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Further to yesterday's post on Why Republicans Are Losing the Tax Debate ("It's the fairness, stupid"), let's take account of the best argument of the Left on the matter. In response to the data showing that tax rate reductions have shifted the income tax burden to the wealthy, the Left responds that the share of total income accruing to the richest 1 or 10 percent of Americans has soared, by so much that even with the total tax burden shifted, the rich are still woefully undertaxed. Their chief analysis is shown in this chart, which juxtaposes top marginal income tax rates with the share of national income going to the top 1 percent:
One can, and should, have a good argument here about what this chart actually proves. The Left points to an inverse correlation between low marginal income tax rates and high share of income going to the top 1 percent. But it could be used to demonstrate the supply-side argument that high rates (which few people actually paid anyway) cause high income people to avoid realizing income, by investing in unproductive tax shelters that artificially lower reported income, or other subterfuges. It was possible, for example, right up to the late Clinton years, for a high net worth person to realize huge gains with no income or capital gains tax liability at all, through the simple expedient of going "short against the box" on large stock positions. (A billionaire once explained this to me; it was lost on most journalists and people in Washington, and Clinton only moved to close the loophole when Robert Rubin told him about it and betrayed his Goldman Sachs pals.) Recognize that when you use tax shelters or other gimmicks, you skew the data that goes into this chart, because those gains don't count as "income" in the official statistics on which this chart is based. In other words, it is likely that this chart is completely wrong. Supply siders have always argued that lower marginal rates cause the wealthy to realize and report more income, and this chart offers evidence they are right.
Or you can ask yourself this question: Does anyone think the Kennedy family ever paid the 91 percent marginal income tax rate of the 1950s so beloved of Paul Krugman? Please. Or perhaps the Kennedy library would like to prove me wrong by releasing some old tax returns of Jack and Joe Kennedy from the 1950s. I'm not going to hold my breath. There's a reason, as Peter Schweizer explained in Do As I Say, that the Kennedy family has its assets domiciled predominantly offshore, though this only seems to be a political handicap if your name is Romney.
But this argument is beside the point as well as futile, because the Left's argument is that the high share of income earned by the 1 percent is unfair on its face, because it is more than they need. (I stress "earned" here because "distributed" is an insidious semantic base-stealing we need to stop the Left from using. But that's a separate post.) The theoretical argument behind the Left's crusade for taking the wealth of the rich and giving it to their clients is based on the ur-text of the contemporary Left, John Rawls' Theory of Justice. Press a liberal intellectual, and eventually they will repair to Rawls's "difference principle," which holds that inequality of wealth of income is only just if it benefits the less well-off. It may be an intelligible principle of justice in the abstract, but it is unintelligible in practice; one of the defects of Rawls is that in 600 pages he never moves from the abstract to an applicable rule of policy guidance, or even a vague framework for setting tax rates. There is no "Krugman-Rawls Curve" analogous to the Laffer Curve, for example.
And one of the oldest principles of justice, stretching back to Plato and Aristotle, and which Rawls accepts, is that justice must move beyond the abstract to particular situations and individuals. So let's see how Rawls's principle might apply to some real live individuals. Does Bill Gates's immense wealth violate the "difference principle"? It is not obvious what the answer is. It seems to me even Gates's extraordinary case can be reconciled with Rawls's difference principle. Didn't the means by which Gates rapidly gained his vast fortune involve improving the lives and productivity of millions of people around the world? Was his financial reward incommensurate with the benefits that accrued to the less well-off of the world?
Let's refine this further. Take Gates or Warren Buffett, the two wealthiest Americans who happen to be liberal Democrats. I'd like a liberal to explain in precise terms whether they acquired their fortunes unjustly? And if they didn't acquire their wealth unjustly, then a second query must be answered: at what point did the size of their fortunes go from just to unjust? Was it $1 billion? $10 billion?
I expect liberals cannot or will not give specific answers to these interrogatories, but will change the subject.
P.S. By the way, if you want to see Buffett change his tune on taxes, just borrow an old FDR idea and propose an undistributed profits tax on corporations that hoard their cash rather than reinvesting it or returning it to shareholders. I guarantee you Buffett will take his first private jet trip of the day to the White House to kill that idea.


