text: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8380365 By Lisa Myers, Aram Roston and the NBC Investigative Unit NBC News Investigative Unit June 27, 2005 WASHINGTON - Christmas 2003 became a season of terror after the federal government raised the terror alert level from yellow to orange, grimly citing credible intelligence of another assault on the United States. "These credible sources," announced then-Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, "suggest the possibility of attacks against the homeland around the holiday season and beyond." For weeks, America was on edge as security operations went into high gear. Almost 30 international flights were canceled, inconveniencing passengers flying Air France, British Air, Continental and Aero Mexico. But senior U.S. officials now tell NBC News that the key piece of information that triggered the holiday alert was a bizarre CIA analysis, which turned out to be all wrong. CIA analysts mistakenly thought they'd discovered a mother lode of secret al-Qaida messages. They thought they had found secret messages on Al-Jazeera, the Arabic-language television news channel, hidden in the moving text at the bottom of the screen, known as the "crawl," where news headlines are summarized. "Steganography" suspected U.S. officials tell NBC News that CIA experts - technicians working for the Directorate of Science and Technology - thought they had found numbers embedded in the crawl signaling upcoming attacks; dates and flight numbers, and geographic coordinates for targets, including the White House, Seattle's Space Needle, even the tiny town of Tappahanock, Va. What the analysts thought they had found was something called "steganography" - messages hidden inside a video image. President Bush and Ridge were briefed on the Al-Jazeera analysis, U.S. intelligence sources say. In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Ridge defended the government's actions, although he called the intelligence analysis "bizarre, unique, unorthodox, unprecedented." [1] "Maybe that's very much the reason that you'd be worried about it, because you hadn't seen it before," recalls Ridge. He says the administration had to take the suspected terror messages seriously, although "speaking for myself I've got to admit to wondering whether or not it was credible." Was he himself skeptical? "Yeah, we weren't certain," says Ridge. "Still, in the context of everything else (intelligence chatter and a terror attack in Saudi Arabia), we could not set it aside and dismiss it as not credible." So the United States raised the alert level and canceled flights. Critics question evaluation of the evidence "I'm astonished," says author and intelligence expert Jim Bamford, "that they would put so much credibility in such a weak source of intelligence." Bamford says the CIA shouldn't be criticized for considering the theory, but that analysts should have weighed how implausible it was. "What you have to do is judge the intelligence versus what your actions are going to be. And this is the equivalent, basically, of looking at tea leaves," Bamford says. Intelligence sources say that even within the CIA, the analysis was a closely guarded secret. Still, they say, some top CIA officials who learned about it were skeptical. Top officials at the Directorate of Operations, which conducts clandestine operations, and others who worked at the CIA Counterterrorism Center, felt that the whole theory was implausible and was being taken far too seriously. As discredited as the CIA's interpretation now is, experts say steganography is a valid subject for CIA analysis, and could be used by terrorists to hide data in files on the Web, in still photographs or in broadcast television images. "Steganography," says professor Nasir Memon of Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, N.Y., "is the art, if you will, of secret writing. And when two parties want to talk to each other and not let anybody know they are indeed communicating, they would use steganography." Memon is an expert in "steganalysis" using sophisticated software to locate hidden messages. He says such analysis is valuable but not always reliable, because there are many "false positives." In general, he says, "it's not something I would bet the farm on because there is a significant chance that it could be wrong." TV networks commonly hide digital "watermarks" in their video broadcasts, a legitimate use of video encoding to pass along innocuous digital information. The CIA's Al-Jazeera analysis is classified, and it is still unclear exactly what the CIA technicians were looking for in the network's "crawl." Ridge stands by alert Regardless, Ridge told NBC News that the CIA analysis certainly did turn out to be wrong. He confirms there were no secret terror messages. He also says there was no evidence that terrorists were actively plotting against aviation at the time. But Ridge insisted it was not a mistake to raise the alert level or to cancel the flights. "I think it was the right thing to do," he said. Even if raising the alert level frightened a lot of people? "We acted accordingly based on our best information and best conclusions and the information that we had at the time," Ridge said. Ridge added that the faulty CIA analysis was a significant factor in raising the alert level, but not the only factor. As for the CIA, a spokeswoman would not confirm or deny this report, but said it's the "agency's job to run all plausible theories to the ground, especially when American lives could be at risk." Lisa Myers is NBC's senior investigative correspondent and Aram Roston is an NBC investigative producer. [1] http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8380328/


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: When someone is rigging something poorly, I've heard people say, "Well, you sure are an Afro Operator."
: There's another term along those lines.
In the previous comment, Lewis used the term 'Rednecks'. I've only ever heard this to be an American term. I assumed that this describes someone of a presumably lower intellect, perhaps from a lower socio-economic group. My partner disagrees saying that he thinks it refers more to an attitude, quoting when the 'rednecks' belted the proverbial out of the Easyriders. Although I'm not sure how that makes his view of rednecks different to mine.
So what exactly is a redneck? Is there a particular geographical area that they are confined to and how did this originate?
This sounds a bit like our term 'Westy'. In Melbourne and Sydney the western suburbs have traditionally been the working class suburbs. As a result, there's a certain 'attitude' that evolved from these areas, that has now generically been termed 'Westies'. Historically, Westies wore checked flannelette shirts, opened all the way to reveal dark blue singlets, and they wore ugg boots on their feet. That's changed now as you can spot a Westy even without that attire. They also speak and behave a certain way. As a result, because it's now an attitude rather than simply a location, a Westy can be found anywhere in Australia.
Is that similar to a Redneck?

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Why is it that religionists accept the concept of heaven without thinking it through to its logical conclusions? To them, that is what this world is all about. Live your life within the guidelines of morality, as dictated by a book that could not be more irrelevant to the modern world, so that you may enter the kingdom of heaven …. otherwise ye shall be condemned to the firey pits of hell. Oh yeah – it's for eternity, by the way. Eternity. As in forever and ever and ever and ever.
