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Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Dion Liberals
Where were the Liberal voices over the last two years calling out Harper and the Conservative smear machine for their low brow, anti-intellectual attacks on their leader? Where were the Liberal responses to the constant barrage of ridicule and belittlement heaped on M Dion? Where were the Liberals willing to fight back against the sociopathic void that Stephen Harper displays in lieu of charisma? They were all bumbling about, quailing in fear of the big blue meanies and plotting their own ascendance. For months at a time it seemed the only Liberal voice defending Dion was that of terminal crybaby and obnoxoius wanker Jason Cherniak. That was the face of courage of in the Liberal Party? You sad fucks are lucky you won as many seats as you did.
So now the Liberals, in full flounder, are going to plunge into the next four years of Harper's uninterrupted, minority autocracy busily shooting their own feet off at every turn. At a time when continuity of leadership will be vital, the Liberals will set to squabbling and jockeying for the empty vessel of power. And what a display of future losing power we will get to witness. Bob Rae, hated and reviled through much of the last remaining Liberal stronghold in Ontario or Michael Ignatieff the authentic ivory tower elite who is perhaps the only potential candidate with less charisma than Dion and less warmth than Harper. Good luck with that. Here's my prediction for the two presumptive front runners, Canada will never, ever elect either of those two as Prime Minister.
Strange as it may seem, after my having called for Dion to be replaced while the Liberals were hiding from votes and refusing to stand up against the Cons, I am now going to call upon Dion to dig in his heels and tell the party snot rags that surround him to get fucked. This campaign showed Dion to be a decent person, certainly a smart person and a man with at least some potential. There are simply no better choices for the Liberals at this time. Another leadership convention will burn away what funds are available and serve no purpose but to further make the party appear unfit for trust or leadership in the house. With the reduced caucus, it is an opportunity for the Liberal Party of Canada to start throwing back at the Cons. As official opposition without enough seats to pose an immediate threat to the Cons, minus a large well of support from the Bloc and Layton's wannabe party, there is no reason not to start kicking the living shit out of every Con effort to frame legislation. Clearly the tone of Canadian politics under the Cons has taken a turn for the ugly, the juvenile and the mean. It is time for the opposition to take off the gloves and rake Steve Harper's dumpy ass over the coals.
Find a picture of Steve looking like a giant goober and paste that bitch on every billboard in every battleground riding in the land. Mock the awkward clumsiness of the man, tear him apart and piss on the pieces. Where are the clips of Mr Wooden garbling his French? Put them on an endless loop for the citizens of Quebec to enjoy. And most importantly, develop coherent policies, frame them in an attractive package and kick the living hell out of every retrograde move the Cons make. Harper and his team of adolescent stooges have set the ground rules, time to beat them at their own game. If the Liberal Party of Canada can't figure that out then we'll be watching them fade into irrelevance.
36 comments:
- toujoursdan said...
Where were the Liberal voices over the last two years calling out Harper and the Conservative smear machine for their low brow, anti-intellectual attacks on their leader? Where were the Liberal responses to the constant barrage of ridicule and belittlement heaped on M Dion?
Amen. It took the U.S. Democrats a few elections to learn that every Republican slam needs to be answered right away and just as forcefully.
Until the Liberals figure this out, they will be wandering in the wilderness.
- thwap said...
You're wrong here PSA.
Dion might be a smart guy with some some admirable political scruples, but he's a bullshit artist first-and-foremost.
Once again, for emphasis, he was environment minister when Canada completely violated its Kyoto Accord obligations. He was a failure on the environment. His running on an "Green Shift" platform was useful as a way to con the Greens into allying with him, and to make Canadians forget his past failures. Who chose to say it was only the media making his "Green Shift" important when he got tired of explaining it? Dion.
Dion did this because he's a Liberal. Liberals are unprincipled corporate stooges addicted to the joys of distributing spoils when in power.
That's why I vote NDP.
I don't vote for them, and occasionally join them because I "wannabe" a Liberal. I support them because if there's any party that has a hope in hell of turning this country leftwards, it's the NDP. A capitalist-controlled "big tent" party cannot do this. Ever.
Capitalism has been suffering from a declining rate of profit since 1970 and has been pursuing increased immiseration of the rest of the world ever since, and they have made it so that the mushy middle cannot hold. The mushy middle is where the Liberals opportunistically plopped themselves, and it's dissipating.
The best thing that the Liberal Party of Canada can do for this country is to quickly die. Not continue to muddy the waters for voters who need a clear choice.
- Red Tory said...
I'm surprised, quite frankly. After a wretched start, I had thought Dion was just kind of hitting his stride towards the end of the campaign and showed promise for the future.
I had also thought that being freed from triggering an election would have allowed him the liberty to do a little manipulating of his own with Harper. It's a given that nobody wants to go back to the polls for quite a while — but that doesn't give Harper free reign. Quite the opposite, in fact.
A period of aggressive opposition during which time the party could rebuild and fix some of its chronic internal policies while constantly attacking the government would have been the tonic it needed to get its fighting spirit back.
But nooooo....
- Mike said...
I won't disagree with your Outlaw Josey Wales approach the Liberals need to take - "You gotta get mean, plumb mad dog mean..." - but Dion is poison.
For whatever reason, he is not connection or resonating with people, including lifelong Liberals. Case in point, as I said over at Red's place, my life-long Liberal wife does not like Dion and, if not for her old high school teacher running as a Liberal in our riding she would have voted Conservative. Her parents DID vote Conservative, because they did not like Dion or the piss poor selling job of the Green Shift - they were afraid of losing their income splitting.
I know this is anecdotal, but they aren't unusual. Remember, it was soft Liberals voting CPC that won all of those Ontario seats.
And they all told me they would have voted Liberal if either Iggy or Bob Rae was the leader.
So, its either Dion steps down and takes a secondary or backroom leadership role, of the Liberals have to spend a hell of a lot of money and effort countering his image with ads outside of the election cycle, just as the Cons did to destroy it.
It might work, but I'm not sure Dion can recover....
- Reality Bites said...
It strikes me that Bob Rae is mainly hated and reviled by people who would never, under any circumstances, vote Liberal. What really matters is whether they are able to convince people who already or who might vote Liberal to share their feelings. At least based on Toronto Centre, there's no evidence to support the idea that potential Liberal voters have anything against him. He won the riding with 53.6% of the vote, while Bill Graham averaged only 51.7% over 4 elections (High of 55%, low of 49%). If we count the by-election (which we shouldn't) then his average would be 56.4%.
The NDP, on the other hand, for the first time since the merger of the PCs and CRAP, finished in third place, despite the Cons having to dump their initial candidate.
I think people counting on seeing their own hated for Rae mirrored in potential Liberal voters may be in for a sad surprise.
- Constant Vigilance said...
Hammer Harper Hard. (tm)
The NDP has blown their wad. The will be scared stiff of an election now that the have spent to the limit and are in debt up to the eyeballs. The NDP has pissed off their former core in the labour and environment sectors. And they will find fund raising very hard when the fools who support Layton are unemployed.
Dion can step up and go after Harper knowing that the NDP will prop Harper up. Meanwhile show Harper to be the jerk he is, fund raise and allow Dion to continue to grow in perception.
- thwap said...
constant vigilance
NDP will prop up Harper? You've discredited yourself right there. Don't you remember the gutless lying cowards who propped up Harper were the Liberals.
The NDP hasn't blown its wad.
The Liberals have no wad to blow. They're intellectually barren, a political dead-end.
- Red Tory said...
"They're intellectually barren..."
I think that's the way Canadians like their political parties. No "scary" new ideas. Sheesh! Get with the program. ;)
- jennie said...
I was commenting this election that to its credit, the NDP is running better, more grownup campaigns every election. I attribute this, in part, to the fact that whatever one thinks of Jack Layton as a person, an MP, a politician, or a party leader, he has improved his political electioneering skills over every election in which he has led the party.
I think the Liberals could benefit from a similar stretch of time under the leadership of one, smart, committed leader. I think that Dion is still finding his feet as the party leader, and I don't think that Rae or Ignatieff would do any better.
For those who think that those who still revile Rae wouldn't be Liberal voters anyway, please think again. Many in my family flipped between the old PC party and the Liberals throughout my childhood, and now that the Cons are no longer in any sense Progressive, they're Liberal voters. As former teachers and Ontario public servants, they become very, very unhappy at the thought of Bob Rae leading the Liberal party. They'd never vote NDP, in a million years; they probably won't vote for the Cons under Harper; Rae leading the Libs might just drive them to vote Green.
- Constant Vigilance said...
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- psa said...
mmm smell the synapses burning. so here we are kids. the left and the pseudo-left all ready to eat our own. i'm not a liberal, hell, i'm not even a fan of the liberals. my point here is that plunging the liberals into a leadership convention strips their purse and leaves them vulnerable, yet again, to the machinations of harper and the tweezer headed chorus he operates. way to go. dion might not be the right choice or even a good choice but he is in the big seat for the moment.
if the libs collapse into self reflection, ego masturbation and the internecine scrapping of a convention then they are essentially absent from their role in government. again. all the pissing and moaning about strategic voting is over for the moment but how about some strategic politicking.
look, the cons have had their shot. they have done their worst to belittle, demean and diminish dion. they've been allowed to get away with this crap uncontested and there's not much more they can do to the guy. if dion nuts up walks into the house and starts shredding fatty and the goobers and doesn't let up, he'll be a dozen points up the polls before steve knows what hit him. leaderless, the libs have no authority to push in the house or in committee. it is time, right this fucking minute, that all of the grasping twats on the supposed left shut their pie holes and took a fucking look around to spot the real enemy. it ain't dion.
if dion wobbles off into the sunset who is next on the con jobbers hit parade. how will layton's greasy image hold up to a couple of years of the treatment that dion has weathered. agian, i ain't a liberal, i'm just saying.
- Noni Mausa said...
A few questions now the election is over for the moment:
1 -- Will the Cons have to pay back the $1.3 million from the last election? I mean, the other last election?
2 -- will the Cons have to pay back the postage for the election flyers they sent out under parliamentary privilege?
3 -- will the Cons have to deduct the cost of attack ads they aired before Harper decided to let the rest of the runners join the race when he was halfway down the track?
4 -- Cadman?
5 -- who the heck paid for two years of pre-election attack ads anyway? Exxon? Is this a matter of record?
6 -- gold star to whoever accurately predicts the next oversight agency Harper bullies. Two stars if he fires the boss, deconstructs the agency, or sues them.
Meanwhile, I urge us all to get lovely little digital voice recorders and handheld video cameras and politely Stalk the Cons, collecting recordings and videos for when we will need them, two years down the road. Go to fundraisers, church talks, policy talks, town halls, pot lucks, fundraisers, whatever, and see what you can collect. This will give us a fun hobby for the next little while.
PS Seeing as how I know practically nothing about any of the Cons except Harper, does anyone know who would step up if Harper suddenly decided to shave his head and become a Buddhist? --NM
- thwap said...
I'm not sure what's difficult about my thesis. You can call this the left and the pseudo-left gnawing at each others' carcasses, but at the end of the day what you are doing here is suggesting tactics that the Liberal Party of Canada can use to remain a viable contender for power.
And my point is that allowing the Liberal Party of Canada to remain a contender only needlessly diverts progressive voters into believing that a capitalist-dominated political party can deliver the goods because their rhetoric in opposition is so touching.
If you want to continue to advocate for the confusion of the electorate, for the perpetuation of this chaos, I'm going to have to disagree.
- Ti-Guy said...
that the Liberal Party of Canada can use to remain a viable contender for power.
And why not? They're the only government that's managed to carry social democratic principles into reality, as opposed to letting them fester in the bog of screeching, indolent, under-remunerated socialists.
Sorry, but democracies are stuck with a compromise between business/capitalism and social democracy for the foreseeable future. The party that best establishes the right balance is the one that will garner the broadest appeal.
Or, get your revolution on, already. I won't join you, but I'll enjoy the drama.
- sooey said...
Liberals really really really want to run the country. There's no ideology to it, they just want power. That offends both the Left and the Right because they both want to change the country, as opposed to just running it.
I think, anyways...
- liberal supporter said...
I am reminded of an old fable about the IBM executive who had just lost a million dollars. Called up on the carpet, he expected to be sacked. After chewing him out, the big boss told him to get back to work. He asked "I thought you were going to fire me". And the boss says, "Are you kidding? I just invested a million dollars in you, and I'm damned if you're not going to go out there and get my money back!"
