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WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in favor of H.R. 282, the Iran Freedom Support Act, which passed the House today by a vote of 397 to 21:
"I strongly support this bipartisan legislation - the Iran Freedom Support Act - which is a measured, appropriate and necessary response by this body to the continued belligerence and threatening actions of the Iranian regime. Let none of us be mistaken: Iran, today, poses a grave and growing danger to international security and stability. And, this danger must not be ignored.
"Just yesterday, Iran's supreme religious leader, in a meeting with the president of Sudan, reportedly said that Iran was ready to share its nuclear technology with other countries. This was the latest in a series of outrageous and dangerous comments and actions undertaken by the government in Tehran. For example, the Iranian president recently has stated his hope for 'a world without America' and his desire to 'wipe Israel off the map.'
"Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. It supports Hezbollah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad. It harbors al-Qaeda operatives. And, it has maintained a hostile stance toward the United States and our national interests ever since Iranian radicals seized the American embassy in 1979. Furthermore, there is little question today that Iran has engaged in a deliberate campaign of lies and deceit to conceal its quest for nuclear weapons. As the French foreign minister stated earlier this year: 'No civilian nuclear program can explain the Iranian nuclear program. It is a clandestine nuclear program.'
"In 2002, it was revealed that Iran was continuing to develop a nuclear program at two secret nuclear facilities - in direct violation of its international obligations. Last August, the Iranian government resumed its conversion of uranium, a development that led to a 27-to-3 vote in February by the International Atomic Energy Agency to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council. And, on March 29, the Security Council gave Iran 30 days - or until this Friday - to stop its nuclear activities. Unfortunately, the Iranian regime seems intent on following a path of confrontation rather than cooperation.
"And that is why I urge the members of this body to support this legislation, which, among other measures, would require the President to impose any two of six specified sanctions against any foreign company or entity investing $20 million or more in the development of Iran's oil or gas industry - so long as Iran refuses to dismantle its chemical, biological or nuclear weapons program.
"This bill also would authorize financial and political assistance to human rights dissidents and pro-democracy advocates in Iran. And, it expresses the sense of Congress that the President should instruct our U.N. representative to work to secure a Security Council resolution calling for sanctions on Iran for its repeated and flagrant breaches of its nuclear nonproliferation obligations.
"The members of this body are properly focused on our nation's continuing efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, we cannot afford to dismiss or ignore the grave danger looming in Iran. Let me emphasize, I believe that the international community has a collective obligation to exert its will on lawbreakers, such as Iran. This is not the duty alone of the United States or any other single state. The measure before us is warranted, appropriate and necessary. And I urge the members to support it."


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to have a miserable life, i.e. to be married.
It's actually a serious argument:
I don't need any more reasons to be against gay marriage apart from the looming prospect of gay divorce. If I'm going to break up with my boyfriend, I don't want to have to pay a price higher than a few broken vases and a call to 911. As far as I'm concerned, if ever there was an argument for the existence of "homophobia," then this is it: "gay marriage" is the revenge of the heterosexuals, who resent and hate us for our gay fun-filled lives and advanced powers of color-coordination. It's a nefarious plot to make us all as boring and unbearable as Andrew Sullivan, and I, for one, will have none of it." -Justin Raimondo
There are really two different issues here, one is entirely around the meaning of the word marriage and the other has to do with rights taken away and then handed back as privileges - with strings attached.
The latter is easier to solve in theory - just keep our rights to start with. You may pay taxes and mandatory fees for benefits at work - and then be told you must be in a state-blessed marriage in order to collect those benefits. This is obviously unfair and wrong. But this could be straightened out relatively simply, by not mandating these arrangements in the first place. There is no reason for the system to take money out of your paycheck only to hand it back if and when you file the forms and show the state blessing - it's entirely unnecessary. You should be allowed to keep your money and buy what you want with it, what suits your needs, it should not be a situation where you have all these people, this bureaucracy, all up in your business all the time.
The first issue is less tractable, I fear people will still be having that argument generations hence. But the wonderful thing is, if you solve the second issue as I have suggested, the first issue just becomes unimportant. Sure, people will disagree heatedly but with the government no longer involved, defining who is right and who is wrong, robbing Peter to pay Paul's bills, there is no longer any urgency to the argument, no political dimension. No one faces loss of their rights or their livelihood over it. It becomes, as it should be, a discussion for church not a struggle to direct the power of the state against those who disagree with you.
They're opposed to Prop 8 yet in 2008:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pre... [opensecrets.org]
Remember that Obama was also opposed to gay marriage when Eich was. Doesn't seem to have bothered too many people.
Obama changed his mind, did Eich?
Either way is has no bearing on this issue as it's a company that can do as they wish. If Google wanted to cut them off for it, it's their right. Mozilla would collapse without google.
Eich has a long history of donating to candidates and causes which are intolerant of the beliefs of others. From The Guardian:
"Mozilla's controversial new CEO Brendan Eich made a string of donations to politicians on the fringe of the Republican party a decade before he donated $1,000 to the campaign against equal marriage in California.
Public records show that between 1991 and 1992, Eich donated a total of $1,000 to Pat Buchanan, then a rightwing Republican presidential candidate. In 1996 and 1998, Eich do
pat 'the nazi' buchannon? not anti-gay? what planet are you on??
he's as republican as it gets. and yes, this is relevant as it speaks to eich's character. I was not aware he was a buchannon supporter. that's even WORSE than being anti-gay.
face he, he does not represent progressive attitudes, which mostly are what exists in the bay area for software and hardware folks.
his views are hateful and repressive and I'm glad he got kicked out on his ass. very glad when a bigot gets shown the door, so to speak
"Thank you for the information but none of that really means anything. Donating to pat buchannon and ron paul? last I checked neither of them were anti gay"
Did your read these quotes???
Buchanan said in relation to the Aids outbreak that "our promiscuous homosexuals appear literally hell-bent on Satanism and suicide". A a few years earlier he said "homosexuals have declared war on nature, and now nature is exacting an awful retribution". and Linda Smith, who ran for senate in Washington state. McClintock opposes same-sex marriage; as does Smith, who has said that "homosexuality is a morally unfit inclination".
These people are ignorant bigots who are actively discriminating against others.
And because of that, we should be intolerant of his beliefs? The flat out hypocrisy of this entire affair has been ridiculous.
Those people aren't haters.
I'M a hater.
I hate you. All the gay activists, I hate you. I didn't use to. And note I don't hate gay people, just the gay activists (both straight and gay). Because you're now fucking evil. Not because you're gay. Not because of anything you do with your bodies in the privacy of your bedrooms.
But because you have castigated and caused to be fired ("resigned", my ass) someone because they dared to express themselves via the previously accepted political process by which people in a democratic society decide controversial issues like this. He gave money to a campaign -- a campaign that WON, by the damn way -- and you don't like it, so you hounded him out.
And now, I hate you. I've uninstalled Firefox, not that that will matter a whit, but I can't stand looking at it anymore, as it is a tool of people I loathe now.
I used to be against gay marriage, but only in the way I was also against gay-people-falling-into-lion-pits; I liked gay people and didn't want them to go through anything as horrible as marriage. Or lion pits. Now.... go ahead, get married. Suffer, fuckers. (But please don't fall into lion pits; you might land on the lion.)
So let me leave you with this thought...
First they came for the Gays, and I did not speak out -- because the Gays had become annoying bastards who never shut up no matter how much they gained, so frankly the fucking assholes had earned it.
Then they came for the Minorities, and I did not speak out -- because I was tired of paying for so many of them to sit at home and churn out babies, so getting rid of them would improve my life one hell of a lot, not to mention cut down the murder rate.
Then they came for the Feminists, and I did not speak out -- because they'd told me all my life that they didn't need a damn stinking man to protect them, so I didn't protect them.
Then they came for me -- and offered me the position of running the death camps where the Gays, Minorities, and Feminists were being exterminated, and I took the job, because hey, they'd told me I was evil all my life... and now I would teach them the true meaning of the word.
to be fair we dont know, he has never made a statement about it as far as I am aware.
He had ~10 days to repudiate his former position and didn't.
In that time, he's made statements, but all his statements were non-apologies and evasions.
https://brendaneich.com/2014/03/inclusiveness-at-mozilla/ [brendaneich.com]
I can only ask for your support to have the time to "show, not tell"; and in the meantime express my sorrow at having caused pain.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/01/mozilla-ceo-brendan-eich-refuses-to-quit [theguardian.com]
"So I don't want to talk about my personal beliefs because I kept them out of Mozilla all these 15 years we've been going," he told the Guardian. "I don't believe they're relevant."
Eich refused to be drawn on whether he would donate to a Proposition 8 style campaign again in the future. "I don't want to do hypotheticals," he said. "I haven't thought about that issue and I really don't want to speculate because it's not relevant."
