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Humans have long relied on horses for transportation, plowing fields and other physical tasks. At a company in western Wisconsin, horses are also helping people better themselves.
Stable Relations in Roberts offers equine-assisted growth and learning services to individuals and groups, including continuing education classes for social workers and team-building activities for businesses.
We asked Bridget McConnell, the program coordinator at Stable Relations, to explain more about the business and how horses can help people grow:
What is equine-assisted growth and learning, and what can people get out of it?
Equine-assisted growth and learning is an experiential model of learning and change. It is metaphoric in nature, meaning that the horses and the surroundings become metaphors for participants and their life situations. Each person has a unique learning experience.
The model is based on experiential learning theory which is the process of learning through experience, and is more specifically defined as learning through reflection on doing. It is different from rote or didactic learning, in which the learner plays a passive role.
This is an evidence-based model that provides a safe, unique and fun learning environment for people to discover solutions to problems and reach their true potential.
What is it about horses that makes this approach effective?
Why Horses? Strong Outcomes!
Equine-assisted work helps people change and grow more effectively and quickly than traditional methods. Working with horses is engaging, real-time and hands-on. Horses serve as powerful living metaphors and stand-ins for the challenges and opportunities people face in their daily lives.
In the right professional hands, using a proven professional model, horses have the power to help people practice new ways of engaging with the world, without judgment or shame.
I don't have much experience with horses - will I feel comfortable around them?
No previous horse experience is necessary. There is no riding; all activities are done on the ground. Participants are able to control how much, or how little, interaction they have with the horses. Safety is our No. 1 priority.
What was the inspiration for Stable Relations, and what services does it offer?
The inspiration for Stable Relations came from my background in mental health, a passion for helping people change and reach their true potential, and a love of horses. I have personally experienced the power of horses in teaching humans how to better themselves.
My business partner and I are both certified through the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association to provide this service.
Currently, the services offered include provision of approved continuing education credits for educators and a variety of other professionals including social work, marriage and family therapy, and licensed professional counselors.
Currently two classes, "Creating Movement in Therapy" and "Effective Leadership," are available for registrants on our website. Supervision is available for social workers and licensed professional counselors who are working toward their license or are newly licensed. We also provide corporate support services that include team-building, team-bonding and leadership seminars. All corporate support services are tailored to the unique needs of the corporations and we also offer follow up support. Mental health, addiction recovery and life coaching services are available as well.
How do I learn more?
Stable Relations is hosting two open houses, the first from 3-7 p.m. Oct. 20 and the second 1-5 p.m. Oct. 21. Free live demonstrations are scheduled at 5 p.m. on the 20th and 3 p.m. on the 21st. Stop by to learn more about what we do. Participate in a demonstration or just observe. You are also welcome to call 651-319-3818 for additional information, or access our website at www.stablerelationswi.com.


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Google is always adding little bells and whistles to its various platforms, and recently has been tweaking its mainstay, Search, pretty aggressively. The latest addition is the "Knowledge Graph," which will divine what you're really looking for and spit out a ton of relevant information.
Google describes Knowledge Graph as "a huge collection of the people, places and things in the world and how they're connected to one another." What's that mean? Well, that means Google's algorithm wants to know what you mean in real world terms. A search for "orange drinks" could give you any number of webpages relating to drinks that are colored orange or others that are flavored similarly, but it's up to Knowledge Graph to sort which you're actually looking for. Then, a panel off to the side of your search results will tell you all about orange juice or Tang, depending on which way the graph swings.
At first blush, the benefit to Knowledge Graph is that it'll help you navigate a topic without having to continually fine-tune your search terms. For instance, looking up Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (as seen in the video below) will bring up a panel with information on the painting from Wikipedia, as well as a whole bunch of things related to it, from other famous paintings to ways to learn more about da Vinci's contemporaries.
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
The service is live for some and coming for others, but all visitors to Google should start seeing it "over the next few days," according to the company.
If you've got six minutes and you're curious, this video is still an interesting peek at why Google search has evolved the way it has (from Google's perspective).
In other Google news, the company just added a pretty slick research tool to Google Docs. Macworld's Joel Mathis does a good job with what it is and how to use it here.
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WATCH: Richard Sherman's epic postgame interview
Seahawks Seahawks defensive back Richard Sherman, who made the initial play on San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick's fade attempt to wide receiver Michael Crabrtree to seal Seattle's 23-17 NFC title game victory, is the best corner in the league.
And he wants the world — including Crabtree — to know.
MORE: Must-see images | Seahawks win | Sherman-Crabtree beef explained
As one would expect, Crabtree responded after the game.
Film don't lie... @nflnetwork @espn pull up the tape of that game and show me where this guy is the best? #fake #fake #fake
— Michael Crabtree (@KingCrab15) January 20, 2014
Sherman didn't back down later. He apologized to Andrews, then proceeded to call Crabtree "mediocre," making sure to annunciate each syllable of the word.
"I was making sure everybody knew Crabtree was a mediocre receiver," Sherman said. "And when you try the best corner in the game with a mediocre receiver that's what happens."
REACTION: Sherman 'would get a high and tight fastball' in baseball
It was a fiery, emotional rant from Sherman, who celebrated his first Super Bowl trip by racing around the field after quarterback Russell Wilson took the final knee.
Sherman was rarely targeted by San Francisco, with most of the throws going toward Sherman's teammate Byron Maxwell. But when Kaepernick had to make a throw in the final seconds, he decided to challenge the All-Pro.
STEELE: Think Sherman is 'stupid'? Look in the mirror | Sherman reacts | Problem? Sherman is a solution
Sherman stayed with Crabtree, leaped and batted the ball into the air with his left hand. That allowed Malcolm Smith to run underneath and make the interception that clinched the victory.
"I knew if I tipped it high enough someone would get there," Sherman said.
Sherman then ran over to Crabtree and gave him a pat on the backside, then appeared to extend his arm for a handshake. Instead, Sherman got shoved in the face before picking up his personal foul as his celebration continued.
"We just couldn't capitalize. Sherman made a good play. That's probably the only play he made all game," Crabtree said. "I ain't getting into that, he knows what time it is. When we're on the field, he ain't doing nothin'. That's one play, you know what I'm saying? ... He's a TV guy, I'm not a TV guy. I play ball."
MORE: Hank Aaron reacts | Sherman in: Soccer? | NASCAR? | Baseball? | WWE? | Appliance sale?
Sherman said his issues with Crabtree go back to something that happened during the offseason but would not go into detail.
"He said something personal face to face. He knows what he said and he knows I'm going to be tough on him the rest of his career."
We're not sure if the Broncos have any "sorry receivers like Crabtree," but Peyton Manning better take note.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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>My laptop is from Fujitsu and it came with OmniPass software (the
>fingerprint scanner software to log in). I saw other postings elsewhere
>about it duplicating users on the login screen. I uninstalled the software,
>rebooted - problem fixed (no more duplicate users). I reinstalled the
>software, rebooted, the duplicate users did not show up. I think it stems
>from the upgrade I did from Home Premium to Ultimate and had that software
Yes; any "repair install" of XP will prompt you to create new user accounts even though you already have user accounts, and registry settings that clearly indicate these accounts are in use.
If you then enter the same name(s) as existing accounts, then new accounts are created with the same name.
Vista may avoid this conundrum, but fall into others.
Behind the scenes, the real names are not the same, because the real names are something quite different to what Windows shows you. Messy, but key to the ability of preserving continuity while allowing you to change the account name after it's created.
Specifically, you encounter not one, nor two, but three name sets:
- the "real" unique identifier, of the form S-n-n-nn-nnn...
- the name of the account base folder in Users or D&S
- the name as seen at logon on when managing users
In the case of account duplication in XP, you will have:
- unique and unrelated S-n-n-nn-nnnn... identifiers
- old Name and new Name.PCName account folders
- the same name at logon and account management
The risks of deleting the wrong material should be obvious.


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Did Harry Reid steal Nevada? The evidence, and how you can help…
First, there is the fact that Sharron Angle was ahead – and gaining steam – in all major polls before the election, and that comparable polling data accurately predicted race outcomes in analogous races (see Free Republic).
Paul Joseph Watson of Prison Planet further explains, at Dark Politricks' blog:
"Four separate Rasmussen polls prior to the election had Angle ahead. Two weeks before Super Tuesday, she held a 50% to 47% lead over Reid. One week prior to voting, on October 26, her lead was extended to four points, with Angle at 49% and Reid at 45%."