The moral of the take being, that Dion has now lived through a campaign and proven what a bunch of liars the CPC and their perpetual attack ads were. Remember all the BTs smirking about how Harper would destroy Dion in the debates? Remember all the harridans shrieking about how Dion would burst into tears like a four year old at any minute? Remember how he was supposed to whine and stamp his feet about how unfair it all is? As Canadians now know, all lies.
He has proven himself more of a man than Harper, by any measure. Principled and statesmanlike. And pretty much unflappable. The very best they could do was get him near the end of a long campaign with fatigue setting in and by asking convoluted hypothetical questions. And what did they get? A fucking blooper. Not a chilling picture of the man's true contempt for Canadians like we got with Harper. Just a blooper reel.
He must immediately start a crash course in English immersion. The kind where he speaks only English in casual situations and in meetings. Only English TV, newspapers. He can speak French on Sundays. He really needs to be comfortable in English when under pressure. But this is way easier than Harper's problem. Dion can improve his English a lot more easily than Harper can grow a heart.
As for Parliament, I think he might as well go for broke. If they want to turf him in May, fine. But he should no longer abstain from votes. I supported that strategy, as it shows an honest attempt to let the CPC govern. Well we did that, and look at the betrayal of trust, Harper trying to get a majority before the financial mess hit.
No more. Stand and support the Throne Speech, certainly, since it is not a law. It is simply courteous to do so. But "every vote is a confidence vote"? Go ahead. Make my day.
You want another election in another month? Fine. Fuck you, Mr. Harper. You will lose.
- sooey said...
You call that a fable? What do you call a fable, then, liberal supporter?
- liberal supporter said...
Liberals really really really want to run the country. There's no ideology to it, they just want power. That offends both the Left and the Right because they both want to change the country, as opposed to just running it.
You are almost correct on that. I dislike and fear ideologues, because they become extreme and in the really extreme (communist on the left or nazi on the right) they are willing to sacrifice people in large numbers, simply to serve the ideology.
Naturally, the ideologues also paint the pragmatists as "three reallys want to run the country" or "just want power". My view is they just want to prevent ideologues of the left or right from gaining power and wreaking havoc.
Ideologues are also inflexible and certain of their own correctness. The pragmatists will adapt and use ideas wherever they come from. This causes ideologues to get very miffed because they see that somehow their good ideas were "stolen" (without us having to live with their bad ideas). So we have Medicare from a minority supported by the NDP. We went from Mulroney's $40B deficits to surpluses thanks to pressure from Reform. And we have a plan to cut GHGs thanks to pressure from Green.
In each case, the "stolen" idea did not go as far as the miffed ideologues wanted, but a pragmatic, doable initiative emerged.
- liberal supporter said...
You call that a fable? What do you call a fable, then, liberal supporter?
Um, could you repeat the question?
I'm not sure if it actually happened so I called it a fable. It was told to me as an illustrative example of learning from mistakes.
- Noni Mausa said...
...I dislike and fear ideologues, because they become extreme...
To live according to an ideology is to live in a fantasy world.
You know those virtual reality helmets they have for playing video games? Adhering to an ideology is like putting on one of those helmets that almost matches the real world, and then traveling around, driving your car on the virtual roads no matter where the real world's roads are like or where the people and buildings happen to be.
- Ti-Guy said...
That offends both the Left and the Right because they both want to change the country, as opposed to just running it.
I'm not sure if that offends you or not. I'm not electing a government to change the country. This country works fine as it is, and has for over 400 years, despite Imperial neglect, systemic poverty, inter-ethnic conflict that reduces most other countries to civil war and many other reasons that make this weird, complicated country so successful.
You don't fix a machine that isn't broken. You just run it.
- Cliff said...
"Find a picture of Steve looking like a giant goober and paste that bitch on every billboard in every battleground riding in the land. Mock the awkward clumsiness of the man, tear him apart and piss on the pieces. Where are the clips of Mr Wooden garbling his French? Put them on an endless loop for the citizens of Quebec to enjoy. And most importantly, develop coherent policies, frame them in an attractive package and kick the living hell out of every retrograde move the Cons make. Harper and his team of adolescent stooges have set the ground rules, time to beat them at their own game. "
And pay for all this advertising...how exactly? As you point out they seemingly have no idea how to raise money without huge corporate donations - Chretien's little poison pill gift to Martin remember? They are flat broke. They were even before the election and now they're even broker-er.
As as been pointed out, most recently by Dr Dawg, the Liberal Party isn't so much a political party as 'a spoils distribution machine'. I don't think they were made for poverty or powerlessness and we've all seen the auto-cannibalism that has resulted from those states.
Expect it to continue.
- thwap said...
And why not? They're the only government that's managed to carry social democratic principles into reality, as opposed to letting them fester in the bog of screeching, indolent, under-remunerated socialists.
I've been trying patiently explain for years that the Liberals didn't just do these things out of the blue. There was pressure from the people and pressure from the left. Those screeching whatever other arbitrary adjectives you used.
The achievements that you mentioned are all far in the past, by the way. Liberal Party bankruptcy has been in open display since 1993.
Sorry, but democracies are stuck with a compromise between business/capitalism and social democracy for the foreseeable future. The party that best establishes the right balance is the one that will garner the broadest appeal.
I see. And this eliminates the fire-breathing socialists of the NDP I'm to assume? And the Liberals embody this perfect balance how exactly?
Or, get your revolution on, already. I won't join you, but I'll enjoy the drama.
Um, I'm talking about voting for a political party. If that's "revolutionary" for you then, well, ...
You haven't articulated either an argument for why the Liberal Party is still a social-democratic party, or a defence for their joyous slashing and burning of the welfare state that their ancestors built in the 1960s.
These are serious issues, and vapid, knee-jerk support for the Liberal Party, based on groundless assertions and delusions don't cut it.
- Ti-Guy said...
As as been pointed out, most recently by Dr Dawg, the Liberal Party isn't so much a political party as 'a spoils distribution machine'.
That's only because Dr. Dawg read that somewhere...he really does not understand liberalism (or economics for that matter). And an academic whining about spoils distribution is irony incarnate.
He does hate Liberals, though...oh yes he does. The old hippie socialist will concur with arch-enemy libertarians as long as they hate Liberals as much as he does.
- Ti-Guy said...
You haven't articulated either an argument for why the Liberal Party is still a social-democratic party, or a defence for their joyous slashing and burning of the welfare state that their ancestors built in the 1960s.
What liberal welfare state survived the 80's? Answer that question first.
No argument from me that the Liberals abandoned social welfare when they were conned into thinking Canada had hit a debt-wall in 1993. Re-read Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine...Canadian financiers were screaming at financial analysts for not being panicky enough. Whether the Liberals were behind that, or whether they simply reacted, I don't know. But they didn't sell off health care or education or the foundations of the welfare state. They simply balanced the books.
- Ti-Guy said...
One more thing...
You haven't articulated either an argument for why the Liberal Party is still a social-democratic party,
That's because it isn't. Read up on political liberalism, sometime (here). Political Liberalism strives for a compromise between business/capitalism and social democracy.
- psa said...
thwap i respect you and i honestly admire your writing. you are well within your rights to disagree with me on this. but in all sincerity, if the liberal party were zapped into oblivion tomorrow, i truly believe that a lot more, one fuck of a lot more voters woud drift into harper's camp than into layton's. given the current structure of canadian electoral politics the ndp will remain pretty much where they are, 4th place. the liberals exist and much like the toad beings that populate the american democratic party, they are somewhat better than the other major alternative.
since i am all prognosticatorizing on this, i will repeat, if the ndp wants to make progress, real progressive advances, they need to ditch layton a hell of a lot more than the liberals need to park dion. my choice there, and again i repeat, charlie angus. this election has shown us exactly how far the country will shift toward layton's ndp and it is no where near enough to make any sort of claim for the future. all he had to do in this election was not shit himself and he was bound to make gains. congrats. he didn't shit himself.
with the liberals under intense fire from all sides they were bound to lose ground. with their leader being dragged through the swamps undefended, it was a given that some defectors would go orange but a fuck of a lot more of them went blue.
for myself and for the future of canadian democracy i would like to see some solid movement toward proportional representation. that is the only way that progressive politics and platforms will be advanced. period. the ndp can't do it because they won't be given the mandate. sorry. it isn't the way i want things or how they should be but that's the truth as i see it. canada will not elect an ndp government on the national level and certainly not under the leadership of jack layton.
so. given that the liberals will continue to exist and since they will have to either clean house, retool or fuck off, i would prefer that they don't piss away what remaining money and energy they have fighting amongst themselves, giving steve, the prime minister over all of us including progressives, harper carte blanche to do as he frickin' pleases.
dion has taken every hit they could throw at him. it is his turn to hit back. that sure doesn't mean that he will. no more than it means that the party will extract their heads from their collective shite tubes and join him in a long overdue beat down on big steve and the bullies. this is all hypothetical and what i think will actually happen is that the libs will find a way to fuck themselves into the ground. the grown up versions of cherniak will search out a way to turn raisins into turds with infighting and power struggles.
still in a perfect world, dion marches into the house and rips a strip of harper, pulls off his belt and starts whipping him. do that for a week or two and the donations will start to flow. and if they don't, steve harper still gets a richly deserved shit kicking.
- thwap said...
I was under the impression that you yourself referred to the Libs as a social democratic party.
It might very well be true that if the Liberals died tomorrow most of their supporters would vote for Cons of some sort.
But that depends on two things: 1 the Liberals dying instantly and 2. there is an election the next day.
The sooner it is made clear to people that the capitalist system isn't interested in compromising or even keeping past promises, and that you can't have your welfare state and eat it too, the sooner voters will have to mature and face reality about their system.
Paul Martin's Haitian crimes are evidence enough that the Liberals are just as connected to this deathsquad system as any other capitalist party.
- Adam said...
Voters aren't going to "mature and face reality". If the Libs ceased to be, the majority of voters would just pick the next most familiar party, and that's the Cons (I know, they much like the old PC party anymore, but that's not what the vast majority think). With the hopelessly complicit and compromised media, this isn't going to change. Like it or not, the online group who actually reads these types of things is still tiny compared to those that glance at th efront page headlines, watch local TV news for 10 minutes, and then tune it all out.
AS I've heard it explained - Imagine a friend of yours who is probably of average intelligence, you know, not clueless, but not on top of ideas and information outside of sports/entertainment news, not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Now, remember that half of the people out there are dumber than him/her. Those completely unengaged, but easily persuaded, people do not like big change unless it they are told to (see media coverage of AdScam, as opposed to apparent perjury by our sitting PM) by apparent authorities. Well informed friends don't even dent their brains until the TV tells them the same things.
- Ti-Guy said...
I was under the impression that you yourself referred to the Libs as a social democratic party.
Never. I think most Liberal supporters are at heart, social democrats but understand the need for compromise. Otherwise you end up with Democrat/Republican or Conservative/Labour dualities, neither of which leads to policies that reflect the synergy we want from a market economy that responds to social/public needs but to wild swings or empty-headed centrism.
- Frank Frink said...
Well said, Ti-Guy. That articulates perfectly why I don't wish to see such a duality in this country, and I say that as a person who is generally even further to the left of the NDP.
- Beijing York said...
Absolutely frank frink. This stupid partisanship fighting is going to give Harper a defacto majority for the next four years, as is the internal Liberal back stabbing.
No wonder Harper was so gleeful with winning just a minority.
Maybe NDP wants to become some kind of post-Thatcher Tony Blair Labour Party. Good luck with that.
In the meantime, Harper will create as much destruction as Thatcher did. Perhaps our centre and left of centre politicians are admirers of 12-step programs and think Canada has to hit rock bottom before recovery can begin.
- Ti-Guy said...
The New New Democratic Party. Motto: This Time, We'll Get it Right!
- Steve said...
Heheh - apparently Liberals really really really wanting to run the country, no ideology to it, they just want power also offends Liberals...
- bocanut said...
"If the Liberal Party of Canada can't figure that out then we'll be watching them fade into irrelevance."
I'm getting a comfy chair so I can fully enjoy the self destructive Liberal bloodbath to come.
- Steve said...
Please don't tease the Liberals, bocanut. It'll only make them more deserving of power.


