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ESSAY- Police state: Local agents armed to the teeth
Two years ago, in an article entitled "It Can't Happen Here," Congressman Ron Paul cautioned, "We're not yet living in a total police state, but it's fast approaching."
A lot can happen in two years.
In fact, a lot has happened over the past two years, most of it aimed at amassing greater power for the government while undermining the rights of American citizens. And I would venture to say that Rep. Paul's fears may have come to pass.
For example, sometime in the past two years, President Bush quietly claimed the authority to allow government agents to open the private mail of American citizens, proclaimed his right to assume control of the federal government following a "catastrophic emergency," and assumed the power to declare martial law and use the military as a domestic police force in response to a natural disaster, disease outbreak, terrorist attack, or any "other condition." However, these incidents are just the tip of the iceberg.
Unless you've been asleep for the past decade, the increasing militarization of the police has become an inescapable and ominous reality. The role of law enforcement, especially local police officers, has drastically changed from when I was a child in the 1950s. The friendly local sheriff in the Andy Griffith Show has been shelved for the federal gun-toting terrorist killer in the popular television series 24.
Some might insist that the new face of law enforcement is warranted, a sign of the times we live in. After all, whereas we once feared nuclear attacks by the Russians, we now fear each other and the predators lurking in our midst– serial killers, drug pushers, home-grown and imported terrorists, perverts who prey on small children, the list goes on.
Thus, in order to better deal with these and other threats, congressional legislation now allows the U.S. military, by way of the Pentagon, to train civilian police and provide them with equipment and funding. As a result, our law enforcement agents are armed to the teeth.
For example, in Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America (2006), author Radley Balko points out that in Wisconsin alone during the 1990s, "local police departments were given nearly 100,000 pieces of military equipment valued at more than $18 million." Columbia County, Wisconsin, with a population of only 52,468, was given more than 5,000 military items valued at $1.75 million by the Pentagon. These included "11 M-16s, 21 bayonets, four boats, a periscope, and 41 vehicles, one of which was converted into a mobile command center for the SWAT team"– along with surveillance equipment, chemical suits, and flak jackets, among other items.
Debating which came first– increased threats requiring greater fire power or heavily armed law enforcement agents in search of greater threats– might seem too much like the chicken or the egg debate, but the numbers speak for themselves. By the early 1980s, there were 3,000 annual SWAT deployments, by 1996 there were 30,000, and by 2001 there were 40,000. Incredibly, these forces conduct approximately 40,000 "no-knock" raids annually across the U.S., some of which are tracked by the Cato Institute on an interactive map on its website.
One thing is undeniable: armed police officers have become a force to be reckoned with. However, it's not just local law enforcement that's loaded for bear. As the federalization of law enforcement continues to grow, more types of federal agents are packing heat. As of September 2004, federal agencies employed about 106,000 full-time personnel authorized to make arrests and carry firearms.
Yet FBI agents are only a small portion of armed federal personnel. Everyone from postal agents, the Internal Revenue Service, the National Park Service, and the Environmental Protection Agency to agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Army Corps of Engineers are now carrying deadly weapons. In Virginia, for example, game wardens were recently renamed "conservation police officers" in an effort to clarify their role as sworn law enforcement officers who are armed and able to make arrests.
Writing for World Net Daily, Joseph Farah declared, "What we've witnessed is the biggest arms buildup in the history of the federal government– and it's not taking place in the Defense Department. The kind of arms that are proliferating in Washington these days are the kind pointed at our own civilian population and carried by a growing number of federal police forces with ever-larger budgets and ever-deadlier arsenals."
"Good grief," remarked Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America, "that's a standing army." At all levels– federal, local, and state– the government and the police have merged. And in the process, they've become a standing army– which is exactly what the Founders feared.
Those who drafted the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights had an enormous distrust of standing armies. They knew that despotic governments have always used standing armies to control the people and impose tyranny. As James Madison, the father of the Constitution, wrote, "A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home." These "instruments of tyranny" are now in place.
Thus, it may very well be that we are already living in a police state– and that it's all over but the shouting. But still we have to shout.
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...and shouting we are...
Great essay! That's a great(well, actually sad) interactive map on Cato's website. What has this nation come to? If we want to reverse this march toward authoritarianism, we must elect someone that truly understands the boundaries set forth in the US Constitution. It is clear that the ONLY person that seems to understand those boundaries is Dr. Ron Paul. We must elect Ron Paul!
More and more we're watching George Bush and the rest of the government run wild with power. We watch *all* of the politicians bickering with each other in public and giving each other handjobs at parties. The whole democrat vs republican thing is nothing more than a fake division put in place to keep the people fighting amoungst one another meanwhile the politicians sneak out the back door with our tax dollars and our freedom. F**k the police.
Well said, but let this be a warning to all the little pitchers who are FBI has-beens or Jack Bauer wannabe's in this government insane asylum with the inmates in charge. There are still many millions more of us than there are of you, (fascist fed agents) and we are also armed. WE are the ones fighting for our American freedom, our homes and our families. It won't be like the latest cop shows you watch with orgasmic delight, where the police are giants, and the public no more than scared sheep. We CAN take you...and if you try to turn our beloved country into a Nazi police state, we WILL reluctantly kill you; every last one of you! No way will we let these Neo Con baby fascists destroy The Last Best Hope Of Man On Earth. We hope it will never come to that. Ron Paul 2008 is a real good start!
Here here! Simply convincing the sheeple that there IS a problem, without making folks think you are a fruit-loop is the hardest part. I always hear the "only the criminals complain..." cop out. But it never occurs to these complainers that those who have HAD actual run-ins with the police are the ones who know best what's up. We should LISTEN to the "criminals". Our best bet is for ANYONE who is aware of the problem to speak out in as many ways as we can. Just like this essay. Thanks.
Here's MY shout from this corner of the world...
Who the hell cares how these people dress or what weapons they carry? The rambo rookies are just acting out their wildest fantasies from watching the movie Judge Dredd over and over. If they really were to have their way you would be charged, tried and convicted on the street. Then you would have something to worry about and fight over. In the meantime it's just a costume party they all want to attend.
If you want to decrease the chances of a police state or New World Order takeover,BRING BACK THE DRAFT!!!!!! Citizen soldiers from all walks of society are much less likely to serve tyrants or gun down their own people than professional soldiers and cops.This of course does not apply to the aholes at Kent State.One more thought.Millions of Americans are stocking up on arms and ammo.It is not to save money from a future gun or ammo tax.It is because Americans are still Americans.I would not want to be a servant of any dictator or oligarchy when Americans really decide that enough is enough.There are a lot of fancy magnum rifles out there that vests won't stop.


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You've heard about state municipal bond funds and single country ETFs, but what about city ETFs?
A new fund called the Nashville Area ETF (NASH) is trying to reignite a trend of regional investing.
The fund is linked to the LocalShares Nashville Index, which is composed of publicly traded U.S. companies that have corporate headquarters in the Nashville, Tenn. region.
Nashville was the 25th largest U.S. city, with a population of 624,000, as of 2012.
Although Nashville is renowned as a music recording center, health care is actually its largest industry sector. Nashville is home to more than 300 health care companies, including Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), the world's largest private operator of hospitals.
Currently, NASH owns 25 companies that range from discount retailer Dollar General to prison manager Corrections Corporation of America. Around 50% of the fund is comprised of healthcare companies.
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As of last year, the health care industry contributed an estimated $30 billion annually and 200,000 jobs to the Nashville-area economy. Other major industries in Nashville include insurance, finance, and publishing.
The track record for regionally focused ETFs isn't good. Single state funds linked to companies in Oklahoma and Texas both folded just a year after being launched in 2009.