"To have a nine point swing, from Angle enjoying a four point lead just a week before the election, to Reid winning the seat by a clear five points, is highly suspicious…Nine points is not within the margin of error for polls, especially those conducted by Rasmussen, which is considered to be one of if not the most credible polling agency."
Then there were reports of voting machines that were automatically checking Harry Reid's name, the same voting machines that were serviced by pro-Harry Reid, pro-Democrat Service Employees International Union members. These voting machines have received undeserved (or deserved, depending on one's perspective) support from Harry Reid, even though they are the same "100 percent unverifiable, error-prone, hackable, illegally-certified, electronic voting systems the state forces all voters to use at the polling place." The voting machine issues were observed in Clark County, "where three quarters of Nevada's residents and live and where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's son Rory is a county commissioner."
Then, as reported in The Washington Examiner, there were casinos, like Harrah's and MGM (remember this, my friends, next time you are in Nevada), who engaged in extraordinary measures to get their employees to vote, as instructed by a Harry Reid staffer: who "told Harrah's it needed to 'put a headlock' on its supervisors 'to get them to follow through.'" Further, "This plea was distributed to senior executives throughout the company by a Harrah's vice president, Marybel Batjer. Batjer demanded that those executives 'do whatever we need to do to get the supervisors to know that there is NOTHING more important than to get employees out to vote. Waking up to a defeat of Harry Reid Nov 3rd will be devastating for our industry's future.'"
"Harrah's did just that, getting headcounts and insisting that supervisors explain why their employees had not yet voted. They also coordinated with employee unions to get buses and shuttles to take the employees to the polls.
"This was not a situation where a corporation was simply encouraging its employees to go to the polls and vote for their candidate of choice — Harrah's was telling its employees how important it was to elect Reid, setting up a whole system to coerce its employees to vote, even making records of who had not voted.
"Both Harrah's and the unions spend money, in terms of supervisor and employee resources on company time, and the cost of shuttles, etc., not merely in a nonpartisan way to get out the vote, but to facilitate votes for Reid."
It was reported that the casino voting effort was done in conjunction with Culinary Local 226, a heavy Reid supporter that represents about 60,000 casino workers. Sharron Angle lost by 40,669 votes.
Finally, there is the illegal immigrant issue. From an alert issued by Americans for Legal Immigration PAC:
"The reports and indications also suggest the presence of non citizen voters comprised of legal and illegal immigrants voting in elections. It is a felony for any non citizen to vote in a US election and while the scale of involvement is unknown it could be very substantial in some areas including North Carolina, Nevada, Colorado, and Washington state. In many of these areas, Democratic candidates campaigned and appealed to illegal aliens, and deployed illegals to bring out similar voters.
The Democratic 'Get Out The Vote' (GOTV) mechanisms have no interest or ability to discern voters who are American citizens versus non citizens."
One wonders if Harrah's and MGM expended the effort to insure that all of their Nevada employees are legal immigrants.
An investigation into the Nevada Senate election is underway, headed by http://www.peoplev.us, and is focused on uncovering polling errors and election anomalies (their organization/website is dedicated to repealing Obamacare, but they are also investigating the Nevada Senate race). The purpose of the investigation is to determine whether or not the People of Nevada received a fair and impartial election. If it can be proven that the People of Nevada did not, appropriate actions will be taken to attempt to rectify the situation. Anyone wishing to donate to assist them in their investigation is encouraged to do so by visiting http://peoplev.us/election.aspx and clicking on the donation tab. $500,000 is needed for the investigative portion, and more will be needed for the legal and marketing portion, should anomalies be uncovered.
Harry Reid tries to steal the election: UPDATE
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: October 26, 2010:
This is VERY SERIOUS, my friends:
From Fox News 5 in Las Vegas:
Some voters in Boulder City complained on Monday that their ballot had been cast before they went to the polls, raising questions about Clark County's electronic voting machines.
Voter Joyce Ferrara said when they went to vote for Republican Sharron Angle, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Harry Reid's name was already checked.
Ferrara said she wasn't alone in her voting experience. She said her husband and several others voting at the same time all had the same thing happen.
"Something's not right," Ferrara said. "One person that's a fluke. Two, that's strange. But several within a five minute period of time — that's wrong."__________________________________
From Sharron's campaign attorney, Cleta Mitchell (received via campaign e-mail, excerpts):
I have some very grave news for you. We are leading Harry Reid in the polls and meeting our early vote goals–and yet, Sharron Angle could still lose.
As Sharron Angle's campaign attorney, I am sorry to report that the Democrats and their cronies are up to their same old tricks, of trying to manipulate the election in hopes of skewing the results in their favor.
Two days ago, the Democratic Secretary of State announced that voters can be provided "free food" at "voter turnout events." Harry Reid has been offering free food and, according to other reports, some Democratic allies such as teachers' unions are offering gift cards in return for a vote for Reid.
Before we were even able to document the reported infractions to report to the authorities, the Democrat Secretary of State slammed the door shut on preventing this behavior and issued a public statement permitting these ACORN-style tactics. THESE are the kinds of shenanigans that can turn this race.
…What Harry Reid is doing is clearly illegal. Nevada law (NRS 293.700) provides that, "A person who bribes, offers to bribe, or use and other corrupt means, directly or indirectly, to influence any elector in giving his or her vote or to deter the elector from giving it is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130."
We've seen evidence of this sort of voter 'enticement' by groups such as ACORN – where, in 2008, two ACORN workers in Milwaukee were accused of offering pre-paid gasoline cards or restaurant gift cards to people in exchange for registration.
John Fund wrote in his book Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy, cited reports from the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader (South Dakota) and the election in 2004, where certain residents were quoted saying that "people on the streets were saying you go vote, they would give you gas money, $10, maybe a pack of cigarettes…"
Now, this week in Las Vegas, at our election hotline, we received reports that some teachers' union representatives were offering Starbucks cards to people to get them to vote for Harry Reid. It is even more disturbing and may be possible that they are using their influence and authority as educators to entice students on behalf of Reid.
The right to vote is a precious one – and it carries with it somber responsibilities. The Democrats' willingness to allow voters to be enticed with a promise of any thing of value is a debasement of the process…
Harry Reid unaware of any journalists or pundits who declared Sharron Angle the winner
by Jarrod Agen, Communications Director, Sharron Angle Campaign:
More than $400,000 has come in online since Sharron won the debate on Thursday night.
But, Harry Reid still cannot bring himself to "man up" and admit that he was horrible at the debate.
Yesterday, in another one of Harry's moments of delusion, Reid said he wasn't aware of any journalists or pundits who declared Sharron the winner.
Ok…there were several, but I don't want to overload you, Harry. Let me give you one. Just one.
And it happens to be the one guy that the ENTIRE national press corps turns to on a DAILY basis to handicap this Nevada U.S. Senate race.
Read the words from Jon Ralston very slowly, Harry: "Sharron Angle won The Big Debate."
I understand — it was the second sentence of Ralston's column — maybe Harry didn't read that far.
In that case, here was the headline of that column which appeared in Harry Reid's favorite local paper, the Las Vegas Sun: "Reid lost the debate to Angle"
For good measure Harry – you might want to read today's column too: "Aghast, still, at Reid's inability to control debate."
Oh, and it was also interesting to read that the debate wasn't Harry's only bad performance lately. Harry's meeting with the Mormon Business Associates was described as a "blood bath", while Sharron's was described as a "love fest".
Harry, ask David Gergen if he thinks you won that one too.
Sharron Angle: record $14.3 million fundraising quarter, 96% from small donors
By Jarrod Agen, Sharron Angle Campaign Communications Director:
Behind in the polls, Harry Reid got more bad news today.
Sharron raised $14.3 million in the third quarter and has had over 194,000 individuals donate to her campaign so far. This is one of the most successful quarters by a Senate campaign in history. As Chuck Todd put it, there are presidential campaigns that will struggle to meet that number in 2012.
There are no signs of our support slowing as we head into the final stretch. Our online fundraising goal for October is 2 million dollars, and we have already raised over $875,000, well ahead of schedule.
As Sharron leads in the polls, people all across America are willing to help Sharron Angle. This truly is the new "People's Seat."
Making the total more impressive is the number of low-dollar donors. It's a grassroots campaign like no other.
