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Stephanie Cutter Lied About When She Heard the Story of How Soptic's Wife Died
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RUSH: Stephanie Cutter, too. These people are lying through their teeth when they say that they didn't know the details of Soptic's story. Yesterday morning on CNN Starting Point show, they had Stephanie Cutter, Obama's campaign manager... By the way, there's another aspect to this. And I don't think it would amount to anything but it's real. That is the question of coordination. By law, the campaign can have nothing to do with the super PAC. But the campaign has run ads with this guy. There have been two ads featuring Soptic.
One Soptic ad was run by the Obama campaign. The other one, the "Romney Killed My Wife" ad, was run by the super PAC. There's supposed to be no coordination. But people who have analyzed the video notice Soptic's wearing the same shirt in both ads. His hair is the same length, same glasses. His official, union guy hard hat is in both ads. It looks like they're both done in the same place. So people say, "Maybe these two ads that aired months apart were shot the same day."
So is it possible that the campaign is coordinating with the PAC in violation of federal election law? Of course it's possible! In fact, I would submit it's even likely. But who is going to do anything about it? I predict nobody is going to do anything about it. We can mention it. We can volley the allegation. They don't care! Their attitude is, "Make us stop. We don't care. We'll go ahead. We'll violate federal election law. Look, man, we've got to spare this country from Mitt Romney! Mitt Romney is the ultimate evil."
When you're trying to save the country from the ultimate evil, anything goes. There's no limits on what you can do when you're trying to spare this country experiencing evil. And that's their attitude. So here's Stephanie Cutter. She's with the campaign. She knows Soptic. She worked on the first Soptic ad. They're having a discussion about the PAC ad linking Romney to the death of the guy's wife.
And the host at CNN says (summarized), "This woman died in 2006. This ad basically accuses Romney of killing her. Is that the kind of rhetoric you want to hear in a campaign, especially from the side of the president of the United States? You're the guys who were talking about raising the level of discourse, civility, new politics, post-partisanship. Is this really the kind of rot gut that you want in a campaign coming from your side?"
CUTTER: I don't know the facts of when Joe Soptic's wife got sick or when she died.
RUSH: Oh, really? "I don't know the facts of when Soptic's wife got sick or when she died." Well, on a conference call in May she was listening as Soptic told the same story. This is the steelworker Joe Soptic and Obama campaign manager Stephanie Cutter on the line. Here's a portion of that call...
SOPTIC: A little while later she was diagnosed with lung cancer. I had to put her in a county hospital because she didn't have health care. And when the cancer took her away, all I got was an enormous bill. When you look at what Mitt Romney did at places like GST Steel, you can tell he's only worried about one group of people and that's the people like him, people at the top. You can't expect much more from someone who says he likes to fire people with no concern about what their family really means. Now I'll turn the call back over to Stephanie.
CUTTER: Thank you, Joe. We appreciate you sharing your experiences.
RUSH: Stephanie Cutter -- that's May 14th of this year -- on a call with Joe Soptic as he relates the same story as is in the ad yesterday. Sound bite ten, again, Mike. Yesterday Stephanie Cutter said this.
CUTTER: I don't know the facts of when Joe Soptic's wife got sick or when she died.
RUSH: That's a blatant lie.
But they don't care.
What are we going to do to them? "What are you going to do to us?"
She says, "I didn't know his story." Ms. Cutter, you were on the call. "I don't know his story. I don't know the facts of when his wife got sick or when she died." Well, we just heard you on the call where he tells the story back in May and even turns the call over to you! "I don't know the facts of when his wife got sick," and so then people get exacerbated. (gagging) They're speechless. What do we do? We had this problem with Clinton. What do you do with somebody who blatantly lies?
What do you do? What did you do in high school when somebody blatantly lied? What do you do when your boss blatantly lies? I got fired once for calling a guy on it. I worked for a congenital, pathological liar. And I didn't have any other problem with the guy. I just couldn't deal with it. I couldn't deal with the braggadocios, lying stories. So one day he starts in with these stories. They're all made to make him look big and important and all that.
I said, "Don't give me this. You don't know these people you're talking about. I finally ran into one. These guys never heard of you." And he was stumped, dumbfounded. He didn't quite know what to say. I left, I got home, and 30 minutes later the owner of the radio station called and fired me. People don't know how to deal with liars. I called one of these pathological-type liars on it and I got fired. But most honorable people don't know how to deal with this. And when I say "don't know how to deal with it," I mean they don't know how to make these people pay for this.
They don't know how to make sure there's a penalty.
In this case, the campaign ought not get away with what they're doing. They're lying. And there might be illegal coordination between the campaign and the super PAC. But that's going to require a charge being made and evidence being produced and going to the Federal Election Commission, and we'll get a result next April. The decision will come out next April. So that's when people like me look to the Romney camp.
"Okay, you guys are going to have to do something about this. You can't rely on a bunch of faceless, nameless Tea Party people to get revved up. You can't. You have to deal with this, and that means going after these people. Not on the fact that they lie. Not complaining that they lie. You don't do it that way. You go out and you tell the truth about their destruction of the economy. You go out there and you tell the truth about the fact they're incompetent and they don't know what they're doing and they pose a great threat to the future of the country."
We've got the truth on our side, and that's Obama's economic record. We've got the truth. All we have to do is be unafraid to say it. Cutter? This is the same woman who called Romney a felon. She's the same woman who put the idea out there that Romney is a felon because he was still at Bain when he said he had left Bain. He was still there. She knows. She knows he's a tax-cheating felon. They're still running that ad, the Super PAC is, on their website.
Peter Johnson is a lawyer, a legal analyst on the Fox News Channel. This morning on Fox & Friends they asked him about this. Alisyn Camerota, the guest host, says, "Stephanie Cutter says she doesn't know the details about this guy's wife death and may not know about the details that it was five years later, but clearly she knows Joe Soptic. Is she running afoul of the law here, Peter?"
JOHNSON: Oh, it might be. Under the Federal Election Commission there could be civil penalties and more. The issue is: What's the coordination between the formal campaign and an independent expenditure --
CAMEROTA: Super PAC!
JOHNSON: -- of a so-called super PAC that were created after the Citizen United decision of the United States Supreme Court. In my view that quote, that tape recording shows a real awareness that they were coordinating.
