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Opinion: Obama's Gitmo Gambit
Editorial board member Matt Kaminski on President Obama's plan to transfer detainees from Gitmo to Yemen. Photo: Getty Images
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... I ... opinion Journal why I'm Mary Kissel ... prison Obama is giving his first major foreign policy speech of his second term in among other things you can call against the clothes get Mo ... and ascended Gitmo prisoners to Yemen ... here to talk about whether or not any of these things are good idea is editorial board member ... Matt Kaminski joins me in studio Mac ... have we heard all this before ... of course and ... as for state offices and I will close Gitmo ... and ... that's a fine sentiment to have but there's a couple things that happen ... Percy the different sites for the prisoners than you can release in there about almost fifty of those two hundred and sixteen ... that week said that ... we can try ... the loss of ten release ... on the wings which I do this if ... we bring down the population levels at it ... again so he is now was sending his own moratorium on transferring ... on ... the city's back to Yemen in the wind but that moratorium in place in the first place with what he put it on himself of because ... of the after the two thousandnine Christmas ... bombing attempt over in Detroit ... um ... because ... that team that was a ... planned a plot was hatched out or Yemen by the ... arcade there is also the terrible track record in Yemen Dawson citing a different way ... of when ... we Dusen back Gitmo prisoners ... to about a quarter of them end up going back to ... okay so at matter how the president suggests sending people back to Yemen ... given that history ... what he saying that ... he is no tomorrow Koreans are welcome case by case basis is not promising to actually do it ... he's he's just a day ... possibility to today's be okay so there's a lot of good thoughts about ... ok what what matter what precipitated this rhetoric if it's not as a purely I think every day in response to the pressure has been getting from ... his own life honestly people who are seeking to give that ... to Terrell prison must be closed ... this also I mean he's the other for a speech to the prestigious for first time going to address the issue of groans and from strikes ... in this introduces the issue is the cake and left ... the also from the right you know by Rand Paul ... on the theme this filibuster on the Senate floor ... um so he is responding to these guys say look you promise to do nice things ... one ... asked him to mow it and to tell us what you really doing with ... its okay well what can present you with rounds unilaterally can he ... for example can buy in this EIA ... and the Pentagon trying programs mean what what's within his purview ... Williams has broad powers the misses the whole point of our Constitution ... and ... laws of war ... in this country we we say we of the undeclared war as he did ... in two thousand and one against al Cato and its associated forces ... and we are now in a state of war ... and the present has the authority to use lethal force against our enemies ... nothing really special but a grown as a toast to a machine gun or a cruise so are we out of the initial operations mission ... that we abuse the study stood up to grow up to be some ... pockets of al Cato in Pakistan in Yemen and Somalia ... he is basically constraining himself here I think ... you know the saying that I will now only use these in only in cases where there's an imminent threat to the US ... and there is virtually no chance of any collateral damage to our ... to civilian life ... we've already seen in far fewer car attacks in Pakistan and Yemen last year and then before ... I think with its U S partners a few targets but also because they are these new policies slashed political constraints ... that I'm ... does Obama has voluntarily payments also mentioned about thirty seconds left so the big picture here is what the president is answering pressure ... on the left to reiterate calls to close Catmull and constrain the drone policy and what's that what's the point here ... watching this and that the takeaway here is the key is ... trying to sell his political problem ... but it actually creating a a ... security problem up ... for himself ... as well as people who are going to fall in that in the White House by constraining when it executive can do even in wartime and that's a great worry here ... I think you know ... the big picture here too is that ... it ... was good no one on clothes ... to many ... cities will be transferred to him and anytime soon ... in the drone war with us ... use us for a tax of Dell DELL DEL keep doing them ... so a big grand speech but not big changes in policy editorial on or insurgency ... Matt Kaminski thank so much for being unconditional ...


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Goals from Emanuel Adebayor and Jermain Defoe ensured Tottenham Hotspur recorded a win over Fulham, but it wasn't enough to leap over north London rivals Arsenal.
The Gunners stirring success over West Bromwich Albion meant that Tottenham's triumph over Fulham didn't matter.
Harry Redknapp's team now face an anxious wait ahead of Saturday's Champions League decider to see if they will qualify for that competition next season.
A Chelsea victory would mean that Tottenham would miss out and the fact that Redknapp's nephew Frank Lampard is playing for Roberto Di Matteo's side adds another layer of intrigue.
"You look at the league – Arsenal, Man City, Man United, Chelsea, Liverpool spent a fortune and all looking strong. You thought if we can get in that top four you would be absolutely delighted and that's how I am about it. I couldn't be more pleased.
"I was just concerned about us winning – all that mattered was that we won the game.
"It is difficult but we're both professional. Frank knows I want Tottenham to play in the Champions League next year. If we play against Chelsea I want to beat them whether Frank plays or not – that's football.
"When I was manager of West Ham and we played Liverpool I still wanted West Ham to win even if Jamie (Redknapp) was playing for them. My allegiance is to Tottenham only – I want to see us in the Champions League again next year."
"I'm looking forward to the game. We can't do any more. We won, finished fourth, I couldn't be more pleased with what the players have done here this year and nor should anyone else. If people start getting carried away with what Tottenham should be doing I think they want a reality check."
Newcastle United's impressive campaign ended with a disappointing defeat away to Everton at Goodison Park.
Steven Pienaar, Nikica Jelavic, and Johnny Heitinga all scored during the 3-1 triumph, but Tim Cahill was red carded after the final whistle following an altercation with Yohan Cabaye.
David Moyes reckoned that it was a harsh decision. "I really don't know what happened. I felt the referee could have shown a little bit of common sense. I really just wanted us to finish as high up the table as we possibly could.
"It didn't really bother me who we'd finish above, because I don't think you can really celebrate finishing seventh.
"The way I was brought up, you celebrate if you finish first or get Europe - if we'd finished seventh and got into Europe, that may have been something to shout about.
"But from where we were in October and November time, the teams we've had to overtake and the points we were behind, it's been a brilliant achievement by the players to come back from so far away."
Roberto Di Matteo was happy that Chelsea, with John Terry and Raul Meireles scoring, earned a 2-1 victory over Blackburn Rovers ahead of the Champions League decider with Bayern Munich.
"We wanted to finish with a win. It was a typical end-of-season game, but it was a good to win and important to go into next week with a good feeling. It was hard to stay focused - with the final coming up it is not easy. We had a lot of chances. We could have scored a few more, but it was just important to win and get that feeling of winning.
"We are looking forward and preparing for Saturday. It will be an exciting game and an historic time. We will go with a lot of confidence and belief that we can bring the trophy home."
Stoke City's 2-2 draw with Bolton Wanderers relegated the Trotters, who had led at the interval.
Danny Graham pinched a late goal as Swansea City took all three points from their Liberty Stadium clash with Liverpool.
Grant Holt and Simeon Jackson bagged as Norwich City defeated Aston Villa, while Wigan Athletic outfoxed bottom of the table Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 at the DW Stadium.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - This past weekend, the MIT women's volleyball team posted a 2-2 mark at the Hall of Fame Tournament, resulting in a fourth-place finish. The Engineers (25-7) opened the weekend with victories over Bates College (30-22, 30-23, 30-21) and Amherst College (30-25, 21-30, 27-30, 30-25, 15-8). On Saturday, Tech fell to Springfield College (25-30, 30-27, 30-24, 30-26) and host Smith College (30-25, 30-20, 30-18). Arlis Reynolds collected All-Tournament Team plaudits for the third time this season.
Caroline Jordan registered nine total blocks and Reynolds picked up 22 digs as MIT notched an opening-round sweep over Bates. During the second game, Reynolds eclipsed Barb Schultze's '02 mark of 520 digs in a season. Amanda Morris dished out 23 assists as Frances Rogoz and Briana Stephenson each tallied eight kills. Lucy Wang was the most effective offensive weapon for the Engineers, registering three kills on six swings without an error for a team-high 0.500 hitting performance.
