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Blue Skies for the OlympicsPosted Friday, August 8, 2008, at 8:03 AM
This isn't what I planned to talk about next, but it's so interesting that I felt someone needed to mention it on the blogs....
If you're watching the Olympic activities, you're probably aware of the pollution issue in China. I heard this morning that the pollution index in New York this morning is 31, with 50 being the level given as the top figure for human safety. Today's pollution index in Beijing is 95.
For those bloggers who've toyed around with the idea that a totalitarian government is a good idea, you must be really impressed with how the Chinese gov't can shut down factories and issue restrictions on driving.
It's pretty amazing. Some U.S. cities, like Minneapolis, have restrictions on drivers, but can you imagine the gov't telling us that cars with even-numbered license plates have to stay off the streets one day, odd-numbered the next? Wow, that's power!
Those Chinese citizens caught driving on the wrong day are being fined $14, which doesn't sound like much to an American, but it's supposedly quite stiff in China. The goal is to cut the 3.3 million cars in half during the Olympics in order to clear away the grey-brown haze over Beijing.
As outlandish as all these pollution-control techniques sound, I wonder if that's a preview of things to come for us over here in the U.S.? I remember looking out the window, as my husband and I used to fly back and forth from Alaska to the Lower 48, and I always noticed that haze over St. Louis as we came in.
Whether there's a brown haze over the games, or the government succeeds in creating blue skies, the 2008 Olympics will be an amazing glimpse into a region of the world which has been off limits to western viewers for a long, long time!
From the remote blue skies of Tillman, Mo., this is your non-Chinese-speaking rural journalist, signing off to go enjoy a COOL August morning!!!
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MD....no worries, Algore is heading over there to teach them all about how to turn themselves green. Nothing to worry about.
Got to love cool AM's in August!
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Fri, Aug 8, 2008, at 8:52 AM
I sure hope the arena/stadium the Olympics are being held in is covered! God forbid the world's athlete's come home sick for their gold/silver/bronze celebrations.
Everyone is always saying that China has their stuff together way better than us. Which may be true if you look at the amount of their fines...but 95 as a pollution index? Maybe they need to take the money they loan us all the time and use it towards hydrogen technology.
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Fri, Aug 8, 2008, at 10:56 AM
First I agree with you. Second when one votes Democrat (and sometimes Republican these days)you are taking us one more step toward socialism. The Dems want more governmental control, and less individual control. Remember "they" know what is best for us, similiar to what China is saying to their drivers. Remember WE elect THEM. Anyway, just my two cents.
-- Posted by mobrigade on Fri, Aug 8, 2008, at 12:59 PM
Isn't it funny how all the blogs end up on politics? Time of year, I guess.
I thought it was interesting that the Chinese gov't was giving lessons and conducting drills in good manners!! No pushing at the tube stations! Stand in line! I didn't realize that was an alien concept for them!
Actually, that might not be a bad idea for Americans..
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Aug 8, 2008, at 4:26 PM
MD, I've read several articles recently that in spite of herculean efforts, pollution is still very bad in Beijing. So I looked around for some webcams showing the city to see for myself. I found that many webcam pages say things like: "Webcam temporarily unavailable." Yeah, like until the Olympics are over!! But I did find one, and as you'll see the air is pretty darn dirty, http://www.worldcam.pl/en/549,5,1,webcam...
In an effort to somewhat clean up Beijing's air quality for the Olympics the benevolent Chinese government ordered hundreds of huge high-pollution factories to relocate to rural areas downwind from the city. Consequently, in just the past few years many beautiful rural areas have been transformed into little more than industrial dumps. This Washington Post article explains how the government exported the pollution to rural areas to try and "hide" it from visitors to the Olympics. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
The article also tells about how a man was jailed for protesting the placement of a huge factory in their rural town. There are also several photos that show the visibility in Beijing is pretty limited. That air pollution in Bejing is still terrible give you an idea of how bad it must have been before!!
Doesn't look like there be any blue skies for the Olympics.
-- Posted by FJGuy on Fri, Aug 8, 2008, at 7:08 PM
I am still baffled that the Olympic Committee allowed China to be a host. The negatives have to out weigh the positives. There has to be stuff under the table that we will never know about.
-- Posted by BonScott on Sat, Aug 9, 2008, at 10:44 AM
I agree....I wouldn't be surprised if something bad happened over there. An attack or stabbing or something like that. Those folks are nuts.
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Sun, Aug 10, 2008, at 12:06 PM
I see the've had a stabbing, the Bachman family member from Minn, I believe these are the folks who started and own Dept 56 Christmas Villages.
-- Posted by changedname on Sun, Aug 10, 2008, at 12:44 PM
Wasn't the stabbing victim the father of an Olympic volleyball coach? From what I can gather this morning on my antiquated computer, the attacker was a distraught 42-year old man who later committed suicide by jumping off a building.
In all fairness to the Chinese, an attack like that would be practically impossible to guard against.
-- Posted by goat lady on Mon, Aug 11, 2008, at 6:13 AM
About the Chinese government giving lessons in manners: I hadn't heard that, but understand from friends who've traveled in China that the people there are exceptionally loud, inconsiderate, and rude.
-- Posted by gardengirl on Mon, Aug 11, 2008, at 12:35 PM
Really?! I didn't expect that! Maybe it's the Japanese who are so polite, then. The Chinese and the French should get together, then. It would be a match made in heaven.
-- Posted by goat lady on Mon, Aug 11, 2008, at 8:05 PM
Did anyone get stabbed the last time the Olympics were held in the U.S? Probably were several drive by slayings.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Mon, Aug 11, 2008, at 8:53 PM
See....told you so....stabbing! These people are nuts! I think the US team should do something CRAZY in a team picture, like squint their eyes or something....that would be hilarious.
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Wed, Aug 13, 2008, at 10:33 AM
Do you even remember where the Olympics were held? I don't, but I bet there was crime happening.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Wed, Aug 13, 2008, at 1:51 PM
OLYMPIC GAMES LOCATION (modern day)
The IOC, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, sets and enforces Olympic policy. The site of the games is chosen, usually at least six years in advance.
1896 - Athens, Greece
1900 - Paris, France
1904 - St. Louis, Missouri USA
1906 - Athens, Greece*
1908 - London, England
1912 - Stockholm, Sweden
1916 - Not held**
1920 - Antwerp, Belgium
1924 - Paris, France
1928 - Amsterdam, Holland
1932 - Los Angeles, California USA
1936 - Berlin, Germany
1940 - Not held***
1944 - Not held***
1948 - London, England
1952 - Helsinki, Finland
1956 - Melbourne, Australia
1960 - Rome, Italy
1964 - Tokyo, Japan
1968 - Mexico City, Mexico
1972 - Munich, Germany
1976 - Montreal, Canada
1980 - Moscow, Russia
1984 - Los Angeles, California USA
1988 - Seoul, South Korea
1992 - Barcelona, Spain
1996 - Atlanta, Georgia USA
2000 - Sydney, Australia
2004 - Athens, Greece
*Games not recognized by the International Olympic Committee.
