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MADISON, Wis. — The field of three candidates running for Wisconsin Supreme Court is about to be narrowed.
The lowest vote-getter in the Feb. 19 primary will be eliminated in the race, with the top two advancing to the April 2 primary.
Justice Pat Roggensack argues she deserves another 10-year term because she is the only candidate with judicial experience.
Challengers Vince Megna and Ed Fallone say the court is dysfunctional and Roggensack has to go because of it.
Megna is a lemon law attorney from Milwaukee who is calling for candidates in the nonpartisan race to declare their party affiliations and take stands on issues.
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It seems Sen. Ted Cruz is both loved and hated.
The senator has received a lot of attention for not maintaining the "sit down and shut up" mentality expected of his freshman rank.
However, Tea Party leader and former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint defended Cruz and his bold action in a Politico op-ed.
"He's proved himself an effective advocate for the founding principles that made our nation great: personal freedom and responsibility, local control and adherence to the law as it is written, not the way some politicians wish it was written," DeMint wrote.
DeMint, who resigned from his senate seat to become president of The Heritage Foundation late last year, was an early and strong supporter of Cruz's Senate campaign. Like DeMint, Cruz has deep grassroots support in the national Tea Party movement.
In his op-ed, DeMint lauded Cruz for being a dissenting voice on topics such as immigration, and the Defense Secretary nominee, Chuck Hagel.
"If Cruz has ruffled feathers in Congress, that means he's doing his job," wrote DeMint. "Voters want Washington to be shaken out of its complacency. The last thing we need is another status quo senator or a congressman who goes along to get along. That's how we got into the mess we're in in the first place. Cruz's honest and common-sense leadership should be commended, not criticized."
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Whether you're stopping over for a few days or planning to spend your entire holiday here, Hong Kong is a great place to visit. But for the first-time visitor, finding a hotel room in this city can be a bit overwhelming.
Keep your focus on the two most important things - location and price. Location-wise, you will probably want to stay on Hong Kong Island, south of Victoria Harbour. In addition to being less chaotic than the Kowloon, or mainland side, of the city, it's where many of the tourist attractions and shops that visitors want to see are located.
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Top 15 Cocktail and Spirits Posts of 2011
The cocktail resurgence is in full swing, and one of the most fun parts of editing this site is getting a chance to check out the latest concoctions from talented bartenders all across the country. (Ok, you're right, it's also fun to declare it Tequila Tuesday and mix up a roundup-full of new drink recipes in the office.)
This year we checked out a bunch of cool distilleries, learned how to make our own Irish Cream, limoncello, and ginger liqueur, developed our knowledge of cocktail basics, and drank our way through the cheap stuff. Here are 2011's top 15 most popular posts in cocktails and spirits, based on unique page visitors. Cheers!
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1. From Behind the Bar: On Vodka Sodas and First Dates
2. 9 Classic New Orleans Cocktails
3. From Behind the Bar: My Cocktail Costs How Much?
4. 10 Awesome Tequila Cocktails To Make At Home
5. 8 Summer Cocktails from The Spotted Pig in NYC
6. From Behind the Bar: So You Want to Be a Bartender
7. Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Evan Williams Bourbon vs. Jack Daniel's
8. Our Search for the Best Margarita Mix
9. Cocktail 101: How to Stock a Home Bar
10. Our Search for the Best Bloody Mary Mix
11. Cocktail 101: Five Essential Bourbon Cocktails
12. 5 Herb-Infused Cocktails from Craftbar in NYC (And How to Make Them At Home)
13. 9 Gin Cocktails For Royals and Muggles Alike
14. Cocktail 101: How to Make Shrub Syrups
15. Stocking Your Home Bar: Rye Whiskey Advice From the Experts
About the Author: Maggie Hoffman is the editor of Serious Eats: Drinks and coeditor of Serious Eats: Sweets. You can follow her on Twitter @maggiejane.
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The tablet wars were supposed to get really ugly this year between Android tablets and the iPad 2, but that didn't happen. iPad 2 crushed the Xoom, PlayBook and Galaxy Tab all into the ground. What's Nokia to do if it wants to make admirable tablets? Apparently, get in bed with Windows 8.
2012 will be a momentous year for Windows 8 tablets. Samsung's got one in labs. HP is also rumored to be signing up and Dell too. Why not Nokia? It's already making out with Windows Phone 7 for its Lumia smartphones like it's the best thing in the world (it's pretty nice).
Speaking with Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said that "There's a new tablet opportunity coming," alluding that his company might adopt Windows 8. It's rumored that Windows 8 will be capable of running Windows Phone 7 apps without much effort.
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Nokia's no stranger to tablets. It built some before the iPads ruled everything. Those tablets being the N810 and N770. What they lacked were powerful processors, long batteries and a good OS.
It has no excuse now. Everything is available. Now, it just needs to take its technical know-how and build some lust-worthy slates.
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GREENSBORO, NC -- The Rush Fitness Complex, a Tennessee-based health club company, has chosen North Carolina's Piedmont Triad—Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point—for its first expansion outside the Volunteer State.
The club company is building four clubs in the Piedmont Triad, with a scheduled opening date of December for each. With these additions, The Rush will have 13 facilities. The move marks the beginning of an aggressive expansion strategy set forth by Larry Gurney, the company's president and CEO. The plan calls for expansion to 20 locations by the first quarter of 2008.