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Keith Urban's latest single, 'Somewhere in My Car,' captures the heart-breaking feeling of picturing yourself with a former love. The singer paints this picture quite literally in the 'Somewhere In My Car' lyric video, which we're premiering in partnership with Taste of Country and The Boot!
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But Schnur says McCarthy's new role is likely bad news for California's High Speed Rail project, which is championed by Governor Jerry Brown. McCarthy has said he'll work to cut off federal funding for the project.
"McCarthy already had a great deal of influence in the house delegation. Now it gets even greater," Schnur says. "It's hard to see Governor Brown's chances for getting money out of Congress for the rail project improving. In fact they probably just got a lot worse."
McCarthy was first elected to the State Assembly in 2002. He was elected to Congress in 2006 and is widely seen as a moderate. Republican State Senator Mimi Walters worked with McCarthy in the legislature and applauds his election as House majority leader.
"I think it puts California more on the map on a nation-wide basis, especially for the Republicans," she says. "He represents us very well and I think it's a great thing for California."
But Democratic State Senator Mark Leno says McCarthy's election could be a mixed blessing for California. Leno would like to see McCarthy take action on federal immigration reform.
"75 percent of California's agricultural industry has undocumented workers that support it," Leno says. "And if they were all expelled from our country we would not have an agricultural industry in California. So he knows the importance of immigration reform."
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PONTIAC -- A $25,000 judgment owed to the city of Pontiac has been entered by Oakland County Circuit Judge James Alexander against attorney H. Wallace Parker's company, Silver Stallion Development Corp.
Parker sought to buy the Pontiac Silverdome from the city in 2008, but the deal was never closed. Then-Emergency Manager Fred Leeb auctioned the stadium in 2009 for $583,000 to Canadian developer Andreas Apostolopoulos.
The day the stadium went to auction, Nov. 19, 2009, Silver Stallion filed suit against Leeb, the city of Pontiac, then-Mayor Clarence Phillips and auction firm Williams & Williams Marketing, Inc. Parker wanted an injunction halting the sale of the Silverdome and claimed racial discrimination as a factor in why the stadium was not sold to his company. He said the auctioning of the stadium amounted to a breach of contract relating to Silver Stallion's purchase agreement signed with the city.
The suit was dismissed by Judge Edward Sosnick on May 27, 2010. Parker appealed to the Michigan Court of Appeals, which upheld the circuit court's decision. He then appealed to the Michigan Supreme Court. The state High Court upheld the Court of Appeals' decision, issuing an opinion on May 2 indicating the city of Pontiac could return to circuit court to recover the money spent defending Parker's suit.
"We further order damages against the plaintiff for this vexatious appeal, and we remand the case to the Oakland Circuit Court for determination of the defendants' damages," the Michigan Supreme Court opinion said.
The city's attorneys asked for $68,000 in legal fees, sanctions and damages from Parker. The attorney representing the city in the case, David Domzal of Williams Acosta, PLLC, said the city and Silver Stallion agreed in court earlier this summer that the city would accept a $25,000 settlement. Silver Stallion agreed to pay by June 30, Domzal said, but did not.
On July 18, Alexander entered the judgment, signed by both parties, for $25,000. That amount represents the approximate cost to the city of defending Silver Stallion's two appeals. Parker has until the week of Aug. 6 to file a motion for reconsideration of the judgment.
Mayor Leon Jukowski, who is an attorney, said, "It should be the policy of the city, and it is certainly my policy, to go after appropriate legal sanctions, and that's what happened in this case."
Domzal said, "The city believes the actions had no basis in law, and the Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court agreed, and therefore the city has every expectation of recovering its legal fees associated with that."
Emergency Manager Lou Schimmel said Williams Acosta is working on contingency for the city, meaning the firm will receive a percentage of any money recovered as its payment.
After the city was awarded the judgment, Schimmel said he turned the case over to Williams Acosta and said, "go collect it, but we can't afford to pay lawyer costs chasing Mr. Parker anymore, so you'll have to do it on a contingency basis."
Parker declined to comment on the judgment.
There are two Silver Stallion Development corporations registered with the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Development. One business, Silver Stallion Development Corp., last filed an annual report with the state agency in 2010 and was automatically dissolved on July 15, 2011. H. Wallace Parker is listed as the agent of that limited liability corporation.
A second business, Silver Stallion Real Estate Development Corp., is active and lists David McGruder as its agent. McGruder is a partner in Parker's Bloomfield Hills law firm, Parker, McGruder & Associates, PC.
Parker planned to turn the Silverdome into an horse racing facility. Silver Stallion signed an agreement on Aug. 5, 2008 to purchase the stadium for $20 million, with a closing date of Nov. 1, 2008. Before the closing, Parker's environmental consultant said the Silverdome property had environmental concerns, and Parker said he could not close on the deal until the issues were addressed. On Nov. 6, 2008, Parker's $100,000 deposit was forfeited.
When the city decided to auction the Silverdome, Silver Stallion made a new proposal, with terms including a purchase price of $17 million and a $1 million deposit.
"The plaintiff was unable to make the deposit," Sosnick's opinion and order reads. Sosnick said Silver Stallion's contract with Pontiac expired when the November 2008 closing date passed, and said there was no evidence supporting claims of racial discrimination.
Attorney Domzal said, "We are hoping to be paid here. We will contact him (Parker) at the appropriate time and request that the funds be provided."
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New Orleans, LA - The first study of its kind, led by Melinda Sothern, PhD, CEP, Professor and Director of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, reveals that the same pro-inflammatory proteins linked to obesity and the metabolic syndrome in adults appear to protect children prior to puberty. The findings are published online in the International Journal of Obesity in the Accepted Article Preview.
"With obesity now at epidemic proportions along with a rise in the number of those with the metabolic syndrome, it is crucial that we better understand how and when obesity and insulin resistance develop," notes Dr. Sothern. "In adults, obesity is linked to inflammation. In young children, however, the relationship between inflammation and body fat is unclear."
The research team studied a group of healthy obese and non-obese African-American and Caucasian children, 7-9 years old who had not yet entered puberty. They looked at circulating pro and anti-inflammatory molecules, abdominal fat, BMI, insulin resistance, fatty tissue beneath the skin, fat in the liver, and total fat in order to better understand the role inflammation plays in the development of obesity and insulin resistance.
"We found that relationships between pro-inflammatory and metabolic markers commonly observed in adults were reversed in healthy, African-American and Caucasian obese and non-obese children who had not yet entered puberty," says Dr. Sothern.
Although the pro-inflammatory proteins associated with obesity may cause damage to the heart, blood vessels and insulin function in adults, in this group of young children, they appear to be helpful. The researchers pose a number of explanations for their findings. Normal growth may temporarily increase inflammation, and the presence of the inflammatory biomarkers may actually preserve glucose stability. It may also be that the presence of an existing inflammatory environment is crucial for defending the body against infection, allergies, and other insults prior to puberty. Also, both metabolism and inflammation are affected by physical activity, which is higher in young, healthy children as opposed to adults.
"The chronic nature of this inflammatory environment, while beneficial during developmental stages, may, however, lead to undesirable immune responses associated with disease later in life," says lead author Jovanny Zabaleta, PhD, Assistant Professor-Research in the Department of Pediatrics and the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans.
The World Health Organization (WHO) projects there will be more than 2 billion overweight and more than 700 million obese adults by 2015. Obesity affects all ethnicities, but in the US, minority populations and those from disadvantaged backgrounds are most affected. Similar trends are found in young children prior to puberty whose obesity continues into adolescence. Remarkably, more than half of overweight adolescents carry this condition into adulthood.
"Further studies are needed to determine how these inverse relationships modify chronic disease risk later in life as these unexpected findings provide compelling evidence to inform clinical practice, especially in severely obese pre-pubertal children with related inflammatory conditions such as asthma, fatty liver disease, and insulin resistance," concludes Dr. Sothern.
The LSUHSC research team also included Cruz Velasco-Gonzalez, PhD, John Estrada, MD, Nicole Pelligrino, MPH, Maura C. Mohler, MPH, Hamid Boulares, PhD, Kyle Happel, MD, William Cefalu, MD, Richard Scribner, MD, MPH, and Tung-Sung Tseng, PhD, from the LSUHSC schools of public health and medicine. Eric Ravussin, PhD, from LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Yolanda Powell-Young, PhD, from Dillard University, Brian Bennett, MPH, from the Louisiana Department of Public Health, and Enette Larsen-Meyer, PhD, from the University of Wyoming, also participated.
The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health.
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans educates Louisiana's health care professionals. The state's academic health leader, LSUHSC comprises a School of Medicine, the state's only School of Dentistry, Louisiana's only public School of Public Health, and Schools of Allied Health Professions, Nursing, and Graduate Studies. Louisiana's flagship academic health center, LSUHSC faculty take care of patients in public and private hospitals and clinics throughout the region. In the vanguard of biosciences research in a number of areas in a worldwide arena, the LSUHSC research enterprise generates jobs and enormous economic impact. LSUHSC faculty have made lifesaving discoveries and continue to work to prevent, advance treatment, or cure disease. To learn more, visit http://www.


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Paul McCartney will be jamming with ex-Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic tonight, but it remains to be seen if that collaboration will include old Nirvana songs or a new McCartney tune.
The legends will be coming together at Madison Square Garden for the 12-12-12 relief concert for victims of hurricane Sandy.
According to The Guardian, the group will be performing a new song, not Nirvana classics. McCartney suggested they all "just make something up" together according to the site. The The New York Daily News says otherwise, as it is rumored McCartney will be filling in for Kurt Cobain. McCartney's official news site has yet to confirm his participation with the ex-Nirvana stars.
Either way, some of the biggest names of all time will share the stage at once, Nirvana song or not.
The Rolling Stones, The Who, Alicia Keys, Eric Clapton, Kanye West, Roger Waters, Jon Bon Jovi and Billy Joel are also expected to perform.


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Why not work some tennis terms into your conversations tonight? Start with "love means nothing," and move on to "the ball's in your court." Or you know, just toast to Venus Williams, who turns 31 today. Doesn't she look amazingly focused and determined in this photograph taken yesterday during her match against Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia? It was day six of the AEGON International, held in Eastbourne, England. Venus lost this match, but man. That look. Love that nothing is gonna stop me look.
To the left: A dedication that goes out to Ms. Williams, and all of you. Below: Your open thread. Take care of it. And have a great weekend.


