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MythBusters Poll: Republic Or DemocracyPosted: September 24, 2012 in History Polls
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MythBusters Case#18: Republican Skeleton, Democrat HeartPosted: September 23, 2012 in History Lessons
Tags: christian conservatives, constitution, democracy, Founding fathers, john locke, myth, mythbusters, republic, romney
The media uproar over Mitt Romney's hapless comment that the 47% of Americans who pay no income tax will vote for Obama is close to the heart of what really ails America.
Although Mitt Romney didn't carry it this far, we are approaching that point in the Hegelian dialectic where Democracy self-destructs. Ann Coulter, writing in World Net Daily, drew the obvious conclusions:
"Thanks to the myopia of our one-party media, most journalists are firmly convinced that voters will be appalled by Romney's description of 47 percent of Americans as supporting Obama because they pay no income tax.
But the only people shocked by Romney's statement of fact are those who would never vote Republican under any circumstances. Everyone else is saying, "Is it really as high as 47 percent?" – as the media impotently shouts, "No, you idiot! That's not the point!"
There's going to come a time, in the not-distant future, when it's 51 percent paying no income tax. And when that happens, the party of big government will never lose another election. "
In spite of this logical fact of political life, many Christian conservatives continue to insist that America was established as a republic. As usual, the discrepancy between the mythical past, and present poor performance is held to be an alleged departure from the original intent of the founding founders. The latter have attained near demi-god status in the eyes of most Christian conservatives.
Myth: Because the founding fathers established America as a republic, it is incorrect to refer to American government as a democracy
The initial step in this MythBusters' investigation was some historical reflection. We first noticed that Mitt Romney's observation was nothing more than a restatement of a famous quotation, over 200 years old.
The Evils of Democracy
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship." Alexander Tytler, a Scottish born British attorney.
It is true that the Founding Fathers did claim to "guarantee every state in this union a republican form of government" (Art. IV). But we noticed that the guarantee does not explicitly include the national government itself.
The Constitution gives the impression – on the surface at least – that its structure is designed to impose republican limits on government power. The three branches are said to check and balance each others' powers. And the federal form is supposed to give Congress limited, delegated powers, with all others reserved to the states. Legislators are elected to represent their constituents, which is the key feature of a republic
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Moreover, other statements of the founding fathers indicate a clear distaste for democracy. For example,
- "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself." — John Adams
- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" — Benjamin Franklin
- "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51% of the people may take away the rights of the other 49%." — Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison called democracy the "tyranny of the majority"
Added to this is the testimony of scripture when Korah issued a democratic challenge to Moses: "…You have gone far enough, for all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?" (Num. 16:3).
God was less than impressed by this Democratic argument. In fact, He was barely restrained from destroying the entire congregation, but instead opened the earth to swallow Korah alive and all that was his.
Republican Skeleton, Democratic Heart
Nonetheless, whether the founders intended it or not, MythBusters research found that government created by the United States Constitution is democratic at its core. Democracy is by definition "a system of government of the whole population" (Oxford American Dictionary). In a pure democracy the people vote on every issue and the government draws its authority from the body of the people rather than from God.
By contrast, a Biblical government would acknowledge its authority to be from God alone. "…For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God" (Rmn. 13:1).
The founders relied heavily on John Locke and Locke denied the verity of the above verse in his chapter "On the Beginnings of Political Societies" in the "Second Treatise of Government." Locke asserted "…that which begins and actually constitutes any political society is nothing but the consent of any number of freemen capable of a majority to unite and incorporate into such a society. And this is that, and that only which did or could give beginning to any lawful government in the world."
Locke calls this the social compact or social contract. Notice that it is founded exclusively on the consent of the majority — "that and that only." As noted above this is the essence of Democracy.
The preamble of the U. S. Constitution matches this template exactly when it affirms that "we the people…do ordain and establish this Constitution…." Democracy is affirmed, God is thereby rejected, and all the trappings of Republicanism in the end come to nothing.
Case Closed: While the Constitution may have the skeleton of a republic it has the heart of a democracy. It is the heart that controls. It is a heart not governed or limited by the law of God. Every republican restraint will be undermined and evaded until all that is left is the individual against the raw power of the state, embodied in the majority.
Mitt Romney is faced with this stark reality. History MythBusters concludes that the myth America was established as a republic is a half truth at best. The only escape from the inevitable "followed by a dictatorship" is to humble ourselves as a nation under the mighty hand of God and return to his law in our system of justice.
