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National Paddling Film FestivalFriday and Saturday, February 21st & 22nd 2020
Come see us at Gauleyfest for the official kickoff of NPFF 2020!
Now accepting submissions for films and still images!
Good GOLLY! It's GAULEY SEASON!!! Gauley Fest is right around the corner and it's the annual kick off for submissions for the National Paddling Film Festival! So, get your videos and stills ready…..
This year's NPFF will be February 21-22 at Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort KY. Many more updates to come. Let's get it in gear. New this year: looking for fun and crazy short vids for interludes. Have carnage vid that you'd love to share? Send it on with a note that you would like to have your submission considered for interludes. Have a funny whitewater related skit that you think will make us laugh? Film it and send it! Clips should be no longer than 3 minutes. Bring on the fun!
Get Tickets
Festival tickets are $30 at the door. Children under 12, free. Advanced tickets on sale now for $25! Admission includes beer tickets, non-alcoholic refreshments, and chili Friday night (while supplies last)
Silent Auction
Bid on many donated paddling and non-paddling items. The bidding gets frantic near the close of the auction, Saturday.
Visit the Sponsor Booths
Visit different sponsor booths. American Whitewater, BWA, Dirtbag Paddlers, Canoe Kentucky, and Rapid Expeditions will have booths this year!
5:00 PM – Doors Open/Beer Starts Flowing/Films Start
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM – Chili contest drop off
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM – Chili contest judging
7:00 PM – Chili served for dinner
8:00 PM – Guest Speaker TBA
9:00 PM – Films Continue
11:00 PM – End of Day 1
All types of chili welcome in contest! Bring your favorite traditional, white, chicken, vegetarian, vegan, or anything else and we'll judge it and serve it! Bring any sides you want yours judged with!
10:00 AM- 4:00 PM Bourbon Tour on the Hour
12:00 noon – Not-NPFF Race Check-in at Elkhorn / AW Acres
1:00 PM – Not-NPFF Race
5:00 PM – Films and Bourbon Tasting Start
5:45PM – Bourbon Tasting Ends
9:00 PM – Director Remarks, Raffles, Film Winners Announced
9:00 PM – Wrap-up Silent Auction Bidding
9:45 PM – Guest Host TBA
**Silent Auction Pick Up Time TBA**
11:00 PM – End of NPFF
The Annual Not-NPFF Race - The Jess Cup
The annual Not-NPFF Downriver Race and Club Championship will be held Saturday on Elkhorn Creek. Race begins at noon and check-in is at Elkhorn / AW Acres. You don't have to compete to go down river – but dress warmly. The Not-NPFF race is not associated with NPFF, and no liability is assumed by NPFF or its volunteers. Hence, the Not-NPFF name.
Join the NPFF Festival @ The Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort Kentucky
Elmer T. Lee Clubhouse
Buffalo Trace Distillery
113 Great Buffalo Trace
Frankfort, KY
From Louisville:
On I-64 Eastbound, take Exit 53B, US 127 North, go about 5 miles. You will cross the KY River and see the Capital Plaza Hotel, turn left (still 127 North, also Wilkinson Blvd.). The distillery will be on the left in one mile.
From Lexington:
On I-64 Westbound, take exit 58, go North on US 60 until it becomes US 127/421. Go straight, follow signs to Civic Center/Downtown and do not make any turns until you see the distillery on your right, about 5.5 miles.
SMOKING NOTE: While smoking is allowed on the porch at the clubhouse, due to the flamable nature of Buffalo Trace products, smoking between the parking lot and the clubhouse, or in most places on Buffalo Trace property, is not permitted.


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MSI reveals Z97 SLI Krait Edition or shall we name it Black Beauty ?
No-no ... not X99 this time, you'd almost forget that there is Z97 eh ? But puns aside, check out the basic two tone black and white Z97 SLI Krait Edition Motherboard. The black and white themed Z97 motherboard dubbed the 'Z97 SLI Krait Edition' is said to have been born out of sheer consumer demand – and you know what, I tend to agree.
Intel's Z97 chipset and LGA 1150 socket controls the heart of Z97 SLI Krait. There are four DDR3 DIMM slots, two PCIe 3.0 x16 slots, three PCIe 3.0 x1 slots and two legacy PCI slots.
MSI included a SATA Express port along with six SATA 6GB/s ports for storage. There are many fan headers available along with USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 connectors. Anyway, this would just look lovely in an all black or white chassis. Have a peek as it is all about the simplistic design and less about the specs.
MSI reveals two Z68 motherboards - 05/12/2011 09:24 AM
We are reviewing the Z68A-GD80 as we speak, but MSI is officially announcing its feature rich models with the latest Intel Z68 (B3) Express chipset. Built with the best user experience and stability i...
MSI reveals its Intel 6-series strategy - 02/03/2011 11:28 AM
MSI has been informed by Intel about the design issues in the Intel 6 series chipsets. According to Intel the performance of some of the Intel SATA ports on Intel 6 series products can degrade over a ...
MSI reveals GeForce GTX 400 Cards - 03/27/2010 12:55 PM
And the last GTX 400 press release for today. MSI introduces its N480GTX and N470GTX: Urged over and again until it appeared! In order to fulfill the demand for extreme 3D performance of hardcore game...
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beatifull motherboard, great job MSI!
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Oh that is a lovely looking board!
Couple that with some white fans, white and black RAM (like the Kingston Hyper X series)
and it would really look awesome!
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It does indeed look quite different, nice.
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Looking at the bare board though I wonder how many features are missing compared to the enthusiast overclocking boards.
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I too thought it looked pretty neat, matching cases like my soon to be used R4 with the black and white scheme (and the matching black and white fans in there), probably could get some RAMs like that... but never a graphics card with black and white! Or a cpu cooler... unless they release those with matching colors, but black and red is all too omnipotent these days.
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That's a funny looking Oreo right there.
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Yeah my thoughts exactly.
But from what I saw almost any Z97 looks like its missing stuff and looks empty.
EDIT: although Asus Deluxe looks the same like old Z87 - not so empty.
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Never getting a MSI board again, all the MSI boards i've had had USB issues every single one of them.
It does look good though, but white/black meh.
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Never getting a MSI board again, all the MSI boards i've had had USB issues every single one of them.
It does look good though, but white/black meh.
My God what issues ?
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have had a few MSI boards over the past few years, only problem I saw was SLI would not work with a boot leg copy of Win7 on one of them.
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It looks good, but it looks very cheap.
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beautiful look and clean.
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Mmmm this would actually look great with my white Corsair 600T case and Tundra TD02 cpu cooler - may be a future purchase cheers HH
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Oh, this is a lovely looking board. I like the simple black and white touches. Very refined look. Would have been a nice option when I first built my 600T. I hope to see more style options like this in the higher end segments; I'm so over the redundant red and black themes - don't get me wrong, they all look great but there are just sooo many of them! This is a nice and well done change of pace for once; excellent!
