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Posted on 12/29/2010 11:40:27 PM PST by yort
W. Cleon Skousen's book "The Five Thousand Year Leap" has been reissued, and after an endorsement from Glenn Beck, it was even briefly the No. 1 best-seller at Amazon.com. This is bad news for religious conservatism.
Skousen's book is a slipshod mixture of tendentious history, bad theology and paranoid politics in the John Birch Society mold. It ought to be treated as a curiosity of the pre-Reagan right, a fantasy world where communist agents such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Dwight D. Eisenhower worked to undermine America....
The revival of Skousen-esque thinking via Glenn Beck's teary-eyed presentations on the dangers of creeping socialism and the tea party's darker prognostications on President Barack Obama's secret totalitarian agenda present problems for serious religious conservatives....
...Beck's neo-Skousenism is a distraction and a dead end. His ready use of religious imagery appeals to many religious conservatives, but ultimately it is political and spiritual junk food: tasty to some but without substance and poisonous in large quantities.
Forget debates over gay marriage; the traditional kind seems to be in free fall among those vulnerable citizens who could benefit the most from it. This is surely an issue where the republic would benefit from serious religious voices, as opposed to paranoid fantasy presented as saccharine political spirituality.
Over the long term, the revival of the worst strands of Cold War conservatism on the religious right is bad for America and bad for religious conservatives. If vigorously pursued, it will render conservative religious voices irrelevant to serious political discussions. Sadly, the irrelevance will be deserved.
(Excerpt) Read more at 2.timesdispatch.com ...
I like Beck.
Welcome to FreeRepublic.
You just joined FR to post this crap? Move along please
You sign up yesterday to post this?
Beck's not my cup of tea. His hyper-emotionalism must be an acquired taste.
"Suppose we've chosen the wrong god. Every time we go to church we're just making him madder and madder!" --Homer Simpson's take on Pascal's Wager
::Troll Alert::
I think we should leave hyper-emotionalism crap to the liberals and stick to logic and reason.
Conservatives are those who advocate the preservation, conservation, or restoration of our constitutional republican form of government. Not a single candidate who leads with their personal religious preference ever, ever, ever meets that test.
Religious tyranny is not conservative.
Pro-life liberalism is not conservative.
Authoritarian statism is not conservative.
Constitutional conservatism is conservative.
From my memory of the book, it boils down to 28 solid ideals the founders had for keeping the country free and prosperous.
I find the article lacking any meat in it's criticism. Beck's OCD usually has him spinning around trying to find a direction for his thoughts, which irritates me. Especially when he goes dark after reading some obscure book. This is not one of those books.
I smell an elitist GOP hack in Oman. His resume sides toward that conclusion. If the author wants to make a point, he should have cited quotes from 5000 instead of glossing over what his overall thoughts were.
Apparently Beck is good for a headline though.
where is the chalkboard?
This is kind of an odd sentence. I've read it several times and I'm not sure what to make of it. I'm not sure what it has to do with Beck.
BTW, welcome to FR. Try not to get 'zotted' straight away. Personally I find the occasional contrarian far more interesting.
I notice the author couldn't include any actual quote from the book where it is said Dwight D. Eisenhower was a communist. Usually when people do that it is because they either haven't read what they imply they have read, or have read it and are not being truthful about what they have read. Maybe the author should read the books he critiques before writing about them and then actually provide supporting quotes to make his point.
The usual procedure here is to join, then lurk for, oh, half a decade, before posting anything. Some here take great offence to any deviation from normal, especially if the newb posts articles contrary to certain established facts.
Beck's got a big hear and talks about very nasty people and how they're destroying freedom. I admire him.
I don't have much use for Beck but I and many others here are "the religious right" that you are looking down your nose at.
Or was he being more disingenuous in THIS article?
Mormonism's Al Smith moment?
January 02, 2008|By Nathan B. Oman
Let us suppose that Mitt Romney does not become the next president. What will this mean for the Mormons? There about 5.7 million Latter-day Saints in America, which in a nation of more than 300 million makes us demographic chicken feed, but the question is important for what it reveals about the presidency and its relationship to American citizenship.
As a Latter-day Saint, I care deeply about whether a Mormon can be elected president. This is not because, as the anti-Mormon fringe suggests, my co-religionists and I want to impose a theocracy on the nation, but because so long as a Mormon cannot be elected president because he is Mormon.
Rather, I care because so long as a Mormon cannot be elected president because he is Mormon, I am a second-class citizen in our culture, a member of a tribe disqualified from full political participation.
Maybe we should note that he seems to think religious Conservatism is just alright as long as it comes from HIS religion.
I have nothing against Mormons per se, Beck being a Mormon himself. I think this article ADDS to Beck's credibility rather than detracts from it.
So where does that place you?
For the record, I am an Orthodox Jew, and would never in a zillion years vote for anyone on the basis of religion alone like so many blacks voted for obama, or so many Mormons voted for Romney. If you ain't right, you ain't right. Period.
