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About 40 feet to the right of the barbed wire fence is an old rusty water tank. It is set down in a little crevice so that only the top two feet is visible. You can see it as you drive along Bena Road, but, can't access it from anywhere except the other side of the fence. I've seen it for years and would like to shoot it, but, I'm not too much on going over barbed wire. Full-size photo
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Thanks, Steve. That's right, that fence post is right where it's suppose to be!
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Nice shot David. Dont worry about the other stuff. You got the fence post in the shot. Thats what counts! :-)
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David, I was actually thinking of stories I have heard about old water tanks that are so rusted out that when you walk on them, they collapse, causing the unwary to be dropped into a huge abyss from which there is no easy escape. Moral: go with a buddy just in case, and have a truck with a long cable... We won't discuss the possibility of a snake den inside either, but then I digress...:)
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Thanks, Wayne. The only nasty we've run into on this hill is rattlesnakes. :)
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Thank you, Carol.
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David, you probably wouldn't want to find some nasty surprises around old water tanks....:)
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David, the Flickr page does it justice.
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That's nice, David!
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OK, so I'm probably taking this personal when I shouldn't be, but I've been getting questioned a lot lately about where Mason is and why he's not there and why he's not doing this, etc. I'm really starting to feel like my love for him is being questioned. So, I just want to set things straight.
When Mason came home as an 8 week old puppy Riley had already been here for a little over a year. By that point he and I had a very close bond. Mason was my puppy too in that I was responsible for training him and taking care of him, BUT he CHOSE to bond closer to my parents than me even though I did everything for him including training, walking, feeding, etc. Riley on the other hand chose me. He was constantly by my side. At times Riley would get a little testy with Mason when he tried to get closer to me. I think that's part of the reason why Mason chose my parents. When I lost Riley I lost a HUGE piece of me. Even though Mason is technically my dog, he has his bond with my parents and he prefers to be with them. I missed the bond that I had with Riley. He was my heart. I had to get another dog, not to take Riley's place, but to try to help to fill the void. That's where Logan came in. He and I have a great bond and he is almost always by my side. Almost a year after he came home my father fell in love with Abby's picture and things snowballed from there so that's how she came in. Seeing as Logan is still very young at just a year we agreed as a family that it would be best to keep the younger two together. That's why we keep Logan and Abby downstairs with me. This gives them the companionship they want while giving Mason his space. I rent the finished basement level of my parents house. It works well for me, it works well for my parents, and it works well for the dogs. The doorway between my floor and the upstairs is ALWAYS open. Logan and Abby will go upstairs to play from time to time (they're up there playing as I type) and Mason will come downstairs from time to time, but he spends most of his time upstairs with my parents. He's definitely more than welcome to come visit me when he wants. Me personally, I'm downstairs about 95% of the time. Even though we share the house, the lower level is "my home" so I'm down here doing my thing most of the time. So, just in case anyone else is wondering… I DO love Mason. I DO play Mason. I DO walk Mason (he's always first when I take them on their individual walks). I'm the one who trains him, bathes him, clips his nails, cleans his ears, brushes him, pays for his vet bills, buys his food, buys his toys, wraps his presents, video tapes him, takes pictures of him, etc. When I bring Logan and Abby outside to play, Mason is always invited. Sometimes he comes, sometimes he doesn't. Sometimes he stays out a long time, sometimes he does his business and wants to go right back in. Everything I do for Logan and Abby… I do for Mason. The only difference is that Logan and Abby prefer to be downstairs with me for the majority of the time while Mason prefers to be upstairs for the majority of the time. That's why I post more pics of those two and that's why I post more stories about them. I'm with them more because Mason chooses to be upstairs. That certainly does not mean I don't love him any less. If he's happy upstairs, I'm happy for him. One last thing. My reason for posting this is just to show that Mason is an important part of this family. He gets just as much love and attention as Logan and Abby, probably more since Logan and Abby play with each other so much. This post is not a direct response to any one person directly. I have been asked multiple times about Mason from several different people so I just wanted to clear things up. That's all. Now for the Mason fans out there... here are a couple of pics from Sunday. He stayed out for maybe 10-15 minutes to play before asking to go back in.
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I completely understand. I raised a 3 pound Chihuahua for 5 years (he's 6 now). When my grandma died my mom took in her Chihuahua (also 3 pounds) and they quickly became best friends. When my boyfriend and I got our first house and I moved in with him my mom asked that I leave Sammie, my chihuahua, with her since he was already comfortable in that house and he and my grandmas dog are absolute best friends. It was one of the toughest decisions I've had to make because I've raised him since he was 8 weeks old and took care of all his vet bills, food, everything!!!! But when I thought about it he was already a nervous dog and moving him to a new home would be traumatic for him and taking him away from my grandmas dog would be even worse since they had grown so close. I had a lot of people asking me "How could you leave him? How could you replace him?" I left him with my parents for his own good and I did not replace him. I even purposely got a female boxer so I didn't have another boy. I have never lived without a dog and didn't want to in my own home so we made the decision to get Ryleigh but she in no way replaces my Sammie. I love them both inncompletely different ways. I still go visit him ALL the time and give him plenty of love. He's happy and well taken care of with my parents and that's all that matters.
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I always just figured he's a grumpy old guy and preferred to be a loaner.
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I want to add that I have different bonds with my guys as well. I got Gabby first. She was with me through some of he hardest times of my life - one being the death of both my grandparents one month apart from each other. Some people aren't that close to their grandparents, but I was. Because Gabby was there and provided me unconditional love and comfort during that time, my bond just isn't the same with Maggie and Benjamin. I love them just as much but, Gabby's my girl and she knows it. So, I totally understand where you are coming from.
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Mason is such a beautiful senior, I love seeing the pics of him out enjoying himself with Abby and Logan; but I just assumed he wasn't playing as much simply because he is a senior, and I know he had a rough go of it after losing Riley.
I never, for a second, questioned your love for him and I'm so sorry you are feeling this way I also understand, when we first got Daisy and I joined the forum I heard everyone talking about their "heart" dog and I didn't get it because I loved my 2 clowns equally, now that they are older though I totally get it. Dodger is more Daddy's boy and I love him to bits, but Daisy is Momma's girl and is definately my heart dog |
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Oh, and yes he can be a grouch at times. Thanks for the concern. I've been resting and trying to figure out what the heck is going on with me. My doctor and I are getting things under control now though and I'm feeling a LOT better! Especially now that I can wrestle with the dogs again! Quote:
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Good to see you posting. I had figured that Mason was like my Maggie & just preferred to go about doing his own thing. Maggie would get a wild hair up her butt & that is when she'd play with Pheona. Maggie was my go to dog for YEARS. She was with me each time my husband left for schooling or deployments, she was there for me through having my youngest son & surgeries. I am dreading deployments or schooling in the future as I won't have my rock to lean on. Now with my current 2 girls, the bond is stronger between Pheona & myself than Murphy & myself. Does that mean I love Murphy less..heck no. Pheona was my baby that I was up doing feedings through the night, taking her potty (we got her at 4 weeks due to irresponsible breeders or what we believe was a puppy mill) & a lot of cuddling. Mandy, I think Mason is adorable & you are doing a wonderful job with all 3 of your furbabies.
