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From Hard Candy to Caboodles, the '90s Beauty Essentials We Couldn't Live Without
There's a reason New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees, N'Sync, The Backstreet Boys, and Boyz II Men all reunited this past summer—we are deep in the middle of '90s nostalgia. Needless to say, our favourite part of the decade was a pink Caboodles full of Hard Candy rings and brown lip liner, a statement we knew our favourite '90s stars would agree with. So we asked Melissa Joan Hart and Candace Cameron Bure to help enumerate the decade's best. From Herbal Essences Shampoo to Chanel's Vamp nail polish, check out what we miss most, above.
Melissa Joan Hart
"I was one of the millions of teens that bought into the hype of the androgynous scent ck1 in the '90s," says Melissa Joan Hart. The Clarissa Explains It All actress currently stars in Melissa and Joey (yes, with Joey Lawrence) and says she'll never forget that ck smell. "It was like the Abercrombie & Fitch of my day; I could recognize that scent today in the middle of a 2,000 cow dairy farm."
Urban Decay & Hard Candy
The decade's must-have brands were Urban Decay and Hard Candy. The former was badass, with totally inappropriate for school eyeshadow colors and nail polish packaged in tiny liquor-like bottles. The latter was sweet as can be, with glittering polishes topped with rubber rings and an array of color cosmetics delivering sparkles to the masses.
Bonne Belle Lipsmacker ($2) in Dr. Pepper
Although these lip balms came in a variety of flavors, we're pretty sure the Cher and Dionne's of the world were Dr. Pepper devotees.
Herbal Essences Shampoo and Conditioner ($5)
The commercials said it all: A beautiful woman having way too much fun in the shower—YES! YES! YES!—obviously thanks to her climax-inducing shampoo and conditioner.
Clinique Lipstick ($15) in Black Honey
This Clinique classic insists on being a makeup bag classic—as it should. The easy-to-wear, super sheer color looks great on everyone.
Candace Cameron
"The '90s were all about my hair. I couldn't live without Infusium 23's Leave In Moisturizing Treatment ($4), L'Oreal Mousse ($6), the Elchim hair dryer (the brand I still use today), and Super Hold Aqua Net ($4) or Sebastian Shaper Plus Hair Spray ($22)," says Full House's DJ Tanner, better known today as Candace Cameron Bure, who just penned a book, Balancing It All.
Sun-In Tropical Hair Lightener ($4)
A bottle of this was the go-to warm-weather friend. If you had the right hue, it gave your hair subtle honey streaks or turned blonde locks platinum. If you didn't, well, you spent the rest of the summer a reluctant red-meets-orange head.
Liz Claiborne Perfume ($20)
This covetable geometric wonder was a must-have accessory in the early '90s. We can't quite remember the scent, but we do remember babysitting every Saturday night until we could buy the bottle in all three primary colors.
Revlon Lipstick ($5)
Depending on the year and your clique—goth, raver, cheerleader—you had your must have shade of Revlon lipstick. Raven Red, Toast of New York, Rum Raisin, Wine with Everything, Cherries in the Snow, and Toasted Brownie were the favorites.
Caboodles ($12)
It's possible that Caboodles were just a grand pastel plot for moms to get their kids to clean up, but it didn't matter. We schlepped all of our beauty products around in them anyway.
Brow Lip Liner
From highlighting a nude lip to enhancing a bold brown pout, wet 'n wild Lip Liner ($1) in Brandywine 666 and M.A.C. Lip Liner ($15) in Spice were the best way to say "kiss me." The second best? "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None The Richer.
Sea Breeze Fresh Clean Astringent ($5)
Now that we know a thing or two about beauty, we realize stripping our skin of oil was a bad idea. But back then? We were sure that the sting meant it was working really well.
Colors by Benetton Perfume
This sweet, spicy concoction was the thing to wear on a group movie date to the mall.
Hair Gel
In the '90s, the neon-colored gels from LA Looks ($4) and Dep ($3) were the leaders of the hair product pack. Whatever you needed to do with your hair—slick it back, achieve crunchy curls—gel was the way to get there.
Chanel Le Vernis Nail Polish ($27) in Vamp
"Vamp nail polish?" head mean girl Cordelia asks Buffy in the 1997 pilot episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer to test just how cool she really is. "Um, over," Sarah Michelle Gellar answers. Maybe so for the second half of the nineties, but the product flew off the shelves for years and beauty obsessives rejoiced when Chanel brought back the color in the mid-2000s.
Sticky Lip Gloss
Why was the lip gloss of the '90s so sticky? Who knows, but we were equal parts obsessed with the Body Shop's Kiwi Lip Balm and M.A.C.'s Lipglass ($15). The former may have looked like a little pot of green Nickelodeon slime, but this tiny container of awesome gave our lips the perfect sticky shine. (Also, who wouldn't want to make out with someone who tastes like kiwi?) And Lipglass, let's just say we still have a tube—for nostalgia's sake!
Noxzema ($5)
The tingle of a scoop of this deep-cleaning face cream was the perfect reminder that you too could have skin like '90s Noxzema girl Rebecca Gayheart (who, by the way, played girlfriend to 90210's Dylan McKay for a hot minute).
Gap Body Fragrance in Grass, Dream, Earth, Om, Day, and Heaven
Hard to believe that a cornerstone of Gap's '90s resurgence was perfume, but it seemed to make sense at the time! How important was your fragrance of choice? People are still writing essays about Heaven versus Dream.
Flicker Razors
It might not have worked any better than your Bic, but it looked a million times better in the shower—as did all things neon in '90s.


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Fascinating — that's the only word that describes the brouhaha that continues to surround Marilyn Hagerty one week after social media plucked her from obscurity and made her a star.
Hagerty, an octogenarian reporter at the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota, on March 7 published a review titled "Long-awaited Olive Garden receives warm welcome" that quickly went viral as readers either balked at or embraced her folksiness.
So far hundreds of thousands of people have reportedly visited the newspaper's website to read the review.
And from there, bloggers have weighed in, Twitterers have tweeted, and other media has descended. Hagerty has appeared on CBS and NBC news shows and her son, a Wall Street Journal reporter, wrote a sentimental piece for his own paper about losing his mother to the media whirlwind.
Yesterday, Hagerty touched down in New York, where she no doubt will be followed by a mob of reporters as she spends time with Eric Ripert at Le Bernardin and Anderson Cooper at the Olive Garden.