**Games cancelled due to World War I.
***Games cancelled due to World War II.
1924 - Chamonix, France
1928 - St. Moritz, Switzerland
1932 - Lake Placid, New York USA
1936 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1940 - Not held*
1944 - Not held*
1948 - St. Moritz, Switzerland
1952 - Oslo, Norway
1956 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1960 - Squaw Valley, California USA
1964 - Innsbruck, Austria
1968 - Grenoble, France
1972 - Sapporo, Japan
1976 - Innsbruck, Austria
1980 - Lake Placid, N.Y.
1984 - Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1988 - Calgary, Alta.
1992 - Albertville, France
1994 - Lillehammer, Norway
1998 - Nagano, Japan
2002 - Salt Lake City, Utah USA
2006 - Turin, Italy
*Games cancelled due to World War II.
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, Aug 13, 2008, at 5:00 PM
Sorry so long, but I couldn't remember, either, and I thought this would help us.
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, Aug 13, 2008, at 5:03 PM
Well, maybe there wasn't that much crime in Salt Lake.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Wed, Aug 13, 2008, at 7:53 PM
My Grandson, who lives in Layton, Utah, took vacation time from his regular job and worked as a security guard during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
-- Posted by genbug on Wed, Aug 13, 2008, at 8:26 PM
So what did he say about the crime? Non-existant?
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, Aug 13, 2008, at 10:30 PM
GL, more people were probably killed in LA today than Baghdad.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Thu, Aug 14, 2008, at 6:55 PM
In less than 30 seconds I found this story about two bombings in public places in Baghdad today (8-14) that killed four and wounded eight, http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/14/4...
In a few more seconds I found this story that today (8-14) just south of Baghdad a woman suicide bomber killed 26 people and wounded at least 75 more, http://www.nysun.com/foreign/bomb-blast-...
That same news story has an account that six Navy guards face trial for allegedly assaulting prisoners at the main American prison at Iraq.
The not so good news of what is actually going on in Iraq is easy to find. Bombings, kidnappings, and execution style killings are a daily occurrence in and around Baghdad. I looked for about five minutes and was unable to find a single news story about a single bomb going off in and around LA so far in the first eight months of 2008.
-- Posted by FJGuy on Thu, Aug 14, 2008, at 8:30 PM
So you don't think the war we are fighting over there is keeping us safe here at home? The Generals on the ground must not know what they are talking about when reporting that violence is down, surge is working, and Iraq is progressing toward independence.
Your policy would probably be to make friends with everyone so we , as Americans won't have enemies. Screw that.....we are THE super power and we are kicking *** and will continue to do so. We haven't been attacked on US soil since 9/11 and have began to succeed in a place and in a war many who think like you didn't think we could win....in fact, many who think like you seem to get satisfaction from bad news and reports of us failing. We won't fail....keep watching your CNN and other doom and gloom news shows. And keep surfing for negative internet stories and keep hoping it rains tomorrow and that you get caught by a train and that WalMart only has one check out open.....and then tell us about it.
-- Posted by shannonhoon on Thu, Aug 14, 2008, at 10:57 PM
99% of news stories RELY on BAD news. Only our local news outlets such as KFVS12 TRY to find good things to report on...like "Everyone Has a Story" and such. If you want good news...go check out BJ's blog. On second thought...that one's not going so well either...
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Thu, Aug 14, 2008, at 11:44 PM
We may be THE super power, but Russia is kicking butt now and we're helpless to stop it.
-- Posted by changedname on Fri, Aug 15, 2008, at 12:25 PM
Why wouold you say they are kicking butt? It looks like they have signed a peace treaty and are preparing to leave. You probably don't sign a peace treaty if you are real confident about kicking butt.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Sat, Aug 16, 2008, at 9:00 PM
Which kicking butt are we talking about now? Putin? I haven't heard today's news, but yesterday I thought he was saying he'd leave when he got good 'n ready.
Hahaha! Funny, dolphin! Poor BJ - She does her very best to be upbeat and cheery - and then, BAM! Hoon happens! Let him argue with FJGuy! Both of them have thick skin. Neither one will bring blood!
-- Posted by goat lady on Sat, Aug 16, 2008, at 9:13 PM
I like a good debate...always up for the challenge. I just haven't seemed to have the time lately to be up to that challenge.
But, for good news on an olympic conversation...watching Micheal Phelps win all those golds has made being an American that much more sweet! It just proves we here in this country aren't all as lazy and pampered as every other country thinks we are.
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Sat, Aug 16, 2008, at 11:01 PM
I was kind of wondering myself who was getting their butt kicked? Let's see if Puty Putin has the nerve to stay?
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Sat, Aug 16, 2008, at 11:02 PM
With the new digital converter box...supposedly SO nice...the only channel I have is channel 6, which is NBC. Other than a few shows, they are almost completely covering every event they can. So, this is all I have to watch. Have a question...ask away;-�
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Sun, Aug 17, 2008, at 12:47 AM
I see this morning that the Williams girls won the gold in golf! Is that terrific, or what???!! I'm sorry I missed it!
I also have a question -- Did you see where softball is being taken out of the Olympics - supposedly because the U.S. teams are so overwhelming? What's that all about?
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Aug 17, 2008, at 8:58 AM
Hate to correct ya Goat...but the Williams girls won tennis, lol. As far as the softball thing goes, I didn't get to see anything about that. I'll research it though.
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Sun, Aug 17, 2008, at 1:06 PM
Goat, you've heard right! The story that follows is from nbcsports/msnbc.com.
updated 11:41 p.m. CT, Fri., July. 8, 2005
SINGAPORE - The International Olympic Committee delivered a shocking message to baseball and softball on Friday: Yer out!
The two sports were kicked out of the Olympics, unwanted by international sports officials who felt they were too American for the world sports stage.
The decision, made during a secret vote in Singapore, is effective for the 2012 London Games, meaning the two sports will have a final fling at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The sports, the first eliminated since polo in 1936, are eligible to reapply for the 2016 Games.
U.S. women won all three gold medals since softball joined the Olympics, at the 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Games. American pitcher Lisa Fernandez, a three-time gold medalist, blamed the decision on IOC president Jacques Rogge.
"Rogge has basically conspired against the sports to get them removed. We had done our job as a sport world wide to show we belong," she said. "I feel one person, the president of the IOC, a person from Europe, has taken it upon himself to ruin the lives of millions, actually billions of women."
Crystl Bustos, who hit a record five homers during the 2004 Olympics, said the one-sidedness of the softball tournament should not have been used as a factor. The Americans outscored opponents 51-1.
