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... Mr. Giuliani was led through a basement and out onto Church Street, his head and shoulders dusted white with ash. He walked north into the surreal brightness of that day, comforting a police officer and dragooning reporters....Do we have an irrational attachment to Giuliani? Is he satisfying psychological needs that we ought to start examining objectively?
That walk north, the spareness of his words and his passion became the founding stones in the reconstruction of the mayor's reputation, transforming him from a grouchy pol slip-sliding into irrelevancy to the Republican presidential candidate introduced as America's mayor. The former mayor has made this day the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, aware that millions of Americans hold that heroic view in their collective mind's eye.
Political leadership is an uncertain alchemy, an admixture of the symbolic and substantive and the visceral. In times of consuming trauma, psychologists and historians say, a leader must speak with a trusted voice and sketch honestly the painful steps to safety. A leader must weave a narrative of shared loss while acknowledging consuming anger.
All this Mr. Giuliani accomplished, mourning the dead, comforting the grieving and cheering the living even as the police and the National Guard moved in. His critics have lambasted the rescue failures at ground zero and argued that his inattention before 9/11 cost lives.
But his performance shone brighter for the implicit comparison with President George W. Bush, who initially appeared — fairly or not — frozen in his chair, listening to second graders read as a nation came under attack.
September 21, 2007
"From a grouchy pol slip-sliding into irrelevancy to the Republican presidential candidate introduced as America's mayor..."
67 comments:
- AllenS said...
Fred is today
Rudy was yesterday
- -Peder said...
I know there is this idea that Rudy's supporters (of which I'm probably one) only do so because of 9/11 but that's just not true. The man's record in NYC was good enough that he'd be a worthy candidate even if the terrorist attacks had been elsewhere. Frankly, it's just a way for the opposition to pretend that there is no good reason to vote for him.
- shadow said...
Of course.
Prior to 911 most New Yorkers would have laughed at the suggestion that Giuliani run for president. Just because the city rallied around him for two couple weeks after a disaster, there's no reason to believe he'd make a good president.
It's just one more example of how the public and the media focus on incredibly superficial issues during political campaigns, rather than seriously digging into the truly important issues.
- rhhardin said...
Political leadership is an uncertain alchemy, an admixture of the symbolic and substantive and the visceral.
The fellow has a tin ear.
A correct usage example for admixture :
The growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure.
- Hoosier Daddy said...
9/11 notwithstanding, Rudy is really the only candidate with any executive or administrative experience, period. Like him or not, he ran a city the size of some countries and did a pretty good job of it.
But the comparison to Bush who continued to read a book is a good one. Bush is lambasted for not immediately jumping up and 'doing something' while Rudy did just that and is still criticized. So either way you can't win mainly because the criticism is ideological and nothing more.
- Roger said...
Before anyone else gets it in:
multiple marriages, philanderer, Bernie Kerik, all New Yorkers hate him....... Did that get it all? I am sure we will be informed down thread. (peder and hoosier pretty well sums it up for me).
- hdhouse said...
Not all new yorkers hate Rudy. Most.
Only one with executive or administrative experience? please.
His chances of carrying his home state of New York are nil when matched up with Clinton.
He will be the easiest candidate to pick apart.
Porter? Front please....Show Mr. Rudy to the door and take his baggage with him. Next.
- peter hoh said...
Yes, Giuliani struck the right tone on Sept. 11, 2001, but if his actions count as heroic, well, we've set the heroism bar too low.
At most, Giuliani is the celebrity of 9/11. And what did he do with the bully pulpit which fate handed him? Other than build himself up, that is?
The Simpsons captured our shallow understanding of heroism in the episode in which Manjula gives birth to the octuplets. As delivery guys are wheeling in assorted baby furniture and a big screen TV, they see a news report about a woman in Shelbyville who just gave birth to 9. One delivery guy says something like, "Let's take this stuff to the Shelbyville Nine. They're the real heroes."
- B said...
There is not one person critical of Giuliani that has ever seriously planned to consider voting for him. Why should anyone listen to someone disingenuous like that?. "Gee, thanks, dishonest-motives commenter - you sure have no other motives than my best interest at heart. Uh yup."
Diane Feinstein built her 1994 Senate campaign around a powerful, yet somewhat disgusting commercial that began with the actual recording, with screams of "Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed." The ad portrayed then Supervisor Feinstein as the one who calmed the city and took control. She was soon "America's Most Effective Mayor". She won her Senate seat because of pity - voters felt they owed her after defeating her and choosing Wilson against her for governor. Pity politics is strong in America.
The only hope that Dems have at this point - the only hope - of defeating Giuliani is to take the pre-emptive strike of slandering a man that New Yorkers would have reelected in a landslide if term limits had not put him out. Funny how politics can make liars out of who you thought were decent people.
Hillary Clinton staring down Iran or Korea or (excuse me for laughing) Hugo Chavez?
- B said...
Don't agree with you about Rudy obviously, but "Porter? Front please..." wins for line of the day. Thanks.
- B said...
May 16, 2000 - Clinton-Giuliani Senate Race Locked In Dead Heat, Quinnipiac College Poll Finds
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani remain locked in a neck and neck race in their U.S. Senate campaign, according to a Quinnipiac College poll released today. Mrs. Clinton has 44 percent to Mayor Giuliani's 43 percent.
3 days later, Giuliani announced that he would not run due to the need to deal with his prostate cancer.
Yup, guess that proved that most New Yorkers hated him.
- B said...
Crackdown on Minor Offenses Swamps New York City Courts
New York Times, February 2, 1999
New York City's Criminal Courts are overwhelmed by a flood of cases as the Police Department, responding to the Giuliani administration's quality-of-life campaign, makes hundreds of thousands of arrests a year for everything from subway fare beating to reckless bicycle riding to marijuana possession.
Major crime is at a record low in the city . . .
That Giuliani . . . He's so mean . . .
- B said...
Mayor Lashes Out, and Mrs. Clinton Says He's Always Angry
New York Times, December 23, 1999
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani asserted yesterday that Democrats in Washington and New York were conspiring to discredit him as he prepared to run for the United States Senate, while Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested that Mr. Giuliani was consumed by an anger that could undercut his effectiveness in Congress.
The first lady and the mayor made their remarks at almost precisely the same moment, though in different parts of the state and without knowledge of what the other was saying. In the Bronx, Mr. Giuliani contended that Democrats acting at Mrs. Clinton's behest were waging an orchestrated campaign to damage his candidacy, taking note of an investigation by the Brooklyn district attorney into his chief political adviser, Bruce J. Teitelbaum, and an order by Andrew M. Cuomo, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, that HUD take direct control over distribution of $60 million in federal money for a city homeless program.
To which even the Clinton-supporting New York Times recognized the Clinton dirty tactics. Times editorial same day:
As housing secretary, Mr. Cuomo has the right to ensure that federal money is spent properly. But seizing control of a $60 million program was an abrupt and extreme step. Since the secretary is a booster of Mrs. Clinton's candidacy, the mayor was also within his rights to see politics behind Mr. Cuomo's action.
I suppose it's too much to wish that Ms Clinton could try and run on her record and not stoop to the dishonest and outright despicable campaign tactics . . . even I can't write that without laughing.
- paul a'barge said...
...Is he satisfying psychological needs that we ought to start examining objectively...
Yeah baby, that's the ticket.
Here we are, humans on Earth, blessed to live in the greatest culture ever to rise on that Earth's surface, surrounded by international mediocrity of the first order and infected by a leftist culture that is relentless in it's desire to destroy everything to which that leftist culture can not aspire or achieve, and (wait for it) we need to take a true national hero and start examining him objectively.
Yeah, that's what we need.
Big Sigh.
- paul a'barge said...
He's not perfect, but he was never a grouchy pol slip-sliding into irrelevancy.
The man busted the Mafia. The man took on the Liberal culture of death that was killing NYC and bitch-slapped it. The man rose to the occasion on 9/11. Now the man is offering us himself for President when every leader on the DHIMMIcRAT side is solely owned by MoveOn.org.
If the premise these people put out is ridiculous on it's face, why do we have to even bother paying attention to their conclusions?
- Roger said...
Of course I must be under the control of my inner psychological demons, but I SWEAR I looked at his accomplishmentss as Mayor, his demeanor during 9/11, his commitment to national security and the war on terror, and his socially liberal views. Then is looked at his multiple marriages, his support of Bernie Kerik, the criticism he has received from most New Yorkers and the NYT editorial board. I balanced the latter against the former, and then examined the people he is running against. Having done all that I came to the conclusion that among the reinforced battalion of presidential candidates, Rudy was the person I thought would most closely match my interests. I could have sworn I was being objecitve. Who knew I just didnt look at my inner child to help me pick a candidate.
- AllenS said...
B brought up an interesting fact:
"May 16, 2000 ... Mrs. Clinton has 44 percent to Mayor Giuliani's 43 percent."
And, this is after what paul abarge pointed out: "The man busted the Mafia. The man took on the Liberal culture of death that was killing NYC and bitch-slapped it."
So, Rudy was losing to someone from Arkansas who shows up wearing a NY Yankees baseball cap, saying she had been a Yankees fan from the get-go. Just how shallow is Ruby's support? Or, perhaps, the question should be WTF is wrong with NY.
- Hoosier Daddy said...
Not all new yorkers hate Rudy. Most.
Well as nearly half the state lives in NYC and he as a GOPer won twice, I'd think 'most' is questionable.