At Amherst College, MIT routed the host Jeffs, 15-8, in a tiebreaking fifth game after overcoming a 2-1 deficit. Rogoz led the Engineers with 18 kills as Reynolds anchored the defense by collecting 24 digs. Austin Zimmerman distributed 43 assists and added 18 digs to lead Tech to its second five-game victory in a week. Jordan (16 kills, four total blocks) and Stephenson (13 kills, five total blocks) were forces in the front row. Alexandra Huston-Carico also helped shut down the Amherst offense with six total blocks. Defensive specialists Lindsay Hunting and Carrie Buchanan combined for 29 digs as MIT clinched a semifinal berth.
Unlike its previous meeting earlier in the week, MIT came out on the losing end of a 3-1 result against Springfield. The Pride's defense made several adjustments which resulted in holding Huston-Carico to a -0.235 hitting performance after she scored 10 times and registered a 0.381 mark on Tuesday. The defensive shift allowed Jordan to pace the Engineers' attack, scoring 17 times on 41 attempts for a 0.341 mark. After claiming the first set by a 30-25 margin and holding a slim lead in the second, Springfield's defense thwarted Tech's prolific and diverse offense. Rogoz was the only other player to reach double-figures in kills as she totaled 10. Reynolds kept MIT in the match with 34 digs for her fifth 30-plus dig performance of the season. In addition, she broke the career record for digs (1,804) which was set by Schultze. Reynolds also reset the mark for digs in a four-game match. She established the previous record of 31 on Sept. 23 against Williams College. Morris saw action as a setter, middle blocker, and defensive specialist in an attempt to recapture the edge MIT displayed in its conference victory.
In the third-place match against the host Pioneers, MIT struggled against Smith's tenacious defense, failing to generate any momentum. Jordan paced the balanced attack with seven kills and tallied eight digs. Reynolds posted a team-high 13 digs while Carrie Buchanan added 11. Zimmerman led the way with two solo blocks and three aces.


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Asian Cricket Council and UNICEF take the field for children and against AIDS
The UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia and the ACC first signed a two year agreement in 2004 ahead of the Asia Cup. The Asian Cricket Council represents 22 cricket boards in Asia and aims to promote and develop the sport in the region. The new partnership runs until 2008.
UNICEFs partnership with the Asian Cricket Council is very important to us, said Cecilia Lotse, Regional Director for UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia. Children are often overlooked in the AIDS agenda as well as in the response. There are still also too many children, particularly girls out of school and an uneducated person is more at risk from avoidable diseases including AIDS. In South Asia cricket can help get over vital messages that could save the lives of millions and improve the lives of billions.
An estimated 100,000 children are living with HIV/AIDS in South Asia. Globally, AIDS is redefining the very meaning of childhood for millions. The pandemic has deprived children of the care, love and affection of their parents, taken away the chance of education and hope for the future while leaving them more vulnerable to exploitation.
The ACC Chief Executive, Syed Ashraful Huq said, As a development body for South Asias most popular sport, the health of the young is of paramount importance to us. Child welfare is an integral part of any successful society and we trust that Asias success in cricket will be duplicated by the success in UNICEFs vital campaigns. We are proud to play our part in raising awareness of these important causes.
Unite for Children, Unite against Aids is a global partnership campaign that is putting children back on AIDS agenda. Its main aims are to ensure childhood treatment, protection, while working to prevent infection in young people and helping stop mother to child transmission.
The agreement between UNICEF and the Asian Cricket Council has led to major events promoting Girls Education in Pakistan, Bangladesh and at the Asia Cricket Cup in 2004. A full Meena film promoting the right of girls to play and go to school featuring the cartoon character and school friends playing cricket against other girls was produced by the UNICEF Regional Office.
About UNICEF
For 60 years UNICEF has been the worlds leader for children, working on the ground in 155 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The worlds largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
For more information, please contact:
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It used to be that you were doing well with a nice in-car sound system, but not anymore. These days, the well-equipped car is an entertainment hub that starts with a Dolby 5.1 surround sound system and includes everything from television and computer games to Internet access and GPS. Of course, no vehicle comes with all this stuff as factory standard (though some come close) but a huge aftermarket parts industry has grown to provide you with custom solutions for whatever you need.
For most of us though, after a nice sound system the most popular in-car add-ons these days is in-car video. Hardly a home these days doesn't have at least one DVD player and people expect the same entertainment value when on the move. In fact, one of the best ways to keep the kids entertained on long trips is to buy a DVD system for your car. Sounds simple? It can be. Or, it can be quite complex. In either case, how you go about it will take some forward planning to get the best result.
In-car video or entertainment systems come in three basic types: factory-fitted (or retrofitted) systems mounted permanently into the vehicle; semi-portable systems that can be moved from car to car (usually with screens that attach to the back of the front seats); and truly portable laptop systems designed to be used by one person. Each type of system has its advantages. Which type is the right one for you depends on what you'd like to get out of your system. Let's look at the main types.In-dash
These units mount into the car's front dash panel and can replace the audio head unit (control centre). Usually, the 6-7in LCD monitor will automatically slide out of the deck when you start the car, then flip up into a viewing position. If nothing else, they have a tremendous "Wow factor". In fact, put one of these systems in your car and you will definitely spend more time in your car, even if you're not driving! This sort of setup is great if you have a small vehicle. Naturally, they are not meant for viewing movies by the driver while on the move. To view movies on it, you'll typically have to have the vehicle parked with the handbrake on. The video function won't operate when the car is moving, for safety reasons. You don't want to be distracted when driving in traffic, or worse, when doing 110km/h on the freeway.
So, what's the point of having a movie screen in the front of your car? Well, when you are driving the screen can be put to use in several other ways. It can double as an interactive roadmap, via satellite navigation (using the Global Positioning System, or GPS). This can give you turn-by-turn visual and voice directions almost anywhere across the country. Not only will you get there more efficiently, not having to fiddle with conventional maps is a big safety bonus. Depending on the model, it might even offer touch-screen control, which is a big bonus for convenience and safety. Automatic volume control is another handy feature, reducing the volume when the car slows down, as it no longer has to compete with external road noise.
In-dash screens can also be set up to display vehicle information and navigate through your music, particularly if set up to work with your MP3 player or CD stacker. Many in-dash units play a wide range of formats, including DVD, VCD, SVCD, CD-R/RW, WMA and MP3 discs and can include an AM/FM radio receiver.
On a large vehicle you can also set the unit to display on screen the view from a rear-mounted camera - great for accurate reversing.
With the addition of emerging technologies, possible future uses might also include real-time traffic alerts, Web browsing via satellite Internet access or even satellite TV.
Naturally, you'll have to make sure the in-dash unit you select has the inputs for the options you want to install, such as GPS or backup camera, but most units can take input from a variety of additional devices.
But don't keep all the fun in the front seat. Your in-dash video system may optionally come with dual-zone or multi-zone capability, so when you're on the move it can send a video/audio signal to separate monitors/headphones in the rear of the vehicle so passengers can watch a movie, for instance, while you listen to music over the vehicle's speakers. That is a huge safety bonus, as it cuts down driver distractions dramatically.


