he was considering prosecuting doctors who recommend medical marijuana in compliance with state law. The Alaska ACLU is also reviewing state officials' announcements that they are considering suspending Alaska's medical marijuana program.
For additional information on Gonzales v. Raich, see: /node/16973.
For additional information on post-Raich medical marijuana activity in Hawaii, see: /node/8734.
To read the letter sent by the ACLU, see: /node/37924.


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Where do all the Chiliheads go in March? To Albuquerque, New Mexico for the National Fiery Foods and Barbeque Show, of course! I don't think they should be called Chiliheads any more, though. I think just plain Hot Heads is appropriate because chili isn't the only hot food, and this show presents evidence to support this statement, for sure.
22nd Annual National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show
March 5-7, 2010
Albuquerque, New Mexico – Sandia Resort and Casino at I-25 and Tramway NE
If you like warmth on your palate and have never experienced the Fiery Foods Show you should put it on your short list of places to go and thing to do. Even after my 10+ years of experience at this show and other hot venues across the land I always walk away from this show with some must have new product that I can't live without. Not all the products are food. Great books, clothing, decorator items – ANYTHING related to chili peppers – food smoking and bbq items can all be found at this hot annual show.
If you are in the food and hospitality industry I cannot stress enough the need for you to obtain a vendor pass and go on the Trade Day before the show opens to the general public. If you can't do that and will be attending with the general public, go early! The show is very popular and it really gets crowded. The exhibitor space has sold out for this 2010 show.
DO NOT bring your kids in a stroller. It will make you, the poor child and everyone around you very unhappy when people trip and fall over it and your child. This isn't really any fun for kids anyway, so get a babysitter, come on out and really enjoy yourself.
DO look for the Pope of Peppers at the show. Dave Dewitt, the show founder, is one of the most knowledgeble people in the world on the subject of chili peppers.
If you are a REAL Chilihead, plan enough time to DO a trip to the Chili Pepper Institute, in Southern New Mexico. Here is my post about it.
DO get your tickets online. General public admission $10 in advance through Ticketmaster, $15 at the door; children to age 18, $5.
DO watch this NewMexicast video about the 21st Annual Fiery Food and BBQ Show.
We still have Adobe Nido's Family Suite available during this event. Stay at our Albuquerque Bed and Breakfast. You can book it here. If you go to the show, come back here and post a comment about it.
I know the best things to do in Albuquerque!
Sarah Dolk, Adobe Nido Bed & Breakfast
Expert on Destination Albuquerque and Central New Mexico!
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Milan Fall 2013: Gucci
(MILAN) Gucci
Gucci's gone (back) into the wild. Ferns and feathers were the theme at Frida Giannini's Fall show; perhaps mother nature and lightness were on her mind, post-baby. Skirt suits, pantsuits, and dresses were embroidered with overblown leaves that fell down the sides to outline the silhouette or in some cases were worked in as a print on a shift dress. The design worked over a canvas of black, got trotted out in peals of aquamarine, forest green and burgundy. Sharply cut, a tinge of the futuristic, and a tempered, simmering femininity ruled throughout, including hues of dusky raspberry and pumpkin frocks. In the eveningwear realm? Luscious silk column gowns with translucent cutouts, avec birds of paradise dyed feathers placed like wings. In some cases, those feathery plumes caught a bit of wind, lending the effect of flying right off the skirts' surfaces. Also prowling the catwalk? Full-on snakeskin pencil dresses and grey boots in black, burnt orange and ashy greys added to the already sizzling sex appeal. Which is precisely the Gucci DNA we hope the brand never sheds.


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Believe it or not, it's been four months since the Michael Jackson trial began.
As the case slogs on, testimony has turned to the topic of the late pop star's finances. Turns out Jackson was pretty broke at the time of his death. For more on this, we're joined once again by Jeff Gottlieb of the LA Times.


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Kevin Roderick of LA Observed on the late Mark LacterKevin Roderick, creator and editor of LA Observed, shares his thoughts about business blogger (and KPCC contributor) Mark Lacter with Steve Julian.
Recently on Business Update with Mark Lacter
Who wants to buy the LA Times?
KPCC's business analyst Mark Lacter says price will be a major factor when it comes to selling the Times.Susanne Whatley: The owner of the L.A. Times is selling all its newspapers. We heard Warren Buffett say yesterday he is NOT interested.
How would sequestration affect Southern California's economy?
KPCC's business analyst Mark Lacter says sequestration wouldn't have a major impact on the Southland.Steve Julian: As we head toward Friday's deadline on federal sequestration, we get an idea of how it'll affect Southern California's economy.
Governor Rick Perry tries to lure California businesses to Texas
KPCC's business analyst Mark Lacter says Texas Governor Rick Perry's plan may be misguided.Steve Julian: Mark, what's working for or against him?Mark Lacter: First off, Steve, his timing in trying to recruit businesses out here is pretty bad.
What an airline merger means for passengers at LAX
KPCC's business analyst Mark Lacter says American Airlines is close to a deal with US Air.Steve Julian: Mark, what impact will this have on L.A.?Mark Lacter: Whenever two big airlines are combined, Steve, it often means fewer flights and higher fares, but a lot depends on the individual markets they're serving.
Tech and media companies head to the Southland
KPCC's business analyst Mark Lacter says tech and media companies keep expanding along the West Coast.Steve Julian: Mark, one of those pockets is near Los Angeles?Mark Lacter: Steve, when you do traffic reports in the morning, how often are there tie-ups on the westbound 10 headed to Santa Monica?Julian: Only on weekdays that end with a Y…Lacter: Well, that's a nice little barometer of economic activity in L.
Disney and Mattel among So Cal companies bouncing back in the stock market
KPCC's business analyst Mark Lacter says the stock market is nearing an all time high and at least a few Southern California companies are among those cashing in.