Read and be amazed…
3rd Quarter 2010:
# of donors who gave $100 or less: 158,391 (94%)
# of donors who gave $200 or less: 161,358 (96%)
Sharron has a $90 average donation for the election cycle to date.
The FEC report will be over 8,700 pages and it will stand about 3 feet tall when printed.
The monthly totals also show that we are picking up steam:
July – $3.11 million
August – $4.07 million
September – $7.17 million
Here's a quick breakdown:
· Election Cycle To-Date (Primary + General) = $17.9 million
· General election = $16.2 million
· 3rd Quarter total (July 1st – Sept. 30th) = $14.3 Million
· Election Cycle Total Donors To-Date = over 194,000
Now Sharron Angle has a pastor problem? (Harry Reid's a Mormon, but so is Glenn Beck…)
As reported in Politics Daily ('Mormons Are a Cult,' He Says. Now Sharron Angle Has a Pastor Problem):
"…But now explosive statements about Mormons by Angle's longtime pastor* are causing the Republican candidate and Tea Party champion more headaches as her campaign enters the home stretch.
"Pastor John Reed of Sonrise Church in Reno, a non-denominational, evangelical-style church where Angle was an active member for many years, calls Mormonism a 'cult' and Reid, the majority leader and a Mormon, 'a powerful person in a cult' whose position should 'alarm' people."
Now Sharron Angle has a pastor problem?? How is it equivalent to compare a pastor who blames America for 9/11 by exclaiming, "America's chickens are coming home to roost!", and "God damn America!" with a pastor who explains that Mormonism is a cult? Most of mainstream Christianity and America believe that Mormonism is a cult.
Nevertheless, if Mike Huckabee (a Christian not-so-fiscally-conservative "conservative": "His critics say that when Huckabee was governor of Arkansas, he was a big spender and a big taxer") were running against Glenn Beck (a Mormon, and a real fiscal conservative), I would vote for Glenn Beck. Does the Mormon issue stop David Barton, a devout Christian, from joining forces with Glenn Beck (a Mormon) and even appearing as a regular guest on his show? It does not. Is it relevant for this election whether or not Harry Reid is a Mormon? It is not.
What IS relevant is this: Which candidate most closely espouses God's most fundamental value: liberty? God so loved liberty (and us) that He allowed the fall of the entire human race because of it. As our Founders said in the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator (yes, BY THEIR CREATOR, President Obama) with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Thomas Jefferson said, "The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." As my pastor, John Kirkwood (http://www.gracebeliever.com), said, in explaining that God, although He could, does not force us to love or serve Him: "Without free will [liberty], God isn't God. What do you call forced love? Answer: rape. What do you call forced servitude? Answer: slavery".
Without liberty, the rest doesn't matter. And by his actions, Harry Reid has indicated that liberty is NOT one of his fundamental values.
*As an aside, Sarah Palin reported in Going Rogue how the press would hound her friends and acquaintances in any attempt to dig up dirt on her. Her friends would attempt to defend her and afterward be dismayed at how their comments, meant to defend her, were twisted to make her look bad. Therefore, a word or two of advice to Sharron's friends/pastors: don't do press interviews on behalf of/in defense of Sharron Angle.
Sharron Angle: This town is not my home…
I was in Washington DC a few weeks ago and was invited by Sharron Angle to observe her interview with Fox News' Brett Baier in the studio. She did a great job articulating conservative principles in the interview, especially defending returning to LOCAL control the functions of the EPA, Department of Education, Department of Energy, etc. Because, according to the tenth Amendment, only the enumerated powers listed in the Constitution are reserved for the Federal Government. The rest are reserved for the states or other local authority. She is right on.
But I was particularly struck by something she said in passing off-camera. Someone on the Fox team remarked to her that she would possibly be moving to Washington DC. She said, "No, I'm not moving here; I'm just a visitor here. My responsibility is to the people of Nevada." She also remarked to me that to guard against becoming out-of-touch with Nevada, it was very important to her that she NOT live in DC.
Sharron once wrote on a related topic, incumbency, in a book draft she was considering publishing (quoted with permission):
"One of the reasons our nation is in such great trouble is that the legislative branches of state and national governments have been populated by professional, career politicians. This was never intended by our founders, and the problem is very simple. The interests of career politicians are never aligned with the interests of the folks back home. To have a career and job security, the politician must first bow to the demands of those powerful forces that can get him or her re-elected.
"The first priority of the career politician is protecting the incumbency. The ideal to serve for a few years to share the burden of representation on behalf of their communities as the Founders intended has long been abandoned. It has been replaced be those wanting full-time employment in government and having a desire to change our culture and governance along the leftist lines prevalent in most educational institutions. Since the sixties, schools have been teaching that government is too complex for amateurs and should be entrusted only to professionals who have absorbed the faddish teachings of this era.
"Protecting incumbency requires extensive fund raising, political alliances, competent image makers and campaign managers. None of these things are consistent with representing the genuine interests of the folks back home. On the other hand, the paybacks to that coalition often require selling out the interests of the folks back home in favor of such lobbyists and power brokers. Also disgracefully, politicians have subsequently rigged a self-serving system of enormous rewards and benefits, travel both foreign and domestic, gold-plated health care coverage, generous salaries and allowances, pensions representing full salaries for life after short periods of service, and power and prestige which rivals that of royalty – all motivations to hold on to their 'careers' at any cost."
Sharron Angle is not interested in becoming one of the Washington elite. She is interested in serving "We the People". God-speed, Sharron Angle.
Sharron Angle entrapped by fake Tea Party candidate
From the Las Vegas Sun:
"Angle: 'I'm not sure I can win' if Ashjian's in, nat'l GOPers 'have lost their principles,' need to 'leave me alone"
"That's just some of what GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle said during a meeting Wednesday evening with Tea Party of Nevada candidate Scott Ashjian and Tea Party of Nevada Chairman Sid James at the home of Richard Ziser, who lost to Harry Reid in 1994 and now is an adviser to the Angle campaign and also participated in the conversation.
"A tape of the 38-minute meeting that I have obtained provides a rare window into the kinds of discussions that take place during campaigns behind closed doors, redolent of the authenticity that disappears in public or in TV ads."
Ah, yes, that would be a tape you (Jon Ralston, no friend of Sharron Angle), obtained from Scott Ashjian himself, who taped the whole conversation with Sharron Angle without her knowledge. In the interest of full disclosure, you might have revealed that in the article, Jon Ralston.
Continuing from the Las Vegas Sun:
"Angle expresses disdain for the national GOP, which she says she now has 'in a box' because she won the primary, which caused the DC types after her June 8 victory to still be 'moaning and groaning and weeping and gnashing teeth over Sue Lowden.' Later, she tries to persuade Ashjian to endorse her because she will have 'juice' he can tap into to get access to Sens. Jim DeMint, Tom Coburn and Mitch McConnell.
"I can just hear it now: The woman who calls the majority leader 'Let's Make a Deal Harry Reid' becomes 'Let's Make a Deal Sharron Angle'".
Excuse me? Access to meetings with political figures is not the same as the thuggery and bribery that Harry Reid employed to ram Obamacare through the Senate against the will of the American people, and you know it, Jon Ralston. She is promising Ashjian nothing.
And, she DID win IN SPITE OF the Republican establishment, the same Republican establishment who initially refused to endorse Christine O'Donnell. Umm, is this a shock to anyone?
Interestingly, the Tea Party Express had a message for Scott Ashjian back in March:
"We at the Tea Party Express have a message for Scott Ashjian, who has been trying to pretend that he's part of the Tea Party movement – get lost!" says Mark Williams, chairman of the Tea Party Express, in the video. "None of us have ever heard of you or seen you at a Tea Party rally. Nothing. We think you are a fraud who's trying to split the vote and help re-elect Harry Reid."
Gateway Pundit sums it up nicely:
"This fraud [Ashjian] sure seems to be helping out the Reid Campaign for some odd reason.
"Fake Nevada Tea Party candidate Scott Ashjian was sued by the Independent American Party in March. The suit challenged Ashjian's membership in the Tea Party of Nevada. He was also charged with felony theft for passing a bad check in Las Vegas this spring.
"…This afternoon Ashjian lashed out at the "racist" Tea Party Express and the Republican Party saying he would not endorse Angle or Reid in the election.
"Unfortunately, this fake tea party candidate is trying to pull votes from Sharron Angle.
…How convenient for Harry Reid."


