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About the blogger: Amy Bree Becker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mass Communication & Communication Studies at Towson University. Her research considers the impact of political comedy and political entertainment on everyday life. She also studies public opinion and participation on controversial political issues like the same-sex marriage debate.
Professor Becker will share her top 5 political comedy picks each month.
For more about Dr. Becker, visit her website or check out her new blog, Fresh Politics, New Media.
Top 5 Political Comedy Highlights from August 2011
- The Daily Show correspondents preview the candidate tents at the Iowa Straw Poll
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The Daily Show correspondents – Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Aasif Mandvi, and John Oliver -- offer an entertaining preview of the candidate tents at the Iowa Straw Poll on the August 11th broadcast. The segment focuses on all of the "attractions" being offered at the various candidate tents and the arrival of Sarah Palin's bus tour. The best part of the segment -- which should be especially hilarious for those familiar with Rick Santorum's Google problem (Google "Rick Santorum" and you get this site as the top result) – is Wyatt Cenac's visit to Santorum headquarters and his consumption of the Pennsylvania senator's homemade peach jelly. Apparently, among other things, it's sugar free and doesn't taste very good. Throughout the month of August, The Daily Show correspondents did a great job of keeping us up-to-date on events in Iowa and around the country. For more on The Daily Show correspondents see item #3 in this month's list.
2. The heroes of Stephen Colbert's Super PAC respond
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cColbert Super PAC - The Heroes Respondwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogVideo Archive
Stephen Colbert has received some serious media attention for his Colbert Super PAC with many media outlets questioning the true political impact of Colbert's fundraising and television advertising efforts. The Super PAC can accept unlimited donations from supporters, and Colbert is free to promote his Super PAC as often as he likes during his half-hour time slot on Comedy Central, a Viacom media property. To date, more than 165,000 fans of the show have signed up as members of the Colbert Super PAC, and a good portion have given donations in support of the group's attempt at "Making a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow." During recent broadcasts, the names of these 165,000 fans have been scrolling across the bottom of the television screen – Colbert's "scroll of heroes." As Colbert pointed out on the August 4th broadcast, some of the names – including the all too funny "Suq Madiq" – are made-up. Colbert has a hard time getting through the segment once he mentions Suq's parents "Liqa Madiq" and "Munchma Quchi." Colbert's giggles make the clip especially comical, and that's why I've listed it in my Top 5 for August. Frequent viewers of the show will note his repeated recycling of the "Munchma Quchi" joke in subsequent August broadcasts.
3. John Oliver's "The Forecloser"
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe Forecloserwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogThe Daily Show on Facebook
Speaking of The Daily Show correspondents, John Oliver's August 8th segment on the Florida couple that foreclosed on a local Bank of America branch is truly a top segment from the month of August. The couple featured in the segment received a foreclosure notice from Bank of America in error. In reality, the couple paid for their Naples, FL house in cash so there was no mortgage with Bank of America. Since Bank of America failed to pay the damages owed to the couple according to the legal settlement, the couple sent a couple of repo men to pick up the furniture at a local branch. John Oliver's enthusiasm for the story and his whirlwind tour of the US to spread the story helps to make the clip especially funny. Oliver's movie promo at the end ties the whole bit together nicely.
4. Vote for Rick Parry, with an A for Iowa and America
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cColbert Super PAC - Rick Parry with an "A" for Americawww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogVideo Archive
Stephen Colbert's Super PAC chose to endorse Rick Parry, not Rick Perry, as a write-in candidate for the Iowa Straw poll. To support this endorsement, the Colbert Super PAC bought airtime on local Iowa affiliates in order to show two television commercials. Colbert aired the commercials on the August 11th broadcast of The Colbert Report for a national audience and clips of the individual commercials quickly spread virally. Both commercials are funny, but the second commercial and the focus on "cornography" is particularly humorous, making the package a top pick for August 2011. The ads and the subsequent coverage afforded by the mainstream media show the broader impact of these satirical ads and the importance of keeping an eye on the activities of Colbert Super PAC as the presidential race continues to unfold. Unfortunately, a count of those who wrote in Rick Parry on their Iowa straw poll ballot is not yet available.
5. Glazed and Confused, Jon Stewart's take on the Michele Bachmann Newsweek cover
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cGlazed and Confusedwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogThe Daily Show on Facebook
Journalists spent the first part of the month talking about Newsweek's "deer in the headlights" unflattering photo cover of Michele Bachmann. Jon Stewart also took up the issue of the cover on his August 9th broadcast, suggesting that a better way to display "crazy Michele Bachmann" is to simply make a cover image out of her words. The clip was particularly humorous and has reached a broad online audience with more than 325,000 views to date. Also relevant is Stewart's reprobation of Newsweek editor Tina Brown and his concession that perhaps this time the conservative media has a real legitimate complaint about the way the mainstream media covers conservative candidates and issues. This clip makes the best of August list because it combines satirical political commentary with Stewart's pointed criticism of both mainstream and conservative media outlets.
Even though Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert were on vacation for the last part of August, both hosts offered some truly enjoyable material at the start of the month. As predicted in my July post, Colbert's Super PAC kicked into high gear this month and both shows paid careful attention to the presidential election.
For even more on political comedy, check out my past media commentary on the importance of political comedy or stay up-to-date with the latest in politics and new media on my blog, Fresh Politics, New Media.


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Opinion: Another Housing Bubble?
