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In the spring of 2006, I quit my job as an adjunct professor at
The most tempting offer came from "Hannity & Colmes." As I viewed it then,
A producer promised me 10 minutes of airtime, during which I would be free to voice my objections to Rice, the former secretary of state. As it turned out, my interview ran just over three minutes, much of which I spent trying to fend off Hannity's insistence that I voted for
Over the past few years, I've come to view my appearance as somewhat less heroic. I hadn't spoken truth to power or caused anyone to reassess Secretary Rice's record. I merely provided a few minutes of gladiatorial stimulation for
This, to be blunt, is the tragic flaw of the modern liberal. We choose to see ourselves as innocent victims of an escalating right-wing fanaticism. But too often we serve as willing accomplices to this escalation and to the resulting degradation of our civic discourse. We do this, without even meaning to, by consuming conservative folly as mass entertainment.Continue reading the main story
If this sounds like a harsh assessment, trust me, I'm among the worst offenders. Yes, I'm one of those enlightened masochists who tune in to conservative talk radio when driving alone. I recognize this as pathological behavior, and I always make sure to switch the station back to NPR before returning the car to my wife. But I can't help myself. I take a perverse and complicated pleasure in listening to all the mean, manipulative things those people say.
Of course, not all right-wing pundits spew hate. But the ones who do are the ones we liberals dependably aggrandize. Consider the recent debate over whether employers must cover
Any hope of that conversation happening was dashed the moment
But the real problem isn't Limbaugh. He's just a businessman who is paid to reduce complex cultural issues to ad hominem assaults. The real problem is that liberals, both on an institutional and a personal level, have chosen to treat for-profit propaganda as news. In so doing, we have helped redefine liberalism as an essentially reactionary movement. Rather than initiating discussion, or advocating for more humane policy, we react to the most vile and nihilistic voices on the right.
Media outlets like MSNBC and The
Even programs that seek to inject some levity into our rancorous political theater run on the same noxious fuel. What would "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" be without the fulminations of Fox News and the rest of the right-wing hysterics?
Taken as a whole, the arrangement is entirely cynical. This slavish coverage of conservative scoundrels does nothing to illuminate policy or challenge our assumptions. On the contrary, its central goal mirrors that of the pundits it reviles: to boost ratings by reinforcing easy prejudices. These ratings come courtesy of dolts like me: liberals who choose, every day, to click on their links and to watch their shows.
So why do I do this?
The first and most damning reason is that some part of me truly enjoys resenting conservatives. I know I shouldn't, that I should strive for equanimity. But secretly I feel the same helplessness and rage that animates the extreme right wing of this country. I see a world dangerously out of balance — morally, economically, ecologically — and my natural impulse is to blame those figures who, in my view, embody the decadent ignorance of the age. They become convenient scapegoats.
Rather than taking up the banner and the burden of the causes I believe in, or questioning my own consumptive habits, I've come to rely on private moments of indignation for moral vindication. I fume at the iniquity of Pundit A and laugh at the hypocrisy of Candidate B and feel absolved — without ever having left my couch. It's a closed system of scorn and self-congratulation.
My fixation on conservative demagogues also includes a share of covert envy. The truth is that I feel overrun by moral uncertainty, bewildered by the complexity of our planetary crises. Wouldn't it be nice, I ask myself, to feel entirely sure of my beliefs? To shout down anyone who disagrees with me? To dismiss peak oil and global warming as fairy tales? To accept capitalism as a catechism?
But what's really happening when I scoff at
This pattern of defensive grievance, writ large, has derailed the liberal agenda and crippled the nation's moral progress.
A century ago, as an early great champion of progressivism, Teddy Roosevelt dismantled our society's engines of greed. Under the leadership of presidents from F.D.R. to L.B.J., left-wingers waged war on corporate excess, institutional racism and poverty. There was a widespread and galvanizing belief in government as a force for good in the lives of the disenfranchised.
By contrast, consider the popular response to the Great Recession. The Tea Party — inflamed and partly financed by well-funded lobbying groups — took to the streets to blame government for a crisis caused primarily by Wall Street. Liberals did little aside from condemning the Tea Party. It wasn't until the
The most insidious effect of our addiction to right-wing misanthropy has been the erosion of our more generous instincts. At least for me. I've come to regard all conservatives as extremists, a mob of useful idiots plied by profiteers, rather than a diverse spectrum of citizens, many of whom share my values, anxieties and goals. When I hear the crowd at a Republican presidential debate cheer for capital punishment, I write them off as sadists, rather than accepting them as citizens seeking a means of keeping themselves safe. Slagging conservatism has become my one acceptable form of bigotry.
I'm not trying to soft-pedal the very real pathologies of the modern conservative movement. The rich and powerful have clearly found in the Republican Party a willing collaborator. They've spent billions peddling Americans a failed theology of deregulation and lower
It's for this exact reason that the left can no longer afford to squander time and energy engaging the childish arguments of paid provocateurs. We have to seek out those on the right willing to engage in genuine dialogue and ignore the rest.
Imagine, if you will, the domino effect that would ensue if liberals and moderates simply tuned out the demagogues. Yes, they would still be able to manipulate their legions into endorsing cruel and self-defeating policies. But their voices would be sealed within the echo chamber of extremism and sealed off from the majority of Americans who honestly just want our common problems solved. They would be marginalized in the same way as activists who rant about racial purity or anarchy.
Rush Limbaugh would be a radio host catering to a few million angry commuters, not the alpha male of conservatism. Fox News would be a popular fringe network, not the reliable conduit by which paranoid hogwash infects our mainstream media.
In this world, it would be much harder to mislead people because media outlets would shift their resources to covering the content of proposed legislation, the exploding role of corporate influence in our affairs of state and the scientifically confirmed predicaments we face as a species.
Liberals and moderates would no longer be able to mollify themselves by watching
This last measure, I realize, hasn't worked for
I'm as heartbroken as the next liberal at the cynicism of the Republican Party and the inability of Democrats to confront them in blunt moral terms. But as Americans, we are endowed with the freedom to vote for the sort of democracy we want — not just at the ballot booth, but with our attention and energy. The more we devote to amplifying conflict, the less we listen to each other. Which is precisely what those special interests want: a nation too distracted by wrath to follow the money.
My personal goal is simple: to go cold turkey on conservative wing nuts and instead take up the hard work of genuine political action. It's time for all of us — liberal, conservative and otherwise — to define ourselves as Americans not by who we hate but by what we can do to strengthen our communities and country.Continue reading the main story


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Psalm 107 Tree of Life Version (TLV)
His Chesed and His Wonders
Psalm 107
1 Praise Adonai, for He is good,
10 Some sat in darkness and deep gloom,
17 Some became fools because of their rebellious ways,
23 Some go out to the sea in ships,
33 He turns rivers into a wilderness
40 He pours contempt on princes,
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This vintage pink rock necklace was a present two birthdays ago from my dear sweet darling. I liked how these photos look in front of the window (I look like I have a cloud for a head...or a hat). Do you want to be featured on Bedazzled (aka dazzle the world)? Let's talk.
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Busy Lizzy in a Tizzy
Oh hey! It's been a week, a long old kooky, crazy, fun week. So much to say at some point. Above is a snap taken from the depths of Wamic, OR. For a second there I was all "pug this and pug that," but after spending the weekend with a friend's dear sweet dachshund, I'm still totally all about the doxies (I mean look at that sweet guy, could you imagine a pup like that near me at all times?). Sorry big dog people, don't hate!
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Workin' For the Weekend...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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Friday, April 12, 2013
DJBBJ- Save the Date
Join me, and all of my favorite records April 20th 2013,
10pm-2am, at the Conquistador Lounge.
Hope to see you and yours there!
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Lavender scarf
Oh my sweet Delicate Doilies goodness,
there are plenty of new gems in the shop!
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The Nautical Owl: GIVEAWAY from Delicate Doilies!
Win this Delicate Doilies blouse, and never look back!
Enter the contest HERE!