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2006-07 Women's Basketball
Ursuline 73, Bluffton 63
Beavers fall to Ursuline, 73-63
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November 18, 2006
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University women's basketball team fell to Ursuline College on Saturday, November 18, in Founders Hall by a final score of 73-63. With the loss, the Beavers fell to 0-2 overall, while Ursuline improved to 3-1. Bluffton pulled down 46 rebounds while Ursuline grabbed 29 boards, including eight on the offensive end. The Arrows hit 14 free throws and the Beavers nailed 20 in the contest.
Ursuline opened the game with two three-pointers, one by Jessica Wood and the other by Katie McCray, to take an early six-point lead. Junior Lindsay Bush (Howard/East Knox) found the hoop to put Bluffton on the board two minutes into the contest. Wood drained one of her seven baskets in the game to give Ursuline an eight-point lead, 23-15, at the 4:53 mark. Junior Amanda Bell (Napoleon/Liberty-Center) nailed a three-pointer as the Beavers worked to narrow the deficit. The last two minutes of the first half proved to be a defensive struggle for Bluffton, until Ginny Buckingham (Bluffton/Bluffton) ended the scoring drought when she connected with 23 ticks to play. The Arrows battled hard, nailing one last layup. Ursuline took a fourteen-point lead, 36-22, to the break.
Bluffton got off to a rough start but continued to battle and did not give up as two Buckingham free throws and a Bush basket brought the Beavers to within eleven points, 40-29, with 15:17 remaining. Bluffton turned up the effort defensively and connected on key shots as a Lindsay Bush layup made it 47-36 in favor of the visitors. Angie Lee's (Mt. Blanchard/Vanlue) free throws cut the Arrows' advantage to seven points with 8:57 left. The Beavers played tough defense to keep the game close until Vannessa Dickson hit consecutive shots, giving the Arrows a 16-point lead with 3:30 remaining. Buckingham converted with 23 seconds left, cutting the Ursuline margin to 10 points. The Arrows held on for a 73-63 victory over Bluffton in Founders.
Bush led the way for the Beavers with a career-high 20 points. The junior also grabbed nine rebounds and tallied three blocks. Freshman Ginny Buckingham, who finished with her first career double-double in only her second game as a Beaver, posted 14 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Angie Lee dished out a team-high five assists. Senior point guard Tanya Rickenberg (Paulding/Paulding) scored 11 points and pulled down eight rebounds in the loss to the Arrows.
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Valve Adjustment on a 305 Chevy? easy way of doing
Posted 13 March 2008 - 02:06 PM
Just so everyone knows, this is not a dealership. I am not taking it back to the chevy dealer. They did not know what they were doing. This is a small repair and restoration shop that specializes in Corvettes. Since a camaro and a corvette are very similar under the hood they had no problems redoing the wiring for me.
Posted 13 March 2008 - 02:54 PM
1) I am not going to tell you that there is a clean way to do this, because there isn't one, no matter what you do there will be oil.
2) cut the center out of an old tin valve cover (a slot wide enough to get a socket in, front to back)
3) Or buy a box of these:
(this is what I use)
Hydraulic lifter only:
With the engine warmed up (turned off) whip the valve cover off, and install oil stoppers, or cut valve cover.
Start up, back off rocker arm till it "clicks", then tighten until it stops, then slowly add 1 full turn (by "the book"). I myself only add 1/4 turn, but whatever works for you, and the state of your lifters.
Carry on doing the same for each rocker arm.
NOTE: solid lifters are a different story!
Now, the 305 Chev engine is KNOWN to wear out valve guides. The noise of a sloppy guide in these engines is like the noise you describe. If AFTER adjusting the valves the noise persists, you isolate the noise maker with a stethoscope
then using the wooden handle on your favorite hammer, you insert the wood between the valve springs, prying carefully/gently one to the next, if the noise goes, you have a bad valve guide.
Pull both heads and send to a machine shop for guide replacement, no knurling, unless you decide to install proper umbrella valve seals.
When you get your heads back throw the 205 thermostat in the garbage and install a 195 MAX.
Posted 13 March 2008 - 03:01 PM
It really isn't as big of a deal as it sounds. I've done it to alot of vehicles without even using the cut up valve cover trick. It really just depends on if your heads have much of a lip or not. If they have a 1/2 inch lip or better, i'd do it without a valve cover, just DO NOT REV THE MOTOR UP. That will make a little mess.
It seems a little hectic the first time you do it, and honestly, you may bend a pushrod your first time, but it's so hard to hurt a healthy v8 that there really isn't much to worry about. Just go real slow, there's no rush. Take your time, and loosen the nut a little first to get a sound reference point, then work your way in slowly until it quiets out. Then it's anywhere from 1/8 to 3/4 of a turn further (depending on who you ask). I like to go from 1/4 to 1/2 a turn further, especially on an older v8 where the cam may be getting tired.
Just whatever ammount you decide to go past the point of quiet, BE CONSISTENT. If you decide to go a 1/4 turn further, do the same exact ammount on all of the valves. Don't do 1/4 on this one, and 1/2 on the next.
There's alot of literature on this all over the place. Or better yet, find and old guy at the parts house that like small blocks. That'd be the best source of info.
Posted 13 March 2008 - 07:56 PM
Posted 13 March 2008 - 09:41 PM
Good luck man!
Posted 13 March 2008 - 10:24 PM
When you back off the adjuster until it clicks, you are forcing the hydraulic lifter into it's fully extended position (caused by the engine's oil pressure), turning it into, in effect, a solid lifter. When you tighten it back down, to quiet it, anything past the disappearance of noise, forces the lifter to operate within it's hydraulic cushion. You will see/hear the engine slow up a bit as you tighten into this zone before the lifter self adjusts and allows the engine to run normally/smoothly.
If you encounter one that won't go quiet, do the side loading test, as I described above, before you condemn the lifter.
Adjusting Chev valves in this way has been going on since 1955 consider the history while you are doing it.
Posted 13 March 2008 - 10:43 PM
Posted 13 March 2008 - 11:14 PM
hey guys. I just got my IROC camaro back from the shop after a ton of rewiring. It runs 1,000,000 times better now that everything is the way its supposed to be. The question i have is what they told me i should do. They said they heard a bit of lifter noise and suggested that when someone replaced the cam and lifters they didnt go back in and readjust them when the engine was hot. They told me i should do it with the engine running and warmed up. Is there an easier way to do this that will work just as well? they were suggesting cutting an old valvecover to get at the rockers and not get hot oil all over my headers.
Just so everyone knows, this is not a dealership. I am not taking it back to the chevy dealer. They did not know what they were doing. This is a small repair and restoration shop that specializes in Corvettes. Since a camaro and a corvette are very similar under the hood they had no problems redoing the wiring for me.
I have a set of Mister Gasket...clips that will stop all the spraying oil.
But you don't. One valve cover off, adjust all of them. Fire extinguisher handy. Repeat other side.
That isn't the whole story.
Posted 14 March 2008 - 07:04 AM
Posted 14 March 2008 - 02:32 PM
The only real issue these motors had were a cam lobe at the front and/or back of cam would wear down prematurely. You replaced the cam so you should be golden for a long time.
And by prematurely, you mean after 150,000 or so miles. And all that while making an honest 250 hp.
Bless the small block Chevrolet.
Where would the world be without it?
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Earth : Europe : Balkans : Montenegro : Central Montenegro : Virpazar
Virpazar is a small town on Lake Skadar in Montenegro. Its main attraction is its proximity to the lake and as a great starting point for hiking.
Get in
You can get to Virpazar by train from either Podgorica or Bar for under 5 EUR. Trains also run from Sutomore.
You can also get to Virpazar by bus from Podgorica or Sutomore. Tell the bus driver that you want to stop in Virpazar or they will probably drive past it because it is so small. Try to arrange arrival during the daytime as the 'bus station' is a shed alongside the road about 2 km from town. Walking to town with heavy bags would be difficult; in the dark it is probably impossible.
There is an ATM in Virpazar but it can run out of cash and the shops and restaurants don't accept credit cards. Be prepared and come with cash. Other ATMs are located in Sutomore, a 20 minute train ride away on the coast, and Golubovci a 15 minute bus ride towards capital Podgorica.
There are several great restaurants around the town that serve fresh fish from the lake. If you are looking for an opportunity to stop being so cheap and just enjoy and good meal with some great montenegrin wine Virpazar will present you with a good opportunity.
When you come in to town you will immediately be approached by someone from the main hotel. This person will try and hard sell you into getting a room in the hotel (for something like 40 EUR a night). Don't get sucked in, you can find accommodation a little further up in the town for under 7 EUR per night per person. The hotel restaurant is extremely expensive too.
Get out