MythBusters Poll: U.S. Foreign PolicyPosted: August 16, 2012 in History Polls
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There are two artificial urban-planning constructs/concepts that have integrated themselves so deeply into every development debate in the West in the past decade that one can scarcely remember a time when they were not invoked, scripture-like. The first, of course, is "New Urbanism." The second is "sustainability." You can propose building a new plutonium-waste-burning plant right next door to an elementary school, and as long as you tell your local planning commission that the facility will have such New-Urban mainstays as a faux front porch and a detached garage out back on the alley, then the would-be plutonium burners will get an automatic argumentative leg-up in every town from Kalispell to Bisbee. (Extra points for a white picket fence.) And, if the developer can find a way to add "sustainable" to the site plan, then all that's left to do is to start hauling the plutonium. ("Yes, Mr. Planning Commission Person, every molecule of the plutonium we burn will be sustainable, as will the fake wood we import from Chile to make the front porches and picket fences.") There is simultaneously a flipside construct/concept that likewise has made its way into well nigh every development debate on the face of the planet. Even if one is to limit his or her arguments against said plutonium-waste-burning plant to the obvious: That such a facility, like most other developments that lay claim to the term, has absolutely zero of the necessary components of true New Urbanism as defined and stipulated by the Congress for New Urbanism, and that there is no way on earth that anything save mud huts, hunting and gathering and primitive agriculture can lay claim to being denotatively "sustainable," you will instantly find yourself on the receiving end of accusations based upon an abbreviation that has become much more than a simple acronym: NIMBY. It's like the witch hunts in Salem: Once someone points a crooked finger your way and denounces your perspectives as NIMBY-esque in nature, then you might as well run down to your local body-art parlor and have the letter "N" tattooed on your forehead in bright red ink. At that point in the development debate, you can pull out scads of stats regarding the likely impacts of the burning of plutonium on the health and well being of the proximate elementary school tikes, and your assertions will be summarily dismissed as the self-centered (and maybe even lunatic) ravings of nothing more than an unholy NIMBYist. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest published use of the acronym/term, "NIMBY" — which, of course, means "Not In My Back Yard" — occurred in the "Christian Science Monitor" in 1980. Wikipedia states, " … the term is usually applied to opponents of a certain development, implying that those opponents have narrow, selfish or myopic views. Therefore, NIMBY is generally used as a pejorative." I was involved a few years back in a very contentious battle against the notion of having a Home Depot built in the town in which I then dwelled, and a significant percentage of the opposition to our opposition was centered upon the accusation of NIMBYism, despite the fact that, in a small mountain town of 2,400 people, there were very few of us who could not claim potential back yard status towards virtually anything that was being proposed within the boundaries of our humble hamlet and despite the fact that we actually graphed a town map showing where the members of our anti-Home Depot organization lived and — you guessed it — most of us dwelled on the complete other side of town. There are at least three contentious development debates I know of that are going on in Mountain Country right now wherein those who favor the developments are accusing those opposed as being NIMBYists. These days, it's like a gag reflex among unrepentant land rapists. And here's my take on it: First, any of us have the right to favor or oppose something — especially something noxious — for any reason or reasons we so desire. We do not have to couch our perspectives, or feel badly about having those perspectives, just because of generic accusations often made by unimaginative people who are operating under their own selfish agenda (usually an agenda that includes personal fiscal gain). And, second, NIMBYism is the most fundamental, rational and therefore justified response to any proposal in the world, regardless of the supposed "greater good" that so many people cite when castigating supposed NIMBYists. Yeah, there's little doubt that almost every town could benefit mightily from having a new, state-of-the-art halfway house for (hopefully) reformed sex offenders. You propose putting it right in my back yard, or even my part of town, and I'm going to offer a counter-proposal: That we put in it YOUR back yard. The pejorative accusation of NIMBYism needs to cease and desist, especially in the small towns of the West, where, when you get right down to it, everything is in the back yard of all of us. The reflexive accusation of NIMBYism too often these days dilutes more-earnest public dialogue about the projects that most often have community-wide effects. And, more than that, the accusation is a flat-out insult that, by its mere use, makes a lot of people even more inclined to dig their heels in and fight for the sanctity of their back yard, the most important piece of real estate on earth.
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Blizzard released yet another in a long line of charming, emotional animated shorts for Overwatch this week. Part of me wishes they hadn't. Every time we get a better look at the Overwatch universe through outside media, the act of playing the game itself feels that much more hollow and inconsequential.
Taken by itself, the gameplay remains impeccable. But though it is supported by a skeleton of rock-solid mechanics and approachable presentation, the beating heart of Overwatch belongs to its characters. Anyone who sits down to a match with a particular playstyle in mind will find a well-crafted, imminently likable avatar with which to spend the next dozen minutes. These strong personalities encourage players to experiment outside of their well-worn comfort zones. A diehard sniper may well find themselves drawn to Tracer thanks to her bubbly persona, rather than the technical team role of a serial harasser. Supplementary material in the form of comics and the aforementioned animated shorts flesh out the roster to the point where just about every character has their own admirable traits. Even Reaper holds down his own "middle school bathroom wall" brand of charm.
That Blizzard managed to bundle these eclectic misfits together in one cohesive product is impressive. The feat is diminished considerably when this ragtag group of international do-gooders and do-badders assemble to... stand in a large square and make sure the other guys don't stand in that large square.
Shooters are rarely as thrilling or addicting as Overwatch, but at the same time, this wonderful stable of souls feels wasted on chores like "Guide this floating car 500 yards down a road." In the case of the King's Row map, the arbitrary task at hand becomes an existential shitshow. Any attacking team who succeeds in escorting the payload to the end of the path does so literally -- the hovering vehicle carries with it an EMP meant to kill the local population of robots called omnics. The backstory of Overwatch centers around a human-omnic conflict, and while the two sides have since reconciled, tensions are still high. Meaning that every time the offense triumphs, they do so via a heinous terrorist act.
It's not your fault if you didn't realize what you were doing. Aside from one of Junkrat's pre-match lines, the game obscures your deeds using nonspecific terms like "payload" and "objective." Putting the truth together requires plumbing the lore in media stashed outside the software. Of course, the path is lit with plenty of official material carefully arranged to maximize player investment. But when the omnic monk Zenyatta agrees to tag along on a mission to sow dissent by obliterating his own people, all that fine character work is torn apart in pursuit of mechanical balance and player freedom. Blizzard created a universe with dazzling heroes and despicable villains, and then made a game where good and evil don't matter.
Decades of gaming has conditioned us to believe that when it comes to narrative, multiplayer "doesn't count." These ancillary modes are essentially toy boxes, and we are the Master Hand, bashing their cold plastic faces together until one doll is dead and broken. Back on the Nintendo 64, nobody flinched when James Bond teamed up with Oddjob to take down Natalia and Baron Samedi. Logic and personal motivations were best left to the single-player missions, allowing multiplayer to flourish in its own anarchic splitscreen paradise.
That outlook might seem primitive by today's standards, but consider what's happened now that Blizzard has ditched the pretense of a story mode altogether. This is a cast that begs for a core narrative experience, but we never get to see these sparkling champions -- Overwatch's most prominent, endlessly cosplayable selling point -- in their own element.