Maybe it's just me, but when you add that "eternity" caveat, doesn't that make both versions of the afterlife seem like nothing to look forward to? Of all the vacations that I have ever taken, and of all the vacations that I would like to take but can't afford to, I cannot imagine one that I wouldn't eventually be sick of. You could send me to my own private island in the most beautiful Caribbean waters on earth, with all the free amenities, servants, delicious food and drink that I can partake in – it may take a year, it may take 5 years, but eventually it will get old and I will want to get the hell out of there. Maybe I'm off a bit, and it would take 20 years to become painfully tired of such an environment – but what is 20 years in comparison to eternity? Maybe it will take 1,000 years to get sick of it, but again - what is 1,000 years in comparison to eternity?
There is virtually nothing that a billionaire cannot afford to buy, and consequently I imagine that not much of anything falls into the category of a luxury at that point. If heaven is a land of milk and honey where you are richly rewarded with anything you desire, what would you have a desire for that would last an eternity?
If hell is eternal, wouldn't you get used to that burning sensation pretty quickly? What is torture if you cannot eventually die from it? How do trillions of souls, who cannot die again, not stand up to one devil and change their environment? How does that devil manage to control all those souls and still find time to mess with mortals on earth?
If doing things like gambling, partying, having sex, cursing, telling lewd jokes, not going to church, working on a Sunday, etc. is what lands you in hell, and doing things like singing religious hymns, proselytizing, going to church, and living a quiet, sanitized life of utter mediocrity is what gets you into heaven, which kind of souls would you rather be surrounded by for ETERNITY? Once you get beyond the paradise surroundings, and you are sick to death of being waited on hand and foot, and tired of playing golf every single day with gold plated clubs and diamond tipped golf balls, and don't want to ever see another luxury item again – the only thing you will have left to suffer through eternity with will be the trillions of other souls who you are surrounded by. It sickens me to think of myself ever being that position.
Once you think it through, the fact is that the only just reward that a god could ever grant would be the opportunity to come back to earth, or some other non-eternal place, and do it all over again. If I can't have that, then leave me to disintegrate into the earth and become a part of whatever else happens to absorb me. The heaven concept sounds grand, but thanks to that eternity clause it will eventually be as maddening as hell.
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"Theists" and "thought" in the same sentence? You're kidding, right?
I have thought for quite some time, that the concept of heaven negates the argument for the necessity of evil. If there is only good, no evil in heaven, then evil is not a necessary thing. So a claim that evil exists on earth out of necessity, is wrong. If evil is a human invention, to get people to obey the rules set up by the religions, then it makes sense, and there is no heaven.
Since we bred with Neanderthals as well as some other likely offshoots on the tree of primates, we'd have their naked souls to contend with as well. LOL! We'd even meet Lucy and her ape descendants possibly way back to the lungfish they evolved from.
Yes, Heaven would be a real mess!
But only if those lungfish accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior! No dirty Musselman lung fish!
ROFL Humble, young people here would only think about Heaven if they could be Super Saiyans and meet Pikachu there. Pokemon Theology is more powerful here than Christian Theology and it appears it's the same in Japan. Pikachu has a bigger following here than Jesus Christ.
That's what I am putting my hopes in, G'Day. I would take a vague animism over Xianity any day.
Imagine lungfish trying to pray to a deity that resembles a human (man was made in his likeness), first site of God would only raise a thought of wtf, and inscribed stone tablets would mean nothing to it. Mabe God made us at the lungfish stage and God is really the likeness of a lungfish.
It gets worse when you try to think about where heaven is. Apparently most xians think it is "up there" somewhere. If there is no physical place indicated, what makes them think they will be happy "there". It makes my head spin thinking about it. Since we were born on earth to earthly delights and such, heaven would have to be like a perfect earth. Didn't "god" try that already? If he screwed it up so badly the first time, what makes them think he will do better the next time around?
Well Marcus, according to Genesis, there is a firmament above us that has all the stars stuck on it.
Maybe God used skyhooks to attach the stars or even velcro, kiddy paste, etc...
maybe they have trap doors that let our spaceships pass through and next time somebody wants to attempt to be the fastest man falling, instead of jumping from a balloon, they could cling to one of the sky hooks (where the stars are hung) and jump from there. ROFL!
Most theologians state that Genesis is Metaphorical. They are entirely wrong.
The creators of Genesis weren't clever enough to wax metaphorically, they were trying to state what they thought really happened. It's thus that they were so naive and delusional that they got it so incredibly WRONG!
Aye M8! :-D
My grandson, recently 15, has long said that heaven and hell are both totally unappealing. But think like the primitive people who invented them! Heaven means you won't be too hot or too cold, won't have fleas and bedbugs and mosquitoes nibbling on you, won't have to work long hours so you can barely stay alive. Add in harp music (why not?), streets of gold (sounds OK), wings (Neato!) and whatever else turns you on. Uh ... makes you happy. Sex in heaven? Missionary position with the same wife forever? They didn't have time to consider it very deeply. Hell was probably a projection of long hours in the sun raising crops, itching from chaff and bugs, 24/7 forever. Ask your righteous relatives to describe heaven for you, in detail. Then sit back.
Thankfully, we Adventists have Egg White, God's Wholly Profit, to fill in all the details for us! She had dozens of visions of heaven, sent straight from on high, to flesh out the details for us. Here is one of her first, where she conveniently names a few of the people she met there. I would say she got that trick from Dante, but I don't think she was clever enough to read him. When she did read, though, she usually liked what she found, and often copied it wholesale. Funny how Adventists forget how much of her inspired word from god is plagiarized.
That was interesting, HP - sounds like a nice place to visit, but I highly doubt I'd want to stay there for eternity.
"So it was the tree of life on either side of the river of life. Its branches bowed to the place where we stood, and the fruit was glorious; it looked like gold mixed with silver."