The attention is both absurd and delightful, with even Hagerty, who has written restaurant reviews for nearly 40 years, wondering why this and why now. I have a theory: It's what happens when the present and the past collide in our hyperlinked, 24/7 world.
The review itself is charming, but unremarkable, and many turned to questioning its tone — was it intentionally ironic or not? As one industrious blogger proved, many others have published equally "unironic" reviews of Olive Garden in recent years. Hagerty's review was unearthed, and led to the unearthing of others, because thanks to Google and other search engines, we now can find and turn anything into something to sound off on.
Which is exactly what happened. Given the snarky nature of social media, some people found humor in Hagerty's decision to drink water instead of the raspberry lemonade recommended by the server. They mocked her description of the breadsticks and the "comforting" nature of the chicken Alfredo, thinking that surely no one could take seriously a review in which a chain restaurant was deemed "impressive."
So wrong. America is filled with small towns and a lot of people grew up in them. A restaurant opening can be big news — even if it is a chain restaurant. My parents live near a small town in upstate New York where the debuts of Dunkin' Donuts and Subway were widely discussed and celebrated. In fact, it was pretty big news when Steak 'n Shake and Panera recently opened in Manhattan. Many writers rushed to Hagerty's defense, some professing love for Olive Garden and others their appreciation for a small-town sensibility that puts things in perspective.
And then, of course, there's Hagerty herself — nonplussed and unafraid to speak her mind. She couldn't care less that she's the moment's media darling. She has bridge to play, deadlines to meet, and in her words, no time to read all of the "crap" others are writing. She exudes old-fashioned apathy when the rest of us are obsessively seeking our 15 minutes of fame and fawning over those who have found it. She's the stern grandmother — or at least reminds me of mine — who tells you to stop being vain and find better things to do with your time.
For its part, Olive Garden's parent company, Darden Restaurants, has been fairly silent throughout the cacophony. The huge visibility is a double-edged sword — talk about ironic — as various people herald and deride chain restaurants, and a woman who embodies where we are from reminds us that where we are may not really be so cool after all.
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SocGen Court Hearing to Weigh Freeing Jailed TraderBy Reuters - | Posted 2008-03-14 Print
A court is due to decide whether or not Jerome Kerviel should be allowed to leave prison.
PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris court is due to decide on Friday whether or not Jerome Kerviel, the trader accused of causing record losses at French bank Societe Generale, should be allowed to leave prison.
A ruling is expected sometime after 9:00 a.m. EDT.
In January, SocGen unveiled 4.9 billion euros ($7.64 billion) of losses which it said were caused by rogue deals carried out by Kerviel, a 31-year-old who had a junior trading position at the bank.
Kerviel has been placed under formal investigation for breach of trust, computer abuse and falsification.
He has been held for a month in Paris' La Sante prison. His lawyers have appealed for Kerviel to be released while prosecutors say he should remain in custody.
SocGen has carried out an internal investigation into the Kerviel affair. Its report, published on February 20, supported the bank's previously expressed view that Kerviel acted alone.
The internal report reiterated that Kerviel started building up non-authorized trading positions in 2005 and 2006 for "small amounts," but that they got bigger from March 2007 onwards.
By the time SocGen discovered what was going on in late January, Kerviel had amassed a position worth 49 billion euros, which SocGen unwound between January 21 and January 23 in an already falling stock market.
SocGen's losses have made it vulnerable to a takeover bid. France's biggest listed bank, BNP Paribas, has said it is looking at SocGen. In 1999, BNP narrowly failed to buy its rival.
The bank has also come under pressure from leading politicians and regulators.
Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer criticized SocGen's risk control systems.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said SocGen Chairman Daniel Bouton should "assume his responsibilities" for the affair, although Bouton has said he has a mandate to keep his job and continue with the bank's standalone strategy.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Jason Neely)
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Hitmaker, heartbreaker, Grammy nominee and hip-hop's secret weapon is going out on her own. The inimitable Skylar Grey, the artist responsible for writing the unforgettable hooks on Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" and "I Need A Doctor", is keeping that golden talent for herself with her new album Don't Look Down.
Playing music since she was a child, Grey (née Holly Brook Hafermann) began her stage career by performing in a folk duo with her mother, moving on to a jazz band as a teenager. As Holly Brook, she was signed at 18-years-old and released her debut album Like Blood Like Honey in 2006.
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Not since the likes of an ingénue Fiona Apple has an artist been able to capture and convey those raw moments of vulnerability that leave most of us stuttering, half smiling and half hiding. But she does so from a place of fearlessness and authenticity that is sorely missing in music today.
While she is a master of the torch song, Grey purposely chose the cheeky, white trash-fantastical hit single "C'mon Let Me Ride" to show her fun side and that yeah duh, she really can do anything. Keep an eye on this one, people.
Skylar Grey came by the Y! studio recently to share some of her new songs and chat about her transformation, her new album, and paying it forward to one lucky fan.
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Undetectable: A Drama in Three Parts
September 25, 2014
The plot has never been quite this complicated. At one time, prevention messaging was simpler and, short of abstinence, centered on using condoms. It was that simple. But things became more complicated when the ability of antiretroviral therapy to substantially reduce the risk of transmission became evident. Not only did people have more choices, but these choices became more -- well, complicated. Frequently they involved knowing more about risk than ever before, more about the science of transmission and more about the comparative effectiveness of various prevention alternatives. Throw in controversy, mixed messages, a little bit of moralizing and proselytizing and HIV prevention choices became a bit of a minefield to navigate for the average Joe or Jill.
Memoirs of a Caregiver, Part 3
May 19, 2014
I don't pretend that this story is at all unique. I tell it because I suspect it may be part of a growing trend -- HIVers assuming the role of caregivers where previously they thought of themselves as recipients of care. It's a bit of an adjustment.
An Ill Partner, an Ailing Pet: When the Tables Are Turned
April 8, 2014
Last time I wrote on this topic I expressed the thought that with many HIVers now living long and productive lives they would increasingly be required to be caregivers rather than recipients of care. My partner is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, after all. and while the prognosis is pretty good, the balance of who needs help in our relationship, physical and emotional, and who doesn't, has shifted.