"If that did play a role in the decision, then that's pretty pathetic," she said. "I don't mean to cut anybody down, but it's supposed to be the best of the best, and if you get knocked for your excellence, then that's just not right."
Two-time gold medal-winning infielder Dot Richardson said the Olympic dream "was ripped away from the 126 countries that play the sport of softball, that just vanished."
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Sun, Aug 17, 2008, at 1:12 PM
One other comment I'd like to add is, even though we haven't completely lost out as a country in gymnastics, what about China dominating that? Or what about Micheal Phelps dominating swimming? Are they going to get rid of those too?
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Sun, Aug 17, 2008, at 1:16 PM
Oh, PHOOEY! (Sorry about that, hoon) I meant tennis!! Darn, I do know the difference!!
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Aug 17, 2008, at 6:16 PM
I stayed up late last night to watch gymnastics and bead. The U.S. came so close to winning gold, but the Rumanian routine was just amazing! What a cliff hanger!
-- Posted by goat lady on Mon, Aug 18, 2008, at 7:25 AM
I've stayed up late every night since the olympics started...and with school now in full swing, I'm beginning to feel it! After the volleyball is over though, I doubt I'll be staying up late anymore. I'm amazed by the track and field...but I've NEVER enjoyed running...so it exhausts me just to watch! ;-�
I let my kids stay up late the other night to watch and see if Micheal Phelps and his team would take home that last gold medal. Something like that is just too empowering to not let them watch. I hope it helps them realize that following your dreams really can pay off.
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Mon, Aug 18, 2008, at 1:01 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Good thinking, dolphin! They'll remember that forever and be able to say that they saw a moment in history! They can catch up on their sleep another day!
How can any sport compete with beach volleyball? http://ahboon.net/2008/08/13/great-momen...
You know China is becoming Westernized because the following is on the China Daily's website, http://bbs.chinadaily.com.cn/viewthread....
-- Posted by FJGuy on Tue, Aug 19, 2008, at 8:09 PM
FJGuy, are you sure you aren't just attracted by those bikinis???
As for the westernization, I saw this morning on CBS that the Chinese kids are going nuts over our basketball team! How neat is that??
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, Aug 20, 2008, at 6:24 PM
GL, what would make you think that men in China would like looking at pretty young ladies in bikinis any less than westerners do? I sure would prefer that to watching someone swim or run or heck any sport.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Wed, Aug 20, 2008, at 8:21 PM
I'm just teasing FJGuy. I don't think he's Chinese.
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Aug 21, 2008, at 6:27 AM
To maximize TV ratings they should expand Beach Volleyball to be on everyday of the Olympics by breaking the competition into age classes such as 18-20, 21-23, 24-26, etc. Then they could then have an all-around competition between the champions of each age group, similar to what they do in gymnastics. They could also have competition between the cheerleaders. The TV coverage I saw didn't even show the cheerleaders! How dumb is that?! Between the competitors and the cheerleaders they could dedicate a channel to just showing Beach Volleyball. That would definitely help put people in the Olympic spirit!
-- Posted by FJGuy on Thu, Aug 21, 2008, at 12:43 PM
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Piper's Meridian
High-performance piston aircraft don't like operating much above 18,000 feet and to get them to do so you have to outfit them with temperamental accessories such as superchargers, turbochargers and intercoolers that are prone to break, shorten an engine's useful life or both. A pilot also must operate these airplanes with great care, as ham-handedness on the throttle or inattention to performance gauges and fuel/air mixture settings tends to have expensive consequences.
Even operated properly, high-performance piston aircraft rarely make it to recommended overhaul intervals without some kind of costly maintenance event along the way. (Fortunately, most of these problems can be detected and diagnosed on the ground.) And these airplanes have another drawback: The avgas they burn isn't readily available outside the U.S.
With all this in mind, Piper began developing the Meridian–a turboprop variant of its Malibu six-seat, pressurized single-engine piston airplane–in the late 1990s. While the 30-year-old Malibu and its newer unpressurized sibling, the $869,000 Matrix, remain popular, Piper correctly saw the market for a low-cost, entry-level single-engine turboprop to woo operators of notoriously maintenance-hungry piston twins, as well as to provide an easy-to-transition-to turbine airplane for those flying piston singles.
For the most part, the strategy worked brilliantly. Now more than a decade into production, the Meridian remains Piper's cash cow. Before the recession, it was selling 50 new copies a year. Now, it is rebounding from the downturn and expects to sell an estimated 30 new copies this year at around $2.2 million each. This makes it an attractive alternative for those who don't need the speed, payload or range of two other popular turbine singles, the TBM-850 and the cavernous Pilatus PC-12, which new cost $1.2 million to $2.4 million more, respectively. The Meridian is simple to fly, relatively inexpensive to maintain, and, for a turbine, gets good fuel economy. At 27,000 feet, you can see true airspeed of about 262 knots while burning 37 gallons per hour. You can buy a really nice used one for under $1 million.
Is the Meridian perfect? Well, no.
The fuselage dates back to the Piper Navajos of the 1960s, when the average American male weighed 170 pounds. If the pilot played middle linebacker, he's probably not going to comfortably fit in the cockpit and the passengers in the facing club four seats better like each other, a lot. Overall, the cabin offers 120 cubic feet of space and measures 3.9 feet high, 4.2 feet wide and 12.2 feet long including the cockpit and the 20 cubic feet of baggage stowage behind the rear passenger seats that holds 100 pounds. (You have to fold the seats forward to access it.) The Meridian does not have an external baggage hold. Aircraft entry is via a 3.8-foot-high, 2-foot-wide main cabin door aft of the left wing. There is no room for a lavatory or galley, but the average Meridian flight is usually under an hour so you really don't need them.
However, you will need headsets if you want to talk much to anybody in the Meridian's cabin, which even by most turboprop standards is a noisy place. Try conducting a conversation without them and you'll end up passing notes and sucking on throat lozenges.
With full fuel, a Meridian has a range of just under 1,000 nautical miles (much less if you're bucking a headwind) and early model years (2001 through mid-2003), have a lower gross weight and payload capacity. They can hold everything an average guy needs after his wife kicks him out of the house: himself, the dog, a box lunch and set of golf clubs, or about 350 pounds. The addition of little metal strips on the wings, called vortex generators, boosted gross weight and payload of later models by 242 pounds. The VGs change the wing airflow pattern at slow speeds, allowing the airplane to maintain its 61-knot stall speed even at heavier weights.
Most Meridians are flown single-pilot and are, in fact, owner-pilot aircraft. However, with the continuing fuel price insanity, more are finding their way into corporate flight departments, albeit small ones. The airplane makes a lot of sense for operators whose average hop is 400 nautical miles or less. You can load up the cabin–but not the tanks. A Meridian actually has a lower per-mile operating cost, once you factor in fuel and maintenance, than a six-seat piston twin such as a Beechcraft G58 Baron, according to Conklin and de Decker's David Wyndham (who supplies most of the statistics for these articles). It also climbs quicker, flies higher and is 60 knots faster.
