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Posted on 01/25/2013 7:53:06 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Obama Fires Top General Without Even a Phone Call Daniel Halper January 25, 2013 10:26 AM
President Barack Obama fired General James Mattis, the head of Central Command, without even calling the general to let him know he was being replaced.
"I am told that General Mattis was travelling and in a meeting when an aide passed him a note telling him that the Pentagon had announced his replacement as head of Central Command. It was news to him -- he hadn't received a phone call or a heads-up from anyone at the Pentagon or the White House," Thomas E. Ricks reports.
In another post, Ricks says Mattis was fired because:
Pentagon insiders say that he rubbed civilian officials the wrong way -- not because he went all "mad dog," which is his public image, and the view at the White House, but rather because he pushed the civilians so hard on considering the second- and third-order consequences of military action against Iran. Some of those questions apparently were uncomfortable. Like, what do you do with Iran once the nuclear issue is resolved and it remains a foe? What do you do if Iran then develops conventional capabilities that could make it hazardous for U.S. Navy ships to operate in the Persian Gulf? He kept saying, "And then what?"
There is also a belief that Mattis and Obama differed on Iran. "A particular point of disagreement was what to do about mischief Iran is exporting to other countries. Mattis is indeed more hawkish on this than the White House was," writes Ricks in yet another post.
"National Security Advisor Tom Donilon in particular was irked by Mattis's insistence on being heard. I cringe when I hear about civilians shutting down strategic discussions. That is exactly what the Bush administration did in late 2002 when generals persisted in questioning whether it was wise to invade Iraq. That led to what some might call a fiasco."
3 down, how many more to go?
Probably refused to fire on Americans...
Mattis was the last of our fighting generals.
So all we have left is political officers (aka Timm Curry in the Hunt for Red October).
Wow, he reached the rank of general with out learning you dont challenge Democrats with tough questions.
That was my very first thought.
"A particular point of disagreement was what to do about mischief Iran is exporting to other countries."
"Mischief"... Is that what we are calling Iran's hand in terrorism these days?
Go figure....uneducated, biased and naive Obama Administration civilians get pissed because he pushed them to actually work and work out [gasp] options!
Chess is apparently beyond the capabilities of the administration.
If you don't bow down and worship the boss, you're out.
That is the new litmus test we're told.
Little Barry is such a wussie!
Always seeking respect but never giving any.
I can just hear Obama, "Fire him, I've got a tee-time in 20."
Me three.
looks like job opening for another boot licker
What exactly is Obama's view of Iran? As a matter of fact can anyone define America's policy regarding Iran at any time since 1981? We sold them weapons for hostages, armed Saddam Hussein so he could slaughter them, buy their oil (oil for food scam), sell them technology (through third party countries), threaten them, betray the people of Iran when they try to rise up, promise to negotiate, play footsie in the UN, give them a Predator drone and get really serious with more sanctions. I don't know how anyone could disagree about Iran since no one has a position on Iran.
No, it would be "I've got a tee time in twenuh."
"...fired..., without even calling the general to let him know he was being replaced."
I'd say that was dishonorable, contrary to good order and discipline, and undermines cohesion.
"...he pushed the civilians so hard on considering the second- and third-order consequences of military action against Iran."
In many cases, the consequences of action, military or not, do not receive enough attention. But that seems to be the liberal way of thinking.
Getting rid of the warrior mentality and those stalwarts that would defend the constitution is all about bringing down the country. The mad marxist continues his destruction and any general who he views as a potential threat to his power is chopped off at the knees. WE are in desperate need of 3 good generals to step forward and relieve BO, and the head of the other 2 branches of govt. Bo, his bitch and his cronies to be immediately escorted to gitmo for indefinite confinement.
yeah, semper fi, Marine!
(WWII Marines know what semper fi really means; clue; not an abbreviation for semper fidelis!)
even the high brass may be catching on...soon???
Semper Watching!
This kinda reminds me of the stuff Stalin did - just before WWII.
I think our only chance to go back to a constitutional govt. is for our military to uphold their oath to defend and protect the constitution by ejecting anyone from govt who has violated the constitution. Followed immediately by a new election.
My son tried to join the army. after a year of odd request he finally got them everything they wanted... then they LOST all his records. they are not looking for patriots. what r they lookibg for??
That is exactly what needs to happen.
That's my guess.
I don't know, but I would bet, that many Marines are loyal to General Mattis.
And, it is only going to get much worse. Bo has great plans for his race, his homosexuals, his left-wing killers, his gangsters, and his unions. None of his plans involve patriots who are viewed as his enemies.
Except when it comes to vindictive politics inspired by childish tantrums.
There are also plenty who are still furious with him for his failure to end the disgraceful Haditha prosecutions.
General James Mattoon Scott: Where are you, now that we need you?
Taken in a very broad context firing a general is a serious error.
While alive, the general and his fired former brothers in arms are free to plot the coup d'état
Ultra-liberalism is only a temporary facade for Obama. That is why he is going after guns. When he holds all the cards after consolidating his power, he will govern ultra-ultra hard right . . . Stalin style.
Yeh, you beat me too it. He answered the survey wrong.
Just remember Stalin got rid of his generals also.
I wonder if the good General has anything he can reveal to the American people? Maybe he will have a bone to pick with someone in the administration.
BO: "I don't always fire my top generals, but when I do I use a Post-It note...." Stay classy, my friend.
I think this is the guy who Obama has slated to replace Mattis. (Replacing the Marines with the Army.) Anyone know anything about him?
General Lloyd Austin, United States Army
On 1 September 2010 he became Commanding General of US forces Iraq at a ceremony at the al-Faw palace in Bagdad, Iraq after the US combat missions ended...
True, but do you think he pursued that on his own? I think they'll dislike their new commanding Generals more so.
The mainstream news media is so carefully avoiding this story it's likely they were directed by the White House to ignore it. Since last year it seems like there is an effort to decapitate the U.S. military.
It seems to me that Obama is taking his cues from his Ottoman empire building buddy Recep Tayyip Erdogan. I wonder when he will jail all of them as did Erdogan?
Faggots and lesbians who pretend they have the same abilities as real warriors.
He obviously passed the skin color criteria.
Mathis should refuse to leave his post until Obama comes there personally to relieve him of command in PERSON, and then right before Obama enters the building make a public announcement or hold a press conference that he is resigning in disgust/protest over the Obama administration.
Also if he is the general that recently said something about the "fire on the civilians" litmus test he should make that public as well.
Paving the way for soon-to-be female generals. The principal reasoning behind women in combat is so that they get a fair shake at reaching flag rank, something that would be otherwise out of reach for someone without combat exposure. (That's "exposure" as opposed to "experience"; some flag officers got credit for being in a combat zone for a minimal period.) So women will be allowed to get their combat tickets punched, a reprise of the Vietnam fraud, so the admin can fast track them to flag rank. It's not about breeding warriors, it's about putting stars on female shoulders by any means available. That's the true equality goal, to hell with battlefield results.
Well, at least team 0bama was nice enough not to put a bullet in his head then call it a suicide..
The only thing 'females on front lines' will accomplish is a dramatic reduction in female enlistments, which leaves only the gay problem to screw up the military.
Will we be surprised when he appoints that lesbian General as Chairperson of the Joint Chiefs?
Someone tell me this guy doesn't have a dictator's mindset.