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Yeah my thoughts exactly.
But from what I saw almost any Z97 looks like its missing stuff and looks empty.
EDIT: although Asus Deluxe looks the same like old Z87 - not so empty.
Actually I think the fact they dont have text plastered all over the place like other boards may be a reason why it looks so empty when you compare it to those links you posted. Imagine how they will look if you removed all the white font covering it.

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Rio Olympics 2016 : Leander Paes refuses to play with Rohan Bopanna : Indian tennis champ and one of the best double player, Leander Paes will be seen in an Olympic event once again and for a record seventh time. One of the most "equipped" athletes of his era, the 43-year-old, Paes, took to social media account of twitter to share one of his splendid moments during his profession. The post combined flashes from his Olympic stint following in 1996. Paes addressed, "As I gear up for Rio, remembering one of the proudest moments of my career from 20 years ago today."
With just two days left to go for this year's Rio Olympics, some sources have learned that tennis pro Rohan Bopanna, who is to team up with Leander in the men's doubles game, is forced to practice with another as Leander has yet to land in Rio de Janeiro.
Paes, according to reports, has told the Indian Olympic Association that he doesn't want to share the platform with Bopanna at the Olympic Center. The two don't share any fellowship, particularly since Bopanna declared Saketh Myneni as his doubles ally before the All Indian Tennis Association (AITA) directed in favor of Leander.
It must be seen that Sania Mirza too overlooked Paes, who will play his seventh Olympics, as her mixed doubles comrade and chose Bopanna instead.
Else than Paes, the whole Indian contingent landed in Rio on August 1 to begin their practices for the Olympics opening on Thursday.
When talked, Leander's dad Vece Paes, a past Olympic medal champion himself in hockey, came out in his son's security. "Leander is on the way to Rio and is joining by this evening,".
The senior Paes also added that Junior Paes is only late by half a day, in order with what was chosen by the squad during last month's Davis Cup draw in Chandigarh.


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Wednesday, 30
Utah Humanities Book Festival - Wayne A. Wiegand
Wayne A. Wiegand, renowned American library historian, author, and academic, will share Part of Our Lives, his new history of public libraries in America.
When: Thursday, October 1, 2015: 7:00 PM
Where: Logan Library - Virginia Hanson Room
In Part of Our Lives, Wayne A. Wiegand delves into the heart of why Americans love their libraries. Wiegand listens to the voices of everyday patrons who cherish libraries. Drawing on newspaper articles, memoirs, and biographies, he paints a clear and engaging picture of Americans who value libraries not only as civic institutions but also as social spaces for promoting and maintaining the community.
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Sunday, 27
Banned Books Week 2015
September 27 to October 3 is Banned Books Week!
Banned Books Week is an annual event that celebrates the freedom to read. This year the theme of Banned Books Week is Young Adult Fiction. Frequently Challenged or Banned Young Adult Fiction 2014-2015.
Banned Books Virtual Read-Out!
For the fifth year in a row, readers from across the country and around the world will be able to participate virtually during Banned Books Week, Sept. 27 October 3, 2015. Participants may proclaim the importance of the freedom to read by posting videos that will be featured on a dedicated Banned Books Week Virtual Read-Out YouTube channel.
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Dedicated to Professor Lewis Wolpert and his discovery of "The Triumph of the Embryo"
of Human Embryonal Society
of "Down with the Mind" All the World Movement
We, the Embryonal People of all Races and Sexes, We declare as follows:
1. Being fully conscious, that our ideas are in a full contradiction with the Reason and Biology, we declare that it is an obvious truth, that all men are created equal. We thus claim that Cain is equal to Abel, an idiot to a genius, and a common gangster has the same rights as a saint. Moreover, in agreement with the teaching of the New Catholic Church, we declare that the human embryo has equal rights to the life, and to the pursuit of happiness, as an adult man. In short, we claim that A (FERTILISED) EGG IS EQUAL TO A CHICKEN – and this is our New, Radiant Thought, which enlightens all our strivings and actions.
2. We declare that our God, Creator of Equality, has provided us – in a contrast with other mindless animals – with natural rights to live in safety, to bee free, and to be happy. We intend to execute these divine rights at the cognitive level of an innocent child, or even at the level of a not-yet-differentiated embryo. We have right to do it, for it is a self-evident truth that every adult was once in his embryonic state of personality. This is his own fault, that he has abandoned – against the Will of the Creator of Equality – this divine state of primordial idiocy and happiness.
3. In order to enforce the divine laws of The Infantilized Man, we intend to reproduce on the Earth the conditions of safety and happiness which are characteristic for the womb. We will thus cover the earth with our air-conditioned structures, which will protect us from evils of the bad weather, and we will provide the People with endless supply of food, clothing and transport facilities, so nobody will be forced to perform any destroying him, physical effort. We will also organize our Society in such a way that nobody will dare to force us to do a cognitive effort – which effort might eventually draw us away from our God-blessed state of continuous idiocy and happiness.
4. We declare that in order to realize this grandiose project of a permanent infantilization (or even of embryonalization) of a man, our God, Creator of Equality, has provided us with the right to exploit, up to our desires, all the richness of the Earth. We have also the right to exterminate (or to imprison in cages and reserves) all other animal species, including the Homo sapiens, which might put into danger the realization of our aggressively infantilized projects of total domestication.
5. We thus declare that our Human Embryonal Society has the Right to organize itself into politico-economical bands called parties, Mafias and corporations. In order to ease activities of these God-blessed bands, it has become necessary to dissolve – or to transform in an appropriate way – all previously existing, social justice, beauty, and truth seeking, human associations. Their crime consisted in stimulation of desires and actions different from the obligatory in our society, new born babies drive for a comfort, safety, and an imbecile happiness.
6. We thus declare, that the Enemy no.1 of the People are followers of Karl Marx, whose program has effectively limited the production of God blessed machines, which in an effortless way give to people the feeling of freedom, happiness and domination.
7. We declare, that the Enemy no. 2 of the People are followers of Socrates, whose ancient teachings have undermined in the past the idiotic, childish enchantment with democracy and equality.
8. We declare that the Enemy no. 3 of the People are sincere and averted followers of Jesus Christ. This son of the bitch has managed, for nearly two thousand years, to lure the people, claiming that the happiness one might find eventually only after one's death, and that we should not care neither for food nor clothing, neither for business, neither even for our own families.
9. We intend also to liberate Mankind from the merciless teachers, who spoil our youth declaring that one cannot jump over one's shadow, that two plus two equals four and that every action causes reaction. Students of our schools, instead of learning the dull logic, mathematics and physics, will joyously play computer games and learn about Mickey Mouse adventures.
