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First, I want to thank you guys for introducing me to Floating Leaves. It's joining Jing Tea Shop, Tea Habitat, and a very few others as one of my very favorite sources for tea.
Apologies for the length of this post, but I've been thinking about Taiwanese oolongs a lot lately.
So: Taiwanese High Mountain oolong is where I came of age, with tea. It was my second love. My first love (a sort of passing crush) was the green stuff, but, 14 years ago, before the current Internet Era of Awesome Tea, the stuff I got was never that great. My second love I found in Los Angeles, 10 years ago, when I wandered into Ten Li (still around, still excellent) outside of Little Saigon and had the tea lady that ran the shop make for me, for the first time, gong fu tea, out of a well-worn yixing pot, with freshly, just-harvested, spring Taiwanese high mountain oolong. It was like a bolt through my tender young brain - I freaked out and went crazy and loved it. High mountain was what I settled on for a long time, and where I really learned to *brew*.
Anyway, I sourced it for a while from Ten Li and Atlantic Valley & Tea, both stores in Asian parts of town in Los Angeles, both great. Then I found teafromtaiwan (I think even before he had that website name), and for about 6 years, that was my high mountain supplier of choice.
The stuff from Floating Leaves is the first High Mountain that I've loved as much or more than the teafromtaiwan stuff. One of the things I love is how *distinct* the aesthetics are between the two shops. This sort of thing happens when a shop is basically run by one person, who goes wandering around the tea farms, buying what they *love*. What they are, what they love about tea, how they think tea should be, shows up in their every choice.
Both Floating Leaves and teafromtaiwan's tea selections clearly come from a particular distinctive palate, a particular sensitivity, and a particular set of choices. If I had to summarize, I'd say: teafromtaiwan's teas are a little earthier, simpler, and with more of a physical mid-punch. They tingle more, they hit you more, and they roar a little more. Floating Leaves teas are more refined, delicate, and well-defined. teafromtaiwan's stuff is like... comfort food. Melded, large, warming flavors. Floating Leaves stuff is... always so precise, and clear, with a sort of articulate high-end. Floating Leaves is crystal perfection, teafromtaiwan always has a bit of burr in the throat, an extra bit of honey. If a teafromtaiwan tea is missing anything, it tends to be from the complexity in the higher range of flavors. If Floating Leaves is missing anything, it's... you know, a touch of nice booty.
Floating Leaves tea makes me feel like I'm holding (or maybe licking) a cool, perfect jade statue. teafromtaiwan makes me feel like I just ate some caffeinated fried chicken. Floating Leaves stuff makes me feel clear, precise, like I've just skimmed across the Form of Perfect Beauty. teafromtaiwan stuff makes me feel warm and happy and fuzzy inside. This is overexaggerated, and oversimplified, but perhaps in the direction of truth.
If teafromtaiwan is Howlin' Wolf, Floating Leaves is Ella Fitzgerald.
Some tasting notes from recent Floating Leaves teas, from a recent order, while they're fresh in my mind. (All done in a gaiwan, typically 10s to 15s early brews, though the baozhongs seem to like longer infusions, a little):
2009 Spring Lishan: Smelling the dry leaves: wow, smells like asparagus! Smelling the wet leaves: jesus, it smells exactly like raw asparagus! Tasting the early brewings: jesus-wow, it tastes eerily like raw asparagus. Smelling and tasting the later brewings: man, it tastes a lot like... cooked asparagus!
Very vegetal, very clear, super-refined high end, cool and reserved, maybe missing something around the big-sweet-butt part of oolong. Shocking, eerily asparagus like, with that fresh-cut-grass thing. Will be a super-big favorite for people that really like things that taste exactly like other things. Seems to go to about 7-8 great brewings, then falls off quickly.
2009 Spring DaYuLing: I got this tea wrong at first. I thought it was *too* refined, *too* clear. I figured out that it wants more tea in the gaiwan than other oolongs. Also, I figured out I just wasn't paying enough attention. This is a *perfect* High Mountain Oolong, and perhaps the most representative of her taste, as opposed to the teafromtaiwan dude's taste. It is crystal clear, completely balanced, this sort of delicate, knit flavor that connects from the highest to the lowest taste range. It is a single, pure, glowing green thing.
The texture is my favorite, too. There's one of Imen's teas that my buddy Ira says feels like melted pearl. This has it, and has it in spades. This kind of thick, smooth, cooler-than-silk, lovely thing going on.
It just *glows*.
And it goes for a *lot* of brews.
A kind of astounding, *necessary* tea.
2009 Spring He Huan Shan: where the Lishan smells and tastes like asparagus, this smells and tastes like really good spinach. Warmer than the Lishan, with more malty sweetness and in the bottom end, less defined on top. Little astringent, little fuzzy. I don't love this, but I really appreciate it.
2009 Spring Farmer's Choice Baozhong: for about 3 years, I drank as much baozhong as all other teas put together (mostly from Atlantic Valley Tea, in San Gabriel, CA). This one strikes me as a little... insipid. There's a nice, pearly honey smoothness, but it sort of lacks definition or life. The aroma is similarly pleasant, but lacking.
2009 Spring Honorable Mention Baozhong: I like this more than the Farmer's choice, but not by a lot more. A little burrier and warmer, and a little more density in the aroma, but also a little simple for me.
2009 2nd Place Baozhong: certainly the best Baozhong I've ever had,
and perhaps one of my favorite teas. It's... stunning. Very
electrically alive from top to bottom, with a very gentle sweet and
just radiant highs. Delicate and so... precise. It has that white tea
light-tingle-on-the-tongue thing. It's very electrical. And it's *so* delicate, *so* precise, *so* many particular little winding clear flavors in the high end.
This one feels most like a perfect porcelain statue of a beautiful woman's face. With high cheekbones.
This made me and my buddy Ira both think of sencha. It has the same super-vegetal grassy thing going on, but where my favorite sencha is ultra-thin one-note crisp, this is kind of expanded and balanced out through everything.
Incidentally, this is almost 3 times more expensive then the previous two baozhongs, but I had to use *half as much leaf* for a satisfying brew, and, besides, the brew was this uplifting thing of pure glory.
2009 Spring Oriental Beauty: I don't know a lot about Oriental Beauty, and I've only tried this once. The first few steeps were pretty blatantly roasty, but on my way out the door to teach, I threw the half-spent leaves in a pot for a 3 minute western-style brew for my thermos, and what I got was really warm, malty, totally chill-and-drinkable thing. I see why this was all popular in Britain - it's very black-tea-plus.
2009 Taiwan Wuyi: This is one of the best values I've ever had. $5 an ounce? For stuff this good? Completely awesome! I went back before the sale ended and loaded up.
It's definitely halfway between the Taiwanese aesthetic and the mainland aesthetic. It's got the minerality, the roastiness and toastiness, but it's also got some tingling, vegetal life. It's less narrow than the mainland oolongs, it has more sweetness and citrus and bigness. Coppery and citrus-zesty. Totally great.
