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Loaded, yet lightweight.Powered by the latest Intel Core processors, the Pavilion dm4 offers unbelievable performance in a thin, lightweight notebook. Carry everything you need in the spacious hard drive. With three USB ports (one shared with an e-SATA port), you'll be able to connect to all your peripherals. The built-in HP TrueVision webcam with integrated dual-array digital microphones lets you video chat even in low-light conditions. Built-in HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection helps prevent data loss in the event of an accidental fall. And the integrated fingerprint reader and HP SimplePass Identity Management software provide a quick, easy and secure way to access your favorite websites with a single swipe.
Features you won't want to live without include a 14.0" diagonal high-definition HP BrightView LED display. When you want a larger view, the VGA port lets you connect to an external display and the HDMI port to an HDTV. With the built-in DVD+/-RW optical drive, you can enjoy movies on your PC when you're on the go or by connecting to a bigger screen at home.
- Get up to 6 hours and 15 minutes of life with the 6-cell 55WHr Li-Ion battery. - Intel UMA HD graphics are made for the way you play.- Intel Core i5 processor with 4-way Multi-Task Processing makes it faster to work on multiple applications at the same time by allowing each core of your processor to work on two tasks simultaneously. When your PC needs extra performance, the new Intel Turbo Boost Technology automatically speeds up your processor.- Intel Wi-Di ready to wirelessly stream your photos, videos and other PC content to an HD TV.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Make no mistake about it. McDonald's is our industry's enemy, peddling fast, fattening food to Americans who need fewer french fries, more exercise. But that doesn't mean clubs can't learn from McDonald's business practices.
Take Gold's Gym International (GGI). The chain of corporately owned and licensed clubs recently copied McDonald's by organizing approximately half of its U.S. facilities into 14 alliance groups, each consisting of approximately 15 owners.
"McDonald's did it years ago [with its locations] and helped strengthen their franchising groups," explained Kirk Galiani, president and CEO of GGI.
The idea may have come from McDonald's originally, but the concept of an alliance group is not entirely new to GGI. A group of Gold's Gyms in Atlanta had previously joined forces, and their model served as an inspiration for the other alliance groups.
"We thought it was a great thing, and we expanded on it to help create these [groups] across the country," Galiani said.
By bringing together individual club operators from the same market areas, the alliance groups serve many purposes. For one thing, they build camaraderie. Rather than view each other as competitors, the operators can unite in an alliance group for a common cause—namely, strengthening their businesses.
"It's not the franchisees against each other," Galiani said. "It's the franchisees against everyone else."
Given this point of view, an alliance group gives Gold's Gym owners a venue to discuss best practices. For example, one operator can share his marketing, sales and operational techniques with the other members of the group, who can implement these techniques for the betterment of their businesses.
The alliance groups can also give the members certain buying privileges that save them money. "It's one thing for a franchisee to go out and pay for radio and TV ads," Galiani explained, "but if they can get that split among 15 owners instead of one, it makes it a lot more cost effective."
In addition, the alliance groups make communication and the dissemination of information easier. Thanks to the groups, GGI corporate can now e-mail a message to one alliance member, who will spread the news to others in his group. Furthermore, when GGI executives visit a city, they can meet with an alliance group instead of individual club operators.
Right now, the alliance groups are found primarily in areas where Gold's Gym operators can interact with little effort. Certain logistics prevent some owners from participating.
"Sometimes, it's difficult because they may be in an outlying, rural community that may be an hour and a half to two hours away from the alliance," Galiani said.

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I don't usually start or even add to posts of congratulatory nature . . . i.e. 200 finds, 300 finds, etc. but I thought I would make an exception here as these are two truly great people.
Congrats to Hiram and to Steph on their one year wedding anniversary -- may you continue to share many more adventures in life together.


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What is The Urban Housecall?
Drs. Karla and Rob Robinson are the hosts of the popular radio show "The Urban Housecall." They're also a happily married couple!
One of the many topics that this dynamic health duo is promoting is men's health, ranging from high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes to nutrition, fitness, weight control, and emotional health.
So, what is their prescription for getting black men healthier?
Men's Health: Today's Statistics
Statistically speaking, almost half of all men under the age of 50 don't have a primary care physician and therefore:
Don't take part in screening tests and preventive health measures.
Are 2-3 times more likely to die from highly preventable and/or treatable chronic diseases and illnesses.
Early detection and intervention can improve this health disparity in the urban community. Below is the top thing black men can do to get and stay healthy.
Get Tested
In addition to other tests that your doctor may recommend based on your health status, here are the screening tests that men over the age of 30 should be getting:
• Waist Circumference: Central obesity is best measured by waist circumference and is an indicator of the possible risk of diabetes, high cholesterol. High blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.
• Blood Pressure Screening: Heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure are the most common complications of untreated high blood pressure. High blood pressure can also lead to erectile dysfunction. 40% of African-American adults have high blood pressure and less than 30% of them have treatment for it.
• Cholesterol: Many African-Americans have an increased risk of heart disease and cholesterol screening should begin at age 20. Assuming cholesterol levels are normal, they should be checked every 5 years thereafter.
• EKG: An EKG is a test used to check for changes in the electrical activity of the heart. Issues pertaining to the heart such as damage to the heart muscle, enlargement of the heart, heart murmurs/rhythm problems can all be detected by using an EKG.
• Vitamin D: Statistic on the rates of vitamin D deficiency in African-Americans varies widely from 60% to over 90%. Vitamin D levels are helpful in protecting against high blood pressure, diabetes, certain cancers, multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.
What if your loved one is avoiding going to the doctor?
Below are two tips that can help men take the leap:
Let him know that their life matters. Express to your loved ones how important it is to you for them to be around for family and friends and more importantly for you. Often times, men feel as though they are too busy providing for their families and can't take the time to make their health a priority. Let them know they can't afford NOT to. If we encourage our men to increase their expectations for longevity, they can have a greater appreciation for living a longer and healthier life.
Use analogies they can relate to. Remind him that his health is very much like a car. It's important to do regularly scheduled maintenance to keep it running, as it should. Just as he is willing to get oil changes and tune-ups regularly, make sure he visits his doctor to tune up his body, and check under his hood.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Police have released video showing an SUV being struck by a Houston passenger train after the driver went around crossing gates.
The light-rail train then dragged the vehicle before finally coming to a stop. Two adults and two children in the SUV were transported for treatment of injuries not considered life-threatening.
The accident happened last week. The Metro Transit Authority of Harris County released video footage Monday showing the SUV drive around the gates, then slow for other motorists traveling along a road parallel to the tracks. The train struck the SUV broadside on the passenger side.
It was left a mangled wreck, partially pinned under the front of the train.
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Dennis Behereandt
The Moral Liberal
August 23, 2012
Watch what you say online because the First Amendment appears to have been revoked.
That's the only conclusion that can be drawn in the wake of thedetainment of former Marine Brandon J. Raub.
Writing on his Facebook page, Raub registered his discontent with the direction of the country. Some of his postings were provocative. In other postings he questioned the official story about 9/11 and alluded to a future revolution.
For this, Raub was arrested. He is now being held in a psychiatric ward against his will.
Writing for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Michael Paul Williams described the sequence of events leading to Raub's arrest.
"The Revolution will come for me. Men will be at my door soon to pick me up to lead it," Brandon J. Raub posted on Facebook last Tuesday.
The Marine Corps veteran from Chesterfield County punctuated that post with a wink emoticon. But two days later, federal and Chesterfield County law enforcement officials arrived at his door.
Raub, 26, was questioned and taken to John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell, where he was being held for postings that were deemed "terrorist in nature."
It should not need to be repeated that the First Amendment is one of the foundational protections of the rights of a free people. Traditionally, Americans have been able to define themselves as free by comparing our tradition of protected speech to regimes around the world that persecuted their citizens for speaking out.
In the 1980s, for instance, Americans uniformly deplored police states like that in East Germany at the time where citizens were under constant surveillance and lived in fear of saying anything that might be interpreted as critical of the regime. Similarly, communist China has continued to detain those who, like noted artist Ai Weiwei, are critical of the government.