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Rumours of my abduction by scary Americans have been greatly exaggerated. Oestrus has been treating me quite well and she's not scary at all.
I *finally* got around to answering all the comments I received. I'm behind on a couple of emails, but I'm hoping to get those done today, before I get kicked out of this cute coffee shop.
My trip has been awesome so far. In Edmonton, Fannon was a wonderful host, actually his whole family was amazing. The dwarfling was just as adorable and sweet as she is in her photos and Fannon and Mrs Fannon really went out of their way to make me feel at home. Also, did you see the pictures Fannon took of me? I had no idea I could look like that in pictures! My mind is still blown!
I also got to meet up with Corath one night, which was tons of fun. Meeting up with other WoW players always has this magical feel: no matter how little we know about each other outside the game, we always seem to connect and it feels like I've known the person forever.
In Calgary I met up with Vidyala and Vosskah and had a blast. We gossiped about blog and twitter people (if you're reading this, chances are we talked about YOU!), ate some delicious food and chitchatted about the game.
I hope to write some more words on the meetups in the future, but in short, I'm so glad that I have such wonderful future neighbours!
I didn't meet up with anyone in Winnipeg, but I still really enjoyed myself. Winnipeg was the city that most caught me with my pants down – in a good way. I had always known the city as "lolWinnipeg" and "Winter-peg", so saying I was impressed when I arrived in the gorgeous, sunny, friendly, clean, lively city, would be an understatement.
I also promised I'd give the hostel I stayed in, HI-Winnipeg, a plug. Fantastic hostel, and the Thursday night pub crawl was loads of fun! Had great drinks with great people, and made a few friends out the event (including another Albertan!).
I'm in Milwaukee, raiding Oestrus' couch right now. It's been another fantastic meetup, putting a face to the voice and to the person who's been such a huge support to me over the past few months (and who always forgives me after being a victim of my crossfires). Milwaukee was another lovely discovery as well. Whenever I'd tell people I was heading to Milwaukee (it was a 3 day bus ride so I had to tell a lot of people), I was told again and again that there's "nothing in Milwaukee". It's lie! There's so much in Milwaukee! Lots of festivals, lots of cool coffee shops, lots of great food, lots of great art. Oh, and lots of breweries. As a matter of fact, I'm hoping to get in on a brewery tour this afternoon.
Then tonight I say my goodbyes and head off to Chicago!


