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Who Can Apply
Mesa Community College service-learning students and those in MCC student organizations can apply for this mini grant in order to fund a service project at one of our approved agencies.
The students applying for the Making a Difference grant can use these funds in the community at one our approved organizations. This allows students to be more connected to the agencies and our community - it allows them to get more involved with their service project at a deeper level. The agencies benefit from the fact that the Mesa Community College students have chosen to use this grant to help their agency better itself.
Application Guidelines & Process
1) The project must involve Mesa Community College students in service to MCC, neighborhood, or the greater community at an MCC approved community partner
2) Grant will be awarded on a first come, first serve basis, and will be reviewed regularly while funds are available. Applicants will be notified about the status of their mini-grants within 7-10 business days after submission.
3) The project must include preparation activities that teach students the needed skills or knowledge to implement the project.
4) The funds may not be used to pay personnel, food/candy, gift cards, transportation, or services (i.e. entertainment, catering). Bottled water is acceptable, if applicable.
5) Funds will not be given to purchase items only to be donated. We recognize the need, but the goal of the program is to purchase items that support the project being coordinated.
6) Preference will be given to groups, individuals, or organizations that have not received a grant in the past.
|Maximum Award Amounts
|Per individual student per semester (max 2 awards per year)
|Per project per semester (more than 1 person doing the same thing and/or during the same activity)
|Per agency per semester (max 2 awards per year)
|Grant Funding Cycles
|Fall Semester
|August 15th through December 1st
|Spring Semester
|January 15th through May 15th
Points to Remember
1) All items need to be purchased by the Center for Community & Civic Engagement and you will not be reimbursed
2) Funds may be used to purchase approved supplies, materials, and equipment
3) All items not consumed, or donated to the partnering organization, need to be returned to Center for Community & Civic Engagement (i.e. shovels, storage bins).
4) Be specific on the items being purchased. For example, don't list prizes, but indicate what type of prizes (i.e. ribbons). You must include a print out of what you wish to purchase with the grant. Go online to Amazon, preferred, and add stuff to your shooping cart, but do not hit submit.
Examples of Past Projects
|Adams Elementary School
|Purchase books to read to kids
|Arizona Museum for Youth
|Arts & crafts for the children
|Jordan Elementary School
|Taught exceptional learners about animals and animal characteristics
|House of Refuge
|Planned a "Spring Fling" for homeless families at the House of Refuge with food and games.
|Boys & Girls Club - North Tempe
|Bought headphones for a computer lab in order to enhance the learning experience of the children.
Where do The Funds Come From
Funding for the "Making a Difference" grants come from the:
How Do You Apply
The Grant application is available from on our Forms page.
1) Complete the two-page application and submit it to Dawn Rhodes in the Center for Community & Civic Engagement
2) Follow the fiscal policies and procedures in the application
3) Complete the Accomplishments Report and submit original receipts as specified.
MCC does not accept personal identifiable information through email or fax.
Documents sent in this manner will not be processed.
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About Jeff Masters
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:18 PM GMT on August 24, 2010
Hurricane Danielle has stopped intensifying and is now looking a bit ragged this morning, but remains a respectable Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph winds. The intensity of Danielle's heavy thunderstorms has waned in the past few hours, and the organization of the storm is less impressive. This is probably due do strong upper-level winds out of the west that are creating a moderate 10 - 20 knots of wind shear, and injecting some of the dry air from the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) that surrounds Danielle. Danielle is over warm 28°C water, but is far from any land areas.
Figure 1. Morning satellite image of Tropical Storm Danielle (left side of image) and the forming Tropical Depression Seven (right side of image.)
Forecast for Danielle
A powerful trough of low pressure over the mid-Atlantic Ocean will begin to pull Danielle more to the northwest by Wednesday, keeping Danielle well to the east of Bermuda. Most of the models predict that this trough will be strong enough to fully recurve Danielle out to sea. It is possible that Danielle could eventually threaten Newfoundland, Canada, but it currently does not appear that any other land areas will be at risk from this storm. History suggests that a storm in Danielle's current location has only a 20% chance of making landfall on the U.S. East Coast. If Danielle passes east of Bermuda, as forecast, these percentages drop to less than 5%. As far as intensity goes, it is looking unlikely that Danielle will attain major hurricane status (115+ mph winds.) There is enough dry air and wind shear affecting the storm today that it will take several days for the storm to recover its strength, making it less likely the storm can hit Category 3.