I would have been like "Dude, I dare you to go pick that fruit."
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Inventor-by-day, DJ-by-night Henry Strange's latest creation is a laser beam that is controlled by a Nintendo Wii Remote mounted in a white, plastic gun casing.
This is Henry's walk through. It does have a laser pointer, which probably could put someone's eye out or blind them or something horrible like that. But do not worry, Henry is a professional! To see it in action in his DJ set, click here.
Henry claims this as the first Wii-mote controlled laser. Sadly, it does not seem to go pew-pew.
Since its release, the Wii Remote has been hacked for various things. Back in 2007, a DJ used his Wii Remote to splice tracks.
Nintendo, however, does not approve, stating, "The Wii Remote was created to play on the Wii system only." But lasers!


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Putin orders military tests amid Ukraine tensions
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered massive exercises involving most military units in western Russia amid tensions in Ukraine.
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a televised statement made at a meeting of top military brass in Moscow that the exercise is intended to "checks the troops' readiness for action in crisis situations that threaten the nation's military security."
In remarks carried by Russian news agencies, Shoigu said that the manoeuvres involve some 150,000 troops, 880 tanks, 90 aircraft and 80 navy ships.
He said the exercise is unrelated to the developments in Ukraine, where tensions remain high following the toppling of Russia-backed President Viktor Yanukovych.
But Shoigu added that the exercise will be held near Russian borders, including the border with Ukraine. He also said, according to Russian news reports, that his ministry will take steps to strengthen security of the facilities of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, without elaborating.
The manoeuvres follow a series of war games Russia has held recently. In July, a military exercise in Siberia and the far eastern region involved 160,000 troops and about 5,000 tanks and other armoured vehicles along with the air force and the navy.
Shoigu said the manoeuvres will start Friday and will last four days. The exercise will involve ships of the Baltic and the Northern Fleets and the air force.
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- Brazilian Grand Prix
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Michael Schumacher said that he had memories of 2006 when an early race puncture struck at the start of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
When retiring for the first time in 2006, Schumacher was fighting Fernando Alonso for the world championship but suffered a puncture on the ninth lap which relegated him to 20th place. A similar problem struck Schumacher in today's race but he said he continued to believe he could salvage points from the situation as he recovered to seventh place.
"What an exciting and eventful Grand Prix!" Schumacher said. "Strangely enough, my last ever Formula One race began with a puncture which pushed me down the running order. But it's always been my philosophy to never give up - there's always a chance, you just have to keep going and seize it when it comes."
When asked for a message to his fans following his final race, Schumacher said the support he had received during his time at Mercedes was "incredible".
"It has been a beautiful time, lots of emotion, lots of good moments we shared; some tough moments we had to share, but most incredible in a way is that I felt a lot of support in these last three years which naturally have been the most difficult for me. But the fans have always been behind me and I'd like to say thank you to all of them."
Schumacher also passed on his congratulations to Sebastian Vettel for his third consecutive title.
"I'm very proud of Sebastian and really thrilled for him. As early as the first lap, I suddenly found him blocking the track facing the wrong way, but then the two of us both staged great comebacks in the race. His performance also showed that you just have to keep plugging away. Even under these difficult conditions, my final Formula One race was tremendous fun, and I would once again like to thank the team and all my fans for their support over the past years. I've enjoyed the time we've spent together very much indeed."


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Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2010
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The conference "Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2010 - communicating in IYA2009 legacy era" will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 15 to 19 March, 2010: http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/cap2010/index.html
Following the previous conferences in this series, it aims to answer the modern challenges in astronomy communication through a global perspective. A major theme of CAP2010 will be the outcome and legacy of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 and techniques for how to make public astronomical knowledge global and accessible to everyone across national, language, political, social and cultural borders and impairment limitations.
This conference builds on the astounding success of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009). It will bring together producers of astronomical information (research scientists), public information officers (connected with large observatories and space missions), and mediators (science reporters and writers, staff members from museums, planetariums). A major theme of CAP2010 is be the outcome of the IYA2009 activities, their evaluation and plans for future work. Furthermore, as this meeting will be held in South Africa, another major theme will be 'stimulating astronomical communication in the emerging world'.
Some of the key topics of CAP2010 are:
* Reports from IYA2009 National Nodes, Organisational Nodes, Cornerstone projects with an emphasis on the IYA2009 legacy
* Challenges and successes: Case studies from real life
* Crowdsourcing/Citizen science projects
* Communicating in the social networking/Web 2.0 mediascape:
* Audiovisual & multimedia communication incl. tools and techniques
* News ways to exploit and visualize astronomical data.
* Social impact and evaluation of astronomy communication
* Alternative ways of communicating
* EPO Clearinghouses: Portal to the Universe, COMpadre, etc.
* Evaluation and lessons for the future
Second announcement with info on fees, local events and a call for papers is planned for 24 August 2009. Note that there will not be sessions in parallel so the number of oral talks is limited.
It is planned that the Wednesday afternoon will be free for a "social event". Other events will likely be planned at the two weekends (possibly a visit to SALT: http://www.salt.ac.za). Please register your interest in this conference on the mailing list at: http://www.communicatingastronomy.org/cap2010/mailinglist.html
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Author Of UK's Terrorism Act Says It Was Never Meant For Situations Like David Miranda
from the too-late-now deptIn the US, we've had one of the key authors of the Patriot Act, Jim Sensenbrenner, speak out strongly, saying that the NSA interpretation of the law appears to be completely different than what was meant when the bill was written. It looks like something similar may be happening in the UK. Charles Falconer, who helped craft the UK's Terrorism Act, which was used to detain David Miranda and swipe all of his electronics, has now spoken out, saying that it was an illegal use of the Act he wrote.
