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This is my last month in the VOY internship. I have had an amazing time for the past six months; I have met some pretty amazing friends and interacted intellectually with a few great minds from Africa and beyond. I have had strong critics in my posts, and had my stories read by so many people, I have pushed my mind to greater heights, interrogated concepts and beliefs, shared opinions and inspirations and most of all I have been able to discover some truth in my quest. I have experienced the power in writing!
Thank you VOY!
Starting my internship I was not sure I would make it to April, I was doubtful of my ability to write something meaningful every week. Especially since I had been running my own blog (www.purelypolicy.blogspot.com) for about two years and was barely able to average a post a month. But guess what, I have been able to deliver as it was required of me. Since November 2013, I have averaged a post every week. A good at that (haha)!
I was a bit nervous in the beginning, as is the case with every inexperienced writer (I assume); especially when you finally get professionally engaged to share to a very wide audience. But once I saw my first post getting read and people commenting on it from all over, I relaxed. I got super excited. I got all this crazy ideas about what I will be writing about and what issues I would focus on, and how I would be able to finally share my thoughts on a variety of topics, key among them being development and Africa. It was crazy how amazed I was at the whole issue.
During this internship period, every time it would get to mid week and I had not figured out what I would write about, I would start to panic. I feared I would not be able to come up with a good enough post, meaning I won't really portray seriousness or commitment to my task. But somehow, I always got struck with this really awesome idea, I would then develop it, mentally construct a few arguments before finally putting it on paper.
I have really improved on my writing since I started, for that I am grateful to VOY. I have been able to open up my mind to new possibilities, and for that I am grateful to VOY. I have grown as a person, especially intellectually, and for that I am really grateful to VOY. I look forwad to my remaining post and to the conclusion of my internship.
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England's all-time leading run scorer Kevin Pietersen is expecting 2013 Ashes Man of the Series Ian Bell to achieve 30 Test Match centuries on his way to becoming a great of English cricket.
The Warwickshire batsman has had arguably his best ever summer which included three hundreds on the way to helping his country to a 3-0 series victory over Australia. The 31-year-old now averages over 46 per innings in the five-day format, having reached three figures on 20 occasions in his 93 Tests.
Bell has moved up and down the batting order in the past and looks comfortable in his position at number five which was emphasised by his hugely important innings in the Ashes, when his country needed him the most.
The four-time Ashes winner has not always had his own way in international cricket though after his introduction to the famous rivalry in 2005 was more than difficult on a personal note. He managed 171 runs at an average of just over 17. That is compared to his 562 runs at an average of over 62 in 2013 and in an interview with Talksport Pietersen says people cannot underestimate the skill of his England teammate.
"People would love to have just half the talent that Ian Bell has got and I'm so, so happy in this Ashes series he's delivered when it's counted and I think that will take a lot of pressure off him for the rest of his career.
"He can just go out there and keep scoring the runs and keep enjoying his cricket because I know he puts a lot of pressure upon himself. Belly trains so hard, does loads of boxing sessions and fitness sessions to get himself mentally in shape and he's proved he's got the rewards from the series and I'm sure he'll just go from strength to strength."
Pietersen is often at the crease with Bell due to the Surrey batsman being one spot ahead in the line-up and knows how the experienced campaigner operates. Bell was dropped in the West Indies in 2009 after England were bowled out for 51 with the man himself admitting that was a turning point in his career, a view Pietersen backs up.
"Belly talks a lot about when he was dropped in the Caribbean a few years ago and if you look at his number since he's come back he averages something like 55 which is absolutely phenomenal. I've always known he's a great player and he'll go on to play 120 or 130 Test Matches.
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HA! Good. Why on earth would we want 6 more walmarts?!
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My Meps Mistake and questions.
Okay so heres my question.
Earlier this year while living in another state I attempted to Join the Marines. After going through the paperwork and process I went to meps. Weeks later, I was told I had failed for THC (marijuana) and was now barred from entry into every branch, everywhere. Period.
Rewind a few days.
When asked the questions of my history of drugs, violence, record and everything else by my recruiter, I told him absolute honesty.
He asked me things like what drugs id ever experimented with, done etc. I told him about my experiences with weed. And i told him how recent they were, how frequent. and the last time i had smoked, which was in recent days to my meeting with him.
So, we filled the documents out and etc. Went through everything. The day that Meps came I spoke with my recruiter. I told him that 1 week prior i had bought a at home test and was still failing for thc.
He then took a Urine sample, and then The gunnery Sergeant Took a 2nd seperate urine sample. Both came up clean, catastrophe averted, so i'd thought.
Now im sitting here questioning any options.
I dont have a record..Ive been in college, i did well on my asvab and Im not a drug abuser...I was front with my recruiter and I wound up a lil bit on the bad side...am i literally ****ED..or is there any kind of option?
How do you know you were barred from any branch? Who told you that? Is there something in writing stating that?
Nothing in writing.
No sir, Nothing in writing. But i have been told by various people in the services and across various boards online that it would require a waiver for me to enter because my failed pis test was at MEPS.
OK, being barred from service and requiring a waiver are two different things. Barred means you cannot even apply. A drug waiver means you can apply but are asking for the rules to be bent in your particular case.
The way I see your situation is you gambled and lost. You knew, and admitted, you had smoked recently. You peed in the bottle a couple times for your recruiters and, based on what they said, felt clean enough to pee in the bottle again at MEPS. Obviously, the test they use at MEPS has tighter controls than the test the recruiters use but unfortunately for you, it's the one that counts. Can't say about your options; recruiters would know.
I would say since you admit to using an illegal substance (THC); that makes you a drug abuser. I know it's difficult to look in the mirror sometimes and admit to what we see.
I understand that..
But i was told that getting a waiver nowadays is basically a no go..
and as for the drug abuser part..well. It is just my personal opinion...but screwin around with somethin in college and being a dopehead are two different things. At least to some of us.
Thanks for your time, im not trying to sound rude at all if im coming off that way, sir.
You just saw what screwin around with somethin in college gets you. They may be two different things but the price you will pay is the same. So, what's the difference really?
This is your first wake-up call. You can continue to screw around with somethin until it messes up another life opportunity. At some point, you have to grow up, accept responsibility for your actions, and clean up your act (unless of course you don't mind getting shot down all the time). There are other professions besides the military that do not tolerate drug abuse.
You are right about drug waivers. There are more than enough applicants out there who are not screwin around with somethin like you are. They will be given an opportunity to serve before you will (and rightfully so).
There is a zero tolerance in the USMC for drug abuse. Pop positive and you're kicked out no questions asked and no second chances. With your attitude towards just screwin around, how do you figure to be around very long if they did bend the rules and let you in? Do you want to earn the title or smoke weed...doing both is out of the question.
07-19-12, 01:39 AM #7josephdGuest Free Member
I completely agree with you on the recreations vs. dopehead/abuser argument, I was a college student once to(before I enlisted). And I also commend you on being as honest as you are here and were with the recruiter and such.
That said...You should have known better and this is just my opinion but I think you're SOL. You knew you were trying to join the Corps, why would you even put yourself into a position to smoke and pop on the **** test?...Say you did get in, graduate boot, and once you hit the fleet if you were hangin out with the boys back home would you have the integrity to say no to taking a hit or two?...Based on this I would have to say no.
Yeah your correct i suppose. i cant argue with that logic. live and learn and grow from ones mistakes.
Well, As much as i wanted to be in the Marines i guess im perma-out. Maybe try again when WW3 kicks in if policy changes, heh. As for the other branches of service? i guess ill have to look into that for myself.