The primary reason is the Meridian's Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42 engine, which has been used on King Air twins for decades and is extremely reliable. It's rated for 1,000 shp (shaft horsepower), but Piper derates it on the Meridian to just 500 shp. That means it is operated significantly below capacity. There is a lot less wear and tear and there are fewer failures between 3,600-hour overhauls, which cost an average of $200,000.
The quality of the factory paint and interior is fairly high for an airplane at this price point, but periodic refreshing is a good idea. Hillaero in Lincoln, Neb., has done many Meridians and Carol Swigart there said you can do the whole smash–new exterior paint, new leather on the seats and a new cabin headliner–for about $60,000 at a good shop. Swigart noted that her Meridian customers aren't much for adding cabin electronics.
That's mostly a result of the airplane's value and the same applies to instrument-panel upgrades. Over the years, the Meridian's factory avionics have evolved to increasingly sophisticated glass-panel systems from Meggitt and Avidyne. The Garmin G1000 system, in a three-screen layout, is currently aboard new aircraft. Limited upgrade options are available, but almost none of them make financial sense, and even a 10-year-old panel on early Meridians is more than adequate for most operations. It's sort of like ordering HDTV if all you watch is the Weather Channel. But you'll have to excuse me now. I'm loading my dog and golf clubs aboard the airplane.
Max Out a Malibu
If you want even better performance than a Meridian offers, you can purchase a used piston-powered Malibu and take it to Rocket Engineering in Spokane, Wash. There, $580,000 buys a JetPROP DLX conversion that involves replacing the stock piston engine with a new Pratt & Whitney PT6A-35 turbine. The result, according to Rocket: 60 more horsepower than the 500 shp Dash 42 engine on the Meridian; seven gallons per hour lower fuel burn; dramatically better short-field performance; and a 41-percent faster initial climb (3,000 feet per minute versus the Meridian's 1,741 feet per minute). Rocket owner Darwin Conrad said the company has done 260 conversions since 1995 and that the upgrade is particularly popular with European owners. Typical combined cost of a used Malibu and the conversion is less than $1 million.
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I sent these over to the neighbors so I couldn't bring myself to cutting into them although I really wanted to.
Chau,What's that rack your pizza's are one? Do you cool them a bit?Tony
Great looking pizzas Chau. The brownish hue of the crust looks just right for NY-Neapolitan.Last one in particular looks particularly yummy. Took the grey cast outta that photo for your records.Chau, if I ever make it out to your pad for pizza I'm definitely going to get that damned date stamp off of your camera....lol.
HOLY COW! Jackie these are amazing, you have achieved everything I wanted to when I joined this forum (but never did obviously since you can see in 'news' I ordered a Pizza Hut pie lately, lol), just perfect! Cheers!Jim
Now who saids a NY pie can't be baked in the WFO?
Also wanted to try and bake up some NY'ers in the WFO. These are made with 100% HG bromated flour and baked at temps of 650F or so. Bake times were between 5-6m. Really good.
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Skip to comments.Hours after election, White House supports U.N.s global ban on Guns (Glenn Beck)
Posted on 11/08/2012 1:58:18 PM PST by Nachum
Just a few hours after being re-elected, President Obama encouraged the United States to support new United Nations discussions on a global treaty regulating guns and the gun industry. Supporters of the treaty believe the talks collapsed in July due to the campaign and Obamas fears that Romney could use it against him. Now that the President has four more years in office, the White House is ready for the discussions to begin again.
While everybody is saying, you know hes going to compromise. Hes going to get together with the Democrats and the Republicans, hes going to reach across the very next morning he was pushing a global ban on guns, Glenn said.
The Blaze reported that a Washington official said, We seek a treaty that contributes to international security by fighting illicit arms trafficking and proliferation, protects the sovereign right of states to conduct legitimate arms trade, and meets the concerns that we have been articulating throughout.
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I Know "crickets chirping in the night" but I sent my state reps a message this morning and will do again tomorrow, and the next day and the next day....
This definitely will be the crisis. Abe will explain from "the other side."
You initiated a policy to tolerate the Marxist-Alinsky radicals and let them rant; not only has it not ceased but was constantly augmented by decades of infiltration and indoctrination. You now have two Americas. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half statist and half free; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.
Obama is a biological-ideological issue of the 1960s Marxist-Alinsky campus radical, psycho spoiled brats.
So Obama dropped it for the campaign, and now is supporting it again? Slick.
How strange, the very gubmint that slipped illegql guns into Mexico, the very gubmint that got our AMBASADOR AND OTHERS killed to help hide an illegal arms shippment to Syria and now he wants to stop the rest of us from having guns. What a contemptable bastard he is!
How strange, the very gubmint/president that slipped illegal guns into Mexico, the very gubmint that got our AMBASSADOR AND OTHERS killed to help hide an illegal arms shipment to Syria and now he wants to stop the rest of us from having guns. What a contemptable bastard he is!
Sadly we are closer to a second civil war.
When they come to take your guns, give them your ammo 1st at 1500 ft./sec.
Yesterday the DOW was -330. So far today it has dropped another -121.
I might not be long before you're going to need every gun you have.
Oh wow, didn't see that coming, asshat said one thing to get elected then does the opposite. /sarc
When they come to take your guns, give them your ammo 1st at 1500 ft./sec
Just what I was told when I visited a antique shop in Las Vegas NM this morning, the guy behind the counter voluntered it and said the next civil war was not far away, we were talking about hand guns
Doubt they'd get 66 Senators to go along with this.
In fact IIRC, didn't a bunch of Senators write a letter to nobama and/or Hitlery this past summer saying forget it?
doesn't matter - he has the Senate more or less and will have the supremes once the two soon-to-be-retirees are replaced.
get them while you can and make sure you can hide them from the batfe.
if you know anyone who stayed home or who voted for various losertarian candidates be sure to thank them.
They don't need 66. They actually only need 34.
They don't need 66 senators.
They need two-thirds of "those present".
All Dingy Harry needs to do is call a meeting of 51 Democrat senators, convene a "Senate session" with his minimal quorum, and get 34 to vote to ratify.
Hey, I'm a libertarian - I held my nose and voted for Romney.
Yes. Contemptible is a nicer word than I would have chosen, but
we also have our states-—hound your reps.
I am going to try and mentally disengage from 0bomerika and focus on politics in my own state. I'm about to give up on federal politics. Does anyone think we are ever going to win another presidential election? The Takers gave power to Evil.
They are going to crash and burn and the less engaged we are, the better off we will fare.
Buy what you can now.
And affect the changes that you want locally.