10. In short, after the liberation from our historical oppressors and enemies, we, the Uniformized Society of Non Differentiated Human Embryos, we intend "to multiply and to dominate the earth" – as our God of Israel, present already at the first page of the Bible, teaches us to behave. Needless to add that we thus intend to behave like an aggressively growing, human planetary cancer.(Elaborated in 1993. The text drawn after the "Declaration of Independence of North America" of 1776, and the encyclical letter "Laborem exercens" of 1981.)


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The Seriake Dickson phenomenon in Bayelsa – Part 1
I was in Yenagoa, February 15-18, to witness the series of events marking the sixth year of Henry Seriake Dickson as governor of Bayelsa State. The celebrations began on February 11 with a church service in Yenagoa. They ended as they began with a church service at Otuoke, the home town of former President Goodluck Jonathan, on February 18, with a huge reception for former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who was in the state at Dickson's invitation to commission some of his major social and development projects, February 16 and 17.
These series of events were not trumpet-blowing events, although they might easily so qualify given that they show-cased the achievements of the governor rather colourfully on bill boards and glossy documents. Dickson, lawyer, is the fourth civilian governor of the state. He was elected into office in February 2012 and was re-elected in 2016. There is every indication, going by the series of events I witnessed, that if he were entitled to a third term, he would quite easily make it too.
There are so many good and important things one can say about Dickson, fondly called Country Man by his people but for fear of saying so little in the face of so much, let me limit myself to a few facts about the really giant strides the state has made under his watch in only six years. I was curious about the man who has made the state with the most difficult terrain in the country, the envy of much older states still struggling with the basics of development. I dug into his political background to help me put his achievements in perspective.
First, two things hit you as you drive into Yenagoa. You immediately notice that the drive from Port Harcourt to Yenagoa is no longer a most unpleasant obstacle race when you had your heart in your mouth, afraid that the bad boys would suddenly emerge from the bush on either side of the road and leave you either poorer or even make you history. Well, the road has been fixed and the one-and-half-hour drive is smooth. When you arrive Yenagoa, the second pleasant surprise hits you. It is not a one-street town any more. It has become a sprawling modern city of fine private homes, towering private hotels and impressive government buildings. Then, of course, the feeling of peace and security in the state capital blows in your face like a cool breeze. When I visited the state sometime in 2013 Dickson spoke to me with his signature passion about what he was doing to make the state secure and peaceful. He has been as good as his word here.
Dickson is a towering figure, physically and mentally. He is a forceful and articulate speaker. And he speaks with passion, sometimes creating the fear in his audience of his being worked up. He is a man driven by a high sense of justice and fairness. This propelled him into politics in 1998 when his young state created by General Sani Abacha in October 1996 was about two years old. He surprised many of his friends when he chose to join AD, a new political party domiciled in the South-West and was rightly regarded as a Yoruba party.
But there is a method to what Dickson did and does. He was attracted to AD by its stand on restructuring and resource control, two burning issues in our public space. The party, in its manifesto, promised to tackle them. Dickson liked that. He is a resource control warrior. It was, therefore, easy for him to join people of like minds in AD when it did not appear to be politically rewarding for him to do so in his state. He was elected the Bayelsa State chairman of the party.
And then Dickson sprang a huge surprise on everyone. In the 1999 general elections Dickson showed his capacity for doing the seemingly impossible. Under his watch, Bayelsa State elected an AD senator, an AD member of the House of Representatives and three AD members of the state house of assembly. Bayelsa was the only state in the federation to make AD politically relevant outside the South-West. The leaders of the other political parties in and outside the state took due notice of the young lone ranger who had shown his hands as a courageous political strategist.
Sadly, the marriage between him and AD was short lived. By the time President Obasanjo assumed office on May 29, 1999, the resource control debate had bloomed into a major national controversy, pitting the oil-producing states against the rest of the country. Those were emotional moments rocked by local champions of all stripes. The federal attorney-general and minister of justice, Chief Bola Ige, decided to resolve the matter by asking the Supreme Court to settle the raging debate on the on-shore and off-shore dichotomy.
Dickson felt betrayed by the party with which he had cast his political lot to champion resource control and restructuring. Ige was an AD chieftain. Dickson quit the party in a justified huff.
Again, he shunned PDP and pitched his tent with APP. In 2003, Dickson made his first attempt at becoming the state governor on the platform of APP. His country man, Pere Ajunwa, who was also a strong champion of resource control, wanted to be the presidential candidate of the party too. They teamed up for the struggle. Neither man made it.
A year after his failed governorship bid, Dickson gave into the intense wooing of the chieftains of the PDP in the state. He joined the party in 2004. A minor political earthquake swept off the first civilian governor of the state, D.S.P. Alameisigha, from office in 2005. He went down on charges of corruption. His former deputy, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, succeeded him as the state governor. In 2006, Jonathan appointed Dickson the state attorney-general and commissioner for justice. Dickson had put one foot in the door. When Jonathan moved up as vice-president in 2007, Dickson returned to the trenches and was elected into the House of Representatives.
He made his second bid for the government house, Yenagoa, but lost to Silver. He did not give up. In 2011, he resigned his house seat on the urging of the party moguls who were critical of Silver's performance in office, Dickson made his third bid for the governorship. This time, he was lucky. He won and in February 2012, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson achieved the kind of political success many only dream of.
I have gone to this length into his background because what I call the Dickson phenomenon is a fascinating story of an unusual politician and master political strategist. He came into office more prepared than his predecessors in office. By the time he assumed office as governor, he had developed his clear-eyed vision and honed the focus of his administration. It was relatively easy for him to work out his development programme sign-posted by a road map at every turn. That, I think, is part of the secret of his tremendous success. He tends to stand out from the crowd; not just physically but intellectually by doing what no one before him had ever done in government. For instance, to demonstrate that he was fully accountable to the people for his stewardship, he instituted a monthly town hall meeting at which he fully laid bare the finances of the state before the people. In his briefing, he gave full details of financial receipts and expenditures, as well details of the projects he is prosecuting.
Country Man set out to achieve many things but it seems to me that three fundamental objectives are right there on the front burner of his policies and programmes. Bayelsa is a civil service town with a depressed rural economy. Industrial and commercial enterprises are the engines of economic growth. Without them, the state would continue to struggle with its inadequate share from the federation account and the poor internally generated revenue. There is no way a man as ambitious as Dickson would allow that to cripple his economic and social development programme. But what is remarkable is that the man thinks more of what his state would be today in order to be greater tomorrow. If it remains depressed after him, he would have failed. He needs no one to tell him that. To ensure that that does not happen, he is opening up the state to local and foreign investors. His first step here was to make the state safe, secure and peaceful. That is beginning to bear fruit. On February 17, Obasanjo performed the ground breaking ceremony of an oil refinery, Azikel Refinery Project, an important private initiative in the state, signalling that the dawn in the state is now visible in the horizon.
