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Special Section Archives The Altamont Enterprise, November 3, 2011
District 31
By Zach Simeone
As William F. Aylward Jr. runs for his fourth term as legislator in District 31, he will be challenged by Knox Town Board member Travis Stevens. But their district, like many others, will be reshaped as the winner enters into the next four-year term.
Most of Knox and the northeast corner of Berne, which had been represented by Alexander E. "Sandy" Gordon in District 39, have shifted over to District 31, represented by Aylward of Altamont. But Aylward's district is losing portions of Guilderland to District 29, represented by Legislator Lee Carman.
Aylward, a Democrat with the Independence and Working Families party lines, is a retired Guilderland social studies teacher, and is currently an Altamont trustee, in addition to finishing up his 12th year as a legislator.
"I have served in public office, and I'm qualified," Aylward told The Enterprise this week. "I've been a leader on many issues that confront us, and I will continue to lead. I'm very concerned about the safety and security of the people that we care for in the county. County government is one level of government where we have responsibilities for adults, and children, and families; we have responsibilities for the homeless; and we have responsibilities for the elderly. So it's a broad base of services we offer, and you've got to be careful not to let the number of people decline, and not have the services rendered in overtime, because that's when you start to get ballooning salaries."
He takes pride in the legislature's decision not to close the Albany County Nursing Home last year, and sees himself as having played an important role in standing up for the employees, who would have lost their jobs.
Stevens, who has the Republican and Conservative lines, has said reducing taxes in Albany County is "priority one."
"The tax dollars we put into the county, I'd like to be sure they're reinvested back into District 31, so we see a nice return on our investment," Stevens said. "Obviously, you always want infrastructure and public works and public safety. You want to be sure those are all covered. I don't want to say they aren't right now, but there's always room for improvement."
William Aylward
Aylward, 76, has a decades-long tenure in politics, as a former Guilderland supervisor and mayor of Altamont, and current trustee in the village, in addition to being a legislator.
On the topic of the county's nursing home, Aylward said Monday that the legislature is working towards obtaining a certificate of need from the state, which would result in grant money to be put towards construction of a new county nursing home.
"The Berger Commission came through under Governor [George] Pataki and recommended a smaller nursing home with no more than 250 residents," Aylward said. "We are thinking in terms of a 200-resident nursing home, with day care, and public services to be all in one site, and the site that has been identified has been the Heritage Park site in Colonie. Ultimately, the Ann Lee home would be replaced, or maybe sold for some other purpose." The Ann Lee Home was closed in 2008, after the Berger Commission recommended consolidating it with the Albany County Nursing Home.
Aylward said that he supports the idea of in-home care for the elderly, but it is not always an option.
"Case in point: Right now, at the nursing home itself, patients who have Alzheimer's, dementia patients," he said. "That's why I voted in December of last year to support a budget that kept the nursing home open."
Aylward went on to say that he is not yet sure where he stands on hydrofracking.
"At the present time, I'm making up my mind, and the legislature is in the process of fact finding on this issue," said Aylward. "We have a long way to go to come to the decision on what we think we will be doing. There's a general sense that we want to avoid any disaster that could be a consequence of hydrofracking."
Asked if the redistricting process should have involved more of a "human element" than relying on a computer program to draw the new lines, Aylward only said, "I think there was a lot of human element in it, to be honest with you."
He does not think there should be another redistricting process before the next census.
"I think the judge ruled that, as far as he was concerned, it was done as well as could be done," he said. "I've campaigned up on the Hill, and I have been received well, and I'm happy about that. Sandy [Gordon] took a strong position against redistricting, and I joined him on it because of his passion for keeping the Hilltowns together, but that was not to be. I campaigned and pointed out that Altamont is, in fact, a rural village, and I'm very involved with the right to farm on the legislature."
Aylward also thinks that the legislature is appropriately sized with 39 districts.
"My view is that it serves a purpose," he said. "I am in an area where I can be responsible and close to the feelings of local governments and the citizenry of this area."
He gave the following example.
"On one occasion, I went into a meeting of the public works committee," he began, "and I saw, on the agenda, the demolition of the French's Mills Road Bridge in Guilderland Center. It was a county-owned bridge used by motor vehicles at one time, and, during my tenure as supervisor, I was interested in promoting the bicycle pathways in the town, and I immediately noticed that this bridge might serve a purpose in that regard."
The legislature had allocated $250,000 for demolishing the bridge, he said.
"I asked if we couldn't rehabilitate the bridge with the same amount of money, and we did, roughly," said Aylward. "That was because I was here, and I knew the situation about the bridge, whereas someone else might not have paid attention to it. The bridge is now there and available for hiking and biking, and it's a beautiful spot right at the dam of the Watervliet Reservoir."
Aylward disagrees with the reduction of sales-tax revenue distributed to towns.
"That money is important to these local governments because you'd have to raise taxes substantially locally to match that kind of revenue," he said. "I don't think it's going to happen. Whenever we are faced with this decision, we receive letters from every municipal leader not to do away with that. They understand the significance to their taxpayers."
Nor is he in favor of increasing the sales tax above 8 percent.
"We get lobbied by municipal leaders to approve that tax annually," he said, "so that would be a tax that every legislator would have to answer for."
Aylward said it was too early to say whether the county should stay under the 2-percent tax-levy cap this year.
"The proposed budget last year had a 15-percent tax increase, and we reduced that," he said. "This year, we're in the same boat, and the process calls for the legislature to review the county executive's budget, and make our recommendations in November…I would like to see them look at contracts and insurance, and trying to see where we may rebid or re-evaluate some of the things we are paying for."
On whether surplus reserves should be used, he went on, "You have to worry about the bond rating if you're going to use surplus funds. But there are monies that are available: about $20 million from the fund balance that's being carried over to the next year. So, when the legislature looks at this, I don't know if they'll look at that or what, but you don't want your fund balance getting ripped apart, because it does affect your borrowing power."
On whether any non-mandated programs should be cut, Aylward said that the state should provide some guidance.
"Mandated programs, in many cases, are not funded adequately," he said. "So, if the state is setting a cap, the state should also be deciding what services will be mandated, and what services will be removed from the budget as mandated services. I think that's a leadership issue on the part of the state. It doesn't make it easy to say, 'We're going to put a 2-percent cap, and these are the hoops to jump through in order to get a budget.'"
Further, if jobs are to be eliminated, it should be in cases of workers retiring.
"I think we should be looking at attrition as a way to reduce the number of employees," said Aylward. "But, a lot of our services require personnel. People have to be there to do the jobs the probation department in particular. These people are faced with serious issues, I think, in terms of their employment, and I think that they should be very carefully reviewed. The upcoming meetings will help us get a clearer picture of that."