"After enjoying much success throughout Tennessee, we're happy to bring The Rush experience to North Carolina," Gurney says. "The region has the people, culture and vibrant business environment needed to help foster the introduction of a revolutionary fitness concept: physical fitness can be fun. As more people embrace this growing trend, we'll continue to expand the breadth of our fitness complexes, including the possibility for additional North Carolina locations later this year."
The Rush clubs offer equipment such as rock-climbing walls, trampoline basketball and hundreds of cardio and strength machines. In the complex's child care facilities, children up through age 12 get a fitness-oriented experience, and children ages 10 through 12 can participate in the kid-fit personal training program. The Rush's personal training program, which Gurney calls the foundation for the health club's continued success, not only provides guidance for attaining a variety of fitness goals, but also provides members with nutritional counseling and functional meal plans.


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Time has its way with Mother Nature. The heaping piles of snow that decorate our driveways and cluster our sidewalks are slowly beginning to melt. Spring has always been my favorite season. It's that warm gust of wind that splashes against us and the sunbeams of heat that boil our anticipation. I can honestly say that, finally, spring is in the air.
We have much to look forward to as we recover from another brutal winter. It's not just the melting phase of winter that warms my feelings, but also the refreshing news that follows. Spring is a time for nature to bloom, animals to give birth and memories to be formed.
Last week, I spent some precious time with my family. Throughout the entire weekend, I couldn't help but notice the peculiar sights of fish and game. As temperatures warmed and hovered above freezing, animals began heavily foraging. It was the first time all winter season that the snowy agriculture fields melted. For once, the frozen blanket of white was uncovered to the muddy earth. It's nice to see the barren grounds of Wisconsin after 5 months of complete snow-suffocation.
I spotted several critters in my backyard browsing for hidden treats. The heavy-coated whitetail deer were totally fearless. It always seemed to me that deer become overly courageous during the off-season. I've noticed an interesting pattern of habits from the past few years watching them from my living room. A small herd of doe splashed their way across the yard, frolicking back-and-forth. I took pleasure in watching the enlightening scene continue. I knew that this was the only special period of time when deer would ever think about stepping foot into a hunter's lawn.
It's funny how spring seems to bring a new atmospheric culture of life. Several flocks of turkey made their way into the fields. Both hens and gobblers speckled across the open terrain, plucking their beaks into the corn-infested mud. A quick glance to the sky proved spring was nearly here. Hundreds of sand-hill cranes darted overhead, finally reaching their destination all the way from Florida. From the majestic cardinal to the furry fox, animals from across the thawing Wisconsin tundra were in attendance.
Several states open their fish and game seasons during the revival from our winter-woodland hibernation. The opening of turkey season is among my top spectacles. Watching those feathery birds claw into the dirt, scratching for scraps and beards dangling sparked a gobble inside me. It won't be too long before the turkey-hunting crusade marches into the woods.
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Set in the year-2060, Earth is occupied by the 'NAVA-Clans', an army of hybrids from Planet Phamanon. With their super natural powers they left nothing but ashes on Earth taking away most of the Earth's primary resources with humans as prisoners to build their own world. Only those who remain keep fighting for the survival of mankind. Is this the end of the world? Who will take the Earth to its rightful place?
Lord Zeron, the General of NAVA Clan accidently drops his magical ring during his battle with humans. When he leaves Plant Earth the ring slowly hides beneath the soil of Fangoon Forest. When Drake and his horse Cerus find the ring suddenly they inherit biological change and transformed into supernatural beings. Cerus and Drake suddenly finds out they can understand each other's thoughts and share both evil and good super powers.
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Ok. That wasn't the last update.
"They do everything bigger in Texas": http://blog.eset.com/2011/04/12/they-do-everything-bigger-in-texas
"Plenty more (potential) phish in the C:": http://www.scmagazineus.com/plenty-more-potential-phish-in-the-c/article/200613/
And very possibly the last update here (the target blog suggests why…): Epsilon Overkill and the Security Ecology
Update 3: Rebecca Herson evaluates some of the advice given by Epsilon customers for coping with the phlurry of phish anticipated post-Epsilon: http://blog.commtouch.com/cafe/email-security-news/advice-after-the-epsilon-breach/
Links and a little extra irony from me: http://chainmailcheck.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/epsilon-epidemic/
Update 2: a discomfiting suggestion that there was a longstanding problem that Epsilon were actually aware of: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/253712,epsilon-breach-used-four-month-old-attack.aspx (hat tip to Kurt Wismer, again)
Update: a few more articles you might find worth reading.
It's reasonable to assume that the Epsilon fiasco will lead to an epidemic: at any rate, luminaries such as Brian Krebs and Randy Abrams are making that assumption, and publishing some excellent proactive advice accordingly. So rather than go over the same ground, I'll just cite some of the more useful blog posts around that.
Two highly relevant posts by Brian Krebs:
- http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/04/epsilon-breach-raises-specter-of-spear-phishing/
- http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/04/after-epsilon-avoiding-phishing-scams-malware/
And two relevant posts by Randy:
- http://blog.eset.com/2011/04/04/how-to-avoid-a-phishing-attack
- http://blog.eset.com/2011/04/04/information-wants-to-be-free-so-epsilon-thinks
A list of companies known to have been affected from ThreatPost: http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/list-companies-hit-epsilon-breach-040511
And a characteristically to-the-point rant by Kurt Wismer on why it wouldn't be an issue in a sane world: http://anti-virus-rants.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-epsilon-breach-shouldnt-be-issue.html
*Yes, a rather forced pun, I know. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_epilepticus
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I read Father Laurence's March 2012 essay in The Tablet (http://www.wccm.org/content/tablet-march-2012) about the Polish Catholic man (Bogdan Blalek) who was instrumental in (and deeply moved by) the construction of the Kielce Menorah in Poland, a Holocaust memorial, and I emailed Father Laurence to share my thoughts. In consideration of Father Laurence's suggestion that my perspective may be helpful for this community, I would like to share my thoughts on victimhood, guilt, and love as a form of rescue.