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I also have a spare account if someone was interested in playing with (i'm not sure if i'm allowed to say this, if not i will delete that last part immediately)
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I also have a spare account if someone was interested in playing with (i'm not sure if i'm allowed to say this, if not i will delete that last part immediately)
I would be interested in starting if you would like, sounds awesome.
I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
i restarted ... thought i would finish with my 2nd legendary ... and well i am on desolation ...
Some Stories Are Just Way Better In My Head!
I was thinking about buying the game but wanted to try it out a bit more first. I would be happy to play with you if you're interested. If not, I might eventually buy the game. Still debating on what to try. I played GW during the beta but got a refund because It didn't sell me. I regret not ever getting very far after seeing some of the screenshots of the world.
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What the hell is a Pwarp?
Yeah sounds good. what time do you normally play bleedslow,pwarp?
I'm in the EST time zone and I could play at any time. I have a lot of free time right now so I could start downloading the game whenever. If I like it, I will probably purchase it for myself once I get my taxes back. Would you be starting over with me so we can level together?
Edit: I sent you a PM.
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What the hell is a Pwarp?
if you start ... enjoy the game slowly ... do not rush or anything like that believe me i am one of those veterans at this game ... and in the end all i got left to do is dailies , few dungeons and maybe few events here and there ... its just how this game is built and everyone will reach this point eventually but better reaching it slower than faster ...
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okay awesome, i'll send you a pm with info. Ya i can start over with a new character. Or level with you with one of my level 80s. I've done nothing but spvp in this game and seeing as you can level your character throough pvp, i've hit level cap on a couple charactrers that way...but they are all still in starting zones, level 1 gear, no quests finished. It'd probably just make OUR lives easier. But i wouldn't mind starting with a level 1 character as well.
I recently started up again as well after almost a year (since most of the current new mmorpg's were starting to bore me). Im on Blackgate and my ign is: Shinkoutetsu. Also for those starting over (but have had a previous character and your birthday passed), check your mail as you may get an anniversary gift that contains a miniature, experience charm (that instantly boosts a new character to lvl 20) and this birthday boosters that give a range of buffs (magic find, exp, karma, etc for 24 hours).
I play this game. "reikken.4961" if you care
I'm on Fort Aspenwood, but it doesn't really matter what server you're on except for WvW. guesting to other servers is free. I guest into Blackgate pretty often. almost always willing to party up and do anything (seriously anything. almost everything in the game is good)
and yeah, following with what was said earlier, the game is beautiful and has great atmosphere. "leveling" is arguably the best part. Don't try to blitz through it.
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What game you talking about? Thought this was GW2?
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anyone still looking to play/get started/find a group? I've literally leveled up my main to 80 thru spvp so whoever i party with (low levels), we should be able to do things relatively fast!
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I absolutely HATED Guild Wars 1. GW 2 is similar but also very very different. A much much better game. I recommend it.
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yeah, b/c there were complaints saying that spvp was pointless they'ved changed/added a lot of features.
You gain something called glory when you spvp. Think of it as exp in pve. You can buy items called tomes of knowledge with glory. They cost 1.5k + 20 silver. When you win a tpvp match, you win 1k glory and...i think like 5 silver. Each match takes only like 10 minutes or so and ques CONSTANTLY pop. By far the best way to level imo. You have to win of course....if you lose you still get glory and silver...just not as much.
i actually have 2 level 80s right now and if i use my remaining glory i'd probably have another level 20...who i could get to 80 in a week or two through casually playing
GW2 is just depressing nowadays. The game had so much potential, but from the balance team stream you can see that the devs have no clue what they are doing in regards to balance. It's sad because the game had some professional attention mid last year. There were some professional teams playing like Denial Esports. But, now after they realized the folly of the dev team every real PvPer quit the game in favor of Smite.
On top of the terrible balance team, it doesn't help that rebalance changes occur once in a blue moon and even then the changes are so minute that they don't change the catastrophic failure that is this game's PvP.
That being said it does have the most competitive PvP in the mmorpg genre, but that's not saying much.
As for PvE, it's the same old story new package. PvE hasn't changed much in big budget mmorpgs for a long time because devs don't want to take risks by reinventing the wheel. If you are interested in PvE content I'd point you to Path of Exile or Wakfu.
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I always thought that long exposure photography was overdone to death and not even worth doing. That's why I have never experimented with it much, but I still wanned to do a little research and make a collection of best Long Exposure Photography Examples.
I soon found out that I was wrong. It may be overdone, but good shots are incredibly rare and hard to find (this could also be due to my lack of searching skills). So my advice to you (and even to myself) – don't be turned off by the fact that everybody does it! Only few guys do it right.
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Over the last decade, several different types of businesses have sprung up geared toward lending money to people with low income and poor or no credit.
The Newton County Board of Commissioners continued to revise a prospective alcohol by the drink ordinance last week, as the county looks forward to a 2012 vote on the issue.
The Covington News has made several changes over the past month as it continues to strive toward being Newton County's definitive source for local news. Those changes include the appointment of a new editor and the addition of several key members to both the advertising and editorial teams.
Authorities are investigating Tuesday's double homicide on Tempie Lane where 66-year-old Peggy Molden and her 56-year-old nephew Donald Eugene McCollough were found shot to death after authorities received a medical alert from inside the home around 9:30 a.m.
Gas prices continue to rise in Atlanta, averaging $3.50 for a regular gallon Saturday, and are only expected to rise into the spring.
The Newton County Fire Department had 877 more calls in 2011, an 18 percent increase, and the vast majority of them were emergency medical and brush and grass fire calls.
Newborn took another step toward recovering from a tornado last April by giving residents 250 seedlings Saturday at the town's Arbor Day celebration.
Newton High School played host to the Newton Classic Livestock Show in Covington Saturday.
Jury selection for the death penalty case of Rodney Renia Young began Monday and has continued through this week.
Newton County homeowners who have their mortgage with Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup or Ally Financial could receive some financial assistance in the coming months.
Conyers police report an accident with injuries on Interstate 20 eastbound involving three vehicles, between West Ave and Ga. Highway 138. Another accident is reported on Ga. Highway 138 near Flat Shoals Road.
The name Tuskegee stands tall in American history, especially among African Americans. It also looms large of the life of Wilbur G. Mason.
Students from Georgia Piedmont College practiced their skills Thursday afternoon outside the Covington Fire Department on Pace Street. Local junkyards often donate totaled vehicles to the fire departments to use for training. Once they are done, they then come and pick the vehicles back up.