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Norma,I might just go with "sticking" to John's non-stick Calphalon pan. It worked perfectly. He sent me an 8 x 8 and I'm going to try a 10 x 15 jelly roll pan. On the other hand, I feel like a bit of a traitor being a native Detroiter and using non-traditional DS pizza pans, so maybe I'll give the steel pans another try.Gene
Gene,You just have to work with the pans that work out for you. The only part you won't be able to say if you make them commercially and make your Detroit style pizza in another kind of pan is that your Detroit style pizza weren't made in auto parts pans, but that is okay.Norma
A blend of Soy, Canola and Veg.
Norma,I guess I'll have to change the definition of "Detroit Style Pizza" a bit to not include the type and size of pan... :^)I got a response from Shawn about the oil they use to season their pans. The answer surprised me:I don't know about others, but it never occurred to me to try combining different oils. And that still leaves the question of proportion. Equal amounts?Gene
I really wouldn't think it would matter if the oils are combined or not, but maybe another member might have an opinion on that.
I don't know about others, but it never occurred to me to try combining different oils. And that still leaves the question of proportion. Equal amounts?
Buddy's pizza to be on 'Pizza Cuz' on Cooking Channel tonight.http://www.freep.com/article/20130510/FEATURES02/305100086/pizza-food-Buddy-s-Pizza-Cuz Norma
I'm really glad you mentioned that, Norma. I had it set to record but my DVR crapped out last night and somehow lost all the series that I watch. I thought I'd re-programmed them all but I forgot Pizza Cuz. My cable company won't be here till Wed. with my new DVR (6 tuners!) W00H00!
Maybe I need toothpicks to keep my eyes open. Norma
Try a 'lil pinch of snuff Norma.
The baking of Buddy's pizza at 600 degrees F for 14 minutes seems high to me.
Norma, is that what they showed in the episode? Funny thing is that I have both DS and NY on the menu tonight and was planning on running the oven at 600F to see how the DS does with 300g of 70% dough.
The DS at the higher temp turned out very nicely. Heated the oven on convection at 550F and the lower stone hit 630F. Didn't want to use convection and risk scorching the sides, so turned off the fan just as the pans went in. Done in 12 minutes (300g, 70% hydration) and they turned out really crispy and very light inside.
Your Detroit style pizza look very good. Your bottom crust looks nice and your crumb looks very light. Great job!
Thanks Norma! I rotate through three different DS - Jet's style (sauce to edges under the cheese), Buddy's style (sauce cooked on top of cheese), and Via 313 (warm sauce spooned on after baking). Not sure which I like best, they're all good in different ways, but if I had to pick one it would be the Via 313 with the super-light crust and fresh tomato flavor (the sauce is just 6-n-1 with a little spice, not cooked).
All of your DS pizzas sound good to me. I also have made attempts on a Jet's pizza and did like them. How is your Via 313 formulation different from the one you just tried? Is it higher in hydration?
Norma, they're all done with a 70% hydration dough and the same base sauce but I play around a little with the dough and cheese weight per pan depending on the style. The one in the picture above is the "Via 313" formulation and since it is cooked with just the cheese, I use 300g of dough, and for the other two I now use 275g, to make the crust cook a little faster, and a little less cheese, to keep the oven times about the same for all of them.
Gene,Thanks for posting the answer you got from Shawn on what he seasons his pans with. I really wouldn't think it would matter if the oils are combined or not, but maybe another member might have an opinion on that. It doesn't really surprised me that a combination of oils are used to season Shawn's steel pans.You can just call your pizzas Detroit style whether you use the steel pans or not. Do you have a formulation you like best?Norma
From many years of seasoning pans in commercial kitchens and at home, the oil doesn't matter nearly as much as the oven temp and the coating technique. What temp is your oven?
Norma,I've been using 500 g flour, 350 g water (in other words, 70% hydration), a 7g package of Oekker instant yeast and 1 tsp salt. I let it rise till doubled (about 1 hour). For a small pie, I use 275 g of finished dough. Put it in the pan and let it sit for 10 min. before spreading it across the pan.One thing I did discover: I had been combing all the ingredients in the bowl of my Kitchenaid and kneading 5 min, with the dough hook. But the last couple of times, I used the flat beater first, for about 1 min., just to combine the ingredients, and then switched to the dough hook to knead for 5 min. Don't ask me why, but the dough was much easier to spread across the pan.Gene
I've been baking the oiled pans at 500 deg.


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Behind the scenes, Obama concluded her nomination was more trouble than it was worth.
Susan Rice was on borrowed time the moment President Obama wrapped his rhetorical arms around her a week after the election and told Republicans to stop picking on his fabulous United Nations ambassador.
Don't believe for an instant that bowing out of the competition to replace Hillary Clinton was Rice's idea. That's not how Washington works.
Obama said he reluctantly "accepted her decision to remove her name from consideration for Secretary of State." As they say in Texas, don't bet the ranch on that.
Opinionline: Susan Rice makes a 'classic exit'
The handling of Rice's demise is a staple of the capital's power ritual, where good news is announced personally by the president, but bad news comes in a written statement and is often someone else's idea.
Obama's body language at his Nov. 14 press conference exuded fierce defiance. He called the attacks against Rice by Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham "outrageous" and taunted them to come after him instead of attacking a distinguished public servant simply doing her job in the aftermath of the Benghazi terror attack that killed four Americans.
If he concluded Rice was the best person for the State Department, Obama said, he'd nominate her – regardless of Republican brickbats. "That's not a determination that I've made yet," he added – tellingly.
Listening from a fourth-row seat in the East Room, I came away with the strong sense Obama was actually signaling Rice was a goner. He needed to leap to her defense vigorously to mollify the Democratic base, especially African Americans and women, but there were safer options for the post.
There's no doubt Obama's defense of Rice was heartfelt. But any president, even one fresh from a convincing re-election victory, has only so much political capital to expend. He knew Rice's nomination would have precipitated a legislative food fight with Senate Republicans whose goodwill – and votes – he needs for the titanic budget battles ahead.
He probably could have gotten Rice confirmed by the Senate, but it would have been a Pyrrhic victory, consuming vast sums of political chips as messy confirmation hearings dragged on for weeks.
White House political handlers understood that Rice was simply too much of a liability to Obama's strategic agenda, and his legacy, over the next four years. Simply stated, she flunked the risk-reward test.
So she purportedly decided to opt out herself, sparing the president considerable grief.
That's the way it's done in Washington – at least for public consumption. The reality is almost always otherwise.
It's reminiscent of Sen. George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, announcing he backed running mate Thomas Eagleton "one thousand percent" after it became known Sen. Eagleton had once undergone shock therapy treatments for depression. Soon thereafter, Eagleton was asking McGovern to drop him from the ticket.
This it's-actually-my-idea minuet is a corollary to the time-honored tradition of top government appointees being told the president is prepared to nominate them "if you're prepared to accept." That semantic ploy enables an administration to say that someone who turns down a plum job didn't say no because the job was never offered.
Susan Rice may have been a victim of pragmatic political realities, but if Obama had wanted her, she wouldn't have needed to fall on her sword.
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Spain Hosts the Final Stop on the Slalom World Cup Circuit
Click HERE for complete results from Slalom World Cup No. 3 in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain, June 22-24.
Zach Lokken (Durango, Colo.) missed a gate during his Men's Canoe semifinal run to finish 30th with a time of 171.88. Jordi Domenjo of Spain would end up winning the final round. Next up for Lokken, 18, is the 2012 Junior and U23 World Championships in Wausau, Wis., July 11-15.