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Clayton, thanks for not being a Tenrou Nogetsune. Since you're headed in the educated path, are real Fastuan contracts like the ones on Kuroshitsuji? I want a purple star in my eye, on my tongue, or on the back of my hand. I also want the contractor to look like a Darigan Ixi and not a human servant. I want to name mine " Mephisto" ( Ciel the midget named his, Sebbie) and ride it after purchasing a Darigan Ixi-sized saddle. Will my contract be exactly like this or is Kuroshitsuji just an anime and a cartoon?
PS: Does anybody else want to ride a Bunchie?
And what the hell is that thing in the picture? Is that a bottle imp?
Oh come on, everyone wants to ride a rainbow bunchie
Yea, whatever, AF, I give up.
Oh Faustian... That makes more sense. Still @Darigan Ixi , you're more than welcome to sell your soul to me.
And @Clayton_n . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_club The 27 club has nothing to do with people selling their souls for fame and fortune, anyone that concludes that they had is most likely crazy, trying to make a quick buck, or both.
Guys! You'll never believe what I caught in the circle i made today! I know it broke my glass angels and spilled the salt shakers every chance it got, I kinda feel sorry for it, I mean I even gave it a name, Aziza. But I'm debating whether to let it go or put it in the freezer next to the elk and venison.
I don't wanna post a pic because Ill have idiots like Tenrou Nogetsune telling me my pic was photoshopped.
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Editor's Note: We're publishing a series of "Making Sense" fact sheets on key economic issues to help you win the debate on the core issues facing middle-class families. Each fact sheet contains information, talking points and resources you can use to make the case for progressive policies. Today: Curbing Wall Street. Tomorrow: Social Security.
The Challenge
Decades of conservative deregulation allowed Wall Street to drive our economy off a cliff. Big banks pumped out trillions of dollars in predatory mortgage loans all over the country, creating a mountain of foreclosures and contributing to a financial crisis that eventually destroyed more than 8 million jobs. Then, after the banking system verged on collapse, the Bush administration—led by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, the former head of Goldman Sachs—secured a generous bailout for the biggest banks. What's worse, the big banks were rescued, but not reformed, allowing them to go back to their old bonus-crazed ways. As Main Street struggles to recover, bankers are writing themselves record paychecks, while curbing loans that would help to create jobs.
The Argument
Wall Street still has a stranglehold on our economy, but progressives have had success this year in loosening that grip. Against unified Republican obstruction, Congress approved a bill creating a new regulator to protect consumers from outrageous bank abuses, and President Obama placed middle-class advocate Elizabeth Warren in charge of setting it up. That bill also included reforms that will increase oversight over the big banks.
But much remains to be done. Too-big-to-fail megabanks still dominate American finance. These Wall Street behemoths still have every incentive to take big risks. If their bets pay off, they score huge bonuses; if their bets backfire, they'll stick taxpayers with the bill. Progressives will continue to push for restructuring the banks so that no financial institution is considered too big to fail, ensuring that when Wall Streeters gamble, Main Streeters aren't saddled with the losses.
That requires insuring regulatory agencies have both the resources and the mandate to go after fraud, deception and abuse of power. It means imposing a "Wall Street speculation tax"—a tax on financial transactions that will put a crimp on unbridled Wall Street casino-style trading and raise money that can be used to help rebuild the economy. And it means helping struggling homeowners stay in their homes by allowing judges to lower the principal on predatory mortgages—a measure that conservatives in Congress helped to block.
The Obstacles
Conservatives are standing in the way of real reform by protecting bankers and their bonuses. A total of 90 lawmakers on Capitol Hill voted to bail out Wall Street with no strings attached, but voted against Wall Street reform. In exchange for opposing efforts to keep consumers from getting ripped off by misleading claims and deceitful practices, these lawmakers received over $50 million in campaign contributions from Wall Street for the 2010 elections.
Meanwhile, Republican leaders have made repealing the Wall Street reform bill a top priority if they regain control of Congress. Even if they don't regain power, conservative lawmakers are already joining with banking lobbyists to hamstring regulators as they work to reset the playing field to make it more honest and fair.
Progressive Solution
First, it's critical to hold big banks accountable. That's why we need regulations implementing the Wall Street reform bill that enable watchdogs to clamp down on behavior that puts the economy at risk—and that aren't dictated by Wall Street lobbyists. And we need a Congress ready to pass more reforms when needed to protect consumers and the general economy.
A "Wall Street speculation tax"—a tax on financial transactions—would take direct aim at outrageous bank bonuses and strengthen our economy. This tax can bring in up to $100 billion a year that would pay for initiatives that benefit ordinary taxpayers and the general economy, money that shrinks the bonus pool for Big Finance and creates a safer economy.
We should also help struggling homeowners by reducing their debt burden so they can stay in their homes, reducing the foreclosures and home abandonment that is devastating too many of our neighborhoods. Changes in the bankruptcy code can give borrowers the debt relief they need to stay in their homes—and at no cost to taxpayers. The government can also buy troubled mortgages from banks at a discount by exercising its powers of eminent domain. That reduces the borrowers' debt burden, and the government can turn a profit by selling the modified loan to the private sector.
Fast Facts
- After being bailed out by taxpayers, Wall Street bankers took in more than $20 billion in bonuses for 2009.
- An American family is foreclosed on every 26 seconds. The rate is going up.
- Wall Street banks are even bigger than they were before the crisis. Three banks control 55 percent of the mortgage market.
- Conservative politicians are doing Wall Street's dirty work-- 90 conservatives voted for the bailout and against reform—after raking in nearly $50 million in campaign contributions from Wall Street for the 2010 elections.
Public Pulse
- 61 percent of respondents in a recent Gallup Poll supported Wall Street reform legislation passed by Congress, making it one of the most popular pieces of legislation passed in the past two years. The Wall Street bailout, by contrast, was the least popular piece of legislation, opposed by 61 percent of respondents.
- A Democracy Corps study found that advocating for the middle class while attacking Wall Street resonates more with voters than any other economic narrative.
- A tax on financial speculation is one of the most popular methods for reducing the budget deficit-- even in polls conducted by such organizations as Peter G. Peterson's America Speaks initiative.
- Polling on Wall Street reform (Gallup)
- Democracy Corps memo for candidates
- Wall Street bonus pool (New York State Comptroller)
- Wall Street speculation tax (Center for Economic and Policy Research)
- "Banks seize record number of homes in August" (MSNBC)
- Crony Capitalism: Wall Street's Favorite Politicians (OurFuture.org)
- Howell E. Jackson, Harvard Law School, on a foreclosure fix (Christian Science Monitor)


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Group recommends arming Maine forest years over a period of several years
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � A Maine task force is recommending that the state's forest rangers be armed incrementally over a period of several years.
The report by the group led by Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Morris says some members initially opposed arming rangers, but agreed to back a proposal to allow a small group to carry firearms for a trial period.
The group was formed by an executive order from Republican Gov. Paul LePage last spring because he said he needed more information before making a decision on a bill that would arm Maine's rangers.
Critics say arming rangers is unnecessary and would transform their role and relationship with the public. But rangers say their job sometimes puts them in contact with dangerous people like thieves and vandals in remote locations.


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A new Lion feature taken over from iOS is the "Character Picker", which generates a popup menu of accented characters when you hold down the base letter on the keyboard. Some users detest this, as it stops the key repeat function which normally results when you hold down a key. To get rid of Character Picker, open Terminal and type
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
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Friday, July 22, 2011
OS X 10.7 Lion: Getting Rid of "Character Picker"
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- kylekylekyle said...
yay thanks! been bugging me!!r
- July 23, 2011 at 5:19:00 PM MDT
- Nathan said...
I don't know about other language inputs, but I'm using ATOK 2009 (and I believe I tried this on kotoeri too) but if you are using the roman character input from these language inputs, the repeat function still works :)
- July 25, 2011 at 2:47:00 PM MDT
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"Interestingly, you can set this preference on a per-application basis. So you can enable key-repeat for, say, TextEdit but not for Safari by using e.g. com.apple.TextEdit instead of the global domain."
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How was everyone's week? I hope it went well. 🙂 Things were a little crazy in our family this week. My sister delivered twin boys on Wednesday!! Welcome Baby Wyatt & Baby Jack!! They were premature, so they will be in the NICU for a while. They just need to grow! Congrats to Kelly, Greg & Noah!!