The area of Ga. Highway 162 in front of Tempie Lane was clogged Thursday morning, as deputies from the Newton County Sheriff's Office stopped drivers on the highway to hand out flyers, soliciting information on the double homicide that occurred in the out-of-the-way neighborhood Tuesday morning.
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An easier way to try your hand out at paella - fideua - or noodle paella. We used cuttlefish but feel free to use any other seafood (calamari, octopus). Easy, satisfying and delicious. {recipe}
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Poached then roasted pork hocks make for a rich and unctuous meal that is extraordinarily cheap.
Just in time for cooler weather - it's roasting time! Try this coriander-spiced roasted duck with mashed celeriac.
A simple (and, surprisingly easy!) summer salad - Baby Octopus a la Plancha (grilled) with Roasted Fennel, Potatoes, Olives and Citrus Salad.
Contrary to popular belief, not all Argentine Empanadas fit in your hand.
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The history of this classic soup is interesting - it has just as much British influence as Indian. Mulligatawny Soup .
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Uruguay's national dish and possibly the world's greatest sandwich: Behold, El Chivito!
Have yule log for entree as well as dessert this holiday season - sausage and pistachio-stuffed pork loin with cider cream sauce and a jolly romanesco cauliflower "tree" on the side.
An elegant appetizer with the flavors of the sea - Seared Scallop with Two Types of Roe. Check out why bottarga is awesome.
This hearty Argentine stew (Locro) contains something you'd either love or hate. Leave it in or omit it - either way, make it!
It may not be a popular dish here in the US yet, but it should be. Roasted Marrow Bones with Parsley Salad (thanks Fergus Henderson)
You'll never believe how mellow and silky this Garlic Soup with Cantal Crouton is.
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WANF's October Drink of the Month: Dubonnet. Not just an addition to a good cocktail, but pretty damn good on its own.
Can you spot the fake? We did a blind taste test of real vs. fake maple syrup. Mrs.Butterworth may have fooled someone!
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We did Spuma di Mortadella (ya gotta click to see how easy it's made) three ways - here we have Spuma "Breakfast Style".
Cornish Game Hen Agrodolce. This Italian sour and sweet sauce was good enough to eat with a spoon - forget the game hen!
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Forget the hot dog - try a choripan. This Argentinian street food beats the heck out of the old dog.
Our recent trip to Buenos Aires inspired our Argentinian feast of Tira de Asado and Salsa Criolla. MMMMM Beef.
Crispy Thai Calamari Salad. How else can you get sweet, sour, spicy, crunchy, crispy and a little healthy in one dish?
We say "Yes We Can!" to bypassing those pre-made stuffed pastas in the store every once in awhile and making your own. It's easy.
Cornmeal Crusted Soft Shell Crabs for a special Soft Shell Po'Boy. Spring has sprung!
The squid ink packets only went so far but it was still healthy and lip-smacking delicious - Arroz Negro (Spanish Black Rice)
We taste tested some fabulous dried pappardelle and paired it with a simple & delish Sausage Ragu with Peas.
A simple Octopus and Celery Salad that must be made with the best olive oil you can get your hands on.
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ÿAfter their 450th episode focusing on Krusty and a celebratory special spreading the love, it was nice to have things get back to the familiar with "Million Dollar Maybe." And by familiar, I mean watching Homer do what he can to make his family happy, while screwing it up as he tries. Sunday night's episode had Homer letting down Marge, winning a million dollars, spending it all without her knowledge and still finishing the half-hour in the arms of the woman he loves. All this and laughs, too psp games.
Things started with Homer and Marge preparing a musical toast for a cousin's wedding. But on the day of the wedding, Homer opened a fortune cookie stating this was his lucky day. At first, Homer blew off the fortune: "Any part of a cookie you can't eat is just a waste of time." But his luck did indeed start to turn as crashing into a vending machine resulted in its contents raining down for Homer's enjoyment. Instead of heading straight to the wedding, Homer stopped to buy a lottery ticket and got stuck a very long, very slow line. It was a fun set up, leaving Homer feeling guilty about missing the toast and unable to tell Marge that he was instead buying a winning lottery ticket. It was a nice touch to have Lenny and Carl help convince Homer that the fortune cookie may be right. I especially loved the headline from the Beijing Daily Worker: "New Fortune Cookies Vaguer, More Accurate."
Homer used Barney to pick up his winning check, a good majority of which went to Uncle Sam: "This money will go to partially cover the cost of a study to decide what to do with the money." Unable to tell Marge about the money, Homer instead bought things anonymously for his family. Watching the various ways in which gifts were discovered was quite fun, starting with Homer throwing Bart into bushes disguising a new washing machine, and ending with Marge pulling a new pearl necklace out of Maggie's diaper. But the ruse couldn't last, and soon Bart discovered Homer's secret money tree. This included a randomly hilarious scene with Moe showing up out of nowhere, menacingly stating "Don't forget my cut." When questioned about it, Moe responded, "I just go around saying that and hope it'll be applicable."
Bart first convinced Homer to indulge a little with the cash, resulting in rides on a zero gravity plane and a personal concert from Coldplay. Fittingly, Chris Martin was the only band member to get lines. Though the scene had some chuckles, Martin's appearance could have been replaced by any number of celebrity rock stars. The good times didn't last, and soon Bart was threatening to tell Marge Homer's secret. To keep him quiet, Homer basically became Bart's slave. This was reminiscent of Homer becoming Patty and Selma's slave for a similar secret-keeping reason in "Homer vs. Patty and Selma." But since this was only a small focus of this episode, with an entirely different viewpoint, it didn't feel like a retread.
Filling out the episode was a decent plot with Lisa buying the retirement home a Funtendo Zii. She got the idea in a great scene with Mr. Burns trying out the videogames at the store: "Wait. I'm shooting at Nazis? That's not how I remember it." This was an adequate B storyline, with enough laughs to keep things interesting, but never getting too complicated and taking the focus away from Homer and his predicament. Ultimately, in the main storyline, Homer told Marge the truth and everything returned to the status quo. Homer's cherry blossom testament of love was yet another sweet ending to a long line of Simpsons sweet endings, punctuated with a very funny "Phew!" visual gag. This was a fun and funny episode focused on Homer and his always dysfunctional relationship with his family — just what we've come to love and expect after 20 years.


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Gordon will get off light with less than a year long suspension
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In what universe should irsay and josh gordon be held to the same standard?
I dare anyone who believes this to go up to the owner of the company they work and assert the same rules should apply to both of them. See how that goes.