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Grub vs Isolinux on coverdisk
Apparently my computer is, ah, er, OLD.
So Grub doesn't work right on my older system.
I tried to get XP, before it went unsupported,
but I ran into difficulties trying to validate the
CD copy I bought at a computer store.
So I decided to try the SuSE in issue 182.
Grub doesn't like my computer either, and there is
no ISOLINUX, or SYSLINUX scripts to play with.
I setup my hard drive with a small DOS partition
so I can syslinux any image I want. (Nice for old
floppy games)... oh yeah, then I made a good sized
swap partition, a good sized ext2 partition (don't
care for Journals) and another EXT2 where I copied
the entire LXF182 DVD to.
To complicate matters I'm using an crt old monitor
which is slightly out of focus. My flatscreen died due
to a cheap capacitor. SO while I wait for my part(s)
I'm getting frustrated straining my eyes, when a simple
script stuck somewhere on the CoverDisk, which would
take so little space, might be helpful to other readers
as well.
Is there a simple way to start a copy of the DVD
in a partition? If nothing else it would run faster.


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2003-04 Men's Basketball
Bryan Yelley posts career high 20 points, shoots 12-of-12 from the free throw line
By Ben Risinger, SID
January 21, 2004
The Bluffton College men's basketball team (7-9, 1-4 HCAC) won their first Heartland Conference game 75-67 over Mount St. Joseph (7-9, 1-4 HCAC) on Wednesday night.
Sophomore Bryan Yelley (Wheelersburg/Wheelersburg) led the Beavers with a career high 20 points, shooting an outstanding 12-of-12 from the free throw line. He also led the Beavers in rebounding with six boards for the evening. Senior Brad Boyles ( Berne , Ind. /South Adams ) was the only other Beaver in double figure scoring with 19 points. Freshman Eric Schwieterman (St. Henry/St. Henry) threw in a career high five points for the game.
Tom Luther led Mount St. Joseph with 24 points and nine rebounds for the game. Robbie Noschang was the other Lion in double digits with 12 points.
Bluffton controlled the pace of the game from the start as they went up 10-5 early
in the contest. The Lions would battle back to tie the game at 22 all with
left to play in the first half. The Beavers did not give up as they would go into
the locker room with a 33-28 lead.
St. Joseph
gave the Beavers one more good run in the middle of the second half as Bluffton's
lead would be squeezed to 48-46. The Beavers answered right back with a 9-0 run to
widen the lead for good.
Mount St. Joseph led the battle of the boards with 30 rebounds for the night to Bluffton's 25. The Lions scored 18 points off of turnovers to Bluffton's 14. Mount St. Joseph also led the game in second chance points with 14 to the Beaver's 10.
Bluffton will travel to Anderson University on Saturday for another HCAC contest. Tip off for the game is scheduled for .


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wee wonderfuls: the book
Wee Wonderfuls was one of the first crafty blogs I discovered, so I have long been a fan of Hillary Lang and her handsewn toys. The folks over at STC Craft, also the publisher of many of the books I design, asked me to be part of the blog tour for Hillary's new book, Wee Wonderfuls: 24 Dolls to Sew and Love (you can see the entire schedule here).
Lucky for me I had an eager four year old who happily flipped through the book with me, and declared about eight projects her "very favorite". It's tough to pick just one. Tiny little mermaids, topsy-turvy dolls, sweet little bears and giraffes, there is a ridiculous amount of cute. Bee finally settled on one project, the Tag-a-Long doll, which fits in a little apron you can wear. We'll be starting it immediately.
One of my favorite parts of Hillary's blog has always been her stash of vintage children's books, so I asked her to share a bit about her thrifting habits and share a few of her favorite books.
Where do you find so many beautiful books?
We spend a lot of time at used book sales. We try to hit more remote, less "hip" communities and then go on the last day when the books are dirt cheap, like a dollar a bag, and there are always lots of great vintage books to scoop up.
How did you start collecting?
One of the things my husband and I discovered we had in common when we first met was our love of the second hand. We spent a lot of time at flea markets, book sales, thrift stores before the kids arrived on the scene. And we're both book lovers and suckers for great illustration so we had quite a book collection ready to read to our kids. Funny though, they're not all great reads. I definitely pick a book by its cover, and endpapers and font and illustration, etc. When we started actually reading the stories out loud we discovered we have some real stinkers. Especially some of the crazy bad holiday books. They're hilarious!
Here are some favorites from Hillary's latest haul:
Love the sleeping animals on the endpapers of this copy of Sleeping Beauty (illustrated by Vivienne Blake). How cute would it be to make a series of sleeping stuffed animals, bedtime pals.
I love books that are done in just a few colors. (Ten Big Garms, written and illustrated by Dahlov Ipcar)
And books with every color are good too. Love the technicolor of this one! (Foolish and Wise, editors Nila Banton Smith, Hazel C. Hart, and Clara Belle Baker)
Eloise Wilkin melts my heart every time. Those little faces are burned in my memory from my childhood books. (The Make-Believe Parade, story by Jan Margo pictures by Eloise Wilkin)
I just love these colors. And that poor sad little Betsy, how cute is she. (Betsy's Adventure, story and pictures by Gwyneth Mamlok)
To see more of Hillary's finds, check out her Vintage Books flickr group.
And to enter to win a copy of Wee Wonderfuls, visit STC Craft's website and tell them about your favorite childhood toy.


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Postgame Notes
November 15, 2013
College Park, Md. (Comcast Center)
No. 1/1 Connecticut 72, No. 8/7 Maryland 55
- Maryland is now 0-3 all-time vs. Connecticut. In the first meeting last December, Maryland fell 63-47 at the XL Center in Hartford in their first game without guard Laurin Mincy. They met again in the Sweet Sixteen in March. Maryland fell 76-50 in Bridgeport, Conn. This is the Huskies' first-ever trip to College Park.
- Alyssa Thomas recorded a double-double at the half with 14 points and 10 rebounds. She started the half on 3-3 shooting and shot 6-11 in the period. Her 10 rebounds were all defensive. This marks her second double-double of the season, and 41st of her career.
- Thomas finished with 20 points and 14 rebounds. These are season-high marks for both.
- Maryland outrebounded UConn 22-15 in the first half. UConn only recorded two offensive rebounds in the period.
- Maryland's bench had 10 points in the first half, UConn only recorded two. Maryland outscored UConn off the bench 12-9 in the game.
- Katie Rutan finished with season-high 11 points on 4-6 shooting. She was 3-5 beyond the arc.


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Hello Forum!
I have inherited some code that is supposed to work just fine.
The trouble is that when everything is rebuilt on my desktop, the projects crash.
They all seem to crash at one particular part of code.
I pass it a string and the "getResource" or "getContentClassLoader" is failing.
Any ideas?
I guess one way to tackle this is to break it apart into segments.


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Submission + - FBI caught on camera returning seized server (mayfirst.org)
sunbird writes: "As previously covered on Slashdot, on April 18th the FBI seized a server located in a New York colocation facility shared by May First / People Link and Riseup.net. The server, which was operated by the European Counter Network ("ECN"), the oldest independent internet service provider in Europe, was seized in relation to bomb threats sent to the University of Pittsburgh using a Mixmaster anonymous remailer hosted on the server (search warrant). The FBI's action has been criticized by the EFF. Predictably, the threats continued even after the server seizure. On April 24th, the FBI quietly returned the server, without notifying either Mayfirst / People Link or riseup, and were caught on video doing it."