Only one with executive or administrative experience? please.
Please tell me who of the slate on either side has any?
His chances of carrying his home state of New York are nil when matched up with Clinton.
Based upon your personal opinion? That won't get me a grande latte at Starbucks.
He will be the easiest candidate to pick apart.
Ok if you say so.
Porter? Front please....Show Mr. Rudy to the door and take his baggage with him. Next.
I will admit you are a witty guy hdhouse but don't have much in the way of substance when making a counterpoint. I know you have your heart set on seeing Hillary captain of Broomstick One so its understandable.
- dbp said...
It is no sure thing that Rudy can carry New York in the Presidential election. But what other GOP contender would even bother trying?
btw. Rudy is not alone among GOP contenders with executive experience: There is another guy who ran an olympics, a venture capital firm and a liberal New England state.
- demian said...
Giuliani does satisfy a "psychological need," namely survival. He demonstrated leadership, toughness and a coolness of head on a day when many lost theirs.
He also exhibited an early understanding of terrorism's sponsors. He rejected the Saudis' cash donation -- and criticism -- after the attacks. Bush, on the other hand, offered bromides about "our friends the Saudis."
It's entirely appropriate to examine our attraction to Giuliani. But we needn't dismiss it simply because it originates in the psyche. We are sometimes wiser than we know.
- Zeb Quinn said...
Rudy is fun to watch, but what's even more fun to watch are those who pop up to snipe and take pot shots at him. It's truly a testament to the Power of Rudy, the raw and unbridled power to win it all, appealing to voters across the board. And what's really a hoot is the realization that if he were Rudy Giuliani (D) instead of Rudy Giuliani (R) these same people would be falling all over themselves fawning over him. The Democrats yearn, in vain, for a candidate of anywhere near Rudy's gravitas. And it's so transparent that it's almost embarrassing.
- XWL said...
It's another pre-excuse for the expected 'unexpected failure' of Sen. Clinton to succeed next November.
It won't be because Americans get a whiff of what she will try and sell, and decide the GOP candidate is better.
Instead, it will be because of dirty tricks and playing up emotional issues.
If Mayor Giuliani is the GOP candidate, then it will be playing up 9/11 (unfairly).
If Sen. Thompson is the GOP candidate, then it will be because America wanted a 'daddy' and were afraid of a strong woman (Americans are all sexist pigs).
Sen. Clinton will almost undoubtably win the popular vote, where she will do well, she'll do very well, but I still don't see her winning any swing state that Sen. Kerry had lost in 2004.
She may win the popular vote by 5 million votes, and still lose in the Electoral College.
The editorials on Nov 5th 2008 after a Hillary loss should be interesting.
(Democratic presidential hopefuls never lose cause they ran the lesser candidate, it's always some sort of GOP subterfuge that leads to Democratic electoral defeat)
- Roost on the Moon said...
It does seem like there is a certain willful blindness to the Republican base when it comes to Giuliani. I say this as someone who thinks Giuliani is far and away the strongest GOP candidate, and the only one that has a real shot at beating the Democrats in 08.
He gets a pass on an issue that would kill any other major GOP candidate: gun control. He has always supported strong gun control, suggesting in the nineties that we should have national gun laws along the lines of New York's. He has backed off that a little, now taking the federalist position that it should be 'up to the states'. I haven't heard much crowing about it, but that is a call for a very weak interpretation of the 2nd amendment. Maybe I'm wrong about the GOP base, but it seems to me if any other candidate suggested that, they'd be shown the door.
Socially, he's a pretty moderate candidate. He won't do much to advance conservative goals in the areas that often win them elections, the social stuff. His positions on abortion, that "Defense of Marriage" nonsense, and even immigration would be huge stumbling blocks for anyone else.
He's basically an authoritarian free-market democrat. Nobody ever lost an election for being too tough on crime and terrorism. If his tough talk about the enormous imminent threat of "islamo-fascism" can win him the nomination, it might well win him the presidency.
- Trooper York said...
Rudy: We're gonna go inside, we're gonna go outside, inside and outside. We're gonna get 'em on the run boys and once we get 'em on the run we're gonna keep 'em on the run. And then we're gonna go go go go go go and we're not gonna stop til we get across that goalline. This is a team they say is... is good, well I think we're better than them. They can't lick us, so what do you say men?
(Rudy (1993)TriStar Pictures)
- Doyle said...
Is he satisfying psychological needs that we ought to start examining objectively?
- Bea Arthur said...
I know I haven't written anything here for quite a while. I've been in Europe most of the summer, and I'm really sorry I wasn't around to welcome the Professor to New York. There's a lot to catch up on, but I'll spare you anything off-topic. I may be old, but I'm not a complete dingbat just yet.
Anyway, I just couldn't let this topic go by. As a lifelong New Yorker and someone who's liberal and Jewish, I can tell you that I love what Rudy did for this city. It was unbelievable. The fact is that I was ready to move to New Jersey with the rest of my family, and Rudy managed to make this place livable again, and I could stay and enjoy what I love about the City. In fact, I think it's better than it has ever been in my lifetime, which is getting so long I don't want to think about it.
I want to say I agree with everything Roger wrote above. I've made the exact same calculations.
But I've come to the exact opposite conclusion. I'm voting for Sen. Clinton.
I love Rudy. He did a great job for New York. I know, everybody wasn't happy. I have friends who still hate him, and think he was brutal, unfair to poor people, a race-baiter, etc., etc. The complaints don't end. And we haven't even started on his personal life.
I have two problems with Rudy for President. First is what his personal life says about him. He's a needy guy, and I don't think he is stable enough to be President.
The second problem is that he is a Republican. The next election is going to be a Democratic year, and we have too many problems to have a divided government. My biggest reason for voting for Hillary is that she will be in a position to finally do something about health care, which is, in my opinion, either the first or second most important problem we've got. It can trade places with terrorism/Middle East mess for top honors. I don't care.
Anyway, Sen. Clinton will finally DO something about this. AND I think she's tough enough and a realist enough to deal with the security mess we've got on our hands. People say she's in the grip of the extreme left wing of the Democratic Party. Bullshit! I've seen her in action as a Senator, and I think she's a very sensible person. Every politician has to satisfy some nutcases in their party. Look at the Republicans. I imagine Rudy will be down South, talkin' at Bible Thump U. 'bout how close to God he's become. Give me a break!
So, there you have it. My reasons for supporting Hillary. Aren't you sorry you didn't ask?
- Roger said...
Roost: I agree with your analysis; and I do think it does speak to the security issue that has come to dominate electoral issues since 9/11. Clearly, Ms Clinton understands that. Rudy looks awfully much like Joe Lieberman in terms of positions--pretty much a Nelson Rockfeller Republican (dated reference, but I am on Social Security so can get away with it).
- Roger said...
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- PatCA said...
Since he's a Republican, the NYT has to check its rear view mirror to nitpick his "inattention" and his failures after 9/11 and of course mention the My Pet Goat episode. After all, they know what's best for the country. They're liberal journalists! Who were probably hiding under the desks that day.
- Doyle said...
I have friends who still hate him, and think he was brutal, unfair to poor people, a race-baiter, etc., etc. The complaints don't end.
Neither does the race-baiting.
- Roger said...
Doyle: be fair: that's not race baiting, that's religion baiting. And Rudy didnt say it--Peter King said it. The DNC spokesperson is appropriately outraged--outraged!--surprised she didnt use the F word to express her outrage!
- Hoosier Daddy said...
He gets a pass on an issue that would kill any other major GOP candidate: gun control.
He gets a pass because he has demonstrated that he is all about law and order and that it will be maintained. Supporting a strong gun control law is quite different than calling for an outright ban and even 'knuckle-dragging' conservatives in Jesus-land understand that.
The fact that he is socially liberal yet still garners support among conservatives says more about liberals who seem to loathe the man despite his support for thier pet issues (abortion, gun control, gay rights).
Again, ideology trumps.
- Doyle said...
That Rudy chose that racist whack job to be a national security adviser is nonetheless telling. As is his decision not to disavow the totally unambiguous comment that there are too many mosques in this country.
- AllenS said...
Mark me down as someone who doesn't think that Rudy will get the nomination, Fred will.
- Roger said...
Doyle: you know, I bet his failure to denounce that is really going to irritate a lot of muslims and PC progressives who would have otherwise voted for Rudy--It will probably lose him the coveted CAIR endorsement :)
- Ralph said...
"perhaps, the question should be WTF is wrong with NY."
It's the reversal of the Monty Python cartoon: "Thank you for saving our city!" SPLATT.
Bea, what did you think of Bill Clinton's 8 years of extreme neediness, and the damage/lost opportunities it wrought? At least Rudy seems to have enough self-discipline to make real reforms, and against the tide.
- Invisible Man said...
Hoosier Daddy,
The notion that liberals should like him because he isn't anti-abortion or pro-guns is preposterous. Conservatives like Giuliani for the same reason that liberals don't like him, he hates (and I do mean hates) liberals. Never mind that he holds some of our positions, his candidacy is based on little more than 9/11 and hyper-partisanship. I can make an easy case that Mitt, McCain or Fred would be more willing to work with Democrats than Rudy.
- Roger said...
IM: "...he hates (and I do mean hates) liberals." Wow! you are employing Rovian tactics to further increase my support of Rudy!
- paul a'barge said...
