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NASA, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy announced Wednesday the launch of the Big Data Challenge, a series of competitions hosted through the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL). The Big Data Challenge series will apply the process of open innovation to conceptualizing new and novel approaches to using "big data" information sets from various U.S. government agencies. This data comes from the fields of health, energy and Earth science. Competitors will be tasked with imagining analytical techniques and software tools that use big data from discrete government information domains. They will need to describe how the data may be shared as universal, cross-agency solutions that transcend the limitations of individual agencies. Click on the image or the title to learn more.
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duerra writes "A plan to use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law-enforcement missions is moving forward after being delayed for months because of privacy and civil liberties concerns. The plan is in the final stage of completion, according to a department official who requested anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about it. While some internal agencies have had access to spy satellite imagery for purposes such as assisting after a natural disaster, this would be the first time law-enforcement would be able to obtain a warrant and request access to satellite imagery."

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Well, Well, Let's see just how far this will get. I'm hoping all goes accordingly to their plans. It's about time for it to end.
Help GLAAD end the ban on gay leadership and troops in the Boy Scouts
Breaking: Boy Scouts of America looks toward equality, considers lifting ban
January 28, 2013: News broke that the Boy Scouts of America is "actively considering" an end to the policy that bans gay scouts and leaders following a campaign by GLAAD, Scouts for Equality and others.
The policy, which is being discussed, would remove the ban from the national organizations rules, land allow local sponsoring organizations to decide whether to allow openly gay scouts. The discussion of a possible change is reportedly nearing its final stages.


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It has been almost a full year since Danny Williams took the field for the U.S. national team, a stretch of time that has seen him tumble down Jurgen Klinsmann's midfield depth chart.
A move from the German Bundesliga to the English League Championship was seen as a step back, but Williams has begun making the most of his transfer, starting regularly for Reading FC and helping the Royals make a strong push toward a promotion playoff place.
Williams opened his scoring account for Reading on Saturday, netting a 76th-minute insurance goal in his team's 3-0 victory against Milwall. The win, Reading's fourth in five matches, helped keep the Royals four points ahead of the trailing pack for sixth place, and the final promotion playoff spot in the Championship.
Williams has started 24 of Reading's 29 matches on the season since making the move from Hoffenheim. His steady playing time, and the positive reviews of his form, suggest he could be in for a look from Jurgen Klinsmann when the U.S. national team plays Ukraine on March 5.
Juan Agudelo will be hoping for a call-up for that match as well, and early signs are that his move to Dutch side FC Utrecht just might help that happen. Agudelo earned his first start for the Eredivisie club on Sunday and wasted no time making an impact, as his flicked header assisted an equalizer by Steve DeRidder in a 1-1 draw against league leader Ajax. Agudelo played the full 90 minutes in a draw that snapped FC Utrecht's four-match losing streak.
Jozy Altidore's Sunderland side continued its recent red-hot form with a comprehensive 3-0 victory against Newcastle in their derby showdown. Altidore posted his second straight strong outing, helping set up Sunderland's second goal and bullying Newcastle defenders. He has rebounded well in the two matches since his forgettable FA Cup showing against Kidderminster, and is positioning himself to be Gus Poyet's preferred option to start in the League Cup final against Manchester City on March 2.
Elsewhere in England, Tim Howard won the battle of American goalkeepers as Everton topped Brad Guzan and Aston Villa. Howard didn't have to make a save in the 2-1 victory, while Guzan made three stops.
In the League Championship, Oguchi Onyewu turned in another good showing in Sheffield Wednesday's central defense, helping his squad earn a 1-0 victory against Brek Shea and Barnsley on Saturday. Sheffield Wednesday is unbeaten since Onyewu's arrival, and now sits in 17th place, six points clear of the relegation zone.
Back in the Netherlands, Aron Johannsson started in AZ Alkmaar's 2-0 victory against Groningen, which helped the Cheese Farmers climb into sixth place in the Eredivisie.
In Germany, Timothy Chandler and Nurnberg continued their recent outstanding form, beating Hertha Berlin 3-1 to push the team's unbeaten streak to five matches and climb out of the relegation zone. John Brooks remained sidelined with a knee injury for Hertha, while Nuremberg moved a point clear of the bottom two spots in the Bundesliga standings.
Fabian Johnson recovered well enough from his recently-suffered broken hand to make the substitute's bench for Hoffenheim, but he did not make an appearance in his team's 3-0 win against Hamburg on Saturday. The victory helped give Hoffenheim some breathing room in the bottom half of the table after sliding close to the relegation zone.
In Mexico, the large American contingent at Club Tijuana suffered through the team's worst loss of the season in a 3-0 defeat to UNAM Pumas. Paul Arriola was handed his first start of the Clausura, starting in the attack alongside Herculez Gomez, but neither could get going against Pumas. Edgar Castillo also started the match, while Greg Garza came on as a 79th minute substitute.
U.S. national team defenders DaMarcus Beasley and Michael Orozco partnered in Puebla's defense again, helping post a 1-0 shutout of Veracruz for Puebla's first win of the Clausura.


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Sunday, July 17, 2011
Lemon-buttermilk sponge pudding with strawberries
Here's the link to the recipe.
12 comments:
- Valerie said...
Simple and refreshing, perfect for a summer heat wave! :)
- 17 July, 2011
- Cheap Ethnic Eatz said...
Totally interesting, as you said too I never had anything that based around the taste of buttermilk! Love it with the berries.
- 17 July, 2011
- Jennifurla said...
Great recipe, love the flavors.
- 17 July, 2011
- yummychunklet said...
This cake looks really moist. Sounds delicious!
- 17 July, 2011
- Suzler said...
The texture looks gorgeous! Great photos too. The contrast of the berries and the pudding is lovely.
- 17 July, 2011
- Valérie said...
Your description and photo (and the fact that I ate very dry sponge cake yesterday) have won me over! I must try this!
- 18 July, 2011
- lifeisfull said...
Your dessert looks lovely. The strawberries photograph so well. :)
- 18 July, 2011
- Rambling Tart said...
Oh, what a splendid thing to do with berries! I love buttermilk too, but you're right, it rarely shines in the recipes I've tried.
- 19 July, 2011
- Miss T said...
you're the host! you're the host! so exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T xx
- 20 July, 2011
- crumbsoflove said...
This looks so delicious, Mary. I love buttermilk and don't think it gets the respect that it deserves. Well done. Best, sandie
- 21 July, 2011
- Laurie @simplyscratch said...
This looks REALLY good Mary! Love it!
- 22 July, 2011
- Taylor said...
I love lemon desserts...especially now when it's so hot! This looks heavenly :)
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Adventures In The California Desert - The Three Amigos
A good pickup, a couple of buddies, and the open road
There are times you just have to bust loose. For my friends and me, this involves trucks, dirt bikes, and heading precisely where everybody else isn't. In Southern California this means a trip to Death Valley, a place that can be dauntingly grim. However, during the winter months it's a magnet for tourists. But catch it on the cusp, those few weeks between the blazing summer and the hospitable winter, and you've got the place to yourself.
Our main source of transportation is a 2WD Silverado 1500 Crew Cab LS. It's a great choice, since my friends and I intend to fill the bed with dirt bikes for our off-road fix. Plus, the truck has GM's thrifty Vortec 5300 V-8, a long-legged 3.23:1 axle, a big 26-gallon tank for maximum range, and a locking differential. But most important is space. Three six-foot guys and their dirt-bike gear, a week's worth of clothes, and a couple of river rafts demand real packing room. One thing about long-wheelbase pickups-the ride is nice when fully loaded.
On a foggy Sunday morning, the big Silverado sweeps out of L.A. toward the high desert, hauling in and spitting out stucco-coated commuter towns along the way. We pass through California City, which borders a vast mosaic of undeveloped lots and rough-cut dirt streets. This nascent desert town has remained just that for decades. Blame it on its distance from L.A. or lack of expansion at nearby military bases, but land is cheap around here.
There's a dirt-bike riding area nearby, but its density of users and patrol agents takes the fun out of it. Instead, we head straight into Death Valley National Park, a federally operated zone that's rife with regulation. But during early fall there's little traffic here, and you can run dual-sport bikes to your heart's content-as long as they're street licensed and you stay on the existing trails. Some of the trails are plenty entertaining: There are old mining tracks wiggling up the alluvial fans of desert detritus until they're so faint and so rocky they're hard to follow. Up one, we spot a roadrunner near an abandoned miner's cabin posted with warnings for lethal hantavirus. (It is Death Valley, after all.) But, as a consolation, there's absolutely no one around.
In time, a daily ritual sorts itself out: Breakfast in the motel room, gas the bikes from jerry cans, pick a point on the map, and go. The licensed bikes expand our operating sphere and provide freedom and enjoyment beyond what capable, but illegal, motocrossers would have.
The only thing limiting our rides is the range of the bikes. With stock fuel tanks, there is no way to go 100 miles. But one destination within our reach is the well-known Racetrack Playa, a dry lakebed with formations of dolomite towering above its rim. Chunks of the rock occasionally break off and tumble onto the dry lake, where they're actually pushed around by the wind when the surface is slick with rainfall. The tracks look like ski-boat wakes frozen in the mud. Unfortunately, thieves have bagged many of the rocks. After a long day, we head back to the motel.
Bikes loaded in the back of the Chevy, at nightfall we tap into its bountiful torque to hightail it out of the valley into the high desert. Our target: the meandering Owens River, which connects a series of high-desert towns including the stoically named Lone Pine and Big Pine. What the drive lacks in drama the scenery makes up for in bucolic bliss. Lined with cottonwoods and cattails, the Owens River is a lazy scene right out of "The Wind in the Willows." The next day, while two of us inflate rafts, the third takes the Silverado far downstream, parks it next to a swinging horseshoe bend, and hightails it back on his bike. The anticipation of some 20 years is palpable as we slide off a grassy bank into the river. Indeed, the first half-hour is great, floating along slowly with the current and watching the magpies, herons, and occasional jumping fish. However, the mosquitoes-and the penetrating desert sun and cramped confines of the rafts-conspire to make three hours seem like days. Finally, the truck appears on the hairpin turn, and we gratefully scramble for the bank.
An afternoon squeezed into a raft makes the steep mountains west of nearby Bishop especially inviting. The next morning, we choose a long trail that stretches far into the craggy mountains across a sparkling snow-fed stream and up to icy Coyote Lake, situated at 10,000 feet in the shadow of the Sierras. After an hour of Frisbee golf utilizing boulders and stumps for holes (sport is where you find it), we notice a funny thing: The little lake basin is gradually filling with smoke from a sizeable forest fire burning somewhere nearby and fanned by the afternoon winds. There's only one way out that we know of, so under a thickening smoke cloud, we chase down the mountain and load the bikes into the Silverado for the last time. We've milked about all we can out of the trip anyway, and the jobs and wives we blew off last week are starting to call us back.


