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Working for Standardsby Lauren Wood
Lauren Wood is a senior technical program manager at Sun Microsystems, concentrating on projects involving identity and privacy in the web world.
Standards have been an important part of my career for some years now. I've served on—and chaired—technical committees in a number of industry consortia (W3C, OASIS, IETF, and Liberty Alliance). Standards are important in technology: using them brings benefits to go along with the costs, even though, as the old cliché says, "The good thing about standards is there are so many from which to choose."
Working on standards committees poses special challenges, and I have lots of respect for those who can do so full-time for years on end. It takes persistence, patience, and a special sense of humor—the type of qualities you also find in caregivers for three-year-olds. (And believe me, sometimes committee members throw tantrums, just like kids. Although the tantrums are quieter, and there's no rolling around on the floor screaming, they're tantrums nonetheless.) There are also lots of benefits, both for the company sending you to the meetings and for you, personally. You work with experts in the field from different companies, you discuss different points of view in an area of interest to you, your company will be more aware of what's happening, and it's a great antidote to the dreaded "Not Invented Here" syndrome. If, like me, you can combine standards work with other projects—particularly those related to implementing or using those standards—you, your company, and the committee will benefit.
Meeting the needs of the ultimate users is what writing specifications and standards is all about; spending large amounts of time on standardizing specifications that won't be used is a waste for everyone concerned. Yet this happens all too often, for a variety of reasons. Often the standard is too complicated to be usable. Or other, better technologies come along and supersede it. People generally want standards so that they have some guarantee that the products that implement those standards will work together, or that they are replaceable by another product that implements that standard. One corollary of this is that small specifications that solve well-defined problems are generally more worthwhile to work on than large tomes promising solutions to all problems. All other things being equal, small specifications are easier to implement more completely and correctly than larger ones.
"All other things being equal," of course, is the contentious point; how does a committee make the specification as good as it can be? It all comes down to the people on the committee and how well they work together. Most committees have a certain number of roles that should be filled if the resulting specification is to be of high quality; some roles require more technical expertise than others.
In the ideal case, the committee is small enough that everyone gets a chance to contribute, but large enough to get a good spread of opinion. (The W3C DOM Working Group, which I chaired, had around 15 participants most of the time, which was a good size.) It's also best if there's continuity, so that the committee doesn't constantly have to bring new participants up to speed on the current issues being discussed. Although it's often difficult to keep the same people on the committee, they're much more effective that way.
Personally, I like a mix between people from big companies, small companies, and individuals; the differing points of view often mean that the resulting specification will meet more needs. It would be good if more committees had diverse opinions represented on them. I've often been the only woman, or the only person not from a big company on a committee, or the only person who's lived outside North America. I think that my being able to point out different experiences of how technology is used has been valuable (at least I like to think it has been!). As an example, small companies need systems that are easy to implement and set up. Large companies need systems that can cope with tens of thousands of users, or more. If a standard is to meet both sets of needs, it helps to have people from small and large companies on the relevant committee. Other examples abound. Of course, being able to have more diverse opinions on the committee requires the support of the companies sending people to the committee, so that they pick the right people for that diversity. This may also include convincing companies that they will benefit from taking a more active role on the committee.
The biggest distinction on any technical committee is between the active members and the lurkers. Lurkers, by definition, want to know what you're doing and may have objections to specific items, but, in general, they aren't going to be doing any work. So you need to ensure that they are kept informed and that they have a chance to raise the specific issues in which they're interested, without stopping the active members from working efficiently. How this is done will depend on the standards body you're working in and on the Chair.
The active members take several roles. There are the obvious ones, such as the Chair of the committee and the Editor(s) of the specification. The Chair is effectively the project manager as well as chairing the meetings, while the editors need to know the subject matter well, and have the ability to distill the discussions of the group into reasonable prose. They're both challenging and necessary roles.
Then there are the less well-defined roles. To me, these roles are also important if the specification is to be properly understood by people who weren't on the committee. They are more fluid, they're not assigned by name, and often people who appear to be lurkers will take on one of these roles. One is the "I don't understand" role. When the technical experts get going, they decide on something, and then they need to figure out how to word it in the specification. Making these experts come up with a good way of explaining the issue and the resolution is incredibly important, but often doesn't happen as the others on the committee are too embarrassed to admit that they don't understand. If the people on the committee don't understand, how is anyone outside of the committee to understand? This is where the "I don't understand" person helps, by ensuring that the ultimate wording makes sense. A related role is the nitpicker: the person who says "In this section, it says X; but in that section, it says Y, how can they both be true?". If these little details of inconsistency are often not picked up by the editor or if they're not picked up by the people who are deeply involved in the discussions, they become problems for the poor implementers later on. The more those inconsistencies can be resolved early in the process, the better.
In the end, technical committees need members who can talk to other people; who listen to a different point of view and can respectfully disagree; who can admit when someone has a better idea; and who can check their ego at the door. Most organizations I've worked with want the specifications to reflect the consensus of the participants. Getting to that consensus is hard work, but it is also satisfying.
I've always been surprised that more women aren't involved in standards work; it's a great way to contribute to the community and to benefit your company, regardless of its size.
Series creator and editor Tatiana Apandi Recommends: Joining a Standards committee (such as, W3C, OASIS, IETF, and Liberty Alliance).
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Hi guys, recently i bought a copy of Fifa 13, and EA sports game, a great game and i couldnt help but wonder why on earth, EA is capable of making a great soccer game,
but cant make a good nba game. Well ea annouced that NBA live 13 lack the standerts of a great basketball game such as its rival 2k.
After thinking it through i came with a soultion: EA CANT WIN 2KSPORTS NBA GAME, but EA can create a new genre of basketball games and earn much more supports AROUND THE GLOBE.
Well i have a qustion for you guys, would prefer playing a game that is the same for the past 4 years with good graphics, good engine, and good gameplay but its the same for 4 years and the only new things is the rookies each year or some old school teams, or would you prefer playing the world of baketball with the euroleage, fiba and top domsetic leagues such as the LIGA ACB(Spain),BEKO BBL(Germeny),Ligat HaAl (Israel) and all the great baksetball leauges in the world.
so this is my suggtion for the next EA basketball game:
1.Establish a new franchise called FIBA 14 that will include the major baksetball leauges including the nba,euroleauge,eurocup and top domestic leauges.
2.make a good manger mode in this mode you could trade players arond the globe train young rookies with potetntieal, belive me players will want to see Kobe and Lebron playing in the Barcelona uniform.
3.dont try to compete with 2K, they do it better , you havent realesed any baketball game since 2009 (and no jam is not a baketball game), insted create a new franchice that they cant compete in!
Well what do you think guys?
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geoDefense Swarm Walkthrough Complete
Posted by Chris Hall on October 30th, 2009
With geoDefense Swarm being my current favorite game in the App Store, I decided that it would be fun to post a complete solutions guide to all of the levels (that can be beat, I omitted the endless levels) on our forum. Two weeks and countless angry moments of defeat later, my guide is finally finished, sitting on the forum for all to enjoy. Here is the link!
Now that it's done, I feel that my life is an empty void... I need another game to post a walkthrough for. Leave me some ideas in either the comments section or in the forum.


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BOSTON (AP) — A crew member on a yacht belonging to Red Sox owner John Henry apparently committed suicide on board Monday while the vessel was docked in Boston, authorities and the team said.
The team said in a statement that fellow crew members were the only other people on board the yacht Iroquois, which was at Rowes Wharf near the financial district and is a sight familiar to Bostonians.
The man was 28 to 30 years old, said police spokeswoman Cheryl Fiandaca. When firefighters and police arrived at the yacht, they found him in cardiac arrest, and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
It wasn't clear who called authorities, and police did not release the man's name. The manner of death also wasn't released.
Police at the scene did not comment, and a man who appeared to be a yacht crew member said he could not comment.
"Mr. Henry and the members of the Boston Red Sox are saddened by the news and send deepest condolences to his family," the team's statement said.
Henry, the team's principal owner, has owned the Red Sox with two major partners since 2002 and is a former owner of the Florida Marlins. He is chairman of John W. Henry & Co. Inc., a hedge fund he founded in 1981.
The team has won two World Series during his tenure, the first in 2004 after an 84-year title drought.
Forbes magazine reported in 2011 that Henry had listed the 164-foot yacht for sale for $28 million.


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- 2 cups soy sauce
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 6 bone-in pork loin chops (1-1/2 inches thick)
- 3/4 cup ketchup
- 2/3 cup chili sauce
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground mustard
- In a saucepan over medium heat, bring soy sauce, water, brown sugar and molasses to a boil. Remove from the heat; cool to room temperature. pour into a large resealable plastic bag; add pork chops. Seal bag and refrigerate for 3-6 hours.
- Drain and discard marinade. Place pork chops in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Combine the sauce ingredients; pour over chops. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes longer or until meat juices run clear. Yield: 6 servings.
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"very very good. I cut marinade in half and it still had great flavor. It really was too much sauce. Next time I will cut sauce in half. I will definitely make again!!!"
"Excellent recipe, however could cut both the marinade and sauce in half and still have plenty."
"The DH loves this recipe since I found it the magazine in the summer of 2002."