"Tolerate my intolerance" was never really a good place to be starting from, but nowadays it's a completely unviable position to take.
There are still culture warriors out there bemoaning this trend as the end of
"So I don't want to talk about my personal beliefs because I kept them out of Mozilla all these 15 years we've been going," he told the Guardian. "I don't believe they're relevant."
If only everyone lived by this creed the world would be a better place. He was correct, his donation in private has NOTHING to do with the job he has been doing at mozilla for 15 years. Why only now do they make a big deal about it?
He had ~10 days to repudiate his former position and didn't.
REPENT OR FACE THE FIRE! You seem oblivious that your position is intolerance, which is "a completely unviable[sic] position to take.".
There seems to be this general idea, expressed in one form or another by the libertarians around here, that free speech ought to mean consequences free speech; that someone can take various socially questionable if not outright bigoted positions, and that no business superior, investor or the like should have any right to mitigate the harm you may cause.
Let us imagine that, after being named CEO, it waa learned he had donated money to white supremacist causes and had made racist remarka.. Would you be standing here declaring that it was wring for employees to be demanding his resignation? You seem to be arguing exactly what I stated, that pronouncements in public forums (whether it be in the form of actual statements or in registering support via donations) should be consequence free, that no investor, member of a board, employee should demand or force his
that someone can take various socially questionable if not outright bigoted positions, and that no business superior, investor or the like should have any right to mitigate the harm you may cause.
Isn't that what gay activists wanted for a long time? The right to not be fired just because your employers found out you held beliefs and practices they disapproved of, especially if it wasn't affecting your job?
to be fair we dont know, he has never made a statement about it as far as I am aware.
Fucking summary, second-to-last sentence.
Obama changed his mind, did Eich?
Obama didn't change his mind. He chose the most politically acceptable stance based on the climate at the time. Although I disagree with Eich, I trust him more than I do Obama. When Eichs views are unpopular and it may affect his job, he shuts his mouth. When Obamas views are unpopular and it may affect his job, he lies.
Obama changed his mind, did Eich?
Lovely... So you're saying we get a whole 2-year window to jump on the latest bandwagon, before we get branded as bigots, fired from our jobs, and ostracized by the public at-large?
Remember that Obama was also opposed to gay marriage when Eich was.
Do you have some links to back your words? For us, that live outside USA, these facts are not easily verifiable - we lack the context you have while trying to separate what's is real news from what's is pure propaganda.
Remember that Obama was also opposed to gay marriage when Eich was.
Do you have some links to back your words?
Here is a link [go.com]
Obama claimed to oppose gay marriage in 2008. But, in 2008, he also opposed prop 8, which tried to overturn gay marriage in California. So he was for gay marriage where it was relatively popular and would gain him votes, but opposed to it where being opposed would cost him votes. In 2012, political calculations showed that dropping his opposition would help more than hurt in the fall election, so he "evolved" his views.
Obama really isn't comparable to Eich. He never donated to any anti-ga
The President saying "I'm opposed to gay marriage" does a hell of a lot more work than $1000 given to a losing campaign. Not. Even. Close.
Obama said that to get people like Eich to vote for him. After he was elected, he rightly threw them under the bus.
It must be terrible being bigots on the wrong side of history. No one gives you credit for standing up for what you believe in, all they think about is how you're the kind of douchebag who would take away something that costs you nothing but makes so many people so happy.
I could not have said it any better than your 2nd paragraph.
n the wrong side of history. No one gives you credit for standing up for what you believe in, all they think about is how you're the kind of douchebag who would take away something that costs you nothing but makes so many people so happy.
With respect, the issue with Eich was co-funding the pro-Prop 8 campaigns, which were objectively homophobic and hate-stirring. His private views about whether gays should be allowed freedom of association aren't so much a problem as the very real judgement and respect issues reflected in his actions.
Obama did not fund Prop 8 campaigns. He did not dog-whistle with statements saying we needed to "protect children" from "homosexual marriages" (coupled with some plausible deniability but absurd explanation
The left hates gun owners and has never been slow to demonize them.
It's about judgement and respect. You need to be overflowing with both qualities if you want to be a CEO.
Hahahahahahaha. You think Jobs had a lot of respect for other people? You think Ballmer had lots of respect and good judgment??? If anything, these are qualities that American CEOs tend NOT to have, which is why they got to the top of the greasy pole.
Oooh, "grassroots!"
searched the federal campaign-contribution database and found that Yagan gave...$500 to then-Sen. Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign who also opposed gay marriage at the time.
He also opposed preemptively bombing Iran and didn't choose Sarah Palin as a running mate. Most political candidates don't run on a single issue. Did the campaign check specifically have "Fuck the gays!" written in the memo?
According to Wikipedia, 7,001,084 people voted for Prop 8. Why do any of those people still have jobs? Shouldn't they all be forced to resign?
Depends on if they all hypocritically run companies that claim to strive for diversity.
One reason why rich white guys like Eich are being targeted so viciously is that the many black churches who supported Proposition 8 — and, indeed, put it over the top — are out-of-bounds for criticism.
And since it's the only "reason" you listed it's the only reason that matters? Besides, unlike Eich here, "the black churches" (as well as churches of other, less sinister colors)
I understand the Church seems to think it has a monopoly on marriage as they are they most common institution to perform the ceremony. I also understand that many politicians will read the biblical definition of marriage between a man and a woman. However it is not the government's role to decide who can and can't be together.
So why not abolish marriages from governments?
Have the government only recognise civil unions. Treat all civil unions equally. Introduce a reciprocal relationship with the Church's marriage so that any marriage performed by the church ends in a government recognised civil union. Finally provide other non religious methods of registering civil unions.
Everyone's happy. Except for those in government who think the Church's view that two dudes shouldn't touch each either. But to them I say one of the tenants of modern democracy is the separation of Church and state and go find another job where your bias and lack of impartiality doesn't affect the people who you are supposed to represent.
Because lots of people who are not religious (or of other religions) feel that "marriage" is an important thing in their life, and "civil union" is not. The bottom line is that the church can not, and does not have a monopoly on the word. The government shouldn't give to them.
A rose by a different name... is it really so important how you call something? A name should reflect its content, it's not content by itself.
A rose by a different name... is it really so important how you call something? A name should reflect its content, it's not content by itself.
Are you addressing the commenters who want to keep government "marriage", or the commenters who want to change it to "civil union"? Seems like your comment could go either way.
You don't seem to understand how things work.
1. It is not just the Church that has a male-female view of marriage; this is found in religions and customs around the world and throughout history.
2. In America, it *is* the government that decides who can and can't be together, not the church. You get license from the state to marry, you cannot marry close family members, etc. If you live too long with someone, the state considers it a common law marriage and you have real divorce proceedings.
3. Churches merely perform ceremonies but the state licenses it. Without that state license, there is no marriage regardless of what church you were in.
4. Now that comes down to your main point: have the government change from being in charge of marriage to only having civil unions and give the word "marriage" over to religion. Many states already have civil unions that function like that already. But that is not enough: people want to be called married when they commit themselves to one another.
1. It is not just the Church that has a male-female view of marriage; this is found in religions and customs around the world and throughout history.
Irrelevant. Gay couples do not hold the view of male-female view of marriage. Government is also in the business to protect minorities from the majority.
4. Now that comes down to your main point: have the government change from being in charge of marriage to only having civil unions and give the word "marriage" over to religion. Many states already have civil unions that function like that already. But that is not enough: people want to be called married when they commit themselves to one another.
That is why the government should stop the whole marriage business. It is too loaded with religious views and personal opinions. For the state it should just be a contract of union between two people. Then people are free to perform any ceremony they like and can call it marriage. Then the churches can reject the ceremony for gay couples if they wish to, an
The church doesn't have a monopoly on marriage. The courtroom does. I know someone who was married in a church and then they never got around to filing the legal paperwork. Technically, they're not married (which was a good thing as it made 'divorce' that much easier).
The link to the text "virulently opposed to Proposition 8" has nothing do with backing the claim that behaved "virulently". Weasel words: score -1 for the summary.
Sealed lips and a medium-sized monetary contribution is "virulent"? Please.
... considering marriage a "fundamental right" would seem a slippery slope. Does an atheist have a fundamental right to be ordained a priest?
To be clear, I think Eich was scapegoated, but am of the opinion it is unfair to deny marriage to gays. I am only concerned here with what seems to me to be excessively broad definitions and the fallout that may result.
Yes, everyone has the right to be ordained a priest. Not of every cult, but everyone's entitled to create his own cult and label himself a priest. There's no set requirement that I'm aware of that could keep you or anyone from calling yourself a priest.