What a billionaire team owner does on his own time is really no concern to us imo. At least it can be said athletes are supposed to be role models and good influences, which was never said about an owner of an NFL team....most of whom people dont even know their names
dont be naive, the nfl isnt like other businesses. if you dont believe the players are watching what goodell is going to do irsay, just keep your head in the sand.
you could make the case that owners should be held to even higher standards than the players
Theres just no way that should be the case, nor will it be the case. Owners have been fined before, but all for NFL related incidents and these are ones I agree with....criticizing officials, violating a gag order, flipping off a fan, and a little more indirectly docking cap from violating the "unwritten" uncapped year agreement (which is kind of bs imo).
There is NO WAY owners are or should be held to the same standards as players for peronsal conduct outside of football
It is kind of a joke, but here is where there is some food for thought. If players actions are punished because they are "detrimental to the league" then wouldn't owners actions have the potential for the same? I mean, if players can give the league a bad image, then owners can to. If you are going to punish players for bad PR, then why shouldn't owners fall under the same guidelines?
Also, as to the "What Irsay does in his own time is his biz?" He was ARRESTED for possession of illegal drugs. If it should be anyone's biz, why is it our business if a player gets arrested for the same? Double standards. Once someone is arrested, it becomes everyone's biz. And, in case you'all didn't know, pain killer drugs are far more dangerous and harmful than weed EVER will be. Also, it turns out Gordon had passed 70 drug tests and the one that failed barely was even over the limit, and the send test of the same urine sample was UNDER the limit to get busted. So, was he even actually a legit positive? IDK if he actually was. The whole thing about weed is retarded; as more states make it legal, I hope the NFL just stops bothering with even testing for it at all. Big Pharma is THE only reason it's even illegal to begin with.
agree to disagree then
people in leadership positions sbould be held even more accountable, imo.
i cant believe anyone can think jim irsay can ride around indianapolis loaded on powerful painkillers and get no discipline while players get popped for wearing the wrong shoes in the sideline
you cannot have that kind of double standard
yes.we.can... lol.
what are fans and players going to do? Boycott until Irsay gets harsh treatment?
90% of the fans don't give a dump about Irsay's arrest because it doesn't really impact the game. Now, if he had a Mel Gibson/Sterling rant to go along with his arrest we would tune in.


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Liu, Guofu and Joyce, Malcolm J. and Ma, Xiandong and Aspinall, Michael D. (2010) A digital method for the discrimination of neutrons and γ rays with organic scintillation detectors using frequency gradient analysis. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 57 (3). 1682 -1691. ISSN 0018-9499
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A digital method for the discrimination of neutron and γ-ray events from an organic scintillator has been investigated by using frequency gradient analysis (FGA) based on the Fourier transform. Since the scintillation process and the photomultiplier tube (PMT) anode signal are often very noisy, most pulse-shape discrimination methods in a scintillation detection system (e.g., the charge comparison (CC) method or pulse gradient analysis (PGA)) using time-domain features of the signal depend greatly on the associated de-noising algorithm. In this research, the performance of the new FGA method and the PGA method have been studied and compared on a theoretical basis and then verified by time-of-flight (TOF). The frequency-domain features extracted by the FGA method exhibit a strong insensitivity to the variation in pulse response of the photomultiplier tube (PMT) and can be used to discriminate neutron and γ-ray events in a mixed radiation field. It is shown that the FGA method results in an increased figure of merit (FOM) which corresponds to a reduction in the area of overlap between neutron and γ-ray events. The FGA method has the potential to be implemented in current embedded electronic systems to provide real-time discrimination in standalone instruments.
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | γ rays ; digital discrimination ; frequency gradient analysis ; neutron ; organic scintillators ; pulse gradient analysis ; time of flight |
Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Engineering Faculty of Science and Technology > Lancaster Environment Centre |
ID Code: | 34852 |
Deposited By: | Dr Xiandong Ma |
Deposited On: | 13 Dec 2010 16:31 |
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Rain Rain go away
A school holiday for both teachers and students. Wanted to bring the kids to C's house to play with her kids but I took some antihistamine for my rash last night and this morning, I felt so sleepy and tired.
Decided to go back to bed after my breakfast and surprisingly, I went back to sleep and didn't even hear hubby get ready for work. I only woke up when my princess jabbed me in the ribs with her thunder foot.
Another bad night for her as she was kept awake by bad dreams. She said the prayer didn't work and thus she is in our room. Yes she is always finding excuses to be in our bedroom. Is this the youngest syndrome? I don't recall my little prince waking us up in the middle of the night with bad dreams.
Anyway, we decided to stay home as the weather was getting gloomy. Not long, it started pouring! Since it is lunch time for most working folks, I believe this rain really dampens their lunch because it is so heavy. Just nice to keep two bored kids entertained, we decided to try this month's challenge by Sweet and Simple Bake.
This Jammy Donut Muffin is said to taste best when warm. It is great too as I can used up some home made raspberry jam that I done for an ice cream but never get to do it.
Definitely good for tea on this cold and wet afternoon.
What you need:
275g plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
Pinch salt
100g caster (superfine) sugar
2 eggs
200ml (7 fl oz) milk
75g unsalted butter, melted and cooled)
1 tsp vanilla extract
12 tsp raspberry jam
For The Toping
50g unsalted (sweet) butter
100 granulated sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon (optional)
Preheat the oven to 190°C. Lined a 12 muffin tin.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a large mixing bowl, and stir through the sugar.
In large jug, lightly beat the eggs then add the milk, cooled butter and vanilla extract and beat together.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients stir gently until just combined. (Do not over mix, its fine to have a few lumps in the mixture.)
Spoon half the muffin mixture into the base of each paper case.
Top each muffin with a teaspoon of jam. Now equally between each paper case, top with the remaining muffin mixture.
Bake in the preheated oven for 15 – 20 minutes until well risen, golden and firm to the touch.
For The Topping:
Melt the butter in a saucepan over a low heat.
Spread the granulated sugar in a wide, shallow bowl with the cinnamon if using.
When the muffins are baked, leave in the tin for 5 minutes.
Dip the tops of the muffins in the melted butter and then roll in the sugar.
You can serve these muffins warm or cold; however, I do prefer to eat them whilst warm.
I also prepare Melktert for dessert tonight. This pie is a South African tart. I was captivated by the freshly grate nutmeg. It smells really good. Actually I can't wait for dinner time.
What you need:
227g plain flour
85g icing sugar a pinch of salt
113g unsalted butter, cut into cubes
1 egg beaten
1 - 1.5 tbsp cold water
540ml milk
99g castor sugar
2 eggs
57g plain flour
28g corn flour
1 tsp vanilla
14g butter whole nutmeg to grate
Sift flour and sugar into food processor.
Add salt and butter and process til breadcrumbs.
Add in egg and just enough water to combine into a firm dough.
Wrap in clingfilm and chill for one hour. Roll pastry to fin into a 9 inch plie tin.
Prick base and blind bake for 190 degree for 20 mins.
For filling, bring milk to boil.
Beat the sugar and eggs together in a separate bowl.
Sift in the flours, beating until smooth.
