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In 1982, when Martin Yan launched his legendary cooking show, Yan Can Cook, on PBS, American home cooks were just getting acquainted with soy sauce. (Remember your first bottle of La Choy?) So unless you grew up with it, bok choy (and its Chinese cabbage kin) was a stranger to these parts, or at the most, the stuff of exotica.
Fast forward 30 years, and bok choy is a beloved mainstay of Chinese-American carryout menus, where so many of us likely got our first taste. These days, it's available everywhere, from big-box stores to farmers' markets, ethnic corner stores to specialty produce shops. Still, many home cooks shy away from this friendly, lightning quick-cooking green.
Brief History
Botanically we're talking about the Brassicas, the extended family of plants that includes kale, collard greens and various cabbages. A while back, Real Food colleague Megan Saynisch schooled us on the original cabbage gang (B. oleracea), which dates to ancient Egyptian times. It would be more than a thousand years before early cabbages would surface in China, around 500 AD. Were these first editions what we know today as bok choy – with its frilly leaf and celery-like stalk? Or were they rosette-like leaves of tatsoi or the chard-looking Canton bok choy? Since they're all part of the B. rapa, chinensis group, aka Chinese cabbage, we may never know.
Bok choy made its way to Korea in the 14th century during the Joseon Dynasty as a key ingredient in kimchi, a condiment made from fermented vegetables that is a mainstay of that country's diet.
Several sources refer to acclaimed 16th century Chinese pharmacist Li Shizhen, who purportedly touts the disease-fighting properties of bok choy in his renowned Compendium of Materia Medica.
It is said that bok choy migrated to Japan after the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905 ) when Japanese soldiers who fought in China returned home with their newfound vegetable delectable.
Its history in the United States is closely linked with the massive wave of Chinese immigration to California in the 1800s. By 1870, Chinese immigrants made up between 15 and 50 percent of the farm labor force.
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- In Singapore, where vertical farming is a burgeoning industry, commercial growers are enjoying great success with bok choy, which is responding well to 30-feet-high stacked conditions.
- In the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, an urban farm is using hydroponics to grow bok choy year round to feed its hungry neighbors.
- Although it will forever be known first and foremost as a Chinese green, bok choy has worked its way into many cuisines around the world, particularly in the Caribbean, the result of the massive Chinese diaspora of the 19th century. Don't be surprised if you see "pak choi" or "joy choy" on menus or in markets in Trinidad, Guyana, Jamaica or Cuba. In Britain and Australia, "pak choy" is a common spelling.
- In Chinese, the word "choy/choi" means vegetable and "bok" (or "pak") means "white."
Because bok choy is considered a specialty crop under the eyes of the USDA, statistics on commercial production are hard to come by. But we do know that California is one of – if not the leading – state for Chinese cabbage. There's some commercial production also taking place in Florida and Arizona. Due to a continued immigrant influx in Canada, there's a surging interest there in growing specialty ethnic crops, including bok choy.
Although available year round in supermarkets, bok choy is a cool weather crop (like kale, it's frost resistant) and shows up at farmers' markets and in CSA boxes during spring and fall. Veteran vegetable gardeners know that bok choy can't take the heat and will bolt in summer months.
Environmental Impact
Just because conventional head cabbage is on the Environmental Working Group's "Clean 15" (lower pesticide residue) list doesn't mean you can assume that bok choy is in the clear. In fact, there's no mention of bok choy in EWG's 2012 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, but as per usual, we recommend buying organic whenever possible to avoid insecticide residues. And during spring and fall, keep an eye out for bok choy at farmers' markets or farm stands, and talk to your grower about production methods. Often growers who can't afford organic certification are actually farming without chemicals. And here's a friendly reminder to wash your produce, even if it's organic. (See our veggie rule of thumb*.)
Given the myriad spellings and name convention, it's tough out there for an aspiring bok choy cooker, particularly in the produce section.
Here's the skinny from two favorite sources:
In Stir-Frying to the Wok's Edge, Chinese cooking doyenne Grace Young explains that what's labeled as bok choy is most likely the large (8 to 11 inches tall) fully grown bunch, with white stalks and dark green leaves. This can be tougher and stringier than baby bok choy, which comes in two varieties – the kind that looks like a miniature version of the big-boy bok choy, with dark ruffled leaves, and the prized Shanghai bok choy. Known for its pale green leaves and the "spoonlike shape of its stems," Shanghai bok choy has a delicate texture and sweet flavor, and is what most Americans know as "baby bok choy. "
And for those who frequent Asian markets, Elizabeth Schneider (Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini) points out a few varieties worth considering:
Canton bok choy (aka dwarf bok choy), which is shorter and squatter than a fully grown bok choy but with curly leaves, similar to Swiss chard.
Choy sum: Typically a flowering and thinner stalked plant, often referred to as "vegetable heart."
Tatsoi (aka rosette bok choy): If you like mesclun salad mix you're probably familiar with the flat, almost heart-shaped (or lollipop) leaves, slightly ruffled and with a short stem in a shade of celery green. It's often mixed with other salad greens because of its stronger flavor. Lovely when quickly wilted and tossed with a mustard-y vinaigrette. Bunches on their own look like flower bouquets.
Not bok choy, but Napa cabbage, arguably the most well-known headless variety of Chinese cabbage, is often used interchangeably in kimchi. It's part of the closely related pekinensis group of the B. rapa species.
What to look for
Stalks should be firm and free of blemishes. Nothing bruised or mushy, please. Leaves should be perky (i.e. no sagging) and a vibrant shade of green, with no brown or yellow spots, which are signs of age.
Bok choy is a good way to keep those Vitamin C, potassium and calcium reservoirs filled, but where it really stands out is in the Vitamin A department, in the form of immune-boosting, disease-fighting, vision-strengthening beta-carotene. For those who don't meat or dairy, which are naturally rich in Vitamin A, these dark leafy greens can help fill the gap. Plus, one cup contains just 20 calories!
What to do with it
Regardless of which variety of choy you wind up with, they're all delicious and there's a lot you can do with them.
Smaller varieties are more perishable and should be used within three days; their larger counterparts have a slighter longer crisper life, maybe about five days. Plastic bags encourage moisture, a fast track to decay, so try storing in mesh bags or in damp kitchen towels in the refrigerator.
Cooking tips
Because the stalks take considerably longer to cook than the leaves, many chefs recommend blanching (parboiling) bok choy for 60 seconds before stir-frying or braising. This is fine if you're braising – gently cooking in a sauce – but if just-blanched bok choy is wet, it will steam rather than sear in the hot oil.
My suggestion: Separate the bok choy, no matter what size, into stalks and leaves. Cook the stalks first, time depending on size, then add the leaves, which typically take no more than two minutes to wilt.
The recipe below is very classic, using Chinese rice wine and soy sauce, but consider using Champagne as your broth, or mushroom stock, and hoisin or oyster sauce as your flavor agent. I'm tempted to try pomegranate molasses or balsamic vinegar next time.
Lots of recipes call for the addition of diced bacon or ham to start off a bok choy stir-fry; what if we added a thinly sliced apple to the stalks, too?
Deep-fried chiffonade as a garnish?
Below, a classic recipe to get you started and use as a template. Ten minutes is all you need, start to finish!
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Ferment it and make kimchi! The process of lacto-fermentation results in pro-biotic enzymes that revive the digestive system and boost our immunity.
