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We're joined by a temporary player for a couple of sessions who's taken on the face role and helped us to capture Mrs. Fellini.
- Remie the face turned up and needed work
- We scouted out the restaurant and did lots of planning/legwork
- I was disguised as a woman while we sat in the restaurant to get close to Maria
- Maria was with some magical ork guy who flipped out when Remie tried to talk to them
- I nabbed Maria in the bathroom, hauled her into the car
- We stuck her in the warehouse and questioned her
- Found out that ork is her brother
- He has anger issues
- He hired the Yakuza to kill her husband, Tony Fellini
- We can infer that they tried to off us because they found out we were protecting him
- Napster's fly-spy found him heading back towards Lancaster
- Questioning her further revealed that he's probably heading back to the same Stuffer Shack we were attacked at in Morecambe, which his friend owns
- We headed back to Hank's bar and found we had a parcel. It contained Fellini's severed finger.
- Why are the Yakuza sending us pieces of him when they were hired to kill him?
- Perhaps they're trying to use this job to lure us in to settle an old grudge (Lead Run?)
- Why are the Yakuza sending us pieces of him when they were hired to kill him?

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There is risk and then there is risk, and then you have risk.
There is the fundamental risk, which is what you have when you enter into any kind of transaction, be it private, public, personal or whatever. Things never always work out the way they were planned, and it is the sign of maturity and responsibility to be on top of such risks: betting all of your money on having a horse win a race, for instance, in order to pay off debts, is highly immature and extremely irresponsible. When such a bet fails, it's your own damn fault, and the ruin is richly deserved. If you don't ask that pretty girl or handsome guy out, if you don't take that risk of rejection, you'll never know that they think the world of you and are just as hesitant as you were. Rejection is not fun and the fear of rejection is a huge restraint for most. Helping colleagues at work meet a common goal is risky when there's someone there who is more than happy to take the credit for what you have done and assigns to you the blame when something goes wrong. Hiding failure and poor performance is a greater danger than admitting it, as you take the risk of being found out as a liar and a cheat (for getting that bonus you know you didn't deserve). Having children is a risk, they may turn out to be the greatest heartbreak you have ever known when they're arrested for prostitution or child pornography or running Ponzi schemes.
This is the basic risk that we all go through every day of our lives, and it is the sign of a healthy personality that you can absorb setbacks and disappointments and yet take the risks needed to lead a happy and fulfilled life (and many psychological problems stem from an inability or unwillingness to take risks and/or recover from setbacks and disappointments).
Then there is the risk that can be hedged and canceled out. This is what drives the markets for credit default swaps and the similar derivatives: here the market sets a price on a risk that is based, basically, on the wisdom of the demand-clearing function of the markets. This is quantifiable and can be considered a simple cost of business, part of due diligence, a way of avoiding events that upset business plans and ruin bottom lines. The cancellation of this risk, of course, comes at a price, with the price set by what the market thinks the risk may be (set your risk premium too high and no one insures themselves against the risk if they think the risk is lower; set your risk premium too low and everyone's your friend, but at the cost of you taking on the risk without the necessary rewards. This is also what drives insurance policies of all kinds, including, at the end of the day, your basic social security programs. If you're worried about dying and leaving your wife and children destitute, then buy risk life insurance; if you're worried about someone hitting your car, buy car insurance; if you're worried about being able to pay doctor's bills, buy health insurance.
This is the risk that can be canceled out, removed from the calculations. Easy-peasy, if your know that it will cost you. In a perfect world, this kind of risk-canceling doesn't actually work, since if everyone knew the exact risk, the price would be set such that the risk premium would equal the profit premium, removing any incentive to actually take out such insurance: hence, there is imperfect information, with those offering risk coverage usually employing significant numbers of people whose only job is to quantify these risks and use that information to offer coverage for the risks at a higher price than the risk entails (after all, they're supposed to generate a profit from the business) and generating, as a result, a market with asymmetric information which is then hence biased to those offering risk protection.There is one fundamental aspect to these risks: they are the perceived risks, the ones that people think they can handle objectively, the ones that drive business markets for risks.
Then there the real risks out there, not just the Black Swan risks, but the reality of the risks involved that have been hidden from purveyance, of risks turning out to be different than expected.
These are the risks that the markets now face. Entire hedging systems have failed - the rating agencies failed to correctly identify the risks out there, Greece lied about its true levels of indebtedness, the Obama Administration is lying about the affordability of US debt - leaving people who thought they had bought insurance, instead realizing that they are completely exposed to these risks.
What do they do? First and foremost, panic and try to find the coverage that they want at any price in order to avoid carrying any sort of business risk.
Why do this? Why not embrace the risk and go with it?
Because careers have been built avoiding exactly this. Lawyers and accountants exist not only to provide risk coverage, but also to demand it, in an ultimately foolish and destructive pursuit of risk-free business.
Got news for everyone: while you can offer derivatives and CDS instruments for any and all kinds of risks, you still can't stop those risks from continuing to exist.
Now, consider this.
Credit default swap rates are used as a leading indicator of actual risks: the higher the likelihood - real or perceived, the difference is left to the perceptual psychologists (disclaimer: part of my undergraduate degree) - of a risk being realized, the greater these are. But right now we are seeing the market dry up for CDS instruments.
Because those in the business see too much risk and have the option of not offering the instruments at all. The risk involved for them has become too great: it is better in such a case not to do business. However, it drives up the prices for CDS when there are fewer and fewer offering them. It is a vicious circle that leads to fewer and fewer transactions as the fears mount.
Does that mean that the market isn't working? What does this all mean?
What it really means is that the bond market - and CDS instruments are (in)famously insurance against bond defaults - is facing a transition, one that is, in my opinion, a healthy and needed transition that corrects a market distortion.
What is this distortion? Simple: the belief that you can enter a risk-free transaction.
There is no objective basis for such a belief: there is only the increasingly desperate attempt to continue to believe this.
This is the sentence that led me to write this:
Investors seeking to protect themselves from losses on bonds or speculate on creditworthiness by buying credit-default swaps drove up benchmark indexes in Europe and the U.S. last week by the most since December 2008....
The problem isn't the fundamentals driving prices for bonds or creditworthiness, but rather the perceived need by investors to protect themselves from losses or to speculate on creditworthiness.
If investors would understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch (TAANSTAFL, thank you Robert Ansom Heinlein!) then markets can return to functioning normally. There is, after all, indeed no such thing as a risk-free investment, there is no such thing as a risk-free life, there is no such thing as a risk-free relationship. You cannot hedge all risks, you cannot buy broken-heart insurance, you cannot buy failed-career swaps.
Right now the market players are acting like dysfunctional and neurotic people, desperately trying to avoid living a life of risk when that is, in reality, the only game in town.
Until that changes, until adults return to the scene and both maturity and responsibility drive decisions, rather than the chimera of some sort of synthetic, risk-free world, the problems will continue.