"Pro-life liberalism"
Query as to such you refer?
Ping to #24
"First, despite partisan triumphalism in the wake of electoral victory, voters at the center of the political spectrum hold the balance of power in American politics."
Largely true, though it continues to be a center-right nation.
"In the recent congressional elections these voters broke in favor of the Republicans, but they did so in spite of Beck's Skousen revivalism, not because of it."
Well, he presents no data from which to draw that conclusion, and instinctively it would probably be safest to say that their decisions at the polls were neither because of Beck or in spite of him, but rather irrespective of him. Obama's signature political achievent, 'Obamacare' is unpopular, unemployment is high, and the spendthrift Congress has a 13% approval rating. It had little to do with tv host Beck or even with specifically 'religious conservatism.'
"Second, and more important, Beck's neo-Skousenism is a distraction and a dead end."
On the contrary, the second point is made even less important by the irrelevance of the first.
I haven't read the book but when the first example a critic uses is made up and not from the work being criticized ... it's pretty much a lock that the critic is more full of BS than a stock yard.
Query as to such you refer?
See Huckabee, Arkansas; a pro-life liberal; open borders, nanny-state, tax and spend, clemency for murderers; supported by the NEA teachers union; supported by evangelical Democrats; supports the Dream Act, amnesty for illegal aliens, in-state tuition for illegal aliens; etc., etc.
I used to like Beck - back when he was funny, more like he is on O'Reilly. I can't bear his show now though. His pseudo-wisdom cum 700-Club done LDS style, his tears, the whole package just comes across as snake oil salesman.
I have a feeling if anyone had heard him back when he was funny (maybe 15 years ago now)and compared it to today, they might be a little skeptical of his sincerity.
He could be quite convincing. He had a good number of listeners believing that he truly thought the news about John-John Kennedy dying in a plane crash was just more hype about John Denver. He played his audience for the fool then and I think he's using the same techniques now.
I support Beck.
>> Article: ... and the tea party's darker prognostications ...
I don't have a problem with Beck's decomposition of the complex World we live. It would be foolish to cast his commentaries aside as fantastical rhetoric. He's entertaining and his arguments are generally sound. But defending Beck is unnecessary. What nullifies the article's credibility is the assertion of "darker prognostications" by the evil tea party renegade. That's #ing nonsense!
Welcome to FR.
With thousands of religious groups, with either slightly or drastically diverse beliefs, no person is going to win any nationwide campaign by leading with their personal beliefs.
Liberal media people know this, and will pull out all the stops to get a divisive religious figure, of any flavor, elected as the Republican nominee.
On the other hand, the possibility of a Republican nominee who leads with a unifying message of common sense Constitutional conservatism sends the liberal Democrats and the liberal RINOs into spastic fits of screaming heebie-jeebies.
And the new choice of socialist press as the best candidate for Republicans. They are pushing him just like they did McLaim.
I am sticking with Sarah until and unless she says otherwise. At least her name is Jewish..../removing tongue from cheek now.
Someone posted the Hebrew breakdown of her names. That was awesome.
Ah, gotcha.
::snort:: LOL!
You just outed yourself, you collectivist Rat troll. "We" conservatives speak for ourselves, not some groupthink collective. "We" say "I" and stand by our individual opinions. There is no "we" among "us," you stupid moran. That's what "we" share in individual common - and what "you" will never collectively understand.
Slink away back to your focus group and report your failure, loser.
::snort:: LOL!
You just outed yourself, you collectivist Rat troll. "We" conservatives speak for ourselves, not some groupthink collective. "We" say "I" and stand by our individual opinions. There is no "we" among "us," you stupid moran. That's what "we" share in individual common - and what "you" will never collectively understand.
Slink away back to your focus group and report your failure, loser.
I like Glenn. However, he's uneven and it's hard to know what mode he'll be in for any given show. Sometimes it's history, sometimes religion, sometimes straight politics and sometimes audience and guest interviews. You need to sample at least a week or two's worth before coming to any conclusions about him. I'll say one thing, we need more teachers like him, those who use multi-media as effectively as he does. His staff who do the show-prep should be commended, first rate.
Republicans win because they are the party of religion and that makes it the party of conservatives.
The Democrats are the party of anti-religion and they attract liberals.
The religious are conservative, the anti-religious are liberal is the way conservative/liberal breaks down, you should learn that at some point if you are going to spend time with conservatives.
The top measure for who is a conservative voter and who is a liberal voter, is church attendance, you can layoff your liberal, anti-American, anti-conservative message.
I am trying to read everything Beck recommends and I will form my own opinions. So far, Beck has been a very able teacher/professor. Presently, I am reading THE 5000 YEAR LEAP. Got it for Christmas.
Beck teaches logic and reason.. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it", ....George Santayana
yort is probably a retread.
He is on my most admired list.