Stir-Fried Baby Bok Choy
Adapted from Stir-Frying to the Sky's Edge by Grace Young
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons Shao Hsing rice wine or dry sherry
1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons neutral oil
3 quarter-size slices of fresh ginger
1 pound baby bok choy (about 6 bunches)
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
In a small bowl, combine the water and rice wine and soy sauce.
Separate the bok choy into stalks. Trim the very end of each stalk with a sharp knife. Place the stalks in a bowl of water to rinse. Cut the stalks into 2-inch-long pieces, then the leaves, and keep in separate piles.
Heat a wok (or a wide skillet about 14 inches) over heat high until a bead of water vaporizes within 1 to 2 seconds of contact.Swirl in 1 tablespoon of the oil, then add the ginger and stir-fry for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add the bok choy stems and stir-fry for 30 seconds to 1 minute, or until the stems are coated with oil. Swirl in the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil, and add the leaves. Stir-fry until the leaves are limp, about 90 seconds. Pour the liquid mixture into the wok. Cover and cook for about 30 seconds, then remove the cover and cook for an additional 1 minute, until the bok choy is that balance between crisp and tender.
Makes 4 servings.


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Would albinism be an advantage?
This young man is albino, meaning he lacks pigment in his skin, hair, and eyes. The same thing happens in other species. Albinism would be a disadvantage to most animals since they need to blend into their environment to avoid predators or catch prey. How, then, does the gene that causes albinism stay in the gene pool?
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Natural selection acts on the phenotype (traits or characteristics) of an individual. On the other hand, natural selection does not act on the underlying genotype (the genetic makeup) of an individual. For many traits, the homozygous genotype, AA, for example, has the same phenotype as the heterozygous Aa genotype. If both an AA and Aa individual have the same phenotype, the environment cannot distinguish between them. So natural selection cannot select for a homozygous individual over a heterozygous individual. Even if the "aa" phenotype is lethal, the recessive a allele, will be maintained in the population through heterozygous Aa individuals. Furthermore, the mating of two heterozygous individuals can produce homozygous recessive (aa) individuals.
Since natural selection acts on the phenotype, if an allele causes death in a homozygous individual, aa, for example, it will not cause death in a heterozygous Aa individual. These heterozygous Aa individuals will then act as carriers of the a allele, meaning that the a allele could be passed down to offspring. This allele is said to be kept in the population's gene pool. The gene pool is the complete set of alleles within a population.
For example, Tay-Sachs disease is a recessive human genetic disorder. That means only individuals with the homozygous recessive genotype, rr will be affected. Affected individuals usually die from complications of the disease in early childhood. The two parents are each heterozygous (Rr) for the Tay-Sachs gene; they will not die in childhood and will be carriers of the disease gene. This deadly allele is kept in the gene pool even though it does not help humans adapt to their environment. This happens because evolution acts on the phenotype, not the genotype (Figure below).
Tay-Sachs disease is inherited in the autosomal recessive pattern. Each parent is an unaffected carrier of the lethal allele.
- carrier: Individual who is heterozygous (Aa) for a recessive trait; a carrier can pass the allele for a trait to the offspring, but does not express the trait.
- gene pool: Complete set of alleles in a population.
- genotype: Genetic makeup of an individual.
- phenotype: Traits or characteristics of an individual.
- Natural selection acts on the phenotype (the traits or characteristics) of an individual, not on the underlying genotype.
- Carriers of a trait can show no symptoms of a recessive disease and, yet, still pass it on to their offspring.
Use the resource below to answer the questions that follow.
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- What would happen if a harmful gene were dominant?
- How can a harmful gene "hide"?
- What's the difference between phenotype and genotype?
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But for now it's off back to Quito...to reconnect with Lisa...and to go to the infamous Holy Friday celebration....I've seen pictures....want to be there in person for the parade thru the streets.
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So it's the Friday before Easter...and it may seem that I keep reporting in on these religious themes...well one doesn't have to search hard to realize that Catholicism is a cornerstone of life here...the uniformity of religious belief as compared to the diversity in the US is striking. And the integration of that religion into all parts of living. No separation of church and state...or church and anything else. So the parade....
Quite a scene...I guess there are other places in the world that celebrate similarly but I've never seen anything quite like this. Lots of men dressed up as Jesus and carrying these heavy weight crosses for miles in the street...barefoot and sweating...worn down...crown of thorns (looks more like barbed wire) and all...exhausted by the end. Others with long railroad tie-like pieces of wood across their shoulders...some with chains around their ankles...everyone has their burden...and I believe there's a sort of atonement going on here for past regressions. And then there are just loads of people, mostly men, with purple hooded robes on with eye holes...kind of freaky given our history of similarly pointed-head white robes in the states. Well you check out the photos and see for yourselves...maybe you've been to such an event already...But on this day in Quito, there are throngs of people in the streets....everyone is out...not only for the whole very serious religious theme going on for Semana Santa but also to socialize and to festivalize... Quito at its best as far as I'm concerned...must be time to move on...


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Eric Chaney scored 19 points Tuesday to lead the New Albany Bulldogs to a 63-60 double overtime victory against visiting Greenwood in the opening round of the MHSAA North 4A Tournament.
The Bulldogs (16-13) will play the Daily Journal's top-ranked regular season team, Corinth (23-6), at 4 p.m. Thursday in the tournament quarterfinals at Corinth.
Greenwood's Deandre Williams led all scorers with 27 points in a losing effort.
(B) Ingomar 82, Montgomery County 52: The Falcons, headed up by first-year coach Jonathan Ashley, clinched a host berth for the North 1A Boys Tournament with their first-round win.
Henry Foster scored 32 points to lead Ingomar (23-12). The Falcons will play Biggersville at 4 p.m. Thursday in the quarterfinals.
(B) Corinth 75, Caledonia 46: Raheem Sorrell and Jose Contreras scored 15 points apiece to lead the Journal's No. 1-ranked Warriors into a Class 4A North Mississippi quarterfinals game against New Albany.
The game is scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday in Corinth, where the Warriors have won 18 straight.
(B) Biggersville 105, Vardaman 44: Daniel Simmons scored 25 to lead the Lions into the North 1A quarterfinals.
(B) Blue Mountain 76, Smithville 54: The Cougars (28-4) got 23 points from Jacob Girley and 21 from Trevario McClinton to advance to the North 1A Tournament quarterfinals at Ingomar.
Blue Mountain's opponent at 7 p.m. will be Coldwater, a 90-39 winner over Greenville St. Joseph.
(B) Aberdeen 104, Independence 33: The Bulldogs scored 51 points in the first half of their North 4A Tournament opener. Rico Haughton scored 25 points to lead Aberdeen (22-7).
(B) Coahoma County 64, Potts Camp 55: Coahoma County eliminated the Cardinals in their North 2A opener and advanced to Thursday's quarterfinal at Baldwyn against the host Bearcats.
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(B) Okolona 68, South Delta 56: Donovan Ivy scored 17, Rudell Bell 16 and Alex Clark 15 to lead the Chieftains to a North 2A win. Next up is Coahoma AHS in Thursday's quarterfinals in Baldwyn.
(G) Canton 54, Oxford 41: The defending 4A state champion Lady Chargers saw their season end with a road loss.
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It was not surprising, though still troubling, to learn that aides to Gov. Phil Bryant advised the Department of Public Safety to stall a lawful public records request made by a Daily Journal reporter.