"I also cut both the marinade and sauce in half. Next time I will also cut back a little on the sugar, too sweet for me. Did enjoy the recipe though, chops very tender, moist and tasty. Will make again .. tessietessie1"
"I used 5 pork chops and cut the rest of the recipe in half, and there was still way too much marinade and way too much sauce. It wasn't absolutely horrible, but wasn't that great, and I don't think I'll make it again."


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YORK, Pa. – The York College men's swimming team captured five event victories Saturday afternoon during the Spartans' first "Pink Day" in support of breast cancer awareness. The Green and White, who wore pink and black suits and pink swim caps, bested both visiting Goucher 134-70 and Capital Athletic Conference foe Salisbury 124-80. The two commanding triumphs puts the York squad at 7-4 on the season including a 4-1 mark in CAC action.
Junior standout Jack Gottschalk posted two of York's five triumphs as he took both the 200 and 500 freestyle events. He first snagged the 200 with a 1:50.41 before later tallying a victorious 5:10.27 in the 500.
Steve Yeager secured the Green and White's first win of the afternoon by touching the wall first in the 1,000 freestyle. The senior swam to a 10:56.79 to capture the victory.
Fellow senior Benjamin Hilt won the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.37 while Andy Woods, one of York's talented sophomores, posted a 55.16 to nab the 100 butterfly.
In addition to their respective first-place finishes, both Yeager and Hilt each snagged second-place nods. Yeager took the runner-up spot in the 500 freestyle as he recorded a 5:12.27. Hilt's second came in the 100 freestyle where he posted a 50.58.
The Spartans secured five additional second-place finishes, including both relay events. Steve Mercer came in second in the 200 IM with a 2:03.39 as that time marks the sophomore's personal best in the event. Senior Matt Kempel recorded an 11:07.27 in the 1,000 while Jamie Hicks placed second in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:05.16.
The 400 medley relay, saw AJ Bean, Steve Tobin, Woods, and Alex Diehl combine for a 3:44.99 to take second. The meet's final event, the 400 freestyle relay, saw the crew of Yeager, Mercer, Thomas DeCoursey, and Hilt put up a 3:22.72 for their runner-up finish.
The Spartans will now turn their focus to training and improvement during the next month as the Green and White do not return to meet action until January 15. York is set to host Ursinus on that Saturday as they celebrate Senior Day. The Spartans will recognize their seven seniors – Bean, DeCoursey, Hilt, Kempel, Chris Schleicher, Tobin, and Yeager – prior to the meet.
Photo: Matt Kempel swims to a runner-up finish in the 1,000 freestyle during York's "Pink Day" meet against Goucher and Salisbury. Photo courtesy of Zach Clabaugh - www.sharpedgefoto.com


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The project is still in its infancy, and was shown to the community last week. It would still have to go through a lengthy review process before it can become a reality.
The estimated cost is over $4 million, more than four times the estimated cost when the project was first proposed back in 2011. Councilman Peter Vallone, Jr. has allocated over $4.5 million to the project.
"We've been looking forward to this for a long time," said Vallone. "Astoria has been lacking in performance spaces for a long time, but turning this eyesore into a beautiful amphitheater will give our Queens artist a backdrop to match their talents."
This proposed amphitheater will be 37,000 square feet and hold 500 people.
Kevin Quinn, director of architecture with the Parks Department, said the capacity is capped at 500 people because building exits and bathrooms is too expensive.
"It's either we have a bunch of restrooms with no reason for being there, or we have the stage with no restrooms," Quinn said.
The Parks Department has said that it will provide temporary bathrooms for the time being until a permanent solution will be met.
The 16-foot-deep diving pool was part of the original pool when it was built in 1936, and was used for Olympic trials more than 40 years ago. However, it has not been used for nearly 30 years.
Vallone has high hopes for the proposed amphitheater.
"Eventually it's going to be great, maybe the most beautiful theater in New York," he said. "I mean, what other theater is going to be nestled in between two bridges in a park overlooking the skyline."


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Here's my quickie:
Thats just one of his superpowers
Your avatar has some superpowers!
Apparently denard can travel through time as well.
You inspired me, but this took way too long (I'm out of practice):
I think this wins the internet.
Absolutely beautiful. Bravo.
but no. Not even close.
I appreciate criticism, but I'm not even trying to compete with him. I think there's enough space on the internet for more than one .gif animator.
And that's a UM Film-Video grad that made this fergodsakes. I see where your allegiance lies....
Thanks, I struggled getting back into .gif animation (completely different program I'm using now compared to when I did these years ago). Only thing that required any talent was the lighting effects on the delorean time display (which was photoshopped for appropriate dates, then added movement/lighting to make it look somewhat believable).
Space, Bitches!!
I just recently watched N by NW.
Very nice.
So good!
I want denard flying with the wonderpets
That's Lewan holding up Denard?
I am seeing a lot of talented work here.. but this one down-right wins it. I laughed out loud after looking at it
Can we get out the banhammer for this? a 9/11 joke, really?
We have a winner. Shut it down.
I call bull. Coach Hoke never wears short sleeves.
Hoke ALWAYS wears short sleeves...
Stealing this, thank you
It looks like the Denard photo appeared first. Members of the team thought it was so great, they decided to put their uniforms on for fun and take pictures of each other making the funniest poses to best utilize the picture of Denard. Clearly, Hagerup was the winner of that contest.
It's the most wonderful time of the year!
I hope to use this after a B1G championship game in december.. amen!
Touching the banner just got easier
Yea, Dwight still looks like he's about to power slam over Denard.
you sir are a gentleman and a scholar.
that he's not only outrunning Bolt, he's also outrunning his own shadow!


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DURANT, OK -- Phil Scoggin, Atoka Economic Development director, is a member of a coalition trying to turn Hwy 75/69 into an interstate.
He joins representatives from many towns along the corridor who are working toward the same goal.
"We have to improve our transportation constantly, because we have 22,000 vehicles a day traveling right through the heart of Atoka," he said.
The group met in Durant Friday for a second time.
David Dean is with Tex-21, an independent organization with the goal of improving transportation.
"Taking care of the existing volume of cars and trucks and providing for space for that expansion that's gonna be coming as the population in the central part of the United States continues to grow in record numbers," he said.
The next step is getting U-S congressional support, he said.
But some local business owners in these small towns aren't happy with the idea. For example, in Calera drivers have to slow down and stop at traffic lights - and that gives them time to notice some of the local stores along the highway.
Rebecca Sandman, owner of the Amish Store in Calera, opened the store there because of it's placement on the highway.
"Texas tax dollars are gonna go on to Missouri, and Missouri and Kansas are gonna come on to Texas, because they can move straight on through our place," she said.
But Scoggin disagrees.
"It will allow more people to get off, take their time and enjoy the city of Atoka," he said.
And members of the coalition say an interstate will bring economic development and safety.
"Because trucks are cruising along. All of the sudden they're slamming on their breaks for traffic lights, people behind them don't see them," Scoggin said.
US Rep. Markwayne Mullin plans to hold a meeting in late march to discuss the issue with constituents.The coalition is also discussing it with Rep. Ralph Hall.


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ROME (Reuters) - Italian centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi was questioned by Rome prosecutors for three hours on Tuesday over allegations the former prime minister paid 750,000 euros to buy the silence of people aware that he used prostitutes.
The interrogation centred on a case in which the 76-year-old media tycoon is believed to have been the victim of extortion by three former associates, sources at the prosecutors office said.
One of these associates, businessman Gianpaolo Tarantini, is accused of providing prostitutes for parties at Berlusconi's private villa outside Milan.
Berlusconi is also accused by prosecutors in the southern city of Bari of "inducement to give false testimony," by paying the money to Tarantini, Tarantini's wife, and a former political associate, Walter Lavitola.
Berlusconi, whose People of Freedom party is vital to the survival of the left-right coalition government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta, has seen his many legal difficulties mount in recent weeks.
On Monday, prosecutors in Milan called for him to serve six years in jail on charges of abuse of office and paying for sex with a minor, and last week he lost an appeal against a four year sentence for tax fraud.
The verdict in the Milan sex case is expected next month, while Berlusconi has launched a second and final appeal against the tax fraud conviction. He will serve no time in jail until the appeals process, which can last for years, is exhausted.
Berlusconi denies any wrongdoing in all the cases against him.
(Writing by Gavin Jones; editing by Giles Elgood)
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HOLLISTON, Mass., April 3 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts business called Men in Kilts offers customers window washing, pressure washing and gutter cleaning by men dressed in traditional Scottish garb.
Shane Ross of the Holliston, Mass., business, a franchise spun off from the original Men in Kilts service in Vancouver, British Columbia, said the response had been positive, WHDH-TV, Boston, reported Wednesday.
"I got a good thumbs up from everybody. They liked it, they liked the idea of the kilt," Ross said.
Ross said he isn't bothered by working in a kilt.
"Nope, I'm Scottish so I don't mind it at all, paying tribute to my heritage," he said.
Judy Briggs, the franchise owner, said the men do a lot of climbing in their kilts but they remind customers of their "no peeking" rule.
"We did a photo shoot last week in Boston. My son was up on the second floor and the women were walking down the street and instead of going around the ladder, they'd go under the ladder. And he just politely said, 'no peeking,'" Briggs said.