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The "public comment events" for the casino bidding is scheduled for this Monday - Wednesday; 12-hour marathons each day, one in each of the regions being considered for a casino or maybe two. (Or maybe none. The location board is not actually required to site any casinos anywhere.) The schedule can be found here. James Odato notes in the Times Union that the hearings are likely to be "contentious." Hmm, y'think? Casino Free Tyre has 21 of the five-minute speaking slots booked, and plans to speak about, amongst other things, an old racketeering case involving developer Wilmorite Management Group (the indicted party was eventually acquitted on most of the charges). Save East Greenbush has 32 slots, and will, again amongst other things, reiterate complaints about the process taken by the East Greenbush town board that are the subject of its pending lawsuit. The union which is in a dispute with Rush Street Gaming will bus some workers from Chicago. The Sterling Forest Partnership has ten slots; and a group called CasiNo Orange is opposed to all proposed casinos there. And there will be casino supporters too.
So, the Gaming Commission has established some ground rules to try and keep things from getting too out of hand.
DecorumEach of the bidders is required to have at least one representative there....however, the speakers may not "pose comments or questions" to them directly....and the applicants may not make any "public comments" at all. That sounds odd and rather awkward.....some of the bidders' representatives may feel as if they are sitting in the dock without permission from the judge to respond as the accusations fly.
Speakers and participants may not disrupt or otherwise attempt to interfere with any individual's opportunity to speak. Disorderly behavior will not be tolerated. Speakers engaging in personal attacks, using inflammatory language or failing to confine remarks to the identified subject or business at hand will be cautioned by the Chairman and given the opportunity to conclude remarks within the designated time limit.
Disruptions. Any person making offensive, insulting, threatening, intimidating or obscene remarks, or who becomes unruly during the Public Comment Event, will be requested to leave at the direction of any Board member. If necessary, the Board will request the assistance of law enforcement for the purpose of maintaining safety, order and decorum.
Meanwhile, Genting has itself a rather major problem in Tuxedo; all over less than 1,000 feet of County Route 106. That section of the road is owned by the Palisades Interstate Parkway Commission [PIPC]; and in a much-anticipated decision, that body voted unanimously to deny access to Genting.
Access to County Route 106 would help Genting build a new exit — interchange 15B — on the New York State Thruway, by allowing it to connect to Route 17A. That would provide access to the Sterling Forest Resort casino, which would be built on private property. Genting has said that building the casino hinges on building the exit, which would make it easier for an estimated 6.9 million annual visitors to reach the casino without using a longer, more circuitous route. [Times Herald-Record, limited free access]Here's the problem:
There currently is no exit there off of Route 87 (the NYS Thruway); Route 106 passes underneath and hooks up with 17A. In addition to a section of the road, the commission also controls Sterling Forest State Park, which would be adjacent to the casino.
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved that in the Palisades Park Commission's opinion, the proposed development of New York State Thurway Exit 15B, in conjunction with Sterling Forest Resort, is not in accordance with our stewardship mission and the public trust to preserve the scenic beauty, natural resources and public enjoyment of Sterling Forest and Harriman State Parks. — from Palisades Interstate Park Commission Sterling Forest Resort Resolution [via Sloatsburg Village Local News & Community Life]So, that's a big issue for Genting. Other than the Asian baccarat players that they plan to shuttle into Stewart airport in private planes, getting there would be a major issue, enough to make it a no-go; at least that's what Genting has said. The ironic thing is that, according to the Herald-Record, it was just last December that Orange County turned Route 106 over to the PIPC. DOH! Now, they might want it back; but the decision stands, and only votes in both the NY and NJ legislatures can reverse it. And while Genting surely has enough money to
"By funding the design and construction of a new Thruway Interchange, 15B, and by creating a world-class, destination resort on a currently dilapidated site, Sterling Forest Resort will only expand that opportunity."I guess we'll see about that. Genting says they will explore alternate means of building the exit.
- Interesting article brought to my attention about the Sands casino in Bethlehem, PA. It is, by far, the most successful casino in Pennsylvania....and they are utilizing a strategy that is a key component of Genting's at Sterling Forest.
Experts say it's found a niche that hasn't been greatly affected by the economy or competition from the next state. By marketing itself heavily in the Asian neighborhoods of New York, Sands has developed an Asian customer base like few others in the nation. For example, it has 50 tables featuring the Asian-popular game baccarat — more than any other casino in the nation, according to gaming experts.Cheaper than flying them in from Beijing too.
As a result, more than 50 buses carrying more than 3,000 gamblers from New York neighborhoods of Flushing, Chinatown and Brooklyn flow into the Sands every day. [Morning Call]
- I wrote a lot here last fall about the "Advocacy Language" that appeared on the ballot for the casino referendum last fall, and the effort by lawyer Eric Snyder to have it altered. Although those attempts proved to be futile (and the language no doubt had a material effect on the final vote numbers), it appears as if they did not go entirely to waste. Good government groups are now on the lookout for additional attempts to use ballot language as a campaign tool inside the voting booth; and a court ruling yesterday prevented a similar fiasco.
In a victory for the segment of good-government groups opposed to the compromise constitutional amendment on redistricting, state Supreme Court Judge Patrick McGrath has ruled that the redistricting commission that would be created by the proposed change "cannot be described as 'independent' when eight out of the ten members are the handpicked appointees of the legislative leaders and the two additional members are essentially political appointees by proxy."The constitutional amendment on the redistricting procedure itself has split good government groups. It was established in a deal between Governor Cuomo and Senate Republicans by which the latter got their way on redrawing the maps in 2012, despite the governor's prior promises to veto any such partisan drawing of the district lines. Some feel that the language that bans "partisan gerrymandering" is a sufficient improvement from the current system, in which the process is controlled by the majority party in each chamber. Others feel that any process which is ultimately controlled by the politicians whose re-election potentially depends on its outcome - as this clearly is - is subject to the usual partisan maneuvering and corruption. Guess which side I'm on.
The ruling calls on the state Board of Elections to remove the word "independent" from the ballot language. "No adjective preceding the word 'commission' is necessary to indicate the subject matter of proposed amendment in a clear and coherent manner," McGrath wrote. [Capitol Confidential]


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I was a couple years too young to have gone through the D.A.R.E. program that so much of my generation fondly remembers in the form of ironic t-shirts. Somehow, though, I learned to respect my body and keep myself on the straight and narrow, and like all of the best parts of myself, I chalk my drug-free lifestyle up to spending my formative years playing hours and hours of video games. While drug education relied on horror stories, video games maximized the coercive power of fear by letting us live the nightmare of a drug-filled lifestyle firsthand. Here's a rundown of the reasons to stay off drugs, as taught by gaming.