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Monday, April 8, 2013
City Slickers Sitting Pretty
This past weekend Alex and I packed our bags, and rode straight to the gates of Ellensburg, WA. Talk about the land of Sunshine people! The snaps above are only just a slight peep into our glorious weekend. Our gracious host, and trusty tour guide (my brother in law Shaun) showed us the ins and outs of the land (including but not limited to visiting the Chimposeum, going to Leavenworth, a film festival, and of course our fare share of thrift shopping). Ellensburg is a hidden gem tucked away in central Washington surrounded by picturesque mountains, old brick buildings, and the type of truck drivers that wave "hello" to each other in the street. The in laws (not to be confused with outlaws) met us there on Saturday. It was a glorious weekend all around.
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Friday, April 5, 2013
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Charles Sheffield...For Your Listening Pleasure
On repeat, can you blame me?
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Such a Hoot
I was pleased as punch when the lovely Megan from The Nautical Owl agreed to grace Bedazzled Tuesday. Unfortunately something happened when I blabbered out what Bedazzled Tuesday is about (when this mouth gets to talking, things get kooky at times). Whelp anyways, wires got crossed, and instead of sending me photos of her favorite bedazzled items of clothing, Megan sent her favorite bedazzled items. Which worked out perfectly because take a gander at the beauties above (owls with personality people, and in tip top shape). Megan is a fashion blogger living in Toganoxie,Kansas and she is the mastermind behind The Nautical Owl blog and shop. Go on now take a peek. Oh and one last thing, Megan is hosting a Delicate Doilies giveaway in the near future, so follow Nautical Owl, and never look back!
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Monday, April 1, 2013
New brooches at the Delicate Doilies shop.
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The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. has revealed plans to release his first solo record.
The 10 track album – 'Yours To Keep' – features an all star cast including Sean Lennon, Julian Casablancas, Fountains Of Wayne's Judy Porter, Ben Kweller, Mikki James, Sammy James Jr. and band manager Ryan Gentles.
The album was recorded at New York's Electric Ladyland Studios with Josh Lattanzi on bass and Matt Romano on drums.
Former Thin Lizard Dawn vocalist Greg Lattimer has produced the album.
The track listing for 'Yours To Keep' is:
'Cartoon Music for Superheroes (Goodnight)'
'In Transit'
'Everyone Gets A Star'
'Call An Ambulance'
'Blue Skies'
'Back To The 101'
'Bright Young Thing'
'Hard to Live in the City'
'Yours To Keep' is out on October 9, and the band say he remains a full time member despite his solo effort.


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Lorelei Williams carries family story of missing and murdered indigenous women
#MMIW: First Nations woman grew up with ugly reality of what has become an international hashtag
For Lorelei Williams, this story began before she was born, when her aunt, Belinda Williams, went missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside 40 years ago.
As a 35-year-old woman with roots in both the Skatin and Sts'ailes First Nations, Williams says she was brought into this world with the ugly reality of what has now become an international hashtag: #MMIW.
Williams also lost her young cousin, Tanya Holyk. She went missing in 1996 and was later named as one of Robert Pickton's victims.
Helping design the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women was an unexpected turn in Williams' life, one that DNTO producer Andrew Friesen and I are capturing in a new CBC Doc Project and DNTO documentary called The Story She Carries.
- The Unsolved: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
- Missing, murdered indigenous women: families 'hopeful' after inquiry announcement
- Missing and murdered women's advocate finds strength in dance troupe
'Mistakes were made'
For us, Williams story began at the Winnipeg airport, when I spotted Wally Oppal, the commissioner of the Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry (MWCI) that looked into the murders committed by serial killer Robert Pickton.
In indigenous country, Oppal has acquired somewhat of a pejorative reputation for spearheading what is considered a largely flawed inquiry. But my interview with him cast a different light on the former judge.
Catching my breath after chasing Oppal down at the Vancouver airport, I asked him what he thought of the national inquiry moving forward and how it might be different from the MWCI.
"There were a lot of mistakes made when they didn't fund a lot of the [family and advocacy] groups. We could have learned a lot from those groups if they participated, so I am sympathetic to the groups that walked away."
Later on when I played this tape for Lorelei, she was surprised at what, to her, sounded like someone whose ideas about the inquiry matched hers.
"I'm shocked, everything I am pointing out in my speech [to the Ministers], he said as well. He admitted, 'Don't do the same mistakes that we did.'"
"To hear it coming from his mouth, I always thought, he doesn't get it or realize what we are going through, but it sounds like he does." said Williams.
Preparing for a national inquiry
The week we set aside to tape our documentary also happened to be the week cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould, Carolyn Bennett and Patty Hajdu met with families of missing and murdered indigenous women to consult on the plan and design for the national inquiry.
We captured the moment Williams and Bennett met for the first time.
Wearing a T-shirt featuring photos of her missing aunt, Belinda Williams and cousin, Tanya Holyk, Williams told Bennett she was hopeful a national inquiry will help bring closure to her family.
"I feel emotional, I can't believe this is actually happening," said Williams — who reiterated the importance of having family members be a part of the upcoming inquiry.
Bennett agreed. "Lorelei, we're going to need your help to get it right. We know that it's only with the instincts, advice and stories of people like you that we will make sure there will be concrete actions taken."
As Bennett and Williams went upstairs to meet with the coalition, the minister told us that a national inquiry is only the beginning of a very long process.
"We have the responsibility to get on and do the work to make sure that concrete actions are put in place, so that other families don't go through what these families have," said Bennett.
At every meeting, we listened to family members retell difficult stories, For Williams, it means carrying the burden of telling her family members' stories, opening old wounds again and again.
Brushing off the pain
One of the questions Andrew and I asked each other over and over was, 'How does Lorelei do it?' How does she carry so many stories of death and loss and continue to share her story and other story as a fearless leader? Her answer to us was "It's always about connecting to culture and to spirit."
Williams started a group called Butterflies in Spirit, a dance troupe comprised of family members of missing and murdered Indigenous women, to draw attention to the issue. But she was surprised to find that it gave her something back personally as well.
"Ever since I started Butterflies in Spirit, ever since I started working in the Downtown Eastside and meeting all these elders … I realized, wow, my culture is what is going to help me through all of this."
She began exploring her culture, reaching out to spiritual and cultural leaders and connecting to her Skatin and Sts'ailes communities and her Salish, Interior Salish and Coast Salish cultures.
Seis^^lom (Glen Williams) was one of the elders she reached out to. During one of this week's ministerial meetings to prep the family members for the pre-inquiry consultation, he was on site, conducting healing ceremonies for those carrying pain.
We witnessed and participated in a traditional Lil'wat brushing-off ceremony. The purpose of the practice is to brush off the negativity absorbed over the course of the day — listening to stories, taking in and experiencing emotions captured in the busy and powerful work that Williams embraces daily.
The pain and suffering many of the families have endured cannot be overstated. Andrew and I listened to heartbreaking stories of survival and loss but also of resilience and courage.
It is hard for me to imagine what many of the family members go through daily.
Tune in to our documentary to hear more, tune in to DNTO , 3:00 p.m, Feb. 6, CBC Radio One.
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Heavy Burden trailer
Tony is ok. Got a permanent job, runs a morning café and courses based on own experiences for those who do not know how to keep their homes, manage daily finances and navigate the online reality. You can see no traces of his addiction to heroin. That is dignity.
For Roy it went from bad to worse. He quit the theatre troupe, their regular gathering point. The goal was control of his own life, manage the limelight and the glance of others. Roy advocated the idea of "forgiveness and dignity", as he had read Thomas Aquinas. Everyone deserves a second chance, exclude no one because of the addiction. But now he is dead.
Jan Erik struggled as always. He could write out of rapture; texts, songs. Actually, he was a musician. In theater, he was not particularly interested. He wrote only serious things, as Bob Dylan. But only his songs reached the premiere. His heart stopped and silenced his voice.
Gry was luckier. She survived the days of performance. It was a success, the newspapers wrote about them and what they had achieved – the rise from humiliation, away from the Plata district and the other whores. Trailing, theatre and poetry had become her new life – until she collapsed, suddenly one day. Nothing more than just memories and words are left.