Both Sides Now: Caring for an HIV-Negative Partner
March 16, 2014
I've never really been a high-maintenance patient myself. Only the odd hospital stay here and there, the odd bouts of depression and anxiety which have largely dissipated as the years dragged on since my diagnosis in 1993. I've put on a brave face since day one. No practical things I couldn't do myself either -- although that's not to say I haven't played the patient card on occasion. No more cleaning of fish tanks for me, no dealing with kitty litter, for instance but that was more because I disliked doing these chores rather than any perceived health hazard, but better to be safe than sorry, right? *wink wink*
Hooked Up: Exploring HIV Disclosure Online
September 28, 2013
Some hook-up sites for gay men make it easy to discuss HIV status; others just muddy the waters. But how reliable is the data for deciding what sex to have, with whom and how safely? And how does barebacking fit in? Bob Leahy looks at two popular sites and arrives at some surprising conclusions.
Why We Need to Re-Assess Barebacking, Stop the Stigma and Be Honest About the Risk
June 17, 2013
As editor of a respected online magazine for people living with HIV, I made a choice, rightly or wrongly (probably the latter), so that in our magazine's first year or two we didn't cover barebacking. We thought it was too inflammatory a subject, thought it might encourage people to do it, thought that people would think we were irresponsible.
Changing My Mind on Treatment as Prevention
April 12, 2013
One hundred and eighty degree turns happen in a variety of ways. Sometimes we seize the steering wheel of our lives and in one fell swoop travel along an opposite path. Other times, we take the turn slowly, one degree at a time, gradually realizing the path we are on leads nowhere and we need to go off in radically new directions. That's been the case with my realizing that most of my once fervently held objections to treatment as prevention, in 2013, make much less sense than they once did.
Tell All: Fresh Thoughts on Disclosure
February 15, 2013
In these times when the conversation is all about NON-disclosure, I'm becoming increasingly a fan of the very opposite. In short, I think many more people need to disclose.
Gay/Bi Men Hung Out to Dry in HIV Research?
November 6, 2012
The place of gay/bi men in our response to the HIV epidemic has changed. (And I say "gay/bi men" because I dislike seeing the term MSM -- men who have sex with men -- outside the realm of epidemiology.) Once, in those early days of the epidemic, we were both leaders and the focus of everything about HIV. But over time, and as other at-risk groups became more affected by the disease, that all changed. It had to.
Risky Talk
July 19, 2012
I've never really heard people ask this question -- strange in itself when it looks like every question about HIV has been asked, and written about, often -- whether people living with HIV are inherently different. I'm talking about more prone to taking risks and thus more susceptible to becoming infected. Sure, we know all about vulnerable populations, social determinants of health and all that, which are often fingered as the culprits in HIV infections. But let's face it; the reality is that many, many people from vulnerable populations and with ALL the social determinants of health looking pretty good DON'T get infected. So what is different about the ones who do?
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Bob Leahy
A banker turned AIDS activist, Bob Leahy is the busy Editor of PositiveLite.com, Canada's globally read online HIV magazine by and for people living with HIV. Diagnosed with HIV in 1993, Bob has held almost every volunteer position in the HIV community imaginable, including chairing his local ASO and serving on the boards of the Ontario HIV Treatment Network and the Canadian AIDS Society. Recognized on the Ontario AIDS Network's prestigious Honour Roll, his interests lie in social media, gay men's sexual health and making HIV research intelligible for all. A long-time blogger, this ex-Torontonian lives the rural life with his three dogs and partner of thirty-one years.
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By John Thavis
Catholic News Service
LOURDES, France (CNS) — Being pope is not a one-dimensional job, a fact that was clearly evident during Pope Benedict XVI's four-day visit to France.
Arriving in Paris Sept. 12, the pope first engaged in an important political encounter that attempted to build on the new openness shown the church by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Next, in a brief meeting with Jews, he managed to capsulize in 20 graceful lines the church's respect for Judaism and its firm rejection of anti-Semitism.
That evening, the pope slipped into his academic role and delivered a lecture on monasticism's influence on Western civilization to 700 scholars and intellectuals.
He then switched gears and led vespers in Notre Dame Cathedral with priests and religious, emphasizing that while their ranks may be thinning their role in the church has lost none of its value and, indeed, is irreplaceable.
Finally, he stepped outside and energized a waiting crowd of 40,000 young people, drawing roars of approval when he said the church needs them and has confidence in them.
It was a whirlwind beginning and demonstrated a remarkable pastoral versatility on the part of the 81-year-old pontiff.
The next day, after celebrating Mass for a larger-than-expected crowd in Paris, he went to Lourdes and showed another side of his role as universal pastor — a Marian side.
It's no secret that, as a theologian and bishop, Pope Benedict was not always comfortable with Marian devotion and claims of apparitions. But over the years he has widened his views, saying in 2002 that, "the older I am, the more important the mother of God is to me."
So at Lourdes pilgrims heard the scholarly pope preach the value of "humble and intense prayer" like the rosary. He told his listeners that devotion to Mary was not a form of "pious infantilism" but an expression of spiritual maturity.
When he took a drink from the Lourdes spring that many pilgrims believe to be the font of miraculous cures, he was demonstrating that the Christian lives by simple signs and symbols as well as by theological ideas.
The pope's trip to Lourdes was bound to be compared to Pope John Paul II's moving visit to the shrine in 2004. Ailing and unsteady, the late pope had to ask for help on the altar; it was his last foreign trip.
Pope Benedict was not a personal witness to suffering like his predecessor, but he left no doubt that ministry to the sick is a benchmark of Catholicism.
At his Mass with thousands of sick people Sept. 15, the final day of his visit, he thanked Catholics at Lourdes and all over the world who volunteer their time and effort to help the infirm.
That highlighted a key theme of Pope Benedict's pontificate, one he has underlined in encyclicals but which is sometimes overlooked: that personal charity — love in action — is the ultimate expression of faith in Jesus Christ.
Another difference between Pope Benedict and Pope John Paul surfaced during the visit. The late pope, on his first trip to France in 1980, sternly critiqued the French drift from the faith, asking Catholics, "France, the eldest daughter of the church, are you faithful to the promise of your baptism?"
Pope Benedict took a softer approach, alluding to pastoral problems but keeping the focus on the positive — for example, the enthusiastic crowd of 260,000 people at his Paris liturgy. In his final talk to French Catholics, he praised them for their "firm faith" and said he had been likewise encouraged by the strong turnout of youths at a Paris vigil.
Where he offered more instructional advice was in his talk to French bishops. He touched on a sore point when he urged the bishops to show flexibility toward traditionalists who want to take advantage of his 2007 rule change on the use of the Tridentine rite, the Mass rite used before the Second Vatican Council.