In Grand Theft Auto III, the Colombian cartels have introduced a new drug called SPANK to the streets of Liberty City, and it's a doozy. Something like cocaine on PCP, SPANK is highly addictive and causes paranoia and insanity, which is fine, if that's what you're into. SPANK starts getting problematic, though, in the mission "Kingdom Come," where you're attacked by "SPANKed-up madmen" with explosive vests and a passion for blastin'. The only thing more terrifying than combustible junkies are combustible junkies who won't shut up, and the SPANKed-up madmen have that pegged: they laugh like jackals and repeatedly yell "COME TO PAPA!", among the grossest interjections in the henchman's catalogue. I consider myself an adventurous guy, but if I'm starting my night with something I think is safe, healthy, mom-and-pop cocaine and ending it screaming my way across a parking lot with a C-4 shirt on, I might just pass this time.
StarCraft taught us that stimpacks are a crucial part of any strategy against alien hordes. They make us fast, accurate, and deadly, like the Adderall of planetary warfare. God knows, there are plenty of times in my life I could stand to be faster, deadlier, and more accurate: sex, for one, and at family dinners and formal functions. StarCraft drives home, though, that performance-enhancing drugs are a dangerous game to play, causing the healthy green parts of your body to turn yellow, orange, and, eventually, tragically, red. Even basic players know that you never use stimpacks unless you've got at least one medic at your back, pumping you full of healing beams as you pump yourself full of amphetamines. Unfortunately, women in robotic power armor with healing abilities simply do not exist yet, making drugs a risky prospect at best and a suicidal one at worst. Sure, I could pop a few pills and have myself a time, but if it makes me dangerously vulnerable to being ripped apart by zerglings, I might have some second thoughts.
Think back to any drug sequence in a video game, like Arkham Asylum's fear gas hallucinations, the magic cake in Earthbound, or the Valkyr overdose in Max Payne, and think about how long these sequences last. At most, these trips play out in maybe an hour, if you're lucky. Do you have any idea how expensive drugs are these days? If video games are to be believed and they are drugs give you significantly less bang for your buck than a nice steak dinner or a comparably-priced prostitute. Even good old alcohol is apparently a rip-off: you can sober up in an hour's wait in Skyrim, and in a few minutes in Grand Theft Auto IV. When considered from this angle, the choice becomes a lot simpler: you could spend too much money on drugs and get a few brief hours of temporary gratification, or you could spend your money on something lasting and worthwhile, like video games.


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Travelling has always been something I have wanted to do more of and I promise myself year after year that I will add more stamps to my passports and have more stories to share! I was lucky enough to visit Jamicia in September, which you can read about in my previous blog post, it was an amazing country and reignited my need for travel.
On this note my boyfriend and I decided that rather than material presents we wanted to exchange experiences which resulted in us both planning trips anyway! He had worked with some of our friends to organise a trip to Hamburg! A place I had never visited but would be the perfect setting for New Years.
Hamburg is a beautiful city, full of history and stunning architecture and being there for the New Year celebrations was incredible – running away for New Year is definitely something I recommend 🙂
The thing I loved the most about Hamburg was how easy it was to navigate, either via foot or on the subway system, getting from place to place was a dream and meant we were about to see more of the city. The buildings are visually stunning and the night life is the right mix of cocktail bars and old men pubs (which we did prefer the latter).
Between walking tours, visiting attraction such as miniland, drinking to much beer and playing card games it was an unforgettable trip and definitely a few stories that will keep us all laughing for years to come.
Anyway, enough chatter here are some of my favourite pictures from the trip.
P.S Shout out to my friend Lucy for being the mum of the trip and taking most of the pictures 😀
Jam packed taxi ride!
Fresh faced gang
Slightly hungover and extremely tired
New Years fireworks
Snakey 6
Until next time!
Oh and for anyone interested – I'm taking him to Prague 😀


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Despite struggling to move the ball against UW-Whitewater Saturday, Oct. 21, the UW-River Falls football team trailed just 3-0 at halftime and by just six points with one quarter to play but couldn't keep up with the Warhawks in the end of a 20-7 loss at David Smith Stadium at Ramer Field.
Whitewater scored a pair of second half touchdowns to hand the Falcons their third straight loss and drop them to 1-3 in WIAC play (3-4 overall).
UWRF's offense managed just 170 total yards and six first downs while the Falcons punted 10 times and turned the ball over once.
Defensively the Falcons sacked Whitewater quarterback Cole Wilbur six times but the Warhawks dominated time of possession and were able to put up 449 yards in the game, including 218 on the ground.
UWRF's only turnover led to the only points of the first half-a 28-yard field goal by the Warhawks with 1:16 remaining in the second quarter. Quarterback Travon Hearns was picked off near midfield and the Warhawks took five plays to reach the 11-yard line before putting three points on the board.
Whitewater added another field goal midway through the third quarter and after forcing a Falcon three-and-out the Warhawks extended their lead to 13-0 when Wilbur hit Marcus Hudson for a 14-yard touchdown pass. Hudson finished with nine catches for 173 yards and two touchdowns for the Warhawks.
UWRF collected 75 of its 170 total yards on its only scoring drive of the game. Starting at their own 25 late in the third quarter, the sophomore backup quarterback engineered a 7-play drive that was capped by a Michael Diggins 1-yard touchdown run to make it a 13-7 game with 12:29 remaining.
Beckman hit Diggins for a big 47-yard gain early in the drive and completed a pass to Patrick O'Leary for 12 yards before Diggins ran the ball twice from the three to put the Falcons on the board.
Hudson's second touchdown catch of the game, a 0-yard reception with 4:08 remaining, made the final 20-7.
Beckman completed 5-of-15 passes for 77 yards while Hearns was 4-of-13 for 18 yards and an interception. Diggins, who entered the game averaging 136 yards rushing, was held to 58 yards on 19 carries as UWRF ran for just 78 yards in the loss.
Mitch Dienger led the Falcons defense with 16 total tackles, 10 solo while Max Praschak recorded 12 tackles, three tackles for loss and a sack. Rakeem Felder added seven tackles and three sacks and Jared Johnson had a sack while Brandon Powers had a sack and an interception.
Things don't get any easier for the Falcons as they travel to WIAC-leader and third-ranked UW-Oshkosh (6-0, 4-0) this Saturday, Oct. 28.


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This Christmas tradition changed our lives:)
Something you WANT,
Something you NEED,
Something to WEAR,
and something to READ.
4 gifts, thats it...the first year i thought they would die when they woke up, i thought they would think he hadn't come...i almost walked over to the all night store and bought some chex mix to wrap....i was sooo sad....BUT...