The hub for these four people was the theatre, now a closed chapter. Those who survived have to find other goals in life to stand upright without chemical assistance.
Documentary: A period of approx. four years in their lifes was documented, a genuine, strong experience in a tough world, strong wills in battle with immense powers. Some wins, some lose the game of life.


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ProsFull, easy-to-use management of ZIP and other archives under OS X, far more flexible and powerful than anything built into OS X itself. Includes strong encryption. Can save archives in Windows-friendly format.
ConsPricey for features that ought to be part of the OS.
Bottom LineThe best archive utility for OS X: easy to use, packed with advanced features including a built-in file previewer.
I can count on one hand the number of things that Windows does far better than OS X does—in fact, I think I can count them on one thumb: Windows leaves
When I open a ZIP archive in BetterZip, I see a three-pane display. At the center is a tree-structured list of files in the archive itself. On the right is a preview pane showing the content of the file selected in the file list. On the left is a Favorites pane, with a tree-structured list of folders that I've added to that pane because I tend to store archives in them (for example, my Downloads folder). By selecting files in the central file-list pane I can extract one or more files anywhere I want, or control-click on the file and use an Open With option to open it with any program I want, just as I can in the OS X Finder. And by dragging a file into that pane from anywhere else in OS X, I can add files to an existing archive. As you'd expect, I can also delete files from an archive and rename them.
Creating Archives
By default, both OS X itself and BetterZip create ZIP archives with Mac-specific information in them so that the OS X Finder knows how to display and open the included files. This Mac-specific information isn't visible to a Mac user who opens a Mac-created archive, but when a Windows user opens the same archive, it looks as if it's cluttered with junk files, and the files that you actually want are hidden inside a sub-folder in the archive. BetterZip fixes this problem by including an option to "Save Without Mac Stuff." This option is one of BetterZip's built-in "presets," which are essentially a set of specifications for creating and saving different kinds of archives. For example, another built-in preset lets you save an archive in the open-source 7z format, complete with a password and strong AES-256 encryption, a much stronger level of security than standard ZIP encryption.
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Even if you don't use BetterZip itself, you can use the same vendor's free QuickLook generator for ZIP archives (downloadable from www.macitbetter.com). With this QuickLook plugin installed, OS X's QuickLook displays a hierarchical list of the files inside an archive. Without it, QuickLook displays merely a generic icon. The QuickLook plugin won't let you preview or extract individual files, as BetterZip itself can, but it's ideal for—you guessed it—a quick look inside any archive.
Yes, BetterZip seems expensive for a utility that should have been built into the OS—though it's hardly macitbetter's fault that Apple ZIP management is weak. I myself hesitated before buying it, hoping to find a freeware alternative. Still, I've never found anything better, and, now that I've bought BetterZip, it's paid for itself many times over with its time-saving conveniences. BetterZip is a clear Editors' Choice for Mac OS utilities.
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You Have Multiple Ways to Replace Missing Teeth
There are millions of Americans walking around without teeth. Some of those people have single missing teeth, while others have worn dentures for years. Our Collegeville and Williamsport dental offices are dedicated to provide options for missing teeth.
What's different about our office is that we offer several different type of dental implants. This is NOT the norm. Most general dental offices do not offer dental implants. Or, if they do, they only offer one type of dental implant.
I would say that dental implants are not a new thing. We dentists have been using dental implants for years. With any type of medicine, the science continues to advance each and every year. Now we have multiple different dental implants to select from. The upside is that more people with missing teeth are now candidates for dental implants.
Dental implants nearly match the power of natural teeth and can last a lifetime with proper care. Today I want to review a few of the different types of implants we offer. You'll quickly see why we have visitors from across the state.
Traditional dental implants — Traditional dental implants are made from titanium and can be restore with single crowns, bridges, or dentures. We use titanium because this metal will merge with bone. The advantage of this is that the implant is secured and stops the jaw bone from receding. Titanium dental implants are the most common type of implant used in dentistry. For patients missing all of their teeth, we can place what is called a full-bar implant. Once the full-bar implant is in place, we fashion dentures to snap into the implants.
Mini dental implants — Mini dental implant act just like conventional dental implants, but they are smaller in diameter. Unfortunately, not all patients with missing teeth are candidates for traditional dental implants. When the teeth are lost, the jaw bone will recede. Most people who have worn removable dentures for years have mild to severe jaw bone recession. They are not candidates for traditional dental implants because they do not have enough jaw bone to support the implant. There are procedures used to build up the bone and gums, but those are highly invasive and costly. If you have a thin jaw bone and do not want to undergo grafting, then mini dental implants are a great option.
Metal-free dental implants — I wrote earlier in this post that dentists have been using dental implants for years. These are made from titanium. At the LANAP & Implant Center, we can provide metal-free dental implants that are made from zirconium. Metal-free implants are intended for patients who have a metal sensitivity or those who want a more holistic option. Zirconia is compatible with our bodies and matches the natural color of the tooth's root (Some patients worry that titanium dental implants will cause discoloration around the gum line.) Our office has a rigorous vetting process for patients who request metal-free dental implants to improve the overall success of the treatment. We then use the patient's own stem cells while placing the implant. Once the implant is placed, we use lasers to stimulate the cells and increase the healing process.
There are many factors that go into finding the best dental implant for you. You can visit my office today to learn more about your options. Contact us today.


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A blueprint for high-volume, high-quality lung cancer screening that is detecting cancer earlier—and helping to save lives
In a notable departure from the commercial marketplace, the most common pharmacy benefit structure among Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans (MA-PDs) under Medicare Part D is a four-tier structure, according to the report "Understanding the 2006 Medicare Part D Marketplace."
The report says that at least 51 percent of stand-alone PDPs and at least 63 percent of MA-PD plans have at least four coverage tiers, compared with an average of three tiers for commercial plans.
"This is reflective of the willingness of these plans to enter this new marketplace and to control costs," says Lindsey Spindle, a spokeswoman for Avalere Health, the consulting company that issued the report. "If plans are placing drugs in the fourth tier, it's clearly an attempt to control costs. We're seeing that, along with the use of prior authorization, step therapy, an increase in generic utilization, or some other cost control means," says Spindle.
In general, lower tiers tend to have flat copayment amounts and higher tiers carry a percentage coinsurance; overall cost-sharing amounts are high relative to commercial offerings. Beneficiaries will face significant cost sharing increases when buying products in higher tiers.
"For beneficiaries, this is such new territory," says Spindle. "People will choose their plan based on premium price and then drug coverage. But what happens in the future, if the beneficiary needs a drug that is in a higher tier? They could be in for a surprise," Spindle says.
Among PDPs and MA-PD plans, four or more tiers is very common.
Source: Avalere Health
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There is always one in every cycling club, peloton, or "organisation". This Tee is designed for those befitting of the title " DON" or "IL CAPITANO" whose domestique's dare not question or challenge him. He even over-rides the SPOKESMAN. And oh…beware the horse!
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Age: Adult
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In Falling, book two of The Tower Room Series, Leo Becker has only recently moved into the Rose Park mansion at the invitation of his cousin Dilys. He knows nothing, however, of the strange working of the Tower Room, but that is about to change.
A worthy follow-up to her 2015 debut, Falling whisks us back to the summer of 1813 and the brief American occupation of Queenston where it explores the events leading up to Laura Secord's historic walk of June 21.
Continuing the adventure that Foreword Clarion Review said was a "genre-crossing historical adventure story with a time-travel twist," Falling takes readers back in time again but as the prequel to The Tree of Life.
Dive into the story to see where the twists and turns take you.
"Sensory details bring the past to life in this charming time-travel story...in which characters actively participate in the periods where they land....The second book in the Tower Room series, Dawn Davis's Falling is an intriguing time-travel adventure."
"The Tree of Life" is an entertaining, and surprisingly introspective and complex journey into the past, and is sure to be a delight for young readers and adults."
"Davis is a very engaging storyteller, and Charlotte is a wonderful creation. Fans of magical realism a la Alice Hoffman will feel at home with this story."