Why buy them if you're just going to hide them? Why not save the money? You're surely not going to use them once everyone else who could help you have been subjugated. Just wondering because I see people make those comments frequently and I simply don't get them.
Obamanation Communism File.
If we use even larger font will Obama ignore it less? Nope.
Treaties supersede the constitution, regardless of font size. That is why he is doing it this way. Get ready, here it comes.
(you're welcome)
I'm really not certain a civil war can happen. We have way too much layers of law enforcement from Fed to local; however, some form of peaceful(violent if necessary) secession needs to be seriously discussed and pursued once all the details are finalized.
Thanks, Nachum
This is much ado about nothing.
This UN arms agreement is a treaty, and as such, must be ratified by 2/3 of the Senate to pass. The Constitution clearly states that.
Clinton tried the same crap with the Kyoto agreement, which is really a treaty. Clinton signed it but the Senate wouldn't ratify so it is null and void.
I am not sure I agree. This is part of a larger playbook. Team Obama is planning on doing much much more.
They will roll out an entire playbook to attack gun rights. The fun is only starting. :(
Agreed. The Republicans need to be very alert to Dingy's shenanigans.
But let us be realistic: if the proposed treaty is challenged because of a presumed conflict with the constitution who decides on what is the "law of the land"? (now... where have I heard that phrase recently?)
The Annointed 0ne is a virulent, metastatic cancer..
The bastard doesn't have 67 votes. But he may try to do shite like this by excecutive fiat.
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Topic: problem starting WEBrick
When I try to start WEBrick I get the following error.
./script/../config/boot.rb:29: undefined method `gem' for main:Object (NoMethodE
from C:/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require
.rb:21:in `require'
from script/server:2
I have installed Rails through instant rails, and was following the book: how to build your own RoR web applications. And I tried to start WEBrick with:
C:\InstantRails\rails_apps\shovell>ruby script/server
What to do??
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Have you ever wondered what happens to the soap you leave behind in your guest room? Or what about that small bottle of shampoo? Does it really just go into the trash? In the United States alone, over 1.5 million bars of gently used soap are thrown away every day. At the same time, it is estimated that 9,000 children a day die from diseases that can be prevented by simple hand washing. The Housekeeping department at Sunriver Resort was not ok with these statistics and decided to do something about it.
By becoming a partner of Clean the World, an organization that distributes recycled soap products to impovershied countries worldwide and domestic homeless shelters, Sunriver Resort is helping to prevent at least some of these needless deaths. Currently Clean the World is focusing the majority of its efforts on the Cholera outbreak in Haiti.
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It is our pleasure to formally invite you to attend the Conference on Language Revitalization: Sleeping and Awakened Languages of the Gulf South, sponsored by the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South and the Tulane Linguistics Program. The conference will be held March 7-9, 2014 at Tulane University in New Orleans. We anticipate a vibrant community of linguists, pedagogues,materials developers, and leaders.
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A language dies every two weeks. In Louisiana, two of the original ten indigenous languages are still spoken in daily communication, but all these founder populations feel a vital connection to their linguistic and cultural roots; many have active language revitalization programs either in place or on the drawing board. This conference, sponsored by the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South and the Tulane Linguistics Program, aims to build a community where indigenous tribe members, linguists, pedagogues, and materials developers can come together and share experiences, methodologies, linguistic analyses, and cultural knowledge. Our goal is to share successes and failures in order to create and improve available resources for strengthening indigenous languages.
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Handicapped accessible parking is available.
An ATM can be found in the 1st level at The Fashion Cafe, back towards the restrooms. (Next to the escalators).
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Hotels Located Near The Fashion Mall
 The Sheraton Keystone at the Crossing - connected to The Fashion Mall at Keystone (317) 846-2700
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 Hyatt Place - (317) 843-0064
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You can charge your phone while you are shopping. Conveniently located Device Charging Stations allow visitors to charge their phones, tablets, and other communication devices while enjoying the mall. The Charging Station features comfortable seating - and is the perfect spot to rest and recharge!
Nursing Mothers Lounge
The newly decorated Delta Faucet Nursing Nook is located in the food court restrooms.
All parking is free of charge.
 -Handicapped parking is located near each of the Main Mall Entrances, as well as near each of the department store entrances.
 -Both the Nordstrom and Saks multi-level parking garages are also available free of charge.
 -Reserved parking spots are also available for expecting mothers and parents of young children.
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Parking reserved for moms-to-be and parents with young children.

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 Also see West Elm, Pottery Barn and Pottery Barn Kids for free in-home interior design consultations.
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Please visit the Simon Guest Services to arrange for a taxi cab pick-up.
 Also download the UBER mobile app. Uber connects you with a driver in minutes.
 Indy-Go Bus service is available each day from The Fashion Mall and the attached Sheraton Hotel.
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All Simon Malls, Mills and Premium Outlets in the U.S. have achieved the national 'StormReady' designation by the National Weather Service. This designation recognizes Simon centers' preparedness to handle all types of severe and potentially life-threatening weather situations.
Smarte Carte strollers are available for a $5 rental fee. Customers receive a $.50 refund upon returning a stroller to the rental rack located next to the escalator near Brooks Brothers (lower level West wing across from Nordstrom.
Wheelchairs (Complimentary)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton released a statement addressing the violence in Syria on May 6, 2011. The Secretary said:
"I am deeply troubled that the Syrian Government chooses to continue to use force and intimidation against the Syrian people. The United States condemns in the strongest terms the Syrian Government's actions over the past five weeks and calls on it to immediately cease the killing, arrest, and harassment of protestors, activists, and journalists. I am particularly troubled by ongoing reports of deaths of citizens at the hands of the Syrian Government, including accounts today that at least 30 people were killed when Syrian security forces again opened fire on peaceful protestors throughout the country. On behalf of the United States, I extend our sincerest condolences to the families and friends of those who have lost their lives.
"The Syrian people, like people everywhere, have the inherent right to exercise their universal freedoms, including peaceful assembly, expression, and speech. The Syrian Government must respond to the Syrian people's call for change. It must realize that violence and intimidation will not answer their call.
"The Syrian Government's actions are neither those of a responsible government nor a credible member of the international community. We will continue to hold to account senior Syrian officials and others responsible for the reprehensible human rights abuses against the Syrian people. We welcome the European Union's decision to join us in these efforts with similar steps. We will also continue to work both unilaterally and with our international partners to determine the most effective next steps if the Syrian Government chooses not to abandon its current path."
You can also read Secretary Clinton's statement here.
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I like to see U.S. involvement in Syria.
Bee in Syria writes:
It is time for action not talk to protect the Syrian people. Foe how many dead you are wating to happen. Please do somthing to save the live of the peacefull protesters who want a freedom from this brutal regime this regime belive in killing and terror just to saty in power. Down to Assad and his regime
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Please do something to save the life of the peaceful protesters who want democracy. Asad should be give up his rule or need to defeat his regime. This post is very informative.