The first thought I had when I smelled the dry leaves was, "Wow, freshly popped buttered popcorn." Also, wet: hemp. Definitely hemp.
If mainland Wuyi is the old, skinny, wizened man of oolongs, then this is his younger, brasher, crasser, more fun-loving nephew. Or possibly niece. She may play basketball.
Last note: I just got a shipment in from Stephane, of Teamasters. Mostly the order was for some yixing pots, but I picked up his spring 2009 jinxuan. His blog says something like: "I hate most jinxuan, and it's cheap and crass, and mostly grown for mass-market, but if you treat it with care, you can get something special. This is special." I thought: "I hate most jinxuan too! Therefore, I must try this!"
It turns out to be completely incredible.
It's hard to describe - it's a very knit-together flavor, but it has life, it has glow, it has definition, it has warmth, it has the perfect cheekbones and the sway of the hips. It's vegetal and honey and malty and it has some burr in the throat.
I haven't had any of his other teas, but if this is an indication of his aesthetic, than he may the closest to my own particular tastes. If Floating Leaves is Ella Fitzgerald, and teafromtaiwan is Howlin' Wolf, then Stephane's stuff is somewhere in the vicinity of Sarah Vaughan, or perhaps Billie Holiday.


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World University Games Veterans Win Gold at Beach HPC
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HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. (July 18, 2013) – Stevi Robinson (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and partner Caitlin Ledoux (Phelan, Calif.) won gold in the women's under-26 (U26) division at the 2013 USA Volleyball Beach High Performance Championships (Beach HPC) in Hermosa Beach, Calif., on Thursday.
Robinson said that all she could think during the final point of the final match was, "God, please don't make us play a third set!"
Ledoux added, "We just got off the plane from Russia, pretty much."
Robinson and Ledoux represented the United States at the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia, where the duo placed ninth. Competition ended on July 13, and the athletes flew home the following day. After only one day off, they were back on the sand on July 16 to compete at Beach HPC.
"Yesterday and this morning we were just trying to get our bodies moving again," Ledoux said. "We were so dead tired. By the last match we were finally feeling like our bodies were working right and our minds were a little more fresh."
"My time is so messed up," Robinson said with a shake of her head. "I don't know what time I'm going to sleep, what time I'm waking up."
After winning two long, three-set matches earlier in the day Robinson and Ledoux were hoping for a quick victory in the final. They got their wish as they defeated Leah Hinkey (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and Emily Stockman (Hermosa Beach, Calif.), 21-14, 23-21.
"It's a good little way to end it," Robinson said.
Despite the jet lag and exhaustion, Robinson and Ledoux had nothing but rave reviews about their time at the World University Games. There was a bit of culture shock to adjust to, and Ledoux said she was a little overwhelmed. Because 27 sports were competing in Kazan, Robinson and Ledoux lived with 7,000 other athletes.
"It was so cool," Robinson said. "You know, you kind of think about it when you're at these tournaments, like 'oh, I'm playing internationally!' But that tournament had 129 different countries, and you really get to see it. They're all around. You go to the cafeteria to eat and it's like, South Africa, Thailand, Korea… just everyone."
Robinson and Ledoux are both pursuing master's degrees (Robinson at USC and Ledoux at Long Beach State). The competition in Kazan was often much older and much more experienced.
"The Russian team that won it took ninth in the Olympics last year," Ledoux said with a laugh. "All those girls have been playing together forever, for years, and Stevi and I have played three tournaments together before. But it's a good learning experience, going to these tournaments and playing teams that are really, really, really good, because it only makes us better."
They also managed to make time for sightseeing in Russia, taking a tour of Moscow while on a 12-hour layover in the city. Both athletes especially enjoyed visiting Red Square.
"There's just so much history behind all of that," Ledoux said. "Russia's not really a place we're gonna just go for vacation, so being able to see all that while we're still really young is really cool."
This is far from the end of international travel for Ledoux, as she will be moving to Switzerland in September to play indoor volleyball professionally. Robinson plans to try out for the U.S. Women's National Team when open tryouts are held in February. Beach HPC is probably the last tournament they will play together this summer and for the foreseeable future.
"We're a very quiet team," Ledoux said. "Our struggle all summer has been to find some spark on the court, because we're both the calm, steady players. As the tournament went on we got our bodies working and our heads in the right place and got more confident."
"Smiling, laughing, having fun," Robinson added.
A gold medal was definitely something worth smiling about, jet lag and all.
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U15 Girls: July 19-21
U17 Girls: July 18-20
U19 Girls: July 19-21
U21 Women: Gold - Jace Pardon (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Lara Dykstra (Redondo Beach, Calif.); Silver - Sophie Asprey (Dallas, Texas) and Becca Strehlow (Long Beach, Calif.); Bronze - Kamila Tan (San Diego, Calif.) and Emily Podschweit (Denver, Colo.)
U26 Women: Gold - Stevi Robinson (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and Kaitlin Ledoux (Phelan, Calif.); Silver - Leah Hinkey (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and Emily Stockman (Hermosa Beach, Calif.); Bronze - Kirby Burnham (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Meg Norton (Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
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U17 Boys: July 18-20
U19 Boys: July 19-21
U21 Men: Gold - Branden Clemens (Carmel, Ind.) and Chris Long (Tustin, Calif.); Silver - Brendan Duff (Carmel, Ind.) and Cody Martin (Tucson, Ariz.); Bronze - Skyler McCoy (Long Beach, Calif.) and Austin Rysyk (San Jose, Calif.)
U26 Men: Gold - Adam Cabbage (Rio Ranchero, N.M.) and Rob Page (Rochester, N.Y.); Silver - Kyle Stevenson (Ranchos Palos Verdes, Calif.) and Martin Lorenz (Spokane, Wash.); Bronze - Weston Carico (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Kevin Villea (Glendale, Ariz.)


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Eddie son of R.M. and M.V. Lewis. Born March 17, 1892. Died Nov. 8, 1906.
The marker says little about his life and how he died, although we know in those days fatal childhood illnesses were common.
But more than 100 years later, Eddie's is one of the few remaining headstones at the abandoned Mount Carmel Church and Cemetery in Ehren. Time, weather and vandals have conspired to remove the stone and wooden markers and erase traces of the once thriving community of black sawmill workers and farmers.
But with new developments transforming pastures into suburban neighborhoods, a new prosperity has returned to the Ehren community in central Pasco.
With it has also come stepped- up efforts to save some of the community's largely forgotten past.
On March 22, the Black Caucus of Pasco County is inviting volunteers and history buffs to a meeting at the New River Library in Zephyrhills to discuss options to restore a little bit of the county's lost history.
One idea would be for a small park with benches, a historical marker and a small enrichment center for community events. That's ambitious, but it's a dream Blanche Benford and the Black Caucus members believe in. She's counting on community generosity and some county help to make it happen.
"We want to preserve this black burial place," said Benford. "Our young people need to grasp how important our history is."