Thank you so much for your time Sir. Appreciate your honest criticisms.
I was a college student once too. In fact, earned my BS degree from Southern Illinois University in 1981. Does that mean I used "recreation drugs" like marijuana...NO IT DOES NOT. I was on active duty at the time and knew the consequences (even if I were not on active I wouldn't screw around with somethin that's illegal no matter how recreational it is...but, that's just me). Ever hear the phrase "don't do the crime if you can't do the time"? If you're going to continue breaking the law then accept the consequences when you get caught.
Damn bro you first messed up at admiting that you did in fact smoke the good good, second of all why did you smoke weed and then go take a **** test? You should have given yourself like a ****ing month before you went to MEPS.
Going off your track record you probably would have for some reason decided to smoke weed while on leave just to come back to a **** test. Not sure why some Marines cant wait until their EAS but hey thats their dumb asses choice.
Any how this is a tricky situation, the Corps is a very unforgiving mistress, and her lovers are even more unforgiving, so your chances with the Marine Corps are unlikely. But hey that does not mean you cant keep trying, all you need to do is fine the right person. Or try another branch willing to give you a shot.
we did wait a month. day of meps had been thirty days, and thats when my S-sgt and G-sgt ****ed me and i passed. thats why we thought i was clean. Its not like I was smokin up and goin in a few days later, no.
But at this point it doesn't matter, you Gents have given me my answer.
WhaaaaaT? Damn I thought it took about a month to wash out of your system... We learn something new every day I suppose. Lets find an answer to this question then!
Yeah i mean My recruiter just so happened to go on a 30 day vacation like a day after i originally sat with him and told him i smoked and everything. He told me to pound water and PT 3-4 times a week. I did exactly what he told me. I mean I wasn't face smashing weed and then trying to join the Corps, I'm not a complete idiot lol, just partial apparently.
So even if i finish college and wait a few years i still can't try again? or if things change will i be able to attempt once more?
07-29-12, 03:06 AM #15josephdGuest Free Member
I was being understanding in my first response to you, now all I hear from you is excuses. It all boils down to this though....You knew you wanted to join the Corps at some point and you f***ed up. You should have know better than even do it once knowing it would hinder your chances at enlisting. Kinda cliche but you made your bed, now you have to sleep in it.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Simon Miller of Albuquerque, N.M., and Casey Grice of College Station, Texas, battled wintry conditions and their fellow-competitors to lead the first round of the Boys and Girls Divisions, respectively, at the Colorado Junior at Flying Horse. Miller finished his first 18 holes of the tournament at five-under-par 67, while Grice carded a 1-under-par 71.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the Colorado Junior at Flying Horse is a 36-hole tournament held at The Club at Flying Horse in Colorado Springs, Colo. The tournament field consists of 75 boys and 24 girls, ages 12-18, from 17 states and two Canadian provinces. The Boys Division played the par-72 course at 7,242 yards, while the Girls Division teed it up from 6,364 yards.
Miller, a rising junior, finished the front nine at even par before a 6-under stretch over his next six holes, including an eagle on No. 12. He doesn't plan to change anything Thursday to carry the momentum from his three-stroke lead into the final round. He just hopes the weather stays cold and rainy for Thursday's play.
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Wyndham Clark of Greenwood Village, Colo., and Richard Schneider of Beemer, Neb., trail Miller in a tie for second with a 2-under-par 70. John Lee of Los Alamitos, Calif., and Collin Ward of Amarillo, Texas, shot even-par 72s to hold down a tie for fourth.
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When treating prostate cancer with radiotherapy, knowing the prostate cancer position is critical to accurately targeting the radiation beam to avoid missing the tumour and irradiating healthy tissue. Prostate cancer patients being treated with radiotherapy can now have their prostate position known to within 0.5mm during radiation treatment thanks to a study led by Professor Paul Keall, NHMRC Australia Fellow at the University of Sydney.
In a world-first the new prostate cancer tracking system has been implemented in a 10-patient pilot study at the Royal North Shore Hospital. The technique termed 'KIM' for Kilovoltage Intrafraction Monitoring uses X-rays during the radiation treatment to measure the position of markers implanted into the prostate though a novel two-dimension-to-three dimension calculation method.
The system was originally conceived at Stanford University in 2008 by two of the investigators of this research, Professor Keall and Associate Professor Per Poulsen, and is a collaboration between the University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital and Aarhus University in Denmark. In the current study, prostate cancer motion of over 10mm was seen during treatment.
The overall accuracy of the system was higher than 0.5mm, better than other dedicated commercial prostate monitoring systems that can be purchased but have not been widely implemented in clinical practice. As well as being more accurate, an additional advantage of the KIM system over the dedicated systems is that it uses readily available radiation therapy equipment, so there is enormous potential for low cost routine use of the system worldwide.
"KIM is exciting for patients because it's going to open up a new area of radiation oncology, real-time tumour tracking," said Dr Thomas Eade, a radiation oncologist at the Royal North Shore Hospital. "But, it could potentially be available to all cancer radiotherapy patients that are treated using standard machines."
Using the KIM system X-rays to measure the prostate motion adds a small amount of additional imaging dose delivered to the patient - approximately one percent of the treatment dose in the current studies, though there is potential for improvement. "KIM was implemented within the constraints of an existing clinical cancer radiotherapy system," said Professor Paul Keall. "We have several ideas to explore to make the system even more accurate with lower imaging dose."
In the future, the research team plan to use the KIM information to pause and adjust the treatment when the prostate cancer position moves beyond the target of the radiation beam. Ultimately, they plan to continuously align the radiation beam with the cancer throughout the treatment.
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It's a great year to be a gamer. Yes?
I love God of War so much! I can't wait for God of War: Ascension, the wait for God of War IV on PS4 is going to kill me and I can't wait to see what Sony Santa Monica's new IP for the PS4 directed by Stig Asmussen is going to be like, it's going to be awesome for sure but I wonder what genre it'll be in? E3 this year should have answers.


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The stinky thing is that my Seasonal Depression is kicking in big-time this summer. Way earlier than usual, but its kicking my butt already. I'm binge eating something fierce due to emotions, which creates a mean spiral affect: gain 5 pounds and kick myself. Eat because I'm frustrated. Gain 5 more pounds. Sigh. I still look good, and feel good. I just know I can't keep doing this myself.
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Forty-four runners came to Tsalteshi Trails on Saturday morning in search of the fountain of youth.
What they found is that it may be genetics, and not some mythical spring, that turns back the clock.
Kenai's Mark Blanning, 53, was the runaway winner in the first running of the Fountain of Youth Pursuit. The 10-kilometer race sends runners off in waves according to age and gender.
Saturday, the first runners to start were men 77 and up, and women 63 and up. Terri Cowart, a 64-year-old woman, was the first runner to take off.
Two minutes later, Maria Sweppy, 61, hit the course.
When Blanning hit the course in the 15th wave, the head starts of the other runners would make little difference.
By the top of the hill that starts the second, five-kilometer lap, he had already taken the race lead. He would finish at 55 minutes, 9 seconds — a time that takes into account the 14-minute head start he gave Cowart.
What's the secret to the fountain of youth?
"It's probably genetics. We just celebrated my mom's 90th birthday," Blanning said of Beverly Blanning of Soldotna. "She still exercises five days a week."
If your mom is 90 and exercising five times a week, why not run a few races in a day at 53?
Blanning also was signed up to compete in the invitational mile at the rededication of Ed Hollier Field at Kenai Central High School on Saturday afternoon. He finished in a not-too-shabby 5:15.