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Tracking the Abusers
Can GPS protect women from harm?
By Jennifer Hahn
Bischof was shot to death by
her ex-boyfriend outside the
real estate office where she worked in
Elmhurst, Ill. Though her abuser had
violated a restraining order twice
before, and authorities had deemed
him extremely dangerous, he had
been released after serving just 60
days in a mental health facility.
Bischof's brother Mike believes that
if Cindy's abuser had been wearing a
global positioning satellite (GPS) device
that tracked his whereabouts, his
sister might be alive today. His lobbying
efforts helped convince the Illinois
state legislature to unanimously pass a
law allowing judges to order the use of
GPS to track batterers who have violated
restraining orders (it was signed into law on August 4).
"Without a doubt, I believe GPS
would have helped," Bischof says. "If
my sister were alive today, it would
have given her a heck of a lot more
While GPS has been widely used to
track sex offenders and other parolees,
its use in domestic-violence cases is relatively
new. Seven states currently have
laws allowing judges to require GPS
for domestic batterers, and a handful
more have implemented such programs
without legislation. Oklahoma
and Hawaii, along with Illinois, currently
have GPS domestic-violence
laws in the works.
Proponents hope that GPS can be
used to better enforce restraining orders,
of which as many as 60 percent
are violated each year, according to a
Department of Justice estimate. In
2005, 1,181 women—many of whom
were ostensibly protected by restraining
orders—were killed by a current
or former intimate partner.
In most GPS systems, the offender
is outfitted with an electronic anklet
that communicates with a satellite.
The victim can designate "exclusion
zones," such as her home or office, in
which she would like to be protected.
In the best programs, if her abuser enters
these zones, police and the victim
are notified immediately. In many cases,
the offender pays for the cost of
the monitoring, which is about $10 a
day—much cheaper than the cost of
GPS monitoring inevitably brings
up civil liberties questions, especially
when used pretrial (one of the most
dangerous periods for victims). But its
supporters point out that many states
already have pretrial detention statutes
allowing them to lock up potentially
dangerous suspects.
While current GPS programs have
demonstrated reduced recidivism rates
for batterers, advocates stress that GPS
alone is not a panacea. "If we don't have
well-funded services for [domestic violence]
victims, none of this stuff is going
to work, period," says Mary Lauby,
executive director of Jane Doe Inc., a
Massachusetts antiviolence coalition.
Traditionally, domestic-violence
victims facing the most danger have
relied on the shelter system, which
often requires a woman to give up
her job, her daily routine and her
support system. But Diane Rosenfeld
of Harvard Law School, who helped
draft GPS legislation now on the
books in Massachusetts, believes these
devices have the potential to change the
paradigm of how we think about and
respond to domestic violence.
With GPS, says Rosenfeld, "the
onus and the responsibility for the
criminal behavior is actually placed on
him rather than placed on her."


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Kasper Schmeichel was another hero for Leicester on the night. Leading through Nugent's 70th-minute strike, Foxes substitute Jamie Vardy untidily brought Boro captain Rhys Williams down in the area, but Schmeichel plunged to his left to superbly thwart Marvin Emnes.
The adverse weather conditions delayed Middlesbrough's arrival and the kick-off by 15 minutes, but Tony Mowbray's men begin brightly, with top scorer McDonald firing a snap-shot over in the seventh minute after George Friend's cross was partially cleared by City centre-back Michael Keane.
Chris Wood, looking to build on six goals in three Leicester appearances and a hat-trick last time out, collected a slack pass from Emmanuel Ledesma and tested Jason Steele in the Boro goal following Nugent's return pass.
Steele was a spectator in the 28th minute when Anthony Knockaert collected Wood's lay-off from Paul Konchesky's raking pass on the left hand side of the penalty area and unleashed a venomous left-footed shot which struck the underside of the crossbar, bounced down onto the far post and out to safety.
In the 37th minute McDonald was allowed room to drive goalward from 25 yards. Schmeichel pushed behind and thwarted Andre Bikey's header from the resulting corner.
Leicester ended the half the stronger, with Nugent twice drawing sharp stops from Steele and Keane rattling the bar when Wood stood up a chip into the six yard box.
They should have paid for their profligacy eight minutes into the second period as Ledesma's dinked finish dropped wide after a cute, flicked pass from Middlesbrough's Chelsea loanee Josh McEachran sent him clear.
The hosts responded by striking the woodwork for a third time, Wood planting a powerful header against the upright from Konchesky's centre.
Nugent did manage to beat Steele and his goalposts in the 63rd minute but was adjudged to be marginally offside when he stroked home Ritchie De Laet's pass.
There was no debate when the once-capped England striker clinically swept a half-volley into far corner after Wood dinked the ball into his path.
Substitutes Lloyd Dyer and Vardy might have added a degree of comfort to Leicester's evening, before the latter was left to thank Schmeichel for sparing his blushes.