The one exception was the Uprising event, which offered a playable flashback in the form of a Horde Mode style mission. The bona-fide story level came complete with pre-selected characters and unique voice-acting that highlighted situation-specific dialogue, a first for the series. But when Blizzard launched Uprising, they did so with an optional mode that allowed players to skip the plot and select any number of characters. Just as Overwatch took a step towards recognizing the importance of having a reference point for its world and history, it took another step back and admitted that gameplay freedom is more important than anchoring its fiction in a concrete event.
Outside of Uprising, the sole frame of reference comes the in form of some digital comics and a handful of remarkable animated shorts like Mei's "Rise and Shine." Each piece offers engaging well-made additions to the lore, but that's the problem. Overwatch begs you to learn more about its characters, but obliging only pushes you further away. Learning that McCree ditched a gig with a shady gang of outlaws adds a welcome dimension to a walking meme mostly known for belting "It's High Noon." Yet, in-game, the cyborg cowboy has no reservations about joining forces with terrorists like Reaper or Widowmaker.
Mei's even worse off, thanks to her new cinematic tear-jerker. After awakening from a prolonged cryosleep, the climatologist finds that her co-workers are all dead and the weather system much worse off than she left it. How does Mei go about solving the climate crisis and making sure her team didn't perish in vain? Well, in the game, the solution seems to mostly involve freezing Genji and lining up a headshot with an icicle gun.
Overwatch teases players with references to a canonical universe that the game itself almost never depicts. These hints often materialize in pre-match dialogue, cuing us into a shared history that would enrich the world if it weren't instantly invalidated by the gameplay. This is especially jarring when it comes to Soldier 76 and Reaper. The lore tells us the pair fought together on the battlefield before 76 was selected for a promotion over his glum chum, causing a rift that eventually turned deadly. A "final" battle disfigured them both and began a bitter, decades-long rivalry. Should both of the angsty gun uncles be selected on the same team, a special verbal exchange may trigger. "One of these days someone's going to put an end to you," Soldier 76 growls. "I'd like to see them try," Reaper shoots back.
Blizzard goes out of their way to showcase dozens of similar small moments. While it feels appropriate to address the significance of these larger-than-life figures sharing a room, the gesture highlights the fact that guys like Reaper and Soldier 76 would rather punch holes in each other than work towards a common goal.
Unique one-liners have been used in other games with large rosters, but the feature plays better in something like Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. It makes sense to fans that Wolverine and Jean Grey would have something to say to each other before beginning a match on opposing sides. This sort of callback works in MvC3 because we've seen the pair's relationship develop in comics and films that are considered to be "higher canon" than a silly video game mashup. Overwatch doesn't have the benefit of prior material to work from, however. The game that Blizzard released in May 2016 is for all intents and purposes the Overwatch product. Since the definitive form of Blizzard's newest universe remains entirely non-canonical, every character ends up feeling like a guest star in their own game.
As it happens, Blizzard also has a game designed around actual guest characters: The MOBA Heroes of the Storm. During the tutorial, HotS begs players not to think too hard about why heroes and villains from franchises like Warcraft and Diablo are pitted against one other. Tracer has joined the HotS ranks alongside a few other Overwatch representatives, but the novelty of her presence is muted next to Starcraft's Raynor, who boasts a tangible, playable backstory with a complete arc in another game. There's nothing exciting about controlling an Overwatch character in a new context because we hardly have any baseline experience for comparison. The Heroes of the Storm version of Tracer is a copy of a copy, a doppelganger of nothing.
Judging by the reliable calendar of special themed events, Overwatch will continue to muzzle its own charm with a self-made screen of incongruity. Tracer should seem like the perfect candidate for a special track and field-themed skin. But it's hard to enjoy a fresh take on the zippy heroine when we've rarely seen her act like she belongs in her own universe.
Blizzard has left Overwatch in a tough place. Every rad new costume set dilutes the definition of these characters, which are already built on a dodgy foundation of outside media. But when one of these excellent shorts hits YouTube, it serves as a reminder that the hero you play and the hero of canon are completely different entities.
This nega-narrative dissonance will persist and grow as long as Blizzard keeps increasing the size of the roster and building out the lore everywhere except inside the main product. When Pharah's mother Ana was patched into the game, she launched alongside an origin story video and a brief digital comic. While it's heartening to see an older female hero treated with the same respect as her grizzled male peers, Ana's presence added yet another variable to the unstable mass of inconsistencies simmering below every match. For now, fans will have to come up with their own reasons why Pharah just used a concussive blast to knock her mom off a cliff.


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This tour takes us back from where we came and past some familiar spots.
Enjoy the walk back, the next post tomorrow, will have some details around the property. It has many more images and highlights some of the container gardens and plant groupings.
Can you just imagine resting in this field?
Or skipping down the path at the Chanticleer House?
Is this not a beautiful combination of texture? I think this is Gunnera in the foreground. Not only is the leaf size big, but it is bright in this shady setting. Notice the upper and lower color of the leaves, it lends visual interest. See how the trees span the path, this makes for an intimate feel to the circulation route, slowing down the viewer.
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Borders are colorful even when dependent on foliage.
My next post gives my thoughts on my visit, in addition to details around the property. It is a much more interesting post from the standpoint that it shows some closeups of the plant's groupings. It also discusses what you should have gathered in design ideas from the past posts and not just viewed them as pretty pictures.
Like above, did you notice how the path widens at the stairs? It does not just run straight into the stairs. It is a design detail that you can use. Also the depth of the mixed beds are generous, affording the room for color throughout the seasons.
Hope to see you tomorrow too. If you missed any of the previous posts and want to catch up, or get inclined to study the gardens for ideas, they are listed below for your convenience.


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BELGRADE, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Serbia took a 1-0 lead over Canada in their Davis Cup semi-final after Novak Djokovic beat Vasek Pospisil 6-2 6-0 6-4 in the opening singles rubber on Friday.