AllenS: Or, perhaps, the question should be WTF is wrong with NY.
I knew you could get there.
Now, do you need us to hold you by the hand and figure that one out for you?
- Zeb Quinn said...
Mark me down as someone who doesn't think that Rudy will get the nomination, Fred will.
Could be, but it doesn't matter. Here's why: it's gonna be Fred/Rudy or Rudy/Fred on the ticket, and either way it's a ticket that might run the table.
- Too many jims said...
Zeb Quinn said...
Could be, but it doesn't matter. Here's why: it's gonna be Fred/Rudy or Rudy/Fred on the ticket, and either way it's a ticket that might run the table.
You mean, "run the table" like Reagan only losing the home State of the opponent?
- AllenS said...
I was stunned when NYers voted for her after the Yankees cap thing. Could anything be more unbelievable? Then I think about her and Bill always being photoed going to church every Sunday. When was the last time she went to church? Has she ever been to a Yankees game?
You know, I'll be 61 yo this Nov., and I'm beginning to be more and more like my father. He was an Ojibwa Indian from the White Earth Indian Reservation, WWII vet, and he never voted in his life. When I would ask him about politics, he would look at me, smile, and grunt. I'm beginning to see why he was like that. Really, who knows more about politics, my father or Bea Arthur?
- Roost on the Moon said...
I suspect that if push came to shove, Giuliani might even be left of Lieberman on many issues, especially the ones that put him at odds with the angry protestant right. (Abortion, establishment-clause issues, gay rights...) It's going to be an interesting primary. I think Thompson will actually be a taller hurdle for Giuliani than Clinton would be.
Hoosier Daddy,
Strange post. "Ideology Trumps." It seems like we're talking about a phenomenon exactly the opposite of that. We're talking about ideology not trumping, for both sides.
Then, on gun control, really strange. If the people you call knuckle-dragging Jesus-lovers agreed that the appropriate position was "Strong Gun Control in the name of Law & Order, stopping short of an all out ban", there wouldn't be an issue.
An all-out gun-ban has simply never been on the table. The debate has always been (strong control v. 2nd amendment rights.) The NRA doesn't support registration, waiting periods, or any kind of control, and neither do most GOP candidates. Giuliani is on the hard left side of this one. This is exactly the kind of ideology-blindness I'm talking about. The man wants to radically limit access to firearms. He wants a national database. But somehow, you've convinced yourself that Good Conservative Americans like yourself can see that it's not the bad kind of gun control.
- AllenS said...
Dang. I forgot to mention that my father never complained about the political state of affairs.
- B said...
Hillary burnished her National Security Credentials yesterday by:
1) refusing to endorse a measure that decrys the moveon.org General "BetrayUs" ad.
Does anyone honestly believe that if she can't stand up for a general now, that she'll have the undying confidence of the military when she's Commander in Chief?
2)Her comments so far on the reprehensibility of Holocaust-denying and killer of Americans Iranian President Ahmanedinijad coming to speak at Columbia University:
(Yup - she's real qualified
to oversee this nation's national security.)
- Roger said...
B: add to that she is apparently using Sandy Berger as one of her national security advisors.
- Hoosier Daddy said...
The notion that liberals should like him because he isn't anti-abortion or pro-guns is preposterous
Is it? Why then is a supreme court candidate's position on abortion the litmus test in his/her nomination for liberals?
Strange post. "Ideology Trumps."
Allow me to clarify: Preconceived notions of left vs right ideology. Rudy is a GOPer thus antithema to left ideology, never mind that Rudy is a social liberal. Again, pro-choice, gun control, gay rights yet the knee jerk reaction of the left is Rudy is bad because he's a republican.
An all-out gun-ban has simply never been on the table. The debate has always been (strong control v. 2nd amendment rights.)
Do you seriously believe that any of the Democratic candidates would not try for ban on private ownership of firearms if they thought they could get it? Is it legal to own a handgun in Chicago or Washington DC?
But somehow, you've convinced yourself that Good Conservative Americans like yourself can see that it's not the bad kind of gun control.
Probably because it isn't a bad kind and most conservatives would support it. Law and order. Only the fringe nutballs think anyone should have easy access to firearms
- Hoosier Daddy said...
Roost, just one other point regarding your statement:
The NRA doesn't support registration, waiting periods, or any kind of control,
Actually they do.
Wayne LaPierre, the group's executive vice president, told NEWSWEEK that Cho, the Virginia Tech killer, "absolutely" should have been barred from buying a gun under current federal laws. But Lapierre nonetheless says the group is now working with longtime ally Rep. John Dingell, Democrat of Michigan, on a bill to ensure that mental-health records—such as the December 2005 court order directing Cho to receive a psychiatric evaluation—are entered into a FBI database that is used for background checks of gun buyers. Federal law does bar sales of guns to those who have been found to be mentally "defective," but most states have a shoddy track record of reporting mental-health records to the feds.
Evidently the President of the NRA is convinced as well.
- Too many jims said...
I am curious what people think of this excerpt from Giuliani's speech to the NRA.
- hdhouse said...
ohhhh Hoosier Daddy?
Well as nearly half the state lives in NYC and he as a GOPer won twice, I'd think 'most' is questionable.
Well NY is democratic about 60-40. He get's virtually zero votes there and his Republican favorability is under 70% so 40 x's .7 = 28%....so he should get roughly 28-35% in NY. Had enough?
Please tell me who of the slate on either side has any?
He was mayor for 8 years and his favorables prior to 9-11 were 40%. He started his consultant group with Bernie Kerick shortly thereafter. Want more? There isn't much except for a pretty good career as US attorney SDNY...that I will concede.
His chances of carrying his home state of New York are nil when matched up with Clinton.
Last poll has Hillary up by 10%.
He will be the easiest candidate to pick apart.
NRA will pick him off for gun control. Religious right for infidelity and abortion. Economists for his wretched handling of NYC finances...want more?
Ok if you say so.
Oh I do.
- Roger said...
Too many jims--tacking to the right using the cell phone schtick as cover.
- blake said...
Boy, the next 400 days are gonna be fun, aren't they? I'm somehow reminded of the Iranian hostage crisis.
I just wanted to give a shout out to Bea Arthur for her excellent voice work on Futurama.
- Roost on the Moon said...
Point taken. Saying the NRA is against "Any kind of control" was over-reaching. They support background checks for crime and insanity. But that's about the extent of it. Not exactly controversial stuff; not anything anyone opposes. So again, not really where the action is on this issue.
You think the NRA is convinced? I'd be very surprised; he has referred to them as "extremists"..."terrible for states and cities. They're terrible for America."
Here's a gem:
"The more guns you take out of society, the more you are going to reduce murder. The less you take out of society, the more it is going to go up."
He supports a pending lawsuit against gun manufacturers by the city of New York:
"This is an industry that is profiting from the suffering of innocent people. What's worse, its profits rest on a number of illegal and immoral practices. This lawsuit is meant to end the free pass that the gun industry has so long enjoyed."
According to the analysis offered by the moderate conservative (& around these parts, fairly well-respected) blog The Volokh Conspiracy,
"Rudy Guliani (R-N.Y.) is even worse than his predecessor, Democrat David Dinkins; indeed, based on his record, arguably worse than Sen. Clinton."
That you are stretching so hard as to claim that the NRA supports him(!) is exhibit A for my initial claim. For whatever reason, Republicans are willfully ignoring lots of things about Rudy Giuliani. The trick for him, then, is to make that last long enough to win the nomination. If he does, there is a strong chance we'll have a Republican president. But you'll have already ceded quite a bit of ground on domestic issues to the left.
- Roger said...
Roost: Volokh is purportedly a libertarian oriented blog, but on a recent self disclosure survey by the Saintly Eugene, commenters were pretty evenly divided among liberal, libertarians, and conservatives. Which "conspirator" made that statement you quote, if I may ask?
As to your point about republicans "ignoring" Rudy's social liberalism and personal life--I would submit it isnt a matter of IGNORING but rather of balancing his views on terrorism and crime control (ie security issues) against his social liberalism. You choose the candidate who best captures your personal priorities, and I believe security issues tend to predominate many voters political calculus.
- John Stodder said...
We've been here before -- electoral results equated to some kind of national mental illness syndrome. Remember the "angry white men" who supposedly had a "tantrum" in 1994?
Here we go again, being irrational.
Electing Democrats is always the better angels of our nature at work. Electing Republicans means we've given into dark, shadowy impulses and need therapy.
I know I sound like a Republican when I say things like this, but what I really am is an embarrassed liberal. Why do my people write such patronizing bullshit?
- Roost on the Moon said...
the VC quote was from David Kopel.
That's a good distinction to make, ignoring v. prioritizing/balancing.
Sure, there are many people who have made conscious decisions to put other concerns on the back burner until the terrorist threat has passed. (Picture the press conference: fat chance)
But I think the comments by some up above indicate that many of Giuliani's fans don't really know what Giuliani stands for. He's a lot closer to Hillary Clinton than many people give him credit/blame for.
It's not like Thompson is "soft on terror". If I were a conservative republican, I would much prefer a Thompson presidency. My only question would be, is it worth giving up gun rights, defense of marriage, and immigration in order to have a better chance at a Republican white house? It's Giuliani as tactical retreat, I guess.
Of course, there are also many people who are not "settling" for Giuliani, who have views that he represents fairly well. I'd guess that Ann Althouse is one.
- Hoosier Daddy said...