As a whole, though, the pope framed his message in optimistic terms. Whether talking to politicians, pastoral workers, scholars, the sick or the young, he emphasized that the church is at home in France, and its voice — including the voice of prayer — must continue to be heard.


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UPPER WEST SIDE — A balloon animal crown towers above the birthday girl's head as party-goers shout out answers to a high-spirited "Mad Libs" game and dig into homemade ice cream cake.
It appears to be the perfect childhood birthday party — except that the birthday girl is a 50-something marketing executive surrounded by guests she's never met, and the host is a creative marketing exec by day, and storyteller and baker by night.
The party is actually for a show called Yum's the Word, in which the birthday of one chosen audience member is celebrated with a unique fusion of old-fashioned fun and modern live storytelling — and it's gaining in popularity with each monthly installment.
"It's like I'm a little kid again," said host Robin Gelfenbien, who started hosting the monthly shows at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village in 2011.
"It's really just letting your hair down. It's a playful, silly show, but it's grounded with good stories," she added, saying the December show had the largest audience yet, with 80 people in attendance.
Gelfenbien, who lives on the Upper West Side, spent years moving between comedy and advertising work, but found her real calling when she discovered professional storytelling.
Every month, she throws a birthday party for one male and one female audience member — regardless of their age — entertaining them along with the rest of the audience using four or five professional storytellers whose tales are "funny, with heart," Gelfenbien said.
The whimsical themes of the night are inspired by ice cream, a nod to Gelfenbein's popular handcrafted ice-cream cakes, which she brings to each performance.
The tagline is, "the show where everyone gets a piece," according to Gelfenbien, who goes to great lengths to transport her cakes via a rolling cart with ice packs on the subway, and doles out generous slices to guests at the end of the night.
For fun — and because she loves puns — Gelfenbien names each cake. Past cake names have included: "Thanks for the memories Mint Romney" for a mint-based cake, and "What a Wanda-ful World" for a woman named Wanda.
"I've always been a punny person," admitted Gelfenbien, "I get so excited about it. It sounds so nerdy, but I could talk about [puns] endlessly."
Her cakes are so popular that she's started taking requests for the treat outside the show.
Gelfenbien said she grew up in a family that took birthday parties very seriously, and she wanted to share that love.
"The birthday guy or girl is treated like royalty," said Gelfenbien, who picks the lucky celebrant out of a hat from the audience from the previous month.
At the show, balloon artist Matthea Marquart makes "ornate" creations that add to the lively atmosphere.
"She has blown my mind with these balloon animals," Gelfenbien said.
The modern storytelling featured is still new to a lot of guests, she added. Past performers have included "SNL" writer Sue Galloway and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" contributor Giulia Rozzi, along with a host of other writers and performers from hit TV shows and comedy networks to underground storytelling slams.
The next show, on Jan. 16, is centered around Canadian-themed stories for a show called "Moose Tracks." Then, on Feb. 20, Gelfenbien will feature stories related to "Spooning," in honor of the big mattress sales that always happen close to President's Day.
The genesis of the show dates back to 2009, when Gelfenbien first began performing solo shows about her experience driving the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile and found a community of performers also eager to tell true-life stories in an engaging way in front of live audiences.
"I thought, 'I found my people,'" Gelfenbien recalled entering into the storytelling community just as it was exploding in New York City.
People usually associate the craft with "The Moth," which supports professionals and amateurs, but Gelfenbien said lots of other shows have emerged. For the past few years, she has been cultivating storyteller friends and performing in their shows regularly.
"I always wanted to do a storytelling show that was special and unique," she said, noting that as an Italian Jew, food plays an important role in her life. "[The shows] are really fun... I love bringing people together."
The next Yum's the Word shows are Wednesday, Jan.16, and Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 7 p.m.) Tickets are $10 (20 percent off if your birthday is in January).


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I remember when the big earthquake happened in Haiti and there was this white church group that went over there and tried to take some children. Even before this incident, it struck me as kind of suspect that so many white people were adopting african children. It was like some sort of fad. Personally, I don't think its good for black children because it confuses them and causes self hatred. Another thing that is disturbing is that a lot of white churches are doing this. Oprah had this church on her show and a couple of the families got together and they adopted an african choir. Each family took in about 2 african kids. When I see them programming them with religion, its disturbing to me. I don't remember hearing ONE story about a black church doing this and thats also interesting but not surprising. I find it interesting that a lot of us see those children as fortunate. I think that speaks to the self hatred that has been engrained in us. I find it to be sad and scary. Is this the new slavery movement? That question keeps popping in my head. What are your thoughts on this subject?
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i am so glad that letter is bogus - it made me sick ! also, i am really sad that there is still so much crap going on - i mean new jersey?!!!
i must point out though, that 'divide and conquer" is a very old way of establishing control. just look at Pakistan and India - i think, also, that people set up their own divisions. where oh where did the 60's go 'long time passing ' . . . "when will they ever learn, when will they ever learn?" i guess i'm still naive, but i don't care.
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On "Ready to Die" (Fat Possum), Iggy Pop returns with his old '70s sidekick, James Williamson, for one more blow-out under the Stooges' name. At this point, Pop, Williamson and original drummer Scott Asheton (plus bassist Mike Watt) can't add much to what the Stooges accomplished in their 1969-73 heyday, when they created a template for punk, post-punk and just about every permutation of garage rock. And, yet, "Ready to Die" holds up as an unexpectedly sturdy late-career coda.
Though it is nowhere near as indelible as the Stooges' first three landmark albums, "Ready to Die" is much stronger than the band's 2007 comeback, "The Weirdness." A lot of the credit goes to Williamson, who joined the retooled Stooges for their third and best-known album, "Raw Power," produced by David Bowie in 1973. He continued to work with Pop the rest of the decade, and together they explored a range of emotional and sonic textures that weren't always apparent in the Stooges' take-no-prisoners world. On Pop's 1979 Williamson-produced solo album, "New Values," the singer's vocals took on unexpected dimensions of vulnerability, and those echoes resurface on "Ready to Die."
Williamson's also a hard-rock riff machine, and the new album kicks off with four shots to the dome. Atop the guitar churn, Pop keeps it pithy, ticked off, darkly humorous in the tradition of his best Stooges street haiku. "Gun" mocks America's love affair with violence, "Job" nails the recession blues, "Sex and Money" swings with glam-rock sarcasm.
"Money is a waste of time," Pop sings, "course I made sure that I got mine."