Myself, I prefer to be a pope. I am actually a discoridan pope. Oh, and while we're at it, so are you now. Enjoy!
if he goes to a theology school and gets a phd like most churches require, then yes
Sorting proponents into governments that test them [sortocracy.org] is the penetration of the Enlightenment into the social sciences. This allows the social sciences to progress beyond "correlation doesn't imply causation" to perform ethical experiments on human subjects that, because there are experimental control groups, permits much stronger inference of causal laws in human ecologies (human societies) [about.com] than do mere ecological correlations [wikipedia.org].
So what's not to like about locales, like the Mozilla Foundation or Google or even Silicon Valley, excluding from their midst those who are incompatible with the social experiment that most people want to perform on themselves? After all, it is only by consent of the governed that a jurisdiction can be deemed legitimate.
Here's the problem:
In the modern zeitgeist it is considered the moral equivalent of Satanism to practice what is called "the politics of exclusion". Why? Because it "discriminates".
These fuzzy tropes forget one thing, however -- and it is something that anyone who is involved in technology should understand in their gut:
It is only by "excluding" various hypotheses that we can "discriminate" between truth and falsehood in the real world.
But no one wants to admit that their religion might be false -- including those whose religion is the de facto state religion that enforces "inclusion" and prohibits "discrimination".
i'm sorry but i genuinely fail to see the importance of any of this "personal view" stuff. a technically-competent person who has been with it almost since the beginning: they were the CEO of Mozilla for about a week. someone as technically competent as brendan should have absolutely no difficulty firewalling personal from professional: why do we have to have idiots believe otherwise? could someone therefore please explain to me in simple language what's really going on?
What is happening now with gay rights is what happened with racism in the 60's. It used to be perfectly acceptable to espouse racist views. Then, it became very unnacceptable. Do you think most companies would appoint a CEO who openly thinks blacks are mentally inferior to whites? Now the same thing is happening with homophobia. This is a fast change that many are having problems with. You can still be a private homophobe with friends, but you've got to not let it get out if you are a public figure.
Now, I t
What is happening now with gay rights is what happened with racism in the 60's.
That's utter bullshit. I'm sure blacks in the south would have loved if the only problem they had in the world was not being able to get the tax breaks and entitlements that come from a state recognized marriage.
Is that was passes for oppression, these days? I'm inclined to go lynch 10,000 homosexuals, just so people would get to see what real discrimination looks like...
Such a first-world problem, that a group not getting the tax-breaks and incentives (that were always meant as incentives for child-bearing families) passes for discrimination these days.
Where, oh where does he epouse the views that Gays are inferior to non-gay? You're setting up a straw man argument right there.
This is nothing to do with that at all. What's actually happened as an extension of all the racism laws is that if you're an ethnic minority, you actually get to be recist to everybody, and that's legally ok (affirmative action anyone? It's not positive discrimination of a small group, it's negative discrimination against a majority).
It seems that everyone seems to be saying "You're white, therefore you're racist".. Yet if your skin isn't white, you can throw around racial epithets and people fight your corner.. After being up in front of a tribunal for calling a co-councilor in Bristol "A coconunt" (brown on the outside, white on the inside, which is apparently a standard parlance in the Black/Ethnic Minority groups, and perfectly acceptable in their eyes, one councillor brown said in her defence, shocked that she was charged with being racist "I can't be racist because I'm black".
That's the view in the political factions all to often..
So perhaps that is what's happening with the LGBT scene these days.. They're generally socially accepted these days, the same as anyone else (actually, probably more so than me, because I'm an introvert by nature).. Just when someone isn't happy with it, they get a huge spitting mob behind them.
Another great example, a Gay couple wanted to stop in a B&B. When they said they wanted a double room together, the old lady running it said no.. She didn't want unmarried people sharing beds under her roof. There was a national scandal, and the landlady was hauled through the courts, and had the national newpapers hounding her (and making her quite ill). What came out at the end of this was that she didn't let _any_ unmarried people, gay, straight, whatever share beds (officially) under her roof as it made her uncomfortable. Everyone else was ok with this, or went elsewhere (she provided alternative places very locally that would cater to this quite happily).. Gay people stayed there and were happy (and she never had objection to that, or asked, or batted an eyelid if it was brought up). It was a Gay couple that decided that her wishes about unmarried sexual behaviour didn't apply to them. They made it all a political showcase, dragging her through the mud, even when it was made plain to them it was about anything but their being gay or not.
That's the problem with this focussed "anti-homophobia", "anti-racist" thing. It's gone from being a way of stopping very serious discrimination into being a weapon of discrimination against those you have a personal problem with.
Now, I think if Eich simply apologized for his Prop 8 support, it would have been quite different.
It wouldn't have been. How do I know? Because he did, and that didn't stop the criticism.
He pledged not to change Mozilla's current policies towards LGBT individuals. It wasn't enough, and the OKCupid thing happened in spite of his assurances that nothing was going to change under his leadership.
Now you're probably right that his personal views didn't change, but he was committed to not changing Mozilla as an organization. It still wasn't enough to stop OKCupid's childish little ploy.
too much risk. that's it. he controls the healthcare that the corp would buy for their employees. he controls which things can be in the HC pkg and he controls costs. he can hire and fire. he can make company policy.
too much power for a bigot and an openly bigot at that.
we did well by removing such a person from power.
ok. i understand. there are personal views and there is a naive belief that his personal views will somehow interfere with his legal obligation to enact the articles of incorporation as a Director of a Corporation. to imply that someone is unfit to distinguish between personal and professional (legal obligations) is actually a very very serious accusation to level at someone, for which he could probably demand significant compensation, as well as initiate libel lawsuits against those people making such d
I have a suspicion that the whole "Prop 8 support" thing is a smokescreen for the real reason he stepped down. It makes a great bone to support to the LGBT crowd and let's them have a "win."
However, three members the Mozilla board quit [arstechnica.com] after Eich was named CEO - and they did that before the OKCupid stuff and have said it was entirely unrelated to his support for Prop 8. (Apparently one was planning on quitting after the CEO selection anyway, but the reasons for the other two leaving aren't known.)
So it's en
If I still lived in California I would also have been "virulently opposed" to prop 8, but I hate the idea of judging someone's employability based on how they vote. To suggest that Google would treat Mozilla differently simply based on a single-issue stance of its new CEO is really selling them short. They invest in Mozilla for strategic reasons. (Mozilla isn't some sort of lazy couch-crasher that Google supports because of Mozilla's charming personality.)
And for that matter, I don't think we should judge products based on the ideology of the people who created them. To save us some time, I'll get straight to a Hitler example, noting that Hitler personally played an important role in the design of the VW Beetle. But hippies can still drive Beetles without thereby supporting Hitler.
To further your point, if they really thought Eich was so bad they would quit using Javascript. But that would come at a *real* cost, unlike hounding him out of his position which can be done for free.
Makes it all the more pathetic.
It is not about employability, it is about the representation of a whole organization to clients and other stakeholders as the CEO. Mozilla is a non-profit organization, it relies heavily on donations. The choice of who represents Mozilla is of utter importance, and to have a CEO like Mr. Eich that supports a law that is suppose to discriminate about 10% of the population is not an advantage. The very appointment of Mr. Eich as the CEO was a mistake in the fist place. Maybe it was done only because of his t
Eich was not fired. He chose to resign. Maybe he did so because he cares about the foundation and didn't want to be a distraction. Maybe he was told he'd better resign or they would lose their funding and have to lay everyone off. We don't know, but the insinuations of the original story are out of line for implying so. The truth is we just don't know.
This isn't some free speech issue or some form of inquisition trying to purge the unbelievers.
Eich chose to wade into a controversial issue by making political donations (after all, a conservative majority of SCOTUS claims money == speech). Those "free speech" statements offended a bunch of people and he chose to resign rather than drag the non-profit Mozilla foundation through an ordeal over it.
Anyone in a leadership position is certainly free to make any statements or support any political cause they want. Employees, customers/donors, etc are also free to loudly complain or refuse to associate with the organization if they disagree. That comes with the territory. We wouldn't give Eich a pass if he were sending checks to neo-Nazi organizations. A leader always takes a risk that they'll piss people off by taking a stance. He was CTO of Mozilla at the time, he knew what the consequences could be and made the donation anyway.
A few decades ago it was accepted that blacks and whites shouldn't intermarry. Even some people who campaigned for civil rights still held such a view. If Eich were donating to a group promoting a constitutional amendment to outlaw interracial marriages almost none of you would be wringing your hands over free speech. Everyone would laugh at him for being a dumbass and move on with their lives.
Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences. Even if someone faces no offical sanctions for speaking out, they can certainly be excluded socially, even to the point of being driven out of the organization. That's how human group dynamics have always worked since we were grunting at each other and throwing pointy sticks.
Furthermore, technology has always been intertwined with personalities, politics, and the like. Only very rarely is it always 100% about the pure technology. You can write the best code in the world but if you can't play nice with others you run the risk of your code languishing in obscurity.