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Just what I need to piss off my dog even more, a barking puppy shaped hot dog steamer. She already gets mad when I'm making hot dogs since they smell so good to her puppy nose. But now, when they are done steaming, it will bark loud taunting woofs at her.
They're going for $35.00, and I apologize to your dog in advance.
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Some bands thrive in the cultural middleground. You can play their music in the grocery store, and no one objects. Neither the jam band Phish nor the horrorcore hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse plays that kind of music. Each group has a rabid, devoted following of fans, and on the flip side, has inspired intense loathing. Phish's noodley covers and original songs are derided as music for druggies and hacky-sack playing college students. Insane Clown Posse and their dark, often violent music is for "Juggalos", their group of Faygo-drinking, clown makeup- wearing fans.
As a longtime culture critic and former Head Writer of The Onion's AV Club, Nathan Rabin thought he was immune to the draw of either group. Their music and communities weren't high-brow. They weren't terribly fashionable or cool. So he set out to write a kind of sociological text about the groups, and find out why they had such die-hard fans. He didn't know he would end up a convert.
Rabin's new book is You Don't Know Me, But You Don't Like Me: Phish, Insane Clown Posse, And My Adventures With Two Of Music's Most Maligned Tribes.
Rabin tells us about his psychedelic experiences at their concerts, his mental breakdown halfway through researching the book, and finding solace in music and community among Phish Heads and Juggalos.
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Brian Heater and Alex Zalben stop by to recommend their favorite graphic novels as of late.
Brian recommends Aesthetics: A Memoir by Ivan Brunetti. A self-taught artist, illustrator for the New Yorker, and currently on faculty at Columbia College Chicago, Brunetti examines his many influences and how they combined to make his unique, simple, DIY style.
Alex suggests Matt Kindt's Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes. In the town of Red Wheelbarrow, no crime gets by Detective Gould. But can this hardboiled detective connect the dots between a young woman who obsessively steals chairs, a man who carts dirt around town, and a photographer whose subject matter is others' private tragedies?
Brian Heater is the author of BoingBoing's comics column, Comics Rack. He also hosts the new podcast, Recommended if you Like.
Alex Zalben is a producer for MTV Geek and host of the Nerdist podcast Comic Book Club.
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This interview originally aired in 2008.
Benjamin Nugent's book American Nerd explores a people and their history. Nerds have been an archetype for decades now. But where did they come from? What is a "nerd", anyway? Benjamin Nugent set out to write a loving portrait of nerds and nerdiness -- including his own.
He talks to us about the origins of "nerds" in the humor pages of college newspapers, Saturday Night Live's first dig at nerds , and the underappreciated toughness of his nerdy friends in middle school.
Nugent released a novel, Good Kids, earlier this year.
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Jesse recommends the 1981 noir Thief, starring James Caan. It's a crime thriller about one last job, but it's just as much about running from loneliness as it is about running from the cops. Director Michael Mann infuses it with a cool, dark beauty unlike any robbery film you've seen.
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The Motatapu – Queenstown, New Zealand
Each year for one day only the pristine trails of the Motatapu welcomes thousands of athletes to experience one of New Zealand's favourite off-road sporting events.
Set in the stunning Wanaka to Queenstown high country, athletes will be treated to some of the most stunning high country terrain in New Zealand, with five different events to choose from—depending on your appetite for scenery or suffering.
The Motatapu is a bucket-list off-road event for everyone from elite athletes to weekend warriors. It's a hugely enjoyable and social event, famous for its relaxed southern vibe. Your chance to experience the legend that is the Motatapu awaits.
The Macpac Motatapu provides you a truly iconic experience as your traverse through the stunning and majestic Motatapu Valley! With exclusive access for just one day only, this is your sole opportunity each year to pass through, on foot or by bike, this stunning southern high country, where the mountains tower above you as you enjoy the gradual climb into the valley, before getting your adrenaline pumping with the descent down to Arrowtown!


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Barbara Walters announces her retirement
The first female network TV anchorwoman, Barbara Walters, is stepping down next summer. But she's not entirely stepping away.
Wiping away tears, the broadcast pioneer, 83, told "The View" audience that "this is what I want to do."
She narrated a taped piece from with her 15-year "Today" tenure– "I wasn't beautiful…I had trouble pronouncing my R's (I still do)" — to ABC's evening news with Harry Reasoner (not a happy pairing). Her multitude of interviews, from Sadat-Begin to Boris Yeltsin, and on and on through "20/20" and her specials. Her Monica Lewinsky sitdown remains the most-watched TV interview.
Imagine, she's been on TV regularly for over 50 years, since before women and other minorities showed up on the screen. "I'm perfectly healthy, this is my decision… I don't want to climb another mountain."
Bob Iger, chairman of the Disney Company, flanked by a slew of ABC executives in town for the upfront, touted her "singular" accomplishments. No matter that since they met in 1976, she always called him Jim.


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New corporate bonds have been in short supply so far this year, even as rates retreated from where they began the year, and that's helping boost the prices of existing corporate bonds. Barclays strategists Jeffrey Meli and Bradley Rogoff today say bond issuance has already dropped sharply this year:
With the potential for higher risk-free rates moving back to the foreground and spreads near their post-crisis tights, it would seem that this is a prime time for issuers to come to market. Year-to-date investment grade issuance has been flat compared with 2013 at almost $150bn, while high yield is half of last year at $36bn, and leveraged loans have seen a precipitous drop of 62% excluding the large wave of repricings so far this year. The substantially lower figure for high yield is somewhat surprising considering that the yield-to-worst of the Index is 40bp lower than a year ago....
Investors are likely bemoaning the dearth of opportunities in the new issue market, but the lack of paper is boosting the secondary market. While flows have been solid if not spectacular, demand is clearly outpacing supply.
Barclays says a similar pattern has benefitted municipal bonds, with munis rallying so far this year as supply has fails to keep pace with demand. Barclays says it expects the trend of short supply to continue this year:
We look for this positive technical to continue in credit markets, as supply should pick up only modestly. Without a major increase in M&A and LBOs, we forecast a full-year issuance decline across U.S. investment grade, high yield, and leveraged loans. In the coming months, we expect the focus to shift to demand, as retail flows could come under pressure in a rising rate environment.


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JACKSON, Tenn.—A two-run homerun by freshman Taylor Bassett in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted the Birmingham-Southern softball team to a 3-1 win over Trinity in the SCAC Championship game, Sunday afternoon in Jackson, Tenn.
The Panthers, who were making their first-ever SCAC post-season appearance, also defeated Trinity earlier today, 5-2, after falling into the loser's bracket yesterday with a 6-5 loss to the Tigers. BSC now stands at 34-9 on the season, while Trinity falls to 28-14.
BSC receives the SCAC's automatic bid to the NCAA post-season, with regional action beginning on May 10.
In game one today, Trinity scored single runs in the bottom of the first and second innings and held BSC scoreless until the top of the fifth, when an RBI single from junior Brittany Berkopec plated freshman Joanna Jernigan to put the Panthers on the board.
In the top of the sixth, with two outs and a runner on second courtesy of a walk and a sac-bunt by Bassett, an RBI double by junior Danielle Rucker tied things up 2-2. Rucker then scored on an error to put BSC up 3-2, and Jernigan, who reached on the previous error, advanced to second on a single by senior Ashley Bice and then scored on another Trinity error. An RBI single from freshman Bethany Fronk brought Bice across the plate after that, putting the Panthers up 5-2.
BSC held the Tigers scoreless in the bottom of the sixth and seventh to force game 11 of the championship.
The Panthers recorded 10 hits, led by Bice and senior Ronni Ferris with two apiece. Trinity had four hits.
Ferris also threw the complete game, moving to 13-5 on the season after recording two strikeouts and giving up four hits and two earned runs.
The second championship game was a 10-inning pitcher's duel, with BSC scoring a single run in the bottom of the third on a passed ball and holding Trinity scoreless until the top of the seventh, when the Tigers also scored a single run.
Trinity did not record any hits in extra innings, but had a chance to score in the top of the 10th when the international tie-breaker rule went into effect, which places a runner on second base to start the inning. A sac-bunt sent the runner to third, but Fronk struck out two of the next three batters to end Trinity's at-bat.
In the bottom of the 10th, freshman Erin Lopez placed on second and sophomore Jordan Allen came in to run for her. Ferris sac-bunted to put Allen on third, and Bassett stepped up to the plate after that and sent the ball over the wall on an 0-1 count. It was her sixth homerun of the season, and ended the game to give BSC the SCAC title.
Berkopec was 2-4 at the plate to lead BSC. The Panthers recorded five total hits, while the Tigers had four.
Fronk pitched all 10 innings, moving to 15-3 on the season after striking out eight Tigers and giving up four hits and no earned runs.