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The prequel to The Tree of Life and the newest release in The Tower Room Series.
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Walgreens HQ sale-leaseback offering reflects national trend
The Jones Lang LaSalle Capital Markets team has been hired to pursue the sale-leaseback of the six-building, 575,000-SF Walgreen Co. headquarters complex in north suburban Deerfield, part of a larger national trend toward single-tenant net-lease transactions.
According to Jones Lang LaSalle Research, single-tenant net-lease transactions are expected to top $40 billion in 2013, up from $31 million in 2012 and $25 million in 2011.
Guy Ponticiello, Managing Director of JLL's Corporate Finance & Net Lease Group, said that a variety of facotros are at play including an expected uptick in corporate M&A activity, the move by private equity firms to monetize their portfolio companies' strong underlying real estate assets, and a desire by corporations to put their capital to better use.
As he told GlobeSt.com in a recent interview:
"There is just not enough quality net lease product to satisfy investor demand at the moment, so the time is right for savvy corporates to take advantage of the lack of supply."
For more details on the Walgreen Co. listing, click here to read the Chicago Tribune's recent story on the offering.


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The detail below was provided to us by the late Don Jordan, who supported and encouraged our efforts to build series drogues.
In the fall of 2004, four hurricanes devastated southern Florida.
"Hurricane Ivan struck the Gulf Coast causing extensive damage. Insured U.S. losses exceeded $7 billion". Science News, April 05. The media showed scenes of marinas with a shambles of damaged boats. Boats from moorings and anchors littered the shore.
"Yachting World, — Nov. 1996, Hurricane Bertha, British Virgin Islands, Moorings are vulnerable in the wind. It is particularly unnerving to watch the yachts tacking back and forth and blowing flat at the end of each tack,
The research which led to the design of the series drogue, and even more important, the actual experience at sea with a variety of yacht designs, and with storm encounters up to hurricane strength, can provide another benefit to the yachting community.
These engineering data clearly show that, in storm conditions, a sailing yacht should be moored or anchored from the stern with a bridle, not the bow. If moored from the stern, the boat will lie quietly and will weathercock with changes in the wind direction.
The design loads for the mooring or anchor can then be estimated with sufficient accuracy to permit the design of a reliable mooring system for hurricane winds. There is no technical reason why a sailing yacht need break away from a mooring. The wild and destructive motion shown in Fig. 1 is caused by a form of dynamic instability which is now well understood. Similar unfortunate behavior was experienced on early aircraft designed to fly at high speed. Now known as flutter, the wing would twist and oscillate up and down with increasing amplitude until failure occurred. A similar but more widely publicized event was the failure of "Galloping Gerty" the Seattle Tacoma suspension bridge, which undulated in the wind until one day, in a heavy gale, the vibrations grew so severe that the bridge broke into pieces.
Not all boats become dynamically unstable when tethered from the bow in a strong wind. However modern sloop rigged yachts with a cutaway forefoot, short keel and spade rudder are particularly vulnerable. Such designs make up a large share of the yachting communities. A schooner rigged yacht with a long straight keel is better, and most of the old gaff rigged schooners would ride fairly well. Power boats are often better than sailing yachts. However, boats with a high bow and a large structure forward can do poorly. All designs would be more secure anchored-from the stern.
Fifteen years at sea with the series drogue has demonstrated that a yacht will not be "pooped", and the rudder and companionway doors will not be damaged by mooring from the stern. The cockpit may occasionally fill from waves slopping aboard.
The Stability of Anchored or Moored Sailing Yachts
If an anchored sailing yacht is stable it will lie quietly. If it is unstable it will develop a violent motion under high wind conditions. An object is said to be stable if, when a force is applied to deflect the object, an opposing force is generated to return the object to the original course. All moving vehicles, boats, cars, bicycles, airplanes, etc. are designed to be stable when moving forward. Otherwise it would not be possible to steer them in a straight line. If a vehicle is stable moving forward, it will be unstable moving backward.
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An arrow is highly stable moving forward
If deflected from its course, the feathers act to bring it back.
If an arrow is tethered at the arrowhead end and exposed to a strong wind it will be stable and will lie quietly, aligned to the wind.
If the arrow is tethered at the feather end, it will be unstable and will flail around wildly.
The motion of an arrow is influenced only by air forces. However, the motion of a sailing yacht is influenced by both air forces and by water forces. All sailing yachts are designed to be stable when moving forward through the water. Therefore, they will automatically be unstable when moving backward through the water, as any skipper who attempts to steer the boat backward will attest. The boat will yaw.
When sailing forward, the keel and the rudder act as the feathers on the arrow. When under sail, the air forces on the sails and rigging are balanced so that the loads on the tiller are minimized, and the air forces do not have an important effect on the directional stability. The boat will hold the desired course with little control from the skipper.
However, and this is a critical point, when the boat is at anchor and the sails are down, the mast and rigging act as the feathers on the arrow. Since the mast and rigging are located at the forward part of the boat, ahead of the center of gravity, the boat will be unstable, and will develop a violent motion in a strong wind such as a hurricane. The force on the mast and rigging of a conventional 40 ft. sloop will be approximate 800 lbs. in a 75 mph hurricane wind. When anchored from the bow in a hurricane, the boat is, in effect, moving forward through the air at a speed of 75 mph., a situation similar to a boat on a trailer being towed at 75 mph.
An Unstable System:
A tethered boat will be unstable if, when the boat yaws due to a wave strike or change in wind direction, forces will be created which act to yaw the boat further. The boat will continue to yaw until fetched up and brought about by the load from the tether. The sketch below shows a boat tethered from the bow. A wind shift of 30 degrees strikes the boat. The boat starts to move sideways. The air force on the mast and rigging tends to move the bow further away from the wind. The sideways motion also causes water
A Stable System:
A tethered boat will be stable if, when the boat yaws, forces will be created which act to reduce the yaw and return the boat to the original course or, in this case, turn the boat into the new wind direction. This sketch shows the boat tethered from the stern. The air force on the mast and rigging now acts as the feathers on the arrow and aligns the boat with the new wind. Also, the water forces on the keel and rudder now act to align the boat with the wind. The higher the wind and water forces the more firmly the boat will be aligned. Many skippers have commented on how aggressively the series drogue holds
An Engineered Design for Moorings:
To design a dependable mooring system it is necessary to establish a reasonable maximum load, which will cover all anticipated storm conditions. To my knowledge, this has never been done. Moorings have evolved empirically over the years. If moored yachts are unstable and sail back and forth, it is difficult to establish the peak loads. The maximum load will occur when the yacht reaches the end of the excursion and is blown flat. This load can obviously be relatively high. The air loads can be high since the boat can be broadside to the wind. In addition, the air loads can be greatly augmented by dynamic or inertia loads as the boat is yanked to a stop, blown flat, pivoted 180 degrees, and then accelerated in the opposite direction. The most common form of failure is chafing of the tether as the load goes from zero to maximum in one direction and then from zero to maximum in the other direction. The transient loads continue for hours during the course of the hurricane.
If the tethered boat has adequate directional stability, and weathercocks into the transient wind shifts, the maximum load on the mooring can readily be predicted with acceptable accuracy for design purposes. There will be no significant dynamic forces. The forces from the 4 to 6 f1.waves formed in the harbor by hurricane winds will generate very low loads.
The primary loads will come from the air loads on the hull and rigging caused by the hurricane force winds. Fortunately, very complete data on the aerodynamic drag of all reasonable objects are available from testing in wind tunnels and other facilities. If we consider a typical modem 40 ft. sloop rigged yacht in a hurricane rated at 100 mph, we know from boundary layer measurements that the velocity near the surface will be less then that of the main stream because of friction with the water surface. The velocity near the water surface will be about 60 mph and at the mast, 75 mph. Under these conditions, the drag of the hull, facing stern to the wind, will be about 300 to 400 lbs. and the drag of the mast and rigging will be 700 to 800 lbs. We might use a conservative estimate of 2000 lbs for design purposes. The breaking strength of a three quarter inch nylon mooring line is 16,000 lbs.