The formation of Danielle is remarkable in this it was successfully forecast by the GFS model nearly two weeks in advance. The ECMWF and NOGAPS models also did a good job of predicting Danielle's formation a week in advance. The models are getting better and better each year at forecasting genesis of tropical cyclones, though a successful 1-week forecast of genesis is still a rarity. For example, none of the models foresaw the development of 96L until just 3 - 4 days ago.
Figure 2. Plot showing historically the percent chance of a tropical cyclone in a given location impacting the U.S. East Coast. For storms in Danielle's current position (orange hurricane symbol), about 20% of them go on to hit the U.S. East Coast. For storms in 96L's current location (red circle with a "?" in it), the odds are also 20%. Image credit: Bob Hart, Florida State University.
96L (soon to be Tropical Depression Seven)
Satellite images suggests that a tropical wave (96L) that emerged off the coast of Africa yesterday morning has developed a closed circulation, low-level spiral bands, and an increasing amount of heavy thunderstorms. While this morning's ASCAT pass does not show a clear closed circulation, satellite estimates of 96L's strength support calling this a 30 mph tropical depression. It is likely that this storm will be designated Tropical Depression Seven later today. 96L is already bringing heavy rain and strong, gusty winds to the southern Cape Verde Islands. Winds were sustained at 26 mph at Mindelo in the northwest Cape Verde Islands this morning, and 24 mph at Praia, the station closest to the center of 96L. Both stations were reporting widespread dust, due to strong winds blowing Saharan dust from the coast of Africa. However, water vapor satellite images show that only a modest amount of dry air is accompanying this dust, and dry air is currently not a major detriment to 96L. Wind shear is about 10 - 20 knots, and sea surface temperatures are warm, 28°C.
Forecast for 96L/Tropical Depression Seven
Wind shear is predicted to remain low, 5 - 10 knots, for the next four days. SSTs will cool a bit to 27°C by Thursday, but this is still above the 26.5°C threshold for hurricane development. Dry air will probably be the main inhibiting factor for 96L. Most of the intensity forecast models bring 96L to hurricane strength by four days from now, and this is a reasonable forecast. 96L should become Tropical Storm Earl later today or on Wednesday, and will probably bring sustained winds of 40 mph to the southernmost Cape Verdes Islands tonight and Wednesday.
The long range fate of 96L remains unclear. The storm is being steering by the same ridge of high pressure steering Danielle, and will initially follow a track similar to Danielle. 96L may encounter the cold waters stirred up by Danielle at times this week, inhibiting development. As 96L approaches the central Atlantic five days from now, the storm will encounter the same mid-Atlantic trough that will be steering Danielle, and 96L should turn more to the northwest. It is unclear at this point whether this trough will be strong enough to fully recurve 96L out to sea, east of Bermuda. This will, in part, depend upon how strong Danielle gets. A stronger Danielle is likely to create more of a break in the ridge of high pressure steering 96L, encouraging the storm to turn north and recurve out to sea. A weaker Danielle will make 96L more likely to miss recurvature, and follow a track to the west or west-northwest towards the U.S. East Coast early next week. History suggests that a storm in 96L's current location has only a 20% chance of making landfall on the U.S. East Coast.
When will the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico get active?