text: On 12/08/2010 11:47 AM, Jason Clinton wrote: > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 10:54, Prentice Bisbal <prentice at ias.edu > <mailto:prentice at ias.edu>> wrote: > > Can any of you recommend a good RAM stress testing tool? > > > We have an open source ISO/netboot image that can stress-test using the > latest Linux kernel EDAC facilities and HPL as the test code. It's > posted here: http://www.advancedclustering.com/software/breakin.html > > It's intended to be booted into. > > There's a beta of a slightly newer version posted at: > http://lab.advancedclustering.com/bootimage/ > > I would be interested in any feedback you have on either version. Jason, I know breakin well. I used it a quite a bit a in 2008 when I was stress-testing my then-new cluster, and sent some feedback to the developer at the time (last name Shoemaker, I think). I did find that I could run it for days on all my cluster nodes, and then a few days later, when running a HPL as a single job across all the nodes, I'd get memory errors. I haven't used it since. Not because I don't like it, but I just haven't had a need for it since then. I've also been testing this node by running a single HPL job across all 32 cores myself, and even after days of doing this, I couldn't trigger any errors, but a user program could trigger an error in only a couple of hours. Based on these experiences, I don't think that HPL is good at stressing RAM.Has anyone else had similar experiences? Since this system has 128 GB of RAM, I think it's a good assumption that many programs might not use all of that RAM, so I need something memory specific that I know will hit all 128 GB of RAM. So far, mprime appears to be working. I was able to trigger an SBE in 21 hours the first time I ran it. I plan on running it repeatedly for the next few days to see how well it can repeat finding errors. -- Prentice Bisbal


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Inspiration for Christmas Tree Alternatives
This time of year I often find myself feeling guilty for buying a cut tree but it is such a strong tradition, I adore the smell of fresh pine (not scented candle pine) and it just looks so pretty. Even with this latest study saying real trees are greener than artificial ones, I still feel the guilt.
As a kid, my parents always bought live, potted trees for Christmas and afterwards, we would plant them in the backyard. Potted trees (at least the ones we got) always tended to be a bit on the Charlie Brown side of aesthetics and one year my twin brother and I pleaded and begged to go to a Christmas tree farm and get a "better" tree. We even got to cut it down ourselves!
Meanwhile, my mom's backyard still has some our old trees in it, and they have grown quite large — but no longer pruned and sculpted to look like a Christmas tree, they are barely recognizable. I wish we had labled them somehow. If my husband and I had a backyard I would definitely buy a potted tree.
Here are some creative ideas for more conceptual Christmas trees!
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Two-time defending 3A champs rout Vikings, 37-0, Friday.
Entering Friday�s game against the two-time defending 3A state champions from Havelock, the Kinston Vikings knew they�d have a tough time defeating the Rams.
They were right, as Havelock scored on its first five possessions � and six of its first seven � on its way to a 37-0 win in a nonconference game at Viking Field Friday night.
�There was nothing (about Havelock) we didn�t see on film,� Kinston first-year coach Ryan Gieselman said. �But we�ve got to be able to execute, to take it from practice to the classroom to the field.�
The Vikings (2-2) trailed 20-0 at the end of the first quarter, 30-0 at halftime and 37-0 only a little more than three minutes into the second half before Havelock head coach Jim Bob Bryant started playing his second string.
�We wanted to get some of our other guys some work in the second half,� Bryant said. �We have some really good JV guys and we wanted to get them some reps.�
The victory was especially significant for the Rams as it was their 18th straight win, breaking a school record set in 1972, which they tied early last season.
Havelock senior running back Derrell Scott, one of the highest recruited players in the Southeastern United States, lived up to his billing, scoring Havelock�s first three touchdowns in the opening quarter and finishing with 142 yards rushing on 12 carries.
�He�s the real deal and a heck of a player,� Bryant said. �He�s a great kid, too. If you talk to him about the game, he won�t take any of the credit � he gives all the credit to God and to his teammates.�
The Rams, who host Jacksonville Northside (2-2) next week at Wilbur R. Sasser Field, finished with 474 yards of offense to only 106 for the Vikings (2-2). While Scott scored the Rams� first three touchdowns, the other two were by junior quarterback Travis Sabdo and junior receiver Matthew Boykin, who connected on scores of 13 and 33 yards. Senior Noah Kemble kicked a 25-yard field goal and nailed all four extra points he attempted.
Despite his team�s sheer dominance against the Vikings, Bryant found positives in Kinston�s game plan and leadership.
�They�ve got a good team,� Bryant said of the Vikings. �They�ve got good athletes and seem to have a good coaching staff. I think they�ll do really well once they get into their conference.�
Senior Tiquan Canady connected on five passes in 10 attempts for 66 yards, including a 58-yard hook-up to junior Marquan Harris in the first quarter. But the Vikings, who never entered the red zone during Friday�s contest, struggled offensively throughout the game. As a result, Evan Hood punted nine times, including an impressive 70-yarder in the third quarter.
Despite the loss, Gieselman said his team impressed him Friday with its �never-quit mentality.�
�That�s going to take us a long way, too, especially since we have big games coming up against (Greenville) Rose and Washington,� he said. �It�s going to help us late in the year.�
NOTES: The win was Havelock�s third straight in the series with Kinston that stretches back to 1989. The Rams now lead the overall series 10-6. � Kinston�s last win in the series came in 2010 at Havelock, a 24-22 decision. � In information provided by the Havelock radio crew, the Rams have won 24 straight games on the road; their last setback came, ironically, at Kinston on Sept. 18, 2009. � Kinston will face a familiar foe in Greenville J.H. Rose next week; the teams played every year from Kinston High School�s formation in 1970 until 2004 with only one cancellation � in 1999 due to Hurricane Floyd. � Kinston has lost the last 19 times it has faced Rose and has a 5-29 record against the Rampants. The last time the Vikings defeated Rose was on Oct. 19, 1984.
Bryan C. Hanks can be reached at 252-559-1074 or at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @BCHanks.


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Introducing S'moreables Gluten Free Graham Style Crackers
Today marks the official launch of our new S'moreables Gluten Free Graham Style Crackers . To our knowledge these are the only gluten free/dairy free graham style crackers available anywhere.
Many of you may have already tried these as they have been sold on our website under the generic name of graham style crackers for several months.
I have just returned from the Natural Products Association conference in Las Vegas which brings together thousands of retailers and suppliers. We demo'ed S'moreables and they were a big hit, an especially gratifying result as most of the people trying them were not GF.
The new launch includes new packaging and marks the first time that they are available to retailers and distributors. You can order them online in our webstore now and you can expect to see them available from retailers in the fall.
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The only problem for Johnson was that he was still a little nervous in the second inning even though he struck out the first batter he faced and retired three of four batters in the inning.
The only Bradley runner to reach base in the first inning was the result of catcher's interference.
"I was still nervous in the second but after while it was like riding a bike," Johnson said. "I had been waiting a long time for this. I'm glad it finally came."
Johnson, a left-hander, transferred from Trevecca Nazarene last season and was required to sit out a year.
He pitched 5.1 innings and gave up only three hits and two runs, both earned. He struck out six and walked one on the way to his first win of the season as the Bisons beat Bradley 9-5 at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium.
"My off-speed pitches did well," Johnson said. "I located my fastball all right."
Coach Jeff Forehand was not surprised at Johnson's debut performance in a Bisons' uniform. In fact, he was pleased with the efforts of all four of his starters.
"All of our starters this weekend gave us exactly what we wanted," Forehand said. "We just have to get the bullpen straight and that will happen once they understand their roles.
"Some of them were nervous. The great thing about this weekend was that we got three wins and we got a lot of guys experience. The next time out they won't be nervous."
Right-hander Josh Cotham threw 1.2 innings. He allowed one hit and two runs. He struck out one of the five batters he faced.
Left-hander Blake Fonfara pitched two-thirds of an inning. He did not allow a run or a hit, but he walked one batter.
Right-hander Josh Chism earned his first save of the season with 1.1 innings of work. He gave up one hit and one run. He struck out a batter and walked one.
In the third inning Chism also had to fill in for third baseman Zach Messer who left the game early with a knee problem.
"We talk all the time about being ready to come off of the bench," Forehand said. "Chism didn't know he was going to have to come in and play third before he pitched. He thought we were going to use him out of the bullpen.