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Protists (or Protozoa)
Paul D. N. Hebert
Sidney Draggan
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The taxonomic kingdom Protista is a collection of single-celled organisms that do not fit into any other category. Protists are a group made up of protozoa, unicellular algae, and slime molds. We will concentrate on the animal portion of this group: the protozoa (proto = first, zoa = animals). Protozoa are the oldest known group of heterotrophic life that consume and transform complex food particles into energy. Although protozoans are only made up of a single cell, these organisms manage to perform all the basic tasks of life. The protozoa are divided into four major groups: the ciliates, the flagellates, the heliozoans, and the amoebas.
Morphology (General)
Structure in this group is fairly diverse, but almost all species retain a few basic characters that help to identify them as ciliates. The first character is the presence of cilia on at least one developmental stage of the organism. Modifications from the full body covered norm include a single ring of cilia, grouped ciliary organelles called cirri, and restriction of cilia to feeding tentacles. Most species also bear toxicysts that are most likely used to capture and stun prey. These toxicysts can be found around the mouth, along the length of tentacles or anywhere else on the surface of the cell body.
Flagellates are characterized by having one or more flagella. Parasitic species generally have more flagella than those that are free living.
Amoebas can reach a maximum size of 2 mm in diameter. These protozoans are constantly changing shape; they look and move much like balloons half filled with water. When manipulating a water balloon you can force most of the water to one end or hold it so that different sections squeeze out between your fingers. Amoebas change shape like that, only the forces are internal. They can create extensions of their body wall called pseudopodia that help them locomote or capture prey or simply churn up their insides to distribute nutrients. The shape of a pseudopod is generally reflective of the family grouping to which it belongs.
Freshwater radiolarans:Heliozoa
The most identifiable characteristic of the heliozoans is the presence of axopodia. This is a type of pseudopod strengthened by tiny microtubules that extend into solid protective rods. Some marine heliozoans (radiolarians) have a protective exoskeleton of silica, but freshwater species just have tiny silica scales or a perforated capsule.
Morphology (Structures)
All five groups of protozoans include some sessile species but most are swimmers. Ciliates use their many tiny cilia, in controlled waves, to propel themselves through the water. Flagellates have a single posterior flagella that pushes them forward in much the same way as a motor boat uses its propeller. Amoebas locomote by shifting cytoplasm inside their bodies to create pseudopods that slowly pull the organisms along. Finally, heliozoans combine the efforts of cilia and axopods to maneuver their way through the water.
All protozoans have chemical or tactile senses to detect other members of their own species for sexual reproduction, but many of these chemicals have not yet been studied in detail. A sensory structure has been identified in ciliates. Kineties (found beneath the surface of the cell membrane at the base of each cilia), organized in a brushlike formation at the mouth, are used for prey recognition.
Because they are so tiny, protozoans do not need any specialized organelle, such as red blood cells, to meet their oxygen demand. In fact, many can live in water with very low concentrations of oxygen. Some ciliates have specially adapted green algae living inside them. In higher light conditions, these algae convert the carbon dioxide produced by the ciliate into oxygen, ensuring an abundant internal supply of oxygen for the ciliate. On the flip side, a few groups are anaerobic and intolerant of oxygenated water. These organisms are often endosymbionts living in the digestive system of multi-celled animals.
Protists use contractile vacuoles to remove excess water from their cells. If the contractile function of a cell is compromised, the cell swells until it ruptures. The same will also happen to a marine protozoan when placed in fresh water; marine members have no contractile vacuoles. Ciliates have permanent contractile vacuole pathways and pores where amoebas will release them from any point along the surface of its body.
Many protozoans reproduce both asexually and sexually during their lifetime. The move to sex is often either controlled by an internal clock or by the arrival of harsh environmental conditions.
The majority of protozoans reproduce asexually by binary fission. However, some are endosymbionts (species that live within another organism) that often engage in multiple fission with many tiny cells produced from a single parent cell released to search out a new host.
Sexual reproduction is common in ciliates, but rare in heliozoans and amoebas, and absent in flagellates. The three basic types of sex are gametogamy, autogamy, and conjugation—all of which are explained on the reproduction strategies page.
Ciliates reproduce sexually through conjugation, which involves the exchange of haploid nuclei between two joined protists. Once the genetic information is exchanged, each of the ex-conjugants clones itself. These resulting daughter cells go through a long period of "sexual immaturity," during which they will only reproduce asexually.
Flagellates employ their flagella for both swimming and acquiring food. Sessile or colony-forming members of the collared flagellates use their flagella to create a water current to draw small food particles, such as water-borne bacteria. These food particles are then trapped on mucous- coated microvilli (peaks and valleys on the cell membrane that increase the surface area of the cell for the purpose of absorption).
Large amoebas eat algae, other protists and some tiny multi-celled animals, while smaller amoebas feed on bacteria. Amoebas ingest particles by phagocytosis. They wrap themselves around the food particle and once enclosed it is embedded within a food vacuole for digestion. Amoebas can capture food with pseudopods made of any outer area of the cells, so that their whole body surface is a potential mouth! The same is true for pinocytosis (the "drinking" of organic substances) and the release of wastes that are contained in contractile vacuoles.
Ciliates have toxicysts that they fire at their prey to subdue it. Sessile forms (e.g., Suctioria) use haptocysts on feeding tentacles to snag smaller ciliate prey and then suck out the nutritious cytoplasm.
Heliozoans engulf any organism ranging from picoplankton to copepods. Extrusomes at the base of the axopoda secrete cytoplasm over the axopoda. Food sticks to the cytoplasm, and the flow of the liquid brings the food towards the cell where pseudopods reach out to grab it.
Idiosyncratic inverts
Researchers working with the ciliate Paramecium have discovered that protozoans have a very high mortality rate after conjugation. This is attributed to the large number of mutations that accumulate during long bouts of asexual reproduction. Also, the exchange of this information is stressful to the acceptor. Some conjugants will also transmit microscopic prokaryotic endoparasites to the acceptor. These endoparasites allow the new host to clone for a limited amount of time, in order for the prokaryotes to distribute in new hosts. Immediately afterwards, the parasite kills the host.
This article was adapted from the Encyclopedia of Earth.
Available under CC BY-SA 2.5
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, Paul D. N. Hebert (Lead Author);Sidney Draggan Ph.D. (Topic Editor) "Protozoa". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 22, 2008; Last revised Date May 21, 2012; Retrieved September 27, 2012. Encyclopedia of Earth.


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Tuesday's school board election for Sioux Falls may have had a measly 3.7% turnout, but lack of convenience is certainly not to blame. The E-Poll Book system made things much easier for the few thousand voters that dutifully made their way to the polls.
Instead of the normal process of having to go to the specific polling place assigned to you, the new system allows you to vote at any polling place citywide. On a busy election day, that will turn out to be a nice feature, as it should make it easier to find time in your otherwise busy schedule to vote. This could take the shape of voting near work during your lunch break, or finding a polling place near your kid's soccer practice, or a million other permutations.
Not that it actually happens enough to be lose any sleep over it anyway, but the system also works to prevent people from voting more than once, because it is networked and updates every few minutes. So no one will be able to vote then quickly run to another polling place and try it again.
The best part of the system is that the high tech aspect stays on the registration side. The actual vote was still accomplished by paper and pencil. Filling in a bubble on a scan sheet isn't exactly 21st century technology like the E-Poll Book, but unlike the black box voting machines being used in other states, at least it is verifiable and allows for a good, old-fashioned recount.
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Despite the Second Amendment, the sheriff explained, politicians in Washington, D.C., are openly talking about banning certain magazines and clips that hold more than an arbitrary number of bullets. "I have one, and the reason I have one is because I want one, not because I'm the sheriff, but because I'm a citizen and I'm entitled to have those," he continued. "The government has them, so the citizens are allowed to have them — that's what the Second Amendment is."
