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Brown vs. Board of Education
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Brown vs. Board of Education was the landmark 1954 decision that overturned the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court decision that had allowed "de jure" (legal) segregation and the system of Jim Crow. The Brown decision said it was unconstitutional for any state or city to operate segregated schools—that is, one set of public schools for whites, and one set for blacks.
The lawsuit involved the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas. It was brought by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, a small organization entirely separate from the much better known NAACP. Black lawyer Thurgood Marshall made the winning argument in court.
The U. S. Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Earl Warren unanimously voted to end segregation with Brown. The decision made illegal the dual system of white and black schools in the South and border states. The border states and Florida integrated quickly, but Virginia and the Deep South resisted. At one point in 1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in the U.S. Army to enforce court-ordered school integration in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Apart from schools, segregation continued in the Southern United States until passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. At that point Jim Crow died overnight.
Negotiating the decision
Warren acceded to the position of Chief Justice while Brown v. Board of Education was being reargued at the behest of Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, who ordered re-argument as a stalling tactic, to allow the Court to gather a unanimous consensus around a Brown opinion that would outlaw segregation. Chief Justice Vinson was one such stumbling block.
Warren convened a meeting of the justices, and presented to them the simple argument that the only reason to sustain segregation was an honest belief in the inferiority of African Americans. Warren further submitted that the Court must overrule Plessy to maintain its legitimacy as an institution of liberty, and it must do so unanimously to avoid massive Southern resistance. He began to build a unanimous opinion. Although most justices were immediately convinced, Warren spent some time after this famous speech convincing everyone to sign onto the opinion. Justices Robert Jackson and Stanley Reed finally decided to drop their dissent to what was by then an opinion backed by all the others. The final decision was unanimous.
The very first case put Warren's leadership skills to an extraordinary test. The Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP (a small, primarily white legal group separate from the much better known NAACP) had been waging a systematic legal fight against the "separate but equal" doctrine enunciated in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and finally had challenged Plessy in a series of five related cases, which had been argued before the Court in the spring of 1953. However the justices had been unable to decide the issue and asked to rehear the case in fall 1953, with special attention to whether the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause prohibited the operation of separate public schools for whites and blacks.[1]
While all but one justice personally rejected segregation, the self-restraint faction questioned whether the Constitution gave the Court the power to order its end. The activist faction believed the Fourteenth Amendment did give the necessary authority and were pushing to go ahead. Warren, who held only a recess appointment, held his tongue until the Senate, dominated by southerners, confirmed his appointment.
Warren told his colleagues after oral argument that he believed segregation violated the Constitution and that only if one considered African Americans inferior to whites could the practice be upheld. But he did not push for a vote. Instead, he talked with the justices and encouraged them to talk with each other as he sought a common ground on which all could stand. Finally he had eight votes, and the last holdout, Stanley Reed of Kentucky, agreed to join the rest. Warren drafted the basic opinion in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and kept circulating and revising it until he had an opinion endorsed by all the members of the Court.[2]
Text of decision
see Text of Brown v. Board of Education
The unanimity Warren achieved helped speed the drive to desegregate public schools, which mostly came about in 1969–74, during the administration of President Richard M. Nixon. Throughout his years as Chief, Warren succeeded in keeping all decisions concerning segregation unanimous. Brown applied to schools, but soon the Court enlarged the concept to other state actions, striking down racial classification in many areas. Congress ratified the process in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Warren did compromise by agreeing to Frankfurter's demand that the Court go slowly in implementing desegregation; Warren used Frankfurter's suggestion that a 1955 decision (Brown II) include the phrase "all deliberate speed."[3]
The Brown decision of 1954 marked, in dramatic fashion, the radical shift in the Court's--and the nation's--priorities from issues of property rights to civil liberties. Under Warren the courts became an active partner in governing the nation, although still not coequal. Warren never saw the courts as a backward-looking branch of government.
The Brown decision was a powerful moral statement clad in a weak constitutional analysis; Warren was never a legal scholar on a par with Frankfurter or a great advocate of particular doctrines, as was Black. Instead, he believed that in all branches of government common sense, decency, and elemental justice were decisive, not stare decisis, tradition or the text of the Constitution. He wanted results. He never felt that doctrine alone should be allowed to deprive people of justice. He felt racial segregation was simply wrong, and Brown, whatever its doctrinal defects, remains a landmark decision primarily because of Warren's majestic interpretation of the equal protection clause to mean that children should not be shunted to a separate world reserved for minorities.
Although the ruling ultimately proved just and removed segregation, which had been unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, the ruling itself and how it came to that has been deemed controversial. Most of the controversy involved it being among the Warren Court's decisions to radically legislate from the bench and expanding judicial power significantly, which was itself a violation of the separation of powers. In addition, while they did correctly confirm that Separate but Equal violated the Fourteenth Amendment, they also utilized pop-psychology indicating that black children preferred a white doll over a black doll due to "confusion" caused by segregation, ironically because, while Fourteenth Amendment deemed it unconstitutional to actually segregate schools, it also doesn't have the constitutional power to outlaw segregated schools at the same time.[4] The ruling also ultimately set forth the path for far more rulings that deviated even further from the constitution and were ruled by a whim, starting with the next ruling, nicknamed Brown II, and by the 1960s stopped having any restraint via Mapp v. Ohio in 1961, which infamously resulted in evidence being excluded from a criminal court if it was gotten without a valid search warrant, despite the Police having their own separate duty to take action regarding those details, and Brown Shoe Co. v. United States, which deemed two shoe companies leading to an illegal monopoly despite the two companies combined market share of domestic production and sales only amounted to 4% and 2%, respectively.[5][6]
Further reading
- Patterson, James T. Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy (2001) online edition
- Powe, Lucas A.. The Warren Court and American Politics (2002) excerpt and text search
See also
- ↑ See Smithsonian, "Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education''
- ↑ For text see BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
- ↑ Robert L. Carter, "The Warren Court and Desegregation," Michigan Law Review, Vol. 67, No. 2 (Dec., 1968), pp. 237-248 in JSTOR
- ↑ Kevin Gutzman, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution (Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2007), 195.
- ↑ Paul Finkelman and Melvin I. Urofsky, Landmark Cases of the United States Supreme Court (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2003), 281.
- ↑ Jonathan Leaf, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Sixties (Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2009), 132-3.


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Rachel Zoe Project Season-Five Trailer Video
Rachel Zoe's TV Show Addresses Rumored Business Woes
A trailer for the new season of The Rachel Zoe Project, which premieres on March 6, sheds some light on rumors that its star's clothing line had lower-than-expected sales last year.
After following Zoe to Fashion Week in New York and Paris, camera crews capture Zoe getting bad news about the health of her label's sales.
"A lot of the pieces that go down the runway don't do well on a retail floor," says one of Zoe's associates about halfway through the teaser. Later, the stylist's husband and business partner, Rodger Berman, says, "I just want it to be commercially viable, that's all. . . . The legitimacy of our company is really at stake."
In August, Page Six reported that consumer interest in Zoe's line had "peaked" and that her show might not return to Bravo. But shortly after the network confirmed a fifth season of The Rachel Zoe Project, Zoe dismissed any speculation that her line was underperforming. "My business is up significantly. Just launched jewelry, things are going well," she said at the FABB conference in New York. "None of those points from the NY Post article were true, and it got picked up by everyone. Our retailers didn't even blink, though, because they know the truth."
Perhaps that confident statement means whatever caused concerns about Zoe's business was resolved. A look at the trailer, below.
Related: Rumor: Are Sales of Rachel Zoe's Clothing Line on the Decline? (Update)
Related: Rachel Zoe Fall 2012

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Wednesday, 4 June 2014
How To Dress Down ...Bajan style.