Roared on by a partisan home crowd in the Belgrade Arena, world number one Djokovic strolled to victory in one hour and 44 minutes to put 2010 winners Serbia in the driving seat.
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The State Level Single Window Clearance Committee cleared these projects that would attract an investment of Rs 3,028 crore with the potential to generate 7,114 jobs, said industries minister RV Deshpande.
The major ones included a real estate project in Bengaluru Rural by Hoskote Neo Homes with an outlay of Rs 495 crore and Ruchi Soya's Rs 455 crore project that is expected to employ 1,700 people.
Datta Mahanteshwar Sugars is investing Rs 246 crore to set up a sugar factory with a potential to create 260 jobs.
The South India Paper Mills and Jindal Aluminium are investing Rs 69 crore and Rs 38 crore, respectively, to set up units in Bengaluru Rural.
Bengaluru Rural walked away with the lion's share of investments, totalling Rs 787 crore, followed by Dakshina Kannada and Kalaburagi with Rs 544 crore and Rs 356 crore, respectively. The government will set up a pharma park on 150 acres in Mysuru.
The government has allocated 5 acres to the Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology for setting up an advanced polymer design and development research laboratory in Bengaluru that was proposed by chemicals and fertilizers minister Ananth Kumar at the Invest Karnataka meet held in February.
To promote industries in Karnataka, a non-profit company Invest Karnataka, will be formed. The formation of a Section 8 company was announced by CM Siddaramaiah in the budget.
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Investigators searched for witnesses Wednesday after a 45-year-old woman was found dead by her daughter in Gramercy Park, authorities said.
Wanda Mittie Threadgill, 45, was discovered Tuesday afternoon by her 27-year-old daughter in the 9500 block of South Western Avenue after she had not heard from her mother in about two weeks.
"It's not like her not to answer her phone," said Crystal Spradley, of Los Angeles.
On Tuesday morning, Spradley, her boyfriend, and her cousin went to check on her mother. Spradley's boyfriend kicked in the door, and the group immediately noticed a foul odor before discovering Threadgill in the bedroom.
Police received a call about 11:23 a.m., said Lt. Jeff Notle with the LAPD's Criminal Gang Homicide Division.
Investigators spent hours at the crime scene and called out a criminalist to assess potential evidence, he said. Threadgill had been dead for "a matter of days at a minimum," he said.
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"We're definitely calling it a homicide," Nolte said, adding that detectives found sharp-force trauma consistent with stab wounds.
An autopsy has yet to be completed, said Ed Winter, a spokesman for the L.A. County Coroner's office.
Spradley last spoke to her mother Dec. 3, the day before Threadgill's 45th birthday. When Threadgill stopped answering her phone, Spradley said she knew something was wrong.
Threadgill was a mother of four with four grandchildren, Spradley said.
Though Threadgill spent a portion of her life homeless, she was known for being generous. In the past year, she had gotten her own apartment and would often help others by letting them stay with her.
"She always helped people," Spradley said.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (213) 485-1383. Those who wish to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
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"Closely related to Equitable and The Mercantile Trust Company through ownership and management by much the same persons, was the Mercantile Safe Deposit Company, organized by Hyde in December 1875 to take over the safe deposit business of the Mercantile Trust. Directors and stockholders of Equitable were invited to subscribe to the capital stock ($300,000) but Hyde had to take most of it. The Deposit Company became a tenant of the Equitable Building January 1, 1876..."
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The Mercantile Trust Company began in 1868 as the Fire Proof Warehousing Company. In 1870 the name was changed to the Mercantile Loan and Warehousing Company, and in 1873 to The Mercantile Trust Company.For some period between 1868 and 1870 the Mercantile Loan and Warehouse was located at No. 122 Broadway (See: Jan. 23, 1871, New York Times, The Forger Van Eeten,)
One of the original directors of the Equitable Society was Jose Francisco de Navarro, who had founded the Commercial Warehouse Company sometime after 1855, which may represent an antecedent. (Buley, page 56.)
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It's deer hunting season in Virginia, and customers at Clark Brothers Guns in Warrenton were talking ammo, tree stands, how to lure a buck in close enough for a kill. Given the setting, my wanting to talk about luring more blacks and Hispanics into the GOP tent did have a certain cultural incongruity.
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"I've been hearing talk like that on the news," he said as we chatted across a glass countertop, firearms for sale underneath. "They're saying the GOP needs to change, become more diverse in order to win. Change, meaning pander for the vote, is that it? I just don't see us pandering."
Clark was born in Warrenton in 1956, the same year his father, Jim, and uncle, John, started Clark Brothers, which he took over when they died. He is staunchly conservative, representing the unvarnished, straight-shooting grass roots of the Republican Party. And he wasn't about to change.
"The way I see it, the country does not have enough money to take care of everybody's every need," he said. "So let me do as much as I can for myself, work for myself and don't tell me what to do for other people. If the jobs are there — and we do need more jobs — and people are working hard and still coming up short, I will help. If they aren't trying, I won't. That's the deal."
The gist of Clark's philosophy — that entitlements should not be allowed to erode personal responsibility, sap initiative or bankrupt the country — is a view shared by more than a few African Americans and Hispanics.
What repels many of those potential recruits, however, is the perception, if not the reality, that the party roils with racial resentment. Why else would the GOP be so overwhelmingly white?
It didn't help matters, either, when Republican strategists unleashed ads aimed at whipping the party's core constituency — aging, right-wing, non-college-educated white men — into a racial frenzy with "dog whistle" warnings that a black "food stamp president" was out to get them.
The "Bubba strategy," as President Obama supporters called it.
On Election Day, Bubba went whole hog for Republican contender Mitt Romney, only to be vanquished by a multiracial, mixed-gendered groundswell of voters. In the aftermath, the conservative white male was placed on the politically endangered species list — the crosshairs on him now.