Travis Stevens
Travis Stevens, 37, is an energy conservation technical specialist at the New York State Office of General Services, and has been on the Knox Town Board for two years.
"Obviously, the county has to reduce costs and rein in spending in this nursing home issue," said Stevens. "I could see two main options: maybe a public-private partnership with a lease purchase, or full privatization of the facility. You always want to try and keep people in their homes as long as you can, but we have to be aware of costs, and there are some people who need to be in a home because they really can't stay in their home. There has to be a comprehensive plan that takes care of all these issues."
Stevens does not support hydrofracking in Albany County, though he does not see it happening in the area.
"I live in a relatively rural area," Stevens said. "I have a well; I'm raising a family on a well; I was raised on a well. So, I want to protect my drinking water…Most of the drilling's going to be in the Southern Tier counties. While there is Marcellus Shale up here, it's a little more dense and easier to get to in the Southern Tier. So, I don't think that it's a top priority right now, and I can't say I appreciate local politicians using it to mask some of the other hometown issues we have right now, like property-tax increases."
Stevens thinks that the recent redistricting process was an open process, and does not think that there should be another redistricting before the next census.
"I don't want to see a lot of extra time and tax dollars going towards a process that's already completed," he said.
On reducing the size of the legislature, Stevens said that he would support it, "As long as the pay and cost to operate the legislature don't go up. If they can hold the cost of the county legislature, then I have no issue with that. And, if they can reduce the cost, that's even better."
On whether the county should reduce the amount of sales tax distributed to local municipalities, Stevens said he is undecided.
"I would like to see the actual numbers," he said, "because there is a theory that, if you dropped the sales tax, people would spend more, and your tax revenue would go up. I'd like to see that compared to what we're currently getting in sales-tax revenue."
The state-set 2-percent tax-levy cap, he went on, will help "keep governments in check."
"It will hold the county legislature accountable for the budget process," he said, "and I think the current county legislature has been pretty ineffective at tackling some of the larger issues on spending, and they only want to increase tax revenue, without new ideas for increasing revenue, whether it be on the sales tax side, or bringing more businesses in."
Stevens supports lawmakers' taking a pay cut to help ease the burden on taxpayers, as he has pushed for in Knox.
"If everyone's willing to work together, and give a little bit, you can hold the line," he said. "You have to look at government at all levels, like you would your home, with personal finances. You always try to have rainy-day funds, but sometimes you have to go into that, when times are tough. The cost of everything's going up, and pay doesn't, so, it's not that much different at the government level."
Asked if there are non-mandated programs that should be cut, Stevens said, "I think every program needs to be looked at. And, again, if everybody was willing to give a little, we could get through these tough economic times. It's rough when you make a wholesale drastic change. Working together and coming to solutions, everybody feels the pain a little bit, but you'll get through it."
Cutting jobs, in the end, could hurt the county, he went on.
"In this economy, if there are unfilled jobs, and we're able to get through this time without them, then that's something to be looked at," he said. But I would pretty much exhaust a lot of different options before we go after a worker or an employee, because that doesn't help the local economy, because they might leave the county, and it would take money out of the county. That person, hopefully, would stay in the county and spend money in the county. So, you don't want to take away their job."


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It's been one year since the disappearance of Sidney Montana school teacher Sherry Arnold. She went jogging early in the morning and never returned. Her body was found nearly two months later and Lester Waters Jr. and Michael Spell were arrested on charges of deliberate homicide and attempted kidnapping.
Monday in Richland County, Judge Richard Simonton set the trial dates for the two men. Spell's trial date for January 6, 2014 – and Waters is set for November 4, 2013. Prosecutors in the case are seeking the death penalty for both men. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with her family, friends and the entire Sindey Montana community.


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BLAKE SHELTON rocketed to superstardom as a coach on "The Voice," but hard-core country rocker Eric Church ignited a feud when he blasted reality singing shows – and used Blake as an example!
"If Blake Shelton and Cee Lo Green turn around in a red chair, you get a deal? That's crazy," Church said in a 2012 interview, then added: "If I was concerned about my legacy, there's no f*****g way I would sit there (and be a judge). Once your career becomes something other than the music, then that's what it is. I'll never make that mistake. I don't care if I starve."
Shelton, 37, was NOT happy about Church's comments, saying: "I wish I misunderstood this." Meanwhile, his wife Miranda Lambert noted that she got her start on the reality show "Nashville Star" and groused: "Thanks for saying I'm not a real artist."
After the feud became major news, Church, also 37, backed off by saying: "I have a lot of respect for what artists like Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and my friend Miranda Lambert have gone on to accomplish," but he stopped short of issuing an apology to Shelton.
"Those two don't like each other to this day," a source told The ENQUIRER. "Eric still thinks Blake sold out by appearing as a coach on a reality show just so he can sell more albums. And Blake, well, he thinks it's just sour grapes from Eric because he's more popular. I don't think you're ever going to see the two of them going out for beers together."


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Get Her To Stop Nagging
Dear Curt,
I need your help. I'm married to the Queen of Naggers and I don't think I can take another minute of her bickering, complaining and harassment. From the moment I arrive home until the moment I hit the sack, she starts her nagging and never lets up.
It has come to the point where the only communication involved between the two of us is when she tells me all the things I did wrong during the course of the day, week, month or since we've been married.
The situation has become so bad that I'm even asking my boss for overtime work. Can you imagine that? I'd rather stay at work than go home. The stress of listening to her complaints is so strong that I get headaches while driving home from work. It shouldn't be like this, Curt; I should be excited about leaving work and getting home to my wife.
My father used to tell me that all women complain and nag, and I never believed him until I got married. Even my buddies tell me their wives nag them all the time. Curt, is it true that women are natural naggers or am I just so unlucky to be married to the exception?
Hard of Hearing Brian
tornado troubleIf your woman's tongue is spinning faster than a tornado and it doesn't involve pleasuring your saluting soldier, you have a big communication problem.
You might ask yourself, "What communication problem is this guy talking about? I think the problem lies with there being too much communication. Maybe what's needed is a moment of silence."
At first, this might sound like the right idea, but if you look deeper into the situation, you'll see that the problem really lies within the communication channel. The two of you might be doing a lot of talking, but that doesn't necessarily mean you're getting the message across the right way — or at all, for that matter.
accept the facts99% of all problems within a relationship — such as infidelity, depression, abuse, boredom, and naggerism — originate from poor communication.
How often, after all, do women ask, "I wonder why he no longer enjoys talking to me?" and do men say, "I think my wife is no longer attracted to me"? These questions can be answered with one simple query, yet people simply refuse to ask or don't know how to inquire in the proper way.