These things are not supposed to happen in the United States, the "land of the free."
The trouble is, we are increasingly not free. Consider photographers.
Florida-based photographer and journalist Carlos Miller has been documenting the growing trend of police and other officials confiscating cameras and preventing citizens from recording video and taking photos in an overzealous but widespread abridgment of the First Amendment.
Some of the dozens of examples collected by Miller include:
- Police and the Secret Service attempting to order videographer Jeff Gray to stop shooting video from a public sidewalk outside a police perimeter. "Just because the Secret Service comes to town doesn't mean my rights don't exist," Gray quipped.
- Luke Rudkowski of the organization We Are Change was ordered by New York City police not to record video from a public sidewalk during an attempt to interview Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
- Carlos Miller was himself told by a security guard that he could not photograph the Miami Herald building "because it was historical…." Police were called to the scene and one of them told Miller that he was "not allowed to photograph the building simply because [the security guard] said so."
- The City of Houston produced a video warning citizens that photographers are likely terrorists. The video states: "Cameras and recording devices have gotten so small, that most of us seem to have one with us all the time. It's not unusual to see people taking pictures or video almost anywhere. But surveillance and information gathering is a common practice used by terrorists prior to an attack. If you see someone trying to conceal what they are doing, taking pictures of exits, security or restricted areas, if they hang around for no apparent reason, ask inappropriate questions about schedules or the facility, or if they try to avoid security when approached, make the call."
Carlos Miller's blog, "Photography is Not a Crime," contains a depressingly large number of similar examples, all of which demonstrate that governments at multiple levels are increasingly hostile to the First Amendment.
We have, at this point, come to the depressing moment in American history when the American tradition of freedom appears at a crossroads. Sadly, in light of the crackdown on freedom of expression, one wonders if just quoting the Founding Fathers might make one a terrorist in the eyes of government.
For example, Brandon Raub is alleged to have said on Facebook, "Sharpen my axe; I'm here to sever heads."
Compare to Thomas Jefferson. In 1787, the writer of the Declaration of Independence asked: "…what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon & pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it's natural manure."
Clearly, Jefferson must have been a terrorist. And, indeed, the British thought him one, and that was a badge of honor for our third President.
Or, consider John Adams, our second President, who thought tyrants should be killed. "The right of a nation to kill a tyrant, in cases of necessity, can no more be doubted, than to hang a robber, or kill a flea," he wrote.
That's pretty incendiary. Should we now consider the men who, respectively, were the second and third presidents of the United States to be terrorists? That's absurd, but it appears to be the direction we are headed.
It should be noted that the worst abuses are occurring now, during the administration of Barack Obama, the man who once promised to roll back the excesses of the Bush administration and put in place the most transparent administration in history.
Just the opposite has happened. Whistleblowers are persecuted. The president personally draws up a kill list in the White House, and, in the wake of the Raub detainment, citizens apparently can be detained simply for expressing their opinions.
If this isn't the America you remember, then it's time to take appropriate action at the ballot box. The presidency is up for grabs in November and it would seem to be an opportune time to vote for someone other than the current occupant of the White House. But to make real headway in restoring liberty, look to Congress. Those who aid the growth of the police state, who believe that the government is the solution to any and all problems, must be replaced with Senators and Representatives dedicated to returning the nation to its constitutionally limited government scope.
Fail at this, and historians of the future may very well look back at the year 2012 as the year liberty took its last breath in America.
The Moral Liberal Associate Editor, Dennis Behreandt, is the Founder and Editor In Chief of theAmerican Daily Herald. Mr. Behreandt has written hundreds of articles on subjects ranging from natural theology to history and from science and technology to philosophy. His research interests include the period of late antiquity in European history as well as Medieval and Renaissance history.
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In My Kitchen~ Tasty Fresh Tomato Soup
Mmm... This tomato soup is the best I've ever had...
Mmm…Mmm…Good! This fresh tomato soup is the best I've ever had. With all the tomatoes in our garden starting to come in this year, Hubby will soon whip up this killer tomato soup that he makes every year. If you don't grow your own tomatoes, you can get them at your local farmer's market or farm stands. The intense flavor of sun ripened tomatoes is really showcased in this recipe. I like to make grilled cheese sandwiches to accompany this all American classic.
2 tablespoons olive oil / 1 onion, diced / 2 cloves garlic, minced / 8 large homegrown tomatoes, chopped / 1 teaspoon salt / 1/8 teaspoon white pepper / 2 cups chicken or vegetable stock / 2 tablespoons butter / 2 tablespoons flour / 1/2 teaspoon orange zest / 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil leaves / 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
In a heavy saucepan, heat oil and cook onions and garlic until tender. Add tomatoes, salt, pepper, and stock, and simmer for 20 minutes. Strain soup through a fine strainer (I used a food mill).
In a clean saucepan, melt butter and add flour; cook and stir for 2 to 3 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of the tomato mixture; cook and stir until thickened. Add remaining tomato mixture and cook and stir with wire whisk until mixture is hot and slightly thickened. Stir in orange zest, basil, and thyme leaves, and serve. Serves 6. Enjoy!


text: Don't rush your kids into credit too soon. They need to have the maturity, experience and income to handle it. By Janet Bodnar, Editor-at-Large August 27, 2009 Editor's note: This story has been updated in 2010. Today I told my son Peter that he should consider applying for a credit card.That might surprise readers of this column, who know I'm cautious about recommending credit for young people. But I think Peter, who's a junior in college and is turning 21, has earned the privilege. For the past two years he's been managing his summer earnings with two checking accounts (one at home and one at school) and a debit card, and I'm impressed with how well he's done: Peter has overdrawn his account only once, and as soon as he discovered his mistake he transferred money from home to his school account to cover the overdraft. He asked me if he'd still be hit with a $30 penalty. I told him that if he was, he should ask the bank to waive the fee. He was never charged. Sponsored Content This year he's living in a house with eight guys, and he's been diligent about contacting the water company (his responsibility) and paying his share of the rent and other utilities. Advertisement He recently told me that he keeps most of his money in savings and transfers money to checking only when he needs it. "If it were all in my checking account, I'd spend it too freely," he explained. "When I take it out of savings, that really hurts." (Peter thought of this strategy on his own, but I'd recommend it to any adult.) It seems to me that when it comes to credit, parents often think more like adults than kids. That can lead them into a couple of pitfalls. Fixated on establishing a credit rating, they sometimes rush young people into credit too soon, before they have the maturity and experience -- not to mention the income -- to handle it. At the other extreme, parents often assume that older kids know more about credit than they really do. Even college students need to be told the most basic facts. For example, they don't always realize that a credit card isn't cash; it's a loan for which they'll likely pay a double-digit interest rate. Young people under the age of 21 can't get a credit card unless it's co-signed by someone 21 or older. The hope is that parents who co-sign will talk to their kids about annual fees, interest rates and the importance of paying their bill in full each month. But there's no guarantee that parents will have that conversation. And the new requirement could have unintended consequences. Advertisement For instance, parents might simply take the more convenient route of making their kids authorized users on their own cards. But that means young adults would be even less likely to learn about managing credit because Mom and Dad are still responsible for the bill. I'd prefer to see kids follow Peter's cash-first route and then apply for credit on their own when they're 21. Right now Peter has three offers sitting on our kitchen counter. If getting credit is a problem, however, young people can always apply for a secured card, which requires them to put up a deposit equal to their credit line but limits the trouble they can get into. After a year or so of paying their bills on time, they can upgrade to an unsecured card with more favorable terms. (You can search for credit-card offers at CardHub.com.)


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Have a look below at the pubs we have available to run in Lancashire. There are a number of ways you can run a pub with Greene King Pub Partners, as a lease, tenancy, or on our new pub franchise concept agreement.
To get in touch with us about running a pub in Lancashire or in other parts of the country either call us on the above number or complete one of our contact forms under the How to contact us section.