The Associated Press obtained emails among members of the governor's staff and DPS discussing ways to avoid complying with the law regarding concealed-carry and enhanced-carry gun permit records. While the governor's legal counsel, Jack Wilson, wrote that state law "currently makes it clear they are subject to the public records act," the email exchange discussed ways to stall long enough to give the Legislature time to change the law and close the records from public view.
While this may have been a popular political stand, it's not the kind of behavior we should expect from the governor's office and a state law enforcement agency. They should be in the business of seeing that laws are carried out, not skirted.
That Bryant's office was involved became fairly obvious earlier this month at a legislative hearing in which a Department of Public Safety representative acknowledged the department had deliberately delayed the Journal's request. At the same meeting, the Senate sponsor of a bill to close the records said he'd sped up the bill in response. The AP's securing of the records just confirmed that involvement. These officials all wanted to avoid complying with the law until the law could be changed, and they wanted to get it changed as fast as they could.
The Daily Journal had no intention of publishing the names of any permit holders, and we have said so repeatedly. Our reporter made what was a routine public records request to assist in his coverage of gun issues and trends in our area, just as a Journal reporter had done in 2006 and met no resistance.
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Now maybe someone can help this poor uneducated scientist out with some economics. It is my understanding that the money for all of this will either be borrowed or printed, both of which do not sound good to me right now. Additionally, taxes are being cut so less revenue will be coming in. Please, please help me here, if most or all of this is to be borrowed money, how do any of these projects do anything to pay that money back? If I run a business and ask for a loan the bank is going to want to know exactly how the money I am asking for is going to eventually translate into money to pay them back. They may loan me money for raw materials or a new building, but only if those materials are going to be processed into goods that I can sell or the building is going to increase production or decrease cost, something has to be making money for me to get money. Now it seems to me the government is borrowing money for things that will never generate money, other than in tax revenue from you and I working, but even that at the current rate will never be enough to pay the money back. If none, or at best very, very few, of these projects will ever produce any revenue other than taxes where is the money going to come from to pay it back to China? All I can think is that somewhere down the line there will be an astronomic tax increase for us or our children to just pay the interest on this money. Am I wrong?


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Who won ?
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The white house declares war on terror over....
Who won ?
Link http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...errorism-over/
"Communism only works in Heaven, where they don't need it, and in Hell, where they already have it" Ronald Reagan
The liberals are in control. So just like youth T ball...Who won ?
Everyone wins/loses/whatever..?
Maybe FTs should be that way?
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The winners are the terrs. They began to win in Nov of 08
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Who won?
Do the math- the guy in the big chair is named Barrack Hussein Obama.
We have met the enemy..................
There are three classes of people: those who see...those who see when shown...and those who do not see. - Leonardo da Vinci
Looks like we won before Obama took office.
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This is eye-opening, to say the least! You can check this out at the end on the truth or fiction web site.
From the London Times
Ready for a shock? Below is an article from the London Times about our military. Interesting, it is! Our media coverage is shameful!
Winning Isn't News
By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
Iraq: What would happen if the U.S. won a war but the media didn't tell the American public? Apparently, we have to rely on a British newspaper for the news that we've defeated the last remnants of al-Qaida in Iraq .


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As December speeds by, many last minute buyers feel the urgency to find just the right gift for a particular person. BUT, in that search for something cool, people often forget about safety. Before you buy this year, you may want to check out what the Consumer Product Safety Commission has to say about that gift that your family or friends really want. After all, it's no fun to get (or give) a present that isn't up to par and has to be returned.
If you are still in need of some gift ideas why not check out my Guide to Gift Guides? You are sure to find the perfect gift for anyone!
Oh – and if you wanna buy something for ME (cuz you love me and all) take a look at My Wishlist! I'm kidding!! (no I'm not, lol)


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He creates new musical instruments out of old electronics, such as a Casio SK-1 synthesizer keyboard that looks quite normal until your gaze expands to encompass the matrix of toggle switches attached to its right end and the Atari joystick (complete with button) on the left. The switches and joystick are so seamlessly integrated, so tightly put together, that for a moment it becomes hard to envision the keyboard without those add-ons, all wired into the keyboard's internal circuitry, allowing the instrument to produce music far beyond what its manufacturers intended. Sure, the keys and pre-recorded drum rhythms are still there, but flipping switches and playing with the joystick morph the sound into new realms, warping standard keyboard tones into warbles, groans, creaks, and screeches. (If you still haven't gotten the picture, go check out the setup — and its music — at one of Richmond's numerous local club gigs; he performs as Computer At Sea.)
The term "nerd-crafting" has emerged in the popular culture to apply to work like Richmond's, which goes beyond traditional crafting (think the knit hats and handmade jewelry that are also so popular in Portland) into something related to geek- or nerd-dom, like electronics, comics, or video games. Richmond says his work is part of "the increasingly visible maker culture." It's more than traditional crafting (think knit hats and handmade jewelry), also popular in Portland.
Another of his devices is an OmniChord, an '80s-era electronic instrument with a touch-sensitive strip of metal a player can use to "strum" it. Not satisfied with that capability in a machine made a couple decades ago, Richmond pierced the case with several dozen furniture tacks and then opened it up and wired each tack to a different area of the internal sound-creation or -modification electronics. Now, pretty much wherever you touch the device, the sound it is making changes. (Richmond does wire those and other instruments into an un-modified MPC 2000 drum-machine/sampler/sequencer, in an effort to create music from these sounds, rather than simply making different noises.)
He started this sort of work, called circuit-bending, in 2007, modifying existing — often obsolete — electronic devices to create new sounds. Inspired by a circuit-bent Speak & Spell he spotted on eBay but could not afford (it was selling for hundreds of dollars), he decided to figure out how to make his own and discover what he calls "unheard sounds in the universe."
But it's still tantalizing, Richmond says: "There's always the chance that you could uncover a totally never-before-heard sound."
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With Ashton Kutcher taking over for Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men, there was one issue – how would the show get rid of Sheen's character? The current gossip is that the show is going to have his character die offscreen and feature his funeral on the first episode. But Charlie Harper won't be the only character to die offscreen. Real life deaths and storyline changes have also resulted in other characters facing similar fates.
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I have been listening to the DNC speeches. Did I hear it said that insurance companies have been making refunds on premiums we have paid?
Or did they say that insurance companies will be making refunds on premiums in the future?
We have not received any refunds on our medical insurance premium. We pay the same amount every month. We are healthy. We have little medical care costs. Our insurance premium exceeds the cost of our medical care and has for years.
What did change though is what is covered and the amount of coverage. Several months ago we got a letter outlining coverage changes. Coverage is less, not more. For example: they used to pay 80% for a mammogram. Now it is 60%.


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Merry Christmas from the New Orleans Assassin…
Hello again.
Yes, I still kill people for a living.
But this doesn't mean I can't be imbued with the holiday spirit, I am…in my own way. Just yesterday I was standing at the corner of Mandeville and St. Claude Ave when I noticed an SUV going much faster than it should have, so I took out the driver side rear tire with one well placed shot. Had to. There was a group of teenagers up ahead and I didn't want to take any chances that Christmas might be ruined for another family, well, at least not for a family that didn't deserve it.
Pay it forward, I always say.
'Tis the season.
Anyways, I just wanted to mention a couple of things up here, send out a hearty Ho-Ho-Ho…and note a couple of people, in a good way, who've been doing a lot of good work for the city I love…
To those at NOLAFemmes for their social/political commentary and the great architectural photography…Merry Christmas.