If your wife is nagging you, she probably has something to tell you and you're not listening, so she's going to keep on telling you until you do. Don't feel bad about the listening part; I'll bet that you're not listening because she's not approaching you the right way.
Sometimes, all that's required is a little tinkering with the communication process, and you'll find yourself in the honeymoon phase all over again.
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I'm happy to announce Ecru, a new implementation of the E language.
E is a language designed both for security and safe and efficient concurrency. Twisted borrowed the idea of Deferreds from E, where they are much better integrated into the language than in Python, owing to the syntax and library support E provides. E's design is based around capability security, even to the level of allowing mutually untrusting programs to run in the same process. Due to its consistent focus on security, it's possible to write secure programs without having to do much more than stick to good object-oriented style.
My goals with Ecru development are, initially, to develop an environment suitable for restricted execution of the type that my esteemed colleague has been looking for, allowing safe scripting of server-hosted applications. A wider goal is to provide an effective replacement to the C implementation of Python for development of network software; a successor to Twisted, as it were. Furthermore, E's semantics lend themselves to more efficient implementation than Python's. Although Ecru has received essentially no optimization work thus far, I believe it may be possible to make it faster than Python for many tasks, without being any more difficult to work with.
Right now Ecru depends on Python, since I'm using PyMeta for its parser. Ecru only implements enough of E to run the compiler; I plan to soon implement OMeta in E, so that Ecru can also be used standalone. There's a simple REPL in Python, so you can download Ecru and try it out right now. Currently I'm focusing on cleaning up the code (bootstraps are usually messy affairs) and replacing some of the standard-library object stubs I wrote in C with the versions implemented in E in use by the existing Java version.
Ecru, A C Runtime For E
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- Timothy Fitz said...
Of your esteemed colleague's requirements, which does the Java implementation of E not support today?
- July 30, 2008 at 1:49 PM
- Allen Short said...
#2, #3, and #4. CPU restriction might be easiest to add, but it's an AST-interpreter so some restructuring might be necessary. Memory restriction would be tough since Java doesn't give you much control over allocation; everything goes in one big heap. Efficiency is also a concern - it's an interpreter written in Java.
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The four nights of "New Kids on the Block: After Dark" in the Axis at Planet Hollywood from Thursday through Sunday — their only four dates in North America this year — seemed like an audition or test run for a residency in Las Vegas.
And the original boyband from Boston passed with flying colors. While there was no use of the incredible LED screens in the Axis, home of Britney Spears' resident show "Britney: Piece of Me," no matter.
When Donnie Wahlberg, Joe McIntyre, Danny Wood and brothers Jonathan and Jordan Knight, all of whom have been together for more than 25 years, took the stage Friday night, they started off with a bang (there were pyrotechnics aplenty — fire and fireworks — as well as a lot of confetti throughout the night), and the energy of their choreography and their love for performing and their fans never waned.
Powering through hit after hit, plus a ballad section in the nearly 90-minute show, NKOTB, who are thankfully up-to-date with their fashion (white tuxedo jackets, boleros and denim), are rock stars in their predominately female fans' eyes, and the screaming was piercing at times in the Axis.
To the delight of fans, NKOTB performed often in the crowd. At one point, McIntyre was so close that he could've been touched without effort, but it didn't happen. Why? It's called restraint.
The audience also showed a lot of love for Wood and Jonathan Knight during their rare solo singing (both are actually quite good, and Wood could be an MMA fighter).
The night's cheekiest moment: After all the group members except Jonathan Knight returned to the stage, Wahlberg, who is engaged to actress and comedienne Jenny McCarthy, quipped, "Jonathan, get back up here and leave that boy alone!"
While the Axis is more intimate and provides NKOTB fans with an up-close-and-personal show, the group was more rehearsed and sharper vocally in previous Las Vegas shows at Pearl at the Palms and Mandalay Bay Events Center (with Backstreet Boys as NKOTBSB, Mirage headliners Boyz II Men and 98 Degrees, whose founder and frontman, Jeff Timmons, lives in Summerlin).
That said, McIntyre belted it out with the best of them on Broadway (as his resume include Broadway), and Jordan Knight's falsetto remains impressive at age 44, especially in "I'll Be Loving You Forever," the band's first No. 1 song. (All the members of NKOTB are in their 40s now, McIntyre the youngest at 41.)
The setlist of "NKOTB: After Dark": "Crash," "Remix (I Like The)," "Summertime," "The Right Stuff" (with extended crotch-thrusting), "The Whisper" with LMFAO's "Shots" mashed, "Survive You," "(Didn't I) Blow Your Mind This Time," "Valentine Girl," "If You Go Away," "Boyfriend," "Please Don't Go Girl," "Block Party" in the crowd, "My Favorite Girl" mashed with Will.I.Am and Spears' "Scream & Shout" and "I'll Be There" by The Jackson Five.
Also: "Careless Whisper" by Wham, "Faith" by George Michael (during which McIntyre teased to a nearby audience member, "Dude, you're on your cell phone. I was going to sing to you!"), "Kiss" by Prince, "Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Tonight" in the audience, "Step By Step" mashed with Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It," "Cover Girl" in the audience, "Games," "I'll Be Loving You Forever" with Jordan Knight onstage alone in all white and "Hanging Tough" mashed with Queen's "We Will Rock You."
Thanks to Christopher DeVargas of the Las Vegas Sun for his photo gallery of "NKOTB: After Dark" on Thursday night, and check out the Q+A with Jordan Knight posted early Thursday morning ahead of the four-night stand.
Don Chareunsy is senior editor for arts and entertainment of the Las Vegas Sun.
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Catering to the young and modern crowd, Planet Hollywood is a one-stop shop for entertainment with its massive shopping mall, slew of restaurants, spacious casino and clubs.
The ambiance of the casino is retro-chic meets high-tech with black granite floors throughout and colorful LED lights throughout the space. The theme carries into the 100,000 square-foot casino with 250 flat screens topping off slot machines. The casino is also home to 87 tables, a sports book and a poker room.
There's also the Miracle Mile Shops, one Vegas' largest malls, with 140 stores including BCBG Max Azaria, bebe, Urban Outfitters and The Discovery Channel Store.
Following an afternoon of shopping, guests can satisfy their appetites at one of the gourmet restaurants in Planet Hollywood, like the non-traditional approach to steakhouses at Strip House or check out the exotic Far East motif at KOI restaurant and lounge. And if guests are still looking for more, they can spend the after hours at Privé, Triq or Krave nightclubs.