The kids woke up...and they were soooo happy and they can tell you everything from that point (3 years ago) what they got each year!!
Now, they plan their lists they sometimes have a couple ideas in each category, or maybe just one, it depends...But they love talking about it together..."what do you want for your something you need...well i "need" a bike, (you know it gets me places) or I NEED a guitar...no I WANT a guitar, but NEED lessons!"
They sooo don't NEED "stuff", Christmas has more meaning and each year it gets better...It's fun to really think about what they get, instead of just playing the packing in the presents game.


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What makes a photo perfect? Is it an aesthetically pleasing styling and array of colors on a quality photo? Or is it that the photo gets a ton of likes on social media? There isn't one final answer but for the purpose of this guide, let's assume that a perfect food in the air picture is one that gets a lot of likes while also being a quality photo.
If you've made it this far and aren't sure what a food in the air photo is, don't overthink it. It's quite literally a piece of food or drink, being held in the air. Now that everyone's phones are basically high quality cameras, this has lead to a rise in this type of photo. I'm guilty of taking a fair amount of them and since they tend to be well-received from my Instagram audience, I thought I'd share some best-practices with the rest of you!
For the sake of brevity, I'm going to keep this post to be strictly food that is in the air, not food with feet. While similar, the latter is a whole other beast so I'll save that for a separate blog post.
Pick Decadent Food and Drinks
This first tip is easy: pick decadent food to put in the air. The more decadent the better. Dripping cheese, absurdly sugary toppings piled high, oversized food, unusual ingredients. The more eye catching the better.
Just make sure that it isn't so crazy that you can't hold it though. The last thing you want is to drop the food before you even get to dig into it!
Find Your Focus
Okay, this one seems obvious but you'd be surprised at the amount of photos I still see where the food is front and center (and blurry) but the camera is focusing on something in the background. Pay attention to where the camera is focusing and adjust accordingly. If you're holding your food in one hand and your phone in the other, it can be hard to get your thumb up to the spot you want to tap to focus the camera. Use the side of the index finger to do it instead!
Choose Your Background Carefully
As the name suggests, food is the key element of a food in the air picture. Don't let that fool you into thinking that the background doesn't matter though! It might not be in focus but the background is a critical element of your food in the air photo.
Not sure where to start? Here are some options.
- Pick a background with colors that complement your food.
- Go scenic with either a city scape or a natural vista.
- Find a simple neutral background and keep the focus on your food.
Natural Light is Your Friend
When I take food photos at home, I can control just about everything about the lighting. When I'm taking food out in the real world however, that's not the case. Even so, there are steps you can take to avoid common lighting pitfalls.
- Look for shade. Direct sunlight can cause shadows and be too harsh.
- Don't face the camera directly in the sun. Remember when you parents told you not to look directly into the sun? The same rule applies to your camera.
- Whether you take your photo in the shade or in the sun, just make sure that your camera and all of the elements in your shot are both in the same type of light. When I took the lobster roll photo below, I was in the shade on a really sunny day. That makes it hard to edit in post-production and generally displeasing to the eyes.
Remember the Rule of Thirds
You know when you edit your Instagram photo and that grid appears? There's a reason for that. When your photo is divided into three parts horizontally and three parts vertically, it creates four interest points that your eyes are naturally drawn to. Neat right?
Try to align your food subject so that it hits at least one of those points. You can also use the horizontal and vertical lines to help you line up elements in your photo, like the horizon. Not everything needs to be right in the center of your shot.
Don't Ignore Your Nails
Just like the background of the photo is a key player, so is your hand that is holding your food in the air. Nothing distracts someone from a beautiful donut more than dirty nails or chipped nail polish. This may sound looney but I've heard of influencers carrying around nail polish in their bag just in case they need to paint a coat on their nails for a photo. I'm not suggesting you need to do that but keeping your nails trimmed and clean isn't such a crazy suggestion, right?
Show Some Brand Love
If you're taking food in the air pictures, you're likely eating out. Take advantage of this and boost your awesome photo's reach by tagging the restaurant behind that decadent creation. Bonus points if you can get the restaurant's sign or a logo in the picture.
Ready to create some truly perfect food in the air pictures and rack up all the likes? Get to it! Don't forget to tag me in your photos so I can see them.


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Just below Interstate 80, about a mile northeast of Van Meter, Iowa (pop. 866) -- the South Racoon River flows from the west and joins the North Racoon River flowing from the north, together they form the Racoon River... which flows into the Des Moines River which flows into the Mississippi River which goes, well... a long way all the way down to The Big Easy and beyond.
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Kong of Skull Island 2018 Special #1
Paul Allor (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Dan McDaid (Big Trouble in Little China, Judge Dredd) present a new look at the mysterious history of Skull Island. When an early Viking expedition washes ashore on Skull Island, they see only the promises of wealth in the island's riches, and not the dangers. Decades pass as the Vikings attempt to bend the powerful island to their will — or die trying.
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The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island
Responsible for designing Skull Island and its fantastical inhabitants for Peter Jackson's epic King Kong, the artists at Weta Workshop have created a rich and diverse world of wonders and terrors to thrill audiences everywhere. Hundreds of drawings and sculptures were created to populate the mystery island, building a comprehensive menagerie with complex ecosystems and forbidding habitats. Though only a handful will appear on screen, presented within these pages is a vast collection of creatures and lore, each lovingly depicted with production art and new illustrations created especially for this book.
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King Kong: The Original Novelization
The giant prehistoric gorilla King Kong is one of the most recognized images in our culture. So great is the mighty Kongs hold on the popular imagination that his storya gripping yarn of man versus nature, coupled with a fantastical update of the Beauty and the Beast legendhas been thrice made into a motion picture (most recently in 2005) and referenced endlessly in every medium, from books to prime-time sitcoms.
Beneath King Kongs cultural significance, however, is a tense and surprisingly tender story. One cannot help but be frightened by Kongs uncontrollable fury, be saddened over the giants capture, mistreatment, and exploitation by venal showmen, or sympathize with the beasts ill-fated affection for the down-on-her-luck starlet Ann Darrow.
This Modern Library edition of a true colossus among adventure stories is reprinted from the original 1932 novelization of the movie script, and includes a Preface by Mark Cotta Vaz, the preeminent biographer of Merian C. Cooper, producer of the original 1933 classic film.
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Merian C. Cooper's King Kong
Since its release in 1933, Merian C. Cooper's film King Kong has shocked and delighted generations of movie fans, setting the standard against which all such movies have been judged ever since. In December, 2005, Peter Jackson - whose films of the Lord of the Rings won critical acclaim and set box office records around the world - will release his version of this classic film, bringing King Kong back to the forefront of the popular imagination.