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While we don't know if Queen Elizabeth II uses an iPhone, at least her staff does, which may be the reason Apple's design chief and British subject Jonathan Ive was awarded a knighthood for his contributions to design and enterprise.
"To be recognized with this honor is absolutely thrilling and I am both humbled and sincerely grateful," Ive said according to the Associated Press. "I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design. I feel enormously fortunate that I continue to be able to design and make products with a truly remarkable group of people here at Apple."
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Ive has been head of Apple's design team since the mid-1990s, hand-picked by Steve Jobs in 1992 while he was in exile from Apple. Ive is credited with helping Jobs bring back Apple from financial ruin in the late 1990s, including opting for bright colors for the iMac when the computing word was dominated by shades of gray. The move made Apple's products look different, and the company has relied on design since then to set it apart from other tech manufacturers.
Ive received the KBE, or Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to design and enterprise, on Saturday along with actress Helena Bonham Carter and music producer Steve Lillywhite as part of the queen's New Year honors list. The queen bestows the honors twice a year, on New Year's and her birthday in June.
However, this is Ive's second royal honor -- in 2006, he was awarded the Commander of the British Empire honor for achievements in British design and innovation. That's not bad for a boy from Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University) who started by designing combs and power tools. His work at Apple has even garnered museum shows in New York and Paris.
Ive is credited as one of the members of the executive team that will carry on Jobs' legacy at Apple, but it was primarily Ive who helped formulate Apple's designs in the first place. We think it's great that Ive gets some credit for his work.


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You want Florida, you want it all, and you only want to unpack once. No problem. You want Tampa Bay. Here, a single day's itinerary might include breakfast at a waterside cafe, a visit to Busch Gardens Africa, The Florida Aquarium, The Salvador Dali Museum, a streetcar ride to Channelside Bay Plaza for shopping, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Rays, or Lightning game, topped off with a stay in one of the luxury hotels or resorts. Then on to historic Ybor City where the Cuban sandwiches are hot and crisp, the cigars are hand-rolled, and the colorful streets are lined with fun. What next? Award winning white, sugar sand beaches, sport fishing, jet skiing, parasailing, and all the amazing splendors of the Gulf of Mexico.
So whether you want beaches, or thrilling nightlife, Tampa Bay has it all.
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We don't know if, as a child, Roger Goodell dreamed of one day being best known for embracing enormous men and then, later, taking money from them. The Draft Day Hug Era is at its peak, and like last year, we decided to find out who hugged the NFL commissioner longest.
Your winner? Alabama's D.J. Fluker. The Chargers draftee held tight to Goodell for 8.53 seconds. And your most reluctant hugger? That's your third overall pick Dion Jordan, the Oregon Duck defensive end taken by the Dolphins. He hugged for less than a second.
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CE Linux Forum
The Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF), a California Non-Profit Corporation, is focused on the advancement of Linux as an open source platform for consumer electronics (CE) devices. CELF is dedicated to advancing Linux through sharing information and coordinating technical activities between members and with the larger open source community. CELF has several technical working groups dedicated to key technology or product areas. CELF employs a few contractors to work on specific projects to enhance Linux for embedded use. All work produced by CELF and it's contractors is available under open source licenses. Also, CELF also hosts several conferences each year to disseminate information about Linux-related progress made by companies and individuals. CELF is also a sponsor of the embedded Linux wiki (this wiki).
See CE Linux Forum wikipedia entry
CELF funds a variety of contract work each year. They are soliciting proposals for contracting projects for 2010 at:
These are the local pages, which may be out of date...


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Twisted Pixel Announces 'The Gunstringer' for Kinect
Twisted Pixel has revealed the studio's fifth title, a Kinect-based game featuring a marionette out for revenge coming sometime in 2011. The Gunstringer takes place in a wild west setting, co
Twisted Pixel has yet to reveal whether the game is launching on XBLA or if they have graduated to the wild world of retail releases. The indie developer behind such titles as 'Splosion Man and Comic Jumper will bring a playable version of The Gunstringer to PAX East 2011, alongside the previously announced spin-off Ms. 'Splosion Man.
The Gunstringer's official site features a blog post from lead designer Dan Teasdale noting, "As you may have already gathered, The Gunstringer is unlike any Kinect game you may have played previously. There are no minigames, forced gestures, or end of level photos of you in your underwear here."
The former Harmonix lead designer added, "You can play it sitting down, which is great if you just want to play and relax rather than burn crazy calories. Most importantly, you can aim and move with precision not seen in any of the Kinect launch titles, and with a speed and feel that's just not possible with a traditional controller."


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For the last several weeks, I have traveled across the country from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Providence, Rhode Island. It has been great visiting customers and seeing some beautiful sites. Although I was always on the
phone, I took a several week break from posting to our Blog. Although I had some guilt, I didn't feel so bad when I read the Wall Street Journal article below about what professional bloggers do about vacations.
It was also a busy time at Eli's with record interest in all our goodies and special events like being recognized at the Illinois State Fair and having Eli's be part of the movie "Quebec" that was filmed in Chicago this summer. More details and photos to come.
There is a lot going on at Eli's as we enter our final two weeks of preparation for the Eli's Cheesecake Festival. This year will just be amazing as we have the best line-up of entertainers and partners in the event.
If you missed the Blog or just have a question, write me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Best wishes,
Marc Schulman
No Day at the Beach
Bloggers Struggle With What to Do About Vacation
By ELIZABETH HOLMES
Wall Street Journal
August 31, 2006;
A banner stripped across the top of the Daily Dish declares that the popular Web log's host, Andrew Sullivan, has "gone fishing." Mr. Sullivan declared a two-week vacation and opted to leave his political blog behind.
Several thousand of his readers have done the same.
Despite the efforts of three verbose guest bloggers, replacements handpicked by Mr. Sullivan, the site's visitor tally has fallen. The Daily Dish, now part of Time magazine, usually garners around 90,000 unique visitors, or individual readers, each day. At the start of the first workweek without him, Mr. Sullivan's blog received about 67,000 hits, according to Site Meter. This week, traffic has hovered around 57,000.
"The frequency of emails of 'Bring back Andrew' and 'This is stupid. Bring back Andrew' is definitely higher than anything I've ever written," says David Weigel, a 24-year-old assistant editor at Reason magazine, who is one of Mr. Sullivan's guest bloggers and has filled in at other sites in the past.
In the height of
summer-holiday season, bloggers face the inevitable question: to blog on break or put the blog on a break? Fearing a decline in readership, some writers opt
not to take vacations. Others keep posting while on location, to the chagrin of their families. Those brave enough to detach themselves from their keyboards for a few days must choose between leaving the site dormant or having someone blog-sit.
To be sure, most bloggers don't agonize over this decision. Of the 12 million bloggers on the Internet, only about 13% post daily, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Even fewer — 10% — spend 10 or more hours a week on their
Yet for the sliver of people whose livelihood depends on the blog — whether they are conservative, liberal or don't care — stepping away from the keyboard can be difficult. Unlike other jobs, where co-workers can fill in for an absent employee, blogs are usually a one-person show. A blogger's personality carries the site. When the host isn't there, readers tend to stray. August is a slow time for all blogs, but having an absent host makes the problem worse. Lose enough readers, and advertisers are sure to join the exodus.
It's something that John Amato, host of the political blog Crooks and Liars, knows all too well. Mr. Amato rarely steps away from his site for any significant amount of time, although he finds updating the page multiple times a day exhausting.
"You become your blog," says Mr. Amato, whose site gets an average of 150,000 hits a day. "It's John Amato. They're used to John Amato."
Some bloggers thrive on the manic pace. Getaways for Jim Romenesko, host of the popular media blog bearing his name, consist of a Friday afternoon drive every month or so from his home in the Chicago suburbs to visit friends in Milwaukee. The 85-mile trip should last around 90 minutes. For Mr. Romenesko, it takes nearly four hours — because he stops at eight different Starbucks on the way to update his site.