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ForumsTips & TricksOne-Click Toodledo Outlook Button (code included)
One-Click Toodledo Outlook Button (code included)
Posted: Jul 09, 2010
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If you use Outlook, you might enjoy using the macro I wrote that lets you create a one-click button to send an item to Evernote, Toodledo, Remember the Milk, or any other email service. I love it because it lets me efficiently process my inbox GTD-style, sending all my reference material off to Evernote for archiving and anything actionable directly into my todo system.
Evernote has an Outlook clipper but it has several flaws in my experience:
[*]You can't specify a tag or folder.
[*]It does not include attachments.
[*]It's actually two clicks (one to clip and send, another to delete).
Toodledo has a third party "sync tasks with Outlook" plugin, but not a "generate todo from Outlook while reading mail" plug-in, other than manually forwarding. I think the same is true for Remember The Milk.
So I decided to create a simple "click and forget" button for both EN and TD. I should warn you that I am not a VBA programmer by trade, so most of the code is a combination of googled cut-paste and looking up a few VBA calls. Fortunately, the code is really simple.
What does it do?
When I click the "Archive to Evernote" button, the macro:
[*]Forwards the message to Evernote. It removes the annoying FW: prefix and adds the # tag I want. I only add one tag but you could change the code to add as many tags as you want.
[*]Deletes the original email in Outlook. Of course, it's still in the Deleted Items.
When I click the "Create Todo" button, the macro:
[*]Creates an forward email and displays it for me. Usually I want to edit the Subject, since that's what Toodledo uses as the todo title. You could customize the code to pre-fill tags, folders, priorities, etc. in the Subject line if you wanted but I don't.
[*]Deletes the email in Outlook
Sweet! How do I set it up?
You don't need to know VBA to use this. Here's the step by step:
Copy/Paste the Macro Code
(1) Fire up Outlook. Open Tools->Macros->Visual Basic Editor
(2) In the upper left window, right-click on Project1 and create a new module by selecting Insert New Module.
(3) Paste the following code into the code window. Note that you need to customize your Evernote/Toodledo email address and the #tag you want.
Sub ForwardToEvernote()
Dim objMail As Outlook.MailItem
Set objItem = GetCurrentItem()
Set objMail = objItem.Forward
objMail.DeleteAfterSubmit = True
objMail.To = "firstname.lastname@example.com"
objMail.Subject = Replace(objMail.Subject, "FW: ", "")
objMail.Subject = objMail.Subject & " #some_tag_of_yours"
Set objItem = Nothing
Set objMail = Nothing
End Sub
Sub ForwardToToodledo()
Dim objMail As Outlook.MailItem
Set objItem = GetCurrentItem()
Set objMail = objItem.Forward
objMail.DeleteAfterSubmit = True
objMail.To = "firstname.lastname@example.com"
objMail.Subject = Replace(objMail.Subject, "FW: ", "")
Set objItem = Nothing
Set objMail = Nothing
End Sub
Function GetCurrentItem() As Object
Dim objApp As Outlook.Application
Set objApp = Application
On Error Resume Next
Select Case TypeName(objApp.ActiveWindow)
Case "Explorer"
Set GetCurrentItem = objApp.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)
Case "Inspector"
Set GetCurrentItem = objApp.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
Case Else
End Select
End Function
4. Select File->Close And Return to Outlook. The macro is now created. The rest of this is creating an easy-to-use button.
Create the Main Mail Window Button
5. I'm going to setup two buttons for the Evernote macro - one in the main Outlook mail window (where you see your list of messages), and one in the message window (when you double click a message and open it up).
6. In your main Outlook window, right-click on the toolbar (to the right of the Help menu item) and select Customize.
7. In the popup window, select Toolbars and click New. Name your new toolbar "MyEvernote" or whatever. Click OK
8. You'll now have a little blue toolbar window floating without any commands in it. In the "Customize" popup, switch to Commands. Under Categories select Macros. Under Commands, drag Project1.ForwardToEvernote over to the MyEvernote toolbar. Now close the Customize window.
9. In the floating toolbar you created, right-click on the button. Change the Name to something nicer like "Archive to Evernote".
10. You can either Change Button Image and pick one, or select Edit Button Image. Personally I did Edit Button Image, cleared it, and set the entire square to dark green. This makes it consistent with step 16 below. There is doubtless some way to create a custom icon and pick it here, but I'm not a Windows guy ;-)
11. When you're done editing, drag your floating toolbar up and dock it in the main Outlook toolbars. Go ahead and give it a try! Whatever message you have selected will be sent to Evernote and then deleted. (Note that it is now at the Evernote server, so it won't show up locally until your next sync.)
Create the Email Window Button
12. Now let's add one that same button to the message window so you can use it when you open an email message. Open any email message by double-clicking on it. At the very top, you see the save, undo, redo, and next/previous arrows. Just to the right of that is a little pulldown arrow. Click on it and pull down the menu.
13. Select More Commands...
14. In the Customize the Quick Access Toolbar, change "Choose commands from" to Macros.
15. Select your macro and click Add.
16. Once it's in the Quick Access Toolbar, click Modify. In the popup you can change the name (e.g., "Archive to Evernote"). You can also pick an icon...I don't know how you would custom-edit one. I picked the all-dark-green color, so the button looks the same in either view.
Now you can repeat steps 7-16 for Toodledo, which I made purple and called "Add Todo".
Any Gotchas?
[*]I've only tested this with Outlook 2007
[*]The email sent (to Evernote, Toodledo, etc.) is not stored in your Sent Items (after all, the point is getting it out of Outlook ;-) If you want to keep those emails for some reason, you could remove the "objMail.DeleteAfterSubmit = True" lines. But this means you'd crate a Sent Items email for every message you forward to Evernote, Toodledo, etc.
That's so cool, they should send you a free purple Toodledo polo shirt so you can wear it to work and continue your Toodledo evangelization, you wonderful pro plus subscriber, you!
Aw, you make me blush.
Superb - I'll be setting this up at work in the morning
Done - works great. Thank you andrew
This message was edited Jul 12, 2010.
How do you find your toodledo email address
Mail.To = "email@example.com"
I tried my username but it has two @ signs firstname.lastname@example.com@toodledo.com
Any help please,
Your Toodledo email address can be found here:
Posted: Jul 14, 2010
This is an excellent add on, if anyone knows how to add in tags, list and context it would make it even better. Anyone out there know how to do this?
Matt Brooks
Posted: Jul 15, 2010
I have to agree its a wonderful addin can't believe how much I use it.
To get the code to include contexts replace this line
Replace(objMail.Subject, "FW:From Outlook ! ", "")
with this line
objMail.Subject = objMail.Subject & " ! #today >today *Outlook @at work "
Using these parameters within the " " of the above line
On mine I have it setting the start date to today the due date for today the folder is called Outlook and the context is at work
Hope this helps.
I set this macro up. It worked yesterday, but today it's not working. I'm perplexed. Help!
I also set this up and it was working on Friday, today it is not working. I am running Vista and Office 2007. The buttons still appear. I think it might have something to do with how 2007 save macros differently. Please help this is a great tool for me.
Matt Brooks
Posted: Aug 16, 2010
To enable the macro you need to certify that it is secure to run
Posted: Aug 19, 2010
Note that you can also specify the notebook in which to import your note in Evernote by adding @ symbol:
objMail.Subject = objMail.Subject & " #sometag @somenotebook"
Posted: Oct 19, 2010
Where do attachments go? I can't seem to get to them in Toodledo.
Absolutely brilliant. I'm a horrific script writer, but I'm attempting to adapt this so that any email I bcc to myself will get forwarded to my @waiting folder with the subject line as the person i sent it to, the date and the original subject line.
Wish me luck!
Okay, so it turns out that I don't speak Visual Basic (or any other scripting language, sadly). Might anybody have a suggestion for sending better @waiting items from Outlook? What I want should be pretty straightforward and derivative (in a good way).
Specifically, I'd like to:
1) send an email to someone and B'CC myself
2) then take that BCC email, add to the subject line who I sent it to and the date in parenthesis. It would look something like John Smith (1/1)-- Original Subject Line
3) send this modified email to Toodledo
Triggering a script with a rule and sending an email to Toodledo are easy. It's just the actual script that I can't do :-(
If anybody has the kind of chops to whip this script up or otherwise suggest a solution, I'd be grateful.
Yours truly,
Owa Dev_Greg
Posted: Nov 29, 2010
can someone help with the due date for this script. I wanted to set the due date as X days later.
"•Due-Date - To set a due-date, use the # symbol and then type the due-date. For example: "#today" or "#Next thursday" or "#5/12/08"."
what I wanted to do was "#today+1"
when I run the script...the due day is enter as "yesterday"
so I tried "#today-1".... but the due date is still yesterday.
can I add to today?
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text: Achievement Gap PanelAn enthusiastic, standing-room-only crowd of K-12 stakeholders (teacher licensure candidates, faculty, teachers, administrators, and community leaders) gathered at Hamline to discuss important issues surrounding the achievement gap in schools and what can be done to close that gap. The event featured a panel of speakers who see consequences of the achievement gap everyday: Craig Anderson, principal of Hamline Elementary School; Stanley Brown, coordinator of equity and inclusion at Hopkins High School; Patrick Duffy, principal of Clara Barton Open School; and Stacie Stanley, principal of Central Park Elementary School. "We have to have courageous conversations about this," Duffy said. "We need to go beyond courage in Minnesota, we need to go beyond passion and courage and develop systems for equity."The event aimed to explore two main questions: "What do we see as the critical factors affecting this achievement gap?" and "What efforts are being made toward closing the gap?" Educators agreed that there are even differences in how groups label the disparity between white students and student of color. Many label it the 'achievement gap,' but others define it as the 'racial predictability of achievement.' "We need to have these kinds of conversations as often as we can and we need to take these conversations back to our buildings with fidelity. We need this conversation to go on and on and on," Brown said. "You cannot teach if you cannot love," he added, which received a passionate response from the audience.The event was sponsored by Hamline's School of Education, Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching, and the Social Justice Program in the College of Liberal Arts. See photos from the event on the Hamline School of Education Facebook page.


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Caroline Rembold, a local 11-year-old Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School student, has been chosen the winner of Excel! Estherville's "Why I love Estherville" contest.
The Excel! Estherville brand committee ran a contest on KILR throughout the month of February that asked Estherville community to say why they loved living in Estherville.
The committee sifted through the more than 100 entries, and Rembold's really stood out.
"We had many wonderful submissions from people of all ages, but Caroline Rembold's stood out as really succinctly summarizing many of Estherville's best assets," said Stephanie Neppl, Estherville Area Chamber of Commerce executive director and brand committee chairperson.
"A few points were very clear as we worked our way through the submissions," she continued. "Themes we saw again and again were that people think Estherville is friendly, safe and full of activities. People love the wellness center, swimming pool and skating rink. They love our parks, Fort Defiance, library and schools and think we offer great events, parades and fun for families."
For her efforts, Rembold won $100 in Estherville Bucks, which can be spent at a number of Chamber member businesses in Estherville. Caroline is the daughter of Matt and Tricia Rembold of Estherville.
The brand committee also includes Penny Clayton, Estherville city administrator; Jen Hough from Avera Holy Family Hospital and Elaine Quastad from Q Custom Designs.


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Furor over police interrupts borough council meeting
November 23, 2010
Mount Oliver Borough Council's November meeting began mundane enough with routine business including the accepting of Councilwoman Sara Kudasick's resignation from council, the condition of roads in the borough and public hearings.
The meeting turned loud after Rosemary Geyer, a Mount Oliver business owner addressed council. She wanted to comment on a statement made by Councilwoman Billie Michener at last month's meeting that two ranking police officers shouldn't be riding together in one car when there were empty vehicles back at the station.
Ms. Geyer said she wanted the council to know "how safe business owners feel with two officers in a car."
"You want to see as many police offices in a car as possible," she said adding they all want to see the same thing: a safe Mount Oliver business district, a safe Mount Oliver area.
She pointed out when anyone sees the road crew with two men in a truck no one complains, and they do a "phenomenal job." "These guys [the police] do a great job."
"We have a lot of work to do up here," she continued. "It's hard to keep the battle lines straight… I would like to see more cooperation."
Ms. Michener said there were also budget issues to be considered with the officers riding together. "We can't afford to have two officers in a car."
"I feel the chief can help reduce costs," she said. Later adding "two officers don't need to do the same job in the same car."
"Regardless, you're going to have two officers [on a call]," Mayor Jeff Repasky countered. "That's for safety."
Whether separately in two cars or together in one car they are going to answer the same call to back each other up, the mayor said.
"The taxes are going to have to go up or we're going to have to lay someone off," Ms. Michener replied. "We don't have the money."
Councilman Dennis Obeldobel entered the fray stating an officer with four years' experience on the Mount Oliver police force would make between 66.7 percent and 78.8 percent of what members of the borough's road crew or street commissioner make in salary. The councilman declined to give specific amounts in difference to using the percentages.
When questioned about how long the borough has had a full time police department, Council President James Cassidy said it has been nine years.
"We try to hire as many officers as we can afford," he said. Next year borough officials are hoping to budget for the same number of police as this year: one chief, three sergeants, two corporals, four full-time officers and two part time officers.
"This borough cannot afford this government," Ms. Michener said.
Mr. Cassidy said they want to "do what's right on both ends." So far, in budget talks for next year, the Finance Committee has sat down for four and a half to five hours and "we're not even half way through yet."
Ms. Michener asked if it would be possible for the public to come in and join in the discussion to "help us out with our budget."
Borough Solicitor James Perich said the meetings are open to the public to come in and listen, but not necessarily be able to join in the conversation. The next meeting on the budget was scheduled for a few days after the council meeting.
"We ask our residents to be accountable," Mayor Repasky added. "They expect us to be accountable."
Ms. Michener said her criticism wasn't directed against the police department, rather against the administration of the police department.