Social norms are changing; you can change with them, you can keep your mouth shut about it, or you can fight for the status quo. Each of those courses of action has risk associated with them. Eich chose to fight for the status quo, then chose to stick by his guns when it pissed a lot of people off, including a lot of the very people his organization depends on to contribute money and code from their own good will! That has consequences and it always has.
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George Walter
June 25, 1919-Jan. 25, 2008
George C. Walter, 88, of Perham, died Friday, January 25, 2008, among family and friends in Prairie Knoll at the Perham Memorial Nursing Home. He fought a very quick fight with lung cancer from asbestos.
George Conrad Walter was born to Emil and Augusta Marie (Neunaber) Walter on June 25, 1919, at their home in Corliss Township, Perham -- one half mile north of where he lived at the time of his death. He lived his entire life in Corliss Township, attending the Toad River Grammar School through the highest grade they had, which was eighth. He and his sister Alice taught their parents English. From 1942-46, George served in the 220th Engineering Battalion of the 20th Armored Division, U.S. Army as a T/5, a motor and heavy equipment machine operator. He was also at Dachau Concentration Camp when it was liberated.
On June 25, 1946, George married Irene Helen Mischke at St. John's Corliss Church. This union was blessed with two daughters, Lorraine and Patty, with a granddaughter, Deni, to follow. In May 1951 George was confirmed into the church.
George and Irene owned a number of places, which included dairy and grain farms as well as an implement business. At one time they owned 16 rental houses. George served on many different boards. He was First District County Commissioner, President from 1980-83 of OTCHS, President of Lutheran Brotherhood in 1996, OTWCAC Board for 32 years, Minnesota State Health Board, President of St. James Manor, President of the Hospital Board in Perham, Perham Pioneer Festival President, lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion, plus a charter member of the new Veterans Museum in Perham -- just to name a few.
Through numerous benefits George and Irene tried to unite many walks of faith; they would jump in head first to help people in need that they had never even met, raising money for many different causes as well as volunteering supplies and time for Habitat for Humanity.
George and Irene traveled to many interesting places, some of which were the Grand Ole Opry, Grand Canyon, Sea World, Disney World, World's Fair in Washington, Busch Gardens, the Black Hills and Yellowstone National Park. Actually, they visited all 50 states, as well as other spots including Mazatlan, Mexico; Canada and the Holy Land, Israel. In 1984 their travels took them on a tour in Europe, where they traveled through 11 countries. George was chosen to participate in the World War II Honor Flight through WDAY TV on the program's second trip, which took place Sept. 7-8, 2007. It was truly a great experience, of which he was proud.
George is survived by two daughters, Lorraine (John "Jack") Brune of Larimore, N.D., and Patty (Craig) Walter-Stall of Detroit Lakes; one grandchild; two sisters-in-law, Mabel (Maurice) Tunby of Baker, Mont., and Bunny Mischke of West Fargo; many nieces and nephews as well as dear friends, Daryl and Sue Ruther and Sister Shirley Mueller, along with numerous co-board members.
George was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Irene (July 31, 2007); sister, Alice Persons; brother, Alfred Walter; in-laws, August and Martha Mischke; brothers-in-law, Richard Persons, Lester, Erwin, Raymond, and Roland Mischke, Walter Schumn, Lyle Clark and Walter Roe; sisters-in-law, Anna Richards, Esther Schumn, Elsie Clark, Mary, Mabel, Barb and Marlene Mischke.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to sponsor medical or ministry scholarships through St. John's Lutheran Church, Corliss, Walter Trust Fund.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, at Schoeneberger Funeral Home, Perham, with a prayer service at 5 p.m., continuing for one hour prior to Friday's services at the church.
Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Corliss Township, Perham, with the Rev. Del Meyer officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Schoeneberger Funeral Home, Perham, is in charge of the arrangements. Online tributes may be posted at schoenebergerfuneralhome.com.


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what do you think it will look like? what do you think the prices will be?
There could just be hope with the Sierra. It will probably have a cleaner front end, and it may lose the pumped fender flares that the Chevy has. They said, after all, they want to differentiate the two brands more. GMC could have something with the Sierra. As for pricing, I'd expect it to be around $400-500 cheaper than the current trucks.
This is the truck I'm waiting for and with any luck I'll love it. I think the price will be about 42,000. Not bad for AWD and 390HP and first class interior.
I wish I had the link to post here (might be on my other computer). I saw some pictures of the Sierra in camo. It looked a lot less radical then the Silverado. More in line with what I think Sierra owners would buy. The interior also looked pretty good. But until I see it with the camo off, I will hold my compliments back on this one. BTW, I hope that Chevy is yanking our chain on the Silverado (I wish)
I got one and heres my quick review of itfirst off comfort: Its outstanding, seats are plush well padded and comfortable as hell. I took a long trip up to yosemite last weekend and its was relaxing the whole way. 4 hours of driving round trip. power: I have to reserve judgement on, not because of anything bad but because i got it with just 19 miles on it (2 of which were my test drive) and im waiting for the 500 mile breakin before i give it a through test(at 389 now) I know it might sound stupid but its literally my first new car/truck. Features: well if you read anything about the truck you already know its got a lot of them nice 6 speaker sound system a AC unit that can cool the car on the first setting. power steering thats so intuitive that if not for how high up you sit you'de forget you were in a truck. all in all, im loving this truck.
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Challenge Prompt: For this challenge, you're tasked with creating a delicious meal that will travel well and still look great. From picnics and school lunches to bento boxes, or any other meal on the go, you need to whip up a entree, side, drink, and dessert to enjoy after hitting the road. Be sure that your meal fits inside the Project Food Blog Road Trip Cooler.
My fall inspired picnic in the park for two was a little bit elegant and a little bit rustic. The elegant is a pretty blue tablecloth I used to cover the table with, cloth napkins and glass mugs; the rustic is the squares of parchment paper that I wrapped our sandwiches in that served as both plate and placemat. Then there's the food. The rustic, hearty food.
Fall to me means a switch from summer's light eating to heartier food; warmly spiced and seasonal; and to include ingredients that have me looking ahead to the holidays. It also means using up whatever I can scavenge out of my garden so as not to let it go to waste.
For the main dish, I turned to one of my favorite sandwiches: meatloaf. I didn't want the regular run of the mill meatloaf sandwich made with sliced bread. I wanted it to be special. And different.
I made over-sized, square biscuits packed with smoky bacon, cheddar cheese, and garden fresh chives. These sturdy biscuits held up well and complimented the herb and vegetables in the meatloaf.
I must admit, a few crumbles of biscuit might have found their way to the ground, as a small offering for the squirrels and birds to nibble on later.
The meatloaf is packed with herbs and sauteed, mixed peppers, then topped with caramelized onions. Over a 1/2 cup herbs from my garden went into the mix including sage, basil, parsley, rosemary, and thyme.
The red onion that I sauteed along with green bell pepper, roasted red pepper and jalapeno also came out of my garden. Sweet caramelized onions go over the top.
Smelling strongly of fresh herbs, you can see the speckles of them and the vegetables running throughout. It makes for an incredibly satisfying and filling sandwich.
What would a sandwich picnic be without the chips? Hand-fried sweet potato and white chips are sprinkled with a salty, spicy mix of chili powder, garlic powder, and cayenne.
A traditional picnic classic, this cole slaw is a play on the famous Waldorf salad. Cabbage, apples, and cranberries come together to make a cool, crispy, sometimes chewy, slaw.
It's sweet yet savory, with a creamy, tangy dressing. The jewel-like cranberries tease of holiday meals to come.
Black and white cookies are a N.Y. deli classic.
More cake-like than cookie they are sometimes called half moons for their distinctive black and white frosting.
Typically chocolate and vanilla frosted, I incorporated melted white chocolate into my vanilla frosting to give it a little oomph.
Which side will you bite first?
Because I'm all about dessert I included two! These mini gingerbread pumpkin muffins combine a fall and winter favorite into one lovely treat.
Frosted in a sweet citrus orange cream cheese frosting, then rolled in festive sprinkles and stuck with lollipop sticks, these make the cutest little treats and the perfect ending to a fall inspired picnic.
To drink I made iced cinnamon spiced bubble tea. The tea is flavored with lots of cinnamon, a touch of cloves, nutmeg, ginger and sweetened with honey.
The 'bubbles' are tapioca pearls, chewy little balls that make this tea a distinctive favorite.
Printable recipes:
Cheddar, Bacon and Chive Biscuits adapted from Epicurious
Herb and Pepper Meatloaf with Caramelized Onions
Spicy Sweet and White Potato Chips
Black and White Cookies adapted from King Arthur Flour
Mini Gingerbread Pumpkin Muffin Pops
Iced Cinnamon Spiced Bubble Tea
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your support, comments and most of all votes!