In Women's Canoe, Micki Reeves (Grand Junction, Colo.) and Colleen Hickey (Okawville, Ill.) placed 13th and 15th, respectively, in the semifinal. Reeves crossed the finish line in 175.61. Ten seconds of penalty time were enough to knock her out of the Top 10 and a spot in final round as her total time was 6.25 seconds behind the 10th place finisher.
In Women's Kayak, Ashley Nee (Darnestown, Md.) and Emily Jackson (Rock Island, Tenn.) finished 35th and 47th, respectively, in the qualifying heats and would not advance to Sunday's semifinal. Nee turned in a first run time of 101.17, +11.79 behind the leader through heats. One two-second gate touch penalty was enough to knock her out of the Top 30 and a berth in the semifinals. Jackson finished in 113.35, including four penalty seconds.
This concludes the 2012 Slalom World Cup circuit for Team USA.
WHEN: June 22-24, 2012
WHERE: La Seu d'Urgell, Spain
WHO: Coaches Silvan Poberaj and Rafal Smolen
Men's Kayaks: Jim Wade (Boise, Idaho), Michal Smolen (Gastonia, N.C.), Ricky Powell (Parkesburg, Pa.)
Women's Kayaks: Ashley Nee (Darnestown, Md.), Emily Jackson (Rock Island, Tenn.)
Men's Single Canoes: Zach Lokken (Durango, Colo.)
Women's Single Canoes: Micki Reeves (Grand Junction, Colo.), Colleen Hickey (Okawville, Ill.)
In Men's Kayak, Wade finished 15th to advance to Saturday's semifinal with a penalty-free second run time of 86.26, which was +2.17 seconds behind the leader through qualifying heats. The most veteran member of the U.S. team in Spain will look to improve upon his 18th place finish at World Cup No. 1 two weekends ago.
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Powell and Smolen placed 53rd and 54th, respectively, to wrap up their 2012 World Cup circuit. Powell finished in 92.09, with one 2-second touch penalty. Smolen missed a gate on his first run, but finished his second in 92.30 with 4 penalty seconds. Smolen will now turn his sights toward Wausau, Wis., sight of the 2012 Junior and U23 World Championships, July 11-15.
In Men's Canoe, Lokken reached Saturday's semifinal with a 30th place finish. His penalty-free second run time of 95.83 was +7.36 seconds behind the leader through heats. An injury has kept Tyler Hinton (Denver, Colo.) from competing this weekend.
In Women's Canoe, both Reeves and Hickey advanced to Saturday's semifinal by placing 10th and 15th, respectively. Reeves turned in a first run time of 128.34 with 6 penalty seconds. Hickey missed a gate on second run en route to a time of 193.29.
Nee and Jackson compete Saturday in the qualifying heats for Women's Kayak.
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Dana, Sr., Richard Henry
Richard Henry Dana, Sr. 1787-1879
(Also wrote under pseudonym of The Idle Man) American essayist, poet, editor, short story writer, critic, and lecturer.
Considered a minor literary figure, Dana was among the first American literary critics to be a proponent of romanticism. Following his conversion to Congregationalism in 1827, Dana rejected the romantic mode and began a sustained conservative attack on what he saw as the paucity of American culture.
Biographical Information
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1787, Dana was the youngest of five children. After schooling in Newport, Rhode Island, he entered Harvard College in 1804, but was expelled three years later for taking part in a student rebellion. Dana's hopes of a comfortable career as an independent man of letters were severely compromised when his brother Francis lost much of the family fortune in property speculations. Admitted to the bar in 1812, Dana married Ruth Charlotte Smith one year later. When the North American Review was founded in 1815, Dana became a contributor, and in 1818 he was named assistant editor. His outspoken review of William Hazlitt's Lectures on the English Poets countered the prevailing neoclassical critical fashion and he was denied the editorship of the journal, causing him to resign from his post. In 1821 Dana began to publish a new periodical, The Idle Man, but it ran only six issues. Following his wife's death in 1822, Dana was influenced by the revival movement led by Lyman Beecher and, in 1826, he converted to Congregationalism and began to write on religious matters. In the latter part of his career, faced with penury, Dana extended the range of his literary endeavors, writing poetry, teaching English literature, and lecturing on Shakespeare. Suffering from failing health, Dana retired to his house at Cape Ann and died there on February 2, 1879.
Major Works
Dana's broad literary output included poetry, short fiction, book reviews, lectures, and essays. His first publications were reviews and critical essays for The Monthly Anthology and its successor, the North American Review. Dana's notorious review of Hazlitt's Lectures on the English Poets, in which he praised William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge at the expense of neoclassical poet Alexander Pope, established his reputation in Boston as a romantic iconoclast. Dana's early prose fiction, such as the gothic tale "Paul Felton" (1822), is characterized by its exploration of the supernatural and the psychology of the imagination. Dana published his first volume of poetry, The Buccaneer and Other Poems (1827), at the behest of his friend William Cullen Bryant, and followed it with Poems and Prose Writings (1833). A two-volume edition of the Poems and Prose Writings was published in 1850. Of Dana's poems, the long poem "The Buccaneer" has helped sustain his reputation as a noteworthy poet. In 1838 Dana began a series of seven lectures on Shakespeare, but these remain unpublished. His later essays reveal his rejection of the romantic mode and offer a conservative critique of American cultural shallowness and anti-intellectualism, conditions which stemmed, Dana believed, from America's passion for social equality and its disinterest in the past.
Critical Reception
The strength and independence of Dana's literary opinions often exposed him to censure. During his period of literary activity, his work met with both critical hostility and public indifference, but it was also well received by many reviewers and, for a time, he enjoyed a solid reputation as a serious literary figure. Many of Dana's contemporaries found his poetry stronger in conception than performance. Often viewed as a provocative essayist and an idiosyncratic reviewer, Dana left an intellectual stamp on his work which enhanced his essays and sometimes damaged his poems. His philosophical seriousness was at times taken for Calvinist brooding, and he was criticized for his gloomy tone. Although his lectures on Shakespeare were prompted by financial expediency, they were generally well received. Modern critics, such as Doreen Hunter and Robert A. Ferguson, have focused their analyses of Dana's work on his rejection of romanticism in favor of his later conservative views of religion and law. Dana's professional life ended in obscurity; he lived long enough to see his own career eclipsed by that of his son, Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Principal Works
The Idle Man [editor and major contributor] (essays, short stories, poetry) 1821-22
The Buccaneer and Other Poems (poetry) 1827
Poems and Prose Writings (poetry, essays and criticism) 1833
*Poems and Prose Writings. 2 vols. (poetry, essays, and criticism) 1850
*Includes the first edition of Poems and Prose Writings (1833).
Richard Henry Dana, Sr. (essay date 1827)
SOURCE: "Preface to the First Edition of the Poems," in Poems and Prose Writings, Vol I, Baker and Scribner, 1850, pp. ix-xi.
[In the following preface to his first collection of poems, first published in 1827 and reissued in 1850 with a second volume of his poetry, Dana expresses his hopes for the public's favorable reception of his work, and comments on the partly factual source for "The Buccaneer. "
It is not without hesitation that I give this small volume [The Buccaneer and Other Poems] to the public; for no one can be more sensible than I am how much is necessary to the production of what may be rightly called poetry. It is true that something resembling it is oftentimes borne into instant and turbulent popularity, while a work of genuine character may be lying neglected by all except the poets. But the tide of time flows on, and the former begins to settle to the bottom, while the latter rises slowly and steadily to the surface, and moves forward, for a spirit is in it.