Where's the derivative for that?
Montag, Mai 10, 2010
Risk, Risk, and Risk...
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Thanks mostly to my friend Jen, I really like makeup. I never used to wear much until I met her, but she set me up with an appointment at the MAC counter one Saturday afternoon, and they did my makeup, complete with false eyelashes. I was hooked. I get questions from people I meet in real life all the time about what products I use, what colors I have, or how I get liquid liner straight. I've decided to do a series of posts regarding my makeup collection. I am NOT a makeup artist. I just know what I like, and what works for me.
Because my collection is pretty considerable in size, I'm going to split up the discussion into several posts. Today's post is about lipstick. My collection grew to be too large to be housed in my main makeup case, so I've migrated into a pencil case:
It doesn't look so big when it's all crammed in the case. Here it is all spread out:
I'm actually not a huge "lipstick" person. I put it on in the morning and forget to reapply. I love how it looks, though. One of my favorites lately are these tinted Tokidoki Lip Balms from Sephora:
Both colors are really great, and I think you'd be surprised to see how the dark purple one (called "Skeletrina") looks. Not really purple at all. More of a red-violet sheer color. I really like it. The pink shade is called "Pink Martini."
One of my favorite all-around colors is this Tarina Tarantino for Sephora lipcolor. It's called "Candy Jar."
For fancier dress-up occasions, I will go for more dramatic colors, like reds or more opaque shades of pink/magenta/red-violets. You must use a lipliner for these first so the color looks even and defined. My favorite lipliner is Stila glaze lip liner in plum, because it's close to my natural lip color. Then I can use it with any lip shade. I hate the look of outlined lips when you can see the contrast... Unfortunately, Stila does not make this lipliner anymore! When I run out, I'll have to try something else... sad!
Good night-out-on-the-town lipstick includes this NARS lipstick in "Funny Face." I spent months looking for the perfect red-violet shade, and this one is it! The other lipstick shown below is Urban Decay in "Confession." It looks a lot darker than it is, but it's still a color that is not for the faint of heart! The packaging on this tube was what really sold me, though. A sword in the tube handle? Yes, please!
And now, for the REDS. My favorite red is Kat Von D's Painted Love lipstick in "Adora." It always looks good and isn't cakey. Has a nice subtle transparency to it. The one in the middle is an old standby from my "I don't really wear makeup" days. It's Clinique's Different lipstick in "Angel Red." And on the end is a shade chosen for me by my friend Jen - it's part of Lancome's Juicy Wear collection called "Candy Apple." You apply the lip shade, and then put the clear top coat on afterwards. Yeah, it's kind of a lot of work, but the color is great. I think of it as fancy date night lipstick because you have to keep it in your purse and reapply it in the ladies room after dinner is over.
Some of my favorite lipsticks are my MAC shades. I own "Big Bow" glaze from the Hello Kitty collection, and you can see how worn down it is. It's because I LOVE it. It's a sheer hot pink with a slight sparkliness to it. It looks good with everything. And I don't know what I'll do when it's gone! Next to Hello Kitty is MAC Cremesheen in "Go For It," which is super fancy in the tube because it's PURPLE. I have to admit that it is harder to wear than most of the colors I own. I always look a little more goth when I go out the door in this one. Two of my other favorite glosses, MAC Dazzleglass in "Funtabulous," and MAC Lipglass in "Atmospheric" are also pictured below.
Although technically not lipstick, Lipsmacker is a staple of my makeup collection. I keep tubes of this lipgloss in my work bag, my purse, my desk at work, and in my makeup cases. You never know when you might need one. Imagine my delight when my friend Stephanie pulled out a gigantic glue-stick sized tube of Lipsmackers the other night! I immediately demanded to know where she purchased it. It was from Target, so the next day I was there to acquire a giant strawberry version. In the photo below, I placed a standard-sized Lipsmacker next to the new huge one to show the size comparison. Amazing, right?
How about you? What's your favorite lip color? Favorite brand? And lastly, favorite Lipsmacker flavor?
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Which of these slaves are you
The two slaves.
Who is your master? One is materialism. One is Christ.
With the materialist master you are a slave to keeping up with the Jones. The more you have, the more you want. The more you want the harder you will work to get it. The harder you work for it the unhappier you will be, the more in dept you become, the more tired you become and the more frustrated you become. It is like being a hamster on a wheel, you constantly run but get nowhere.
When Jesus becomes your king, he is your master and you are His servant. He will have a specific duty for you in His kingdom. He will provide the tools and encouragement to succeed. He will reward you with deep satisfaction. As you progress on your duty you are drawn closer and closer into the ultimate love relation and discover joy like none other.
So Christ himself gavethe apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christmay be built upuntil we all reach unityin the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of Godand become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4:11-13 New International Version.
Can you be a turtle and an eagle at the same time?
Then neither can you serve the materialistic master and Jesus. You must choose which one you will dedicate your life to.
"Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? Romans 6:15-16 New International Version
My question to you is: which one are you?
Prayer: Jesus my beloved King, I thank You for the splendid privilege of being Your humble servant. Please guide my words and actions so that they will glorify my magnificent King. In Your Lordships name I thank You and request this privilege. Amen.
May the sunshine of Jesus' sweet love bless you today and every day.
I don't like the word slave. I know it is used frequently in the bible. There are so many who are living in bondage throughout the world. A better question to ask, do we love God? Do we help those in need through charity? I believe if we love God our answer is yes.. Thank you teacher joe...
Great point Teacher Joe. We need to daily conduct heart inspections to check our love for God compared to all else.


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Totally fabulous make, Maura... LOVE what you've done with the packaging - I'm always saving it, but the most exciting thing I've done with it so far is use it as a palette for making perfect pearls paint! Gorgeous... and I've got to say I'm pretty envious: an actual class with the actual TH - hope you have the most amazing time!!ReplyDelete
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This one morning, in the mind sweltering stages of wrapping up three projects, I woke up in earnest need to find a pacifying read. And not that the three pieces I worked on weren't the most pleasing and gratifying to write and read, it was the work around the work causing me to see doubles. I didn't have to ask around. I needed something soothing my eyes hadn't seen before, to read.
First I surfed the Net, coming up with… 10 Cool Things No One Tells You About Getting Older.
…loved the article, except I wanted more. …More as in a solid story to follow. Normally I keep away from radical reading during this time. Heavy reading I do during off-peak seasons. Needing this instant reprieve, I looked over at my desk. A stack of books faced me. The ones next up to read. I started flipping through them, looking for a short, straightforward, sweet interesting one. And of course, it had to be a memoir. Fiction I strictly reserve for off-peak moments. Other genres simply wouldn't offset the mood I was in.