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In support of Distracted Driving Awareness Month, Chino police officers are actively ticketing drivers who are texting or operating hand-held cell phones.
Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands have been seriously injured in California as a result of collisions that involved at least one distracted driver, according to a Chino police press release, .
The Chino Police Department suggests that drivers turn off their phones or put it out of reach while driving, include in their outgoing message that they cannot answer while driving and not call or text anyone when they think they might be driving.
Drivers found texting or operating hand-held cell phones will be cited without warning, police said.


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Sep 18 2010
On the way to somewhere else I found…
I was Googling for a flower photograph the other day and stumbled on Flora Pittsburghensis, a blog by Christopher Bailey.
For those of you unfamiliar with this blog — as I was until this week — it's a great resource on the wild flowers of Pittsburgh. Bailey photographs native and alien wildflowers in our area, then tags them by family and posts them with extensive descriptions, primarily from Gray's Manual.
This morning glory was his subject on September 1st.
Flora Pittsburghensis is a treasure chest of beauty and information. Click on the photograph to read for yourself… and enjoy!
(photo by Christopher Bailey on Flora Pittsburghensis)
3 Responses to "On the way to somewhere else I found…"
# Marianneon 18 Sep 2010 at 8:52 am
I used to think that bindweed was a wild morning glory, so I called it morning glory. But, bindweed is not pretty like domestic morning glories.
There is lots of bindweed in my horse pastures and gardens. It is so frustrating to eliminate, since it never goes away completely.
I did http://www.ask.com: Are bindweed and morning glory the same plant?
Here is the reply: No – but they are in the same family – Convolvulus
Eliminating bindweed is a big task.
I've been digging it out of my veg beds for years, but it grows back from fragments of underground stem (here in Suffolk it is called "Devils guts)
I swear that if it comes back again I will dump my organic credentials and spray it with glyphosate!!
# Steve-oon 18 Sep 2010 at 10:50 am
Great blog! Oh, and I heard a certain Kate St. John all over WDUQ this week speaking out against drilling in Pittsburgh, keep up the good work!
# barbaraon 19 Sep 2010 at 12:05 am
thanks for the great link on the wildflowers! — barbara


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Warren police shoot man while serving warrant
WARREN, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas State Police is investigating an officer-involved shooting in south Arkansas.
Authorities say the shooting happened Thursday night in Warren. Authorities say Warren police Sgt. Robbie Ashcraft and officer Aaron Hines went to a business in Warren to serve an outstanding warrant for aggravated robbery on 29-year-old Davdrin Goffin of Warren.
State police say the officers shot Goffin after he broke free as they were handcuffing him.
Goffin is now being treated in a Pine Bluff hospital. Authorities say prosecutors will determine whether the shooting was justified.Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Ryan names roster for CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
CHICAGO -- U.S. women's national team head coach Greg Ryan has named the 20-player roster that will attempt to qualify for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup during the 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, being held on Nov. 22 and 26 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.. The USA will take on the winner of the Mexico-Trinidad & Tobago quarterfinal on Wednesday, Nov. 22, in one of the Women's Gold Cup semifinals at The HDC. The match kicks off 7 p.m. PT and fans can follow the action live on Fox Soccer Channel, as well as on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker. The winner of that game will qualify directly to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup being held Sept. 10-30 in five Chinese cities: Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin and Wuhan. The USA is coming off a highly successful run to the 2006 Peace Queen Cup championship in South Korea where the USA tied Denmark and then defeated Australia, the Netherlands and Canada to win the title. The USA is 16-0-4 in 2006 heading into the Women's Gold Cup where it will play its last two matches of the year. The U.S. team will begin training on Nov. 15 at The HDC. Only nine of the 20 players on the U.S. roster have previously participated in Women's World Cup qualifying matches, led by team captain Kristine Lilly who has played in all three previous qualifying campaigns. Lilly scored three times at the Peace Queen Cup, upping her career total to 116 goals in her world-record 317 games while winning the Golden Ball as the tournament MVP. U.S. roster GOALKEEPERS (2): Briana Scurry, Hope Solo. DEFENDERS (7): Lori Chalupny, Tina Frimpong, Stephanie Lopez, Kate Markgraf, Heather Mitts, Christie Rampone, Cat Whitehill. MIDFIELDERS (5): Angela Hucles, Carli Lloyd, Marci Miller, Leslie Osborne, Aly Wagner. FORWARDS (6): Danesha Adams, Natasha Kai, Kristine Lilly, Heather O'Reilly, Lindsay Tarpley, Abby Wambach.