Posted by Reem Adeeb
The undeniably gorgeous Rihanna was honoured as "style icon" at the Council of Fashion Designers of America gala.....and she came wearing Harry Potter's invisibility cloak that had been jujed up for the occasion with tiny,shiny crystals.
Anybody left wondering what the gorgeous Bajan looks like under her clothing...need not bother any more...it is burned onto our retinas for good.
Yes... she is gorgeous, yes... she doesn't give a flying fig what anybody thinks of her ...and you know what?
Good on her.
I passed a better part of my life worrying about what other people think,what other people might say and it has taken me years to pluck up the courage to get over it and not give a......
The closest I ever came to wearing fishnets were stockings...thankfully.
The trophy was presented by the demure doyenne of fashion Anna Wintour who wields a lot of power and yet looks positively dowdy next to the statuesque,near naked beauty.
FYI: The would be "dress" is designed by Adam Selman and covered in 216,000 Swarovski crystals....
Onto the opposite side of the fashion spectrum:
Miley Cyrus...who while on tour and on stage in Norway,took things "up a notch" by wearing her leotard so far up her ...you could see Cleveland.
It actually managed to make "Camel Toe" look chic ..... and that, I must say, deserves an award all on it's own.


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Some days ago Matt and I had to deploy a rails application. This was an application that both Matt and I had no idea existed about 2 days before we ended up deploying it so we were quite looking forward to it on a very rainy wednesday! (Why does it always rain when I am deploying???)
A day before Matt had tried to deploy the application to staging to see whether we could test it out before production got her hands on it, but the staging environment had not been puppetised for this particular app. When we realised that deployment to staging might not possible, we spoke to our resident friendly release manager Aaron and laid out several plans. The first action was for me to test the shi^H^H^H hell out of the app locally (with production data) as much as I could while Matt tried his best to puppetise staging.
Early wednesday morning, I managed to test the app completely and ensured that the changes some awesome developer *cough* had made worked. Matt had also finished his spike with staging but no goodness. So we both looked at each other and decided to deploy it, to production herself.
Four hours, a plate of sushi and a coffee later, the thing had been deployed and we had ensured that it worked in production and informed the relevant parties!
From this all, I have learnt a few things:
1. Even though we both knew nothing about the app, I ensured that Matt was involved in it from the very beginning, and it helped a great deal. Springing deployment surprises on OPS is not cool and helps no one, least of all you as a developer. JIRA and Zendesk are cool, but nothing, nothing will actually substitute going over and talking to your fellow OPS people.
2. Puppet. Puppet is cool. The fact that we could quickly spike things in staging and decide whether to deploy there or not was simply because puppet allowed us that level of automation. Invest of in such tools, whether they be puppet, chef or babushka
3. We did not panic and delay the release when we found out that we could not test it in staging. We sat with Aaron and figured out the risks of each scenario and associated rollbacks. We did as much testing as we could do before hand and then went ahead with the deployment. To quote my colleague Jon Eaves, "Fear is the mind Killer".
Above all, it was great fun to work with Matt, and deploy something along the way :). This has made me realise that software development, and deployment, is amazingly rewarding when done with awesome people.
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The RS Components extensive range of buzzers are an exceptional addition to various applications which require a signalling device. Buzzers are used in many applications, such as microwave ovens, electric metronomes and even TV game shows. The decibel ratings we offer are varied, so there is certainly a model available for those hard to hear industrial workplaces.
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With a large selection to choose from, these buzzers are extremely durable and excellent quality. RS Components will only stock manufacturers who can provide customers reliability, which you will find within this range.


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Audit Status - Logon auditing is disabled
Posted 19 April 2018 - 04:08 PM
Posted 23 April 2018 - 09:51 AM
Did you check this article: https://www.netwrix.com/kb/1571 ?
This might have to do with Advanced Audit Policy settings vs Basic ones. ALE is checking Basic settings while Netwrix Auditor by default configures Advanced: https://helpcenter.n.../AD_Manual.html
The best way to check if auditing is configured on the DC is running an elevated command prompt and executing the following command: auditpol /get /category:*
Note that your DC must be 2008 or newer to run this command.
However I still find it strange that ALE has stopped showing lockouts since it shouldn't really matter which policies are configured - the most important thing is that events are logged. Please check if Security Event logs on your DCs are logging the following event ids: https://www.netwrix.com/kb/1348
Hope this helps.
Posted 24 April 2018 - 04:24 PM
Below are the results of auditpol /get /category:*.
Posted 24 April 2018 - 04:34 PM
ALE relies on events from the Account Management / User Account Management subcategory which is set to 'No Auditing' as per auditpol.
Please enable that subcategory (or the whole Account Management category) for Success on all DCs and see if it helps.
Posted 24 April 2018 - 06:14 PM
Below is the audit policy now. ALE is still showing the "Logon auditing is disabled" message.
Posted 24 April 2018 - 08:28 PM
I just got an Account Lockout email from ALE so this appears to be working despite the "Logon auditing is disabled" message still being present.
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If you are confident that auditing is properly configued on your DCs (and your auditpol looks correct), you can disable audit checks in ALE which should remove the error message from the status bar. Please see the last section of https://www.netwrix.com/kb/1571


text: Christian Identity, Jews, and Israel in 17th-Century England is a cultural history of seventeenth-century England. It assesses the complexity and fluidity of Christian identity from the reign of Elizabeth I and the early Stuart kings through the English Revolution, and into the Restoration, when the English Church and monarchy were restored. Throughout this tumultuous period, which included debate about readmission of the Jews, England was preoccupied with Jews and Israel. As the Reformation sharpened national identity and prompted reconsideration of the relation of Christianity to Judaism, English people showed intense interest in Jewish history and Judaism and appropriated biblical Israel's history, looking to the narratives in the Hebrew Bible, even as reformed Christianity was thought to be purged of Jewish elements. There was an unstable, shifting mix of identification and opposition, affinity and distance, in English attitudes towards Jews - a mix that held positive possibilities for Jewish/Christian relations as well as negative. Grounded in archival research, this book analyzes writings ranging from those of Foxe and Hooker to Milton and Dryden, from sermons to lyrics, from church polemic to proposals for legal and economic reform. Literary texts discussed include Herrick's Hesperides, Vaughan's Silex Scintillans, Bunyan's Grace Abounding , Milton's major prose and poems, and Dryden's Annus Mirabilis and Absalom and Achitophel . Attention is also paid to publications associated with James I, Charles I, and Cromwell, and writings by and about such figures as William Prynne, Gerrard Winstanley, Margaret Fell, George Fox, Menasseh Ben Israel, and self-proclaimed prophets such as John Rogers, Abiezzer Coppe, and Anna Trapnel.


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Blouse, may have ditched the synths and drum machines of its 2011 debut self-titled album with new Captured Tracks full-length, Imperium, but the sound remains as hazy and dreamy as ever. Now it's just backed by rippling reverb and distortion.
The misty Portland, Ore. dreampop trio makes siren calls that would entice a shipwrecked sailor, floating endlessly in a gurgling oceanic abyss. See? Wistful. Check first single, "A Feeling Like This" or next track "No Shelter" for that particular mental imagery. It's all there, the swashing of fuzz, the wide open minimalism à la xx, the delicate, teetering vocal tracks, and an uneasy feeling of isolation.
I asked Blouse frontperson Charlie Hilton about the band's new album, the local Portland music scene, going synth-less, and the albums they bonded over:
SFBG How did Blouse first come together?