"I was trying to take it a little easy in this race, but I wasn't able to do it," Blanning said. "I guess my competitiveness got the best of me."
Finishing second was Reuben Sublett, a 1998 graduate of Skyview High School and a former standout runner for the school.
Sublett, 34, now lives in Fort Collins, Colo., but was back in the area for 10 days to visit his mother, Bobbie.
He said he does not run a lot anymore, but decided in the day leading up to the race he'd like to do a race on his old stomping grounds.
Sublett started five minutes behind Blanning. He made up some of that time, finishing at 59:13 and also running the fastest overall time of the day.
Sublett said the race was a good opportunity to reflect back on coaches that helped him in running, like Allan Miller and Kent Peterson.
Peterson, 42, ran the race from the 18th wave, getting a two-minute head start on Sublett, but getting caught late in the race and finishing 49 seconds behind him. Peterson did pick up third.
"When I saw he would be starting behind me, I knew I would be seeing him eventually," Peterson said. "I'm happy I was able to hold him off as long as I did."
Peterson was able to out-kick Kenda Blanning for fourth place. Blanning, 51, was the last person to lead the race other than her husband. She started in the 10th wave.
Mark passed Kenda at the top of the hill that starts the second lap of the race.
"I was just hoping to keep him from passing me on the first lap," Kenda said.
While many in the running community had Mark Blanning marked for a victory when the pursuit format was announced, Kenda said she showed up not knowing who would win.
"You never know what's going to happen when they do something like this for the first time," she said. "It was a fun, new experience."
The pursuit format was the brainchild of Adam Reimer. Reimer said he got the idea from The Annual Dipsea Race in California, which also employs a handicapping system.
Reimer said his wife, Carly, and the Tsalteshi Trails Association put in all the work it took to pull off such a unique format.
"For the first year, I was pleased with the response," he said.
He said the tables used to create the waves were based on times on a track. There were then further adjustments to account for the rolling hills of Tsalteshi.
"We'll have to look at the results and see how we did," he said.
The top 10 featured five men and five women. Reimer said Blanning's victory probably had less to do with the tables and more to do with the fact that Blanning is a great runner. At 53, he did post the second-fastest overall time of the day — a 41:09 10K on a challenging, hilly course.
"In the Dipsea, they give you a minute penalty for the next year if you win the race," Reimer said. "That's how we'll get him eventually, but it may take a few more wins."
Fountain of Youth Pursuit
Saturday at Tsalteshi Trails
1. Mark Blanning, Wave 15, 55 minutes, 9 seconds; 2. Reuben Sublett, 20, 59:13; 3. Kent Peterson, 18, 1:00:02; 4. Kenda Blanning, 10, 1:00:11; 5. Carl Kincaid, 15, 1:00:25; 6. Sean Goff, 18, 1:01:37; 7. Alice Anderson, 8, 1:03:45; 8. Patti Berkhahn, 6, 1:04:22; 9. Tracy Pitts, 16, 1:04:44; 10. Mary Fischer, 12, 1:06:02; 11. Mike Campbell, 20, 1:07:27; 12. Duncan Allen, 21, 1:07:49; 13. Laura Pillifant, 9, 1:07:55; 14. Jamie Nelson, 20, 1:08:48; 15. Autumn Ball, 16, 1:08:49; 16. Angie Brennan, 15, 1:09:17; 17. Julie Litchfield, 15, 1:09:39; 18. Tom Rhyner, 11, 1:10:09; 19. Terri Cowart, 1, 1:10:52; 20. Ariel Mercier, 16, 1:11:02; 21. Amy Baxter, 15, 1:11:25; 22. Marian Werth, 9, 1:11:29; 23. Kale Blankenship, 21, 1:13:30; 24. Ben Hanson, 20, 1:13:49; 25. Jane Fuerstenau, 10, 1:14:25.
26. Miriam Freas, 15, 1:14:26; 27. Johni Blankenship, 13, 1:14:40; 28. Kristin Morrow, 14, 1:15:11; 29. Maria Sweppy, 3, 1:15:12; 30. David Martin, 21, 1:15:32; 31. Jeff Perschbacher, 17, 1:17:01; 32. Christine Moerlein, 21, 1:17:52; 33. Katie Ring, 16, 1:17:59; 34. Mary Rhyner, 5, 1:18:11; 35. Brianne Steed, 16, 1:18:18; 36. Leah Allen, 21, 1:18:41; 37. Jason Warfle, 20, 1:19:40; 38. Julie English, 16, 1:22:31; 39. Patsy Marston, 11, 1:31:15; 40. Kelly Hicks, 7, 1:31:17; 41. Violet Zerbe, 16, 1:34:46; 42. Janee Postma, 16, 1:43:52; 43. Monica Mullet, 16, 1:48:01; 44. Yvonne Oren, 14, 1:52:31.


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I am a transgender woman, living this lifestyle since I was 19. Before anything I want to introduce myself, my name is Roberto. For me it was the most difficult moment in my life when I was diagnosed with AIDS. I was not aware of how advanced the scientific knowledge in medicine was, therefore I thought I was going to die. I was diagnosed in August 1999.
There were moments that I thought the end was near since I was without work, without family and sick.
I asked myself, "Now what is going to become of me?" But I knew that with faith in God and a lot of personal strength I was going to overcome my disease. I also knew that the support of my social workers, nurses and doctor, was going to help me even more.
All I have to say is that "God bless all that fight against the disease."
Telling others about your HIV status is a way of getting things off your chest, a need of telling others, of having someone give you courage, of someone giving you a hand. Of course, you should not tell just anyone. Tell a trusted friend.
This information is very confidential, information to be told to someone who appreciates you and cares for you. For instance, I found friends in the clinics, we shared our stories, told each other how it happened. They understood because they were in the same situation. My brothers were also very supportive when I told them. They would let me hold their babies and would tell them to kiss their aunt, me. This made me feel as if I did not have HIV.
I have told my HIV status to those closest to me, those who I knew would accept me. You are the only one who knows who is going to give you support. When you feel that someone is not trustworthy, trust your instincts.
When I was diagnosed, I told close friends whom I considered my family. They helped me and advised me that we would overcome this situation together and since the U.S. was a first world nation, I could receive good services here.
Before I told my mother I had prepared her already. She knew I was sick. I had lost a lot of weight, had trouble breathing and had a dry cough. When I landed in the hospital with pneumonia, the doctors recommended that I take the HIV test. I contracted HIV, I believe, at the same time I became infected with syphilis.
My partner at that time told me that he would be with me until the end. He took care of me, gave me courage and motivated me. This was the start of my decision to live life. I started taking my medication, hoping that with God's help I was going to overcome this. The key to one overcoming this disease is having great inner strength.
It was like a miracle from God. Three months after taking my medication, I was a different person who had the vision to keep on living.
Overall, it was all worth it, waiting it out with the side effects; I went from two million copies to undetectable in three months and my T-cell count increased. It was then that I began to appreciate and value my life.
Thanks to all the people who supported me: family members, friends, doctors, nurses, health workers, but most of all God, my Father.
We who live in the U.S. have a lot of opportunities at our advantage. In other places like Africa and South America, even closer in Mexico across the border, people are still dying. I do not understand why some choose not to take medication when it is at their disposal. Let's not leave anything that you could do today for tomorrow. Today is the day to take the test, to get treatment, to tell someone you trust and to lose the fear.
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++Ovid, interesting post.
I have to pick you up, though, when you say that W3C standards are, in effect, a variant of Design by Contract. You know what you have to send and, in return, you know exactly what to expect. I don't think that this is true.