...schedule 7 powers can only be used "for the purpose of determining" whether the detained person is a terrorist. The use of the power to detain and question someone who the examining officer knows is not a terrorist is plainly not for this purpose, so it would neither be within the spirit nor the letter of the law.He also hits back, pretty strongly, against the suggestion by some, including home secretary Theresa May, that the "terrorism" connection was that the content might fall into the hands of terrorists. But Falconer claims that this doesn't make any sense:
There is no suggestion that Miranda is a terrorist, or that his detention and questioning at Heathrow was for any other reason than his involvement in his partner Glenn Greenwald's reporting of the Edward Snowden story. The state has not even hinted there is a justification beyond that involvement.
It is important to understand the ramifications of May's justification. She is not suggesting there is an issue about whether Miranda is a terrorist – the only lawful basis on which his detention and questioning could be justified. Rather, she is suggesting that he was in possession of stolen material which could help terrorism, presumably by publication. There is a world of difference between the two.Using very loose, and obviously ridiculous, definitions to justify deplorable actions just don't seem like a good idea -- and yet the defenders of these programs continue to do so, seemingly forgetting that the people who put this stuff together in the first place, are still around.
Had schedule 7 been in force when Salman Rushdie was writing Satanic Verses, May's justification would have allowed his detention and questioning and the removal of his manuscript.
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You Didn't Give Up on the Violence Against Women Act!February 28, 2013
Can you believe it?! Only six weeks ago I wrote on AAUW's blog, "Don't Give Up on Reauthorizing VAWA." And you didn't!
This morning, the House of Representatives passed the AAUW-supported, bipartisan, Senate-passed Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) by a vote of 286-138. The House and Senate-passed bills will protect all victims, including Native American and immigrant women; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals; and students on college campuses.
AAUW's support of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act comes directly from our Public Policy Priorities, which advocates for "freedom from violence and fear of violence in homes, schools, workplaces, and communities." And we put those words into action.
Less than two years ago, at the 2011 AAUW National Convention here in Washington, D.C., we took Capitol Hill by storm. More than 600 AAUW members stopped by congressional offices to urge their senators and representatives to support the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act and improve campus safety. That bill is a part of the VAWA now passed by both the House and Senate.
After the convention, AAUW members began reaching out using our Action Network — sending messages to senators and representatives in every state, encouraging them to pass a Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act that protects all victims and helps students. We cheered last year when the Senate passed a strong, bipartisan bill and shook our heads when the House took up a problematic, AAUW-opposed version instead of the Senate-passed bill. The AAUW Action Fund's It's My Vote: I Will Be Heard get-out-the-vote campaign also spotlighted the issue this fall during the election. Finally, we got right back to work this January, with a new Congress and new hope that we could get VAWA reauthorization signed into law. Our Lobby Corps stopped by offices in the House and Senate, the Action Network once again geared up, and AAUW members in all 50 states wrote to and called their members of Congress. If not for our tireless action, the House would have never agreed to bring up the strong, Senate-passed bill today.
Read AAUW Director of Public Policy and Government Relations Lisa Maatz's statement on our Facebook page — and feel free to share. Finally, thank YOU for not giving up on this important bill!
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Early this morning, our first drive review told you how awesome the new 2010 Shelby GT500 is. There's only one problem: none of those compliments apply to the convertible.
Well that's not totally true. The 2010 Shelby GT500 Convertible does get the new 540 HP engine, but power was never a weakness with the GT500. Handling was. The new convertible carries over the suspension and steering of the 2007 Shelby GT500 Convertible.
Where the coupe gains larger, 19" wheels, firmer damping, stiffer springs, a smaller front anti-roll bar and a stiffened steering, the convertible doesn't and still floats with dangerous imprecision and, with the new AdvanceTrac stability control system off, still wants to spin and kill you. It also suffers from the usual convertible issues of scuttle shake and chassis flex thanks to the roof getting lopped off. It runs the smaller wheels in an attempt to mitigate the effect bumps have on stability. Basically, it's the old car with new styling and 40 more horsepower. And as you remember, the old GT500 was an exercise in praying to whatever god you may believe in that the car would hold on to the road if it hit even the slightest bump, gulley or pothole.
It costs more too. While the coupe starts at $48,175, the convertible is $53,075 (including destination and delivery). So while the new Shelby coupe's a better beast, be afraid of the drop-top. Be very afraid.


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Photograph awarded third place in the Clive Barda Photography Competition © ROH / Chelsie Fleming 2012
Molly Brown, a student from Grays, Essex beat strong competition to win first place in the Royal Opera House's Clive Barda Photography Contest.
In October, photography enthusiasts of all ages were invited to submit portraits of themselves or their friends in the grounds of the High House Production Park or the Bob and Tamar Manoukian Production Workshop where they could photograph the Royal Opera House Scenic Artists and craftspeople at work.
The winners have now been chosen. They are:
- First place: Molly Brown
- Second place: Robyn Brown
- Third place: Chelsie Fleming
- Fourth place: Jacquelyne Green
After being told she'd won, Molly, from Palmer's College in Essex told us: "After looking at Clive's images I felt inspired to make my model stand out from the surroundings. I did this by adding a single shot of colour to the theatrical outfit that she was wearing. I feel that the image worked well in the beautiful surroundings of the High House Production Park."
Her prize is the opportunity to spend a day shadowing renowned arts photographer, Clive Barda, as he shoots The Royal Opera's La bohème dress rehearsal. Molly said: "I was extremely surprised that I won such a prestigious competition, open to so many people. I am grateful to have been chosen and cannot wait to meet Clive and assist him. It's a great opportunity for someone who wants to pursue photography further, perhaps as a profession one day."
Each runner up won a signed Clive Barda exhibition catalogue.