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Heat maps are a graphical representation of data on a map through the use of colors to indicate the density of something. For example a heat map could be used to show the level of unemployment in different states.
The HeatMapAPI is an API that enables anyone to create their own heat maps. If you wish to use the HeatMapAPI the GeoChalkboard blog has a good tutorial on how to create a heat map with the API and Google Maps called Density Mapping in Google Maps with HeatMapAPI.
The GeoChalkboard tutorial shows you how to create a heat map using data showing Starbucks closure of 600 stores.
One alternative to the HeatMapsAPI is using Google's Visualization API with Google Spreadsheets. Ouseful has a good example of a heat map of Olympics medal winners created using Google Spreadsheets.
The Google Maps creation website Maker! also has an option to create coloured heat maps (Choropleth Maps).
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VICTORIA — Opposition leader Adrian Dix doesn't leave much doubt about where he stands on labour's call for ending the secret ballot for workers who are voting on whether to join a union.
"What we're talking about is card-check certification, which was the law in B.C. roughly from 1948 and on to the Social Credit era under Bill Bennett," said Dix when asked recently if he could support legislation to repeal the secret ballot in union certifications.
With the card-check procedure, workers are asked by union organizers to sign a union card. If enough do so, certification is automatic, right?
"Absolutely," replied Dix, during an interview with me on Voice of B.C. on Shaw TV.
"The Social Credit government, in the 1980s, got rid of that provision, which was a democratic provision. People sign cards, they're reviewed by the labour board. The Social Credit Party got rid of it, then the NDP replaced it, then the Liberals got rid of it. That's essentially been the history."
Card-check certification is standard procedure elsewhere too. "In Canada, the federal government has it, which is the Stephen Harper federal government. The Conservative government in Newfoundland has brought it back in recent times. They've brought it to Newfoundland and Manitoba."
The secret ballot allows a worker to express a preference without anyone, employer or the union, knowing how he or she voted. The card-check system would eliminate that protection, no?
"We're looking at all of those changes," replied Dix, not addressing the loss of privacy. "My position is that we're reviewing that, and people will know before the election what we'll do."
But he went on to note how factors other than the secret ballot may be at play in a marked drop-off in union certifications.
"What's changed in British Columbia — what's different now than when the card-check was removed in the 1980s — is in that time, roughly 4,400 new union members (were added), on average, per year, in the 1980s," he said.
"(At present) union sign-ups have been less than 50 per cent of that, so it's actually significantly harder today for workers to join a union. What that tells you is it's not just the issues around card-check; there may be other issues."
Rewriting the Labour Code to make it easier for unions to organize is one of four priorities on the wish list of the B.C. Federation of Labour for an NDP government. Others call for improvements in benefits under workers' compensation, a more union-friendly system of apprenticeship training, and toughened employment standards for the non-union workplace.
Dix: "The people who really struggle under the Liberal government, I would argue, are non-union workers in general, who often have to enforce their own employment standards.
"So you're a worker with less power in the workforce, and you've got to enforce your own employment standards against the employer. It's not only unfair for those workers; it's unfair for the vast majority of employers who follow the rules — because the people who don't, have an advantage in that system."
He'd apply tougher enforcement of employment standards to the pressing concern about Chinese miners being brought into B.C. for temporary work.
"The province has the power to enforce the law," said Dix, responding during the TV interview to a taped question from B.C. Fed president Jim Sinclair. "People have to be treated according to Canadian standards in this province. The Employment Standards Act needs to apply. We need to know where the temporary foreign workers are, and we need to ensure that they have access to the rights that workers have in B.C."
He then expanded on what he promises to be the No. 1 priority if the New Democrats take office next spring, boosting post-secondary education and skills training.
"It's really a key question for our economic future," said Dix. "Eighty per cent of the jobs of the future require post-secondary education. Are we going to be able to meet that test? Will it be the case, in many communities in the north, where you can see high-paying jobs on the hill and you can't get to those jobs, and you're living in town? We need to make sure that British Columbians have the skills to get those jobs."
His route to a skilled workforce is through enhanced, labour-backed apprenticeships.
"The Liberals changed the apprentice system. They put themselves in charge. We now have 37-per-cent completion rates in apprenticeship. That's not very good. In union-backed apprenticeship programs, it's over 90 per cent.
"The unions were essentially excluded by the Liberal Party — very much deliberately —from management of that system. This is where I think their ideology has got in the way of common sense. You need both business and labour involved in that."
Details in the NDP election platform, due early next year. "That's what I'm arguing for," says Dix. "Making choices, telling people what those choices are before the election, and then — hopefully, if we're elected; if people choose to elect the NDP — implement them."
But no grounds for doubting that when he does lay out his choices on employment standards, apprenticeships and the labour code, they'll be along the lines touted by the labour movement.
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Per Athletic Director Darren Smith, the Meadville Eagles boys basketball team will be facing the Class 2 Sturgeon Bulldogs at Moberly Area Community College's Fitzsimmons-Johns Arena at 4:15 p.m., tomorrow (Friday, Dec. 28), and not at 2:15 p.m., as is listed in the Wednesday newspaper. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Sunday, October 06, 2013
Dixiana Breeders' Futurity (G1) Quotes
Ken Ramsey (who owns the winner, We Miss Artie, with his wife, Sarah)
"I have to take my hat off to my farm manager, Mark Partridge. He picked this horse out at the sale. It's not a Kitten's Joy, but it's an Artie Schiller and they run pretty good too."
John Velazquez (winning rider)
"Had a little bit of trouble into the first turn, had to steady him out of there, then I gave him a chance up the backstretch. Going to the second turn we saved a little bit of ground. Then when I pulled him out, he saw the light and that's when he started running."
E.T. Baird (rider of runner-up Smarty's Echo)
"He broke out of the gate and I tried to get him forwardly placed. It worked out well. I think he ran super for the first start (in a stakes) of his life. He's learning all the time and he's done a great job."
Joe Rocco Jr. (rider of third-place finisher Arctic Slope)
"My horse kind of hopped a bit on the first jump, left on his back legs. But then they went fast enough (and) I thought I'd be a little closer at first, but they were going so fast I think I would have ended up where I was anyway. From there, I more or less followed Johnny (Velazquez on winner We Miss Artie) around there. The rail was really heavy with a lot of water on it, so I wanted to keep my horse more toward the outside. He ran on well. It seems like he'll run all day long."
Mario Gutierrez (rider of fourth-place finisher Rum Point)
"It was kind of a weird trip. Everybody was trying to pick the perfect spot. The inside rail was full of water, the outside (was) too, but everyone was pushing each other to the outside. My horse handled the track pretty good after all. He's gonna get better after this one. He has a lot of room to improve."
Mark Casse (trainer of fifth-place finisher and beaten favorite Conquest Titan)
"I thought we were in good position. We just weren't good enough. It was (his first big test). We'll regroup. We'll go back and think about it, give it a couple days' thought and go from there."
Eurico Da Silva (rider of Conquest Titan)
"It was a good trip but right when I came home, I got bumped a little bit but just because I didn't have enough horse to go on. Everybody was passing me so fast but it was a good trip. (The rain and wet track) made it a little bit more difficult. There was so much water coming to his face that he was always thinking about that."
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Clarksville police believe a really dumb prank nearly cost an officer his life when someone dropped a large rock from an interstate overpass, striking the officer's patrol car.
Just before 11:30 p.m. Friday, Officer J. Jackson was responding to a disturbance at the BP station located at Trenton and Tiny Town roads.
The officer was driving westbound along Interstate 24 toward Exit 1 when, as he traveled under the Meriwether Road Bridge, someone dropped the large rock from the west side of the bridge.
"Probably about the size of a volleyball," said Clarksville Police Sgt. Chuck Gill.
The rock struck the patrol car's roof and light bar and bounced off the vehicle to the ground. The rock damaged the car's roof, windshield and light bar.
"I think they ought to pay for the damage to the car, and not the citizens of Clarksville," Gill said.
If the cruiser had been just a few feet farther down the road, the result could have been much worse.
"The velocity of the car, and the velocity of the rock - you put those together, and if it hadn't hit on the top of the car mainly where it hit, it would have went through the windshield and been like a missile coming at him. It would have probably taken his head off," Gill said.
Officers say it could have been anyone driving under that bridge, and it could have been deadly. Investigators believe the incident was the result of two kids playing a dangerous prank.
"I don't think people realize how dangerous that is," Gill said. "It could have killed somebody, without a doubt."
Crime Stoppers is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons involved in a crime.
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Will someone help protect me against the free-trade exploit tool (DMCA takedown notice) that I'm told the church would use against me if/when I try to sell my E-meter on Ebay?
The E-meter isn't a fake or an unauthorized copy.
I remember a chapter in a text for a health class in junior high school. The topic was "Quacks," and the direction was to "beware of them." I remember being interested in the first view of doctors I'd seen that didn't portray them as completely trustworthy and somehow authoritarian.
One section described a particularly heinous form of quackery that involved "gizmos purported to measure the electrical charge on the surface of the skin." This seemed outrageous to me. Electricity on the skin??? Obviously this was a big-time scam. These gizmos were obviously fakes; I could tell just by reading the damning text and staring at the weird black and white photos.