I fully concur that the remembering must be purposeful not nostalgic, and that many hearts have been unforgettably touched by the holocaust, in the right way. However, I regret that not enough have been...and I'm referring, in this case, to Jewish hearts: My father was a holocaust survivor from Romania, my brother now a right-wing Orthodox "Baal Teshuvah" as they say in Israel, living in a new 'anglo' development not far from Jerusalem. As for me, I'm married to an Irish Catholic (a heathen/pariah from the perspective of my own family and culture, but I have found a home, and a family, with my husband's family and also within the Christian meditation community).
The hardest thing is to rebound when one's heart has been scorched unforgettably, but the torch in the Olympics of Suffering lights the way for no one. The only torch that matters is the light of the spirit within each of our hearts, and that light is equally luminescent within everyone, Jew and Christian, survivor or not. But suffering is meaningless unless we
This essay isn't meant to deny or mock the reality of victimhood, to deny the need to 'feel' in order to 'heal', or to deny the importance of justice either. Primarily, it is to say that it can be a fine and treacherous line between honouring our trials and clinging to past experiences of victimhood. When the idea of victimhood (or survivor-hood) overshadows our entire identity, and leads us to impose our needs on everyone around us, it doesn't honour our soul; it gradually destroys it, trapping it in the past. It blocks us from experiencing greater love in the present moment and from generating greater love in the world. In my experience, I have found this to be true of survival from any trauma in life, but, also, sadly, to be very true of Jewish culture today.
With respect to well-intentioned guilt over one's ancestors' inaction during the holocaust, I would like to suggest that we hold onto guilt because it gives us the illusion that we are engaged in constructive action, but that, in truth, guilt is mostly unconstructive, self-directed violence. It is neither sustainable nor the most constructive way to either inner or world peace. Love and peace toward all (including ourselves) has to be the way toward peace; we have to practice expanding our hearts in the present, to achieve the end goal.
So, for those with a heartfelt, honourable desire to free Holocaust survivors of their pain, the second key objective of this essay is to express a sincere wish: That you will come to recognize that the healthiest, most constructive way to honour the living survivors today is to do more than express the vague hope that the world doesn't repeat the same tragedy. We must ensure that every act of commemoration recognizes, with firm kindness not condescension, the need to apply the slogan "Never Again" to the persecution of people that is occurring now, in our time. There's a very moving and wise scene in the first film of the Lord of the Rings trilogy that comes to mind; it's where the deity-like character Gandalf says to the hobbit Bilbo: "I have not come to rob you of your "precious". I've come to help you. Trust me as you once did. Let it go". Victimhood can be a 'precious' possession, but it needs to be let go, or it will just permit the cycle of violence to be perpetuated.
The hardship that Israel has imposed on the entire people of Gaza does not reflect the study of the Torah message of "Love thy neighbour as thyself". What it does reflect is a cold study of the Holocaust, and, more specifically, of how to achieve the systematic dehumanization of a people. Unfortunately, when outsiders criticize Israel's actions, they are quickly labelled anti-Semites, and when Jewish people do so we are labelled as a "self-hating Jew" (or, when the speaker's feeling generous: "naive"). When I married outside the faith, my brother told me that I was finishing off what Hitler failed to do. But please note: My brother, and his entire 'anglo immigrant' community (near Jerusalem) did not need to move to Israel to escape discrimination. And would Israeli sentries really need to guard Israeli children playing on the green rooftop playgrounds of Arab buildings in East Jerusalem if the Palestinian children weren't living in squalor below (something which my husband and I observed firsthand on our honeymoon there in the late '90's) ?
In our chaotic childhood, my brother was my closest ally, my best friend, but dogmatism is a comfort blanket to insecurity. Over time, I've come to accept that trying to 'blame and shame' him (or others like him) out of dogmatic, exclusionary views is neither emotionally sustainable for me, nor an effective means of regaining the brother I once had. I've always financially supported nonprofits that work to expand love and peace in the region (e.g., B'Tselem, Peace Now), but have recently shifted entirely to that more emotionally sustainable strategy. These organizations are far better equipped than I to deal directly, rationally, and effectively with the issues. I have come to accept that this approach to taking care of myself, and the Jewish people, is the most effective thing I can do to respect the maxim of 'Never Again'. The only reason I responded directly to the story of the Polish fellow now is that I saw him suffering in a way that seemed familiar, but also deeply unhealthy, both for him and for the Jewish people. Unfortunately, it is my impression that he is not the only who is preoccupied in this way.
With all this in mind, I would like to share a poem that I wrote for my brother (who now goes by his Hebrew name, "Eliyahu", since he became Orthodox). This poem was inspired by one individual, and by one event, and arose in the context of one faith, but, like all poems, it is meant to speak to a greater truth: And in this case, that is that one can never 'free' another from a sense of victimhood. The only true escape from victimhood is the practice of love both to ourselves
The words "sheltered heads" and "rainhat" in the poem refer to the black hats of my brother and his community. The reference to "ancient tunes" refers to Hebrew songs written in the pre-Israel days, which I was taught at Jewish school. They had a bittersweet advent-like air about them, and spoke of the hope to return to the Holy Land in a time of exile. The bit about "faces that you won't see" refers to the Orthodox prohibition against replicating human images (viewed as idolatrous), but, because this poem was written the year that I was married (albeit tweaked endlessly since), it also refers to my husband.