To American Zombie for his political coverage and the well done documentary about that computer crash…I got my eye on the Orleans Parish Clerk of Court office…
To all the people at Slabbed for helping me narrow down my, well, let's just call it my "christmas" list.
To Editilla at New Orleans Ladder for helping me stay informed about the entire region…when you're an assassin, it all starts with the information. You can't put the cart before the horse…Merry Christmas.
To Katy at Katy's Exposure, for the same reasons I follow Slabbed.
To Levees.Org and their petition to request the New York Times begin referring to the real cause of the New Orleans flooding…it was the Levees, stupid, even an assassin knows the importance of language in framing the debate.
To The Lens and their ongoing coverage of the whole New Orleans jail facility situation…some of you out there might think I couldn't possibly have a conscience, what with the killing and all, but I do…a strong conscience, one that has been known to plague me on occasion. When I fulfill a contract, I only do so if it's my belief that the…well, let's just call him or her the "FCC"…when I am called to fulfill a contract I only do so if I believe the "FCC" has committed a crime and belongs in jail. If I don't feel the "FCC" belongs in jail, then I don't fulfill the contract, but believe me you, the "FCCs" recommended to me almost always belong in jail. That being said, one of the techniques used in reasoning with my conscience is how the city of New Orleans just doesn't have the room in their jails for all the "FCCs" I have to kill, but as the Lens has been writing about, the city and their sheriff (Gusman…major idiot, believe me…in my line of work…I know) are getting approval to build the most ridiculously sized jail for the population size of New Orleans. If you build it, they will come, eh? Well, If this jail and its thousands of beds go through, that's more trouble for my conscience and I don't like that kind of trouble. It makes me want to kill the FCC.
And finally, to all the other New Orleans bloggers, writers and most importantly, to all the people in the city and the region who are suffering as a result of the economy and British Petroleum's oil spill. For what it's worth, you're in my thoughts and I wish you all moments of joy over the holidays and a better year to come…
Merry Christmas everybody…
This one's from the New Orleans Assassin:
Be well, and if ya need me, as always, leave a chalk "X" under the last pew, furthest to the left at St. Louis Cathedral and I'll find you, I can always find anybody, at any time.
I'm like Santa Claus that way.
Obama's FCC Sells Out Internet Freedom and Calls it Net-Neutrality
Obama, just like he campaigned on a promise to end Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy, also promised America net-neutrality. Today, the FCC and Julius Genachowski will hold a vote on their FCC's proposed "Net Neutrality" rules and it is expected to pass. When it does, Obama will more than likely claim that he has protected the internet for everyone and fulfilled his campaign promise.
And if this is indeed his claim, Obama will be entirely full of shit, again.
The FCC's proposal does not protect the open internet. Their proposal is a gift to the Telecom Industry and is what Senator Al Franken, among others, calls the end of the internet as we know it.
The internet, under the FCC's new rules will turn what was once free into cable television where you pay for what you get and the internet providers are free to charge you what they will for each tier of service.
We pay more and they will profit, immensely. And on wireless internet, like on Ipads, or cell-phones? Providers like AT&T and Verizon can restrict what websites they offer on their systems. Want Netflix, want Youtube? No longer up to you, it will be up to them.
This is not Net-Neutrality.
This is bullshit.
This is Obama selling out the public for the benefit of wealth and corporations, again.
But don't take my word for it, read on:
Obama FCC Caves on Net Neutrality – Tuesday Betrayal Assured
Telecoms appear on brink of victory in Net Neutrality fight
FCC Net Neutrality Rules Slammed From All Sides
Just because you call it Net Neutrality, don't make it so.
Have a nice day.
The Head, It Spins…
In a quick perusal of the news this morning…and yesterday for that matter, I felt like a boxer taking punch after punch…and I gotta say it, I'm aggravated and disappointed, yet at the same time, more comfortable and secure in the correctness of my views that the government doesn't care about anything but corporations and what they believe they can get away with, the problem with wilileaks isn't what they reveal about our state department but instead that they have been revealed, the government's importance of controlling information at every level, more government handouts to large business as the order of the day while cutting off unemployment benefits to people, and at the same time, the GOP demands to keep tax cuts for the wealthy…oh, and global warming? What do you mean global warming?
Walk with me:
From Peter S. Goodman at Huffingtonpost – "Republicans in Congress have held up the extension of unemployment benefits and are also demanding an extension of the tax cuts President George W. Bush handed out to the wealthiest Americans. They are selling this as a stand against fiscally reckless spending and oversized government — a form of pandering that poses dire consequences to the economy. Unlike wealthy people handed tax cuts, laid-off workers receiving unemployment checks tend to inject nearly all of that money directly into the economy, leaving their dollars at the local supermarket, the hardware store, and the auto repair shop, supporting jobs for people who work at those places. Cutting off those checks deprives the economy of cash just as the market is showing tentative signs of improvement."
Yet, we are supposed to believe that extending tax cuts to those who don't need them, who don't create jobs, who don't inject money into the economy, this is a good thing and fiscally responsible. Meanwhile, the banks have been given billions, trillions, to stay afloat, because they are more important then…um…you.
From Rawstory – Under pressure from Joe Lieberman, Amazon stopped hosting Wikileaks. In a statement from Joe – "I wish that Amazon had taken this action earlier based on Wikileaks' previous publication of classified material. The company's decision to cut off Wikileaks now is the right decision and should set the standard for other companies Wikileaks is using to distribute its illegally seized material. I call on any other company or organization that is hosting Wikileaks to immediately terminate its relationship with them. Wikileaks' illegal, outrageous, and reckless acts have compromised our national security and put lives at risk around the world. No responsible company – whether American or foreign – should assist Wikileaks in its efforts to disseminate these stolen materials. I will be asking Amazon about the extent of its relationship with Wikileaks and what it and other web service providers will do in the future to ensure that their services are not used to distribute stolen, classified information."
Hey Joe, first off, when we read stories such as this one about the Supreme Court, the very conservative supreme court questioning the broad government use of Freedom of Information Act exemptions to withhold documents and keep Americans in the dark about what the government we pay for is doing…well, you reap what you sow. Of course people are going to put this info out there when they get it and of course people are going to want to read it. From you, we get, "war on terror," and "these are dangerous times," and "national security"…ad nauseum, treating us like children who wouldn't understand. Worse still, what the hell are you diplomats doing? Sounds to me like a lot of games, lying and bad behavior. Instead of treating us like children, perhaps it is time for us to be the parents because you jackasses have obviously been left to your own devices for too long.
Also from the Huffingtonpost – Incoming House Republicans plan to scrap "unnecessary" global warming committee. They claim they are doing this in a cost cutting move, designed to save waste. yeah, you guys are brilliant. In the spirit of cost-cutting I think if I'm ever diagnosed with cancer, I'll tell my doctor I don't want treatment because it will save me money in the short term.