Fully authorized by the estate of Merian C. Cooper, Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland's novel is a full rewrite of the original 1932 novel, bringing Cooper's original vision of King Kong back to readers and fans alike. Set in the early 1930's, it is a classic story of exploration and adventure, at the center of which is the "eighth wonder of the world" himself - Kong.
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King Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World
One of the biggest motion pictures events of all time explodes off the comics page in this epic adaptation of Peter Jackson's King Kong! Director Carl Denham has one chance to make the film of his dreams - hire an unknown actress, kidnap his writer and board a tramp freighter for the mysterious Island of the Skull. But when hostile natives capture actress Ann Darrow, Denham and his crew will face horrors from giant spiders to bloodthirsty dinosaurs to get her back. Yet, nothing can prepare them for the revelation of the mighty wonder in whose clutches Ann truly remains - King Kong!
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Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie - PS2, XBOX, PC and XBOX 360
Peter Jackson's King Kong captures the imagination, vision and emotion of the epic film. In this incredible new game, you'll delve into the film experience through alternative viewpoints designed to immerse the player. Battle for survival on Skull Island in first-person as Jack Driscoll AND experience the staggering power of King Kong in third-person taking on massive beasts.
LOVED the 1976 King Kong movie. I was 9 years old and saw it about four or five times at the movie theater. Jessica Lange was hot! My wife Christy and I LOVED Kong: Skull Island. Saw it twice at the theater and bought it on Blu-ray. My wife thought it the best movie of 2017. Got the Kong: Skull Island comics and also Kong of Skull Island. Great thread, thanks for starting it.


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The month that my wife and I moved to Chicago, there was a fatal shooting at the end of our block. The shots woke us up.
A few weeks later, there was a fatal shooting across the street from the apartment that hosted our Bible study.
After that, things seemed to quiet down in our little corner of the city. And I got caught up in the stress of life, and for the most part forgot about our early experiences.
But a couple weeks ago, as we rounded the corner heading to Bible study, we were bombarded with blue flashing lights. Half a dozen cop cars, a fire truck, an ambulance, and police tape. When we made it inside our friends' place, they looked relieved. Multiple gunshots just minutes before. It explained the weird text message they sent: "Be safe."
In that moment, I experienced some serious nostalgia for my old life of automobile-slavery, settled in the shadow of Los Angeles. And then I had some visceral urges for cul de sacs and SUVs.
I mean, we moved across the country to join a church, not have our life shaken up.
So why a church in Chicago? What's so wrong with cul de sacs and sunshine? Everything? Nothing? Honestly, I don't know anymore and I don't think any of the reasons matter. What matters is we are here; Chicago is our home.
And violence matters to us now, in a way it never really did before.
To be honest it's still the same numb detachment when I see the numbers on Twitter from a different part of the city: 5 dead in Southside neighborhood over the weekend.
But it's different when it happens in the neighborhood my kid plays in. It's different when I look up and see the blue light of a Chicago PD CCTV surveillance camera, and all I can think sometimes is "Jesus." In the swear sense, and the prayer sense.
And I don't really know what to do other than pray. And the praying is so hard, because prayer always connects my reality to the reality of others. And my experience is just a small piece of the bigger violence that our world is enduring right now: Ukraine, Gaza, Iraq and Syria. The woman just hung in Iran. And last I read, we're over 10,000 confirmed cases of Ebola.
While the prayer is painful, it's what helps me stay rooted.
When I was looking at pictures from the early days of Euromaidan in Ukraine, I remember this Eastern Orthodox priest, in full vestment (plus winter gloves) standing in the gap between angry protesters and riot police, praying for peace.
Standing in the gap between life as it exists and future hope, well that takes faith and belief and grit and a small dose of incurable insanity.
It took me a long time to learn this, but the discipline of prayer isn't about twisting the arm of a reluctant deity to fix all our problems. It connects us to a bigger reality, even broader than the reality of suffering — the groaning of humans for peace.
I can't say this for sure, but my hunch is that crazy priest in Ukraine didn't step out between the fighting because he assumed he could fix everything. He just stepped into a higher truth of human reality, in that moment. In the midst of conflict, he was in the midst of peace.
Peace is bigger and truer than violence, but we need eyes to see it. And we need the solid footing to stand for it.
I'm awake, thanks to a shooting that finally mattered to me. My eyes are open, because now I live outside the numbness of numbers and the coddling of cul de sacs. Now i'm learning how to stand.


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UK Swingers Contacts
Swinger: Definition = A person who engages freely in sexual intercourse, commonly as part of a couple, at arranged meetings or clubs
The Swinging Lifestyle has now almost become a mainstream topic and for many it has lost the taboo status it once had but then it has migrated from the seedy suburbs where married couples would hold key parties for swapping wives to a freedom of sexual pleasure enjoyed by married or unmarried couples, single males & females and also swingers groups!
Find out what real swingers get up to!
If you are new to UK swingers and want to find out a bit more about the lifestyle before you take the plunge yourself then this is the site for you. It has been put it together so that newbies can read about the etiquette of swinging, get to know the terminology and feel ready to join up and start meeting other swingers with a bit less embarrassment.
Once you feel ready to take the next step, simply join up and then you can do the following:
- Add your own swingers personal ad
- Upload as many photos as you like
- Search for your local sex contacts
- Send messages to other members
- Use the chat rooms or video chat
- View member photos and videos
And don't worry if you are still unsure, that's why we offer free membership so that you can have a good look around, chat to some of the other members and see if you want to take it to the next level. No one is going to make you do anything you aren't comfortable with and there is no harm in taking a look!


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Hedy Lamarr: Silly Bimbo? Or Inventor?
Nobody Answers: Last week I promised to get back to Elder George on whether Hedy Lamarr, actually should get any credit for inventing anything besides thinking up a name to replace her real one, which was, Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler.
And before I start, I must admit my egregious error in calling Hedy a "blond" bimbo. She was no such thing. She was, as Elder George remembered her perfectly, a stunning raven-haired beauty. A beauty who said, "Any girl can be glamorous, all you have to do it stand still and look stupid."
Well, easy for her to say. I stand still and look stupid all the time, it doesn't make me glamorous.
Last week, my "genius" friend, Jack Lander, who himself has 11 patents, is an established engineer, and actually works with inventors in developing their products, got back to me.
Jack goes around the country and sets up whole factories, and designs the machines in them. Trust me, Jack knows his stuff.
He also has been writing for Inventor's Digest as their technical advisor for years.