The other half, though, is educated enough to see what is happening and they are on the march to inform about our system of government and of how our Constitution is being trashed on that fast locomotive to Communism. The articles and comments on Freerepublic are doing a good job of pointing out the facts.
Gee, I'll take Reagan-type Cold War Conservatism over the mushy-headed, pseudo-religious, libs any day; at least "they" were not affeared to challenge Evil (as in the Evil Empire) head on and were not falling all over themselves to be "inclusive," "PC," and willing to appease any and all of our enemies.
While not in lock step with Beck, he has done as much as anyone to expose the hypocrisy of the Left as well as the complacency of the right to include, to Uber Lib Religious groups, organizations and denominations, while taking on Dear Leader and other Hate-America zealots who's aim is the destruction of our Republic.
Nice try though. Too bad this crap won't fly with most Freepers, who are much more informed, intelligent and knowledgable than the average bear.
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Collelungo Chianti Classico Riserva Campo Cerchi 2004
Sangiovese from Tuscany, Italy
Winemaker's Notes
This is the estate's top cuvée, a 100% Sangiovese single-vineyard wine from an ancient "round field" (campo cerchi) that enjoys a perfect southern exposure, at the junction of three steep valleys in Castellina. Aged 18 months in new barrique; just 3,000 bottles produced. A flood of black/red fruits on the nose; expansive, concentrated yet lively on the palate. A juicy, vibrant cherry finish lingers decadently; the marriage of wood and wine here is seamless. A very impressive effort.
Critical Acclaim
The Wine Advocate - "The 2004 Chianti Classico Campo Cerchi is Sangiovese made from the estate's best vineyards and aged for 18 months in French oak. This is an elegant, refined beauty that flows with layers of dark cherries, leather, licorice, earthiness, tobacco and French oak. Medium in body, the wine reveals gorgeous length and a long, polished finish. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2019."
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About Tuscany(TUSS-can-ee) Sangiovese. Most of the wine coming from Tuscany is made from some clone of this varietal, but a growing trend, started by the renegade winemakers of those Super Tuscans, is to incorporate more international varietals.
Notable FactsThe most well known sub-districts of Tuscany are Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (note that Montepulciano here refers to the local village, not the grape variety found in the Italian region of Abruzzi). Wine labeled from these regions is DOC-regulated and Sangiovese-based blends. Quality wine from these DOC areas has been on the rise for decades, with top-notch winemakers and wineries shedding the low-quality image once held for Tuscan wine by producing consistently outstanding bottlings that range from deliciously drinkable to highly ageable. Newer to the scene are regions like Bohlgeri and the Maremma, home to of what are now termed "Super-Tuscans," named for the wine coming from the Tuscany area, but not following all of the DOC or DOCG laws required in Italy. In the 1970's, some pioneer winemakers began buying land outside of Chianti and Montalcino, and planting not only Sangiovese, but also international varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The wine they produced only fit into the lowest Italian category of "vina da tavola," but the winemakers sold the wine for high prices, creating an almost cult following, and spurning a new wine category called IGT.
About Italy
A little ditty about Italy...This country has about as many wines as its had governments. With 20 different regions, hundreds of DOCs and even more indigenous varieties, the amount of wine made in Italy is mind-boggling. Most of the juice, however, remains in the country for thirsty Italians. Wine is food in Italy and its rare that a meal is consumed without a glass of vino. That said, it's not common to find many folks drinking wine without food either. In turn, it's a match, and a mighty good one at that. In fact, it's safe to say that Italian wine is a foodie wine – one that goes on the table for a myraid of meals.
For regions, the most popular are Tuscany (home of Chianti), Piedmont and the Tre-Venezie, which includes Veneto, Trentino Alto-Adige and Friuli. Other communes of note are in Southern Italy, and a few good wines are made elsewhere in the country. The islands of Sardinia and Sicily are members of the Italian winemaking community as well.
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This is more a brain-dump kind of post for me, so I do not forget, every time I need to re-install Eclipse for whatever reasons, to install the plugins I need the most (and where to find them) or to tweak it a little bit. Since my daily work is more Java-based, the tools I use are Java-centric.
Bash Tool
I tend to write a lot of shell code too, maintenance scripts for the servers or for repetetive tasks, and since I'm mostly working with Java and Eclipse, I needed something that could decently handle bash files inside Eclipse.
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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick outlined a controversial proposal in his State of the Commonwealth address this week that would both raise and lower taxes. The proposal has been met with mixed reaction from business and municipal leaders.
Patrick says his proposal would give the state nearly $2 billion a year in additional revenue, which he would devote to transportation and education initiatives. Income taxes would rise 1 percent to 6.25 percent, while sales taxes would decrease from 6.25 percent to 4.5 percent.
Jeff Ciuffreda, president of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield, says he thinks the state needs to invest more in infrastructure. But, he says, after a recent 2 percent rise in federal payroll taxes as part of the fiscal cliff deal, Patrick's proposal will hurt the local economy.