Going back to the first HTML rfc (#1866) (and this is historic-interest-only) we see the usual RFC-style vocabulary:
Here's part of the glossary:
So a browser could adhere to the spec without supporting every part of that spec. It's the same in most of the RFCs - there's shedloads of HTTP that hardly any applications support (e.g. PUT).
To me this seems fairly widely divorced from the idea of 'Design by Contract'. Far from knowing what to send, and knowing what to expect back, it's more like knowing what you could send and what you might receive.
The existing (stricter) standards have evolved from this permissive base - I wonder how much this permissiveness drove their widespread adoption?
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DigiTally is coming soon to the capital city. An app is being developed that the city hopes will streamline how the community connects with different departments.
The app will be available for smart phone and tablet devices, and would allow residents to do things like report power outages, dead animals, potholes and other utility problems.
"There's some young people that probably never sit down on a computer they do everything in their daily lives on a mobile phone or a tablet. Tablets are becoming prevalent throughout society, and we need to be able to provide services to people where they're able to get service," said Jim VanRiper of Tallahassee's Information System Services.
The city hopes there will also be a feature for residents to share what they love about Tallahassee. They plan to roll it out this Spring.


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Approximately 165 area families took part Wednesday, Jan. 9, in the mobile food pantry in Morris, which was sponsored by First Christian Church.
With a total of 10,525 pounds of food delivered, each household received approximately 64 pounds of food, including 24 pounds of frozen meat and a wide variety of other items, including cereal, rice, canned vegetables, bagged salad, a 10-pound bag of potatoes and dessert tarts.
"The mobile food pantry is a great way for our volunteers to share God's love in a tangible way," said Scott Zorn, lead minister of First Christian Church. "Helping people get the necessities they need is basic to Christian belief. Our volunteers were excited to share in that day and we were blessed with a little above average temperatures for January."
"It's a great team building experience and a great sharing experience for us," he added.
The next mobile food pantry is sponsored in memory of Terry Marketti with volunteers from the Gardner Lions Club and will take place Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Gardner American Legion, 426 Industry Ave., Gardner.
Registration will begin at approximately 3:45 p.m. Distribution will begin at 5 p.m.
Any family that resides in Grundy County and is in need of assistance with food is welcome to come to these food distributions.
Recipients are asked to provide proof of their residency either with a valid drivers' license, state ID or utility bill with their current Grundy County address.
Every person in line will be asked to show this proof, even if they have been to a mobile food pantry in the past.
Please note that this and all future mobile food pantries will be non-smoking events. Smoking will not be allowed anywhere on the premises.
Those interested in attending are encouraged to bring a container to carry the items they will receive — plastic laundry baskets and wheeled carts work well for this purpose. It is not necessary to let us know if you plan to attend the distributions, but if you have any questions, feel free to call the We Care office at (815) 942-6389.
Upcoming mobile food pantry sponsors include Morris Hospital, and Morris Kiwanis Club and New Community Christian Church.
We Care is a local nonprofit agency that provides emergency assistance to Grundy County residents in the form of food, rent, utility and prescription assistance. We Care is a United Way partner agency and is funded primarily by private donations.


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With the help of a K-9 unit, police found two kilos of cocaine, and several packages of crack cocaine.
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Basara turns an entire fleet of Meltrandi into fangirls
Bridge Bunny Sally with a WTF expression: Anyway Basara's singing appears to be working.
Exsedol tricks UN Spacy at firing Macross canon, Letting Basara do his thing.
Loli Bridge Bunny Miho Miho: Excellently done Advisor Exsedol!
Sexy Bridge Bunny Sally: We have to go for a date sometime! <3
Exsedol: You're embarassing this old man. *blushes*
Jamming Bird Auditions or Macross 7 Idol
Max: Jamming Birds wonder if it will work?
Exsedol: Well at least even if it fails we get to see young girls in bikini.
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I was just watching Do You Remember Love, and there's a ton of lines and scenes that stand out:
The best was Misa's line at the very end about the song, Ai, Obeiteru Imasu Ka:
"Of course it was... a love song."
In just a short sentence, it summed up the entire film, and perhaps the entire Macross franchise.
Another was Hikaru and Misa landing on a desolate planet:
Misa: "Where are we?"
Hikaru: "How should I know?"
Misa: "In any case, we're on a strange planet."
And then there was that playful scene in Saturn's rings, starting with Hikaru creating a halo using his Valkyrie.
Spoiler for More Do You Remember Love:
All in all, the movie was just chock-full of great moments. It may not be the most complete exposure to the story of SDF Macross, but I find it amazingly beautiful.
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Speaking of DYRL, here is a scene I find most memorable. It occurred during the final segment of the film where Hikaru said, to Misa:
"During the days we were alone on Earth, I have DECIDED I want nobody but YOU by my side"
This was the very quote that right any wrongs done in the original televised broadcast. Hikaru was never this direct in the original series when he should have been. Yes, he eventually confessed his love for Misa, but done in a way that was not to be very satisfying. But the DYRL confession was definitely spoken through the heart.
Male anime characters since Hikaru rarely confessed so directly on screen. Sometimes, the soap opera approach effectively kills the entire show. There comes a time when people just need to be more... direct.
- Tak (Max was direct, too. But you know, Max is a genius... rejection was not an option nor a possibility)
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These just show good parody skillz!
As for a fave scene, I'll give one from a Macross series that hasn't been mentioned:
Near the end of the 4th episode of the Macross Zero OVA, after going all Earth Girl Arjuna, Sara sings with the forest...
Shin: That's why you were singing back then ... in place of the injured woodland creatures. (He sings along.)
Sara: (Surprised.) Shin. (A slight smile) Are you singing for the wounded forest? For Maya and its villagers?
Shin: My reason's not that great. Sara ... I'm doing it for you, whose wounds no one is healing.
(Imagery: A flower blooms.)
Sara accepts Shin's song and tears fell from her eyes.
Given the revelation at the start of this episode, Shin's words have great emotional impact. Yeah, I'm a sucker for romance, so shoot me!
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To be honest I don't have a lot of Macross under my belt. Most of my Macross is movie-based, but hopefully I can change that.
My favorite Macross scene(s) is still the 'My Boyfriend's A Pilot' bit in episode 4, where the two combatants essentially act out the song, and then Ranka acts out what Alto did as a dodge maneuver seconds before, but in a cutesy and accidental way, which corresponded to the Fold incident and the fight with Vajra soon after.
My other favorite is from the same episode right after Alto defeats the one girl in the gray machine. I think the one major emphasis in this series is that Alto has the nickname 'Princess' for a specific reason. He deserves it when he does stuff like 'that'. x_x
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My favourite brief short scene in ep 8 of MF. A typical highschool pevert comedy which I take in with joy nonetheless.
I really liked the way how Sheryl screamed those words and somehow reminded me of Kaname's (Full Metal Panic!) VA when facing similar circumstances.
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Macross 7 Plus- Seven Bridge
Goes to show that no matter how old Max is he's still pimp.
Unlike a certain Macross Quarter captain who takes advantage of bridge bunnies, it's the bridge bunnies that try to take advantage of Max!
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Hahaha... Sexual Harassment... <_< Macross is gold.
That might be my new favorite quote. "zZzZzZzZ Never take your eyes off the monitor!" "YES SIR! *Scurry*" "zZzZzZZz...."