It is a poor ambition to be anxious after the distinction of a day in that which, if it be fit to live at all, is to live for ages. It is wiser than all, so to love one's art that its distinctions shall be but secondary: and, indeed, he who is not so absorbed in it as to think of his fame only as one of its accidents had better save himself his toil; for the true power is not in him. Yet the most self-dependent are stirred to livelier action by the hope of fame, and there are none who can go on with vigour, without the sympathy of some few minds which they respect.
I will not say of my first tale ["The Buccaneer"] as Miss Edgeworth sometimes does of her improbabilities, "This is a fact"; but this much I may say: there are few facts so well vouched for, and few truths so fully believed in, as the account upon which I have grounded my story.
I shall not name the island off our New England coast upon which these events happened, and these strange appearances were seen; for islanders are the most sensitive creatures in the world in all that relates to their places of abode.
I have changed the time of the action—which was before the war of our Revolution—to that of the great contest in Spain; as the reader will see, in my making use of the Christian name of Lord Wellington...
(The entire section is 977 words.)
The American Monthly Review (review date 1833)
SOURCE: Review of Poems and Prose Writings, in The American Monthly Review, Vol. IV, No. VI, December, 1833, pp. 468-80.
[In the following excerpt, the author favorably reviews Dana's poetry and prose, calling him "one of the best writers of the day. "]
Mr. Dana is a poet in the true sense of the term. He combines a striking originality and reach of thought with beautiful and expressive language. But the former power far exceeds the latter. Indeed he seems himself to be aware of this; for he says of his own poetry that it lacks "something of that melody of voice and harmony of expression, which so win upon us unawares." As a poetical thinker, Mr. Dana has no...
(The entire section is 2330 words.)
The New Englander (review date 1851)
SOURCE: A review of Poems and Prose Writings, in The New Englander, Vol. IX, No. XXXIII, February, 1851, pp. 28-35.
[In the following favorable review, the author praises Dana's poetic diction, his style, and his artistic character.]
Our first remark is, that Mr. Dana's language is made up in a great degree of Saxon. It is free, more than that of most authors, from Latinisms, Gallicisms, from modern conventionalisms, and all pert and dainty expressions. He eschews, as by instinct, such words as "emanate," "develop," "position," "responsibility," "elevated," "exposition," etc., unless in cases where they may be absolutely needed to give the sense. It is hardly...
(The entire section is 3098 words.)
R. H. Stoddard (essay date 1879)
SOURCE: "Richard Henry Dana," in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. LVIII, No. 347, April, 1879, pp. 769-76.
[In the following excerpt Stoddard provides a critical overview of Dana's literary career, noting especially the influence of Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" on "The Buccaneer."]
To rightly understand an author, and the place he occupies in the literature of his country, we must not only understand the events of his life and the order in which his works were written, we must also understand the literary conditions under which they were produced, and which conspired to make them what they were. To judge the authors of the last century by the standards...
(The entire section is 5626 words.)
William Charvat (essay date 1961)
SOURCE: "Criticism, Magazines, and Critics," in The Origins of American Colonial Thought, 1810-1835, A. S. Barnes and Company, Inc., 1961, pp. 164-205.
[In the following excerpt, Charvat provides an overview of Dana's work as a literary critic and examines the critical value of Dana's unpublished lectures on Shakespeare.]
Dana was a . . . militant romantic . . . , and his utterances were loud as well as strong. His life was full of stridencies and contradictions, beginning with his expulsion from Harvard in 1807. This literary rebel was a confirmed Federalist and a trinitarian tending toward high-church Episcopalianism. As poet and novelist he was of the Gothic school,...
(The entire section is 1038 words.)
Doreen Hunter (essay date 1972)
SOURCE: "America's First Romantics: Richard Henry Dana, Sr. and Washington Allston," in The New England Quarterly, Vol. XLV, No. 1, March, 1972, pp. 3-30.
[In the following excerpt, Hunter addresses Dana's early espousal of romanticism and his later conversion to evangelical Christianity.]
Like so many writers and artists of their generation, Dana and [Washington] Allston inherited a world view at odds with the one they adopted in their early manhood. They were torn between a traditional body of ideas which assumed the existence of universal truths and the exciting but private psychological visions of Coleridgean idealism. Unable to reconcile a yearning for the...
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Robert A. Ferguson (essay date 1984)
SOURCE: "The Richard Henry Danas: Father and Son," in Law and Letters in American Culture, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1984, pp. 241-72.
[In the following excerpt, Ferguson compares Dana's early romanticism with his later thoughts on legal theory, contrasting the gothic story "Paul Felton" (1822), with the essay "Law as Suited to Man " (1835).
Some individuals personify the wholeness of an age; others reflect the incompleteness of its parts. Daniel Webster, in the first category, spoke confidently for the nineteenth century and symbolized its conventions. The Richard Henry Danas, father and son, were more shadowy figures caught up in changes that they...
(The entire section is 4571 words.)
Further Reading
Dana, Richard Henry, III. "Richard Henry Dana, Sr." In Later Years of the Saturday Club, 1870-1920, edited by M. A. DeWolfe Howe, pp. 36-42. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927.
A brief biographical sketch of Dana by his grandson.
"Richard Henry Dana." Harper's Weekly XXIII, No. 1156, (22 February 1879): 142.
A brief obituary essay which addresses Dana's friendship with William Cullen Bryant, his poetry, and the success of his lectures on Shakespeare.
Hunter, Doreen M. Richard Henry Dana, Sr. Boston: Twayne, 1987,...
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The Eiichi Commission! was Borne Identity from this discussion
We are moving forward on the Eiichi Commission based on the unanimous support from the above topic. This topic will track th Eiichi Commission from now to fruition.
Given the amazing work we have already seen from Shibuya Eiichi, I wonder what he will create? We have seen the ROCK and the SnowDrifts, and the style of Iannon's. Beyond this, Eiichi remains much of a mystery.
The only guidelines he will receive are some size suggestions and quantity and price restrictions. Then we will allow Eiichi to create something NEW and UNIQUE in the first ever TeaChat true commissioning (the Hagi SOs are not complete commissioning since there is much interaction and direction/suggestions offered to the artisan) of a Japanese artisan.
This commission run will be limited to 20 pieces, unless there are more commitments. However once Eiichi begins the actual physical work on these pieces, it will be too late to increase the number of this exclusive and very limited SSO run.
Per the last topic, members are asked to commit to a piece if interested via a PM to me. Most pieces are already spoken for via commitments by members! So, please if interested, PM me asap in order to avoid disappointment.


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This OTT has stimulated some thoughts as well as some questions for me regarding puerh, a complex area of tea IMHO. I'm curious to share these thoughts and questions and hopefully to broaden my knowledge of this fascinating tea here. I'm excited.
Thoughts: Given that our 1st round of pu is young sheng, my thoughts circle around that I have rarely tasted a young sheng puerh that I consider "drinkable". I am taught by my local experts that "good" puerh is most typically aged to a significant degree (or the other option is that it is "cooked"/"ripe" = shou). I am further taught that sheng pu must age a long time to become "good". Please dont misunderstand me here - it is clear to me that anyone may enjoy whatever tea they do however they do, and i support this totally. Its just that it seems to me that the enjoyment of young shengs is not traditional, and in my experience thus far, this is for good reason. Every young sheng I have tasted so far has been some combination of extremely harsh, intensely smokey or even ash-y. As a result I have come to suspect that the enjoyment of young shengs is an atypical or even eclectic or somewhat unique taste/preference.