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An international research team, including biologists from NOAA's Fisheries Service, reported in the scientific journal Conservation Biology, that the estimated population of vaquita, a porpoise found in the Gulf of California, is likely two years away from reaching such low levels that their rate to extinction will increase and possibly be irreversible. Scientists believe only about 150 vaquita remain.
The research team, led by Armando Jaramillo, Instituto Nacional de Ecología, Mexico, included researchers Barbara Taylor, NOAA's Fisheries Service, and Randy Reeves, Chair of the Cestacean Specialist Group, IUCN – the World Conservation Union. The group assessed the number of vaquita based on past estimates of abundance and deaths in fishing nets together with current fishing effort. Approximately 30 vaquita drown each year in the Gulf of California when they become entangled in nets set for fish and shrimp.
Vaquita are found only in a small area of productive, shallow water in the northernmost Gulf of California. They are listed as endangered species by the United States and Mexico and critically endangered by the World Conservation Union.
Researchers cite worrisome parallels between vaquita and the baiji, a freshwater dolphin in the Yangtze River, which was recently declared likely to be extinct; primarily from entanglement in fishing gear.
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Friday, April 02, 2010
Soldiers Perform Iraq Drawdown Mission in Kuwait
By Army Spc. Jason Adolphson
1st Sustainment Brigade
April 2, 2010 - Twenty-four-hours-per-day, seven-days-per-week, soldiers are spraying, scrubbing and wiping down vehicles and equipment at the wash rack here.The wash rack serves as a tool for regular maintenance, but the water pressure has been cranked up a notch as everything passing through the camp in response to the Iraq drawdown gets a good, solid cleansing before transitioning out to other locations.
"There's a big waterfall of equipment coming out of Iraq, as we get closer to the deadline for the drawdown," said Army Maj. Bo Donohoo, 2nd Battalion, 401st Army Field Support Brigade.
The adjoining storage area serves as a collection point for billions of dollars' worth of equipment, including mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, Donohoo said.
"Every MRAP is over $1 million and we've got about 500 here," he said. The lot also has tanks, Bradleys and Humvees, in addition to non-rolling stock items.
"The Army is a living, breathing animal," Donohoo said. "All of that theater-required equipment that has been purchased over the last eight years for Iraq is coming down here. We get it to the wash rack and get it moving."
About 500 tactical and non-tactical vehicles come through the wash rack daily. Everything coming from Iraq gets washed for maintenance purposes and agricultural inspections, said Army Staff Sgt. Jason Frye, who works at the wash rack.
A thorough cleaning, depending on the piece of equipment, can take anywhere from one to 36 hours before being sent for a U.S. military customs inspection, which checks for dirt and contaminates that can pose environmental problems, he said.
The U.S. Army Materiel Command processes all vehicles for maintenance and updates before pushing them out to other locations. Placement of the equipment varies based on the needs of the Army.
"We retrograde it back to the United States, ship it up in support of OEF, or keep it here in Kuwait as part of the Army's prepositioned stock," Donohoo said. "We get about 2,000 pieces of equipment a month and we're anticipating much more as the drawdown continues."
"A lot of people are counting on us to make this happen - all the way up to the president," he continued. "It's a big mission and it's the main effort [here] right now. I feel honored to be here."
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Are you an early riser and up before the crack of dawn? If so, I encourage you to look up as you pick up that morning paper as there are two special treats in the June 2010 morning sky.
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In January 2007, a brilliant comet, known as Comet McNaught dazzled observers in the Southern Hemisphere. Houstonians missed out on it, though, because of cloudy weather in our area during the brief time that comet was well placed for us. Now, in 2010, a different comet McNaught is becoming visible in our sky at dawn.
Robert H. McNaught, an astronomer at the Australian National Observatory, discovered this comet on September 9, 2009, using a telescope at Australia's Sliding Spring Observatory. McNaught, a prolific discoverer of comets, has discovered 44 comets (including this one) and is a co-discoverer of 12 others, for a total of 56. This comet's formal designation is C/2009 R1, where 'C' indicates a long period comet and 'R' indicates the time of year it was discovered.
Comet McNaught, though, is more than a 'long-period' comet. Astronomers have determined that its eccentricity is greater than 1, meaning that its orbit has the shape of a hyperbola. A hyperbolic orbit is the trajectory of a comet that passes near the sun once and never returns. Once McNaught recedes from view, we'll never see it again.
A hyperbolic orbit also means that McNaught has never been in the inner solar system before. This challenges astronomers who want to predict how it will behave and just how bright it will become in our skies. Already, McNaught is brighter than expected; many expect McNaught to become a naked-eye object by month's end, especially for those able to observe at a dark site far from light pollution. McNaught is now easily observable in binoculars.
This is a chart from Sky and Telescope, showing the path of Comet McNaught against the background stars. Keep in mind that in June, the stars in this map rise in the northeast just before dawn. McNaught continues to approach the sun until reaching perihelion on July 2, so we expect it to brighten until that date. Unfortunately, a comet near perihelion is generally also close to the sun in our sky, and this comet is no exception. Therefore, McNaught will also get harder to see as it brightens towards the end of the month. After perihelion, McNaught is poorly placed for observers in the Northern Hemisphere.
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If you're looking for the comet on Saturday morning, June 26, you might as well turn around and watch the moon set in partial eclipse. Since the Moon is not precisely aligned with the Earth this time, it will not enter fully into the Earth's shadow; it goes a little less than halfway in instead. Still, from 5:17 a.m. until moonset at 6:25 a.m., you'll notice a chunk of the moon's upper right side missing. (Actually, its the northern limb of the Moon that passes through the shadow. The Moon's northern limb is on the right as the Moon sets.) The Moon is only about 10 degrees high when the eclipse starts, so you'll need a southwest horizon clear of tall trees and buildings. Note that the eclipse is still in progress at moonset; we will see less than half of it. Folks far to our west will see a much longer event.