Back to the missile thing... You know I never actually noticed that but now that I think of it I seem to recall the small amount of missiles vs the large amount... I suppose it ends up being the little things you have to watch for huh? Whenever I make anything for anything I always try to put a little bit of 'little thing' in it.
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Hah oh yeah the, "That's too graphic.." bit? That got a chuckle out of me.
One of the funnier scenes for me was at the very end with Sheryl's exceptionally wonderful outfit and Alto's outburst of distaste for her reason for being where she was.
Michael gives out a line to smile at when he sees the panty-monster.
And then there's my favorite line over Michael from this entire series so far:
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What do you think? Does the color matter? If it does matter, how do you get the color leader you want?
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What do you think? Does the color matter? If it does matter, how do you get the color leader you want?
I use Rio Powerflex leaders/tippet; doesn't appear to have any color. Freestone, pocketwater, tailwater, spring creek - the fish don't seem to care.
To me, dry flying means no color at all for the tippet.
In fact, to inject a subject that was recently discussed on another thread, I prefer to use fluorocarbon tippet on most of my dry flies, except those insanely small pesky flies, like Tricos and such. All of my dry fly leaders are tapered mono, either Rio or Frog Hair but as I said, I prefer to tie on fluorocarbon tippet.
Larry ---sagefisher---
The question as I read it was about leader color, not tippet.
I use fire orange flurled leaders, only for all my dry fly fishing.
For nymph fishin, I prefer fluorocarbon flurled leaders I make from 2 lb.
It is clear but I should care less about color.
While looking to buy a new fly line while out in NY at a FI with the late
JC & LF, as I was having a problem making a choice of color. I asked JC and he said,
pick one you can see easily if you want to look over your shoulder to see how
your back cast is doing, the fish should care less.
So, for until someone can prove to me that the fish care, I use my orange flurled leaders
for dry fly fishin. I do manage to catch a respectable number of fish.
I am with Denny on this one. I use an Electric Yellow furled leader 99% of the time when dry fly fishing. The other 1% it is Electric Orange or some other bright color that I am testing. If bright leaders spooked fish they would be belly up in the streams from starving to death.
My opinion is that for nymphing a highly visible butt section of the leader can help as an "indicator," but for dry fly fishing leaders should be "invisible." When dry fly fishing, the point of reference for a strike is the fly and not the leader. When one needs to "see" the leader, for example when fishing fishing flies IN the film, the greased leader technique is the method of choice.
While a high viz leader may not put off all the fish, I think it spooks some fish especially when you happen to cast over a fish or if it floats over a fish. If you can see it better for your backcast, the fish can see it better in the air. The sad truth is that you will never know about the fish that you spook.
Would a turkey hunter use a fluorescent shotgun or deer hunter a day glow rifle? Why use a high viz leader which will be part of your tackle that is closest to your quarry other than the fly itself?
To those that say that the color of a leader floating over a fish does not matter because the leader is a "shadow," I reply a leader is translucent and the fish see the color quite well.
Read The Angler as Predator or listen to Gary Borger's recent podcast http://www.askaboutflyfishing.com/
I use a 5.5' two-tone Olive furled uni-thread leader pretty much exclusively for trout. Works perfectly on even the most techinical of streams for me. My tippet is clear FC.
Then there is the fact that some people tie the fly directly to the leader and do that until they have used a foot or so of leader, then they start using tippet. Personally I always use tippet, but that is just me. Larry ---sagefisher---


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If you've glanced at the iOS App Store lately, then you've probably noticed a new game called Heads Up! dominating the charts. Do you know that game where somebody holds a word on a piece of paper to their forehead and has to guess what it says based on the clues from their friends? Imagine your phone is that pieces of paper and that's Heads Up. This iOS party game produced by Ellen DeGeneres is not your average Test Chamber, but it's too much fun not to post online. One of the coolest features about this relatively simple game is that you can the videos from your iPhone's camera and have documentation of your friends acting like idiots.
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Dixon Police
Edward A. Lane Jr., 54, of Dixon; 4 p.m. Friday in the 900 block of Logan Avenue; domestic battery and domestic battery with a prior offense; taken to Lee County Jail.
Lucas R. Heniff, 21, of Dixon; 3:53 a.m. Saturday at state Route 38 and Sink Hollow Road; DUI alcohol; taken to Lee County Jail.
D Andre W. Harrington, 27, of Dixon; 10 a.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of Lowell Park Road; no valid driver's license and a Lee County warrant for contempt of court/nonpayment; taken to Lee County Jail.
Male juvenile, 17, of Dixon; 1:15 p.m. Saturday in the 1200 block of Elm Place; possession of a controlled substance; taken to Lee County Jail.
Stephanie N. Risley, 26, of Rock Falls; 3:36 p.m. Saturday at Walmart, 1640 S. Galena Ave.; retail theft; posted bond.
Sterling Police
Anthony L. Ortiz, 49, of Oregon; Paul J. Brown, 36, of Sterling; Robert D. Vandyke, 32, of Oregon; 8:02 a.m. Friday at East Fifth Street and 16th Avenue; Ortiz and Brown charged with failure to wear seat belts; Vandyke charged with expired license plates; all given notices to appear in court.
Angela M. Richmond, 31, of Nelson; 8:49 a.m. Friday at Freeport Road and East Fourth Street; failure to yield to a stationary authorized emergency vehicle; posted driver's license.
Loren D. Wolf, 56, of Sterling; 9:11 a.m. Friday at 13th Avenue and East Fourth Street; failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; posted driver's license.
Larry L. Ybarra, 62, of Sterling; 9:24 a.m. Friday at East Third Street and 14th Avenue; no seat belt; given notice to appear in court.
Samantha R. Bennett, 25, of Sterling; 10:45 a.m. Friday at East Fourth Street and Seventh Avenue; Whiteside County warrant for obstructing a court order; posted bond.
Wayne A. Boom, 63, of Rock Falls; 11:04 a.m. Friday at West Third Street and Avenue G; failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; posted driver's license.
Allen E. Sensenig, 41, of Oregon; Janice E. Tuman, 61, of Amboy; 2:07 p.m. Friday in 2200 block of East Fourth Street; Sensenig was arrested on Ogle County warrant for driving while license revoked; Tuman charged with speeding; Sensenig posted bond; Tuman posted driver's license.
Lacey L. Venn, 18, of Pekin; 3:32 p.m. Friday at Sterling Police Department; Lee County warrant for failure to appear on a traffic charge.
Lisa L. Moody, 49, of Nachusa; 4:21 p.m. Friday at Kohl's, 3220 E. Lynn Blvd.; retail theft; given notice to appear in court.
Curtis J. Smith, 61, of Sterling; 6:06 p.m. Friday at West Ninth Street and Avenue L; Whiteside County warrant; taken to Whiteside County Jail.
Ronald C. Pineda, 25, of Sterling; 11 p.m. Friday in the 200 block of West Third Street; no insurance; posted driver's license.
Mathew J. Wolf, 22, of Sterling; 11:35 p.m. Friday at West 11th Street and Dillon Avenue; Whiteside County warrant for no valid driver's license; posted bond.
Bambi A. Wilson, 33, of Sterling; 9:13 a.m. Saturday at Avenue B and Wallace Street; three counts of endangering the life or health of a child; given notice to appear in court.
Isaiah R. Johnson, 27, of Sterling; 11 a.m. Saturday in the 1500 block of Third Avenue; three counts of endangering the life or health of a child; given notice to appear in court.
Raymond J.E. Tarbill, 56, of Sterling; 3:41 p.m. Saturday at County Market, 210 W. Third St.; battery and retail theft; given notice to appear in court.