I thought about this from time to time as I grew up, especially when I learned about the vast array of electrical charges and how ubiquitous electricity is. I still held onto this strange form of pity for those who had fallen for the scams of these quacks and their bogus gizmos. Something about the tone of the textbook made the whole thing seem very dangerous, e.g., there were people spending all of their money on something that couldn't possibly work. And what if they had a serious ailment which was being ignored in favor of the, the
Well, a few years ago, when the Scientology documents were exposed to the public, I perused them out of curiosity. Even though I knew about Xenu, I was still surprised to see it all there in print. Then I ran across the man's story of getting to some advanced Thetan level, and he described the self-auditing with the e-meter. Something in his narrative caused the neurons in my own brain to fire just so, and I realized that this was what was being described in the textbook.
I think it would be interesting to research how detectable electrical currents in the human body relate to physical, mental, even emotional processes. I believe it's dangerous to toss around half-baked notions of the same, in exchange for money and time, based on the ramblings of a science fiction author on alcohol and barbiturates.
I mean, the guy should have been on psilocybin, or mescaline. Alcohol and other depressants are cruel drugs.
Well, a few years ago, when the Scientology documents were exposed to the public, I perused them out of curiosity. Even though I knew about Xenu, I was still surprised to see it all there in print. Then I ran across the man's story of getting to some advanced Thetan level, and he described the self-auditing with the e-meter. Something in his narrative caused the neurons in my own brain to fire just so, and I realized that this was what was being described in the textbook.
I think it would be interesting to research how detectable electrical currents in the human body relate to physical, mental, even emotional processes.
The E-meter isn't about anything as weird as trying to pick up signal currents in the body (at least not the model I have from about 30 years ago). It's just a resistance bridge, a device with a meter that can show small changes in resistance (inverse of conductivity). One puts a juice can in each hand and tensing of the grip and/or changes in perspiration cause a measurable shift as one responds to questions etc. It's basically doing just one of the things a so-called lie-detector does.
I was never a member of the church. I guess I should dig out the various booklets that are with the E-meter to see just how they used it. It's probably helpful in telling if someone has been successfully brainwashed or is holding back during questioning LOL.
Sample E-meter questioning:
Holden: You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of the sudden-
Leon: Is this the test now?
Holden: Yes. You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down-
Leon: What one?
Holden: What?
Leon: What desert?
Holden: It doesn't make any difference what desert, it's completely hypothetical.
Leon: But how come I'd be there?
Holden: Maybe you're fed up, maybe you want to be by yourself, who knows? You look down and you see a tortoise, Leon, it's crawling toward you-
Leon: Tortoise, what's that?
Holden: Know what a turtle is?
Leon: Of course.
Holden: Same thing.
Leon: I've never seen a turtle. (pause) But I understand what you mean.
Holden: You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back Leon.
Leon: Do you make up these questions, Mr. Holden, or do they write them down for you?
Holden: The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun beating its legs trying to turn itself over but it can't, not without your help, but you're not helping.
Leon: What do you mean I'm not helping?
Holden: I mean, you're not helping. Why is that Leon? (pause) They're just questions, Leon. In answer to your query, they're written down for me. It's a test, designed to provoke an emotional response. (pause) Shall we continue? Describe in single words, only the good things that come in to your mind about: your mother.
Leon: My mother?
Holden: Yeah.
Leon: Let me tell you about my mother. (shot fired)
The major technical difference between the earlier models and later models is the introduction of the transistor vs the use of vacuum tubes.
Patents by Mathison
Patent number: 2684670
Filing date: Aug 1, 1951
http://www.google.com/patents?id=L7tDAAAAEBAJ [google.com]
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Filing date: Sep 1, 1954
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Filing date: Feb 7, 1956
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Patents by Hubbard
Patent number: 3290589
Filing date: Jun 7, 1965
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Filing date: Mar 8, 1979
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Filing date: Sep 22, 1981
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I think it would be interesting to research how detectable electrical currents in the human body relate to physical, mental, even emotional processes.
That's well known. EEG [wikipedia.org] is used to measure brain function and detect abnormalities and lie detectors [wikipedia.org] work but are unreliable and their output depends on many physical/mental variables, not just lying. Myography [wikipedia.org] measures the electrical function of muscles.
After a neck injury, I had an interesting procedure done: My hands were given small electric shocks and the resulting brain action was measured with an EEG like cap. IIRC the signal delay was measured. Fortunately the nerves were just slightly affected and r
This is happening. http://www.whyweprotest.net. DO IT NOW.
Good deal. That Anonymous guy has been all over slashdot for years. He's a total racist.
But what counts as "Unauthorized impairment of a protected computer"?
DRM that stops your OS or drives from working properly?
No, because DRM is installed by corporations, not a person.
Corporations = People = Soylent Green.
Oh crap, we're stuck in a loop now.
Don't be silly, corporations ain't no people, there are some minimal requirements like a heart and minimal morality.
maybe corporate crimes should be prosecuted using the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act.
people use corporations to protect themselves against legal liability in case they are sued or otherwise break the law. this is similar to how mafia bosses distance themselves from the criminal activities they profit from in an attempt to buffer themselves from potential legal repercussions.
the military chain of command and other hierarchical organizations also have a similar effect of absolving personal responsibility. but when people are not held accountable for their own actions (including ordering unethical actions or authorizing criminal activities) this encourages corruption and has facilitated many injustices and atrocities in human history.
"No, because DRM is installed by corporations, not a person."
I would also argue that DRM is "authorized" since you made the conscious choice to purchase and install it. As much as I hate DRM, if you didn't read the fine-print then that's your own fault.
Of course if the media comes with absolutely no warning then maybe the parent is on to something
1~1.5 YEARS in prison for a relatively minor script kiddie DDOS? Thats way way WAY too harsh. He would have got less if he went their climbed up the pole and manually cut their connection. Thats WITH a plea. Totally not fair.
>ANY amount of prison is overkill and more damaging to society then helpful.
No. This is a felony and he easily deserves the time. Most likely whats going to happen is that he'll get the one year minimum and serve six months. I see that as entirely reasonable for computer crimes. I dont see any difference between this as breaking into the CoS datacenter and kicking over a server or two.
He's actually very, very lucky that he wasnt charged for a hate crime, which would have added a couple of years more to
Blocking access to a website has pretty high costs, the examples I used where obvious examples of lost revenue but although sites with no obvious means of generating income may not be seen to b
Please don't forget Scientology is just one of the best cloaks a Pyramid scheme has ever devised.
The guy was on a Moral mission when he set off the Ddos and any idiot that needs to get out of bed to fix the problem gets what he deserves by working for the scammer.
I work for a reputable company and get royally rewarded when on overtime. (I know, Europe, commies etc)
Well, I hope you get my drift.
Mentioning Europe, I believe that Germany has placed Scientology (spit!) on their terrorist watch list.
Regardless of if it is a "minor script kiddie DDOS" or not, it was disruptive. Let's take out who the actual recipient of the DDOS was and put in another organization, such as Amnesty International, just for the sake of argument. Would it have been ok to DDOS Amnesty for whatever purpose? Remember, if you don't treat everyone the same (allowing for due processes and the court of law) you don't have justice.
Now to take a look at the "script kiddie" aspect of the argument. Spammers are not that sophisticated,
5 years in a real prison is appropriate for this type of behavior. It's very disruptive and denies others their rights to communicate and to use the systems and connections that they are paying for.
I can't stand Scientology at all. That said, vigilante censorship is just plain wrong. There is no excuse for this type of asshattery whatsoever. My position would be exactly the same if it were Scientology DDOS-ing him.
Freedom of speech and religion don't just apply to popular speech and religions, they appl
One of the only times there is an excuse for vigilantism is when the government refuses to do anything about a problem.
I'm just wondering why people aren't DDoSing the KKK and White Power websites. Seems like far better targets for hacker vigilantism.
That said, I believe prison time is an unreasonable punishment. And that it does not make sense to have DDoS be a felony. I would prefer that the problem was solved in civil courts. You waste people's bandwidth and disrupt their services, then you open yourself
It is a legal term from the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996.
A protected computer is:
(A) exclusively for the use of a financial institution or the United States Government, or, in the case of a computer not exclusively for such use, used by or for a financial institution or the United States Government and the conduct constituting the offense affects that use by or for the financial institution or the Government; or
(B) which is used in interstate or foreign commerce or communicatio
It is a legal term from the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996.
Even though at that time you could have gotten a RH4.0 system what 'just worked'.
OK, no good against a Ddos
A protected computer is:
(A) exclusively for the use of a financial institution or (B) which is used in interstate or foreign commerce, including a computer located outside the United States that is used in a manner that affects interstate or foreign commerce of the United States.
Since it was a web server, it falls under the interstate or foreign commerce definition.
Definition lifted from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_Computer [wikipedia.org]
See, when I ommit all the drivel Scientology is all about being a commercial entity.
Script kiddies are still script kiddies. I don't feel any sympathy for him just because it was Scientology he attacked. It's good to see that anonymous have put their initial tactics behind them (ie. attacking websites) in favor of organised protests instead. Global protests with hundreds of people holding placards is both more effective *and* lets them keep the moral highground.