It's brilliant writing, drilling both the self-righteous and the greedy, with the narrator once again on the outside -- the world's forgotten boy, to quote the Iggy of '73.
The album's 10-song, 37-minute, get-in-get-out concision is a major virtue, though the quality control isn't consistent. The lascivious "DD's" is just plain dumb, and the sensitivity doesn't play well on the sleepy "Unfriendly World." But Pop digs deep on the strangely beautiful dirge "The Departed," which sounds like a stirring eulogy to his old Stooges bandmate, Ron Asheton, who died in 2009. "Where is the life we started?," Pops asks. If this resilient little hymn is the last thing he records under the Stooges name – and who knows how long they've got? – it makes for a heck of an exit.


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The Rise and Rise of the Flying Reptiles: Pterosaurs Not Driven Into Extinction by Birds, Study Reveals
ScienceDaily (July 7, 2011) — Pterosaurs, flying reptiles from the time of the dinosaurs, were not driven to extinction by the birds, but in fact they continued to diversify and innovate for millions of years afterwards.A new study by Katy Prentice, done as part of her undergraduate degree (MSci in Palaeontology and Evolution) at the University of Bristol, shows that the pterosaurs evolved in a most unusual way, becoming more and more specialised through their 160 million years on Earth. The work is published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
"Usually, when a new group of animals or plants evolves, they quickly try out all the options. When we did this study, we thought pterosaurs would be the same," said Katy. "Pterosaurs were the first flying animals -- they appeared on Earth 50 million years before Archaeopteryx, the first bird -- and they were good at what they did. But the amazing thing is that they didn't really begin to evolve until after the birds had appeared."
Katy's study was done in conjunction with her supervisors, Dr Marcello Ruta and Professor Michael Benton. They looked at 50 different pterosaurs that ranged in size from a blackbird to the largest of all, Quetzalcoatlus, with a wingspan of 12 metres, four times the size of the largest flying bird today, the albatross. They tracked how all the pterosaur groups came and went through their history and recorded in detail their body shapes and adaptations.
The new work shows that pterosaurs remained conservative for 70 million years, and then started to experiment with all kinds of new modes of life. After birds emerged and became successful, the pterosaurs were not pushed to extinction, as had been suggested. It seems they responded to the new flyers by becoming larger and trying out new lifestyles. Many of the new lifestyle adaptations were seen in the pterosaurs skulls, as they adapted to feed on different food sources; some were seed-eaters, many ate fish, and later ones even lost their teeth. The rest of the body also showed a surprising amount of variation between different groups, when considering that the body forms have to retain many features to allow flight.
"Pterosaurs were at the height of their success about 125 million years ago, just as the birds became really diverse too," said Dr Marcello Ruta. "Our new numerical studies of all their physical features show they became three times as diverse in adaptations in the Early Cretaceous than they had been in the Jurassic, before Archaeopteryx and the birds appeared."
Pterosaurs dwindled and disappeared 65 million years during the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs. In their day they had been a fair match for the birds, and the two groups divided up aerial ecospace between them, so avoiding conflict.
"We're delighted to see a student mastering some tough mathematical techniques, and coming up with such a clear-cut result," said Professor Michael Benton. "Palaeontologists have often speculated about the coming and going of different groups of animals through time, but the new study provides a set of objective measurements of the relative success and breadth of adaptation of pterosaurs through their long time on the Earth."
Further information can be found on the Palaeobiology and Biodiversity Research Group's website: The rise and rise of the flying reptiles (http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/macro/pterosaurs.html).
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The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by University of Bristol.
Journal Reference:
- Katherine C. Prentice, Marcello Ruta, Michael J. Benton. Evolution of morphological disparity in pterosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2011; DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.565081
University of Bristol (2011, July 7). The rise and rise of the flying reptiles: Pterosaurs not driven into extinction by birds, study reveals. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2011/07/110706101608.htm


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This process allows to map a specific device to a constant device-node, located in Template:Filename, by using udev rules. This can then be used in fstab, among other places, to ensure that the device can be mounted with a unchanging device-node--ideal for desktop shortcuts and other mounting operations.
This article focuses on USB devices and was copied almost verbatim from the Gentoo wiki, later supplemented with additional hints.
Get USB device udev information
Here is script that facilitates this operation. Simply plug in the device before running the script. Save it as Template:Filename, for example, and run it like so: Template:Command The script is available here.
Manual method
Make sure one of the target devices is plugged in and then run the following (replacing Template:Filename as needed): Template:Command
The only part of this that is needed is Template:Codeline}, so use Template:Codeline to filter the information: Template:Command
This narrows down the search to a much greater degree; however, one of the two serials is irrelevant. Trim down the Template:Codeline: Template:Command The first choice is obviously the correct one.
Create udev rule
Use the Template:Codeline} in a udev rule as follows. Place it in Template:Filename:
BUS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="14AB0000000096", KERNEL=="sd?1", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usbdrive", GROUP="storage"
Make fstab entry
Create a directory for mounting:
# mkdir /mnt/usbdrive
In Template:Filename, create an entry as:
/dev/usbdrive /mnt/usbdrive vfat rw,noauto,group,flush,quiet,nodev,nosuid,noexec,noatime,dmask=000,fmask=111 0 0
Options Template:Codeline are unnecesary; they are stated for security reasons only. Additionally, depending on your locale preferences, add Template:Codeline and Template:Codeline options (such as Template:Codeline) in order to be able to display non-Latin file-names correctly.
Now, root and users who belongs to the Template:Codeline group can mount the USB device by:
mount /mnt/usbdrive
To allow a non-root user to access to USB devices, add them to the storage group:
# gpasswd -a username storage
Restart udev
To load the updated rules, run:
# udevadm control --reload-rules
Here are some mapping and mounting examples. This system's devices sometimes made nodes as Template:Filename or Template:Filename so I two rules for each needed to be specified, which aid "device not found" problems. The Template:Filename node is also needed for disk-level activities; e.g., Template:Codeline.
This always maps a specific USB device (in this case, a pendrive) to Template:Filename, which is then set in Template:Filename to mount on Template:Filename:
# Symlink USB pen SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="1730C13B18000B84", KERNEL=="sd?", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usbpen", GROUP="storage" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="1730C13B18000B84", KERNEL=="sd?1", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usbpen", GROUP="storage"
If for devices with multiple partitions, the following example maps the device to Template:Filename, and partitions 1, 2, 3 etc., to Template:Filename, Template:Filename, Template:Filename, etc.