I have found equanimity in the knowledge that other meditators sail alongside me in the storm and confusion of life, echoing the mantra from their hearts, like a foghorn bellowing out in the darkness. This continues to help me to find my way closer to home, to the Light within my heart, in the midst of the waves. Peace be with you all.
With much gratitude for your community,
For Eli (Making it Home in Shades of Grey)
Sheltered heads stood before you,
Restless leaves danced at your feet,
whispering words, from a faraway land:
"Beaten man, come hear our beat"
Now you're inside a lighthouse, where it's warm and dry
(though you've turned off all the lights).
Would a tighter grip onto that rainhat
keep the rolling fog at bay tonight?
When does vision help to see, and belonging fail to charm?
How does it help to feel that you own the healing words tied to your arms?
And you've drawn the bridge that I crossed
And you've a drawn look in your eyes
And I'm sorry that your warmth leaves love out in the cold
Are you sorry I haven't capsized?
Your ancient tunes ring out over the sea
They catch but then ache my heart
And I'm struck by a wave of sickening motion
Glancing back at your lighthouse in dark
Salt in my eyes, salt in my ears, still is the light that gets me out of here;
It's not my father's house, but it's taking me home.
How can any heart be profane, if every breath's made divine?
Why would you turn love into a race, if it needn't have a finish line?
You say a welcome mat sits outside your door, but it hangs on that unbroken thread.
There is solace in faces that you won't see, no solace where the blind are led.
May the cracks in your windows let in the breeze
A house that's full of itself is always empty
Wrap the blanket of grey mist around you gently
Make it home, find a way out to see
Away (from my father's house)... Away (from my brother's house)...
Away (to a house with no walls)... That's where I'll make it home.


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PTR is the only tennis teaching organization currently providing education/certification to coach 11 to 17 year olds. The objective of the workshop is to teach coaches how to create a club/facility environment in which young people between the ages of 11 and 17 can learn, play and enjoy tennis. The certification consists of: Recommended four (4) hours of pre workshop preparation from the Study Guide. The on court workshop runs 8 hours. It prepares participants for the three-part certification testing: demonstration of playing and coaching skills administered on court along with a post workshop online written exam submitted within five (5) days of the workshop.
PTR Certification at the PROFESSIONAL level is a prerequisite for coaches who wish to progress to the PTR Junior Development Specialist Program.
The Elements of the Workshop are:
Clinician: Ben Hestley
$147 • 8 or more days prior to workshop start date
$172 • 7 or fewer days prior to workshop start date
If second, third, fourth or fifth certification, please add $75 for additional certification testing fee
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This article was originally written in English. Text in other languages was provided by machine translation.
In this section, you will learn how to sort strings in a locale-sensitive way.
Before Flash Player 10.1 was released, the sorting API in AS3 was using a locale-independent way which means the APIs are not locale aware. This is not user-friendly for international users who don't use English as their first/only language. Let's look at the following example code for some Chinese data:
If we use the APIs in Flash Player 10.0 and earlier to sort the strings:
Actually, the output result is in simple Unicode code point order for the conventional sorting, which is not correct for Chinese users.
With Flash Player 10.1, we can easily sort strings in a locale-sensitive way with the new flash.globalization.collator class. For handling strings sorting and searching, flash.globalization.* package provides Collator class. This class performs locale-sensitive string sorting and searching, or you can say, it allows performing string sorting and searching for different languages.
In the following example, we have instantiate a Collator object with a specific locale. Then we have called the compare method of the Collator class to perform a locale-sensitive string sorting. The sort method returns a negative value if the first string argument is less than the second, a positive value if the first string argument is greater than the second and 0 if the first string argument is equal to the second one.
Now, the output result looks great for Chinese users.
If you want to learn more about Flash Player 10.1 globalization API, please check the following package:


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Weekend Readings: The errors of history & the urgency of their contemporary relevance.
Weekend readings:
Peter Tatchell presents an insightful analysis of the Baloch freedom struggle underway, not far from Kandahar, on the Pakistani side of the border. If you think along the lines that our purposes in Afghanistan should be driven by a concern for "stability" in Pakistan, Tatchell's essay should rid you of the habit, right quick. Long live Balochistan.
Our Chum in the Six Counties, a socialist, blows a gasket over about the eejits who cavil on about Britain's purity being diluted by the scary monster of American transnational corporations: "I can't be the only one sick to the back teeth of the national whinge-fest that has greeted the news that the American food firm Kraft are to take over Cadbury's, can I? It's not that I've got anything against people getting all slushy and sentimental, but at least save it for something worthwhile - for instance, the welfare of the poor sods who actually work there. That though hasn't been the reason for a lot of people getting themselves worked up over this issue."
This brings to mind one of the best essays to appear in New Left Review in years, which is not saying much, I realize, and this essay appeared almost two years ago, but it remains directly relevant. Walter Benn Michaels, in Against Diversity, explains: "After half a century of anti-racism and feminism, the US today is a less equal society than was the racist, sexist society of Jim Crow. Furthermore, virtually all the growth in inequality has taken place since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1965—which means not only that the successes of the struggle against discrimination have failed to alleviate inequality, but that they have been compatible with a radical expansion of it. Indeed, they have helped to enable the increasing gulf between rich and poor.