CH Three years ago, I moved to Portland from LA and met Patrick in an intro design class at PSU. We became friends almost immediately and he started giving me rides home from school. We were always talking about music, about the bands we'd been involved in, about what we liked. Eventually we decided to play together in my living room a few nights a week.
I'd been writing since middle school, so I shared some of my recent work with him. We also worked on new songs, recording them on Garageband as we went, until his friend Jake heard the demos and thought we should all record together. Jake had produced some really great records, and he and Patrick had been in bands together in the past.
We felt a weird kind of urgency to do something together, so we went to a place called Jackpot Studios for two days, hung out, and worked on the songs. We decided on a band name, finished two tracks, and posted them on the Internet. It was only a couple of months later that we signed with Captured Tracks.
SFBG What songs or albums by other artists have you bonded over as a group?
CH The Dream Syndicate, Days of Wine and Roses. I had never met anyone who loved that record like I did, and then I saw it propped up at their house. It's funny how that can make you trust a person.
SFBG Why the shift from synths to a more guitar-focused sound on new album, Imperium?
CH We like guitars a lot and it was fun to see what we sounded like without the synths, to see whether or not we could remain ourselves.
SFBG Can you tell me about writing the song "No Shelter" off Imperium?
CH I was feeling really terrible at the time, for no reason. My husband and I had just bought a cabin in the mountains, and all I wanted to do was be there, away from everything and everybody. I was getting very addicted to this place in the forest, and I realized that I was using it to escape the dread inside me. Writing that song was just about coming to terms with that feeling, recognizing that it was there and that I couldn't really get away from it.
SFBG What inspired first single "A Feeling Like This?"
CH A mushroom trip in a white room.
SFBG Do you feel part of a Portland music community? Who are your closest contemporaries music-wise, in Portland and beyond?
CH Yes. I have so many friends in bands that I love. Wampire, WL, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Industrial Park, Hausu, Vice Device, Concrete Floor, Litanic Mask — just to name a few.
SFBG What's the most common misconception about Blouse?
CH That we all live together in the warehouse where we record music. I don't mind if people keep thinking that. It sounds fun. But no, we don't really. There's no shower.
SFBG Anything you're looking forward to on this West Coast tour?
CH I'm from LA so I always love going home to play Part Time Punks. Michael Stock was my favorite DJ when I lived there, so it was an absolute pleasure to meet him and do a session with KXLU last year. We'll be doing another one this time. I'm excited.
SFBG Is there anything else you'd like people to know about your band?
CH We're very Polish.
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Premier Gaming Network - The God of War: Ascension Rise of The Warrior challenge started only yesterday and already both Spartan and Trojans are reaching the milestone for the team challenge. Like last time, a reward for first to get there will be offered to the winning team, this time being a Single-player demo.
So prepared for this, I've been playing the demo from Recall and it's mad addictive. I hope this new one has more surprises.
Looks like Spartans are taking this one. Hyped to try out this new demo.
Just keep registering until you get on both teams and it's a win-win. Although the losing team will still get the demo early too, just not before the winning team.


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April 17, 1924 - February 2, 2013
Warwick, NY
John (Jack) Wade Pullen, of Warwick (formerly of Richmond Hill, Queens) passed away on February 2, 2013 at St. Anthony's Hospital. He was 88 years old.
Born on April 17, 1924 in Oakland, California, he was the son of the late James and Bessie (Shook) Pullen.
He was married to Antoinette (Ferriola) Pullen for 66 years.
He served in the U.S. Army Artillery during World War II. He was a retired Foreman with Bonded Packaging, Westbury, New York where he worked for 47 years.
He is survived by his wife, Antoinette Pullen of Warwick; two sons: Stephen C. Pullen of Warwick and Jeffrey Pullen of Queens; two grandchildren: Vito and Cindy; three great-grandchildren; a brother, James Pullen of Eugene, OR; and a sister, Dorothy Arnold of Albuquerque, NM.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, February 5th, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Avenue, Warwick. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by interment in Orange County Veterans Cemetery.
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Emergency mobile phone charger
February 16, 2007 by davidallen | 1 Comment
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We have seen quite few of these emergency mobile phone chargers come and go, yet this one looks to be more promising than the others, as it small, neat and you only need a single AA battery to power it, but even if the battery has little or no power, you will still be able to charge you phone up by using one of the many adapters that come with it in the box. Which makes this ideal for when traveling, as it will give you up to two hours battery power depending on how you are using your phone.
To charge your phone, you need no mains connection, you simply slip your AA battery into the mobile charger, connect your phone using the matching connector for your phone, connect the other end to the charger, and that is it the phone should be charging now and will be indicated by the phones own icon.
The cost of this life saving device, is a mere £6 or $10 US.
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Revival: The Curse of Self-righteousness
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. –Philippians 3:13-14
Self-righteousness is terrible among God's people. If we feel that we are what we ought to be, then we will remain what we are. We will not look for any change or improvement in our lives. This will quite naturally lead us to judge everyone by what we are. This is the judgment of which we must be careful. To judge others by ourselves is to create havoc in the local assembly.
Self-righteousness also leads to complacency. Complacency is a great sin…. Some have the attitude, "Lord, I'm satisfied with my spiritual condition. I hope one of these days You will come, I will be taken up to meet You in the air and I will rule over five cities." These people cannot rule over their own houses and families, but they expect to rule over five cities. They pray spottily and sparsely, rarely attending prayer meeting, but they read their Bibles and expect to go zooming off into the blue yonder and join the Lord in the triumph of the victorious saints. Rut, Rot or Revival: The Condition of the Church, 10-11.
"Lord, keep me from the curse of self-righteousness. Show me my sin and need for continued growth. If revival is to come, it needs to start with me, and it won't start unless I'm constantly reminded of my need. Amen."
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UC Davis Graduate School of Management to offer Master of Professional Accountancy
Degree program meets new education requirements for CPA candidates
(Davis, CA) — The UC Davis Graduate School of Management will become the first University of California school to offer a master's degree in professional accountancy—a response to major changes in educational requirements and the resulting need for improved training of certified public accountants in California.
"We are delighted we can now offer this degree," said Steven Currall, dean of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.
"The degree will provide a vital educational offering for the residents of California, as well as serve as a valuable component of the Graduate School of Management's academic portfolio and business model. Offering this degree is both timely and essential."
The first students will be admitted in fall 2012, Currall said.
The establishment of the new degree comes on the heels of new educational requirements for those seeking to become a CPA. A California law passed in 2009, Senate Bill 819, significantly revised the educational requirements for CPAs. The new law requires, starting in 2014, an additional year of post-secondary education before a candidate can become a CPA in California.
Students with a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, and who meet the minimum entrance requirements, may apply to the master's degree program. The Graduate School of Management accepts the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test) or the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) in its application process
The MPAc program, largely designed around California's new law, would require students to pass an examination after advancing to candidacy, and at the end of all coursework, in order to receive the degree.
Robert Yetman, associate professor and faculty director of the MPAc program at UC Davis, said there are great employment opportunities for graduates of an MPAc program because the demand for highly trained accountants in California exceeds the supply.
"Already some accounting firms in California only interview and hire students who meet these new requirements," he said.
UC Davis will begin accepting applications for the new degree Dec. 15. Other deadlines are Feb. 15, 2012; March 31, 2012; and June 1 if space is available.
For more information about the MPAc program, visit gsm.ucdavis.edu/MPAc
About the UC Davis Graduate School of Management
The UC Davis Graduate School of Management is consistently ranked among the premier business schools in the United States and internationally. The school has nearly 600 MBA students enrolled in Full-Time MBA and Working Professional MBA programs on the UC Davis campus, in Sacramento and in the San Francisco Bay Area. U.S.News & World Report ranks UC Davis among the top 6 percent of MBA programs in the nation. The Economist ranks the school's faculty quality No. 6 in the world. Learn more at gsm.ucdavis.edu.