"Election certifies that times are a changing," read the Hartford Courant, heralding Obama's reelection. "The supremacy of white male voters has fallen."
A headline on the Politic365 Web site said: "Why Romney Lost: The Angry White Male Vote Wasn't Enough."
In a perceptive commentary for the Nation, William Greider wrote: "The real loser was the bitter legacy of 'white supremacy.' That poisonous prejudice has endured in political reality and the national culture for two centuries. It still does, though it is now cultivated most zealously only by white Southerners who took over the party of Abraham Lincoln (who surely weeps for his Grand Old Party)."
I asked Clark how race relations were coming along in his neck of the woods.
"One of my frustrations is hearing so much about racism without any acknowledgment of how far we've come," he said. "There are still people who are racist, and I don't think that will ever go away. But if you want to see real racism, what I call 'effective racism,' go to some of the countries in Europe and Asia where the chances of a black man becoming president is less than zero."
He did have a point. And yet, had it been left up to the GOP, Obama's chances would have been less than zero, too.
It was also notable that gun sales have continued to increase since Obama was first elected in 2008. Obama has done more for gun owners than even his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush, but all he has to do is just mention "assault rifle," and there's a run on the gun.
Nothing to do with race, Clark said, certainly not a fear that Obama hates whites, as Glenn Beck used to preach on his Fox TV talk show.
"Some people are still very concerned about losing their right to bear arms," Clark said. "Some hadn't been able to make up their minds if they could afford one or not, but after Obama mentioned something about going after assault rifles during one of the presidential debates, it helped them decide. And I'm sure not complaining."
When I first met Clark in 2005, we talked about what seemed at the time to be endless war — in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, as the wars are finally winding down, more and more troops are coming home. And in Virginia, like much of the country, they are blacks, whites and Hispanics from mostly working-class and low-income homes.
Clark counted veterans among his best customers. Having packed up their M-16s and "Ma Deuce" .50 calibers, some were stopping by the store to check out the new Remington .30-06 deer rifle that had arrived just in time for the holidays. The brothers in arms would be hunting together for venison this season instead of al-Qaeda.
The way Clark saw it, a new, multiracial generation of patriots had volunteered to defend their country and weren't likely to turn their backs after coming home.
"Some people you don't have to 'invite' to fight for American values," he said. "If they believe in the same principles you do, they'll come stand with you on their own."
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The much anticipated showdown between No. 1 Kit Carson and No. 2 Fleming lived up to it's billing in a battle of unbeatens on Saturday, Feb. 4 in Fleming
A late surge by Kit Carson in the third quarter sparked a 55-44 victory for Coach Sara Crawford's team.
Kit Carson held a 12-9 lead after the first quarter before Fleming rallied for a 22-21 lead at halftime.
The Lady Wildcats from Kit Carson took charge in the third quarter to outscore Fleming, 15-7, and grab a 36-29 lead they never relinquished.
Both teams finished strong in the fourth quarter with Kit Carson scoring 19 points compared to 15 for Fleming (14-1).
Olivia Isenbart and Shayla Bogenhagen both had stellar peformances for Kit Carson (15-0).
O. Isenbart, a 6-2 sophomore forward, turned in her first double-double os the season as she tossed in 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. She also had 4 blocks.
Bogenhagen, a 5-3 senior guard, followed with 16 points including three 3's.
Haley Johnson, a 5-9 sophomore guard, added eight points (two 3's) while Tess Hornung, a 6-0 sophomore forward, chipped in 6 points. Micayla Isenbart, a 6-1 junior, had 4 points and hauled in 10 rebounds. Reyna Isenbart, 5-11 freshman guard, had 4 points.
Kit Carson also finished with 17 assists in the game led by M. Isenbart with 5 and R. Isenbart with 5.
The Lady Wildcats only shot three free throws in the game and made two.
Kit Carson had 10 steals with Bogenhagen, T. Hornung, M. Isenbart, and Johnson with 2 steals apiece.
The night before, Kit Carson also picked up a 48-27 win over Eads in District 2 play on Friday.
Kit Carson led 11-5 after the first quarter and 25-15 at halftime.
In lowing scoring third quarter, the Lady Wildcats had 8 points and Eads scored 6 as the score stood 33-21.
Kit Carson outpointed the Lady Eagles, 15-6, in the final quarter of play.
Hornung paced Kit Carson with 16 points. Bogenhagen also followed in double figures with 11 points including three 3-pointers.
O. Isenbert added 9 points and went 5-for-7 at the charity stripe. M. Isenbart chipped in 6 points.
For Eads, Mariah Smith had 16 points and went 4-for-5 from the free throw line. She had 7 rebounds.
Kit Carson sits in sole possession of first place in the district standings with a 3-0 record and now 15-0 overall.
With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Eads Lady Eagles (3-1; 10-6) sit in second place in the District 2 standings.
Following the loss to Kit Carson, the Lady Eagles snapped a three-game losing skid with a 45-39 win against Holly in a non-district game on Saturday.
Eads trailed Holly, 13-3, after the first quarter and 19-12 at halftime.
Holly continued to lead the game, 31-28, after three quarters before the Lady Eagles came out hot in the fourth quarter to outscore the Lady Wildcats, 17-8, to rally for the victory.
Sophomore Miranda Mitchek paced Eads with 15 points. Kaylee Wilson, another sophomore, finished with 11 points.
Smith followed with 7 points and 13 rebounds and Brenna Rouse added 5 points for the Lady Eagles.
This week, Eads will only play one game but it will be a good test when they travel to face No. 7 state ranked South Baca (13-2) on Thursday, Feb. 9.
The McClave Lady Cardinals (2-1; 8-7) sit in third place behind Eads in the District 2 race.
The Lady Cardinals earned a big 42-31 district win over Cheyenne Wells last Thursday.