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Kobe Bryant has had to live with comparisons to NBA legend Michael Jordan since his high school days and now, aged 34, the LA Lakers star is still unable to remove himself from the shadow of the Chicago Bulls great.
Bryant has recently outlined his intention to continue his playing days for another two years and may end his career having surpassed the achievements of Jordan, with the former just one NBA ring behind the former Bull.
Regardless of his future success, the Lakers shooting guard is guaranteed his place in NBA history as one of the best ever and, according to the latest high school superstar, Bryant is the closest their has ever been to another Jordan.
Andrew Wiggins, a player tipped to emulate Bryant in the NBA, says there is no other player in the sport who he'd rather have the opportunity to face one-on-one than Kobe, who he ranks right at the top of the sport's greats.
The likely 2014 No.1 draft pick told reporters "Kobe. he's the closest thing to Jordan & Jordan's the greatest of all time."
Wiggins, 18, has won numerous awards during his amateur career so far, and was the top college basketball recruit of 2013, having joined the University of Kansas.
The Canadian helped his country claim bronze in the FIBA World u17 Championship three years ago, during which time he was a teammate of Anthony Bennett - the No.1 overall pick of this year's NBA Draft.


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As a serious sharpener/knife addict/know what the hell your talking about knife wielder, what is something that you would want for your birthday?
My man's birthday is in a few months and I'm trying to sift through all of my second hand bur/stropping/honing/polishing/steal confused knowledge to get him something he'll actually use.
He's a practical man, so mammoth bone/mermaid tale vertebrae/unicorn horn aren't really things that I'm looking for but suggestions for a nice wood, useful strop, or maybe even a new folder would be greatly appreciated.
My budget is $150.
If you private message me I can give you more details about his knife usage, but I don't want to give away my/his identity!
Thanks in advance!


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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The House has passed legislation that would allow New Mexico's child welfare agency to immediately take custody of children when there are certain signs of physical abuse.
The measure passed late Tuesday on a 52-11 vote and now goes to the Senate for consideration.
It's dubbed "Omaree's Law" for the 9-year-old Albuquerque boy allegedly kicked to death by his mother in December.
Police had contact with Omaree Varela and his family at least three times in the year leading up to his death. The reports were investigated but the Children, Youth and Families Department says it had no open cases at the time of the boy's death.
If the bill's adopted, legislative analysts estimate CYFD would need five times the resources it has now, including an additional 4,000 full-time employees.


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Pretty exciting day, all in all.
A bunch of us headed out to ride fatbikes, for Global Fatbike Day.
Here's Nevdal…not Nevdal'ing:
Riding the mostly dry lakebed:
Broken Chain #1:
Too much power.
Shortly thereafter, there was this…
And the aftermath. Victorious!
Shortly thereafter, broken chain #2.
Pics do more than words for this ride.


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It has been an emotional week for the Chaffey College football team.
The Panthers were dealt a blow earlier in the week when popular assistant coach and former player Stevon Thomas, 23, died suddenly of an unknown cause.
Chaffey (4-5, 1-3) took the field for the first time since then against Long Beach City and lost 45-21 in a game that really wasn't even that close..Truth be told, the Panthers probably wouldn't have beaten the Vikings on a good day without the emotion of the week.
Thomas' parents, other family members and friends were in attendance. Many wore black T-shirts with Stevon's picture. Some wore T-shirts with a No. 4, Thomas' number at both Chaffey and later at Northern Arizona.
The family was presented a framed photo of their son signed by the entire team and coaching staff.
Players had the No. 4 emblazoned on the back of their helmets and wore black wristbands with a red No. 4. Many had his name and number scrawled on tape,. Defensive lineman Kevin Gannuscio had "RIP Coach Thomas written in large block letters on the cast covering his wrist and forearm.
The seat Thomas occupied in the pressbox alongside fellow assistant Dave Portz was empty. Portz is quite vocal and animated and Thomas would often chuckle when he was going off in a tirade. I know because it is just a few seats from where I'm sitting.Thomas was always plesant and mild-mannered, something not quite typical of the ferocious defensive player he was.
He will be missed.


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Altria to host investor day presentation
Altria is due to host a webcast at www.altria.com of its Investor Day in New York presentation from about 09.00 hours to about 12.00 hours Eastern Time on June 11.
The webcast, which will be in listen-only mode, will feature presentations by Altria's chairman and CEO, Marty Barrington, and other members of Altria's senior management team.
Pre-event registration is necessary at www.altria.com, where an archived copy will be made available.
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Exeunt Phillies
Congratulations to the 2009 World Series champion New York Yankees. It was a great, hard-fought series and they deserve their success, no matter how much money they spent on C.C. Sabathia, Mark Teixiera, and A.J. Burnett. In the end, it was money well spent.
Congratulations to the 2009 National League champion Philadelphia Phillies, who were two World Series victories away from being the first National League team to win back-to-back World Series since the Big Red Machine in 1975-76. It was a hell of a run, and while the dream has poofed for 2009, 2010 is not out of the question.
Game Six was not a thriller. It was hardly dramatic. The Phillies were 3-to-1 underdogs after Hideki Matsui's two-run home run in the second inning. They were 5-to-1 underdogs when Matsui got his third and fourth RBI's on a single in the third inning. Matsui made it 49-to-1 on a two-run double in the fifth. Ryan Howard's two-run home run in the sixth only bumped the Phillies from 3% to win to 7%.
Andy Pettitte, as in Game 3, was not sharp. He had spotty control, walking five while pitching five and two-thirds innings, but induced two gut-punching double plays off of the bats of Chase Utley in the first and Jimmy Rollins in the fifth.
Pedro Martinez, meanwhile, did not have his stuff at all. Contrary to what the FOX broadcasters were saying, his fastball velocity was similar to that on October 29 in Game Two. The difference was that his fastball in Game Two was getting nearly two more inches of horizontal break and more than a half-inch more of vertical break. Simply put, his fastballs tonight were flat(ter).
Martinez's pitch selection in Game Six was similar to Game Two:
The difference, however, was that in Two, the Yankees got their hits (three singles, a double, and two home runs) on four curve balls and two change-ups. In Six, the Yankees got their three hits (two singles and a home run) all on fastballs.
Martinez wasn't locating his breaking pitches effectively. Here's a look at where his change-ups ended up:
- 35 total change-ups
- 16 taken for balls (46%)
- 8 fouled off (23%)
- 7 taken for called strikes (20%)
- 2 hit for outs (6%)
- 2 swung at and missed (6%)
And the sliders:
- 12 total sliders
- 4 taken for balls (33%)
- 3 swung at and missed (25%)
- 2 hit for outs (17%)
- 2 taken for strikes (17%)
- 1 fouled off (8%)
As you can see in the above charts, very rarely did Pedro throw his off-speed pitches below the knees and when he did, the Yankees rarely offered at them. In fact, of the ten change-ups thrown below the knees, only once was it swung at; and none of Pedro's sliders were southbound. Most of the breaking pitches the Yankees offered at were belt-high or higher, where those pitches are least efficient.
Taking advantage of Pedro Martinez, as he did in Game Two, was Hideki Matsui. In his two plate appearances against the future Hall of Famer, Matsui drove in four runs on a home run and a single. Matsui would add two more RBI — making it six total — against Chad Durbin, tying Bobby Richardson's single-game World Series record for RBI, set in 1960.
In the World Series, Matsui had 8 hits in 13 at-bats (.615), including three home runs and a double. He led his team in HR and RBI and tied for the lead in hits — a no-brainer choice for World Series MVP even though he only started three games and never took the field.
On the other side of record-breaking, Ryan Howard broke the all-time record for strikeouts in the World Series when he struck out for the 13th time against Damaso Marte in the eighth inning. Chase Utley, a candidate for World Series MVP until Matsui broke out, remained tied with Reggie Jackson for most home runs in the World Series with five.
Mariano Rivera, he of 39 career post-season saves (13 of which have come in the World Series), entered with one out in the eighth inning and recorded the remaining five outs to clinch the championship for the Yankees, their 27th championship in franchise history.
The Phillies have no reason to hang their heads, as they put together the most impressive two-year run in the franchise's long history, and they are still primed for another run next year. Pedro Martinez, Scott Eyre, Matt Stairs, Chan Ho Park and Brett Myers are all free agents. Martinez, Eyre, and Stairs may hang up their spikes. There are three significant arbitration cases to be dealt with (Joe Blanton, Shane Victorino, and Carlos Ruiz) as well, so the upcoming off-season will be another critical test for GM Ruben Amaro, who is going into his second year handling the business end of things for the Phillies.
For the Yankee-fan view of things, head over to It's About the Money.
Game graph above courtesy FanGraphs.