"Why? Because it is exploitation, not discrimination, that is the primary producer of inequality today. It is neoliberalism, not racism or sexism (or homophobia or ageism) that creates the inequalities that matter most in American society; racism and sexism are just sorting devices. In fact, one of the great discoveries of neoliberalism is that they are not very efficient sorting devices, economically speaking. If, for example, you are looking to promote someone as Head of Sales in your company and you are choosing between a straight white male and a black lesbian, and the latter is in fact a better salesperson than the former, racism, sexism and homophobia may tell you to choose the straight white male but capitalism tells you to go with the black lesbian. Which is to say that, even though some capitalists may be racist, sexist and homophobic, capitalism itself is not."
To properly interrogate this contemporary fad, you will unavoidably encounter its evil twin, which is to say you will find yourself staring at the ugliest face of European pro-Islamofascist leftism, as noted a while back by the always interesting Anti-German Translation. Their headline sums it up well enough: The Racism of Radical Islam's Useful Idiots.
For further and necessary proofs of Peter's case, historical evidence is in abundance in Enzo Traverso's The Aporias of Marxism. He notes that too many German Jews kept faith for too long in the resilience of the identity they had incorporated within German society, and they were not alone in their mistake: "The workers' movement was no more ready to deal with the catastrophe." There were warnings, of course, most presciently from Leon Trotsky. But they want largely unheeded, owing to eejits making a similar kind of silly "liberalism equals fascism" mistake that's popular today. "However, in 1933, Nazism unleashed its attack on the workers' organizations, not on the Jews. Nazi anti‑Semitism developed gradually and inexorably, passing through several stages: first discrimination and the questioning of emancipation again (1933-35); then economic depredations and the adoption of a policy of persecution (1938-41); finally extermination (1941-45). The destruction of the workers' movement was not a gradual process: it was, in fact, one of the conditions for the consolidation of the Nazi regime." And some people obstinately refuse to learn from the great errors of history: "Marxist literature of the interwar period tended to explain Nazi anti-Semitism as a 'tool' of the ruling classes, without seeing in it a new phenomenon."
That "new phenomenon" is not so new to us anymore, and persists in contemporary iterations, but inexcusably, so does the error-addled Marxist literature of the interwar years continue to produce the most embarrassing mistakes across the liberal-left, most dangerously in the way the nature of the nature of the Khomeinist regime in Iran is misunderstood.
Mathias Küntzel makes no such mistake in his just=published essay, Iranian Antisemitism: Stepchild of German National Socialism. And I'm not saying this just because the title has the same ring to it as The Organ-Harvesting Scare: A Mutant Offspring Of Anti-Zionism & Classic Antisemitism, either: It is true that Ahmadinejad does not attack "the Jews", but instead claims that "two thousand Zionists want to rule the world." He says, "For sixty sears now, the Zionists" have blackmailed all western governments." "The Zionists have imposed themselves on a substantial portion of the banking, financial, cultural and media sectors." "The Zionists" are responsible for the Danish Muhammad cartoons. "The Zionists" are responsible for the destruction of the dome of the Golden Mosque in Iraq. Of course, he invests the word "Zionist" with exactly the same sense with which Hitler once invested the word "Jew": namely, that of being the incarnation of all evil. Whoever makes Jews responsible for all the ills of the world – whether as "Judas" or "Zionists" – is clearly driven by antisemitism. . .
Küntzel sets out a clearly-argued and evidence-rich case that the lineage of Khomeinist Israelophobia descends inexorably from Iranian Germanophilia and the lingering impacts of persistent Nazi propaganda. And as I say, he makes no mistakes.
When mistakes prevail and abuses of history are permissible, we won't recognize the greater evil of totalitarian tyranny so long as it says mean things about the Yanks and the Zionists: This is a regime that hangs dissidents who protest rigged elections for the crime of being enemies of God. And we won't recognize authoritarian tyranny when we see it, so long as it comes shouting Viva Che! slogans: "In the system as it is today, there is no way to protect yourself from attacks from the State."
And when you look at that photograph at the top of this post, you will see an imperialist from an occupying power, oppressing the people, instead of a woman from Saskatchewan, sharing in a moment of quiet happiness with her Afghan sisters.


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Albuquerque MMA fans are in for a treat today, as Bellator 97 is going down at the Star Center in Rio Rancho. This is the promotion's second trip to the 505 this year, and diehard MMA nerds are calling this the best card in the promotion's history.
At the top of the card, Bellator Lightweight (155lb) champ Michael Chandler will attempt to defend his belt against David "The Caveman" Rickels, who I recently interviewed for the Alibi. This should be a fast-paced war between two relentless fighters. Before that, Bellator Welterweight Champ Ben Askren defends his strap against undefeated Russian import Andre Koreschkov. And Mohammed "King Mo" Lawal will try to back up weeks of smack talk against Jacob Noe in a light heavyweight bout.
Tickets are still available, and several local fighters are on the undercard, which kicks off at 3:30 this afternoon. Starting at 5 the fights will be broadcast live on Spike TV. These local warriors include: Cris Leyva (Farmington), Mike Barreras (Albuquerque) and Frank Baca (Albuquerque).
Following the championship bouts there will be four additional "feature" fights that will include more local fighters: Adrian Cruz (Rio Rancho), Russell Wilson (Albuquerque), Richard Jacques (Albuquerque), Felipe Chavez, (Albuquerque), and Donald Sanchez (Albuquerque).