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Keith Urban Hops Fence to Meet Surprised Fans
Fans who waited all day in the pouring rain outside Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, hoping to at least get a glimpse of their favorite country star going into the show (never mind to get the chance to say hello or get an autograph!) were given the thrill of a lifetime by Keith Urban before the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday night (June 9).
Keith not only made his way up and down row after row of ecstatic fans, giving them their own personal meet-and-greet, he took it one step — make that one leap — further, hopping a fence to make sure he met every fan he possibly could before going into the show, CMT reports.
"They've been waiting out there all day and it was pouring rain earlier," Keith told reporters backstage after the show when asked what makes it so important for him to connect with his fans in such a way. "If you're standing in the front, you're hoping to get a chance to meet everybody," he explained. "So I think you just make time to do it … or you're putting the cart before the horse."
And Keith's fans certainly put him at the top of their ballot when they awarded him the fan-voted Male Video of the Year for 'Til Summer Comes Around.'
"Everybody who voted at home and around the place, thank you very much," Keith said with a warm and gracious smile when accepting his award.
During the show, Keith set fire to the stage with John Mayer when they put on a blistering, dueling guitar performance of 'Hit the Ground Running,' a single from Keith's album, 'Defying Gravity.' The two guitar gods will be rocking out together again on 'CMT Crossroads,' airing June 18 at 10:00 PM ET.


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Amid Efforts to Mend Trans-Atlantic Fences, Paris Air Show Is a Hot Ticket Again
By LESLIE WAYNE
Published: June 13, 2005
Americans shunned the last Paris Air Show, the world's largest military and civilian aerospace gathering, as relations between the United States and France hit a new low in 2003 over the Iraq war.
Now, in an attempt to smooth things over, the Pentagon is marching proudly back, with a dazzling display of airpower and senior officials. American aerospace companies are also coming back in force, showing off the latest in aircraft as well as making a statement about the current status of trans-Atlantic cooperation.
If the air show, which opens Monday and runs through much of the week, is a measure of the times -- as it has been since its founding 46 years ago -- the strong engagement on the part of the United States is sending a warm welcome to international aerospace and military companies. That is particularly opportune right now as many of them are eyeing the Pentagon's $400-billion-plus annual budget, encouraged by a growing, if still tentative, willingness by the American military to do business with foreign suppliers.
''The Paris Air Show is one of the premier international aerospace events,'' said Cmdr. Tom Carpenter, a Pentagon spokesman. ''We feel it is in U.S. national interest to participate. It's an opportunity to show what we have and to see what new ideas are out there and what the new thinking is.''
Col. Andres Ortegon, a spokesman for the United States European Command, echoed those thoughts. ''The U.S. military is eager to facilitate defense-industrial cooperation with its allies, partners and friends,'' he said.
This contrasts with two years ago, when no officer above the level of colonel came and the Pentagon sharply scaled back its popular fighter jet demonstrations. American military contractors and aerospace companies also cut back their presence, in deference to Washington.
With rare exceptions like 2003, Paris has long been a popular destination for American officials. This year, the Pentagon will send about 125 flag officers -- one-, two- and three-star generals -- and a number of senior civilian leaders. For security reasons, the Pentagon declined to identify participants by name.
From the political front, Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, the Republican chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, plans to lead a bipartisan group of six senators. The Bush administration is also sending Michael D. Griffin, the head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Marion C. Blakey, who runs the Federal Aviation Administration.
''The state of U.S.-European relations is still not great,'' said Michael E. O'Hanlon, a military policy analyst at the Brookings Institution, a Washington research group. ''But there is a recognition we all need and are stuck with each other and that we have common values -- even if the recent history hasn't been so good.''
Even some states are sending delegations, hunting for business among international companies. Alabama is sending its governor and both United States senators, while New Mexico is fielding the grandson of Charles A. Lindbergh -- whose trans-Atlantic flight in 1927 landed at Le Bourget airport, where the air show is held.
Among military contractors, Lockheed Martin, the nation's largest Pentagon supplier, plans to send 125 employees. ''Our goal is to demonstrate that Lockheed believes in the importance of a global industrial defense base, and we want to partner with companies that share our standards and vision,'' said Thomas Jurkowsky, a Lockheed spokesman.
At a dinner at the Ritz Hotel in Paris on Sunday, Lockheed chief executive Robert J. Stevens made a strong pitch for greater trans-Atlantic cooperation and predicted that 2005 would be a ''breakthrough'' year for better relations.
''We believe in a more integrated trans-Atlantic marketplace,'' said Mr. Stevens, citing a greater demand on NATO and United States forces in a number of global hot spots.
He cited the Marine One presidential helicopter competition, recently won by a European team partnered with Lockheed, as an example of this cross-border trend.
But, he warned, this new cooperation could be derailed by ''Buy America sentiment in Congress'' as well as a ''fortress Europe'' attitude in some countries. It would be ''tragic'' if these influences slowed the improvement in relations, Mr. Stevens said.
Lockheed executives will be meeting with their counterparts at many other companies in hopes of gaining additional contracts -- not only from Washington, but from other countries as well.
Overshadowing this superficial bonhomie, of course, are serious issues of trade policy and military cooperation. Just a year ago, Airbus was flying high with new orders and Boeing looked as if it was stuck in permanent second place. Now that has reversed: Boeing may soon overtake Airbus in the race to build commercial jetliners.
While Boeing has had a series of problems in the United States-- its chief executive was forced to resign over an affair, and it was at the center of an Air Force procurement scandal -- the company has lately been rolling up orders with its new midsize fuel-efficient jet, the 787 Dreamliner.


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Brandon Wagner earned his first Firestone Indy Lights race win after leading 66 of 67 laps in the Fuzzys Ultra Premium Vodka 100. Wagner started third but quickly moved to the front, leading the first lap by 0.333 of a second over pole winner Pippa Mann. He then held off threats from Wade Cunningham and James Hinchcliffe to give Davey Hamilton Racing their first victory.
"The car was perfect," said Wagner. "I think the high line was the way to go, and my spotter, Dane Carter, did a great job on the radio. Hinch gave me all kinds of room up there, and the car freed up and let me get the momentum to get back around again."
Although Wagner led all but one lap, he was pressured the entire way. James Hinchcliffe finished second after running side-by-side with Wagner for more than half the race. Officially, Wagner will be credited with leading 66 of 67 laps but Hinchcliffe pulled ahead several times. Only once did Hinchcliffe lead at the line.
"We had such a fun battle with Brandon," said Hinchcliffe. "I thought we had him a couple of times. We packed on a little more downforce because we thought it was going to be hotter than it was and the track a bit slicker. Once I pulled out alongside him in clean air, we couldn't quite complete the pass."
