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Paleontology in the News
Paleontology and the Media
Paleontology as covered in the news media continues to be a contentious issue. Because the field is so diverse, discoveries are not necessarily well-publicized, quotes from scientists are often shortened for space, and sometimes news reports do not accurately reflect the science behind the story. Also, what may be fascinating to the public (i.e. "The Largest Dinosaur Ever"), may not be as interesting to scientists, and some scientifically fascinating discoveries may not captivate the public imagination.
This page provides links to current news reports and a sampling of contemporary important paleontological discoveries and issues. Because paleontology is a twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week scientific enterprise, and the rate of finds in its numerous fields is almost constant this collection only provides a small insight into the world of paleontology. The links provided can help anyone to continue his or her own search.
When Discoveries Make History in Science and the News:
Tyrannosaurus Gender and Soft Tissues.
In 2005, Dr. Mary Schweitzer announced two groundbreaking discoveries in dinosaur paleontology. One was the identification of the gender of a dinosaur based on the bone tissue from its femur. The other was the discovery of soft-tissue preservation of blood vessel-like structures within the same individual. Perhaps even more important was that these finds were made in the a heavily studied dinosaur species, Tyrannosaurus rex.
- Listen to the NPR story Soft Tissues Recovered from Ancient Dinosaur on Dr. Schweitzer's T. rex soft tissue research.
- Read the BBC News story Experts tell Mr. from Mrs. dinosaur about Dr. Schweitzer's the T. rex gender research.
Dr. Schweitzer's early research into preservation of soft tissue components began as a graduate student at Montana State University in the 1990's. She investigated hypothesized red blood cells in another Tyrannosaurus rex specimen which turned up evidence of the iron heme compounds that allow for red blood cells to carry oxygen.
- For more information, read the full report Heme compounds in dinosaur trabecular bone.
More recently, Dr. Schweitzer has been researching the nature of molecular and soft-tissue preservation in dinosaurs and some early bird material.
- Read Dr. Schweitzer's article on the future of molecular paleontology.
For more information on Dr. Schweitzer and her publications, visit her faculty web page at North Carolina State University.
Hot Stories from Recent Discoveries
The following stories feature a selection of sensational finds that have been covered in the media.
Feathered Dinosaurs from China
The discovery of hundreds of feathered dinosaurs in China in the 1990's was so phenomenal that it lead to an international traveling exhibit. These advance meat-eating dinosaurs like Caudipteryx and primitive birds like Confuciusornis became incredibly popular because they represented the closest link between dinosaurs and birds since the feathered dinosaur Archaeopteryx was found in the mid-1800's in Germany.
- The feathered dinosaurs of Liaoning - BBC article
- International Research Team Announces Discovery Of Two Species Of Feathered Dinosaurs - Science Daily News article
- 'Four-Winged Dinosaurs Found in China, Experts Announce' - National Geographic article
- Winged Dino - Listen to this NPR news story
- First Dinosaur Found With Its Body Covering Intact; Displays Primitive Feathers from Head to Tail - press release from the American Museum of Natural History
Transitions from the Sea to Land
In early 2006, scientists announced the discovery of the transitional fish fossil Tiktaalik found in the Canadian Arctic. Major evolutionary transitions, such as the transition from sea to land, are the constant focus of scientific study in such fields as the evolution of development, but seldom do scientists find fossils to work with like Tiktaalik, in part because of the scarcity of the fossil record from this time.
- Fossil Suggests Missing Link From Fish to Land - listen to this NPR news story
- First fossil of fish that crawled onto land discovered - New Scientist article
- Our Cousin The Fishapod - Time magazine article
- Tetrapod Limbs - PBS site about tetrapod evolution
- Tetrapods: Fossil Record - This website provides a more scientific look at early tetrapod evolution.
Human Evolution
Paleoanthropology is an important branch of paleontology, and although finds occur less frequently, when new species of hominid are found it is a very important event. In 2005, scientists discovered Homo floresiensis, a diminutive species of hominid related to Homo erectus.
- 'Hobbit' Fossil Stirs Controversy - listen to this NPR news story
- 'Hobbit' joins human family tree - BBC article
- Skulduggery - Economist article
The Origins of Life
The origin of life continues to fascinate scientists, philosophers, the media and the public. Discoveries in this field are continuous, but do not always receive a large part of the media spotlight. Studying origins is difficult, because the fossils from the first half of the Earth's history are often scarce, and sometimes highly altered by fossilization. But discoveries like early eukaryotic cells, and multicellular embryos continue to astound, and with better technology, more are likely in the future.
- Listen to a PBS How Did Life Begin? - listen to this PBS Nova interview of Dr. Andrew Knoll of Harvard University
- Read a New Scientist Ponds, not oceans, the cradle of life - New Scientist article
- How Old Is That Rock, Anyway? - Wired article on cellular microfossils
Fossil Rights
The topic of collecting rights of vertebrate fossils will probably always be a very important issue. On the one hand, fossils are eroding out of formations all over the world, and only a small number of paleontologists are available to excavate them leading many to advocate allowing the public to collect anything exposed at the surface. On the other hand, numerous commercial collectors have excavated these finds, selling them to private individuals or hobbiests at online auction houses, thereby trading away any information about the past that could have been gained in scientific study. Their key issue is information. Many commercial collectors and amateurs have collected hasty excavations in which the crucial information, the location of the animal in the rocks, its anatomical position, level of disintegration and relationships to other flora and fauna, were never recorded. Several dinosaur excavations have already led to subsequent legal battles.
- Tyrannosaurus Sue - listen to this NPR news story about the acquisition of Tyrannosaurus Sue by the Chicago Field Museum.
- Report on the Assessment of Vertebrate Paleontological Collections, Burke Museum of Natural History, University of Washington - report concerning the scandal at the Burke Museum at the University of Washington
- The Case of "Big Al" the Allosaurus: A Study of Paleodetective Partnerships - article on the discovery of the famous Allosaurus


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- Protect the wild places of the world from destruction and overuse. Oppose the rampant spread of cities and empires.
- Hunt aberrant monsters and other abominations of nature.
- Do not fear or condemn the savagery of nature. Live in harmony with the wild.
Melora is sometimes worshiped outside of the Dawn War Pantheon as Gaia the Earth-Mother.

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A SOUTH Essex businessman accused of bribing the Prime Minister of St Vincent in order to gain citizenship has vehmently denied the claims.
Dave Ames, 60, of Brock Hill, Wickford, hit out at accusations he had offered PM Dr Ralph Gonsalves a "suitcase of money" in return for citizenship in the country where his firm is developing a luxury resort.