I don't think you get it. The people doing the organised protests instead aren't Anonymous but a bunch of bandwagon jumpers with maybe a few Anon mixed in. If it wasn't for the initial attacks then the protests would never have happened. This kid is just some fall guy who is going have his life trashed whilst the real culprits will get away scott free. Plus I *really* don't think you want Anon to determine your moral high-ground
I guess they're not as anonymous as they thought. This anti-scientology campaign is well meant, but they should really try harder not to get caught.
Or they could just stay on the legal side of the line. I know a guy who protested outside of a scientology center and as far as I'm concerned there's nothing illegal about that. You could go around handing out flyers explaining to people who you view Scientology as dangerous and still not get arrested. Encourage televised debates about it in a public forum and take it to them there.
You don't need to try and not get caught if you're not doing anything illegal to start with. If the CoS tries to get you arrested for peaceful protesting they'll be the ones that end up looking like assholes.
If the CoS tries to get you arrested for peaceful protesting they'll be the ones that end up looking like assholes.
Judging from their past behavior, I'd say they don't give a damn if they look like assholes.
You don't need to try and not get caught if you're not doing anything illegal to start with. If the CoS tries to get you arrested for peaceful protesting they'll be the ones that end up looking like assholes.
Keith Henson [wikipedia.org] wasn't that lucky.
You must not be familiar with the XenuTV channel on Youtube. People stage protests around Scientology facilities all the time, and because Scientolog has such deep pockets, they've paid off the local cops to not enforce laws when the Scientology thugs start fucking with the protesters.
The entire police force for the city of Clearwater is owned by the church. They've got video of Scientologists destroying video cameras, and the cops just say things like, "Your camera collided with his fist, that's not a cr
Or they could just stay on the legal side of the line. I know a guy who protested outside of a scientology center and as far as I'm concerned there's nothing illegal about that. You could go around handing out flyers explaining to people who you view Scientology as dangerous and still not get arrested.
Well, this still isn't safe to do when the CoS is involved, but regardless of that I think it's quickly becoming apparent [especially to the younger crowd that make up these kinds of groups] that peaceful protests don't change anything anymore.
I think it started on the chans, the same place idiots who hack high profile accounts post the results, go. Many of them aint too smart
Actually, I doubt that any campaign needs this kind of an asshat in the first place. It just creates the image of Scientology being the innocent victims, and their opponents being a bunch of criminals. We can do without that kind of making martyrs.
E.g., no offense, but you seem to do that generalization yourself when you paint the whole campaign as needing to try to not get caught. I'm not saying that to pick on you, but just to illustrate the kind of association that gets made. If even you, presumably a smart guy, fall for that kind of guilt by association, imagine how much easier that is for someone who understands computers and scientology even less.
Seriously, read any advocacy FAQ (e.g., start with the Linux one) and you'll see that all progress is actually made by the people who keep a professional and helpful attitude about it. Rabid zealots and asshat script kiddies are the kind you _don't_ want your movement to be associated with, because it ruins your whole credibility. That kind of "friends" are literally worse than your enemies.
And in this case it also ruins the whole moral high ground aspect. This guy infected (or help create a market for infecting) a bunch of innocent people's computers, and stuffed their internet connection to do his DDOS attack. That's actual harm done to innocents. It's an evil act. Once you show that kind of lack of morals or of respect for your fellow human, you just don't have a high ground from which to look down upon scientology.
If you will, it's a bit like reading about Mao denouncing the Soviet Union leaders. You're not inclined to rally on his side, because he's an evil fuck himself. Sometimes the enemy of my enemy is still a sociopathic prick.
Bad analogy as Anon does not have a designated leader whereas Mao can be said to speak for the entire regime.
I am sure you would like this supposed gift of a moral high-ground, but Moraelin where were you when he and the others kicked off this mini-revolution? Playing Warcraft? The scripts I saw were not trojans, you had to consciously install and run them, so I doubt he was inconveniencing 'innocents' (I don't think we share the same definition of "actual harm" also). And there are worse crimes than minor
Bad analogy as Anon does not have a designated leader whereas Mao can be said to speak for the entire regime.
Maybe, but my point was about individual asshats, rather than about whether or not he can speak for a whole group. If that bothers you, you could replace "Jack The Ripper" or the Taliban instead of "Mao" there, and the point still stands.
I am sure you would like this supposed gift of a moral high-ground, but Moraelin where were you when he and the others kicked off this mini-revolution? Playing Warcr
The real irony is when that same person talks about protecting freedoms such as free-speech, which they obviously cannot be a supporter of in order to carry out a DDoS.
Well, 'protecting' free-speech is kind of relative. If you try to shut down the person(s) trying to shut down free-speech, are you protecting it or not?
Also, a website is kind of a broad definition of 'speech'. Hence the controversy over whether or not blogs fall under the 'freedom of speech' clause.
You either support free-speech of you don't, supporting only what you happen to agree with is not free-speech. If someone says something I don't like (and plent of people do) that is their right to say it, just as I have the right to say things they don't like.
The line is drawn when you post to a website that you do not own because the owner of that site has the right to delete your content if they wish, but is somebody dishonestly forges a DMCA notice like Scientology has been, then it becomes an attack si
a bunch of foolish kids with nothing better to do than form a mob, and be outraged at the freedom to be foolish and join another mob.
irony floats off, unnoticed.
Yes, but if you don't have the freedom to give up your freedom, then that's not freedom!
I never understood how he made that mistake. It's standard Anonymous procedure in such operations to be behind at least 7 proxies.
In my experience with Anonymous, the ones who do the stupid shit are also typically the ones that enjoy bragging about it online.
Posting non-Anon for karma bonus and also because I've got nothin' to hide.
Anyone have a link to the creepy Tom Cruise video?
Anyone have a link to the creepy Tom Cruise video?
You're going to have to be more specific.
They sell things which don't work, brainwash the people to whom they sell their things, and harass people whom they can't sell their things to.
There are software companies who'd fit that description
There used to be quite a few banks who fit that description too.
> scientology is not a religion, it's a business. if you want to drive them out of
> business, compete with them. make up a story that is even crazier...
How about one that involves priests who can magically transform cookies into human flesh which the followers then eat? Think that would fly?
Eew. Human flesh? Why would anybody eat that?
But if it'll get me a bunch of virgins, sign me up.
To the best of my knowledge, the DDOS attacks stopped in January. The people who are currently protesting are not using those methods.
You can check out what they are up to at
http://forums.scientology-exposed.com/ [scientology-exposed.com]
http://forums.whyweprotest.net/ [whyweprotest.net]
To find out why people are still protesting start reading the stories here
http://www.forum.exscn.net/forumdisplay.php?f=2 [exscn.net]
http://www.exscientologykids.com/voicesinunison.html [exscientologykids.com]
Former scientologists are finally starting to have the courage to speak out and need to be supported.
In my home town alone, a former scientologist's apartment has been broken into & had file boxes stolen (left the TV, DVDs & laptop), slashed her car tires, cut the wires in her car (including the brake lights), ran her off the road, stalked her at the neighborhood swimming pool & tried to intimidate her there with her kids, have been trying to mentally fuck with her by turning off her circuit breakers for her apartment, have had vans & PIs staking out her home & following her.
These are not nice people. They need to be exposed.
He should get a medal instead.
Now here is a cult I am much more scared of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYEnDepMKwE [youtube.com]
Aside from the obvious fact that Scientology is a cult, I really wish they'd stop referring to fucking packet kiddies as 'hackers'. Most of them (and I'll bet this kid is no different) don't even fall in line with the definition of cracker or hacker. They're just children with buttons.
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Peter Jackson: please call The Dambusters
617 Squadron wants a chat
Our recent piece on Peter Jackson's forthcoming remake of The Dam Busters provoked quite a flurry of emails - much of it concerning how the screenplay writer will deal with the delicate matter of Guy Gibson's dog.
It's a tricky one, especially since Jackson has already declared that his version will be "as authentic as possible and as close to the spirit of the original as possible".
Well, time will tell how Hollywood deals with the black Labrador question, but in the meantime we're delighted to report that 617 Squadron itself is offering logistical support for the moviemaking operation:
I do hope that you can help me get in contact with Peter Jackson. I am the Press and Media Officer for Royal Air Force Lossiemouth and among our operational squadrons we have the current 617 Sqn "The Dambusters". Your recent article mentions that Peter Jackson will be remaking the original film and I would like to get in touch with him in order to offer any form of assistance in the shape of research, history, we even have a replica of the original bomb. Obviously the squadron have an extensive history with many original artifacts from the raid which could prove to be very useful to Mr Jacksons research. If there is any way that you can help me I would be very grateful.
Many Thanks
Terry Cowan
Flight Lieutenant Media and Communications Officer, RAF Lossiemouth
Terrific. Let's see if the awesome reach of El Reg extends to Peter Jackson. If someone from his production company wants to drop us a line, we'll put you in touch with Flight Lieutenant Cowan. ®
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- Ten years ago, Vladimir Putin tolerated a Ukraine uprising, ultimately seeing things go his way
- Daniel Treisman: Why did Putin take the bold step of sending forces into Crimea in 2014?