That you are stretching so hard as to claim that the NRA supports him(!) is exhibit A for my initial claim.
Hmmm...I don't think that's quite fair Roost. I don't think I was trying to make a claim that Rudy had the backing of the NRA, if the implication was there, it was unintentional. My claim in the last post was that even the NRA supports common sense gun control.
My point is that despite his social liberal stances, he is viewed by most conservatives as a law and order type and that tends to rank higher than say, whether Tom and Barney can legally get married. Will the hard right Christians vote for him? I dunno but I honestly don't give them as much clout as some others do. Both the hard left and hard right constitute about 20% of the voting population but have the biggest mouths of all. I'm a gun owner myself, a veritable armory I have by some standards yet have never been an NRA member. The vast majority of the country sits on the fence, ergo, moderate.
Can Rudy get the nomination? Jury is out. Then again, I'm not seeing how Hillary can win the whole kitty with a 40% DISapproval rating either.
- Kirk said...
I've read a number of mind-boggling things today, but I have to say your equivocation between the health-care "crisis" and terrorist jihadism takes the cake!
Please tell me I've completely missed the point of what you were trying to say...
- B said...
This evangelical can vote for Rudy with a clear conscience.
St Paul emphasized the need to be model citizens as afar as possible, in obedience to the elected authorities as much as possible. That would include voting, and taking the time to make a serious informed decision before voting.
That practically translates into making what is often a strategic decision: Candidate A is closer to me on 5 of the 7 positions that are important to me, while Candidate B is aligned with me on only 1, but that 1 is my #One issue. Like everyone else who seriously considers a candidate, evangelicals know they are often taking the "lesser of 2 evils".
IWhen it comes to Rudy vs. Hillary:
I am pro-life, but neither of them is. However, who is more likely to nominate judges that salivate at the opportunity to tell the Judiciary Committee how much they consider Roe to be the Cornerstone of the entire Constitution, after passing the new President's litmus test for being solidly pro-choice?
(Remember - it was John Kerry who promised to appoint upholders of Roe. Yeah, that's not a litmus test)
I believe that Marriage should remain between a man and a woman. Like most evangelicals, I have no problem with numerous benefits that are associated with civil unions - visitation, insurance, inheritance, as examples - being legalized for other relationships. Now I've lost both of these candidates, but who is more likely to press for a national right-to-marry law?
On Taxes: If you can't figure this one out, please don't vote. Please.
Personally I am middle of the road on gun control, so that's somewhat of a wash.
The environment - I avoid discussion of other religions in polite company.
My main concern, as a father and soon-to-be grandfather, is National Security. Is this really now a hard decision? Let's see:
. -- A Hardass talking woman with no administrative experience who is disrespectful towards the military she wants to lead: she just refused to condemn Moveon.org on the Betray Us ad because they're so far up her a-- that they shake hands with Hsu, or
. -- A former United States Attorney and Assistant Attorney General who had over 4,000 successful convictions, broke the back of the Mafia's five largest families in the organized crime trial of the century, restored order and pride in the ugliest city in America - New York, New York - while bringing down major crime.
Oh yeah - tough choice.
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- Hoosier Daddy said...
Oh yeah - tough choice.
- Bea Arthur said...
Hey Kirk, I'm a little old lady in tennis shoes, so I don't have much testosterone to spill on these discussions. I've just got my ideas. Maybe I'm crazy, but a lot of people are concerned with the same things I am.
I think the two biggest problems we face in the United States are:
1. The terrorist threat with the related Middle East mess. This is an international problem with a big domestic component. Some people call this National Security. I think National Security is a bigger set of issues than the current GWOT, but that's too big a debate for this paragraph.
2. Health care reform. This is a purely domestic problem, but a huge one. We've got pretty good health care in the US, but the administrative costs are killing us. No other country pays what we do to push paper (now electrons) around trying to shift costs to somebody else. I just got back from Europe, and, believe me, things are getting weird over there, but at least they don't pour money meant to pay for medical care down insurance company rat holes. They've got their own rat holes, but we'll get to that another time.
What's to be confused about? Those are my two big issues. I don't care which one you put first on the list. They're BOTH absolutely vital to get right, or we're screwed.
You could also add:
3. Immigration. You might want to put this under the rubric of National Security, but it's going to need a separate solution than, say, figuring out what to do about Iran. This is also a Big Issue for many people. It doesn't bother me as much as Nos. 1 and 2, but if, God forbid, I lived in Southern California again, I might want somebody to look into just who those 17 guys are the neighbor's got putting on a new roof
A little further down the list, but something that's going to bite us in the ass big time unless we do something:
4. Medicare funding. This a classic Domestic Issue. Interesting and scary, particularly if you're a Baby Boomer. All you Boomers could end up with nothing but aspirin to take for your cancer unless we figure out how to pay for this. Me, I plan to be dead. I also think we might find a solution for this one if we reform health care in general.
Anyway, we have four or five Really Big Problems we've got to solve. I expect people should disagree about what's most important. A lot of people seem ready to dismiss the terrorist threat, and just forget about 9/11. They think terrorism is no big deal, and the GWOT has been oversold. I've heard and read a lot of this lately, including the archives here. Makes me sick. I live in Manhattan and was here on 9/11. Like every other New Yorker, I could go on about people I knew who were killed or injured or otherwise badly affected. But all I'm going to say about this is, NEVER AGAIN.
But National Security isn't the only issue. If it were, I might be more inclined to vote for Rudy. But even there, as much as I like him, it would be a tough sell for me.
No, there are other problems we've got to solve, and I think, overall, that Sen. Clinton is the best candidate to deal with the whole mess. She's tough. She's experienced. She's got a coalition of Democrats behind her. And, most importantly, the Democrats are going to wipe floor with the Republicans next year. That's thanks to George 'Herbert Hoover' Bush, the biggest screw-up President in my lifetime. The rest of the Republicans screwed up pretty badly, too.
Watching Bill Clinton and Congress play their games was a little vacation from reality we seemed to be able to afford. So then we elected a completely Republican government, and we had a vacation from both reality AND competence.
It was an interesting little holiday in Republicanland. Tax Cut Land was OK, if you like that sort of thing.
All the rides in International Relations Land seem to have broken down And War on Terror Land was a complete mess. I want my money back. Looks like the amusement park is closing, though, and we're all going to be leaving. I just hope the last shuttle back to reality hasn't left yet.
- B said...
You won't get your money back on International Relations Land, Bea, if you get Hillary as President.
You'll get taken to the cleaners in the National Security Pavilion. That's where you'll be hunkered down after the next "Never Again" attack at will on NYC and other cities. Having Bill in bed next to her won't guarantee that she will overnight become respected enough to get the best out of the military. And you know what happened when Bill got distracted last time . . .
- AlphaLiberal said...
Giuliani is a fraud. He pretends to have some sort of special skill or knowledge for combatting terrorism. But he doesn't. He was Mayor when New York was attacked and the city was ill-prepared due to Giuliani's insistence that the command center/love nest be downtown. It could not be used because it was too close to the towers.
So, he screwed that up.
When you listen to him on terrorism, he sounds just like Bush. And Bush has been a disaster.
If Ann is using the royal "we" I agree her attachment is irrational and focused on a need for a daddy figure to make her feel safe.
- downtownlad said...
One thing I do admire about Giuliani is the way he treats black people like shit.
That's cool.
- B said...
Tina Fey, the star and writer of "30 Rock" perhaps says it best:
I have a lot of liberal feelings, but I also live in New York, and I want to feel safe, and I secretly kind of want Giuliani."
- B said...
Alphaliberal, a friendly word of advice:
Using anything posted on a leftwing blog (such as Talking Points Memo)as evidence to bolster your arguments will get you just as far as any conservative linking to Fox News.


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THOMASVILLE, Ga., Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) today announced it amended and extended its existing $500 million senior unsecured revolving loan facility. The amendment provides for a new five-year term and modest improvements in the company's drawn and undrawn pricing under the credit facility. The amended credit facility includes a one-year maturity extension option, and permits Flowers to request additional commitments up to an aggregate of $700 million upon the satisfaction of certain conditions.
Borrowing availability under the credit facility may be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures, acquisition financing, refinancing of indebtedness, dividends, and share repurchases.
"Amending and extending the credit facility improves our capital structure, providing a solid debt capital base and continued source of liquidity," said R. Steve Kinsey, executive vice president and chief financial officer. "This amendment to our credit facility positions us to take advantage of an assortment of opportunities as we work to achieve our expansion goals."
Headquartered in Thomasville, Ga., Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) is the second-largest producer and marketer of packaged bakery foods for retail and foodservice customers in the United States with 2011 sales of $2.8 billion. Flowers operates 44 bakeries that produce a wide range of bakery products. These products are sold through a direct-store-delivery network with access to approximately 70% of the U.S. population in the East, South, and Southwest as well as in certain markets in California. Select Flowers products are sold nationwide through customers' delivery systems. Among the company's top brands are Nature's Own and Tastykake. For more information, visit www.flowersfoods.com.
Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those projected. Other factors that may cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking statements contained in this release and that may affect the company's prospects in general include, but are not limited to, (a) competitive conditions in the baked foods industry, including promotional and price competition, (b) changes in consumer demand for our products, (c) the success of productivity improvements and new product introductions, (d) a significant reduction in business with any of our major customers including a reduction from adverse developments in any of our customer's business, (e) fluctuations in commodity pricing, (f) our ability to fully integrate recent acquisitions into our business, and (g) our ability to achieve cash flow from capital expenditures and acquisitions and the availability of new acquisitions that build shareholder value. In addition, our results may also be affected by general factors such as economic and business conditions (including the baked foods markets), interest and inflation rates and such other factors as are described in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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When I read about Joelen's Caribbean Adventure blogging event, I knew that this recipe, one I made at the beginning of the summer, would be perfect for it! Grouper is hard to come by in these parts, and the frozen grouper I got at Jungle Jim's was a little on the thin side (not to mention that I'm not a baked/poached/not sauteed fish fan), so it was only natural that I modified the recipe a bit to dredge the grouper in flour and saute in a pan instead. Otherwise, I followed the recipe exactly. This was delicious! Everything played off each other so very well, and I've been meaning to make this again. Yay for Floribbean!
Poached Grouper with Mango Salsa and Coconut Cilantro Rice Pilaf Recipe
recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse
4 (6 to 7-ounce) grouper fillets
1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
4 cups vegetable stock
1/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut
1 avocado, peeled and pitted
1/2 lime, juiced
Coconut-Cilantro Rice Pilaf, recipe follows
Mango Salsa, recipe follows
Yuca chips, for garnish
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Season each fillet on both sides with 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1/8 teaspoon of white pepper.
Bring the vegetable stock to a simmer in a large saucepan or deep skillet large enough to hold 2 fillets flat. Add 2 fillets and poach on medium heat until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and place in a baking dish with 2 tablespoons of the poaching liquid, and cover with foil to keep warm. Cook the remaining fillets in the same manner.
Meanwhile, spread the coconut on a baking sheet and bake until lightly toasted and golden, about 5 minutes.
Smash avocado in a small bowl with a fork. Add lime juice and season with salt.
To serve, spoon a portion of the rice onto a plate, and place a grouper fillet on top. Decoratively arrange mango salsa and smashed avocado around fish, and place several yuca chips in each. Serve immediately garnished with toasted coconut.
Coconut Cilantro Rice Pilaf:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper
2 tablespoons minced shallots
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 1/4 cups long-grain white rice
1 1/2 cups vegetable stock or shrimp stock
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup sweetened cream of coconut
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Heat the oil in a heavy 4-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onions, bell peppers, shallots, and garlic, and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the rice, stir to coat with the oil, and cook for 1 minute. Add the vegetable stock, coconut milk, sweetened cream of coconut, salt, and pepper, and bring to a light boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender and all the liquid is absorbed, about 20 to 22 minutes.
Remove from the heat and let sit 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork, stir in the cilantro, and serve hot with the Poached Grouper.
Mango Salsa:
1 ripe mango, peeled, seeded, and diced
1/4 cup finely chopped poblano pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped red onions
1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves
1/8 teaspoon salt
Combine the mango, poblano, red bell pepper, onions, and garlic in a bowl and stir to combine. Add the vinegar, cilantro, and salt, and stir well. Adjust seasoning, to taste, and serve. The salsa can be made up to 4 hours in advance, and refrigerated, tightly covered.


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Hari Anant Deshpande, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Physician Biography
Sarcomas are a rare type of cancer affecting less than 20,000 patients a year in the United States. I see patients who need systemic therapy (chemotherapy, immunotherapy or targeted therapy) as part of their management. I work closely with the sarcoma surgeons including Deiter Lindskog who runs the sarcoma program. Patients are presented at our multidisciplinary tumor board and may be candidates for one of our clinical trials.
I also treat patients with thyroid cancers and I am a member of the head and neck cancer and GU cancer teams.
Finally I am the Director of the Medical Oncology Consult service in charge of caring for patients who are admitted to Yale New Haven Hospital with a new cancer diagnosis.
It is an honor for me to care for our patients and work with the wondeful employees at the Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital.
Clinical Interests
- Medical Oncology
- Sarcoma
Patient Care
Accepts new patients? Yes
Patient Type: Adult
Referrals: From patients or physicians
Patient Care Organizations
Medical Oncology: Subset Medical Oncology Faculty
Urologic Oncology
Yale Cancer Center: Endocrine Cancers Program | Head & Neck Cancers Program | Prostate & Urologic Cancers Program | Sarcoma Program
Board Certifications
Hematology (Internal Medicine) AB of Internal Medicine (1998)
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Sporting News' Hall of Fame college basketball writer dives deeply into one burning issue and answers four other questions after tipping his hat to Austin Hatch following his heartwarming return from a traumatic brain injury.
With as many as a dozen televised college basketball games to select from on any midweek evening, sometimes it's necessary to filter down the list by making assumptions about what games will be most compelling. Wednesday evening, one of those that seemed safe to ignore was North Carolina's visit from the Miami Hurricanes.
This Miami team began the season by losing to St. Francis. No, not the one in Pennsylvania, the other one. The Hurricanes later asserted this was no accident by losing also to Nebraska and Virginia Tech; each has beaten only a single BCS opponent not named Miami.
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The Hurricanes' rotation consists entirely of career backups and modestly recruited freshmen, and they started 0-2 in the ACC. And yet when I finished catching up with a DVR recording of Kansas' win at Oklahoma and flicked to ESPN2, I found the Tar Heels behind the Canes by eight points early in the second half. How could this be? UNC forward Brice Johnson answered immediately. Holding the ball on the left wing, he attempted a one-handed, cross-court pass that flew over all the Canes and all the Heels and into the Carolina bench.
They don't teach that in any basketball camp, and I'm sure they do not in UNC's practices.
"It was not a good night for us to say the least," coach Roy Williams said in his press conference following a 63-57 loss that was the Tar Heels' second this week, fifth of the season—and third at home. "Right now I'm not doing a good job with this basketball team. That's the hardest thing that I've ever had to say."
If you want to understand why Carolina is a mess right now, you need only look at a collection of plays from their comeback attempt against the Hurricanes:
• With 4:49 remaining and only 8 seconds on the shot clock and the Miami lead just four points, Carolina's Marcus Paige and Brice Johnson had Canes guard Garrius Adams—not a point guard, mind you, and averaging nearly 2 turnovers a game—stranded in a double-team just 10 feet from the midcourt line. When Adams picked up his dribble, however, Johnson danced past him to the left and Paige left his feet to the right instead of standing firm in a trap that provided no options. Adams thus had a clear version into the post, where UNC's James Michael McAdoo and J.P. Tokoto left 7-0 Tonye Jekiri entirely uncovered. He dunked easily.
• After Johnson made two free throws to cut the lead back to four, Carolina set up in a diamond-and-1 full-court press and tried to apply a trap to guard Rion Brown when the Hurricanes obliged by entering the ball directly into the corner. But Tokoto did not get wide with his trap and Brown easily returned the ball to the inbounder. The ball was easily forwarded to point guard Manu Lecomte, and McAdoo inexplicably ran hard at him, as if he had a chance to steal the ball. He did not. Lecomte had a clear lane into a 3-on-1 fast break that turned into a 3-point play.
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• As the 4-minute park passed, down 7 points, Carolina carried the ball into its offense. Guard Leslie McDonald caught the ball on the wing and immediately was covered. Tokoto was uncovered in the corner and available for a pass, but McDonald's insistence on exploring every offensive opportunity for himself led him to attempt a single, useless dribble he abandoned as the defense tightened. He then attempted a soft, one-handed pass to Tokoto—but Miami's Erik Swoope had closed the gap and easily intercepted.
This was hard to watch for an impartial observer, and it was only a 2-minute sequence from the game. Just imagine how the Carolina coaches felt as they presumably watched the entire 2-hour debacle.
"I do feel mentally, probably, worse than I've ever felt as a head coach right now," Williams said. "That also shows what a blessed life I've had. But I do have good kids. I've got to do a better job with them."
This clearly is a team with talent. It might be possible to beat one of Michigan State, Kentucky and Louisville with average players, but not all three. There is little doubt that talent has been disrupted by McDonald's return following an examination of his eligibility that cost him nine games. The Heels are 3-3 since he joined the team, losing to every major opponent they've played. He shot 28.6 percent from the field in the losses.
"There's no question we're feeling stress," Williams said. "You do that at North Carolina; you're not supposed to lose." Saturday, the Tar Heels are supposed to lose. They visit undefeated Syracuse and the expectation will be that they'll fall into an 0-3 Atlantic Coast Conference start.
Which is exactly what will happen if McDonald continues to force shots and the team's defensive technique remains poor. Williams insists they'll work to improve. There are many areas to address, but at least the tools are available to address them.
2. Hard to dispute Iowa's Fran McCaffery getting a one-game suspension for his transgression at Wisconsin. But is our culture now too sensitive when it comes to outbursts like this?
DeCourcy: McCaffery made that point on Monday's Big Ten coaches' call, saying 10 years ago this would not been nearly as big a deal. There are a lot of reasons for that, perhaps including the fact 10 years ago there was no Big Ten Network—so it's possible the game might not have been nationally televised, and the Iowa coach surely would not have been as well compensated, and all of that. So there is good and bad to that bigger deal.
If one were outraged by the fact McCaffery talked himself into a technical foul and inadvertently bumped a ref, then one is easily outraged. But if one believes it was foolish to pursue that T for strategic reasons while holding a narrow lead on the road (as McCaffery said he did) and then escalated that error by earning the second tech for protesting the one he said he wanted—well, that's just basketball talk. And what is life without basketball talk? All you're left with then is celebrity gossip and reality TV, pretty much.