McClave held a slim 8-7 lead after the first quarter and took a 14-9 lead into halftime.
After the third quarter, the Lady Cardinals were still leading 24-21.
In the fourth quarter McClave finished strong to outscore the visiting Lady Tigers, 18-10.
Kaci Chadwick led Cheyenne Wells with 13 points and Skylar Ziegler had 9 points.
McClave also defeated Walsh, 44-17, in a non-district game on Saturday. The Lady Cardinals have now won three straight games.
McClave plays at Granada on Friday, Feb. 10 and then travels to face Hi-Plains on Saturday the 11th.
The Lady Cardinals will then cap the regular season at Wiley on Thursday, Feb. 16.
The next night, McClave will host Eads in a possible matchup for second place on Friday, Feb. 17 in McClave.
In a battle for first place in the District 3 standings, No. 4 state ranked Kim/Branson (13-0) hosted No. 7 ranked South Baca (11-2) last Saturday.
The two teams met in the season opener, with the Lady Mustangs picking up a 43-34 victory.
That had been Kim/Branson's only win by single digits until a 49-42 decision over Holly on Jan. 28.
Prior to the showdown, Kim/Branson dominated Granada, 61-10, on Thursday, Feb. 2 while South Baca posted a 55-29 win against Rolla, Ks.
South Baca knocked Kim/Branson from the unbeaten ranks with a hard fought 51-47 victory in overtime.
The Lady Pirates held a 10-7 lead after the opening quarter.
Neither team budged in the second quarter as both scored an identical 19 points apiece with South Baca taking a 29-26 lead into halftime.
It was more of the same in the third quarter as both teams scored eight points apiece.
In the fourth quarter, Kim/Branson outscored the Lady Patriots, 13-10, as the score stood 47-47 at the end of regulation.
In overtime, South Baca scored four points while Kim/Branson was held scoreless.
Kim/Branson with no seniors on the roster were paced by junior Joni Brown with 16 points including 5-of-8 at the charity stripe and three 3's.
Classmate Ashley Yergert followed with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Sophomore Tor Goode followed with 9 points (7-of-10 free throws), junior Katelynn Keeler had 6 points, and junior Zariah Mason had 5 points.
Holly wrapped up District 3 play as they rallied to beat Wiley, 47-45. The Lady Wildcats finished with a 2-3 record in district play.
Wiley held a seven point lead in the fourth quarter and were clinging to a 41-38 lead with four minutes left in the game when Holly rallied with key steals on defense that they converted into points to take the lead.
Back-to-back steals and layups by Holly's Josie Cook gave the Wildcats a 42-41 lead with 3:37 to go. It proved to be a lead that the Lady Wildcats never surrendered.
With two minutes remaining, another steal and a layup by Cook made it 44-41.
Leading 47-42, Wiley closed the gap to 47-45 with a free throw by Faith Dellamaestra and basket by Jada Logan with 12.9 seconds left.
On the inbounds, Holly's Kallie Cathcart was fouled but missed the front end of a one-and-one.
Wiley's Madison Summer was fouled with 1.3 on the clock and went to the line to shoot two free throws with an opportunity to tie the game.
She missed the first attempt and on her second attempt she also missed but was called for a lane violation as Holly hung on for the win.
Cook finished with a game-high 24 points for the Lady Wildcats.
Logan finished with 11 points for Wiley. Summers followed with 9 points, Diana Morales with 8, and Marisa Vazquez and Dellamaestra both finished with 7 points apiece.
With a 45-39 loss to Eads, Holly is now 10-7 overall.
This week, Holly travels to play at Cheyenne Wells on Thursday, Feb. 9.
The Springfield Lady Longhorns (2-1; 9-6) are starting to turn things around.
Springfield picked up two wins last week against Boise City, Ok. (31-28) and Cheraw (43-16).
The Lady Longhorns have now won three straight games and look to stay in the hunt for a possible second or third place finish in the district standings.
Springfield travels to take on Wiley (1-3; 9-6) in district action on Friday, Feb. 10 before they close out the regular season hosting South Baca in another key district game on Thursday, Feb. 16.


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The Coalition for Public Education/Coalición por la Educación Pública is an impartial, non-sectarian, and non-governmental organization with short, center and long-time period educational and social objectives. The downside shouldn't be that they cannot communicate although I assume a number of board members wrestle to do so appropriately, it's that they have competing visions for the town and different ranges of consciousness, Watching the board meetings you'll be able to just inform some members are way more prepared than others. Ex Teacher your description of education within the Dominican Republic is just about what I experienced from the early 1970s to the early Nineteen Nineties. In order to shut this gap, the members proposed a paradigm shift by specializing in practices outlined on this guide, Reconceptualizing STEM Education.
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A continent is a large area of the land on Earth that is joined together. In general it is agreed there are seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Australasia or Oceania,[1] and South America.[2][3]
Alternative versions
Some sources say that Australia is one of the seven continents.[4] Others say that Australia is part of Oceania. Oceania is a region which includes Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.[5] The third alternative is the term Australasia, which includes at least all countries on the Australian continental plate. This includes the islands of New Guinea, Tasmania, New Zealand and a number of smaller islands. It is on the south-eastern side of the Wallace Line, with distinct differences in its biology from the Asian side of the line.
- "It includes all the islands of the Malay Archipelago... as well as the various groups of islands in the Pacific. The term has been used in very different senses".[6]
North and South America
North America and South America are often described as "the Americas". This has the advantage of including Central America and the Caribbean islands. Otherwise, Central America is counted as part of North America.
Eurasia is not really an alternative, it is a recognition that the landmass of Europe and Asia are continuous, and some of its largest countries are in both continents. Russia extends from eastern Europe to the far east of Asia without a break. The Ural Mountains, which run roughly north/south, are the traditional dividing-line between Europe and Asia. For many purposes is is convenient to consider the great landmass as a single continent, Eurasia.