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2006-07 Women's Basketball
Bluffton 83, Marygrove 80
Beavers ride career nights from Bush and Auer to first victory of season
December 19, 2006
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University women's basketball team rode career-high scoring performances from Vicki Auer (Cincinnati/Roger Bacon) and Lindsay Bush (Howard/East Knox) to its first victory of the season, 83-80, over visiting Marygrove College on Tuesday, December 19, 2006. The Beavers improved to 1-9 on the year while Marygrove fell to 6-8.
The contest started slowly as Tanya Rickenberg (Paulding/Paulding) scored the first hoop of the game with over two minutes elapsed off the clock. An Auer three-pointer gave Bluffton a 5-2 lead with 17:18 to play in the first half.
Lindsay Bush and Amanda Bell (Napoleon/Liberty Center) combined for the Beavers' next 10 points putting Bluffton up, 15-8, at the 13:32 mark.
Marygrove standout Shanaye Davis, who led the Mustangs with 26 points, knocked down 12 straight points for her team, keeping the Beavers from pulling away during the middle of the opening stanza. Following a pair of Amanda DeGain buckets, Marygrove had trimmed the Bluffton advantage to only three points, 33-30, with three minutes to play in the half.
Consecutive layins by Bush pushed the lead back up to seven points before Shanaye Davis closed the gap to five with her jumper just before the break.
Bluffton maintained its five-point lead following a Lindsay Bush score at the 17:41 mark of the second half before the Mustangs went on a 13-2 run thanks to four Beaver turnovers during the next four minutes. A Karmen Byrd jumper put Marygrove on top, 51-45, with 14:33 to play forcing the Beavers to call a timeout.
A pair of Shanaye Davis freebies made the score 54-49 in favor of the visitors from Michigan.
Bluffton, displaying a sense of urgency and willpower, turned the game around with a 16-3 jag which included 10 points and two triples from junior Angie Lee (Mt. Blanchard/Vanlue) as the Beavers opened up an eight-point cushion, 70-62, with seven minutes to play.
Rickenberg and Lee combined for four straight makes from the charity stripe to put the Beavers on top by nine points with less than five minutes on the clock.
The Beavers were still up by eight points, 81-73, at the one-minute mark, but Marygrove did not go away quietly. The Mustang pressure forced two turnovers and a Byrd layup cut the Bluffton lead to one basket, 82-80, with four ticks left.
Auer hit one charity toss and when Amanda DeGain's last second triple just missed the mark, the Beavers owned their first victory of the season, an 83-80 win over Marygrove College.
Despite being outrebounded on the offensive glass 24-17 and turning the ball over 29 times, the Beavers picked up their first win by making 32-of-63 from the field for 51 percent. Bluffton dished out 29 assists and hit 15-of-21 from the line for 71 percent.
Junior Lindsay Bush notched her fifth career double-double with a career-high 26 points and 14 rebounds, only one off her all-time best. Tanya Rickenberg's 15 points leaves her only six points from surpassing Paula Slaughter for second on the all-time scoring list at Bluffton. Freshman Vicki Auer also set a pair of new career-highs with 15 points and five assists. Angie Lee was the fourth Beaver in double-digits, tallying 15 points and four assists. Amanda Bell made her presence felt at both ends of the floor, dishing out a game-high seven assists and picking up four steals while hitting four of her six shot attempts for eight points.
Bluffton returns to action on Thursday, December 21, when it travels to face the Quakers of Earlham. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m. in Richmond, Indiana.


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even the jets arent stupid enough to take this trade offer. no picks in the 2013 draft no players nothing. zip zero zilch for revis. no thanks
In cash terms, Revis did in fact realize around $32m in 11' - 12' when counting his OB, Base Salary and Workout Bonuses. Doesn't mean that his deal averaged $16m though.
revis is the best defensive player in the nfl.
sanchez is the worst offensive player in the nfl yet we continue to pay him to lose us games.
[QUOTE=Buzzsaw;4842868]Yeah I think despite what you read here it would be a very tough sell to the fanbase. Trade our best player and get nothing in return that could help the team in 2013? I don't see the Jets doing
I think most fans understand it's a rebuilding year and have 4 picks in the first two rounds next year, plus a lot of cap space - I think most fans will get it.
More importantly. You can't run a franchise by fan demands, I think we've learned that. You do what's best to help your team win and the fans will be there when you win.
Darrelle Revis trade: Buccaneers willing to deal first and second-round picks in 2014, report says | NJ.com
In regards to a Darrelle Revis trade, there was little noise, if any, coming out of the league meetings in Arizona this week.
Tampa Bay, the only team that seems to be interested in selling the farm to acquire Revis, is reportedly growing frustrated with the Jets reluctance to pull the trigger. The Jets, meanwhile, continue to be patient.
According to a report from Sports Illustrated's Peter King, though, the Buccaneers have upped the ante to include both their first and second-round picks in 2014 and to also pay Revis roughly $15 million per season in an extension. This, despite not knowing if the corner is fully healthy.
The report says that the sticking point remains Tampa Bay's first-round pick in 2013, which the Jets apparently covet. This would give them the No. 9 and No. 13 overall picks next month. King added that nothing got done in Arizona to move negotiations forward.
For the moment, the Jets don't seem to be jumping at the offer.
New GM John Idzik is in a difficult situation. It is highly unlikely he can re-sign Revis, especially with the promise of an open market waiting for him in 2014. At best, Revis has one more season in New York.
However, Idzik's job is to get the best possible deal for Revis while he still can. As of now, he apparently thinks that is a first-round pick in 2013 as well as a pick in next year's draft.
How is Tampa leaking they would give Revis 15 million not tampering? How does that leak help the NY Jets either sign him or trade him? Tampa is basically telling the league if we don't trade him they are going to buy him next year in FA.
I don't believe the leaks.


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Saturday, October 2, 2010
Introducing Aunt Delia
This blog is called "Finding Aunt Delia" because of my quest to properly identify a woman of color in a photograph from my white American family's past. "Aunt Delia" appears in this image, which was taken around 1880 in Norfolk, Va. She is holding my great grandmother, Lois Evalyn Wemple who was born in 1879. Many years after it was taken, my grandmother (Lois's only child), who was then a grown woman herself, identifed the woman as "Aunt Delia" in writing on the back of the photo. Despite being a pretty good researcher, I have not been able to determine Delia's last name, where she lived or how exactly she was associated with my family. But there are many more Delias who I might be able to identify and whose stories can help me and others understand our shared American history.
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Wow - fantastic blog, and what an awesome mission. I hope you have great success in this endeavor, and am anxious to read more!ReplyDelete
I enjoyed reading your article about Finding Delia. I have a question---could Delia have been a different variation of the name Julia? (If you mis-pronounce the name Julia---it could sound like Delia.) I ask because nearby, in 1880 there was a woman on the same street as your Wemple family. She was a servant in another household. She was about 39 years old.ReplyDelete
The image in your photo reveals a mature woman holding your ancestor who was a toddler. One might wonder if there was a change of employers, could Julia be Delia? Apart from the African American family that lived near your ancestor's home, the other closest African American female who did work as a servant was Julia. But of course that is only a guess, and does not prove anything. Do you know how long Delia worked for the family?
Thanks for the kind words, Karen, and for the great ideas, Angela. I don't know how long Delia was with my family because she doesn't show up in any other photos or letters, though she must have been important to my great grandmother for my grandmother to write down her name so many years later.ReplyDelete
I've looked into Cordelias, Adelias, Bedelias but never Julia! I love what you said about people living nearby because that's what my friend Char Bah suggested, and I found a Celia nearby but I didn't think to look at Julia. So thanks for that tip :)
interesting blog. good luck with finding Delia.ReplyDelete
Really nice, informative blog. I was referred to your site today by a Google alert I have for black genealogy and my first thought was why does a white woman have such a vested interested in researching African American genealogy and heritage. Then I read this Oct 2 post. All I can say thank you for making all these resources available. My family is not from Virginia but I will be referring my genealogy group members to your site that do have Virginia roots.ReplyDelete
Thank you, Dera, for your comments and for the mention on Afrigeneas :)ReplyDelete


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The Sports Xchange
By Josh Verlin, The Sports Xchange
Florida Gulf Coast stuns Georgetown, advances in tournament
PHILADELPHIA -- Florida Gulf Coast has only been a Division I program for two years.
The Sports Xchange
By Josh Verlin, The Sports Xchange
Florida Gulf Coast stuns Georgetown, advances in tournament
PHILADELPHIA -- Florida Gulf Coast has only been a Division I program for two years.
The way they played on Friday night against Georgetown in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, it felt more like it was the Hoyas' introduction to March Madness rather than the Eagles' first time in the Dance.
The Eagles pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament, knocking off the Hoyas 78-68 in front of a packed house at Wells Fargo Center.