Wade Cunningham finished third driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. "I got a great start," said Cunningham, who started fifth. "Moved straight up to third, straight up to second. I could hang onto Brandon's gearbox pretty easy in the first stint before the yellow. But people were using a lot of track here, and the conditions are tough, so it's hard to get your timing right. He chopped off a bit of my air and I lost momentum and dropped back to fourth. We caught a yellow and moved up to third but that's all we had today."
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January 22, 2004
FOR: ZOLL Medical Corporation
INVESTOR CONTACT: A. Ernest Whiton
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Thursday, January 22, 2004 – CHELMSFORD, MASS.—ZOLL Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: ZOLL), a manufacturer of non-invasive cardiac resuscitation devices, announced study results that showed lay rescuers followed more steps in the Chain of Survival using the ZOLL® AED Plus™ than other commercially available automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The results were given during an oral presentation at the 2004 National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) Conference in early January.
In addition, the ZOLL AED Plus helped study participants significantly improve chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), with an average 250% increase in the depth of compression. There was no improvement in compressions with any other device used in the study.
The study examined eight elements in the Chain of Survival: Check response, seek help, open airway, check breathing, give breaths, check circulation, remove clothing, and attach AED electrodes. These elements are part of guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) and other International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) member organizations, which suggest that the highest survival rates from cardiac arrest are attained when all elements of the Chain of Survival are performed.
"Remembering all the elements in the proper order can be difficult for lay rescuers who, of course, are not used to dealing with cardiac arrest," said Steven G. Miller, M.D., the principal investigator and a member of the faculty at Harvard Medical School. "Study participants who used the ZOLL AED Plus, which is designed to support all of the steps in the Chain of Survival, did significantly better than those who used other AEDs. The study suggests AEDs that provide support-prompts to assist with carrying out the steps of the Chain may help to achieve higher survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest."
"These results confirm the impact the ZOLL AED Plus has on resuscitation efforts," said Richard A. Packer, President and Chief Executive Officer of ZOLL. "The ZOLL AED Plus is the only AED that lets rescuers see and hear how well they are performing the rate and depth of chest compressions during CPR. This real-time feedback mechanism is what differentiates the ZOLL AED Plus from other AEDs on the market today and is especially important considering that half of all victims will need well-performed CPR to have a chance to survive. This study shows that it is insufficient to simply focus on 'the shock' when selecting an AED if you are interested in aiding all victims of SCA."
Study Methodology
The study consisted of 45 randomly-assigned participants. They were presented with a scenario designed to resemble what lay rescuers would encounter in a real-life situation. The ZOLL AED Plus was one of four fully-functional defibrillators used. The time since their last CPR training was an average of three years. To eliminate bias due to previous AED training, none of the subjects had prior experience or training with an AED.
Study participants were led into an office setting and told that a person, simulated by a mannequin, had just fallen to the floor, appeared to be unconscious, and could be dying. They were told to use the AED and any other object in the office, and to act as if it were a real emergency. Each person was evaluated based on eight critical actions taken from the Chain of Survival: Check response, seek help, open airway, check breathing, give breaths, check circulation, remove clothing, and attach AED electrodes. Continuous compression depth measurements also were taken during the scenario. The study was directed by Dr. Steven Miller of Harvard Medical School.
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ZOLL Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: ZOLL), with worldwide headquarters in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, designs, manufactures, and markets resuscitation solutions. Pacing and defibrillation devices, including ZOLL's M Series™ and AED Plus™, and LIFECOR, Inc.'s LifeVest™ Wearable Defibrillator; and circulatory assist devices such as Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc.'s ResQPOD™ Circulatory Enhancer and Revivant Corporation's AutoPulse™; are used by health care professionals, emergency medical service providers, and first responders to diagnose and treat cardiac arrest wherever it may occur. ZOLL also designs and markets software that automates the collection and management of both clinical and non-clinical data. ZOLL has operations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Australia, and business partners in all of the world's major markets. For more information about ZOLL, its products and partners, visit www.zoll.com or call 978-421-9655.
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One of the most distressing things about growing up and getting older is that you run into more and more controversies the rights and wrongs of which you can't decide at a glance. Is it that the world is getting more morally ambiguous, or am I just getting more tentative?
I saw on News of the Weird last week that South Africa, sometimes known as "the rape capital of the world" (1.69 million women a year are raped there, by the South African Law Commission's estimate) has been thrown into a tizzy recently by a new anti-rape device, known as a "rat trap". The rat trap is placed inside the vagina and designed to wrap around a rapist's penis, hooking into the … er … protuberance in such a way that it could not be removed without medical intervention.
I'm really ambivalent about this one.
An anti-rape advocate claims that this "man-hating" device "misunderstands the nature of rape and violence against women in this society. It is vengeful, horrible, and disgusting." She also compares it to a chastity belt and calls it "medieval". Another one says "It is a terrifying thought that women are being made to adapt to rape." And a rape victim who was stabbed during her rape points out that "This will increase the danger to women, who are already in great danger during a rape."
The inventor, Sonette Ehlers, counters with ""We have to do something to protect ourselves. While this will not prevent rape, it will help identify attackers and secure convictions."
The argument about this endangering women more hits hard. Not just because a rapist already rat-entrapped can still beat, stab or shoot his victim (after all, the other weapons women commonly use, such as mace, pepper spray, taserguns or pistols, are designed to disable the attacker, not tag him.) It's mainly ineffective because 75% of rapes in South Africa are gang-rapes, so the victim can, and probably will, still be gang raped, only now by a gang of really pissed off rapists. Additionally, once the word gets out, won't rapists just check for traps first, before going in? Presumably, the things are easily enough removed from the woman. They may very quickly become ineffective, serving only to anger rapists who check first.
In addition, the other main purpose of this device is to identify rapists afterwards. But that only works if we can assume that vengeful, disturbed women won't use this device to entrap men. We can't assume that 100% of the time, can we? In fact, this just complicates the his-word-against-hers issue of date rape, where a rapist can claim that the rape was consensual, and a disturbed woman can claim that consensual sex was a rape. How can you tell? This device ensures nothing on that front.
In fact, the most effective objection to this device that I can see is that, as a deterrent and as an identifier, it simply won't work.
Having decided that, though, I'm still suffering over the ethical considerations.
Talking about it being terrifying that women have to adapt to rape … uh, hello? When was the last time that speaker walked through a bad part of town by herself at night? All women the world over are already adapted to rape. We know where not to go, we know not to go out by ourselves at night, we know to go out in groups, we know how to hold our keys in our hands, etc. etc. etc. This is not a further adaptation. This smells a lot more like fighting back.