# Symlink multi-part device SUSSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="1730C13B18000B84", KERNEL=="sd?", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usbdisk", GROUP="storage" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="1730C13B18000B84", KERNEL=="sd?[1-9]", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usbdisk%n", GROUP="storage"
The above rules are equivalent to the following one:
# Symlink multi-part device SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="1730C13B18000B84", KERNEL=="sd*", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usbdisk%n", GROUP="storage"
It's also possible to omit the Template:Codeline and Template:Codeline statements, so that the defaults from Template:Filename are used. Meaning that the shortest and simplest solution would be adding this rule:
# Symlink multi-part device SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="1730C13B18000B84", KERNEL=="sd*", SYMLINK+="usbdisk%n"
This always maps a Olympus digicam to Template:Filename, which can be stated in Template:Filename to mount on Template:Filename:
# Symlink USB camera SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="000207532049", KERNEL=="sd?", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usbcam", GROUP="storage" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="000207532049", KERNEL=="sd?1", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usbcam", GROUP="storage"
And this maps a Packard Bell MP3 player to Template:Filename:
# Symlink MP3 player SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="0002F5CF72C9C691", KERNEL=="sd?", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="mp3player", GROUP="storage" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="0002F5CF72C9C691", KERNEL=="sd?1", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="mp3player", GROUP="storage"
To map a selected usb-key to Template:Filename and all of other keys to Template:Filename:
# Symlink USB keys SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{serial}=="insert serial key", KERNEL=="sd?1", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="mykey" SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", KERNEL=="sd?1", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="otherkey"
Note the order of the lines. Since all the USB keys should create the Template:Filename node, udev will first check if it is a rules-stated USB-key, defined by serial number. But if an unknown USB-key is plugged, it will create also create a node, using the previously stated generic name, "otherkey". That rule should be the last one in rules file so that it does not override the others.
This is an example on how to distinguish USB HDD drives and USB sticks:
BUS=="usb", ATTRS{product}=="USB2.0 Storage Device", KERNEL=="sd?", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usbdisk", GROUP="storage" BUS=="usb", ATTRS{product}=="USB2.0 Storage Device", KERNEL=="sd?[1-9]", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usbdisk%n", GROUP="storage" BUS=="usb", ATTRS{product}=="USB Mass Storage Device", KERNEL=="sd?1", NAME="%k", SYMLINK+="usbflash", GROUP="storage"
Note that this udev rule doesn't use serials at all.


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Ever since he started his foundation, Michael Phelps has been trying to educate Baltimore kids on water safety and attempting to save lives with swimming lessons. Now he's expanding that mission beyond the Baltimore area, and taking it nationwide.
The Michael Phelps foundation announced Thursday that it is expanding its signature "im" program through the Boys and Girls Club of America, making it available in 16 clubs across 14 states this summer. The program — which is named in recognition of one of Phelps' signature events, the individual medley — aims to teach children the basics about water safety, and encourage kids to use swimming as part of a healthy, active lifestyle.
The program has already been put in place at swim clubs in Maryland, Florida, Texas, California, Ohio and Maine, and will be expanding to Boys and Girls Clubs in New York, Delaware, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska by the end of the summer.
"It's not only about teaching kids how to swim, it's teaching them everyday things that you can use throughout your life," Phelps said in an appearance on the Today Show to promote the program's expansion. "It's always the most fun for me to be with kids and see a real, true smile and excitement on a kid's face."
In addition to developing the "im" program, the Michael Phelps Foundation provides each Boys and Girls club with financial support to assist with the cost of the program. That includes "funding for staffing, training, supplies and equipment, pool access and maintenance, and administrative expenses," according to a release sent out by the foundation.
The "im" program consists of five areas of focus: safety, health and wellness, fun, organized swimming and education. Kids who participate can also earn medals and posters as they meet their goals and advance through the program.
Phelps was traveling Thursday and not available for comment. He's training in preparation for the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China, which take place at the end of July.


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Dougie Poynter's wildlife campaign inspired by jungle victory
DOUGIE POYNTER was inspired to support a campaign to save African mountain gorillas after getting back to nature on reality TV show I'M A CELEBRITY... GET ME OUT OF HERE!.
The McFly bassist spent three weeks in an Australian rainforest for the survival programme last year (11) and was crowned 'King of the Jungle' when he triumphed in the final viewers' vote.
Poynter rediscovered his love for the great outdoors during his stint on the show, and he signed on as a new ambassador for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) last month (Oct12) to promote its Mountain Gorilla Adoption Project.
He tells We Love Pop magazine, "I was in Africa with the WWF as I'm an ambassador. I've always been obsessed with wildlife and have had jungle fever since I'm a Celebrity... So I asked to get more involved with WWF, and they took me to Rwanda to hang out with mountain gorillas."


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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Truth Hurts
It will come as no surprise, that I love the sarcasm :)
7 comments:
- Woman at Mile 0 said...
Oh very good!
- 9:24 PM, November 28, 2009
- Jennifer Smith said...
I couldn't help myself.
- 11:24 PM, November 28, 2009
- Steve V said...
Has he called back yet? :)
- 10:24 AM, November 29, 2009
- Jennifer Smith said...
Sadly, no. But I'm expecting some fun crossing the border for our trip to Florida next month.
- 4:29 PM, November 29, 2009
- Frunger said...
It kind of ruined the whole thing to know she was reading a script off her computer screen. A rant is successful only if it seems like it's coming spontaneously.
Copenhagen is going to be a complete waste of time anyway. All the leaders know there isn't going to be any agreements, or goals set. They'll release a statement of intenet or something to make it look like there was progress and everyone will go back to their contries to deal with their economies instead.
- 12:13 PM, November 30, 2009
- JimmE said...
Perhaps if the current PM is very, very good he can get something in Tuvalu named after him just like his pal former Auzzie PM Howard :http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2009/11/tuvalu-climate-refugees
- 1:10 PM, November 30, 2009
- Jennifer Smith said...
It kind of ruined the whole thing to know she was reading a script off her computer screen.
Believe me, it would have ruined it worse listening to me stumble and stammer through it. What - you think Mercer does his off the cuff in one take?
- 12:15 AM, December 01, 2009


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The Millennium Lecture series at BathActivity by Gareth Lamb | added on Jun 10, 2010 | United Kingdom
Sponsor(s): Currently the RSC, Syngenta and the University of Bath
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With more than one-quarter of the vote in, Ted Cruz is leading David Dewhurst in the Texas Republican Senate run-off. His margin is 54-46 which translates into 50,000 votes. Politico has declared Cruz the winner.