Assistant editorial page editor James Freeman on how Fed and White House policies may create another housing crisis. Photos: Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... housing prices are rising again but it may not be time to pop the champagne says my next guest ... this is the editorial page editor James Freeman is here were some sobering ... news ... start first ... with that that good numbers that are out there been ... a tough year for ... housing price increases ... Los Angeles a twelve percent Vegas fifteen Phoenix twenty three ... James ... Hardie speck on the part aside this looks these look like great numbers so why worry yes it's a link here on this is a very exciting to see these prices rebounding again I think it fun ... for anyone ... who remembers than ... just in history back you know five years ago ... um you know we we have seen this movie before where the ... the the the home prices rise much faster than our economy is not say when the bubble right now but to ... this mixture of the Federal Reserve ... providing all of the cheap credit ... without much growth in the underlying economy but the disappearance of our wealth creation is people wanna see their home prices rise so ... it's ... it's not sustainable and you just hope that ... somewhere along the line we learn these lessons in an annex of reforms before ... before the next Boston after the next boom in Lehi and one part of the government that might be contributing to this rebound may or may not be sustainable the threat and cheap money ... um what else is government doing ... to inflate this market ... well he's seen we still have most of the policies that ... gave us the two thousand a financial crisis are still they are we still have ... in fact there are even more in forests where a ... Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the Federal Housing Administration now we're backing even more ... of a home mortgages this is basically a subsidy for Credit keeps the thirty year fixed rate mortgage cheap ... UCF we talk about the monetary policies of the minimum interest tax deductions a big tax incentive don't be evil by housing ... and ... in what all this does is in it ... even during boom times were it seems like it works really well when it doesn't shift a lot of capital in the housing ... instead of all the places that Ryan really be better investments for us whether it's the software or medicine or whatever doesn't mean you in the ... economy grow long-term EFT make things that people want to buy them yet yet they ... trade things ... better faster cheaper than what's existing before and ... while that doesn't happen if all of the money is going in a realist ... well you know it's so hard to reform housing in this country is neither Republicans nor Democrats ... seem to want to do it but is this the time ... the push for re form what you have of Fannie and Freddie are now of making money again so I think ... you'd hope that now would be the moment and if you wanna be optimistic I have a House Financial Services German in Japan's ruling who I actually does Mama close down these monsters and start ... certain moving the government out of this ... on the other hand we have the Obama administration saying ... we need it ... basically ease up on credit are ... so glad you raise that we've got a chart here of foreclosure rates under the Federal Housing Administration wanna ... put that up on the screen right now ... James these numbers might not make sense to live your store housing experts ... what is a fight them credits ... the mini is not a man against or that someone with a very checkered history possibly as good defaulted on things ... and I think anyone can probably gather the twenty six percent foreclosure freaking cute during a very low and so there is often the media myth that the FHA in contrast to some other things is ... has been a solid sound of ... a traditional aam ... lender and and during the height of the craziness in the mid two thousand it's true that they actually did them in the payments although small ones when something we're saying no down payment loan documentation ... bought ... but this is this is a very risky enterprise is this what the Obama administration wants to back ... your home ... yet the FHA well with the with this kind of record

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STUDY: South Dakotans Have 4th Highest 'Entrepreneurial Personality' in the U.S.
(NPN) -- Maybe it's who settled in South Dakota. Or maybe it's because a broad, undeveloped land forced residents to be innovative.
Whatever the reasons, a new study finds that South Dakotans have the fourth most entrepreneurial personality in the nation. Only the District of Columbia (1), Colorado (2) and Utah (3) rated higher than South Dakota in the scholarly study.
The remaining five of the top 10 states were also largely from the West or Plains states: Nevada (5), Alaska (6), Arizona (7), New Mexico (8), Nebraska (9) and Montana (10). Rankings for other regional states: Wyoming (20), Minnesota (22), North Dakota (23) and Iowa (35).
The study also looked at entrepreneurship by region in the United Kingdom and Germany.
The results are from a study by Dr. Martin Obschonka, a psychologist from Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena in Germany and his team of researchers in Germany and the United States. The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology recently published their article on their findings.
"There seems to be a regional psychological character that is important for the region's economic vitality," Dr. Obschonka said.
Dr. Obschonka says a number of factors are in play as to whether individuals in a region are entrepreneurial or not.
"First, selective migration over the past 100 or 200 years might play a role because personality is heritable--around 50 percent of a person's personality might be due to genes," Dr. Obschonka said. "This means that certain groups with certain personality may have settled in certain regions."
The psychologist said he and his researchers speculate that early settlers who took the challenge and ventured west were more entrepreneurial in their personality makeup. Dr. Obschonka says this may have caused the high values in the West, including South Dakota.
Conversely, other attributes account for low entrepreneurial personalities in industrialized states, such as in Indiana (41), New Jersey (44) and Ohio (45).
"Second, socialization though regional norms, attitudes, institutions, etc. might also play a role because personality is prone to change and people may adapt to certain regional conditions," Dr. Obschonka said. "We speculate that the low values in the Rust Belt area might have to do with a socialization effects of non-entrepreneurial values, norms and institutions in this area, e.g., the rule-driven mass production worker might have developed a more non-entrepreneurial mindset."
The researches looked at the "Big Five" of personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. According to Dr. Obschonka, the entrepreneurial personality is high in extraversion, conscientiousness and openness and low in agreeableness and neuroticism.
The study also looked at whether entrepreneurial personalities also translated to more entrepreneurial activity.
"We discovered that to a large extent the 'psychological' map actually coincided with the economical map of the USA," Dr. Obschonka said.
The researchers also noted that a region's personality makeup and a region's entrepreneurial climate, such as local business conditions conducive to entrepreneurship, interact in determining the rate for establishing new firms within a region.
For their study, the psychologists analyzed data about the personalities of more than half a million of US citizens, about 20,000 Germans and approximately 15,000 British citizens. The official name of the study is, "The regional distribution and correlates of an entrepreneurship-prone personality profile in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom: A socioecological perspective," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, October 2013.