"I think you have to consider that people do have 2 percent less of their paycheck in their pocket right now, and then to take out more, I know he's trying to make it progressive, I just don't think it's a positive step for the economy."
But some municipalities in the region could benefit from additional state investments. Marcos Marrero, director of Planning and Economic Development in Holyoke says while the governor's proposal will have to be publicly debated, he supports state initiatives in education and infrastructure.
"It is important to invest in our own future going forward, and of course a lot of the things that the governor has proposed, infrastructure and education, is part of building a stronger economy and a stronger future, that ultimately businesses will use, either the infrastructure or the workforce of the future."
Critics of the governor have argued that the proposal will hurt private investment in Massachusetts. The proposal comes as Patrick prepares to release his budget for the 2014 fiscal year.


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"The Department of the Interior is proud to recognize the accomplishments of those who are innovating and collaborating in ways that address today's complex conservation and stewardship challenges," Secretary Jewell said at an awards ceremony at the Interior headquarters in Washington. "These partnerships represent the gold standard for how Interior is doing business across the nation to power our future, strengthen tribal nations, conserve and enhance America's great outdoors and engage the next generation."
The BLM's winners include:
Ciénega Watershed Partnership (Arizona): (L to R) Doug Duncan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Phil Rosen, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources; Dr. Chandra Taylor-Smith, Vice President for Community Conservation and Education, National Audubon Society; Holly Hartmann, University of Arizona, Arid Lands Information Center; Shela McFarlin, Board Member, Ciénega Watershed Partnership; Christine In-Albon, Teacher, Empire High School; Sally Jewell, Department of the Interior Secretary; Gita Bodner, The Nature Conservancy; Karen Simms, BLM Assistant Field Manager, BLM Tucson Field Office; Steve Ellis, BLM Deputy Director for Operations; Neil Kornze, BLM Director.
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension-Bootstraps Program (Nevada): (L to R) Neil Kornze, BLM Director; Mike Stamm, Bootstraps Project Manager, University of Nevada-Reno Cooperative Extension; Sally Jewell, Department of the Interior Secretary; Michael Vermeys, BLM Assistant Field Manager-Range/Renewable Resources, BLM Mount Lewis Field Office; Steve Ellis, BLM Deputy Director for Operations


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WATERLOO Waterloo Regional Police and the Laurier Special Constable Service are asking the public to exercise caution after two reports since Sept. 14 of sexual assault in neighbourhoods near Lauriers Waterloo campus.
In the most recent incident, which occurred at about 8:15 p.m. Oct. 25, a male riding a bicycle approached a young woman from behind and assaulted her in Veterans' Green near Hazel Street and University Avenue West.
The male is described as possibly white, long light-coloured hair, thin build, wearing a dark hoody and dark pants. The male was last seen continuing through Veterans' Green toward the intersection at Hazel and University on his bicycle.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Waterloo Regional Police Major Case Branch at 519-653-7700 ext. 8644 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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The early games brought a pair of mismatches, with the Boston Bruins thoroughly controlling the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Pittsburgh Penguins blanking the New York Islanders. Scott Cullen weighs in with notes and stats from Wednesday night's action.
BOSTON POPS LEAFSSomewhat predictably, given the possession numbers the two teams displayed this season, the Boston Bruins outshot the Toronto Maple Leafs 40-20 on their way to an easy 4-1 win in Game One of their series.
Veteran D Wade Redden got the Bruins going, putting up a goal and an assist -- his first multi-point NHL game since March, 2010. In his career, Redden has career-bests of 43 points and a plus-30 rating in 62 games. Even if Redden, at 35, is a long way from his best days in the NHL, his contributions in Game One certainly justified including him ahead of rookie Dougie Hamilton in the lineup.
The Bruins, struggling to score late in the year, got three points from David Krejci, two assists from Milan Lucic and a goal from Nathan Horton, all of whom are going to have to perform if the Bruins are going to go on an extended playoff run.
Additonally, Tyler Seguin, while held without a point, led the Bruins with seven shots on goal. There have been many times this year that Seguin lacked the jump that he shows when he's on his game and he had more of it in Game One, using his speed to create chances and having the confidence to pull the puck through his legs from behind, in traffic, while coming off the boards in the offensive zone. He had more than seven shots on goal just twice in 48 games during the regular season.
Of course, when the Bruins and Maple Leafs meet, any Seguin performance must be juxtaposed against what happens with Phil Kessel and it wasn't a banner night for the Leafs' leading scorer, as he managed just one shot on goal and his line was chewed up and spit out and spit out by the Bruins' line of Seguin, Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron, with Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg the defence pairing that was locked on Kessel most often.
The Leafs know, given their tendency to get outshot, that they need more from James Reimer. Giving up four goals in the first two periods isn't good, but the way in which the goals were scored was troubling. Three were generated off shots from the point and it's up to Reimer to stop, and control, shots from that distance, but it also falls on the Leafs' forwards to prevent so many clean looks for the Bruins defencemen.