Chafing should be easily avoided when the load is relatively steady in magnitude and direction. There is no technical reason why a mooring should fail in a hurricane. In fact, a properly designed mooring may well be the safest haven for a sailing yacht in a hurricane, far safer than a crowded marina or a quickly chosen "hurricane hole.
To conclude this discussion, we might ask why, over the thousands of years of sailing experience, did not sailors realize that a sailing yacht should be moored from the stern, not the bow. The answer lies in the difference between the design of traditional vessels from the age of sail and the design of modem sailing yachts. Traditional vessels had a long straight keel running all the way to the stern. The rudder was small and did not extend below the keel. They were mostly schooner or square rigged, arid they were heavy and deep in the water. The resultant wind force on the masts and rigging was aft of the center of the boat. As a result, they came about slowly and often with some difficulty.
Conversely, modern yachts have a short deep keel and a cutaway forefoot. They also have a powerful rudder and are light in weight. The single mast is tall and is located ahead of the center of the boat. These features are necessary to obtain good upwind performance and agility when coming about. However, they make the boat highly unstable when tethered from the bow in a strong wind. Fortunately, the more unstable a boat is when tethered from the bow, the more stable it will be when tethered from the stern. Fifteen years of experience with the series drogue tethered at the stern has demonstrated that, with hurricane force winds and even when buffeted by large breaking storm waves, the boat will ride quietly and will quickly adjust to wind shifts and random wave strikes.
There can be little doubt that a proper stern mooring would have saved many of the moored boats that were destroyed in the four hurricanes that struck Florida in the fall of 2004.


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Tomorrow is an anniversary.
A painful anniversary. A day where my life started to unwind and go downhill until all I knew came painfully undone.
It's been 13 years now. While the pain does get easier to deal with,there are still moments where the pain is so great that it takes my breath away.
I wish I could go back to this day 13 years ago and perhaps make different choices,different decisions.
I know in my heart that the outcome would have been the same. The wheels were already set in motion. I stood and watched to see my life come apart.
She was already on a path,a path that would take her away from us,forever.
Life changed from that day,mine fell apart,nothing made sense. Often now,it still doesn't.
I dreamt about her last night. Saw her sweet smile,her strawberry blonde hair,that one dimple.
I miss you my poss,I miss you.


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Wow! What an amazing day we had yesterday. Words could not do justice to how proud I was of the children, they gave it 110% all day. Choir, you are beyond amazing!!You should be very proud of yourself. Here are a few pictures taken last night.
Busy rehearsing.
We are all busy rehearsing for our stage debut , the children are really great at learning all of the routines. Today we looked at All of me, which will be signed, yet again the choir has risen to the challenge. If anyone gets a chance to rehearse at home that would be much appreciated. Just visit the VIAM website, go to parents area and scroll down to rehearsal videos.
Just a remember to return all forms regarding travel arrangements for VIAM.
Also choir members need to be in black trousers and black footwear for the concert.
Thursday 15th NovmberJust a quick reminder about our concert tonight. The concert will run from 6pm to 7.30pm , could all children be back at school no later than 5.45 please. We look
forward to sharing with you some new songs and some old favourites.
See you tonight!
VIAM Update.
The dvd will be available from the VIAM website next week and you can download it as well if you had the merchandise pack. One song we do feature in is Somewhere only we know. Look for us at 1:24- 1:35.
Just a quick reminder about our concert tomorrow night. The concert will run from 6pm to 7pm , could all children be back at school no later than 5.45 please. We look forward to sharing with you some new songs and some old favourites. See you tomorrow night!
I hope you are all having a great summer holiday. I think we can all agree that this year has been wonderful for our choir. They have worked so hard and achieved a great deal, so well done!
I have just seen the song list for VIAM 2018 and wow ..it's good! Some brilliant familiar songs mixed with a few new songs, looking forward to it already.
See you all in September!
Wow!! How amazing were the school choir last night. It never ceases to amaze me how good they are and how much they enjoy singing. Thank you to all the parents and family members who brought the children along and also to those who attended the performance.
We are already looking forward to next year's performances...see you there!
Just a reminder that the choir concert will be at 6pm on Thursday 29th June. We expect it to last an hour and tea, coffee and biscuits will be available. We look forward to seeing you there.
Just over a week to go and we are all very excited about VIAM. The tickets arrived today and we will be sitting in in the lower part of the side seating. The children have been rehearsing well and we can't wait to get going.
Any parents that are travelling on their own to the venue will have their tickets sent out before next week, if you have booked online don't forget to bring them with you!
Congratulations to the choir on the Sing for your School song writing competition. Overall we came fifth out of thirty seven schools for most plays , a huge achievement. So thank you to anyone who listened.
The voting has now closed and we will find out within the next few days if we are one of the shortlisted eight schools, these songs are being chosen on their songwriting merits, so please all cross your fingers.
These schools will then take part in the celebration performance on March 2nd 2017.
We will keep you posted.
Back to rehearsals for Voice in a Million from Monday :)
Please keep voting for our school song, the vote is ordered into weekly votes so we do need everyone to keep listening please. Last day for voting is Wednesday 21st December 2016.
Thank you
Could I ask that all VIAM coach slips come back as soon as possible as I cannot send out the letter giving details of coach cost until we have a final figure for adults travelling on the coach to Wembley. The coach will leave approximately 10.30am on the Thursday morning.
Could I also ask if your child's name could be written on the reply slip as we have two with no name and we are not sure who they belong to.
Many thanks
Mrs Lawrence
The school choir song 'We are the children of Jeavons Wood' is now on the website. We need as many people listening as possible please, if we get into the top 10 schools we make the final....
So keep listening....
Wow!! What an amazing concert we had last night. We raised an amazing £286!!!
The choir were as ever fantastic and sang with such enthusiasm and fun. It was so lovely to see so many parents and family members coming to support the children. We are very excited to see how much we have raised to go towards a new lighting system for the school.
As this was such a huge success we plan to have another concert in the Spring term, see you there!
On Monday some of the choir took part in a workshop as part of the 'Sing for your school' competition. School choirs from across Cambridgeshire will be writing a song about their school, these songs will then be uploaded to a website where people can vote. The top 10 songs will be invited to a special concert in March where a winner will be announced.
On Monday the choir was given the letter giving details of next year's Voice in a Million. The children do not require tickets but any parents wishing to come need to return the ticket request form. We also need parents consent by the 28th September please. We will again be arranging coach travel for children and parents to Wembley and we will let you know the cost of this later in the year.
WOW!!!! How fantastic were our choir this afternoon, they sang their hearts out! We were told they had a very nice sound, and they had so much fun taking part in the VIAM workshop.
The children took part in a vocal warm up before showing off their vocal and dance skills singing two songs from this year's concert. Then they had the chance to sing two of the new songs with some children even having the opportunity to use the microphones. Finally we sang the three songs that we had rehearsed and 'Naughty' from Matilda was chosen as the song to video. The children should be very proud of themselves, it was a very hot afternoon and they were singing for two hours!
We will find out if we have been selected to be an on stage choir just before Christmas, so keep your fingers crossed. Even if we are not successful the children worked extremely hard and we will still have a wonderful time at the concert in March.
Next up for the choir is a fundraising concert on the Thursday 10th November at 6pm to raise funds for a new lighting and sounds system so rehearsals will start for that on Monday when year 2 children can join us.
Another fantastic rehearsal today ready for this coming Wednesday's workshop. We will shortly be sending out the permission forms and ticket requests for Voice in a Million 2017 and these need to come back in as by the 28th September please. Don't forget you have the chance to buy discounted tickets, a merchandise pack that we collect for the children and a message of support that will be shown at the arena. This is all found on the form we will send home.
Year 2 children will be given the chance to join the choir from next week, parents of year 2 children should bear in mind that it is a very long day if you would like them to come to Wembley and you would need to be certain your child would be able to cope with that. Saying that we had many year 2 children who joined us last year who had more energy than the adults!
Well we have already had a great start to the new term with our first choir rehearsal. This Wednesday 14th we are all very excited to take part in the VIAM workshop. This may give us a chance to be one of the choirs that are on the stage during the first or second half of the show Keep everything crossed for us.