Questions: does anyone else have this sense of things regarding this tea?
What about cakes made entirely of silver needle? (I've had these young and quite enjoy them, but the green ones, whew!).
I'd like to qualify that I don't think a tea can be considered "good" in general (to a majority of consumers) if it has to be rinsed several times and/or the first few or even several infusions have to be tossed for their overly harsh nature (I say this as I have read some saying that this is how to brew some young shengs).
Wow! I wrote a lot here, and now I'm concerned.
I hope it's alright.
I love good puerh, and I'm excited to experience and learn via this OTT, regardless of how I like the tea.


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As the rebirth of SUBMIT is eminient I'd like to start listing ideas here. I have a bunch of stuff I have been thinking about especially since we will be increasing our size to 60 pages.
I think we're going to need more than "just prose and poetry" to fill the magazine. Now, we cannot compete with the london review of books or the tls (well, maybe nick can, but few others could and i think there is probably more of a market for more "fun" cultural writing, if that makes sense?)
So, I think we need to brainstorm on what can regularly fill the pages besides stories and poems.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (87 votes).
In short: A nice challenging off road raceDate of review: December 26, 2009
In short: All good fun!In full: A surprisingly enjoyable 2 x lap, varied course, race HQ a little way from start but amazingly well organised, brilliant marshalls. My supporters had got too cold for tea and cake so missed out on that, shame!Date of review: November 24, 2009
In short: Great Sunday Run!In full: I went alone but wasnt the only loner, but had a good atmosphere and was a great change from running on the road! Nice and slushy and good paced and the heavens opened once I had eaten my slice of cake!! mmmm! Look forward to next years!Date of review: November 24, 2009
In short: Great course a fun race all over.In full: A wonderful fun course which was very well marshalled and a joy to run in.Date of review: November 23, 2009
In short: Enjoyably muddy run!In full: Small, fairly well organised race, good fun in the rain with a couple of challenging hills - look forward to next year!Date of review: November 23, 2009
In short: Fantastic! Date of review: November 23, 2009
Date of review: November 23, 2009
In short: Great route, top marshalls, fab cake. Def back next year.In full: This was my first trail race and I really enjoyed it. The atmostphere was really friendly and more than made up for the pi$$ing rain. Having tea and cake after the race was definitely the way forward. Love this race.Date of review: November 23, 2009
In short: The organisation and marshalling was excellentDate of review: November 23, 2009
In short: Nice Sunday morning trip out, wet and very muddy but enjoyed. Few slopes but not necessarily hilly. Nice route.Date of review: November 22, 2009
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On Turning Back Your Clock as Daylight Saving Time Ends
Turning back the clock to end daylight saving time has intrigued me ever since I was a young boy growing up in the small western New York hamlet of Niagara Falls. ( It's actually not a hamlet. )
As a 38-year-old, I'll be as fascinated by it this weekend as I have ever been.
When I was a youngster, unable to stay up until two in the morning, I always thought something mysterious took place at 2:00 a.m. I just couldn't wrap my head around the notion of the one-o-clock hour going off twice.
I used to say to my mother exactly what I say to my wife 30 years later: So it's one in the morning, but right when it hits two, it becomes one again . At some point in my pre-teen life, I stayed up until two, eyes focused on the television screen, to see if it would do a funky dance or self-destruct.
Now, I'm enamored by the on-screen guide merely repeating the one-o-clock hour, but with a fresh slate of programming or infomercials.
A year out of high school, I worked as a DJ at Q102, the Best Hits Without the Hard Rock and Rap , where, to avoid the obvious clash, I went by "Rich Pendola." I did weekend overnights. One year, on the night we had to turn back the clock, my program director, Rob Lucas, let me pick the music for that extra hour. The playlist went out the window, an oddity for what was, even back in 1993 or thereabouts, an over-programmed adult-contemporary radio station.
The year after that, I spent the night we turn the clocks back as an underage drinker in the Allentown section of Buffalo at a famous watering hole called "Mulligan's Brick Bar." The place still exists, complete with a huge poster of Springsteen's The River album cover hanging on the wall. When the clock strikes two in Buffalo on this night, things get wild. At the Brick Bar, shots of Mad Dog 20/20 flowed for an extra hour till last call at four, which, because of the time switch was really five.
Now, in my relative old age, I don't care much about the extra hour of sleep. I just like that it gets lighter faster and earlier on in the fall. It's actually light out when I wake up in the morning.
Maybe it's my West Coast smug (I live in Santa Monica, just west of Los Angeles), but I relish darkness in the early evening hours. On LA's Westside, much like in my previous stomping grounds of San Francisco, there's just this cozy, cool feel that promotes a festive holiday mood.


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Five caught in FD house heist
A call to authorities about suspicious activity ended with the arrest Wednesday of five men in connection with a burglary.
The incident happened around 9:30 p.m..
Breon Grady, 18, and Jesse Rasmussen, 19, both of Fort Dodge, were each charged with one count of third-degree burglary. Nicholas Gordon, 20, and Anthony Harris Evans, 19, also both of Fort Dodge, were each charged with two counts of third-degree burglary. Samuel Humphrey, 20, of Webster City, was charged with aiding and abetting third-degree burglary. Rasmussen was also charged with interference with official acts.
All the burglary charges are Class D felonies.
Fort Dodge Police Chief Tim Carmody said officers were sent to 1325 Fourth Ave. S. after a neighbor called and said several people were inside of the house.
The neighbor told police the homeowner was out of town.
When officers arrived at the home, Carmody said Grady and Rasmussen ran out the back of the house. Grady stopped when officers told him to, but Rasmussen allegedly ran from police before being stopped two blocks away.
The other three were arrested when officers came back to the house.
Carmody said the investigation revealed that all five of the suspects were taking part in the burglary, and two suspects admitted to police that they were inside the house twice to take items.
Police found all the items that were taken from the house. Some of them were found outside the house that was burglarized, and some were found in the area of 1300 Fifth Ave. S., Carmody said.
The five suspects all made their initial appearances in Webster County Magistrate Court Thursday.
Magistrate William Thatcher ordered that each of them be held in the Webster County Jail on $5,000 bond.


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George Barnsby 1919 - 2010
April 11th 2010
It is with great sadness and regret that the family have to announce the passing of George Barnsby at 2.13 am today in Newcross Hospital, Wolverhampton. As you all know, he had been ill for some months and last week he developed a chest infection, that by yesterday, had turned into pneumonia. His family were all at his bedside when he passed away, and he did not suffer.
The family would like to announce that George's funeral will be held on Thursday April 29th at 11.30am at Bushbury Crematorium, Wolverhampton, East Chapel. This will be a Humanist Ceremony conducted by Wendy Weavin. There will also be a wake/celebration/social gathering afterwards at a venue to be arranged. We will post further details when available. Could we ask anybody who wishes to attend the funeral to e-mail the family beforehand, either on the blog or to
. This is purely to give us an idea of numbers, everybody will be welcome as George would have wanted.
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Date: 8 December 2006
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December 19, 2011 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Using Loving Support to Grow and Glow in WIC Training
SUBJECT 2: New State Office Nutritionist
SUBJECT 3: Learning Dynamics Customer Service Newsletter
SUBJECT 4: Text4Baby Contest Update
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Nutritionist-Randolph County
- "Using Loving Support to Grow and Glow in WIC" Training: Due to a large number of staff needing to attend this training in the southwest district, we have scheduled a training in Springfield at the Library Center on May 31-June 1, 2012. To register for this training, please use the attached registration form.