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I have a bunch of small things to chat about, so I thought I would lump them into one post.
–Lara Bar Tropical Fruit Tart – One of the 3 new Lara Bar flavors. I tried this the other day while running errands and was almost instantly transported to a tropical paradise (in my mind). 😉 LOL! What a nice treat this bar is!! A definite favorite here. I can't decide what my favorites are now….LOL! I am loving the PB & J Lara Bar, too!
–Clif Shot Bloks – as my long runs increase, I need some kind of portable food to fuel me during my run. I have tried the Gu Gels and while I liked them, I can't handle the caffeine in the Gu. I don't drink any caffeinated beverages & the addition of these Gu gels was wrecking havoc on my whole day. Clif Shot Bloks & Shots don't have caffeine unless you specifically buy the ones with the caffeine in them. I tried the Cran Razz Shot Blocks this AM and they worked great!! I took 3 before my run and 3 during my run. There are 6 in a pack for $2/pack (but there are 2 servings in a pack, making them comparable to the gels). I also bought some of the Clif Gels to try out next week.
–Chipotle update note: I had mentioned the other day in my review that the chips, taco shells & one salsa were not gluten-free. This is NOT the case. Everything is gluten-free except the flour tortillas!! Going to get my chip on here in the next few days! Go Chipotle!!!
-Let's talk okra for a minute. I have grown up loving okra. When I was between the ages of 4-8, we lived in Texas & my Dad grew okra in our garden. Then my Mom would make fried okra. Pure heaven. Moving to New Jersey in 3rd grade was tough as it was with a Southern accent. Then add to that that you can't get fried okra anywhere and you have torture! LOL! I remember loving going on vacation anywhere where I could get some fried okra. Enough about my childhood. Since I have grown up, I have grown to like okra without it being fried. I love it sauteed, as you can see here in my okra medley. The other day I was reading some blogs on my Google reader (thanks to whoever recommended that…it rocks!) and saw a few eating whole, raw okra dipped in ketchup. I had to try this. So, for lunch yesterday in addition to my deli wrap, I had raw okra dipped in ketchup. It was awesome!! So crisp & crunchy!! Why haven't I tried this before? Naturally gluten-free, too!!
–Cherbourg Bakery is now in 2 new locations in Columbus!!! See my Examiner post for more info.
Upcoming posts:
- Zucchini Bread (YUM)
- Udi's product review (amazing!)
- Menu Plan Monday
- So Delicious Coconut Ice Cream Review
Hope you all have a great weekend!!! Any special plans? Aaron & I have date night planned tomorrow night! Dinner out & we are seeing The Hangover. I can't wait!
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09 October, 2009
An interesting encounterThe Curtis Hixon Hall located in Tampa has long since been razed, but in it's day, it was hailed as the epicenter of cultural events in the downtown of this sleepy backwater. As a young man visiting the town from NYC, I was bewildered by the fact that there was no long queue streaming from the doorway entering the facility on the afternoon of a U2 show that evening. After all, I thought, this is U2, and a general admission show - why is there no long line of eager fans queuing hours in advance in effort to get as close to the stage as possible? Who cares? I took position at the head of the line, first at the door, and with a camera bag in hand. An hour before the show, the line had grown to about 50 people. A security guard approached me and explained that I would not be allowed into the show with the camera. As I returned to my car, having secured my place in line, I walked down Ashley street and noticed a young guy walking towards me, sipping through a straw the contents of one large McDonalds cup. It was Bono - or Bono Vox, if you will. We exchanged hellos, shook hands and I wished him a great show. I was the first person who entered the hall that night once the doors were opened. I dashed to the front of the stage and took position with my hands firmly clenched around the scaffolding that held the stage about 5' in the air. I stood at the edge of the stage through the opening act The Alarm. 68 guns and all of that. U2 bounced to the stage and let loose with War. A stark setting on the stage, large white banners on flag poles made up the extent of the scenic accents. The music was thunderous, unbridled energy that exulted the crowd. The set list that night would read like classics today. I recall most vividly a rousing version of I Will Follow with Bono leaning into the crowd while I supported him with my shoulder. Edge approached me encouraging a tap on his Gibson. I Will Follow! F'ing magic. Now it is 26 years later. Tampa is now my home. I have since seen the band a half dozen times and am preparing once again to see them tonight October 9, 2009. I will follow, indeed.


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David Reviews
TV comedy director Tom Marshall has expanded the directorial options at HunkyDory with the addition of his name to their already impressive roster.
In the first of a new series of podcasts that will soon have its own home outside of DAVID, Paul Burke and Sue Higgs share their top TV boxset tips with Jason Stone.
Joe Ogunmokun - a producer at Havas - is using his furlough to 'cycle to France' in his living room to raise money for his friend Ben Chatfield's fight against cancer.
New Zealander Nathan Price talks about his life and directorial career in the latest Virus Crisis podcast.
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In which I make some clothes, expound on the virtues of the flat fell seam finish, and proclaim "you CAN sew your own clothes, and even wear them in public".
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
New project- pants and shirt
Okay, I've been thinking I have to refine my dress pants pattern. I keep hearing on "What not to Wear" that dress pants that go straight down are the most flattering cut. I really like the casual jeans pattern I have and it fits but the legs are tapered AND it doesn't look dressy. I have several pants patterns (included in patterns with whole outfits of jackets, skirts and stuff) that have no waistband. Some have a side zipper or a back zipper or even a front fly but the key is that they don't have the waistband AND they go straight down. Not only can you tell from the pattern piece, but you can tell because the width at the bottom of the leg is wider than on the jeans. My pants are 13 inches wide at the bottom of the leg on tapered pants and jeans, but they are 18 inches wide on the dress pant.
I have made the pants in McCalls pattern 4154 once before and they fit nicely. I rarely wear them because I used some material that was very flowing and bright blue with flowers on it. But they did fit well. So I am making them again.
Speaking of being challenged about fabric, I was going to use some plain grey stuff I didn't even remember buying but instead, went with this really odd stuff I do remember buying because it was on sale - probably $2/meter. It has Lycra in it too - a bonus! But it really is odd. The wrong side is plain white and looks like a knit. At last I will be making something where you can tell the right from the wrong side. The right side is a subtle stripe with a sort of herringbone look to it. The main colours are brown and off white and there is a red thread running through it too. Overall, it has a pinkish look to it. It also has a nap. The finish is more than peached - it is brushed and so I had to cut all the pieces facing the same way "up".
When I laid out the fabric with the pants pattern pieces on it, I realized I had enough extra to make something else so I decided on a shirt. This shirt pattern has facings on the front and a spread collar so I am thinking I could wear a t-shirt or turtleneck under it, so it works more like a jacket than a shirt. I think it would be entirely TOO much of the fabric to ever wear both the pants and the shirt at the same time, however. I have made this shirt before on several occasions and I usually leave out the darts in the back so it fits more loosely. I am also making the 3/4 length sleeves.
Next, I had to decide on the thread colour. With white on the back and brown and red on the right side, it was difficult. I laid out six spools of brown thread I already had to see what looked best. I refuse to buy new thread while I am sewing with "ugly" fabric that I am merely trying to use up. I eliminated the three spools on the right and plan to use up the three on the left. I am also going to use white thread in the top or the bobbin, depending on what piece I am sewing.
I ironed on the interfacing where required and started assembling the pieces for sewing. I was going to sew all the darts at once, so I decided on brown thread for the bobbin and white for the top thread. The brown would show up on the inside which wouldn't matter for the pants but might show on the top. But I decided not to worry about it.
The next photo shows two darts made in one side of the pants back. The first one has the brown bobbin thread showing and the one I have just finished shows the white top thread.
When I used the same thread combo on the split dart on the shirt front, I opened up the "seam" and took a picture of what the threads will look like once the seams have been pressed open. You can see two colours of thread but you really have to look closely.
Finally, I finished the raw edge on the facings for the front of the shirt. I already pinked the edge to prevent fraying but I also ironed over the raw edge and sewed it down. In the last photo here, you can see what brown thread looks like as topstitching. I changed the top thread to brown and sewed the facing edge with brown on both threads. Although I didn't make a big effort to sew totally straight, it doesn't look too bad.
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- Sandy said...