"But Messer went down so we had to go to Chism at third. He played a solid third base. Then he came in and closed the game out."
The Bisons pounded out nine hits. M.L. Williams and Richie Goodenow each had two hits.
Logan Hostettler hit a home run and Goodenow added a double for the only extra base hits by the Bisons.
"Hostettler came in at the end as a defensive replacement and hits the ball out of the park," Forehand said. "It was a lot of fun."
The Bisons, 3-1, are back in action Wednesday afternoon at 3 when Western Kentucky visits. Forehand stressed to his players the need to maintain this early momentum and continue to progress.
"In years past it has taken us awhile to get going," Forehand said. "Everybody was a little anxious until we got that first win. Now we need to build on it."
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations.


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>>As to the actual number going to Hell and exactly what Hell is, I have no idea. But please stop implicating *all* Christians in your statements on this subject.<<
How do you define a "Christian?"
[quote author="Mia"]How many people named "Guest" do you suppose are about to flood this forum? Too bad it's not a requirement to register before posting. . . yet. Things could get even nuttier than when we actually know who we're talking to.
Mia, the trend seems to be continuing this morning. A person with no name can say anything he/she wants without fear of being corrected or attacked. When a person's points arrive by way of unreason, I suppose it's to be expected.
Have a great time all you guests. Wish I could put you on my ignore list, but a name is required for that.
Whether they choose a name or not, they can certainly post anything they wish, but to my mind it's always a sign of intellectual weakness when a poster shies away from aligning himself directly with his stated perspective. I mean, it's not like we can hunt him down, nor would we care to. It's just a basic courtesy to offer when entering a conversation: a name by which we can address you when responding.
"Guests". . . please take note: Your anonymous comments are instantly diminished by your failure to personally take responsibility for them. We encourage you to find guts enough to register, instead of essentially broadcasting as a Nobody.
(I suppose a lot of them are used to assigning godly importance to the unidentified voices streaming into their heads, though, which explains why they see nothing wrong with doing the same on forums)
Ouch! While I don't know if those comments were directed at me, I do apologize for my mistake. I could have sworn I logged in when I posted this:
[quote author="Anonymous"][quote author="CDNemelka"][quote author="johnpritzlaff"]Thanks again for that link.
Sam did extremely well, as usual. Sucks that he got cut off at the end, but I think he was trying to say something like "The question you should ask is not what evidence is there against God, but what evidence there is for God.
Anyways, he did very well, and it felt great to hear such similar viewpoints to mine being expressed on a national level once again. I hope he does a lot more publicity for his new book (and I hope I can find links to said media on this website).
As a devout Christian, I believe that Mr. Harris' latest book and arguments are cogent, easy to understand and I agree with nearly every point he is trying to get across.
I also agree the real question is:
"not what evidence is there against God, but what evidence there is for God."
Can someone point me to the link for this show? I'd love to see it.
Yes, I obviously believe in God but that doesn't mean I think Mr. Harris isn't correct about a lot of the issues he talks about.
I also believe in God (well, I think that God most likely exists - I don't claim that I am sure of it or that I cannot be dissuaded from the possibility of him not existing - and there is a huge difference between the two in my opinion). I am, however, not a Christian. My God is a little different, it's a God that I think most secularists could loosely accept, and it surprisingly can be defined by most of the "omnis" of faith. My religion is different from yours (at least if you're like most Christians) in that it accepts the scientific method completely (and not in the way creation "science" does). I know this sounds contradictory, but it's is for another discussion.
Anyways, my point is this: how do you rectify your religion with Sam's views (at least the ones you agree with)? Not rhetoric, I'm honestly interested, and I'm not trying to sound smug. I don't doubt you could have a good answer.
My bad, seriously. I too dislike it when people come on as guests, not only because it's irresponsible, but because it restricts communication. It won't happen again, if I can help it.
Carry on.
Sorry for the harshness, John. I didn't mean to hit you.
Man….homunculus, woke up on the wrong side of the bed again?
I'm just here to debate.
Yeah, me too (I screwed up again… I keep forgetting to enable cookies, so the forum can't automatically log me in. Once again, I am sorry).
Man….homunculus, woke up on the wrong side of the bed again?
You got it, Champ. Good to see your presence still here once in a while. This is a busy week for me, but I still look at most of what's written. Just can't write, myself.
The problem with debating as a guest is that sometimes more than one person does this, or a member forgets to or cant log in and we lose track of who said what and it makes backtracking among your various points close to impossible. Keep in mind there are many of us who are at work and technically dont 'have the time' do debate to begin with. By doing this, you are making it that much more of a stretch.
I understand exactly, and that's why I apologized and quoted the post I accidentally posted as a guest.
Alright, there's something wrong with my browser, because I swear I logged in that time. I'm going to use ie now, instead of firefox.
John, you might also try clearing out all your cookies (tools>options>clear cookies) and then re-log into the site to see if it brings up that nav box that offers to "remember" your login data.
Thanks, that fixed it.
Sorry about all that.
Glad it worked . Firefox has given me the occasional issues, too. Much better than IE was, though.
A few thoughts of Harris on Medved:
1) Some callers asked setup type questions and he didn't get trapped by them.
2) Brings up the issue of religions causing many of the world's problems.
1) Totally one-sided. Like a politician, he just paints the picture he wants and leaves the rest of the facts out (like the good religions do, like promoting moral behavior, humanitarian aid, literacy, etc.).
2) Uses outlandish examples/analogies (like it's taboo to criticize major religions). Medved correctly questions what planet he's been on.
3) Continually has to back-peddle on his points because he overstates them.
I often wonder of people like Harris, "If your position is so strong, why do you have to be so unfair in presenting it and misrepresent the other side? Doing so really just reveals the weakness of his position.


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My son will be 3 at the end of March and has been potty trained pretty much since his 2nd birthday and poop trained since 20 months. Up until a month or so ago he would wake upin the night whenever he had to go and do it himself. We leave the light on and the bathroom is derectly across from his bedroom and he would pee and then go back to bed . Of course I would hear him our bedroom is right there too and if he went poop he would yell to me and I would go wipe for him but other than that he would just go back to bed and go to sleep. Ok so now he wakes up in the night to tell me he peed his bed like 4 or 5 nights a week. Seriously I'm ready to put him back in diapers at night we go th.rough so many sheets and pillows etc.were making him go before bed now and trying to limit water close to betime but what do I do?? I hate to put him in a diaper since he's been out of them for almost a yea. Has anyone else experienced this? My only guess is that he i sleeping more soundly now? ? My husband has even taken him in the middle of the night and he still peed the bed. Should I put him in something at night until he wakes up dry every morning? Or do you think that well set us back?
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Once he's shown you he can go through the night without diapers, don't go back! My 3.5 yo is doing this, too, except I think it's because he wants attention since my 2 yo is night training right now. We are going through a ton of wet sheets and blankets! Has something changed in your daily routine? Is there a new baby or have you moved? Has he been downing liquids right before bedtime? That's all I can think of to be possible reasons...
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From the producers of the recently nominated tour of The King and I (UK Theatre Awards 2012) comes a dazzling new production of Cole Porter's timeless classic, High Society. Wealthy socialite Tracy Lord is in the midst of planning a lavish summer wedding when her ex-husband Dexter Haven turns up to disrupt the proceedings in an attempt to win her back. A further twist arrives in the form of the charming reporter Mike Connor who falls instantly for Tracy, and she for him. As the day of the wedding draws closer, the audience is left guessing which groom the bride will choose.
Adapted from the hit 1956 film, High Society fizzes with a host of beautiful Cole Porter ballads including 'True Love', 'You're Sensational' and the unforgettable 'Did You Evah!'.