The large scale atmospheric circulation over the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico currently features relatively dry, stable, sinking air. This is due, in part, to the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO). The Madden-Julian oscillation is a pattern of enhanced rainfall that travels along the Equator from west to east. The pattern has a wet phase with large-scale rising air and enhanced thunderstorm activity, followed by a dry phase with large-scale sinking air and suppressed thunderstorm activity. Each cycle lasts approximately 30 - 60 days. When the Madden-Julian oscillation is in its wet phase over a hurricane-prone region, the chances for tropical storm activity are greatly increased. The latest MJO forecast from the GFS model calls for the wet phase of the MJO to move into the Caribbean during the first week of September. However, keep in mind that forecasts of MJO activity 1 - 2 weeks in advance are not very skillful. The GFS model forecast of MJO activity made two weeks ago did fairly well for the first week, but poorly for the second week of the forecast.
Tropical Storm Frank spares Mexico
Over in the Eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Frank has moved away the coast far enough from the Mexican coast to no longer pose a heavy rainfall threat, and all tropical storm warnings have been dropped.
"Hurricane Haven" airing again this afternoon
Tune into another airing of my live Internet radio show, "Hurricane Haven", at 4pm EDT today. Listeners will be able to call in and ask questions. The call in number is 415-983-2634, or you can post a question in the comments area on my blog during the show. You can also email the questions to me today before the show: firstname.lastname@example.com. Be sure to include "Hurricane Haven question" in the subject line. I'll focus on Danielle, Earl, and Frank, and discuss the possibilities of a hyperactive Atlantic hurricane period coming during the first week of September.
Today's show will be 30 - 45 minutes, and you can tune in at http://www.wunderground.com/wxradio/wubroadcast.h tml. The show will be recorded and stored as a podcast.
Jeff Masters
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The Mississippi State Department of Health is taking a little bit of the sting out of childhood immunizations this week, at least for parents.
Through Friday, routine childhood vaccinations will be available free for children 18 and under at county health departments. That includes vaccines required for daycare and school, such as measles and pertussis, as well as recommended vaccines, like HPV and rotavirus.
"We want to make sure parents are aware of the availability of these vaccines and their importance," said Dr. Paul Byers, deputy state epidemiologist. "Not only do (vaccines) prevent illness in their children, but in other children who are not able to be vaccinated because of their age or because of medical contraindications."
Normally, there is a $10 per vaccine charge.
"Immunization is the best protection we can offer our children against these often-deadly diseases," said state epidemiologist Dr. Thomas Dobbs.
County health departments can assist parents in determining what vaccines their children need.
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Richard Dunn from the Adult Swim show Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! passed away.
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John Wooden, perhaps the greatest coach in any sport, has passed.
There is no perhaps about it. John Wooden was THE best coach (college or professional) that has lived. The USS George Washington (CVN-73) even has a quote of his in the hangar bay. That's a free fun fact of the day for you.
Up, up, and OKAAAAY!!!
He almost lived to be 100. Pretty impressive.
I watched a interview with John Wooden on ESPN last year. Even at 98 then, he was a very impressive fellow. Its rare to see people like him who are so clear minded and at peace. Our HOF football coach, Tom Osborne, was influenced by Wooden alot and it was partially why he was so successful. The two are very similiar in personality, which is one reason why I liked Wooden tremendously. He's definitely one of the greatest coaches of all time in any sport.
I liked coach K's comment:"Many said he was the gold standard for coaches. He was more like the gold standard for people."
Marvin Isley.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Marvin Isley, the bass player who helped give R&B powerhouse the Isley Brothers their distinctive sound, has died at a Chicago hospital. He was 56.
The group's hits included "Twist and Shout," later recorded by The Beatles, "Love The One You're With," and the Grammy-winning 1969 smash, "It's Your Thing."
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Mummy of the raincoat is a gigantic trollop.
He didn't join until 1973. About the only song with him that I recognize is "That Lady," currently being used to really disturbing effect in Swiffer commercials.
Not to minimize his passing, but the band's more famous tracks were recorded before he joined.
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Bowel Cancer: New genes identified
Singapore: A team of Australian scientists discovered new genes that show identifiable changes in the blood of people with bowel cancer. This could lead to a new cost-effective blood test that would help identify the early stages of bowel cancer. This test could potentially save thousands of lives by supplementing existing screening programs and encouraging those at risk to have a colonoscopy.