The longest Mr. Romenesko has refrained from posting on his site, which gets about 70,000 hits a day, was for one week three years ago on the insistence of site owner, the Poynter Institute. He hasn't taken a vacation in seven years. "The column's called Romenesko," he says. "I just feel it should be Romenesko" who writes it.
While it may seem like a chore to outsiders, many bloggers enjoy the compulsion. Mark Lisanti, who runs the entertainment gossip blog Defamer, is much like Mr. Romenesko in his no-vacation tendencies. Although he gets three weeks off each year from Gawker Media, which owns the site, he rarely takes a day. Not because he can't, he just doesn't want to. "My plan is to die face down on the desk in the middle of a post," Mr. Lisanti jokes.
Jeff Jarvis, author of the political blog BuzzMachine, knows the feeling. He has always posted during his annual vacation to Skytop Lodge in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. When the resort had only an expensive Internet connection, he paid the hefty fee to keep his blog current. His son, Jake, now 14 years old, paid for half of the connection costs so he could keep up his technology blog, Wire Catcher.
Mr. Jarvis says he can count the number of days he's spent away from his blog on one hand. On the occasional break — for a day or less — he opts to leave his blog "dark," or untouched, rather than have someone fill in for him. "It's just my space," he says.
Kevin Drum, author of Washington Monthly's blog Political Animal, says he used to have that kind of proprietary attitude. At some point, Mr. Drum says, "You just have to let go."
Stepping away often means accepting a decline in readership. While Mr. Drum was on vacation for two days last week, his site averaged 45,000 hits, about 10,000 fewer than the previous weeks, according to Site Meter.
Mr. Drum turned to guest bloggers. Choosing temporary replacements is a great way to expose your audience to new voices, says Lauren Gelman, associate director of Stanford University Law School's Center for Internet and Society and a sometimes guest blogger at legal sites.
But, as in Mr. Weigel's case at the Daily Dish, it's not easy. Much like a guest host on a late-night talk show, people have specific expectations for a proven brand. A new contributor needs to maintain the tone of the site and not alienate its readers.
At the same time, the guest blogger can't follow a script or act like a substitute teacher who regurgitates the lesson, says Ms. Gelman. Without some creativity or flavor from the new writer, postings sound stale. "Not all voices are created equal," notes Aaron Adams, an information technology consultant from Missouri who reads nearly 20 blogs a day. "Some guest bloggers don't do much more than just keep the light on. They're not as interesting or as stimulating."
Michelle Malkin, host and namesake of a political blog, recruited guest writers carefully when she decided to take her first vacation in several years. All four replacements had a "similar vibe" to her own, says Ms. Malkin. Two of the guest bloggers were well-versed in subjects popular in the news at the time and the other two were friends whose work she admired.
A slice of Ms. Malkin's audience didn't take to the guest bloggers. She chalked that up to a "fickle" bunch who prefer her work as a syndicated columnist. But overall the guest bloggers held readers' attentions, says Ms. Malkin. During the week she was gone, hits averaged around 140,000 a day, down from about 200,000 before she went on vacation. Last week, before she eased back into posting, her average daily visitor tally dipped below 120,000. The numbers didn't faze Ms. Malkin. "For the dog days of August, they did tremendously well," she says of her
Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee, experienced a similar blow this month when he took a weeklong break from his site, the popular political blog InstaPundit. Unique visitors fell to 115,000 from around 150,000, according to Site Meter.
Even so, Mr. Reynolds is glad he took the week off. "I need a vacation more than I care about the traffic," he says.


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Woman Spends $25,000 on Plastic Surgery to Look Like Jennifer Lawrence [VIDEO]by Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
There are people who want to look like Jennifer Lawrence — and then there are people who are willing to spend thousands of dollars and undergo plastic surgery to make this a reality. Kitty, a 30-year-old dog trainer and mom from Texas, was one of the latter, spending thousands of dollars to go under the knife to look a little more like J. Law.
"The more I've looked at her, the more I've realized that her features are sort of my features but more refined," Kitty said about her resemblance to the 'Hunger Games' star.
"I am a strong woman," she continued. "I am in charge of how I look and I can change that and then change that again if I want."
Still, Kitty's reasons for going under the knife weren't completely based on a desire to look like Lawrence — it was also to make herself feel more confident after her body changed after becoming a mother.
"The reason why I decided to get surgery is because post-having my daughter, I wasn't quite as comfortable with my body," she said. "I don't think you have to be crazy to want to look better or feel better about yourself. That's not crazy."
Plus, the procedure potentially had perks for her husband, as well.
"I think the surgery will improve our sex life, because if it improves it for me, it's ultimately going to improve it for him, and that's how it works," Kitty said with a laugh.
"I don't have a problem with that," her husband responded.
So, after spending a total of six hours completing six different surgeries, Kitty left a Houston, Texas hospital with liposuction to her face and body, a breast augmentation, a nose job, and a procedure that added fat grafts to her cheeks and butt. The recovery time took four weeks and cost Kitty a huge chunk of money. But here's the million dollar question: Was it worth it?
"Of course I look like Jennifer Lawrence," Kitty revealed post-surgery. "I thought I had a resemblance to Jennifer Lawrence before my surgery and now I think after, my features are more refined to where they resemble her more."
Watch Kitty's extreme transformation above and tell us: Do you think she looks like Jennifer Lawrence?


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This is the first time I have ever experienced a garden wedding. Heard so much about it. Seen so many beautiful pictures of a dream-like garden wedding photos from overseas on the internet. And now I get to feel and be part of one at Tamarind Springs.
Tamarind Springs in Ampang is certainly a tropical paradise filled with lush greenery, and mosquitos and monkeys....
You may wanna spray some mosquito repellent should you visit this place or wear covered shirts or pants. You don't want to get mosquito bites all over you. As I explored and walked around, I kena gigit cause I wasn't prepared. Now you know why....cause I was wearing a dress with little cloth. This beautifully tunnel-like arch by mother nature is one of my favourite spot.
A Balinese inspired concept in a jungle-like atmosphere. I was here at 8am to attend a wedding. Not to dine. Here's a glimpse of the place. Do expect to walk a little and there will be steps to climb too.
Lots of Balinese inspired statues are found all over the place. I feel like I am so out of my country. I felt like a Sang Pengembara here.Not sure what are these round shaped cocoons hanging up on the tree. Possibly some form of art decorative pieces. Not sure if it serves a functional purpose.
At the heart of Tamarind Springs is this mini pool. The deco here is in preparation of a garden-themed wedding.
The arch was specially designed by the groom and his friends.
And the whole setting looks like this with all the invited guests, heng tai's , jee mui's, and most importantly the bride and groom all in place. Ain't this a beautiful sight!
Photo courtesy of Chea MI
The Beautiful Bride and equally stunning bridesmaids in matching bridesmaids outfits.
Photo courtesy of Peili Farm
Below: Photo courtesy of Shuhui Aw
and not forgetting the heng tai's. A memorable group shot.
These lovely cupcakes and mouth watering macaroons were specially made by a friend of the bride and cleverly decorated to suit the whole garden theme wedding.
Good job in complimenting the whole environment.
The lovely lady behind these luscious cupcakes and macaroons.
Check out her social media platforms if you wanna order mouth watering and tailor made desserts like these.
Instagram: fc_dessert_bar
Facebook: French Crullers Dessert Bar
A shot of the lovely couple, Jeff and Nicole.
Congratulations on your BIG DAY!
Thank you for letting me be a part of it!
A moment during the tea ceremony.
More shots of the place. I heard in separate parts of the Tamarind Spring houses different concept restaurants. I can't write about those restaurants yet cause I have not dined in any of them.
A blissful sanctuary that's so calm and peaceful.
The above is the entrance to Tamarind Spring. A little red door hut which I almost missed.
Tamarind Springs is located at Taman Tun Abdul Razak.
For details log on to their website


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About sgt_doom
http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/05/live-map-of-recent-changes-to-wikipedia-articles-is-mesmeriz ing/
Ya mean, sort of like, the US hacking into a Chinese IXP (Internet eXchange Point) and then originating cyber attacks from there, and claiming it was from China?
Also a possibility.......