FGCU took a two-point lead into the half, and came out of the intermission even stronger. Sherrod Brown's 3-pointer with 13:54 remaining pushed the FGCU lead to 46-33, and that advantage would grow to 19 with 12:30 remaining at the end of a 21-2 run by the Eagles.
"I just try to get my team really going whenever I play because I feel like if you can get one player to just get everyone involved and to get everyone's momentum going, then I feel like you can do anything," Brown said. "I was just trying to get my team going."
FGCU would continue to hold a double-digit advantage until an Otto Porter 3-pointer with 2:50 remaining got Georgetown within nine at 64-55.
The exclamation point came exactly one minute later, when Brett Comer found Chase Fieler on a broken play for a one-handed alley-oop slam that had everybody -- including the broadcast crew -- out of their seats. Fieler, a 6-foot-8 junior forward, had a number of impressive highlight dunks as part of his nine points and seven rebounds, but none more meaningful than that one.
"I think that might have been the highest (up) I've ever been," Fieler said, though he added he'd have to go watch the video to see. "Brett has great vision. He just threw it up and I had to go get it."
Georgetown wasn't totally finished, however. Markel Starks hit 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to cut the deficit to 72-68 with under a minute to play. But FGCU did what it needed to, however, hitting 10 of 12 free throws in the final 76 seconds to seal the victory.
"They went on that stretch early in the second half where they made a bunch of shots, and then I think we got a little nervous and started spreading out too much," Georgetown coach John Thompson III said.
Brown finished with 24 points on 6 of 13 from the floor while Bernard Thompson added 23 and Comer 12 (and 10 assists) for the Eagles.
FGCU benefited from 33 team fouls against Georgetown that allowed the Eagles to get to the free-throw line 44 times, making 30. Conversely, FGCU committed just 18 fouls as the Hoyas went 13 of 20 from the free-throw line.
The Eagles became just the seventh 15-seed in NCAA history -- but the third in the past two years -- to pull off a first-round upset. Last year, Norfolk State beat Missouri and Lehigh sent Duke home early.
Florida Gulf Coast certainly played confident and poised from the outset, hanging with Georgetown the entire opening 20 minutes to take a 24-22 lead into the break.
Georgetown led by as many as seven midway through the period, but that advantage was short-lived, as FGCU closed out the half on a 13-4 run to take that two-point advantage into the break.
That FGCU even made the NCAA Tournament was somewhat surprising considering it was just the school's second full year as a Division I postseason-eligible member after joining the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2007.
They've made the Atlantic Sun title game in each of those two seasons, losing to Belmont last season before downing Mercer this season to lock up their first March Madness berth.
The Eagles already had one marquee win on the resume, a 63-51 decision over Miami (Fla.) back on Nov. 13. They played one of the tougher nonconference slates in the country, with losses to Virginia Commonwealth, St. John's, Iowa State and Duke helping to prepare them for the likes of 2nd-seeded Georgetown.
"At the beginning of the season, I asked our players what kind of schedule they wanted to play. ... One exempt tournament we played in had Duke and VCU in it and they wanted to play in that one," FGCU coach Andy Enfield said. "We thought we had the talent to do that.
"We'll play anyone, anywhere, at any time," he added later.
Clearly, that work paid off when it mattered most.
FGCU will play the winner of Oklahoma/San Diego State in the third round on Sunday.
NOTES: FGCU hasn't trailed at the half for 21 consecutive games, a streak that dates back to Dec. 31, when they trailed 36-35 to Kennesaw State ... Brown is the first player in FGCU history with 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. ... The Hoyas entered the game as the fourth-best defensive team in the country, allowing only 0.84 points per possession according to KenPom. ... The win is the first for an Atlantic Sun team since Georgia State beat Wisconsin in 2001, and just the third win for the conference in NCAA Tournament play since 1981.


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KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil: It combines two circus traditions - acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Senior midfielder Stacy Myrick has been named UCSBgauchos.com Athlete of the Week after scoring the only goal in the Gauchos' 1-0 win over Seattle University on Thursday night.
Myrick, playing her final home game at UCSB, scored on a header in the 75th-minute against the Redhawks. The goal was the first of her career and it helped the Gauchos end a three-game losing streak.
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I hope they get charged with 1 count per infected PC - and screw concurrent sentencing.
Why not Goldman-Sachs? If that can get the fuckers thrown in jail, I'm all for it!
Because being Goldman-Sachs guarantees a slap on the wrist? They have a nearly endless supply of lesser management pawns to absorb all blame and they make significantly more money being crooked than any fine might cost them.
It's like fining a a company 20 000 for dumping toxic waste that would have cost them 100 000 to get rid of legally.
They have a nearly endless supply of lesser management pawns to absorb all blame
Ooooh, that brings to mind a phrase which, if it hasn't been coined, should be.
"Ablative managment": The layers and layers of expendable mid-level cannon fodder with enough responsibility to absorb blame, enough purported independence to support plausible deniability for their superiors, and enough commodity interchangeable to be easily and cheaply ejected and replaced. Used to shield the precious core of Board Members, CxOs, Senior VPs from PR or legal flamage.
Yeah, this is interesting. I really haven't heard of it happening to many times but going after the clients at least those in the US is a great idea.
"Both men face a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine on one count of conspiring to cause damage to a protected computer and to commit fraud."
To bad there weren't some PC's compromised in Maricopa County Arizona. If so they should be sent over to that Sheriff Joe Arpaio and be on the chain gang for the whole 5 years. Yes I know it's voluntary (last I heard), but have a special one for some offenders. Or better yet have other states grow a backbone and have chain gangs set up in northern co
So the one count they're charged with is for invading a corporate computer. And the thousands of individual citizens' PCs they compromised are ignored. Somehow, I'm not surprised.
It's actually a little ironic. I used to know some botnet herders (around 10-11 years ago) who didn't use their bots for malicious purposes at all, or very seldomly at least. They would actively scan PCs and patch holes - sometimes by downloading Windows updates - and remove competing botnets and viruses. A lot of it tended to be automated, but some of it was genuinely manual labor.
It wasn't their main attraction of course, but the net gain was (sometimes) an overall benefit. A few of the better trojans (Ag
So the one count they're charged with is for invading a corporate computer. And the thousands of individual citizens' PCs they compromised are ignored. Somehow, I'm not surprised.
I don't think it's as clear cut as that. It's much easier to get evidence of 5,000 infections from a handful of sysadmins saying "We spent X hours cleaning up Y PCs as a result of this particular piece of malware" than it is to get 5,000 individuals to.
So the one count they're charged with is for invading a corporate computer . And the thousands of individual citizens' PCs they compromised are ignored. Somehow, I'm not surprised.
Which one is easier to gather evidence from?
It's not exactly rocket science for either of them. For the target, you need to look at logs. For the zombies, you need to look for the bot software. Hell, if they've cracked the control software for the bot network (which it sounds like they have), it's a hell of a lot easier to gather evidence for the zombies.
So the one count they're charged with is for invading a corporate computer. And the thousands of individual citizens' PCs they compromised are ignored. Somehow, I'm not surprised.
Umm. Because the home PC's could be anywhere on Earth and they don't have resources to them track down, contact the owners, get them to file complaints and pursue 22,000 individual minor hacking claims?
I'm all for the chaingangs patching the roads. It takes 3 state/county supervisors to watch 5 state/ road crew workers screw off here. Nothing ever gets done. Private contractors work the city so only traffic watch them screw off. If we gotta feed and house these prisoners and it costs more in taxes all the time, then we need some work out of them.
Or better yet have other states grow a backbone and have chain gangs set up in northern cold states in the US patching pot holes!!
Fairfax chain gangs fill gaps for cash-strapped DOT
By Derek Kravitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 26, 2010
The vest-wearing, lawn-mower-pushing members of Fairfax County's modern chain gang don't look like jail inmates. Well-disciplined landscapers, yes. Orderly weed-whackers, perhaps. But not convicts. There are no chains, no handcuffs, no black-and-white striped jumpsuits. Just a handful of suntanned men wearing uniforms.
But take a closer look, and you'll see the tell-tale signs that these aren't your normal grass cutters -- the faded gang tattoos, the jail-issued plastic ID bracelets, the armed sheriff's deputy patrolling nearby. Still, confusion is inevitable. "We get a lot of people asking us for business cards, and we have to point to our sheriff's office logo and say, 'Sorry,' " said Sheriff's Deputy Michael Pence, as he watched a handful of inmates mow grass on a recent Friday near a county office building in McLean.
22000 machines, if each one got the mission done. There will be 22000 infected machines. If the guy is sentenced
for 1 day each. He will be away for over 60 years.
It apparently was a proof of concept only; limited (for whatever reason) to a single ISP. No reason why he shouldn't be able to scale up the operation to millions of infected computers.