3. Which team is flying under the radar right now that's really freaking good?
DeCourcy: They played in the Final Four last year. They are 16-0. They are ranked No. 6 in the polls. They place among the nation's top 25 teams in both offensive and defensive efficiency. And they could become the first team since 1991 to enter the NCAA Tournament with a perfect record. Is anyone, though, talking about Wichita State?
Think about how many teams have had a chance to enter the tournament undefeated since UNLV did in 1991, and how few even have come close. But it's not just the pursuit of perfection. Wichita State has backed its Final Four run by improving even after losing several significant pieces. This is a much better offensive team that takes full advantage of versatile forward Cleanthony Early and guard Ron Baker and gets superior playmaking from Fred VanVleet. Always physically tough, now there also is the mental toughness that grew from the Final Four run. The veterans on this team easily could be satisfied with that Final Four, but that's not what we're seeing. They seem to want more.
4. Does Grant Gibbs' injury sink Creighton's chances of a Big East title?
DeCourcy: Gibbs is only the team's No. 6 scorer. Though he probably is the team's best passer, he is not the only playmaker. Guard Austin Chatman actually leads the team in assists, with 4.2 to Gibbs' 4. Gibbs is supposed to miss 4-6 weeks, which means there is a chance he could appear in the team's home game Feb. 16 against Villanova, and he should be ready for the tough stretch near the end that takes the Jays to Xavier and Georgetown in early March. If we were to write off Creighton now, that'd be pretty close to turning the race over entirely to Villanova, with Xavier as a darkhorse.
5. Canyon Barry is the last in a line of Rick Barry's Division I-playing children. Where does Canyon rank among the other Barry boys?
DeCourcy: Jon and Brent played in the NBA for a combined 26 years and produced a total of 13,203 points, Drew had a cup of coffee or two in the league after a 1,200-point career at Georgia Tech and Scooter won an NCAA championship ring with Kansas in 1988. That's a lot to live up to, without even considering what his Hall of Fame father achieved. Canyon redshirted as a freshman at College of Charleston and is averaging 9.4 points as he struggles to find his shooting touch. He's got a lot of time to grow into the level of player his brothers were. For now, there is the fact he shoots his free throws underhand. That is awesome, and will be more so if he starts hitting more than 70 percent.


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A measure to help veterans as they transition to the civilian workforce in Maryland has cleared the General Assembly.
Lawmakers gave final passage to the bill Monday. The measure is supported by Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, who is a colonel in the U.S. Army reserves and part of Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration.
The bill removes certain barriers to employment when veterans make the transition from military service to the civilian workforce.
The measure enables veterans who apply for occupational and professional licenses in Maryland to get credit for their military training, education and experience. It requires public colleges and universities to develop policies to award academic credit for relevant military training and education. It also creates an expedited licensing procedure for veterans and military spouses who hold professional licenses in other states.
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2007 Jeep Wrangler JK Unlimited - Back To The FrontPosted in Features on April 1, 2010
If you've had your finger on the pulse of the trail-riding world over the last decade then Poison Spyder Customs is a familiar name. Poison Spyder's lineup of hardcore hardware deftly mixed no-nonsense trail function with an unmistakable sense of style. Success bred success and bred more success until one day owner Clifton Slay, found himself in the middle of something so big it had annihilated the fun factor. Determined to simplify his life, Slay reluctantly closed the Spyder web down in late '08. The company was just a memory until Larry and Cheri McRae decided that a living, breathing Poison Spyder was essential to the trail-riding world and that they were going to do something about it. The McRae's met with Slay, exchanged cash and handshakes, and Poison Spyder was back to life.
That same finger on the pulse of the trail-riding world should tell you that Larry McRae is no newcomer. Larry was one-half of the All-Pro Off-Road rock-crawling team that won the '03 rock-crawling championship, with Jon Bundrant at the wheel and Larry filling the spotter's role. "Although we were surrounded by Toyota rigs with All-Pro, we're longtime Jeep enthusiasts," Larry clarifies. The McRae's moved Poison Spyder's headquarters from Denver, Colorado, to Banning, California. Where's Banning? It's close to Johnson Valley and the Hammer trails: a peerless testing ground.
While Poison Spyder's lineup for older Jeeps was well-established, the JK product line was somewhat limited when Clifton closed the doors. This gave Larry and Cheri a chance to pick up where Slay had left off. We crossed paths with Poison Spyder at last October's Off-Road Expo, and arranged an afternoon on the rocks.
"We bought our JK as a test bed for new products," Larry explained. "Then we fell in love with it. We were going to keep it mild, but that's not what Poison Spyder is all about." As a result, the Spyder flagship includes one-off custom suspension, Currie RockJock Dana 60's, Poison Spyder Crusher front fenders, Crusher rear flares and corners, Poison Spyder Rocker Knockers, and an Atlas II transfer case, among other upgrades.
In Johnson Valley, the Spyder JK walked up Clawhammer with ease, thanks to the four-door's 117-inch wheelbase, flexy King-based coilover suspension, and the low gearing provided by the Atlas II. Besides prowess on the creepy-crawly stuff, the Jeep is respectably smooth at higher speeds through the rough, something we found on our trip between Means Dry Lake and the Clawhammer trail head. We weren't done. There was just enough sunlight for a late-afternoon assault on Backdoor. Backdoor's proximity to the main camping and parking area has nothing to do with its difficulty. Instead, Backdoor's proximity to camp means it's more convenient to put your wounded rig back on the trailer. We'll let the proverbial cat out of the bag: the Poison Spyder JK climbed the main waterfall on Backdoor sans winch. We don't know of another JK that has pulled this off.
Vehicle: 2007 Jeep Wrangler JK Unlimited
Owner: Larry and Cheri McRae
Hometown: Banning, California
Engine: 3.8L V-6
Transmission: Stock automatic
Transfer case/low range ratio: Atlas II/4.3:1
Front end: Currie Rock Jock 60 with Detroit Locker
Rear end: Currie Rock Jock 60 with ARB Air Locker
Ring and Pinion: 5.38:1
Suspension: Poison Spyder chromoly links with Johnny Joint ends, King coilover conversion in front, Off-Road Evolution Evo Lever in rear. Currie Anti-rock sway bars front and rear. Front and rear suspension travel is 14 inches.
Trail Tires & Wheels 40x14.50R18 BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain KM2s - 18x9 Jesse James Black Widow
Rocks Tires & Wheels 39x13.50R17 BFGoodrich Krawlers - 17x8.5 Walker Evans beadlocks


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Sound Waves Kill Skin and Prostate Cancer Cells 107
Anonymous Coward writes "A recent Study in the British Journal of Cancer shows that the use of Quercitin and 20KHz ultrasound for 60 seconds killed skin and prostate cancer cells. 90% of the abnormal cells were dead within 48hrs. Since low frequency ultrasound was previously shown to enhance the skin penetration of topical substances up to 1000 times, it would seem that a topical Quercetin cream with a low frequency ultrasound wand might be just the ticket for those annoying little skin cancers that tend to occur in older geeks who have spent a bit of time in the sun."


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CHAPEL HILL – On the UNC Campus, charges of sexual assault and the honor court's handling of them have put pressure on the school and the Chancellor.
***Listen to Part IV of the Interview***
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"I think chancellors have struggled over the years with the Honor Court and its independence," says UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp in a WCHL News Special end-of-term interview with Jim Heavner. "It's one of these areas where you can't win, because if something goes wrong in the Honor Court, the public is expecting that the chancellor can intervene and correct that, but all of the sort of former student attorney generals and honor court golden-fleece crowd who love the Honor Court and think it's this sacrosanct thing don't think that the chancellor should intervene."
While the accusations and reports to the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights come on the heels of NCAA investigations and investigations into the African and Afro-American Studies Department, UNC is not the only campus dealing with this issue.
Chancellor Thorp says with all the attention paid to sexual conduct at UNC, he still hasn't spent enough time and resources on it.
"I felt I spent too much time working on athletics; I don't feel that I've spent too much time working on this," Chancellor Thorp says. "There's no such thing as spending too much time on this. This is at the heart of being able to do our job."
And he says some of that focus needs to be on the students' role in University governance.
"Just as the Knight Commission crowd is upset with me for saying things about how we govern intercollegiate athletics, I think there are certain folks who are uncomfortable that I've been saying these sorts of things about the Honor Court," Chancellor Thorp says. "But again, I think this is one of these things that need to come out into the open and people need to discuss."
The interview will be played in its entirety Saturday and Sunday.
To read about and hear part three, click here.


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3D Printing: Have You Taken the Plunge Yet? Planning To? 251
I'm wondering if any of you have purchased a 3D printer and how you like it so far. I've been in the computer field since the 80's but never did CAD work before so I was very hesitant to take the plunge, fearing the steep learning curve of mastering programs like Blender or AutoCAD. What I found, however, was programs like TinkerCAD and 123Design made it very easy to learn basic CAD so I decided to pick up a 3D Printer last week. After a week or so of design work and printing out many items, I think I've picked up a few skills and I can actually see myself making a little money on the side creating and selling items. I don't think I'd trade my current job for one designing and printing items, but it is nice to have a little income on the side if I choose to do that."


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Tiger Woods took to social media Saturday to address the controversy surrounding his two-stroke penalty for an illegal drop.