Also among the most extreme proposals being pushed by Obama and some Democrats in Congress are restrictions on popular semi-automatic firearms. "This last shooting was with pistols, you know. So it's just a matter of time before they try and come for all of them," he said. "What they're doing is they're working toward basically confiscating, but if you look at the areas where the guns are confiscated, there are more deaths and more shootings in those areas than there are where the people are armed."
According to Sheriff Peyman, gun rights activists, and even anti-gun extremists, all of the seemingly small infringements on the unalienable rights guaranteed in the Second Amendment are aimed at eventually disarming America. "The way I look at it, they're trying to come in the backdoor and trying to soften the Second Amendment," the sheriff said. "Obviously that's a good way to do that — it has worked for years, that's how they got the Constitution in the shape that it's in. But that's not what was intended; the Second Amendment is intended to protect the people from the government — for this particular thing."
And in Jackson County, regardless of what out-of-control politicians in Washington say, that is the way it is going to stay as long as Sheriff Peyman is in charge. To start with, no unconstitutional acts or executive edicts will be enforced by his office, he said. When asked about whether he would allow federal agents intent on violating gun rights into his county, the sheriff's answer was simple and to the point: absolutely not.
"No, they won't come in here and do that. It goes back to us being a sovereign state, it goes back to the way our system is set up — with myself being the chief law-enforcement officer here — federal agents will not be allowed to come in here and do that," he said. "A lot of the stuff that they're talking about [in Washington, D.C.] is not even a discussable issue…. I can't speak for what's going on in Colorado or Chicago, I can only speak for what's going on in my area, but that's the way we're going to handle things in Jackson County, Kentucky."
The president's executive orders on guns, meanwhile, should be setting off alarm bells nationwide, the sheriff continued. "I think the way he's doing this now, what he's trying to do now is soften our rights to see if the American people will stand for that, and if they will, then the government will come with even harsher gun control," he said. "That's the way I see what is going on right now. They're trying to appease — this is to try to make gun owners and people in my position kind of put their guards down. OK, they're not going to take our guns, they're only going to do this, but that's just this time."
Like many millions of Americans, Sheriff Peyman is concerned about federal power grabs across the board, saying that much of it has been accomplished by offering taxpayer money with strings attached to state and local authorities. The unilateral overreach by the executive branch, however, is becoming increasingly alarming as well. In fact, as Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) explained about his bill to rein in "King" Obama's anti-gun edicts, it is an urgent and serious problem that must be addressed by officials at all levels nationwide.
"We have a system that we work by, and an executive order leans more toward a dictatorship," Sheriff Peyman said about Obama's unilateral decrees. "This has been going on for years, so we need to come up with a better plan, and I think I came up with a better plan — a better idea of what we need to do to have less people hurt. We're always going to have some — we can't control people and we can't control their actions — but we can eliminate some of them."
The sheriff said his county was currently working on a plan that would allow armed teachers and school officials, a popular idea that has been pushed by activists for years but recently exploded into the national debate. He explained that such common-sense measures — while certainly not perfect — could help prevent or minimize mass-shooting tragedies, which virtually always occur in legally mandated so-called "gun free zones" such as schools.
"In my county — I can only speak for my county and my constituents — most of my people carry guns. Right now we're working on a deal that we'll have guns in schools, because we feel that there would be less serious problems," Sheriff Peyman explained. "Instead of 20 to 30 kids getting shot, like in a type of situation that we've experienced here in the last little bit, we could cut that down to less numbers if there are armed teachers there."
Promises of more taxpayer money from Washington just will not cut it, the sheriff added. "The federal government says, 'well, we'll put people in the schools and stuff.' The federal government is broke. The state is broke. The counties are broke," he observed. "We're going to fall back on the resources that we have to take care of ourselves."
With federal lawlessness reaching historic proportions, Sheriff Peyman is hardly alone — state and local officials across America are increasingly seeking legal remedies to protect the rights of citizens. One of the most popular in recent years has been the concept of nullification, where a state government declares unconstitutional federal statutes to be invalid within its jurisdiction.
Both sides of the aisle have pushed the idea, with conservative-leaning states nullifying ObamaCare and unconstitutional gun control, for instance, while more liberal states nullify federal drug statutes or lawless infringements on civil liberties. Voters in Colorado and Washington State, for example, recently legalized marijuana for recreational use despite statutes passed by Congress. Over 15 others have legalized it for medical purposes despite federal prohibition.
Sheriff Peyman, of course, understands and appreciates state sovereignty as one of the tools available to rein in an out-of-control federal government that refuses to respect constitutional limits on its power. "What's happened over the years is they've allowed the federal government to make decisions for them — strictly, I believe, because of financial reasons; you know, 'let us do this and we're going to give you money for your roads, money for whatever,' and that's how they've gained so much control," he explained. "The way it is here in Kentucky, we're a commonwealth and a sovereign state, and we make the decisions here."
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text: Having recently become a parent, I can say that the loss of my child is one of the most terrible things I can imagine. I don't know if I'd want to play that tapping into the emotions surrounding such an event. But, at E3 last week, our own Chris Person took a look at the game made by student from the Danish Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment and got one of those developers to talk about the design ideas behind A Mother's Inferno. As harrowing as the journey seems, I do like the idea using a game as a experiential metaphor for moving past a terrible life experience. You can check out more info on A Mother's Inferno here.


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The Flying Dutchmen continue a series of four consecutive non-league games against Illinois opponents, traveling to Millikin University in Decatur, Ill. The game will be broadcast by 92.7THEVAN-FM and streamed on the internet.
Hope is seeking its first-ever victory over Millikin in a series that started in 2010 with a 31-21 Big Blue victory. A year ago Millikin prevailed 27-15.
Both teams won their season opener , Hope at home over North Park 42-24 and Millikin on the road over Greenville 50-10.
Hope Highlights from North Park victory: For the seventh time in his career, junior tailback Shawn Jackson (Comstock Park/Comstock Park HS) rushed for over 100 yards, gaining 113 yards on 15 carries. He scored two touchdowns… Seven players caught a pass. Sophomore flanker Taylor Brynaert (Washington/Romeo HS) caught six passes for 79 yards and senior fullback Brian Lynn (Holland/Holland HS) also caught six passes covering 37 yards… Junior quarterback Michael Atwell (Geneseo, Ill./Geneseo HS) was just one completion shy of matching his career-high completing 19-of-30 passes for 176 yards and a touchdown. His career high of 20 completions (in 40 attempts) was against Millikin in 2011… Kicker Evan Finch (Ann Arbor/Pioneer HS) was a perfect 6-for-6 on PATs, raising his career total to 45-for-47… Junior defensive end Greg Bird (Byron Center/Byron Center HS) had two quarterback sacks.
This is the first of back-to-back road games for the Flying Dutchmen. On Saturday, Sept. 15, Hope travels to Concordia-Chicago as part of the inaugural Challenge Series between teams of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and the Nothern Athletics Conference (NAC). The next home game will be Saturday, Sept. 22, against a third CCIW opponent, Illinois Wesleyan.


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The Amazing 37-Minute Workout
Using a kettlebell burns 70 percent more calories than a typical strength routine. Don't have a kettlebell? Try this workout with a dumbbell and still get head-to-toe toned.
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Introducing Kettlebells
We've all seen odd-looking workout equipment (foam rollers, countless ab devices...). But kettlebells you've gotta try, even if they do look like iron granny purses. A 20-minute workout with them is worth about an hour on the treadmill!