Back to Rawstory and the FCC's proposal for internet freedom: learning the rules of new politics, the FCC finally figured out how to get net neutrality for all, they simply have to create a piece of (shit) legislation that glad-hands corporations and internet service providers while screwing the general public, and then call it "net-neutrality" despite the fact it is anything but. It's kind of like how the Patriot Act curtailed personal freedoms and invited the government to spy or how Bush's Forest Preservation act actually allowed more clear-cutting of the nations forests. Same thing. The rules proposed by the FCC will allow for tiered systems and higher pay rates, essentially taking the free and open internet and turning it into cable television, pay for basic, extended, shell out some extra cash for HBO, Showtime, and for all you losers who still want things free, go watch the fucking networks. Oh, and on wireless technology, the future of the internet? No rules. It all adds up to restricted information, pay rates, less innovation and most importantly, a ton of money to AT+T, Google, Verizon, Comcast, Sprint, all paid for, by you, despite Obama's pledge to do precisely the opposite.
And on a more amusing nature – it would appear that Congress is going to soon be back in the business of attacking art museums. Wonderful. Important stuff. An image of ants on a crucifix? That's the crime? Are you fucking kidding me? So some dipshit congressman from Georgia wants an investigation…good for you, sir…good for you.
Ah yes, so here we are if you're keeping score:
Telecom corporations, multinational banks, wealthy tax breaks, government transparency, foreclosures, saving money at the expense of science, global warming debate and attacking art…good.
Unemployment benefits, knowledge and the American people, you…bad.
Oh, and in case you're new to this blog and believe all is well in the Gulf Coast, why not take a look at this and perchance, reconsider your views – In the Bayou, Husband and Wife Battle Oil Disaster and Fish for Survival.
Ain't nothing over down there…nothing, much as BP and the NOAA are trying to convince you otherwise.
Okay, I think it might be time to go put an "X" in chalk on the farthest left, third pew to the back inside St. Louis Cathedral, or maybe I'll just go get a drink. Yeah, after work tonight I think I'll just go get a drink and then get to thinking about where this country is heading, have some conversation and try to figure out a way to get more people involved in their own future, cause it sure won't happen watching reality television.
Hear that?
That was the sound of me getting off my soapbox, time to go to work.
Have a nice day.
Rep. Waxman Turns Back on Net-Neutrality, Consumer's Internet Freedoms
Ed. Note: Today (Sep 30th) this legislation was tabled…so for now, never mind. It's back in the FCC's court.
From Rawstory:
Legislative text put forward by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) under the banner of mandating network neutrality would instead prevent the government from requiring broadband providers to treat all Internet traffic equally.
Waxman, who has vowed that he would support the so-called 'Net Neutrality' policy proposals favored by most Democrats and progressives, has instead put forward an as-yet-unsettled legislative framework that explicitly prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from regulating broadband Internet under Title II of the Communications Act: a caveat key to implementation of what's been called the Internet's First Amendment.
Should the president sign a bill containing Waxman's language, it would effectively kill 'Net Neutrality' efforts and make key parts of a hotly contested proposal by Google and Verizon the law of the land.
I recently read an article claiming there is no political right or left anymore, that now there is only pro-corporation or pro-public with both Republicans and Democrats entrenched on the side of corporate power. Personally, I have long argued this case while at the same time recognizing Democrats will at least, on occasion, first shake the hand of people they stab in the back while the Republicans will just unapologetically knife away. Articles such as this one about Mr. Waxman's recent sea-change on internet freedom only confirm these beliefs.
When it comes to the internet, Democrats have long been the party who has stood on the side of net-neutrality while Republicans predominantly claim free market and push in favor of the Telecoms, consequences to the free exchange of information on the internet be damned.
The argument in a nutshell:
Net-neutrality is good for consumers: it gives them freedom of choice in providers and content, and keeps consumer costs lower by preventing companies from charging for certain aspects of internet use.
Net-Neutrality is bad for corporations: it prevents them from controlling competition by slowing down traffic to competing websites. It prevents them from restricting access or charging more for accessing certain types of web traffic like file sharing, gaming…etc.
Waxman has long gone on record in favor of net-neutrality…over and over, yet now he introduces the framework for legislation that would crush the very idea he champions with language that is bad for consumers, but great for corporations and my concern is because people will recognize Waxman as a Democrat, consumers will not read the fine print of his bill and just assume it's a good thing, when in fact it is not.
Any way you cut it, Waxman just did Google and Verizon a big favor, and made things tougher for the FCC to keep your internet free and open.
Any way you cut it, the Democrats are trying to screw you again in favor of big business.
Read the article,
After committing to 'Net Neutrality', Rep. Waxman pushes bill to kill it
And on a side note: What the hell makes the Obama Administration think that after Democrats had to eat it for eight years with Bush in office, they would be in any mood to stomach their argument of – Hey, you better support us, otherwise you get Republicans? If Obama wants support from Democrats, perhaps he should stop making excuses for every time he caves on issues to the party not in power. Perhaps, he should spend more time talking tough to those on the other side of the aisle, instead of his own "base."
Have a nice day.
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Two days ago, Verizon and Google went public with their vision of the "free and open" internet, but as people are quickly learning, free and open is the last way to describe their ideas. They propose zero net-neutrality on wireless networks – what many people understand to be the future of the internet – and a standard for "non-discrimination" so empty discrimination will most certainly occur. Their proposal also reduces consumer power, instead handing it over to corporations to decide which applications will get the best quality of service, while at the same time establishing a tiered system, splitting the internet in two where when paying extra, consumers will get all the bells and whistles of new applications and new content while for free, consumers only get slow speeds, poor quality, and yesterdays news. Last, but certainly, not least, Google and Verizon's vision turns the FCC into a non-player on net-neutrality, codifying into regulation their empty threats and weak spine, giving them no power to enforce any rules, instead acceding to a third-party arbitrator to decide what's right and wrong, one that will more than likely be controlled by the industry it is meant to referee.
Well, that sucks.
It's time for the FCC to stop trying to play nice here and do what it should have done as soon as Obama got into office, re-classify broadband as a "common carrier" and "telecommunications service," re-assert their authority, take charge and protect net-neutrality once and for all.
This moment has been building for quite some time.
Let's take a quick look back and see how we got here:
In 2002, GW Bush got it into his head to change the way the internet had been classified since its inception. Previous to his FCC's decision, the internet had been governed by the Telecommunications Act of 1934 which many years later gave the FCC legal power over the internet. Bush reclassified the internet from a "telecommunications service" to an "information service," which effectively stripped the FCC of any bonding legal control to regulate. Their basis for this decision was the internet provided other services besides internet connection, services like e-mail and web-hosting.
In 2008, users of the file sharing program BitTorrent noticed something strange, their traffic was slowing down. They then accused Comcast of deliberately slowing P-to-P traffic which Comcast of course denied, all the way up until they admitted it, declaring they had a right to do so on their network because BitTorrent users were slowing down traffic for everybody else and besides, they were only doing it during hours of peak use. This turned out to be false as a study from the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems showed. The FCC ruled that Comcast had no right to slow traffic, with FCC Chairman, Kevin Martin saying, "Would you be okay with the Post Office opening your mail, deciding they didn't want to bother delivering it, and hiding that fact by sending it back to you stamped 'address unknown-return to sender?'"
Comcast, not caring for someone telling it how to manage its traffic, sued.
On April 6th, 2010, a US appeals court ruled that the FCC didn't have the authority to order Comcast to stop throttling traffic. The FCC released a statement at the time, correctly saying the US appeals court did not "disagree with the importance of preserving a free and open internet." The ruling simply said that the FCC didn't have the authority as things legally stand now, "Nor did (the court) close the door for other methods for achieving this important end." Since this ruling, the FCC got together with all the big Internet Service Providers behind closed doors to try to hammer out a deal to preserve net-neutrality on the internet. The closed doors outraged many consumer advocacy groups and this meeting was ongoing until Google and Verizon announced their "proposal," then the talks thankfully fell apart.