RUSH: Yeah, of course they are. But who is going to do anything about it? And to pile on, here's Soptic himself. January of this year. He's on a public TV program called Democracy Now! The host is Amy Goodman. She's interviewing him. This guy has been a Democrat trick pony for I don't know how many months. He's a Democrat Party activist. He's not this beleaguered citizen. He reminds me of somebody else's name I can't think of right now. I can't remember it. What was her name? Anyway, he's an activist. He's on a public TV program in January talking about this, and in this interview, he's talking about when Bain Capital bought his steel company, GST.
Amy Goodman said to him, "So what happened, Mr. Soptic?"
SOPTIC: They became very, uh, union non-friendly. I mean, they started looking for ways to eliminate jobs. In my case, in my department, they actually offered to buy our jobs out from underneath us.
RUSH: He was offered a buyout! Bain offered to buy him out. They didn't just fire your little butt. They offered a buyout, and you would have had the money to buy health insurance. Here's Sununu talking about this later on Fox.
SUNUNU: Obviously, if that is true, then you have, again, this honesty by omission by the Obama campaign, and unfortunately by this gentleman whose tragedy we empathize with. But, boy, if that turns out to be true, then what he has been griping about toward Mitt Romney is certainly a misrepresentation.
RUSH: Oh, yeah. "Misrepresentation."
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Most small engines with power outputs less than 25 hp are classified as off-highway/utility engines, which include engines used on many lawn and garden implements. This class of internal combustion engine is presently the subject of exhaust-emission regulations, which are being developed by the California Air Resources Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in accordance with the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Prior to this era, design and development of these engines was motivated predominantly by output power, cost, and durability, and the optimal design solutions invariably favored operation with fuel-rich combustion.
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The Automotive Research Experiment Station has recently installed a climate-controlled room for small-engine research. Under atmospheric pressure, the ambient temperature can be varied between 20oF and 105oF and the specific humidity can be raised to 0.0016 grams water/kg air. The laboratory has an eddy current dynamometer designed for chainsaw engine studies, unsteady and steady speeds/loads, and a Micro-Dyn low inertia hydraulic dynamometer which can be used for steady state tests (such as the SAE J1088) or to follow any programmed speed/load transient. This feature has been used for studying emissions during accelerations and decelerations, and during the true duty cycles of engines which we recreate in the laboratory from measured torques and speeds of the engine in the field. Emissions are measured using a Horiba bench equipped with CO, CO2, HC, NO/NOx, and CH4 analyzers and a `Hot-FID' for additional HC analysis. A Micro-Motion D-6 Coriolis meter is used to measure the momentary mass-flow rate of fuel to the engine. All measurements are made using computer data acquisition. In typical small-engine applications, exhaust gases are mixed with air in a dilution tunnel, before a partial sample of the dilute mixture is routed to the emissions bench. Raw and bagged samples can also be measured if desired.
In recent years, the ARES has been involved in research and testing projects involving about 20 different small engines. These studies concerned the performance of new and used engines; effects of various emission-control devices; emissions during transient and steady-state tests; cold-start emissions; effects of ambient conditions on engine emissions; effects of different fuels on emissions; and assessments of prototype and conceptual engines. We have also developed in-house computer programs to simulate the thermodynamic and fluid-mechanic processes in these engines and have used these simulations, tuned by laboratory measurements, to predict likely emissions from modified engines.


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We'll start with the basic resolution system.
Whenever a character wants to try something significant, she needs to make a check. First, the GM determines the appropriate Stat and Skill to be applied. For instance, to see if a sharpshooter hits a target, use Agility and Firearms. To see if the sharpshooter can gauge the quality of an arms merchant's wares, use Sense and Firearms. To see if the sharpshooter can modify a weapon, use Brains and Firearms.
Second, the GM should assign a TN (Target Number) to establish the difficulty. A TN of 5 is routine, a TN of 10 is probable, a TN of 15 is possible, a TN of 20 is damned unlikely, and a TN of 25 is all but impossible.
The player then rolls 2 d10s, declaring before the roll which is Stat and which is Skill. Each die is added to the relevant Stat or Skill, then any bonuses from tricks are applied. Each total is compared to the TN separately.
If both totals are below the TN, the result is a failure.
If both totals are equal to or above the TN, the result is a full success.
If one total is equal to or above and one below, the result is a partial success. Note first and foremost that this is still a success. However, the success either comes at an additional cost, has an unfortunate side effect, or in some other way is not quite everything you'd want it to be. For instance, suppose you are jumping across a chasm. With a partial success, you may have cleared almost the entire distance, but land clinging to the edge and have to pull yourself up. Or you may have landed badly and twisted your ankle. It is encouraged to narrate the effects of a partial success based on which roll failed. In the above instances, the first result may have been because the Muscle roll was not up to par. The second may have been because the Athletics roll was too low.
If the two dice roll doubles, it is called a threat. A threat may be activated by spending a fate die. If the roll itself is a failure, then an activated threat becomes a catastrophic falure (e.g., a gun jams). If the roll is a full success, then the threat becomes a critical success (e.g., not only is the car repaired, it is improved). If the roll is a partial success, the threat becomes a wild card, often with very unexpected results (in the jumping example above, the lip of the chasm crumbles under the foot of the jumper. He has to grab onto something to keep from falling, but the TN for pursuers to follow him across has been raised by one).
What is described above is referred to as a simple check. This will be used for the majority of your actions. There are two other types of checks.
The first is a contested check. This is a case where two characters are vying against one another. Simply compare the totals of the two characters, Stat versus Stat and Skill versus Skill. The character with the higher total succeeds. Note that partial successes are quite common in contested checks, in which both contestants make some form of headway.
The second is a complex check. This is a check in which a character is more concerned with how long it takes to be successful, rather than simply whether or not it happens. Common examples include research, repairs, or feats of endurance. In addition to setting a TN for the task, the GM will set a number of successes, and a period (e.g., one check per hour of work). Each period, the character will make a check. Partial successes count as one success towards the total, full successes count as two. Once the requisite number of successes has been achieved, the character is considered to have completed the check. A catastrophic failure will reset the number of successes to zero. A critical success will add one additional success per fate die spent. A wild card will generally provide some random benefit not directly connected to the task at hand (e.g., discovering that the problem with the engine happens to be a keycard that fell into it, a keycard which is still good).
[I still need to work out how I want cooperative checks to work. I haven't found many instances of it that I like.]


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Virgin Atlantic takes over London – Seattle non-stop route
Delta Air Lines and British Airways have long-established daily direct services to Seattle from London Heathrow. In late March 2017 Virgin Atlantic will take over the route from their partner, Delta Air Lines. Flights leave Heathrow at 11.00 am arriving Seattle less than ten hours later at 12.40 pm (with 8 hours' time difference). The return flight leaves at 8 pm, allowing a full final day in Seattle and arriving back in London 1 pm the following day.