This is a huge victory for the Tea Party which, polls showed, supported Cruz overwhelmingly and provided him with his margin of victory. It's also a victory for the Republican Party because Cruz is both a strong conservative and, by all accounts, extraordinarily capable.
The Tea Party movement has provided Republicans with a mixed bag of candidates ranging from the unelectable and unimpressive Christine O'Donnell to strong, solid folks like Sen. Ron Johnson. Now it has delivered a gem.


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Thursday, April 05, 2007
Mrs. Pelosi goes to Damascus
So while Pelosi pussyfoots with the Syrians, they continue to support Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and terrorist groups in Iraq who are killing our troops. I swear to God, if I was President, I would have Pelosi arrested as soon as she came back to our shores. She's yours Democrats, you need to deal with her.
Good Day to You, Sir
8 comments:
- J.D. Ryan said...
Ok, so is Congressman Darrel Issa (R-CA) in the same boat as Pelosi? He's in Syria right now. What about Reps. Frank Wolf (R-VA), Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) and Robert Aderholt (R-AL)who were in Syria 2 days before Pelosi? Are they terrorist sympathizers as well?
And I'm sure the spittle was flying from your mouth when you saw that picture of Laura Bush in her head scarf when she was in a mosque in Jerusalem, right? Hang the infidel!
While Pelosi 'pussyfoots' with Syrians, George Bush continues to ignore diplomacy (something every President until him used quite effectively in various ways, both R and D), and more people die for his little silly war of choice, and more terrorists are made because of his policies. And he refuses to negotiate with the people we're in conflict with him. Yeah, that shows some real maturity.. maybe if it were the 11th century. If you have your panties in such a wad about all those nasty terrorists killing our troops, what are you doing to bring them home? Or is the best way to 'support' them is to leave them there so more can die?
Oooh, shame on a gov't official for respecting the customs of the place they're visiting, something just about ANY diplomat has always done as a sign of good faith. Boy, I bet you were pissed to see Bush wearing one of those Japanese jacket things when he went to the Orient last year. Good thing Reagan didn't put on a SS uniform when he visited Bitburg, eh? How rude!
We are dealing with Pelosi and most of us are pretty happy to finally have someone putting a grown-up face on the country instead of a petulant two-year old walking around with a load of fresh shit in his diaper. When are you going to deal with Bush? He's the one responsible for this mess.
What specifically has Pelosi done wrong, and are the 4 Repubs in Syria just as wrong? Or is it more of the double standard and compartmentalized thinking you cons are well known for? Which is it? I'm not going any further until you answer that question.
- April 11, 2007 1:03 PM
- Chanman said...
You are such a tool. No, it is not OK for Issa and the rest to go to Syria. In fact President Bush CONDEMNED their visit, saying that it only validates the Hamas/Hezbollah-loving Syrians. You kinda conveniently left that condemnation part out.
The difference here is that Darrel Issa and the rest are not third in line to the presidency; they are not the freakin' Speaker of the House of Representatives. Her visit carries a lot more weight with the Syrians than some lowly congressional committee member.
And you bet your ass I have a problem with Pelosi wearing her little headscarf. During World War II, if a Jewish U.S. government official went over to meet with Hitler, I guess you would think it would only be culturally sensitive for him to wear one of those yellow Stars of David with the word "Juden" on them that Jews in Nazi Germany were forced to wear. There is a big difference between being respectful toward another culture, and being coerced by another culture. In your twisted, leftist, moral equivalent mind, you seem not to be able to differentiate between the two.
- April 11, 2007 1:29 PM
- J.D. Ryan said...
Funny, because when Pelosi mentioned it to the president, he didn't raise a stink about it. Was it ok for Hastert to go to Indonesia a few years back and tell the officials he met with to not bother talking to Clinton and just to deal with congress directly?? I;m sure you were fuming over that one, right?
Was Laura Bush 'coerced' into wearing the headscarf?
And once again, what is the alternative.. we've had 6 years of little-dicked faux cowboy stuff, and zero diplomacy. Hell, Reagan would've done better. I'm glad her visit carries weight. It's letting other countries know that we're not all as brain-dead as our president.
What's your alternative to get us out of this mess in the middle east? I'd really like to know. Does it involve killing lots more brown people? Judging from some of the vile crap on your site, I assume you'd be ok with that.
Not being able to differentiate the two? I know hatred when I see it. It's obvious by spending a few moments on your site that you're none too fond of the 'darkies', are you?urwjy
- April 11, 2007 7:16 PM
- Chanman said...
Killing more brown people? You really are as petty and shallow as I took you for.
When you got nothin' else, go for the race card.
- April 11, 2007 8:11 PM
- J.D. Ryan said...
If you mean 'calling out racist shitheads when I see them' then I'm playing a royal flush looking at your site. I hope your kids don't read this garbage. Or the people who run the school you work at. Or their parents. Race card? Sure.. you're the dealer.
Now, aside form your reluctance to defend your bigotry, back to my questions:
Was Laura Bush 'coerced' into wearing the headscarf?
What's your alternative to get us out of this mess in the middle east?
And when Dennis Hastert, at the time 'third in line for the presidency' went to Indonesia and told the Indonesians to not bother talking to Clinton, to just deal with the Congressional Republicans, did that 'carry more weight' and was indeed treasonous as well?
- April 12, 2007 8:08 AM
- Chanman said...
"Racist shithead"? I think it's time for you to start breathing into a paper bag there J.D. I am growing quite amused at watching your sanity spiral further downward with each comment you post.
You want me to "defend" my "bigotry"? That's a loaded statement if I ever heard one. There is no bigotry to defend. However, I see something that you need to defend, and that is your assertion that I am a racist. Kindly point out to me what I have ever said that is racist. It's intellectually lazy to just throw the race card out there like you have, but it's another thing to actually back it up.
Just to get you started, "racism" is defined as the belief that one race is inherently superior to another. Please point out where I have ever made that assertion.
Additionally, I notice that not only do you defend Pelosi's ill-advised trip to Syria, you also apparently defend Dennis Hastert's trip to Indonesia as well. Of course, the Indonesian government is not openly assisting our enemies who are trying to kill our troops like Syria is doing, and the last time I checked, Hastert isn't the Speaker of the House anymore, while that dolt Pelosi is. Your party is in power now, so they get to absorb the abuse for the stupid things they do. The Republicans did plenty of stupid things as well, hence, they are no longer in power... Hello??? Are you listening???