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A Look at Realignment and the Penguinsby Michelle Crechiolo / Pittsburgh Penguins
Last season, Pittsburgh finished first in the Atlantic Division, ahead of the New York Rangers, the New York Islanders, Philadelphia and New Jersey. This upcoming season, the Penguins will be looking to defend that title against those same teams plus three new ones – Carolina, Columbus and Washington – in the Metropolitan Division.
As part of the NHL's realignment plan that will be implemented for the 2013-14 campaign, the league will be in a more geographically appropriate two-conference, four-division format with 16 teams in the Eastern Conference and 14 teams in the Western Conference.
The Eastern Conference divisions (Metropolitan and Atlantic – which will now consist of Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Florida, Montreal, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, and Toronto) have eight teams in each while the Western Conference divisions (Central and Pacific) have seven teams in each.
Here's how realignment affects Pittsburgh's schedule…
• In total, the Penguins will play 82 regular-season games this season – 30 against their seven fellow Metropolitan Division foes; 24 games against the eight teams from the Atlantic Division; and 28 games against the 14 teams from the Western Conference.
• Pittsburgh will play five games against the Philadelphia Flyers (3 home; 2 away) and Columbus Blue Jackets (2 home; 3 away); and four games (2 home; 2 away) against the other five Metropolitan Division teams.
• The Penguins will play three games each against the eight teams in the Atlantic division – either two at home and one away or once at home and twice away. Teams that the Penguins will play twice at home and once away are Buffalo, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. Pittsburgh will play Boston, Detroit, Florida and Tampa Bay just once at home.
• And finally, for the first time since the 1997-98 season, the Penguins will play each of the 14 Western Conference teams once at home and once on the road.
The pre-realignment Atlantic Division was known for being one of toughest and most competitive divisions in the NHL, as it was not uncommon to see all five teams battling until the very end of the regular season to make the playoffs every year (and usually at least three advancing). Plus, the gap between the first-place team and the last-place team tended to be relatively small – especially compared to the gaps in other divisions.
It also had some of the most intense rivalries, starting with the legendary, hate-filled and bitter one between cross-state teams Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. And there was no love lost between the Penguins and any of the other teams in the division, either.
It doesn't look like the new Metropolitan Division will be any friendlier. All of the rivalries from the former Atlantic Division, of course, will stay intact. The Capitals are already a current rival of Pittsburgh with all of the star power and history, and now that they'll see more of each other we can only speculate as to how much more intense that will become. And there's also more juicy potential for dislike to build between the Penguins and both the Hurricanes and Blue Jackets. More on that below...
The main reason Pittsburgh and Columbus could develop an exciting rivalry is the short distance between them. All seven of the Penguins' Metropolitan Division opponents are within driving distance (Carolina is the farthest at about 7-and-a-half hours), but Columbus is by far the closest at just under three hours away.
A lot of Penguins fans made the trip to Columbus the last time Pittsburgh played there on Dec. 4, 2010, as there was an influx of black and gold jerseys in the stands at the game. And with five games between the teams (three in Columbus, two in Pittsburgh) this season – including a home-and-home series on Nov. 1-2 – fans from both teams will probably venture into enemy territory to support their clubs. Call the Penguins and the Blue Jackets destination rivals, if you will, with that added element of fan travel.
The Penguins and the Capitals already have one of the NHL's marquee rivalries. They clashed in the 2011 Winter Classic at Heinz Field, on a few Super Bowl Sundays and had an epic playoff battle in 2009 when Pittsburgh defeated Washington in seven games during the conference semifinals on its way to winning the Stanley Cup. Now that the two teams (just a four-hour drive apart) are in the same division and will play each other four times this season – including a home-and-home series on March 10-11 – it could become even more heated.
Pittsburgh and Washington developed such a strong rivalry the last few years because of star power. The Penguins have Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, while the Capitals have Alex Ovechkin. They are the three biggest superstars in the league and have been battling for individual honors (in addition to team glory in their playoff series) starting when Crosby and Ovechkin broke into the NHL during the 2005-06 season. It's always exciting to watch when they all go head-to-head.
The Penguins-Capitals rivalry flared up in the '90s when the two teams met seven times in 11 years – with Pittsburgh winning in six of those series. That hatred has been carried over during the Ovechkin-Crosby/Malkin era. And it should only get hotter as the teams enter the same division.
Pittsburgh's rivalry with Carolina may not be as developed as it is with Washington, but it could get there. If it does, we'd bet it's because of the Jordan Staal – Brandon Sutter trade.
Staal, who played his first six NHL seasons with Pittsburgh, was a key member of the Penguins' 2009 Stanley Cup championship team and was part of the successful three-center model with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. But Staal wanted to play with his brother Eric, so the Penguins traded Jordan to Carolina at the 2012 NHL Draft for Sutter and prospects Brian Dumoulin and Derrick Pouliot. Staal signed a 10-year, $60-million deal with the Hurricanes a few days later.
Staal came to Pittsburgh just once in his first season with Pittsburgh, in the final game of the regular season. The sellout crowd at CONSOL Energy Center gave him an extended standing ovation as a tribute played on the video board, and Staal was emotional as he stood up and acknowledged the fans he had played in front of for his first six seasons. But now that that's over and done with, don't expect things to remain as friendly and cordial as they are now. Staal is an important part of Penguins history, but not their present or future. He's a competitive guy, and the Hurricanes expect a lot from him. He'll want to do everything he can to lead his team to success in the future, including beating his former team whenever possible.
Realignment doesn't just affect the regular season; it affects the postseason as well. The playoffs are now division-based and with an added wild-card system.
The number of total playoff spots, 16, remains the same – eight for each conference. That means the Western Conference will have 14 teams competing for eight playoff spots, while the Eastern Conference will have 16 teams competing for eight playoff spots. It will likely end up being a tighter race for Pittsburgh and the rest of the Eastern Conference.
The top three teams in the Metropolitan Division and the top three teams from the Atlantic Division will fill the first six spots. The remaining two spots (Nos. 7 and 8) will be filled by the wild-card teams, who are the next two highest-placed finishers in each conference based on regular-season points and regardless of division.
That means the Metropolitan Division could send five teams to the playoffs while the Atlantic sends three; or vice versa. Or they could each send four. Regardless, the playoffs are now heavily based on divisional standings while before, only the division winner got a guaranteed spot in the playoffs.
NHL.com explained the seeding best…
"The seeding of the wild-card teams within each divisional playoff will be determined on the basis of regular-season points. The division winner with the most points in the conference will be matched against the wild-card team with the fewest points; the division winner with the second-most points in the conference will play the wild-card team with the second fewest points.. The teams finishing second and third in each division will play in the first round of the playoffs. The winners of each series will play for berths in the conference championship series."
So while the wildcard system makes it possible to play a team in the opening round of the playoffs outside of the division, it's more likely that teams will be playing the first two rounds against divisional foes – and we've seen first-hand the last few years just how intense that can be.


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The Hangover
One of the few worthwhile comedies to have come out of Hollywood recently, this amnesiac Vegas caper is carried along by an anarchic unpredictability and a gamely inept cast of characters.
Polish veteran Andrzej Wajda is a responsible pair of hands when it comes to documenting the Polish wartime genocide and the Soviet cover-up that denied the country its grief – perhaps until now.
Rudo & Cursi
Y Tu Mamá También's stars revive their successful partnership for this casually charming Mexican brotherhood comedy. Not as deep as its predecessor, but it's entertaining without being superfi cial.
Looking For Eric
Ken Loach refreshes his trusted brand of socially conscious drama with a dash of fantasy and an injection of footie celebrity, as the mighty Cantona turns provider to a beleaguered postal worker.
From pop genius to delusional recluse, you couldn't make up a stranger rock'n'roll tale than Joe Meek's true-life story. This does it some form of justice, and revisits some surprisingly great tunes.