Some hope that one of the large developers who own property adjacent to the 1 1/2-acre cemetery, located about 2 miles northeast of the U.S 41-Ehren Cutoff intersection, would donate land to expand the site.
Benford has been talking to Pasco County Commissioner Pat Mulieri, who has played a key role in the recent upkeep of the cemetery.
The site ended up in county hands by default. In 1986 it was deeded to the county by a former owner who failed to pay back taxes. Unfortunately, over the last 20 years it wasn't maintained, was overgrown and largely forgotten.
It was also hard to find. While the whites-only Ehren Cemetery on Cemetery Road is clearly visible and well maintained, you have to know where you're going in order to find the black cemetery.
After Pasco County code enforcement officer Dick Ortiz received a call sometime ago about a cemetery being threatened by development, he went looking for the Mount Carmel cemetery. He couldn't find it until he got help from one of the locals. The building complaint turned out to be a false alarm, but the fate of the cemetery has been a matter of concern ever since.
Last year, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office used jail inmates to clear the site. And an engineering firm surveyed the property and found that it contained about three dozen graves.
But most of the history has been unearthed by local amateur historian Jeff Cannon, a fifth- generation Pasco resident who has taken an interest in local black and white cemeteries. His Web site, Pascocemeteries.org, includes a detailed history about the site and the family connections of Eddie and the others remembered on those headstones.
Once, the Ehren Pine Company, with its sawmill plant, and a nearby farming community supported a thriving black presence with churches, a school and a cemetery. Now all that's left are rotted wooden planks from a long-abandoned church and headstones, including one for a forgotten boy named Eddie.
The Black Caucus of Pasco County will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 22 at the New River Library to discuss ideas for restoring the black cemetery in Ehren. For information, call Blanche Benford at 813 778-6064.
Andrew Skerritt can be reached at (813) 909-4602 or toll-free at 1-800-333-7505, ext. 4602. His e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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We spent this World League final weekend in Varna, Bulgaria. Allow me to talk a little about my history in Bulgaria.
My first trip to Bulgaria was to Sofia with my professional team 2 years ago. It was in the winter, our team had a CEV (Championship European Volleyball) match, and we played in Sofia. The gym was not updated at all, and although the hotel was nice, the city itself was very depressing. Although Bulgaria had just joined the EU, it sure did not feel that way being in Sofia.
Arriving in Varna with our USA team was a whole new experience. Varna is the largest port city in Bulgaria situated on the Black sea. It was of course summer time, and fun and enjoyment was all around. We stayed in an amazing huge resort near the Black Sea with 3 huge pools and sun cabanas abound. That all in all feel of vacation was all around us. Bulgarians and other tourists were proud to walk around the hotel in nothing more than a speedo with flip flops.
As I mentioned in my previous blog, there was not a huge urgency to win these last two matches of our pool because we had secured our place in the final round in Rio the previous weekend. However, quite a few of the guys (myself included after returning from a week in Bloomington where I sprained my foot during the match) going to the Olympics were here to get some serious playing time. Four of our main starters rested and stayed in the USA, therefore that gave a lot of us time to really get dialed in playing full time again.
Fortunately, we did not disappoint. We really took a fully loaded Bulgaria team (all there players) in Bulgaria and pushed both matches to the limit. The first night we barely lost in five, and the second we lost in the 4th by just a hair. But we really fought, hung tough, and all in all got better as a team. Sure we lost, but believe me...it was a powerful loosing weekend.
I want to say just one last thing people may be wondering about us. No we are by no means famous in the USA. In fact, most people here do not know the most famous volleyball player in the world is an American named Karch Kiraly. However, volleyball players in a lot of countries around the world are famous. As famous as an NBA player, MLB, or famous NFL quarterback. It's no joke. So when we go to these countries, like Bulgaria this last weekend, where the volleyball players are really famous, it's a neat yet weird realization for us American players. We kinda scratch our heads and say, "they know you because you play volleyball?" We are rushed by crowds of people in public places, and mobbed for pictures and autographs outside matches. It's as if some of us are part time celebrities, just not in our home country. Just as well, fame is not meant for the faint of heart!
Gabe Gardner is a freelance contributor for teamusa.org. This blog was not subject to the approval of the United States Olympic Committee or any National Governing Bodies.


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Maryland trail went from doubt to acceptance
To the editor:
As a seasonal resident of the Saranac Lake area, but one that visits year-round, I have been following the rails-to-trails debate with interest as it reminds me of a similar debate 30 years ago in Glencoe, Md., where I live.
The situation isn't entirely the same as the trail line in Maryland was not in use at the time it was converted to a bike-hike trail, so there wasn't a conflict with an existing constituency like the train supporters in Saranac Lake, but it nevertheless created controversy, as any change does. People who lived in the rural hamlets that were originally rail stops objected to the potential influx of outsiders bringing trash, creating traffic and possibly property damage. After six months of hearings and debate, the trail was approved, and 30 years later it has proved to be a great resource for thousands of hikers, runners, cyclists, dog walkers and families with young kids. It has even become part of the East Coast Greenway, a rails-to-trails system from Boston to Florida. Concerns about trash, traffic and property damage have given way to widespread support of the trail, as it has proven to be not only a great recreational asset but something that has enhanced the value of all neighboring properties.
Again the situation differs from the debate in the Tri-Lakes area as there is an active group using Saranac-Lake-to-Lake-Placid rail line, but I can say from firsthand experience that rail trails are extremely popular resources and only enhance the appeal of an area, even one with as many recreational opportunities on the Adirondack Park.
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In short: Nice intro to hill runningIn full: I had never run a hill race before and this proved to be a great starting point. A short 6 miler but with 2 really good climbs over Harrow Hill and through the world famous school. Friendly people and smooth organisation made it feel welcoming and an unexpected goodie bag at the finish was a nice touch.Date of review: March 1, 2012
In short: another great raceDate of review: February 22, 2012
In short: Two Laps Around Harrow Hill and EnvironsIn full: First time running this race and I'll be back next year. Found the hills a bit tough but rewarded with a nice, long downhill. Friendly marshalls, the sun shone, worth doing.Date of review: February 22, 2012
In short: Very friendly and enjoyable raceIn full: Plentiful toilets with no queue!Date of review: February 20, 2012
In short: Testing hillsIn full: Enjoyed it and the hill wasn't too bad with an immediate repayment on the downhill afterwards. Alhough it's not a course which is conducive to marathon training, I don't understand why more people don't do it in February. Local clubs were under-represented today.Date of review: February 19, 2012
In short: Fantastic six mile race along historic Harrow's sleepy pavements. Hope its on again next year.Date of review: February 19, 2012
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I'm trying to create a situation where that context is respected, e.g., threads are always manipulated within the context of their topic, with a few exceptions.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered remarks at the 41st Washington Conference on the Americas, co-hosted by the U.S. Department of State and the Council of the Americas on May 11, 2011. Secretary Clinton discussed expanding trade and economic opportunity, building flexible multilateral partnerships to address the strategic challenges we face, advancing democratic values, and expanding people-to-people relations.