When British people talk about "the Continent" (or "Continental" things) they mean the European mainland.[7] This meaning is not used as much as it used to be, but is still seen in phrases like "Continental breakfast" (rolls with cheese, jam etc. as distinct from an "English breakfast" which is a cooked breakfast).
Continents not only move but also sometimes move against each other. The Indian subcontinent has been colliding with the Eurasian continent for a while now. As these continents push against each other, they buckle and bend. Because of this, the Himalaya Mountains, where Mount Everest is, are still being made today.[8]
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- ↑ Either are accepted terms
- ↑ Continent (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
- ↑ "Continents: What is a Continent?". National Geographic. http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/continents/. Retrieved 2009-08-22. "Most people recognize seven continents—Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia, from largest to smallest—although sometimes Europe and Asia are considered a single continent, Eurasia."
- ↑ World fact book - Australia
- ↑ Worldatlas.com - Australia
- ↑ Wallace, Alfred Russel 1893. Australasia, vol 1. London: Stanford. Chapter 1: Definition.
- ↑ "Encarta World English Dictionary". Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.. 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. http://www.webcitation.org/5kwRKDyZ6. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- ↑ Earth Science. United States of America: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 2001. pp. 211. .


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When you are planning your wedding, you need to find suppliers you can trust and enjoy being around. That's why the experience is so important.
Laura offers an experience like no other. She has incredible attention to detail & always blows away her clients with the sheer quality of her work.
The worst thing about wedding planning is not knowing. Not knowing what they will be like on the day, not knowing what photos they will get - and the more you don't know, the more stressed you're likely to feel. Laura eliminates stress with various contact points throughout the planning process; the meeting, the engagement shoot and the pre-wedding consultation. This means you can explain everything you want, you can feel confident with your photographer and you will know Laura will be capturing it all and more!
Meeting Laura
You can view the price list brochure online so you can see beforehand whether you would like a digital or album option. The pricing is laid out clearly so you can make the best decision for you and you can learn more on wedding planning and how the day works. But most of all to see if this is the type of experience for your big day.
Once you contact Laura, she will invite you to her studio in Buckinghamshire to view her handmade Italian albums and have a talk about your wedding. At this point, it's all about you and your day and she wants to find out what's important to you to make sure you get what you want from your wedding.
Engagement Session
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She will also talk you through the different techniques she's using and why. This is so you can see all the small details that make the image and you can be reassured you're in good hands.
After the engagement session you will prepared for posing and will enjoy your wedding day even more.
The Consultation
This can be done in person at the studio, at the wedding venue or on the phone. There will be an online form to complete with all of the timings and names and Laura will go through those details, filling in the gaps and making sure everything is covered. This means on the day you don't even have to think about it, everything will be photographed and everything will go to plan.
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Laura chooses to photograph Weddings for around 12 hours. This means there's plenty of time to capture the whole day, starting with the bride or groom preparations through to after the first dance. This is perfect for creating a wedding album afterwards.
In the few hours before the wedding, there's so much going on it's important to capture these moments without any rushing or stress. The day usually starts by dress and detail photos or groomsmen poses, followed by the signature engagement ring image & then candid make up photos while the bride/groom and their bridal party are all enjoying each other's company.
During the ceremony, Laura will quietly capture moments (where permitted) and relaxed photos immediately after. The group photos require organisation, so the list is prepared beforehand and reordered to they flow faster. Laura goes through the list as efficiently as possible ensuring all guests are present and looking towards the camera. This is one moment other photographers may skim past, but it's such an important part of the day, documenting the family and friends that are there to celebrate with you. It may not be a priority during the planning process, but these images will mean so much more to you after the wedding.
The Couple photos are just like the engagement session, you will enjoy having your photo taken! And because you have already had a practice round, the poses will be a lot faster and a lot more images will be taken compared to the engagement shoot - you're a pro at posing by the wedding day!
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You will receive a luxury gold USB in a beautiful ivory box and gift bag. Something you will want to treasure.
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Can you guess after a dog, what other creature has mastered the art of sleeping comfortable, in odd positions and locations? Cat, is the answer!
Cats love fixing themselves in the smallest, and most awkward spaces. It's quite unfortunate that we'll never understand why they prefer such places, but maybe at times, we are wrong. Those spaces might be large to them, but seem small and tight to us.
This world would be a better place if we invented devices, that can translate what they "meaouw" all time. We could be able to converse, but as they say, "if wishes were horses, beggars would ride."
They literally get comfort everywhere! Whether a box, shoes, bowl, couch… they will just lay down and let you watch them. The impossible to us is the possibility to them. Some think that cats are strange and weird, but they are actually smart. Sleeping in that tight box is a luxury to them and to some extent, it reduces their stress levels, who knows!
It's so true that these creatures are smart. Ever heard of the creatures of the night? Well, cats are one of those creatures that find dark, and cramped areas sexy. They take a nap in these areas, just to preserve their body heat and temperature. It's a strategy that they came up with.
Keep in mind that your pet isn't strange, but a little genius in the world of animals. You need to live to admire their ability to adapt to the surroundings.
Isn't this amazing?
Here are 30 cats that decided "if I fit, I'll sit."
We all love the saying, "a friend in need, is a friend indeed." This cat had to give his good friend some spot to go and relax together. The coziness took them away, that they were like in the clouds, playing the "tom and jerry chase."
How adorable!
Does magic really exist in this world? I'd say that cats have supernatural powers. This cat only has a head, where's the rest of the parts? I bet he did the 'abracadabra trick' and his body varnished away.
The big bro's too, like to feel the coziness in tiny spaces. If the small boys do this, why don't the big boys try this out too!
Cats are extremely on point.
"This pillow looks so fluffy and soft, I would just like to lay my head down on it." Oh, wait! It's just the cat who looks like the pillow. This cat probably got you confused with a pillow.