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VIEWPOINT: From Buzz Words to Real Action
Whilst there is much being discussed and written about green growth, green economy, and now blue economy, people are challenged to provide definitions. The UNEP prefers instead to provide a "working definition" for the green economy which is: "one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. In its simplest expression, a green economy can be thought of as one which is low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive".
Rather than spending effort and time that we don't have on debating possible definitions, we should motivate each other to provide illustrations of what blue economy means on the water. Over the years, I have been involved in introducing new concepts to conservation strategies and have tried to explain these to natural resource managers. The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) is one of those concepts that was well received in Indonesia.
Conservationists, fisheries managers, and academia liked the concept well enough and referenced it in policy briefs and new regulations. But hardly anyone had a clue on how to implement it, when starting work the next Monday at the office or in the field. It is only this month, about 10 years after the concept was first discussed, that regulations on by-catch of endangered and non-target species were formalised, and that some tuna fleets are starting to implement mitigation measures. And it is only for two fisheries management areas in Indonesia, that the data collection and monitoring systems in support of EAFM are now being trialed. The next buzz-word, Right-Based Management (RBM) for Fisheries may go the same route if NGOs and the private sector are not swift enough in collaborating with community fishers to demonstrate the added value of RBM for certain fisheries.
Discussions on a blue economy were part of Rio+20, which was aimed to develop a clear roadmap to the "future we want". Yet, the majority of the people who are debating the future we want appear to be older professionals often working in government or development and environmental NGOs. One of the most appealing things about the blue economy is that it motivates entrepreneurs to come up with examples of how to transform their business and contribute to a blue economy. What we need to add to this is the youth of today. As it will be their future that must be changed by us today. Urgently.


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Does anyone have a recommendation for a bee
or wasp exterminator? We have 15 to 20
flying insects swarming in our yard and I don't want to get close enough to
them to find out if they're either bees or wasps.
Wow "15 or 20 flying insects" in your back yard of all places. How this is a "swarm" of anything is hysterical. Maybe all those horrible flowers growing back there have attracted this "swarm." kill the flowers, not the bees or better yet build a huge screened in back yard, that will get out all flying life forms.Please do not attack/call out a member for asking a legitimate question. Please read the rules of the site, thank you.
BrooklynNavyYard: Perhaps I didn't explain my concerns well
enough. I didn't mean one or two bees
flying around my flowers. I really
meant a swarm in a very small area, they do not go from flower to flower, and they stay
in one two square foot spot.
Not that I
need to explain myself to you, but here are four reasons why I have to deal
with this.
I don't
know what they are and I can't use my yard to water my plants, something that
gives me pleasure, I don't want to get stung.
am currently undergoing chemo, my oncologist has made it clear I can't get an
are small children who live next door.
I've already spoken to my neighbor and we've agreed the children will
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Here we go again.
Hurricanes linebacker and second-leading tackler Eddie Johnson is not on the travel roster for today's game at Duke -- the final University of Miami football game of the season.
Johnson has violated team rules, said UM athletics director of communications Chris Yandle.
Johnson, a 6-1, 234-pound redshirt freshman outside linebacker who won two Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week Awards this season (as linebacker of the week and rookie of the week), did not travel to the Virginia game two weeks ago because of disciplinary reasons.
He was reinstated for the USF game last weekend.
On this week's depth chart, Johnson was listed as the backup to sophomore Thurston Armbrister.
"There's a responsibility and level of accountability that we can't move on without, " UM Coach Al Golden said after he announced Johnson's reinstatement the week of the USF game. "It's not, 'Do this for me.' It's, 'Do it because the rest of the team is doing it and because you want to be accountable and you want to be responsible and you want to be a good teammate.'
"Hopefully, he'll come out of it stronger and respond. I've been in situations where two or three years down the road you look back and say, 'That was a moment that I finally realized what I'm giving up or what I'm costing the team.' As a coach, you can't look the other way."
Chatter about Johnson started trickling down on the Internet yesterday.
He has 59 tackles (7.5 tackles-for-loss), a sack, interception, two pass breakups, one quarterback hurry and three forced fumbles in 10 games. He has started eight games.