The Alibi will be on-scene, posting updates to the blog. Stay tuned. Or show up yourself and see what all this fuss is about.


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John and Wanda Bacon recently celebrated 70 years of marriage. John Bacon and Wanda Hippert were united in marriage Nov. 10, 1939 in Fayette.
They have one son, Stanley Bacon, of Bryan, Ohio, seven grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
An open house is planned in their honor for family and friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, at Bryan Alliance Church, 220 W. Fountain Grove Dr. in Bryan. Please omit gifts.
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An efficient one-pot synthesis of N-heteroaryl iodonium triflates from the corresponding N-heteroaryl iodide and arene has been developed. The reaction conditions resemble our previous one-pot syntheses, with suitable modifications to allow N-heteroaryl groups. The reaction time is only 30min, and no anion exchange is required. The obtained iodonium salts were isolated in a protonated form, these salts can either be employed directly in applications or be deprotonated prior to use. The aryl groups were chosen to induce chemoselective transfer of the heteroaryl moiety to various nucleophiles. The reactivity and chemoselectivity of these iodonium salts were demonstrated by selectively introducing a pyridyl moiety onto both oxygen and carbon nucleophiles in good yields.
This thesis concerns the preparation and use of diaryliodonium salts. In Project I various unsymmetrical diaryliodonium salts were reacted with three different nucleophiles in order to study the chemoselectivity of the reactions of the salts. The main focus of this project was to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying factors that affect the chemoselectivity in transition metal-free arylation reactions. They were found to be very nucleophile-dependent. Some nucleophiles were very sensitive to electronic effects, whereas others were sensitive to steric factors. Ultimately, some arenes are never transferred. A very interesting scrambling reaction was also observed under the reaction conditions, where unsymmetrical diaryliodonium salts form symmetrical salts in situ.
Project II details the preparation of N-heteroaryliodonium salts via a one-pot procedure. The salts were designed so that the N-heteroaryl moiety was selectively transferred in applications both with and without transition metals. The chemoselectivity was demonstrated by selective transfer of the pyridyl group onto two different nucleophiles.
The third project in the thesis discusses the synthesis of alkynyl(aryl)iodonium salts and alkynylbenziodoxolones from arylsilanes. This protocol could potentially be a very useful complement to the existing procedures, in which boronic acids are used.
The last part of the thesis (Project IV) describes a C-2 selective arylation of indoles where diaryliodonium salts were used in combination with hetero-geneous palladium catalysis. This transformation was performed in water at ambient temperature to 50 °C, and tolerated variations of both the indole and the diaryliodonium salt. Importantly, several N-H indoles could be arylated. The MCF-supported Pd-catalyst showed very little leaching and it was demonstrated that the main part of the reaction occurred via heterogeneous catalysis.
At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 3: Manuscript. Paper 4: Accepted.


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Social Security Administration / Guam Community College / Texas Recreation and Parks Society / City of San Antonio / AT&T / Mystery Shopping Providers Association - Europe / Texas Department of Family and Protective Services / Correctional Management Institute of Texas / Texas Juvenile Justice Department / Marriott / Hilton / National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies /Texaco / Association of Clerks of District Court of Virginia / Georgia Association of Pupil Transportation / Arkansas Association of Continuing and Adult Education /Iowa Family Development Alliance /Texas State Soil and Water Conservation / Princess Cruises / Case Managers Society of South Texas / International Training in Communication / Texas Department of Transportation / Texas Parks and Wildlife Department / Independent Mystery Shoppers Coalition / Security Bank
I would highly recommend Terry as a speaker for any conference. He can be serious, funny, entertaining and educational all at the same time. He gives all of himself to his presentations and without question will add value for your attendees, no matter the setting. He is a true professional, a dedicated speaker and truly loves people from all walks of life. This shines through in his speaking sessions."
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Terry Sumerlin is one of those persons that once you meet, you never forget. He was a keynote speaker for our annual conference, this year held in Sardinia, Italy. Since the first contact, I was really impressed by his high level of professionalism, energy and commitment. His presentation was simply amazing. The best words to describe Terry are: Inspiring, alive and unique. This is a keynote speaker that I certainly recommend if you want to raise the spirit of your audience!"
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Thank you, Terry. You kicked off our conference with a lot of energy and enthusiasm - exactly what we had hoped for. It really set the stage for one of our most successful conferences and many presenters used the themes they heard during your keynote to accentuate their points. That was a testament to the effectiveness of your messages."
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You did a great job for us! Thank you for making the extra effort to communicate your message and examples in ways that had a direct application to both our business and to our personal lives."
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Your keynote was right on target and tailored to what we do. We have used many speakers at our yearly conference, and sometimes their message seems to fly over our heads. You were everything we had hoped for and more. You held our group's attention with your day-to-day real life stories, and you kept the presentation fun and enjoyable with your homespun humor. Terry, you are wonderful to work with, and a true Southern gentleman."
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Terry, I thought your presentation was excellent. I have heard many positive comments about our (60th anniversary) event, and your contribution was a big part of making it a success. Thanks for your help."
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Great, awesome...Enthusiastic speaker, inspiring message! Bring back...He was good, funny and informative...Love Terry's attitude - very upbeat and positive! Also love his stories - really drives the point home! Would enjoy sitting beside him on a plane!' (Evaluations from the Correctional Management Institute of TX) "You did an excellent job and I look forward to working with you again."