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text: Crystal Morey Talks to the Unconventional Gakkin About Japan and Tattooing By Crystal Morey There are a million differences between the Kanto (Tokyo) region and the Kansai (Osaka/Kyoto) region of Japan. The ramen tastes different. They use different words and expressions. They stand on the opposite sides of the escalator. There are more tacoyaki (fried octopus fritters) shops down in Kansai than convenient stores. In Kansai people just forget to sleep. They go to work, then go out, then walk outside the club or karaoke bar at 5 a.m. and say, "Oops! It's daytime!" go home, take a shower and do it all over again. It's insane. Kansai is also home to some off the hook tattooers and is the birthplace of Japanese new school tattooing. 21st century wabori. Strongly influenced by manga, graffiti and graphic design these pioneers have taken Japanese tattooing a whole different direction and the results are incredible. One of my favorite shops in Kansai is Harizanmai in Kyoto - home of Gotch, the owner and Gakkin. These guys have been consistently putting out unique, mind-blowing tattoos for years now and their work continues to evolve. I snagged Gakkin this weekend for an interview... CM: How long have you been tattooing and did you do apprenticeship? Gakkin: 13 years, I started when I was 21 and of course I did apprenticeship, I worked so hard! Ha-ha. I moved here, to Kyoto about 5 years ago. I used to work at Chopstick Tattoo in Osaka. CM: Who did you apprentice under? How long was your apprenticeship? Gakkin: I started my apprenticeship at Chopstick. At that time, there were four tattoo artists there, so I was able learn a lot of things from each of them, I observed many kinds of tattoos. After a few months I became Gotch's apprentice exclusively. He was working at Chopstick before he opened Harizanmai in Kyoto. I learned not only the basics of tattooing and painting but how to clean and serve tea... ha! I was lucky, I finished my apprenticeship in just eight months. I was working 15 hours a day as an apprentice, and drawing six hours a day. Now I can say I was young... CM: Why did you want to become a tattooer? Gakkin: I was studying at a school of fashion design, but soon I found myself bored and stopped going. After school, I was in Chopstick everyday to get tattooed, I was so impressed that they were drawing on skin! It was just a natural thing for me to decide to become a tattooer, no special reason really... I just thought it was cool. CM: Who have you been tattooed by? Who would you like a tattoo from still? Gakkin: My first tattoo was by the owner of Chopstick, he's not tattooing anymore, and I've been tattooed by Ton (from Chopstick), but most of my tattoos are made by Gotch (his sempai at Harizanmai) I have a full body suit, I like his dynamic outlines. I'd like to get tattooed more, but have just small spaces left now. I hope to get tattooed from Genko, Esther Garcia (Butterfat Tattoo in Chicago) and Bunshin Horitoshi someday. CM: Your work is awesome. I definitely see Gotch's influence. You do mostly Japanese motifs... Is this what you like or is it what customers ask you for? What is your favorite imagery? Gakkin: Thank you, yes I really like to do Japanese imagery. I'm doing truly 21st-century Japanese works and it's exactly the style of tattooing I want to be involved in. It's not new, it's not old but it is a new approach to traditional Japanese themes. My clients give me good ideas, they know what I like to tattoo, and sometimes they leave the entire design up to me. Namakubi are one of my favorites and I like blood stuff too, and Shunga is so interesting to do. CM: Shunga is becoming very popular, even outside of Japan! What is the craziest tattoo you have ever done? Gakkin: Right! everyone likes pussy and dicks... and I'm one of them. Ha-ha! I finished two or three Shunga or rape back pieces, but I can say the tattoo of the blood with red ink in the ear was most scary... I tattooed the little deep part... Terrible... CM: Oh I saw that one!!! Insane!!!! Do you have any other crazy customer stories? Gakkin: A few years ago, my customer asked me to tattoo with just black on his nipples... He wanted me to just make them black. It was his first tattoo. Why? I have no idea! Some other guy brought his girlfriend's photo and wanted a tattoo of somebody raping her! I liked the idea... Oh one more... In Amsterdam I tattooed someone's tongue with just the outline of dick, I get a lot of requests for tattoos like that! CM: Dicks in strange places? Oh dear! Your Japanese tattoo work is not traditional... it is definitely progressive. Do you still feel it is important to follow wabori (traditional Japanese tattoo) rules? For example tigers should always go with bamboo, rabbits with the moon, maple leaves should not be in the same illustration as sakura, things like that? Do you still follow those rules or not? Gakkin: Yes, I know my work is not so traditional, and I do want to create a unique style, but I think it's important to keep some rules... Of course, I follow those traditions, you don't want to put momiji and sakura in same drawing! That's stupid! I can create unique tattoos and still follow these rules, for sure! CM: So you do believe the rules are important. I agree. Is there anything you would like to tattoo still? If you could do a backpiece completely of your own design, what would you make? What's the ultimate Gakkin piece? Gakkin: Now I do freehand work that fits the customers body. With large tattoos, especially on women I design the tattoo so that is compliments the body... it doesn't have to be solid, I like to keep skin space. If I can choose the design for a backpiece... I want to do huushiga!!! CM: What is huushiga? Gakkin: Political satire. About the fucking Japanese goverment. Huushiga is hard to explain. Kyosai used to draw a lot of huushiga for his generation and I want to do the same but aimed at Japan today. CM: Interesting. You have been traveling a lot lately for guest work and conventions? Where can people find you in 2012? Is there any place you want to go still? Gakkin: Yes. I've been traveling and working all over the world since 2005. I'm still working out 2012, but I know I will be in Brighton for guestwork and Chicago... and Melbourne and Vancouver! I'm looking for the place I can move someday. CM: You want to move out of Japan? Why? Gakkin: If it's possible. It's a dream... what do you think? What will Japanese tattoo business be like in 10 years? CM: People are poor right now but I think tattooing is steadily increasing in popularity here. More young people are getting fashion tattoos. More foreigners are traveling over here to get tattooed by authentic Japanese horishi, but it will never be like it is in America, Europe or Australia where tattoos aren't so shunned by mainstream society and good artists are booked out for months. You definitely will have a more prolific career in another country. Where do you want to go? Gakkin: You are right, I agree Japan will never be like foreign countries. Still I'm busy here now, I don't want to stress out about where I am going to be in 10 years. I just wanna do big pieces everyday and just work hard to create my own style and make tattoos I'm proud of. As far as places I want to move... Hmm, I like Brighton in England, Chicago in US, also Melbourne in Australia... but I'm still undeceided. Anywhere I can talk English or Japanese... Ha-ha. So if anybody is interested in having me work with them... let me know! Gakkin can be found at Harizanmai in Kyoto, Japan. (Crystal Morey works for Gomineko Books and is a contributing blogger for Tattoo Artist Magazine. For more info on Gomineko Books please visit their website: www.gominekobooks.com.) Related TAM Blog Posts: Crystal Morey Talks to Dan Sinnes About His Genital Genius Crystal Morey Talks Shop with Bunshin Horitoshi Crystal Morey Chats with Japanese Tattoo Master Horiren (VIDEO) Crystal Morey Talks to Japanese Artists About Their Country's Recent Disasters (VIDEO)


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News & Notes: Game 101
Saturday, July 23, 2011 (7:05 p.m.) – Coca-Cola Field
Radio: WWKB AM 1520, bisons.com
Buffalo Bisons (42-58, 5th(-15.0), North)
LHP Mark Cohoon (3-5, 6.29)
Pawtucket Red Sox (56-44, 2nd(-1.0), North)
RHP Brandon Duckworth (6-6, 4.06)
TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons host the Pawtucket Red Sox for the second game of a four-game series at Coca-Cola Field (7:05 p.m.). The PawSox struck first in the series with last night's 4-2 win. On Tuesday, the Bisons will continue their homestand with a four-game series against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Buffalo is 25-26 at home this season.