The production stars Michael Praed as Dexter Haven and the cast also includes Sophie Bould as Tracy Lord, Daniel Boys as Mike Connor, Keiron Crook as George Kittredge, Marilyn Cutts as Margaret Lord, Teddy Kempner as Uncle Willie, Katie Lee as Dinah Lord, Craig Pinder as Seth Lord and Alex Young as Liz Imbrie.
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Despite lobbying from both sides of the genetically modified food debate, the Vatican thus far has maintained a neutral, "let science take its course" stance on the issue. So when the African cardinal newly appointed to head the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace seemed to express a greater emphasis on caution with bioengineered food, it made headlines.
"Vatican's perspective on GMO: Signaling winds of change?" asked GMO Journal.
For those who don't follow the debate closely, Cardinal Peter Turkson's comments seemed fairly mild. "There are a lot of claims that are disputed [like] that GMOs never call for the use of pesticides or insecticides or anything because they are resistant," he told the Catholic News Service. "I think that we should go easy and probably satisfy all of these objections to the full satisfaction of those who raise these objections."
The cardinal's predecessor at the justice and peace council, Italian Cardinal Renato Martino was seen as more open to the idea of genetically modified foods. He hosted a conference on the topic and once told reporters at a Vatican press conference that he was walking proof of the safety of bioengineered foods. After working 16 years in the United States and eating lots of GM food, he laughingly said, "I'm in good health, at least I think so. ... Up to now, I've had no undesirable effects."
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been at the center of a heated debate ever since the first bioengineered Flavr Savr tomato hit the shelves in 1994. Today, although only a handful of modified crops have achieved commercial success, GMOs account for a large percentage of food staples.
According to Monsanto, the corporation that controls the vast majority of GM seed production, "some 70 percent of the food products on your supermarket's shelves may contain ingredients from a genetically modified crop." Most of these ingredients are derived from corn, soybeans, cotton and canola, the four biggest GMO crops.
Genetic modification can involve a number of different procedures. The simplest forms involve splicing together genetic material from plants that could be bred conventionally. Genetic techniques, in this case, are used to speed up a process that would ordinarily require many generations. In most cases GMOs are made by inserting genes from unrelated species into an organism. In the case of foods, this usually means the introduction of DNA from other plants or from bacteria which have resistances to the pests and diseases that reduce crop yields.
The issue of GMO foods is highly politically loaded. Those in favor laud GMOs as a solution to world hunger and food security. Monsanto claims that their seeds help farmers double their yields, use fewer key resources to achieve the same level of production, decrease water use, reduce habitat destruction and create solutions for sustainable development.
Some opponents oppose GMOs in principle, believing that scientists are "playing God" or usurping the rights of Mother Nature — a position that the Vatican has not endorsed.
Most critics, including those within the Church, are more concerned about how GM technologies are implemented. They point to growing food monopolies, loss of biodiversity and a perceived lack of sufficient regulation to ensure the safety of GMO products.
Independent farmers in North America have had to pay substantial damages to Monsanto for the illegal use of proprietary seed, which the farmers claim was unintentionally blown into their fields. Opponents also blame Monsanto and its subsidiaries for the nearly 200,000 farmer suicides that have taken place in India over the past 13 years; many of the bankrupt farmers were growing Monsanto's Bt cotton, and took their lives by drinking Monsanto pesticides.
Opponents of GM foods tend to claim that messing with the genome necessarily brings about unintended mutations, that the side-effects of GM foods are insufficiently established, and that genetic modification procedures risk injuring the nutritional value of food-stuffs.
Monsanto points out that GM foods have been consumed safely for more than 13 years, and that national and international bodies exist to study the safety of GMOs before they are introduced to the public.
Critics, however, argue that Monsanto has been caught in the past using unethical tactics to push their products past governing agencies, as was found to be the case when Health Canada was offered bribes to approve Bovine Growth Hormone for use in milk production in 1999.
Risks to the environment may be significant, particularly where there is inadequate environmental legislation for protection of biodiversity. GM producers tend to grow a relatively low number of cultivars which are aggressively marketed in order to recoup the costs of research. Many organic farmers have complained of unintended cross-pollination between neighboring GM farms and their own crops, making it difficult to preserve traditionally grown varieties free of the modified strains.
Concerns about social justice center around the proprietary nature of GM seed, and the ethical behaviors of the multinational corporations that produce them. Traditionally, farmers have been able to save their own seed from year to year, so that with careful stewardship, it is possible to avoid purchasing seed unless they wish to start a new crop. GM seeds are patented, which means that it is illegal to save and replant seed from previous years.
Realistically, the extent to which these concerns apply varies from product to product. The method used to modify an organism, the degree of corporate responsibility practiced by the patent owners, and the nature of modifications are important ethical factors.
But Cardinal Turkson seems to have reservations.
His greatest concerns are about the effect of GMOs on small farmers. Although he acknowledges the legitimate right of GM companies to recoup the costs of research, he fears that "the declared desire to want to help feed humanity" may be overshadowed by the desire for profit. If GMOs are introduced in a spirit of corporate profiteering, rather than a genuine interest in universal solidarity, "what is meant to alleviate hunger and poverty may actually in the hands of some people become really weapons of infliction of poverty and hunger."
Melinda Selmys writes from Canada.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association estimates that 70-75 percent of the processed foods sold in American grocery stores contain genetically modified ingredients. But you won't know which; the Food and Drug Administration — unlike its European counterpart — does not require GM food labeling. That makes it difficult for people who want to avoid GM foods, whether for health, ecological or social justice reasons. But here is some handy consumer information:
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San Antonio Alumni Host Coach Erik Raeburnby Michael Warren • January 13, 2012 Share:
Dinner on the River Walk with Wabash alumni was tough to pass up for Coach Erik Raeburn. In San Antonio for the American Football Coaches Association annual convention, Raeburn was invited to join area alumni for a casual dinner at Casa Rio (think colorful umbrellas).
Following dinner and great conversation in a private room overlooking the River Walk, Raeburn spoke about the Little Giant Football Program. He introduced the members of the coaching staff that were in attendance, recapped the 2011 season, gave a small glimpse into 2012, and answered several questions from the alumni. Thanks to Coach Raeburn, the others coaches, and the local alumni and guests for making it a great evening.
The San Antonio alumni will be treated by another Wabash visit when Coach Stevens and the baseball team head to San Antonio in early March. Dinner with the team is planned for Tuesday, March 6. More details to come.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker wrestling team will hit the road for its first dual match of the season at Limestone College on Thursday (Nov. 21). The wrestlers will hit the mat at 7:30 p.m. Live coverage of the match will be available at www.cokercobras.com.
So far this season the Cobras have competed in three open tournaments; The Citadel Open, Pembroke Classic and Wolfpack Open. Charlie Huff, Rashad Cunningham, Zach Dicus and Austin Akins have been the leading wrestlers. Huff earned the program's first title winning the 133-pound division at the Pembroke Classic, while Cunningham and Akins placed at the Citadel Open. Dicus and Akins also placed at the Pembroke Classic.
The Limestone Saints are coming off a 19-16 win over Belmont Abbey in their most recent match.
Competing for the Cobras will be Gavin Perkins at the 125-pound division, Huff at the 133-pound division, and Cunningham at the 141-pound division. Kevin Thompson will take the mat at the 149-pound division, while JD Dykes will wrestle at the 157-pound division. Ellison Sanders will compete at the 165-pound division and Phillip Burrows will take part in the 174-pound division, as will Zach Dicus. Jacob Ralph will wrestle at the 184-pound division, while Robert Parland and Austin Akins will compete in the 197-pound and heavy weight divisions respectively.


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RSF Influences New High Performance Buildings
January 24, 2013
The Research Support Facility (RSF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has hosted thousands of visitors since it opened as one of the world's largest high performance office buildings. Generating buzz about the energy savings possible in commercial buildings is exactly what DOE and NREL have been aiming for.