Pour about a quarter of the boiling milk to the egg mixture and whisk till smooth.
The pour the mixture back into the milk and continue to whisk till mixture thickens.
Stir in vanilla and butter.
Pour the mixture into the bake crust.
Grate the nutmeg over the top.
Return to the oven for 15 - 20 mins or until set.
Serve warm or cold.
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Hello Edith, I love donuts, but never heard of this one.
But it sure looks delicious. I can get the lovely scent here too, ha ha.
Can see you're one of those fantastic moms who not only can cook but bake too. Outstanding Edith!
And cakes made by moms with young kids have that very special ingredient you don't get from stores...'love'.
By the way, incase you make cream puffs, send me a telegram....will come for coffee. 5 pieces should do, ha ha. And iced coffee. Just kidding.
You have a nice day and keep a song in your heart. Best regards, Lee.
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The savvy panelists at Barron's ninth annual Art of Successful Investing conference find value in tech, energy, Europe, and Japan. Two views on Apple. Participants were: Felix Zulauf, Scott Black, Fred Hickey, Leon Cooperman, Marc Faber, David Herro, Oscar Schafer, and William Priest.
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Spain's economy shows signs of emerging from its prolonged slump, but investors still need to be wary, Barron's says. Rory Bateman at Schroders in London sees opportunities in Spanish companies that generate chunks of their sales outside the domestic market, and names a few to consider.
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Acclaimed Maine author Monica Wood presents her latest book, which the Maine Sunday Telegram calls "a marvel of storytelling." Subtitled A Memoir from Mexico, Maine, the story takes place in 1963, beginning with the April morning when Wood's father, a foreman at Oxford Paper Company, died on his way to work. From there, the book follows three deeply entwined threads: grief and renewal; the assassination of JFK; and the paper mill's first protracted labor strike. The New Yorker Online calls the book "a meditation on time… a record of a vanished way of life." Wood's talk will highlight that bygone era: the mill's founding, its impact on the region, and a moment in time when everything started to change.


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We managed to get our hands on few pictures of MSI's upcoming 13.3-inch Puma-based notebook. We still don't know the final specs, but we are sure that MSI is going to have few versions of this model.
As you can see from the pictures below, this model will feature VGA and HDMI output. We must compliment MSI on its design, as its notebooks keep getting better and better. We are still keeping an eye out for these models, as they are yet to be listed.
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Shortly after the September 11 attacks, the inimitable Noam Chomsky issued a statement giving some of his thoughts on the matter. It's pretty bad stuff, even for Chomsky, but it's worth examining nonetheless. I've included both the text (which I believe is in the public domain) and my analysis of it.
The terrorist attacks were major atrocities. In scale they may not reach the level of many others, for example, Clinton's bombing of the Sudan with no credible pretext, destroying half its pharmaceutical supplies and killing unknown numbers of people (no one knows, because the US blocked an inquiry at the UN and no one cares to pursue it). Not to speak of much worse cases, which easily come to mind.
This is a cute beginning. If someone were to criticize Chomsky for downplaying the attacks, he can, with mock innocence, point out that he explicitly said the attacks were atrocities. He then goes on to devote much more space to the bombing of the Sudan. This is a fairly straightforward rhetorical trick, one that Chomsky himself explained in Manufacturing Consent: people devote more space to things they think are more important. So by Chomsky's own standards, we see he considers the Sudan bombing to be more significant than 9/11.
This is rather odd because, as Chomsky himself acknowledges, we don't actually know enough about the Sudan bombing to make meaningful comparisons to 9/11. Now, that might very well be the U.S.'s fault, but we still don't know. It's important to note, though, that Chomsky isn't actually making a real comparison here: he doesn't say that the attacks did not reach the scale of the Sudan; he says that they "may" not. (Gotta love conditionals!) So ultimately this is a fairly empty statement.
But that this was a horrendous crime is not in doubt. The primary victims, as usual, were working people: janitors, secretaries, firemen, etc.
This is a nice little leftism--lo for the suffering of the working class!--but there are at least four things wrong with it:
1. No evidence is provided to support it. There is a very good reason for this: Chomsky made this statement within 24 hours of the attacks, well before there was any attempt at a reasonable list of victims. Thus Chomsky cannot possibly know what he is talking about here, and the statement is at best a fabrication.
2. That said, it's quite likely that, if we were actually to look at the data, we'd find that a lot of victims were from the working class. Of course, given that one of the targets was the World Trade Center, it's also quite likely that a disproportionate number of victims were upper-middle-class or upper-class. But of course Chomsky says nothing about this.
3. What is a "primary" victim supposed to be, anyway?
4. In any case, why should we care about the economic class of the victims? Surely, if all lives are equally valuable, it's irrelevant.
It is likely to prove to be a crushing blow to Palestinians and other poor and oppressed people.
Whoops! That didn't happen. Data from B'tselem and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society show that, aside from a spike around April 2002, the number of Israeli and Palestinian deaths remained relatively constant from September 2000 to January 2004. Now, the region is certainly a bloody mess, and I certainly don't know how to solve it, but that's not the point. The September 11 attacks and our responses to them do not seem to have caused an increase in Palestinian deaths.
It is also likely to lead to harsh security controls, with many possible ramifications for undermining civil liberties and internal freedom.
This is as close as Chomsky gets to the truth in this piece. The increase in security is obvious to anyone who's been to an airport since 9/11 (though I'd hesitate to call it "harsh") and there are also some frightening things in the Patriot Act. Fortunately, the judicial system is hacking away at many of the Bush administration's actions, including the obviously unlawful detention of Jose Padilla, and on the whole I'm optimistic that we'll get through this with most of our Constitution intact.
The events reveal, dramatically, the foolishness of the project of "missile defense." As has been obvious all along, and pointed out repeatedly by strategic analysts, if anyone wants to cause immense damage in the US, including weapons of mass destruction, they are highly unlikely to launch a missile attack, thus guaranteeing their immediate destruction. There are innumerable easier ways that are basically unstoppable.
This is a blatant logical error. The existence of one threat (terrorism) does not magically eliminate another threat (missile attacks), nor does it render useless the methods designed to defend against that other threat (missile defense). Indeed, nobody seems to have clued the North Koreans in to the uselessness of their missiles. There are any number of problems with missile defense (in particular, as of this writing it doesn't seem to work), but the existence of terrorism isn't one of them.
But today's events will, very likely, be exploited to increase the pressure to develop these systems and put them into place. "Defense" is a thin cover for plans for militarization of space, and with good PR, even the flimsiest arguments will carry some weight among a frightened public.
This much turned out to be true.
In short, the crime is a gift to the hard jingoist right, those who hope to use force to control their domains. That is even putting aside the likely US actions, and what they will trigger -- possibly more attacks like this one, or worse. The prospects ahead are even more ominous than they appeared to be before the latest atrocities.