Don't give up on the blog! I have been looking around for other sewing-related blogs and haven't been very successful. I found yours a week or so ago, and I think it's lovely. I do mostly Elizabethan re-enactment sewing, and I am a self taught seamstress - which means, not a very good one. Tips and advice are always appreciated
- January 31, 2006 2:51 PM
- JuliaR said...
Welcome to my blog Sandy and thanks for being one of the few to actually comment. I have a little beginner's sewing book that I am trying to find a publisher for and the blog will eventually be a support mechanism for those beginners who buy the book (well, and anyone else who comes by). In the meantime, I am having fun blogging about my various projects because it makes me think before I sew something because I know someone will be reading about it. I am pretty well self-taught too and I know practise makes perfect. So don't say you're not very good! I am sure you sew just fine.
- January 31, 2006 3:33 PM
Julia: I just found your blog through a post on www.patternreview.com and love it. You certainly are an accomplished sewer with lots of helpful information. Please keep posting.
- May 07, 2006 9:23 AM
- JuliaR said...
Welcome to my blog, Cynthia! I am about to post a new project today - I hope you enjoy following it too.
- May 07, 2006 11:47 AM
- Stacy said...
Wow, what a great website you have! I came across it while looking for tips for sewing pants. I'm a beginner, and am having a really hard time figuring some things out. For instance, when making no-waistband pants (I think similar to the McCall's you made), if I alter the waist by making it bigger, do I alter the facing pieces, too? Well, obviously, but how, exactly? I have a lot to learn!
- May 07, 2006 4:34 PM
- JuliaR said...
Stacy, welcome to my blog and thanks for the compliment. I have this Rodale book called "Fantastic Fit for Every Body" and it tells you everything about altering patterns. I am lucky and don't need to alter mine much. A short answer would be if you make the pants at the waist bigger, you would have to make the facing bigger by the same amount.
- May 09, 2006 11:59 AM
- Stacy said...
Thank you. Yes, your answer makes sense, I just get nervous altering pattern pieces because I'm so inexperienced. I want to buy that book, I'm waiting for a cheap copy to appear on half.com (my favorite website for buying really cheap used books).
Thanks again!
- May 11, 2006 9:12 PM
- Lynn With an E said...
Thank you for the easy-to-understand sewing blog. I took lessons in my early 20s and have been sewing on and off for 15 years. I love to make draperies and clothes, but as my children get older I shy away from making clothes because I can't alter patterns very well. I am encouraged to see the book Fantastic Fit for Every Body. I hope this book is as easy to read and understand as your blog. Good luck with getting published - anyone who sees your blog should pick you up in a heartbeat. Happy sewing!
- June 14, 2006 11:21 PM
Hi, I am attempting to sew a pair of wool slacks because I am blessed in the behind area, and am rather pear shaped, so I have the devil's own time finding a pair of pants that fit well. Do you have any tips on how to fit them to my body better? Thanks!
- October 02, 2006 11:19 PM
- JuliaR said...
Hi Anon, I am really lucky in that I don't have to alter patterns much at all. So I never got into it, or making my own patterns either. I did get the bible on fitting patterns called "Fantastic Fit for Everybody" by Gale Hazen by Rodale (they sell it through Amazon) so even though I haven't used it much, I would recommend it.
There's also a blog about fitting pants specifically and she offers a booklet about it at http://1ststeptosewingsuccess.blogspot.com/
Good luck!
- October 03, 2006 4:22 PM
- Mary McAndrew said...
Julia, have you given up this blog? I just found it and love it! Please do more....even if it's to promote your book, it'll keep your blog and name in the search engines until you are ready! I'd love to read more new stuff from you.
- January 19, 2013 3:40 PM
- JuliaR said...
Hi Mary! That was a nice compliment about my blog, thanks! I haven't really given it up, but I have discovered that I love philosophy and so I am enrolled at Carleton U. taking philosophy courses, which keeps me so busy that I have not sewed anything since the last time I blogged. I have a white shirt with French cuffs half made and it is a constant rebuke to my lack of tenacity, that the shirt hangs there, sleeveless. I will finish it. But I am only in week 2 of this semester and already swamped with readings. All this to say... I will blog from time to time, but I am consumed with philosophy for now. However, there are tons of archives to keep you busy for a while!
- January 19, 2013 3:54 PM
- Mary McAndrew said...
Hi Julia, glad I saw your reply! Life changes and so we must change with it, doesn't mean you won't finish that blouse. I have had sewing come in and out of my life over the past years. Sewed like a maniac when I started a home and family. Then...concentrated on my painting, my true focus of creativity. BUT I still adore fabric and sewing, packing up my house to move to England, and finding the disgusting amount of fabric I had....kind of got me hooked again!! hahaha...I sold a lot of fabric etc...but stashed away my favorites...can't part with the wools...just can't do it! hahaha. I cut way way back on patterns I kept and am determined to stick to like one favorite pants pattern etc just so I can sew quicker. I'll expand into my other patterns but for now this is what works.
I'm very tall so making pants I guess would be great...sick of jeans from Walmart! I also love jackets and vests; vests being my next thing to make a slew of...with all that wool! My fiance (who's British) love wool waistcoats so I can't wait to make him some too.
I was bummed to see the vests were the last thing you posted and not more :-(
If I were you, put the blouse away for now, don't let it guilt you. If it needs to come out someday it will. In the meantime there may be some other simple project that you will sew to satisfy your creative side. That's my advice!
(ps. I'm working on illustrating my own children's stories and poems now, so I know how it feels to change paths. If you want to see my art website it's http://www.marymcandrew.com)
Talk soon
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Quote from: ialmisry on February 08, 2011, 08:27:07 PMVladimir Soloviev. Isn't he one of the darlings of those pushing submission to the Vatican?No, he's respected by us Catholics who want you to join Christ's Church.
Vladimir Soloviev. Isn't he one of the darlings of those pushing submission to the Vatican?
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I have a question for those who believe in development of doctrine:Mardukm used to claim that, for instance the IC was a theologoumen. Did it rise up over time to the status of dogma? Can theologoumen become doctrine and then dogma?I've seen the degrees of "theological certitude" that the Vatican's theologians have set up. Does something move up in theological certitude until it becomes infallible? What propels this motion.I am of the opinion, in case if their is a question, that if something is a theologoumen in the days of the Apostles, it pretty much will stay a theologoumen until Judgment Day (Judgement Day for those of you under Her Britannic Majesty). I can't recall anything that has gone from theogoumen to dogma (and btw, I do make a distinction between doctine and dogma).
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We are continually looking for ways to improve both our own impact on the environment and that of our customers and suppliers. We actively measure ourselves on a number of key environmental performance indicators and publish these each year in an annual report. But we don't just measure our performance but actively look to provide more sustainable products to our customers.
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1967 Ford Mustang Fastback - High Gloss
Bill Farrington's '67 Mustang GTA is the subject of our first studio shoot in about 10 years. It was worth it.
We can't stop looking at it and neither can the owner. While we were speaking with him, Bill swiveled his head at least 15 times to peek at the car all gleaming and washed in the studio. When you think Car Craft, studio shoots don't usually come to mind. The exception is when the paint and body are so good we feel obliged to drag it indoors for pro photos. It's even more likely when the paint job was performed in a guy's garage instead of a professional spray booth. Makes us wish we had that kind of talent.
Back in the '80s, Bill had a similar car with Cleveland power that made frequent trips to the local street-racing scene in his hometown of Everett, Washington. Eventually, the car had four different tires on it, nothing matched, and Bill couldn't afford to fix it, so in 1989, it had to go, oxidized paint and all.
Since then, Bill has started a marketing firm and commutes between his Washington state home and another in Phoenix. He found his current project on his way to a high school baseball game when he stopped in at a tavern to get some lunch and a beer. He started talking to a local man about his love for '67 Mustangs when the stranger told him he owned a '67 GTA. The man was in his '70s and ready to sell. Bill went back to Phoenix, figured out how to pay for the car, flew back, and picked it up.
The original intention was to leave it in Snohomish, Washington, and take it down to Arizona in the winter months. But the 347-inch engine was running rich, smoking, and dripping on the garage floor. Bill took it to West Coast Restorations for a tune-up and it never left. It took a year for Bill to get the car from leaky mess to the studio shoot.
While the car was on the rack, they found some suspension problems as well, so Bill just left the car and got on a plane. Once West Coast had the car, it installed Global West suspension, subframe connectors, and a Total Control rack-and-pinion steering system. Things got out of hand when WC's Zac Thureson called Bill and talked him into the Air Ride suspension with the wireless remote. During the shoot, all the guys would argue about which ride height looked the coolest.