"There are days when I think I should quit my job and just be a tour guide," jokes NREL Senior Research Engineer Shanti Pless. "But I'm willing to do it because I see the impact taking people through this building has on our future energy savings."
Energy savings is precisely what the RSF demonstrates every day as 1,800 NREL staff start their workdays in a 360,000 square-foot Class A office building that generates as much electricity as it uses, thanks to rooftop photovoltaics. Even after potential visitors hear that the RSF was built at the same price as a non-efficient building, they can be skeptical — until they see it with their own eyes.
"Seeing is believing," Pless said. "Everyone who comes through the RSF realizes this can be done and this is what it looks like. And they learn that they don't have to do something new — they can replicate a lot of what NREL's already done."
Commercial buildings represent roughly one-fifth of U.S. energy consumption. Still, the perception remains that it's easier and less expensive to build a building the way it's always been done rather than putting in the work to make the leap to high performance office buildings.
"This high performance, net-zero facility is one of those things that wouldn't have come to fruition if a national lab hadn't demonstrated that it is possible," said Ron Judkoff, NREL's principal program manager for buildings research and development. "And, as a result of DOE and NREL's leadership, and the building energy design tools that NREL is producing, industry is starting to recognize it can be done as well."
Just over two years since the opening of the first phase of the RSF, Pless notes that the ripple effect is reaching deep into industry. "The effect is across the whole spectrum, including architects, engineers, and subcontractors," he said.
Changing the Rules to Build in Seattle
Even when you are enthusiastic about constructing the most energy-efficient building possible, roadblocks can appear where least expected.
The 50,000 square-foot Bullitt Center in Seattle, Washington, is being built with one goal in mind — to be the greenest, most energy-efficient commercial building in the world. Like NREL, the Bullitt Foundation is looking to change the way buildings are designed, built, and operated. The building design team is working to meet the ambitious goals of the Living Building Challenge.
The Bullitt Center will generate as much energy from rooftop photovoltaics each year as the six-story structure uses; the catch is that Seattle is notorious for its lack of sunshine. The building also will collect all of its water, including drinking water, from the rain that falls on its roof — which will then be stored in a 56,000-gallon cistern. Once the water is used inside the building, it will be treated and then returned to the soil. More than 1,000 building components were researched to make sure nothing in the building released any toxic material at any time during its life cycle. It is the world's first six-story structure with composting toilets. Built to survive major earthquakes, the Center has a design life of 250 years.
According to Bullitt Foundation President Denis Hayes, the building faced more legal and financial challenges than technical obstacles.
"We were shocked to learn that it is flat-out illegal to build this sort of ultra-green building in any city in America," Hayes said. "But Seattle changed its building code to allow super-green buildings to meet performance standards as an alternative to prescriptive standards. A building built to code is generally the lousiest building that is not illegal to build. We wanted the design flexibility to construct a building that used less than one-fourth the energy of a code building."
The city's political leaders and planning officials weren't the only ones Hayes had to convince.
"We were also constrained by the fact that most banks wouldn't lend us any money. When the appraiser asked, 'What are your comps?' We didn't have any," Hayes said. "No bank saw any value in producing all our own electricity, our own water, treating our own waste on site. Certainly no bank was prepared to finance the extra cost of a 250-year building. The discounted present value of a dollar received 250 years from now, or even 100 years from now, is zero. Modern finance is deeply biased against durability.
"We are going to be working with banks, appraisers, and real estate professionals to bring them through the building and use it as a magnet to help think through how we can overcome these obstacles and create a situation where this sort of building becomes easier to finance and build than an inefficient building," Hayes added.
Private sector obstacles aside, it was helpful to see that NREL had successfully completed a high performance office building, Hayes said. "Visiting NREL was reassuring. Somebody had already shown how to meet some of the goals that we were aspiring toward. When something already exists, you know that what you are trying to do is possible."
Similarities between the Bullitt Center and the RSF include an emphasis on daylighting. The Center features large, 10-foot-high windows weighing 700 pounds each. They open to provide not only lighting but natural ventilation. The windows will be hooked up to a series of sensors that feed into the building's control system to tell what the indoor and outdoor temperatures are, how fast the wind is blowing, whether it's raining, and how much carbon dioxide is in the air, all of which let the building's "brain" determine whether the windows should be open or closed.
Staffers working next to the window can override the system, but only for 30 minutes at a time to optimize the building's performance. Every person working in the building will be within 30 feet of an operable window.
Plug load management is something that the Bullitt Center design team took into greater consideration after visiting NREL.
"It was very impressive, the degree to which NREL is monitoring the things that people are doing on their side of the plugs," Hayes said. "We'd known that we could do dramatic things with efficient refrigerators, dishwashers, and lighting, but the fact that NREL was paying so much attention to the real work side of the house — the computers, monitors, printers, and task lights — caused us to go back and look at our IT really carefully."
"I'm thrilled that NREL is jumping out in front on issues like this," said Hayes, who was lab director of the Solar Energy Research Institute in the late 1970s and early 1980s, prior to the name change to NREL in 1991. "NREL's research and development has always been its strength, but there's something about actually living what you preach. And, just as important, NREL paid special attention to the economics of it."
The first tenants of the Bullitt Center will begin moving in next month; the grand opening is scheduled for April 22, which is Earth Day.
Planning a High Performance Building for Salt Lake City
Seattle isn't the only city that will see NREL's vision on its skyline.
"It may sound corny, but after seeing the RSF, it really was the first day of the second half of my career," said Kenner Kingston, director of sustainability for ARCHITECTURAL NEXUS, INC. "I saw the integration at RSF, the total comprehensive thinking, and thought, 'I've got to get involved in a project that's going in this direction.'"
When a municipal client in the Salt Lake City, Utah, area asked him to design an administrative office space, Kingston knew the RSF would help sell his client on the idea of going for high performance design. "Usually, when I see another net-zero building talked about, it's always on the coast or in Hawaii — somewhere with a temperate climate. The RSF is particularly relevant because it is in a high mountain desert."
Kingston also brought his client out to the RSF so they could see firsthand what was possible. "They came back with validation, feeling like it was what they wanted to do. The RSF became the measuring stick that was referred to over and over again while planning the project."
As was the case for the RSF, daylighting is an absolute for the building design that Kingston is working on. "On this project, the ratio of closed to open offices is 50-50," Kingston said. "This created a unique challenge since we were trying to put the closed offices on the north side of the building; in this case, we needed two north sides."
To solve the dilemma, the design now includes a capped light well in the center of the building so the planners could have two north elevations. The light well is unconditioned space that draws the sun five stories into the building. "It makes the daylighting possible from the inside of the building, and we don't get the temperature swings of an exterior space," he added. "Even after I'm done with this project, I'll be on the hunt for the next net-zero opportunity in our neck of the woods, and I'll again use the RSF as an example of what can be done."
Cornell University Looks to Build a Living Lab in NYC
An opportunity to build a campus in the heart of New York City doesn't come along often. But on the southern end of Roosevelt Island, administrators with Cornell University are carefully planning out a 12-acre campus focused on educating the next generation of students to conduct cutting-edge research on a living model of sustainable development.
The Cornell NYC Tech campus will be built out in several phases, with groundbreaking for the first phase slated for 2014. Part of the first phase will be a four-story, 150,000-square-foot academic facility that will be the flagship building for the campus. The first academic building is being designed to be high performing and very energy efficient. On-site renewable energy is being studied to determine the feasibility of making it net-zero energy.
"We had an opportunity with a whole new campus to figure out a plan to make our first net-zero academic building," said Robert R. Bland, senior director for energy and sustainability with Cornell University. "We've had quite a bit of input from NREL, and my visit to the RSF showed me the opportunities to be deeply energy efficient. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is partnering with us and contributing funding to the design effort."