Secretary Clinton said, "…Changes like what we have seen in terms of economic opportunity and democratic reform do not happen by accident, they're not a part of natural evolution. They happen when people decide that they want those opportunities and changes for themselves, and leaders are prepared to lead."
She continued, "…This region is vital to our interests, and yet at the same time, despite whatever is going on elsewhere in the world, there is nothing more important than continuing our work to consolidate democracy, embrace smart economic policy, continue lifting tens of millions of people out of poverty, taking on a more active role in the world, and generally making it clear that we are in this together, that we will rise or fall together in the 21st century because we have so many interests that are at stake.
"For our own economic interests, we are rebuilding our own economy and renewing our competitiveness, and we have no more important partners than those in this hemisphere.
"For our security and strategic interests, we have to design an architecture of cooperation, and we are looking more and more to increasingly capable partners in the hemisphere. For our core values, as we promote democracy and human rights here and around the world, we can point time and time again to what is happening in our partners and friends in this hemisphere.
"And for our society and culture, the growing connections between us make our relationship even more vital and innovative.
"In short, as I said in March, there is power in our proximity -- now, our geographic proximity to be sure, but also the proximity of our economic interests, our values, our culture, and the challenges we share.
"So we've had a flurry of activity lately, highlighted by President Obama's trip in March. In Brazil, he completed agreements for high-level dialogues on economics and energy, which we believe will promote cooperation, streamline regulations, and help us take concrete steps that provide tangible benefits to all of our people. In Chile, he laid out a framework of equal partnership, and in a speech to the entire hemisphere showed how much that partnership can deliver through our engagement with a strong democracy that is playing an increasingly active role beyond the region. And in El Salvador, he announced the Partnership for Growth, which is aimed at addressing the chronic constraints to development.
"And he also announced a landmark citizen security effort to strengthen our work with partners throughout the region, to promote the rule of law, to fight the gangs and narco-traffickers that unfortunately produce the highest crime rate in the world throughout our area. As all of you know, rates of violence and crime are unacceptably high in too many places in our hemisphere. But when I look at the experience of Colombia in recent years, I see that we can overcome this threat, but we have to do it together.
"So through this new partnership, we will focus $200 million on building up courts, civil society groups, and other institutions. But ultimately, as President Funes has advocated so eloquently, we want to help take on the economic and social forces that drive young people into a life of crime. And this partnership will create a chance for all of us to learn from each other about what works. Let's quit doing what doesn't work and let's start doing more of what does work. And by connecting countries that are looking to step up their own efforts with partners who have valuable expertise on these issues -- like Colombia and Mexico working together -- and with donors like the U.S., Canada, Spain, and the EU, we can help every nation do more to protect its own people.
"Now, the President took that trip about six weeks ago, but in diplomatic time it seems like eons ago because so much has happened since. But I'm pleased to report that we have kept our eye on this particular goal and we are making real progress on our priorities.
"First, on trade and economic growth. One of our top goals is to complete free trade agreements with Colombia and Panama. Now, I'm not talking out of school when I say that free trade agreements always raise hard questions and they spark a lot of healthy debate in our country. But today, I am happy to report we are making great progress on both agreements. We have worked with our Panamanian and Colombian partners to address key concerns and forge broader bipartisan support in the Congress, just as we did with the South Korean Free Trade Agreement. Panama passed important new laws on labor rights and tax transparency. With Colombia, we have established an action plan to address concerns about labor rights, violence, and impunity. And Colombia has already taken important steps to implement this plan, and we are working hard to execute the next phase by June 15. Thanks to President Santos's extraordinary leadership, I have no doubt we will meet that deadline.
"So this year -- early this year -- we intend to send Congress the legislation that would implement all three pending FTAs. In addition, we will be sending our broader trade agenda, including renewal of the Andean Trade Preferences and the Trade Adjustment Assistance. And with these steps, we believe we will be well on our way to reaching our goal.
"Now, I think this is good news for the people of all our countries. In the United States alone, these three agreements -- Colombia, Panama, the Andean Trade Preference renewal -- could add more than $10 billion to our economic output, and that would translate into some 70,000 new jobs for American workers. And by adding Colombia and Panama to our existing FTAs, we will create an unbroken chain of economic integration from the start of the Rockies in Canada all the way to the end of the Andes.
"As we move forward on these free trade agreements, we're also making other progress in other aspects of our economic relationships. With Mexico, thankfully, we have adopted a coordinated action plan with concrete steps that we believe will make the border both more secure and more efficient, and we are successfully resolving our differences over the cargo trucks that cross our border. Under the trucking plan that we're now finalizing, we will make it safer, cheaper, and easier to move goods across our common border, and Mexico will remove the retaliatory tariffs they placed on more than $2 billion of our goods.
"And in the weeks since President Obama's visit to Brazil, the array of agreements he announced -- on infrastructure for the World Cup and the Olympics, on aviation and maritime transport, on biofuels, R&D, and so much more -- is spurring a serious acceleration in our economic relationship.
"Second, beyond expanding trade and economic opportunity, we are building flexible multilateral partnerships to help us address the strategic challenges we face. Pathways to Prosperity and the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas are promoting inclusive growth and sustainable energy security. Mexico's leadership in Cancun late last year was absolutely crucial in putting the world on a path toward greater cooperation to confront climate change, and it was a Mexican proposal for the Green Fund that will serve as the vehicle for assisting developing countries in meeting their climate needs.
"In addition, every nation in the hemisphere has sent food, people, or money to help Haiti recover from last year's earthquake. Members of the OAS and the Caribbean community helped to set up electoral polls, monitor the presidential election, and supported the national electoral authority. And this Saturday, when the Haitian people inaugurate a new president, they will know they had the support of their neighbors in ensuring that their votes were counted and their voices were heard.
"Third, we continue to work to advance our shared democratic values. Now, Latin America has undergone a stunning transformation over the past few decades, but we cannot afford complacency. We have to keep working on institutionalizing democracy and preserving and protecting fundamental freedoms.
"Now, in Honduras we have seen how effective that kind of common approach can be. And now that the obstacles to former President Zelaya's return to Honduras have been removed, I am confident that we will soon welcome Honduras back as a full member of the inter-American system. That is a step that is long overdue.
"Finally, all of these opportunities are going to require leadership. We still face a huge inequality gap in Latin America. In fact, from the United States south we do, because if you look at developed, advanced economies, unfortunately, our country has one of the largest gaps in inequality as well. So we've got to continue to focus on how we help equip people with the skills and tools they need to make the most out of their God-given potential.
"Now, the United States, I believe, is blessed to have one of the largest Spanish-speaking populations in the world. And Latinos are the fastest-growing group in our country. We are interdependent, and we have to deal with the real questions that interdependence poses. Take immigration, for example. I know that makes some people anxious, but it has long been a source of our vitality and our innovative spirit. And that's why, as President Obama said yesterday in El Paso, we are committed to comprehensive immigration reform.