So, I kept flipping through, and turning over books until I came to one I found at the bottom of the stack. I put it there after opening it and finding out much of the text in the first half of the book had been underlined. Perhaps the reader gave up on it, but I didn't. I loved the book. Turned out to be just the balance I needed.
Anyone looking for a genuine memoir may also want to read FAMILY MATTERS and More… Stories of my Life in Soviet Russia by Sol Tetelbaum.
Solomon delivered what he promised, stories that made me laugh and cry as he personified (for me) in a melodic tune how "every cloud has a silver lining."
At times, while reading the book I wished I knew Russian. Though humorously told in English, I imagined how Russian humor translated. Maybe as humorous as Solomon's embarrassing experience coming across the f-word when he was learning to read and speak English?
Family Matters and More is an inspiring memoir. The sincerity and the many lessons Solomon learns are among the most uplifting. "The Compromise," absolutely delightful to read as well. Loved that solidly grounded principled story. "A Couple of Drunkards," …just hilarious. Loved that one too. The new frantic parents and the trouble Dina caused them…typical, though I couldn't help but laugh picturing it. "The antidote that cured Vova (his son) of bronchitis," simply invaluable. And not just the remedy itself, but the message behind the remedy.
Also, I can't recall where in the book the Stalin newspaper 'usage' was, but the suspense leading up to what frightened people from using the public stall is one of the best examples to describe the encompassing nature of this enduring family story. Like the cure for Vova's bronchitis, some of the simplest things in life are not only the purest, but simply the most enduring. Lovely.


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Not long ago, my daughter, her best friend, and I had a full day's worth of activity and adventure, enjoying carnival games at a local festival, eating bags of salty popcorn, running through icy cold fountains when the day's heat became too intense, and following it all up with a late afternoon movie. It was Girl Time at its best!
Which is why I was totally blown away when, after dropping off her friend, my daughter's answer to my innocent inquiry of, "So, what should we do for dinner?" was met with a raging, "Nothing! Can we just go home already! I think we've bonded enough for one day."
"Was that a car that just rear-ended me?" I thought momentarily. "Can words cause whiplash?" I wondered. My white knuckles clutched the steering wheel with primitive force and I'm pretty sure the woman in the lane next to me witnessed steam coming out of my ears.
"Seriously?" I started out calmly. Unfortunately, I only began that way. Quick as a flash, angry words of hurt and indignation rang forth from my mouth. I promised to never take my daughter anywhere…ever…again. I threatened to cancel our "bonding plans" for next weekend's end-of-school-year trip. I lied and told her that I had had a miserable day too. In short, I mirrored the emotions my daughter had just unleashed on me and fueled the out-of-the-blue conflict with ten additional gallons of gasoline. When my rant was over, I looked at her in the rearview mirror and I knew I had blown it.
"What happened?" my husband asked as we both stomped into the house.
"Nothing," my daughter muttered as she walked past him.
"Nothing?" he questioned, slightly amused by the obvious incongruence between her words and her body language.
Nothing comes from nothing. This truism, coined by Dr. Nicholas Long of the Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI) Institute, usually inspires me to look beyond my a child's surface behavior to understand the thoughts, feelings, and perceptions that trigger intense outbursts.
Unfortunately, sometimes these words-to-live-by are more easily translated into my professional work than they are into my own parenting practices. It's not that I don't feel a compelling commitment to clients, but rather that my deep emotional investment (read: having spent all day doing everything in my power to be a "fun Mom" and to make sure that my daughter and her friend were having the "best day ever") in my own children sometimes hijacks my rational thought and leads me to react emotionally rather than to respond effectively.
I hate it when that happens.
I wish I could get a re-do when it does. Here is what I would do if I could have a "Take 2" on that moment in the car:
1. Pause for a Moment
The most human thing a parent can do is mirror a child's behavior and respond with equal emotional force. This, however, usually only serves to escalate the conflict and forfeits an opportunity to teach kids about effective anger expression.
With a do-over, I would pause after my daughter's "bonding comment" and follow all of the same "count to 10" and "take a deep breath" advice I give to my kids. It's not that these quick time outs alone soothe a person so much as that they gives the brain a chance to re-gain control and to move on to Step 2.
2. Recognize that Nothing Comes from Nothing
To my knowledge, my daughter, her friend, and I had enjoyed a fantastic day together, but clearly there was more to the afternoon than I had been aware of. A do-over would have me remembering that nothing comes from nothing and that my daughter's over-reaction to my casual dinner inquiry was a red flag that a problem had, indeed, occurred.
3. Drain Off the Emotion
The first stage of LSCI, a strategy for turning crisis situations into learning opportunities for kids, teaches parents and professionals that before they can rationally engage a child in a discussion about his feelings, they must first reduce the emotional intensity of the situation.
My do-over would have featured me using de-escalation skills such as paraphrasing, affirming, and active listening to my daughter when she showed her first signs of distress during the car ride. In short, I wish I had listened more and reacted less.
4. Gather the Timeline
Once the intensity of my daughter's initial emotional reaction was drained off, I would use open-ended questions to encourage her to talk about the events of the day from her perspective. Questions like, "How were you feeling when Addison was still in the car?" would have helped me get a sense of her emotional state just prior to her outburst. Asking, "What kinds of things were you and Addison talking about while you stood in line at the movies?" would have led me to understand that Addison's comment about an upcoming sleepover at a mutual friend's house—an event that my daughter hadn't been invited to—had wounded her deeply and changed the mood of the entire day.
These "insight nuggets" are the basis for helping adults and kids develop insight into the underlying causes of intense emotions. They create "A-ha" moments where we realize for certain that the problems kids cause are not the causes of their problems.
5. Explain the Dynamic of Displacement
One of the most common patterns of self-defeating behavior in young people is the phenomena of displacement. Displacement occurs when a child takes out his anger on an unsuspecting, often undeserving target. Because the target is taken by surprise, he often reacts in a conflict-fueling way. Opportunities for healthy self-expression are lost. Relationships are damaged. Both parties lose. Sounds a lot like my situation, huh?
In my do-over, somewhere during the process of gathering the Timeline, I would begin to recognize the pattern of displacement. Instead of getting caught up in the conflict, however, I would have continued on with questions, such as:
· Who were you really mad at?
· Who did you take your anger out on?
· Did that person deserve your anger?
· What could you do to prevent the situation from occurring next time?
Open-ended questions such as these empower kids to develop insight into self-defeating behaviors and to build up confidence to manage comparable situations more effectively in the future.
Oh, and by the way, included in this process is a whole lot of personal owning up and apologizing for my role in escalating the situation just at the time that my daughter could have really used an adult to soothe her. You would think that the fact that I teach and write about LSCI skills and parenting would mean I had graduated from all of this conflict-mirroring stuff…but parenting is tough, emotions get the best of us, and we all drop out of Parent-of-the-Year contention from time to time.