Camisha S. Marshall, 29, of Sterling; 6:35 p.m. Saturday at Avenue J and West Fourth St.; Whiteside County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of no insurance; taken to Whiteside County Jail.
Drew W. Barger, 26, of Sterling; 7:36 p.m. Saturday at West Fourth Street and Dillon Avenue; speeding and no insurance; posted driver's license.
State Police
Tanner E. Miller, 18, of Rock Falls; 12:23 a.m. Saturday at 10th Street and Grace Avenue; DUI drugs, improper turn, possession of drug paraphernalia; posted I-bond.
George D. Pellerin, 65, of Sterling; 1:49 p.m. Saturday in the 12700 block of Walnut Street in Sterling; aggravated battery; taken to Whiteside County Jail.
James F. Benton, 40, of East Moline; 3 p.m. Saturday at Interstate 88 in Whiteside County; driving while license suspended, no insurance, failure to yield to emergency vehicle; posted bond.
Jose Carmen Avila, 30, of Rochelle; 10:51 p.m. Saturday on state Route 38 and Thorpe Road in Ogle County; DUI, improper lane usage, failure to notify Secretary of State of change of address; posted bond.


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Several hundred Jewish Agency for Israel employees, and dignitaries marked Yom HaZikaron - Israel Memorial Day – on Monday, at a ceremony honoring the hundreds of Jews killed in anti-Semitic attacks around the world. As the arm that connects the Jewish People to Israel, every year, the ceremony honors a victim of anti-Semitic brutality by inviting their families to light a torch in their memory,
Ruth and Professor Judea Pearl, the parents of the late American Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl of blessed memory, who was murdered by terrorists in Pakistan in January, 2002, lit the memorial flame at the commemoration, which was held at the entrance plaza of The Jewish Agency and National Institutions Compound in Jerusalem.
Daniel Pearl's two sisters, his wife Mariane, and his son Adam who was born several months after his father's murder also took part on the memorial.
"This is one united front in which we stand shoulder to shoulder with IDF soldiers and the entire Jewish people," Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Natan Sharansky, said in his address.
"We want to remember all the Jews who were killed in different countries around the world because of their pride as Jews and their connection to the State of Israel," Sharansky said.
"When those who hate us seek to attack Jews, they view Israel as the target. When our enemies attempt to attack Israel but don't succeed they attack Jewish communities around the world. So it was in Argentina (in the July 1994 bomb blast that killed 85 and wounded hundreds at the AMIA cultural center in Buenos Aires) and also a year ago in Toulouse," Sharansky pointed out.
"Daniel Pearl travelled to Pakistan as an American journalist, but when he was kidnapped by terrorists his last words were: 'I am a Jew, my father is a Jew and my mother is a Jew. My family is Jewish and we are connected to Israel,'" Sharansky recalled. "These words give inspiration to numerous Jews around the world who are proud of their Judaism and their connection to Israel."
Professor Judea Pearl said at the ceremony: "I represent three generations of victims of hatred: My grandfather and grandmother were killed in Auschwitz, I was saved by a miracle from genocide in 1948, and the murder of our son Daniel marks the latest round of victims of xenophobia."
"I want to tell my grandson who is here today that his father's murder caused a revolution in our society's struggle against barbarism. The notion of absolute good and bad was almost erased, but was reborn with the murder of Daniel in Pakistan," Pearl said.
"The last words of my son were: 'My father is Jewish; my mother is Jewish; I am Jewish,' Pearl said. "For 11 years I have prayed for the moment that I would have the honor to read Daniel's words in Jerusalem, the city where he celebrated his bar mitzvah. Today I can realize that privilege by lighting the memorial flame here in Jerusalem. This is a memorial flame, but it is also the flame of Jewish pride and a collective pledge that terror and evil will never be victorious and that our grandchildren will enjoy a better world."
Daniel Pearl, a 38-year-old American Jew who also held Israel citizenship, was working as the South Asia Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal when he was abducted by militant Islamic fundamentalists, while researching a story in Karachi, Pakistan. Pearl's captors beheaded him nine days after his abduction.
Recently, a former leader of the outlawed terror group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was arrested in suspicion of involvement in Pearl's murder.
The ceremony was organized by The Agency in partnership with the World Zionist Organization, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael- Jewish National Fund, Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal, the Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA.


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The 8th annual World Wood Bat Association Underclass World Championships will begin Friday morning, October 9, at 9 am, with the championship game scheduled for midday Monday morning. A total of 100 teams from across the country will compete for the championship, which will be held on 21 fields across the Ft. Myers, Florida area.
The 100 teams scheduled to play is by far the most to have ever participated in this event, eclipsing the 65 teams that competed in 2008. That jump is part of the huge increase in interest in WWBA events in 2009, where the number of teams in a tournament is increasingly determined by field availability, not interest. The 17U and 18U WWBA National Championships this summer were the two largest single age group baseball events ever conducted with 192 teams each.
The Underclass World Championships feature players from the 2011, 2012 and even 2013 classes, which makes it especially popular for college coaches, who are increasingly focusing their recruiting and scouting efforts on younger and younger players. It is also a huge event for the Perfect Game scouts and staff, as this is the first time many of the top young prospects will appear at a PG/WWBA event.
The young age and relative inexperience of the players at the event also make it very difficult to choose a "favorite" to take home the championship trophy. In fact, six different teams have made the finals during the last three years.
In 2006 the East Cobb Astros finished a run of four championships in five years by defeating Team Adidas in the final. Only Chet Lemon's Juice in 2003 broke the Astros early stranglehold on the first place trophy. Team Adidas RHP-OF Keyvious Sampson was the surprise Most Valuable Player of the 2006 event and went on to become a Aflac All-American.
The 2007 event featured one of the bigger upsets in WWBA history, when the upstart McKinney Marshalls, playing in their WWBA event with a roster of relatively unknown players, defeated annual championship contenders The Dirtbags. Marshalls 3B Chase Durham was the Most Valuable Player.
Last October the All American Prospects, long championship contenders during the summer National Championships, broke through during the fall, defeating the Tri-State Arsenal. Aflac All-American SS/RHP Yordy Cabrera and 3B Nick Castellanos, also one of the top prospects in the 2010 class, shared MVP honors for All American Prospects.
So who are the favorites for 2009? It's very hard to say. Few would have picked Tri-State, McKinney or Team Adidas to be playing in the final game.
The two primary East Cobb teams, the East Cobb Astros and East Cobb Braves, will have deep rosters, especially their pitching staffs, and play together most of the year and expect to play on Monday. Even at that, the Canes North team might have one of the most impressive pitching staffs in the history of the Underclass World Championships. The Midland Braves/Royals Scout Team has as much talent as anyone in the tournament on both sides of the ball.


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Dozens of House members and Senators are sending a letter to President Obama later today raising the alarm about Japan's possible interest in joining the Transpacific Partnership negotiations. The letter, still circulating for signatures, will go to President Obama later this afternoon. Current signatories are below.
March 14, 2013
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President,
As the Japanese government considers the question of whether, and under what terms, to seek entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, we too must consider our own workers and businesses. Japan's significant, long-standing, and persistent economic barriers put in place to block our exports and support theirs have hurt American workers and businesses for decades.