Well, it did do good things for Bush's approval ratings, I suppose, though it also helped create a bunch of people who absolutely despise him. (It was also a nice little gift to Chomsky, who cranked out a lucrative book a few weeks later.) It's worth noting that the use of force is not by any stretch of the imagination limited to the right; for more on this, see the history of the twentieth century.
As to how to react, we have a choice. We can express justified horror; we can seek to understand what may have led to the crimes, which means making an effort to enter the minds of the likely perpetrators. If we choose the latter course, we can do no better, I think, than to listen to the words of Robert Fisk, whose direct knowledge and insight into affairs of the region is unmatched after many years of distinguished reporting.
This is fairly standard for Chomsky, who frequently trades endorsements with Robert "My beating by refugees is a symbol of the hatred and fury of this filthy war" Fisk. (As is widely known, Fisk's supposed "insight" into the region and culture did not keep him from being beaten into a bloody pulp by Afghan refugees. But then, he seemed to enjoy it.)
Describing "The wickedness and awesome cruelty of a crushed and humiliated people," he writes that "this is not the war of democracy versus terror that the world will be asked to believe in the coming days. It is also about American missiles smashing into Palestinian homes and US helicopters firing missiles into a Lebanese ambulance in 1996 and American shells crashing into a village called Qana and about a Lebanese militia – paid and uniformed by America's Israeli ally – hacking and raping and murdering their way through refugee camps." And much more. Again, we have a choice: we may try to understand, or refuse to do so, contributing to the likelihood that much worse lies ahead.
I'm going to leave this bit alone, as most of it is Fisk, not Chomsky. (Besides, I have a strong aversion to discussions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; they tend to decay into pointless shouting.)
That aside, the numerous flaws of this piece are (I hope) quite clear. It does, however, provide a good example of Chomsky's work and the difficulties involved in criticizing it: the errors, distortions, and outright fabrications are so densely packed that it can take a paragraph to critique a sentence. But it's still worth doing--especially when the author is as revered as Noam Chomsky.
Jabbi's "On the Bombings Pt. 1": I regret that I was not clearer. I meant that if someone were to criticize Chomsky for minimizing the American deaths, he would point to the quotation and say that he acknowledged them. But by his own logic, he is minimizing them by devoting less space to them than to the Sudan. As for the facts of the Sudan, they're quite appalling (and I think Clinton should've been impeached for that, not for the whole lying-about-sex business...in a way, it was even more criminal than Iraq II). But whatever these facts may be, Chomsky makes a comparison, then says that we don't know enough about it.
Jabbi's "Irrelevant Deaths": Maybe he is referring to the innocence of the victims. He doesn't say so, and in any case, why isn't some twenty-two-year-old stockbroker considered innocent? Why do the poor, but not the rich, warrant this presumption of innocence? I don't consider it inconsequential that Chomsky is making a statement that he cannot possibly know is true, but there we may disagree.
Jabbi's "Complete Spectrum Dominance": I consider it rather dangerous to assume that nobody will do something insane. Moreover, if missile defense worked, there would be a tactical advantage for the US in that it could prevent effective retaliation by the North Korean missiles, if we were ever to attack them. Not that I want to, but still.
"Dubya's popularity": I don't think I said that Chomsky was expressing leftist bigotry. I did say that the use of force was not limited to the right (which implicitly acknowledges that the right does it too). I did say that Chomsky financially benefited from the book he wrote, which, as far as I can tell, is true. I never said he approved of them.
sid: I'm using Israeli-Palestinian deaths as an index of oppression because I cannot think of another hard statistic that's more relevant. Since we can't even agree about what these data show, I don't really think it would be useful to use something more vague.
Anyway, it's telling that sid chooses to ignore the data from 2000, since these are the data that contradict his point. (Beware of people who throw out data for no good reason.) The data clearly show that in September-December 2000, 272 Palestinians were killed by Israeli security forces. In September-December 2001, 245 Palestinians were killed. Thus, more Palestinians were killed in the last four months of 2000, even though the data from 2000 (but not 2001) only include the last few days of September. More importantly, though, the data show that there are substantial month-by-month fluctuations in the number of Palestinian deaths, and this fluctuation needs to be taken into account (instead of being ignored) before asserting that September 11 had anything to do with any increase or decrease. Go look at the data and see what you think.
Sources: http://www.btselem.org/English/Statistics/Al_Aqsa_Fatalities_Tables.asp For a graph of these data, which shows the extent of the fluctuation, see: http://www.mepc.org/public_asp/resources/mrates.asp
Another piece?
I read Tri's review of Noam Chomsky's short piece On the Bombings published by online political magazine ZMag September 13th 2001 1. Chomsky is, as many know, an industrious writer and probably the most reverred of dissident writers (e.g. Michael Moore, Gore Vidal). Personally, although I lean to the left, I haven't read very much by Chomsky. Only the book What Uncle Sam Wants (which is more of a pamphlet than a book) that recounts the turbulent history of South American countries and American influence there-in. I will make an effort of being subjective and fair in my critique on Tri's comments since it is unfeasible to make this an arena of anything but sensible debate. That having been said I would advise everyone to familiarise yourself with the earlier node before reading further.
On the Bombings pt. 1
Chomsky's emphasis on the August 20th 1998 bombings by U.S of the al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant is not without reason. Moreover Tri's first point in his argument is trivial speculation. He states that "If someone were to criticize Chomski for downplaying the attacks, he can, with mock innocence, point out that he explicitly said that the attacks were atrocities." for that matter if Chomsky were to be accused of misspelling Clinton's name he can point out that he didn't. As of January 22th 2004 the official death toll of the 9/11 attacks stands at 2,749 people. 2 It is unlikely to change and if so not by much. As crude as it seems, I feel obligated to clarify what Chomsky refers to as "Clinton's bombing of the Sudan with no credible pretext". I am not enthusiastic about comparing the loss of human lives. But first of all, do you know anything at all about the Republic of Sudan?