What a fantastic performance the choir gave this morning at the last assembly of the year for those staff that were sadly leaving us. The children sang beautifully, well done. I hope you all have a great summer and come back ready for our VIAM workshop in week two of the term.
Workshop News
The VIAM workshop planned for the 10th June at 9am will now take place on Wednesday September 14th at 1pm. Any choir members that have not paid the £5 to attend the workshop now have until the end of this academic year (July 2016) to bring in their money.
What a fantastic performance the choir gave today for their parents. They enjoy performing the songs so much and are a brilliant team. Thank you to all those parents who attended we hope you really enjoyed the songs we chose for you.
A letter went home today with details of the Voice in a million workshop which will take place at 9am on June 10th. Could we ask that all slips be returned by Friday 6th May.
Our next performance will be at the school fete..see you there!!
After our fantastic experience at VIAM 2016 the choir have already registered for next year. We have also arranged for a VIAM 2017 workshop to take place on June 10th 2016 where we will be considered for a place on the stage. Each year several school choirs are invited to form part of the stage choir gaining their place through the VIAM workshops, I am sure you would agree an amazing opportunity for the children whether we get chosen or not.
A letter giving more details will be sent out next term.


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During that time, a lot has changed with the App Store.
One of the unique things about our search was the discovery of essential "non-medical" apps for healthcare professionals. These apps are not in the medical category and are used by the general public for other purposes — but when configured appropriately, become essential tools for physicians.
This list required a tremendous amount of research and time, and we hope you enjoy some of the unique applications we found.
The following categories were selected, and I've provided links for each category if you don't want to go through the full list.
- "Non-medical" apps critical for health care providers
- Drug Reference
- Medical Literature Curation apps
- Medical Calculators
- Medical Language Translators
- General Reference
- Patient Education
- Specialty Education
- Continuing Medical Education (CME)
- Social Networks
The full list can be accessed here: The Top Free iPhone Medical Apps for Physicians


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Sunday, May 25, 2008
Parang Mountains - Views
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Parang Mountains - rainbow
Parang Mountains IV - Polovragi
A little orchard on the side of the road...
At Polovragi, you can see a small monastery and a cave.
To get to cave, you have to go along Oltetul's Gorges (Cheile Oltetului)
Inside the cave:
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Parang Mountains III - Pestera Muierii
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Parang Mountains - II
A small climb to the peak Parangul Mare (translated that would be The Big Parang)
The resort, now left behind...
and the mountain peak, up ahead.
Parang Mountains - I
On the way to Ranca - a pretty new mountain resort judging by the number of hotels that were under construction. We had the nice surprise to see that those snowy mountains were our window view ....
..so we took many pictures of them.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Danube Delta - Beautifful
Danube Delta
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Danube Delta - You can hide (from the sun rays) but you can't run (there is water everywhere)
Danube Detal Chanels
Danube Delta - Boats
(c) Cristinica. All rights reserved
Danube Delta - Boats are going up and down the river all day long
Danube Delta - Fisherman
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Bistrita - Turnul Dogarilor
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Bistrita - Street View
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Bucharest's traffic
Today I want to talk you about a Romanian site. It is called http://www.comenziintrafic.ro/ Why I publicize their site? I don't know exactly why I'm doing this. Maybe because of the infernal Bucharest traffic jams.
Let me tell you the short story. The Bucharest's traffic sucks. You can spend like 1.5h for 10km. There are multiple causes: the number of cars have increased each year because the growing wealth of Romanian citizens, the Bucharest infrastructure is not able to support the 1million cars that are running through the city each day (they work on this - slowly, but they do = Good), the traffic lights are not well synchronized (the authorities don't have a plan on this as in other cities like Pitesti for example = Bad Bad), the development of industrial parks in a limited area of Bucharest(I heard this will be changed soon = Ok). Maybe there are other issues on this, but I am not an expert. What I can tell you is the everyone in Bucharest is complaining about traffic. Almost every conversation I hear is about traffic jams and the amount of time people had to spend commuting to their workplace (the necessary amount of time have doubled in the last 4-5 years)
Ok. So haw is the traffic related to this site? I'm pretty sure you'll not understand anything from their site because it is Romanian. Maybe you can get something from their video but let me tell you their idea. The traffic being so awful people spend a lot of time commuting (like 3h a day) This way you get less time for your personal activities. The business is like this: they do the "daily" shoppings for you so you can have more free time for yourself and you pay 5% of your shopping cart. They get your order at a traffic light, they transmit the information to their stuff 3 traffic lights away and those ones will buy and deliver your order because the cars are moving so slow. I think their idea is nice :)
Hello beloved authorities. Anybody there? Do something with the traffic everybody is talking about..
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In the aftermath of the election, the problem in the current political climate has become increasingly evident: the dividedness of the government. This past congress has been named the least productive congress on the record. The lawmakers can't agree on anything from gay-rights to budgets. One is still awed by the madness of the fiscal cliff fiasco. How can each congressman, who seem perfectly intelligent individually, in a group fail to make the simplest decision in the world?
I can go out of my way and say, and I bet many will agree, that the government policies in the United States is even less inept to deal with the economy than the government of China. When it becomes obvious that education and scientific research are the corner stone of a sustainable economy, China's increase on these investments is responsive and swift. In contrast, the US education system has been talked about for decades, and yet no one is doing anything about it. It seems China is really catching up, not just in absolute terms like total GDP. Even in per capita GDP, China is growing much faster than the US.
One might even say that US is going to benefit more from a dictator than a congress. Sometimes, that seem really true. But monarchy is far from productive. That's why the western world abandoned that system in favor of the current one. Even China is moving towards democracy, however slowly. So what's a perfect political system, a hybrid?
For democratic systems, the heart of the problem is the difference of opinions. What impact will it have to raise the taxes on the rich? Will it destroy jobs or stimulate the economy? Will abortion destroy humanity or will it lead to better lives? Are illegal immigrants stealing resources or are they helping the economy? No one really knows the answer to any of these questions, and that's why we have endless debates. The effects of these policies are so uncertain that we had to resort to a poll of opinions, which are essentially religious beliefs that has little grounding in truth, and often enacting policies with unintended consequences. If we know exactly what happens with these policies, there will be no debate. The decisions are self-evident. However, since political opinions are so elusive, lobbyists spend money solely to change public beliefs, often using fear tactics.
This sounds fundamentally broken. We should do something about, and I think one way is to redefine the democratic process.
The modern democratic process started in the 18th and 19th century, when the monarchies see the trembling of their powers. The democratic process was created to stabilize the society, and it was iterative. France had multiple revolutions to reach its modern democratic state. In the process, different laws were passed and different thrones were overturned. After France, many countries followed, but some didn't. However, most of the countries that attempted to maintain their monarchy failed. It was an experiment in the grandest scale: you flip a coin to decide which countries go to democracy. One hundred years later, you compare the control group and the experimentation group.
Fast forward to today. We are also experimenting with the policies that we enact, but different than that time, most of our policies are micro policies. That means the effects of these policies are so little that it can be overshadowed by other factors. For example, one can argue that cutting taxes stimulates the economy and creates jobs. However, in the past, cutting taxes have been correlated to both economic growth and slowdown. Can cutting taxes help economy? Maybe. One party will say the growth was caused by tax cuts, while slowdowns are caused by other economic and political factors. The other party will say the opposite. It won't be until decades after the policies are enacted when we could compare the results across different countries. By this time, any debates on the policies have long been irrelevant.
What we really should do, is to accelerate political experimentation by taking objective measures. Rather than waiting years for the policies to take effect, one should randomly assign a small population to be subjective to the policies and then measure the results, and this is known as A/B testing. Because this is a controlled experiment, the results can have high statistical significance and come back in a matter of months if not weeks. Will tax cuts help creating jobs? Let's randomly choose counties across the nation and cut their taxes. And then we measure the numbers in these counties relative to the rest o the country. Will the economy improve? Will they have better unemployment? One year of data is enough to give a clear answer.