The "medieval", chastity belt argument also feels wrong. The problem with chastity belts isn't that they exist, nor even that they used to be used primarily or exclusively for women. The problem was that they were imposed upon women by others, as a method of controlling their sexuality. Nowadays, there are almost more chastity belts made for men than for women, to be used in consensual dominance play. The point with chastity belts, as with rape, is always, always, consent. The form of sex is not the issue; the consent of all participants is. It feels to me that the rage this device has inspired in these anti-rape activists has more to do with the images the form of the device calls up, and less to do with the actual issues the device raises. But I'm open to being proven (or argued) wrong.
Saying that the device misunderstands the nature of rape (it is a crime of violence, not of sex) is, I think, also not entirely right. But this is more ambiguous to me. This device is a weapon, designed to harm an attacker, like a can of mace or a tasergun, or a pistol. It is, however, passive. It isn't designed to disable an attacker — any kind of attacker — but rather to sexually disable and tag a rapist specifically. In this way, I think it understands the nature of rape better than other weapons, which treat rape as a crime of violence on par with all other types of assault. Rape is different from other types of violence in that it uses sex, it uses gender in favor of the assailant and against the victim. Yes, women rape and men are raped, but the rat trap recognizes that rape is overwhelmingly perpetrated by men, against women; that man-on-woman rape is a violence arising out of misogyny.
As such, the rat trap is unusually appropriate as a weapon against male rape of women. Only someone who actually penetrates a woman's vagina is in danger from it (assuming, of course, that a woman doesn't capture a man, tie him up, and simply wrap a rat trap around his penis). Yes, the rat trap can only be used against men, but assuming that most women aren't going to attempt to entrap men with it, how can anyone have a problem with a rapist making his own bed and having to lie in it this way? And really, is pepper spraying a would-be rapist in the eyes or kneeing him hard in the groin really less "man hating"?
On the other hand, weapons that disable attackers, any kind of attacker, are there to prevent the crime from happening. The rat trap waits until the crime has already begun. Not only is the weapon passive, it encourages the victim to be passive. This reminds me of an episode of "Cops" I saw in the early nineties. The cops were pursuing a report of a woman screaming in a park: they arrrived, located the screaming, and then turned off their lights and waited for the assailant to come out. When asked why they didn't just turn on the lights and siren, they said that that would scare the assailant away and then they couldn't catch him. Their job, you see, was to catch a rapist, not to prevent a rape or protect a woman.
There is a profoundly disturbing view of humanity in all of this: one that finds it more important to identify and punish criminals than to prevent trauma and crime. It's a despairing view, one that has given up and only wants to strike back. Is that essentially "man-hating"? I think so, but not in the sense of the word "man" that has it mean "male humans". I think it's "mankind-hating".
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University of Adelaide honours student Gemma Killen said a survey of 236 women, found many female workers believe their appearance had contributed in some form to their career success.
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Apple's iPhone 4 will "dazzle" consumers with its thinner redesign, "radically" sharper screen, higher-resolution front-facing camera and updated operating system, reviewers said Wednesday.
The iPhone 4 feels "denser and tighter" than the 3GS, Wall Street Journal technology columnist Walt Mossberg wrote in a review Wednesday. Sound is "much better on both ends" of a call, according to David Pogue in the New York Times.
Mossberg called the phone a major leap over "its already-excellent predecessor." Apple's fourth-generation phone goes on sale today at the same cost as the iPhone 3GS. The 16-gigabyte model sells for $199, and the 32-gigabyte model for $299, each with a two-year contract from AT&T.
Apple already has received more than 600,000 preorders for the phone. Dallas-based AT&T, the exclusive U.S. carrier for the iPhone, said last week that it has booked 10 times as many preorders for the new model as it did for the 3GS last year.
USA Today technology columnist Edward C. Baig called the smart phone "the one to beat, even as it faces fierce competition from phones based on Google's Android platform." Mossberg praised the phone's video calling and long-lasting battery, writing that "even in heavy use, the iPhone 4's battery never reached the red zone on a single day of my tests."
Pogue wrote "the new phone is also better at choosing the best channel for connecting with the cell tower," leading to fewer dropped calls in New York and San Francisco.
Baig, Mossberg and Pogue also all presented drawbacks to the phone. The biggest downside is "Apple needs a second network," according to Mossberg.
Apple also has allowed only certain applications to "fully multitask" to avoid "a disastrous drain on battery life," Mossberg wrote. There are more than 225,000 applications that run on the iPhone, according to an Apple statement.
"The technically inclined may find greater flexibility and choice among its Android rivals," Pogue wrote. Baig added that "critics are left with reasons to whine."
The iPhone 4 "is still, overall, the best in its class," Mossberg wrote.


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These tacos can be fried in oil in the traditional fashion or given a low-fat makeover: toasted in an oil-free skillet.
Use your favorite Mexican chorizo. Good chorizo can be found at the Panamerican Grocery in Columbia Heights (202-545-0290). Or look for Logan's brand fresh, uncooked chorizo in the meat department at some grocery stores or in Latino markets. If you prefer a less spicy sausage, substitute Salvadoran chorizo. For tortillas, Patricia Jinich prefers Casa Blanca and Mission brands; if you can't find those, try to find another non-refrigerated brand.
Serve with a green tomatillo salsa.
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- 1 pound red bliss potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 8 ounces fresh, uncooked Mexican chorizo sausage (casings removed), coarsely chopped (see headnote)
- 8 scallions, white and light-green parts, cut crosswise into thin slices (1/2 cup)
- 1 teaspoon kosher or sea salt, or more to taste
- 10 to 12 six-inch corn tortillas (see headnote)
- Safflower oil, for frying
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Bring a medium pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add the potato pieces; once the water returns to a boil, cook for 10 to 12 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Drain.
Place the chorizo in a large skillet over medium-high heat. As it cooks, use a wooden spoon or spatula to crumble it into smaller pieces. Once it begins to brown and crisp, in 5 to 6 minutes, add the scallions and stir to combine; cook for about 1 minute or until the scallions begin to soften.
Add the cooked potatoes and salt, mashing them into the chorizo mixture with a potato masher or a similar tool, for about 1 minute until well combined. Remove from the heat. Taste, and add salt as needed.
Heat a dry medium skillet over medium heat. Warm the tortillas in the skillet one at time for 15 to 30 seconds on each side, to soften them for rolling.
Place a few tablespoons of the potato filling on each tortilla, then roll the tortillas into tube shapes. (You may insert a wooden toothpick through the seams of the tacos to help them retain their shape as they cook.) Place the completed tacos on a platter or tray with the seam sides facing down as you work. When they have all been rolled, finish the tacos by either frying or toasting them.