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George Balanchine's vivid jewel-themed triptych, strikingly choreographed to the music of Faure, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky. George Balanchine's three act masterpiece is renowned as the world's first full-length abstract ballet. The Russian-born co-founder of the New York City Ballet, Balanchine was inspired by the artistry of jewellery designer Claude Arpels to create a trio of distinct movements revealing the essence of each precious stone. Each part also evokes three very different cities: Paris, New York and St. Petersburg. 'Emeralds' was conceived as a tribute to the French romantic school, with music by Gabriel Faure. The suitably fiery and energetic 'Rubies' taps in to the rich tradition of Broadway musicals, with music by Stravinsky. 'Diamonds' honours the grandeur of Imperial Russia and the Maryinsky Theater, choreographed brilliantly to the music of Tchaikovsky. With its superb jewel-like costumes, this is an extraordinary celebration of the influences on the choreographer who was described as the father of American ballet.
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Bolshoi Ballet's "Jewels"
George Balanchine | Ballet in Three Parts
Music by Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Estimated running time 150 minutes
Performed Live January 19, 2014
Inspired by brilliant precious stones, George Balanchine exquisitely choreographed Jewels in 1967 as
three disparate parts, each with its own composer and striking beauty. The ballet serves as a tribute to the
three cities-Paris, New York, and St. Petersburg, all of which carved the elegance, aesthetic and style of
Balanchine. Emeralds, honoring the French romantic school, reveals the most delicate of movements,
while Rubies reflects the lightning-fast pace of New York in a jazzy, witty and sharp attack. Diamonds is
an homage to the opulence and regality of Balanchine's native Russia. Recently added to the Bolshoi
repertoire, the dancers bring "a fascinating life" (Financial Times) to this ballet that combines pure
virtuosity, class, and elegance.
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When: Opens Friday
Where: Wide release
Running time: 2 hours, 33 minutes
There is no greater fear for parents than to have their young child go missing. Just thinking about it keeps people up at night, pondering the horrible world of "what if." Most parents would do absolutely anything to get their child back, and it's that notion that is at the heart of "Prisoners," the new thriller from French Canadian director Denis Villeneuve, which marks his English-language debut.
It's an intense experience for the viewer, one that's well-crafted and beautifully shot, featuring strong performances from its leading men, Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. But for all its successes, it's a mystery that's let down by its own screenplay, which begins as a story that has intriguing and seriously complex moral and ethical implications before giving way to what is a fairly by-the-numbers, beat-the-clock serial-killer thriller.
Jackman plays Keller Dover, a middle-class contractor in a fading Pennsylvania suburb. Keller's a manly man, an outdoorsman who prays for the best but prepares for the worst. The worst comes along when his daughter Anna (Erin Gerasimovich) goes missing on Thanksgiving, along with Joy (Kyla Drew Simmons), the daughter of his good friends Nancy and Franklin (Viola Davis and Terrence Howard).
Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) is called in, and the suspicious RV that was parked not far from where the girls were last seen is found and its driver arrested. He turns out to be Danny Jones (Paul Dano), an intellectually disabled young man who lives with his aunt (Melissa Leo). There's no trace of the girls, however, so the police are forced to release him. Keller's an intense guy at the best of times, and he eventually kidnaps Danny, vowing to torture him until he divulges the girls' location. As this is going on, Loki is doing his damnedest to solve the case the old fashioned way, and trying to do it as fast as possible.
Keller's quandary is the core of "Prisoners," a movie that is very much in the same vein of other crime procedurals such as "Se7en" and "Zodiac." "Prisoners" is not, however, as good as either of those, primarily because, like any rogue cop, it finally goes ahead and just throws the rule book out the window.
But those rules are in place for a reason, and if you're going to break them, it has to be in a way that makes sense. Exposition that pops up in the middle of the movie is inexcusable, and for a movie that's all about solving puzzles, at the end of the day (or, at least, the end of the movie), they come together a little too neatly, and I was able to piece them together faster than the characters themselves.
Additionally, picking out the actual culprit doesn't take great powers of deduction, just an understanding of how typical thrillers eventually play out. That's "Prisoners" greatest crime, actually, that it betrays its own potential, because there's actually much here to admire. Jackman has always been good at bellowing, and Gyllenhaal has created a layered character with a history you'd love to know more about. This is a tense, white-knuckler that taps into universal fears and does so in a way that actually challenges the audience's assumptions about what might happen and whether the characters are making decisions they could actually support.
"Prisoners" does all that very well — for a while. And then it runs out of gas, and the ethical complexities turn out to be little more than a tantalizing MacGuffin that is marginalized so the loose ends can be nicely tied up. There's nothing worse than a mystery that is solved via a lucky accident, and essentially, after all the red herrings, that's how "Prisoners" comes together.
None of that takes away from the work of Jackman and Gyllenhaal, nor that of legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins, but it is a bit of a screenwriting crime, one that won't be solved by the time the credits finally roll.


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I prefer to deal in facts, and make decisions based on those facts. This precludes common sense as a basis for decision making.
For example, common sense is used as a reason for the creation of wind farms for the generation of electricity. However, Engineering 101 tells us that, except in very specific and defined circumstances, wind farms are environmentally destructive, economically irrational, produce a net energy deficit and divert resources from more urgent requirements.
In other words, application of common sense has created a problem that is much worse than the one it was purported to solve.
You attribute numerous effects to atmospheric carbon dioxide, particularly that generated by human activity. Clearly, your understanding of the issue is deficient and is based on ideology and propaganda. I suggest that you spend some time to read up on the science, and ignore the ideology.
While you are reading up on the subject, I suggest that you seek answers to the following questions:
1. What caused The Roman Warming Period; what caused it to end?
2. What caused The Medieval Warming Period; what caused it to end?
3. What caused The Mini Ice Age; what caused it to end?
Keep in mind that these events occurred during periods of relatively low human population, and during which human emissions of carbon dioxide were miniscule. So, clearly, carbon dioxide was not the cause of either global warming, or global cooling.
Since human emissions of carbon dioxide were not the cause of these historical climate events, why would the current period of warming be any different?