Woods posted the following on his official Twitter feed:
"At hole #15, I took a drop that I thought was correct and in accordance with the rules. I was unaware at that time I had violated any rules. I didn't know I had taken an incorrect drop prior to signing my scorecard. Subsequently, I met with the Masters Committee Saturday morning and was advised they had reviewed the incident prior to the completion of my round. Their initial determination was that there was no violation, but they had additional concerns based on my post-round interview. After discussing the situation with them this morning, I was assessed a two-shot penalty. I understand and accept the penalty and respect the Committees' decision."
The violation in question occurred on the 15th hole Friday after Woods' third shot hit the flagstick and rolled back into the water that fronts the green. He had options under Rule 26-1 that included playing from a drop area or going back to the original spot and taking a drop from "nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played." Woods said in interviews afterward that he went two yards farther back, which led to additional reviews by the committee.
In the past, Woods would have been disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard.
However, Rule 33-7, which was announced in August 2011, protects a player from automatic disqualification after signing an incorrect scorecard if that player unknowingly violated a rule. A two-stroke penalty can then be assessed instead.


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This is the story of three guys I have gotten to know quite well recently. Each has told me their story from his point of view. I have taken their versions and woven them into a single story for you. There may be slight differences from one chapter to the next, because no two people, let alone three people, see or remember things exactly the same. Now relax and enjoy the story and, of course, let me know what you think. Please keep in mind that Chapter 1 has been toned down by the JUB censor, so please make sure you stick with the story for a few more chapters before you make your final judgment.
Book 1
Chapter 1
From Billy's viewpoint
I thought I knew everything about Jess. I'd known him forever. We went to school together through high school. We'd always been close friends. Now it was our senior year in high school and you'd think by that point you'd know everything about your best bud. But suddenly I wasn't so sure.
It was Tuesday just after school let out. I'd started walking home with some friends, wondering where Jess was. We always walked home together. Then I remembered a history book I'd left in my locker and so I hustled back to school. As I headed toward my locker, I saw two guys talking, their heads real close together like they wanted to make sure no one could hear what they said. I was almost certain one of them was Jess, but the other one I couldn't be positive about.
As I got closer, Jess must have heard my footsteps. He looked up. I was pretty sure he said, "See you tomorrow night," to the other guy. Then he turned toward me and smiled as though he were glad to see me. The other guy hurried past me and out of the building. I felt that I'd seen him before.
"Hi," I said. "Who was that?"
"Oh, just a junior who wanted to talk to me about some project he's working on. I didn't really understand what it was all about and told him I didn't think I could help him with it. He said a friend had told him I knew a lot about whatever it was, but I didn't."
It sounded like too much of an answer to me. You come to know when your best bud is bullshitting, covering up. Fuck, call a spade a spade. I was pretty sure he was lying.
It didn't make a lot of sense to me, but Jess had just been talking to a guy I'm certain everyone knew was one of the school's better known fags. Cool jocks like Jess didn't talk to fags. Even though I didn't really see his face, I think I know a fag when I see one. And this was one I'd seen before.
So Jess was chatting up a fag, plus he was bullshitting me about it. I wondered what was going on, but decided not to push it. Not just then.
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Later that evening, Jess and I were in his room, where we hung out a lot, listening to music, studying, talking sports, whatever.
He'd been bitching for about ten minutes about how tough swim practice had been Monday night. Lap after lap after lap. I was getting real tired of his bitching.
"Man, sure it's hard work," I said. "But look at your abs, your chest. Heck, even look at my abs, which aren't half as good as yours. It's worth the effort. Chicks eat up bods like ours."
"You really think I've got that great a body?" Jess asked, sounding truly surprised by the thought.
"Fuck, yeah. It's fantastic!" I said sarcastically. I was exasperated with him. And really pissed at him, too, for bullshitting me earlier that day and now for his moaning about swim practice. Good fucking god! It was swim practice. It was supposed to be tough.
But I think he only heard the words, not really understanding just how I was feeling at the moment. He lifted his T-shirt and looked down at his tight, tanned abs. He ran one hand lightly across his hard six-pack, which truly was a sight to behold. I'd seen them plenty of times before, but I couldn't help but look at them. They were getting better and better. And, fuck, he was showing them off for me. So I looked. OK, maybe I looked too long. What else was I supposed to be doing?
"You really like them?" Jess asked. There was a new seriousness in his voice.
There must have been some sort of major shift in the conversation that I'd missed. My best bud sounded like he really wanted to know if I liked his abs. This was what he wanted to talk about? His abs? Looking at his fucking abs?
"So what's this about?" I asked. "Do I like your abs? I told you they're great. What are you getting at?"
Finally he sensed my frustration and pulled down his shirt. He looked embarrassed. We both sat silently for a few moments and then he looked into his lap and said, "I don't know. I just wondered if you ever admired guys' bodies. You know, appreciate the hard work they put in to get so tight, so hard. What I mean is, do they look good to you? Or do, I mean, do, do . . ." and he just stammered. "I don't know what I'm talking about. I'm just tired and babbling and stupid and . . . shit . . . Let's call it a night."
Jess was so red in the face, embarrassed as hell. He was a smart guy, going to college, had his head together. He was always at the top of his game. And suddenly here he was completely out of it, babbling on about his abs and looking like he was so confused. He looked panicked. Trapped. Scared. I really thought he might cry.
I guess I felt sorry for him. He was my best bud and I thought somehow I was responsible for whatever was wrong. And something was certainly wrong.
"Just lay back and relax," I said. "It's OK." Of course, I didn't know what "it" was and I sure as fuck didn't know if "it" was "OK". I just wanted Jess to calm down, to be himself. This was starting to freak me out.
So we were quiet for a while, just listening to music and trying to breath easy. When I sensed the crisis had passed, I asked, "OK?"
"OK," he said.
I kept trying to piece things together in my head, to make some sense of where this evening had gone off track. And before I thought it through, I'd said, "Does all of this have anything to do with you talking to that fag guy at school today?"
"What? I wasn't talking to any fags. I was just talking to Justin about his project. He wanted help and I told him no. He's not a fag, is he? I mean, I think I've heard some people say they thought he might be, but didn't he go out with what's her name to some dance. I mean I've seen him with girls. I don't think he's gay."
This was bullshit upon bullshit. I was fucking pissed off all over again, but trying hard not to show it because Jess, my best bud Jess, was really struggling here and I didn't have a clue why.
"So why are you so defensive about it? OK, so maybe Justin isn't gay. I know he never sucked my dick. So just relax. It's just that I saw you talking to him earlier and you seemed sort of, I don't know, like embarrassed when I came up. And now you seem sort of embarrassed again. And, let's face it, you're not an easily embarrassed kind of guy. I mean I've seen you in some pretty kinky situations and you were never even a bit embarrassed. Caught bare assed. Caught with your dick hanging out. Caught with your big hard cock stuffed in Susan's mouth. Caught . . . Man you have been caught so many fucking times before," and I started to laugh just thinking of all the shit Jess and I had done together.
"Remember the time I came in your room without knocking and . . ."
He knew the story as well as I did and within seconds Jess started to laugh, too.
The mood was broken. We were laughing and bullshitting and remembering a lot of good times. And then I headed home.
* * *
I was lying on my bed kind of confused by what had happened with Jess and my mind drifted back over the years. It was remembering one of those moments Jess had been caught. I'd walked in his room without knocking. I never knocked back then.
There he was with his dick in his hand. I recall being surprised because it was a lot bigger than I remembered it being when I'd seen it in the changing room after swim class the summer before. And it was hard, pointing straight up.
He looked at me. Freaked. What could he do? Say? And then he got a big shit-eating grin on his face, looked so cool staring straight into my eyes. It was then I first heard what would come to be his trademark phrase. "So, how do you like it?" That was Jess. Caught so red-handed you just had to let it go. Caught like that, he'd act so natural and cool. Let everyone think the world was going his way and, as far as he was concerned, you could get on or you could get off. He could care less. He was cool with it the way it was.
And being young and idolizing Jess the way I did, I wasn't going to let him see me rattled. So I just said, "It's cool. And big!"
"Isn't yours getting big yet?" he asked.
"Yeah, but not like yours." I was shaking inside, but trying so fucking hard to look cool for Jess.
"You wanna show me?"
I was just wearing track shorts on my skinny-ass body. I let them drop.
"It looks bigger to me," he said, raising his eyebrows in admiration.
I was so pleased and it was important to me that I please Jess. Jess liked my cock. He could tell it was getting bigger. "I can make it even bigger," I said.
"I bet you can," he said with a smirk.
I remembered those next moments as if it were yesterday. I'd played with myself before, but never with anyone else around. I was scared, but trying not to show it. Not wanting Jess to know.
But when Jess was done cumming and he looked me straight in the eye with his shit-eating grin, I knew it was all good shit. And then he asked so coolly, "So how do you like it?"
Suddenly I thought I was going to pee. I started to panic. And then, before I knew what was happening, I was done, too. My first cum.
I looked over at Jess and he looked at me. We were two hot guys.
* * *
There I was remembering my first time. Remembering the feel. The power. Having my hard cock in my hand for the first time. The smell of fresh cum. And once again cum, lots and lots of cum, was running down my hand, lubing my big hard eight-inch cock. It was my cock. My 18-year-old throbbing, aching, hard-as-ever cock. The sensation of cumming had only gotten better and better as month by month I could tell my loads were getting bigger and bigger. More intense. And I loved how it felt. The aching build-up in my balls, the surge of power through my hardened cock. The amazing release as cum poured out of my cockhead. So warm and slick and . . . I just stroked my cum-drenched hand up and down my dick. I was done cumming at last, but my meat still felt great with my favorite hand wrapped around it.