The bad news is that do-overs are just a wish for me. I can't go back in time and re-enact a "perfect" parenting textbook response to my daughter. The good news is that conflict situations with kids tend to replay themselves over and over, which gives parents multiple shots to improve on past responses and to get things "right-er" each time. Understanding the dynamics of displacement and recognizing that nothing comes from nothing helps me to put aside my automatic defensiveness and be a better parent with each passing day.
Signe Whitson, LSW is the chief Operating Officer of the Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute and author of How to Be Angry: An Assertive Anger Expression Group Guide for Kids and Teens. For workshop information, please visit www.signewhitson.com or Follow Signe on Twitter @SigneWhitson.
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On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3 to 2 to approve a proposal that would govern how providers of broadband Internet are regulated.
The proposal has serious consequences for the question of whether online content from different providers will be treated equally—or "net neutrality," as the issue is commonly known. If it becomes policy, the change in rules would allow telecom companies like Verizon and Comcast to charge content providers extra fees for faster delivery to consumers. Netflix already pays Comcast for this service, but similar agreements could proliferate under the new proposal—a development that neutrality proponents say would stifle innovation, damage free speech, and export inequality into the digital space.
"FCC chairman Tom Wheeler is still moving ahead with a proposal that puts the entire future of the Internet in danger," wrote Evan Greer, campaign manager at the group Fight for the Future, in an email to YES.
But the debate is just getting started—Thursday's approval begins a 120-day public comment period in which proponents of net neutrality will work to ensure stronger protections. If the past few weeks are any indication, they have a good chance at success: activists made significant gains since April 23, when a preliminary sketch of the new proposal first made the news, and this Thursday.
Here's a look at four of what they achieved:
1. Activists pushed back on the proposal and got it changed.
The proposal the FCC just approved includes stronger protections than the FCC's original plan, which would have allowed telecom companies to place their own subsidiaries' content into the fast lane. For example, Comcast owns the Hollywood film company Universal Studios, and would have been allowed to make Universal's films stream more quickly than others on its own broadband service, giving this content an unfair advantage. It's a bit like a referee at a middle school soccer game ruling in favor of their own kid.
Earlier this month, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler revised the proposal to forbid that practice. Wheeler's revisions did not satisfy net neutrality proponents, but they took place only because of the significant public outcry that greeted the original plan. That suggests that continued activism can produce even greater results.
2. Calls to elected representatives made a difference.
Calling your senator or congressperson may not feel like the newest or most exciting way to get involved these days, but in this case it was effective in bringing many elected representatives into the conversation.
In April, groups like MoveOn.org and FreePress began asking their followers to call their representatives. Then, on May 9, Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden and 10 other senators sent a letter to Chairman Wheeler expressing doubts about the proposed rules and recommending that the FCC reclassify broadband as a "Common Carrier," like telephone providers are today.
Thirty-four House Democratics also sent a similar letter to the FCC.
3. Reclassification remains on the table.
The senators that wrote the FCC this May aren't the only fans of reclassification. The move has emerged as the holy grail of the movement to keep the Internet fair and open.
The problem is that, back in 2002, the FCC classified broadband as an "information service" rather than a "communications service" under the 1996 Telecommunications Act. While communications services are protected as "common carriers" that the FCC is authorized to regulate substantially, information services are not. That's why the the commission has been smacked down in court over and over again when it's tried to enforce its own net neutrality rules—which happened most recently in January.
Wheeler's main argument against reclassification is that it would take too long. "I do not believe we should leave the market unprotected for multiple more years while lawyers for the biggest corporate players tie the FCC's protections up in court," he wrote in a blog post dated April 29.
Yet Wheeler also said that "all options for protecting and promoting an Open Internet are on the table," including reclassification. That's an opening that proponents of net neutrality will be working hard to make the most of as the commission collects comments in the coming months.
4. It's a big tent, and getting bigger.
The current coalition's outlines began to appear soon after the sketch of the FCC's proposal was released last month. Nearly 150 tech companies, including giants Amazon and Google, wrote a letter to the FCC demanding stronger protections. Dozens of musicians and entertainers, including Aerosmith's Joe Perry and Lost star Evangeline Lilly, sent a similar one.
More than 310,000 people have signed a petition organized by the political arm of the mobile network CREDO. And then there's the entire dedicated community of people who love the Internet—and have gotten used to stepping up to defend it in earlier battles like the one to prevent SOPA, a bill that would have threatened free speech online.
It's hard to say just what this unique sort of big tent—with its prominent representation from the business and cultural sectors—will mean in the coming months, when the binding decisions about net neutrality will get made. But it's definitely a powerful coalition ripe with opportunities for collaboration and solidarity.


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Last year, Rick Grimes "The Walking Dead" Season 8 will make it clear right away that The Ricktator is reclaiming the spotlight.
Greg Nicotero tends to direct TWD premieres and he helmed Season 8, Episode 1, which is also the show's 100th episode. Here's a little tease on that, from Nicotero to TV Guide:
"We start Episode 801 on a close-up of Rick Grimes, and we really get a sense that he's driving our story, not Negan."
Robert Kirkman already told EW the Season 8 premiere would tell us what the old Rick image of the trailer meant, so it's possible the entire season will open with that close-up shot and reveal more about it later. (Comic book fans already think they have an idea about Old Man Rick, but we'll see.)
Nicotero also told TV Guide the 100th episode will include some Easter Eggs to reward longtime fans:
"In multiple viewings you'll definitely pick up a few things that we put in there that harken back to earlier episodes."
Rewatch the big Comic-Con trailer and see if you can pick up some early clues: "The Walking Dead" Season 8 begins All Out War on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 9 p.m. on AMC.
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Financial Executives International, Newton Marriott, Newton, MA
January 19, 2011
Edwin L. Miller Jr. will participate as a panelist at FEI Boston's seminar on Private Capital Financing on January 19, 2011. Private capital takes many different forms from many different sources. This seminar is intended for the senior financial executive who is tasked with evaluating the term sheets and advising on the current and the "down the road" impact of different types of financing, impact of the preferences, conversion triggers, super-majority requirements and board dynamics.
- What type of private capital is available and in what circumstances?
- Who is active in the market?
- How do I go about sourcing private capital?
- The "super-angel" phenomenon and the "document simplification" initiatives.
- How are venture, angel and PE investors approaching valuation?
- What are the hot buttons for discussion of business model, market and team capabilities?