The research is the result of over five years of scientific collaboration between Australian biotechnology company, Clinical Genomics, CSIRO and the Flinders Center for Innovation in Cancer at Flinders University in Adelaide. The study was lead by senior investigator, Professor Graeme Young.
A new blood test for bowel cancer, which is based on these new discoveries, is now under development and is currently being tested on patients form Australia, the US and Europe. The Australian research team is hoping to attract interest from other clinicians and scientists around the world to help them further validate the new test.
Dr Lawrence LaPointe, CEO of Clinical Genomics, said that, "These clinical trial results are highly promising but we need to go one step at a time. The next step is to seek help from other groups and researchers to cast the net more broadly to see what we can achieve with a larger number of tests drawn from a sample of the general population."
Dr Peter Molloy, from CSIRO's Preventative Health Flagship, said that, "These exciting results are the product of a close alignment of clinical research with advanced genomics, epigenetics and biological statistics viewed through the lenses of clinical need and commercial focus."
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How much does the physical, emotional and ultimately historic 14-7 win that the Whitefish Bay football team pulled off against archrival Homestead on Friday night night mean?
On the surface, it meant that Blue Dukes coach Jim Tietjen got his first Gatorade bath in 36 years.
"They haven't done that ever," he said with a laugh. "I think they're afraid to."
But these Blue Dukes (5-1 in North Shore play and 6-1 overall) weren't afraid to play, as they handed the Highlanders (5-1, 6-1) their first loss of the season. It was the first win for Bay over Homestead since 2000 and puts the team within a win over border rival Nicolet next Friday of at least a share of its first conference title since 1993.
On the more emotional and metaphysical level, it meant that Bay players could hug and cry and be joined in an onfield celebration by an army of fans and many former players who swarmed together for a homecoming get-together for the ages.
"I think it means a lot for our team and all the guys on the sideline and all the players who came before us," said tight end/safety Jackson Weber, who had four critical catches for 36 yards. "To win this game and potentially this conference title is a dream come true not only for us, but for them too."
And it really was for many current Blue Dukes.
All-Suburban running back Rashadeem Gray was not having the greatest night. The Highlanders defense made it its mission to stop the state track champion and elusive state-level wrestler in his tracks, and they did, as he had only 22 yards rushing on 15 carries.
But he had a critical 39-yard reception that keyed the Blue Dukes' 10-play 62-yard drive at the end of the first half.
That march ended when gritty quarterback Grant Menard (18 carries and 66 yards rushing, 101 yards passing) called his own number from two yards out on fourth down with 42 seconds left and scored what would be ultimately the game-winning touchdown that made it 14-7.
"I think it was all the coaches having faith in the offense and in me," said Menard of the character-building fourth-down score.
Gray, who was also put in at defensive back from time-to-time, came up with a critical interception on a deep circle route late in the fourth quarter.
"I don't know what to say about this," he said on the verge of tears. "This is one of the greatest things in my life. Getting this conference title. It was a great week of practice. A lot happened (because of homecoming) but we stayed focused.
"It's unbelievable, we worked so hard for us. A real band of brothers."
Menard echoed a lot of toughts when he said maybe this win was just long overdue.
"I think it was karma, maybe fate," Menard said, referring to the number of close decisions that the Blue Dukes had lost to the Highlanders in the last decade. "I mean it's been since 1993 for a conference title and more than a drecade between wins against these guys.
"We finally got a couple of things to swing our way and get the 'W'."
In the first half, after Bay took the opening kickoff and pounded out a 12-play 71-yard drive that ended with Menard scoring on an eight-yard TD run to make it 7-0, Homestead's swift Jabree Washington took a little swing pass and raced 47 yards, setting up the Highlanders for a 1st and goal at the Bay three.
But the Blue Dukes defense turned stout. Shaquille Cole (13 rushes for 75 yards) was turned back for a 2-yard loss on second down after no gain on first down. Jay Schneider tried to go wide on third down but Jeremiah Holt cut him down down for a one-yard loss, and when Homestead coach Dave Keel rolled the dice and decided to go for it on fourth down, Schneider got five yards when he actually needed six.