Bill recalls that the engine turned out to be "a 0.060-over relic that leaked from every orifice." The mill was yanked in favor of a John Barrett-built 408 that makes 550 hp and 510 lb-ft of torque." I wanted lots and lots of streetable horsepower," Bill says. "We were going to use a Roush-built 392, but I got sick of waiting and bought the 408."
He had been handling things by phone and slowly selling off the stock drivetrain components. When he finally showed up in person, the suspension parts were on the car and the frame connectors were welded in. He was standing at West Coast trying to figure out how to fix a few flaws in the candy-apple red paint, when it occurred to him to change the color. That decision quickly turned into a full-rotisserie restoration to get the matching body color in the jams and engine bay. When the bodywork was ready, the body was brought to Dale Knutson Kustom Kars in Snohomish.
Dale's shop is a one-man operation that consists of a 30x25 wood-framed shop that is both his garage and a makeshift paint booth. The volume of cars is low, but Dale has still managed to paint quite a few over the last 28 years. "I've been into bodywork forever," Dale says. "When you have a paint problem, you have to ask a lot of questions. Knowing how to fix problems is the key to painting. Some people just get lost in the problems." Dale converts the garage into a paint shop by cleaning the shop thoroughly. He doesn't use plastic curtains, he just waters down the floor and uses quality materials. "Once you learn how to do it right, it's a matter of sticking with it," Dale says.
A year after going in for the tune-up, Bill was standing in the studio with the Mustang without ever having driven it. He brought it to us before he got it dirty, but he is not that type of guy. "I absolutely intend to drive this thing as soon as the photos are done. I can't wait for freeway onramps, that will be fun," Bill says. "This car is for fun weekend stuff, that's been my dream anyway."
Tech NotesWho: Bill FarringtonWhat: '67 Mustang fastbackHometown: Everett, Washington, and Phoenix, depending on what day it is. The Work: West Coast Restorations in Snohomish, Washington.
Engine: John Barrett advertises a 392 Windsor package, but Bill wanted the 4.00-inch stroke from the Probe crankshaft. Combined with a 4.030 Dart block, the package is 408 inches that makes 550 hp at 6,000 rpm. The combination also uses Brodix 200cc heads and a Comp Cams hydraulic roller XA274H10 with 0.519/0.523 lift and 230/236 degrees of duration on a 110-lobe center. This version has 10.0:1 compression, but the fuel - injected version can go a high as 11.0:1.
Exhaust: Stan's Headers in Puyallup, (say: pew al up) Washington, built the pipes that are fitted to a Magnaflow 3-inch system.
Transmission: Bill thinks standard transmissions are more fun on the street, and we agree. The Tremec TKO is much larger than a T5, so the transmission tunnel had to be modified and a Tremec tubular crossmember installed to get it to fit. The Mustang uses a stock pedal box and pedals with a hydraulic master and slave mounted on the McLeod scattershield. Drivelines Northwest in Everett, Washington, shortened the driveshaft.
Differential: It's a Ford 9-inch from Currie with a Tru-Trac differential and 3.89 gears.
Suspension: The Mustang has Global West control arms and a 111/48-inch sway bar with ShockWave shocks from Air Ride in the front spliced with a 2x3-inch subframe connector that is welded into the floorboard. The rear suspension is a four-link, also with Air Ride suspension and a RidePro E system to raise and lower the car. The steering components were replaced by a Total Control rack-and-pinion system.
Interior: Unique Performance covered the Procar seats with leather, the dashboard is from JME, and the Shelby steering wheel is from LeCarra. The console was built by West Coast and has the controls for the power windows and the digital Air Ride system. The shifter has been modified for the Tremec.
Wheels: The 17- and 18-inch Marauders are from Wheel Vintiques with 245/45R17 and 255/35R18 BFGoodrich g-Force tires. When the bags are all the way down, it looks cool, but you can't turn the front wheels.
Brakes: The brakes are 13.5-inch Baer Track and 11.5-inch Baer Sport discs.
Paint: The color is Lamborghini Orange Pearl also known as Arancio Atlas Mica. The stripes are from an '04 Toyota called Silver Metallic Opal. The four coats of base, six coats of orange, and five coats of clear were all applied by Dale Knutson at knutsonkustomkars.com.
Cool parts: No one would let us leave without seeing the billet hood hinges from Ring Brothers, the Total Control aluminum export brace, and the handmade throttle linkage and return spring bracket. Also cool are the illuminated aluminum sill plates from Scott Drake Enterprises and sequential taillights.
Trivia: There are no wires visible in the engine bay.
Builder: Zac Thureson at West Coast Restorations put most of the car together with Shawn Carlson, who dropped the engine in.


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Cape Coral City Council will discuss how to most equitably assess property owners for new water and sewer services Wednesday.
The elected board will discuss methodology for the expansion project set for the Southwest 6 & 7 areas as well as consider various payment options.
Staff then will draft an administrative resolution that will define Council's preferences regarding the assessment methodology, financing options and other matters.
Council also is expected to authorize City Manager John Szerlag and the city's bond council to draft the official resolution on what the expansion will entail.
Under consideration
The methodology used to assess the cost of utility construction is expected to be a hybrid model in which the actual assessment for the cost of construction would be by equivalent parcel, and the cost for the capital facility expansion charge would be done through the equivalent residential unit.
The equivalent parcel method of assessment would be a scalable amount based on the size of the property, while the capital facility assessment charge (treatment and transmission) would be fixed.
That means based on a two-lot 10,000-square-foot site, applying the same numbers used in 2008, it would cost $11,825 for construction and $6,750 for the capital expansion facility charge, for a total of $18,575.
The city considered a plan that would take into account square-footage and front-footage, but that won't happen because, according to Councilmember Kevin McGrail, square footage is "easier and more verifiable."
"To use frontage, we would have to go to everyone's home with a tape measure and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in work instead of just looking in the book," McGrail said. "It has not been done locally and not supported by the surveyors."
The first bids will go out in the next few weeks, s o the city will be able to zero in on actual costs then, but the hope is those numbers could go down slightly, since they use numbers from a somewhat inflated time.
By way of comparison, Southwest 4 cost nearly $25,000 due to the cost of pipe, the competition for labor among companies and the fact there was a lot of rock that had to be blasted out.
What property owners will get for their money, though, is a centralized system.
"It's expensive to put in new sewer, water and irrigation lines, not to mention new roads and swales along with it," city spokesperson Connie Barron said. "Sewers are an expensive way to handle sewage, but also one of the most reliable."
Payment options
Some residents question square-foot methodology, saying it's the most expensive.
Resident Gail Fischer is very concerned she will have to pay up to $35,000 on her half-acre property, while most residents will pay between $15,000 and $20,000 for a hook-up.
"Most of us got legal surveys when our property was purchased and it seemed they can do linear frontage easily," Fischer said.
Fischer's biggest fear is that the city could have a repeat of 2008-09, when foreclosures brought the city to its financial knees.
"I'm afraid the city could lose a lot of homeowners again. We were No. 2 in foreclosures, but a lot of it had to do with the assessments," Fischer said.
Among the payment plans the city has laid out include six-,10- and 20-year plans.
Unless paid in full at time of completion, the option with 20-year variable and six-year fixed would cost the homeowner $25,160; the 20-10 financing would cost $26,100 and the 20-20 option would cost homeowners $29,000 based on the 2008 projections.
"It will be at least like a car payment and then you'll have your water bill on top of that," Fischer said. "When you think about spending $300 of $400 for water, it makes you scratch your head."
Mayor John Sullivan believes the city is jumping the gun on the UEP, saying the value of the land, still low despite its recent runup, doesn't justify the installation.
"If you have an $80,000 piece of property and they hand you a $18,000 bill, you'll probably pay it. If you have a $4,000 piece of property and they hand you an$18,000 bill, they're going to want to get rid of it.
"We're going to pay for a lot of properties, then we're gonna ask who puts the pipes in the ground or who pays the ad valorem taxes," Sullivan said.
Tough choices
McGrail understands resident concerns over the lack of a concrete figure and state of the economy, but until the bids come back any guess he makes, he said, is just that - a guess.
But with the state revolving loan fund, with the second one worth $96 million and funded at 2 percent interest, that's huge for the residents, he said.