We can do other similar experiments. How will education reform impact the teachers and the students? Randomly pick a set of school districts and change their policies, and compare the results on year later. Are gay marriages beneficial to the society? Randomly pick a set of counties and allow gay marriages.
As I describe these ways of doing things, there are undoubtedly two issues one need to address:
- What if people move from one region to another just to take advantage or avoid the effects of the policy?
- Many experiments, such as cutting taxes, cannot be run without congressional approval, which defeats the purpose of these experiments.
These are the real roadblocks to political experimentation. Here is why we need to redefine our democratic process to address these issues. For example:
- Make sure that the experiments have a very short duration to remove the incentives of frequent movers. For example, if tax cuts are in effect for only 1 year, people won't move just for that one year.
- For those wide ranging social policies (such as gay marriage), the policy needs to exclude people who are not originally from a different group.
- The constitution needs to be changed, not only to permit experimentation of policies, but also to require them, before any sweeping policies to take effect.
Here are my thoughts. Everything above reads like science friction (changing the constitution?), but as social and economy changes have become increasingly accelerated, we cannot afford endless debates without hard evidence supporting either side. The idea of democracy is really really old. Isn't it time to have a better and more productive government?


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Tuition costs are going up much faster than inflation. We are told over and over again that a college diploma is the only path to prosperity. Yet we all know that college campuses are some of the greatest concentrations of stupidity in the nation. For example:
Students at the University of Arizona (UA) were assigned to plan a school-wide "Condom Olympics" for their three-credit "Sex, Health, and AIDS" class.
The students planned "athletic events such as a condom-wrapped egg toss," according to The Daily Wildcat, the official student newspaper.
"Students can also see and make condom art and join a condom scavenger hunt," the article continues.
Professor William Simmons told the newspaper that he does not like term papers or exams and prefers an "action learning assignment."
"Hopefully this will get students comfortable knowing what condoms are," he said.
"Sex, Health, and AIDS" is a three-credit undergraduate course which "sets out to explore this social and disease phenomenon from a number of perspectives," according to the description on the official course listing website.
The events were part of the school's SexTalk Week Resource Fair, which the school hosted on Wednesday, according to a Facebook event.
The Facebook page also promises a visit from "Mr. Condom"—a character who is, what else!, dressed as a giant condom.
Of course, none of this is educational. It is transparent garbage to pretend that a "Condom Olympics" event teaches students anything or substitutes for exams or research papers.
But that doesn't mean the professor is merely goofing off—giving silly assignments in order to grant students an easy A. On the contrary he has a definite agenda. In the quotation above he alluded to it by saying he wanted students to become "comfortable" with condoms. He elaborated on his plan in the Daily Wildcat:
Simmons said he hopes the olympics will break down some of the stigma students might still feel when using, buying or getting free condoms.
"Hopefully this will get students comfortable knowing what condoms are," Simmons said, "and if they ever need them that they won't be prevented by stigma or awkwardness."
I have to admit I'm impressed. The professor is recruiting liberals. He is trying to break down any further moral inhibitions they might have.
So perhaps this does show us why the Obama Administration is so dedicated to getting more and more late-teens to go to college.


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Once a quiet suburban area just west of downtown Fort Lauderdale and the beaches, Central Broward has become a new tourism hub - a diverse community with convenient hotels and conference spaces, recreational activities, dining, entertainment and shopping aimed at the multicultural traveler. Westfield Mall has been a big part of that transformation with a $40 million facelift, a 12-screen Regal movie theater, and amenities such as an updated dining court, family lounge, play space and five new dine-in restaurants.
An array of artistic and cultural activities presented around the theme, "Where Community Celebrates Culture," capitalizes on the richness of heritages in the African Diaspora and the homelands of Caribbean and Hispanic residents and makes the mall a place where many can feel at home. A year-round art gallery features revolving exhibits by promising local artists.
Special events include a Black History Month celebration in February featuring African American music by a lineup of noted jazz, blues and reggae performers.
In June, Caribbean Heritage Month, the mall will participate in the South Florida-wide Caribbean Style Festival highlighting new brands and designs and a Caribbean Film Festival with exhibits and film premieres.
On any day, shoppers may encounter filming of a television show, including Hispanic TV telenovelas.
The Westfield Mall is a site for the "Inside Out" global community art project that is part of the Broward 100 celebration, and the candid snapshot display of visitors now on view show the diversity in cultures, ages, and religions that enliven the Central Broward area.


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The results of my research on this question surprised even me. I had to leave my pro-Celtics bias behind and look at the NBA's Advanced Statistics. I set the filters to view stats for guards from the Eastern Conference who have played in at least 14 games at an average of at least 28 MPG. I then looked at Defensive Ratings, Offensive Ratings and Net Ratings. In Net Ratings, guess who the top three Eastern guards were? Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart and Kyrie Irving, in that order. The top three are all Celtics.
By the way, the top three for Defensive Rating are the same trio but in a different order, Smart (first) - Brown - Irving. Where is Cleveland? Even with Lebron James listed as a guard, they are out of the running. Toronto? Same thing. Indiana? Nope.
Going by the Net Ratings, the Washington Wizards (John Wall and Bradley Beal) and the Philadelphia 76'ers (Ben Simmons and J.J. Reddick) are tied for second place. The Charlotte Hornets with Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lamb come in third. The Indiana Pacers with Darren Collison and Victor Oladipo are fourth.
These are only numbers, but they can not be ignored. Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised. Great ammunition for the Marcus Smart supporters. And who thought Kyrie Irving would be third among Eastern guards in Defensive Rating.
And how about Jaylen Brown improving so rapidly? Finally, how do Kyrie Irving and Lebron James compare? Lebron has a Defensive Rating of 111.5 compared to 98.2 for Kyrie. Of the 17 players researched, the sole Defensive Rating lower than Lebron's is that of his back court mate, J. R. Smith. The King has a Net Rating of 0.5 compared to Kyrie at 8.5. Looks like Irving doesn't need that Lebron umbrella to succeed.
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S Korean marine 'kills four on Ganghwa island base'
A South Korean marine has turned his gun on his colleagues, killing four and injuring another, officials say.
A spokesman for the defence ministry in the capital, Seoul, said the corporal had opened fire while on duty at Ganghwa island west of Seoul.
A staff sergeant and two marines died on the spot while another marine died of his injuries on the way to hospital.
The 19-year-old corporal was later wounded by an exploding hand grenade in a possible suicide attempt.
The Ganghwa island base is near a disputed maritime border with North Korea.
All able-bodied South Korean men are required to serve at least two years in the country's 650,000-member military.Grenade
The motive for Monday's shooting on the island 70km (40 miles) west of Seoul remains unclear.
The injuries sustained by the apparent shooter - known only by his surname, Kim - are preventing him from immediately answering questions about the incident, said marine corps spokesman Kim Tae-eun.
"After firing his K-2 rifle inside the marines' living quarters, a hand grenade was detonated in a separate building compartment outside," he told a news briefing.
"No-one else was present in the compartment aside from the shooter Corporal Kim."
He said an investigation was under way.
Numerous incidents between North and South Korea off the peninsula's divided west coast - where the waters are claimed by both sides - have raised tensions for the hundreds of South Korean marines stationed on islands in the area.
There have also been previous violent incidents involving South Korean soldiers in recent years, some linked to claims of bullying by senior officers.
In 2005, a young soldier threw a grenade and fired at sleeping comrades, killing eight and seriously injuring two.
In 2008, a private reportedly injured five other soldiers when he threw a grenade at them while they were sleeping.


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This web site is for Wellington Park Homeowners. The purpose is to introduce new people to the neighborhood, and to provide all owners with the information needed about our subdivision and Homeowners Association operations. It is also a place we can come to get daily local information like news, traffic conditions, and weather - instantly in one place.
The word is already out that Cary, North Carolina is one of the safest and best large size communities to live inside of the United States, and is often recognized for the high quality of life. Cary has the lowest crime rate in the United States! With over 120,000 residents, Cary is considered to be a "city" due to population size, however you won't find a typical city landscape anywhere because the population is really spread out over numerous housing subdivisions. Cary is overall a newer modern community, which was mostly developed in the late 1980's and 1990's during a housing explosion. So, most everything in Cary is relatively new compared to the rest of the country.