"Kettlebells sculpt every part of your body — fast," says Michele Olson, PhD, an exercise physiologist at Auburn University Montgomery in Alabama. Most moves involve swinging the kettlebell up or across the body. All of the weight is below the handle, so your core has to work hard to counteract the momentum. The result? You'll lose inches and be stronger and leaner than ever.
Get a feel for using kettlebells — and burn about 400 calories — as you sculpt your entire body with this 40-minute routine.
What you'll need: A set of 10- to 15-pound dumbbells (or kettlebells, from 10 to 45 pounds, $30 to $90; find them at gofit.net) and a mat. Or start with a lighter weight and then move up as soon as you're ready.
How it works: Do this workout as a circuit, moving from one set of exercises to the next with minimal rest. Complete the circuit four or five times. Do the workout two or three days a week.
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Two-Arm Swing A
Targets: Shoulders, arms, chest, back, abs, glutes, legs
- Stand with feet slightly wider than shoulder-distance apart, knees soft and toes pointed out slightly.
- Hold the kettlebell or ends of the dumbbell horizontally in both hands, arms extended at shoulder height and abs engaged.
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Two-Arm Swing B
Targets: Shoulders, arms, chest, back, abs, glutes, legs
- Squat down, bringing weight between legs and keeping body weight in heels; continue to look forward.
- Stand up quickly, pushing through your heels and into your glutes and core and using the momentum from your legs to propel the weight to chest level.
- Repeat, lowering weight between legs.
- Do 15 reps.
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Clean and Press A
Targets: Shoulders, arms, chest, back, abs, glutes, legs
- Stand with feet slightly wider than shoulder-distance apart, knees soft and toes pointed out slightly, holding dumbbell or kettlebell in right hand with left hand reaching out to left side.
- Squat, bringing weight between legs.
Jay Sullivan
Clean and Press B
Targets: Shoulders, arms, chest, back, abs, glutes, legs
- Thrust up through the hips, using momentum to bring weight to shoulder height; keep elbow close to body and wrist straight.
- Holding weight here, do a half squat, then press dumbbell overhead as you stand up, driving the movement through your heels.
- Lower back to start and repeat.
- Do 12 to 15 reps; switch sides and repeat.
Jay Sullivan
Straight-Leg Russian Twist
Targets: Abs, obliques
- Lie faceup on mat with legs extended, holding dumbbell or kettlebell over hips in both hands with arms straight.
- Roll up through spine, bringing head, neck and shoulders off the mat and keeping arms extended.
- Twist torso to right, bringing weight to right side, then twist to left.
- Repeat, doing 1 to 15 reps per side.
- Lower to start.
Jay Sullivan
Double-Lift Push-Up
Targets: Shoulders, chest, upper back, core
- Begin in a full push-up position, legs extended behind you, abs tight and head in line with spine.
- Hold a dumbbell or kettlebell against the mat under each hand, palms under shoulders.
- Keeping core tight, do a push-up; then pull right elbow toward ceiling, bringing weight next to ribs while keeping left arm straight.
- Hold for 1 count and lower; repeat on other side.
- Do 12 to 15 reps per side.
Jay Sullivan
Single-Leg Glute Lift
Targets: Back, core, abs, glutes, legs
- Stand with feet together, arms at sides, holding dumbbell or kettlebell in your right hand.
- Lift your right leg about 2 feet behind you, bringing left arm out to the side to help you counterbalance.
- Hinge forward at the hips, bringing the weight toward the floor and lifting right leg 90 degrees, so it's parallel to the floor.
- Return to start, squeezing through your glutes and hamstrings to stand up.
- Do 12 to 15 reps; switch sides and repeat.
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Targets: Shoulders, back, obliques, glutes, legs
- Stand with feet slightly wider than shoulder-distance apart, knees soft and toes pointed out slightly, holding dumbbell or kettlebell in left hand with right arm extended.
- Turn right foot out about 90 degrees and extend left arm directly above shoulder, keeping elbow straight (if you're using a kettlebell, keep the weight over your forearm).
- Bend from waist to right side, bringing right hand toward floor while keeping left arm straight and weight over shoulder; keep left leg straight, right knee slightly bent.
- Look up toward weight and hold for 1 count, then return to start and repeat.
- Do 12 to 15 reps per side.
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, July 2008.
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After MVP Season, Bell Looks For Big League Opportunity
As an injury-plagued season winds down in Boston, the Red Sox starting lineup typically includes at least a couple of players who spent part of this season in Pawtucket and could be back with the PawSox next year.
Daniel Nava, Ryan Kalish, Yamaico Navarro, Josh Reddick, Lars Anderson, Felix Doubront, Michael Bowden, and Robert Coello are among the likely candidates to get some more minor league seasoning at McCoy Stadium next summer.
A total of 22 Pawtucket players (not including rehabbing players) were promoted to Boston this season, but unfortunately, the list did not include the guy who was named the PawSox MVP – Bubba Bell.
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Bell was Pawtucket's most consistent offensive player in 2010, as he batted .293 with 6 HR, 49 RBI and 13 stolen bases. The 27-year-old outfielder finished 14th in the league in batting average, and 13th in OBP at .366.
"I had some times where I got pretty hot and other times where I cooled off a bit, but for the most part, I was pretty consistent the entire year and that was huge," Bubba told me. "If I can take it to the next level, I think I'll have an opportunity to stick somewhere and turn a pretty good career out of what I have left."
A big key for Bell was simply staying healthy. After being plagued by leg injuries over the previous two seasons, Bubba spent part of last winter in Santa Barbara, CA at a high-tech training center named P3 – that's short for Peak Performance Project. The list of A-list athletes who have trained there includes Milwaukee Brewers' star Ryan Braun, NBA All-Star Deron Williams, and former Patriots standouts Ty Law and Troy Brown.
Bell hopes to spend even more time at P3 this winter than he did last year.
"It's expensive but I strongly believe that it's worth every single cent that I've paid – especially with the success that I had this year," Bell said. "I just got a little taste of it last year and hopefully I'm able to go for another month this time and come into camp even stronger and faster. It's definitely an investment – you have to think of it that way – and making the kind of money that some of us in the minors are making right now, it can be tough but it's definitely worth it.
"In the past I've had some trouble staying healthy and this year I was more fortunate. I took the necessary steps to stay on the field and I was able to stay healthy for the most part and I think my numbers have shown it."
Bubba's off-season began by heading home to Texas for a little rest and relaxation.
"I'm going to go home for a couple of weeks at least – I want to do something to take my mind off of the season and unwind a little bit," Bell told me on the final day of the season. "I haven't seen my parents in what seems like forever, so I'm looking forward to seeing them. I'd really like to do something fun – whether it's going to a beach or going down to Austin and floating down the river, I'd love to do something for a few days to help me unwind.
"Then it's back to work. This is a big off-season for me – who knows what's going to happen next year. So I just want to continue to work hard. Maybe I'll play some winter ball depending on the opportunity and then in January I'll go back to Santa Barbara to work out."
The goal for 2011 is obvious – to get to the big leagues whether it's in Boston or elsewhere.
"I'm not a free agent, but I am Rule 5 eligible and you never know what's going to happen with that," Bell said. "I just need to come in ready next year wherever I'm at and try to really make a mark and open some eyes."
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VirtualBox 4.1.22 r80657 win.amd64 (Sep 7 2012 17:34:09) release log 00:00:01.167 Log opened 2012-09-14T14:11:01.716150800Z 00:00:01.168 OS Product: Windows 7 00:00:01.168 OS Release: 6.1.7601 00:00:01.168 OS Service Pack: 1 00:00:01.168 Host RAM: 7861MB RAM, available: 5357MB 00:00:01.168 Executable: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VirtualBox.exe 00:00:01.168 Process ID: 5396 00:00:01.168 Package type: WINDOWS_64BITS_GENERIC 00:00:01.169 Installed Extension Packs: 00:00:01.169 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack (Version: 4.1.22 r80657; VRDE Module: VBoxVRDP) 00:00:01.194 Power up failed (vrc=VINF_SUCCESS, rc=E_FAIL (0X80004005))
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comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by Tsso
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine xpsp3-vas_pc.