"We're also committed to greatly expanding the connections between people in our country and people throughout the hemisphere. That's the idea behind our new initiative called 100,000 Strong in the Americas that will greatly increase the number of Latin American students who study in the United States and American students who study in Latin America. And I would welcome your support for this project. We launched the 100,000 Strong program in China and we have already raised more than enough money to assist in making sure we have the opportunity to meet our goal of 100,000 Americans studying in China, more Chinese students studying in America, overcoming some of the visa obstacles that, unfortunately, were quite difficult to navigate since 9/11. And I would hope we can do the same, Arturo, that we'll have 100,000 Strong in the Americas with many of you on our steering committee, focused on how we're going to do this, because we want to make it absolutely clear that this is our home, and we want to be sure that our young people are making those connections and those lifelong friends and networks of relationship.
"Now, we're putting a particular focus on people-to-people connections in Cuba. From the very beginning, the Obama Administration believed that the best way to advance fundamental rights in Cuba -- in fact, to advance them anywhere -- is to support exchanges and constructive relationships. And there's no better ambassador for our values than a teacher or an artist or a student or a religious leader, a Cuban American who has made a new life in the United States. That's why we have eased our restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba. We could do more if we saw evidence that there was an opportunity to do so coming from the Cuban side because we want to foster these deeper connections and we want to work for the time when Cuba will enjoy its own transition to democracy, when it can look at its neighbors throughout the hemisphere and the people in Cuba will feel that they, too, are having a chance to choose their leaders, choose their professions, create their businesses, and generally take advantage of what has been a tremendous, great sweep of progress everywhere but Cuba.
"So we've accomplished a great deal on all of our priorities, but there is one final point I wish to make at perhaps the risk of being less than welcome. Let's admit we face real shortcomings in the region. Now, many people say that this is the Latin American decade, and I agree. There's a lot to be proud of and a lot to look forward to.
"But let's be honest; there are still weak education systems, there are still weak democratic institutions, there are still inadequate fiscal policies, there are still too few people of means paying their fair share of taxes to their government in order to support services for those who will otherwise be mired in generational poverty, and there is too much violence. If we don't face up to these challenges, we could waste this historic opportunity. But I have a lot of confidence that we will, because if one looks at what has worked in those countries that are leading the change, it's because they've made these tough decisions.
"I've been in several of the countries in the region. As John said, I had lost count -- 17 and 18 months -- but in many of them, I drew the comparison between what was happening inside their own countries and what was happening in the rest of the region or in a nearby country, where governments and leaders made the tough decisions to invest in their own people and not merely to take advantage of the economic opportunities that can flow to those of us already at the top. I'm confident that we're going to face up to the problems that remain and make the most of people's energy and talents, and we are excited about the work of this council. I look forward to hearing the results of your discussions, and I hope that we will continue to work toward what certainly can be a Latin American century of hope, potential, promise for all."
You can read the Secretary's complete remarks here.
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Gayle R. in Maryland writes:
I haven't seen any specifics about the President's reform. I hope making I-601 more family friendly, perhaps replacing the 10 year ban with a fine, speeding up processing, catching up on immigration backlog will be priorities.
Patrick in Maryland writes:
I like the changes that are being made.
Especially with regards to the policy on trade, between our countries.
I think, the America's are closer then ever before in history.
The world is getting smaller with better communication. :)
See Ya ..Guys & Hillary.
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Such a great sharing here! I am so glad to now those inspiring conversation with secretary Clinton. I have somehow an over view on how American people have their living and nice to know that their government is very eager to give their people a peaceful living.
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Secretary Clinton said, "…Changes like what we have seen in terms of economic opportunity and democratic reform do not happen by accident, they're not a part of natural evolution. They happen when people decide that they want those opportunities and changes for themselves, and leaders are prepared to lead.â€
Dear Madam Secretary,
Conversly one must ask if tyrany is a product of "natural evolution", if democratic reform is not a by-product of a natural concious evolution within the mindset of a society.
I think you have just opened the door to a rather robust debate from an anthropological standpoint.
One that has been going on for awhile, but until this following lecture had not to my knowledge been put in a foreign affairs context.
I hope you find some off-time to review what I think you will find to be an insightful and entertaining scientific perspective on human nature, and the choices we make that defines us as human.
Having once engaged in "simmian diplomacy" myself, (see dipnote archives) I can only beg your indulgence in this matter, as a student of the human condition.
I believe every FSO will benefit from the viewing;
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Derrick Mason, who had been an assistant coach on the basketball staff at Elbert County High School for the previous five seasons, joined the Lions coaching staff in a similar capacity in August of 2009. A native of Atmore, AL., Mason is the son of Harold and Pat Mason. Mason's tenure as a coach began as a lay coach at Elbert County High School. During his tenure there he served under previous head coach, Brian Turner and present head coach Larry Brown. He was in charge of player development which included, but not limited to, the physical, educational and social development of the athletes. Mason played an intricate part in the success of the basketball program. This success included a trip to the AAA Elite 8 for the first time in over 10 years. Mason also served as Area Director for various Boys & Girls Clubs across the Southeast Region for six years. There he was responsible for the supervision and development of over 2,000 youth between the ages of 4- 21 in the areas of Character and Leadership Development; Education and Career; Health and Life Skills; Sports Fitness and Recreation.
A unique combination of youth development and basketball experience has enabled Mason to be a tremendous asset to Coach Rosene's coaching staff. Mason was a 2001 graduate of Emmanuel College with a B.S.in Kinesiology. As an athlete, Mason was known for his size, agility and extraordinary work ethic while leading the team in rebounding and setting the school record for single season and single game blocked shots. Mason is in the process of pursuing a M.A. in Coaching and Athletic Administration and is scheduled to complete this program of study in the fall of 2010.


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How did most soldiers die?
Three of five U.S. soldiers and two of three Confederate soldiers who perished died from disease. These pages from a book kept at Pettigrew Hospital outside Raleigh, North Carolina, mark the grim toll diseases took on the Confederate Army. The "Disease" column shows that one man died of a "gunshot wound." The other 37 died from a range of illnesses—including typhoid fever, measles, diarrhea, pneumonia, and dysentery.
National Archives, War Department Collection of Confederate Records


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#102784 - HPI SF-10 SERVO(4.5kg-cm6.0V)
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Beef up the steering of your buggy or truck with the powerful HPI SF-10 servo! With a speed of 0.18 seconds to move 60 degrees and a monster 4.5kg of power per centimeter (at 6 volts, the standard power from a 5-cell receiver battery), you get strong steering at low or high speeds if using the SF-10 as a steering servo, or extremely strong brakes if using it as a throttle/brake servo.