Mr Ames issued the strongly worded statement yesterday in his role as boss of Harliquin Property, based in Honywood Road, Basildon.
Mr Ames, who has been granted St Vincent citizenship, has faced accusations in the Caribbean and at home about the firm, which has sold 6,000 off-plan holiday homes and villas since 2005, but has only built 300. This includes homes at Buccament Bay in St Vincent.
Some investors are worried whether their homes will ever be built and if they will be able to get their money back.
Mr Ames, who's firm has taken an estimated £300million in deposits, hit out after learning the BBC has picked up on Echo coverage of Harlequin and sent reporters to the Caribbean.
The statement said: "The BBC has accused the Prime Minister of St Vincent Dr Ralph Gonsalves of accepting from me a suitcase of money in order to receive my citizenship. This is an outrageous lie.
"Sam Commissiong, my solicitor in St Vincent, has attended each and every meeting I have had with the Prime Minister and will confirm the allegation is completely false."
Mr Gonsalves has visited Buccament Bay to meet Mr Ames on a number of occasions, and last summer pledged his support to the resort due to its importance to the local economy.
He also held a summit for Caribbean prime ministers there last year when he praised the resort.
Mr Gonsalves also defended Harlequin when opposition leader Arhnim Eustace raised questions about it paying staff on time last July. The statement from Mr Ames added: "Harlequin remains strong and continues to fight those who


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D'Antoni Expected to Hire Defensive Assistant
In the wake of the Donnie Walsh disaster, word has been reported that Mike D'Antoni will finally hire a defensive assistant as has been suggested by the Knicks front office. This is significant because D'Antoni had a falling out in Phoenix when he dismissed GM Steve Kerr's request that he hire current Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau. Widely criticized by the media and Knick fans for the lack of defensive prowess in his coaching style, D'Antoni is trying to prove to Knicks hierarchy (Dolan and his secret lover) that he's the right man for this job. I applaud D'Antoni's ability to adjust his coaching style to fit the players that he has. Last season after trading for Carmelo Anthony, the "seven seconds or less" offense was all but scratched as most possessions down the court became half court sets that usually resulted in isolation basketball. This move shows D'Antoni's intelligence. He realizes that this is going to be the best chance he'll get to win championships and he needs to put his ego aside and admit he needs help coaching defense. Also it shows that he's potentially panicked about his job security and is more likely to listen to the front office in hopes of securing his job moving forward. The only name I've heard so far is Lawrence Frank, who spent time around the team in the offseason, but he may be hired as the head coach in Toronto. I'll keep posting as names come out but I believe it's a very positive sign that D'Antoni is looking to hire an assistant.
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Stults, Padres hand Giants third straight loss
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres' rotation is living up to expectations.
Eric Stults and three relievers combined on a four-hitter and Everth Cabrera hit a go-ahead triple to lead the Padres to a 3-1 victory against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.
The Padres have the chance to sweep the series on Sunday, a week after taking two of three from the Detroit Tigers.
"From the start, us as a starting five, we felt like we could match up with anybody in baseball," Stults said. "We felt pretty good about things."
San Diego has won seven of 10, thanks mostly to the rotation.
"Right now we're in a nice run of starting pitching," manager Bud Black said. "There's been some solid work by our starters. Starting pitching is so important to a team's success. They're doing their part."
The Giants lost their third straight game. It was the first time in nine games the Giants weren't involved in a one-run decision.
Stults (1-2) kept the already struggling Giants off balance and largely off the base paths, allowing one run and three hits in six innings, with two strikeouts and no walks.
Michael Morse homered off Stults on a 2-0 pitch leading off the fifth, his third. Other than that, all the Giants got off the lefty were singles by Joaquin Arias and starter Tim Hudson.
Stults was backed by some nice defense, including center fielder Alexi Amarista's diving catch of Hunter Pence's blooper for the second out of the first inning.
"I was able to keep my pitch count down, and I think it was just getting strike one," Stults said. "They're a pretty aggressive team and I had a hunch they would be swinging early. I was able to execute some pitches down in the zone. I was able to stay away from the heart of the plate."
Stults had thrown only 85 pitches and wanted to go back out for the seventh inning, but Black chose to send out Nick Vincent, who struck out Buster Posey, Morse and Pablo Sandoval.
Joaquin Benoit pitched the ninth for his first save.
The Giants have scored only three runs in their last 28 innings.
"The only way to get hits is to swing the bat," Morse said. "Right now, I don't think we're pressing. I don't think we are trying to do anything out of the ordinary. I just think we hit a rough spot. Our team is too good for us to be stuck in this for too much longer."
Still, manager Bruce Bochy is calling off batting practice for Sunday and plans to sit Sandoval, who's hitting only .171.
"We have so many good hitters struggling right now," Bochy said. "We didn't create any chances, really. We didn't get many good swings off. That's what disappointed me tonight. You'd like to get some decent swings."
San Diego's Yonder Alonso hit an RBI single in the second. Cabrera's triple to right-center with one out in the fifth scored Amarista, who reached after his bunt single landed between the mound and second base, and advanced on Hudson's error on a pickoff attempt and Stults sacrifice bunt. Cabrera was thrown out trying to score on Will Venable's grounder to first.
The Padres added on in the eighth when Will Venable doubled to left, advanced on Grandal's fly ball and scored on a suicide squeeze bunt by pinch-hitter Chris Denorfia.
Hudson (2-1) allowed two runs and eight hits in seven innings, struck out four and walked none.
NOTES: Hudson joins Grover Cleveland Alexander (six games in 1923) and Tiny Bonham (four games in 1944) as the only starting pitchers in the last 101 seasons to open a season by throwing four games of at least seven innings while not issuing a walk. ... Hudson has set the franchise record with 30 innings without a walk to open a season. ... Posey and Morse were back in the Giants' starting lineup after getting a day off. Both pinch-hit in Friday night's 2-1 loss. .. Padres 3B Chase Headley was back in the starting lineup after missing three games with a strained right biceps. ... Morse's homer was just the eighth allowed by the Padres this year, tied with Atlanta for lowest in the majors. ... The series concludes Sunday when San Francisco's Tim Lincecum (0-1, 7.20) is scheduled to face Padres lefty Robbie Erlin (1-1, 3.18). Lincecum no-hit the Padres at Petco Park on July 13.