Aaron Swartz versus the Phantom Giant
When Aaron took on SOPA, he took on AT&T and as he was later to find out, Chris Dodd, whose family has been on retainer to the Rockefeller family for generations, dating back to their ancestor, Samuel Calvin Tate Dodd, the attorney to John D. Rockefeller, who created a holding company each time Rockefeller's Standard Oil supposedly sold off a business unit (during the court-ordered breakup), moving the stock ownership to the holding company, then in turn establishing ownership of said holding company at one of Rockefeller's foundations and/or trusts.
Chris Dodd's father, Thomas Dodd, had no less than at least three Acts of Congress passed in futile attempts to curb the famous Dodd corruption (most notably F.A.R.A., or the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and amendments to it).
Are the Dodds still working for the Rockefeller family? Well, that depends on the mystery ownership of AT&T. Going back to the early 1900s, John Moody, the original founder of the infamous Moody's rating service, said that AT&T was part of the Rockefeller Trust, originally financed by Morgan, but either sold, traded or shifted over to Rockefeller.
We do know that AT&T loves Senator Jay Rockefeller, and that Jay Rockefeller loves AT&T, as witnessed by the manner in which he led the way in the Senate to grant them retroactive immunity regarding the warrantless wiretapping during the Bush Administration (which continues on, BTW).
From the site link below. . . .
Posted by: AT&T Blog Team on January 25, 2011 at 4:08 pm
"Chairman Rockefeller has long made public safety and national security a top priority for this country. We applaud his commitment to the public safety community and his tireless efforts to ensure that first responders have the resources they need to support a nationwide wireless broadband network. This legislation will result in a truly interoperable public safety network and will free up new spectrum and establish funding mechanisms to support the operation and maintenance of this critical network."
Many people don't realize that the old AT&T has been reconstituted back to its original, albeit even more powerful and richer self, thanks in part to Bill Clinton's signing of that Telecommunications Act of 1996 --- all except Verizon, but in tracking the circuitous ownership of Verizon it appears to lead back to the same ownership as AT&T!
Why would AT&T target Aaron Swartz, through their federal prosecutor proxies?
We used to marvel, back in the late 1970s, how AT&T set out to destroy the telecom upstart, MCI, which would have shortly gone out of business, had not AT&T pulled their access to long distance lines, thereby allowing MCI legal recourse, eventually netting MCI enough monies (from the legal settlement with AT&T) to continue on with their precarious business existence for a few more years.
AT&T --- and the Rockefeller family --- has only one strategy: the scorched earth policy!
Now, former IMF stooge and presently an economics prof at MIT, Simon Johnson, would have us believe that the Rockefellers, led by the crafty David Rockefeller, gave away their billions to "charity" --- they morphed from murderous robber barons to "philanthropists"?
So the Rockefeller family, worth an estimated $30 billion in 1960 (when one billion was an unimaginable sum), are now only worth $2 billion?
Puuuhlease --- repositioning the Rockefeller fortune to various foundations, trusts and unregistered trusts to hide their wealth and ownership was, and still is, the standard tax dodge; nothing particularly surprising there. (The norm today is to create an LLC, or Limited Liability Corporation, owned by a holding company, in turn owned by an offshore trust.)
One can only imagine what their true net worth is today?
So who owns AT&T today? Look for a Dodd underneath a rock(efeller) and you'll know the answer.
The Rockefeller Hit Parade:
From the bloody Ludlow Massacre, and the Rockefeller chain gangs, to their secret oil shipments to the Nazis during World War II, to the murders of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Bobby Kennedy and the recent death of Aaron Swartz, the bloody prints of the Rockefeller family are evident!
Special Links:
The Ballad of Aaron Swartz
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/technology/how-mit-ensnared-a-hacker-bucking-a-freewheeling-cult ure.html
Moody, John. The Truth about the Trusts. 1904
Moody, John. The Masters of Capital. 1919
(pp. 153, 168)
Myers, Gustavus. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vols. I, II & III. 1910
Nace, Ted. Gangs of America. 2003
Wu, Tim. The Master Switch. 2010
There is nothing more sad, more disheartening, than the death of a decent person.
I didn't know Aaron Swartz, although I had communicated with him online on several occasions; a highly intelligent young man with a prodigious mind and noble spirit.
Aaron evidently reached the decision, to spare his family and friends future pain, he would forfeit his own life; in ancient Rome they referred to it as "Falling on one's sword."
Yet another fatality of Obama's War On Whistleblowers, the dramatic extension and expansion from the Bush administration.
Today, Gov. Don Siegelman sits in a penitentiary, his only "crime" was wishing to increase educational access for the many; an authentic democrat, so very rare today.
Today, an Iraqi immigrant, Shakir Hamoodi, who sent small sums of money to his close relatives back home for medical and food emergencies, also sits in a penitentiary, yet another humanist, or "criminal" in America?
Today, a brave CIA whistleblower of the criminal and barbaric torture taking place, John Kiriakou, faces two years in jail, thanks to Obama and life in the land of the lawless.
Aaron Swartz, Bradley Manning, Gov. Don Siegelman, Shakir Hamoodi, John Kiriakou and others, too many others, a roster of the best of America, wasted lives in others pursuit of never-ending corruption.
A bizarre BBC report the other day --- and bizarre is the only accurate description for both BBC and their news report --- ran an attack piece on WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, nonsensically juxtaposed against the newspaper strike in China!
They --- the BBC and Australian news --- once again perpetrated lies of "sexual assault of two women" against Assange?
Having read all the legal documents, in both English and Swedish, I observed NO verification of such lies, only that Sofia Wilen, the younger woman who first approached Julian Assange, wanted nothing to do with such false allegations, and that the government-affiliated Anna Ardin (one of her many aliases), appears to have been the driving force in stirring up such vicious stories! (When the publicity became too much for Anna Ardin, she was spirited off to Israel, where a member of the Bonnier family was ambassador at that time.)
The one common factor, known to Americans, which is evident in both the attacks on Wikileaks/Assange and the illegitimate and amoral incarceration of Gov. Siegelman, is Karl Rove.
Rove appears again and again in the background, as the puppet master pulling the strings to take out Gov. Siegelman, and was financed in his multiple trips to Sweden, around the beginning of the WikiLeaks' episode, financed by the Bonnier family, one of the media giant families of Europe and among the top ten media corporations in existence. (Virtually everyone on the Swedish side who has been attacking Julian Assange is financially connected to the Bonnier family: the attorneys, Anna Ardin, the Bonnier-employed reporters, the Justice Minister, etc., the only exception would be Sofia Wilen, the young lady who quickly distanced herself from the horrendously unfolding events.)
Aaron Swartz, both believed in, and fought for, free speech and freedom of the press, an incredibly shrinking freedom which has been all but co-opted by the ruling oligarchs through their corporations today --- does anyone really know who owns AT&T, after all?
Recently, some technically astute friends ran a series of tests, and observed that the most heavily censored site: Huffington Post, boingboing.net, Naked Capitalism, The Guardian, etc., are considered to be some of the more "liberal" sites on the 'net --- nothing could be further from the truth!
The most heavily censored English-speaking countries on the Web? Canada, the UK and the USA.
Most despicably, network neutrality appears as dead as Aaron Swartz --- and we should all mourn the passing of both noble personages.
In Memoriam
Aaron Swartz
November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013
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"Kiri akou was a CIA veteran who played a role in the agency's capture of the al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah in Pakistan in 2002. Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded by government interrogators and eventually revealed information that led to the arrest of the "dirty bomb" plotter Jose Padilla and exposed Khalid Sheikh Mohamed as the mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks. Accounts conflict over whether the waterboarding was helpful in getting intelligence from Zubaydah."
. . . .
"The CIA director, David Petraeus, sent a memo to agency employees noting Kiriakou's conviction, saying: "It marks an important victory for our agency, for our intelligence community, and for our country. Oaths do matter, and there are indeed consequences for those who believe they are above the laws that protect our fellow officers and enable American intelligence agencies to operate with the requisite degree of secrecy."