Nowhere is the closed nature of Japan's markets more evident than in the auto sector, where Japanese policies and practices have been carefully honed - over generations - to keep out American and other foreign cars and parts. Consider the following facts:
* Japan's Auto Market Is Closed. Despite being the third-largest auto market in the world, Japan ranks last among OECD members in terms of auto market import penetration, at 5.9 percent in 2012. By comparison, other OECD countries with major auto sectors typically have an import market share of more than 40 percent (including the United States). The barriers in Japan have included: currency manipulation; a discriminatory system of taxes; onerous and costly vehicle certification procedures for imported automobiles; a complex and changing set of safety, noise, and pollution standards, many of which do not conform to international standards and add significant development and production costs for automobiles exported to Japan; an unwillingness by Japanese dealerships to carry foreign automobiles and insufficient enforcement of competition laws to address anti-competitive practices; zoning restrictions that make it difficult, if not impossible, to establish new dealerships in important markets; government incentives to purchase Japanese-made kei cars; and exclusionary consumer preferences shaped by decades of government policies directed at promoting the national car companies.
* The Very Structure of Japan's Industry Depends on Protection at Home and Exploitation of Foreign Auto Markets: Japan's auto sector is already producing over 11 million automobiles despite having only a 5 million automobile domestic market. As its population ages and shrinks, this export pressure will only increase. Moreover, it appears that Japanese auto producers have been able to sell some products in Japan at high prices - and then to use the proceeds of those high-priced sales to sell into the U.S. market at low prices. For example, the current price of a Lexus IS 350 is $50,037 in Japan, but only $40,220 in the United States.
* The Impact on the U.S. Trade Deficit - and U.S. Jobs - Is Profound and Perpetual. Japan is the second-largest source of the U.S. trade imbalance after China, and, in 2012, automotive products accounted for more than two-thirds of the deficit. In fact, over the past five years, for every automobile that America exports to Japan, Japan exports over 120 automobiles to the United States. Trade in auto parts is equally imbalanced. These deficits are longstanding and growing. Twenty years ago, our automotive deficit with Japan was $31 billion. Last year it was $53.5 billion (including an auto parts deficit of $15.5 billion, compared to $9.8 billion 20 years ago).
* Negotiations to Open the Market Have Repeatedly Failed. Our experience with Japan has been unambiguous - namely, that the barriers to American autos in the Japanese market are deeply structural, shifting, and impervious to American negotiating efforts. This near-complete closure of the Japanese auto market has been the status quo for decades, notwithstanding the elimination of Japanese auto tariffs in 1970s or the repeated negotiation of agreements to eliminate barriers to American autos in 1980s and 1990s - including in the Market-Oriented Sector-Selective talks in 1986, the Structural Impediment Initiative talks launched in 1989, and the 1995 U.S.-Japan Auto Agreement. None of these agreements has resulted in barriers coming down and American exports going up.
While some have compared this challenge to the one we faced with Korea, the Japanese auto market is more impenetrable, the history of formidable barriers and imbalanced trade is longer, and the magnitude of the problem is far greater than with Korea. Indeed, our trade deficit with Japan is more than four times as large as our deficit with Korea.
American automobile companies and workers - those at the forefront of today's economic recovery - have been forced to compete for decades on a fundamentally unlevel playing field. Japan's participation in TPP threatens to make matters worse. In an industry with razor-thin profit margins, the elimination of the 2.5 percent car tariff (as well as the 25 percent truck tariff) would be a major benefit to Japan without any gain for a vital American industry, leading to more Japanese imports, less American production, and fewer American jobs.
Confidence building measures and promises of a level playing field in the future do not address the basic concern how, under any circumstances, a TPP agreement could be sufficiently equipped to address the necessary transformation of the Japanese market. These long-standing, economically harmful practices are not susceptible to cursory negotiation at this stage, three years into the U.S. involvement in the TPP negotiations and close to the Administration's target date of concluding talks by the end of this year.
The United States and Japan are, and will remain, close and important allies. A flawed, one-way trade agreement that benefits Japan at the expense of the United States businesses and workers will not help strengthen this vital relationship.
We look forward to working with the Administration on this critical issue.
Rep. Robert E. Andrews
Rep. Xavier Becerra
Rep. Robert A. Brady
Rep. Julia Brownley
Rep. Judy Chu
Rep. W.M. Lacy Clay
Rep. Steve Cohen
Rep. John Conyers Jr.
Rep. Danny K. Davis
Rep. Rosa DeLauro
Rep. John Dingell
Rep. Mike Doyle
Rep. Gene Green
Rep. Brian Higgins
Rep. Marcy Kaptur
Rep. Dan Kildee
Rep. John Larson
Rep. Sander Levin
Rep. John Lewis
Rep. Daniel Lipinski
Rep. Dave Loebsack
Rep. Mike Michaud
Rep. George Miller
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
Rep. Charles B. Rangel
Rep. Gary Peters
Rep. Bill Pascrell
Rep. Mark Pocan
Rep. Tim Ryan
Rep. Linda Sanchez
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Rep. Allyson Schwartz
Rep. Louise M. Slaughter
Rep. John Tierney
Rep. Pete Visclosky
Sen. Sherrod Brown
Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr.
Sen. Joe Donnelly
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Sen. Carl Levin
Sen. Charles E. Schumer
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Source: http://democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/files/C%20TPP%20Japan%20FIN%203%2014%2012.pdf


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Zero Punctuation: Halo: Reach
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Ok being a halo time line nerd I feel I have to correct some mistakes he and other reviewers had made.
1) Reach is not the start of the Human Covenant wars, Harvest was first contact and that was about 20 years before reach.
2) People hanging out of fliers. Spartans have powerful magnet systems in their suits this is how they keep weapons strapped to their backs (also a spartan in his/her armor is about 500+ pounds.
3)ONI stands for Office of Naval Intelligence. (It started as a throw back to Oni but after 10 years in the halo universe its become its own thing)
And like everyone else I'm quite surprised this review wasn't a complete assault on the game but the game was fairly decent and what flaws he did pick out were mostly akin to his lack of skill or willingness to turn the difficulty down. Yahtzee is still as sheltered as ever in the field of multi-player but we never expect that to change do we?
On the one hand, I'm kinda shocked he only had mild levels of bile. On the other hand, I KNEW he'd enjoy that ending.
Bad allied AI. Which is annoying, admittedly. The enemy AI, on the other hand, is so awesome it's uncanny. It's like playing other human players. And if you'd actually given the game a go or done any research at all, you'd know this.
Anyway, Yahtzee was surprisingly charitable towards this game (unlike the arriving waves of deluded haters). He didn't hate it. That's good enough for me.
Yahtzee the mercy one?
I think he gone easy on Halo...
I would like you to name one game where...
The A.I does not get in your way, They are not completely pants on head retarded and do not run blindly into fire and die.
EVERY game has them, if you complain about Halo, you complain about 99.9% of all shooters as well. (Star Wars Republic Commando is the only game i have seen where the Intelligence in "Artificial Intelligence" acctualy means something).
As stated, this is a Halo game for Halo Fans, who are used to how the how the game works. the A.I is meant to be pathetic because hell, we all would be if we encountered 8 foot aliens with plasma based weaponry. Think of the A.I as the meat shield, if you are hurt, hide for a bit while they take the fire.
Glad to see you kind of enjoyed it. Pretty much summed up all the problems I had with the game. (Mainly the characters) Overall, I still enjoyed Reach.
I completely forgot that Oni was made by Bungie.
Other than that, he pretty much voiced the same stuff i was thinking about Halo:Reach. Also I never really thought about the whole lack of seat belts.
What DOES bug me is. Why do we have fall damage, if these Spartans can survive fucking re-entry into a planet?
I paid $4 for the Move starter pack due to trade deal profiteering. Does that count?
ps. Bungie hated the 'Combat Evolved' subtitle - it was forced on them by MS.