So what happens now?
Google and Verizon are hitting the op-ed pages to try to sway public opinion in favor of their profits, leaving out many of the details on how the consumer will get screwed by their proposal. They say that their plan is not something that Google and Verizon will put into effect. It is a plan they hope a member of congress or the FCC might adopt in the form of a bill or rule-making process, "Consumers should be able to choose any lawful content, services or applications they want. Our proposed policy presumes that prioritization of Internet traffic…is harmful." They then go on to say the wireless industry has "unique technical and operational challenges, demanding different considerations than wireline networks."
Yes, different consideration…such as the negation of net-neutrality, of giving wireless providers the ability to block content, apply different speeds to different applications and relegate voices to the fringe as they see fit. Not to mention how they will directly benefit from their proposal as Google is behind the new Android mobile operating system that is featured on many phones running on the Verizon network. Course, this was not mentioned in their Op-eds.
In response, the FCC finally released a statement as well, written by Commissioner Michael J. Copps, "Some will claim this announcement (Google-Verizon) moves the discussion forward. That's one of its many problems. It is time to move a decision forward – a decision to reassert FCC authority over broadband communications, to guarantee and open Internet now and forever, and to put the consumers in front of the interests of giant corporations."
Well, this statement is a good first step. Now the FCC has to back it up and I would recommend a two-fold approach, reclassify broadband as a "telecommunications service," re-asserting the FCC's authority to regulate the Internet, something they have the power to do as Michigan Law Professor Susan Crawford argues: the reason for reclassification is obvious, people buy internet services based on speed and price, and not because of extra services some high-speed providers offer (such as e-mail). This of course will bring lawsuits by all the ISP's. Fine. Screw 'em because in these courts their lawsuit won't come to arguments for another couple of years.
And in the meantime the FCC should take their own proposal to members of congress. They will most certainly have to find their spine to do so as the Telecoms got themselves a lot of Congress types in their pocket. The FCC, with the support of Obama and the American people will have to hammer the legislative body with everything they got. They'll have to get pro-active, get mean, push some people around, you know…get Republican all over everybody, and put net-neutrality into law, once and for all.
And Google?
Remember when you were just a little internet start-up? Imagine trying to enter into the Internet world if corporations controlled it. How far do you think you would have gotten if the ISP's could have slowed traffic to your site while speeding it up to those who already dominated the very marketplace you were trying to break into? How do you think you would have fared then, superior programming or not?
Or maybe that's the point, two more bullshit corporations trying to codify their power into law.
I don't want corporations to choose what applications I use, what content I receive and how I receive it. The Internet should be consumer driven, the way it always has been. Consumers must be free to access the Internet on the same playing field as everybody else, choose the content, applications and start-ups they like. We should determine who succeeds, not corporations.
They have enough control over information already.
FCC, do your job.
Have a nice day.
Dear Google, so you announced your deal…you lying, net-neutrality killing, betraying son of a bitch
Oh Google, methinks you doth protest too much. When insiders leaked information regarding your proposed deal last week, the internet went crazy, myself included; we believed that Google and Verizon were joining forces in a deal that would destroy net-neutrality and in turn, destroy the internet as we know it. As the backlash grew, the CEO's of Verizon and Google quickly issued statements saying they had no desire to wreck net-neutrality, the piece in the New York Times was 100% wrong. They wouldn't dream of such a thing and how could we, such a gullible republic ever, ever accuse them of anything untoward.
Okay…so you didn't come up with a deal between the two of you, no, what you did was come up with a proposal for the whole internet, one that kills net-neutrality…um, that's better?
Bite me.
Yeah, if you haven't heard it yet Mr. Schmidt, CEO of Google and Mr. Seidenberg of Verizon, allow me to be the first…Google and Verizon? Bite me two times, one each.
Today they released their seven point plan to allow a free and open internet and yes, it's as bad as everyone suspected.
First, their plan makes a distinction between wired and wireless networks.
On the wired networks, which will become what is known as the public internet, everything that we know now, stays the same and the FCC gets new powers to enforce transparency and openness to all consumers.
Hey, well, that sounds pretty good.
Course, the key language here is the "as we know now" aspect of things.
The internet has long been driven by experimentation and innovation and if there's one thing we know about computers it is how quickly things get outdated, how much we need to upgrade. Well, the proposal by Verizon and Google, while it doesn't allow people to speed up certain content as it is now, it does have the power to make the way that content is delivered irrelevant. As new technology comes to the fore, maybe a new way to read internet news, some kind of new platform that is quicker, better and easier. Or new gaming technology, or as they mention, the smartgrid…well, that's different, that's progress, that can be differentiated, that can be sped up, that you'll have to pay extra for. The deal does require transparency, but so what? As Adam Smith writes, with transparency you'll be free to watch "your access to the free and open public internet go away." So yes, what this proposal does is create the first tiered system on the internet. Sure you can get ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX for free, but if you want to watch any of the good stuff on television you gotta pay extra for that and besides, if you pay extra, we'll give you True Blood faster and it's far more entertaining than that free, slow, boring NPR now, isn't it?
Doesn't sound too free and open to me.
Second, and perhaps most important…how about those wireless networks? You know, the future of the internet? The method those tech guys say most people will be using to access the internet in five to ten years? Watching movies, television, downloading programs, files, watching sports? Yeah…besides transparency, there will be no rules on wireless. The deal allows Google, Verizon and every other big provider that comes along to do pretty much as they please…charge more, speed this, deny that…whatever…FCC, stay out. Business knows best. Business knows innovation, and profit.
And the FCC?
From Craig Aaron, "The pact proposes to turn the Federal Communications Commission into a toothless watchdog, left fruitlessly chasing consumer complaints but unable to make rules of its own. Instead, it would leave it up to unaccountable (and almost surely industry-controlled) third parties to decide what the rules should be."
End result…consumers pay.
Hey, but don't take my word for it…
From Wired magazine: "If Google's and Verizon's proposal goes through, we really would have two internets — one free, where Google pledges to stay, another paid, where services such as 3D television, remote medical procedures, and bandwidth-intensive games appear — for a price."
From Salon's Dan Gimore: "Throughout the conference call, we kept hearing references to the "public Internet" — an expression that leads inescapably to something else," concluding, "the game is on to create a parallel Internet."
From Law Professor Susan Crawford who argues "there are two major loopholes in their proposal. First, the failure to spell out net neutrality for wireless networks is "a huge hole, given the growing popularity of wireless services and the recent suggestion by the Commission that we may not have a competitive wireless marketplace." Second, Crawford writes that exempting "managed services" from regulation is a "giant, enormous, science-fiction-quality loophole" and "prioritization using another label."
From Media Access Project's Andrew Jay Schwatrzman: "The plan raises as many questions as it answers. For example, it does not disclose the standard to be used in resolving consumer complaints. One question that the plan does definitively answer is that the non-discrimination proposal would never apply to wireless. That alone makes this arrangement a non-starter."
From MSNBC: "We would not now apply most of the wireline principles to wireless," says the proposal, "except for the transparency requirement." Meaning that wireless carriers — including Verizon's No. 1 ranked mobile subsidary — would be at liberty to provide preferential access to certain services, block others, and charge customers extra if they saw fit. "Our proposal would allow broadband providers to offer additional, differentiated online services" that they could in fact charge extra for, and offer with limited access or with the requirement of specified equipment. The examples provided are vast: "Health care monitoring, the smart grid, advanced educational services, or new entertainment and gaming options."