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Syria's Alawite Force Turned Tide for Assad
National Defense Force Helped Regain Territory From Rebels
HOMS, Syria—Mounir and Samir Fandi, twin brothers from this central Syrian city, had ordinary lives before the start of civil war more than two years ago.
Mounir worked as a technician at the country's telephone company. Samir was a traffic cop.
Life for the 40-year-old brothers changed abruptly 20 months ago. Their 85-year-old father and...


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Wait, there's a bar in Amsterdam showing Seahawk games?
Bugger N'Orlens, that should be the road trip.
cdallan wrote:Wait, there's a bar in Amsterdam showing Seahawk games?
Bugger N'Orlens, that should be the road trip.
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Born: Bethlehem PA
Reside: Allentown PA
Age: 50
Occupation: Parks Manager
Favorite All-Time Seahawk: Kenny Easley
Favorite Current Seahawk: Richard Sherman
Places Other Than Seahawks Stadium Where I've Seen Hawks Play: Veterans, Meadowlands, Bank of America, FedEx and Lincoln Financial 2015 - Paul Brown and AT&T 2016- Mercedes Benz Super Dome and Gillette Foxboro 2017 - Univ of Phoenix Stadium and MetLife
Other Stadiums I've Been To: College Stadiums, Century Link and Mall of America like a month before the roof gave in
Favorite Seahawk Memory: SB48
Saddest Seahawk Memory: 1983 AFC Championship loss 1st time so close to SB
Favorite Football Movie Of All Time: Remember the Titian's
Favorite Food: Halupkies
Best Seahawk Souvenir: On our first Anniversary my wife gave me a gold chain with a Seahawks pendant that I never take off


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Why Philosophy?
Philosophy as an undergraduate field of study will give you an invaluable background in how to think creatively, as well as critically. This skill is vital in an era where people change their careers frequently.
At Sonoma State, students who major and minor in philosophy learn to engage with ongoing debates within the philosophical tradition, debates about ethics, political and social issues, technology, the environment, spirituality, film and aesthetics, law, and other issues highly relevant to contemporary society. Students gain the necessary tools for reflection, self-awareness and growth, and they develop an understanding of civic responsibility and engagement.
According to the New York Times, more and more undergraduates are majoring in philosophy. (lNY Times, April 6, 2008, "In a New generation of College Students"). In part because of its emphasis on analytical rigor, philosophy teaches students both careful reasoning and effective communication. Philosophy majors have the highest verbal scores and the second highest analytic scores on the GRE, and philosophy majors excel at the LSAT. In addition, philosophy majors score higher on the GMAT than anyone other than hard science majors.


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Tina THAT IS SO AWESOME!!! That's so funny you took so many tests! It must have been crazy waiting for the result of every single one, then you must have jumped for joy each time!!! Make sure you LET US KNOW what your beta number is Thursday, and some info, like what is a non-pregnant beta, what is the normal beta, and what range would be considered high. lol..
mkdig and Steph, sounds like you're on the same cycle and will both have IUI around the same time. that's great.
kery, take advantage of your break. holidays can be stressful and i bet it will be nice to (try and) forget about it for a few weeks. rejuvinate!!
my 2ww will end around christmas. would be a bummer to get AF on christmas. but hey, it's not gonna arrive, is it?!!


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Springfield area cinephiles benefit as the Route 66 Film Festival and the Springfield Art Association's Film Series grow in size and quality. The 2009 Route 66 Fest, held last September, tripled its 2008 attendance while the SAA's 2010 Film Series features one of its best lineups yet. Seven acclaimed films are en route to local screens, including one beloved at Sundance (Amreeka) and an Academy Award nominee (Revanche). Other titles comprise the third major picture from an escalating American filmmaker (Goodbye Solo), a movie written and helmed by a prominent female director (Bright Star) and the most celebrated foreign film of the year (Summer Hours).
Amreeka opens the 19th annual festival on Jan. 17. The immigrant saga tells the story of a divorced Palestinian woman who moves to Illinois soon after the invasion of Iraq. Director Cherien Dabis' short film, Make a Wish, screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Amreeka, her first feature, showed there in 2009 and won the FIPRESCI International Critic's Prize at Cannes. Although the film marks the debut of many actors, the cast includes Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development's Maeby Funke) and celebrated Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass (The Visitor).
Muna, played by Nisreen Faour, is loosely based on Dabis' aunt, and the filmmaker toiled to make her often-stereotyped characters relatable to all audiences. "It was important for me in this movie to create a sense of intimacy and authenticity," she says. "I want people to walk out of the theater feeling like they know us."
The movie's title is the Arabic word for "America." "Amreeka was my way of finding a title for a movie that's about the melding of two cultures," Dabis explains.
The festival continues with Japanese import Still Walking. The family drama portrays siblings visiting their parents on the anniversary of a family tragedy. In his review, Roger Ebert compared director Kore-Eda Hirokazu to the legendary Yasujiro Ozu for the way Hirokazu lets the story unfold, bolstered by natural cinematography and notable acting. In his New York Times critique, A.O. Scott called the movie "transcendent...completely absorbing, so sure of its own scale and scope that while you're watching it, the rest of the world fades into irrelevance."
Still Walking is followed by Revanche, an Austrian offering whose title means "revenge." The neo-noir thriller is amassing global awards and will help its country defend a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award — The Counterfeiters won last year, and Revanche is currently nominated. The complex narrative weaves through guilt, retaliation and redemption in unexpected ways, but the movie has some disturbing turns and is recommended for mature audiences.
Jane Campion, one of three women ever nominated for a Best Director Oscar, wrote and directed the series' next film. Bright Star, which screens on Feb. 28 and March 2, is based on the final years of John Keats' life, anchored by his tragic assignation with Fanny Brawne. Rich costumes and vivid imagery add to the attraction of this early 19th century period piece.
In Goodbye Solo, director Ramin Bahrani examines the relationship between a Senegalese taxi driver and his elderly passenger. If Roger Ebert could convince you to see just one film in the 2010 series, this would be his choice. Bahrani's previous films include Man Push Cart and Chop Shop, but it was Goodbye Solo that prompted Ebert to hail the filmmaker as "the new great American director." He continues in effusive praise, saying, "Although this is an independent film in its heart and soul, it is a classical film in its style. It is as pure as something by John Ford." He adds that the movie signals the end of "snarky indie films." His review ends with a remarkable claim: "Wherever you live, when this film opens, it will be the best film in town." Solo opens in Springfield on March 14. (See our interview with Bahrani on page 14).
Moviegoers searching for another recognizable face will enjoy Summer Hours, a French movie starring Juliette Binoche, familiar to American audiences for her work in The English Patient, Chocolat, and Dan in Real Life. The film, which focuses on the lives of three siblings trying to dispose of their dead mother's possessions, has swept the early awards season with kudos from The Boston Society of Film Critics, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association, The New York Film Critics Circle, and the Southeastern Film Critics Association. The DC Area Film Critics Association, the lone dissenter, gave its award to the Spanish film Sin Nombre.
North Face, the true story of two climbers attempting to conquer a peak in the Bernese Alps, closes the festival on April 11 and 13.
Zach Baliva is a filmmaker living in Springfield.