(Tell that to the wifey, Davey boy! --- sgt_doom)
http:/ /www.donsiegelman.org/
http://news.silobreaker.com/the-case-of-shakir-hamoodi-three-years-in-fede ral-prison-for-sending-money-to-iraqi-relatives-during-sanctions-5_2266006624902578312
While it's been many, many years since I read Adam Smith's works, wasn't he against patents?
Could the problem possibly be the owners of the biopharmaceuticals? Does anyone actually know who those owners are?
Might be a good first step to take....
For once, I have to finally agree with the World Economic Forum stooges.
Just the other day, when I was stopped at a red traffic light, as soon as the light went green, an unholy horde of anti-biotic resistant bacteria went racing past a near hypersonic speed!
"Holy crap," I expostulated, I'll never race those doods ever!
" stupid old farts .."
Naaah, Lieberman or Lieberswine has always been an evil fart, and decidedly many consider evil stupid, but there's a purpose to what Lieberman (once called by the American propaganda network, a k a the MSM, the "conscience of the Senate" ROFL to the max!).
Just think of all the members of the electorate who voted for either the vile Cheney, or the vile Lieberman, back in 2000 --- when they could have elected Nader.
Proud to have voted for Dr. Jill Stein, and before that for Cynthia McKinney and for Ralph Nader --- no way in perdition this American would ever vote for a Cheney or a Lieberman! ! !
"Conspiracy theories are rampant..."
One should always be hyper-suspicious of anyone utilizing the US Chamber of Commerce (USCoC) talking point:
"conspiracy theory, conspiracy theory"
I recall when this first appear in common use, and it didn't originate at the grass roots level, that's for darn sure.
Just a bunch of pandering "on their payroll" newsies, like Judy Miller (now with Manhattan Institute, the neocon people), David Ignatius and others of their ilk.
No thanks, I'll continue to think independently, so that when I heard the news conference from the Pentagon on 9/10/01, where the comptroller reported that his auditing team (DIA's Financial Management staff) had uncovered an unaccounted for $2.3 trillion missing from DoD funds, and the very next morning when an airliner crashes dead-center into the Pentagon's west wall, killing almost all of that auditing team (called for an emergency last-minute conference there that morning of 9/11) and severely injuring the rest, I will continue to cogitate on such items and continue to pay attention.
There are still quite a few Americans such as myself.....
" looking for patterns of terrorist activity.."
Geez, history is not your strong suit, I'm guessing?
Check into the history of the creation of the American intelligence establishment back during and in the aftermath of World War II, please.
The Wall Streeters, both the super-rich and those working on their behalf (Rockefeller, Mellon, du Pont, Harriman, Morgans, etc., and their lackeys, Lovett, Wisner, Dulles brothers,etc.), created the US intelligence agencies, which they then would hop back and forth from, eventually privatizing the entire thing so today it is virtually seamless, with Carlyle Group's Booz Allen, SAIC, Raytheon, ManTech Int'l, etc., at the controls.
Intel agencies exist for the Financial-Intelligence-Complex, the top tier of the plutocracy, for the sole purposes of financial intelligence for their profit, and general command and control of the populace.
We have been consistently, and constantly, told that Iran is just two years away from nuke capability, for the past 12 years?????
The first such person to leak this occupied a senior-level position at the Pentagon's DIA, one Christopher Mellon (perhaps you've heard of the Mellon family? The largest depository bank in existence, the Bank of New York Mellon?) back around 2002.
Beginning to notice a pattern, one hopes.....
Ad hominem? NONSENSE!
The entire reason d'etre for their existence is flawed, for the same exact reason as pertains to the Heritage Foundation, AEI, the Peterson Institute, Brookings, Hoover Institute, etc., etc.; they are simply part of the propaganda network of the super-rich.
If you are truly that gullible, or that ignorant, consider yourself in the hopeless category.....or else simply another fraudster.
Oh lordy, a Tucker Carlson fan (he became a fellow there after his pathetic show bombed, the usual MO for rightwing losers)!
Cato was funded by the Kochs and other hedge funds for specific reasons, spreading influencing, misinforming, etc., etc.
Yes indeedy they are most disingenuous as are the the skank tanks which are routinely given interviews by EVERY show of the American propaganda network (so-called "media") reported as the news (same stooges appear on FoxFiction, NPR, CNN, CNBC, etc., ad nauseum).
Since the du Pont family first funded the American Enterprise Institue, these skank tanks have existed for one primary reason and one primary reason only, propaganda, and their explosion back in the late 1970s, as to both number and increase in funding, was for that specific purpose, along with the national consolidation of the news across the spectrum.
Senseless parsing as to this lawsuit or that Koch bros. bickering with one of their investments to the contrary, it is besides the point.
When Tucker Carlson appears at Cato, or Judy Miller receives a highly-paid position at the neocon Manhattan Institute after having to leave the NY Times for writing those planted "WMDs in Iraq" stories for her buddy, Dick Cheney, or the FBI agent in charge of the Warren Commission investigation (from the FBI's old Division 5), who would go on to a highly lucrative position with the Hoover Institute at Stanford, the pattern is always the same.
Anyone who subscribes to anything from Heritage, AEI, Cato, Brookings, Hoover, the (David Rockefeller/Peter G. Peterson) Peterson Institute, is either sadly duped, or one career fraudster.
'Nuff said......
While I appreciate this blog post, this is pretty ancient stuff, and the fact that the Koch Bros.' Cato Institute is finally publishing it, should warrant some wariness on everyone's part.
Whether it's the Cato Institute, the American Enterprise Institute, Brookings Institution, the Heritage Foundation, the Peterson Institute, et al. ad nauseum, nothing of truth will come forward from those skank tanks.
When Pew Charitable Trusts and Pew Research Center releases their psychometrically timed reports, the purpose is to divide and conquer, setting one gender, or age group, or ethnic group, etc., against another.
In this case, Cato is warning us about "the government" -- rather specious given who actually owns and controls the government -- in fact, an outrageous insult to the intelligence of any American with a decent complement of neurons!!!!!
The only three pristine and honest and real "think tanks" I am aware of (after many decades of volunteer political activism) are:
Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
Institute for Policy Studies
But those other skank tanks I mentioned should be taken with a few mega-tons of salt.....
....they demonstrated an unfailing authoritarian belief in the police??????????
That pretty much sums up their pathetic mental state.
Given his mother's beliefs and his brother's actions, he will probably wish to keep a low profile for quite some time.....
Usually, as in this case, the mentally deranged end up ending their own life --- somehow, I don't think they are in any condition to be "rewarded" --- your logic seemply doesn't stand up to reality.
No one can be quite sure as to the exact number, but here's one method to keep track.
"I don't understand how it became "law" that everyone had to be in lockstep agreement on all issues."
Aaaahhh....because there now are only five corporations, highly financially interlocked, which control the bulk of the so-called media in America, whereas back in the early 1960s there were over 1,000?
The herd concensus movement really became apparent around 1990, when douchetards began wearing casual corporate shirts to announce who they worked for.
I certainly don't take the blame for problems foisted upon myself or others, FR, so I'm not sure about the logic of such a remark?
Back in the 1960s, before the absolute consolidation of the media (for which we have to thank Presidents Reagan and Clinton et al.), publications as disparate as Vogue, Ladies Home Journal and Reader's Digest would run highly analytical and questioning stories about the super-flaky Warren Commission Report, and murders surround the Kennedy assassination.
Today, all the Corporate McNews religiously covers only those stooges illiterately referring to all facts as "conspiracy theory."
Yes, but you get far, far fewer of them. The stats speak plainly where weaponry is concerned, those with firearms easily purchased experience the highest murder rates, and suicide-by-gunshot rates.
"...as law enforcement had named him as the gunman before issuing a correction."
Justified? Anyone who believes the coppers, after all the video footage and photos of cops around the country attacking, maiming, pepper spraying the young law-abiding protesters, young women and elderly women, etc., during those "Occupy" protests, must be among the most gullible types in existence?