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NORMAL, Ill. (AP) Junior forward Ethan Wragge was 6 of 9 from 3-point range for his 18 points to lead No. 16 Creighton to a 79-72 victory over Illinois State on Wednesday night.
Grant Gibbs had 16 points for the Bluejays (13-1, 2-0 Missouri Valley Conference), while leading scoring Doug McDermott (23.5 points per game) finished with 15 points and nine rebounds.
Tyler Brown and Bryant Allen each scored 15 points to lead the Redbirds,(9-5, 0-2).
Creighton led 42-39 at halftime, although Illinois State mounted a furious run that culminated with a 3-pointer by Nick Zeisloft with 2 seconds left to make it a three-point game.
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The world gets dangerous when we start to think about people in terms of generalizations rather than individuals.
My father once told me that if you had told him as a teenager that one day he would marry a white woman, he would have told you that you were out of your mind.
Then look at how happy his love for a "white woman" made him.
My father once told me a story about something that happened to him and my mother in the mid 1970s just before I was born.
My parents were driving home from somewhere in the early evening. Not quite dark yet, but getting there I believe. My dad turned to my mom and said, "I think those ladies behind us are following us." My mom didn't believe him and said he was just being paranoid. But as they kept driving, it became evident that there were two "old ladies" following them.
My father turned down a few side streets and the car followed. So he turned into a gas station and they followed. After a few minutes of this game of cat and mouse, my mom said, "I am tired; let's just go home." So they drove home forgetting about the ladies.
My father sat down to watch television and my mother went upstairs to wash her face and change into her pajamas. After about 10-15 minutes, there was a knock at the door. My father went to answer it, and on the front porch stood a police officer. The police officer began questioning my Dad. Had he recently driven his car anywhere? Where had he gone? How long had he been home?
Finally, my father said, "Officer, is there a problem? It is late, and I would like to go to bed." Finally the officer asked, "Was there a white woman with you in the car?" My Dad, an elementary school physical education teacher (not that that really should matter here) turned and yelled up the stairs, "Paula, would you please come down here."
My mother joined him at the front door and my father put his arm around her and said, "Officer, this white woman is my wife."
It is hard for many to imagine that a black man just driving in a car with a white woman can be suspicious to some people. Our media and society tell us repeatedly that racism is a thing of the past, but the reality is that it thrives now probably stronger than ever.
Does that mean that #blacklivesmatter is an essential and productive rallying cry? Or that whites need to be schooled in the pitfalls of #whiteprivilege?
No. I don't think hashtags have anything to do with it.
The hate will stop when we start seeing people as individuals, not as a race, a religion, a socioeconomic status, a gender, a sexuality, or even a profession.
The notion that police officers are power-hungry racist pigs is just as damaging to our collective psyche as racial slurs. These days there is so little respect and reverence given to those in what were once considered prestigious positions: police officers, teachers, doctors, and even the president. Just as so little respect is given to young black men in particular as the world seems to approach them as guilty until proven innocent.
Why did we as a society let a few bad apples spoil the bunch when it comes to these generalizations?
Why are we raising children to think that most police officers are not driven to protect and serve, that teachers are only in it for the pension and summers off, that the internet knows better than most doctors, and that most presidents are figureheads that only push corporate agendas?
There's more to life and more to people than these generalizations.
Most terrifying to me is that police officers now have to walk with the added fear that much of the public they serve is skeptical at best. But if you turn off the television, radio, and computers and just look around, you will find goodness in these people, in all people even.
I was so deeply moved looking at the photographs again from that horrific moment in American History: September 11, 2001. But this time, after 14 years, I was most captured by the first responders. I saw a photograph of a member of the NYPD comforting a bleeding ash-covered woman. His care and concern amidst the chaos was so beautiful.
We, as a country, continue to heal from the September 11 attacks and from the train of questionable police killings. Yet it is important to remember that as we work to root out police officers, who do not deserve the uniform that they wear, that there are far more police officers that serve with pride and deserve our respect for the sacrifices they make for others.
I want to thank Sergeant Tim Devine from the Linwood Police department in Linwood, NJ for giving my four children the royal treatment this week during a tour that I scheduled just for my four children, whom I now homeschool. Sgt. Devine and the other members of the Linwood police did not blink an eye showing a 2,4,6, and 8-year-old the fingerprinting machine, offices, holding cell, and even a very dangerous reindeer Christmas decoration rescued from the town bike path.
He popped his hat on the kids and let them sit in the police cruiser, while I took photos. They didn't just see the radar gun, but got the chance to use it to clock the speed of an officer who drove in a circle 6-8 times to give everyone a turn, including me. The kids went home with a smile and a copy of their fingerprints to boot!
I don't write this to belittle the cases of Eric Garner,Freddie Gray or Michael Brown or any other black man or woman treated unjustly by police officers. (Everyone deserves just treatment under the law.)
I write this as a reminder that we are all individuals.
Maybe too if we stopped scaring our urban youth straight as teenagers and showed them this kind of care and attention at a young age…things could be different…for everyone.


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By Elise Labott
After weeks of fiery rhetoric, military saber rattling and threats against the United States and South Korea, North Korea seems downright quiet and willing to dial back the tension.
Fears Kim Jong Un would test a long-range missile have given way to an easing of his daily war threats, and North Korea has produced a list of conditions for dialogue.
In exchange for returning talks, North Korea wants the lifting of U.N. sanctions, the end of the U.S.-South Korea military drills, the withdrawal of U.S. nuclear strike capabilities from the region and a halt on criticism of the North. It also wants a South Korean apology for offending its leadership.
Still, even the subtle shift in tone is an improvement to the war footing Pyongyang was on just weeks ago.
So what gives?
It could just be the well-oiled pattern by the North in which hyper threats and provocations, such as nuclear and missile tests, are typically followed by a cooling off period in which the regime sits back and waits to be rewarded for backing down.
Moreover, U.S.-South Korea military drills ended Tuesday, which were a major cause of North Korea's angst.
Photos: Militaries and Korean tensions
But Korea watchers also know the road to North Korean compliance runs through Beijing.
During his trip to Asia last month, Secretary of State John Kerry placed premium importance on getting China to rein in North Korea.
While in the region Kerry said China had a vital role to play in getting North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons, calling China the "lifeline to North Korea."
"I believe China needs to become more engaged in this effort," Kerry has said since visiting Beijing. "Absent China coming to that table, I believe President Kim Jong Un calculates, literally calculates, that 'I can get away with anything if China isn't going to hold me accountable.'"
China, North Korea's largest economic partner and most important political backer, has been reluctant to pressure the North Korea.
China's main fear is that a collapse of the Kim regime could see the unification of the Korean Peninsula, which could put the American military at its doorstep. Beijing also doesn't want thousands of refugees crossing into China.
But after North Korea ignored China's warnings last December against launching a rocket into space, Beijing started losing its patience.
Then, after North Korea launched its third nuclear test in February, China supported stiff economic sanctions at the United Nations.
"Beijing's messages are not getting through and that is causing concern," one senior official said. "We think that is the main aspect for China's actions. And sure our diplomacy is playing a role as well."
Nuclear weapons: Who has what?
In recent months there has been an open and critical debate in China over its relationship with North Korea, which would have been unthinkable only a few years ago.
Once a politically sensitive topic considered off limits, online columnists and Chinese on social media now open ponder the question of whether China's relationship with North Korea should be sacrosanct.