- He says the costs will almost certainly outweigh the benefits for the Russians
- Treisman: Like many authoritarian leaders, Putin may now believe his own rhetoric
Ten years ago, President Putin of Russia faced an embarrassing foreign policy defeat. Assisted by Russia's ablest spin doctors, Putin's favored candidate, Viktor Yanukovych, had won Ukraine's presidential election, or at least had won the count.
But thousands of protesters, alleging electoral fraud, surrounded government buildings, camping in the snow and waving orange flags. Eventually, Putin's Ukrainian allies capitulated. The Supreme Court called another round of voting, and voters dumped Yanukovych in favor of a politician, Viktor Yushchenko, who called for Ukraine's rapid admission to NATO.
Putin was left spluttering. But he waited. In the winters of 2006 and 2009, gas supplies from the Russian company Gazprom were temporarily halted over payment disputes, but these were quickly resolved. Within a few years, self-destructive squabbling among Ukraine's new democratic leaders, as the economy stagnated, had discredited the "Orange Revolution." Putin found he could actually get along quite well with Yushchenko's main rival, Yulia Tymoshenko.
Skip ahead ten years and Yanukovych, elected president in a reasonably free election in 2010, again finds himself facing angry crowds in Kiev's Independence Square, or "Maidan." This time the protesters demand he sign an association agreement with the EU that Putin has opposed. As before, Putin makes clear his disdain for the demonstrators and his support for Yanukovych.
Yet, when his client is forced out of office, this time -- after violent street fighting between heavily armed Berkut riot police and protesters hurling stones and Molotov cocktails -- Putin does not sit on his hands.
Over the course of a few days, Russian troops occupy the key points in Ukraine's predominantly Russian-speaking Crimean peninsula. The invasion sets off the most serious international crisis in Europe since the turn of the 21st century.
Is Putin-2014 the same person as Putin-2004? Why in such ostensibly similar crises did he react in radically different ways? Why take an enormous gamble when he could be sure the current democratic victors in Kiev would self-destruct as quickly as the first crop? He would have to swallow a short-run setback. But Putin could then indulge his schadenfreude watching liberal prime minister Arseny Yatsenyuk tussle with nationalist leader Oleh Tyahnybok as Ukraine's economy melted down and the EU and IMF prepared a financial aid package sure to offer too little, too late, and only under stringent conditions. Within a few years, a more pro-Moscow administration was likely to emerge.
By contrast, Russian troops in Crimea was the one thing certain to unite Kiev's factions, mobilize Ukraine's population and prompt rapid Western action on economic aid. At the same time, military intervention promised a string of unwelcome repercussions: Western sanctions, visa bans for members of the ruling elite, asset freezes, diplomatic embarrassments, even perhaps exclusion from the G8. For Russia, already facing a stagnant economy, such moves could only accelerate capital flight and scare international investors.
Even more perverse, invasion would throw away in one day two years' worth of reputational capital, accumulated from a string of unexpected foreign policy successes. From isolation over Syria, Putin had managed to emerge as peacemaker in late 2013, persuading Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to pledge to surrender his chemical weapons.
By granting asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, the Russian president could claim -- implausibly -- to be on the side of citizen privacy and transparency. Despite a chorus of gloom in the Western press, the Sochi Winter Olympics had passed without terrorist attacks or other disasters and with Russian athletes dominating the medals count.
Is there a rational explanation for Putin's resort to arms in 2014? Western analysts have been at a loss. To those who have been raising the alarm about Putin's expansionist drive and wounded pride since before he came to office, there is nothing to explain: the dictator has shown his true colors. Yet this is hardly more informative than the stopped clock that is right twice a day.
If Putin-2014 was a militant expansionist, why did Putin-2004 hold back? What to make, then, of Putin-2000 who, when asked whether Russia might one day join NATO replied: "Why not? I do not rule out such a possibility." Later there was Putin-2002 who said that the Baltic states joining NATO was "no tragedy." Over the years, Putin acquiesced to U.S. bases in Central Asia after 9/11, shared intelligence with Washington, agreed to cut nuclear arsenals by two thirds, and defied his own Communist protesters to establish a route through Russia for U.S. military supplies to Afghanistan.
So what has changed? Most plausibly, Putin hopes to use the conflict to ignite nationalist pride and anger at home, building a new base of anti-Western support for his leadership as he loses the backing based on economic performance. (With oil prices no longer rising, and global liquidity tighter since the 2008 financial crisis, Russia's growth slowed to just 1.3 percent last year.) If so, this is unlikely to work.
In a poll one month ago, 73 percent of Russians opposed intervention in Ukraine's politics. Comparable nationalist rallying points in the past such as Russia's 2008 invasion of Georgia produced a spike in Putin's ratings, but one that had completely reversed within a few months. The costs of the Crimean intervention, in reduced investment and international isolation, will last longer than the immediate rally behind the flag. So will the heightened tensions with other neighboring states that contain large Russian-speaking minorities, such as Kazakhstan and the NATO-members Estonia and Latvia.
That after 14 years the leader of an increasingly authoritarian state should start to make mistakes is not surprising. Such leaders tend to become trapped in an information bubble of their own creation.
Surrounding themselves with friends and colleagues with similar world views, they --deliberately or unwittingly -- cut themselves off from unwelcome information.
They forget that the media they have censored tells them only what they want to hear, and that the "experts" they have cultivated are those that reinforce their own prejudices. They start to believe the verdicts of the courts they have politicized.
Like all people but more so, they succumb to attribution bias -- believing the worst of others and the best of themselves -- and to the overconfidence effect -- the tendency to exaggerate the odds of success. The result is a distorted view of events that is self-serving and black and white. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who spoke to Putin by phone last Sunday, said that he seemed to be "in another world."
The result can be decisions that put the leader's own position at risk. Gen. Augusto Pinochet, after ruling Chile for 15 years, came to believe he was extremely popular. To his dismay, a plebiscite he called in 1988 revealed that most Chileans would rather have a different leader. Other authoritarian leaders, such as Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, have lost power after calling elections that they were sure they would win.
Although his regime faces no immediate danger, and the first polls may well show initial support for his moves, Putin has made his task of holding onto power in the medium run more difficult. Business elites, both in and outside his circle, will resent the new instability and isolation the Crimean operation has created. The Russian stock market fell almost 13% on the first day after the invasion, and the Central Bank had to raise interest rates to stanch decline in the ruble. Support for any intervention with economic and human costs is likely to drain away fast.
Yet, the information filter around Putin will make it hard for him to evaluate what is going on. Rather than recognizing his own mistakes, he will tend to believe stories of betrayal and external hostility. Unless the dissonance rises to such a level that it provokes a major rethink -- and he proves flexible enough to question his own action -- he is likely to continue miscalculating as the crisis unfolds.
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Julian Juergensmeyer, Ben F. Johnson Chair in Law, co-wrote an article, "Can Development Impact Fees Help Mitigate Urban Sprawl," in the Journal of the American Planning Association with Gregory S. Burge, Trey L. Trosper, Arthur C. Nelson and James C. Nicholas.
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I have read some Hitchens, Dawkins and Erhman, I've listened to debates with all of them and Sam Harris and others and have read up on Stephen Hawking.I love Hitchens, and Erhman and strongly dislike Dawkins.
If the thread is about slavery I'm going to talk about slavery and if people bring up other topics I'll just keep pushing on with the subject at hand.
Alzael said he'd heard it all before anyway so it's kind of a waste of time.


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Skip to comments.Zimmerman Brother: George Supported Obama, Wanted to End 'Club of White Men'
Posted on 02/06/2013 7:33:24 PM PST by Impala64ssa
Media coverage of the George Zimmerman shooting of Trayvon Martin has been skewed for months by wild charges of racism against George. NBC News infamously edited tape of Zimmerman to make it appear that he thought Martin was suspicious thanks to his race; CNN reported that Zimmerman had used a racial slur during his 911 call. That thematic stretched all the way to the White House, with President Obama suggesting that Zimmerman was acting out of racism, since as Obama put it, If I had a son, hed look like Trayvon. The truth is far different. Not only was Zimmerman not a racist he had a black business partner, has Afro-Peruvian roots, and helped out underprivileged black kids in his neighborhood he also was a supporter of the very president who would later slander him by innuendo. As Robert, Georges brother, told me, George is a registered Democrat. He registered as a Hispanic. He kind of did some internal family campaigning for Obama. George supported Obama, Robert explained, because He was like many young people who thought that the presidents club had been a club of white men since our founding, and that there really wasnt a good reason for that, except that the right man for the job who happened to be black had not come along, and that electing a man who happened to be biracial or multiracial like we were, would reflect not just a situation that we found ourselves in ethnically in our family, but the reality of where America had come, which is that we are a melting pot of cultures and we are a diverse society. Ironically, Robert added, the man who he campaigned for within his family was the same man seemingly indicting him in a way from the Rose Garden.
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Take it for what it's worth, but Latinos will likely watch this whole court episode unfold. I think they would silently support George getting off on this case.
Useful idiot meets his expiration date...
Eventually everyone who supports the left party due to identity politics gets screwed. It's why actual private working class folks aren't keen on Dems like they used to be. Eventually a new demo comes in and you get screwed in favor of the faster growing demo.
Zimmerman's been trying to prove to the lynch mob that he's NOT white ever since. What madness...
imagine how annoyed george must be at being constantly referred to in the media as a "white hispanic"
Mr. Zimmerman didn't realize that he was one of the hated white guys, LOL.