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are you sure it's the batteries and not with using Nimhs with the smart stop.
I dont have none of the lipo stuff on the truck yet. Thats all still on the table!!!!
Im going to get another waterproof box and 6'' extention wire that plugs into the LVC and the Transmitter box. That way I dont have to keep taken the cover off just to plug in the LVC. I dont want to run the Lipos all the time due to them not being waterproof.
I've went to the hobby shop and they gave me a new traxxas battery to replace my other one. All I can say is.......This is a MONSTER with stock batteries and can't wait to see what it does with the Lipos. It's 1 willie machine!!!!!!!!! I tried to do a video but its hard to drive and hold the phone at the same time.
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My friend set his phone up on the ground and got some great vids of him drifting until he slid into his phone and sent it flying.
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Ya, he has done some crazy things.
Duct tape it to a tree, find a random guy off the street, heck, tape it to the truck, especially if your contract is amost up or you have a really good replacement plan.
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WOW looks like your in the wrong line of RCs. I hear E-flight makes lovely planes and helis, including 1/32 scale for indoor use. I hope your boss dosn't mind a constant hight piched wine folowed by a crash and a swear.
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Put the truck in some dirt today and got a video then the cam broke!!! Will get more this wk!
hey Power, thanks I read one of your post that you suggested to check your local hardware store for springs, I did just that! Found some springs by a company called Hillman....spring #47, looks like they will work great for my Maxx mod! and they were only $1.47 each!....Thanks again for the suggestion!
(Rich)..If its stock.....leave it in the box!
Ya, I slow down when school starts...
Its amazing what you can find at the LHS (local Hardeware store)
And so you go to waly-mart and get a 10 dolar bluetooth earpiece and you can drive and talk without holding the fone.
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it gets full power tomorrow!! picking up the second battery on the way home from work! hitting ebay up and ordering the new body while it charges!
(Rich)..If its stock.....leave it in the box!
cool mines running better and better everytime now since changing to newer style diffs, still got the steel idlers to change might start that now until it gets dark. Off college next week so full days ahead.
Cant wait to see vids...
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estimated delivery of the body is Friday the 21st!!!, my modified build is slightly longer than stock so ill have to fabricate some new front body mounts! Ill get some video shortly after that!
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I need a 95mm (3.75") long ( from the end of the ball to end of the ball) steel dog bone drive shaft if anyone knows where to find one?
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got the drive shaft problem solved! and the new body came today, body mounts should be here tomorrow, but ill have do some mods to the front mounts because my overall length is slight longer than stock!
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That looks pretty beast. I know those are summit wheels, but are those summit tires? Cant wait to see it in action. Post a pic of whats under the hood too please.
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Man...That truck looks sick! I havent been able to get on much due to my Mustang. Got it painted and now every1 wants me to go to shows with them. Ive got 1 were going to this wkend and that should be it until Nov. Then ill be back to playing with the truck. Here is a pic of the car.
yep those are summit tires, Ill get some under the hood shots up when I can find what the wife did with the cam! I have the dewalt 14.4 motor on it with 22/68 gearing, I started out with 24/68 but the motor was running a little hot,EVX-2 speed controller 2 -8.4 volt 5000maH batteries (But the lipos are on the next thing to get list!...lol ) I have the differential spindles so I'm running full 4 wheel drive, so far I had to fabricate steel center drive shafts, fabricate because it is a custom chassis so I couldn't find any to fit right out of the package! now one of the servos (2075) has stripped out on the rear steering system so im looking at these ....
If you scroll down on the page the link sends you to there are all the specs in these servos they seem to be some nice servos, and the guy Guarantees they will be the most powerful servos you'll ever use, they have metal gears and double ball bearings, sooo I may give them a try!
Nicccccccccccccce! jarhead
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(Rich)..If its stock.....leave it in the box!
Well final weight is 14lbs , Isn't the stock plastic chassis E Maxx about 9.25 lbs? I was curious on how the 18 volt Hitachi cordless drill motor would run my truck compared to the 14.4 volt dewalt, BTW gearing is 22/68, right now I have a steering problem one of my rear servos is stripped so i just was able to punch the throttle and stop, and it had enough torgue to pull the wheels off the ground about 2", this was with two 8.4 volt batteries with about 5 mins of run time on them..... so I have a question for anyone with a E maxx, Have you ever ran it on just one 550 motor? how did it run, torgue/speed, and how do think it would do with 4.75 extra lbs on the truck? I have never had the 550's so I don't really have anything to compare it too.
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(Rich)..If its stock.....leave it in the box!
you'd be under volting the 18v motor, Will be like running the drill when the batteries low on power.
16.8v to power 18v motor low power..under volting
16.8v to power 14.4v motor lots of power. over volting.
i ran my old emaxx a couple days ago and had all four wheels lift of the ground a little, but yesterday seemed to run slow i think it was the connection to the motor was loose i noticed when i changed the idlers, I have soldered that thing on good now.
Hopefully everythings sweet come next week, mud fest.
Oh no jarhead I think the dewalts rock even on the NimH batteries! I'm just trying to see if the Hitachi's out perform the 550's just in case I have to wait for some new dewalt brushes ( lol... you know one of those wife issues) Id have something to fall back on, so far the Hitachi's seem to rock too, but have tested it to the full extent because i have to rebuild a rear steering servo tomorrow and finish up the wheelie bar, then ill test the Hitachi's for real!
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my wife's off with the cam, when she gets back Ill post some pick of my wheelie bar and the tires im using on it, they were just some 1.75" bounce resistant plane tires.,Ill look at the rpm bumpers at my lhs, maybe I can make something to work with them and send them to you, as far as the motors goes its actually its about the same size maybe a hair smaller, but it seems to be pretty beefy, lol you know how it is always trying for something better, I figure I have them give them a try. I may be building a e revo next, might try them on it!
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heres the wheelie bar, I still have to get the hardware to mount the tires to the bar
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I think this one will work for you jarhead
This is the Team Integy Evolution-3 Wheelie Bar
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I looked at that one but I dont care to much for the 1 wheel. Loving you wheelie bar!
Nice wheelie bar, but i wounder how the airplane tires will hold up
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they should hold up well, they were on my stampede for quite some time, and you would never know it! and I ran that mostly on asphalt! well with the 18 volt Hitachi on my mod maxx It did 26 mph through the tall grass!, but the front drive shaft didn't hold up again!
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(Rich)..If its stock.....leave it in the box!
Sounds like its time for some CVDs/Dogbones.
Idealy you would get a CC MMM or Tekin RX8 ESC, because they can handle 18v in brushed motor mode as well as in brushless mode. Or an old Novek superduity.
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I do have steel drive cups and dogbones , the trouble is no one has one the right size for my custom work I had to cut/shorten/them(next time ill build from the drive line up!) but my weld isn't holding, the sleeve i used to reconnect the dogbone half's has a thin wall and I'm not getting enough weld, I'm going to drill them and put in some roll pins I think that should do it, now I just need to decide on a metal gear-high torque servo to replace the 2075's, there is so much torque,( you know it is 4 wheel steering) and with the tires pushing as their turning the plastic gears cant take it. BTW I'm going back to the 14.4 volt dewalt I was just curious on what the Hitachi's would do!
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(Rich)..If its stock.....leave it in the box!
does anyone know for sure how they measure dogbones? is it from pin center to pin center?
(Rich)..If its stock.....leave it in the box!
Hit up dan at KD for some custom dogbones. It would make sense for it to be pin-to-pin, but anything's possible. Hitec, Futaba, and Savox are the makers of good servos.
The Hitec HS-7955TG is pretty much the top of the line for the maxx; digital, titanium gears, 330oz of torque, .15 second rotation. but its rather expensive, $120 from tower, and acording to the rep at Ihobby expo, its just as waterproof as any other servo as long as some petrolium jelly is placed around the output shaft
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well i Think i found some dogbones that will fit without any mods needed, and a design to help stabilize the servos, since i didn't use the bell crank system( Ill never do that again on the bigger trucks), but due to hand surgery I wont be able to install much for a week or so well power i checked with Dan but only got one reply to my mail, and i think i may try the Hitec HS-755MG servos its rated at 183.3 oz-in of Torque @ 6.0V , and has dual ball bearings, and metal gears and is only about $40 each
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Some argue that to construct a Model Object in many steps, first by calling a no-argument constructor, and then by calling a series of setXXX methods, is something to be avoided, if possible:
- it's more complex, since one call is replaced with many
- there is no simple way to ensure that all necessary setXXX methods are called
- there is no simple way to implement a class invariant
- it allows the object to be in intermediate states which are not immediately useful, and perhaps even invalid
- it's not compatible with the (very useful) immutable object pattern
- it does not follow the style of many design patterns, in which concrete classes usually have arguments passed to their constructor. This is a recurring theme in the Design Patterns book. Constructors usually act as a "back door" for data which is needed by an implementation, but which cannot appear in the signature of some higher-level abstraction (since it would pollute such an abstraction with data specific to an implementation).
"The JavaBeans pattern has serious disadvantages." - Joshua Bloch, Effective Java
If you need more convincing, read on.
Here is the definition of a Java Bean, directly from the original specification:
"A Java Bean is a reusable software component that can be manipulated visually in a builder tool."
This is very clear and simple. No mention is made here, or anywhere else in the specification, of Model Objects used to encapsulate database records. The whole idea of a Model Object is entirely absent from the Java Bean specification, and for good reason: the manipulation of graphical controls and the representation of database records are unrelated issues.
The life cycle of a Java Bean, starting with its no-argument constructor, is derived mainly from the task of configuring a graphical control having some default initial state. For the intended domain, this is indeed a reasonable design. For Model Objects, however, the idea of configuration in this sense is entirely meaningless.
The role of a Model Object is to carry data. Since a no-argument constructor can only build an object that is initially empty, then it cannot contribute directly to this aim. It does not form a natural candidate for the design of a Model Object.
To put data into empty Java Beans, frameworks typically call various setXXX methods using reflection. There is nothing to prevent them from calling constructors in exactly the same way.
A demonstration that a framework does not need JavaBeans for its Model Objects is found in the WEB4J tool. WEB4J calls (surprise, surprise) a constructor to build Model Objects. It recommends implementing Model Objects as immutable objects, not Java Beans.
The widespread adoption of Java Beans as a supposedly appropriate design for Model Objects seems to be an error.


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So far this year, 23 children nationwide have died from being left alone in cars in the summer heat. In most cases, children are unknowingly left behind, but regardless, parents experience the life-long grief of losing a child.
A jury in Louisville this week found a mother guilty in the death of her toddler son who was left alone in a car for nearly 12 hours. Mollie Shouse's murder conviction is believed to be the first in Jefferson County related to the death of a child in a hot car. Prosecutor Erin McKenzie presented evidence that Shouse was inside her apartment passed out from drugs when her two-year-old was sweltering in his car seat outside.
"That 180 degree plastic is burning his skin, his diaper is soaked, he's had nothing to drink, and he is all alone. She's inside sleeping it off," McKenzie said in closing statements to the jury.
Erica Janes is a nurse at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville.
"It takes only ten minutes for the inside of a car to heat up by 20 degrees and it continues to heat up quickly even if windows are cracked. People have to remember that children, their body heats ups three to five times faster than an adult body," said Janes. "Literally, their bodies are cooking inside these hot cars. They experience a heat stroke, their organs shut down, and they cannot breathe, so they suffocate and their heart stops beating"
This week in Nashville, 38-year-old Stephanie Gray, went to pick up her five-month-old baby from a church daycare center. When she was informed her son was never dropped off, she frantically ran back to her mini-van to find the infant in the back seat. Staff at the daycare tried to revive the child, but it was too late.
Janette Fennell is president of kidsandcars.org, a group that tracks car-related deaths involving children. She says in cases where children are left alone in cars, parents are charged 60% of the time, yet convictions occur in just about 10% of the cases.
"The other 90 percent of people in most cases are the most fabulous, doting, caring parents that have every safety device imagineable to man. We're talking teachers, lawyers, doctors. There's no real commonality to who this happens to," said Fennell.
Fennell's group works to raise awareness that this kind of tragedy can happen to any family.
"The number one age of children who die in this manner are infants, under the age of one. So what's different about this age group and how could they be overly affected? Well, number one, they're traveling in a vehicle rear-facing. Secondly, anyone that's a parent knows you're sleep-deprived," said Fennell.
Fennell says stress or even a change in routine can affect a parent's memory. In the case of the Nashville baby, it was only his second day going to daycare. The mother dropped off her older children at school and returned home, leaving infant inside the van parked in the driveway.
Child safety experts encourage parents to create cheat sheets for themselves by placing something in the back seat that requires them to open the door every time they get our of their vehicle, such as a purse or briefcase. Also, parents should ask their child-care provider to call them if their child hasn't arrived on time. Avoid the added distraction of talking or texting on a cell phone. And finally, if any member of the public sees a child left alone in a vehicle, get involved...call 911 to report it immediately.