It's so fluffy, and look at how it has shaped itself. It would have just chosen another spot, instead of the squeezed up space. But then, that other spaced area wouldn't be good for it.
Love your style kitty!
Dad wanted to enjoy some alone time in the cold sink, so he thought of hiding himself there from the children. Sorry for him, the children spotted the chill zone and they had to chill with dad.
Family always!
This cat most likely needed some money to go out and get some milk. So, it figures out that to sleep on Audrey's pocket is the best idea. Maybe the intention was to wake up just to find some money, but unfortunately, it fell dead asleep.
Sorry kitty, try next time!
Are cats senses dead or what? This cat doesn't feel any smell that's been produced by the bad lettuce.
I guess the bin, and sleep are good enough to protect it from the bad odors.
This shoe was so the kitten's size that it was so hard for it to resist. After trying it out, the kitty noticed that a red inch low heel was good for it.
It's all grown up from the looks of it. The fitting and warmth inside there is unbearable for the kitten.
Sleep you little kitty, sleep!
This orange beauty clearly knows that a beauty sleep needs to be completed by a good sleeping zone. So it sat down and got to thinking of which is the best sleeping zone. In a few, its mind was set to the basket that it was brought home in.
Finally, they had to have some reunion, and boom, it was fantastic!
We say "strange", and cats says otherwise. They say its rather "perfect fit." Sleeping in that log was the perfect mistake this cat did.
You 'wanna' know what they feel like, go and try that too!
This cat knows how we do it, "LIKE A BOSS!" Putting on that stone face means that things are about to get serious.
Don't you think so?
This little kitty is so adorable, I could eat him up like pudding. The way it has fixed itself in the bowl, makes me crave for some ice cream.
They love resting in bowls, but it's still cute.
Sometimes I think that these little paws were blessed with beautiful minds. This kitten knew that this place was all that it needed. It's a pretty place to nap though!
I think that's a C-cup! Crazy how this cat chose to chill there, but it's okay.
So long as it fits, the rest can be left behind.
So what's cooking? It looks like some people will be having kitty for supper. Of all the places, this cat thought that a wok had a larger surface area than other chill spots, so he had to try something brand new.
Don't let those big eyes deceive you that this is a comfort zone. Does it look comfortable to you?
Well, Have fun little pussycat!
This cat wasted no time, as it saw an opportunity. If opportunity comes knocking at the door, this kitten would proudly open it.
I'd say it's weird in so many levels, but maybe it ain't a bad idea.
They do know pants can be impressive at times.
Ever heard of the "Fast and the Furious", leave alone the movie? This is one fast and furious cat, that you wouldn't want to mess with.
Sitting on that flower vase is a clear indicator, it's on its territory.
Attempt to water this plant at your own risk!
"Can you see me" is what these kitties are asking us. The see-through bowl is amazing, but these cats have taken our own bowls and made them theirs.
It's really awful and at the same time beautiful.
They have taken this rest issue too far. Look at this little paw, just sleeping with no stress.
The question that's really burning is, how did it enter the glass of wine and the glass didn't break or fall?
Whatever this cat desires, be rest assured that it will get it.
At first, you'd think it's a fish stuck with a cat's face, but its just a mere cat.
It looks so cute and innocent.
So they threw a birthday party and when the presents were been given out, this cat chose the gift box instead of the present.
To proof that it wanted the box, it had to turn it to its "special spot."
This cat is definitely begging for food and mom not to leave. It's sad, but as we all know, it's going to act like everything is okay.
From a distance, it seems like a doll, but it's just the same old cat we see every day.
It turned this storage area into a gazing, and resting area.
Between the storage spot of sneakers, and the adorable orange and white kitty, what would you choose?
"Is this box too small, or I'm I 'too big?'"
You wonder why these kitties have such exquisite paws? This is one of the reasons. They make sure that if the paws are in, they are ready for admiration when they are out.
I thought this wicker whale thing was designed to act as a decoration piece.
Clearly, this is what it was designed for!
Ever seen an animal with a ride? This big cat isn't called the 'king of the jungle' for no reason.
This is the face cats put when they get too comfortable with just about everything.
Cats are just unique animals. You got to appreciate how easily they can adapt to any surrounding. Not many animals act like them, so you can't yourself lucky having that awesome cat around.
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Should you go for an iPod Touch or buy the new Zune HD? Paul Thurrot, in his review of Zune HD, says that Zune HD misses the iTunes App store and there's a lack of add-ons that help you connect a music player with an external device like the car stereo or your wireless speakers at home:
While the Zune HD appears to compete nicely with the iPod touch, it falls short in a few areas. The Zune HD screen, while gorgeous, is a bit smaller than that of the touch, and of course this device lacks the amazing App Store compatibility that drives iPod touch sales.
Speaking of ecosystem support, another huge strength of the iPod line is the huge selection of iPod-compatible hardware devices, most of which are based around the iPod dock connector. The Zune has nothing like this, and those who choose the Zune have much fewer add-ons (including such things as cases and car attachments, among others) from which to choose.
While the Zune HD can output in 720p HD when connected to an HDTV via the AV Dock, this is really a secondary way to enjoy Zune-based content in your living room (or it soon will be). Microsoft sees its Xbox 360 as the entertainment hub in the living room, and certainly as the Zune software gets more and more entwined into the 360 over time, the console will become more viable in this regard. But the HD-based Zune HD output seems a bit redundant.
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Oct 25 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday as a slew of strong earnings reports from companies including Microsoft and Ford helped lift sentiment.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 153.12 points, or 0.62 percent, at the open to 24,736.54.
The S&P 500 opened higher by 18.78 points, or 0.71 percent, at 2,674.88. The Nasdaq Composite gained 89.09 points, or 1.25 percent, to 7,197.49 at the opening bell. (Reporting by Amy Caren Daniel in Bengaluru)