To fry the tacos: Pour the oil into a large skillet to a depth of about 1 inch; heat over medium-high heat. Line a plate with a few layers of paper towels.
Once the oil is hot, after about 4 to 6 minutes, fry the tacos in batches, placing them in the skillet seam sides up, without crowding them. Cook for about 2 to 3 minutes, until the bottom and sides have crisped and turned golden. Use tongs to carefully turn over the tacos; cook for 1 minute or until evenly browned, then transfer them to the paper-towel-lined plate. Continue until all of the tacos have been fried.
To toast the tacos: Heat a large, dry skillet over medium-low heat. Working in batches, place the tacos in the skillet with the seam sides down. Cook for 6 to 8 minutes or until the tacos are browned and crisped, then use tongs to turn them over and cook for 6 to 8 minutes, until evenly browned.
Remove all toothpicks; serve warm.
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Sun shines on us all, including Sheriff's Office
I was watching a NOVA special on PBS the other night about the sun. It's incomprehensible to me there are people out there smart enough to determine just how something 93 million miles away works and provides us sunlight. The data scientists are collecting about the sun on a daily basis – including incredible HD photos and video – is mind boggling.
The sun is the closest star of billions to Earth and is so large it comprises 99.8 percent of the mass of the solar system. The sun is 109 times wider than Earth at 870,000 miles wide.
It takes sunlight about 8 minutes to reach us.
The core temperature of the sun is 27 million degrees.
The sun is about in the middle of its lifespan. Scientists say the sun will burn bright for about another 5 billion to 7 billion years before it totally consumes itself, which it is in the process of doing now. But way before that, the sun will "melt" the earth, essentially making it impossible for life to exist because of extreme temperatures. That won't happen for at least a few billion years.
Without sunlight there would be no Earth. Why is it that our planet is in such a perfect position – with the perfect atmospheric protections in place – that the sun does not freeze nor melt us? As far as we know, none of the other plants in our solar system can support life because they are either too close or too far from the sun. We are just right. With that in mind, it's hard to dispute the argument for intelligent design as the architect of our universe. It didn't just happen by accident.
It struck me just how really insignificant we are in the scheme of the universe.
It also made it think about the petty arguments and disagreements we have in our daily lives that really mean nothing. I place the Sussex County Sheriff's Office debate in that category. I know putting the power of the sun and the Sheriff's Office in the same frame seems like a large stretch, but it shows that humans forget the power of the universe is so great that what we do makes little difference.
The energy being spent on this issue serves to blot out the sun and turn people against one another when their efforts could be spent on something much more productive.
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Maria Sharapova is looking at a scenario that even Roger Federer, in the darkest moments of his rivalry with Rafael Nadal, hasn't had to contemplate. Her legacy may be dominated by the fact she can't compete with Serena Williams.
At least Federer can say that Nadal's advantage, and superior head-to-head, was contained to clay. Sharapova, it seems, is hard put to compete Williams on any surface, at any time and place.
That's one of the major takeaways after the end of the Madrid combined event. (The other is that Rafael Nadal is as close as humanly possible to being unbeatable on clay. Yawn.) Much was made before Sunday's final between No. 1 Williams and No. 2 Sharapova. Partly because the top ranking was up for grabs, and partly because of the great strides Sharapova has made in her clay-court game.
Sharapova, we were often reminded, brought a 17-match clay-court streak into the final. (And she'd won 27 of her previous 28 clay matches, which includes her win at the 2012 French Open.) Meanwhile, Williams hadn't won a tournament in red clay in more than a decade (2002). Some pundits conveniently forgot that Williams herself was 28-1 on clay of any color or texture, starting from the beginning of 2010.
Sharapova also brought a significant advantage in age. She's just 26, while 31-year-old Serena is at that the point where every title you win is just an added blessing. As she told the media after she roughed up Sharapova again, 6-1, 6-4: "Who knows if I'll ever win another title? I just want to live in the moment and the dream every chance I get."
Extending her career to full stretch may end up costing Williams; heck, she may even lose another match to Sharapova, who has beaten her only twice but not since the fall of 2004 -- an absurdly long time. The women could meet again on red clay, perhaps even twice as they're both entered in Rome (this week) and the French Open. Sharapova will have chances to improve that dismal 2-13 head-to-head statistic, but it will be difficult for her to adequately soften the blow history will deal when the two women's careers are compared.
We've never had anything quite like this disparity between two truly outstanding players and consistent Grand Slam champions, at least not in recent memory. For example, Steffi Graf was 29-11 against Gabriela Sabatini, but the latter won but one Grand Slam title while Sharapova has a career Grand Slam.
There are two components in any match-up: the mental/emotional and the strategic/tactical. Sharapova is at a continuing disadvantage in both departments when it comes to Williams. You could see the doubt and even fear in the grim visage Sharapova presented through most of the Madrid final. By contrast, Williams was icy and dead serious. All you needed to know about the emotional factors in this match-up was there to see in the absolute indifference and lack of anything like mutual empathy or sympathy when the women met for the ritual postmatch handshake.
The strategic and tactical differences are easier to quantify. Sharapova's inconsistency at the service line is self-sabotaging, and her woes are compounded by the fact that Williams tees off with impunity on the good serves Sharapova does deliver. Sunday, we saw Sharapova's slow first step after the serve fully exposed. Time and again she was lucky just to get her racket on Williams' service return. You almost wanted to turn your face from the spectacle.
By contrast, Williams's serve -- said by so many to be the best ever in women's tennis -- consistently poses questions Sharapova is hard put to answer. Once again, a lack of quick reaction time on Sharapova's part becomes painfully obvious. Sharapova's success in clay owes in large part to the extra time the slow surface gives her against most women. Williams successfully takes that time away.
Right now it looks like Sharapova's only real hope lies in her age advantage. As the wear and tear increases on Williams, she will become more vulnerable. But realistically, and to be fair to Williams at her best, the truth is that this is a rivalry that never happened.


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We often hear that we can't say something due to causing offence.
So it would seem that we are being chastised into submission for transgressing a moral rule.
So is it immoral to express opinions based on rational thought?
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The recent Indian court case took this one step further and decided that material on the internet offensive to religious sensibilities was illegal and must be removed. We don't yet know how Facebook and others will respond to this clear breach of free speech principles. One thing notable about this case is how the judge bought the argument that offensive material (e.g. portraying Mohamed) actually caused damage. This is utter nonsense. If everything that offended us actually damaged us, we would all be dead or on disability. I personally find religious nuts trying to impose their morals on me offensive. But it is not illegal. What this all shows is how weak and insecure religious people are. I say, screw them. When appropriate, say what you think. If people are offended then that's their problem.