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Just a few thoughts on the referendum… November 12, 2012Posted by WorldbyStorm in Irish Politics.
… no real time to write now, but a couple of points and questions struck me.
Firstly that while the measure passed this is something of a defeat for the government. Now it wasn't much of a campaign, and I'd be one who found the claims of the No side, such as it was, alarmist. But even still this doesn't work well for the government. They come out of the campaign with a Supreme Court judgement that at the very least is negative for them. And this feeds yet further into a perception of a government that seems much less assured than it once did. Not good.
Secondly that it might – stress on might – suggest yet disenchantment (and again, that's putting it mildly) in areas that the government, or rather one party, might hope to look for support, that being Labour. Working class voters (at least as defined by the media) appeared less than ecstatic at the proposal.
Thirdly, what effect is this going to have on future campaigns. Saturday voting doesn't appear to have been a positive in terms of turn-out, but then again perhaps this simply didn't exercise most people much one way or the other. The relative closeness of the result may be a factor that many people figured it was in the bag, but what of other referendums? Will this somewhat soften the enthusiasm for the government on other measures (note how a head of steam in opposition to the Seanad abolition is beginning to develop in the media and elsewhere) which they might conceivably lose? After all the opposition to the referendum was pretty much the further reaches… as I've noted previously when Rónán Mullen is on board on the Yes side one can take it pretty much as read that there's a broad orthodoxy on a measure. What happens if they come up against a better organised and more vociferous opposition in further votes?
One further thought. In this vote the left, broadly defined or not, was pretty much notable by its absence (calling for a YES vote in almost all instances). Does that have any implications for the future?
- 1. Richard - November 12, 2012
I posted this comment on the IT website:
'Perhaps people did not go out and vote because this time they knew there would be no wrathful God Of The Markets standing ready to exact brutal punishment should they fail to vote Yes.
To say that there was a wide public consensus in favour of the Yes vote is not saying very much, because the scope and wording of the amendment was carefully crafted so as to ensure that more conservative sectors of Irish society could not oppose it, and more progressive sectors could not argue against it. So the overall position of the Family as the 'necessary basis of social order' remains unassailable; the 'as far as practicable' clause means 'within reason, as decided by 'the markets''; and the provision appears only to apply to those children in Ireland whom the constitution recognises as Irish citizens. Where you have a widespread sense that very little is at stake, it's hardly surprising if the turnout proves low.
But the low turnout in this referendum ought to be seen against the backdrop of a broader trend in Western societies. Social provisions and entitlements, supposedly guaranteed in constitutions, are being stripped away, under an offensive conducted by elected governments, acting not on behalf of their electorates, but in the interests of major financial powers.
When this offensive, which is entirely anti-democratic, requires a constitutional change, electorates are either ignored, as was the case recently in Spain, or they are threatened with the apocalyptic violence of the markets, by government, business groups and sympathetic media organisations, to make sure they vote the right way. This was the case in Ireland with the Lisbon Treaty and the so-called Stability Treaty referenda .
The political effect of this offensive is a widespread disenchantment with the existing political system, alongside the emptying of constitutions of any meaningful content in practice, in terms of social and democratic rights. The social effects, among other things, are unemployment, hyper-exploitation in the workplace, deprivation and hopelessness. In Ireland, political and media establishments have no interest in addressing the political effect, and routinely present the social effects –as with the upcoming budget cuts- as an inevitable economic necessity. In this context, it should hardly come as any surprise if most people switch off from what they have to say about the importance of rights and constitutions.'
- CMK - November 12, 2012
It's interesting that RTE reports a turnout in Waterford of 26463 voters out of a total registered electorate of 75470 on Saturday for the referendum. On the same day at 15,000 people (some suggest it was closer to 20,000) marched in Waterford City to protest against the downgrading of the Regional Hospital. Not sure if there is a connection here but the downgrading of the hospital, another cut to please 'the markets', appears to have resonated far more than a referendum. It's likely that thousands who marched didn't vote in the referendum, which suggests that something is afoot that isn't necessarily being accurately tracked by opinion polls or political analysis.
And to link in with the point IELB makes below, events in Wateford highlight the emptiness of the referendum considered from a materialist perspective. In Wateford, at least, but elsewhere too, a constitional advance occurs simultaneously with the downgrading of a vital public service.
- PaddyM - November 12, 2012
I decided not to vote; while unobjectionable in principle, putting this stuff into the constitution at exactly the same time as the education, health and welfare services required to make it meaningful are being stripped away struck me as being complete hypocrisy.
(I did actually briefly consider a No on Thursday after watching the combination of Alan Shatter's performance on the evening news in response to the Supreme Court judgement and Enda's Thunderbirds Are Go impersonation in Berlin, but I couldn't stomach being on the same side of an argument as John Waters and Dana.)
- 3. Ian - November 12, 2012
If you define the left narrowly and take it as meaning SF/ULA/others they seemed very silent and absent
There could be several reasons for that; 1 – laziness of journalists just running to gov; ministers and backbenchers
The limited airtime for yes was just dominated by government
Perhaps some of the Left on the Yes side sensed that their voters and supporters were unhappy with the government and they cynically decided to just tactitly support the issue but remain relatively silent.
From what I can see – working class urban areas voted strongly no – these areas are generally where Sinn Fein is strong –
Perhaps some of the yes side – wanted a yes vote but don't mind the fact there was a strong no "protest" vote and they can cynically say to their supporters – "ah well you know that was really just a government thing"
- 4. D_D - November 12, 2012
This result (42% 'no') has surprised everyone. Me anyway. I expected that the Catholic far right would be isolated on this one and that the 'No' side would be less than 10%. I was thinking about a result like the Good Friday Agreement, 94% for in the South, 81% for in the North.
What happened? Don't know. Certainly there was an extremely weak and isolated campaign against the amendment. So that wasn't a big factor. The Supreme Court judgement was a factor, but that a big a one?
Perhaps the turnout reflected a growing alienation of large numbers from the official political process. Perhaps many 'yes' voters expected that it was a schuu in and didn't bother to vote, while many of the 'no' voters were expressing a more active protest vote. Or perhaps many of these were really persuaded against the amendement and are reflecting a rightward thrust to some of the disenchantment, like the bizarre Quinn campaign?
The coincidence of the Waterford (pop. 51,000) referendum turnout of 35% and an equaly surprising march of 15,000 on the Regional Hospital says something about the offcial process and about protest too.
That a progressive measure was supported by only 19% of the potential electorate offers some food for thought.
- LeftAtTheCross - November 12, 2012
It should provide food for thought for the LP leadership who have forsaken the working class and moved to what they imagine is a socially & economically liberal middle class base. There's no electoral future for them in putting their eggs into that basket at the expense of progressive economic policy.
- Joe - November 12, 2012
Just a quick correction there DD. The Good Friday Agreement was carried with a 71% vote for it in Northern Ireland.
- 5. Blissett - November 12, 2012
possibly sounds counter intuitive, but I think the Government made a mistake in having such a mild wording. While it was positive in many respects to have such a broad consensus (Joe Higgins to Ronán Mullen and all in between) the fact that the amendment was, while not inconsequential, not a very significant change. There might have been more enthusiasm for a yes vote (as opposed to an aversion to voting no) with a stronger wording
- 6. Frank Street - November 12, 2012
One small observation on the Waterford protest. I was beyond delighted to see such a turn out and hope it gives the government pause for thought. But one can never be sure of a protest's effectiveness.
Might there be scope for introducing a 'Pledge Booth' at such events? For example, a place where protesters could pledge that, if the government implement a particular cut, they will never again receive a vote from them. Ever.
Their pledge might even be videoed. Would it be effective?
- 7. Roddy - November 12, 2012
I don 't think that the Sat. voting was a problem. Most people presumed that the ref. was going to be carried by a landslide and the campaign was non-existent. I know several people who didn't bother to vote even though they were in favour of it. I reckon that it would have been even lower on a weekday as many coming back from a days work would have said feck that, no one is going to vote no. What's on Tv.
- EWI - November 13, 2012
I'm interested in the phenomenon of this Saturday voting, so rare.
I think it might be worth curating some of the utterances of politicos on justifying this (to maximise turnout), when they so steadfastly work to otherwise ensure that elections and referenda take place during the week so as to depress the youth and working vote.
- Ivorthorne - November 12, 2012
I think you have it right Roddy.
The bottom line is that people don't vote when they don't think that staying at home will make a difference. Yes supporters (including those who didn't vote) always believed that result was in the bag.
No-supporters had a different standard of victory. They were casting their votes as much in protest at the change than in expectation that they would win.
- 8. sonofstan - November 12, 2012
I had an interesting conversation yesterday with a workmate who didn't vote, and who was surprised that I had, and shocked a disappointed that I'd voted yes.
This guy is the sort of person the average IT reader rarely meets socially. Left school at 14 and barely attended much before that, constantly picked on by the cops, 'troubled' family background, capped by doing time for something he says he didn't do (I believe him in this regard: I know some of his mates who were proper villains and they think he was innocent)
Anyway, he says he never votes because he hates the government: when I asked 'this government?' he said 'all of them, they're all *****' For him, the teachers who barely bothered to hide their contempt, brutal cops, judges, a health service that badly failed his family, and a social welfare system that treated him like dirt, are all 'the government' and the idea of voting for anything that would give them more power to interfere in the lives of people like him is to be resisted – he thinks that the affirmation of the rights of children would end up being a license for the state to take kids away from people like him for the sort of trivial, 'do-gooder' reasons that seem so important to professionals in the system.
Like I say, he didn't vote, but it might offer a clue to some of the attitudes underlying the 'surprising' no vote, especially in working class areas…..
- RosencrantzisDead - November 13, 2012
He is also the target demographic of the Tir Na Saor/Sovereign Independent/Freeman set.
This is hardly surprising though given the levels of inequality and poverty in Ireland. Why would you trust the state if all they did was screw you over?
- sonofstan - November 13, 2012
Yes. All that Freeman stuff is much talked about in circles that would be below the radar of the MSM, who would, rightly, dismiss its rationale, but thereby also fail to see its appeal.
- ghandi - November 13, 2012
I am continually surprised at the "surprised no vote" it was clear to me from the scores of meeting I spoke at and debates I took part in that there was a huge section fo society who were opposed to it. SOS'f friend puts it quite wellm, those who know the system and have been targetted by Social Workers or their friends & families had were strongest in their opposition.
Also many legal professionals whom I spoke to were voting No, that is those not in the pay of the HSE and who have first hand experience of what passes for Justice in care proceedings.
It also beggars belief that the so called left have again abandoned the people they claim to represent in the pursuit of so called progressive measures.
As the campaign which was only 3 weeks built up teh NO side was gaining,. my own belief is that if we had anothjer week we would have won, at the start I would have thought 30% No was a good result, but as it built under the radar it was clear it was going to be higher.
From a campaign point of view a dozen motivated people wwer eable to tap into that discontent and deliever 445k No votes, whilst the state could only deliver 17% of the electorate using millions of euro and the whole establishement along with fasle information as found by teh Supreme Court. I also think that teh Supreme Court added to those staying away more so than those voting NO.