One piece of good news for the Maple Leafs was the play of LW James van Riemsdyk, who led Leafs with five shots on goal and scored their only goal. Curiously, in a game in which the Leafs trailed for the last two periods of play, both Phil Kessel and Nazem Kadri received less than 14 minutes of ice time.
One other ice time note: the Leafs will need to monitor the status of D Cody Franson, who played just 14:04, apparently suffering a foot or ankle injury. As a result, Mike Kostka played 22:22, but also finished minus-3 for the night.
The novelty of making the playoffs for the first time in nine years wore off pretty quickly once the Bruins took control of the game, so now Toronto will have to try and bounce back. Obviously, they would prefer to win Game Two but, at the very least, they need to give a much better accounting of themselves if they are going to give any indication that they will be competitive in this series.
PENS MUCH MIGHTIER THAN ISLESEven though the Pittsburgh Penguins didn't have Sidney Crosby for their playoff opener, against the New York Islanders, they didn't need him, cruising to a 5-0 win. The Penguins had raced out to that 5-0 lead by the end of the second period.
The Penguins finished with 22 blocked shots, compared to the Islanders' 12, which seems notable when both teams recorded 26 shots on goal. One player that didn't manage any shots on goal for the Islanders was John Tavares.
Even though the Islanders had good puck possession numbers with Tavares on the ice, it was still the first time all year that he hadn't recorded a single shot on goal, so some credit needs to go to Brandon Sutter, Matt Cooke and Brenden Morrow. Kris Letang and Paul Martin were the Penguins defencemen to see the most of Tavares.
One of the question marks for the Penguins coming into this year's playoffs was the play of G Marc-Andre Fleury, who struggled in last year's playoffs, but Fleury was strong, turning aside all 26 Islanders shots for the shutout.
At the other end, Evgeni Nabokov was yanked after allowing four goals on 15 shots, his fifth straight loss in the postseason. Kevin Poulin relieved Nabokov early in the second period.
Islanders LW Matt Martin tried to make his presence felt, delivering 10 hits, while playing 13:00. Martin led the NHL with 234 hits in the regular season.
It doesn't come as any great surprise that the high-powered Penguins would be too much for the Islanders, but New York can be better. They have to be.
SHARKS ATTACK IN VANCOUVER The story for the Vancouver Canucks was decided before the game even started, when it was announced that Roberto Luongo would start in net. Though the Canucks lost, it can hardly be pinned on Luongo, who stopped 25 of 28 shots in a 3-1 Game One loss to the San Jose Sharks. While none of the three goals were impossible to stop, there wasn't a lot of blame to direct at Luongo for any of the three.
San Jose got multi-point games from D Dan Boyle, C Joe Pavelski, and C Logan Couture. While the Sharks were the lowest-scoring team in the Western Conference to make the postseason, they do have a lineup that works in their favour at the moment, with scorers spread across three lines. So, when Joe Thornton, Brent Burns and T.J. Galiardi get shut down, it's nice to get a couple of points from Pavelski and Couture.
Couture, who had two minor penalties all season, drew three minors from the Canucks Wednesday night.
Couture has been playing with Patrick Marleau, who scored the third goal to give the Sharks some breathing room. Marleau has been maligned for playoff performance but, since 2001-2002, he ranks ninth in playoff points and he sits second among active players, behind only Jaromir Jagr, with 53 playoff goals. Marleau also led the Sharks with five shots on goal in Game One.
It was also noteworthy that the Sharks played their big guns more. Thornton, for example, played 21:10 Wednesday, his most ice time in a game since the 22nd game of the regular season, and a total he surpassed only four times in 48 games this year.
Sharks LW Raffi Torres was throwing his weight around, delivering a few heavy hits among his team-leading six hits in the game. Dale Weise tried to play aggressively for Vancouver, too, delivering five hits in 7:57 of ice time.
It wasn't all good for the Sharks, however, as winger Martin Havlat left with an injury, playing only 3:16. Torres moved into Havlat's spot, on the wing with Couture and Marleau.
C Ryan Kesler led Vancouver forwards in ice time, playing 21:33, a threshold he passed twice in 17 regular season games.
It's not as though this game wasn't there for the Canucks to take. They held the advantage when it came to even-strength play, though the number one line -- Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin and Alex Burrows -- managed a total of four shots on goal; they need to be more productive.
The Sharks-Canucks series figures to be closer and more competitive than the other two series that started Wednesday night, but after losing the first game of the series at home, the Canucks will either need a spark from a goaltending change or internal improvement throughout the roster for Game Two.
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The Docomomo US National Symposium is the primary event in the United States for those interested or engaged in the preservation of modern architecture to gather, discuss, share and explore the preservation of heritage of the second half of the 20th Century and its legacy and importance today.