The SF-10 uses a standard Futaba 'J' connector so it's a simple matter to connect it to any RC receiver, so it will work in any RC car or truck.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
My Experience Doing Makeup for the Soul Train Awards
I'm back with another post! I wanted to share with you an amazing experience of 2010. I had the opportunity to do two amazing things...work with Celebrity Makeup Artist AJ Crimson and help prepare guests for the 2010 Soul Train Awards in Atlanta. I feel truly blessed to have been a part of the experience and I want to show you all my journey and what I learned that day.
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AJ Crimson has what he calls a Beauty Suite. He does this before a lot of big award shows such as the BET Awards and the Soul Train Awards. He invites his favorite clients, celebrities and award attendees to have their makeup and nails done among other pampering procedures. The show as actually pre-filmed and shown on BET several weeks later.
I was invited to be one of 3 makeup artists (including AJ). I was told to report to our special suite at the Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta. I carefully cleaned and organized my makeup into my Zuca and got ready to go!
Here is the set-up. We each got our own mini vanity area and a table for our makeup. Thank goodness! I brought a lot of makeup and was able to display it all nicely.
I did several makeovers...some were industry people, others were guests attending the show and I even did a celebrity rapper. It was an amazing experience. I also got to witness AJ doing his magic. You'll remember that I had attended his makeup class just a few months before (see post here) and now I was working beside him - a dream come true!
Check out AJ working his magic in the background - He's wearing a gray suit and jeans and sneaks :)
I came into the experience knowing that this was a huge gig for me. I remained professional and beat those faces. At the same time, I completely understood that I was a junior artist to AJ Crimson. During slow periods, I stayed on my game - keeping my makeup area and brushes clean and I even voluntarily to clean AJ's brushes. It was a great way to observe him working in action and also be of assistance. If you ever assist, you shouldn't ever be sitting around taking a break unless you're told to. Stay on your grind! Did I mention that AJ even came to me to borrow some times from my kit? He borrowed a pencil sharpener and my MAC Parfait Amour eyeshadow and I was glad to let him use them!
Here are some shots of clients I worked on:
I also had the chance to make over Shareefa - a rapper on Def Jam who had a hit single in 2005 with the record "Need a Boss" featuring Ludacris. We went for a deep smokey eye with a bit of reflects pearl glitter to pop!
I can't wait to work with AJ and his team again in 2011. You know i'll do another blog post on it! Stay tuned for more fabulousness!
Atlanta Makeup Artist
17 comments:
- Couture Carrie said...
So awesome, darling!
- January 27, 2011 at 9:49 AM
- Tysh said...
You are too cute Ren, you did a great job, I can't wait to see more.
- January 27, 2011 at 10:22 AM
- Elle said...
Congrats girl! That's an amzing opportunity & the makeup you did looked awesome :)
- January 27, 2011 at 10:57 AM
- jilliandanica said...
congrats ren!
- January 27, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- Andra said...
congratulations! great job! i bet it was an awesome experience :)
- January 27, 2011 at 11:34 AM
- KiLLaCaM said...
you are a rock star! Loved everything about this post! So inspiring.
- January 27, 2011 at 11:45 AM
- T.Davis said...
GO REN!!!! This is every makeup artist dream. Mine would be assisting Pat McGrath!
- January 27, 2011 at 11:50 AM
- ProfeChanel said...
Wow!!! Ur such an inspiration<3 Congrats to all ur Power Moves(*_-)The Mk-up is on Point!!
- January 27, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- 1xellus1 said...
Congratulations! What a wonderful experience! Thanks for sharing. :O)
- January 27, 2011 at 12:55 PM
- Brandi said...
How exciting! Great job Ren!
- January 27, 2011 at 4:18 PM
- khadija said...
This is absolutely amazing! I've been silently following your blog for a while now and I very rarely comment on blog but today is an exception. I genuinely feel so so happy for you that you're progressing so well in the industry. I have to say you're really talented and I honestly wish you were based in the UK so I could have my makeup done by you. I'm originally Pakistani and I'm really impressed how well you understand Indo subcontinent makeup!
One request I would make is to have step by step photo tutorials in how to create makeup looks. Often I don't have time to watch a whole video so that would be very helpful.
Please keep going strong with the blog - it's so inspiring!
Lots of love, Khadija
Cardiff, UK
- January 27, 2011 at 4:20 PM
- Tracy D said...
Congratulations, loved your advice on how to handle yourself re taking a break on the job...great!
- January 27, 2011 at 4:38 PM
- yummy411 said...
fab job! i've been waiting for this post since your tweet on twitter! so excited for you!!
- January 28, 2011 at 12:07 AM
- Dye-A-Graham said...
How cool! You did a great job and you definitely beat those faces..hahaha I was a video model back in the day and performed at the Soul Train Awards one year with LL Cool J...being a part of those shows are so much fun and something you'll remember for a lifetime.
- January 28, 2011 at 12:46 AM
- Trina J Makeup said...
AMAZING!! Good for you girlie. What a great opportunity. You're headed to the top for sure. Great work!
- January 28, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- bowensma said...
That's such a great experience to have! Your awesome and will continue to do amazing things :)
- January 28, 2011 at 8:45 PM
- MMM said...
Congrats on your success!
- January 31, 2011 at 8:30 PM


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Skip to comments.Report: How GOP lost young voters
Posted on 06/03/2013 1:00:02 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
A new postmortem on the November elections from the nations leading voice for college Republicans offers a searing indictment of the GOP brand and the major challenges the party faces in wooing young voters, according to a copy given exclusively to POLITICO on Sunday.
The College Republican National Committee on Monday made public a detailed report the result of extensive polling and focus groups dissecting what went wrong for Republicans with young voters in the 2012 elections and how the party can improve its showing with that key demographic in the future.
Its not a pretty picture. In fact, its a dismal present situation, the report says.
The 95-page study, which looked at the partys views on social and economic issues, as well as its messaging and outreach, echoes a March report on the election debacle issued by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, which presented a devastating assessment of the partys current state of affairs.
But in some ways the new report from inside the GOP tent is even more scathing and ominous since it comes from the partys next generation.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Let me guess: the GOP didn't celebrate sodomy or want to endorse infanticide.
Not enough free goodies too.
You can't have the young vote unless you take back the educational system, and get a voice in the media as well.
Then conservatives say that's impossible or they can't be bothered. If they don't want to run education in America, what can they expect to accomplish?
"Smart" phones and basements in the homes of their parents.
From the article:
In the report, the young Republican activists acknowledge their party has suffered significant damage in recent years. A sampling of the critique on:
Gay marriage: On the open-minded issue [w]e will face serious difficulty so long as the issue of gay marriage remains on the table.
Hispanics: Latino voters tend to think the GOP couldnt care less about them.
Perception of the partys economic stance: Weve become the party that will pat you on your back when you make it, but wont offer you a hand to help you get there.
Big reason for the image problem: The outrageous statements made by errant Republican voices.
Words that up-for-grabs voters associate with the GOP: The responses were brutal: closed-minded, racist, rigid, old-fashioned.
So, in a word, yes. You're right.
Politico.....what do you expect....