"I think we really set the tempo when we turned them back like that," said Tietjen. "That was a huge stop. We just had to keep winning battle after battle if we ultimately wanted to win the war."
Homestead did tie the score late in the second quarter on Cole's tough-as-nails 3-yard run with 3:43 left, but that left more than enough time for the Blue Dukes to mount their go-ahead drive.
The battles became more frequent in a physical second half, but Bay kept winning them, with a dose of luck for good measure.
Gray had a punt return early in the third quarter slip through his hands only to have a teammate jump on it.
A short time later, a sweep play went awry and the ball was lost for a moment, but again a Bay player averted disaster and recovered it.
And in one of the biggest plays of the game, Homestead went for a fake punt on a 4th and 11 from its own 36 in the fourth quarter. The direct snap play to upback Riley Pelisek was perfectly designed, and it looked like Pelisek was going to get the first down easily, but a Blue Dukes player punched the ball out and senior defensive back Dan Pettay recovered it.
Shortly thereafter, Homestead quarterback Jake Laihinen, who was making his return after missing a couple of games because of injury, went for the home run on the deep circle route pass but Gray was there to take it away from the Highlander receiver.
"I was just a step faster than the guy and able to make a play on the ball," said Gray.
After that, Menard hit Weber with a 9-yard pass for a first down and Bay was able to run out the clock and howl to the moon in joy.
After his celebratory "bath" Tietjen hugged one player after another, one fan after another, one family member after another.
He's usually a big picture guy and doesn't get too high after an individual win, but he did really like this one and the noisy, explosive atmosphere that went along with it on this cool October night.
"What a great bunch of kids," he said, "and the school did a great job today. We had a pep rally, and it was the best one I was ever at. Kids and fans were out here at 6 p.m. already helping us get ready. It was great.
"...Just one big play after another. The defense getting that huge stop early, Ra-Ra's interception, Grant's pass to Jackson. We've had games like this slip away in the past, but this time the kids rose to the occasion."
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As my original scum-fly pattern proved a pain to cast and impossible to hook fish with I recently decided to creat a new better designed pattern for fishing the slop.
Attached are some pictures from my scum-fly testing grounds. Over 90% of my fish there have been within a foot of shore busting through the thickest looking vegetation.
The pattern itself, in my opinion, is the real deal. Its unbelievably weedless, casts fairly well, pushes enough water to draw attention and actually HOOKS FISH. The only drawback is that short stout leaders are a must for fishing this pattern through the thickest stuff. I usually use a 7 ft 12 pound leader to make casting easier. Fish really aren't that lineshy when busting through weeds like this.
fool proof scum-fly
hook- sickle bend worm hook (the weight distribution on these things is great for a keel fly) keel weighted with a little fine wire
head- closed cell foam with foam keel balance with a hook slot (popper style can be rounded to pick up even less weed accumulation)
collar- grizzly hackle
tail- white and yellow marabou
weed guard (just in case)- looped mono zap-a-gapped to the foam balance
eyes for artistic touch
The pictures hopefully explain the construction a little bit...
Amother idea I've seen in the midwest is tying a dahlberg diver on an inverted hook.
Hook point up. Then taking some rubber cement or goop working it into the deer hair collar to act as a weedguard around the hook point. Those things work real well in the slop on MN lakes.
If you want I can get some more info on the fly. Chris Hanson a FF guide for warmwater specises in MN came up with them. He has a tying video as well that shows his patterns. But its a pretty simple design a deer hair diver on an upsidedown hook with a toughened up collar.
Hope this helps
Another idea you could try is to tie the fly using a piece of thick wire through the body instead of a hook. Then once the fly is tied, twist the wire through the eye of a hook so the point rides up. Tie a hackle feather around the shaft of the hook before this to aid in it staying up in the water to prevent snags and the hackle will help it rides over things. A big stiff hackle is best. Great fly in really weedy conditions, can be used through milfoil and pads.
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Posted April 25, 2002; 05:35 p.m.