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Historical Background:The first wave of gliders from Gruppe Mitte's (Center Group) 3rd Fallschirmjäger Regiment had a number of bold objectives: Hauptmann Altmann's men were tasked with silencing a dangerous anti-aircraft battery in the Akrotiri peninsula, while the men of Oberleutnant Genz were to knock out another anti-aircraft battery and a wireless station south of Hania; concurrently, Oberst Heidrich's Paratroopers would take Galatos and establish a defensive position on the hills surrounding the town. Although scattered during their airdrop, Altmann's men eventually managed to capture their objective, only to find this battery to be a dummy! Meanwhile, two of Genz's gliders released early over Hania while a third exploded in mid-air, when caught in ground fire; but the others successfully landed near their anti-aircraft objective, and Genz detachment put their MG34 machine guns to good use, quickly overrunning the outgunned battery's defenders. They then attempted to reach the wireless station but were blocked by 1st Ranger Battalion and Bren gun carriers of Royal Welch Fusiliers. As for Heidrich's paratroopers, they managed to set foot on some of the hills around Prison Valley, but Brigadier Puttick's New Zealanders and light tanks counterattacked pushing them back into the valley.The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn, and you are in command. The rest is history.
Briefing:Axis Player [Germany]Take 5 Command cards.You move first.Allied Player [Great Britain]Take 5 Command cards.
Conditions of Victory:6 Medals.The towns of Hania, Galatos, Stalos and Platanias are Start Turn Temporary Medal Objectives worth 1 medal each for the Axis forces. The moment a unit vacates a town for any reason (movement, retreat or elimination), the medal is lost.The Axis Medal in the Forest hex represents the Allied Wireless Station. It is a Turn Start Permanent Medal Objective for the Axis forces. The medal is gained and can no longer be lost, once the Axis forces manage to occupy this hex at the start of one of their turns.Place an Objective Medal on the hex containing the Allied artillery unit. The elimination of this unit is worth one additional medal for the Axis forces.The 5 hill hexes (Pink 1, Ruin 1, Wheat 1 and Cemetery x2) form a Turn Start Temporary Majority Medal Objective worth 1 Medal for whoever controls the majority of these high ground hexes. If the majority is lost for any reason (movement, retreat or elimination), the medal is immediately lost and put back in play.
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As I sit here I wonder how many times I have sat in front of my computer screen over the past year. Trying to let me fingers find the letters on the keys.(One of the best things I did one summer before I was in Junior High I learned how to type.) I wanted each time to scream for help but then I questioned every word, deleted and walked away.
I have said before that silence can kill you, it almost did. It took a special young lady coming into my life to help me to see how much I had let the silence eat away at my life. I had become complacent allowing negativity to take place in my heart and life.....not even believing I could choose happiness everyday. I never wanted that but somewhere along the road you decide that silence is better than being hurt by other peoples words and actions. What had changed my mind about talking? Seeing a new person coming into your life and asking you with every ounce of respect, "Why do you allow this?"
So to this beautiful young lady, you know who you are. You showed me what I had lost and needed to grieve over so I could embrace my Peace again. I love you so much. You my dear are a peacemaker. Thank you for helping me to see what I should have seen all along. It is because of what you have said that I am sitting in front of my computer screen allowing God to guide my fingers across the keys. Be blessed my dear in knowing you are made for GREAT things! Helping me was one of your GREAT things! Keep doing GREAT things and I will see you soon then.


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AN EARLY incarnation of Tim Renkow's forthcoming Edinburgh Fringe show, this was a muddled performance in which the American confessed to forgetting significant chunks of his material.
Tim Renkow: Less Disabled Than Scotland
Heroes @ The Griffin, Glasgow
Nevertheless, this work-in-progress reiterated what a compelling and provocative act he is and bodes well for that future hour.
Having grown up with cerebral palsy, he suffers the preconceptions and perversions of others but deploys his condition as a weapon, using his rare perspective for daring, mischievous routines on racism, sexuality and paedophilia.
Beneath his punchlines' wicked impishness, there's a general cynicism and world-weariness, his jaded views on Scotland and Britain only mildly tempered by tales of criminal stupidity from his native North Carolina. Often, he reaches for gratuitous shock but there's reasoned argument and historical context too.
In his swipes at the Chinese, meanwhile, the coming superpower, he forces you to question whether he's attacking someone more or less powerful than himself, and how culturally imposed such distinctions are. With vague ethnicity and even indefinable disability for some, he's experienced all manner of prejudice and you feel palpable anger underpinning the humour.
Still, Renkow hates being seen as representative of the disabled and he'll always prioritise laughs over polemic, appreciating that the inconsistencies in his views are neither here nor there.
That said, plenty of the logic he deploys is actually sound, and all the more effective for being wittily unpalatable.


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This excellent villa offers a spacious, open plan layout with lot of light. The beautiful garden whit its inviting pool area and the main floor are one floor above the street level and guarantee a maximum of privacy and intimacy. The inside of this fantastic villa consist of an open, fully equipped and modern kitchen, a lounge with dining area, an office and a guest bathroom. The elegant and classic equipped living area leads you to the outside sector with spacious terraces. The tasteful quality furniture made of real wood, in a rustic style is perfectly suited to the style of the villa. An impressive marble staircase leads up to the private night area where the large master bedroom with an en-suite bathroom (shower, jacuzzi, WC, double sink), a walk-in closet and a private terrace with breathtaking views over the sea, is situated. Also two further bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, private balcony and a bathroom (shower, WC, and bidet) are on this floor. The basement floor on street level invites you to enjoy a house own bar, build of marble and wood, equipped with a walk-in wine humidor, where you can store special treasures. Also on this floor: a guest bathroom and a separate apartment with two bedrooms and a bathroom. Other features in this luxurious villa are: a new, large and heated pool with electric solar cover, pool bar, a Bose-HIFI-garden-entertainment and atmospheric LED lighting in the outdoor area, strong safety concept, air condition (hot/cold), a stainless steel outdoor kitchen with BBQ area, a winter garden, a covered parking deck with space for up to three cars and a tasteful interior courtyard in andalusian style.
Located in the currently best and most popular residential area El Madroñal , this very spacious villa has best location combined with the fantastic weather of the south. Within a walking distance of only 5 minutes from the popular private school Colegio Costa Adeje, you also find many restaurants, local shopping, parks, shopping centers, fitness and sport equipment shop. The most beautiful beaches Playa del Duque and Playa Fañabé are about 1,500 m (or three minutes by car).
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A federal judge dismissed claims that Continental Airlines took a dildo from the luggage of a gay couple, greased it and taped it to the outside of their bag. The humiliating display allegedly occurred while Christopher Bridgeman and Marin Borger returned to Virginia from Costa Rica. … [W]hile waiting at the baggage carousel in Virginia, the men allegedly found that someone had removed a sex toy from their luggage, taped it to the top of the bag and smeared it with "a greasy foul-smelling substance." […] The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, commonly known as the Montreal Convention, pre-empts the claims for damages related to the mishandling of luggage, according to the ruling. Borger and Bridgeman were unable to circumvent the treaty to find relief, according to the four-page order.
As I already said, if they were so ashamed of their big purple dildo, they shouldn't have taken it on vacation and put it in the hands of strangers via their checked luggage. And if they were truly humiliated, they wouldn't have filed a federal lawsuit and posted photos of the alleged incident online.