"For the first time in years, there is reason to hope China may be more helpful. Beijing is clearly exasperated with the North. The new Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, is more decisive than his predecessor. His new foreign policy team views Pyongyang with a jaundiced eye after years of mopping up the diplomatic messes," wrote Michael Green, Victor Cha and Christopher Johnson in a CNN blog post.
The writers are all former U.S. officials who now work at the Center for International Strategic Studies.
Kerry's warm public talk about China's helpfulness came, however, with tough talk and a not-so-subtle threat: reign in the North Koreans or expect the U.S. military buildup in the region to continue.
Obviously, if the threat disappears, the same imperative does not exist at that point in time for us to have that kind of robust, forward-leaning posture of defense," Kerry said in Beijing, referring to a nuclear-free North Korea. "And it is our hope in the short run that we can address that."
There are small, but encouraging, signs that Beijing got the message and is ready to work seriously with the U.S. on diplomatic efforts to rein in the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
South Korea: Joint military drills with U.S. over, but vigilance on North remains
Wu Dawei, China's special representative for North Korea policy, visited Washington this week for several days of consultations with Glyn Davies, the State Department's envoy for North Korea. U.S. officials say Davies is expected to meet with Wu again in Beijing next month.
Transfers of money from North Korean entities in China back to Pyongyang have slowed, as have customs checks at the borders, according to experts and officials. U.S. officials say that China has taken additional measures to crack down on the North, but would not be specific about them in order to build trust with their Chinese counterparts.
How much Kerry's backroom diplomacy with China was a factor in North Korea's calmer behavior has yet to be determined. Some U.S. officials acknowledge China is singing a helpful tune, but have yet to see serious moves by Beijing that would indicate they are putting serious pressure on the regime.
"We believe the views the Chinese have expressed publicly about North Korea are also being expressed privately," one senior U.S. official said. "Whether they are having an effect on North Korea, we don't know. I don't think we can say it's promising or not at this stage."
Other factors are also at play. Spring is typically the time of year North Korea's military returns to the fields for planting. With North Korea's economy in tatters, the military does double duty as farmers, laborers and manufacturers.
And there is the unfortunate realization that North Korea's time out, however welcome, is just that - a time out. Although Pyongyang is undoubtedly pleased the U.S.-South Korea military exercises are over, officials and experts are worried North Korea will feel more emboldened once again.
"This can go on for months with North Korea where nothing is happening or tomorrow they could launch a missile," one senior U.S. official said.
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I find it fascinating that 99% of those posting claim to know what goes on in the administration of the DPRK, what discussions they have with the Chinese, when, and if, the DPRK will "attack" the US, and or the West, south Korea,etc. Not to speak of all, or most the citizens of the DPRK are starving. Yet none of the nations which have diplomatic missions in Pyongyang (e.g. Sweden, Germany, the UK, Brazil, India) make similar statements about the citizens they see every day. In addition, no nation announced that Kim Jong IL, had died until the official announced was made by the government, two days after it occurred.
And, what was the US saying for almost 40 years to the government of the DPRK, besides "do it our way." when they had not yet begun researching a plan for nuclear armament? We have only ourselves to blame for the, apparent uptick in tension. After all, they are stronger and more confident now. And are aware the US is getting more and more bogged down in overseas adventures.
While some of what you say may be true, you and many are missing the point. Which is, DPRK, or what will be Northern Korea, doesn't need a military because it has nothing anyone wants, nothing to defend, and no one wants to attack them. So with all those facts being true and well out in the open, the only reason left and sole purpose for their military is aggression. Failing to carry out their aggressive posturing leaves the management looking like fools or bad managers because they spend their funds on unneeded resources instead of trying to boost economic gain and public welfare, such as adding heat and air conditioning to public schools, which they do not have at this time.
Let North Korea take the fall. If they want weapons so bad that they underfeed their own people then why should the USA or any other country help them?
North Korea wants what? They should get nothing. Someone needs to covertly go into North Korea and destroy all the machinery that help produce the things to make their nukes.
That should not be too difficult. Every country knows how the machinery in North Korea works because none of it says "Made in North Korea"
China told him to hush up or else. Plus Kimmie found out that the Boston PD has better equipment that he has.
I might agree with one thing "hornbill" thinks but asian rehtoric is liken to asian rehtoric only a kind of closed loop a "feedback loop" free performance.
I think China have had enough of Kim Jong Un's childish pranks. And because China is being undeservingly dragged into the center of this North Korea stupid, reckless, self indulging controversy.
Chinaá 'friendhip' with North Korean is just like US with Israel – the billions of dollars yearly aid given to Israel. But even US has a limit of tolerance for Israel's tough stand, as Pres Obama had previously let known to Israel.
An implosion is imminent. But it needs to be fueled by outsiders. A implosion would bring peace to the Peninsula, and importantly save the lives of millions of starving North Koreans living outside Pyongyang. These folks are invisible to the jaded military leaders and fat boy Kim Jong Un.
One sht-rag is not the same as another. Example: a tool of Al-Q vs. talking about the sht-rag which sole purpose has been proven to be a pridictable tool in the terrorist model e.g. actual "terrorism" in action vs. just talking about the reality of terror. What does the Supreme Court say about that considering "we" are at war& we are engaged in the "War on terror". It is one thing to breath it is another thing to not breath it is also @ the same time for individuals of a third party to talk about the last breath a former friend took. Labeling the place where crimes & acts of war take place is not the same as commiting those crimes and acts of war on a proven basis.
is not a time tested purpose built tool for terror
Mother china gave them a stern and harsh pull of both ears and maybe a slap across their butt.
One thing is to rock the boat a little in the name of all-things-red, but another very different thing is to trip the financial markets because of a boastful and vociferous youth.
Kick the plug out of the wall on complex just after telling china face to face this clown is too dangerious to encourage. I have more too say but the levers are there to be pulled.
The NK management, run by Baby Nook, continues to remind me of the Star Trek Next Generation episode when the Enterprise encounters a ship operated by "The Paklids". Here is an excerpt of the script: "...Commander William T. Riker: What brings you so far from home?
Pakled Captain Grebnedlog: We look for things.
Commander William T. Riker: What were you looking for?
Pakled Captain Grebnedlog: Things we need.
Commander William T. Riker: Can you be more specific?
Pakled Captain Grebnedlog: Things that make us go. We need help.
Commander William T. Riker: What is the nature of your mission?
Pakled Captain Grebnedlog: We look for things. .."
Does not this sound familiar and on the level of the mentality of the North Korean management?
I Sincerely hope we do not give this tyrant anything it's time to stop coddling this petulant child... they expect that if they throw fits for a while they can demand something for acting less crazy? Forget that, give them nothing but a big middle finger
He's quiet because Dennis Rodman told him that a 10,000 pound bomb can melt any lad of fat hidden 100 yeards under ground!
North Korea accomplished their mission, they took the Kaesong industrial park, worth hundreds of millions of Western Dollars! Wake up people, this facility turned into military industrial complex will make North Korea millions in trade with China. China's need for their growing military is staggering. Once South Korea pulled out their last people from the joint complex the North's rhetoric stopped! Keep an eye on Kaesong and see for yourselves what happens.
You are silly. It is all just a talk. They know the consequences if they do silly stuff with USA. Don't they know saddam and Bin Laden. I know you hate Pres. Obama–his policies are JUST GREAT. I am glad I supported and voted for Obama. True.
Correct. The NK Management (not considered an intelligent responsible government) does not have the intelligence to perform that task.