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2009-10: Competed in 27 games and started a personal high of 21 for the Jaspers… Also posted season bests in minutes played (497), field goals made I(41), rebounds (90), blocked shots (16), and points (119)… Played a season-high 35 minutes (tied career high) and scored 13 points in Game No. 2 of the season at Princeton… Scored a season-high 15 points vs. NCAA Tournament-bound Morgan State in Baltimore on Dec. 12… Approached a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds at Fairfield on Jan. 10… In Manhattan's next outing, he snared a career-best 11 rebounds in an overtime loss to Canisius.
2008-2009: Played in 18 games and started two... Averaged 5.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 13.4 minutes... Shot 44.8% from the field, 40% from 3-point territory and was third on the team with a 73.9% free-throw percentage... Scored a season-high 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds over 30 minutes in a win at Loyola (2/7), converting 15-of-15 free-throw attempts, two shy of the program record set by Luis Flores '04... Scored doubles figures five times... Pulled down a season-high 10 rebounds versus Niagara (1/31)... Led Manhattan in rebounding twice... Averaged 9.3 points and 3.4 rebounds in last eight games of the regular-season, going 47.7% from the field, 42.0% from 3-point range and 80.6% from the free-throw line... Scored 11 points twice in wins over Iona (2/9) and Rider (2/15) at Draddy Gymnasium... Posted 10 points in games against Marist (2/2) and Siena (2/12)... Finished with eight points, after going 4-for-4 from the free-throw line at William & Mary (2/21)... Sscored nine points at Niagara (1/3)... Made first start of the season at LaSalle (12/31)... Posted six points and eight rebounds versus American (12/29)... Ssank two 3-pointers at Siena (2/12)... Recorded seven points and three rebounds over 17 minutes in regular-season finale at Saint Peter's (3/1).
2007-2008: Started 16 of 23 appearances, averaging 12.2 minutes per game... Registered 4.3 points and 2.0 rebounds per game... Shot 43.8% from the field, 76.6% from the free-throw line and 38.9% from 3-point territory... Set career-high with 18 points, including 6-for-6 shooting from the line, and six rebounds at Rider (1/24)... Led Manhattan in scoring and rebounding once... Tallied 17 points at Marist (1/7) shooting a perfect 9-for-9 from the line and 2-for-3 from beyond the arc... Delivered a career-high two blocks versus Binghamton (2/23)... Played a then-career high 35 minutes at Rider (1/24)... Sscored in double-figures four times... Notched 10 points at Niagara (1/13) and versus Rider (1/19)... Made first collegiate appearance versus New Jersey Institute of Technology (11/10)... Earned first collegiate start versus St. Francis (NY) (11/24).
2006-2007: Granted a medical red-shirt due to injury.
BACKGROUND: Earned his bachelor's degree from Manhattan in exercise science… Seeking a master's degree in sociology from UMBC… Received All-Queens and Third Team All-City honors as a junior and senior... played for head coach Paul Gilvary at Holy Cross High School... Named All-CHSAA Honorable Mention at conclusion of senior year after averaging 11.7 points per game, including a season-high 26 point performance against St. Raymond's... Played his AAU basketball for head coach Lloyd Desvigne of Rise AAU… Son of Rita Jolicoeur… Born January 18, 1988.


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While I was away in South Africa, one of my good friends had a precious little girl and I was thrilled when she asked if I would help design her nursery! The nursery would include many DIY projects, fun girly fabrics, and pops of bright colors. We played with a few fabric combinations and colors but, in the end, narrowed it down to this pretty little design.
This room is all about the fabrics and DIY projects. The fun combination of floral and geometric with pops of bright color look great on baby girl's bedding that my friend made herself. She also created a cute bird mobile (similar to this one) as well all the art, seat cushions and curtains using some of the same fabrics.
Creating a beautiful space doesn't alway have to be expensive. With a little direction and a lot of DIY-ing, my friend created a precious nursery that didn't break the bank!
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Choosing The Right Auto Travel Accessories For Your Trip in 2019
Selecting the best auto travel accessories for the trip is essential if you wish to be comfy. Everybody wants the comforts of home whatsoever occasions. And, there's no better time to get it all, than now. Even though many like to fly, others enjoy a vehicle trip. But, lengthy distance traveling could be boring.
However, using the auto travel accessories, it may cut the monotony making the trip appear a lot shorter. Among the best accessories to possess along with you is really a portable DVD player. This really is vital, particularly with children. It will make the web site peaceful drive and one that's demanding. One essential factor to keep in mind may be the traveling situation that is filled with their most favorite movies.
With the aid of an adapter, things are possible. Even getting your laptop to go into additional work, or play some games while these guys driving. Again, the chargers, converters and adapters would be the answer to getting a enjoyable and entertaining ride.
Naturally we all turn to technology to keep things interesting, you should possess the best ones. You will have to make sure that each traveler and every digital camera features its own. Such as this, all cell or cell phones, Audio players, video games and the like could be billed and used accordingly through the trip. A transportable Gps navigation is definitely a great buddy to possess along with you whatsoever occasions, especially on the lengthy distance drive. It may reduce your visit to staying away from any mistakes which will lead you to lose time. Plus, you won't ever go missing by using it.
A cooler filled with snacks along with other food may also shorten the drive. You will not need to make that lots of stops by doing this. And, you'll cut lower on the price of the visit to packing the necessities. If you want coffee, brew some of your and set it inside a thermos. Make sure to bring safe traveling mugs and you are set.
Besides the electronics, there are more important thing to remember to create along with you around the drive. For example, some pillows for every passenger to relax their mind. Blankets will always be a welcomed addition for lengthy distance drives too.
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BPM Company specialised in implementing BPM systems. Since 2011, we have gained a lot of experience in modelling, automating, and integrating business processes in various sectors.
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BPM Company has won an FD Gazellen Award. This means that we are among the fastest growing companies in the Netherlands for the second time. This award is a great reward for our hard-working team, but we also like to thank our relations for their confidence in our solutions and services.
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'Nationale Tankpas' is the ICT project of the year in SMEs
The ICT project about the 'Nationale Tankpas' (National Fuel card) has received the Computable Awards for best ICT project of the year in SMEs. The result of this project is an IT platform that enables MKB Brandstof to continue to support its 45 000 customers of the National Fuel card/Nationale Tankpas, and that it is also flexible enough to facilitate new growth and new initiatives.
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Mariah Carey Wears Glamorous Gown in NYC Subway Train [PHOTOS]by Thomas Chau | PopCrush
New Yorkers are accustomed to seeing strange things on their daily subway commutes. But how about an A-list pop star in a glittery, glamorous gown?