Everyone has the right to be offended, its rather vital to critical thinking ----no?
James - "I got rights" - I still don't understand this concept - I think it an American thing - which was later brought in by feminism in the 70's.... I don't believe we where born with any rights - rights is just a construct, similar perhaps to moral values.
Hi Alice, rights are what the individual makes his/her social contract for, if you abide by the rules of any given society that society assures you its protection, break the contract and you go to jail or, are simply driven away. Your right, morality is a myth if you like, or a construct. The construct varies a little from one society to the next. There are however more similarities than differences due in part a least to the fact that we all have a common biology, and we all have a driving self interest in the welfare of that biology.
James - OK - so rights are what you get for being a good citizen?
Mark - I heard the images where pornography with Gods! Go figure...
Generally, the simple act of offending someone would not amount to a breach of any duty of care toward another person at law and therefore would not give rise to a claim for compensatory damages against the offending person.
In some jurisdictions criminal sanctions are imposed on what people say or do such as anti-discrimination legislation.
Is it immoral to express opinions based on rational thought ? Well, I wouldn't think so but an area of collision could possibly be Social Darwinism and any other philosophy that can wear the 'rational thought' tag.
Napoleon - so on that point I take that it is not OK to use rational thought to justify violence? As it's not Social Darwinism per se that is immoral, it is the consequential justifications for promoting the violence of: eugenics, scientific racism, imperialism,[2] fascism, Nazism that is immoral.
Social Darwinism is a term commonly used for theories of society that emerged in England and the United States in the 1870s, seeking to apply the principles of Darwinian evolution to sociology and politics.[1] It especially refers to notions of struggle for existence being used to justify social policies which make no distinction between those able to support themselves and those unable to support themselves. The most prominent form of such views stressed competition between individuals in laissez-faire capitalism but it is also connected to the ideas of eugenics, scientific racism, imperialism,[2] fascism, Nazism and struggle between national or racial groups.[3][4]
I'm taking from this so far that so long as my intentions are not to harm - but to educate, be kind or extend friendship - I can do and say what I like.
I was just giving a general legal overview for your discussion and briefly addressed your question.
I think your question about 'morality' is a seperate and complex issue. I'm not your advisor.
Napoleon - LOL - I wasn't asking for legal advice :) just a turn of phrase to ask your opinion...
It wouldn't be nice if we can't say and do what we like as rational thinkers.
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Before the wild card round, I wrote an article predicting Super Bowl XLIV would feature the San Diego Chargers and the Dallas Cowboys. After the wild card round, with San Diego home cooling their heels and the Cowboys summarily dismissing the Philadelphia Eagles 34-14, my prognostication skills were looking quite strong.
Then came the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
It wasn't really surprising that the Minnesota Vikings beat the Cowboys. They do, after all, have a very strong team featuring two of the best offensive players in the entire league and a defense that led the league in sacks. The game figured to be a great match up—perhaps the best of the entire playoffs. As the number three seed, The Cowboys' road to the Super Bowl was sure to be fraught with difficulty…and nowhere would that be more apparent than in the Mall of America Dome, where the home team had been a perfect 8-0 during the regular season.
I said as much, even as I made my bold prediction.
I wasn't surprised when I turned out to be wrong about the Cowboys beating the Vikings. I was surprised—mortified, even—when the game ceased to even be competitive somewhere in the third quarter. A 34-3 pasting I did not see coming. Did anyone whose face wasn't painted purple last Sunday make that call?
Okay. So, my home team Cowboys didn't hold up their end of the bargain. It would not be a Cowboys – Chargers Super Bowl. I could still be half right. Right?
Wrong. The Chargers lost in a stunning upset to a Jets' team that features one of the league's best defenses and one of its most predictable, vanilla, close-to-the-vest offenses, not to mention a rookie quarterback. The 17-14 setback marked the second time in three years under Turner the Chargers had plowed through the regular season (they were 14-2 in 2007 and 13-3 this year) only to lose at the first opportunity in the playoffs.
Cowboys fans and Chargers fans are left with very similar circumstances. Norv Turner is 32-16 with three division titles in his three seasons at the helm in San Diego. His team has won three playoff games, but has been unable to climb to the top of Mount Victory and claim a Super Bowl spot. The Cowboys, meanwhile, are 33-15 during those same three years under coach Wade Phillips. They have won two division titles…and exactly one playoff game.
Norv Turner was rewarded a three-year contract extension before Chargers' fans could even get down a bottle of Pepto Bismol to settle their stomachs. After making a questionable decision to onside kick, leaving his team with their backs against the wall and the clock tick-tocking away, Chargers' management wasted no time rubber-stamping him.
Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton, San Diego radio personality and columnist for the San Diego News Network, wrote in a column for the SDNN,
It may be as appalling a loss as there is in franchise history. Yes, Steve Young threw six touchdown passes in the 49ers Super Bowl rout in 1995.
But this may surpass that and possibly equal a horrific loss during the Dan Fouts-Air Coryell era, when Vernon Perry picked off four passes in a 1979 home playoff loss to the Houston Oilers by the same 17-14 margin.
Across the Blogosphere, San Diego fans have been incredulous over Turner's extension. He had a year left on his contract, but ownership sent a "we are satisfied" message by inking him to a new deal.
Meanwhile, back on the ranch, Jerry Jones has taken his sweet time doing the inevitable; namely, picking up the option on Phillips' contract. Cowboys Nation is holding its collective breath, hoping it is just that and not some new, long-term deal that will keep the the Pillsbury Cowboy here into perpetuity.
Opinions vary sharply on the wisdom of keeping Phillips, but there seems to be a hefty majority in the Dallas media that takes the view that he probably gives the team the best chance to make a run next year. It is the old, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" adage. (Of course, even if it is broken, Wade calls himself "Mr. Fix-It.)
The wisdom of keeping Turner and Phillips will not be known until we have the benefit of hindsight. Are they like the hot high school cheerleader that gave you just enough hope to keep you carrying her lunch tray? Are they Super Bowl teases? Or, are they the real thing?
Whatever they are, Turner and Phillips must each be drunk with delight over the confidence their respective owners have shown in them.
The teams' fans, on the other hand, are just drunk. Less than a week ago, the Cowboys and Chargers were hot picks to make a run to Super Bowl XLIV. By Sunday evening, Dallas fans were stunned, having helplessly witnessed a Little Big Horn type massacre in Minnesota. San Diego fans were stung by another unexpected upset playoff loss. In Sunny Southern California and in Big D, Super Bowl Fever has given way to a slumped-shouldered stupor. Glazed-over eyes. Blank stares. Slack jaws. Wrenching guts.
Maybe next year.
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