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2014 Nissan Rogue- Interactive Website for Promotion
How about experiencing an SUV test drive sitting on your comfortable couch at home? Pacing with the times and owing to inadequacy of time in hand, Nissan marketing unit has hit the web with an all new fresh idea. Nissan has come up with a decked up interactive website for those who love to try out new adventures. This website is hosted as a part of a marketing campaign of its new launch SUV 2014 Nissan Rogue. The car is a redesigned midsize crossover that is loaded with numerable features.
The website enables the user to virtually test drive the SUV and to take a look at all its features in person. The test drive can be taken on any of the smartphone, computer or a tablet. Nissan marketing department has made sure that the website's interface is compatible with all browsers.
How can you test drive on a website?
It is a user friendly website with some easy navigation keys. It also works well for those who are not that tech savvy. The user just has to simply choose the start and end point of the test drive. With the help of Google Street Drive and Maps, you can take a test drive in any part of the world be it hills or the charismatic coast line drive. Foot tapping numbers of the British recording artist and rapper M.I.A accentuate the whole experience of the test drive. The virtual drive is designed such that it offers the users places where the car stops and gives them time to explore the diverse features of the car. This helps the users to take a closer look and thus become the potential buyers of the Nissan Rogue 2014.
Besides stopping at various points, the drive is simply like a video game wherein the user has all the controls of the brand new SUV. All the advance features of the newly launched Nissan Rogue 2014 are highlighted inside the car during the test drive helping the users to pay attention to their usage while driving.
Below are the Nissan Rogue's noteworthy features which can be of great use a probable buyer.
2014 Nissan Rogue significant features:
- Touchscreen audio system
- Automatic climate control system
- LED daytime running lights
- Push-button start
- Leather-trimmed seats and seat covers
- Panoramic sunroof
The test drive ends by giving a picturesque view of the destination point with the all the new 2014 Nissan Rogue in front of it.
The song played through the test drive can be downloaded from the website which serves as a gift from the Nissan. This also leaves the users in a good mood while they move away from the page. Also, the link can be shared onto different social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. to let your friends all experience the virtual drive.
You must be wondering whether a virtual test drive of this fully loaded SUV be an expedient one. The answer would be visit the website and experience it yourself. Happy journey!!


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The Interim Salt Waste Disposition Process at the Savannah River Site surpassed the 1-million gallon per year mark in salt waste processing for a second time in its five-year history.
The record processing mark, met recently, sets the stage for the Interim Salt Waste Disposition Process to continue to support salt processing program objectives beyond its first five years of operations, which began in April 2008.
Terrel Spears, assistant manager for the Waste Disposition Project, U.S. Department of Energy-Savannah River Operations Office, called the achievement further evidence that salt disposition processes operated by Savannah River Remediation, SRS's liquid waste contractor, are working.
"Processing salt waste is essential for us and our mission to operationally close waste tanks and reduce risk," Spears said. "Salt processing technologies being utilized by SRR have proven very effective in removing the radioactive constituents from salt waste."
The radioactive constituents removed through the Interim Salt Waste Disposition Process include cesium, plutonium and strontium. These radionuclides are transferred to the Defense Waste Processing Facility, where they are mixed with molten glass and placed in stainless steel canisters awaiting permanent storage.
The remaining low-level salt solution is converted into a grout-cement mixture at the Saltstone facilities and pumped into concrete disposal units for permanent disposal.
According to Stuart MacVean, Savannah River Remediation interim president and project manager, the Interim Salt Waste Disposition Process is expected to surpass the fiscal year record set in 2011.
"The ISDP will be in a planned outage later this year so we can implement new technology called the 'next generation solvent,' which will enhance the processes' ability to extract cesium," MacVean said. "I expect to reach production targets prior to entering the outage."
There are approximately 36 million gallons of waste being stored in underground waste tanks at SRS. The waste is a by-product of the nation's Cold War weapons production program. About 90 percent, or 33 million gallons, is liquid salt waste.
Processing and disposing of the waste is essential for SRR to complete its mission of operationally closing the waste tanks. Waste in the tanks has been labeled as the single-greatest environmental risk in the state by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.