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Lincoln: How Abraham Lincoln Ended Slavery in America: A Companion Book for Young Readers to the Steven Spielberg Film (Hardcover)
A new book—and companion to the Steven Spielberg film—tracing how Abraham Lincoln came to view slavery . . . and came to end it.
Steven Spielberg focused his movie Lincoln on the sixteenth president's tumultuous final months in office, when he pursued a course of action to end the Civil War, reunite the country, and abolish slavery. Invited by the filmmakers to write a special Lincoln book as a companion to the film, Harold Holzer, the distinguished historian and a consultant on the movie, now gives us a fast-paced, exciting new book on Lincoln's life and times, his evolving beliefs about slavery, and how he maneuvered to end it.
The story starts on January 31, 1865—less than three months before Lincoln's assassination—as the president anxiously awaits word on whether Congress will finally vote to pass the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Although the Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier had authorized the army to liberate slaves in Confederate territory, only a Constitutional amendment passed by Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the states would end slavery legally everywhere in the country.
Drawing from letters, speeches, memoirs, and documents by Lincoln and others, Holzer goes on to cover Lincoln's boyhood, his moves from Kentucky to Indiana to Illinois, his work as a lawyer and congressman, his unsuccessful candidacies for the U.S. Senate and his victory in two presidential elections, his arduous duties in the Civil War as commander in chief, his actions as president, and his relationships with his family, political rivals, and associates. Holzer provides a fresh view of America in those turbulent times, as well as fascinating insights into the challenges Lincoln faced as he weighed his personal beliefs against his presidential duties in relation to the slavery issue.
The passage of the Thirteenth Amendment would become the crowning achievement of Abraham Lincoln's life and the undisputed testament to his political genius. By viewing his life through this prism, Holzer makes an important passage in American history come alive for readers of all ages.
The book also includes thirty historical photographs, a chronology, a historical cast of characters, texts of selected Lincoln writings, a bibliography, and notes.
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One of the leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln has written a companion book for Steven Spielberg's newly released film on the 16th president. The book by New York historian and author Harold Holzer, titled "Lincoln: How Abraham Lincoln Ended Slavery in America," is geared toward young readers.
The book is a delight, written for young people who may be discovering Lincoln and the Civil War for the first time. . . This may be the book that brings along a whole new generation of Lincoln fans.
An engrossing, well-rounded portrait of Lincoln as a humble, humorous, and passionate politician and humanitarian.
Holzer highlights the emotional turmoil and the rocky political landscape Lincoln astutely navigated to ensure the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment.
LINCOLN invites young readers to explore Lincoln's life and times. The book engagingly captures the trials and tribulations of the 16th president, making Lincoln come alive for a new generation. It serves as a worthy companion to a popular film.


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I'm a relative new-comer to waves and pure wave boards. I have difficulties getting upwind. I'used to riding a freestyle/ -wave types of boards with fins 25-30 cms. No problem upwinding those, but on a waveboard (mine's 2005 Acid80) I have problems getting upwind. Pushing the fin with the back leg causes spin-outs easily. Do I have to dig the windward rail in to water more to get some more leverage to push against with these narrower boards? My board's smallish for my 83ish kg's. I'm using 30" lines and I try to lean as much against the lines by bending the front leg, so that the harness digs into my side as I want to go upwind. My freestyleboard does so, but the Acid80 doesn't. I also understand that a waveboard is not so eager to go upwind than a wider freestyleboard, but if the pro's can do it, so should everyone else. At the moment I also push the boom down a little bit to get some pressure on to the mastfoot and I usually move my backhand more forward when going upwind. Should I try moving the straps and fin backwards a bit? Any advice on technique?
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I'm the same weight as you are and have owned all of all of the Surf/Acid line starting with the Surf 78. The main thing is to be well powered up and don't let your speed drop. Keep lots of pressure on the mastfoot and be light footed with your back foot. I also like shorter harness, 24-26", lines for working upwind.
Waveboard also are quite sensitive to how the sail is tuned. Not having a enough downhaul can really affect how well you can go upwind. Also stick a bit larger fin in it than it came with until you get used to it. I highly recommend the new Drake wave fins.
And give yourself some more time to used to the board. I remember the first time I went to Hawaii and sailed my first waveboard. I couldn't believe how small the fins were and I spun out a lot until I got used to it. Once you get used to the Acid 80, it will go upwind better than you can imagine.
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The Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the Group of Twenty nations are working on securing a deal for a global rescue fund worth around $2 trillion to stave off Europe's protracted debt crisis, reports said Sunday.
Reports said, quoting a draft communique to be released after the meeting today, that the progress on talks regarding boosting IMF's resources will be reviewed in April when the leaders come together for their next meeting in Washington.
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Local EDM trio ill-Mannered -- made up of producers Tyler Crawford Unland, Matthew Stafford and drummer Eric Imbrosciano -- have been working well beyond overtime on their upcoming EP.
The record is due out for free download on Tuesday, and Unland said he thinks it's their best yet. The first single off Illusions Of A Sleepless Mind was released Tuesday.
We got a taste of the new EP, and it's definitely on a new level -- still working in hip hop, funk and dub, but with a more epic feel. When we caught up with Unland the day of the single's release, he was still putting in work in the studio.
So I hear you're in the studio right now.
I don't leave. I basically kind of lock myself up here in the woods and they're always something to do, that's for sure.
Working on anything in particular today?
Today, what I'm working on is releasing this single off of our new EP that's coming out next week. I'm just in the real final steps of mixing and mastering that. Work on it 'til it's perfect, right?
You guys came together from all over -- Philly, New York and Atlanta.
I moved to Colorado and finished up school, and I've known Matthew for about six years, and we used to tour around in different bands on the electronic scene, and we would always cross paths and work stuff as we could together. He went to CU. I met Eric through the music community out here. He's from New York. I've always respected him. He's one of the scene's best drummers. We're good friends and always had mutual respect and wanted to put it to use.
Did you end up in Colorado by coincidence or was there a reason you settled here?
I moved out here for snowboarding. I used to run around and compete with that. One time I was out here when I was 15 or 16 and I decided I was gonna stay here.
How does the writing collaboration work with two producers and a drummer?
It's not exactly always possible (to work together). Everyone's a working musician or something else. Essentially, what we do is we all prose ideas, and some of them are more developed than others, and as they develop or whatever, it's typically myself and Matthew that are doing most of the composition. I'll go to Matthew or Matthew will come to me with what we would consider the start of an idea. Sometimes the tracks are close to finished but we have to meet a mutual agreement about what works. We get a coffee and get all jacked up and sit down and write.
Tell me about the new EP.
This EP, specifically, has been an enormous consumption of all of our time. Just in the creative process alone there's been close to 12 or 15 hundred hours that's gone into it. It's knit-picky for each of us because it's our first really official release. Other stuff has been well received, thank God, but this is the first thing as an entire project from start to finish that all of us have to sign off on and say 'That's the best that we can do.'
This EP is all about finding a balance for us.... We always pursue our creative desires, but keep in mind that the end result should cater slightly towards what people would like ... I know that I can kind of speak on behalf of everyone for this: The kind of overproducing thing, often times, gives it this stale appeal, and our whole aspiration that we like to aim for is trying to balance that kind of production and pristine, clear sound with something natural and organic that gives just a certain aesthetic. Like modern versus primitive. If we have something beautiful and clean, making something that gives it some trash and some grit and some warmth, you can grasp it better.
What's the live show like?
The live set up, obviously there's three of us, and you can obviously expect that Eric is going to be on point and just be a pretty cool spectacle to watch. He's amazing. As far as Matthew and myself, we share a laptop and trigger samples and mix in and out of tracks. With the live show, overall what we're trying to do is provide the atmosphere that we like when we go to shows. We like to go to shows and get rowdy and be with all our friends. Potentially get into some irresponsible stuff.
You can catch ill-Mannered live, opening for Juno What?! at the Fox Theatre on Sept. 27.