The North Koreans cannot run the Kaesong complex without the electrical and water resources that have been supplied by South Korea. Now if they used nuclear power for electricity, and could deliver that electricity as far south as Kaesong, they might be able to at least power it. The region has about 50,000 North Korean workers living in it that were working in Kaesong. For now, SK is going to keep the electricity and water going for the residents as a sign of good faith in hopes that it will reopen in the future. As for China, its probably too far away from the northern border to be of use. Better to build something (as they're doing now) close to the northern border for trade with China. Many people believe the whole point of all this war mongering was an excuse to close Kaesong. The reason? They were afraid of the influence of the South Koreans (information mainly about the far better quality of life in the south) on the NK workers there. This kind of information can be a real problem in a totalitarian regime where knowledge truly is power. Also, it looks like their leader was so powerful on the world stage that nobody dared to confront or challenge him. Or it looks like their leader was so brilliant that they staved off war because of his negotiating abilities. Whatever the outcome NK will spin it so entrench him as their idol leader. This is crucial in a regime such as theirs. They did exactly the same for his father and grandfather. The whole thing is orchestrated by people under him, experienced experts well versed in the manipulation of the masses.
The only hope of any peace in the region will come from China. They have the leverage, they have the power, they have the influence. The best thing that could happen probably would be for China to take over North Korea and use it as a pool for cheap labor. I'm sure SK would much rather have China for a neighbor than North Korea! Of course the Americans would cringe at China expanding their power in the region but it might be the lesser of 2 evils. At least China isn't totally nuts.
Nort korean peoples do like the south korean lifestyle North korea goverment dont like that thinking My solution is unity no more communism
South Korea supplies the electricity to that complex. Shut the power off and NK will have to get generators from China.
This Korean guy is just like a junior Obama but without all the money, political influence and world wide media. He's world is on a smaller scale.
Are you REALLY comparing a tyrant, an oppressor and murderer with the president of the USA? the leader of the free world? are you retarded or something? i guess you must not like your freedom, oh and dont give us the "freedom for security" answer, in NK people get murdered just for thinking outside the box, think that before even trying to compare the USA and its leaders with a maniac.
God bless America & the free world!
Killing millions of innocent people all to preserve the "PetroDollar" to keep our economy rolling... Land Of The Free...Home Of The Brave...If we could only rid ourselves of the people controlling the Federal Reserve, only at that point would we be free...only then could we actually be proud once again. Why don't we all demand to our senators and our congressmen that the federal reserve be audited, and in the mean time lets drill our own oil and stop conquering the middle east and forcing them to sell oil in U.S. Dollars only, Our military is large enough now, that we don't have to continue murdering people to keep our economy rolling via the "PetroDollar"
joke of the year
@hender1123,no comparison bud..Pres.Obama against all who ignorently post here is a chess player and against posters as Stephen and others state does have a set of brass cajones..He's not the maniacal leader of our country as Reagan was before being diagnosed with alzheimers,dementia cutting over 70% of our discreditionary spending to fund his ICBM missile race against Russia that stopped building years before because of going broke ..Or Bushs wars with lies created to help Cheney and others with multibillion dollar no bid contracts in Iraq with Halliburton others at our expense!! He just quietly had BinLaden exterminated about a year ago and if he hadn't spoke later about it publicly you've never had known would yah because of a media leak!!You'd never would have seen that from Bushs office or Reagans as well because they funded the terrorists that are attacking us today and Bushs ,Reagans administrations know it!!We trained afghan rebels ,supplied them with arms against Russia in the 80s and sold serin gas to Kadafi and Hussein as well to use to kill their own people..So don't go after Pres.Obama about drones because they were in the skies well before he took office and if a republican was in 1600 Pennsylvania ave you wouldn't be screaming would yah,probibly proclaiming like Bushs ignorent rant of MISSION ACCOMPLISHED,well over 10 years ago,what ignorence ,delushional thinking as well from republicans but that inherient isn't it!!
I think the "not-so-subtle" threat actually got China's attention. And they (the Chinese) really asked themselves one really good question. Is this country REALLY worth all the effort? No.
Duh, North Korea stopped because this pattern of threats and backing down is what they do every spring to negotiate free goodies from the west that they want to blow up.
Keep turning the screws and ignore the fatman's demands, China will fall in place.
Kim the Midget just got bored. He's probably busy with the latest version of Call to Duty.
I think North Korea management (I do not acknowledge it as a responsible country leadership ), used up all the English words they knew.
Yes , kink kong one , he's just a big fat spoiled dummy... and when he will think to hit seriously another country, he will be vanish before he finish drying his .....
"North Korea has produced a list of conditions for dialogue." LOL
He said WHAT IS DIALOGUE ::))) lol lol lol
and now he his asking his boothside wakoo , what do they mean with LOL
the all answer ,," daw
You mean "rein in", not "reign in". You got in wrong twice. and of course, not rain in"
CNN, if "It could just be the well-oiled pattern by the North in which hyper threats and provocations, such as nuclear and missile tests, are typically followed by a cooling off period in which the regime sits back and waits to be rewarded for backing down," then why were you screaming "CRISIS IN NORTH KOREA" all over your broadcast the other week? Hmm? Ratings? Because I don't really think anybody outside of the ratings-hungry press considered it a crisis. How about you calm the hell down and just, you know, report the news? Maybe then, instead of needing to scream for attention, you'll get attention for your integrity. Or maybe I'm asking too much.
Amen x 2
Yeah and the Boston bombing is probably more important because NK is just bluffing.
Thanks sushimaster
You're right USAMarine. My little sister could write that better and she is 2 yrs old
NK went quiet because the Boston bombing took headline. The whole NK thing was pumped up by the press to get ratings.
You know when a little brat is throwing a tantrum and you just ignore him? He eventually runs out of steam.
Yes I think we can call it a rag. It looks like it was written by a kid in preschool.
Oh ad by the way, the phrase IS "rein in."
So who are we blaming for this third grade article? I forget if it is the writer or editor's fault. Either way, CNN should really have more self-respect than to publish something like this with grammar mistakes, misspellings, and poor punctuation. Though it is online, and not in print, may we still call it a rag?
Thank you, and that concludes this brief editorial.
You guys should all get lives and get over a dumb article! I mean seriously. NO ONE CARES what you think of Kim Jong Un. He is a half-baked idiot who waddles around threatening the world military power.
Ignor him, don't do business with N Korea. It's always a business issue. If he starts something-finish it-fast. China shouldn't need to worry about refugees. I'm sure the only ones running away from a reunited Korea are the few "elite" that benifit from a divided country.
You, Sir, are hyphen-challenged, aren't you?
I highly recommend you get a second opinion... on your opinions.
If he wants to destroy North Korea, keep talking. And who does this idiot's hair?
Same person who did his father's.
What's wrong with you – You don't think his bowl cut is super cool and worldly???? lol
The Boston bombing happened and the media outlets of the world turned to that. North Korea was never in a war position nor was it ever going to do anything.
I totally agree. NK could be potentially lulling the US, and SK, to lowering their guard. NK's demands' of the lifting of UN sanctions, along with discontinuation of joint US/SK military exercises, and the removal of US n' SK nuclear weapons, is just a ploy to catch the US n' SK, with their guard down.
@Chris516,our president and military are never lulled to sleep or complacency by a spoiled brat masquerading as a dictator in UN..He's made his bed internationally with his empty threats and if he doesn't follow through he'll just be following what his past predecessors had done basicly the same to the letter...He will also today lose face as a sort of paper tiger of sorts being held in a lower level of respect by other Asian nations simply because he didn't follow through and make America or S Korea back off on sanctions just to appease him..This prisoner in Bae will eventually be released if cooperation and mutual respect come from foriegn affairs that handle this type of sensitive subject with a life at stake and Pres.Carter probibly will be that man that'll be the go between negotiating for this Americans release,just see how long it takes after pressure is applied to N Korea and they'll ask if talks can be made,they'll need too !!
i feel like the media and the u.s. are instigating this issue a lot more than it has to be. All koreans want to be unified; all this war propaganda is repelling one another. North, South, at the end of the day they are all still koreans. any casualties between the koreas is irrational, they should have talks of unification and compromise
Good article, but please - it is "rein" in, not "reign" in. Sheesh...