Greater Seattle – hotel hot-spot
After several years of limited growth, Greater Seattle is experiencing a boom in hotel construction. During 2016 and 2017, 4,300 rooms in 24 new hotels will be added. Seven of these, with 1,370 rooms are in Seattle itself. In addition, the city will become home to the largest hotel in the Pacific Northwest in 2018 with the completion of the 1,260 room Hyatt Regency Seattle. The hotel will be located two blocks from the existing Washington State Convention Center and immediately adjacent to the proposed convention center expansion.
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The Central Link light rail connects Downtown Seattle with Sea-Tac Airport and all points between. On September 24th this line was extended south to S 200th Street with the opening of Angle Lake Station which has park and ride facilities. Seattle Southside has ever-improving links from its key location, midway between Seattle and Tacoma.
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In 1981 Washington State had 19 wineries. This year it passed the 900 mark, making Washington the second largest premium wine producer in the USA. These delicious wines can be sampled in hundreds of tasting rooms in the vineyards of eastern Washington, in Woodinville 20 miles north of Seattle or in Seattle itself. Wine is another sensational success story for Washington State.


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From cover to cover, this book reiterates that
1) sin has caused problems in relationships and
2) the only and wonderful solution to our relational problems is in Christ.
In the authors' words,
"Our aim is that this book will help you look through the shattered glass of our sin to see the glory of a Redeemer who is ever-present, always at work to rescue and change us....We are sinners with the capacity to do great damage to ourselves and our relationships... But we are also God's children, which means that we have great hope and potential...hope that rests in Christ.... our potential is Christ!In this post I'd just like to make a few brief comments about the Trinity as a model for human unity in relationships. I don't know if I'd ever thought of it in that way, but there are some powerful implications. I love how this shows how important our theology is. I think that many Christians would think that a topic like the Trinity has no real implications in daily living. But it does!
Consider the following points:
- Christ prays that believers will be one has God is one: their relationship is a model. (John 17:20-26)
- God is the only properly functioning community in the universe. The Trinity is the only adequate model for human community. Our relationships are marred by sin. God is a model of a loving, cooperative, unified community where diversity is an asset and not a liability.
- The perfect eternal love relationship between the Father, Son and Spirit was ripped apart to allow us to be reconciled to the Lord and to other people. Community for us came at the cost of temporarily broken community for the Godhead.
"Because the Christian God is not a lonely God, but rather a communion of three persons, faith leads human beings into othe divine communio. One cannot, however, have a self-enclosed communion with the Triune God.... Communion with this God is at once also communion with those others who have entrusted themselves in faith to the same God." (Miroslav Volf, p20)


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Stephenie Meyer's Twilight
Twilight is a captivating love story with a twist. Seventeen year old Bella Swan has to go and live with her dad in the small northern town of Forks, and needless to say she's not exactly thrilled. But her view of the place quickly changes when she meets the beautiful and mysterious Edward Cullen.
Bella soon finds herself swept up in a thrilling mystery as she begins to uncover Edward's incredible secret: he and his family are vampires! But not just any vampires – good vampires, who try to ignore their overwhelming urge to drink human blood and don't hunt people. Only snag is, Bella is exactly Edward's taste in- blood, and he faces a constant inner battle between wanting to protect her, and his overwhelming desire to sink his teeth into her neck. The plot thickens as Bella soon realises that she has fallen in love with him. But can it ever be safe to love a vampire?
*it's a fine mix of romance and adventure.
Edward is the most swoon-worthy hero I've encountered in a long time, and I was just as much in love with him as Bella was. Well, he is the perfect man – what with his supernatural looks, strength, speed and powers – but that all just adds to the fun. Other characters included most of Edward's family – who all have their own individual histories and personalities – but especially Alice, who can see the future, and Rosalie, although we don't see much of her.
Though technically a young adult book, this one's not just for the teenage girls. Anyone with any romance in them will love it; it may be slightly mushy in places. It's romantic, surprisingly well-written, and what's more, a page-turner.
I would give this book 3.6 out of 5.
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"Kittens believe that all Nature is occupied with their diversion." ~ F.A. Paradis
And therein lies the problem. To inflict a kitten upon a grown cat is like asking a monk to share a cell with an over-active five year old. Neither creature benefits from the enforced togetherness. My neighbour Sharky is a case in point. In a previous blog post, I told you a little bit about my gingery friend's Great Trial. The humans in his household decided to adopt a kitten and this has been a source of much angst for Sharky. Since he is, as yet, the only cat with whom I can have a decent conversation, I felt a certain measure of concern upon first hearing about his dilemma. You may ask why a cat such as myself would care about this. Logical answer: it is a feline rights issue. Slightly selfish answer: Sharky is good company.
Sadly, he hasn't been out and about in the neighbourhood much since the troubles began, but I did run across him recently whilst investigating certain intriguing scents in our mutual back alley. It was trash collection day and you never know what treasures a cat may discover with a little judicious poking and prodding at improperly closed garbage bins. I was finishing my rounds without having found much of interest when I noticed a flash of movement behind the shed next to my house. Creeping cautiously nearer, I peered around the edge of the structure to see Sharky delicately pawing at a carcass of fish bones. He sensed my presence and froze. I sat patiently and waited until he realized I was friend rather than foe. With a certain telling flick of his tail, Sharky beckoned me closer. "Hello, Cato. Want some of this?"
After we'd polished off the remaining morsels of fish, we tucked our paws beneath us and settled in for a little chat. I enquired about his situation with the kitten, who he calls "Rat Tail". I am quite sure that isn't her real name, but Sharky tends to be vague about such things. He told me a sad story of harassment and benign neglect. Naturally I commiserated, but what else could I do about his situation? And then he dropped a wonderful bombshell into the conversation. He has learned to use a computer! Ariane leaves her laptop running when she goes out for the day and Sharky, having heard me talking about my own virtual adventures, has figured out how to use it. Oh, joy! Now we can communicate via the World Wide Web.
It seems that Sharky has been keeping a personal journal, which he stores on-line somewhere, out of the reach of Ariane's prying eyes. I expressed my fervent interest in reading it and, if he was amenable, including some of it in my blog today. His tail trembled with excitement at the thought. So he memorized my e-mail address and has sent me some diary excerpts. I will warn you that they are a bit morose in tone, but surely this is understandable, considering Sharky's unfortunate situation.