December 7, 2012 at 1:53 pm
The reality is that security often does go through your bags. In Puerto Rico, they stole sunglasses and other items from mine. Have you ever met these people? They are essentially low paid, uneducated and unemployable for most other jobs. That duffle bag is cheap Wal Mart grade garbage. And the zipper is clearly broken in the picture, and the contents probably spilled. They have tape on hand for this very reason. You are expecting too much for them to pack a dildo properly back in the bag.
December 7, 2012 at 7:27 am
Ok. Next time I decide to fly a really huge dildo I will parade it in cabin for everyone to see.
December 6, 2012 at 5:31 pm
No flight personel and baggage handling staff should make a client's / customer's private matters public (especially when the client or costumer wasn't difficult in the first place). That's bad business. To me that's just common sense and doesn't need to get in front of a judge.
December 6, 2012 at 5:17 pm
"Borger and Bridgeman were unable to circumvent the treaty to find relief"
Isn't that what the dildo was for?
December 6, 2012 at 5:12 pm
I understand your second point about sharing it online but I am sorry, I don't agree with the first.
We should be able to put anything in our luggage without expecting airport personnel to not only go through it but take it out and showing it for the world to see. I don't think it is unreasonable to have a minimum expectation of privacy as to what you put in your luggage and that if placed in a situation where security personnel has to see personal belongings because of their job, they will be professional about it and keep the hassle and embarrassment to a minimum.


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Brokers who want to help their agents succeed in social media marketing* may take advantage of an enterprise plan which allows you to provide the NAR Starter Plan for your agents at a discounted monthly rate, exclusively available through this program.
Through this opportunity, you may post content to all of your agents' social media business pages to promote your brand and generate leads.
Cost varies depending on the number of agents within your office.
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She took him to the dog park and they had a great day. He was relaxed and happy when I got him back
Katy has been a caregiver for our dog in the past. We were very happy with the care received. The love and attention she shows animals in her care make the separation so much easier. Our dog showed some separation anxiety initially and Kate communicated with us to best alleviate these symptoms. Paying attention to the details of your pets daily life is very important to Katy. Katy loves animals and will do the best ...
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United Methodist Women works to improve the lives of women and children through education and health care supporting schools and women abroad as well as many community centers in the United States. Some of the money our local unit earn goes to our national office to support all of our projects in the United States and in foreign countries (schools and The Bible Women).
At FUMC, our United Methodist Women raise funds through
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Christmas Cookie Walk to help support other non-profit organizations such as St Joseph's Health and Dental Clinic, The Women's Center, Northcott Neighborhood House, Hebron House, and United Methodist Children's Center.
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Climate Change
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Circles in large units of United Methodist Women are small groups of women who meet monthly to form friendships, to learn about the missions of the United Methodist Women, and to grow spiritually. In the days before women were active in the workforce, circles provided social relationships and support and undertook many of the functions that today are divided among committees. Today, circles have a program (speaker of interest to the group), a devotion, and a mission moment about one of the current UMW missions. These circles connect us to each other and continue to sustain close relationships formed over many years.
Martha Joy Circle was formed from two separate circles, the Martha Circle and the Joy Circle. Martha Joy Circle meets monthly on third Tuesday at 7:00pm.
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"We Plough the Fields and Scatter"
Author: Matthias Claudius (1782, German)
Translator: Jane M. Campbell
We plough the fields, and scatter
The good seed on the land,
But it is fed and watered
By God's almighty hand;
He sends the snow in winter,
The warmth to swell the grain,
The breezes and the sunshine,
And soft refreshing rain.
All good gifts around us
All good gifts around us
Are sent from heaven above;
Then thank the Lord,
O thank the Lord
For all His love.
He only is the Maker
Of all things near and far;
He paints the wayside flower,
He lights the evening star;
The winds and waves obey Him,
By Him the birds are fed;
Much more to us, His children,
He gives our daily bread.
All good gifts around us
All good gifts around us
Are sent from heaven above;
Then thank the Lord,
O thank the Lord
For all His love.
We thank Thee, then, O Father,
For all things bright and good,
For all things bright and good,
The seed-time and the harvest,
Our life, our health, our food:
No gifts have we to offer
For all Thy love imparts,
But that which Thou desirest,
Our humble, thankful hearts.
All good gifts around us
Are sent from heaven above;
Then thank the Lord,
O thank the Lord
For all His love.
Thanksgiving is next week, and I wanted to share at least two harvest time hymns of gratitude before then to prepare our hearts. It's funny that my first memory of this hymn is not from church, but from the pop musical "Godspell" which came out when I was a child. Next week's hymn will likely be "Come, Ye Thankful People Come."
The concepts somehow seem so alien to me in my suburban-techno lifestyle so far removed from farm and field, even though my mother and sister and brother and I did grow fruits and vegetables when I was a child in California. (I'm growing golden poppies now as a remembrance!) And yet, though I'm not living in an agrarian society, as another little table grace song reminds me, "Back of the bread is the flour, and back of the flour is the mill, and back of the mill is the sun and the rain and the Father's will." I don't want to take for granted all of the labor and divine providence that goes into even just a loaf of bread.
Trying to apply it to my own life in a metaphorical way, I think of the seeds I plant in the lives of my own children and my students. I do my little part, but the real growth is up to our Gracious God. (See A Mother's Seeds.) There is simply no point in trying to force feed other people into spiritual growth. Instead, we plant our ideas and inspiration in their hearts and nurture them with our loving example. In my middle school class later this week, I'll be sharing this hymn as part of our poetry unit in preparation for Thanksgiving. Maybe it will make some small difference so that it's not just Turkey Day?
I also think of folks in the underdeveloped regions of the world, or even in my own city, and the sheer struggle it is to just eek out enough food for the table. I'm grateful for the organizations and individuals who make sacrifices to help make it happen. A couple of weeks ago, I stopped by a local church's annual Global Christmas Market and browsed the international gift booths hosted by groups like Heifer International (providing food-producing, money making "living loans" so families around the world can become self-sufficient and share with others) and The Society of St. Andrew (Gleaning America's Fields, Feeding America's Hungry -- such an awesome concept!). I bought a Kings Mantle Thunbergia butterfly bush for my garden from the booth of Alliance for International Reforestation (AIR) which works in Guatemala and Nicaragua to establish community run tree nurseries, agroforestry systems, fuel-efficient stoves, environmental education, and the packaging of medicinal plants. There are other organizations listed on my posts from last year, What You Can Do to Make the Holiday Season a Little Merrier for Others and Global Hunger Relief. There are also more thoughts in this essay and advent poem: A Note Wedged into the Window on My Van.
I could write more, but that's enough to think about for now. Ask three things:
"Am I grateful for my blessings and aware of their True Source?"
"Am I investing spiritually in the lives of others through wise words and kind deeds?"