So there you have it…Yet another company, Google, that purports to come up with a plan to save something, in fact kills it and while they're reaping the financial benefits…you'll be stuck with higher bills for less content and censorship. Your voice, my voice…all voices become expendable, especially if they don't fall in line with status-quo corporate.
Okay FCC, you're up…what you got you spineless bastards?
Read the article:
Google, Verizon Outline Internet Policy Proposal
Read the plan:
A Joint Policy Proposal For an Open Internet
Sign the Petition to stop this craziness:
Emergency Petition to Google: Don't be evil – stand up for the free and open Internet
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FCC Net-Neutrality Meetings Crash to a Halt…Good.
Imagine a group of paid lobbyists behind closed doors engaged in secret negotiations regarding the internet, your internet. Sure, you may not own it, more than likely you haven't personally purchased any of the wires or organized any of the companies that have created the structure and framework that allows the internet to function, speeding information to your computer, but it is your internet. It has become the marketplace of ideas; it has become so pervasive in how we communicate, learn, share information and organize that it could certainly be argued the internet is now in the public domain. So when the doors close in a faraway government office and lobbyists hired by Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, Google, and any other large corporation with a stake, trying to negotiate a compromise with the government about the way the internet will function, specifically about rules for net-neutrality, why is it these meetings aren't open to the public? Why doesn't the public get their say? The internet has gone beyond a simple profit-making exercise for a handful of corporations. The internet is now one of the key purveyors of free speech in this country and worldwide.
From an article in the Wall Street Journal:
At stake is how far the government can go to dictate the way Internet providers manage traffic on networks they have spent billions of dollars rolling out. The FCC has proposed so-called net neutrality rules that would ensure carriers treat all content equally, and not slow or block access to websites.
Net-neutrality be good for the citizens, but the Telecoms want control.
"The potential deal between two broadband behemoths underscores the need for the FCC to act quickly to protect the free and open Internet," said Rep. Edward Markey (D., Mass.), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. "In the absence of such action, it's increasingly clear that cozy cooperation between communications colossi will reign on the Internet."
So, what halted the meeting?
The news yesterday of a probable deal between Google and Verizon which threw the whole get-together into chaos. Nobody likes it when two of the major players in a negotiation suddenly try to change the rules behind everyone's backs. Google and Verizon have since denied their efforts to circumvent net-neutrality, though they admit they are working together on a deal, the fine details of which, they refuse to release.
Barack Obama ran on a campaign platform of net-neutrality and openness in government, these closed door meetings are a slap in the face to both.
The meetings should be open.
Upon news of the failed negotiations, Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner made the following statement:
"We welcome the FCC's decision to end its backroom meetings. Phones have been ringing off the hook and e-mail inboxes overflowing at the FCC, as an outraged public learned about the closed-door deal-making and saw the biggest players trying to carve up the Internet for themselves. We're relieved to see that the FCC apparently now finds dangerous side deals from companies like Verizon and Google to be distasteful and unproductive.
"Now the FCC must match the chairman's words with decisive actions. We need our leaders in Washington to make the tough decisions and take on the difficult task of standing up to entrenched interests and pushing forward strong rules that will protect Internet users everywhere. Today, Julius Genachowski and the FCC took a big step back from the brink and gave everyone who cares about the free and open Internet reason to be hopeful that they still might do the right thing."
Hear hear…
Read the article,
U.S. Ends Private Talks on Web Rules
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Former FEG Head Sadaharu Tanikawa Producing GLORY 13 Tokyo
- Written by Dave Walsh
In what is an absolutely stunning turn of events, former FEG President Sadaharu Tanikawa, best known as K-1's Executive Producer, has been announced as the Producer behind GLORY 13. The shocking announcement went down today in Japan, which came packaged with the fact that this should also be the retirement fight of Peter Aerts, which seems to be the public impetus behind Tanikawa's involvement. There is very clear language involved to this being a "one time deal" between Tanikawa and GLORY, but facts are still facts and Tanikawa owes a lot of the fighters rumored to be participating on the event money.
What makes this an even stranger partnership is the very public assaults from Bas Boon towards Tanikawa in the past few years. Boon has made it clear that Tanikawa's FEG owes Golden Glory millions of dollars and it was Bas Boon's lawsuit against Tanikawa and FEG that forced them to formally declare bankruptcy in 2012. It is our understanding that none of the money owed was ever paid out by FEG due to the bankruptcy proceedings and the shame is that K-1 Global has taken the reputation of FEG and Tanikawa with them while having nothing to do with them. The irony also comes from claims from Golden Glory that K-1 Global's Mr. Kim was associated with Tanikawa and FEG, with this move making it very clear that there was never a partnership.
Even with all of this, I'm not willing to condemn anyone here. Tanikawa, from what is public, was in an awful position of organizing a corrupt organization. Japanese bankruptcy law is also odd, too odd for me to even pretend to be an expert on or to be able to properly navigate. The money owed is still through FEG. It's just odd to see these two sides working together.
For what it's worth, there is talk of a "major television deal" possibly happening and Fuji TV officials being in attendance was mentioned in the same article, aligning with rumors we've heard.
Happy Halloween?
UPDATE: Upon speaking to a GLORY official about this, we've learned that the role of "Producer" has been exaggerated. He will be serving as a consultant for the Super Fight Series undercard only.


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School board readies to wage its own war on weed, booze
The board of education for Valdez City Schools is poised to crack down on a recent uptick in marijuana related infractions and alcohol related "busts" that have ensnared a small but growing number of upper-grade students in recent months.
It is unclear to all – educators, law enforcement, parents and board members alike – if the increase in incidents brought to light are due to an increase in student use, increased awareness or an increase in the number of reports to officials.
Calls for a closed campus at Valdez High School during lunch, a school resource officer (SRO) to patrol hallways, and the possibility of calling in state troopers with a drug sniffing dog were ideas floated by board members and parents Monday night.
"I think we can get drugs and alcohol off the campus during school hours," board member Anita Fannin said.
Fannin has bluntly demanded answers – and action – in recent weeks after a Valdez High School student was found to have marijuana in a school locker and a sixth grade middle school student allegedly offered to sell pot (the would-be dealer did not actually have any drugs) to a seventh grader. Police were called in both incidents.
Valdez police have also noted a number of calls regarding underage drinking parties.
To begin a meaningful action plan, Jacob Jensen, district superintendent, had the board look at the option of asking the Valdez City Council to approve an SRO from the police department.
Dr. Elizabeth Balcerek, principal at Valdez High School, told the board she believed the district was eligible to receive grants to pay for an SRO.
A large number of questions such as what role such an officer would play in the day-to-day functions of the schools, how the officer would be paid and what authority would be delegated to the job, caused the board to table the issue - for now.
"I'm not certain a resource officer in the school is going to solve it all," board member Dolores Gard said. She favored peer-based education.
Others asked if an SRO would be in schools as a deterrent only or as a cop looking to arrest wrong-doers.
Board member Toni Balowski noted that a review of the district's current drug and alcohol policy and a strong commitment towards its enforcement was a good start.
"We have rules," he said, "We need to enforce those policies."