Azad D. in Iraq writes:
Dear Mrs. Clinton,
Syrians are waiting the response of Free World on the ongoing crimes against humanity perpetrated by Al Assad dictatorship. Al Assad dictator is not reformer and not able to convert from dictator to reformer.
The allegation describing Al Assad as a reformer are false because they usually come from repressive regimes as the Turkish who believe that the demise of Al Assad will harm the rasict agreements of Al Assad with the Turkish regime against Kurdish activists.
In addition, the Turkish regime worries about the fact that any new democratic parliamentarian system in Syria will guarantee Kurds some political rights.
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Dear Dept of State and friends,
This is a short-form citizen's NIE on the challenge posed by dictators and tyrants.
Or simply one option that probably should be on the President's table in my opinion.
So without delay...
Call Assad and tell him if he doesn't cease and desist that America can make him homeless in 15 minutes or less, and then do it anyway just to prove it to him.
When he loses his fancy digs to a conventionally tipped ICBM, then maybe he'll stop and think about what you folks are telling him to do or not to do, but until then...he's going to act like a murduring tyrant.
And when he complains about the "legality" of the action, give him a second helping of what we just dished up and make the rubble bounce just to emphasize the point.
And tell him he's lucky to be alive to complain about it.
I'll say one thing as a hypothisis, not speculation...because it is my educated guess that he might be a wee bit more inclined to listen if you'all had a bull's eye painted on Ghaddafi's forehead and designated him personally as a legitimate "command and control" target before making that call to Assad.
If we can't set an example to these ethical infants that "bad things can and will personally happen to you if you make war on your people." then don't expect to bring the changes you'all want in today's world, OK?
No amount of diplomacy is worth failing to get the results folks can live with.
I mean it's not asking too much of other world leaders that they treat their citizens with a little respect and dignity, is this not the opinion of my government?
And when they fail to listen to reason, is it not reasonable to unilaterally get very unreasonable about what we condem in the strongest terms and go kinetic rather than diplomatic about it to put and end to the slaughter of civilians?
I'm sure there will be those who get puturbed over this, but they may be afforded the option of either being with us in dealing with madmen, or getting the hell out of the way.
We absolutely can and must ( if we believe in human rights) dictate the terms of existance or non-existance to leaders who abuse their people, sponsor terrorism, and generally violate international law on a consistant basis.
To do otherwise is to discard all reasonable hope for achieving our own national security goals.
Jessy in the U.S.A. writes:
US involvement never brought any peace to any countries. Being and American I never support on it. We can see the result of it in Iraq or Afghanistan even in Pakistan. Instead of peace, there are so many bomb attack and minor terrorism happening. That was not happened before the US involvement.


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The Columbus Dispatch - November 16, 2012 04:42 PM
Franklin County Commissioner Paula Brooks says she is fine despite visiting Israel this week during a period of renewed clashes between Israeli and Palestinian forces.
Brooks, who has been in Israel since Saturday as part of a cultural exchange program that brings U.S. elected officials to tour and learn about the country, said her trip has largely been unmarred by the fighting. She's staying in Jerusalem, which was the target of a first-ever rocket attack on the city earlier today.
"Yes, there was a rocket that hit the outskirts, nowhere near me. Sirens went off, but everyone is quite ok here," Brooks wrote in an email. "I expect to be home on time, taking care of budgets Monday. It has been an incredible experience."
Rocket attacks on Jerusalem and Tel Aviv follow three days of airstrikes by Israeli forces against Palestinian targets in Gaza, and gave rise to the possibility of an Israeli ground assault.
Brooks is scheduled to fly back Sunday, just in time for the county's 2013 budget hearings, which begin next week.
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The Cinderella SyndromePosted Monday, July 21, 2008, at 9:56 PM
This weekend my sister and I were talking on the cell phones (as usual), and she shared something that my oldest brother told her. He and his wife are a hair from divorce, after a rocky 30+ year marriage. He said that his wife wasn't happy, because she was looking for her "knight in shining armor," and he wasn't it.
That got me to thinking about our tendancy, as women, to buy into the "Prince Charming" fairy tale.
I really wonder if we're doing our daughters a disservice by reading the Cinderella legend to them when they're young and impressionable... They grow up on a steady diet of Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty, so is it any wonder that they're sitting around in the window, listening for the hoof beats of a white charger, rounding the bend in the road, ready to whisk them off to a Happily Ever Life of endless bliss?
Even my dear sainted mother (God rest her soul) (so wise in many other ways) spent 84 years looking for that armor-clad knight. She married three less-than-perfect men (and one downright LOSER), looking for Prince Charming. Two of the three were perfectly acceptable husband material (though the last one did have the audacity to die on her...) - but none could even remotely be considered knight quality.
When my own nearly-knight-quality husband died at 56, my mother spent the remainder of her days on this earth, on the look-out for a nice "young" man with the required credentials to sweep me off my feet and carry me into the sunset.
Sorry, Mom, ain't gonna happen! Might help if I didn't kick and scream, I guess...
It occurs to me that even the old westerns were full of the same idea. They merely substituted a rough-shod cowboy for the knight in armor. The sunset was an optional, but very nice, addition. The horse was an absolute requirement for a proper Prince Charming, whether he was a Roy Rogers or a Sir Lancelot.
The "Prince" had to have a sword or a six-shooter for defense, of course, and his manners had to be above reproach when dealing with the ladies. None of this 1940's rudeness, where Clark Gable pushes a grapefruit into Claudette Colbert's face. I'm not certain if I have my Hollywood cuties correct, but I remember being totally shocked at the scene when I was a young bit of a thing. (Being myself raised in the Cinderella theme.)
Whatever the case, the pursuit of the famous Knight in Shining Armor has been a tradition, I don't doubt, for Time Immemorial. Do you think Superman would qualify? Oh, I think so - even if the steed is missing.
Aaaaahhhhh.....Dream on, ladies! Dream on!
As for my poor brother David, he never had a chance, I fear. I can't imagine how he managed to persuade his lady love to tie the knot in the first place, back in the day when they were both carefree flower children. Poor guy doesn't even have a horse, and his wife sold all his goats...
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You're exactly right about the Cinderella syndrome. I myself suffered from an extremely bad case of it; so bad, in fact, that I subjected myself to terrible relationships in pursuit of the elusive "Prince Charming."
Then one day, I awoke from my daze and realized what was wrong with me. I trashed my enormous collection of romance novels, and here I am, years later, married to a perfectly wonderful husband.
-- Posted by luckyone on Tue, Jul 22, 2008, at 12:59 AM
30+ years to realize this? Not believing that one.
AND, she sold the goats? Bigger issues here.
-- Posted by greer958 on Tue, Jul 22, 2008, at 3:36 PM
Hahaha! Surely, you aren't implying, Greer, that there are darker forces at work here!