Mariah Carey showed her fans that she's just one of us by posting on her Instagram account two photos showing her riding the NYC subway after attending the Fresh Air Fund gala Thursday night. The difference between us and her, though? We're usually not wearing expensive dresses.
In one photo, we see Mariah with a big smile and a sparkly blue dress sitting in a subway car. The caption reads: "Glimpses of our joyride on the 1 train #subwayincouture"
In the second picture, we see Mariah hanging with producer and musician Jermaine Dupri along with BET president Stephen Hill.
It's been a big week for Carey, as she released her latest album, 'Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse,' on Tuesday and also received the Pop Icon Award at the 2014 World Music Awards for having sold 200 million records.
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[THIS WEEK] Is it brave or foolish to host Pavilion of Protest at the RIBA? James Pallister
'Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside pissing in,' Lyndon B Johnson famously said of J Edgar Hoover, in a pleasingly vivid summation of the politicking of inclusion – killing through kindness. With its current show at Portland Place, the RIBA has taken wily LBJ's strategy to heart. It has invited the Pavilion of Protest into its central space, the Florence Hall. The show is made up of illustrations by architecture students, depicting the struggle and strife of their education. While the brief doesn't rule out a celebratory view of architecture teaching, its intention to publish a 'compendium of architectural defiance' makes its stance clear.
The exhibition follows up on research (AJ 25.05.11) on the huge increase in the cost of qualifying as an architect between 2000 (£36,000) and 2011 (£88,726). The figures took into account the minutiae of an architecture student's life: study trips, laptops, pens, lectures, coffee. As curator of the exhibition, Pol Gallacher (a member of ZAP Architecture) says students' dissatisfaction comes from the 'disjunct between the costs of gaining an architectural degree versus the remuneration once it's won'.
He's keen that it does not come across as 'a moan, or a whinge; we don't want to sound bitter, rather to have a positive discussion'. But there's plenty for his generation to be upset about. Theirs is a crippling double-whammy: entering the job market in the worst recession for over 20 years, with tuition fees – non-existent 14 years ago – tripled.
Michael Lewis, former Wall Street trader and author of Liar's Poker, recently told GQ magazine: 'It's remarkable it's taken so long for the political energy to develop. It's so obviously outrageous what is happening.' He was talking about the unregulated financial sector and the Occupy Wall Street movement, but this might also apply to the situation facing architecture students. The question is, where do we go from here?
Visit Pavilion of Protest, the RIBA, Portland Place, London W1, 25 October – 17 November 2011, free
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perhaps a bit more finger pointing would be ok. I see a huge amount of wastage at university. Instead of tackling this issue caused in part by their enormous size, they have simply put the fees up and carried on regardless.
Sheffield Uni Architecture School just increased its Masters program massively with intake of about 120 oversees students on top of the already full M- ARCH program. This massive increase in numbers has decimated the studio atmosphere at the school as both programs are taught together. Surely if decision making goes this way, of increasing numbers to bring in more money the problems are only going to get worse, e.g. you will be paying more for a worse education. Lets stop blaming the government and look at the real causes of the problem - university management and business plans.
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The DLB recently spoke to director Quentin Tarantino for MSN Canada about his new movie DJANGO UNCHAINED. Perhaps surprisingly, the film — a Western — is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Fangoria. I reached out to Fango editor Chris Alexander to explain their choice:
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EXCLUSIVE: FANGO EDITOR ON DJANGO UNCHAINEDPosted in Art, Gore, History, Magazines, Movies, Violence with tags Alejandro Jodorowsky, Blaxploitation, Django, Django Unchained, Fangoria, MSN Canada, Once Upon a Time in the West, Quentin Tarantino, Serio Corbucci, Texas Chainsaw Massacre on December 25, 2012 by darklordbunnykins
TADFF REVIEWS: EXIT HUMANITYPosted in Events, Gore, Movies, Reviews, Violence, Zombies with tags Bill Moseley, Dee Wallace, Exit Humanity, Fangoria, John Geddes, Monster Brawl, Pontypool, Stephen McHattie, TADFF, Toronto After Dark Film Festival on October 23, 2011 by darklordbunnykins
Starring Mark Gibson, Dee Wallace and Bill Moseley
Written and directed by John Geddes
"Admirable" is not the same as "enjoyable" when it comes to independent filmmaking, but it's enough to earn raves from the horror community, bloodied and bruised as we often are by the sheer incompetence of many of our filmmakers.
Take Exit Humanity. The Canadian-made Western with zombies was recently hailed by Fangoria as "a rare gem that transcends the genre." That is true, more or less, but it doesn't stop it from being an overlong, turgid slog marked by awkward performances and poor directing choices despite beautiful cinematography.
FRIGHTENING FICTION: THE DLB Q & A WITH HORNS AUTHOR JOE HILLPosted in Books, Interviews, Monsters, Music with tags 20th Century Ghosts, Devil, Fangoria, Frank Kafka, George A. Romero, George Romro, Heart-Shaped Box, Horns, Joe Hill, Rob Bottin, Stan Winston, Stephen King, The Metamorphosis, Tom Savini on April 5, 2010 by darklordbunnykins
Joe Hill's just flown in from London, and it's not just his arms that are tired. The author of Heart-Shaped Box and the short story collection 20th Century Ghosts was a few hours late flying in to Toronto to promote his new novel Horns (blame an active Icelandic volcano), but he's here now, and the sharp wit at play in Horns is also on display during our face-to-face, despite his obvious fatigue.
Hill's energy makes Horns an easy read even though it was a difficult book to write. The story may also be a bit difficult for the horror fans who made Heart-Shaped Box a hit to accept. Even though it's primary scenario – a young man (Ig Parrish) wakes up one morning after a drunken night out to find horns growing out of his head – sounds profoundly horrific, the book relies more on drama and character than gory shocks to make its points.
Still, there is more than enough black humour and devilish details to sustain the interest of fans of the fantastic.
I understand that you listen to music while you write.
I've always been a guy who sits down and cranks the volume up to eleven and writes for six hours, until just recently. In the last couple of years I found myself turning the music off more and more so I can hear the voices in my head when I'm working on a story. And probably the coolest thing about being a writer is you can sit across from a table with someone and say, 'I sit in a room by myself listening to the voices in my head' and the person you're with will be like 'nice! That's so creative,' whereas if you were interviewing an investment banker: So how do you get your stock tips? 'Basically, I sit in a room by myself and do whatever the voices in my head tell me to.' Not the dude you want to invest with.
You mention in the preface that this was an easy book to write.