Our hope is that humans who read this blog will gain a better understanding of their feline companions and treat them with more sensitivity.
Without further ado, I present Sharky's On-line Journal. For human interest, I have added some photos that Sharky found on his provider's computer.
Recent entries from the journal of Sharky during the Civil War of 2012:
Day 3: Stupid Rat Tail is in my litter box again. I can never catch her in the act. I know, though. This wasteland smells of death. [Editorial note from Cato: I did warn you about the tone of these writings.]
Day 8: Woke up again. Felt something batting my tail. WHEN WILL THIS HORROR END? The humans do not seem to notice. I know she is up to something.
Day 11: There are feces on my chair. The skinny human has cleaned it, but I know it is still there. I haven't had a restful sleep in hours. Rat Tail has somehow managed to gain access to my upstairs sanctuary. I hope the climb down proves too difficult, bringing an end to this pain.
Day 15: I gained access to the main floor today. The smelly one seems to be trapped in a room. I am no hero and I fear she may get out and attack me. I am still much quicker on the ladder, but I do not know for how much longer. She is so spry. If only I had trained harder during my kitten years.
Day 16: Wet food was left for me and most of it was gone before I could reach it. I believe she is trying to starve me. I do not know what I have done to deserve this. I was as fluffy as I could be! And yet this intruder is here. This is my life now. I still have the roof as a safe area, but I don't know for how much longer. There are reflective sheets over the access points. I am cunning enough to get past them. Luckily, the kitten is not. Again…for how much longer? I don't know.
Day 20: It seems the bearded one and Ariane are gone. I have not seen them for over a day. They may have been here when I was asleep, though I do not sleep well any more. I keep waking, startled. I can hear Rat Tail. She is just at the bottom of the stairs. It seems nowhere is safe from her. I am heading back out to the roof. I will clear my head and work on an attack strategy.
Day 22: I finally attacked her! It was a short attack; two quick jabs to the head. I kept claws in, hoping not to anger the beast too much. Such ferocity! She seems to come from nowhere. She is dark in colour and I believe she must be made of smoke. However, when my paw connected with her head she did feel dense. I will have to continue to work on a better attack strategy with this new information.
Day 26: The bearded one and Ariane are back. I was sleeping, but I heard them come in through the door. Why did they leave me here for so long with no way to open the door and gain access to the outside world? The Rat Tail does not seem to be comfortable leaving the house. She was in my litter tray again. There was litter everywhere. I don't know why she has to hate me so much and disrespect my space. I may set a trap in the litter for her. I found some things that resembled tools. They appear to be made for the humans. How I hate not having thumbs…
And that is Sharky's Tail Of Woe. There is a flicker of hope that things may start to improve. I think that the photo below hints at an ever-so-slight thawing of relations. Sharky sees it more as an armed truce. Only time will tell. One day, my friend may look back upon these days and smile. As one amusing human once said, "Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them." (Shawn Alexander)
Photo attributions (Creative Commons): Kitten peeking around corner – http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinlin1013/3469918524/ Fish bone graphic – http://www.flickr.com/photos/estherase/21963160/


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It seems I had trees on my mind today:
|Mushroom Forest
|I Sea a Tree
For Mother:
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
- by Joyce Kilmer
This is one of my favorites too.


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Photographer's Note
The most iconic image of Inle Lake, a large freshwater lake in the middle of Burma, is of its fishermen.
This Intha fisherman stands on his flat-bottom canoe when a mist still hung in the background over the waters of the lake. This lake on a clear day, has hardly a ripple - is the livelihood of these people; the fish beneath the surface provide their daily meals and also the means of trade with the communities on shore.
The Intha are known for their 'leg-rowing' technique whereby they propel themselves by standing at the stern and wrapping one leg around the oar. The practise is passed on from one generation to the next but the technique has become the ultimate photo opportunity of the lake.
Setting: 70 mm, 1/500 sec, F4, ISO Raw 200, 0703 hrs
ChrisJ, Fis2, LuisGustavoLima, papagolf21, PiotrF, bukitgolfb301, jhm, Royaldevon, danos, adramad, mcmtanyel marcou esta nota como útil
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dkmurphys (76305) 2017-08-09 6:55
Very nice capture of the solitary boatman. I love the deep calm atmosphere and the colors. Well seen.
ChrisJ (143283) 2017-08-09 6:57
Hello abmdsudi
Effective tight framing with good sharpness and nice warm cold color contrasts between the red and blue. The hazy white bg shifts attention back to the fg. Tfs!
Silvio1953 (179301) 2017-08-09 7:26
Ciao Abmdsudi, fascinating scene, splendid light, beautiful reflections and wonderful natural colors, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio
Fis2 (131159) 2017-08-09 7:30
Witaj Abmdsudi!
Very curious boat.
Nice scene from daily life.
Good frame and colors.
Interesting reflection.
Well done.
Good night.
snunney (126328) 2017-08-09 8:09
Hello Abmdsudi,
The misty background ensures the boatman and his boat are nicely put in evidence. The close crop puts the accent clearly on the subject. I like the peaceful morning mood.
rychem (60535) 2017-08-09 8:44
Amazing shape of the boat, very nice shot, great reflections, I wonder how the fisherman can balance on the boat
regards Ryszard
gervaso (24247) 2017-08-09 8:49
Hello, Abmdsudi!
Very nice capture of this fisherman and his boat on a water captured with very good texture! The reflection of the man is a great detail here, with beautiful strong colors that stand out even more with this mist in the background! Wonderful composition!
LuisGustavoLima (4954) 2017-08-09 9:02
Olá, Abmdsudi!
Linda foto, o enquadramento é excelente e a névoa no fundo cria uma atmosfera interessante. O reflexo do pescador é tem cores bem intensas.
Belo trabalho!
pajaran (83353) 2017-08-09 10:22
Lep pogled i trenutak, interesantan tekst ...
Dobar rad, lepo pokazan ribar na jezeru u ribolovackom camcu, dobar kontrast, lepe boje, lepo uhvacen trenutak.
Lep ribarski camac i refleks na vodi.
Ribolovac vesto vesla sa nogom i vozi ribarski camac.
Sve najbolje.
A nice look and a moment, interesting text ...
Good work, beautifully shown fisherman on a lake in a fishing boat, good contrast, nice colors, a beautifully caught moment.
A lovely fishing boat and water reflex.
A fisherman's skillful oars with his leg and rides a fishing boat.
All the best.