I forgot to say: YES YAHTZEE! You are so damn right! We need more games that have space ship battles!
A documentary on the megacunts who play Halo Reach
Good job as always yahtzee. Make fun of the ways games suck, but can at least admit when some parts are good.
Remember Halo 3? Master Chief re-entering earth?
Noble 6's armour might have locked up. just not as bad.
Hell good point though :P
Limited weapon selection - There's plenty of weapons you obviously just weren't looking hard enough
Unsurprising, really. I knew he was going to call out Reach on Noble Team and the soldiers that populated it from the get-go. The funny thing is that I'm pretty sure with or without the multiplayer, I would've enjoyed it all the same.
Good luck to Bungie, and awesome as always Yahtzee. Didn't know he liked ONI.
I expected as much from you Yahtzee, as your hate of Halo is fairly well known. I know that I will be playing Halo: Reach for at least a year to come and enjoying every minute of it. Your reasons for not liking Halo are understandable, but I just don't see some games the way you do.
Yeah that was the best part of the video
So he kind of liked it? Huh, well, color me surprised.
Yahtzee recommended it, sorta. Must get it now......
well it's a 'better than mediocre' from Yahtzee, which is indeed a plus : )
I gave up with Halo a loooogn time ago. The only way I like my Halo now is Red vs Blue. ^___^
I don't think I could've liked this review much more unless he liked the game much more, except while he demonstrated he knows a thing or two about Halo and isn't blinding lashing out at what's popular (although it seemed like stuff he could've picked up pretty easily on Wikipedia) he doesn't seem to know some things that could've made a difference, like that Reach wasn't the first contact with the Covenant (although it is odd more people weren't more surprised or at least frightened to see them there), or that Mjolnir armor weighs half a ton and thus isn't that prone to sliding off anything EDIT: completely forgot about the magnets, which are evident enough given you see weapons on Spartans' backs with nothing visible holding them there, and except the seemingly quite large oversights, like how he mentioned the space combat and placed the jet-packing in the same category but left out the level where you spend most of your time in a helicopter-ish vehicle, or not realizing that these super-soldiers, and apparently regular soldiers in the Haloverse, would be trained in the operation of enemy materiel, although that kind of goes back to my first point-- and back at my first points is the biggest screw-up: Halo 2 was the top played on-line original Xbox game from when it was released until the day the service was shut down and Halo 3 has been in the top three (maybe top four for a little while) most played on-line 360 games since it came out, and all indications are Reach is a real successor-- the servers, or rather the playlists, won't be wastelands in three months or three years.
Are there STILL people that take these 'Reviews' seriously? Jesus christ...
Yeah but really? seriosly? How are we supposed to know that? None of the halo games explain this to us.
Back on track.
Wow! That was surprising. I thought you were totally going to rip on it.
If you pay attention during the cutscene where he docks the Saber with Anchor 9 an automated voice (not Auntie Dot IIRC) points out that he's got re-entry gear on.
The funny part is that in my multiplayer experiences with this game, which is fairly extensive, I've only had one match with the aforementioned metacunts, and boy were they pathetic examples of our species. But that's it. All the other matches had pretty polite players.
I am confused, what did he WANT exactly? Most of the faults he mentioned are things we see in just about every game, what did he expect here?
I know saying Yahtzee's standards are too high is like saying water is wet, but "no seatbelts"? Seriously? Come on Yahtzee, you're going to have to do better than that if you want to hate something just because it's popular.
Of course it's alright to dislike Halo, but no seatbelts? Really?
I just found out by reading the book, but at Halo 3, i thought it was obvious when you had weapons stick magnetically to you and that you would assume they have magnetic armor.
"So the squad was called Noble Team, and they all die noble deaths. Holy shit, I just got that"
Ok, I have to call "Bullshit" on this. Not your review per-se, but your claim about multiplayer. Halo is THE biggest multiplayer-game on X-box live and to say that that isn't a real part of the game is a bit like saying WoW has to be appreciated for it's single-player mode. You don't have to like multiplayer, I usually don't, but to say a game can't be built around it is, well... wrong.
SQUISHABLE PANDA! that was epic. Me and him almost hate it for the same reasons....Nifty. Good Video.
My buddies fake profile with squishable panda lol.
I'm not a huge fan of Halo, but I like co-op campaign. I got Reach because it was 40 dollars new and offered 4 player co-op.
I have to admit, I really liked the story. And the after credits stage was a REALLY nice touch.
Unfortunately... my gold expired, and I have no interest in renewing it... so I'll never get to play 4 player co-op.
I am not particularly surprised that Yahtzee liked it a little... because I liked it alot, despite Halo's history of having a terrible story. (Halo 2 was when the story got really interesting for me, and then 3 shat all over that with plot holes)
Army of Two: 40th Day. And please, spare your bullshit arguments. "The game needs to have shitty A.I. simply because the previous title had them."
You're exactly the kind of Halo Fan Yahtzee was talking about.
So you are saying that Halo has just been more of the same since day 1? Well good sir, tell me a single franchise that has not been more of the same? Because as far as im aware thats pretty much what a franchise is. A continuation of something popular. If Halo 2 was not similar to Halo 1 the franchise would have died, because Halo 1 was such a huge hit it would be stupid not to milk its success. If you want something different to Halo 1, play another game. I didnt go to watch Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back expecting something completely different to A new Hope.
so he liked it? I agree that a game has to stand on the singleplayer, but don't forget the firefight and forge
But Halo Has Single Player. WoW Doesn't. And i agree with him completely. A game must have a good singleplayer to be fun. UNLESS! it is specifically targeted to online play. Like WoW or MAG. But games Like MW2 and Halo they have shitty story lines for single player and amazing Multiplayer i have yet to play because i don't care about my KDR or how many people i can Tea Bag.
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with the voice of the guy who does those movie commercials for action flicks lol.
Oh and i loved the Move Joke. which agree with Full heartedly.
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I checked into the story about the Nightline reporter, Dave Marash. Here is what he said about "bias"
Marash garnered considerable attention when he joined Al Jazeera English in January 2006 as the network's Washington, D.C. anchor,[1] thus becoming the de facto American face of the new English-language station. Two years later, in March 2008, he stepped down from his position. Marash explained, "To put it bluntly, the channel that's on now — while excellent, and I plan to be a lifetime viewer — is not the channel that I signed up to do."[2] Specifically, he cited the loss of editorial control and his inability to vouch for content that the network was broadcasting, as reasons for his departure.[3]
On February 14, 2011 however, Dave Marash defended Al Jazeera English on the O'Reilly Factor on Fox News against claims by Bill O'Reilly that Al Jazeera was anti-American.[4]
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Idiots. I wonder how Megyn Kelly and company would react if they actually learned that Al Jazeera is already available in DC over the air (no cable required) and on every cable provider...
Can't find link for "every cable provider", but nonetheless, I'd say Al Jazeera had already "infiltrated".
Ah, here we go.
From Andy Marquis: WNVC is a collection of over the air, international networks. Along with being available over the air, it's on every cable provider in DC.


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We talk with LA-based musician/ethnomusicologist John von Seggern about recent trends in electronic dance music and why everyone is talking about Skrillex these days.
John von has been at the forefront of the digital music revolution since his first computer DJ gigs in 1999 with his Hong Kong-based group Digital Cutup Lounge, one of Asia's first DJ acts to use computers in performance. Since then he has been involved in many different aspects of the contemporary music industry, including work as a remixer, sound designer, film composer, academic, author, and all-around music software guru.
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