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The Importance of Accessibility and Open Source in Developer Adoption
Jason Hoffman
December 09, 2011
An often cited strength of Node.js and MongoDB is that it's "easy to get started". Ease of use, access, integration and interoperability are first class citizens right up there with performance, scalability and security. Open source also aids in these. Jason will be discussing examples and the importance of this in developer adoption.


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TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young recently spoke to Bleacher Report. Here are the highlights:
more than a decade with TNA Impact Wrestling, you were finally able to
capture the company's most important title. Talk about your road to the
top and how it feels now that you've had time to soak it in.
wild. Yesterday was the best professional day of my entire life. It
almost doesn't seem real. I haven't had it that long, and I'm still
trying to soak it in. Talking to you guys, talking to people from all
over, and it's a good place to be. A really good place."
What has
the overall reaction to your victory been like and has there been any
particular congratulatory messages that stuck out to you?
man. It's been from all walks of life. Not just the wrestling community,
but guys from other companies, guys that worked here before, guys that
work here who weren't here, Robert Flores from ESPN, Michelle Beadle
from ESPN, and all kinds of people reached out to me to say they were
proud and happy for me. That's a good feeling. There is always going to
be negativity and naysayers and that's part of being in a creative
field, but its been 90 percent positive. It's amazing. It's
overwhelming, really."
Your road to the Championship scene has
been covered by publications such as Bleacher Report and your TNA
Championship victory has been covered by publications such as the Miami
Herald. What can fans expect from EY as the new ambassador for TNA
"For me, it's more of the same. It's crazy to hear
people say stuff like, "Eric Young is quite possibly the most
entertaining wrestler in the world today." There is nothing more
important to me than that. Wrestling is about entertainment. Whether
you're entertaining people with physicality or comedy or verbiage or
emotion or characterization or whatever it is, the name of the game is
entertainment. It's a television show and people are watching it because
they want to be entertained. So to be held at that level and regarded
in that way is the biggest compliment I could get. It's not just the
fans, it's my peers and people I work with. It feels like the lifetime
achievement award. It's cool. I'm not going to win the Nobel Prize, but
this as close as its going to get."


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Wodeyar was elected as the MP from Mysore four times.
Wodeyar was elected the KSCA president on December 1.
On December 1, Wodeyar was elected as the president of the KSCA. He and Brijesh Patel had joined hands to contest this year's polls in teh cricketing body and had swept the elections.
According to KSCA sources, Wodeyar attended the association's first managing committee meeting on December 5. KSCA condoled Wodeyar's death.
"Wodeyar was declared dead around 3.30 pm after our doctors failed to revive his heart which suffered a cardiac arrest," Vikram hospital in-charge K Madan Kumar told IANS.
Wodeyar was staying in his palatial Bangalore Palace in the city centre with his two sisters and other family members. He was brought to the hospital around 2 pm in an unconscious state.
"As Wodeyar's heart was not beating, we did a cardio-pulmonary resuscitation to revive it but could not. He was admitted into the cardio care unit and put on ventilator to make his heart beat. When all efforts to revive him failed, our chief cardiologist Ranganath Nayak declared him dead," Kumar said.
He is survived by his wife.
The Krishna Raja Market will remain closed as a mark of respect Wodeyar on Wednesday, December 11. Two-day holiday will be observed in schools and collages in Mysore and Chamarajanagar. Two-day mourning will be observed in Karnataka.
OneIndia News
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Compiled by Christine Wyrick
Special to the Record
The amazing woman who
ran the fastest Emma ever!
The year was 1995, and it was the fastest Emma Creek Classic ever run. The winning time was 17:02, and 10th-place time was 19:46, the fastest time ever for the coveted Top 10. But the real story was of the winner that day, Lisa Weidenbach – certainly the most decorated runner to ever run the race.
Lisa first graced the national stage as a swimmer where, while still in high school, she qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1980. Switching to running, she qualified for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in 1984 and just missed making the team by finishing fourth. She came back in 1985 to win the Boston Marathon (the last American woman to do that) and was voted USAT&F Runner of the Year.
Then in 1988, at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials she once again finished in the agonizing fourth spot, again getting the alternate spot. But again she came back, this time with wins in the Chicago Marathon in 1988 and 1989, winning the Hokkaido Marathon (a major international marathon in Japan) in 1990 and again being voted USAT&F Runner of the Year in 1989.


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