Lucky one, isn't it good to be free of the illusion?? I don't even know you, but I am SO glad that you trashed the suits of armor and found a wonderful man!
-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, Jul 22, 2008, at 5:25 PM
MD, in my humble opinion what you call the Cinderella Syndrome is alive, but it is trending toward life support. Have you noticed that most colleges today have close to a 2-1 ratio of women to men? I just checked and SEMO is about 64% women. This is a phenomena that has only kicked into high gear in the last few decades, and it means that in the foreseeable future the majority of high paid professional jobs will be held by .... women. With the decimation of large numbers of high paid blue-collar jobs in this country, more and more men will be settling for lower paid and less prestigious jobs just as more and more women are making big bucks. That means bright and talented women will increasingly have to settle for a knight driving a beat-up Chevy. It is already becoming more common that a highly paid woman has to pay her lesser employed husband when they get divorced -- and that trend will only increase. The whole idea of traditional male-female roles is being turned on its head. Maybe it will reach the point that it will be widespread for a man to prowl for a woman based on what she makes more than for how she looks, so he can have all the material things he wants in life. Now wouldn't that be a switcheroo?!
-- Posted by FJGuy on Tue, Jul 22, 2008, at 10:40 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:It may reach that point, FJ, but it isn't there yet -- at least in this part of the country!
I can SO relate to you comment about Mom trying to find you another man after your husband died. She just about wore me out for years trying to convince me that I needed a nice husband to take care of me. We had so many fights. I'm glad that my early dating years were spent with our dad rather than mom. He provided a much more balanced viewpoint.
As for finding someone to "take care of me", it's been my experience that it's the other way around. A woman is expected to do all the housework, all the cooking, all the laundry, take care of all the issues with the kids, work outside the home to bring in a second income and still be ready and eager to hump like a rabbit.
No thanks. Unless I can find a man who's willing to accept me as an equal, I'm not interested.
What's the saying? A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle????
-- Posted by mokath52 on Wed, Jul 23, 2008, at 12:42 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Okay, sis, you win: Mom WAS harder on you than she was on me. That happens to baby sisters!
I'm sure you agree that the Cinderella syndrome didn't help her out much, really, on any of the three husbands, though, of course, we are a bit biased, since husband #1 was our own dear dad. He was a handsome rogue, but I can see how she would feel that he didn't give her much attention. We had to take his paper away and just sit on his lap!
Let's not talk about husband #2 ("Dork"), but husband #3 looked like a winner, with his promise to "take care of her." Of course, once the honeymoon was over, the shoe (a size 14?) was on the other foot!! Hahaha! The armor on that knight was a bit tarnished!
Welcome to the REAL WORLD!!
You ladies crack me up. The knight on a white horse (or the man to take care of you) is like the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. Eveyone has heard of one, but no one's ever see one.
-- Posted by Ducky on Wed, Jul 23, 2008, at 12:44 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Good one, Ducky! Absense has not tarnished your wit!
Absense makes the heart grow fonder, so they say. I know I miss all my blogger buddies when fate keeps me from my computer.
-- Posted by Ducky on Thu, Jul 24, 2008, at 12:35 PM
There are several prince charmings out there so don't give up! For example, Hoon, Bon, Dimebag, Jim, Cliff, swift and even Ducky. You must be "looking for love in all the wrong places."
-- Posted by layne staley on Fri, Jul 25, 2008, at 10:01 PM
Or, as Buckwheat would say, "Lookin per nub in all da wong pwaces..."
-- Posted by Jim Morrison on Sat, Jul 26, 2008, at 1:23 AM
I do have a serious thought on this. Almost all girls are stupid when it comes to weddings. They want the big "White Wedding". I've been in 8 or 9 weddings and they were mostly the same. My wife and I flew out to Oahu with some friends and got married barefoot on an unknown beach for $225. With our 8 day stay it was about $3000 total for the two of us. That's wedding and honeymoon in paradise. So, why would anyone want to spend $20,000 on a wedding when it could be more memorable in a setting like ours?
-- Posted by Jim Morrison on Sat, Jul 26, 2008, at 1:29 AM
Oh yea, and Soap Operas. That crap REALLY fuels the fire for young girls (and women) for BAD relationships. Occasionally I'll catch my wife watching about 15 minutes or so of one. If you pay attention, you'll notice that every scene is conflict. Always two people arguing and trying to one-up each other. Every scene. Crappy dialog, no plot, bad acting...just conflict in every scene. I hadn't scene an episode in 20 years, and saw one a while back and it was the exact same scenario and same actors. Terrible. Guarantee that helps with the divorce rate in this country. Luckily my wife isn't influenced by that crap.
-- Posted by Jim Morrison on Sat, Jul 26, 2008, at 1:37 AM
Dare I say it? I actually agree with jim morrison on this one. Soap operas are a waste of air time -- just like professional wrestling and just about as "real".
I figure if I'm going to get married, I'll ask my pastor to save about 15 minutes after the Sunday sermon and just get it over with. Save the money for something else. Ok. I admit to being something of a rebel and probably totally out of touch. Probably one of the reasons I'm steadfastly single.
Some marriages these days don't last long enough to pay off the wedding debt.
-- Posted by Ducky on Mon, Jul 28, 2008, at 12:25 PM
Mokath I don't know what examples you are quoting or what your experience with men has been but obviously it is not a good one. If your man expects all of that from you then you are picking the wrong ones.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Mon, Jul 28, 2008, at 8:46 PM
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Skip to comments.Reuters Admits Cropping Photos of Ship Clash, Denies Political Motive
Posted on 06/08/2010 1:12:54 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
The British-based Reuters news agency has been stung for the second time by charges that it edited politically sensitive photos in a way that casts Israel in a bad light. But this time Reuters claims it wasnt at fault.
The news agency reacted to questions raised by an American blogger who showed that Reuters' photo service edited out knives and blood traces from pictures taken aboard the activist ship Mavi Marmara during a clash with Israeli commandos last week. Nine people were killed and scores were injured in the clash.
The pictures of the fight were released by IHH, the Turkish-based group that sponsored the six-ship fleet that tried to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.
In one photo, an Israeli commando is shown lying on the deck of the ship, surrounded by activists. The uncut photo released by IHH shows the hand of an unidentified activist holding a knife. But in the Reuters photo, the hand is visible but the knife has been edited out.
The blog Little Green Footballs challenged Reuters' editing of the photo.
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The first mistake the commandos made was using paintball guns with pepper balls when they should have used submachine guns.
Which is surprising these days. Is he playing a WWF good-guy-turned-bad-guy-turned-good-guy?
I'm sure Reuters did nothing misleading. Also, let me tell you about the great piece of land that I just bought in Florida.
Helen Thomas made them do it?