They most certainly believed every generation of the Bush family, no doubt, especially that last one and his "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq, huh?
The Motive
Today, some highly paid, brainless twit on the Wall Street Journal News Online, reported that police were searching for the motive for the mass murder of children at a Connecticut elementary school.
The motive?
An Afghanistani sheep herder returned to his home and found the scattered body parts of his wife and children. He gathered up their remains and gave them a proper burial, then sat and pondered the motive of the Americans who sent the drone to do that horrible killing.
The motive?
The super-rich laid off workers and offshored their jobs to the cheapest sweatshop in Bangladesh and workers there died horribly due to extremely substandard conditions, and Walmart falsely claims no knowledge of the location of their factories nor origins of the product.
The motive?
A major war occurs among European countries and an extraordinary number of soldiers die a horrible death from mustard gas, while Paul Warburg was the vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank (less publicity at that position, he had been offered the chairmanship) and Paul's brother, Max Warburg, was the financial advisor to the Kaiser (the German ruler) and director of the German central bank.
The motive?
Many eons ago, in an Asian war, the team I was with was ordered to destroy a village of innocents to cover up a command mistake --- instead, we fragged the brigadier general who was on site and had issued the order, then blamed his death on "the enemy."
Our motive was clear: murder the guilty to save the innocent.
I make no claim to understand the motives of the mentally ill, the psychopaths and the greedheads, but perhaps the answer lies within reach.
The president of the University of Washington once clerked for Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist when he rendered the decision to empty out mental institutions and set the stage for defunding mental health in America, perhaps that UW president knows the motive?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/pain-continues-after-war-for-american-drone-pil ot-a-872726.html


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Two weeks ago on June 12, 2012, the nerd within me awoke with the release of Rush's Clockwork Angels. While musically current, the collection of songs lyrically tells the maturation of a boy, who through a series of adventures (some tragic), questions his faith and the universe run by a rigid watchmaker, all the while, evolving from a boy into a man. Listening to it, I tend to think of the whole concept of the album as an allegory telling the life story of drummer Neil Peart. After a few brief spins, I was transported back in time to 30+ years ago when the concept album was once standard practice for the band.
The concept album is not new, but in today's disposable music industry, it is quite a risk for band to release a concept album. In a music world driven by the single on iTunes, I find it refreshing for Rush to take a chance like this. One could easily argue that this is their first full length concept album. While 2112 and Hemispheres are both considered concept albums, only one side of the records is conceptual.
For history, the original concept album dates back to Woody Guthrie's Dustbowl Ballads. While somewhat conceptual by today's standards, it was unique for it's time. All the songs were about one topic although the record does not have a main character or storyline that was in every song. Released in 1940, the record was highly influential on future folk songwriters Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan as well as Bruce Springsteen. The album contained the now classic, "Do Re Mi."
But it was not folk or popular music that turned the concept album into an art form, it was Jazz. Beginning in the late 1940s, Jazz artists began experimenting with sounds and styles. These concepts became the theme of the record. Whether it was rhythms, chord progressions, or scales, jazz was at the forefront of the movement. Two of the biggest innovators were Frank Sinatra and Miles Davis. Sinatra's Songs for Swingin' Lovers and the Wee Small Hours were ahead of their time. Davis, on the other hand, tended to reinvent himself several times throughout the fifties and sixties with Birth of the New Cool, A Kind of Blue, Porgy and Bess, and Skteches of Spain. John Coltrane would also join in with Giant Steps.
The 1950s also saw the rise of Rock and Roll. Rock did not initially lend itself to the concept album. However, some tried liked the Ventures. But the album that started the hey day of concept albums actually was not a concept album. The Beach Boys released Pet Sounds in 1966. The sounds on the record would heavily influence the Beatles. Ironically, Pet Sounds had been heavily influences by the Beatles Rubber Soul. What Pet Sounds did was to sonically challenge the Beatles to come up with unique sounds for what would become Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Depending on which you Beatle you ask, you could have gotten four different responses what Sgt. Pepper was all about. But one thing most people can agree on was that rock and roll could be art. Ideally, the record was a headphone record as it was one of the first records to use an 8 track versus a four track recording. The experimentation with sound became the defining mark of the album culminating in the epic song, "A Day in the Life."
Soon after, most bands tried to make their own concept album. A plethora of bands joined in. A whole new movement emerged in the late 1960s. Most of the classic rock and roll bands began at art schools throughout England. The style of rock was changing. Pete Townshend of The Who went a step further and created the Rock Opera, Tommy. Art rock was fully born. Bands such as Yes, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Genesis, and others sprang up and made some great music.
Throughout the early 197s, each of the aforementioned bands recorded long form songs and made concept album after concept album. They knew no other way. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon came to epitomize a new high in concept album history. Unfortunately, Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes signaled a death knell for the art rock movement. A double album, Tales contained four songs – one for each album side. In response, punk music rebelled against the nature of the art rock movement. But the art rock movement did not stop.
The concept album reached its high water mark with Pink Floyd's The Wall. The Wall was meant to symbolize walls put up between people, The Wall came to symbolize walls put up by authority and dualistically fit with the Cold War Berlin Wall.
Throughout the 1980s, the concept album began to wane as the influence of MTV began. From time to time, the occasional concept album emerged but few captured the public's interest. Marilyn Manson, Green Day, Dream Theater, Jay Z, and other bands have tried their hands at the concept album.
For me, most of my spare time in the 1970s and early 1980s was spent listening to concept albums. My favorites will most likely differ from yours.
For example, I love two concept albums by Genesis. One is The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and the other is Duke. For me, Duke is hugely important as we just moved from the only home I had known after my freshman year of high school to western Illinois, three hours away. In the coming years, these two records were two of my best friends. I adore these records because of where I was in my life and what they did for me.
I always liked the concept album. Whether the album had a lyric that told the story throughout the record, or whether it was a stylistic sonic choice, I associate those type of records as the best. I can still picture myself sitting around Stuart Jackson's dining room table, smoking cigars, listening to Rush, and playing Dungeons and Dragons. Maybe it was all just the late 70s, early 80s teen lifestyle, but it was enjoyable. It was art, creative, and fun.
Now, for me, Clockwork Angels is easy to listen to. The music is great, the songs are great, but the story is even greater. It takes me back to many memories of my young adulthood…As the song's opus, "The Garden," concludes
The future disappears into memory
With only a moment between
Forever dwells in that moment
Hope is what remains to be seen
(c) 2012 Anthem Records
Lyric by Neil Peart


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One woman's secret Santa this holiday season turned out to be one of the richest men in the world: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
The gift exchange happened through the social website Reddit's secret Santa event, in which users swap presents across the country.
U.S. & World
The woman, identified only as Rachel, wrote in a blog post that she was first surprised to find out that her gift was a 7-pound package that was being overnighted.
Inside the package, Rachel found a stuffed cow toy, a National Geographic travel book, a donation to Heifer International in her name, and a card signed "to Rachel, from bill," according to the post.
It was only when she found the travel book that she discovered a photo of the billionaire philanthropist holding the gifts that were in the package, Rachel wrote in her post.
Gates spokesman John Pinette confirmed Gates participated. Gates wanted to engage with Reddit's community and promote Heifer International, a foundation that provides seeds and animals to people in need in the developing world, he said.
The foundation also provides education to youth in impoverished nations, according to its website.
Rachel was especially happy to hear about her contribution to Heifer International.
"The last part was/is my favorite, since my master's degree is in education and I am SO into educational benefits for all," Rachel wrote in the post. "It makes me so happy that he was able to donate to a charity on my behalf that helped people with both needs and educational benefits. Nailed it, Bill!"
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Watering the Tulips
August 7, 2013
"Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth" – Psalms 96:1
How often have you heard a minister take the pulpit and say, "Now is the time to worship"? Most of us have heard that numerous times. Or, how often has somebody said, "The music should never overtake the preaching"? Though there certainly may be some truth to both of these statements, they can be misleading. First of all, music IS worship. When we sing to the Lord, we are worshipping Him…or, should be. And certainly, the singing should never take the place of the preaching. But vice versa, the preaching should never take the place of the music. God ordained music as part of the worship service and it should remain a major part.