Li'l Kim on the main page photo: "Oh Hai..."
I heard he wet his pants and won't come out for a while
The North Koreans only have one more card to play in their poker hand and if they play it their country as they know it will cease to exist. The card they are holding is their nuclear card, but as audacious as they have been to date they are not foolish enough to play it! Its permanent a game changer for the leadership and they know it only to well.
What I think REALLY HAPPENED is that while we (USA) got our attention diverted a couple weeks ago, North Korea actually gave us a sound thrashing and the war was over so fast we didn't realize what had happened.
We were brilliantly defeated militarily, economically, ideologically, politically, and morally. And how could the outcome have been otherwise? I mean with the third generation of brilliant, "Dear Leader"ship North Korea has in Kim "Ill-Wind" Jong Un, the outcome of their glorious victory was never in question.
Now North Korea can turn its attention to the rest of the war-mongering "other" countries in order to defend its joyful and prosperous country against whatever Kim "Ill-Wind" Jong Un dreams up next to make himself look even greater as he threatens to fight to the last drop of his people's blood. Either there will be more conquering and redeeming victories or Ill-Wind may push for new policies to help feed North Korea's people so their "Dear Leader" will not be the only person in photographs who actually looks overweight. You never know.
Kim Jong Un has Arec Bardwin.....ar naaaaaaar
Team America? No? .....sigh
F*** yeah!
Now what is CNN going to go on and on and on about other than planting ideas in people's heads what happened at the Boston MArathon. We have lost truth and integrity. We are sinking into hatred and violence. America about peace and democracy. HA!
Cleary, the omnipresent "Sword of Damacles" swings closer and closer. I'm so terrified!! Our only hope for salvation is to quadruple the "defense" budget!!!
All Americans are experts on foreign affairs. Though, most don't get past the cornfields of fly-over country. They're reduced to quivering masses of jello by the horror stories they hear on fox "news."
They're to dumb to know they're being played like fools.
Eeeek! There's a victory mosque on 9/11 in NYC!!! Only half of them could find NYC on a map.
You are embarrassing yourself. Insulting people is not a valud argument.
"Valid" not "valud"
They only have gas and supplies to keep at it for a week or so........
Dear North Korea,
Concerning your five conditions for agreeing to talk. No, no, no, no, and no. Thank you.
The rest of the world
Indeed. Someone should tell the young Un to go shtup his pretty wife and quit trying to shtup around the U.S. ... before he finds a drone launched Hellfire missile coming through his bedroom window. If he can't get his wife hot, that missile sure will.
Attention to all North Korean
To solved your problem with your stupid dickTator , kick him out of the country and get yourself a life!!!
North Korea was never the noise to begin with...CNN was. After Boston, CNN had to find another story. CNN is about jumping from story to story....just take Fukashima....this was a major event in our world and after a few weeks it went away and never came back. CNN is the journalist's version of Attention Deficit Disorder.
We've only been telling you (CNN) since the story began that this would happen. Where YOU BEEN.....CNN?
I am not worried... nothing in Korea has ever worked anyways... HAHAHAHAH
Other reasons for why NK went to the background is because of the Boston bombings (non-nuclear), building collapse in Malaysia and Jason Collins coming out of the closet....things that actually happened.
Oh now they want to settle down? Should wipe them off the map anyway, shut them up permanently.
Someone must have given him a binky!
YOU get the *Best Post* award!
All staged by Un to look like the end of our military exercises is a result of NK leaders threats. To make him look like he is a "great leader". I say let's deal with them now or we will have to in 3 to 5 years when they DO have nukes on tall missiles and guidance systems to go with them. Iran is watching and measuring us.
Everyone was so scared OOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Or perhaps fat boy realized after the Boston bombing that the U.S. might be on a hair-trigger and decided it would be prudent to shut up.
let them starve
Isn't the phrase "rein in", not "reign in"? Neither being particularly flattering to N. Korea. but the former is a lot more subtle and probably reflecting the relationship better. If folks really want everyone to learn English, perhaps we should start with the native speakers...
Yes, it's "rein in" as in what you do with a horse.
Kim Jong Zzzzzz.. or maybe actually Kim Jong Phht!
Personally, I think this is more frightening than their threats.....
Let's hope Mr Un doesn't read cnn.com and think "Oh yeah! That's what I forgot. Starting a nuclear war. Thanks CNN."
Acts just like a childish brat, when you take away the attention and ignore them for a while.
"During his trip to Asia last month, Secretary of State John Kerry placed premium importance on getting China to reign in North Korea."
Doesn't CNN require its reporters to have at least a basic working knowledge of English?
If it doesn't rein them in, it will find its reign as a respected news source in jeopardy.
Rein/Reign...when you're a journalist in the 21st century, these things just don't matter anymore.
I wood agree with you, but I have two go eat desert now.
Why don't you get a life and not worry about one word in a story. You knew what the author was saying. Be annal retentive some place else.
The word is anal. If this was an attempt at tongue-in-cheek humor, please disregard.
Annal........I see what ya did there.........clever (sarcastic smirk)
Chill out Steve...almost sounds like you helped right the story. HAHAHA
The little guy and his old guard generals know that if a war did break out all of their fat cat privileges would go down the tubes no to mention their "beloved" country. That and the fact that they see that China is going to let a bunch of volunteers rush to their aid like they did in the 50's. The Chinese whether they want to admit it or not know have the full meaning of money talks and BS walks imbedded in their minds. We supply the money and NK supplies the BS.
*sound of crickets*.............................................................................................
The calm before the storm...
Right, so they won't expect it if we just wipe them from the earth. We'd be doing them a favor and South Korea could expand.
Where is CNN's article on Bengazhi and how Obama is looking into Government officials gagging people trying to talk????
@bobo,just another republican attempt to derail,deface Hillary because their party has no one to compete aginst her,that's fact if she runs for president in 2016..And remember republicans clean up your own tainted pasts before speaking hypocritical of others because I know of more than 2 maniacal expresidents in Reagan,Bush who had more killed on their watchs as presidents in embassy bombings than Benghazi as well as overseas wars,conflicts that killed thousands of innocents and again they're are verifiable facts as well!!
Simple. Because China told Kim to knock it off.
They are probably just waiting for the Boston bombing headlines to give up some front page real estate in order to become the center of attention again. Empty and improbable threats simply cannot compete with actual recent events.
I think they made a round of threats, found that no one was paying attention to them because of the Boston Marathon Bombing, went to their room to sulk and are now back asking when dinner's going to be ready.
Simple..that fat litttle midget is being ignored by the US. We don't care.
It's pretty obvious to me. Kerry went to China and told them we would lay waste to North Korea if Un so much as twitched.
NK probably shut up because China finally told them to do so.
China to "reign in" North Korea? Will China be sitting on a throne with a robe, a crown, and a scepter? Won't Kim be a little upset with China reigning in NK? Maybe we could convince China to back down a bit with their nationalistic aggression and simply "rein in" North Korea instead?
It's important not to reward NK for its tantrums.
I dont think there will a warning when theres a plan. But at least this news woke up the world on the type of danger or near war situations we can be in from one day to another.