No error info.
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Component: ProgressProxy Interface: IProgress {c20238e4-3221-4d3f-8891-81ce92d9f913}
comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by frank
The excerpt from the logfile you posted is from VirtualBox 4.1.22, the version number you set if for 4.2.0, what is correct? Please attach the complete logfile. Also, where does this OVF come from, was this exported by VirtualBox? When you try to start the VM, is the VBoxSVC service running or did it crash for any reason?
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Sorry, not able to reproduce anymore. Now I'm getting "Error loading operating system".
See #11315
The OVF was generated by vmware workstation 9 via export dialog.
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Running Windows 7 and 8 on Asus G73S. Have Windows XP programs that I am trying to run on Virtual Box. Got the following error:
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Component: ProgressProxy Interface: IProgress {c20238e4-3221-4d3f-8891-81ce92d9f913}
Would greatly appreciate a solution. Thanks Desperate
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Find out how you can help the one you love and keep yourself happy during dark times.
It's clear to anyone who has ever experienced mental illness, whether firsthand or via a loved one, how difficult it is to maintain a healthy relationship with those involved. The rate of depression in middle aged men has gone up, leaving many marriages and relationships in terrible states. Plus, since men are less likely to have many peers around on a regular basis when they're older, they often turn to their partners for help instead. So how can we help the ones we love when they're depressed?
As someone who has experienced depression for over a decade, I can honestly say that relationships are one of the hardest obstacles to tackle. With family, it's easier to feel secure in knowing they'll still be family, through and through, regardless of how unhappy and withdrawn you become. Although your relationship with them might become strained, it's still a much more established bond.
When it comes to romantic relationships, however, the pair of you are less able to feel comfortable and safe in your existence as a pair. Even if you've been together a long time, it still might not be or feel unconditional, giving the depression an even larger breeding ground on which to fester anxieties and insecurities — thus deepening the sadness.
One of the most important things to do if your partner is experiencing depression is to expand his support group, especially by helping him gain more friends. But this is not easy to do, considering we can only try to influence the actions of others, not perform them ourselves in their place.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker Julia Flood says, "We only have control over ourselves. But that's actually good news. The real issue we're having may be along the lines of: 'I feel over-burdened by being the sole source of nurturing and/or entertainment for you, dear husband, and I need a break from the caregiver role I have been taking on for you. I am not getting my needs met, and I would like to spend more time with my friends, however I feel guilty about this, because the message I am receiving is that this is not okay with you.'"
When it comes to actually helping your partner's depression, it can be extremely difficult to determine the best option. Start, instead, by asking what's wrong and not simply making it about you. Says Flood, "As far as what actually would help people move through depression — rather than asking him to change, start by being fully present with him in his depression."
Ensuring that he knows your undivided attention and focus are on him may help those depressed feelings come up to the surface, making them more clear to you — and even to him, perhaps. Keep reading ...
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text: The pilot, written by Bryan Fuller and to be directed by Bryan Singer, is described as a reinvention of the 1960s sitcom about The Munsters, a family of "monsters" — vampires, werewolves and Frankenstein, and their "plain" cousin (Charity Wakefield) — that will feature striking visuals in the vein of Fuller's ABC dramedy Pushing Daisies. O'Connell will play family patriarch, the handsome and gangly Herman Munster, a great dad and devoted husband. He is married to Lily, a vampire, with whom he has fathered a 10-year-old boy, Eddie (Mason Cook). Strong but sentimental, Herman works at a funeral home, and worries that Eddie's transformation into a werewolf and burgeoning awareness of his family's origins will crush the boy's spirit.


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Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Chi Omega is a national women's organization that enriches the lives of both its collegiate and alumnae members through lifetime opportunities for friendship, leadership, learning, and service.
The purpose of Alpha Chi Omega, as stated in the Constitution, is "to encourage the true spirit of sisterhood, to develop through personal effort a high moral and mental standard, and to advance the appreciation and practice of fine arts among its members." There are 131 chapters, from coast to coast, with nearly 12,000 collegiate members giving back to their community, developing life-long learning habits, and making friends that will last a lifetime.
The members of Alpha Chi Omega are scholars, leaders, and work to serve others. They are involved in athletics, organize and lead numerous clubs, and are members of academic honor societies. Together, the members of Alpha Chi Omega are bonded by sisterhood. Sisterhood activities include, a fall retreat, both a winter and spring formal, numerous socials in cooperation with Greek life and various other organizations on campus, movie nights, dinners, and many other sisterhood activities. There are currently 59 members of the Beta Pi chapter of Alpha Chi Omega at Washington College.
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"I certainly don't feel that I know anything that resembles The Truth; and I'm really not that interested in it, anyway," Laurie Anderson explained in 1984. "My first job as an artist is to make images. If I have a choice, I'll always choose something that is beautiful over something that is practical."
When engaging with the sociopolitical, there's a preference for the artist to generate commentary out of metaphors: big ideas.
Laurie's 1982 debut, Big Science, is political, but it approaches politics by magnifying and cross-referencing microcosmos: small details.
Big Science is an unusual proposition – it contains a few extracts from Anderson's seven-and-a-half-hour performance art piece (United States I-IV) examining life within the most powerful territory on Earth, and the rest is a Warner Bros-funded "proper rock album" response to the fluke UK chart success of O Superman (number 2!).
But each segment of Big Science is perfectly concise, adding a weird clarity to these information sketches by a spoken word artist (and accidental pop star) which on the page should be deeply ambiguous.
Sweaters is as direct and unpretentious as anything Larkin put his pen to:
"I no longer love your mouth.
I no longer love your eyes.
I no longer love your eyes.
I no longer love the colour of your sweater.
I no longer love it.
I no longer love the colour of your sweater.
I no longer love the way you hold your pens and pencils.
I no longer love it.
Your mouth. Your eyes.
They way you hold your pens and pencils.
I no longer love it. I no longer love it."
It Tango is an X-ray of cliches, an exchange between a man and a woman delivered in exaggerated repetition, where non-sequiteurs glide into odd lyrical portmanteaus.
"She said: It looks. Don't you think it looks a lot like rain?
He said: Isn't it. Isn't it just. Isn't it just like a woman?
She said: It's hard. It's just hard. It's just kind of hard to say.
He said: Isn't it. Isn't it just. Isn't it just like a woman?
She said: It goes. That's the way it goes. It goes that way.
He said: Isn't it. Isn't it just like a woman?
She said: It takes. It takes one. It takes on to. It takes one to know one."
It's interesting that the male voice in the piece is only allowed one refrain, whereas the female voice shifts across a stuttering word association game.
It's hard to say if the locus of It Tango is the absence of empathy that genderises male-female interaction (also addressed in Kate Bush's A Deal With God) – the two hemispheres of society, fatally, forever talking at cross-purposes. But maybe the piece is less a critique of gender roles than of language itself.
"What I like about clichés is that they're true, but you forget about how true they are because they're so boring," Laurie once said. "With clichés, if you can invent a way to see it in a new light, then you can understand why it's a cliché."
I really like the coda, which breaks the deadlock: "Your eyes. It's a day's work to look in to them. Your eyes. It's a day's work just to look in to them."
From The Air is another linguistic prank, which turns the monotonous formula of a pilot's address to his passengers into a game of Simon Says. The plane is crashing.