"The Challenge of Nuclear Nonproliferation After Sept. 11" is the title of a talk to be presented on Monday, April 29. George Perkovich, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , will speak at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.
Perkovich joined Carnegie in January after serving as deputy director for programs and director of the Secure World Program of the W. Alton Jones Foundation from 1990 to 2001. His expertise includes arms control, nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, U.S. foreign policy and national security, Asia and Iraq.
Perkovich is the author of "India's Nuclear Bomb" (University of California Press 2001, updated edition), which provides a comprehensive survey of how India obtained its nuclear capability. His lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs .
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I have read that doing to many may cause buggining problems, same with doing multiple marks.
How do yall train with poison birds, and how often. My dogs are already buggy.
I have read that doing to many may cause buggining problems, same with doing multiple marks.
How do yall train with poison birds, and how often. My dogs are already buggy.
If you give them too many with out picking it up first they will get to ignoring it and that will cause a problem with regular marks ...they will be expecting to run a blind and not pay close attention on the marks..If your dog has mastered them then a maintenance schedule of one a week or every other week will usually do...It depends on the dog and their retention limit...If you are having a problem with them in the field I suggest you set up a drill directed to teaching it..They should become comfortable with it and relax ....Can you add some more info on what you call , buggy...You may just have a dog that need to be under better control at the line...Steve S
"Your dog learns as much by doing his work right,by your praise and encouragement, as he does by your displeasure and correction." DLWalters
Dogs are steady at the line, just swings the head looking for marks at the gunners. Senior Hunter, one HRCH pass. Mostly always run singles. Think its mostly lack of training the past few months.
Your scenorio happend today. Couldnt find the mark.
I ran a single, then had another, called dog off of mark and sent on blind, before sent to memory bird then sent for memory bird, and dog got lost.
Again we havent trained in a few months, because of work, but had trouble before also.
Thanks, Brad
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You order a Lab; ask a Golden; but negotiate with a Chesapeake!
Maybe TX folks could chime in as to the prevalence of poison birds in their area.
Tom Dorroh
Boston, GA
I like all the advice Ive gotten. It has me thinking.
He wont relax when doing a poison bird .
Thanks for the help.


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I love the show Mad Men. Love the attention to period details. Love the acting. Love the characters. Love the fashions the women rocked.
I have no desire to live the show, though.
And yet, that's exactly what I fear a lot of men — especially a lot of white men and particularly most members of the Republican Party right now — are looking to achieve. A return to the "good old days." You know, when men were men, women were there for the taking, and minorities knew their place.
Obviously, since the idea of diversity initiatives took hold in the late '80s and early '90s, there has been pushback from certain segments of the population. For the most part, it was primarily solidly middle-class white men who felt they were being thrown under the bus to benefit people of color and women. When the economy was strong, no one paid much attention to these mutterings; instead, anyone who had the nerve to express such views was looked at askance with an evil eye.
When the economy started to nosedive, these views started to gain popularity. One need look no farther than the Tea Party, which grew in prominence after the election of President Barack Obama. Despite a few notables of color such as Lloyd Marcus, the Tea Party movement was predominantly white. And while many involved in the Tea Party said race was not a factor, much of their rhetoric made such a claim hard to believe.
Now, smack in the middle of the GOP nomination season, it's becoming clear that none of the candidates left standing have any clear-cut answers about how to steer our country's economic course, so they're focusing on other issues. Since the campaign has lost the candidate of color and the woman, we're left with men who see an America where, if they have their way, we will be going backward. Frankly, that is scary.
Obviously, it's too early to tell who the actual nominee will be since the GOP seems to change its mind as often as my 6-year-old in a toy store. But at the moment we have Rick "Rollback" Santorum gaining steam and giving the presumed frontrunner Mitt Romney a real run for his large piles of money. Santorum is a man with a key financial backer joking about Bayer aspirin being used as contraceptive back in his day (just put it between your thighs and squeeze, ladies). Santorum is a devout Roman Catholic. I have no beef with faith — I have some myself — but Santorum has made no secret that he wants to cut back on contraceptive use as well as abortion services, among other quaint, old controlling notions.