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Civil Rights Commission, Local Organizations to Revitalize Dr. King St. in IndianapolisDecember 23, 2013 No comments
The Indiana Civil Rights Commission will lead more than 50 Indianapolis residents, and more than half a dozen local organizations, in the Third Annual Dr. King Day of Service Friday, January 17, 2014 at the Watkins Park Family Center in Indianapolis. The event looks to honor Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy by increasing economic opportunities through service and volunteer activities.
"As the need for service continues to grow, we take time to honor Dr. King by giving back and making an impact on our local community," said Jamal L. Smith, the Executive Director of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission. "Throughout the year, we are seeing Hoosiers use the power of service to strengthen their own and each other's economic security and making a real difference in our local communities."
The Third Annual Dr. King Day of Service will include indoor and outdoor projects along Dr. King Street and Edgemont Avenue. There will also be work done at the Naval Armory in preparation for the Northwest Area Quality of Life Plan Visionary Summit on Saturday, January 18, 2014. The Quality of Life Plan (QOL) is developed by citizens that live, work, worship and play in a specific area or community.
"As more families and communities need assistance, we are accepting the challenge put forth by Dr. King to make a difference," added Smith. "Through the efforts of our volunteers and partnering organizations we are working to revitalize Dr. King Street one project at a time. Our work with a local business incubator is especially exciting as we have the opportunity to make an economic impact on the local economy in addition to improving the appearance of the neighborhood."
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The Complete 2006 Olympic Team:
Shaun White
Gretchen Bleiler
Hannah Teter
Elena Hight
Kelly Clark
Mason Aguirre
Andy Finch
Danny Kass
Nate Holland
Jason Smith
Seth Wescott
Jayson Hale
Lindsay Jacobellis
Michelle Gorgone
Rosie Fletcher
Tyler Jewell
Yesterday's evening finals were cancelled due to gusting winds. The event was rescheduled for 8:00 a.m. this Sunday morning, and by the time 9:45 a.m. had rolled around Shaun White had already thrown down his winning run, effortlessly and legendarily sweeping the Grand Prix series. But it was the process of filling the other podium spots that had the Dingo screaming even louder than normal and the crowd on their toes. Every run bumped one rider in and another rider out of the third and fourth place on the U.S. Olympic Team.
Andy Finch took second with a similar run that he's been doing throughout the Grand Prix series, but with almost-orbit-altitude. He blasted into a crail off the first hit, into a frontside 1080, Cab 7, frontside 900, and ending it with a stomped Michaelchuck. He credits his second place finish to both altering his run a little to meet the judging criteria, but also to the fact that several riders had voiced to the judges that Andy was not getting the scores he deserved the previous day. The judges took note not only of Andy, but Steven Fisher as well who threw a high-speed frontside 1080 followed by back-to-back nines into third.
Finch essentially knocked Danny Davis off the Olympic team roster. While Ross Powers, the second to last rider of the morning, could have knocked Andy out if he had gotten a 4th place finish in his last run, but he came in 6th and that's how it ended.
Hannah Teter sat out in today's women's event leaving a little breathing room on the podium. The story here is Kelly Clark. Kelly needed a second place finish to get to the Olympics and after her first run, it didn't look like it was happening. But, she pulled it together mentally and physically at the top of the pipe, in her final run blasting huge airs and combo'ing her fives to frontside seven getting into second. Hell yeah, Kelly!
Tune into NBC today, Sunday, January, 22 at 3:00 p.m. ET, for a one-hour special of the Mountain Creek Grand Prix and Olympic announcement.
The Grand Prix is over, Shaun and Gretchen were named the overall winners and each won the keys to new Chevrolet trucks along with the 10,000 first place loot.
The Olympics are in Torino, Italy, from
1. Shaun White
2. Andy Finch
3. Steve Fisher
4. Tommy Czeschin
5. Keir Dillon
6. Ross Powers
7. Jarret Thomas
8. Louie Vito
9. Danny Kass
10. Michael Goldshmidt
1. Gretchen Bleiler
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i'll use this article as a jumping off point. it's an interesting read about why Conservatives deny Global Warming.
yesterday i posted a discussion about an article claiming that the Earth is cooling and that carbon dioxide is good for the environment. it was sent to me by my step-father, who is getting to be famous here on A/N. he is a staunch Consevative, a Birther who thinks that Obama wants Anarchy, and an evolution and climate change denier.
he genuinely believes that the Scientific community is duping the world into believing in Global Warming so they can continue to get funded and keep their jobs. i sent him articles from NASA - he rejected them, since NASA is in Obama's pocket. i sent him articles from decorated climate scientists from Berkley - he wouldn't even read them b/c Berkley is a liberal think tank. instead, he accepts the theories put forth by unknown internet bloggers or a single Physicist who happens to work with the Heartland Institute.
when i point out the fallacies of his sources, he ignores them and sends me another article by an equally insignificant source. when i debunk that i get an email that says "global warming is hooey". talk about a discussion stopper.
there really is no way to convince someone whose mind is made up. i never try to convert someone to Atheism - it's impossible, and honestly why bother? but i think it's our duty as citizens to try to educate the ignorant on important issues like Climate Change and Evolution. too bad that often the same people who are deeply Religious are the same ones who deny Science. and their minds are made up equally regarding both God and Science.
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When someone has bought lunacy, Reason is lost on them. You can lead a horse's ass to water, but you can't make it drink.
Its funny how they can make claims such as "its a natural cycle" and such, when scientists predicted the warming increase back in the 80's and I was a kid. I remember being 10 years old having to explain the concept of "greenhouse gas" you my aunt who asserted "No, they think that all the pollution make the atmospher bigger, making it closer to the sun".
If you make a prediction that what's happening now will cause something else to happen in the near future and it comes to fruition, then its a lame argument that the effects are merely a natural fluctuation. Sorry, this just pisses me off.