GyurMaster (13170) 2017-08-09 10:57
Hello abmdsudi,
Excellent minimalist composition with the colours of the man highlighting him from the bg.
Best Wishes,
papagolf21 (134941) 2017-08-09 11:27
Bonsoir, cher Abmdsudi,
Des images toujours très efficaces pour relater un moment de la vie quotidienne.
Travail difficile pour les habitants.
L'image est belle sans aucun doute.
PiotrF (35812) 2017-08-09 15:17
Hello Abmdsudi,
a amazing picture from Inle Lake, nice daily life scene. Excellent detailed picture with nice colours and good composition.
Nice work, fine presentation.
bukitgolfb301 (50297) 2017-08-09 23:18
Hi dear Abmdsudi YTH
I always enjoy your Myanmar sereis and so happy to see.
So amazing for this shita taken 11 years ago. I am afraid the situation there is already changed so big. You posting is always full of affcetion and consideration. I like so much.
All the best and have a good day! Takero
Nicou (176351) 2017-08-10 1:45
quel reflet de l'homme sur la barque sur le plan deau et quelle vue avec son bâton de bois quelle forme la barque il ma un très bon équilibre sueprbe vue.
Bravo et amitié
lucasgalodoido (25922) 2017-08-10 4:35
Olá Abmdsudi,
bonita composição com esse pescador aqui, com cores marcantes e um interessante céu branco ao fundo. Belo trabalho.
Parabéns e Abraço,
jhm (181490) 2017-08-10 5:07
Hello Abmdsudi,
The man and boat care for the fish to eat of the family.
I like your panoramic view, with real fresh colours.
Very well done, TFS.
A warm regards
Royaldevon (57556) 2017-08-10 5:50
Hello Abmdsudi,
Thank you for your accompanying notes which explain the idiosyncrasies of the photograph! What a strange and unique way to propel the boat! I would imagine that shots, such as this will be invaluable in recording such a tradition for I fear it may disappear with progress.
Your shot has a lovely artistic quality with the rippling of the water, the long elegant shape of the boat, the well positioned fisherman and his reflection and the hazy, mysterious b/g.
My warm regards,
Bev :-)
danos (110395) 2017-08-10 7:20
Hello Abmdsudi,
Great the view of the tight frame with the fisherman and his native wooden boat to dominating the scene.The calmly environment with the golden reflection of him enhance even more the beauty of the scene.
adramad (58946) 2017-08-11 8:43
Hi Abmdsudi.
Very beautiful image, with this fisherman alone in his original boat, seems out of the mist, which highlights even better, beautiful shines in the water and ideal the reflection of his figure.
A fantastic photo, with beautiful natural colors, very good lighting and excellent sharpness.
Well done. I love.
Enjoy the weekend.
Very best regards.
Cricri (148638) 2017-08-11 9:47
Hi Abmdsudi
Une scène que je trouve admirable, incroyable, superbe avec le reflet, le fond brumeux, la prise de la scène, félicitations
Best regard
everlasting (15914) 2017-08-13 4:48
Again almost a thing of the past, the Intha fishermen have rented their boats to actors performing elaborate balancing acts for the sole pleasure of the tourists. A far more lucrative chore.
jmdias (83667) 2017-08-13 8:23
very minimalist and very beautiful compo where the balance between the fisher and the curved shapes of the boat is amazing. nice reflections too.
mcmtanyel (46440) 2017-08-25 20:33
Hello Abmdsudi,
You have a fantastic photo here. I like the fact that the boat covers almost the entire length of the frame. The reflection of the fisherman is splendid and the fog in the background adds some mystery.
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- Genre: Lugares
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- Date Taken: 2006-04-09
- Categories: Vida Diária
- Camera: Nikon D70s, 18-70mm AF-S DX 3.5 - 4.5 Nikkor, ISO 200 RAW
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Roll Deep have claimed their first ever UK number one this week with new single 'Good Times'.
After leading the midweeks, the London-based grime collective shot to the top spot, ahead of Usher, who remained at number two with 'OMG'. Their previous two singles 'The Avenue' and 'Shake A Leg' failed to reach the top ten.
Group member Target said: "Thanks a lot for everyone who have followed us since 2002. This is amazing for us. We're overwhelmed. Our tune should've been called 'OMG'."
Diana Vickers fell to fourth place from last week's chart victory with her debut single 'Once', as Plan B's 'She Said' rose to number three.
Elsewhere, Chipmunk also slid down the list to fifth place with 'Until You Were Gone', as did Scouting For Girls with 'This Ain't A Love Song', who claimed the seventh spot.
Professor Green's 'Need You Tonight' and Justin Timberlake's 'Carry Out' stayed solid at sixth and eighth respectively.
Meanwhile, Kelis took number nine with 'Acapella', while 'Dirty Picture' by Taio Cruz re-entered the top ten.
Glee's 'Like A Prayer' from their Power Of Madonna album was only the second new entry in the top twenty, finishing at 16.
The top ten singles in full (click where possible for our reviews):
1. (-) Roll Deep: 'Good Times'
2. (-) Usher ft. will.i.am: 'OMG'
3. (4) Plan B: 'She Said'
4. (1) Diana Vickers: 'Once'
5. (3) Chipmunk ft. Esmée Denters: 'Until You Were Gone'
6. (-) Professor Green ft. Ed Drewett: 'I Need You Tonight'
7. (5) Scouting For Girls: 'This Ain't A Love Song'
8. (-) Timbaland ft. Justin Timberlake: 'Carry Out'
9. (7) Kelis: 'Acapella'
10. (12) Taio Cruz ft. Ke$ha: 'Dirty Picture'
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New Delhi: An old black-and-white photograph of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, signing an autograph for a young man in 1941, while the country was still under British rule, draws the viewer to take a closer look.
The eager young man in the picture is one of India`s earliest freelance photo-journalists, Kulwant Roy, who enjoyed close proximity with leading politicians of his day, and captured them in "unguarded" moments with his camera.
"The Visual Archives of Kulwant Roy", a collection of 200 digital and restored prints of photographs, is on exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in the capital. The exhibition`s opening coincided with Jawaharlal Nehru`s 123rd birthday Wednesday.
The month-long exhibition, curated by commercial photographer and archivist Aditya Arya, was inaugurated by union Culture Minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch.
The photographs, sourced from the India Photo Archives Foundation, have been taken over by NGMA as part of its permanent exhibits, museum director Rajeev Lochan said.