Zimmerman would not be in this mess if he had just followed the Mexican tradition of taking his Mother's maiden name for his last name. Instead he was given his father's name which is not only white, but Jewish.
George, how's that obama vote workin' out for you?
Did you notice which race of people is supporting you and which isn't?
I bet you wish those damn White Club members who support you would mind their own business, eh?
And those Sons Of Barack are really jumping to support you, huh? Feels great to be loved by them, huh?
Why are Hispanics silent while their fellow Hispanic gets the shaft.
I believe George is innocent due to self defense, but George aint the brightest bulb on the tree.
German. Some German Jews are Zimmermans.
Martin is a German name, too.
Trayvon? Who knows. Probably picked at random from "The Book of Weird Made-up Names for Black Kids."
Because his last name is Zimmerman.
Oh, a member of the Master Race.
Die Herrenrasse
" - - - had been a club of white men - - - "
This is blatant racism at its worst!
Zimmerman put his racial prejudice above Country and voted accordingly.
When will 'White Men' be accepted as equals in our Society?
Will there ever be a time when 'White Men' can run for political office without fear of being labeled with the "W" word?
All of the Federal Money spent on Education has gone for naught, as racism against "Whites" is as strong as ever, and could be getting even stronger!
How can the Liberal Agenda Media (LAM) possibly still maintain that Zimmerman is NOT a racist?
And yet there was a time when there was a dream - - - - .
How/where do you register as a Hispanic?
Could be Zimmerman is trying to get the left to support him. Or it could be that he thinks he's probably going to prison and he wants the home boys to like him.
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Tender pork ribs slow cooked in a spicy adobo sauce made of tomatoes, onion, garlic, chipotle pepper, smoked paprika and oregano.
Every night when my Dad gets home from work he checks the stove to see if we're cooking meat for dinner. He's lucky if he gets meat once a week when fresh summer produce is so abundant and irresistible. At this very moment my fridge is bursting with so much produce there is not one inch of space left in any nook, corner or cranny.
In the same way veggies make me happy for my Dad it's meat. Or beans. Even though he eats just about anything I put in front of him including my vegetable laden creations, they just don't make his world go around the same way they do mine.
So these ribs had his name on them and his name only. He claims they were tender and delicious, proving it true by devouring every single last one in less than 24 hours and fully satisfying his need for "meat".
Crisis averted.
Tender pork ribs slow cooked in a spicy adobo sauce made of tomatoes, onion, garlic, chipotle pepper, smoked paprika and oregano.
- Trim excess fat and membrane from ribs. Season well with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Heat a few tablespoon of oil in a medium skillet and cook onion until tender, add garlic and cook until fragrant. Season well with salt and pepper, add paprika, oregano and chipotle pepper, cook 2-3 more minutes stirring often. Transfer to a medium-sized crockpot.
- Stir tomatoes and vinegar into the onion mixture and season well with salt and pepper. Turn heat up to high. Add ribs. Cook 4 hours on high or 6-8 on low. Taste sauce near the end and season again if needed.
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BU's Student Veteran's Association (BUSVA) is a social and educational organization providing service and support for military and non-military personnel. The intent of BUSVA is to harness the collective experience and knowledge of all involved members, as well as provide social functions for members in order to better serve:
Military or non-military, it doesn't matter if you are or are not. What matters is you support the military, and you want to help different organizations and better the community! If both of these statements are true, then this club is the right first step.
For people who just want to know more about what it is like to be a veteran ... we can share with you some experiences we have had as a vet. If you feel like you want to achieve more while being at college ... we provide community service opportunities to make you feel like you accomplished something better. Anyone who is in good academic standing (meaning not on academic probation) may join our club.
The club is open to any student who attends Bloomsburg University, freshman through senior year. Things we do for fun as well are activities with Quest, and membership into BUSVA may also entitle you to do activities with QUEST for free, such as the high ropes course, rock wall and team building activities.
BUSVA has done fundraisers for a variety of organizations such as Quest, Stiggy's Dogs, The Wounded Warrior Foundation, Camp Hero, and the America Red Cross. Various fundraisers have included cookouts, bake sales, coin drops/canning, and raffles.
The community service is important to the group, because BUSVA wants to do what it can to assist organizations in need of help. The group has gathered information for veterans for their own knowledge, as well as to help them with financial aid sources, counseling services, and making their transition periods easier to adapt to college life.


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This is a story about a vampire falling in love with a werewolf and the werewolf imprints on the vampire. My cousin wrote it and she said I can post it so i hope you enjoy it. Disclaimer: i do not own vampires or were wolves, i'm just messing around with the idea. stphanie meyer is the real genius. writers block this story is not abandoned.
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Damp, mossy grass made the soles of my feet wet. A musky smell filled the air. Fog crawled through the atmosphere and made it so I couldn't see anything but a tree about two feet in front of me.
Solid oak bark and dark emerald leaves made it seem like a piece of artwork. I gently let my hand fall onto the ridged brown skin and took a deep breath of the hazy air.
I instantly felt calm and relaxed. As if I could be right here for the rest of eternity and be fine.
Suddenly a gust of wind came up and blew my fiery hair into my eyes and broke my peace. I shifted it so that it set behind my ear again.
Then I heard a sound from the direction the wind had come from. It sounded like waves hitting a large rock or cliff.
The sound grew louder as I made my way forward. I could tell that nobody was there. No children running away from the waves touching their ankles. No college students playing sand volleyball or surfing. There weren't even any seagulls eating scared crabs that had wandered away from their homes. This place was going to be all mine. My special place.
The fog was fading away as I drew closer to the water. By now I could at least see were I was going.
I was just inside the forest. I could see exactly what was on the other side of the trees in my mind.
'You're almost there Paige.' I thought, 'You're almost there.'
I pushed my way through the dense thicket. There in front of me was the most magnificent, beautiful thing I had ever seen. It was nothing like I had pictured. No sandy beaches or palm trees.. Instead there was a grassy plain that broke straight off into the ocean.. I saw an astonishing orange sun, sitting right above the water that made a ribbon like reflection of twinkling lights over the water.
I stepped into the middle of the grassy area and laid there for, I don't know how long. It might have been minutes, or hours, or even days, but I didn't care, this was my place.
Before long I heard footsteps coming in my direction. I turned my head so that I could see who or what was coming my way. I could vividly see a tall, muscular man with bronze hair and skin walking my way. He was probably one of the most stunning creatures I had ever seen, even more so than many of the other vampires I had seen in my time.
I looked even closer and saw that he had the most beautiful brown eyes; they made me want to dive right into them.. He was probably as thick as many of the trees in the forest. He made me feel small and afraid, and I liked it. I hadn't been afraid in over 150 years when a charming man with red eyes, bronze hair, and sparkling skin jumped toward me from over 20 feet away and crushed every bone in my body..
I stood up slowly hoping not to startle him, but I did. He looked my way then dashed off at a speed that was unbelievable fast, even for me. All I could think was 'who is this man?' and an even better question, 'What is he?'
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Claremont Day festival Saturday
Henry Helton said 16 years ago he asked Claremont's city council for $250 to hire a band for a community gathering.
Helton, the special events coordinator for the city, said the council granted the money, a fair amount of people showed up to the event and what became Claremont Day has grown each year since.
This year's festival on Main Street begins Saturday at 9 a.m., with comments from Mayor David Morrow and Oxford Elementary School students singing the national anthem.
"It's supposed to be a good day, but the sun does get hot," Helton said. "We'll have plenty of chairs, but if people want to sit in a comfortable lawn chair, bring it on out. We'll have golf carts to take people with handicaps around."
More than 90 vendors have already registered booths for the festival, the first time booths have sold out so soon, said City Manager Doug Barrick.
Booth offerings will include toys, ice cream from an old-fashioned churn, hamburgers, hot dogs, cotton candy and fried apple pies.
"They sell out of those every year," Helton said.
Stage entertainment includes a talent search at 10 a.m., a PETCO pet show at 11 a.m. on the grass in front of city hall and other acts throughout the day. Those acts include the Claremont Gentlemen's Choir, the Claremont Elementary School Chorus, One Voice Trio, Friends of Christ, The Pine Ridge Boys, Joyful Hearts, One Voice Trio and The Anchormen.
Parents can enter their children in a baby parade that begins at 11 a.m. Children from birth to 4 years old can participate, and judging will be divided into three age categories. Every baby will get a certificate for competing, and the top winners will receive gift certificates.
In a Kids Corner activity area near the police station, marionette shows will be staged at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Rides will also be available, and Helton said the nonprofit organizations operating the rides will receive the money from ticket sales.
"We don't want folks to miss Claremont Day," Barrick said. "Come out and enjoy a good time with everyone, take advantage of all the rides and the good food."
Barrick said the new Claremont Hardware and Farm Supply store will open Saturday in downtown. He also said businesses in town plan to be open extended hours and offer specials during the festival.
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Federal land managers abruptly ended a roundup of cattle on public land in southern Nevada from a rancher who has refused to recognize their authority, citing a "serious concern" for the safety of employees and the public.