Because he is a "man" and therefore might beg more credence with Elder George than anything I might say, I quote him here:
"Yes, as far as we know, Hedy did invent a radio-control device for torpedoes. Her husband at the time was a manufacturer of torpedoes, and one of the problems was that those that were radio controlled could be driven off course by transmitters on the target ship. It was easy to locate the control frequency, and then send a counter signal, etc. (not the composer)
Hedy came up with the idea of using a second frequency, quite low, maybe even in the sound range, to alter the torpedo's radio frequency. The second frequency was a synchronized between the transmitter and the receiver on the torpedo. Essentially, it was frequency modulation---a kind of vibrato that caused the radio frequency to wander all over the place, but in perfect sync between transmitter and receiver.
I doubt Hedy worked out the exact circuitry. (As do I.) She most likely invented the concept, and had an electronics specialist work out the tuning mechanism. But she deserves the lion's share of the credit because one requirement for a patent is that the device not be obvious to anyone skilled in the art. Once the technician had a definition of what Hedy wanted, the rest is routine (obvious to one skilled in the art of making radio transmitters and receivers). But the concept of a synchronized wandering radio frequency was not obvious to the technicians and engineers or they would have thought of it first.
Lots of women are excellent inventors, and it's only that they've come to accept the myth of male superiority in the area of inventing that holds them back.
I recently read an account of how tryouts used to be done for musicians to be hired for symphony orchestras. Inevitably the men were picked, and only if no men were available might a woman have a chance. Then, an orchestra was looking for a cello player, I believe, and the directors' daughter was such a player. To make sure that there was no favoritism shown, they had the players play behind a screen. And the young woman was chosen over a number of men. This was a revelation, and certain orchestras began using it (grudgingly) for all tryouts. Today, there is little prejudice in the selection of such musicians, and we see a good mix of men and woman---young and old---white, black and Asian.
There was a time when women couldn't own property. Apparently intellectual property was included. A woman who invented something traditionally surrendered it to her husband to patent as the inventor. One such woman invented a feather duster, which was challenged in court. When her husband had to testify about the invention, he fell on his butt, and it came out that it was his wife's invention.
Finally, one of our "great American heroes," Eli Whitney, didn't invent the cotton gin engine at all. He went to work as a tutor for the kids of a Civil War general who died in action. The wife invented the cotton gin, and showed it to Whitney, who eventually fraudulently patented it."
There you go. Jack presents us with some very interesting facts.
Nevertheless, in agreement with EG, history reports that not many women ever did anything worth of reporting, at least in inventions.
But, could it be that history was mostly written by men? (Yes.)
We will never know just how many women thought up great ideas, only to have them made by their husbands. Certainly, the record would report at least a few more "ideas" from women than we know.
That's why it's so important for all the fathers out there to encourage any daughter that has a proclivity that seems to aim toward a "manly" subject, I say---give her a chance.
So, Mr. Elder: If a man had thought of this idea…would he be given the fame for the concept, even if he had to hire an engineer to work out his designs in his head?
That's what all inventors do. They come up with stuff that no one has thought of before, (not obvious to one skilled in the art) and if they do not have the "mechanical" expertise to make it, they hire a prototype maker, and explain the concept in drawings. Even Bill Gates did not "build" his many concepts.
The main point as Jack points out, is that no one else had thought of the idea…but Hedy did.
Most artists and creative people will tell you that sometimes, ideas just seem to come out of space….and these "ideas" do not care if you are a man or women.
So Mr. George…I said I'd get back to you…what do you think?
I would also like to thank Jack Lander for taking the time to give me his expert "opinion."
Nobody's Perfect: Hedy was married six times. She said in response to her bad record: "I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior. I need a superior inferior man." (Amfortas, where were you?)
Nobody Knows; Jack Lander not only has talent in the field of inventing, he has just written a fabulous book called "Not in This Desert." It's not in the stores…YET...but it really is an outstanding first novel. I'll let you know when it comes out. I've had a peek at it…lucky me.
Nobody Cares; Because I had a mother who ran a printing company, with thirty employees underneath her…and she could do every job in the plant but lift the paper to feed into the press…
And because I, her daughter, worked in over forty bands, (As a drummer) which consisted of all male musicians…and they always hired me because I was usually the best out of the pick of tryouts…
It's very hard for me not to believe that women cannot compete with men. (In some jobs of course.)
And that's why I agree with Jack---Hedy Lamarr was the sole inventor of the idea.
And that's why she gets the credit, by most all the experts. If the men in Boeing think she was pretty smart, then who is this nobody to argue?


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The poll, based on a survey of 1,015 U.S. adults, indicated that 51 percent of Americans identify themselves as pro-life compared to 42 percent identifying as pro-choice. This is a dramatic change from 1995, the first year the question was asked, in which 56 percent identified as pro-choice compared to only 33 percent identifying as pro-life.
56 percent identified as pro-choice compared to only 33 percent identifying as pro-life.
The results even mark a shift from 2008, when 50 percent of respondents identified as pro-choice, compared to 44 percent identifying as pro-life. Until this year's poll, the highest tide of pro-life numbers was when the two camps were split evenly, with 46 percent apiece (in 2001).
Gallup also reported that extremists views at the two ends of the abortion rights spectrum have roughly equal numbers. Those who believe abortion should be legal under any circumstances stand at 22 percent, while those who believe abortion should be illegal in all circumstances stand at 23 percent of respondents.
Other points of interest:
- From a political standpoint, the majority of the pro-life shift has come from Republicans. The proportion of pro-life Republicans is up 10 percent, to a total of 70 percent, from its previous high of 60 percent over the last two years. On the other hand, the proportion of pro-choice Democrats has remained nearly constant (hovering around 60 percent) for the past decade.
- From a religious perspective, the pro-life identification of those grouped as "Protestant/Other Christian," "Roman Catholic," and "Other/None" has increased across the board.
- For the first time in nine years, men and women are both more pro-life than pro-choice as groups.
Interestingly, the pollsters conclude that the hard-line pro-choice stance of U.S. President Barack Obama, who has given no indication of compromise on the controversial issue, may be to blame for the increase in pro-life identification in the past year. Gallup's Lydia Saad writes:
With the first pro-choice president in eight years already making changes to the nation's policies on funding abortion overseas, expressing his support for the Freedom of Choice Act, and moving toward rescinding federal job protections for medical workers who refuse to participate in abortion procedures, Americans—and, in particular, Republicans—seem to be taking a step back from the pro-choice position. However, the retreat is evident among political moderates as well as conservatives.
It is possible that, through his abortion policies, Obama has pushed the public's understanding of what it means to be "pro-choice" slightly to the left, politically. While Democrats may support that, as they generally support everything Obama is doing as president, it may be driving others in the opposite direction.
While the poll results are somewhat encouraging, it's important to remember that opinions on the issue sway significantly from year to year based largely on variations among political moderates. Also, the poll clearly shows that abortion remains a controversial topic, with nearly a quarter of respondents still holding to the unconscionable view that abortion should be legal in all circumstances.
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