VS. THE RED SOX: The Bisons are just 2-7 against the Red Sox this season. Pawtucket has won five straight against the Herd including two-game sweeps in Pawtucket, April 16-17 and July 9-10. The teams split a four-game set at Coca-Cola Field, April 9-12.
ON THE BUMP: LHP MARK COHOON makes his 10th start with the Bisons tonight. The Triple-A rookie is coming off back-to-back seven-strikeout performances. On Sunday in Rochester, the southpaw allowed just four runs on six hits in seven innings of work in his third career Triple-A win. In his last two starts at home, Cohoon is 1-0 with a 3.27ERA in 11.0 innings pitched.
Mr. VP: INF VALENTINO PASCUCCI has 16RBI in just nine games since the break. The slugger now has 66RBI on the season, the most a Bisons hitter has knocked in since OF Ryan Mulhern drove in 76 during the entire 2007 season. With 66RBI in 100 games, Pascucci is on pace for 95RBI this year. Only three Herd batters in the modern era have driven in 100 in a season (Alex Ramirez: 103 in 1998, Brian Dorsett: 102 in 1992, Ernie Young: 100 in 2004).
OLD FORM: OF JESUS FELICIANO is 12 for his last 25 at the plate, good for a .480 average. In the last six games, the veteran has raised his average 19 points to a team-high .288. His 345 career hits in 301 career games with the Bisons are 6th-most in the Modern Era. His overall .314 (345-1,098) batting average is second to only OF Dave Clark's .327 career mark.
BISONS BITS: INF LUIS HENANDEZ has homered in back-to-back games and now has 50RBI on the season…Bisons pitchers struck out a season-high 15 batters in last night's loss…INF VALENTINO PASCUCCI leads the IL with 55 walks and is tied for first with Charlotte's Stefan Gartrell with 66RBI.
METS UPDATE: The Mets (50-49) picked up the 7-6 victory over the Marlins in South Florida last night. INF DAVID WRIGHT had a pair of RBI-doubles in his return to the lineup. To make roster room for him, the Mets designated INF NICK EVANS for assignment. The Mets take on the Marlins again tonight at 7:10 p.m.


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Little Wishes, Big Dreams
Maybe your mama don't dance, but (and with apologies to Loggins and Messina) Madi Overstreet's daddy sure can rock and roll.
Bear with me for a sec while I explain.
Jack Overstreet chaired Little Wishes, Big Dreams — the 2009 Children's Hospital Gala — with his wife, Darci, and the chance to sing a number with headliners Loggins and Messina was one of the items up for grabs in the live auction.
Overstreet, we should point out, is no stranger to the spotlight. In fact, one of the last times we saw him, he was on stage at the DCPA last spring, dressed like a vintage hair band rocker, playing guitar and lip synching along with a half-dozen others who'd paid to "perform" with some real rock-n-rollers at Saturday Night Alive.
All of which is to say he was probably right at home this past Saturday night when two of his buddies, Ben Doud and Roger Hutson, placed the $6,000 winning bid for the Loggins and Messina gig and said they'd only pay up if Overstreet was the one to sing.
The song? One of the duo's greatest hits, "Mama Don't Dance."
Hutson was a co-chair of the gala's corporate committee, serving with Christie and Walter Isenberg and Kelly and Michael Kennedy. Doud, president of Doud BTS, and his wife, Marilee, also were high bidders ($41,000) on the live auction's centerpiece item, a 2010 Lexus HS25oh, donated by Kuni Lexus.
And, as they've done at many a previous Gala auction, they donated the vehicle they had purchased back to the cause. It was re-sold for the same amount to Eric and Laura Marsh, adding a grand total of $82,000 to the party's bottom line.
Hutson, like Doud, is one of Overstreet's closest friends. He's the president/CEO of HRM Resources, a privately held firm focusing on the acquisition, operation and development of oil and gas assets. He's also vice chair of the Colorado School of Mines board.
One for the record books
With 1,400 guests and gross revenues of $2 million, Little Wishes, Big Dreams is the most successful of the 32 Children's Hospital Galas held to date. It opened, at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center, with the traditional two-hour cocktail party that included silent auction bidding and a seafood buffet.