New Bureau of Land Management chief Neil Kornze made the announcement Saturday morning at the same time militia members and others gathered near the roundup site to protest the removal of hundreds of Cliven Bundy's cattle.
Some 400 cows were gathered during the roundup that began a week ago, short of the BLM's goal of 900 cows that it says were trespassing on public land.
Bundy didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Gov. Brian Sandoval, who had complained about the BLM's handling of the roundup, issued a statement praising the agency for its willingness to listen to the state's concerns.


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For me I always got the feeling that Snow Leopard and Lion were kicking the can down the road to keep the legacy systems happy before they made a big change that would kill off support for older hardware. One of the biggest changes have been the move over to OpenGL 3.x as the basis of their graphics technologies rather than OpenGL 3.x merely being something 'tacked on' the side but with little integration. I'm on Mountain Lion right now and I haven't had any problems yet but compared to Lion t is far more stable than Lion and as for Snow Leopard - I love when I hear revisionist history when Snow Leopard was released and people on Macrumors to declaring that they'll stick with Leopard because Snow Leopard sucks, it's buggy and doesn't have enough features to justify an upgrade.


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Many mid- and large-sized companies rely on computerized systems to scan resumes and narrow the field of job candidates. Some tracking software may overlook qualified applicants who haven't used the right keywords. The Wall Street Journal's Lauren Weber explains what it takes to get noticed.
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Posted on 2/28/2012
The University of North Dakota Center for Human Right and Genocide Studies, along with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, is proud to announce that a traveling exhibition that uncovers and explores Nazi persecution of Homosexuals (1933-1945) will be featured at the Memorial Union, beginning Thursday, March 1, and running until March 25.
The special exhibition is being co-sponsored by the UND Office of the President, the College of Arts & Sciences and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota &The Dakotas.
The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, opens on Thursday, March 1, with a 7 p.m., reception with Hors D 'Oeuvres, in the Memorial Union Ballroom. Exhibition hours for the public generally will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, with extended evening hours until 8 p.m., on Thursdays. Weekend hours are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Gregory S. Gordon, director of the CHRGS and a UND law professor who is an international authority on human rights law, said this is the first time a U.S. Holocaust Museum Exhibition will be coming to the State of North Dakota.
More than two years in development, this is the first major exhibition on this subject for English-speaking audiences and draws on materials from more than 40 archives and other repositories in eight countries.
"This is a historic occasion for UND and for North Dakota," Gordon said. "I appreciate the fact that UND has been chosen for this honor."
Gordon said thousands of homosexuals, primarily gay men, perished at the hands of the Nazis in concentration camps during the Third Reich. The Holocaust Museum exhibition covers the story of what happened to these victims.
"It illuminates an aspect of Nazi brutality that is often left unexplored," he said.
Gordon was the most recent faculty member selected by the UND President's Office and the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors committee to deliver a University Faculty Lecture. He took the opportunity to enlighten the campus community and public on the evolution of international laws on incitement to war crimes. Also, Gordon was recently invited by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to conduct trial advocacy training in Sarajevo for judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys preparing for upcoming cases in the Court's War Crimes Chamber.
Earlier this month, Gordon was part of a panel of distinguished experts, including U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp and Don Ferencz, son of legendary Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz, in connection with the London premiere of the film "Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today." He also met with British Attorney General Dominic Grieve at the British House of Commons and spoke about the 1474 trial of Peter von Hagenbach, widely considered history's first international war crimes trial and a forerunner to Nuremberg.
Exhibition background:
In 1933, the year Adolf Hitler assumed power, an estimated 1 million homosexual men lived in Germany. Nazi policy asserted that homosexual men carried a "degeneracy" that threatened the "disciplined masculinity" of Germany. As homosexuals were believed to form self-serving groups, the emergence of a state-within-the state that could disrupt social harmony was also feared. Additionally, the Nazis charged that homosexuals' failure to father children was a factor in Germany's declining birth rate, thus robbing the nation of future sons and daughters who could fight for and work toward a greater Reich.
"The exhibition explores why homosexual behavior was identified as a danger to Nazi society and how the Nazi regime attempted to eliminate it," says exhibition curator Edward Phillips. "The Nazis believed it was possible to cure' homosexual behavior through labor and re-education.'"
As Nazi efforts to eradicate homosexuality grew more draconian, gay men became subject to castration, institutionalization, and deportation to concentration camps.
Between 1933 and 1945, an estimated 100,000 men were arrested for homosexuality, and of these, approximately 50,000 were sentenced for the crime. Most of these men spent time in regular prisons. An estimated 5,000 - 15,000 were sent to concentration camps where an unknown number of them perished.
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In addition to the Holocaust museum's exhibition, throughout March, UND will be hosting a series of special events and speakers on Nazi persecution, GLBT issues and human rights. One of these special events will be the presentation of the film "Question One," in partnership with the UND Global Visions Film Series, on March 21.
Here is a list of CHRGS-sponsored events set to take place at UND this month:
7 p.m., Monday, March 5, keynote speaker Dr. Steve Rogers, a UND visiting fellow with the CHRGS, will discuss "Nazi Persecution (1933-1945)." Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.
7 p.m., Tuesday, March 6, screening of the documentary film "Paragraph 175," which delves into the provision of the German Criminal Code that made homosexual acts between males a crime and that was broadened and strengthened under Nazi rule. Q & A follows. Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.
Noon, Wednesday, March 7, a student lunch, and discussion on "Approaches to Nazi Persecution Past and Present." River Valley Room.
7 p.m., Monday, March 19, keynote address by Dr. Jeffrey Langstraat, UND assistant professor of sociology and an expert on sexual politics, and LBGT studies. Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.
Noon, Tuesday, March 20, dramatic theater reading of "Angels in America," Loading Dock in the Memorial Union.
7 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, showing of the feature film "Question One," as part of the Global Visions Film Series, in the UND Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.
Guests without University parking permits for this or any other on-campus event may use the "pay-as-you-go" option in the Parking Ramp (corner of Second Avenue North and Columbia Road), the UND Visitor pay Lot (off Centennial Drive) or a Parking Meter. There are also several 30-minute free parking spots on the north side of the Memorial Union. Parking in any other parking lot on-campus requires a parking pass, which can be purchased directly through UND Parking Services, Twamley Hall, Room 204 (Monday, Wednesday -Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., and Tuesday 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.).
Gregory S. Gordon, associate professor of law and director of the Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies, 701.777.2104, or at email@example.com
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Rebecca Howell Balinski (Sept. 8, 1934 – May 26, 2013) is almost certainly the only person to have both sung at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and translated the work of leading French theologians into English.
The daughter of Charles Reece Howell, Jr., and Emily Smith Howell, Rebecca, "Becky", was born in Memphis where her father was looking for work during the Great Depression, but she grew up in Fayetteville, in the community of Howell Hill that had been home to her family for generations.
Becky was a top student – she was awarded membership of the National Beta Club – and her singing talent was recognized early. Already as a high school student, she had her own request show, "A Journey in Song" alongside Miss Ruth Ray at the piano, on WEKR.
In 1950, at the age of 15, Becky entered Vanderbilt University where she became president of the Women's Student Government Association and received the Lady of the Bracelet Award, the highest recognition given a female undergraduate. She also continued to perform, among other things, singing on national television in the precursor of "America's Got Talent", Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour.
After receiving a master's degree in education at Goucher College in Baltimore and working summers at a Presbyterian mission house in San Francisco's Chinatown and at the Sleighton Farm School for Girls in Pennsylvania, Becky moved to Princeton, N.J. to take a job as a fourth grade teacher at Miss Fine's School. It was on a blind date that she met Princeton University mathematics doctoral student Michel Balinski. Theirs was a whirlwind romance. Within nine months, they were married, and for the next 11 years – from 1957 to 1968 – the Balinskis made their lives in Princeton. The arrival of her two daughters, Maria and Marta, was the joy of Becky's life.
As Michel commuted into Manhattan to work at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Becky was civically engaged, most notably attracting New York Times coverage ("Jersey Mother Leads Vote Protest") of her campaign to encourage Democrat critics of the Johnson administration not to abstain, but to vote for Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 presidential election.
In 1969 the Balinski family started what would turn out to be 12 years of moving back and forth across the Atlantic. France, Switzerland, France, Austria and France again – in all of them, it was Becky who would make a secure home for the family. In the years where the family was in Princeton, Becky returned to teaching.
It was after their final move to Europe in 1980, as Rebecca learned more about the Archbishop of Paris, Jean-Marie Lustiger, that she took the initiative to translate some of his homilies into English. This was the beginning of her career as a translator of theology and philosophy – not only the work of Lustiger, but also of books by Henri de Lubac, considered one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century, and the political philosopher Pierre Manent.
In 1996 Rebecca moved (by herself – she had divorced several years earlier) from Paris to the village of Cour-sur-Loire near Blois. It was here on the banks of the Loire River that she found, in her words, "her world" and great happiness in a community that appreciated her openness, generosity and hospitality and loved her deeply.
In 2009, Rebecca was diagnosed with a rare case of melanoma of the eye. When the cancer spread, she courageously refused treatment and died peacefully with her family and friends around her.
Rebecca is survived by her brother, Charles Reece Howell, III; her two daughters, Maria and Marta; her sons-in-law, Wojtek and Karel; and granddaughter, Lucy.