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Wabash High School senior Jordan Rauh, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William Rauh, was recently named to the Indiana High School Golf Coaches Association 2013 Academic All-State Honorable Mention list.
To be named to the IHSGCA's Academic All-State first team and honorable mention, players need to be nominated by their coaches, be on a varsity athletic team, have at least a 3.6 GPA on a 4.0 scale and score at least a 1650 on a 2400 SAT test.
Rauh has been on the Wabash golf team since her sophomore year and has received a varsity letter for all four years of high school.
"My family encouraged me to try it in middle school, then after my sophomore year, I realized that with hard work, I could have a real future with the sport. Golf is a lifelong sport that I can find anywhere my future takes me and that is appealing," Rauh told The Paper.
There are two moments in her golf career that Rauh is exceptionally proud of. The first being when she individually won the county invitational, 10 strokes ahead of the entire field. The second moment was being a part of the first team in Wabash High School history to advance out of sectionals during last season.
When asked about her plans for college, Rauh has left her options open. "I plan to pursue a degree either in pharmacy or optometry. My goal is to be the next Dr. Rauh." She is currently in contact with three colleges about the possibility of playing on their golf teams, but she is waiting to receive all her admission letters before making a final decision.


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Discuss the pros and cons of various curriculums, or get help on which to choose!
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Anyone use or know anything about Miquon or Singapore Math?
I've read that Miquon math is great because of all the manipulatives that comes with the workbooks and if you have a learner who likes to "do" stuff would enjoy it. (Personally, I think any type of Math needs all the help it can get to make it fun). I also read that the Singapore Math is the very best top notch math you can get, but is somewhat more advanced and difficult. I'd love to hear from anyone who's using either.
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Hi! I recently went to the singapore math website and you can use sample exams for each grade. I'm using one for my advanced 6th grade daughter. It is difficult but good for her. Don't think I'll buy it-if you do get it from website super cheap-because it doesn't seem to have much to teach me so I can teach! For now I'm using manipulatives-some home made, and cuisenaire rods- and an ecclectic collection. Hope this helps:-)
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Zebra Frozen Yogurt opened its doors with an impressive first week, according to owner Blanaid Colley.
"The crowd has been larger than we expected," said Colley. "Even though it was a soft launch, many people heard about us and wanted to come check us out."
The new business already has regular customers - people who come more than once a day for a tasty, healthy treat. The growing favorite frozen yogurt flavor, so far, has been the sea salt caramel pretzel.
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Blanaid Colley and Tara Kane serve frozen yogurt to customers during last week's soft opening at Zebra Frozen Yogurt in Bailey's Center
"Our first customer to buy a frozen yogurt was Kurt Faxon from Savannah, Ga.," said Colley. "In our excitement we forgot to get his name. We laminated the dollar and were really delighted when he returned the next day with his granddaughters, who were enthusiastic, and he signed the dollar and it will be framed."
Customers can choose from six frozen yogurt flavors - sea salt caramel pretzel, dreamy dark chocolate, Tahitian vanilla, strawberry sensation, strawberries and cream, and chocolate covered pretzel - or a mix called Zebra stripes. To top it off, there are toppings that include fresh fruit cut daily, candies like Kit Kat, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Snickers, Twix, Nerds and many more, plus other toppings like Oreos, brownies, granola, waffle and much more.
"Customers just love our wide range of 52 different toppings, the fresh fruit has been popular, but I have to say the traditional toppings like Heath bar, M&Ms and Reese's Pieces are some of our bigger sellers," said Colley. "The other interesting topping we are getting people to try is our popping boba - they are boba, also known as pearls, with juice inside that 'pops' inside your mouth.
It's a growing craze among frozen yogurt aficionados and now many Sanibel and Captiva visitors at Zebra have become fans," concluded Colley, who decided to start Zebra out of a love of frozen yogurt.
For more than 20 years, Colley and her children biked to the former Nick's Frozen Yogurt shop in the Bailey's Center for a frozen treat when on vacation and then as Sanibel residents. When Nick retired more than a year ago, they missed the treats and started thinking it would be great to have another frozen yogurt store.
"We have been running the Coffee Bar @ Baileys for the past three years and so have had the experience of setting up and running a food and beverage business from scratch," said Colley. "My family and I have been frequent visitors to both frozen yogurt and ice-cream stores all over the country and particularly liked the clean, modern look and felt that Sanibel was a perfect location for such an offering."
They refined the modern frozen yogurt business model and made it a full-service operation so they could retain that personal touch that is well liked amongst the islands' residents and guests. For now, Colley plans to focus on getting Zebra running to full capacity and make it a very successful operation.
"We have plans to expand beyond Sanibel, but only when we are satisfied that we have got every single aspect right," said Colley. "Every day people ask me if Zebra is in fact a franchise, and when they find out that it is our own concept and design, some ask about franchising opportunities."
Zebra Frozen Yogurt is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. everyday and located in the Bailey's Center, 2467 Periwinkle Way.