We live in a day and age in which music seems to be the dividing factor in many congregations. Some people demand hymns only. Others will allow Southern Gospel or bluegrass. Still, others prefer a more Contemporary Christian style. We all cannot be right, can we? Some churches have furthered this division by actually splitting a body in half by having one service for each musical preference. This seems to destroy the unity of a church by dividing in two what is to be "one body in Christ" (Romans 12:5).
Two times the New Testament declares that we are to sing "Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs"(Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16). It's not difficult to discern the meaning of "psalms" as there are 150 of them in the Old Testament. Now, some would declare that musical instruments in worship are forbidden in this dispensation. Yet, Psalms 150 mentions seven different types of instruments to be used to praise the Lord. It seems rather inconsistent for believers to be told to sing the Psalms but not to practice what they are singing, doesn't it? In addition, we know musical instruments are used in Heavenly worship. That alone should be proof that they are not only OK but proper today.
We all know what is meant by hymns, right? I mean any of us could list "Amazing Grace", "Are You Washed in the Blood", "Come Thy Fount" and a host of other hymns. Yet, Paul had never heard of these songs when he was inspired to pen these words. In fact, many of the songs we call hymns today were initially rejected and considered liberal due to being a new style when they were released. Paul and Silas sang "hymns" when imprisoned in Philippi (Acts 16:25). We have some difficulty in ascertaining exactly what these songs were. But, we can be sure that they weren't singing even one song contained in our modern hymn books. So, our present hymns would probably fall under the category of "spiritual songs".
What of Contemporary Christian music? Simply, instruments like our mouths are morally neutral. They can produce a sound which seeks to glorify God or satisfy the flesh. That said, many modern Christian song writers have produced a plethora of songs which magnify the grace of God in salvation and exalt Christ as the only Savior of men. Songs like "Who Am I", "In Christ Alone", "All I Have is Christ", "Amazing Love" and many others are certainly worthy to be sung in worship. These "spiritual songs" contain lyrics which rival even some standard hymns.
So, what are we to do today? First of all, church members need to put aside their own personal preference and seek to sing songs that glorify and magnify God. Even some of the songs in modern hymn books have lyrics which are questionable. Secondly, churches need to quit dividing over music and put their brother before themselves. Perhaps nothing is more divisive in a body than for a church to have one service devoted to one form of music and another devoted to another. We are to be servants of God primarily and servants of our fellow man secondarily. Self service has no part in the life of a child of God.
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Mitt Romney
With job creation and the economy likely to be front and center in 2012, Mitt Romney, the son of a former Michigan governor and one-time presidential candidate, is hoping his background as a successful businessman and former Massachusetts governor positions him as the most qualified contender to jump-start the economy.
The 2008 presidential candidate joined the 2012 race for the White House in June.
Born Willard Mitt Romney on March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Romney was raised in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and attended the prestigious Cranbrook School before receiving his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University in 1971.
He attended Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School and received both a law degree and an MBA in 1975.
Romney married Ann Davies in 1969; they have five sons, Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben and Craig. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon church.
The son of George Romney, Michigan governor and Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney began his career in business. He worked for the management consulting firm Bain & Company before founding the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984. In 1994, he ran for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts but was defeated by longtime incumbent Edward Kennedy.
In 1999, Romney stepped into the national spotlight when he took over as president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. He parlayed his success with the Olympics into politics when he was elected governor of Massachusetts in 2003.
After serving one term as governor, he declined to run for re-election and announced his bid for U.S. president. He made it through Super Tuesday, but ultimately lost the GOP nomination to John McCain.
On The Issues:
Defense -- Romney feels the best ally world peace has ever known is "a strong America," and pledges clear foreign policy that will leave allies and enemies with no doubt where the country stands.
Energy -- Romney has made headlines for his conflicting statements about global warming -- saying this summer humans are partially responsible, then reversing that position in the fall. He would aggressively develop oil and gas, as well as the country's coal resources. Nuclear would also be a priority, though he's said that it wold require a long lead time.
Health Care -- Romney wants to repeal Obamacare and replace it with market-based reforms that he believes empower states and individuals and reduce health care costs. He's also a bring proponent of medical malpractice reforms.
Jobs -- His plan seeks to reduce taxes, spending, regulation and government programs, while increasing trade, energy production, human capital and labor flexibility. It also relinquishes more power to the states.
Sources: New York Times, www.mittromney.com, Wikipedia
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The latest breakthrough in cancer research is giving hope to breast cancer victims worldwide. New tests have shown a potentially lifesaving procedure to detect changes in cancer DNA. The project is still in its early stages; however, scientists are seeing the immense potential of the findings.
Scientists expect that the new procedure could help formulate more accurate personalized treatment methods for women afflicted with breast cancer. The test involves aligning the treatment to changes in the patient's cancer cells.
For example, the test would look for specific changes in the patient's genes. If the change detected involves the HER2 gene, the drug Herceptin is used, if the changes involve the oestrogen ESR1 gene would prompt doctors to give the patient other treatments like chemotherapy.
University of Leicester's Dr. David Guttery reportedly said the discovery could save countless of lives if it can be perfected to be able to detect changes essential for the growth of breast cancer. "By analysing blood plasma to measure for cancer-specific changes to key breast cancer genes, we hope this test could help doctors and patients choose the best treatment at the best time," the doctor said.
The most astonishing breakthrough in the new test is that it is able to identify two types of DNA mutations. One of which are somatic "point" mutations, this is characterized by DNA molecules being disarranged in a way that it causes cells to multiply uncontrollably. This results to a exponential growth of proteins that produce abnormal amounts of protein.
A senior science information officer at Cancer Research UK expressed his hopefulness on how the new test could help improve the survivability of breast cancer patients. He also showed his dismay on the fact that breast cancer is one of the slowest progressing fields of research among other types of cancers.
"The researchers may have developed a way to track breast cancer as it grows, allowing doctors to act swiftly and give patients the treatments that are right for them as early as possible," she said. Breast Cancer Now and Cancer Research UK funded the new research.
The US Breast Cancer Statistics estimates that at least 12% of all women in the United States will have the invasive form of breast cancer in their lifetime. The incidence rate of breast cancer has been growing over the past years due to our surroundings becoming more polluted and conducive for gene damage.
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The New York Jets have three games left to play and despite an unexpected itchy eruption of theoretically possible playoff chances—one game behind whahuh?—they're not a draw going down the stretch. The Chargers-Jets Sunday game on Dec. 23 gets the distinction of being the only game this year that NBC flexed out of its Sunday-night slot, in favor of Seahawks-49ers).
And it's almost certain that, barring an injury to Mark Sanchez, Tim Tebow will end the season where he started it, on the sideline, as the Jets' backup quarterback. The nothingburger controversy that ESPN's First Take and SportsCenter kept sizzling all season has gone up in a whiff of greasy smoke.
So now that it looks perfectly safe to call a ceasefire on Tebow coverage, ESPN's executives will do exactly that. In today's SBJ, ESPN president John Skipper said that the Tebow bombardment wasn't a good idea after all:
I said, 'Guys, we didn't handle this very well.' Going to training camp wasn't a problem. We just stayed on it relentlessly and too long.
Skipper described the bridge-burning quote from Doug Gottlieb about how "You can't talk enough Tebow" as a sort of personal turning point. Skipper said the ratings bump that Tebow had given the network maybe wasn't doing good things for the ESPN brand name, after all:
We all know that if you focus on the Tebow story, for the next 10 minutes you're going to do better. But the question is trying to take a long-term perspective and saying, 'Guys, let's not get over excited about one story and hyping it.'
This would have been far more bold had it been said, like, in early October—when Gottlieb made the comments. And Skipper isn't the only one to come down on it at this late stage in the game. ESPN's vice president John Walsh didn't just talk about romantic rivalries at the University of Maryland last week:
So ESPN isn't totally unwilling to address its journalistic failures. It just holds out till it's been totally defeated.