"Am I caring for the poor and hungry in a way which reflects the love of Jesus?"
Now I'm going back to think about this hymn some more, and offer it as simple worship from my own heart.
Grace and peace,
Virginia Knowles
P.S. This post is the 25th in my Strength in Hymn series. I invite you to explore the rest! Most of them have a lot of nature photography interspersed with the verses, but for this post, one simple picture of apples and wheat crackers seemed most fitting. After I published the post, I remembered this photo of me working in my grandfather's vegetable garden in my mother's back yard years ago.


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The Chippewa River is a stream in Michigan that runs 91.8 miles through the central Lower Peninsula. The Chippewa is a tributary of the Tittabawassee River and is named after the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation.
The Chippewa River flows through Mt. Pleasant and is the focal point of five parks in the city: Riverside Park, Mill Pond Park, Nelson Park, Chipp-A-Waters, and Island Park. In Island Park, the river flows completely around the park and creates a natural island in the center of the city. Three additional Isabella County parks utilize the river for recreation: Meridian Park, Deerfield Nature Park, and Majeski Landing.
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Z87M OC Formula Breaks World Record Again with Memory Running at DDR3 4285.6MHz!
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, June 10, 2013 – The one and only ace of overclocking Nick Shih continues to push DDR3 memory frequencies to new boundaries which no man has ever set foot on. He has reached a ludicrous DDR3 4285.6MHz with ASRock's Z87M OC Formula, the micro sized Z87 motherboard he designed specifically for overclocking, and it all happened on this year's overclocking show at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2013!
- ASRock's Z87M OC Formula meets Team Group Xtreem-LV-2666! Nick Shih tops the memory clock world record with an unbelievable DDR3 4285.6MHz score.
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My earliest memory of clay goes back to primary school in the English Midlands. I remember the absolute joy I felt as a six year old, having pinched and teased a miniature horse from a lump of clay!
During the late 1970's – as part of my training to be an Art teacher – I rediscovered clay. I enjoyed the challenge of throwing on the potters wheel and became moderately proficient at making various vessels. But when I discovered underglaze colours and the techniques of mould making and slip-casting during post-graduate studies, I was in heaven!!
I've since built up a small ceramics business, producing a range of tableware inspired by Australian wildlife, limited edition teapots and figurative sculptures.


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My weekend went from the language-intensive attempt at recreating a lost Shakespeare play (IUPUI's "The History of Cardenio" in a brand-spanking-new theater) to language-free addition of a live musical score to a classic silent film ("The Mark of Zorro" at the IMA, courtesy of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra).
The pairing may have subconsciously dictating my reading choice: I've been taking great pleasure in "Actors Talk About Shakespeare" (Limelight) featuring fascinating interviews with the likes of Derek Jacobi, Kevin Kline, and Zoe Caldwell. Now, though, I'm hungry for a full-bodied "Tempest" or "Twelfth Night."
What about you? What did you hear, see or read this weekend?
Did you get to the opening at the Indianapolis Museum of Art? Catch the return of "Avenue Q" at the Phoenix? See "The Three Stooges" at the multiplex?
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Joe gained the love and respect of almost everyone he met, and although he didn't always show it, he greatly apprecated all the love and care he received from the generous people of Lumberton.
Joe is survived by the love of his life, Sabrina Jones, his three children, Joseph Anthony Soto, Jr., Jada Miriam Soto and Jarren Evan Soto, his brothers, Carlos Carmona and Fernando Quijano III, his sister, Kyra Quijano, and a host of other friends and relatives. He will be sorely missed.
I've written three obituaries in my life, and that had to have been the saddest one so far, not just because he was my baby brother, not just because he died so young, nor just because he is the third member of my family (My mother died in 1991, my uncle Andy a few years later) to succumb to AIDS. Yes, it's sad because he leaves behind a wife and three young kids, but what makes it even sadder is the lost potential of a young man whose power was never truly tapped.
Yes, there are lessons we can still take away from the loss of my baby brother. Always a "man," he would have us believe that he acquired HIV via unprotected sex, but as he was also a drug addict, could have almost as likely gotten it shooting up heroin. The irony that he died of the same disease that killed my mother and uncle, and that he likely started using drugs as a method of coping with my mother's death (Joe was only 16) doesn't elude me. And I'm sure we all need the occassional reminder that AIDS is still virulent here in the U.S.
Nevertheless, I will miss him and his stories. He had many to tell, all entertaining, many I will never hear. Below is a poem, a rap, that Jojo started, and that I helped to polish. It's neither the best example of Hip Hop nor poetry, but it reflected a moment in our lives when we used our grief to create something together. Something we were both proud of. After all, isn't good art merely an honest attempt at expressing our deepest emotions?
Rocked by Ages
You think you had it rough?
Well I think I had it rougher
Mommy was a dope fiend
Daddy was a puffer
Well I think I had it rougher
Mommy was a dope fiend
Daddy was a puffer
Five years old and learning how to suffer
watching Mommy jump from one man to another
Daddy disappeared when I turned Seven
watching Mommy jump from one man to another
Daddy disappeared when I turned Seven
He's in jail or hell... know he ain't in heaven
Nine years old, livin' off cheese & Kix
Mommy sold the foodstamps so she could get her next fix
Eleven years old, first time I saw the needle in her arm
Imagine my confusion, imagine my alarm
Just that day, I learned about drugs in school
They said it was for losers, they said it was for fools
Tryin' to get her to stop, I laid down some law
She just laughed in my face, said it was my fault
& I crashed
Thirteen years old, hitting rock bottom
The disadvantages of life, yeah I got 'em
so I hit the bottle and the joint to set me free
Started off slow, but soon nothing could stop me
'til I looked in the mirror, and all I saw was Mommy
Fifteen, time to quit while ahead
Before I was too deep, before I was dead
while at it, I'd get Mommy out too
Get her in rehab, start our lives brand new
But for Mommy things would never be the same
Cuz she'd caught that big disease with the itty bitty name
Sixteen years old, at the hospital to say goodbye
But I couldn't say shit, I just watched Mommy die
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Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, has raised alarm over the frequent theft of rail components on the Port Harcourt – Enugu rail line.
The minister, who frowned at the situation, charged the Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, Mr. Adeseyi Sijuwade, to deploy the railway police to theft-prone areas in order not to jeopardise the completion of the project.
Umar, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, after he was briefed on the level of work done so far on Lot 1 of the rehabilitation of the Eastern line rail service from Port Harcourt to Makurdi, said that regardless of the challenges, the 2013 completion date for the project remain realizable.
Speaking earlier, Sijuwade lamented the inability of the contractor handling the project, ESER Contracting and Industry Company Incorporated, to access the main quarry for the project located at Ishiagu in Ebonyi State.