I loved to cum, but truth be told, I leaked so much pre-cum and came so much it could be a problem cleaning up. But, what the fuck, it felt so good.
I lay there as my sperm cooled and started to run down my side. Finally I rolled over, feeling the cooled cum gluing me to my already badly cum-stained sheet. And so I drifted off to sleep in my own private puddle of cum. It was nothing new. I'd been doing it for years.


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Student or Learner
I have a situation in my story like:
There is a competition in a kingdom. Already a few participants are selected. But before the event begins, the King calls for any last minute entries. A man comes forward. He is middle aged, but appeared to be wise, powerful. Here I am struggling to write the king's dialogue properly. How would the king address the strange person? I tried like:
A monk, clad in white stepped forward from the throng.
Ah, we have another participant here, said the King, glancing over him. However, deep from my heart I have a great honour at you, somehow. Your radiant staff and the bracelet on your right arm, that resembles the token from Wisdhaar cues me that you must be a person of noble birth, bestowed a great power or should you have earned such powers with your enormous efforts. We all want to know who you are and where you are from.
There seems to be some grammatical mistakes too, you can help me in that as well. But my real concern is how would the King speak "Properly?" What is the right word to address the monk here?


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Liked Indieweb Federated Likes by @sandeepshetty. Hopefully this'll register as like on that page…
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@thatEmil anything here: microformats.org/wiki/microformats-2
#listening to Come When I Call You by The Klezmatics
I'm rather impressed with guzzlephp.org's HTTP Link header abstraction. Parsing Link headers and providing a simple API to check for the existence of/fetch links by rel is welcome attention to detail and cements it's position as the only PHP HTTP client I will likely ever need.
7924 #steps today
The way the web will win is if we out-web Facebook
Tom Morris hits the nail on the head.
8806 #steps today and now making bagels in the middle of the night.
If anyone else wants to import their old #diaspora content and finds that the export tool doesn't work, I made the diaspora-export script to grab all your public posts as a JSON file.
Just pushed the latest, rewritten version of #taproot live!
Trying out note posting on a fresh install of the new #taproot
18314 #steps today
More awful recipe site #ux, this time even worse with both a near-opaque overlay and one of those stupid #iOS app download plea things.
When will these people realise that, having clicked on a recipe permalink from a search engine, the task in my mind is "learn about a recipe". Viewing an app in the App Store (yep, that's not even a download button, so there's another useless step) or going to a completely different website is not going to help me achieve that task.
Then again, neither is writing this note. But it's good therapy, and works up an appetite for the tasty wraps I'm about to make…
8650 #steps today
Why is structured querying of your personal data important? Self-reflection.
Example in point: seeing what I've quoted, from who, about what, and what I've said about the quotes. How it's changed over time. How I talk about it and present it in my personal context. From a technical point of view; how I mark it up.
Twitter does the opposite of this, and encourages us to throw away our history, much less peruse it and learn from it. Facebook aims to present a glorified timeline emphasising the most "important" events in our life. I feel neither are particularly valuable.
12548 #steps today
Unusually large police presence in Reykjavik today (as in, there were 20 of them) and metal fences around Althingi. It seems that even here, new governments are afraid of the people who elected them.
9624 #steps today
Crispin Walker congratulations! So, what's next?
If all cats belonged to everyone then no cats would ever go missing and we wouldn't have to kill loads of trees printing out "Missing Cat" posters #catlaws #pseudophilosophy


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Submission + - Toshiba to launch no-glasses 3D TV this year (goodgearguide.com.au)
angry tapir writes: "Toshiba is readying two 3D televisions that can produce images with the illusion of depth but don't require the user to wear glasses, it said Monday. It will launch the televisions in Japan in December. Toshiba will offer a 12-inch model and a 20-inch model. They'll cost around ¥120,000 (US$1,430) and ¥240,000 respectively. Toshiba's new TVs have a thin sheet of small lenses in front of the display. This splits light from the screen and sends it to nine points in front of the TV."


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Scientists advance bug-eyed CCTV tech
Defense Department funds tiny panoramas
US scientists have developed minuscule compound lenses that will allow insect-style panoramic vision. The research, reported in Science, was carried out by Professor Luke Lee and colleagues at the University of California, with backing from DARPA, the US government's defence research organ.
Each pinhead-sized lens consists of nearly 9,000 individual "eyes" in a honeycomb patten. The light paths are burnt into a special polymer by concentrated light. Each one is oriented in a slightly different direction, producing the super-wide-angle. Although the view is low-resolution, the lenses will be very good at picking up movement, the team say.
The next step for the project is to find the best way of hooking the compound eye up to a device to produce images.
As well as the obvious surveillance applications, the hypoallergenic plastic compound used means the technology could have a less shady use in internal medical investigations. ®
Sponsored: Minds Mastering Machines - Call for papers now open


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Oklahoma Christian University nursing graduates Reagan Hightower and Erin Downing traveled to the Philippines in December to help survivors of Typhoon Haiyan.
Haiyan is the deadliest typhoon on record: a category five super typhoon that ripped through Southeast Asia in early November.
"I just couldn't stop thinking about it," said Reagan, a nurse in the emergency department at Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City. "I really wanted to get over there, but I figured it would be restricted to Red Cross workers. Then, I found an organization online and submitted my application. They called me the next day and I bought my ticket."
Reagan and Erin, an ER nurse with Integris Hospital, went to the Philippines with Heart to Heart International, an organization whose mission is to provide ongoing medical care and supplies to communities in need worldwide.
Read the full story about Reagan's work in the Philippines on Mercy's website. KWTV, Oklahoma City's CBS affiliate, interviewed Reagan for a feature story that you can watch below.


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I am selling my Trango extreme evo lights due to fit reasons. The toe box was not big enough. My toes felt smashed, but my heel did not feel secure. If I went down a size smaller my toes would feel crushed. Determined to make them work (mistake) I hiked in them a half a dozen times to try and dial in every sock combination to stop heel slippage, but I had no luck. I could not return them because I wore them outside (mistake). They have been on ice once, because I bought the Nepal Evo's instead, which fit my feet much better. There are no crampon marks, scratches, or cracks. The boots have both a heel and front toe bail so they are fully crampon compatible. I am asking $275 (obo) for them shipped (price new $420). My name is Brian and you can email me at mr dot brian dot turk at gmail dot com. If you have any questions let me know. I tried to upload pictures, but the file was too big. If you want to see pictures just let me know and I will send them to your personal email.
Thanks and Cheers, Brian
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The Institute communicates its scientific and educational information in a number of ways. One major outlet is peer-reviewed publications and reports. Cary Institute staff regularly publish in the best-rated journals in their respective fields.
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Effects of an introduced pathogen on resistance to natural disturbance: Beech bark disease and windthrow", Can. J. For. Res., vol. 35, p. 1832-1843, 2005., "
The effects of land-use history on soil properties and nutrient dynamics in northern hardwood forests of the Adirondack Mountains", Ecosystems, vol. 7, p. 193-207, 2004., "
Interspecific and intraspecific variation in tree seedling survival: effects of allocation to roots vs. carbohydrate reserves", Oecologia, vol. 121, p. 1-11, 1999., "
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One of the major decisions faced by channel partners adopting cloud business models involves whether to focus completely on public cloud offerings or to adopt a private cloud strategy that enables customers to hedge their bets through the use of cloud technology within dedicated infrastructure.
The private cloud option is generally considered a much more highly complex and cost-intensive proposition that typically involves the establishment and maintenance of one's own data center. Some experts even claim that without the combination of a highly trained technical team, a high-end financial team and a highly successful sales team, most partners are better off with the public cloud model.
But other experts, as well as a number of channel partners are looking to the OpenStack environment as a means of providing a level of flexibility and cost control that can support greater differentiation in the private cloud environment. These individuals believe that effective use of OpenStack can lead to the development of a solid, and successful, private cloud offering.
[Related: Rackspace Cozies Up To Service Providers For OpenStack Clouds]
OpenStack is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform based on free open source software requiring only a license for Apache 2.0. It is managed by the OpenStack Foundation, which was founded nearly three years ago by NASA and Rackspace Hosting, and it has since attracted support from more than 150 companies. Technological elements include compute, storage and networking, as well as a host of applications designed to run on top of the platform, which is administered through its own interface.
"OpenStack is a little bit like a modern operating system," said John Engates, CTO of San Antonio, Texas-based Rackspace Hosting. "It is more complex than a simple operating system, so customers often need help with the installation and deployment. So that's an opportunity for channel partners. Environments include private clouds, service providers, colocation and customer premises."
Engates compares the OpenStack ecosystem with the mobile phone market, which provides rich opportunities for software developers to build solutions that meet specific customer needs.
"There's a strong opportunity for the channel to add value on top of these clouds, whether they are software solutions for the lifecycle of applications or packaged hardware in the environment as a means of addressing the entire stack," he said. "Partners can also use the tools to help customers figure out how to take existing applications and port them to the cloud. Partners who have been nervous about the cloud have a whole new opportunity because the private cloud is also in demand, especially at the enterprise level."
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