The preface is tongue-in-cheek. I said writing the book was as easy as baking birthday cake and as fun as eating it, but I didn't mean it. The book was terrible to write. Every day was a new opportunity to screw up. Whenever I was faced with a creative choice, I inevitably made the wrong choice and would write fifteen pages of crap, then have to go back and throw it out.
I don't want to overplay that because it's not a hard job like it's a hard job to roof a house. But Heart-Shaped Box was an easy book to write; Horns was a hard book to write. In the end I'm very proud of the way Horns came out, and I think the end result you're aiming for is roughly the same, which is that it should fly for the reader, it should be compulsive reading as early as possible and you should keep the gas pedal mashed down, and you should keep people flying through the pages. There may be pages that I spent days working on that will only take you five minutes to read, but that's what you're working towards. It's not about how it feels for me, it's just about how it feels for the reader.
So Horns was not real fun to write, but I'm proud of it. Every piece of work can't be easy and thoughtless, and sometimes you have to fight for something.
How important is humour to your work?
Well, there's a lot of puns. Maybe there's even too many devil puns. You've got the devil in a blue dress before the book is over. What can I say about all those puns. The devil made me do it.
You know, when I was growing up, other kids had posters of athletes and rock stars on their walls, but I read Fangoria magazine faithfully, and most of the posters on my walls glorified the guys who made splatter films. It was stuff ripped out of Fango. It was Tom Savini and Rob Bottin and Stan Winston and George Romero. Those were the guys who were really my heroes.
The special effects guys, when they have a demon alien bursting from someone's chest, they call that a gag, and I don't think that's accidental. You know, when you alien bursts from the chest, that's the punchline. And horror and humour are very close allies.
And so I do think a horror novel can be fun and can be funny, and can swiftly swerve from the horrifying thing to the thing that gets the black laugh.
But the other thing is audiences respond to things differently. I've always been a guy who goes to horror films and would laugh in places where people are… sticking their fingers in front of their eyes, and every once in awhile you'll run across someone who loves horror novels and will say they have the same reaction. The shock and jolts of horror operate in a very similar way to the shock and jolts of a good comedy routine.
Where did the idea for Horns come from?
I've given about eighteen different answers to this question, and every one of them is true. For me, I'm a guy who probably thinks too much about stuff. I pick at ideas like scabs. I'm interested in traditional storytelling forms. 20th Century Ghosts, my story collection of traditional horror stories, isn't very edgy. It's edgy in places because of the content, but it doesn't take an experimental approach.
There's a tradition of 19th and 18th century American folklore tales about the devil, and these stories, they're basically all revenge stories, they all basically operate the same way. They're all about the wicked and the unworthy getting their just desserts on the business end of the devil's pitchfork. It's funny because the audience for those stories [are] probably fairly religious, but when they read those stories, they're rooting for the devil. Even though the devil's the ultimate bad guy, he is nevertheless the one is going to make sure that the everyday human sinner, the worst of us, get what's coming to them.
So Horns is very much from that tradition. And you know I had written a lot traditional ghost stories, and I felt it was time to play with one of the other toys in the dark fantasy sandbox, and that would be the devil.
Ig's primary power is his ability to coax people's innermost thoughts and feelings.
He doesn't have to coax, it just comes pouring out. Everyone sees him as their own personal demon, and they can't wait to pour forth their ugliest secrets and darkest temptations. So you've got the doctor who says 'you patients, all you care about is yourselves' because what he wants to do is grind up Oxycontin and spy on his daughter's friends, and you've got the little kid who says about her mother, 'I want to burn up mummy in her bed with matches.' So Ig, in the first 100 pages, Ig lives this paranoid fantasy where he keeps turning to people for help, and instead of helping him all they want to do is make these terrible confessions, and this is how he comes to realize that he's inherited the powers and knowledge of the devil.
This is a power you've explored in earlier work. Do you have a particular fascination with people's secrets?
There's two things about that, but the first thing is this is always the writer's goal, is to take a character and then peel them away to the essence. This is why we have stories, to examine people's complexities, and people are mysteries. Raymond Chandler used to say he had no interest in whodunits, he was only interested in whydunits. And by the same token I'm not really interested in whodunits, I'm more interested in 'who are they?' And so almost all my stories build to this point of confession where characters finally have nowhere else to go. They can't hide anymore, and they reveal themselves completely to another character, also to the reader and also to themselves.
And Horns turns that slightly on its head because the book opens with Ig frantically searching for help and faced down with these terrifying confessions from all the people he loves and all the people he thought he could trust. But that's just the beginning.
It also goes on to suggest that these terrible confessions are not the whole of the picture. And Ig, even though he faces all this darkness, clings to his humanity and stubbornly insists that there's more to the people he loves than just their worst, and he's right.
So we get these terrible confessions, but in Horns, unlike some of the other stories, it starts with the point of confession and then winds things backwards and forwards and jumps around to reveal that people are more than just the sum of their worst moments.
I understand that Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis was an influence on Horns. Can you speak to that?
Yeah. I've written about Kafka's Metamorphosis twice, and I still think that it's one of four or five stories of horror that particularly fascinate me.
I tackled The Metamorphosis for the first time in a story called 'You Will Hear The Locust Sing', and the way that came about was I'd just read The Metamorphosis for the first time, I was in Florida, riding a bike around, and I was in bare feet. And I put my foot down on the ground in a mound of red ants and just got the hell chewed out of my foot; it was just like having acid poured on my foot. And it reminded me in The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa turns into a cockroach and then just kind of wastes away depressed and unable to fight for his own life. But most insects have more fight in them than that.
So I ended up writing a story about a kid who wakes up one morning after turning into a giant locust, and far from being horrified and depressed, it thrills him. This is [one of] his deepest fantasies. He's always wanted to be a giant monster. So that was the first time. And then Horns… takes the same kind of grotesque transformation and examines it in a darker, I think more complete way.
I do have to say that I think a lot of my stories are about ordinary, lost, harmless guys who experience this grotesque transformation and become this thing larger than life and maybe a little frightening but also more powerful and more free. Heart-Shaped Box is partially the story of this abused, lonely country kid who is nobody special until the day when he's seventeen, he takes his guitar and climbs on a Greyhound bus and goes to New York, and when he gets off the bus in New York seventeen hours later he's reinvented himself as this guy Judas Coyne, and he becomes this big rock star. Very different kind of transformation in some ways, but in some ways Jude is a rock 'n' roll devil and it's very similar.