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2004 – VIIIth International Conference of Docomomo in New York City
2006 – Dallas, Texas
2008 – Atlanta, Georgia
2009 – New Orleans, Louisiana
2010 – Boston, Massachusetts
2011 – Los Angeles, California
2012 – New York, New York
2013 – Sarasota, Florida
2014 - To be announced in the fall of 2013
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Published: October 3, 2013; Last modified: October 3, 2013 11:46PM
A woman was rescued Friday night after driving off a 200-foot cliff at Liberty Point in Pueblo West.
Sgt. Dave Black of the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office said the 51-year-old woman was conscious and that it took paramedics 30 minutes to extricate the victim.
"Medics were there within minutes," Black said. "We don't know if alcohol is involved or if it was a medical issue."
At one point, scanner radio traffic said the woman had lost consciousness.
Black did not know which hospital the victim was taken to or what was her condition.
The woman was the lone occupant in a 2005 Chevy Colorado that drove out of the parking lot and off a cliff about 7:15 p.m.
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Upon arrival into Las Vegas you will be dropped off at Harrah's Hotel and Casino. From there you will transfer yourself to the Tropicana Las Vegas where you will spend the night. Enjoy free time to explore Las Vegas and unwind before your Grand Canyon Tour the following day.
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Umbro Golaço: we speak to the brilliant Brazilian artist Victor Beuren by Aaron› 12 Feb 2014
If the legendary Roberto Carlos wasn't enough, the eye-catching designs for our Golaço competition have been getting plenty of attention since we revealed them a couple of weeks ago. Some of the designs are the work of Brazilian artist Victor Beuren, an upcoming illustrator with a talent for combining a number of different genres into his own unique style. As we celebrate the Golaço with our special competition, we spoke to the man himself about his artwork and bringing that famous Roberto Carlos goal to life…
When did you first start to get interested in illustration?
'I started drawing and learning illustration in 2009. Before that, I used to do some random drawings here and there on pieces of paper, nothing serious. I have a background in advertising art direction, so my drawings were made between jobs.'
Which artists inspired you to start drawing?
'My mother, my childhood friend Simon Louis Ducroquet and my former co-worker Fernando Castro. After I started to take it seriously, I got inspired by Matt Taylor, Matt Williams (aka Uberkraaft), Mattias Adolfsson, Kali Ciesemier and Roxie Vizcarra. I'm sure there are a lot more, but these people are the main ones.'
How would you describe your style of illustration?
'Fun. I'll always work trying to have fun, appreciating the entire process, so I believe it can be seen in the final art.'
Where do you find inspiration for your work?
'My everyday life, games, my family and movies. Every time I think about my work, I think about my son, Lucas (pictured above with his dad, hard at work!). I always think about making art that will make him proud of his dad, that will make him talk with his friends at school. All of this is in the future, of course, as he is only 1. Yeah, for sure, my son is my biggest inspiration.'
Do you think that living in Brazil has an impact on your work?
Brazil is a fun country, so I always try to put it in my work.'
Do you have any particular styles or materials that you prefer to work with?
'I'm usually open to trying every kind of technique and media. But my preferred option is digital. Even working with digital, I like to work as if it is analogue, thinking and using techniques from traditional styles. So usually, I learn the traditional techniques that I can then apply to the digital works.'
What are your ambitions as an illustrator?
'To keep having fun. I don't plan to live from my illustrations, I want to keep it as my side project. I believe that this way I can work on awesome projects, enjoying the process and having fun every time I sit at the drawing board.'
How did you first approach this project for us?
'I watched the goal hundreds of times, in lots of different languages, so I could feel the reaction from the narrator, the tone of voice, the joy he felt. Then I studied the way that the ball travelled, observed the players' expressions and started to draw some concepts and ideas. I remembered the goal, but it is different remembering it and then watching it again now. It was nice to see again how amazing the goal was.'
Was it a difficult process or did the idea come together quite quickly?
'The idea didn't
come easily. Actually, I had eight ideas to send to over. But the chosen one
wasn't there until the last 30min of my deadline. I was preparing the sketches
to send and in the middle of scans and Photoshop adjustments, I had the idea,
made a quick rough sketch and sent it. It was the one I liked the most and it
was chosen.'
Do you feel you had to adapt your natural style to fit the idea behind this project?
'It was something I was absolutely comfortable with. I always work with strong movements and shapes, so it fits perfectly with the brief.'
Are you happy with the final results?
'Sometimes, the final work isn't as good as you expected, the hands don't reproduce what the mind imagined. But it wasn't the case with these illustrations. I can say that it was even better than I had imagined.'
Has football played a part in your work before?
'Even living in Brazil, this was the first time I've worked on something connected with football. Of course I had already made football drawings, but this was the first time as a professional.'
Do you think its true that all of Brazil is crazy about football?
'Absolutely. We breathe football, and you can't live without breathing.'