Sudan in a nutshell
According to the CIA World Factbook the population of Sudan was 35,079,814 (July 2000 est.) and then 38,114,160 (July 2003 est.) 3. That's an increase of 3,034,346 or 8.65% in three years which only goes to show how chaotic the state of Sudan is. Under background information in the 2000 version it says "Military dictatorships promulgating an Islamic government have mostly run the country since independence from the UK in 1956. Over the past two decades, a civil war pitting black Christians and animists in the south against the Arab-Muslims of the north has cost at least 1.5 million lives in war and famine-related deaths, as well as the displacement of millions of others.". A civil war has been raging in Sudan since it's independance from the Brits in 1956 with a decade long exception starting in 1972 with the signing of the Addis Ababa agreement. It broke out again in 1983. It is (today) essentially in-fighting between the forces of the national military of pro-islamic President Lt. Gen. Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir and those of resurgent and leader of SPLA (aka SPLM) Dr. John Garang de Mabior. I won't go into who is the "good guy" as this node might swell a bit and as far as I can see reports of both factions tell of cruelty. It is estimated that at least 2.000.000 people have died as a result of the drawn-out civil war and 4.500.000 have been displaced. Some might have to brush up on geography 4.
al-Shifa chemical weapons
On the 20th August 1998 six Tomahawk missiles leveled the al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum (the Sudan capital) to the ground. This was a response to the bombings of U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 13 days earlier that killed around 300 people and injured a few thousand. The bombings were linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist organisation and so was the al-Shifa plant. The official evidence for the allegations that the al-Shifa plant manufactured not medicine but EMPTA, a chemical necessary in the production of VX nerve gas and otherwise useless, was a soil sample supposedly obtained from a yard adjacent to the plant. This cupful of dirt was not made available for public verification which in itself is not reassuring of Mr. Clinton's just intentions. But guess what! All sorts of chemists, when interviewed, claimed that EMPTA has indeed other uses and "could just as easily have been from pesticides or insecticides".5 The alleged chemical weapons factory did in fact only manufacture human and vetinary medicine such as chloroquine tablets which are vital for the treatment of malaria. Richard Becker of Clark's IAC in a delegation to Sudan following the bombings assessed that the al-Shifa plant "had raised Sudan's self-sufficiency in pharmaceuticals from 3% to 50%", that it produced "60-90% of the country's drugs for treating the seven leading causes of death" as well as "all of the country's veterinary medicines.". 5 The al-Shifa plant was positioned in a suburban area, civilian casualties are extremely likely. A pre-emptive U.S. strike on a sovereign state can not be justified, not with a non-existant soil sample, so to speak. Whether al-Shifa was manufacturing a precursor chemical for the VX nerve gas or not may only be known to the few privileged members of powerful inner circles. The U.S. did not present a convincing case to justify this attack, the effects are sure to be long lasting and may have resulted (as of this writing) directly in the deaths of tens of thousands. 5
In light of this I think Chomsky's tacit comparison is not without merit. And yes, more would be known about this regrettable incident had the U.S. not vetoed a U.N. inquiry made by the League of Arab States.
Irrelevant deaths
Tri's intepretation of Chomsky's refering to the victims' by working class professions is unnecessarily political. I think that Chomsky is pointing out their innocence. The motive for these murders probably had preciously little to do with the victims personally. Sadly, such are the prices that some have to pay. Chomsky also emphasizes how horrendous the terrorist acts were, but Tri makes no note of that. In any case, Tri wastes space on a fairly inconsequential statement.
Who's afraid of a Jew?
Chomsky's next two sentences reflect on how individual freedom is likely to become less in the future, even in democratic societies. He fears especially for Palestinians. Tri points out that (statistically) this was an unnecessary worry but that some aspects of life seem to be more restricted. I have no wish to expand further on fatalities in Palestinian jihads or Israeli tyrannies. It is an open secret that prisoners are being kept in violation of their constitutional rights by the U.S. goverment in Guantanamo bay. But Tri is optimistic all will be well, I wish I could share that opinion.
Complete spectrum dominance
Chomsky is yet, again making a perceptive observation that Tri twists around with distorted logic. For a long time nuclear weapons have been political weapons. Means for leverage on the international arena. There has been nuclear armed peace since Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Simply said, nobody is dumb enough to provoke the wrath of everyone else. Which is certainly what will occur if somebody decides to evaporate a city of ten millions or so. North Korea is simply desperate to be taken serious. Chomsky is warning against excessive militarization, not making threats vanish magically. The missile defense system currently being developed by the U.S. army and NASA is a little adventurous, maybe even over-ambitious. I think terrorists are more likely to be practical when contemplating means of mass murder. There are other weapons such as Boeing 747s, dirty bombs, nerve gasses in their armory.
Dubya's popularity
Regretfully, Tri has made another blunder in his analysis. Whereas Chomsky voices his fears that an oppurtunity is presented to "the hard jingoist right" to make haste and apply unfair alterations to the judical system. Tri likes to think that Chomsky is somehow exempting leftist? bigots. Bigotry can exist under all sorts of guises, they don't really need excuses to harass their citizens which is all too evident in countries dubbed rogue states or third world. The cause for concern is the shrinking sphere of freedom in our free, democratic societies. Tri adds insult to injury by insinuating that Chomsky benefitted financially by publishing a book shortly after the 9/11 attacks and therefore approves of them?
Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk is a Middle East news correspondant for The Independent. 6 I haven't read anything of his and find myself unable to either approve of or discredit him. Why Tri deems it necessary to draw our attention to his beating by Afghan refugees as proof of his incompetent "insight" into the region and culture" escapes me altogether. Seems to me that any one of us might happen to be in the wrong dark lit alley at the wrong time.
I think Chomsky's 2 year old statement does him credit. He expresses his condolences for the sufferings of people worldwide and encourages us to understand why they happened and continue to happen. I think Tri is far off track.
Writeup does not mean reply. I apologize. I have neither the time nor desire to bother systematically addressing the above (first writeup) "examination" of this: "Noam Chomsky on the September 11 attacks" point by point, but I will take the time to look at one of its assertions.
Quoting Chomsky: "It is likely to prove to be a crushing blow to Palestinians and other poor and oppressed people" (referring to the events on 11 September). The user then writes:
Whoops! That didn't happen. Data from B'tselem and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society show that, aside from a spike around April 2002, the number of Israeli and Palestinian deaths remained relatively constant from September 2000 to January 2004.
This would be remarkable if it were true. Since the writer chooses to give the "sources" for this conclusion, it is a rather simple task to check them for veracity. Accurately presenting information should be of paramount importance when one is leveling charges of "errors, distortions, and outright fabrications" (even if it is, in this example, only regarding a prediction that Chomsky makesnot something subject to a charge of lying or one of the other accusations) to the one making the claims. Unfortunately for the writer, the assertion is simply not true as the sources show. (For the sake of argument, we'll forget that Chomsky only said that it could "prove to be a crushing blow" not that it would necessarily up the number of deathsbecause that would be...you know: a "rhetorical trick.")
Starting with the B'Tselem site, let's have a look at the statistics, year by year, 2001 to 2003 (rather than looking at an incomplete year2000I'll just use full years). In its figures for Palestinian deaths in the Occupied Territories (including East Jerusalem) by the Israeli Defense Forces, it gives 454 dead. If one breaks 2001 into "pre-September" and "September through December" (months one through eight and the final four months), it breaks down into 209 and 245, respectively. Thus showing a greater rate of deaths in the last four months than the eight preceding ones. Fine, but that's just four monthswhat does 2002 show? Total deaths (same criteria) are 990, nearly twice as many. What about the admitted "spike around April"? Well, the "spike" was actually March and April, with 238 and 247 deaths, respectively. A serious spike for sure, but consider this: if one completely eliminates the deaths from those two months (and nearly 500 dead human beings is not something to take lightly), the number is still over 500. Which is a definite rise from the previous year. In 2003, the number did drop to 573, far better than 2002 but still over 100 more deaths than 2001.