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A System Designed to Crash
This is the twelfth of a series of blogs based on excerpts adapted from the 2nd edition of Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth. I wrote Agenda to spur a national conversation on economic policy issues and options that are otherwise largely ignored. This blog series is intended to contribute to that conversation. —DK
The unrealistic expectation that money should grow effortlessly in perpetuity [see my last blog] is more than an issue of unrealizable expectations. It combines with a Wall Street controlled debt-based money system to create an imperative for the economy to grow the profits of bankers, and thereby the richest among us, to keep the financial system, and thereby the economy, from collapsing.
It is odd that we experienced a financial collapse in 2008 because of a credit crunch, a shutdown on lending, at a time when the world was already awash in money. BusinessWeek's July 11, 2005, cover story shouted "Too Much Money" and spoke of a savings glut. Its June 11, 2008, European issue reiterated the theme: "Too Much Money, Inflation Goes Global."
Most discussion of the financial crisis focuses on the details and misses the big picture. First, much of the money was tied up in the Wall Street casino rather than facilitating productive activity in the real economy and was simply pumping up a phantom wealth bubble. Second, virtually every dollar in the system was borrowed, because in our money system, banks create money by lending it into existence. When this debt is used to inflate financial bubbles and support Ponzi schemes, eventual default is inevitable.
Third, Wall Street and the Federal Reserve are joined in an alliance to keep "wage inflation" below the level of growth in the real cost of living. This assures that the benefits of productivity gains all go to owners rather than being shared with workers. It also keeps inflation confined to financial bubbles that inflate the phantom wealth financial assets of the rich.
Furthermore, it forces the bottom 90 percent of the population—the people who make their living by producing real goods and services—into debt at usurious interest rates to the top 10 percent to cover daily basic daily expenses. Inevitably, the amounts owed exceed the borrower's ability to repay. The lenders then stop lending and foreclose on the assets of the desperate borrowers.
When a loan is repaid or goes into default, the debt is canceled and the money supply shrinks by that amount. Most loans continue to be repaid, but if new loans are not being issued, the demand for real goods and services falls because people don't have the money to pay for them. As demand falls, businesses lay off workers, who then join those pushed into default.
The problem appears to be a lack of money, even though the total money in circulation is far more than enough to cover real-wealth exchanges in a rational real-wealth economy. The money, however, is locked up in the Wall Street casino economy rather than circulating in the real Main Street economy. Pouring public bailout money into Wall Street serves only to reflate the bubble. It does nothing to revive the real economy.
The demand by Wall Street for the eventual repayment with interest of nearly every dollar in circulation means that to avoid collapse, the economy has to grow to generate demand for new borrowing to put new money into circulation to pay the interest due to bankers on already outstanding loans. This demand for perpetual growth simply to keep the bankers solvent results in a serious distortion of society's economic priorities.
Rather than maximizing real well-being, policy makers are compelled to focus on avoiding economic collapse by growing the money economy. A debt-based money system can make sense when the credit funds real investment. When the credit funds current consumption and phantom wealth speculation, the result is ever-increasing debt, inequality, destruction of the natural environment, erosion of the social fabric, and ultimate default.
7 Steps for Action Toward a New Economy
For too long, we have put up with a money system designed to grow the financial assets of rich people at the expense of assuring continuing cycles of economic boom and bust, confining billions to lives of desperation, and reducing Earth to a toxic waste dump. We can do better.
Growth in GDP creates the illusion that we are getting richer, even as we accelerate our material, social, and spiritual self-impoverishment as a species. Fortunately for our common future, people everywhere are waking up to the reality and challenging conventional economic wisdom. They are focusing their attention on rebuilding their communities and local economies to improve human security, health, and happiness without regard to how this impacts GDP, corporate share prices or other bogus indicators of economic well-being. It is an important beginning.
An obvious next step is to replace GDP and other financial indicators with indicators of the health of our children, families, communities, and natural systems as the basis for assessing the economy's performance. We may then notice that destroying living wealth to create financial wealth is an act of collective suicidal insanity and begin treating money as a useful tool for managing our economic choices rather than as the end to be maximized.
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I am trying to make a program opens a file called input.txt and sums all of the numbers in it along with counting the number of numbers.
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import java.util.Scanner; import java.io.*; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class test1 { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { String fileName = "input.txt"; Scanner fileScan = new Scanner(new File(fileName)); int sum = 0; int count = 0; File f = new File(fileName); Scanner scanFile = new Scanner (fileName); String line; while(scanFile.hasNext()) { line = scanFile.next(); count++; String integer; while (scanFile.hasNext()){ integer = scanFile.next();
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North Korea said Washington has declared war by putting leader Kim Jong Un on its list of sanctioned individuals, according to a diplomat who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday, NBC News reported.
Although the country has been sanctioned internationally for its nuclear weapons and long-range missile development programs, Washington announced for the first time that Kim was personally sanctioned on July 6.
Pyongyang cut off its official means of communication with Washington, saying it was the final straw. Director-general of the U.S. affairs department at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, Han Song Ryol, said everything between the two must now be death with under "war law."
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Story Line
Harvard travels to Columbia for its last conference game of the season Saturday at 1 p.m. The Crimson is mathematically alive in the race for the fourth seed in the inaugural Ivy League Women's Lacrosse Tournament and need a win Saturday to keep it that way.
Last Time Out
Harvard pulled to within one goal late to the second half before falling to No. 7 Dartmouth, 11-9, Wednesday afternoon at Harvard Stadium. Freshman Micaela Cyr had two goals, an assist and won five draw controls for the Crimson.
Cyr was one of four Crimson players to find the back of the net twice in the game as classmates Danielle Tetreault and Jennifer VanderMeulen and sophomore Melanie Baskind each had a pair of goals. Second-year Tyler Petropulos also scored for the Crimson, while senior co-captain Sara Flood contributed an assist.
Scouting Report
Harvard (6-7, 2-4 Ivy), who has won two of its last three games, heads out on the road for the first time since April 5.
Jennifer VanderMeulen paces the Crimson and the Ivy League with 46 goals and 54 points. Melanie Baskind leads the team and is second in the Ancient Eight in ground balls (35) and caused turnovers (23) and is second in scoring with 22 goals and six assists. Sara Flood has a team-high 10 assists. Micaela Cyr has won a team-high 28 draw controls each.
In the net, Katherine Martino sports a 9.91 goals-against average and has made 67 saves. She sports 5-4 record.
Scouting the Lions
Columbia (6-7, 0-6 Ivy) has won two of its last three games entering the weekend. The Lions leads the league in draw controls with 12.92 per game.