The first academic building will use multiple approaches for achieving energy efficiency, including photovoltaics and geothermal. When complete, Cornell NYC Tech will include approximately 2 million square feet of academic, residential, and corporate research and development space and will house more than 2,000 graduate students along with faculty and staff.
But even more exciting than the opportunity to create a sustainable campus is the opportunity to educate and guide students at the university. "We would like to make this a living laboratory for graduate students to research and advance our academic mission in the built environment," Bland said. "We want to make it inspirational and educational."
Already, seven teams of students are involved in the campus planning and design. In the future, the buildings will be studied with intensive energy modeling and monitoring. "We'll do real-time monitoring, and we intend to create a smart microgrid on campus," Bland added. "It's really exciting to be able to work on a new academic model."
Industry is Taking Notice
The RSF's accomplishment and significance are being recognized by industry. The RSF has garnered more than 30 awards for features ranging from construction to sustainability. The most recent, a first-place 2013 American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Technology Award recognizes achievements by ASHRAE members who have successfully applied innovative building design. NREL researchers who influenced the energy-efficient design of the RSF included Shanti Pless, Paul Torcellini, Otto Van Geet, and Ron Judkoff. The RSF project followed the integrated design process and used design tools and concepts developed by the NREL Building Technologies Program over the past 30 years. In addition, Stantec Consulting, Inc, a member of the RSF design team, received AHRAE's Award of Engineering Excellence. This award is given to an outstanding project receiving a first-place ASHRAE Technology Award and has only been awarded two other times in ASHRAE history.
All these examples mean Pless sees a road to success for high performance buildings — and fewer days as a tour guide for the RSF.
"I'm excited to see the industry start to pick this up and run with it, without us being actively involved in each project," Pless said. "When I no longer have to answer calls about projects or give tours, I'll know that we've succeeded."
Learn more about the Research Support Facility and NREL's Commercials Buildings work.
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Skip to comments.NY Times Spiked McCaskill Corruption Story After Tipping Her Off
Posted on 10/22/2012 3:35:42 PM PDT by Nachum
A spokeswoman for Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskills re-election campaign told The Daily Caller that the senator and her husband first learned the criminal background of the man speaking out McCaskills husbands business dealings from The New York Times.
McCaskill spokeswoman Caitlin Legacki told TheDC on Friday that she thinks McCaskill and her husband Joseph Shepard discovered Craig Woods criminal background [w]hen the New York Times told me in June that hes a felon.
TheDC reported Thursday that Woods, a former employee of Shepards, alleged in a 2011 audiotape that Shepard used the U.S. Senate dining room to cut business deals selling tax credits tied to the stimulus bill.
Woods was a longtime high-ranking official in Shepards business empire, serving first as chief financial officer and then as vice president and chief underwriter for Missouri Equity Investors LLC and JA Shepard Companies. He handled millions of dollars for the companies over the course of more than a decade.
If Legackis statement is accurate, that would mean the New York Times had some information about McCaskills husbands allegedly nefarious business dealings specifically relating to Woods allegations in June, and for some reason decided not to run it. It would also mean the Times provided the McCaskill campaign with the key information its using to attack the allegations: Woods criminal record.
Woods pled guilty in the 1990s in two different cases of felony larceny and spent some time in prison after that and thats the point McCaskill and her campaign keep pointing to as the reason they say people shouldnt believe Woods.
(Excerpt) Read more at nation.foxnews.com ...
I'd be more surprised if it didn't happen
More Democrats attending to their "higher calling".
The old gray lady, the newspaper of record. /s
so- is anyone now going to ask why McCaskill's husband had a two-time admitted felon working as a high ranking official in his empire, handling millions of $$$???
Oh hell, what's the use.
Oh hell, what's the use.
...would break out.
The decades old corruption at the Slimes is breathtaking. The audacity and imperiousness simply too much to be believed.
To paraphrase from a thoroughly detestable satyr " (We need to)splinter the Times into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds."
The media and politicos have become the mob families in today's society. They trade favors for tips and vice versa. Where is RICO and the DoJ?
And there is eff all Romney will do about it. Our royalty does NOT believe in justice. They will offer some "Let's just all be friends..." BS, because heaven forfend that the crimes THEY commit during the next four years come back to haunt them.
Louis the 16th, Saddam and Quaddafi never figured they would have to pay for their crimes, either...
I fear you are right. But I am still hoping to see justice served.
I'm not sure that the President can pardon someone pre-emptively or that he can issue a blanket pardon. I thought that one possible reason that Issa was not bringing charges against Holder for anything was because he wanted to wait until 0bama is out of office so that 0bama can't pardon Holder.
Obama CAN pardon all of Holder's crimes, without Holder ever having to go to court.
Can 0bama pardon himself?
Can he issue a sweeping pardon for a person covering anything? Or does he have to specify what he is pardoning or a time period? For example, if he pardons Holder (presumably for anything he did as AG) and later it is discovered that Holder committed a murder during the last 4 years, or that he committed a murder before he was AG, would the pardon cover the murder?
Another thing this makes me think about is that it will be interesting to see who he pardons. If he preemptively pardons someone who hasn't been charged with anything, he's basically announcing that that person is guilty of something.
Maybe the Republicans are playing this hand well. If they don't charge Holder with any crime until after Romney is sworn in, then if 0bama doesn't issue a pardon, it leaves Holder vulnerable. If he does issue a pardon, then it's basically an admission of guilt.
And Holder is just one among many. So who will he protect and who will he throw under the bus? Rezco? Blago? Other Chicago cronies? Pelosi & Reid? Any of the people who covered up his past?
A boatload of pardons to everyone connected to him certainly won't make him look very good and he's always been willing to put his self-interest ahead of loyalty to others.
Some pardons would implicate 0bama himself. It would be interesting to look closely at who makes the list and why. I think the list would be a great starting point for a corruption investigation.
Indeed, when Sandy Burglar went to the National Archives to trim off any loose ends, and was stuffing documents into his socks to smuggle them out of the building, Bush did FARK ALL to even question it.
Why should we expect any different from the next bunch of thieves? I haven't even heard of Romney SUGGESTING that all the EOs the the Mobster signed should even be reviewed.
I hope and pray that Romney's seeming lack of interest in prosecuting the crooks or overturning EOs is because he is enough of a politician that his immediate goal is winning. I think there is at least a decent chance that he will deal with these things once he's in office.
If I were in his position, those would be pretty high on my priority list, but I wouldn't start with that. First, I'd keep my promise to get rid of 0bamacare and get to work on any other promises made. Second, I'd clean house by firing as many socialists/Marxists as I possibly could, particularly in DOJ and State. You can't steer the boat in the right direction if all the paddlers are heading the opposite way. I wouldn't tackle any political prosecutions until the house was clean and I was confident that things would proceed with honesty and fairness.
I never understood why Bush looked away from so much corruption. I have to wonder if they had something they were holding over his head. At least with Clinton, the argument may have been that he didn't want to tarnish the office of POTUS or drag the country through the mud (since that's where it had been all through the Lewinsky years), or maybe that he didn't want to create partisanship and divisiveness.
I can't think of one good reason or even one lame reason for looking away from S. Burglar. None at all.
And as far as dividing the country, I don't think we could be much more divided than today, so Romney should cross that off his list for reasons not to prosecute. At least he understands where the 47% is!
Some honest trials that bring out the truth would be more healing than "forgive and forget" and allowing the crooks to prosper from their crimes. Most American citizens would like to see that elected officials and their cronies are not above the law. This is one reason that Romney's squeaky cleanness is a huge asset. (Romney wasn't my first choice, but I like him more every day. If he cleans house, I will be the first to admit I was wrong about him. If he fails to govern conservatively, I will be looking for a viable third party candidate.)
Cleaning up Obama's mess is going to take more than one term. It's legal for him to fire all the Leftist DAs, nationwide, on 21 January, as Clinton did when he fired 93 Reagan and Bush appointed Federal DAs.