It is galling. A smart idiot is still an idiot.
Another article on this and the anti-science smear campaigns.
I call all this the "scientization" of politics. Attacks on science and scientists are an effort to advance a political agenda, not an effort to better understand science or the risks it uncovers. The tobacco industry did it when scientists linked cigarettes to cancer. The lead industry tried to discredit a scientist who found that lead exposure hurt children's cognitive abilities.
Now, it's climate scientists' turn.
thanks for this Anne. i'll be sure to relay his response to your linked article here. i'm sure it's going to be something like "great, from a school that allows faculty to have sex with children". :)
"The International Organization that he refers to is the UN subsidiary and we know where the UN is on climate change. This guy being a Nobel Prize winner makes me chuckle as I recall that our leader won the Nobel Prize as well, so that doesn't carry much weight."
well, not exactly what i expected, but close enough.
Another article I just read about the main problem with distrust in science comes from "conservatives and church goers". Not really a surprise!
a really really good article about this very topic. i forwarded it, of course.
hahaha, thanks for that Pat. too funny.
to my knowledge, my step-dad doesn't deny 9/11 at least. but he doesn't quite buy this whole evolution thing.
Let's try to show staunch believers how they are being tricked and disempowered by corporations. Compare corporations to the big impersonal governments they fear, use the metaphor of scary government to comprehend scary out-of-control corporations, which are the new power players using politicians and even governments as puppets. They are individualists. Yet they don't get how their individual power is being stripped away by lying, manipulative 1% power players. They need to see that their trusted authorities are callously using them, blinding them for profit.
Once someone goes to conspiracy theories to explain away contradictory evidence, there isn't much you can do. it's even worse if their position is tied into a lot of identity issues (being a good Republican,e tc.).
You might find this ebook useful though--The Debunking Handbook. It goes into the psychology of denialism and presents approaches that might be more productive than just piling on evidence. It's good for more than just climate science too.
btw, it really is funny how you can tell in the comments who the deniers are by their frequent use of ALL CAPS. hehe.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 45 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Gå Ut Senteret
We are a Christian school with around 50 students between 19-55 focusing on discipleship, crosscultural communication and mission. We also have a course and conference centre aswell as catering.
Gå Ut Senteret was founded 26 years ago and is situated 30 minutes north of Oslo International Airport Gardemoen in Norway.
Design profile:
- We want something inviting for 19-35 year olds.
- It needs to convey an element of adventure and maybe also travel.
- Fonts similar to those in logo.
- Web 2.0 integration
- Colors needs to go with logo colors.
- Desire big image displays (as we have some amazing shots from student abroad). Feel free to pick some from gus.no for design purposes)
We have three programs:
- Global Disciple: (one year) 19-25 year olds who wants to learn more about their faith including through a 4,5 month crosscultural placement (One year) Placement this year to Brasil, Ecuador, Mali, Senegal, Uganda, Ukraine, Cambodia, Nepal and India.
- Faith in action: (one year) 19-30 year olds who wants to learn more about their faith. Course includes a 6 week crosscultural trip and students can also choose between these tracks:
digital storytelling, secret believers and human rights
- Applied Missiology: (one semester) A very practical course preparing those who are going or thinking of going abroad as longterm missionaries/tentmakers.
Our main target group is:
Norwegian and International 19-35 year olds who wants to attend a dynamic Christian school, learn more about their faith and experience mission. (Look above for more info)
Sub target groups:
- Workers and members of owner organisation
- Family and friends of students (especially the blogs will be interesting for them)
- Supporters of the school (we are dependent on fundraising)
- Catering/conference customers (also big contributor financially)
We are looking to market towards the existing aswell as a new market. We highly desire to have more boys apply to our Global Disciple and Faith in Action courses.
These young people in our main target group are Christian, curious, intellectual, fun, adventerous and have a strong desire/passion to make a difference in this world.
We as a school build our work on the following values:
- Creativity and diversity
- Joy of life and community
- Service and care
- Respect and co-operation
- Faithfulness to the Bible and prayer
- Intimacy with God and people
Please also see our new logo attached.
The main aim for the school is to market the courses. It should be tempting and easy to apply. The site should be informative and actively use images, videos etc in communication. The crosscultural/travel/adventure element of the school is significant and should be displayed.
(The conference centre, catering and temporary arrangements etc needs some space.)
We want a drop down menu for ease of navigation.
Suggested menu categories: (the translation is just so that you will understand what the words mean)
1. Hjem (Home)
2. Studietilbud (Courses)
3. Søknad (Application)
4. Botilbud og økonomi (Doorms and finances)
5. Blogg (Blog)
6. Om Gå Ut (About us)
7. Kontakt oss
8. Catering & Konferanse (Catering & Conference)
Tab somewhere: English
1) Homepage Location Site
- Menu (Categories)
- Featured blogs
This is a very essential part of the page.
(Possibly with a geotagged map since the blogs are written from all over)
- Display/PR for each of the 3 courses
- Display/PR for temporary events
- Search field
- Calendar
- Video/flash/image gallery should be integrated in main display.
2) Subpage/Articles
- This area is the subpage for articles.
- More information about the school is central on this page.
- Video/flash/image gallery should be integrated.
- Especially the course pages are going to need some sub navigation here.
3) Main blog
- New design but connected with the main design.
- Each team that we send out each year will have a separate blog. This means the the header needs to be easily changed. So that each new team will be able to create its own.
- Will need to have a userfriendly way for the reader to read following blog entries.
4)Sub blog
- This area is the subpage for the blog entries.
- Video/image gallery needs to be incorporated well.
Webpages for inspiration:
(though somewhat dark)


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Monday, August 08, 2016
Apartment costs can vary drastically between cities, or even neighborhoods. How far your budget takes you depends on one factor: location, location, location.