Brittany Shannon paces the Lions offense with 42 goals and 28 points, while Kacie Johnson has assisted on 17 goals and scored 28 herself for 45 team points. Taylor Gattinella has scooped up a team-best 37 ground balls, while Olivia Mann has won a team-high 38 draw controls. Amanda Goodhart leads the way in caused turnovers with 22.
Karlee Blank sports an 11.3 goals-against average and has made 117 saves this season.
The Series
Harvard is 10-2 against Columbia since the series started in 1998. Despite the overall dominance in the series, the Crimson and Lions have played several close games recently. In 2006, the Crimson earned a 13-12 win and then in 2007, Harvard picked up a 14-12 victory. Last year, the Lions walked away with an 11-10 victory.
She's Honored
Jennifer VanderMeulen was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week and WomensLax.com Rookie of the Week for her performance in games against Holy Cross and Princeton last week. VanderMeulen scored six goals and had two assists in Harvard's 15-9 win over Holy Cross last Wednesday. She scored a hat trick, won two draw controls and collected a ground ball in a win over Princeton despite being double and triple teamed all day.
Jennifer VanderMeulen has scored in all 13 games this season. She has three or more goals in nine contests, has scored a career-high six goals twice and has four or more points in a game eight times. Melanie Baskind has found the back of the net in nine consecutive games, while Danielle Tretreault has scored in eight straight.
Nationally Speaking
Entering the week, Jennifer VanderMeulen is fourth in the nation in goals per game (3.67), while her 44 goals stand 17th among Division I players. She is also 17th in points per game (4.33). Melanie Baskind is 20th in ground balls per game (2.83) and 24th in caused turnovers per game (1.83), while Katherine Martino is 31st in goals-against average (9.8).
Up Next
If Harvard makes the Ivy League Tournament, it will be held April 30 and May 2 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa. Semifinal games will be played at 5 and 8 p.m. The winner of the Ivy Tournament will receive the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Harvard's next scheduled game is May 5 at home against Boston College. It will be senior night for Sara Flood, Katherine Martino and Delia Pais. First draw is slated for 7 p.m.


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WASHINGTON - Six months after members of the U.S. military and the Secret Service were embroiled in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, two Navy sailors have been stripped of their security clearances and pulled off their regular jobs, but they have yet to be charged.
U.S. Southern Command says the investigation surrounding the two sailors is still going on, but a lawyer for one of the sailors says it shouldn't take this long to reach a decision. Charges were read against all the other military members allegedly involved two months ago.
The lawyer is arguing that the sailor, David Hawley, was not around at the time that Secret Service and other members of the U.S. military were supposedly soliciting prostitutes in Cartagena. Instead, Hawley, says he was in a different hotel and is complaining that he is being punished and denied a promotion without ever being charged.
"This is not a complex case that requires months and month of investigation," Hawley's lawyer, Jeremiah Sullivan, told The Associated Press Monday.
Sullivan said that Hawley, a decorated Navy petty officer from Detroit, wants to return to the battlefield and "should not be picking weeds at his command. His immediate chain of command will put him back to work, but are caught up in the political red tape."
Of the dozen military members initially implicated, seven Army soldiers and two Marines received administrative punishments for what was described as misconduct, and one Air Force member was cleared. Three of the soldiers declined the administrative punishments and have requested courts martial, which would give them a public trial to contest the charges.
Col. Greg Julian, spokesman for U.S. Southern Command, said only that the matter is still under investigation.
In a letter to Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sullivan said that Hawley "is unjustifiably suffering the collateral damage from the misconduct of the Secret Service." He said that "despite being a decorated war hero and the fact that he is not facing any criminal charges ... Hawley has been banished to washing windows and picking weeds at his command."
The military would not confirm Monday what Hawley's duties are or where he is.
According to Sullivan, Hawley, an explosive ordnance disposal technician, has deployed to Iraq four times. Sullivan said Hawley's promotion to chief petty officer has been delayed, he's been stripped of his top-secret security clearance and fired from his explosive ordnance disposal job.
The Navy said Hawley, 33, has received three Navy achievement medals, including one with valor, and another combat action ribbon. He enlisted in July 2000.
A dozen U.S. service members were investigated for bringing women, likely prostitutes, to their hotel rooms in Colombia shortly before President Barack Obama arrived in the country for an April summit, according to the military's investigation. The investigator's report described the misconduct as consisting "almost exclusively of patronizing prostitutes and adultery."
The scandal erupted after a public dispute over payment between a U.S. Secret Service agent and a prostitute at a Cartagena hotel spilled over into the hallway of the Hotel Caribe. The Secret Service and the military were in the Colombian coastal resort to prepare for Obama's participation in a Latin American summit. Twelve Secret Service employees were implicated. Of those, eight have been ousted, three were cleared of serious misconduct and at least two employees are fighting to get their jobs back.
U.S. Southern Command, headed by Gen. Douglas Fraser, conducted the investigation into the military members' involvement in the April incident. Officials there had no explanation for why the investigation into the two sailors is taking so long.
The military investigation said that evidence substantiating the wrongdoing in the other cases included hotel log books, security camera video and statements from the prostitutes and military members.


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Parks and Recreation (NBC) — Season premiere. After stumbling out of the gate in its first season, "Parks and Rec" became arguably the funniest show on TV in its critically lauded but little-watched second season. There's so much to love about this show: Rashida Jones playing straight man to Amy Poehler's lunacy. Every deadpan comment and sarcastic look from Aubrey Plaza. Great performances from Rob Lowe and Adam Scott. Aziz Ansari. Chris Pratt. And of course: Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson, probably my favorite character on TV right now. Watch this show or fade into irrelevance. [Read the Hitfix interview with Amy Poehler]
Community (NBC) — Back from hiatus! I had a dream about Alison Brie last night in which we had a long conversation about tennis. I woke up massively disappointed in my unconscious. I suppose I'm gay.
Perfect Couples (NBC) — Series premiere (I don't count last month's sneak preview). This is, of course, part of NBC's all-new three-hour comedy block, featuring the two awesome shows above, "30 Rock," "The Office," and the execrable "Outsourced." Pick and choose your viewing wisely.
Fairly Legal (USA) — Series premiere. Sarah Shahi (pictured, nice ass) stars in the new legal drama. This was originally titled "Facing Kate," and I covered it when it was greenlit simply so that I could put together a giant gallery of Sarah Shahi looking sexy.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo) Season finale. Except not the season finale, because it will be back next week with a reunion, and then maybe another week after that for PART TWO of a reunion. Gah, I hate this franchise.