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Joint Statement by Alan Simpson, Erskine Bowles, Alice Rivlin and Pete Domenici
October 12, 2012
Joint Statement by Alan Simpson, Erskine Bowles, Alice Rivlin and Pete Domenici
Washington, D.C. - The following is a joint statement by Alice Rivlin and former Senator Pete Domenici, co-chairs of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Debt Reduction Task Force, and Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles about a new study from the Joint Committee on Taxation:
"In order to reach a bold bipartisan budget deal, both the Simpson-Bowles Fiscal Commission and the Bipartisan Policy Center's Domenici-Rivlin Debt Reduction Task Force agreed on the importance of generating new revenue from fundamental tax reform. Indeed, there is a growing bipartisan consensus for an approach that broadens the base, lowers rates and raises revenue as part of a comprehensive fiscal plan.
"We currently spend more than $1.1 trillion a year on tax expenditures - deductions, credits and other preferences, which are expensive, regressive, economically distorting and, for the most part, simply hidden spending in the tax code. While the details of our proposals differed, we both recommended reforming or repealing many of these tax expenditures in order to dramatically reduce both tax rates and deficits, all in a way that is progressive and conducive to economic growth. The non-partisan Tax Policy Center estimated that both of these plans would achieve significant deficit reduction, and do so in a progressive manner.
"A new study by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) assumes a less drastic reduction in tax expenditures and a different baseline that allocates more savings to deficit reduction, and therefore is able to achieve much less rate reduction. The fact that rates cannot be lowered as much if large tax expenditures are left unaddressed and if most of the savings from those that are eliminated are put towards deficit reduction illustrates a tradeoff, but does not surprise anyone who has worked with tax estimation.
"The JCT study looks at only a subset of the tax expenditures we reformed or eliminated, thereby leaving out a substantial amount of savings that were included in our proposals. Most notably, the JCT study does not address the employer health exclusion, the largest tax expenditure in the code, as our plans would. In addition, the JCT study assumes tax reform is revenue neutral relative to a "current law" baseline - a baseline that includes the expiration of all parts of the 2001, 2003 and 2010 tax cuts, a position neither party is advocating. This assumption effectively required the JCT to find $4.5 trillion of deficit reduction through base broadening - far more than is included in our plans or any other plan - and use only roughly $700 billion for rate reduction.
"JCT looked at one possible model for tax reform - although we do not disagree with their analysis, it does not reflect the model embodied by our plans. Nothing in the JCT analysis changes our belief that it is possible for tax reform to reduce rates and produce additional revenues if policymakers are willing to make the tough choices to eliminate or scale back tax expenditures. There is no question that reforming the tax code will require making hard and careful choices. Policymakers should work diligently on a bipartisan basis to identify the appropriate reforms to force our debt under control and get our economy growing."
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Indeed, there is a growing bipartisan consensus for an approach that broadens the base, lowers rates and raises revenue as part of a comprehensive fiscal plan.


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Five student groups at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, have organized the college's first Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society (ACS). The event in Junker Center begins with a Survivor's Lap at 5 p.m. Friday, April 5, and ends with a closing ceremony at 7:30 Saturday morning.
The overnight fundraising walk and celebration of cancer survivors also functions as a carnival, camp-out, cornhole competition, luminaria ceremony, water pong tournament, concert with Erie pop band The Romantic Era, Zumba class and stand-up comedy show featuring Jim Kurre, an associate professor of economics, and the In All Seriousness improv troupe. About 200 students are expected to participate.
The student organizations staffing the Relay for Life planning committee are Reality Check, Joys of Nursing, Lion Ambassadors, Student Government Association and the Kappa Delta Rho social fraternity.
Donations to the ACS can be made at the Junker Center during the Relay or online at www.relayforlife.org/papsubehrend.


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Vecellio oversees tie and rail production gangs, engineering mechanical functions and engineering standards. In his new role, he assumes additional responsibilities for the Superior Tie & Timber facility in Vivian, La.; planning and administrative functions for the engineering group and support of the engineering functions for KCS' subsidiaries in Mexico and Panama. Vecellio reports to Jeffrey Songer, senior vice president engineering and chief transportation officer.
"Shawn's technical expertise and strong execution and leadership skills make him a natural fit for this position," said Songer.
Vecellio has nearly 18 years of railroad engineering and management experience. He joined KCSR in 2008 from CSX, where he had served as manager of program construction for the Atlanta division. He has also worked for BNSF, Permian Basin Railways and Great Western Railway, serving in roles such as roadmaster and superintendent of operations.


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CLEARWATER — Jeff Malm homered twice, Curt Casali drove in seven runs and three Charlotte pitchers combined on a three-hitter as the Stone Crabs wrapped up a four-game series against Clearwater with an 11-0 victory Monday at Bright House Field.
Malm hit his 10th of the year off Clearwater starter Ethan Stewart (0-4) in the second, accounting for two of the Stone Crabs three runs in the inning. His solo shot, which greeted reliever Luis Paulino, capped a five-run fifth.


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Monday, August 27, 2007
TFNP: Miss South Carolina Answers a Question
God help us all.
14 comments:
- Out of Conference said...
For some reason, my screen doesn;t show the imbedded image (or video clip?). Maybe it will later or I can check it out at home. Work better not have blocked this stuff, or I will be pissed and torch the place if they take my red stapler.
- August 27, 2007 9:07 AM
- Maize said...
I think she'd sound a lot more intelligent if tried to answer it with a cock in her mouth.
- August 27, 2007 11:12 AM
- IC said...
Wow...This is exactly how the "Boom Goes the Dynamite" guy would have answered that question----if he was a very good looking teenage girl from South Carolina.
- August 27, 2007 11:18 AM
- intellidouche said...
This just proves my theory that people from South Carolina are idiots.
- August 27, 2007 12:04 PM
- A2saint said...
What do you expect from a state that elected Strom Thurmond to the US Senate for like a hundred years
- August 27, 2007 1:04 PM
- Out of Conference said...
Finally got to see it. I love it. This is great. I don't think this is so much a stab at SC people as it is to the stupid teenie bopper beauty pageant sub-culture. She tried in vain to search through her memory of canned responses, but failed miserably.
How old is this girl, 14, 15, 16 at the oldest? Where did the Michigan girl end up in the final results?
- August 27, 2007 1:22 PM
- Out of Conference said...
A2Saint - despite what could be said of Strom -there are 50 states and one District of Columbia, that to this day, would pay lots of money, make many deals with the Devil, and do whatever was required to have a congressmen in office with as much influence as Strom had when he was in office.
- August 27, 2007 1:29 PM
- carl tabb said...
My dear lord! Why couldn't she just have said "world peace"?
- August 27, 2007 3:22 PM
- Killing My Liver said...
Two things strike me about this video:
1. You don't fuck the brain.
2. The announcer(Mario something?) manages to keep a straight face
- August 27, 2007 3:50 PM
- Out of Conference said...
AC Slater is cool like that.
- August 27, 2007 4:38 PM
- zen wizard said...
"South Africa should help the US find a map to help with our future...." Huh????
I hope she at least knows that South Carolina is south of North Carolina.
- August 27, 2007 5:22 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
I'll probably get flamed for this but I don't care how hot this chick is... after listening to her speak there's not a single thing about her which turns me on... bring back curve-challenged brunette M-gear models!
Anyone remember Billy Madison??? At no point in your incoherent rambling did you make a point, we're all dumber for having heard it, I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul!
- August 27, 2007 9:32 PM
- Out of Conference said...
MGoBlue93 - Nice pull. That would have been funny as hell if the person asking the question responded with that quote to her babbling.
Another poster on another blog (Coop at Orson's site) thought she was a student at App State. If so, Yost - this HAS to be in your Know Your Opponent bit.
I did find out she is 18 years old, so I'm retracting my "she's just a kid" defense.
- August 28, 2007 9:15 AM
- Lucky7Star said...
Her name is Caitlin Upton and to have mangled the question but still managed to win the 3rd runner up spot... Well for some things there are no words, the gal looks great in a bikini what else can you say... It is a BEAUTY CONTEST. So what if she was a little confused certainly maintained her poise better than that train wreck of a performance delivered yesterday afternoon when little ole Appalachian State pulled off "The Greatest Upset in College Football History" but then that's the beauty of college football. Better Strom Thurmond than that Larry Craig but at least the historic game but all that embarrassment on the back page, when ppl have no shame this is exactly what you'd expect what they deserve... No respect.
- September 02, 2007 4:37 PM


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Tim Reis to Play with The Rolling Stones Project in London Tonight
The Rolling Stones' touring saxophonist and keyboardist Tim Reis will take a quick break from the band's current tour to perform with "The Rolling Stones Project" at the Lyric Theatre in London tonight.
The Rolling Stones Project features Reis's self-produced jazz renderings of classic Rolling Stones tunes. He released a "Stones Project" album in 2005 with the help a variety of musicians, including some of the Stones. In addition to Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood, Reis has also recorded with vocalists Sheryl Crow, Lisa Fischer, Norah Jones, Luciana Souza, jazz guitarists Bill Frisell and John Scofield, and keyboardist Larry Goldings.
Tonight's show will feature Reis, along with touring Stones members Bernard Fowler, Darryl Jones and Chuck Leavell. Several unannounced guests are also slated to join Reis for the first Rolling Stones Project performance in London since 2007.