A marketing campaign is a mostly vain attempt to counteract 12-16 years of programming by leftists in schools and a lifetime of programming by leftists in media.
'Social and economic' issues is the usual code (which the GOP maddeningly adopts as its own) for tearing down any institution or tradition that doesn't comport with militant gay and/or socialist thought. Again, this loops back to programming.
Evicting leftists from the controls of the dam has a much greater prospect of success than attempting to hold back a flood of ignorance, paranoia and PC nonsense.
I'm afraid that the people who wish for smaller government are a lot like Groucho Marx.
They don't want to join a party that would have them as a member.
Now we have a generation whose chief point of political reference is Barack H. Obama, when that generation starts blaming him for things, they'll at least be more open to the idea of voting for Republicans.
Yes. We must become more like the Gaystapo and Feminazis so people will like us.
I don't know who said this, but it seems to have garnered an "AMEN" from lots of people:
"If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain."
My tagline says it all. We let the left defne us in 2012. It worked. As one poster said, with young voters, we can't expect a marketing campaign to counter 12 years of indoctrination. We have to be out there speaking to younger voters all the time. This means going on TV shows they watch, speaking on campuses and running ads throughout the year.
Paul Ryan wanted to go out on the tour of campuses and help convert some of these people. The campaign did not permit it.
The article should be titled. HOW FRAUD AND IGNORANCE CAUSED THE GOP TO LOSE THE ELECTION BUT WIN THE WAR.
Thanks to the Left owning public education, the "young vote" won't come back until they get out of school and encounter the real world. When they see the chunk of their paycheck that the Feds are taking, there is a fair chance they'll come back.
There is not an ounce of leadership in the republican party. Their whole attitude is apologetic.
They are lied about and so they think they'd better agree with the liars.
No one has the courage to say, "what the hell 'helping hand' is the government supposed to give you so you can be successful, when you need a job making money in the private sector"?
No courage to say gay marriage (which many young people think is the biggest issue facing society) is a ridiculous waste of time issue when we have life and death problems.
No courage to say "No, we care about you as AMERICANS not as "hispanic Americans" And yeah, illegal immigration is a bad thing.
There are solid majorities against things like illegal immigration IF republicans cared.
I doubt it. I just left a hi-tech job that was chocked full of 25-30 mush heads that made too much for their skill and experience level but sat around boasting of their altruistic qualities. I swear I have never seen more nappy, watch cap wearing, vitmain water drinking, doofuses in one place.
Within 3 months of being hired for that job I could not stand another minute of the younger generation. I got another job as fast as I could. This marks the first time that I left a job because I could not stand the majority of people I worked with instead of money or better career position.
Murdoch and Akin didn't help either. For young woman who rely on social media for their info. We stood for one thing....if you get raped we'll make you have the baby.
Young people of both parties have spent their lives being indoctrinated in our government brainwashing centers, aka, the public school system. There's no fixing that.
Our message is longer than a 10 second sound bite. Too much for the low information voters.
Very well said.
Sadly, there is no leadership in the GOP. As a prime example, look at Issa p****ng away the IRS issue.
Absent real conservative leader(s), the GOP is dead as a doornail. It's only a matter of time.
Oh, well. So much for that hope...
These dependent, "entitled", government-sucking parasites have been TRAINED to be Progressive-thinking, irresponsible, live-off-of-others and "I want it now" voters, and Conservatives are "old fogies" to them.
So the commies are telling the right what is wrong with us... and we are supposed to believe polutico? We all know nancy "nazi" peloser and harry "the mobster" reid have the right's best interest at heart.
Here is another adjective that they can use... WELL ARMED!
What this tells me is that the 'next generation' of Republicans are Republicans, not conservatives. To a point, this is to be expected from a group of people who have little real-world experience.
Once the leftist-dominated world slaps them around a bit, some of them may see reason. That's the time to give them some Tea.
As for 'well-armed' ... all I can say is 'Amen'.
There's just as many asinine statements by the left, but the media doesn't pounce on them 24/7 like they do to Republicans.
They should just shut up and go be DemocRats.
You're ALL winners!
According to the article young people want free education, health care, birth control, open borders, and an end to nasty judgmentalism on all social issues.
In short, to win their votes, they are recommending the party become the Democrats.
Communism appeals to the young in many ways, including the "free stuff without working for it" angle.
But more insidious is the play to the arrogance of youth.
"All the smart people believe this. You're smart, so you should believe this, too!"
Okay, you and I say "limited government" etc. And what they hear is "no-fault sodomy, hetero-nookie, abortion, and legal drugs." Most of the young Paulites I've met are radical individualists, unlike Tea Party typeswho are morality-based, community-building volunteers, and mostly older.
I think we can convert many of the kids eventually, especially as they grow up, but as a group, they are foremost very ticked-off, socially awkward kids.
Romney lost the election. Between being Mr. MassCare and convincing between 4 and 9 million Republicans to stay home, of course we lost. I have to say we have no chance in 2016 unless something truly dramatic in our favor occurs, although both houses of Congress are winnable. Finally, unless the Repubs get some courage to fight Dem cheating, stealing, and violence, it's all over. A permanent Progressive government and an education union goon Stasi with unlimited billions of tax dollars will be very tough to uproot. What do we have this week? Issa being called a criminal and instead of fighting back, being a "gentleman." Gentlemen don't finish last. Gentlemen get exterminated.
Two words. John McCain.
At least you can't say the GOP didn't try. "Obama was born in Africa, tax cuts are creating jobs in China, war everywhere in on the table, Obama is a socialist, he married Gimi the Moocher, he looks like the devil". And they nominated McCain followed by Romney. The GOP gave it their best shot.
If Barack Obama got reelected because of Murdoch or Akin, then America is too stupid to survive.
I am tired of hearing about these two. I bet less than .5 percent had their vote swayed by those two people. The people outraged would have been easily outraged about something else.
It did cause us to lose two Senate seats, however. Akin should have gotten out the second he screwed up. Murdoch making that mistake was idiotic, especially after Akin, but it was far too late in the process to get out. His statement was magnified much worse because of Akin, and a more skilled candidate would have been able to recover in a heavy GOP state.
But kids from, mostly, agnostic houses who are learning morality from popular media and universities are not going to be open to socon messages. They just are not--so what do we do -- leave them as low fruit to the radical left?
I say, we grab them where we can and as you said, as they age and have life experience, they come to our side-hopefully. At least though, they get the message of limited government and liberty somewhere because if we just leave them to the leftist controlled media, schools, universities, entertainment, popular culture and, now even chruches--they will never get it.
It's pretty easy to understand.
Today's 20 somethings are second and third generation products of the Great Society.
They've been educated by progressives, informed by progressive MSM, and partake in progressive dominated social media.
Each year 2.5 million (mostly old/white/ majority R voting) people die and are replaced by (young/increasingly minority/heavily D voting) people.
We are definitely swimming upstream.
Easy. Bulk mailing hasn't worked for 10 years.
You can't lose what you never had.