Big Science is fetishistic with the depersonalisation of voices in the pre-internet society, though this is never stated explicitly. Instead this theme forms a subconscious but queasily familiar album-length texture – the lyrics imparted to the listener over intercoms and answering machines, through EVP and encoded in requests for directions.
Why did O Superman (For Massenet) become such a huge pop hit? It's the UK charts most beautiful anomaly. As a girl, a friend of ours received the single from her grandma, who had mistaken it for Black Lace's novelty hit Superman.* Maybe a lot of befuddled grandmas did that. If so, then UK art-pop in the 2000s probably owes a huge unacknowledged debt to Black Lace.
Beyond the ear-catching aural gimmick of the vocoder, it's hard not to be moved by something in O Superman.** Anderson's linear vocal is often referred to as deadpan, detached, or ironic – but this isn't accurate, because the listener feels practically brutalised, Lars Von Trier-style, by the emotion in the piece.
It's especially difficult for people of a certain age to assess O Superman's initial context. Specifically those of us who were too young to have experienced it as a pop hit, but old enough to have a vivid memory of one day in September in the infancy of the new millennium.
Because O Superman isn't so much prescient of 9/11 as psychically-connected to it. It's not even that the lines about the planes coming ("They're American planes") could be assigned as a kind of 9/11 metaphor, but more that the indefinable mood conjured by O Superman's sparse poetry is a reminder of something that bled through every atom on the one day in our lives when it genuinely felt as though the world was ending.
The synergy wasn't lost on Laurie Anderson, who performed a rare version of O Superman in New York the week following the attack.
The (For Massenet) suffix represents that the song is a 'cover' of Jules Massenet's 1902 "Ô Souverain, ô juge, ô père" aria from his opera Le Cid. Anderson describes both her's and Massenet's arias as "war songs".
The three voices in O Superman – Laurie, "the Hand", and "Mom" (Superman, judge, and parent?) – converse through wires, but their narratives overlap and become entangled, they voice each other's lines. It's hard to tell if the heartbreaking closing lines are sung by Laurie or the Hand, or whether they're in fact the same person: "So hold me, Mom, in your long arms.Your petrochemical arms. Your military arms. In your electronic arms."
The words in the song are red flags ("Justice… Force… Petrochemical… Military."). They are words we've become more accustomed to than should be necessary. But it's the condition of art that we're ultimately not left with much more than beautiful, useless images. Redundant at enacting political change, but soul-staining.
* Written by Argento soundtrack composer and Goblin keyboardist Claudio Simonetti!
** O Superman was topical – Anderson has retrospectively stated that it was written about the Iran-Contra crisis, but as this didn't occur until several years after the release of O Superman she may be thinking instead of the Iranian hostage crisis.


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Hundreds of artists and billions of people participate in the Live Earth concerts that highlight global warming. It's one of the largest mass musical events in history: a day-long multimedia extravaganza on all seven continents.
And while public attention is focused on climate change, things elsewhere will continue much as always. During the 24 hours of Live Earth, 214,000 acres of tropical forest will disappear forever. Two billion gallons of human sewage will be dumped into the world's oceans. 10,800 children will die from drought or the lack of clean drinking water. And we'll be 85 million barrels closer to the end of the Petroleum Age.
Granted, climate change is a significant issue. We needn't agree on its causes to realize its potential impact: a shifting climate means the shifting availability of things like fresh water and viable farmland. While natural resources follow wind and tide, human populations do not. The resulting stresses are likely to produce regional instabilities at a very fragile moment in history.
But the effects of global warming, whatever they are, will be measured on a scale of decades or centuries. In the meantime, beyond the unblinking stare of MTV — far from the well-heeled audiences of London, Hamburg and Giants Stadium — away from the celebrity and speechmaking, humanity's collective lack of environmental wisdom is already grinding nature underfoot. While some propose spending billions of dollars to combat the uncertain foe of climate change, more pressing matters already threaten to upend our everyday lives.
We've rounded up five of these issues for your consideration. As you watch the nonstop coverage of Live Earth on Saturday, think about the things that will still be important on July 8th. Then ask yourself what you can do about it.
The end of cheap oil
Photo: Blizzy78/Flickr
When we think about progress — economic expansion, advances in food production and the creature comforts of modern living — what we are really thinking about is cheap petroleum.
We're living at a unique time in human history. Throughout our lives, we've taken for granted the availability of plentiful, relatively inexpensive petroleum. This will not be the case for our children, or the generations which follow.
Bring up peak oil at a dinner party, and you're likely to receive the sort of stares reserved for UFO enthusiasts and those who insist the moon landings were all a fake. But peak oil is being discussed today in places such as the boardrooms of Exxon, if not in public.
Peak oil is the point at which conventional petroleum production tops out. There have been few major discoveries of conventional oil in the past decade, and existing fields command a finite supply. Beyond peak oil is a long and irreversible decline in the amount of petroleum which can be brought to market — and this slide will coincide with a worldwide demand which accelerates from year to year.
It's not just the energy. Look around you right now and think about all the petroleum products that touch your life every day, from plastics to the pesticides which make modern agriculture possible. Conservation may help, but all these things will eventually go away — and we have no replacement for them. Unless solutions are found before oil becomes unaffordable, our lives will change radically on the backside of the peak.
And when will peak oil happen? Some people think we may already be there. The so-called Early Peak theorists point to 2010. More conservative analysts say anywhere from 2015 to 2030. Soon enough, in any case. Long before the poles melt. If sea levels rise, they will inundate cities already emptied by the collapse of the economies which make them possible.
The collapse of ocean ecosystems
Photo: Cesar Harada/Flickr
We are turning our seas into sewers, and fishing marine populations to the brink of extinction.
In the Pacific and elsewhere, massive whirlpools of plastic waste turn slowly in the currents, a source of deadly and inedible food for hundred of marine species. It's not just a question of aesthetics: pollution on this scale disrupts the food chain — a chain which reaches to your local grocery store.
Look at satellite imagery of our coastal areas and you'll see the telltale smudge of massive algae blooms which choke oxygen from the sea and reduce oceans to lifeless underwater deserts. These blooms are the direct result of unchecked agricultural runoff — the dumping of manure and fertilizers into watersheds which eventually find their way to the world's oceans.
Meanwhile, researchers have determined that up to 29 percent of marine species have been overfished or so effected by human mismanagement that they are on the brink of collapse. In some cases, species face 100 percent collapse no later than mid-century. These trends are still thought to be reversible, but each year that goes by makes the ultimate recovery of the oceans less and less likely.
It's difficult to calculate the impact of such widespread change to marine environments, but humanity has always been heavily dependent on the ocean for food and commerce. The problems seem more dire when expanding worldwide population is taken into consideration. There is certainly a link between climate change and stress on marine environments. But the factors over which we have more direct control are the ones doing the most damage, and the window of opportunity for addressing them is rapidly closing.
The coming water crisis
From the oceans we turn our attention to an even rarer resource: fresh water.
Of all the water on earth, less than three percent is fresh. Of this, some 70 percent is locked in glaciers and polar ice. Our survival depends on the tiny bit which is left.
Over a billion people already lack access to a safe supply of adequate drinking water. These numbers will increase with world population. Here, again, is a clear link to climate change: as rainfall patters shift, so does the availability of fresh water.
But the real crisis is this: right now, our largest cities depend heavily on groundwater. Beijing, Buenos Aires, Mexico City — and perhaps your own community — draws its water from underground aquifers. These aquifers take centuries to replenish, so it's unlikely their use on this scale is sustainable.
The recent corporatization of drinking water is no accident: investors recognize the trends of shrinking supply and increasing demand. This is the reason multinational companies are snapping up neglected municipal water infrastructures and throwing themselves into the bottled water business. Water is the "blue gold" of the 21st century.