As for Palestinian civilians killed within the Green Line, 2001 saw the deaths of nine, seven of those happening September through December. In 2002 it more than tripled to 29 (though still a comparatively low number when considering the Occupied Territories). As in other cases, it dropped in 2003in fact just under half of 2001 (four deaths).
Israeli civilian deaths in the Occupied Territories (including East Jerusalem) were significantly less and showed less of a rise. In 2001, it was 65 (January-August: 42, September-December 23). The following year was 88. And the "spike"? March was the highest level with 17 dead but April only had fourhigher than three months and tied with a fourth. June and July, with a total of 13 and 15, beat both of the spike months. The year still came out slightly ahead of 2001. There was a definite spike in IDF deaths (a separate category) between February and April with 65 dead (the three-month total still lower than the Palestinian deaths for February alone: 75 deaths). There was a significant drop in 2003 with only 25 deaths.
Israeli civilian deaths within the Green Line were higher, but still show the trend that killings rose post-September 2001. In 2001, 86 deaths were recorded with 38 occurring in the last four months of the year. The number slightly more than doubled in 2002 to 183. The spike month for those deaths was March which had 65 deaths. Even without the spike, over 100 Israelis died that year, 32 more than 2001. In 2003, the number dropped to 104still higher than 2001. While this is all interesting, instructive, and terribly tragic, of course, the claim zeroes in on the Palestinians: "The September 11 attacks and our responses to them do not seem to have caused an increase in Palestinian deaths."
Since it's clear that B'Tselem does not support the contention that the "number of Israeli and Palestinian deaths remained relatively constant," perhaps a glance at the second source will contradict the results. We can take a look at what the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (The Red Crescent Society is the Muslim version of the Red Cross). Things fare no better for the allegation according to the statistics. In 2001 (numbers are for total daily deaths in the West Bank and Gaza), 577 are listed, 280 of which happened between September and December. The next year the figure almost doubles to 1068. The spike months (March and April) are fairly close figures, 234 and 245, respectively. Eliminating them still leaves 589 deathscloser (after ignoring nearly 600 deaths) but slightly higher than the previous year. The next year totaled 664 deaths, almost 100 more than 2001 and over half of the previous year's total even with the two spike months.
Going a step further, a glance at the data offered by the Middle East Policy Council (from a link at the Red Crescent site) shows the same trends. Much more detailed than the others, its data were collected from the above sites as well as the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For the Israeli side, it shows 179 dead in 2001, 71 during the last four months. For 2002, 420 dead, 247 without the two-month spike (68 more than the previous year). In 2003, 183 were recorded as having died, again higher (though only by a few) than 2001. On the Palestinian side, 2001 saw 532 dead, 261 between September and December (almost half). The next year saw 1080 Palestinians die in the conflict, over twice as many as the previous year. Even without the spike, 589 died. Again higher than all of 2001. The next year, 654 diedover 120 more than 2001.
In nearly every category, it seems clear that deaths for both Israelis and Palestinians went up and not just because of the "spike around April 2002" (March and Aprilthe MEPC site shows 77 more Israelis died in March than April, Palestinians were about even). It seems that the actual "point" is that it is demonstrably true (using the sources that are claimed to show they "remained relatively constant") that Palestinian and Israeli deaths increased after 11 September, even if one wishes to argue about the causal link between the event/response and the violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories. If one wishes to attack someone for alleged "errors, distortions, and outright fabrications," one should avoid those self same things. "Whoops," indeed.
Sources: http://www.btselem.org/English/Statistics/Al_Aqsa_Fatalities_Tables.asp http://www.palestinercs.org/crisistables/table_of_figures.htm http://www.mepc.org/public_asp/resources/mrates.asp
A further oddity about the writeup is that the text differs from Chomsky's written statement of 12 September 2001 (http://www.counterpunch.org/chomskybomb.html). A couple minor textural things and a strange combining of sentences that were originally separated by paragraph breaks. The most interesting of the (again minoryet curious) differences is that Chomsky writes about "the foolishness of ideas about 'missile defense'", while the above has it changed to "the foolishness of the project of 'missile defense.'" Both versions are easliy found on the web. What that means I cannot say but it certainly is odd.
Unfortunately continuing....
Actually there was a good reason to leave out 2000 that has nothing to do with the suggestion that I'm trying to hide something (it was left unnoted for the sake of brevityso much for that). The second Intifada began on 29 September 2000 (which is why the data only includes the last few days of Septemberbeware of people who leave out context). An eruption which in the first few days the IDF fired an estimated "700,000 bullets and other projectiles" in the West Bank and "around 300,000 in Gaza" (Hirst). This would necessarily skew the numbers because of a direct precipitating event, which isn't useful for comparison purposes.
Most of the deaths occurred in October and November (using B'Tselem's statistics) with 100 and 109, respectively. By December, it dropped to a bit less than half (48). It dropped by more than half again in January (18) and only got within three of the December figure once (May) until September 2001. If one wishes to leave out the "spike around April 2002," then the one in late 2000 should be out as well (for better reasons).
If one looks at the graph (http://www.mepc.org/public_asp/resources/mrates.asp) and notes the number of (Palestinian) points above the line indicating 50 deaths, one can see that for the year before 11 September and the year after (leaving out the four "spike" months) one gets two between September 2000 through August 2001 and five between September 2001 through August 2002. Even stronger is the fact that between September 2002 and August 2003 there are ten points above the line. It went up each year.
If there isn't another metric for "oppression" to bring up, then it seems pointless to bring it up at all other than as an apparent smear against the original article (the "whoops" comment is more than a little telling, in and of itself). As you write: "Since we can't even agree about what these data show, I don't really think it would be useful to use something more vague." If other things would be "more vague" and since these numbers do not show what is claimed (or are arguably inconclusive), it should have been excluded from the piece rather than asserted as a fact that proves something.
Of course there is some fluctuation but there is also a very clear escalation for the year following 11 Septembersomething that is claimed did not happen ("the number of Israeli and Palestinian deaths remained relatively constant from September 2000 to January 2004"). And if there are all these "substantial fluctuations," it seems odd how these deaths have "remained relatively constant" or that this was used as a valid criticism of anythingeven a prediction which, if wrong, would still not constitute the smug charge of "errors, distortions, and outright fabrications" the piece purports to list.
Further, I did not "[assert] that September 11 had anything to do with any increase or decrease" which a simple reading of what I did write shows: "...even if one wishes to argue about the causal link between the event/response and the violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories." My point was to show that the figures from the sources cited do not back up the claim in the "critique." And they still don't.
Additional source: The Gun and the Olive Branch 2003 edition David Hirst
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