The beautiful Cary Parkway runs semi-circular through Cary, and Wellington Park is near the Southeast corner. Drive south on the Parkway, and you'll cross over US 1, where the Crossroads of the Triangle begin to intersect. About a mile past that, just before Lochmere, you'll turn left just before the huge Gold Dome Landmark at Tryon Plaza. Nestled and hidden well behind the Kid's Together Marla Dorrel Park buffer lies the Wellington Park Subdivision with about 250 homes, making up a friendly and well connected community that we believe is the best neighborhood in the Town of Cary.
That is a bold statement to make, but on this home page we will explain. These statements are based on simple facts, and based on open ended question input from a home owner's survey run by the Wellington Park Homeowners Association. The first three items following were written in the survey numerous times by a huge margin. People love it here!
The friendly people - Happy Neighbors. People are very friendly. We are like family. Well behaved kids playing together. Cul-De-Sac pot luck parties. Community events in the clubhouse. People watching out for each other's safety and well being. Connected by technology. United we stand.
Convenient LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION - Easy access to everything - We are literally at the Crossroads of the Triangle. You can be at the US1 / I40 crossroads interchange in about 3 minutes, near the Crossroads Shopping Mecca. There you have miles of the best shopping in the Triangle including Crossroads Plaza, BJ's plaza, South Hills Mall, and the Cary Towne Center Mall. We can get to over 100 nice clean, newer restaurants within an 1 minute drive. Just a 4 minute drive down Tryon road gets you to Wake Med Cary Hospital, and Cresent Commons Plaza with Harris Teeter and Wal Mart. Just 3 minutes to Kildare Farms shopping. 6 minutes to Regency park including the Koko Booth Amphitheater and Lifetime Fitness Gym which is like a resort with 3 giant hot tubs and 3 pools with slides. We are adjacent to Lochmere, and you can get from any home to the main road very quickly, unlike other places where it can take you 5 or 10 minutes just to get to the main road. Easy, easy access. It is incredible. You are nestled in a quiet oasis, yet a 5 minute ride gets you to everything you could possibly need.
The TREES and natural beauty has been preserved - As soon as you enter Wellington Park you will think you are IN a park! Unlike most other housing developments in the Triangle, our builders, Pulte Homes, did not raze all the beautiful trees to make it convenient to develop a "pop up" community that sits in the glaring North Carolina sun. There is also just the right amount of trees, not to be too overbearing causing mold, and such. Since 99% of the trees are hardwoods, versus pines, they can stand up to bad weather that might pass through. The trees are a key item loved by neighbors. They provide shade in the hot NC summer, when temperature readings show a 5 to 10 degree lower temperature in tree covered back yards compared to RDU recorded temperatures. Grass under leafy trees have no dew in the morning. and rarely will you see fog. In winter, the leaves are gone, allowing the sun to warm our homes. This is truly a GREEN community.
Our neighborhood plaza- Tryon Plaza. A one minute drive with no stop lights or a 5 minute walk, and you are at our personal shopping plaza with 7 restaurants, a Lowes foods, a Vet, a couple Pubs, a liquor store, a pet store, a billiards, and a whole bunch more. You can do Karaoke at the Cary Ipub and walk home if you had to much fun.
The neighborhood is quiet. The neighbors are quiet. The airport is at the opposite end of Cary so you don't hear the planes like you do in many other subdivisions in Cary. The trees suck up any neighborhood or surrounding sounds. Also, the trains running on the train tracks along Apex Road cannot be heard from our neighborhood, one of the few places that is true.
All the beautiful community property - each homeowner owns a share of:Signs and property at entrancesOver-sized uncrowded pristine pool. It is like walking into an instant vacation. It is an oasis.Our Clubhouse which was remodeled a couple years ago.Newly updated Tennis courts.3 ponds; residents can fish in the big pond by the clubhouse.
Never congested, new, super-sized highways - All roads surrounding our community -- US1, Tryon Road, Cary Parkway and Piney Plains Road -- have been doubled in size and newly paved in the past few years. There is rearely any congestion. It's a beautiful thing, and it demonstrates local and state government commitment to the area. Affordable Housing - Cary already has very low priced housing and unbelievably low taxes due to a well run government, compared to the rest of the country. Wellington Park homes get the advantage of that, and will continue to benefit in the future Homes here were built with southern flair and offer high end interior mouldings, and have been well maintained and updated increasing their value consistently.
Beautiful parks adjacent to Wellington Park - The parks have beautiful jogging and walking trails. The Marla Dorrel park has the nicest attractions in the town; several new playgrounds, basketball courts, and the long paved Hinshaw greenway for walkers and joggers that actually has a direct connection to our main subdivision road. The new pedestrian bridge crossing US 1 is part of that greenway, which crosses over to the park on the other side of the highway. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent by governments in a small radius surrounding our neighborhood. Low homeowner dues - The HOA board has managed the annual budget very carefully and as a result the homeowner dues are the lowest that can be found - considering the tremendous property and services the owners receive for this modest sized neighborhood. This is a big advantage in Wellington Park. Services are scrutinized very closely, and every dollar spent is watched very carefully.There is a strong sense of pride in this neighborhood- The results of our survey show people are very proud to live here and take pride in keeping their properties updated. The sense of pride in ownership and responsibility makes this a very desirable place to live. And fun too.You should be very proud to live in Wellington Park. God has blessed us with this great land and community, and for that we are very thankful.
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XM, Sirius Outline Post-Merger Programming Plans
Satellite radio stations XM and Sirius on Monday unveiled post-merger programming plans that include a la carte options and cross-over selections from both providers.
The plans range from $6.99 to $16.99 a month depending on the level of service selected, according to XM and Sirius.
The rival stations announced merger plans in February; a move that was met with concern from radio broadcasters who feared a combined XM-Sirius would crush radio competition.
The satellite stations maintain that they are basically new entrants to the radio market and that terrestrial stations still dominate the playing field. Traditional radio claims that satellite offerings compete with each other and no one else.
Under rules set forth by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1997, the two companies are prohibited from forming a monopoly, though the FCC has the power to amend those rules. The merger must also be approved by the Department of Justice.
XM and Sirius on Tuesday will submit joint reply comments to the FCC that provide details on programming plans.
The a la carte option, which would allow users to select specific stations, will not be available until one year after the deal receives government approval. Subscribers will also have to purchase new radios that will be developed post-merger, according to the companies.
Those that opt for this selection, however, can select either 50 channels for $6.99 a month or 100 channels for $14.99. The 50-channel option only allows users to select stations from either Sirius or XM, not both. Additional channels can be added for approximately 25 cents per station. With the 100-channel plan, users can select stations from both providers.
Users can currently only purchase separate packages from XM and Sirius for $12.95 a month. Should the merger be approved, those with existing subscriptions can opt for the $16.99 a month package, which would allow XM and Sirius subscribers to continue receiving their current offerings, but also access select programming from the other satellite provider.
Other offerings include the option to block adult material. Family friendly packages from only XM or Sirius would run $11.95 a month while family friendly packages with stations from both providers would be $14.99 a month.
"These plans will further demonstrate why this merger is overwhelmingly good for consumers and in the public interest," Gary Parsons, chairman of XM Satellite Radio, said in a statement. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) was not convinced.
"Policymakers should not be hoodwinked by today's announcement, since nothing is stopping either XM or Sirius from individually offering consumers a more affordable choice in limited program packages," Dennis Wharton, executive vice president of media relations at NAB, said in a statement.
"The history of antitrust law demonstrates that two hotly-competitive companies will promise anything to become a monopoly," he continued. "That, coupled with the brazen lack of candor displayed by both XM and Sirius in breaking FCC interference and terrestrial repeater rules, illustrates convincingly that this anti-consumer merger ought to be summarily rejected."
Wharton also criticized XM and Sirius for requiring the purchase of a new radio to access its a la carte offerings.