How will we replace shrinking fresh water supplies? Desalinization of sea water is an obvious answer, but desalinization is expensive energy intensive. It would require the development of a distribution system that dwarfs the one by which we currently bring petroleum to market.
We will have to seek out new ways to reprocess wastewater and reduce our current demand on groundwater supplies. While changes will necessarily trickle down to the household level and will be neither cheap nor convenient, they are unavoidable if we wish to sustain our current rate of population growth.
There are no equivalents to carbon credits when it comes to water: you can't pay someone not to consume water on your behalf. When it comes to dwindling fresh water supplies, there can be no smoke and mirrors. Stop drinking for a day, and you'll realize the pressing nature of thirst. The recent drought in the American Southwest and the threat of water rationing in places like Los Angeles are a preview of things to come.
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We depend on Earth's forests for the quality of human life. Over half of all known species live in tropical rainforests.
Every second, 2.4 acres of old-growth rainforest disappears, never to return. That's about 78 million acres a year: the area of a medium-sized country. The pyres from the illegal harvest of irreplaceable Amazon jungle are clearly visible from space, and the effects of large scale clear cutting reverberate across the entire planet.
While you might not care or even be aware of the destruction of some exotic tropical species, the reduction of Earth's biodiversity has very real economic and environmental impact on humans. Trees cool our climate and regulate the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Much of our medicine is derived from plants located exclusively in the world's most threatened ecosystems.
The future is complex, and the sum of many actions. But such widespread abuse of non-renewable resources bodes ill for the planet's long-term sustainability.
Nuclear weapons
Actual nuclear bomb casing from the South Dakota Air and Space Museum. (Photo: Indigo Valley/Flickr)
Out of sight, out of mind: we like to think the end of the Cold War stuffed the nuclear genie back into the bottle.
But as Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent threat to re-target European cities demonstrates, the idea that the risk of a nuclear war has abated is largely an illusion. It's not really necessary to recount the horrors of a potential nuclear exchange, other than to remind ourselves that a nuclear winter would be the ultimate environmental disaster, and humanity's last insult to the planet.
There remain approximately 20,000 active nuclear weapons, slumbering away in the missile silos, bunkers and submarines we hide around the world. They're a miscalculation or a sharp political crisis away from being called to duty — a sword that's been hanging above us so long that we've come to mistake it for the sky.
If the political resolve being marshaled to combat global warming could be channeled into achieving the complete destruction of these awful weapons, it would go a long way toward the safeguarding of our survival as a species.
The future
We could have easily added a half dozen other issues to this list: pandemics like AIDS and antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis; the enormous economic disparities between the northern and southern hemispheres; and the pervasiveness of industrial toxins in our food and air.
As the old saying goes, the future is unwritten. Humanity is a versatile species, capable of great resourcefulness in the face of challenge. All is not doom and gloom. We have more than sufficient capacity to address the changes of the new century.
The attention focused on global warming has renewed a moribund environmental movement. More importantly, it has people thinking — for the first time in many years — about the larger issues of sustainability and the kind of future we'd like to provide ourselves and our children.
So enjoy Live Earth. Remember, though, that the real job is ahead, as is the task of setting priorities to address it.
Copyright Lighter Footstep 2007. This story originally was published on Lighter Footstep and now legally resides on MNN.


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MEMPHIS, TN — Each year fitness equipment manufacturers produce a dizzying array of treadmills for use in clubs, apartments, hotels, personal training clinics, etc., and up until now buyers of commercial treadmills had little to go on when it came to finding reviews and recommendations about the models they were considering.
TreadmillDoctor.com has developed a system whereby prospective buyers can find listings of almost all of the most popular models on the market.
"We have done consumer treadmill ratings in the past and each year received a lot of e-mails from facilities, especially the smaller ones, looking for information on treadmills," said Clark Stevenson, co-owner of TreadmillDoctor.com. "So we figured why not get out there and give them the information they were looking for. Without any other source of readily available commercial treadmill reviews for commercial facility owners, operators, and management, we know that TreadmillDoctor.com will provide a valuable resource for those who are caught in the seemingly endless maze of treadmill choices."
The 40 full-commercial models tested for the inaugural rating were evaluated by a number of standards, according to Stevenson, mostly based on trend data although some models were tested specifically for the rankings. Some of the standards included ease of use, drive system, reliability (takes into account the manufacturer's track record) and repair expense.
"We rated models and companies we have seen most often in our travels and tackled about 40 commercial models this year," Stevenson said. "We hope to expand to 60 or 70 models for next year's report.
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- Stairmaster 2100 LC
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- Stairmaster 2100 LC
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The Studio Theatre in the DeWitt Cultural Center at Hope College is being transformed into a winter wonderland for Hope Summer Repertory Theatre's (HSRT) production of Allison Gregory's Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells Batman Smells!.
Based on the books by Barbara Park. and with the help of Junie B. Jones and her friends, holiday cheer abounds with the opening on Monday, July 9th at 10:30 a.m. Additional performances are at 10:30 a.m. on July 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, August 1, 6, & 10 and at 1:30 p.m. on August 3 & 8. General admission is $12. With performances already selling out, purchase your tickets today and put a little jolly in your summer plans.
Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells Batman Smells!, takes place in Junie B. Jones' world, where things are very clear – Christmas means you get presents, elf costumes are awesome, and May is a blabbermouth tattletale. Things are going so well, until Junie B. pulls May as her Secret Santa! This production is an absolute treat for all ages, providing a wonderful taste of Christmas in July. This show is also a 20th anniversary celebration of Barbara Park's classic children's novels as they jump off the page and come to life on stage. Audiences will relish in holiday jingles, playful comedy, and the value of giving.
The eight-member cast features HSRT company members: Kaija von Websky as Junie B., Christoff Visscher as Mr. Scary, Lydia Blickley as Lucille, Kara Williams as May, Alyssa Magarian as Mrs. Toot/Elf Ellen, T.J. Wagner as Herb, John Telfer as Sheldon/Philip Johnny Bob, and Jacob Golliher as Jose.
Take advantage of Hope Summer Repertory Theatre's great ticket packages! The Children's Package is for children under the age of 12, and includes both children's shows and one main stage musical for $25, a savings $11 off of the individual ticket price. The Adult CPT package includes both children's shows and one main stage musical for $40, a savings of $16. The Adult CPT Bonus package includes both children's shows and two main stage shows for $60, a savings of $26.
Packages and individual tickets are now on sale by calling 616-395-7890 or by visiting the DeWitt Theatre (141 East 12th St.) and DeVos Fieldhouse (222 Fairbanks Ave.) ticket offices. Children's Performance Troupe tickets are $12. The HSRT ticket offices are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Beginning June 16, the ticket office is open on Saturday's at noon. On performance dates, the DeWitt Ticket Office will be open through intermission of evening performances.
For more information visit the HSRT website at www.hope.edu/hsrt or www.facebook.com/


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Q. We have a 2001 Nordic Track elliptical exercise machine that is in perfectly fine and working order except that the axle has begun to crack. It cannot be repaired, but I just can't stomach throwing the entire unit away with so many working parts. I've called Nordic Track, exercise repair companies, local recycling companies and even health clubs. Nobody wants to try to recycle our used equipment. Any suggestions? I don't want to end up carting it off to the landfill.
– Greg and Kjersten Oylear, NY
A. Time to cue the Sanford and Son theme song and find a junkman. A professional salvager will be take apart your weary machine, retrieve all the steel, aluminum and mixed metal, and sell it to a large metal recycler. Try looking up "metal salvage" in your local Yellow Pages—you may be able to negotiate a free pick-up, or even collect a little money if you drop it off yourself. Or call 1-800-Got-Junk, a national junk hauling chain which will send a truck to come pick the beast up. They do charge a fee (which varies from city to city), but the company promises to recycle as much as possible—they've set up a special incentive program to reward its franchises for minimizing landfill. No matter which option you choose, you'll surely feel a sense of relief knowing that your non-so-trusty trainer is getting a proper burial.