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When times are rough, it's easy to look back on the days of yesterday with a certain fondness. For some, looking back reflects a time when life was just simpler and frankly a lot less diverse. There were no pesky women (nor people of color) getting in the way of the jobs and opportunities that should be the birthright of white men.
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The Source Under Fire
The Source, the thuggish hip-hop magazine under attack from all sides, snarled its way into 50 Cent's opening-weekend hype for Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
Radio station Hot 97 greeted the movie with a blitz of promotions tagged "A G-Unit Weekend." Meanwhile, barking from every city newsstand, the November Source has 50 Cent and his labelmates on a cover headlined "G-Unot! Is Corporate Rap's Top Unit Fading Fast?" Spreading the attack, a separate article accuses Hot 97 DJ Funkmaster Flex of payola.
When 50 Cent himself showed up in the Hot 97 studio of Funkmaster Flex on a recent Thursday-evening shift, the pair spent precious airtime stoking the feud. "I gotta ask you about this wack rapper Benzino," Funkmaster Flex said, referring to The Source co-owner Raymond Scott by his performing name. Hearing it, 50 Cent began to murmur menacingly.
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A few days later, on allhiphop.com, Scott upped the ante, asserting that Flex "talks a lot of trash [on the air] and when he leaves, he has a group of security guards, but one day he is going to slip, and when we do collide you are going to hear about it."
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People really do get hurt for less beef than this, especially around Hot 97, where broadcast taunts have preceded flying bullets, and especially around The Source, which has picked countless fights since its birth in 1988. But given the number of hits they're takingtens of millions in credit claims and lawsuits, arrests, even murder charges against key staffersit's amazing that Scott, fellow co-owner David Mays, and rookie editor Dasun Allah can put out a magazine at all. Just keeping track of the major court cases advancing this month is a task.
On November 30, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge will review an ar-bitrator's ruling that The Source must pay $7.5 million to CD-DVD distributor Image Entertainment. The company says two hip-hop compilations it paid Source Entertainment to produce were never delivered, and that The Source never got permission from the artists to use the music on the CDs it did deliver.
On October 31, Textron Financial Corporation asked a New York State Supreme Court judge to put The Source into receivership. Textron says it's owed $18 million. In the suit, the company accuses Mays and Scott of doing little bookkeeping, buying "promotional jewelry," and traveling on vacations while rent, bills, and state and federal taxes languished unpaid.
On November 28, general manager Leroy "Bum" Peeples and marketing director Alvin "Wiz" Childs are expected to answer to charges of attempted murder in front of a Manhattan Criminal Court judge. Peeples and Childs were arrested in July following a shoot-out in a bar that left three people seriously injured. Police say the shots were fired during an argument in Chelsea's Limerick House over whether or not to play a particular rap CD. The two execs have pled not guilty, says their lawyer.
On November 22 (as the Voice went to press), also in Manhattan Criminal Court, editor in chief Dasun Allah (formerly known as David Blanks) will find out if he is to be indicted for criminal mischief. Police say on October 20 he desecrated a Jehovah's Witness assembly hall in Harlem with graffiti. Allah, who has earned growing respect for his editorial vision as well as concern over his emotional volatility, spent the night in jail after his lawyer surrendered him to police.
And then there's the looming sexual discrimination and harassment lawsuit. On November 7, lawyer Ken Thompson received the right-to-sue letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission he had requested on behalf of former editor in chief Kim Osorio and former marketing director Michelle Joyce. In their EEOC complaint, the women say they were sexually harassed, physically threatened, and ultimately fired in retaliation for complaining about abuses condoned by Mays and Scott. The EEOC investigation was terminated without finding. Thompson says he's filing suit next week in Manhattan federal court.
The Source is hitting back, in street-fighting form and in the courts. Lawyer Mercedes Colwinwho makes frequent appearances on Fox and MSNBCsays she's ready to go. In an e-mail to the Voice, she calls the EEOC complaint "one very bad rap" and says The Source will achieve "complete vindication" as it does not "discriminate, harass, or retaliate on any basis including gender" and that the company "looks forward to proving it is not liable in the event it even gets to court."