I say start another round of drills. He needs to learn his place in this world. It's high time they get a dose of their own medicine. When China realizes that democracy isn't their enemy will be a great day and that a united democratic Korea won't threaten them.
They have been doing the same thing for the last 40 years. They learned it from the USS Pueblo incident back in 1968. North Korea still has some of the same leaders from back then. They cause an incident or cause tension and wait for the money or rice to flow in at the bargaining table. Same pattern just a new leader in charge.
Let's say you're walking down the street with your child on a nice, sunny afternoon and everything is going fine when, all of a sudden, your child starts throwing rocks at people. You tell the child that he/she just lost his/her TV privileges for a week. The child starts throwing a tantrum and when you tell the child to stop it, the child responds by saying that he/she will stop if you give the child back the TV privileges. If you accept that offer, you'd be a fool not to expect the same thing to happen again.
Exactly. I would be out of control if my parents were that lenient coming up. Let's just sit and wait to see when what happens after Kim Jong Un balls drop.


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I have 46 bound volumes that include issues from 1961 - 1983. I would like to know if these are worth trying to sell or if I should donate them to the library. Can anyone give me an opinion on this? Thanks!
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Hi Terry
Bound volumes are worth only a fraction of what single monthly issues are. Also the number of magazines issued in the 1960's was over 2.5 million every month and swelled to over 10 million per month by the 80's.. Needless to say those years have hardly any monetary value and their only value is the intrinsic value their owners put on them for their beauty. Most libraries have gotten rid of their Nat Geo Magazines and have gone to digital collections.. I hope this info helps you out...
Yes that was a big help. Thanks so much!!
Phil was on the mark with his comment, but I'd also like to add food for thought.
There is a chance, albeit small, that someone is looking for the exact binding you have. If your collection is well bound and its condition is immaculate, you just might get lucky to find the right buyer on eBay. It's worth a shot, at least for a little while, before you discard the books.
As an example: I desire to have a complete individual collection and a complete bound collection. Many years ago, my bound collection ended with the year 1980. I finally located the company that purchased the company "that purchased the company (second purchase is correct)" that had originally bound that portion of my collection from 1947 through 1980.
After some negotiations, I agreed to attempt to have bound the remaining years of my collection in two phases. To make a long story short - the first phase didn't go so well so I didn't attempt the second phase. Now my bound collection ends at 1995.
However, if those volumes after 1995 should pop up on eBay, I'd consider making the purchase.
As so many things are on eBay - it's all in the timing.
Good luck!
Thanks so much for your input. I do not intend to trash them but just wondered if anyone was looking for such a collection. I will donate them to our local library that has already said they would take them. Again, thanks for taking the time to comment - much appreciated.
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This isn't our gift-giving model around here, but this has to be one of the best examples of viral marketing I've seen.
Okay, here's a pet peeve: what is it with women buying gifts for themselves "from" their husbands? If you buy it yourself, it isn't a present. Also: what is it with couples buying themselves a joint present? That's not a present, it's a joint purchase. A present is something given.
We're not all that big on presents. I got it into my head at a young age that it was greedy to show too much interest in presents, and so I'm pretty low-key about them (both receiving and giving). In fact, it's only over these past few years that I've realized that it's not in poor taste to open a gift in front of the person who gave it to you. (I don't know where this particular hang-up came from.) It's only since I had children to watch opening presents that I've come to understand that presents aren't just about materialism.
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- Anonymous said...
I buy my own presents for hubby to wrap....it's just easier! :)
- Mark Adams said...
Funny story: My mother-in-law sent out a link to that video to a number of members of the family.
While the video is funny, what especially tickled me was that in the past two years I have gotten my wife both a vacuum and RAM for her laptop and she was genuinely thrilled (or at least a good actress who has stayed in character for a long time).
Her laptop was a hand-me-down and every night I could hear her shouting at it due to its sluggish performance. So she was absolutly delighted the first she fired it up with 1 GB of RAM and could run multiple applications without it stalling
The vacuum was actually a Roomba and she was very excited at the prospect that she could turn it on, go run errands, and return to a fully vacuumed apartment.
In any event, men know that not all women demand shiny trinkets for each and every event requiring a gift (I don't deny that every woman needs to be made to feel like a queen sometimes). Some of them, at least, are perfectly happy with a practical gift that makes a positive difference in their day to day lives.
- Anonymous said...
I do see your point about buying for yourself. I happen to have a fab-o gift-buying husband so I don't tend to do that anyway. But I can envision a situation where a woman buying her own gift that will make her happy and telling her husband he's off the hook would be a very nice gift. From her, to him.
- The Opinionated Homeschooler said...
Well, Eudoxus/A Philosopher and I do the joint Gift From Us To Us thing, but we've been doing joint birthdays since high school. (Our nerdy group of friends thew parties for each other, and since we were born a few days apart, they just threw one for the two of us each year. Yes, we pretty much have an arranged marriage.)
I think it's not so much whether one's wife would actually appreciate (say) a vacuum or RAM, but the point that gift-giving is freighted with symbolism, and so can be the occasion for offense, whether intended on some level or not. I have family members, for instance, who every year give cheap, hard-used, and often too-small hand-me-downs to my children, stuffed in a recycled gift bag. One year one girl received a torn, stained, and too-small coat that hadn't even been washed. This year there was inedibly stale candy, put in an old cookie tin, and a 10-cent tube of bubble liquid that had already been opened. These gifts have contributed to an already-present family rift, not because I want them to give pricey presents to my children, but because they're the equivalent of giving an abdominal exerciser to your wife: you might as well just send a card that says "I don't like your children."
(P.S. Speaking of gifts, Offspring #2 wrote a nice thank you note, but I haven't gotten it in the mail yet. She really really liked her gift.)
- lissla lissar said...
We watched that clip yesterday, and my husband is grateful that I don't want diamonds all the time. His comment: "Diamonds aren't a thoughtful gift. They're an expensive gift with a supposedly guaranteed outcome."
The real (and non-diamond-marketing end) should be: don't get your wife something because you think it's REALLY COOL. Or funny. Those are known as gifts for yourself.
- mrsdarwin said...
True story: one year I got diamond earrings for Christmas, and nine months later I got a baby too.
- CMinor said...
I wouldn't object to a really cool high-tech vacuum cleaner. In fact, I've mad a point of dropping the name "Kirby" around my hubby just in case he has the idea.
- Kyle Cupp said...
Wow. That video really captured the Dog House as I remember it. Only complaint: the guards didn't let us talk as much as is portayed in the film, but I guess the writer and director needed more speaking to advance the plot.
- lissla lissar said...
I wonder what would happen if I dropped the name, "Roomba", around here.
Probably nothing, since we got a Dyson in the summer. I think I've used up my expensive vacuum cleaner quota for the next five years.
- Anonymous said...
The one gentlman was correct, "we" are all guilty of something.
I was leaving a Dominican Convent Chapel one day ( after making a Holy Hour )
and I was walking down the sidewalk minding my own business. I heard this voice yelling to
me to stop ( I naturally looked up in the sky at first, after all I was on Church Property, and it could of been the One yelling at me from above ), and I did eventually turned around and their was this Dominican Friar running down the sidewalk ( He was in His 70's, and man, he could
could run ) and He caught up with me. He asked if I would join the Dominican Lay Fraternity, which I said yes to the Good Father. I found out a while later about dogs being the somewhat mascot of the Dominican Order, as I sit in the corner of the Dog House at the Dominican Lay Fraternity Chapter wondering where I went wrong in life and how I could get out????
Many years later, and resigining myself to life imprisonment, in the dog kennel fenced in section of the Lay Fraternity. I am pondering what pennance I can do to lessen my time there???