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When Massachusetts chose to relinquish its unequivocally liberal reputation by sending a man with a pickup truck to the U.S. Senate, Cambridge—for its part—did not follow suit. A mere 15 percent of Cantabridgians cast their ballots for Scott Brown. And yet, after four years of maintaining my right-of-center views at Harvard, I am convinced that there is no better place to be a Republican.
No, really.
For the minority of students who arrive at Harvard with self-professed right-of-center views in tow, this institution offers something that is dolled out much more sparingly to their progressive-minded counterparts: a thorough and frequent challenge to their political views.
While for some this translates into a full-scale conversion of political belief (Franklin D. Roosevelt, class of 1904, was once a member of the Harvard Republican Club), for most it is an exercise in toning the muscles of political argument, and more importantly, finding the oft-ignored weaknesses. In short, the Harvard Republican learns why he believes what he believes; and the Harvard Republican learns where to break rank with orthodoxy.
Consider a friend of mine. Leaving her freshman dorm on a Tuesday evening in September, her roommate stopped to ask where she was going. "A meeting," my friend, the freshman, replied tersely. The roommate pressed. "A Republican Club meeting," she relented. The response: "Oh. Well, it's okay. I don't judge."
"College," Robert Frost once remarked, "is a refuge from hasty judgment." Perhaps. But it seems "I don't judge" is precisely the phrase one uses to conceal one's hasty judgment. The Harvard Republican is often the victim of the hasty judgment of his cohorts—and understandably so. National Republicans have done one thing well in recent years: tarnishing the brand. So there exist plenty of reasons to raise an eyebrow at a classmate who labels herself Republican; at least two of those reasons have their own cable shows.
The political views that one holds upon arriving on campus are, at least to some degree, a product of the prevailing demographic of one's home territory—or, at least, the influence of one's family or their news channel of choice. For those arriving at Harvard as Democrats or as liberals, the environment is undeniably more hospitable than those for whom "Ronald Reagan" is pronounced only with the requisite amount of reverence.
Leaning to the left at Harvard rarely receives a meaningful challenge. A Democrat rarely has to follow a declaration of his political affiliation with the corollary, "But let me explain." In the midst of a campus where students default to Democrat, being Republican, though, is a conscious choice that must be made and re-made throughout the undergraduate experience.
Ross G. Douthat '02, a former Crimson contributor and a current New York Times columnist, lamented in a 2005 Atlantic pseudo-exposé entitled "The Truth About Harvard," that "Harvard was easy" and plagued by rapidly declining standards. The problem, he concluded, was that "no one was pushing back." Whether true or not of Harvard academics, for the Harvard Republican, someone is always "pushing back." And that makes for the sort of rigorous thought that Douthat declared absent in the classroom.
Thus, as the Harvard Republican approaches graduation, he understands why he holds his right-of-center beliefs. Not only has he justified them multiple times to peers "pushing back" across a dining hall table, he has justified them to himself when forced to self-evaluate. That is to say, his political beliefs now inform his party affiliation, when for others party affiliation far too often informs political beliefs.
That self-evaluation, though, can produce less-than-orthodox views. Imagine the reaction of then-New Hampshire GOP Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte when, at last year's Republican Club Lincoln Day Dinner, one of the club's board members explained his vision for a type of government-run health care system. (It did not stop her, thankfully, from critiquing the Obama health plan in her subsequent speech.)
This is not to say that a Harvard Republican is simply a Democrat with an identity crisis. No, the Harvard Republican knows that he does not have to subscribe to the entire party platform to be a Republican; and he certainly does not have to stand for the nonsense that too many soundbite motivated conservatives spew. He knows that he can support the best of the party's policies, while offering a full-throated critique of the worst. And if freshman roommates kept that in mind, they might be less hasty to judge—or declare their aversion to judging, as it were.
David Brooks, the Times' other resident center-right columnist, explored in an August 2010 piece the "metacognition deficit" in politics that produces policy stances determined not by circumstance but by reluctance to deviate from "tribal purity." He writes, "Very few in public life habitually step back and think about the weakness in their own thinking and what they should do to compensate." Only a "few people I interview do this regularly," he notes. Maybe he should interview a Harvard Republican; they do it all the time.
Looking ahead, I have little doubt that Harvard will break decisively for Obama in the 2012 election. Yet I envy those Republican students who will be here for the election season. For while I may be generalizing a bit too easily or may have grown excessively nostalgic, I say it again: there is no better place to be a Republican.
Mark A. Isaacson '11, is a government concentrator in Kirkland House.
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CUMBERLAND — Requirements for concerts and parimutuel horse racing independent of the annual county fair are expected to be established for the Cumberland Fairgrounds after a public hearing Monday, June 22.
Under the newly elected leadership of Chairman Ron Copp, the Town Council will consider those changes, as well as recommendations to increase some town fees.
Copp was elected chairman at a special council meeting this week, with Councilor Shirley Storey-King elected vice chairwoman.
After a Toby Keith concert was briefly proposed for the fairgrounds earlier this year, fairgrounds overseers the Cumberland Farmers Club requested amendments to the fairgrounds overlay district so that neighborhood concerns might be addressed before future proposals come along. A workshop last month brought expected "and totally appropriate" criticisms, Town Manager Bill Shane said, including concerns over traffic, noise, and the crosswalk at the fairgrounds' main entrance. Other concerns surrounded the frequency of large, non-fair-related concerts.
The Farmers Club hopes to host a limited number of summer, outdoor concerts at the fairgrounds, and proposed ordinance language changes require that those concerts be of the "type, style, and character historically associated" with the annual county fair. No limit on the number of concerts is currently written into the ordinance.
Shane has said that capacity at the fairgrounds is limited by parking, and is estimated at a maximum of 17,000 people.
The club also hopes to add parimutuel horse racing to the allowed fairgrounds uses. Parimutuel betting is a system through which a percentage of bets go to pay administrative, government and horsemen costs while the remaining pool of money is paid out to winning betters.
The council will also take up recommended increases to yard waste facility and victualers license fees. Both were discussed as part of this year's budget process.
If the first is approved, waste fees will range from $5 to $25 depending on the type of vehicle bringing brush, trees, leaves, grass clippings and other yard waste to the brush dump. In the second, restaurants would see their license fees double from $50 to $100 per year, while grocery stores, delis, markets, bakeries and eating and lodging establishments would see their fees go from $25 to $100 per year. Vending machines and temporary fair vendor fees will remain at $10 a year.
The increase will help the town cover the cost of inspections, which are budgeted at more than $5,000 annually.
Shane said this week that he expects all three proposals will go through without much trouble, though he does expect to hear some public comment.
In other business, the council will also appoint members to the Village Center Committee and act on a wharfing out permit for a Sturdivant Island resident.
The council will hold a workshop on fee increases at 6 p.m. Monday, followed by the regular meeting at 7 p.m. Both will be held in the Town Council Chambers in Town Hall. The regular meeting will be televised.
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