In their hearts, they side with Helen Thomas.
Why would Reuters release pics from the IHH anyway?
Like Stalin used to say, "No man, no problem."
No he's not changing.. Nothing gets Charley's panties in a knot than a chance to attack religion. Any religion. In this case Islam. Had those commandoes been led by Hasidic Rabbis, Charley wouldn't have known who to call out.
OK, what is the story behind the Stalin photo?
Whattaya' expect from a Nazi outfit?
FAKE, but accurate, according to Reuters...
Let me guess...beach front property with red sand.
Of course it was "political." Reuters must think the whole U.S. is blind.
'Just taking lessons from the Liar of the US—only applying it to photography.
Knife? What knife? I don't see any stinkin' knife.
CBS copyrighted that.
The Soviets did this. The Red Chinese did this. The Cuban Communists did this. The North Vietnamese did this. The Nazis even engaged in photomanipulation for propaganda purposes.
The Nazis used the cropped image of Churchill to suggest he was a gangster criminal.
That book only goes so far. There is another book that came out earlier in the decade and has coverage of the Cuban Communists, Red Chinese Communists, and Vietnamese Communists. You know, the groups that the Left say were so much better than the Soviets....
And it's hardly the first time they've been caught manipulating (or staging) photos from the Middle East. Recall the photoshopped smoke plumes from Israeli missile strikes. Looked like a Toho Godilla film after they got through with it.
I thought he had turned to siding with the Islamists against someone last year (or maybe earlier this year).
The editors have aichmophobia?
this is more than the second time.
"If its Reuters, its wrong."
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No knives, they didn't have knives, just look at the pictures.
No. Reuters just doesn't approve of knives. They could be used to hurt somebody, or justify the use of a gun in self-defense.
And I think it was one of their French cameramen who created the fictional "murder" of the young Palestinian boy who was killed as he cowered with his father during an Israeli fire fight.
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Even though the hype about Apple gadgets and Macintosh personal computers is among the loudest in the industry, the actual installed base of Macs remains negligible compared to other systems running around the world. In fact, the amount of installed Macs is just 54 million.
"We now have over 54 million active Mac users around the world and growing," said Philip W. Schiller, the senior vice president of worldwide product marketing at Apple, during his speech at the company's worldwide developer conference (WWDC).
Sales of Apple Macintosh computers have been outgrowing the industry of PCs for several years now, but given the fact that the company sells negligible amount of systems in general, that has not transformed into a massive installed base. For example, Apple only sold around 14.43 million Mac PCs in calendar 2010, which is around 5% of all personal computers sold last year. Around 73% of all Macintosh systems sold in 2010 were notebooks, according to Apple.
According to an estimation of Gartner market tracking firm, the global installed base of PCs neared 1.4 billion units in 2010, which means that Apple Macintosh represents around 3.8% of installed personal computers nowadays.
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This past week, I had the privilege of representing the Department of State aboard a Russian military jet flying over the United States under the Open Skies Treaty. For those who are not familiar, the Open Skies Treaty, in order to promote transparency and confidence building among the 34 Parties to the Treaty, provides these States Parties the ability to fly a limited number of unarmed observation flights over any part of any signatory. The previous nine weeks of my internship in Washington D.C. provided me with ample background to understand the treaty implementation I witnessed first-hand.
State Department internships are 10 weeks. They offer undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to participate directly in U.S. foreign policy by working at the State Department headquarters in Washington D.C., or at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate abroad. The program is highly competitive. Over 11,000 students applied to intern this summer, and approximately 1,000 were selected. And while most of the opportunities are unpaid, the experiences more than pay for themselves.
As an intern in the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance's Office of Euro-Atlantic Security Affairs, I gained broad exposure to many of the issues that the office regularly faces relating to European and Euro-Atlantic conventional arms control agreements and commitments. I began my internship with small tasks to familiarize myself with the Department of State, the interagency coordination process, and the treaties themselves. These tasks ranged from updating a document tracking Vienna Document proposals, to drafting and clearing cables to our diplomats in Europe. During that time, I also had the opportunity to attend several internal and interagency meetings. As the weeks progressed, I was given more responsibility.
When I learned about the opportunity to fly on an Open Skies flight, I jumped at the chance to observe how treaties are actually implemented. I flew from Washington D.C., to California with personnel from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to meet the Russian military team. When the Russian team arrived at Travis Air Force Base near Sacramento, in accordance with Treaty timelines, we learned that they were planning to overfly the West Coast, as well as Hawaii. After the U.S. team presented the point of entry brief welcoming Russia to the United States., I joined an inspection team to examine the Russian Tupolev-154 aircraft. In line with Treaty procedures, I photographed parts of the plane to aid the inspection team while other members of the team examined the cockpit, recorded the serial numbers of sensors, and performed a variety of other necessary tasks.
The flight plan that the Russians proposed took us over Eastern California, Nevada, and Utah on Tuesday, Western California and Hawaii on Wednesday, and Hawaii and California again on Friday. Observing the mission provided me with an in-depth look at how this Treaty is actually implemented. This included discussion of the special Treaty flight rules for Hawaii to enable Russia to observe Hawaii without using up their allotted flight distance, top priority by air traffic control to allow the Open Skies team to overfly the U.S. at specific altitudes without interference, and the interaction between the Russian and U.S. team chiefs when issues arose.
The professionalism of the U.S. team in facilitating the Russian observation flight was impressive. I pitched in whenever possible, including relaying communications between members of the U.S. team. I also monitored GPS maps of the plane's location with the deputy team chiefs, joined the interpreters and Russian sensor operators in the sensor bay to observe the aerial photography, and talked with the Russian team chief.
While implementation of the treaty is an essential confidence and security building measure between the United States and Russia, the working relationships developed between the U.S. and Russian personnel is invaluable. Actions by individuals are important to ensuring that both the letter and spirit of the treaty are followed. For example, during the flight, the U.S. and Russian teams were able to discuss several issues focused on future Treaty implementation.
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The Delaware State University Rotaract Chapter will host an International Festival from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 21 in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Center on campus.
Free and open to the public, the International Festival will highlight DSU's community of international students and also feature displays on the current international projects of the six Rotary Clubs in Kent County.
There will be entertainment, displays, international food, as well as opportunities for the public to talk with the students representing about 20 countries and with the individual local Rotary Clubs about their international projects.
Rotaract – which stands for Rotary-In-Action – is a program of Rotary International for men and women ages 18-30. Rotaract clubs work under the guidance of their local Rotary Club in sponsoring and seeking to foster leadership, responsible citizenship, high ethical standards, international peace and understanding.
"It is a good opportunity for the DSU students and the public to learn more about the international diversity on the campus and to enjoy some food, fun and entertainment," said Rashaad Johnson, DSU Rotaract president.
For more information, contact Nancy Wagner at (302) 242-1695.