A chronicler of modern political India, Roy worked through the pre-and post-independence periods to record important political events, India`s connections with the world, turbulence, a section of the people of India, especially in the villages, and visual narratives of the country`s natural landscape, including photo-essays of Amarnath, Badrinath and Kedarnath pilgrimages in the Himalayas.
Roy`s pre-occupation with politics brought him close to Nehru and Gandhi, whom he shot through important moments in the nation`s history.
A selection of Roy`s photographs of Jawaharlal Nehru throws light on the statesman`s achievements as a foreign affairs man.
In a section of the showcase, "India and the World", there are photographs of Nehru with former Chinese premier Chou En Lai in a rare moment of camaraderie, with Gamal Abdel Nasser, the former president of Egypt, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah of the Muslim League. There is also a shot of Nehru with Eleanor Roosevelt, at a time when she was no longer first lady of US, visiting India in 1952.
Three striking photographs bring out the dapper in Nehru. Two rare shots of Nehru with Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of former US president John F. Kennedy, show a smitten Nehru flanking a laughing Kennedy, who is dressed in a glamorous silk frock, strands of pearls and matching silk headgear showing off her fashionable bob (hairdo).
In a moment of light-heartedness, Nehru takes time off to light up with Marshal Josip Broz Tito in one shot and indulges in a more-than-friendly exchange with Lady Edwina Mountbatten in another, all caught by Roy`s camera.
The photographs span nearly four decades, covering the freedom struggle, Mahatma Gandhi`s interactions with world leaders, including Jinnah, and his activities post-Independence.
Roy`s lens zooms into the Indian National Army trial as well.
Roy also took a look at the politics of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) with its heroes like Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Roy was assigned to aerially map the area for political disturbance when he joined the Royal Indian Air Force as an aerial lensman.
He was dismissed from service after he defied a racist whip.
Born in Ludhiana in 1914, Roy learnt his skill behind the camera and in the dark room at the Gopal Chitter Kuteer -- a photo-studio in Lahore -- where he worked.
Roy died an unhappy man in 1984, nearly 22 reclusive years after he lost a chest of his most treasured photographs in transit while on a world tour.
A box of negatives that he sent to India never reached their destination.
"Photographs bring back memories. Very few people have an idea of what pre-Independence India was like. I was born four years before Independence. I learnt about the early years after Independence from hearsay and from photographs," union Culture Minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch told IANS on the margins of the inaugural function.
Photographs record history, she said, but preserving old photographs and art was not easy.
Citing an example of the natural threats to objects of art in India, Katoch said: "In Himachal Pradesh (the minister married into the erstwhile royal family of Kangra in Himachal Pradesh), we have two problems - of extreme damp and extreme chill. They destroy the miniatures. Restoring them won`t give you the same results. Rajasthan is dry, but the bright light destroys ancient art."
Katoch was born into the erstwhile royalty of Jodhpur, Rajasthan.


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Unboxing Live 038: Apple iPhone 3G, White and Black, unboxed in Apple Store
Posted by Nate True Categories: Apple, Cell Phones, Features, Handhelds, Internet, Peripherals, Videocasts,
After a long and arduous wait and a somewhat aggravating purchase experience, we had to insist that the folks at the Apple store allow us to film this episode of Unboxing Live. Obviously, we are unboxing the 16GB iPhone 3G, in both black and white flavors. Included with the iPhone are iPhone earbuds, a Dock cable, and a new tiny USB power brick. It also comes with a SIM removal tool, a cleaning cloth, and the ever-present Apple stickers. Conspicuously missing from the package is the iPhone 3G stand-up dock, which is sold separately for $20.
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I Still have my trusty White 3GS - well not so trusty it doesn't work half the time :/
apple phone is cool , I like it
God i love that White one.
Can't wait till mine comes.
Hey are we going to see an Unboxing Live activation episode? That might be fun seeing as you had to finish the activation at home. 😊
I like the look of the black one better. I would of thought that the dock would of come with it so that you could charge it, sounds like they wanted more money so they sold it separately, the cloth was a good idea you could clean it and not scratch it up.
umm littlebull it comes with a charger. You plug it into the wall and your good to go. I dont see any difficulty in that.
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Badsworth swimmer Max Litchfield warmed up for the British Championships in April by winning three medals at the British Universities and Colleges Sport Nationals in Sheffield.
Litchfield, who attends Sheffield Hallam University, put himself through a busy schedule in Sheffield but was rewarded with several trips to the podium at Ponds Forge.
The first came after he took gold in the men's 400m individual medley on Saturday morning before he returned on Sunday to win gold in the 400m freestyle and silver in the 200m individual medley.
The 19-year-old's season is only in its infancy with Litchfield admitting to feeling the strain slightly towards the end of his races.
But with the British Championships looming large on the horizon, he insists everything is on track for peaking at exactly the right time.
"My swimming wasn't too bad out there – my times weren't that great but it's not too bad for this time of year," he said.
"It's pretty hard work at the moment but you can't do anything about that, so it's all about trying to keep those skills good. I think I did that pretty well out there, so I'm reasonably happy.
"I did BUCS last year but this was the first time I've won a gold medal, which is great. It's really good to bring the points home for the team.
"In the next few weeks we've got the Edinburgh Grand Prix meet and then we go straight into camp ready for trials in April.
"Everything is building towards the trials now, that is the next big aim. Hopefully I can put in some good times ahead of those."
The British Championships hold particular significance this year with the event doubling up as the trials for this summer's World Championships in Russia.
And buoyed by his medal rush in his home pool, Sheffield Hallam student Litchfield has his eyes firmly on being in the frame for selection.
"The big competition this year is the World Championships, so that's what my primary target is," he added.
"I'll be looking to swim fast at trials so I can meet the qualification time and get on that team.
"It's nice to get a gold medal near the start of the season – it's a good way to begin, so I can't complain."
The British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) is the governing body for Higher Education sport in the UK, representing 170 institutions and facilitating 52 sport programmes. BUCS has been shortlisted for Governing Body of the Year at the BT Sports Industry Awards 2015 and is supported by Deloitte www.bucs.org.uk
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22 September 2008
Equinox group distant healing event
Spring Equinox in the South
Autumn Equinox in the North
– All are welcome to participate in this event –
The Earth Heal Geoharmonic Research Project will be hosting a group distant healing event on Monday 22 September, starting at 2 pm local Brazilian time, which is 5 pm GMT/Universal Time, and continuing for about 3 to 4 hours, ending between 8 and 9 pm GMT/Universal Time.
All people and animals everywhere in the world are welcome to join us for this event, either on a once-off donation basis or by opting for annual membership to Earth Heal, and being included in all our distant healing events for the coming year. Those in disadvantaged circumstances are included on a pro bono basis.