Story by Sarah Schmidt. This article originally appeared in Plenty in November 2008.


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According to 2: Samuel 23:4 there are requirements for ruling over men:
It seems that according to 2 Samuel 23:4 psychopaths and sociopaths are wholly unfit to rule men. Having the most weapons, being the most deceptive or being owed the most money isn't in the requirements. Simply claiming to be 'god' or "God" or "GOD" doesn't seem to be in the requirements either. Just like there might be requirements for a babysitter, there are requirements for having authority mankind. As for ruling over corporations, now that might be another matter.He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
If you take 2 Samuel 23:4, the unjust (or inequitable) are unfit to rule over men. The lawless are always unfit for ruling over men.


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RvP Talks to Begin Today + Poldi "can't wait to play for Arsenal"
Good morning from wherever you read this. Woke up hoping Wenger never makes a "not in my lifetime" statement towards the Tots or Chelski to warrant a placard similar to Carlos Tevez's now infamous one.
The Argentine has apologised, as have his club, saying he got carried away by the moment. Oh well, our team meanwhile stays focused on having a better campaign next season with van Persie set to commence talks regarding his future at the Ems.
According to BBC's David Ornstein who broke the news, captain vantastic will meet up with le boss and Ivan Gazidis at Wenger's abode on Wednesday, even stating a time for the meeting (10:30 BST).
Don't get lost in excitement just yet, nothing is expected to be sealed then with the Dutch striker set to report for Holland's Euro 2012 camp on Thursday.
We however do hope it sets in motion the process of an extension of his stay beyond what his current contract states, as well as ward off the suitors eyeing our prized asset.
Meanwhile speaking with the club's website, van Persie had special praise for fans that cheered the team on at home and especially at away grounds.
"The away fans, they are always here, always singing, always cheering us up even when we are having a bad game, they are always behind us. A big thank you to all of them because they have been unbelievable."
And he had this to say of the home support, "The last few months have been different class. Every single game – the Spurs game, the Milan game, you can name them all – unbelievable."
Podolski Eager to Play Ball
Following a bitter-sweet campaign with Köln in which his commendable 18 goals were on the contrary not enough to prevent his hometown club from relegation, Lukas Podolski is ready to begin life at the Ems next season.
Speaking officially as a Gunner for the first time, the German forward said soeaking personally with Wenger through telephone conversations was one of the elements that convinced him to join us.
He also mentioned the Per factor, "He has mentioned things about the Club's organisation, the training ground, the fans and this has really helped. It might have influenced me to a certain extent but in the end, of course, I took the decision myself."
Thank you once again Per for the PR. And here we were thinking Vermaelen had done enough to convince Belgian compatriot Jan Vertonghen to follow suit and join but word is he prefers being a 'neighbour'.
Nothing is confirmed yet however, just as it has gone mellow concerning French midfielder Yann M'Vila. The lull before the bang? We await.
Do follow us on twitter @goonermemoirs and have a great day ahead. Cheers.


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March 07, 2008
Friday Photos: Slam dunks to Zeppelin
- Slate features a Magnum collection of photos from Afghanistan. I find this one especially weirdly compelling.
- Photography via Flash:
- Phi Slamma Jamma: USA Today uses Flash + burst photography to give a better look at the latest NBA slam dunk contest. [Via]
- Randy Bacon showcases his work using some interesting Flash transitions.
- The MacGyver chronicles:
- Found Photography shows how to build your own tilt-shift lens using, among other things, an old bike innertube. [Via]
- In a similar vein, you can build a homemade bellows kit for $25.
- You can build your own Nikon geotagger for under $100. Side effects may include lower back pain and loss of dignity. (Hopefully cams with built-in geotagging are truly right around the corner).
- Photographers who script:
- I'm super late in mentioning it, but Ben Long has posted v3.6 of his handy–and free–set of Photoshop Automator Actions.
- Joe Lencioni has posted Smart Image Resizer, "a ridiculously easy-to-use PHP script for resizing images the smart way."
- Vintage:
- Blast from the past: Giant ear trumpets, no Photoshop required.
- Photographer Ted Harvey shot Led Zeppelin in '72, but his photos never saw the light of day. Now, some 35 years later, he's taking them on tour to raise money at Rock Photo Aid. [Via Max Ferguson]
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Shabazz Napier scored 19 points, Tyler Olander scored 12 of his career-high 16 points in the second half and Connecticut ended the game with a 7-0 run to beat No. 17 Notre Dame 65-58 Saturday, ending a 12-game winning streak by the Fighting Irish.
After Eric Atkins scored six straight points for the Irish to tie the score at 58 with a basket inside, Ryan Boatright made four straight free throws for Connecticut and DeAndre Daniels added a basket and a free throw to put the game away. The Huskies (12-3, 2-1) are the only team to beat the Irish (14-2, 2-1) at home in the past 48 games dating back to the end of the 2009-10 season. It also marked the third time in recent years the Huskies have ended a long home winning streak by the Irish.
The loss Saturday ended a 17-game home winning streak for the Irish. Last year the Huskies ended a 29-game streak. The Huskies also ended Notre Dame's school-record 45-game home streak in 2009.
The Huskies, who had outrebounded only three opponents all season, outrebounded the Irish 34-28, led by nine by Daniels and seven by Olander. After being outscored 16-8 in the paint in the first half, UConn had a 24-14 advantage inside in the second half as the Huskies managed to slow down Notre Dame's Cooley. The Huskies shot 51 percent for the game, 58 percent in the second half.
The Huskies prevented Notre Dame from winning its 13th straight overall, which would have allowed the Irish to get off to their best start ever in 18 seasons in the Big East and their best overall since opening the 1973-74 24-1 under Digger Phelps. That squad led by John Shumate and Adrian Dantley ended UCLA's 88-game winning streak finished 26-3.
Atkins led the Irish with 18, Jack Cooley added 14 points and nine rebounds and Jerian Grant had 11 points.
Connecticut took its first lead at 36-34 as Olander scored back-to-back baskets inside after Cooley went to the bench early in the second half after picking up his second foul. The Irish regained the lead at 37-36 on a jumper by Cameron Biedscheid. But the Huskies used an 8-3 spurt, including another pair of baskets inside by Olander, to move ahead 44-40.
The Irish tied the score on a basket by Cooley and a pair of free throws by Atkins.
But the Huskies regain control with a 10-4 run, highlighted by an alley-oop from Napier to Boatright. A basket inside by Napier gave UConn a 58-52 lead. But Atkins answered with six straight points to tie the score at 58. The Irish couldn't get the lead, missing four shots and having a turnover in the final minute.


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You see, I believed that we were going to get a nephew - and bets have been lost due to that opinion! - so I thought that the sweater would be fine.
But as it turned out to be a girl, I would have loved to add a tiny cross-stitch heart on the front of the sweater. That I didn't have the time to do, so I sewed on the 4 wooden buttons on the shoulders with pale pink thread.
Now I'm back to knitting the marine cardigan for Anne-Sophie. I hope to get it done soon, so she doesn't have to freeze.
Once in a while I pick up another little knitting, which I started yesterday. A classic Djævlehue for little Agnes - that's what our niece is going to be named.
The pattern is from the magazine Hendes Verden and you find it right here - sadly it's only in Danish. But if you have a look on ravelry there are some patterns for Dvævlehuer (devils' hats) in English.
And don't get scared - you might see real Devil hats too.....