You misunderstood. He used the botnet to attack one ISP, the PCs could be anywhere.
"screw concurrent sentencing."
Concurrent sentencing is actually "sentence nullification" and should be banned.
Concurrent sentencing prevents sending you to jail for 300 years for parking tickets.
I disagree, the number of individual crimes that proof can be found for IMO has little bearing on the appropriate sentance. Does it really matter whether the cops happen to find ten of a burglers burgulries or just a couple?
Plus there is the issue of where someone commits one act but that act happens to fit the definition of multiple crimes.
Plus it saves the system a lot of resources because the criminal is unlikely to appeal and will often ask for further crimes the police didn't know about to be taken in
At just
No stimulus package in sight. I'm holding on to my bots till the rebound.
At just
No stimulus package in sight. I'm holding on to my bots till the rebound.
My botsfrommumbi(trademark pending) are
It's fairly easy.
You need:
1. A controlling server. Preferably located in some country ending in -stan or some other country where law enforcement laughs at interpol when they ask for aid.
2. An infector and sheepifyer trojan. Trivial to code.
3. A few million sheep. For pointers, see facebook&twitter.
Additionally it is wise to create your trojan in such a way that you (and only you) can update it and redirect it to some other control server should yours get shut down for some odd reason. Make sure that you create a good enough challenge/response or be prepared for someone else to harvest your infections.
2.1 Something with flashing words, kittens or cows, and a link to 'send to my friends now!!!' spreads itself easy easy.
Hey let's write our own botnet, buddy
Already happening. It's still possible to track down the originating controller.
Shutting such a botnet down is somewhere between trivial and impossible. It all depends on whether you can break their key before they change it. Since the network accepts control commands from anywhere, you "only" need to crack open its key.
Consider an architecture where bots act on any command they receive with an appropriate signature (assume decent quality public/private key crypto such that a crypto crack is not an option) and retransmit any command they see to all their peers.
How would you go about finding the original injection point of a command packet bearing in mind that most of the links won't be logging packet contents?
All I can say is that it is possible, given time and the necessary infrastructure.
Have all the commands cryptographically signed; it doesn't matter where a message is coming from as long as it has the right signature.
And have the cryptographically signed commands posted on Slashdot as AC postings. Have the bots scan the most recent Slashdot stories at -1 for their commands.
And have the cryptographically signed commands posted on Slashdot as AC postings. Have the bots scan the most recent Slashdot stories at -1 for their commands.
And to make it even easier, I recall articles on
I don't really recommend using those kits. Few of them allow you to keep your precious bots all for yourself.
Seriously, what do you expect? You're buying (closed source) software to install backdoors in someone else's computer from a
You sound like a man that knows how to do this from experience. Wooo......
From the other side of the game, yes. But I guess I'm not giving away any secrets by telling that. I also don't know why it's Informative. It's pretty common knowledge when you have at least a passing interest in botnet. Besides, the setup outlined above is soooo '07...
I don't know why it would be informative either maybe interesting would be better but then again Facebook and Twitter are so 2010.
I also think Facebook is going to be the #1 exploit of 2010. Do you know any good jokes about Facebook?
A $3000 transaction; for that he ran the risk of a $250,000 fine
He could probably have sold it a hundred times to a hundred different buyers.
Thomas James Frederick Smith, built a custom botnet, called Nettick, which they then tried to sell to cybercriminals at the rate of US$0.15 per infected computer....
That's, like, US $3300 for the lot. He's not going to get much hookers and blow outta that.
If he did any programming at all to develop the exploit, then his wages are in the basement. (Probably right next to his 'office'.) Once you factor in the time it would have taken to propagate, test and market the botnet, this guy stood to earning the merest pittance.
Then again, he was stupid enough to turn the thing on his own ISP, so we shouldn't marvel too much over his lack of business acumen.
What's to stop him from leasing use of the botnet to multiple cyber-criminals now that he's built it up? I mean, the initial sale is just a little bit, but suppose the market for the botnet is more than just one organization, or suppose he charges by the day?
I'm not really a professional botnet organizer, so I have no idea how plausible this is.
Maybe the $0.15 was a loss leader to help build up a reputation in his desired market segment, then you can up prices once you have a reputation for a solid reliable product.
Seems to be working pretty well for some [slashdot.org].
The US is where the bots are located, not (necessarily) the guy running them.
Forgive me if I am less than impressed, 30 minutes with a compiler and a few lines of code. Not like they pulled of some amazing feat, what is impressive is that they got caught.
The attempted sales price (U$0.15/machine, would presumably be negotiated down 0.10-0.12) is ~100x less than users would pay to not be infected, and about 1000x less than it will take to remove the malware. Any person who buys and uses the botnet will generate similar economics.
This is an obvious clear loss to humanity -- the crooks gain _very_ much less than the damage they cause. A negative sum game.
The same might be said of Goldman-Sachs: even without the front-running and counter-dealing, they mispri
That should be the punishment -- fry, fry, fry. I know what the smoker should be.
I mean, like 3 first names.
Man, using their full names like that? It's as if their crimes were equivalent to presidential assassination or serial killing.
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Additionally, the crossing at Stein Road/Township Road 260 (228-819M) will be closed.
The railroad will be responsible for completing construction of the upgrade by Jan. 25, 2013. Funding for these upgrades will be provided by federal funds.
To increase public safety during the construction of the projects, the PUCO will assist the local governments with the cost of improvements such as rumble strips, illumination, improved signage or other safety enhancements at the project locations. Funding for the improvements will come from the State Grade Crossing Safety Fund and will not exceed $5,000.


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Anyone who knows anything about David garrard knows he was not going to make it through camp anyways. No news here.
Anyone who knows anything about David garrard knows he was not going to make it through camp anyways. No news here.
Not a big deal. He was only there to help develop our QBs. The coaches can provide the necessary Guidance.
Mark Sanchez is now in play and will probably start .
So now they only have 4 Qb's on the roster? what a circus!!!
****ing Garrard just put Mark Sanchez back on the field.
Here's what's left, courtesy of NFL.com:
Batch, Charlie
Edwards, Trent
Hoyer, Brian
Leftwich, Byron
Leinart, Matt
Palmer, Jordan
Tanney, Alex
Tebow, Tim
Thigpen, Tyler
Wilson, John Parker
Vince Young
Personally, I'd probably go with Leftwich. But having Leinart on the same team as Sanchez would certainly be a hoot.
Damn... I thought he had a legitimate chance to start Week 1... what a shame.
FLORHAM PARK, NJ - In a surprising QB twist, JetsInsider.com has learned that veteran QB David Garrard, who the Jets picked up this off-season to compete for the starting job is leaving the team.
According to SNY's Adam Schein, Garrard texted him this afternoon saying his surgically repaired knee was not holding up and he will be leaving the team.
Garrard, who hasn't played in the NFL since 2010 tried a comeback last season with the Miami Dolphins but that ended in camp when he injured his knee and needed arthroscopic surgery. Garrard has also had back surgery to repair herniated discs.
Charlie Donovan: How would you like to manage the Indians this year?
Lou Brown: Gee, I don't know...
Charlie Donovan: What do you mean, you don't know? This is your chance to manage in the big leagues.
Lou Brown: Let me get back to you, will ya, Charlie? I got a guy on the other line asking about some white walls.
I guess this shouldn't come as that big a surprise when you sign a 35-year old QB who has missed the last two years with injuries.
Looks like that first domino of the 2013 season has been pushed.
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MU Extension "Farm Page of the Air" radio program (Session 190 of 261)
When: Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, 9 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
This radio program is intended to educate viewers on a wide range of topics related to gardening in the Ozarks. Morris Westfall conducts the interview with Patrick Byers, MU Extension-Greene County regional horticulture specialist. The program airs several times on Saturday and Sunday on radio stations KWTO, KTXR, and KBFL.
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When: Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The Northland Early Education Council (NEEC) offers regular training sessions for early childhood care and education professionals. All training sessions are presented by approved trainers and training topics meet Missouri core competency standards. The NEEC will sponsor a 2-hour Saturday Seminar on November 16, 2013 at North Kansas City Hospital Pavilion. The topic is: "Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator". Presenter: Laura Crawford, M.A. Parent Educator with the North Kansas City School District.
"Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator" is the topic for the Northland Early Education Council's Saturday Seminar on November 16, 2013. Laura Crawford, MA; Parent Educator with the North Kansas City School District will be the speaker.
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When: Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Store will host a community event to celebrate the beginning of an ongoing effort to promote healthy eating by making it easier to find fresh, canned or frozen fruits and vegetables, low-fat dairy products, whole grain foods, healthy beverages and healthy snacks. Come celebrate with us! Each event will offer cooking demonstrations, healthy recipes and children's activities, along with opportunities for community members to share ideas about healthy food.
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