The experts at GOBankingRates.com recently released a study identifying the average cost of one-bedroom apartments across 50 cities. The national average median rent for a one-bedroom apartment is $1,234, the study determined; the national average size of a one-bedroom apartment is 678 square feet.
The cities with the highest median rent, according to the study, are San Francisco, Calif. ($3,600), San Jose, Calif. ($2,536) and New York, N.Y. ($2,200). The cities with the lowest median rent are Wichita, Kan. ($470), Cleveland, Ohio ($525) and Detroit, Mich. ($550).
The study also ranked the availability of apartment amenities in each city analyzed. Those takeaways:
• Cleveland, Ohio is the best city for parking, with 69 percent of one-bedroom apartments offering parking to tenants. Omaha, Neb. and Anaheim, Calif. rank second and third, respectively. New York, N.Y. is the worst city for parking, with just 5 percent of one-bedroom apartments offering parking to tenants. Boston, Mass. and Chicago, Ill. rank second and third, respectively.
• Phoenix, Ariz. is the city with the most one-bedroom apartments that offer pools, at 95 percent. Las Vegas, Nev. and San Antonio, Texas rank second and third, respectively. Anchorage, Alaska is the city with the least one-bedroom apartments that offer pools, at 0 percent. San Francisco, Calif. and New York, N.Y. rank second and third, respectively.
• Louisville, Ky. is the city with the biggest one-bedroom apartments, at 807 square feet. Jacksonville, Fla. and Atlanta, Ga. rank second and third, respectively. Portland, Ore. is the city with the smallest one-bedroom apartments, at 461 square feet. Milwaukee, Wis. and Honolulu, Hawaii rank second and third, respectively.
"Our research found that in high-priced rental markets, not only do you have to shell out significantly more for an apartment, but also, you get less bang for your buck than in lower-priced areas," said Cameron Huddleston, Life + Money columnist for GOBankingRates.com, in a statement. "You're less likely to get amenities such as covered parking, a fitness center or even a dishwasher with an apartment in expensive areas such as Boston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. However, there are several cities—such as Indianapolis, Louisville and Virginia Beach, Va.—where you can find apartments with ample space and affordable prices."
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Stories from Parents
Mar 8, 2014
Children illegally seized & drugged
Children illegally seized & drugged — Allison Folmar's fight for parents' rights
Detroit mother Maryanne Godboldo faced down a SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) Team and a Tank after Child Protective Services tried to force her to give her daughter an antipsychotic drug. Allison Folmar is the lawyer who defended her (and others).
Watch this video to find out the full story.
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That's a very interesting article Monsno.
Here's an article that people might find an interesting read.
http://www.candidslice.com/sitting-u...urial-customs/Appalachian folks are no stranger to death. For the Dark Horseman visited so frequently, houses were made with two front doors. One door was used for happy visits and the other door, known as the funeral door, would open into the deathwatch room for sitting up with the dead. Prior to the commercialization of the funeral industry, funeral homes and public cemeteries were virtually nonexistent in the early days of the Appalachian settlers.
That's a very interesting article Monsno.
That was a very good article.
As I read, I noticed traditions my family does, though we are not from the area. However, my Dad's side is Irish and similar customs are presented.
Sadly, this past September a very dear friend of mine passed away. I remember (barely, I was such an emotional mess) different items placed in and around his casket. A can of Pepsi (his favorite drink), a candy bar, bandanas, and a few other trinkets that family and friends were leaving for him.
It's been minutes, it's been days. It's been all that I remember. <3
These traditions of sitting up with the dead go back to the native tribes of the area, though as these traditions did inter-mix with Scotts-Irish and German folk-practices, I'm sure they had similar views.
You'd protect the bodies from certain entities and practitioner of a malicious nature which would feed on memories , and other shades or remnants.
it is Cherokee custom to do the same,
To work protective medicine and to fast before and after going to a place of burial.
Tsalagi Nvwoti Didahnvwesgi Ale Didahnesesgi
(Cherokee medicine practitioner of left and right hand paths)
anikutani.stfu-kthx.net - The Anikutani Tradition


text: 2013 Crop Insurance Rates Announced by USDA November 28, 2012 08:50 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ed Clark Top Producer Business and Issues Editor Email Does the 2012 drought mean sky-high crop insurance premiums for 2013? Absolutely not, says William Murphy, Administrator of USDA's Risk Management Agency. Crop insurance premiums for producers in many states will actually decline for 2013, assuming similar levels of coverage to 2012, Murphy says. For corn, grain sorghum and cotton, there is little net premium change at the national level because areas with premium rate increases will be generally offset by decreases in other areas. For rice and soybeans, however, there is an overall decrease of about 8% and 6%, respectively. In calculating premiums for the attached charts, RMA calculated how its new rates would have affected 2012 actual premiums paid. So the premiums shown will be what farmers pay next year if they don't change coverage levels or make other crop insurance program changes. In the heart of corn country, premiums decline for 2013, again, all things being equal (see map). Looking at selected states, RMA's estimated premium will decline by 6% in Iowa and Nebraska each; 5% in Wisconsin; 4% in Illinois and Michigan; and 3% in Minnesota and Indiana. Premiums tumble by double digits in Idaho, Montana, California, New Mexico and Arizona. Corn 2013 Crop Insurance Changes Source: USDA/Risk Management Agency Corn rates will increase in some other states, however: a 15% spike in South Dakota; 11 percent in North Dakota; 4% in Kansas; and 1% higher premiums in Missouri and Ohio. Murphy points out, however, that these are just state averages, and rates and premiums play out differently at the county level. Texas, for instance, will see no change in corn crop insurance premiums overall, but in some counties, premiums will be 10% to 12% lower, but 10% to 12% higher in others, based on loss history. That's true of other states, too. Why are rates and premiums going up so much in North Dakota and South Dakota? "Prevented planting payments over the last five to seven years," Murphy says. Nationally, 70% of prevented planting payments have been made in those two states. Soybean premiums (see map) will decline in almost all states with the exception of North Dakota and South Dakota. In those two states, premiums go up 2%. Five states have double-digit decreases: Texas, down 14%; Nebraska, down 13%; Colorado and Pennsylvania, down 11%; and Arkansas, 10% lower for 2013. A number of other states will see premium decreases of 8% to 9%: Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Georgia and North Carolina, all down 9%; Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin, down 8%. Other states have more modest decreases, based on loss histories. Soybean 2013 Crop Insurance Changes Source: USDA/Risk Management Agency Spring wheat premiums will decline by 14% in Montana and 10% in Minnesota, but increase by 12% in Colorado, 10% in South Dakota and 8% in North Dakota. Cotton premiums will decrease in almost all Southeast states, although increase 10% in California; 8% in Oklahoma; 5% in Texas; and up 1% in Kansas. Rice growing rates will decrease in California, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi, but increase in Tennessee and Missouri. RMA says that consistent with the approach announced last year, it will continue to phase in the new rates limiting year-to-year premium changes to reduce potential increases due to drought losses. "We gave ourselves a cushion," Murphy says, so rates would not have to go up in 2013 or 2014 due to this year's drought. Murphy says it will probably be January before actual 2012 crop losses are fully known, but yields have come in higher than earlier feared. "The $20 billion estimate of losses is too high," he says. Murphy is not sure exactly why, but claims have been coming in slower than expected. Click here for more information on RMA's new rates and premiums, including maps for each crop. More about crop insurance rates from AgWeb Radio: Back to news


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Minnesota Senate Passes Anti-Bullying Bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Senate has passed a bill aimed at helping prevent bullying in schools.