Please remember that all new WIC agency staff are required to attend this training. Nutritionist and CPAs must attend both days of training and all other staff (WIC Coordinators, WIC Clerks, HPAs, Certifiers, etc.) need to only attend the first day, with the second day being optional. For more information on this training please go to WIC-WICLWP Training or contact Kathy Mertzlufft at 573-526-4792 or by email at email@example.com for more information. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
- New State Office Nutritionist: Debbie McClurg-Hitt is the new Nutritionist III that will assist with Nutrition Risk Factor and Enhancement testing in MOWINS as well as provide nutrition Technical Assistance to the counties of Gasconade, Osage and Montgomery. Debbie will be transitioning into her duties over the next few months. Due to the restructuring of state technical assistance assignments, the TA map has been revised and is attached. Please join us in welcoming Debbie on board! (ONE ATTACHMENT)
- Learning Dynamics Customer Service Newsletter: Attached is the Learning Dynamics Newsletter for December that gives us tips on handling holiday stress. We can all benefit from these worthwhile tips. You may want to share these with your WIC participants. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
- Text4Baby Contest Update: Belated Congratulations to Howell, Laclede, Marion, Dallas, Holt, Mercer, Oregon, Osage, and Ozark Counties
Certificates of recognition were awarded to nine counties in the Text4baby Show Me We Can Do It statewide county competition. Howell, Laclede and Marion Counties received Certificates of Award for increasing Text4baby by the highest percentage. Six additional counties had very low Text4baby enrollment at the start of the contest but were recognized with Certificates of Appreciation for their efforts to increase Text4baby enrollment during the campaign. These counties were Dallas, Holt, Mercer, Oregon, Osage, and Ozark. The awards were presented on September 29, 2011 at the Missouri Annual Public Health Conference in Columbia, Missouri. Thanks to all WIC agencies for your efforts to increase Text4baby enrollment.
A new interactive feature was added to Text4Baby in October 2011. Subscribers are asked if they are planning to get a flu shot. Their response prompts the system to send a follow-up message, which may include an educational message and/or the option to receive a general reminder two weeks prior to the appointment or a specific reminder 24 hours prior to the appointment. In Missouri an ad hoc flu shot message was also delivered November 29. Ad hoc means it goes to all women registered for the service on that given day.
Refer to the WIC Update of 6/28/10 for information on how participants can sign up for Text4Baby, the service to receive text messages timed to the due date or the baby's date of birth. If you have any questions, please contact your district TA staff.
WIC Positions
JOB OPPORTUNITY-Nutritionist-Randolph County: The Randolph County Health Department is looking for a nutritionist to work part time in the WIC clinic. The successful candidate must have, at least, a bachelor's degree in public health nutrition, dietetics, nutrition, foods, home economics or closely related field, including or supplemented by at least 15 semester hours in foods and nutrition including at least one course in diet therapy and one course in community nutrition. A strong background in breastfeeding is a plus.
Send resume to: Randolph County Health Department, P.O. Box 488, Moberly, Mo 65270. Attention Diana Taylor. Or fax resume to: 660-263-0333. Applicants may also email resume to: firstname.lastname@example.com No phone calls please.
This agency is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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There are certain American musicals so entrenched in the canon, they might as well be listed in the dictionary under 'musical.' The Music Man, the 1957 Tony Award winner by Meredith Willson, is one such musical. The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's rendition, running through December 16, honors the timeless qualities of this classic, while still managing to imbue it with a modern energy.
Set in 1912, the show opens with the arrival of the Music Man himself, Professor Harold Hill, in River City, Iowa. A music man only by deception, Hill is a con artist/salesman who travels from town to town encouraging parents to purchase band instruments and uniforms under the guise that he will teach their children to play. As noted many times, Hill does not know one note from another, so his con rests on him fleeing town before anyone wises up. This becomes all the more difficult when Hill falls for the local music teacher/librarian, Marion, leaving him to choose between extending his long con or planting roots in Iowa.
Matt Loehr shines as Professor Harold Hill. In addition to being a dead ringer for John Cryer (of Two and a Half Men fame, or, as I prefer to remember him, Duckie from Pretty in Pink), Loeher prances across the stage with unparalleled vigor, making even the most daunting dance numbers appear a walk in the park.
And the dance numbers are over the top. If there's one thing you'll learn from seeing The Music Man, it is Iowans talk really fast, and dance even faster. Charged with lighting-paced lyrics and dance steps, the ensemble shines in every imaginable way. "Seventy-Six Trombones," led by Loeher, is a whirlwind of flashy choreography (courtesy of Shea Sullivan) that left audience members on their feet. The highlight, a cancan line to rival the Rockettes.
My favorite ensemble member, Mayor Shinn played by John Felix, did not dance much but provided me with a new favorite word: phraseology. He weaved in and out of the town square setting (beautifully constructed using forced perspective), the ever-present miser out to rid the town of Hill.
Other standouts include the entire Paroo family; Marion (Mandy Bruno), her mother (Elizabeth Dimon) and younger brother, Winthrop (Aaron Simons) who overcomes the most adorable speech-impairment through the confidence he finds in joining the band. Bruno has the voice of a songbird and Dimon nails her turn-of-the-century brogue. All in all, they are a family unit for whom one cannot help but root.
If you've never seen The Music Man, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's production is the perfect introduction. With unforgettable songs (seriously, just try to get "Gary, Indiana" out of your head), grand dance numbers and turn-of-the-century nostalgia, it truly is the perfect example of the classic American musical.
To learn more about the Maltz Jupiter Theatre or to purchase tickets to The Music Man, visit jupitertheatre.org


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In the maritime history of the Great Lakes, only one lake captain was ever arrested by federal authorities for piracy. That mariner was Captain Daniel W. Seavey, who frequently prowled upper Green Bay, but also wandered far and wide across Lake Michigan where his raucous exploits and pugnacious nature became legendary. His most infamous deed was the theft of the schooner Nellie Johnson in 1908, which led to a lengthy pursuit up Lake Michigan by a federal gunboat, hot on Seavey's trail.
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In short: Great course & organisation-Loved It!Date of review: October 13, 2013
In short: Enjoyed the day Thanks all involvedIn full: Only reason I wouldn't do it again is I never do the same marathon twice but would recommend this event to all, really enjoyed it!Date of review: October 8, 2013
In short: Enjoyable race, nothing to report!Date of review: September 30, 2013
In short: Start needs improving, Mayhem trying to get into your pen & more loo'sDate of review: September 15, 2013
In short: Not enough water on a hot day & naff bag really.Date of review: September 9, 2013
In short: Found It Quite Tough, Hot & Hard Terrain!Date of review: September 4, 2013
In short: Poor T-Shirt No energy drinks or gels, Some marshalls either not paying attention or chatting!In full: A fair race though I've had a few grumbles above but flat/undulating? Really? Er No the word Flat shouldn't be mentioned anywhere near this race! No Mega hilly but enough undulations especially late in the race to test even experienced marathoners.Date of review: September 2, 2013
In short: Nice race, well organised, good atmosphere, nice placeIn full: Nothing to complain about at all, Well Done!Date of review: July 21, 2013
In short: WHAT NO TIMING PENS?In full: Poorly organised, Why no timing pens like Jane Tomlinson Hull 10k, Walkers starting at the front on really narrow roads caused no end of bumps etc, Also the woman marshall at the turn who stood out as I ran by-Cheers!Date of review: July 14, 2013
In short: False Description-Flat? No Way! It was most certainly Undulating!In full: First grumble as above, Second no gel or sports drink stations only water, Really poor medal & T-Shirt (None Technical)that didn't differentiate between the full or half marathon, Very disappointing but worst of all the course was over half a mile too long & the mile markers were all over the place which is quite soul destroying. Also a long walk too and from the bus to the start/finish area. On a positive the support from the public was good & much appreciated.Date of review: June 24, 2013
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Top 10 Broadway Musicals
When it comes to the songs, the dialogue, the acting and the dancing, these musical theatrical productions are a cut above the rest. They are also some of the most influential, award-winning, longest running and critically and commercially successful musicals in history. From "The Lion King," to "Chicago," to "Rent," join WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 Broadway musicals of all time.