Laura Bush was in Jerusalem, which is located in the free and democratic country of Israel. She didn't have to wear that scarf unless she chose to. Pelosi was in one of the most oppressive nations on earth, where if she didn't wear that scarf, her safety could be in jeopardy. I refer you back to my previous argument about respecting a culture versus being coerced by a culture. I see you still don't have a clue about the difference.
Breathe, J.D., breathe....
- April 12, 2007 12:17 PM
- J.D. Ryan said...
I'll admit I was wrong. Hastert was actually in Columbia, not Indonesia. But in that case, it was perfectly ok to directly undermine the president, because his last name was Clinton. Don't remember anything about Pelosi telling the Syrians to just ignore Bush and speak only with her and the D's in Congress. Once again, what's the story here? Sounds like yet another distraction of how bad the Repubs and Bush are fucking this country.
Considering you're going to do what most racist cons do and stick to the tired and true 'if I'm not literally stating that whites are superior to blacks even though much of what I write infers it subtly in many ways I'm not a racist' then I'm not going to bother. Like I said, racist shithead. One look at your writings and your blogroll confirms that. Your poor kids. Like I said, I played the 'race card' because you dealt me a royal flush.
So, Pelosi wore her scarf out of safety concerns. Uh, okay.
And could you please point me to where Bush condemned all those treasonous Republicans?
I don't know why I even bother because just about everything you support and propose is either discredited, gone down in flames, or has no chance of coming to fruition. Like I've said, you are repeatedly on the losing side of history. You're another stereotypical crybaby white Christian guy who feels constantly like he's being persecuted. Boo-fuckin-hoo. Me want sense of privlege. Wah.
Good day to you, sir.
- April 12, 2007 6:35 PM
- Chanman said...
qaChanman asks J.D. for one example of why Chanman is a racist, and this is the best he can come up with: "One look at your writings and your blogroll confirms that [you are a racist]."
Wow, that's convincing. Again I ask, what have I ever said that is racist. Oh, and thank you for bringing my children into your condemnation of me. What a peace-loving compassionate leftist you are.
Speaking of condemnation, here is the link to an article from Yahoo News:
Excerpt from the article:
A White House spokesman, Alex Conant, said the administration tries to deter lawmakers from both parties from engaging Assad.
"We discourage all visits to Syria because it's a state sponsor of terror," he said. "A lot of officials have gone, and it hasn't changed the Syrians' behavior."
"So, Pelosi wore her scarf out of safety concerns. Uh, okay."
Funny how you just slough off my assertion that Pelosi was wrong about wearing the headscarf. Whatsa matter, do the facts collide with your preconceived opinions? Facts are funny that way. Women often get the shit beat out of them (and sometimes killed) in countries like this for not properly concealing themselves. Apparently, you are OK with this. This is common with the multicultural left, who abhor at the thought of thinking that one culture is superior to another. I know, I know, who are we to condemn another culture just because they want to subjugate their women by wrapping them up like a burrito?
- April 13, 2007 1:42 PM


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Stephen Dubner: Hey Kai, thanks. I've got a little Thanksgiving quiz for you. Are you up for that?
Ryssdal: No, I don't do quizzes. It's my show. All right, what?
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Ryssdal: All right.
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Ryssdal: Really? That's the question?
Dubner: That's the question. It is really the question this week.
Ryssdal: All right, 82.6? I don't know.
Dubner: That's a great guess, great guess. The truth is it's actually pretty close to 100 percent.
Ryssdal: Really? So there's no, like, turkey sex going on?
Dubner: Well let's unravel this. Let me ask you this, Kai: When you roast your family turkey, what ends up being the most popular meat that everybody wants?
Ryssdal: Always the white meat. It's the breast meat, always.
Dubner: Always the white meat.
Ryssdal: Yeah.
Dubner: My family, the same. Now some people would say that's just because you want to increase the surface area for gravy. But whatever the case, Americans love their white meat. And this goes back to the 1950s, when traditional turkeys got pushed out by a breed called the broad-breasted white, which grows bigger and faster than the traditional bird. And that broad-breasted white has been selectively bred to have the largest breasts possible.
There's just one problem with this and I'm going to let Julie Long from the USDA explain it to you.
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Ryssdal: Create offspring. Come on, really? Did she just say that? So it gets in the way, I guess.
Dubner: On your air.
Ryssdal: Yeah, I know right? And my mother's listening, too. So they can't, you know, do it?
Dubner: That's exactly right. It's tragic, isn't it, if you think about it? And as a result, the turkey industry is built around artificial insemination, which is a very labor-intensive and hands-on process. Here's the way it works: A team of workers has to pick up each male breeder, the tom, which might weigh as much as 70 pounds, secure his contribution -- as they call it in the trade -- and then bring that to the hen house to inseminate each hen. And then keep in mind -- with such an intense consumer demand for turkey -- this is not a once-a-year event. Here's Julie Long again from the USDA.
Long: So that means once a week, five to six months, you have to go work with the males and then go work with the females in order to produce the meat that goes out for the consumer.
Ryssdal: OK, so a couple of things, I love this in its entirety. One, who knew that girl turkeys were called hens? Two, I loved the way that she said "work with," "work with them." But three, this is also conceivably, just to get back to the business thing here, it's a jobs program. Right? You need people to go work with these turkeys.
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Cyndi Muller: I know in some parts of the country, the price of a heritage bird for your Thanksgiving table can be over $150, $200 for a bird.
Ryssdal: No way!
Dubner: Way. Way.
Ryssdal: Really? That's a lot of money.
Dubner: Yeah, it's a lot. Well over triple, let's say, what you would pay for a big bird.
Ryssdal: Just to have a little fun in life, right?
Dubner: That's exactly right. I mean look, the holidays are supposed to be a feel-good time.
Ryssdal: Stop. Stop.
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Ryssdal: And females, it should be said. And females.
Dubner: There you go.
Ryssdal: Freakonomics.com is the website, that's where you send all the hate mail this week. Stephen Dubner, we'll see you in a couple of weeks.
Dubner: Thanks Kai, happy eating.
Ryssdal: Uh yeah, I don't know about that.
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So I'm out on the Left Coast this week and next, enjoying some sunshine and warm weather (forecast to be sunny and 72 here on the central coast on New Year's day–sorry to all our midwestern friends), and since the light is so good, I did up this two minute video about some of California's renewable energy "triumphs":
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