Let's not forget Dick Lugar and his Rino buddies essentially stabbing Mourdock in the back from the minute the primary was over. Lugar did not lift a finger to assist and I would bet worked actively behind the scenes to get Donnelly elected.
Sucks having to watch your back as well as fight the enemy. Payback for RINOS in Indiana will be a &^(*Y(.
That's the definition of fail.
You're 100% correct in that assessment since the source is known for its anti-American lies. Commie libs form the staff of that vile outfit and anything they publish is nothing but trash.
I'm over the age of 70 but I do know a number of young people and they're all solid Christian Conservatives and every one of the them opposes the homosexual agenda. The only reason they reject the GOP is because of its tilting to the left. Thankfully people like Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Louie Gohmert represent the future of the Republican party. All three of them are greatly admired by the young people I know.
And just look at the admiration for Sarah and Todd Palin at Republic High School:
I honestly think that young people want America restored to the greatness it had prior to the liberalism that took hold in the 1960s.
I'll also add that the neighbor across the street is a tee-hugging, atheist leftist from Nashua, NH. He's been here in God's Country (as a result of a transfer in his high-tech job) since the mid-90s and still embraces the New England liberal values of his raising. But a gradual change is happening even in this guy. Why? His high school age daughter is a cheerleader in the good tradition of young Texans. She speaks with an appealing Southern accent in contrast to her dad's clipped nasal Yankee tone. And, best of all, she's Conservative and goes to church! I really think she's making some headway since her dad recently put up a flagpole on the porch with both Old Glory and the Texas flag. When he finally removes that silly COEXIST bumper sticker from his little clown car, I know that a conversion is nigh.
The Republican party has been rubber stamping Wall Street and the armaments welfare state since Garfield caught a bullet. The GOP consists of two elements, neither of which created the party to begin with- the Tea Party as ghosts of the John Birch Society who preached ineffectively against the "Liberal Eastern Establishment" or the American nobility, an aristocracy symbolic of everything our Revolution of 1776 detested, and the "Liberal Eastern Establishment" itself which are the heirs of the Nazi intelligentsia, a mafia hell bent on dumbing down America enough to turn it into a new war lord feudal fiefdom of international financier oligarchs.
The oligarchs have the liberal press doing its dirty work and keeping the Tea Party and Sarah Palin from gaining any traction, nattering endlessly about "over population" so we can rationalize the "culling" of the 3rd World whose emergent industrialization is a threat to their loan sharking hegemony, while they are secretly in alliance with environmentalist ignoramuses. You probably think that Al Gore is a Democrat. (snicker)
Romney was correctly fingered by the youth demographic as a shill for business as usual for the Wall Street wrecking crew and looked the part, hence his perception problem. Comrade Obama didn't look or talk like a Wall St. shill, got himself elected presumably for his anti-Wall St. rhetoric and will do more to fulfil the Wall St. oligarchs' agenda and destroy the constitution than Romney on a perpetual bad hair day.
Freepers have simply got to wake up to the fact that MONOPOLISM is not capitalism, it is military-industrial complex FASCISM. We need a new set of I.D. cues for the enemies of this Republic. Start with a revival of the old JBS literature and compare that material with Alex Jones' and Jessie Ventura. And before you yelp about whacko conspiracy theories, read the ding dong books, all of which are available on Amazon, before you ding dong knee jerk just the way the Rockefellers, the Carnegies, the Harrimans, the Schiffs, the Loebs, the Warburgs, the Rosthchilds and the rest of the Bilderberg, CFR, 40's Committee, World Bank and the IMF circus want you to.
Didn't the rinos lose 10 or 11 Senate races?
I know that Palin gave us our only Senate seat pick-up and that Romney could not deliver the Senate, although before his nomination it was seen as in the bag.
Sheesh, what an idiot. Put your tin foil hat back on and crawl back into your hole.
We can appeal to young in a number of ways. Whether or not we choose to do so is another story:
1. Smarter use of new media and social networking. We need more Breitbart and less snail mail
2. Greater emphasis on economic and personal freedoms, less emphasis on social conservatism. The social conservatism should not be abandoned, but it should be properly articulated and targeted at regions of the country where the people are more receptive to it. Young people in Utah are more socially conservative than say young people in New Hampshire. In general, we would need more Von Mises Institute and less PTL Club.
3. Stress the things we have in common with the young:
a. Economic uncertainty/need for job growth/economic growth
b. Personal freedom/constitutional rights
c. Concern about high taxes
c. Need to improve/reform educational system
d. Gun rights
As a social conservative, I don't think we should abandon our long-standing support of social issues. I do, however, think we can emphasize those things we have in common with most of other Americans, including the youth. Right now, my primary concerns are economic decline, national security, and government excess. The moral decline in this country is probably the worst threat to the long-term health of this country, but that is a chronic disease and cannot be reversed anytime soon. Economics, national security, and, to a lesser extent, government scope can be positively reformed much sooner. These areas are like arterial bleeding and must be fixed now or the patient dies.
A lot of our daily politics will be shaped by the regions of country. In the South, social conservatism can be more pronounced. In more liberal areas of the country, the emphasis should be on Economic and personal freedom. I think of this as smart 10th Amendment politics.
Pretty sure young white males favored Romney. It's the single white females that are the problem.
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A high-ranking executive from Microsoft Corp. hinted in an interview that the company may already be hard at work on the second generation of its code-named Natal natural user interaction (NUI) device. The claim seems to be rather logical, but while the Natal is only designed for gaming, the second-gen device may be aimed at broader auditory.
"When we do invent something first like the Natal kind of scenario, while we have a researcher working with the product group for the first version, we already have a researcher thinking about the second version down the road so we certainly hope we will continue to be holding that technology. I really love what Microsoft is doing," said Hsiao-Wuen Hon, managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald.
With the introduction of Microsoft Natal and Sony PlayStation Move later this year motion-based input will become an official standard on video game systems. At this point it remains to be seen how good motion sensor Natal actually is and whether a similar technology can be used to control personal computers and appropriate software.
It is hardly surprising that Microsoft is researching potential successors for the Natal since the company's next-generation game console will need it. The big question is still about potential usage of NUI technology for controlling non-gaming devices.


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I live right near Worcester and am more of a scenario baller. I was wondering if there are any coming up in the next few months to watch out for. I'm looking for pretty much anywhere in MA or possibly central CT. I don't mind driving up to an hour to get to them, but anything more than that is a little iffy.
It looks like Fox4, which is where I would usually go for scenarios, doesn't have another till February according to their website. Any other fields to be checking for in the area?
Scenario games in the next few months?
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Posted 17 November 2011 - 09:47 AM
PNL Paintball has their end of the season big game called Turkey Shoot on November 27th
Posted 28 November 2011 - 02:59 PM
How did that go Team Brute Force? I was there the day before playing. Beautiful weather for paintball...
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there's one on Rt. 9 in Leicester, Ma called AllStarrPaintball. I think they may be open on Sundays. You can check their website.
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