Reports say the Senate passed the bill Thursday in a 36-to-31 vote after nearly six hours of debate.
The bill would require school districts to track and investigate cases of bullying and require schools to better train staff and teachers on how to prevent it.
The measure now goes to the House, which passed a similar measure last year.
If passed again by the House and approved by Gov. Mark Dayton, it would replace a statute that requires school districts to have a bullying policy but lacks any details on what the policy should contain.
It was sponsored by state Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis.


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It's been kind of a blah week with very little going on. However, after last week's article, I did secure two more farms to hunt coyotes on!
So where are these farms? Well, they're in Marion County! Ya didn't actually think I'd put it in print, did ya? Not because I don't want to share. It's because I don't want to burden landowners with having everyone calling them about hunting their property, and OK, I don't really want to share.
This past week, while getting my coyote hunting stuff organized, I had an epiphany. OK, epiphany is a sudden realization or comprehension. Anyway, I had one!
There are a lot of calves born right now. Calves are money on the hoof. Nobody likes losing their money.
Coyotes like to eat newborn calves thus taking a farmer's money. I, and some friends, like to shoot coyotes. Dead coyotes can't eat your calves, or deer or quail, songbirds, dogs, cats, etc.
First, I need to tell you all about the Delta Waterfowl Banquet coming up at 5 p.m. Saturday. in Floral Hall at the Marion County Fairgrounds. The meal will be at 6:30 p.m., which will give you plenty of time to play the games, buy some raffle tickets and bid on some items.
You'll also meet some outstanding guys and maybe hear some interesting stories, some of which might be true. Ya don't think the only tall tales are told by anglers do ya?
After I whined about the recent early deadlines I had over the holidays, I'm now enduring a self-imposed early deadline, turn in Saturday instead of Sunday.
This one I can live with cause it involves leaving on a snow goose hunting trip. Terry, Billy, Ryan and I are heading to Arkansas to take part in their Light Goose Conservation Order Season.
As you know, February is a very special month. Though not a major holiday – you know, where you get a day off work — it's still special to a lot of people!
We get all excited, plan for the big day and know if things work out, we might get lucky!
Yep, Groundhog Day showed that we may, or may not, experience the luck of an early spring. Ya see, there's this pampered, Yankee groundhog up in Pennsylvania that gets all the media attention.
Once again I'm looking at an early deadline as I write this! And, once again it'll be short. The upside is that you'll have to wade through so much less ****! I'm figuring you know what I'm talking about!
Tried something the other day. Course my grandfather and his "eat what ya kill" philosophy would have been pretty disappointed, but I just couldn't stomach "eating crow."
Ran across a guy the other day that asked why I had "gotten so up-ity."
When I recovered I asked him just what he was talking about.
Seems like the last two times he'd seen me he, spoke to me and I walked away without even acknowledging his presence.
I guess this might have happened before and will undoubtedly happen again so I'll explain why.
When I act like I don't hear you, I don't hear you! Boys and girls, I'm deaf! Well, just deaf in one ear, I still have about 50 percent in the other ear.
Has anyone been outside lately? If so, you've probably experienced a regional dose of global warming! The other day it even got warm enough to thaw out a Mountain Dew I had in my blind bag.
Pictured are J.R. Mattingly, 7, top, who killed a button buck on Dec. 28, 2013, and Luke Mattingly, 4, who killed an 8-point buck on Dec. 29, 2013, while hunting with their father in Calvary. Their parents are B.J. and Missy Mattingly.
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Saturday, February 05, 2011
The biggest pot of money in the world.
Using this simplistic model, I predicted for myself that there would be bubbles in investments as demand for retirement investments grew bigger and bigger. I was right. I didn't forsee bubbles in housing: I'm not that economically astute. And we've all witnessed decades of conservative and libertarian attempts to plunder Social Security by reducing obligations or abolishing it.
The problem with a pot of money is that everybody else wants to take money out of it. This has been very successfully done with investments as 401K's became 201K's with stock market bubbles. Even with a conservative portfolio of money market funds and index funds, I have lost money over the past decade, and I am not unusual. The boomer's retirements are being systematically pilfered in the investment system; they are averaging below market growth, negative growth when inflation is taken into account. Likewise, the recent housing bubble has taken a huge hunk of boomer retirement assets.