"When all is said and done, when the utilities are put in the ground, the cost will be less than when I had sewers put in 1995," McGrail said.
"I financed at 6 percent. They should be happy about that."
McGrail said nobody likes to spend money on sewers and there is no good time for them, remembering that he had kids in school at the time. But centralized service came in handy when Hurricane Charley hit nine years later.
"I had showers and water and a sewer system that worked. A lot of the residents didn't have anything," McGrail said. "My friends were showering at my house because I had the services they needed."
And for those who say it's not the time or the economy is bad, McGrail said he gets it, since it was the same argument he made in 1995. But now the assessment is paid off and those same residents will appreciate what comes with it.
"They'll appreciate new roads, they'll appreciate the fire hydrants and the uninterrupted water and sewer," McGrail said. "Those things that I never have to worry about again, I'm glad I have them."


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General knowledge seems to be starting to lean towards "Romney has pretty much nailed down Florida," but I suppose you can never be too careful, and Romney is taking today to campaign in the Sunshine State with popular GOPers Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush by his side before moving on to Virginia and Ohio tomorrow and Friday, via USA Today:
Mitt Romney kept his message upbeat at the first of three stops in Florida on Wednesday, telling the crowd the country was at a "turning point" and need a "new course" but never mentioning the president by name.
"I believe this is the year for us to take a different course, I would bring real change and real reform. I don't just talk about change, I actually have a plan to execute change," he said. …
While the campaign resumed its regular schedule and pace, Rubio, Bush and Romney each asked supporters to remember those affected by Hurricane Sandy as screens on either side of the hanger broadcast the number to donate to the Red Cross.
Perhaps of interest in regards to the Florida demographics, some recent polls have indicated that Romney has gained significantly or even surpassed Obama on the issues of Medicare and Social Security, a.k.a. major entitlement reform, and that Romney maintains his wide lead with seniors, despite Democrats' early-on efforts to scare seniors into thinking that a Romney/Ryan Medicare plan will "throw granny off of a cliff." A new poll released Wednesday from the Kaiser Family Foundation corroborates that Romney has made some serious inroads against President Obama's rhetoric on Medicare and healthcare-related issues, via Kaiser Health News:
As the race for the White House has tightened, President Barack Obama has seen his advantage on several key health issues narrow significantly among likely voters, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Wednesday. …
Most troublesome for Obama is that, among likely voters, GOP candidate Mitt Romney has pulled nearly even with him on which candidate would do a better job with Medicare — an issue that resonates in battleground states with large elderly populations like Florida and Pennsylvania. Obama's advantage on that question has shrunk despite the fact that six in 10 likely voters continue to oppose Romney's idea of changing Medicare to a premium support system, in which the government would guarantee each senior a fixed amount of money to help them purchase coverage. Overall, about 46 percent of voters said they prefer Obama on Medicare compared to 41 percent for Romney, a gap that is not statistically significant. In September, Obama held a 16 point lead on the Medicare question.
Senior voters are even more likely to oppose switching to premium support, but they prefer Romney to Obama on Medicare, 48 percent to 43 percent — also not a statistically significant gap.
With polls also indicating that Romney is leading with Florida's seniors specifically, it's looking more and more like Democrats' scaremongering attacks are holding less and less water, and with all of ObamaCare's unpopularity on top of that, the demographic may be ready to put the stewardship of healthcare issues in the hands of a new president.


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Fortinet, a global provider of network security appliances that specializes in unified threat management, has released it's forecast of security trends for the coming year. The following is Fortinet's list of its top five predicted security trends for 2011.
Increased Global Collaborative Takedowns
According to Fortinet "This year, we've seen examples of countries working together on efforts, such as such as Operation Bot Roast (FBI initiative), Conficker Working Group and the recent Mariposa/Pushdo/Zeus/Bredolab busts, to bring syndicates down, but these takedown operations are only focused on the most visible violators and sometimes only cause a temporary impact. While there were other notable takedowns, these operations only focused on the most visible violators and sometimes only caused a temporary impact. For example, while authorities took down the massive Koobface botnet in November, the servers were reconfigured and back up and running at full capacity a week later."
"In 2011, we predict authorities will consolidate global collaborative efforts and partner with security task forces to shut down cyber criminal operations that are growing in number. The Zeus takedown that occurred in 2010, leading to charges by authorities in both the US and United Kingdom, is a great example, and we believe foreshadows things to come," according to the company.
Infected Machines Stimulate Inflation
Fortinet sees a territorial concern for criminals building their malware empire(s), since control over managed infections can lead to longer up times and greater cash flow. Features advertised as "bot killers" are being implemented into new bots to generically kill other threats that may lurk on the same system.
"As attackers infect machines in 2011, the value of already infected machines will increase. As a result, we're likely to see a price increase for crime services, such as bot rentals that load malicious software on machines and malware that includes machine maintenance to maximize an infected machine's uptime. To keep infections discrete, malware operators may turn to quality assurance services that would, say, refuse to load software that may crash a machine or otherwise impact their business. As part of the package, malware operators may also include leasing infection process time. When the lease is up, the malware would clean up after itself, reducing the amount of load/threats on a single machine," according to Fortinet.
32- to 64-Bit Infections
Multicore machines will no longer get a pass from malware. "Security technologies such as address space layout randomization (ASLR), data execution prevention (DEP), virtualization, PatchGuard/kernel driver signing and sandboxing, a technique for creating confined execution environments, are becoming more commonplace, along with the 64-bit machines running them. This evolution has certainly restricted malware stomping grounds, which will drive demand in 2011 to break through these chains," according to Fortinet.
"In 2010, we saw JIT-spraying and return oriented programming (ROP) used to defeat ASLR/DEP with PDF/Flash exploits. In addition, we saw 64-bit rootkits such as Alureon, which bypassed PatchGuard and signing checks by infecting the master boot record to stage the attack ... Expect more 64-bit rootkits to follow in the quest to gain a foothold on newer machines and further, innovative attacks that circumvent defences like ASLR/DEP and sandboxing," Fortinet warns.
Cybercriminals Hang Out the "Help Wanted" Sign
Fortinet foresees growing demand for developers of custom packers and platforms, hosting services for data and drop-zones, CAPTCHA breakers, quality assurance (anti-detection), and distributors (affiliates) to spread malicious code.
"As demand grows for these resources in 2011, criminal operations will effectively expand head count. New affiliate programs will likely create the most head count by hiring people who sign up to distribute malicious code," according to the company.
"Botnet operators have typically grown their botnets themselves, but, we believe more operators will begin delegating this task to affiliates (commissioned middle-men) in 2011. The Alureon and Hiloti botnets are two examples that have already grasped this concept by establishing affiliate programs for their own botnets; paying anyone who can help infect systems on the operator's behalf. By using an army of distributors, botnets will continue to thrive," Fortinet predicts.
Spreading Source
Fortinet notes that malware today can appear under multiple names and aliases. "Oftentimes, two pieces of malware we are evaluating are nearly identical in nature except for a small component inside of it that has changed. This type of 'copy and paste' malware is an indication that multiple developers have adopted the same source code," according to Fortinet.
"In 2011, we predict more cyber criminals will enter the game by attempting to make money using recycled source code. This trend will create more threat names/variants as they begin to circulate in the wild, which, in turn, will only create further confusion and dilute the meaning of these names. While public source code will continue to create problems on the security landscape, private source code will increase in value as will jobs for adept developers. We also expect to see new cases of leaked private source that are employed by new up-and-comers, thus continuing the vicious cycle," according to Fortinet.


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Lady Wu wrote:Cao Cao also encouraged his kids to study hard and taught them to be good writers -- in the last paragraph here Cao Pi's reminiscing how his father encouraged him to study, and in Cao Zhi's biography we see that Cao Cao inspected the young Cao Zhi's "homework", as well as holding family literary events.
I find this hilarious. It must have been nice to have a genius do your homework for you. I suppose the Cao clan could host some pretty big family literary events, what with 25 brothers floating around.
Lady Wu wrote:Ok, I came across a note on the "chess-shooting" game in an annotated copy of a poem by the Cao Pi. It says that the game involves two players, each with six stones of either black or white, arranged in a certain formation on a flat stone board that resembles a chess-board. The players take turns shooting their stones. However, the actual rules for the game have been lost.
Ok, here is an odd connection, but this chess-shooting game sounds a tiny bit like crokinole.


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