Balcerek noted she had began a new policy at VHS that compels students that return to school late from lunch must meet with her first before being allowed to go to class.
Many concerned adults – parents and educators – believe the school's open campus enables some students to "get high" or drunk during lunch and then return to school unfit to learn.
"We have really smart kids," Fannin said, "Think how much smarter they would be if they weren't smoking pot."
Jensen said he would contact Anchorage police to begin the process of retraining school employees in DITEP – the Drug Impairment Training Education Professionals – the program initiated by the school board several years back. The program teaches school employees to spot signs of drug use or impairment in students.
After Monday night's discussion, it became apparent there will be no easy answers or solutions to the current problems, which many long-term observers in Valdez believe is a cyclic problem the district has dealt with in the past.
Balowski suggested the district ask the police department to randomly drop by the schools.
"Why don't they show up periodically?" he suggested. "Why can't we have more engagement through the police department?"
The student representative on the board was skeptical that an increased police presence would deter problem students.
"Kids spend most of their spare time evading the same cops on a day to day basis," he told the board.
The student representative suggested increased faculty vigilance. He also recalled the student body reactions to the presence of a drug dog that once periodically patrolled the schools.
"Those terrified the kids," he said. "As a student, I thought it was effective."
While Valdez police no longer have a K9 cop, board members mulled over the idea of inviting state troopers with a K9 into the schools.
Before the board voted to table the SRO vote until more information was available, Jensen noted the newly formed committee to review the district's drug policy was meeting this week. The committee will be making recommendations to the board to help guide the process of updating and/or enforcing current district policies.
"We need to open our eyes and make something happen," Fannin said.
What you have is a parenting problem, not a school problem. I graduated Class of '79. I was one of the 'Pipeline Kids' and we had an open campus. Drugs and alcohol were as prevalent then as they are now, maybe even more so. We didn't have cops, dogs, or drug tests and we still managed to turn out pretty good because we had a desire to succeed. We got that from our parents and teachers. That's the only real solution to your current problem. Give the kids proper parenting and good teachers.
11/07/2012, 3:21 pm
Why would we hire another police officer to just walk around the schools? We have plenty of them (11 in all). What we should be doing is asking them to just patrol the school when they are available, which is all the time based on their low call volume. We have plenty of police to handle this 'epidemic' of pot users...we just need them to actually do their job.
10/29/2012, 1:09 pm
Most reputable employers require drug tests prior to hiring and randomly after hiring. Jobs that require State and Federal licensing require pre-employment screens and subsequent random or scheduled screens. Going to school and doing their best is a students job. There is nothing wrong with random drug testing of all students!
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I've got an 85 gallon tank so it's tempting to tap the cheap gas prices and fill 'er up. I talked to the folks at Monahans and was told if you've got a plastic tank leave it empty as possible. Aluminum might get some corrosion if you leave it low all winter but if you fill it the octane loss may be an issue and you could be sputtering for the first few trips, not so great for the engine.
I've got 10 gallons left with a double shot of the Johnson 4+2 treatment which I run all season at the recommended mix.
Fogged it yesterday. Don't forget to grease all the zerks to push out any water. I also spray the CRC version of wd-40 all over the engine and grease any exposed moving parts. Wipe down the greased parts in the Spring and there should be no corrosion. Drain and refill the lower unit gear oil, no milk this year so my seal job is holding up well. Probably time for a water pump job but I think that will have to wait until Spring.
My Whaler has 2, 9 gallon tanks. One was left full and treated with Stabil, the other was run dry and left empty. Ran the Stabil all thru the system and fogged the hell out of the motor. Pulled the batteries and wrapped with a tarp. I`ve never had a problem in the spring done this way. Then again it`s only 4 months before the boat gets back into action with the early holdovers.
Hi Guys,
Yup it's about that time of year again. I never seem to get it done till the snow begins to fly. I usually add stabilizer and have the tank near full. Supposedly cuts down on condensation in the tank. It's always a good idea to fog the carberators to cut down on rust in the cylinders and varnish in the carbs if you don't have injectors. Not a bad Idea to use old spark plugs for this as the plugs take a bath too.
Johnson and evinrude have shrader valves that make it very easy to do the job yourself. I'll be doing my new mercs later after bringing it my new boat back from florida by way of Harkers. I expect the have something similar in regards to fittings for fogging the carbs and cylinders.
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All I have ever done with my outboard (1990 40hp Evinrude) is top off the gas tank and add fuel stabilizer. I then run the outboard for about five minutes with the hose muffs attached to distribute the stabilizer, and I'm done.
This will be my fourth year doing it this way, and my engine has always started on the first crank in the spring. My fuel tank only holds six gallons, so your mileage may vary (pun intended).
Well unfortunately it is that time of year again when we will need to put our boats to bed for the winter. What are your plans this year? There has been a lot of debate as to whether you should fill your tank or leave it as close to empty as possible with the new ethanol blends. My original plan was to leave my tank as empty as possible with the remaining fuel treated with Startron stabilizer. It seems to me the biggest issue is octane loss and the water absorption not as serious as originally thought. As circumstances would have it my boat is being left in NC at the factory for a good portion of the winter to have some cosmetic warranty work done as well as a few upgrades (additional rod racks and moving the fuel/water separator). NC does not use Ethanol so I will have to wait until next year to make any necessary Ethanol adjustments but I did run the tank down and use Startron for the full week I was in Harkers. Very interested to hear what you have done/plan to do. We can then share how it all worked out next year.
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Mark Alan Grote
Mark A. Grote, age 59, of Marshall, formerly of Reedsburg, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at U.W. Hospital in Madison. He was born in Reedsburg on March 6, 1953, the son of the late Howard and Arlene (Wollschlager) Grote. Mark graduated from Reedsburg High School with honors in 1971. Mark took a leadership role in everything he did. His High School career included lead rolls in all the theatrical productions that won him The Best Actors Award. As a Junior he was class president and on the Prom Court. He was a member and president of The Loyalty Council, The Latin Club, Thespians, Key Club and History Reading Member. Mark was in Varsity Basketball and a percussionist in the School Band. Mark received the Arvold Award and scholarship for outstanding citizen. Mark went on to graduate from UW-Madison in 1978, with a degree in English Literature. He was united in marriage to Anita Hooverson on June 25, 1983. Mark was a co-owner of Grote & Sons Painting Contractors, where he took a leadership roll as the controller for the business and became a Board of Trustees member for the health and welfare, pension and apprenticeship funds for the Painters Union.
He is survived by his wife, Anita; four children, Rachel (Manuel) Arguijo, Leah Grote, Andy Gill and Stacy Gill; four grandchildren, Andrew Jr., Atreyu, Kyla and Arya; four siblings, Russ (Marla) Grote, Rich (Sandy) Grote, Ann Grote and Kurt Grote; many nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.
A memorial service will be held at HOOVERSON FUNERAL HOME, 251 Water St., Sauk City, at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 15, 2013. Friends may call from 3:00 p.m. until the time of service.


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Dimensions Up to 5' (1.5 m); 111 lbs (50.3 kg).
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text: Funny that a state with some of the toughest gun laws would have some of the biggest arms manufactures in its boarders. Including a few that make AR-15's opps I mean modern sporting rifles. I sent a letter to Gov. Scott Walker to invite them to WI, we could use the jobs and wouldn't tax them to death while at it. Its funny that they dont want anybody to own guns but they sure like to collect the taxes from everything it takes to get one shiped out.


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