The treatment will include more than 200 participants globally, and will be facilitated in Praia do Frances on the NE coast of Brazil by Edna Spennato, working under guidance from the collective Higher Self of the group.
Five surrogates, in Brazil, South Africa, the Middle East, the U.K., and the USA, will anchor incoming healing energy during the treatment process and release energies "no longer needed" on behalf of the participants and the planetary morphic field as a whole.
General Info
During the treatment process, each participant will be worked on individually and as part of the group, anchoring the planetary healing energies in their part of the world, releasing disharmonic energy and receiving healing energy on and individual and collective level.
We use a cutting-edge distant healing method known as Synchronization Harmonics, and for those who have never before experienced distant vibrational healing, this is the ideal opportunity.
Feedback from those who participated in the June Solstice event can be seen here and from the recent 25 July event here.
After each healing event, feedback and detailed reports about what came up during the treatment process for the group, as well as for the collective consciousness on a planetary level, are mailed to participants.
First-time participants should e-mail us their details and pics as soon as possible, and no later than 21 September.
This is an opportunity to harmonise with the solar cycle and to utilise the powerful incoming energies available for personal and planetary healing on this special day.
Equinox occurs only twice in the year, when the sun is directly over the equator, and the days and nights are of equal length all over the world, representing a time of balance between the light and the dark. The exact moment of Equinox on September 22 will be at 3.44 pm GMT/Universal Time.
On Equinox, the Earth and Sun are in perfect balance and harmony, with the sun centered between the northern and southern hemispheres, and between Heaven and Earth, creating a balancing of energies which naturally harmonizes the planet and humanity.
In the southern hemisphere, the Spring Equinox on 22 September symbolizes the time to sow the seeds for the future we are manifesting, while the Autumn Equinox in the northern hemisphere represents the time to harvest what we have sowed and nurtured over the past season.
Ancient Architecture Aligned to the Equinox
Ancient traditions regarded the Equinox as a powerful time to initiate changes and shift into a new reality, and a vast number of ancient cultures built their tombs, temples, cairns and sacred observatories so that they aligned with the Solstices and Equinoxes.
Egypt's Great Sphinx, built at least 4 500 years ago, directly faces the rising sun on the Equinox in March and September.
But perhaps the most dramatic equinoctial event is the descent of the feathered serpent at the pyramid of Quetzalcoatl at Chichen Itza on the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico (see pic at top of post). The 90-foot pyramid is aligned so that on the Equinoxes the movement of the afternoon sun casting shadows and light across one side gives the startling impression of a serpent of fire slithering down the seven steps (regarding as representing the seven chakras) of the pyramid.
This amazing spectacle ends with the Sun lighting up the huge stone serpent's head at the base of the pyramid. The descent of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered or plumed serpent, is believed to represent transcendence through the movement of Kundalini energy from the Earth and the cosmos, to the base of the spine, then up the spine.
Another ancient site related to Kundalini energy and aligned to the Solstices as well as the Equinoxes is the Great Serpent Mound in southwest Ohio, USA, the world's largest serpentine effigy mound yet discovered, and about 1330 feet in length.
The state of New England in the USA is particularly replete with ancient underground chambers, many of them with quartz crystal embedded at the back of the chambers, positioned to be illuminated by the sun as it enters via roof openings on certain days of the year, such as the Equinoxes.
One of the most intriguing archaeological sites in the USA is "Gungywamp", carbon-dated back to 600 A.D., and containing beehive chambers and petroglyphs, with a double circle of stones near its center.
This stone-lined tube was designed precisely to permit the Equinox sunset to fully penetrate the chamber's dark interior on only two days during the year: the March and September Equinoxes. The high density of garnet in the stones of the chamber magnifies the intensity of the sunlight as it enters and travels through the vent shaft from the back of the chamber, slowly moving down the east wall and spotlighting the small beehive crypt near the entrance.
More than 1,300 ancient tomb monuments have been discovered in Ireland, where many of the tomb passages, such as the western passage at Knowth (pictured on the left) were aligned so that the sun's rays could shine down the passage at sunrise or sunset on significant dates. Those facing west were aligned with the setting sun at the Equinox.
Related links
>> Starting times around the world for the Equinox event
>> More info about the event, and the experience of participating in a distant healing event
>> More info about how to be included as a participant in this event
>> Participant's registration form (for non-members of Earth Heal)
>> Information about annual membership to Earth Heal
>> Full list of all links related to this event
>> The Descent of Quetzalcoatl
>> Ancient Cultures in North America
>> Knowth's Western Passage at Equinox
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Previous models of ICT provision have focused on a shared services model that provides a walled garden within which learners, teachers and administrators can enjoy reliable, secure and controlled access to computers.
Over the last decade however 'classrooms without walls' have become 'institutions without walls' as learners and teachers became more comfortable using external web services, mobile devices and 3G wireless access on and off campus. Open source solutions hosted on external servers began to appear and have been used by some learning teams (FL & WFS) to provide learning environments and/or services not available from shared ICT services.
More recently learners and staff have increasingly turned to campus libraries (learning centres) for ICT assistance which has become more complex with learners using a larger and more diverse fleet of campus desktops/laptops/netbooks as well as their own mobile devices. In addition learners are utilising a range of external web services and are accessing learning resources almost 24/7.
So... how do we sustainably build and support a coherent virtual campus described in the previous post? Available human resources include
- Shared ICT Services staff
- Teaching and support staff
- Students - as IT trainees, as learners, as content producers
- External web and hosting services - helpdesks, forums, service contracts
Students are a largely untapped resource. IT students can provide substantial IT helpdesk services in many forms - physical helpdesk, online assistance and library support. Other students are skilled in using specialist applications or services within their course and can offer additional ICT services through a community of practice and/or project-based models. For example creative arts students can produce components required for a virtual world or graphics for an LMS.
In addition students participating collaboratively in different regions of the 'Polyverse' produce digital content that meaningfully adds to available learning and teaching resources.
In order for this new structure to work as an effective, reliable and sustainable whole, new guidelines will be required. Ideally the whole 'Polyverse' would be more than the sum of its parts - a coherent virtual campus with new affordances emerging to support new ways of learning, working and being together.
Whether a student is on a large city campus or isolated in a remote location they should be able to seamlessly access learning resources, equally participate in some aspects of campus life, and hopefully experience a sense of belonging that has been shown to be so important for continued engagement.