Where is the anger? This is the greatest opportunity for rebuilding a liberal movement in opposition to conservatism that we've had in decades. Unlike tea party themes, this one is valid.
In addition, we're shorting the intergenerational compact by shorting funding for the needs and development of children. We are horribly and predictably underfunding investment in education by reducing public funding of higher education and public education. No other developed nations are so shortsighted. The beneficiaries of these awful policies are not other generations: this is class warfare by the super rich who have been promoting these policies for decades.
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- Glen said...
How, exactly, would expressing liberal "anger" lead to greater productivity improvements in the economy? What makes relatively flat recent returns more of an opportunity for "the liberal movement" than any other group that has grievances with respect to the status quo?
(Note: this is a serious question. You have unstated premises that make your conclusions clear *to you* but they aren't clear to me. I've read what you wrote. It's not that I *understand* your reasoning and disagree with it. It's not that I think I have some knock-down argument against it. I'm not trying to be snide. I just honestly don't know what premises lead you to the conclusions you reach, and I'm curious what they might be.)
As for the last paragraph, I'm not sure I'm seeing it: Switzerland and Austria spend more than the US on education, but that's about it. The US is 3rd or 4th in the world in per-student spending on primary and secondary school. No other developed nation spends more than we do on schooling save the Swiss, the Austrians, and sometimes the Danes.
spending per student (primary school)
spending per student (secondary school)
- February 5, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- Mike Huben said...
You never get it, do you Glen.
The anger should be over the frustration of baby boomer plans for retirement. That their hard-earned money has been funneled into financial instruments where they can be played for suckers. That government was not permitted to grant them any other options, not permitted to insure retirements the way that bank accounts are insured. That conserrvatives allowed Wall Street "innovation" to commit enormous frauds and enormous harms through the mortgage market. Formerly reliable financial instruments became pitfalls for the masses because of "deregulation" and "financial freedom".
This is the biggest theft ever, and because it is widely distributed in cause and effect, it is pretended that it is not intentional and "just happened". Because the victims are being blamed (when only a few actually deserve any blame). because the victims were made to take bigger risks than they expected through changes in who bore the risk, too many of the victims think their losses are just.
I'll save discussion of public funding of education for later: it is a distraction here.
- February 5, 2011 at 2:56 PM
- Glen said...
>You never get it, do you Glen.
I often get the points you state explicitly but rarely get the ones you merely imply because we operate from different priors and have different information sources.
> That government was [...] not permitted to insure retirements the way that bank accounts are insured.
Um, I was under the impression that retirement accounts are insured pretty much the same way that bank accounts are. Specifically, they're insured against bank collapse, up to a limit per institution (as of 2006 the limit was a quarter million dollars per). You're not insured against normal investment losses in high-risk accounts but you are insured against bank failure. Which means if you want a guaranteed rate of return you need to invest in fixed-income securities in an amount that's below the limit. This option was available to you in the past and still is today, is it not?
So: if we put "the liberal movement" in charge of things, what, exactly, would you want/expect them do differently? Outlaw investments that fail to guarantee a minimum rate of return? Outlaw buying things like property whose values might decline or things like mortgages that might default? Go back to the old days when only millionaires were able to make high-volatility investments?
When you say that "government was not permitted to grant them any other options", what *specific* other options did you want to be granted?
- February 5, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- Glen said...
Correction: 401k plans at *banks* are often insured by the FDIC just like bank accounts; accounts held at brokerages are more likely to be insured by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), which covers even more - 500k rather than 250k per institution per person. In either case, funds generally do provide the rate of return promised *if* it's the sort of fund for which a rate of return can be promised.
The problem is that people invested in funds that could decline in value...and some of those did decline in value.
- February 5, 2011 at 3:52 PM
- Joanna Liberation said...
I'd have to agree with Mike here. Basically I don't like mixing public and private. Obviously, there should be no obligatory, public nor even government regulated retirement funds or system in the first place. But if there is, current pensions should simply be entirely funded by current taxes. Government should not itself invest, force nor regulate how people invest their money.
- February 7, 2011 at 5:44 AM
- Lord Keynes said...
I have written something touching on this subject here:
In fact, the safest investment for retirement is government bonds:
Bill Mitchell of Billyblog has analysed superannuation in the context of Australian funds. He finds that the private funds are largely a scam, and putting your money in 10 year Treasury bonds gave the best return:
- February 7, 2011 at 5:55 AM
- Marco said...
There's that term 'class warfare' again...
Non ideological... Sure. :-)
- March 24, 2011 at 4:40 PM


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This chance to go on assignment with renowned wildlife photographer Jason Edward would be great for me not only as an invaluable learning opportunity, but also as unforgettable experience what's like to be a travel photographer. It would be an impressive experience for me to go to wild South Africa and get to know how it is to be photographer on assignment with National Geographic,sounds like the most amazing adventure in my life. For me, photography is a way of trying to make sense of the very interesting world that I see around me–with different kind of people, cultures and traditions, beauty and ugliness. Through my adventurous journeys to different kind of places I'm getting to know this world better.I love to meeting people and see various places as much as capturing those special moments.I have always believed that if I can capture something special or unique in my imagery,then I will hopefully be able to use it to influence people about the important issues I am so passionate about. The story, which I've submitted to worldnomads.com, is called "Rural Living".My purpose in creating these images was to show the effect of economical crisis in rural parts of Latvia and living conditions of particular group-pensioners. Now I am studying Photojournalism in London Collage of Communication (Online). My personal goal is to become a professional photographer and work internationally as travel photojournalist.This incredible chance to photograph in Kruger National Park and explore the attractions of Cape Town would be a good start to my photographer career. I believe that this opportunity going to give me competence to work deeper with travel photography and gain further practical photography knowledge.I am absolutely excited to learn from such an experienced mentor.


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