Is the Roberto Carlos goal as well regarded in Brazil as it is here in Europe?
'It is a goal that is always shown on our best goals lists. You know, we are used to seeing golaços all the time as our football is amazing, but that is one of the best, for sure.'
What about Roberto Carlos, how do Brazilians see him?
'Roberto Carlos is an idol in Brazil. He is always remembered for his really strong shots and insane goals.'
How do you feel about all the attention that your country will be getting this year?
'I feel that it will be a good thing. My generation always saw Brazil doing good in almost every championship, but not having the chance to bring big sports events home. We tried to bring these events to Brazil on other occasions, but we were not even close. So it was a surprise to everyone when it happened and it was celebrated a lot.'
And how do you think Brazil will do in the tournament next year?
'I was in the Maracanã for the Confederations Cup Final, against Spain. What I saw there was unbelievable. The energy from the crowd was insane, there was 80k people on the field with the players. I believe that playing home will help the team. I can't say we will be champions, but the team will do good. Ah, forget it. We will be world champions again!'
Many thanks to Victor for offering us these insights into his fantastic work - you can download wallpapers of all our Umbro Golaço artworks for free right here. Have you shown us your Golaço yet? Head to UmbroGolaco.com now if you want to be in with a chance of winning a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Brazil.
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For boards of directors, the current economic environment has brought its own share of challenges. In fact, according to a recent survey of directors, 59 percent agreed that the number one thing that keeps them up at night is unknown risks.1 With uncertainty prevalent in the current climate, do board members feel capable of meeting their responsibility to oversee significant, high-level risks?
The economic crisis has brought its own set of risks. With the ups and downs of the financial markets, corporate scandals, and the public push for greater regulation, directors are facing new challenges. In fact, 9 out of 10 directors believe there will be greater regulatory oversight stemming from the economic crisis, and 64 percent of directors believe shareholders will have an increasing influence on boards.
Not surprisingly, then, directors say their personal liability is increasing. Whereas in 2008 only 38 percent of directors thought their risk had increased during the prior year, that number rose to 69 percent in 2009.
Despite such challenges, the majority of directors surveyed—88 percent—say they are capable of monitoring corporate risk. And their cautious optimism is evident in their desire for greater focus on risk. In fact, 66 percent of directors surveyed in 2009 say they would like to spend more time on risk management, up from 34 percent in 2008.
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Nicklas Jensen - Vancouver's Only Top-100 Prospect
Thomas Drance
September 19 2012 01:42PM
Generally speaking there isn't as much prospect coverage in hockey as there is in the other major North American sports (football, baseball and basketball). It's kind of weird because, unlike the NHL: the NCAA, CHL, AHL and the European leagues tend to consistently start their seasons on time. Amazing!
Luckily for hockey obsessives, Corey Pronman of ESPN and Hockey Prospectus works long hours and manages to satiate our need for prospect information. Today over at Hockey Prospectus, Pronman released his "Top-100 Prospects" list, and the individuals in the Canucks pipeline, well, they didn't fare too well...
Read past the jump.
Needless to say, the performance of Vancouver's prospects on Pronman's top-100 list isn't very flattering. Only one Canucks prospect, 2011 first round pick Nicklas Jensen, even cracked the top-100 and he was ranked 88th! Yikes. I expect that those Canucks fans who are obsessed about the club getting older, "windows closing" and so forth, will knee-jerk into "Mike Gillis hasn't drafted an impact player, he should only pick Vancouver Giants and BC born players and why oh why did the team trade Cody Hodgson," mode.
Maybe those sorts of fans are right, but I don't see any reason to panic about the lack of depth or quality in Vancouver's system. First of all, while Jensen's ranking seems low, as Pronman explained on Twitter his actual talent level is higher than his relatively low ranking indicates:
Consistency is his issue, love his talent level. RT @brentpage: @coreypronman Why was Jensen so low? I think he's at least top 30.?— Corey Pronman (@coreypronman) September 19, 2012
Pronman's appraisal here is consistent with what I concluded from watching Jensen closely with the Oshawa Generals last season:
Jensen has dropped the gloves this season (and looked good doing it), and improved his defensive game, but I'm still not sure he's done enough to shed that "needs to compete harder" label...
The "compete level" canard isn't something I generally put a lot of stock in... Without the puck, for example, Jensen is calculating and doesn't show a lot of pace or urgency. In the defensive end of the rink that can work to his advantage, and he smartly picked off several Brampton passes simply by being in the right position. On offense, however, he'll certainly need to work harder to get open if he wants to be a thirty goal scorer in the NHL...
When you see what [Jensen] can do on the ice: feathering tape-to-tape passes to his line-mates through defenders in the neutral zone, or unleashing his powerful wrist-shot in the slot, it seems like he should be a force of nature at the major junior level. For all of his potential, he's not as dominant as one reasonably suspects he could be.