Early arrivals being greeted by hospital president Jim Shmerling and Steve Winesett, the hospital foundation's chief executive, included Gov. Bill and Jeannie Ritter, Mayor John Hickenlooper and Helen Thorpe, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, emcees Molly Hughes and Jodi Brooks from CBS4, and representatives from such prominent gala "partners" as Kuni Lexus, Hyde Park Jewelers, Neiman Marcus, American Airlines, Comcast, Crothall Services Group, First Data, MDC/Richmond American Homes Foundation, Frasca Food and Wine, and Sage Hospitality.
As guests made their way from the hotel lobby to the ballrooms, they passed a receiving line made up of the 2009 Children's Hospital Ambassadors: Alberto Robledo-Araujo, Michelle Gaffney, Benjamin Patterson, Lars Skoric, Rose Vu and Tanner Waterman.
The youngsters range in age from 7 to 14 and are current or former patients at The Children's Hospital.
Gaffney, of Boulder, underwent four surgeries to correct the severe scoliosis that was diagnosed in 2006; today, she is principal pianist with the Boulder Youth Symphony and has begun Comfy Kids, a project that makes pillows from donated supplies (130 to date) for other young patients at Children's.
Eleven-year-old Robledo-Araujo, of Arvada, suffered second and third degree burns on 60 percent of his body when a fire occurred while he was playing at a friend's house in June, 2008. He remained in intensive care at Children's for eight days, and over the course of the next month and a half, underwent eight surgeries that included skin grafting and scar revisions. Today, he's a healthy, happy child enjoying baseball and swimming.
Their stories, and hundreds of others like them, play a key role in the Overstreets' involvement with Children's.
"Darci and I are the proud parents of four healthy children, and for that we are blessed," Jack notes. But, "We know it's not enough to thank our lucky stars. There is much more to be done to ensure that every child has a chance of growing up healthy."
This is where it gets exciting
For dinner, the guests made their way to the hotel's primary ballroom for dinner, the live auction and show.
Decor was by BJ Dyer and Guenther Vogt of Bouquets. And, no, they didn't just show up and plop a few flowers in a vase.
Let Guenther tell you more:
"The planning for this event started early in the year. The theme, Little Wishes, Big Dreams, and the colors, blue, white and a hint of gold, were selected early on. The event graphics with a little girl blowing
dandelion fuzz sparked the concept for table and room décor. White, hand-tied agapanthus (dandelion-like) above a cloud of white hydrangea illuminated by star shaped LED pin lights atop storm navy blue linens. Simple, elegant and thematic.
"Sometime in June, BJ and I finalized decor planning with the committee and were off to order linens, LED lights and flowers for one of Denver's largest events that typically requires hundreds, and sometimes
thousands, of items to create.
"Finding 140 of the same 'never before seen in Denver' table cloths, and 1,500 chair covers, sashes and napkins is always a challenge. Given this economy, our normal sources snubbed us and would not increase their inventory to manufacture additional quantities to suit our requirements. After several
weeks of research and phone calls, in mid-June, BJ finally found a linen company in New Jersey that agreed to manufacture the extra chair covers needed. So, about 60% of the chair covers in the ballroom Saturday night had never been sat on before.
"Then in July, our LED light vendor told us that the pin lights, manufactured in China, were not going to be available because 2009 holiday orders were down and therefore production of this new
item was being canceled. BJ and I again scrambled to find a substitute product. The result is the battery powered, star LED pin light that we eventually used. By July, there were a only few hundred prototypes (of the lights) in the U.S., but we found most of them, and bought every case available.
ional 24 units for insurance.
"Then came the scariest news. Our order, placed in June for the white agapanthus that the décor committee coveted, was not going to materialize because our Mexican growers were experiencing a bulb fungus and their crops were to be quarantined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The growers stopped production! The only other commercial producers of white agapanthus at this time of the year are
in Holland and Ecuador. Our need was 1,400 stems. Holland could only guarantee 200 stems and Ecuador another 800 to 1,000. We prepaid the orders two weeks ago to lock in the product for us and kept our fingers crossed. They were to arrive on Tuesday but were delayed in customs for another two days. We
celebrated when they arrived Friday morning in good shape and in full bloom.
"Little did they know, but the gala attendees had the privilege to enjoy the world's entire crop of commercially available white agapanthus!
"The irony of it all is that BJ and I were in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a week prior and saw white agapanthus just starting to bloom in private and public gardens. We were so tempted to cut everything we saw and ship the flowers back to Denver, knowing, of course, that would be impossible."
That, Guenther adds, is "What makes our job so exciting. It would have been easy to tell the committee: 'I'm sorry, but it's just not available.' But when it's for Children's Hospital — the children, our future — we were determined to make it work, no matter what."
Who all was there?
Lots and lots of folks from the health care community, including Dr. Joan Bothner, the chief medical officer at Children's; Dr. Morrie Ziegler, the hospital's retired surgeon-in-chief; Dr. Michael Salem, president and chief executive officer at National Jewish Health; Dr. M. Roy Wilson, chancellor of the University of Colorado Denver, and his wife, Suzanne Arkle Wilson; pediatric cardiologist Michael Schaffer and his wife, Lyn; Dr. Jody Mathie and her husband, John Hoffman; Dr. Dean Prina; Dr. Andy Sirotnak, who also is interim director of the Kempe Children's Foundation; Dr. Gregory Buford; and dentist Gene Bloom with wife Felicia Diamond.
Ellen Stewart, the hospital's general counsel and a member of the gala's corporate committee, mixed and mingled with such friends as Ron Berge and Chris Forkner, the chief operating officer and chief financial officer, respectively, of National Jewish Health; Ann King, a health care partner with the BKD accounting firm, and her friend, Roger White; and Craig Ponzio, chairman of the Children's Hospital board.