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Technivorm Moccamaster Cylindrical Body Coffee Maker with Thermal Carafe
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- Summary
Hand made and individually tested in the Netherlands, the Moccamaster coffeemaker brews a perfect cup of coffee in only six minutes. A copper heating element ensures water stays at the perfect temperature from the brew cycle's beginning to its end.
- Perfectly synchronizing brew time, grind and temperature, this machine quickly and quietly produces a superior coffee in minutes.
- Special copper heating element keeps water temperature at 195°–205°F throughout brewing for optimum flavor and less bitterness.
- An innovative 9-hole spray arm disperses the water over the entire grind for a remarkably even soak prior to extraction.
- Copper lining along the spray arm keeps the water temperature consistent throughout the wetting stage.
- To ensure a precise coffee/water contact time, a cone-shaped brew basket funnels the grind to the perfect bed depth.
- Operation is simple – just fill the brew basket, add water and press the power switch.
- Manually operated drip-stop allows you to brew a half pot, a full pot or a full drip-stop for a quick cup before cycle completes.
- Insulated steel carafe keeps coffee hot.
- Perfectly synchronizing brew time, grind and temperature, this machine quickly and quietly produces a superior coffee in minutes.
- Dimensions & More Info
- 11" x 6 3/4" x 15" high.
- 40-fl.-oz-cap.
Additional Information
- Model number CDT.
- Thermal carafe includes a travel lid.
- Key parts are removable for cleaning to avoid oil and residue buildup, ensuring great-tasting coffee every time.
- Illuminated power button is easily seen in the dark.
- BPA-free components.
- This product is intended for use in the United States and Canada and is built to United States electrical standards.
- Made in the Netherlands.
- Use & Care
- For use with #4 paper filters.
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Orders received by 9:00 p.m. ET Monday through Thursday will arrive the next business day; orders placed Friday through Sunday will arrive on the following Tuesday.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by AJoW from Husband's favorite! I got this coffeee maker for my husband as a gift. One of our son's has one too that he tried. He loves it and feels the effort to grind coffee in the morning is worth the perfect cup. We had two Cuisinarts before but he was frustrated with inconsistent coffee temperature. Loves the Technivorm!Date published: 2017-01-17Rated 5 out of 5 by Sharbear from GREAT COFFEE EVERYTIME This is truly the best coffee maker. My husband makes coffee every morning and we love the consistent taste from this Moccamaster! We do grind the beans each morning and clean the coffee maker on a regular basis. Visitors always comment on what great coffee and want to know what type of coffee maker we have!! We have had this coffee maker for FIVE years. Purchasing another for the RV..Date published: 2016-12-02Rated 5 out of 5 by bythenumbers123 from Killer Coffee! We have had this model (very similar) for over 4 years and it always impresses our frinds and family. Makes great coffee - everytime. We use a burr grinder and good RO water. Amazing results that people talk about and remember. It is easy to use, not a ton of features but is clearly a design that works well and is reliable.Date published: 2015-12-03Rated 3 out of 5 by Ripda from Reservoir Cracked As soon as I put water in the reservoir, it leaked all over the counter. Upon closer inspection, there are two torx screws that secure the clear plastic reservoir to the stainless steel body. One of the screws was likely over-tightened & it cracked the plastic reservoir at the base. There was no sign of shipping damage. The damage to the reservoir from the over-tightened screw appears to be a manufacturing / production defect. I have purchased three other Moccamasters and have never had any issues. Reading other reviews it seems there was a problem with this run. WS made the exchange in no time and the replacement works just fine.Date published: 2015-11-01Rated 1 out of 5 by WSAR from Poor quality control As soon as I put water in the reservoir, it leaked all over the counter. Upon closer inspection, there are two torx screws that secure the clear plastic reservoir to the stainless steel body. One of the screws was likely over-tightened & it cracked the plastic reservoir at the base. There was no sign of shipping damage. The damage to the reservoir from the over-tightened screw appears to be a manufacturing / production defect. What prompted this review was the nice, color tag in the box that stated, "This is a handbuilt & individually tested Coffeemaker." Ha!...clearly not tested to make coffee. If anyone at TechniVorm put water in the reservoir, it would have leaked all over their production floor. WS was great about the exchange. We are going to give this another shot mainly because we have a WS gift card & need a coffee maker. Those with more product options make want to look at other coffee makers if this review is part of a larger pattern of defects/leaks.Date published: 2014-04-22Rated 1 out of 5 by Bocce from Leaked 1st time using Set-up 1st night I had it, woke up next morning ready to turn on, water had leaked all over counter from base of cylinder. Called cust care, we'll see how the replacement does.Date published: 2013-09-16Rated 5 out of 5 by crysten from A coffee maker for serious coffee drinkers Two things I would like to review about: 1. this coffee maker 2. purchasing it in the store After 14 years of use, I needed a new maker. 6 months of research later, I read this is the coffee maker for serious coffee drinkers. That's us! However, after months of research, I still hadn't experienced the smell that I longed to smell, the heat I expect to wrap my hands around before that first sip and the taste of the right cup of brew. I heard one can go to the store and try coffee makers, it's true and it's AWESOME. Going to the store solidified my decision and I learned how to improve my coffee making process for the best brew. I highly recommend this maker, it's brilliant, delicious and fast. Plus, it's simple, clean and easy to use - no bells and whistles, just really great coffee. Go to the store and experience the plethora of makers. No online experience or review can help you with that.Date published: 2013-06-22Rated 1 out of 5 by PearlieK from Poor design, poor company support I bought this coffee maker a while back with high expectations. There appears to be a design flaw in the filter adjuster that eventually causes the coffee maker to malfunction leaving you with a mess to clean up and to add insult to pricey injury, coffee grounds in your coffee. The company, rather than keeping their customers happy and replacing the part, sent me a list of places that carry the coffee maker ( none of which have the part) and an announcement they would soon have a website opening where I could BUY the replacement part. Works for them, not for me. Find another coffee maker!Date published: 2013-04-20
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But there is a very special section that will be off limits to these young lads…Belle's club. Seeing as how most of the basement is "man space", we felt it important to designate a special area just for the princess of the family. And here it is in all its pinkalicious glory.
Belle & I set to work painting the bland space from ceiling to floor the perfect shade of bubblegum pink. To achieve this, I simply mixed and matched paints I had on hand until we found the shade of pink that was princess, tutus & cotton candy all rolled up in one.
I held to my DIY resolution and with some ingenuity, the whole project turned out to be free…just repurposed what was already laying around the house (plus the borrowed quart of magenta paint--thanks YiaYia and Bopi).
After the "room" dried, I banished Belle upstairs as I prettied up the place. Mainly this is a safe space to keep American Girl dolls and all their tiny and tempting accessories. So I treated it as a walk-in dollhouse, designating a dining, kitchen, and dressing area.
The club also features its own gallery wall.
|Our family portrait Belle drew after Bear was born. I love how she drew the baby laying down:)
Along with a repurposed lampshade chandy and area rug.
Belle's reaction was worth every hour I spent crammed in the tiny closet. Love you baby!
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Since Windows sends everything, including text, graphically to the printer, it will not send out the code for bi-directional or draft printing when using the standard Windows driver. It does this to ensure the graphical letter quality text isn't mis-aligned by the print head printing both directions.
The printer prints in faster bi-directional mode in DOS because the data is not sent as graphics. It uses the internal fonts programmed in the printer.
Only the newer EPSON ESC/P2 scalable font printers can use the printer's internal scalable fonts or draft mode for faster printing. For earlier model printers, the only possible way to print faster under Windows, is to try using the generic text only printer driver supplied with the Microsoft Windows software, or by reducing the print resolution in Windows.
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Here's the premise behind the mobile app Cloak: Cloak will scrub the data of your "friends" using their Instagram and Foursquare information (remember, these are things they voluntarily give out) and display them on a map using your phone's GPS. Just like that, you can completely avoid them in real time as they update their information. There's a few problems, of course. Namely, you're only going to be able to avoid people that incessantly update their every move on social media - though to be fair that seems like the perfect kind of person to excise from your life forever.
Then there's another matter entirely, that this is actually kind of a dream program for stalkers. So, uh, double-edged sword I guess?
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Navy Yard employees are being released gradually after a shooting that left 13 dead, but many remained late into Monday evening.
This story has been updated.
The Transportation Department headquarters has lifted its lockdown after a shooting at the nearby Washington Navy Yard, according to an agency spokeswoman.
The department has two buildings just outside the Navy Yard, where authorities say 13 individuals were shot and killed Monday morning. The shooter -- identified by the FBI and the Defense Department as former Navy Aviation Electricians Mate 3rd Class Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old from Ft. Worth, Texas -- was among those killed. He reportedly was working for an IT subcontractor on a major technology project. The FBI is seeking information on another individual who may have been involved in the shooting.
Some employees on the Navy Yard have been released from their buildings and met family members in designated areas outside the base, though as of 8:30 p.m. about 2,000 civilians remained on base, according to The Washington Post. Vice Adm. Bill French, the head of all Navy installations, told the Post it could take several more hours until 11 p.m. or later to get everyone off the base.
Some employees were forced to leave without their cars, and Metro and the Uber taxi service are offering free rides home.
The Navy Yard will be closed Tuesday to all but essential personnel, as law enforcement personnel -- led by the FBI -- continue to investigate. A Transportation spokeswoman would not comment on the future status of the department's headquarters.
Several federal facilities deployed increased security measures Monday, including the Defense Department at the Pentagon; the Housing and Urban Development Department at its headquarters; the U.S. Postal Service at various post offices; and the Capitol Building, which also instituted a lockdown.
President Obama called for a "seamless response" in which local and federal authorities work together. Local police have coordinated with U.S. Park Police and the FBI, officials said.
In due time, Obama said, the nation will turn its attention to the federal employees who were victims of the shooting.
"We will honor their service to the nation they helped to make great," Obama said.
The organization that provides financial assistance to federal employees in need, including after tragedies, is poised to help federal workers and their families affected by the shooting. "We won't know exactly what our response will be until we know who the victims are, but it is likely we will try to offer help to the families of deceased or injured civilian feds," said Robyn Kehoe, director of field operations at the Federal Employees Education and Assistance Fund, by email.
J. David Cox Sr., president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said "our hearts and prayers go out to all of the employees and families affected by the shooting and to the police, emergency and rescue workers who bravely responded to the scene." The union represents hundreds of federal employees at the Navy Yard in Washington.
Kellie Lunney contributed to this report.