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The Most Powerful Disconnector
by Terry L. Sumerlin Have you ever been angry? That's a little like asking if you've ever drawn a breath, isn't it? We've all been angry and likely will be again. That's okay! Anger is simply an emotion, as are … Continue reading
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chompy necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 49 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
This logo will be on some very high-visibility websites and assorted print materials. The target demographic for whom this should appeal is 30+ (I stress the plus) and predominately female but would like something not overly feminine.
The current logo is here: http://www.nomorebarking.com/images…yellow.gif
The new logo you design should be without any text--please do not include the "AndreaArdenDogTraining". Bright colors are encouraged but not yellow. Target group is women and can be whimsical--we don't need a dog sketch but conversely nothing that could star as a kid's cartoon character.
- A dog's head or a dog's head on a small body
- The dog should look happy--does not necessarily need a big grin on its face but should somehow convey it is happy.
- Bright colors would be a nice balance against the website but please stay away from yellow.
- Dog should not be recognized as a certain breed. The more generic and cute, the better.
- Vector-based as this will need to be frequently resized to put on print and potentially merchandise.
- No Web 2.0 stuff. Please keep gradients in check.
- No shadows, underlays, or anything that juts out beneath the main logo.
- No silhouettes or abstract dogs.
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I decided it was probably a good time to finally post a mini tute on my diy mantle.
I cannot begin to tell what a difference my awesome, chunk-a-licious mantle has made in my family room. Immediate coziness I tell ya. Everytime I see it, I am so proud to think that I made it with my own two hands...well with Studly's two hands, technically. We've gotten som many compliments from our friends and family. It's funny to see the look of utter shock and amazement on their faces when we tell them we did it ourselves. And I'll tell you right now, if a couple of nerds like us can do it...so can you.
Before attempting, we got a quote on having someone build one for us. The guy we talked to quoted about $300, and that was just for the supplies. I don't think that included the labor. Still, not too expensive, when you are talking about adding a permanent fixture to your home, but ever the penny pincher, I knew there had to be a way to build it for cheaper.
Then I came across this picture over at The Lettered Cottage and it was love at first sight.
No seriously, I have a picture of this mantle taped up next to one of David Beckham.
I have yet to profess my love to Palmer's, but I will someday, when I work up the guts. I love these two. They are seriously talented and inspiring. I always find tons of ideas and inspiration when I visit their blog. You should seriously check them out.
Imagine my elation when I learned that they had built their mantle for $82 {$82 Fireplace Makeover}. I was beyond excited. Not only was their's way more awesome, it was also way more budget friendly than any of the prefab ones I had researched. After reading through their post a couple of times I was convinced that I {well, Studly} could do it too. It took a little convincing...a little batting of the eyelashes at whatnot, but the old man finally conceded.
Which FINALLY brings me to the reason of this post...a mini tute.
It's hard to do a full tutorial on this subject, simply because there are so many variables {the amount of wall space, the size of the fireplace insert, etc.}, but I'll do my best to make it understandable.
Before we could start building our surround, we had to move our fireplace insert and tile around it. We chose a brown granite tile. This is where a chunk of our budget went. We spent about $60-70 on tile. It is not recommended to build a wood/mdf surround directly up against a fireplace for obvious reasons...fire hazard. So, if you don't already have a buffer around your fireplace, well then, you'll need to make one. Once done, you can move on to the the surround.
The wall where our fireplace insert resided was totally blank, so we had a lot of room to work with.
We decided on builiding a fairly good sized surround...about 7ft wide by about 5ft tall. {Most standard fireplace surrounds are about 60 inches tall.}
We started by constructing the "legs" of the surround. We did this by building a three sided box. We used premade 3 1/2 inch sqare, mdf molding which we cut to {approx. 55 inches}, then used another piece of mdf board which we cut down to {15 inches by 55 inches} for the front. You should now have box that extends out 3 1/2 inches from the wall, and stands 55 inches high.
Next, we moved on to the "skirt" of surround. We constructed this by cutting a piece of mdf down to 50 1/2 inches wide by 15 inches tall {the width of the legs is equal to the height of the skirt, make sense?} I might also point out, that fudging on your measurements is okay. Studly just sorta built and measured as he went along. Sometimes the way it is written on paper, doesn't always translate to the actual building. That's okay. That's what decorative molding and caulk is for. Here's what the surround should look like now.
Then, using more of the 3 1/2 inch mdf moulding, we cut it down and used it to "dress up" the surround. We started with the skirt and them moved to the legs. A "real" carpenter would miter all of these cuts, but Studly is a beaker salesman and I am domestic goddess, so we just used straight cuts...remember our good friend caulk.
Here's the part where our good friend SANDABLE caulk comes in. We filled in all of the joints we didn't want noticed, then sanded our keisters off.
For the actual mantle, I used pine boards, which I used to make a five sided box. The front piece of the mantle measured 83 1/2 inches wide by 7 1/4 inches high {which at the lumber store apparently means 8 inches}. The top and bottom of the mantle measured 83 1/2 inches by 6 inches, and the two sides measured 7 1/4 inches {or 8inches} by 6 inches. I nailed the pieces together using a nail gun. To give the mantle a rustic/reclaimed look, I took a hammer and aul to it. Dragging it around in rocks works well too. I distressed my boards before I assembled them, but you could do it after too. Then, I stained the mantle with a lucious, dark stain. After it was dry, Studs and I mounted it on top of the surround.
After we nailed on the mantle, I realized that the surround still didn't look finished. So, I went and got some 1 1/2 inch mdf moulding, which I put around the bottom of each leg and along the top of the surround to cover a small gap between the mantle and surround.