Secondly, the strength of Vancouver's system is their two bluechip goaltending prospects: Joe Cannata and Eddie Lack. Pronman's rankings don't regard goaltenders very highly (not even Jakub Markstrom cracks the top-100) because they take forever to develop, and are nigh impossible to accurately evaluate when they're 19 and 20 years old.
Thirdly, a top-100 list like Pronman's, is a collection of the highest-end prospects in hockey. Arguably the lack of Canucks prospects on the list reflects the fact that the Canucks haven't picked in the top-half of the first round since 2008, and habitually trade their mid-round picks at the trade deadline. It also hurts that they narrowly lost out on acquiring the services of West Kelowna's Justin Schultz (ranked #12)...
That said, at some point teams need to find value outside of the first round. Teams like the Red Wings, for example, manage to do so consistently. Arguably the Canucks have done alright in this respect, it's just that the prospects who may make this list in future years are still "low-certainty" guys.
What I mean to say is that organizationally, the Canucks' pipeline is stronger than the pedestrian appearance of their individual prospects on Pronman's top-100. Pronman himself ranked the team #24 in his organizational rankings earlier this summer, explaining:
Vancouver was one of the hardest systems to rank because they have quite a bit of talent in their ranks, but there's uncertainty on that talent. Alex Grenier, Frankie Corrado, Anton Rodin, and Joseph Labate are examples of players who could surprise.
Prospects like Alexandre Grenier, Frank Corrado, Patrick McNally and Joseph LaBate (all of whom were taken outside of the first 60 picks in the draft), have the upside to crack top-100 prospect lists going forward. But there's still a lot of variance in their projections.
Look, no one is going to describe Vancouver's prospect pipeline as being "elite" any time soon. But the team's future just isn't as bleak as some might have you believe, and I'd urge you not to over-react to the lack of Canucks prospects who made the cut for this years edition of Pronman's top-100.
September 19 2012, 02:11PM
I don't recall the Canucks ever having had a strong prospect pool, even when the team was terrible. This is interesting because a large part of the team's current core are from within the Canucks organization, but few of them would have made the top 100 prospects list.
September 19 2012, 02:18PM
you should also keep in mind that the % of top end prospects that pan out is low and the % of not top end prospects panning out is extremely lower.
so of the Alexandre Grenier, Anton Rodin, Frank Corrado, Patrick McNally and Joseph LaBate, MAYBE there might be 1 NHLer/replacement level NHLer. Hardly rosey picture being painted when none of them can replace the talent that will be exiting the canucks in 3 years~ due to the inevitable decline of the Sedins.
Also important context: there are 90 first line forwards at any one time in the NHL. Jensen is the #60 F on that list. If he develops into the 60th best F in the NHL, that's still a #2 or #3 forward. At 29th overall, it's a good pick.
If he develops well, that is.
September 19 2012, 03:17PM
Predicting prospects is like predicting the weather.
I'd rather watch a competitive NHL team year after year than a watch a bottom feeder tank year after year. Fans tend to want to see their teams win. You can only sell the idea of "We're young and going to get better" for so long.
Within the last decade or so, the Canucks have been able to bring in free agents, make good trades, and have had fairly decent draft results. Combine all these factors (you don't want to put all your eggs in one basket...) and you will see that the modern era Canucks have been able to stay competitive. There are no reasons to think that the future will be dark.
I wonder if anyone has worked on a formula to figure out the weight of importance an elite prospect pool (in the view of this sort of ranking) should have compared to other elements: development, coaching, trade record, current lineup, etc.
A search of Hockey's Future archives shows that every year since 2006 the Canucks have been ranked in the bottom third of teams, other than 2009 when buzz about CoHo and Schneids pushed them up to #10. This year they're ranked 28th.
It's interesting to look on historical rankings (I couldn't find any at HP) like this to give some context, especially considering: a) how many top prospects were traded for other needs, b) that some teams always seem to be top 10, c) how many elite prospects have faded out of public view. Just food for thought.
I've love to see some 20/20 hindsight review of past prospect lists to get a better grip on the current lists, but I suppose NHL draft histories tend to provide a pretty good picture already.
I meant to note in my comment that the 'Nucks consistently low ranking hasn't seen to have done them much harm in recent years.
It's hard to control for the effect of the Sedins, though...
Quite honestly I'm not impressed with Pronman much. Where did he rank Burrows, Tanev, Edler Garrison and Hansen in his previous lists ? LOL I asked him one year why he hadn't include Tanev, his reply was pretty poor. It seemed clear he had never seen the player. He's a journalist not a scout. If he was great believe me some team would have picked him up. Of the players I've watched of the Canucks Corrado will make it easily
September 19 2012, 05:52PM
I value goaltenders different than Corey does, but Eddie Lack has to be on this list.
He's arguably the best goalie not in the NHL. Sure, the position is tough to evaluate, but that doesn't mean that goalies are less important. Lack of predictive value shouldn't mean they all get ignored, no?


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