Piers Morgan (CNN) — I don't know what the show is actually called and I don't feel like looking it up, so I'm calling it "Piers Morgan." Anyway, tonight Ricky Gervais defends his work on the Golden Globes.
Ace of Cakes (Food) — Pavement gets a cake for its reunion tour. Ooohhh, way to keep it rock and roll, Pavement! Sex and drugs and CAKE!
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The Pro's Closet and Stan's NoTubes have teamed up to form the The Pro's Closet / Stan's NoTubes Pro Mountain Bike Team. The team will be focusing on a combination of both National and International cross country, ultra-endurance, and enduro races. Former Kenda/Felt teammates, Mitch Hoke and Drew Edsall both out of Boulder, CO, are joined by Ryan Woodall out of Ocala, FL to make up the newly formed professional mountain bike team.
Leading the ultra-endurance side of the team, Drew will be continuing his focus on the NUE series, and select ultra-endurance and stage races such as the Transylvania Epic Stage Race, and Breck Epic Stage Race for 2014.
The Pro's Closet – Stan's NoTubes Pro Mountain Bike team will be racing on Felt Bicycle's new 2014 Felt Edict FRD and Felt Nine FRD frames. Felt Sport's Marketing Director, Doug Martin, had this to say about the team, "We were very excited to see the formation of this new team including Mitch, Drew and Ryan–three athletes we know quite well and all of whom we consider Felt family. Each is a huge talent and we have great respect for all of them. With the skill to carry it in place, this new program fits perfectly into Felt's ongoing commitment to the sport–we cannot wait to get going."


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But not everybody from the party is backing Weprin, and it's not because of anything Weprin himself has done or not done.
Former mayor Ed Koch - you may know him as the man whose butt the City Council and Mayor Bloomberg kissed mightily when they renamed the Queensboro Bridge after him not too long ago - has said publicly that instead of voting for fellow Democrat Weprin, voters in the 9th Congressional District should instead vote for opponent Bob Turner.
He reasons that by sending a Republican to the House of Representatives from this heavily Jewish district, which stretches from Forest Hills in Queens to Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, would send a strong message to President Barack Obama that his policies toward Israel are sorely misguided.
We wonder if before opening his mouth, Koch ever bothered to investigate Turner's views on Israel? It doesn't appear that way. And hasn't Weprin, who himself is Jewish, represented a heavily Jewish district in northeast Queens in the Assembly and City Council since 2001 with little to no criticism, at least as far as his attention to the needs of his Jewish constituency is concerned?
Wouldn't it make more sense to send someone to Congress who has experience dealing with the Jewish community and is sensitive to their views on Israel, and thus would be more accountable in that sense, rather than sending someone to Congress from far south Queens who has little to no experience relating to the Jewish community.
It's possible Turner's doesn't even care want the Jewish community in the district wants, as his campaign thus far is based on his extensive experience in the business world and how it will serve him in addressing the economy.
In fact, we met with Turner and covered several of his appearances when he ran against Weiner, and we don't really remember ever discussing foreign policy with him, or remember him addressing it on his own.
This is by no means an endorsement one way or the other, Pol Position isn't in the business of making endorsements, we leave that to the editorial side of the newspaper. We're really just into observing and issuing wildly rhetorical opinions. Like Koch.
Which leads us to what we really what to talk about - where is Pol Position's bridge?! We're not greedy, we'll take a small one over the Gowanus Canal or even a LIRR overpass somewhere in Queens.


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Bob Dole (Robert Joseph Dole), 1923–, American political leader, b. Russell, Kan.; husband of Elizabeth Hanford Dole. While serving in World War II, he was seriously wounded and required several years of convalescence. After obtaining his law degree from Washburn Univ. (1952), he worked as a county attorney. In 1960 he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives and served four terms (1961–69); he was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1968. He was chairman of the Republican National Committee (1971–73), and in 1976 Dole was President Gerald Ford's running mate. With Democratic senator George McGovern, Dole worked to developed government to fight hunger in poor families, particularly poor children.
Dole served as majority leader of the Senate (1985–87, 1995–96) and as minority leader (1987–95), gaining a reputation as a pragmatic conservative with an acerbic wit. In 1980 and 1988 Dole ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination. In 1995 he again announced his candidacy for his party's presidential nomination, and he subsequently triumphed in the primaries. In June, 1996, Dole resigned from the Senate in order to devote more time to the presidential race, and in August he chose Jack Kemp as his running mate. He proved unable to reduce President Clinton's significant lead in the popular vote, however, and was soundly defeated in the November elections. In 2007, President George W. Bush selected Dole to co-chair a commission charged with investigating problems in the military health-care system.
See his One Soldier's Story: A Memoir (2005).


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HONOLULU — Hawaii residents were furiously stocking up on essentials as two hurricanes churned toward the islands Wednesday and weather officials asked the whole state to prepare for flash flooding.
Julio gathered enough steam in the Pacific to be upgraded to hurricane status as it trailed Hurricane Iselle, which could hit as early as Thursday.
Much of Hawaii was under either a tropical storm watch or warning.
Hurricane Iselle weakened slightly overnight. Its eye was about 925 miles from Honolulu on Wednesday morning.
Hurricane Julio is expected to strengthen slowly over the next day and a half or so. Hurricane-force winds extend up to 15 miles from Julio's eye.
Julio was spinning about 1,650 miles east of Hilo, with winds of about 75 mph, making it a Category 1 hurricane, said Lixion Avlia, senior hurricane forecaster with National Hurricane Center in Miami. It has not intensified in the last few hours, he said.
It is expected to pass north of the Hawaiian islands in three to four days. However, Avlia said it was still too far away to predict its actual path.
"Hawaii should be more interested now in Hurricane Iselle, which is closer to the Hawaiian Islands," he said.
Hawaiian Airlines will waive reservation change fees and fare differences for passengers who need to alter travel plans because of the storms. The airline said fees will be waived for those who are ticketed to travel on Thursday and Friday. They will be allowed to change reservations for flights through Aug. 12.
Ahead of this year's hurricane season, weather officials warned that the wide swath of the Pacific Ocean that includes Hawaii could see four to seven tropical cyclones this year.
Before Hurricane Iniki hit Hawaii in 1992, the last hurricane slammed the islands in 1982.
"The central Pacific doesn't see nearly the activity that the Atlantic sees," said James Franklin, chief of hurricane specialists for the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
In preparation, some people in Hawaii are making sure to vote early in the primary elections, which are Saturday.
The elections include several marquee races, including primaries for U.S. Senate, governor and a U.S. House seat covering urban Honolulu.


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