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Pigeons, Starlings & Sparrows
The most common roosting birds in cities and suburbs are pigeons, European Starlings and House Sparrows. All are highly adaptable, and very capable of finding shelter and roosting sites on and in buildings. They eat food from garbage cans and bird feeders, and in parks where people offer them handouts.
Wild pigeons
Pigeons, also known as Rock Pigeons, were introduced into North America in 1606. They nest under bridges, inside barns, and on building ledges, rafters, and beams. They lay eggs throughout the year and raise several broods of one or two young, who can fly about 35 days after hatching.
Rock Pigeons were the first birds domesticated by humans, raised for food and used later as message carriers. Wild, city pigeons are feral descendants of domesticated Rock Pigeons.
The European Starling was introduced in New York in 1890 and has since spread across the continent. In spring, the starling's plumage is black with iridescent tints of green and purple, and the bill is yellow. In winter, the bill is dark and the plumage is lighter and speckled.
Starlings often roost in large numbers, and during fall and winter they flock to and from their communal night roosts. They nest in cavities, including holes in freeway signposts, and they compete aggressively for nest holes in trees with native birds such as flickers and bluebirds.
Starlings raise two to three broods per season, each with four to six young who usually leave the nest 21 days after hatching. Known for their diverse vocalizations, starlings can imitate the sounds of other birds and animals.
House Sparrows
The House Sparrow was introduced to North America in the mid-19th century and now lives throughout the United States. The male has a brown back and wings, pale gray underparts, and a black bib. The female has a solid grayish-brown breast and no black markings.
House Sparrows always live close to humans, and are frequently seen in large flocks in city trees and hedges, or under the eaves of buildings, where they build their nests. They raise two or three broods during the spring and summer, each with three to seven young. The youngsters leave the nest at about 17 days after hatching.
Solving and preventing conflicts
Roosting birds, like pigeons, starlings and sparrows, rarely cause damage, but when they gather in large numbers their droppings can get messy and unsanitary. Habitat modification can keep birds out of areas where they are not welcome.
Bird-proofing with netting
Bird netting made of weather resistant material is available in a variety of sizes and is a versatile tool for bird-proofing. To prevent birds from roosting on window ledges, anchor the netting to the roofline, stretch it across the front of the building, and secure it at the bottom and sides.
You can overlap large panels of netting and hang them in front of a garage or other open door. Netting can also be used inside buildings to prevent perching on rafters and other horizontal surfaces.
Physical barriers
- To keep pigeons off flat surfaces, such as ledges, you can modify the surface. Make a false ledge by fastening wood, stone, or metal over the surface, angled, at least 60 degrees. The birds will slide off when they land.
- Use parallel lines of monofilament line or stainless steel wire to make a barrier. String the lines through eyelet screws a few inches above the roosting surface. Keep the lines taut by placing the eyelets no more than 18 inches apart.
- To prevent starlings and sparrows from nesting in buildings, seal holes under eaves and in outside walls and replace loose shingles and siding. If the birds have already nested and are caring for babies, wait until the young have fledged and left the nest, then remove all nesting materials and close openings.
- If you put up nesting boxes in your yard, choose ones with small openings that accommodate chickadees, nuthatches, and wrens. Boxes with holes larger than 1 inch in diameter fit starlings and sparrows, therefore you should avoid them if you do not want to attract these birds.
More information
- Call PAWS Wildlife Center at 425.412.4040
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Seattle Audubon's BirdWeb


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I just noticed that my profile on Programmers no longer shows my flag weight. Instead I see the number of helpful flags. At the same time, the definition for the Marshal badge has been changed to "500 helpful flags".
Does that mean there is no more flag weight? All that counts now is the number of helpful flags? Doesn't this also mean that there is no more penalty for declined flags?