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Cindy S. Heinke, 58, of Route 394, Kennedy, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday (January 16, 2013) in WCA Hospital.
She was born June 21, 1954 in Warren, PA, the daughter of the late William and Gladys Armstrong Stuart Sr.
Cindy was a 1972 graduate of Warren High School and had been employed by Phillips Lighting in Warren, Manor Oak Nursing Home, and Superior of Jamestown.
She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and playing games on her computer.
Surviving are her husband Joachim W. "Joe" Heinke, whom she married July 4, 1975 in Warren, PA; two sons: Shane M. (Brenna) Heinke, Scott W. Heinke all of Falconer; four grandchildren: Ben and Bryce Heinke, Mackenzie and Ellaina Heinke; four sisters: Yvonne Way of Evanston, WY, Patricia Gnage of Erie, PA, Rebecca Donato of Warren, Rosemary Fileger of Clarendon, PA; two brothers: William Stuart Jr. of North Carolina, Timothy Stuart of Clarendon, PA; and several nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a granddaughter: Faith Heinke and two brothers: David and Jeffrey Stuart.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Falconer Funeral Home. Rev. Jennifer Delahoy, pastor of Kennedy United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Warren Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends will be received by the family from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and one hour prior to the funeral service Saturday in the funeral home.
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But then, what is Bobcat/Fusion APU?
Although Advanced Micro Devices will address the rapidly developing market of tablets, the company has no plans to address the market of smartphones in the foreseeable future. Even though AMD's Bobcat micro-architecture is "sub-1W capable", the firm has no intention to create a chip for sub-1W devices.
"We have no intention of entering the smartphone space at this point of time. We are not in the process of developing [a] baseband [chip] and this is a clear statement. There are enough players in the is market that have a hard time earning money," said interim chief executive Thomas Seifert at the Goldman Sachs Internet and Technology Conference, reports PC Magazine.
The market of smartphones is growing rapidly and AMD's arch-rival Intel Corp. plans to unveil a special system-on-chip for those handsets later this year. Although Nokia, the company that was believed to be interested in an Intel Atom system-on-chip recently decided to start using Windows Phone 7 operating system that is not supported by the code-named Medfield SoC, the chip giant is still optimistic about x86-based mobile SoCs.
It is widely believed that Dirk Meyer, the former chief executive of AMD, was fired because he did not have a plan to play on the market of tablets as well as smartphones. Based on the comment made by the interim chief executive officer, it looks like the company still does not have smartphone-related plans. Nonetheless, at least slate form-factor is now considered seriously.
"So we see that there are parts of this form factor that move in our direction. We were really happy to see the Acer just in the beginning of the month launched the first Windows based tablet based on our low power Bobcat architecture. So we see that there are usage scenarios in this tablet segment that move towards our capability. At the same time, we are continuing to work hard on reducing our power consumption for our products in the low power segment and the same time being able to deliver and continue to deliver cutting edge graphics capability. So especially with the products - with the second generation APU products that are on the roadmap for next year, we feel confident that we can also address a significant amount of those form factors out in the tablet space," added Mr. Seifert.
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Do you haiku? John Lederach shares 12 haiku based on a three-day dialogue with Krista Tippett and others. These conversational poems capture the tension, promise, and paradox of moral action and meaningful language.
What happens when people transcend violence while living in it? John Paul Lederach has spent three decades mediating peace and change in 25 countries — from Nepal to Colombia and Sierra Leone. He shifts the language and lens of the very notion of conflict resolution. He says, for example, that enduring progress takes root not with large numbers of people, but with relationships between unlikely people.
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is a Senior Fellow at Humanity United, a project of the Omidyar Foundation; and a professor of International Peacebuilding at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
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John Paul Lederach's work led him to a fascination with the ancient Japanese art of the haiku. Here, he reads a selection of his poetry and talks about the experiences that inspired each piece.
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In Kanchanpur, Nepal, two facilitators take part in a community process to work on a conflict between Forest User Groups (young woman standing) and several groups of "encroachers" including a landless group and a Kamaiya (young man standing), or bonded laborers.
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"Northern Ireland had fossilized in its sectarianism..." Well that is a perfect outcome for the people who profit from the arms sales and the financial loans to manufacture/buy/sell them in these "conflict" zones.
Wonderful program about wonderful efforts and experiences. Wonderful to see the explicit knowledge Mr Lederach and others like him have gained un-doing the damages set up by ruling elites who set up these situations in the first place.
Of course, the Protestant rulers lived well off tipping off violence between Catholic young men and Protestant young men where some kind of natural money resource imbalance was set up to begin with, which was definitely the set-up in Northern Ireland since 1500s. Elizabeth I started moving Protestants to Ireland to undermine that society and make it subservient to provide cheap food for centuries to "mainland" Britain. Cromwell kept it up. The reality is that joining the EU and bringing Ireland's economy into the 20th Century is what petered out IRA terrorism as young men from humble beginnings found real jobs with real futures in a more just and fair economy. There certainly remained damages to fix up between those with raw memories and nerves.
Diddo what goes on in Congo and Rwanda today and probably most other places even Nepal with their only recently departed Royals. We know how Royals divide and conquer to dominate natural resources and wealth in any nation. Stirring up conflict amongst the plebes is teh way to do this, and we see it brewing anew in our own country today. Great to hear about the people who care to rebuild the broken ties and develop all these mediation techniques.
We also need to focus energies on spotting who is behind these disasters in the first place that tip off centuries of violence and all the psychological damage that does. The conflict metals mining operators in Congo, the CIA operatives who arranged the assassination of Lumumba for the capitalists when they didn't like the way the people voted at "Independence", the foreign "investors", the bankers who bank them all, etc etc. all play a role in these hidden chains that Lederach and the Mennonites so dutifully and compassionately clean-up after.
I wanted to write and share with you that your program never ceases to touch me. this mornings program, July 11, 2010 with Mennonite John Lederach(I hope I spelled his name correctly) left me with the preverbial "goosebumps" in particular the Haiku. Being a writer and a Pacifist myself I was very intrigue at not only his approach to Peacmaking and world view but, his approach to writing. I look forward to your program each week. I wish I had an MP3 player to download these Haiku poems and heard them spoken but, the computer will suffice. They are amazing. A true gift. The spoken word can be so simple and clear sometimes. Your program proves that each week. Thank you so much, Anne
I am a pastor in a denomination that is struggling over whether to permit the ordination of homosexuals in leadership positions. Months before a significant meeting (held two years ago), I asked another pastor to join me in a conversation about this topic. We held in common key tenants of our faith, but we didn't agree on this issue. We met a few times, listening carefully to one another and looking at key verses from the Bible that are important to us on this topic. We then prepared papers to read before our local governing body (leaders from 70 local churches). I told the group what I heard the other pastor say to me, and he told the group what he heard me say. Then the governing body voted on the topic. Our conversation did not change the expected vote of the governing body, but many came up to me after the meeting to say that, for the first time in the many years we have struggled with this issue, they were able to "hear" both sides of the issue. I too, felt that I had been "heard" by my peer as we prepared the papers for the governing body. The response has encouraged me to try this format in other settings, and also, to offer to do it again for this governing body with other issues.