Time now to think about the guidelines needed to build and maintain a sustainable 'Polyverse'...


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Miranda Kerr: Kora Organics Pop Up Store!
Miranda Kerr poses in front of her Kora Organics pop up store in Martin Place for Fashion's Night Out on Thursday (September 6) in Sydney, Australia.
The 29-year-old supermodel was joined for her new kiosk celebration by fellow model Nicole Trunfio.
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"Come say hi to me @KORAOrganics pop up tonight for #VFNO @vogueoz from 5:30pm. @kailisjewellery #kailis and #kora prizes! Love Miranda xxx" Miranda tweeted that day!
FYI: Miranda is wearing an Erdem dress, Louis Vuitton necklace, and Kailis pearls.
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Sundaylicious is a monthly LGBTIQ sunday session. You can just hang out with your friends, or dance the evening away to our uplifting house music.
Whether you're lesbian, gay, bi, trans, intersex, straight, alternative or just generally queer – you can walk in and see someone like you, someone you know (or who knows someone you know) and always fresh faces.
Fabulous crowd, smart venues, great music and FREE entry. Open from 1 Acoustics – DJs from 4 till late.Where else would you be?
The Wharf is a great combination of a stylish waterfront venue, stunning views and a friendly local pub. For those who haven't been, the Wharf Hotel is on the banks of the Yarra River just minutes walk from the CBD.
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The wind is howling, the snow's blowing. As we endure another late-winter blizzard, I-95 is its usual mess. The airports are as good as closed, but I'm on my way to Boston with nary a worry. I'm riding the fastest train on the continent… Amtrak's Acela. I can use my laptop and stay productive as we shoosh along at 125 mph. Or I can nap in the cellphone-free Quiet Car… something I've been lobbying Metro-North to adopt for years. I'll arrive in Boston rested, probably too-well fed, and most likely on-time. Is there any better way to travel?
We along Connecticut's "Gold Coast" are truly blessed, especially thanks to our ancestors' foresight in building what is still a great railroad infrastructure. As challenged as Metro-North may be, Amtrak has got it right. But our inter-state travels are again being threatened by Washington's threats to end Amtrak subsidies.
The Amtrak board of directors, dominated by Bush appointees, wants to force the railroad into bankruptcy, they say, "for its own good". Their hope is that they can force Amtrak President David Gunn to finally spin-off the few money-making services in the heavily traveled Northeast and California to private ventures, and then shut down the money-losing long distance trains in the West. But, as in past funding crises, Gunn is holding his ground, arguing that the entire system should be expanded, not Balkanized. And he's right.
Gunn is a crusty old railroad guy. I met him first when I was a reporter at NBC News and Gunn had just arrived in New York City to save the subways. And did he ever! His career included similar successes in Boston with the MBTA and DC's Metro. During his tenure in NYC he and I lived in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn and rode the same subways to work. We'd often ride together and discuss his job. He was honest to a fault and earned the respect of both riders and politicians.
In fact, he was lured out of retirement in Canada to take on the Amtrak challenge, a thankless task. He has nothing to lose in keeping his hard-line stance against the White House. But we all have much to gain.
Amtrak subsidies are sizable. But no railroad can run at a profit these days, which is why Amtrak was created. If private enterprise could run a railroad, they'd be doing so. The question isn't the subsidy but the public benefit it buys us all.
Imagine travel without Amtrak. You think I-95 is crowded now? Amtrak's Northeast corridor carries more passengers than the shuttles. It runs in all weather. And with Acela, it's luring business travelers back from the airports. Lose Amtrak and our airports will be jammed and the highways impassable.
The economies of Connecticut cities like Stamford, New Haven and even Hartford depend on Amtrak feeding passengers into its businesses, hotels and restaurants. Without Amtrak, would a SwissBank really want to be headquartered in Stamford or a Pfizer in New London?
OK… I'll admit it. I'm a rail fan. A certifiable "foamer" (so named by the railroads because we rail fans foam at the mouth at the sight of a train). And I hate flying, though I do so often because of my work.
But I can think of no other means of transportation as reliable, affordable and convenient as rail. Visit any civilized country in the world and you'll see rail as a vital component of public transit. Why not the US? Amtrak must be saved and, in fact, expanded. Even if you never ride Acela you benefit from its being there. So call your Congressman and Senators. Write the President and tell him we need the trains.
JIM CAMERON has been a commuter out of Darien for 14 years. He is Vice Chairman of the CT Metro-North / Shore Line East Rail Commuter Council, and a member of the Coastal Corridor TIA and the Darien RTM. You can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or www.trainweb.org/ct


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Dorr Skeels Campground is located 13 miles south of Troy on Hwy 56. The Dorr Skeels Campground has 8 overnight campsites, including one host site, with tables and fire rings, 5 sites are in the tent camping only area. The 2 sites for RV's are located near the swimming beach. Amenities include potable water, vault toilets, swimming area with beach and a fully developed boat ramp with dock. A security gate is closed at 10:00 pm and opened at 07:00 am daily by the camphost.
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Other than a man in a kilt (with a French accent, to boot), is there anything more attractive than a man wielding a hoover?
I don't think so...
Having just spent several days away, leaving care of home and household to my beloved, I hope you won't mind if say, that he really is the most fabulous man ever (in my humble and entirely subjective opinion). I came back to find, well, not an entirely tidy house (but then it never actually is...) but evidence of housework and laundry done, happy and healthy children, and a great big vase of cherry blossoms waiting on the kitchen table, oh and a nice wee glass of something yummy to have by the fire later...
Those of you who know him, will probably be aware he is the most fantastic cook too (thank you, Poppy!) I thought I would share one of his fab recipes with you, Madeleines au Citron. These are small, light cakes, with a wonderful fresh lemony taste, that go down particularly well with a cup of tea on a sunny spring afternoon. Or a rainy one, just to cheer yourself up.
Madeleines au Citron (makes 18)
2 large eggs
150g caster sugar
150g flour, sifted with half a teaspoon baking powder
150g butter (unsalted), melted
Zest of 1 lemon, finely grated
Beat the eggs and sugar until light and foamy, then beat in the melted butter. Gradually fold in the flour , a spoonful at a time, then the lemon zest. Butter a Madeleine tin (well, you could just use a bun tin, that would be just fine. You could use paper cases, but we don't) and fill with the mix. Bake in a preheated oven at Gas 7/425 F/220 C/180 Fan for about 10 mins. Allow to cool briefly on a cooling rack, before making that pot of tea and getting stuck in.


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