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One of the great tragedies of the bicycle industry is that most of the best work being done in bicycles is presented to readers on crap paper. So, when I heard that someone was finally going to publish a coffee-table book on handbuilt bicycles I couldn't wait to see a copy. The book is published by images Publishing, which is known for its books on design and architecture and written by Australian cyclists Christine Elliott and David Jablonka.
Amazingly, Elliott and Jablonka uncovered builders I've never heard of, very fine builders who certainly deserved to be presented alongside the likes of Richard Sachs and Dario Pegroretti. Those discoveries are perhaps the book's greatest treat. But those discoveries come at a price. The authors profiled 39 builders, a mere fraction of the builders who appear annually at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, but given the realities of paper cost and the amount of time writers are typically afforded to work on a nonfiction title and you are quickly forced to make some hard decisions. The representation is refreshingly international. Represented are builders from the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy.
Those choices—whom to include and whom to leave out—seem almost random. Many of the builders included are must haves: Richard Sachs, Dario Pegoretti, Bruce Gordon and Alex Singer. No book on handmade frames would be complete without them. Pleasantly, there are some lesser known veterans who could have been easily overlooked but no less deserving of the attention; I'm thinking specifically of Andy Newlands of Strawberry and Dave Bohm of Bohemian. However, there are some glaring omissions. No Brian Baylis, no Peter Weigle. Independent Fabrication is included but no Seven or Serotta.
At 240 pages, the profiles range between four and eight pages depending on the number of photos used. And the text, though brief, does a serviceable job of giving an overview of the operation while leaving the majority of the space devoted to a builder for photography.
The photography is, unfortunately the most hit-or-miss aspect of the book, which I find utterly baffling. Hard bound coffee table books are about nothing such much as gorgeous photography. For a book like this, the author isn't so much the writer as it is the photographer. However, most of the photography is supplied by the builders, sometimes shot by the builders themselves, sometimes shot by a pro hired by the builder. That lack of continuity is frustrating and ultimately it gives some builders a much better presentation than others. In some cases—such as the lifestyle shots provided by Signal Cycles—the builder-supplied shots add a dimension to the portrait giving depth that might otherwise have taken, well, another 1000 words. Some builders included lots of shop shots, some none. The result is a quirky patchwork, but it does give each portrait a surprising individuality as a result.
That I find points to criticize in this book shouldn't lead you to think I don't like it. I love this book. I'm critical because this is a topic to which I've devoted great thought. And because some of the work contained within is very good, it's reasonable to hope for the same level of work throughout.
Simply put, for the fanatics, this is a must-have. Because it is hard bound the press-run was likely fairly short; if you want it, don't wait around to pick it up. And if this one sells well, maybe the publisher will decide to do a second volume and hit another 40 builders; lord knows there are plenty just as deserving.
The builders included:
Anderson Custom Bicycles
Baum Cycles
Bilenky Cycle Works
Black Sheep Bikes
Bob Brown Cycles
Bohemian Bicycles
Bruce Gordon Cycles
Calfee Design
Columbine Cycle Works
Crisp Titanium
Cycles Alex Singer
Davidson Handbuilt Bicycles
Don Walker cycles
GURU Bikes
Independent Fabrication
Ira Ryan Cycles
Jeff Jones Custom Bicycles
Keith Anderson Cycles
Kirk Frameworks
Kish Fabrication
Llewellyn Custom Bicycles
Luna Cycles
Marschall Framework
Naked Bicycles and Design
Richard Sachs Cycles
Roark Custom Titanium Bicycles
Robin Mather
Signal Cycles
Steve Potts Bicycles
Vanilla Bicycles
Vendetta Bicycles
Vicious Cycles
Wolfhound Cycles
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I know you can't cover everyone in a single book, but to not include Baylis seem remiss. I mean the guy worked for MASI back in the day, how much more ethos do you need?
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CHICO — A fire that is believed to have started underneath a bush spread quickly to a building adjacent to it at about 12:40 p.m. Tuesday at 3860 Morrow Lane.
Rebekah Casey, a GRID Alternatives employee, was sitting in her office when she noticed wind swirling in an uncommon fashion outside her window, she said. Soon after, she noticed a fire had started.
Casey ran outside to check, but by that time the fire had already spread.
Two other employees who were in the building were able to evacuate and called 9-1-1.
The flames were as high as the building, said Julie Dane, a GRID Alternatives employee. If Casey hadn't been in her office, it would have taken the windows breaking for the employees to notice.
Five engines from the Chico Fire Department and Cal Fire-Butte County responded to the incident and were able to knock back the flames quickly.
Firefighters are still investigating the cause of the fire, which is thought to have started outside, said Chico fire Division Chief Keith Carter.
Firefighters took chain saws to the roof and the south side of the building, but there was minimal damage done by the fire. Most of the damage was done by firefighters to make sure the blaze was completely out, Carter said.
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Fantastic Value Composite Doors Fitted in Harlow
You may think that doors are pretty standard elements of your home and that they have not changed too much in recent years. There is a lot to be said for the style of a traditional door but as with many things, there have been technological enhancements and improvements made with doors that allow homeowners to benefit from a broad range of features. Composite doors minimise flaws that are found from traditional or single material doors. If you want to find out more about the benefits that come from composite doors, get in touch with Southeast Windows and we will be more than happy to show you why these doors are an excellent choice for any home.
If you are looking for a door to be placed facing outwards of your home, there is a need for you to make sure that the door is able to withstand all of the different weather conditions. One of the best benefits of composite doors is that they are highly resistant to weather damage such as cracking, twisting or warping. This is not the case with traditional wooden doors, so opting for this style of door will provide you with peace of mind and comfort, no matter how bad or extreme the weather gets in Harlow.
Another great benefit of the durable nature of this style of door, and a tremendous reason why you should look to choose the finest composite doors in Harlow, is the fact that they do not need to be painted. Traditional wooden doors need to be treated every five years or so, but opting for composite doors ensures that you do not need to do this. Knowing that you are opting for a door that requires very little maintenance but can still stay in great shape is a tremendous comfort for many property owners.
One of the most important aspects for property owners in caring for their home is ensuring that their property is properly insulated. This is definitely something that composite doors can help with. These doors are injected with an additional layer of thermal insulation, traditionally in the form a foam core. This means that you can boost your home, save money on energy bills and help the environment, all of which are vital components to a happy and healthy home life.
Adding the right door to your property can make a massive difference and for the best composite doors, call on Southeast Windows.
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iFixIt and Wired got together to cajole people into tearing down their favorite Sony products. And while autopsies usually give me the creeps, I'll admit that seeing this hardware spread apart left me hot under the collar.
Among my favorites were the alarm clock, the CyberShot, the old-school Discman (I have one like it hiding in a drawer!), the PSP, and, of course, the Playstation 3.
Those are the Sony toys which got my attention, but you can check out the rest of the gadget porn over at Wired, and then maybe make some of your own. [Wired]


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Anthropologists Write For The Huffington Post
Have you read what AAA members are writing about on The Huffington Post? There are more than 40 AAA members who are contributing to the AAA Huffington Post blog throughout this year on a variety of anthropological topics. Here's a sample of what has already been written: Lifestyle Design: Parenting while Single (0) Comments | … Continue reading Anthropologists Write For The Huffington Post


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The essential Ta-Nehisi Coates
Bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates pulls no punches in his writings about race relations in America. This morning, he discusses the fine print with our Martha Teichner:
It's not all that often that a guy who writes about race can sell out a 3,000-seat theater … on a weeknight, especially. But Ta-Nehisi Coates routinely has fans — as many white as black — lined up around the block for tough talk some Americans might be uncomfortable hearing.
"If you are attempting to study American history and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America," he told an audience last month at the Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C.
Teichner asked Coates, "Who is your audience?"
"Well, first of all I'm talking to myself," he laughed. "Secondly, it's probably young African-American kids who came up like me."
"But whole bunches of white people buy your books in large numbers."
"Yeah, I know, and I don't know why it is!"
"Are you surprised?"
"Yes. I mean, I'm not surprised anymore, but initially I was very surprised."
His latest book, "We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy" by Ta-Nehisi Coates (One World), an expanded version of essays he wrote for The Atlantic since 2008, was an instant bestseller. His last, a letter to his son about the hazards of being a black male in America ("Between the World and Me"), spent 80 weeks on The New York Times list. It won the National Book Award in 2015, the same year Ta-Nehisi Coates received a so-called MacArthur "genius grant."
"To be black in the Baltimore of my youth was to be naked before the elements of the world, before all the guns, fists, knives, crack, rape, and disease. The nakedness is not an error, nor pathology. The nakedness is the correct and intended result of policy, the predictable upshot of people forced for centuries to live under fear."
Coates said, "I try to write in such a way that it makes people feel things. I don't want them to read what I'm writing and just say, 'I think that's right' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it."
Forty-two now, Coates grew up in Baltimore surrounded by violence … and books. His father, Paul Coates, a one-time Black Panther, published forgotten African-American writers in his basement, and worked for years as a research librarian at historically black Howard University, in Washington, D.C.
Author and essayist Ta-Nehisi Coates with correspondent Martha Teichner. CBS NEWS
Touring the university's library, where Ta-Nehisi would come as a child with his father, Paul Coates said, "Much of this collection is older than the university. It's older than 150 years; it goes back to the abolitionist period. I feel that energy when I enter this space.
"I wanted [Ta-Nehisi] to be connected to his community," Paul said. "I wanted him to give back and understand that he was not separate from his community, that his successes could only be the successes of his community, and that his community was actually his lifeblood."
Later, as a Howard student in the mid-'90s, Coates practically lived in this library. "You literally could go through that card catalog back there and in my recollection, it was almost anything I wanted to read written by a black author, I could just go get. I felt liberated in here."
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Howard, for him, was an awakening — less about his classes, more about self-education, experiencing a whole world in a small space: "You would meet students from Africa here, students from the Caribbean," he said.
Although he didn't graduate, it was at Howard that he began to write, and where he made friends with another student, Prince Jones, whose killing by police in 2000 as he drove to his fiance's home, galvanized Coates' rage, and made him the writer he is now.
"I had somebody who I knew, a living person whose life had value, and it was taken through no fault of his own," Coates said. "I write what I write in the way that I write it. I'm not being abstract, you know. I'm talking about something that, you know, is a part of my life."
A national correspondent for The Atlantic, his June 2014 cover story, "The Case for Reparations," was his controversial ticket to prominence. His argument: that the wealth gap ("For every nickel of wealth that the average black family has, a white family has a dollar") is the result of a long history of discriminatory housing policies, and must be redressed.
To Coates, "the very idea of uplift is the thing that is most threatening."
Suddenly, he was the nation's lightning rod on race.
An excerpt from the new book, published recently in The Atlantic, contends that Donald Trump couldn't have been elected had his predecessor not been Barack Obama.