As a psychotherapist, I witness people's transformation, or "ah-ha" moment quite often. As Mr. John Paul Lederack said, it takes a few pebbles to transform its mountain, I believe.
I was very touched by and appreciate his work. I found it very rigorous and creative! Being a Japanese, I was re-kindled my interest on the art of Haiku. Please keep informing your stories.
Being inspired by Mr. Lederack's work, I crated a haiku titled as "The Joy and Pain of Life."
Under the rocks of pain
Lies the stream of joy of life
Let the stream meets the ocean
Thank the Speaking of Faith very much for delivering such a work to us!!!!!
Nozomu Ozaki
July 27, 2010
To Krista and all associated with SOF--
Thank you for the work you do. It is a much needed antidote to the daily news which seems to be either trivial or brutal.
This morning my husband and I were shaking our heads as we listened to the news of the terrible violence in Mexico. After reading the newsletter about the Art of Peace, my spirits were lifted. His comments about not being overwhelmed and paying attention to our human relationships was just what I needed.
Thank you and keep up the good work,
Maren Masley
Hearing and reading about John Paul Lederach's work (July 8) reminded me of the Art of Peace festival two summers ago, when paintings by Iraqi and Twin Cities artists seeking peace were showcased at Open Book in Minneapolis. The show was the brainchild of local writer Michael K. Moore, who teaches on writing and peacemaking.
I came to the site to download the interview; I was able to listen to only a part of it. I did hear about the photo and it's nice to see it.
I so valued the observation about how "going around in circles" may be more than it appears! I've been involved in various situations with a Teacher in the oral tradition that I attended many times for what was ostensibly the "same" thing, and it was different each time so it didn't feel like the same thing. This is hard to convey to those who have never been in this situation.
But what Mr. Lederach brought out that was completely new to my ears was the idea that there was a space being created that I re-entered in order to re-set something, to regain a perspective or even just a simple state of quiet so that I could listen, and that this was an experiential value that I experienced underneath the experience of hearing something new each time, which was my intellectual justification. I new there was something else, but have never been able to put it in words before.
This was very thoughtful and interesting. But it seems to me that reason is not sufficient to bring about peace. As Father Peyton used to preach 'A world at prayer is a world at peace' - until we bring the presence of God into the situtation, we can analyze it brilliantly, but we won't have peace. The person of God is needed.
The reason why the world is
The reason why the world is in anarchy is because majority of the people have forsaken God, they have gone their separate ways. They have rejected the Prince Of Peace Our Lord JESUS CHRIST. If we seek Him, we will find Him.
While I truly appreciate and admire the practice of peace building, I keep coming back to the central question: why don't we take our American expertise and put it to work in our own country? The US is one the main purveyors of violence and conflict worldwide, and I find it ironic that we don't focus more of our efforts in our own country, both in terms of domstic issues as well as international policy. This would be go beyond, as Lederech says, the common malady of "solving the problem but not creating real change."
Lederach's work is sincere and well-intentioned, yet in Nepal, where I have worked for almost two decades in community-based natural resource management, he is riding the wave of years of hard work by local groups, NGOs and others. I have worked in over twenty countries on this topic, many in conflict or post-conflict situations. And while Western notions of peace-making can be an important part of the process, it is, in many ways, simply another idea...not the only, and not the best. The way the Nepalis framed the problem and opened the dialogue is an example of how evolved their own thinking/actions are. But this too, is simply a beginning, and could easily go the way of so many efforts. The country (and many others) is littered with the detritus of good beginnings. But it is the sustained effort, over the long haul, that really matters. Peace building can begin the conversation, but it must be followed up by years of sincere and intelligent work toward lasting economic security for all groups concerned. Otherwise it becomes another somewhat indulgent act of well-meaning outsiders.
Poetry, art, music, nature - all are important tools for healing of all kinds. I am glad that Lederach has figured this out, but given his expertise, I wish he could teach us something new.
Saturday mornings
listening to On Being
Soul tiramisu.
Haiku form constrains
yet evokes mindful practice.
Choose words carefully.
Writing haiku and
sipping Darjeeling. Anti-
dotes to life's venoms.
Haiku have become
addictive. "Small, faltering
insights" sustain me. (quote from Harry Eyres, The Slow Lane column in the Financial Times)
Haiku reduces
experience as a chef
reduces a sauce.
Knowing is a ledge
with just enough room to stand
for the time being.
Moon punctuating
the pre-dawn sky. A backwards
comma. Morning pause.
John Paul Lederach
sparked New Year's Resolution.
Write daily haiku.
On Being Reflections "The Art of Peace" The stories behind,"the Art of Peace" the touchable and interesting story to listen. The guest was named John Paul Lederach,he is a professor at Notre Dame and a lifelong Mennonite activist. He is one of those who are committed to serve other in their needs and most esteemed global mediators in the world today. He background comes from a long line of Mennonites, protestant reformer who took on the biblical command for Christians to be peacemakers with a special passion. In his interviewed he applied to the Mennonite central committee to go to the middle which instead he been sent to Europe which was time when he real introduced to the world politics. It was a time when he meet a large student, from Africa, Latin America and northern Africa at housing project in Brussels, Belgium, that mostly occupied by student. Since this entire student comes from different background especially those who come from the country which colonized for many years and most the families die at war especially West Africa student. The communication he had with this students come across to help him understand how he can build peace among those country, community and family as well. For example in his interviewed how he comes to negotiations of peace by setting principles. One of their principles was ''we will seek to understand those who do not understands us". He mentioned that this principle a systematic way of set conversation we arm group. In his interviewed he also talks about his daughter Angie how she has followed his footstep to West Africa Sierra Leone, with communities devastated by the experience of child soldiers. He said most her work was with how and what ways communities and particularly women work with the reintegration of child soldiers. Also he mentioned about time were she interviewing young women who were child mothers soldiers about their experience that found a very sort of flat effect of their life story. She helped this community child soldiers back into their community who actually committed violence for survival. To me these stories was very touch because I been through this kind violence and the people still living in it ,problem which the Government abounded myself, my parent and all Oromo people in East Africa, Ethiopia by torturing our parent and children as well. I wish if this kind of person heard the Oromo people who are fighting for freedom day in, day out to be free from current dictator government of Ethiopia. Gemado Koji


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Topic: rake db:migrate works, rake RAILS_ENV=production db:migrate does not..
First time deploying...
Setup includes Slicehost, Passenger, and Capistrano
Now... for some strange reason... rake db:migrate works without a hitch...
However, running rake RAILS_ENV=production db:migrate aborts with the following error:
rake aborted!
Mysql::Error: Table 'db_production.posts' doesn't exist: SHOW FIELDS FROM `posts`
Why is it looking for the posts table?? There are no tables yet, as I've not been able to migrate the prod db...
Just had a thought... I'm going to copy the ev db as a temp fix, but why is this the case?
Sheared for the last 2 days, to no avail.
Thanks in advance!