And finally...voila!
{sorry for the crappy, grainy pic. I couldn't find the cord to my camera, so I had to use a pic from my phone.}
I will admit, the painting, caulking and sanding was the most tedious part of this project. It was actually really fun to see our mantle come together right before our eyes. All in all, we ended spending about $150 to build our new mantle and surround. That also includes the tile. It required a little time and some elbow grease, but it was totally worth it dontcha think?


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Duarte may be on hot seat for reappointment to Groton utilities panel
Groton - The City Council is expected Monday to reappoint Paul Duarte to the Groton Utilities Commission, and Duarte said he's prepared for some clamoring in the audience.
"Most of them don't understand what people went through," said Duarte, who served on the commission during the sale of the failed cable venture Thames Valley Communications. "They don't understand that the company was making money. It just wasn't making enough."
Groton borrowed $34.5 million to build the cable network, a private subsidiary of Groton Utilities, to give residents a choice and ultimately turn a profit. Then the economy tanked, Comcast fought to keep its customers, and AT&T said it would move in. The small cable company lost millions, and the City Council was essentially forced to sell it.
The council affirmed the sale for $550,000 in January.
Duarte, who was appointed four years ago, said the sale was being discussed then. Most people don't understand that when you spend millions to build a cable network, you're in debt while you build the business, he added.
"And actually, some of that money got paid down," Duarte said. "The company continued to grow and progress. The problem was, it never reached the critical mass it needed to go over the top."
Duarte also said technology like the hand-held devices people have today didn't exist then, and weren't even imagined.
City Councilor Andrew Ilvento said Friday that Duarte, a former deputy mayor and city councilor, faces hard questions because he's the first commissioner to be reappointed.
"It's just bad timing, that's what it was. And I think Paul is going to get the brunt of it, because he came up for reappointment first," Ilvento said. "Everybody makes decisions as a group. It's not like Paul was making decisions any more than anyone else."
The City Council voted 5-1 on June 24, with Councilor Jay Dempsey against, to move Duarte's name forward for reappointment.
Dempsey could not be reached to comment Friday. But according to a draft of the meeting minutes, he said he opposed reappointment of anyone on the Groton Utilities Commission because it would send "the wrong message" to taxpayers.
During the last city election, Dempsey took issue with the company's financial losses and officials' failure to notify the public. The Democrat-turned-Republican was the top vote-getter in the race.
Duarte said he wants the job despite whatever criticism he faces. "We're doing a lot of great things," he said, adding that the utility is finishing an electrical upgrade to its entire franchise area. Groton Utilities supplies 50 percent of the town with electricity and two-thirds of the town with water, Duarte said.
"Groton Utilities is a $70 million business," City Mayor Marian Galbraith said. "You don't just throw people in. You want someone who has a knowledge."
Commissioners are appointed by the mayor to four-year terms subject to approval of the City Council.
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And now we're back to our scheduled programming.
Our master bath and master closet are right next to each other, but walking four steps into the closet to access bath linens before a shower was just too much for me. I wanted my washcloths within arm's reach. Off-and-on for the past three years, I've been trying to come up with a solution. We only had wall space to work with, so a cabinet that sits on the floor was out. I thought about a towel rack like you see in hotel rooms, but couldn't find any reasonably priced units that I liked.
Here's my solution:
I found the baskets at HomeGoods for less than $10 each and repurposed them to solve my design dilemma. They were nesting baskets, which I liked because they came in graduated sizes, just like my bath linens.
Aside: Why would one need baskets to nest when baskets are intended to hold things? The only time the nesting would be useful is during transportation to and from the store. Am I right? Hmmm.Editor's Note 12/29/11: I could have sworn I stated in this post how I hung the baskets, but after being asked by several people in one week, I realized I didn't. Shame on me! I simply used nails, and hammered them in through the weave of the baskets. It's a little tricky to hammer inside a closed space, so in some cases I used the butt of the hammer to push the nail in, where the hammer head could not reach because of the angle. I would have used hooks but the weave was too tight.
In case you couldn't tell, that's my shower just to the left of the basket/toilet wall. The toilet and shower are in a nook separate from the sink area, with a pocket door for privacy. I need to take some photos of the rest of our master bath and post those to my house tour page. I'll add that to the to-do list.
Have you come up with any creative solutions to design dilemmas? Please share.
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We had a story yesterday about how the Apple retail stores were utilizing a new method of checking out customers this past (and current?) holiday season called "iPod Express," and various customers had different feelings on the topic itself. Although the transactions weren't 100% smooth for every single customer, overall it seemed to be a success, at least enough for Apple to supposedly consider it for continued use after the holiday season and into the rest of the regular shopping year.
Regarding the whole "e-mail recipts omg" controversy from yesterday's article and in our reader comments, Steve Jobs seems to think that you wouldn't (and shouldn't) be whining:
And Steve Jobs believes that many people who are comfortable buying on-line—and that's a rapidly growing percentage of the total—will not only accept but will actually prefer getting their receipts electronically.
I agree, generally speaking, but there's still the inherent fear that people have about giving out their personal e-mail addresses to someone who may potentially spam them—hell, I receive enough Apple spam as it is! Overall, the continued use of the portable checkouts is probably at least not a bad idea, however I certainly hope that they have some other solution in mind for stationing these portable check-out employees other than roping off an ungodly large section of the store for what seems like... next to nothing. I mean, they're portable for a reason, right?