If Romney was ambitious, he'd kick off a nationwide investigation of voter fraud, with a focused task force, and Ryan heading it up. It would be interesting to listen to the Dems shriek. After all, they say it doesn't exist. Once Ryan starts turning over rocks and indicting under the RICO statues, and ACORN and union workers start rolling over to avoid long federal time, (No early outs for good behavior.), the Dims will have a load of things to distract them>
What if Romney starts to take apart Obamacare, the EPA, the Department of Education. Bis' little kingdom at the Dept. of Homeland Security, stopping the DOT from using blackmail for national traffic laws, all those EOs, firing all those federal SWAT teams, cutting off funding for "climate change" and farm subsidies that are 80 years old?
There is a lot of work to do, and I'm not sure this country has the time...
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Top five dead scientists: list 'em
There are really only four spaces on the list because as Mr Randerson says, anyone who omits Darwin from the list will be asked outside. Cup of tea and cake on the replica Beagle for Mr Randerson.
4 comments:
- Michael Barton, FCD said...
Sagan's "apple pie" quote is from his book "Cosmos" (and said on the TV series I believe)on pg. 218.
- 20 August 2007 at 15:30
- nunatak said...
1. English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) for evolution by natural selection.
2. German theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955) for special and general relativity, mass-energy equivalency (E=mc2) and the photoelectric effect.
3. Muslim polymath Ibn al-Haytham (965-1039) for inventing the scientific method.
4. Indian mathematician-astronomer Aryabhata (476-550) for heliocentrism.
5. English physicist Isaac Newton (1643-1727) for universal gravitation and the three laws of motion. Oh yeah, and calculus.
- 20 August 2007 at 19:38
- Richard Carter, FCD said...
My suggestions here.
No prizes for guessing numero uno. The rest are pretty obvious too, which probably says a lot.
- 24 August 2007 at 23:03
I can't believe that no one's including Norman Borlaug...
- 31 August 2007 at 14:53


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Visiting Boy Scout Summer Campstevejb68 on July 17, 2012 in camping, summer camp
I may not be a scoutmaster anymore, but Boy Scouting is still in my blood. I may not have gone with the troop to summer camp last week, but I could not completely stay away. I took a day off work last Friday spent the day with the Boy Scouts of Melrose Troop 68 at Many Point Scout Camp.
I arrived at the troop's campsite during the second merit badge session. (See previous blog post.) When the troop was back together after the third session we had a short time to visit before walking to the Buckskin dining hall for a lunch of hot dogs, beans, and chips. During the meal I caught up on what had been happening during the week, and how the Scouts had been enjoying the program.
The troop had three activities planned for the afternoon. At 1:00, it was time for camp reflection. This is time for each troop to go back to its campsite and discuss how things had gone during the week. The Melrose Scouts seem to have been having a busy but fun week and really did not have any negative comments about the camp program. I found the old scoutmaster in me came out a couple times when I asked a few questions to keep the discussions going a bit longer.
The troop's 2:00 activity was a round of disc golf on the camp's nine hole course. As we walked toward the admin building to pick up the golf discs, I could not help but remember that last year we only played three holes because the mosquitoes were so bad they drove us off the course. Thankfully, the bloodsuckers where not very bad this year, but the horseflies did their best to bug us.
One of the Scouts, Alex, was determined to win the disc gold game this year. The boys and I have played a few times over the past twelve months and though we have tied a couple times, Alex had not yet beaten my score. Darren, our new assistant scoutmaster, was our score keeper. After the game was played, and the discs had been returned to the admin building, Darren announced the scores. I had a hunch the Alex may have finally beaten me by one throw but when Darren announced the results he declared… a tie! Alex and I had the same score again. Alex grabbed the score sheet from Darren's hands and added the numbers himself. Sure enough, we were tied. If only it had not taken him five throws to get the disc into the basket on hole #2.
We went back to camp and the boys changed into their swim suits for the third afternoon activity, snorkeling. Noah, one of the younger Scouts, used the opportunity at the beach to complete his swimmer's test and thus finish his First Class Rank. My job during this hour was to stand on the dock, take a few pictures, and throw a clam shell into the water for the Scouts to find. It was a very warm afternoon and the boys enjoyed being in the lake.
The fourth merit badge session was held at 4:00. Only one of the Scouts had a class to attend so the other two boys had some free time to enjoy. Assistant scoutmaster Eymard and the boys sat around the table to enjoy a game of cards. As the supper hour arrived the troop changed into their uniforms and we walked to the camp's parade ground near the dining hall. Troop 68 was scheduled to retire the colors and lead the camp in grace before supper. I felt a little out of place being one of the few people not wearing a Boy Scout uniform.
All program area were open after supper. I joined a couple of the boys as they went to the outdoor skills area. Alex wanted to show me the project he had been working on during his pioneering class. From there I walked to the ranges to check on Noah who was trying to finish his shooting for the Rifle Merit Badge. A short time later, Daniel arrived to work on his skills at the archery range, until Darren came to tell him the Alex was waiting for him in camp to go to the beach. I checked on Noah again and than went back to the troop's campsite.
I decided to leave camp as the Boy Scouts were preparing to go to the camp's closing campfire program which began at 9:30 that evening. I wanted to be home by midnight and had over a two hour drive ahead of me. I was already tired and did not want to stick around for the campfire.
I had a great time during my visit to camp. In one way, it seemed like coming home. I think the Boy Scouts appreciated that I stopped by for the day. It was a great way to spend a day of vacation from work.


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Freshmen Join Football Family at Campby Brent Harris • August 17, 2007 Share:
"I've certainly never done anything like this before at football practice!"
Freshman DJ Singfield was still soaked from swimming out to a raft with nine of his new football teammates Thursday afternoon. The group reached the raft in the middle of the Twin Lakes complex, formed a human pyramid, and began to sing "Old Wabash." This was the final event in a team obstacle course, and just one of the many seemingly non-football activities that takes place each year when the Little Giants leave campus to begin their training program. (See photo album here.)
The obstacle course included passing a football as a team down a hill without dropping the ball, pushing a huge tractor tire up that same hill, carrying one member of the team on a telephone poll through a winding trail in the woods. Certainly none of these activities were anything like what the Little Giants will face on the football field this season.
But Head Coach Chris Creighton quickly pointed out to the team why this prepares them for the upcoming year.
"One team had a belt break when they were dragging a tire across the field. They dropped the football on the passing drill and had to go all the way back up the hill and start again. They had some smaller guys carrying the front of the telephone poll going through the trail. They had to wait while one team finished singing on the raft before they could get on and form their pyramid.
"Things didn't go their way. But things won't go our way during the season either. A call won't go your way, injuries will happen, we will face adversity. But you don't quit. You don't complain. You keep going as a group and battle all the way to the end because you want to compete, because you're driven to compete, and because you have the passion and desire to compete."
All-Conference quarterback Dustin Huff has seen this before. A fifth-year senior, he didn't get a chance to participate in the obstacle course or any other events his freshman year due to an ankle injury he suffered as a senior in high school that kept him on crutches most of the fall of his rookie year. This year, however, he's seen a difference in events at camp.
"This is the earliest I've seen our football team come together," Huff said. "I believed the returning players from last year's team would come to camp driven to to erase the mistakes of the past year. We remember those two losses and remember they kept us from having the season we wanted.
"The freshmen didn't experience that. But they have really embraced what we're trying to do as a team. They have become part of this family faster than any other group I've seen. That should allow us to really focus on the football portion of the season now, because we've become a family. We know what we want as a group and we're ready to do what it takes to reach our goals."


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OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 14, 2011) - His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, is pleased to announce that a Royal Tour of Canada will take place next year, during the Diamond Jubilee year of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the Throne.
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