Other board members (both hospital and foundation) that we saw included vice chair Cathey Finlon, treasurer Ann Sperling, Peter Culshaw, Russ Dispense, Joy Johnson, Don Kortz, Marcy Benson, Molly Broeren, Candy Ergen, Don Elliman, Tom Honig, Joe Wagner, Cy Harvey, Phil Doty, Steve Farber, Manuel Martinez, Nancy Gary and Ron Williams.
Sandy Wolf was there with Jesse Ogas, and were joined by Ogas' boss at ARC Thrift-Colorado, Lloyd Lewis, and his girlfriend, Mi Casa board member Tess Solano. Ogas and Wolf also plan to attend the Opera Colorado Gala on Nov. 20.
Dick Robinson was receiving happy birthday wishes — he just turned 80 — while Layne Hunt and Craig Fleishman shared the happy news that they'll be chairing the 2010 I.CON Awards Gala.
Other familiar faces in the crowd: former Colorado Rockies skipper Clint and Karla Hurdle; retired Public Service Co. chief Del Hock and his wife, Millie; Lary and Lori Weintraub; FSN Rocky Mountain chief Tim Griggs and his wife, Jackie; Bill Mosher; Paul and MJ Powers; Blair and Kristin Richardson; Tom and Michelle Whitten; Josh Hanfling with Amy Venturi; Howard and Susan Noble; Barry and Arlene Hirschfeld; Evan and Evi Makovsky; Jeff and Shellie Munn; Linda Goto; Shery McDonald-Galbreath; John and Martha Gart; banker Vance Wagner; auctioneer Gary Corbett; and newlyweds Andy and Leslie Heins. She was wearing a vintage, pink Oscar de la Renta gown borrowed from her mother, breast cancer survivor and Day of Caring founder Sue Miller.
Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or email@example.com


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SOTU tech talk may fall on deaf ears
Pledges to boost federal research, attract highly skilled foreign workers and upgrade the country's infrastructure could figure heavily into the president's State of the Union address on Tuesday.
What happens to those plans on Capitol Hill, though, is another matter.
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The bold tech ideas articulated by President Barack Obama in speeches past have triggered some rough political battles between both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue — and it may be the same in 2013. It's a familiar problem for this White House, which has experienced only mixed success translating previous State of the Union platforms into policies.
For instance, the White House's oft-stated desire to breathe new life into federal research and development may face new strangulation under the cloud of austerity that's suffocating Washington. A push in last year's address to fortify the nation's digital defenses against cyberattacks soon faltered on Capitol Hill, and this year could prove just as daunting. And Obama's familiar calls for high-skilled immigration reform remain wed to a broader debate over foreign citizens that could quickly falter in Congress.
For now, there's a vague sense the president on Tuesday still plans to offer glancing mention of top issues in technology policy — a big boost to his longtime Silicon Valley backers. Administration sources have suggested this week the State of the Union will be an aggressive play, one that emphasizes economic recovery and the importance of innovation to future growth. The White House did not comment for this story.
The speech, moreover, comes just as the Obama administration is readying an executive order meant to safeguard power plants, water systems and other forms of critical infrastructure from crippling cyberattacks. Sources told POLITICO they expect the White House to issue the order Wednesday. Spokesman Jay Carney declined to comment at his press briefing Monday as to whether Obama will mention cybersecurity Tuesday night.
As the president finalizes his speech, though, the administration still faces the beginning of what might be another round of tough skirmishes with Congress over tech policy.
It's been years, for instance, since Obama first touted high-skilled immigration reform in one of his yearly addresses — and it certainly figures the issue is going to return Tuesday. However, the president's pledges haven't budged a Congress long wracked by complex immigration politics, even though tech insiders say 2013 is different.
"My perception is that the political incentives and the political environment around immigration reform is different now than it has been in some time," said Brian Toohey, president and CEO of the Semiconductor Industry Association, when asked what might make this year's mention any different. "The problem with high-skilled immigration has not been that people don't agree … it's been unable to move without a larger, more comprehensive reform bill going forward."


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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Colin Kaepernick ran for 181 yards and fired two TD passes Saturday in San Francisco's 45-31 defeat of Green Bay in an NFC divisional round playoff game.
Kaepernick's rushing total was a record for a quarterback in a single NFL game, smashing Michael Vick's former mark of 173 set in 2002.
The Wisconsin native scored twice on the ground and completed 17-of-31 passes for 263 yards with a pair of touchdown tosses to Michael Crabtree as the 49ers reached the NFC Championship Game for a second straight year.
Crabtree finished nine receptions for 119 yards for second-seeded San Francisco, which now goes on to face the winner of Sunday's divisional round game between Atlanta and Seattle.
The Packers got a 26-of-39, 257-yard performance from Aaron Rodgers, but it wasn't enough as the NFC North champions were eliminated from the post-season.
Rodgers tossed for a pair of scores and intercepted once in the loss.


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The Spring/Summer 2014 season marks the ten year anniversary of Jeremy Scott's collaboration with adidas Originals, and this time the designer has taken inspiration from the streets of London. Using a pearl embroidery tradition which was popular in the 1970s, the collection features pearl buttons hand-stitched onto heavyweight jackets and tracksuit bottoms. In keeping with the English theme, Union Jacks have been incorporated into the collection, with the designer even making a guest appearance with a Union Jack painted face on a graphic-print T-shirt. Other recurring motifs include a winged dollar sign, floral and leopard prints, all of which are updated for the upcoming season.
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I've mainly encountered the term "Commonwealth English" in The Jargon File. However, Wiktionary says the term is fairly rare. Are there more accepted terms?
Ones that I'm aware of include:
- British English (as used by EL&U itself!). I don't view this term as ideal, as I'm referring to differences between English in commonwealth countries and the USA, rather than differences between Australia and the UK, for example.
- Queen's English. Not ideal, because it also suggests a very refined, as opposed to colloquial, form of English.
I'm aware that American English isn't just spoken in the USA, but maybe I don't mind that term as much, as I think those countries are often ones where it's spoken as a second language, such as Japan.