Mays calls "the misleading and patently false attacks on our character . . . hurtful," but Scott declined requests for comment. Peeples (The Source's third-ranking executive after Mays and Scott) and Childs did not respond to repeated requests for comment on the attempted-murder charges, but lawyer Mel Sachs says they have been "wrongfully accused."
Editor in chief Allah, a member of an Islam-based religious group called Nation of Gods and Earth, did discuss his arrest. He told the Voice that the alleged graffiti incident had "nothing to do with The Source" and everything to do with his "personal history with organized religion and the Jehovah's Witnesses in particular." (He declined comment on any Source topic, including the defamation suit pending against the magazine stemming from an article he wrote last year making fun of hip-hop writers. Sacha Jenkins of Spin and XXL is suing in State Supreme Court for $150,000.)
The recent revival of The Source's front-of-the-book must largely be credited to Allah, an intern in 2001 for Voice investigative reporter and senior editor Wayne Barrett. The Hurricane Katrina spread in the November issue outpaced competitor XXL's catch-up job in December. An ambitious cover story package in the December issue considers the impact of the criminal-justice system on hip-hop.
In addition to recharging its feature articles, The Source 's co-owners have come out swinging in the courts to defend what's left of their business credibility. On October 19, Source Entertainment filed a $100 million suit against Black Entertainment Television, accusing executives of pulling out of a deal to televise the annual Source Awards slated for last month. A BET statement said only that it was Mays who failed to uphold his end of the deal, but one can guess at why BET's owner, Viacom, might rethink its relationship with the (indefinitely postponed) awards show. In 2001 The Source's former network broadcaster, UPN, called it quits after a riot broke out at the Pasadena show the year before.
Multiplying problems have affected how advertisers perceive The Source.Cris Dinozo of the Publisher's Information Bureau says last year the magazine stopped paying its dues to the organization, which tracks advertising pages. Steve Cohn, CEO of Media Industry Newsletter, points to a downward trend since 2000, when ad pages in The Source reached a height of 1,648 for the year. Cohn, who gets his data from internal sources at the magazine, says that by the end of 2004 The Source was down to 1,149 ad pages, and this year it's at 779 ad pages.
Fewer people, it appears, are reading The Source. It's hard to know, because in 2004 it pulled out of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Textron in its lawsuit asserts that Source circulation hovers around 250,000half of what it was two years ago. By way of comparison, the primary Source competitor, XXL, has an ABC-certified circulation of 314,355.
The magazine's revenue has also nose-dived, according to the Textron lawsuit. The lending company estimates 2005 sales at $20.7 million, a $5.1 million drop from the previous year. Profits have disappeared, says Textron, which asserts that The Source's net loss will rise above $2 million, more than twice the 2004 loss. All evidence to the contrary, Chris Flatley, associate publisher of The Source, calls the magazine "the number-one selling music magazine on newsstands in the world." And that "many of corporate America's largest consumer marketers continue to embrace The Source for its honest and thought-provoking coverage."
There once was a time when calling The Source the "bible of hip-hop" made sense. As Wired was to geeks, as Deneuve was to dykes, so The Source was to the hip-hop generation. Its anomalous conception in the dorm room of two white Harvard students in 1988 didn't much get in the way, because by the early 1990s David Mays and Jon Shecter had cobbled together a multiracial dream team of devotees who, in a few short years, transformed a xeroxed newsletter into a widely respected glossy fat with ads.
Subjects that mattered to black kids and wannabes were given regular, serious treatment. "We had the greatest interviews; there were no publicistswe had pager numbers for when something went down," says Reginald C. Dennis, one of the first music editors. "Hip-hop wasn't media savvy then. It was young black people speaking their mindspeople who had never been given the opportunity to speak."
Trouble began in November 1994when The Source was at its zenith. It came in the form of a long, fawning profile of the Almighty RSO, a rap group fronted by Benzino, the big-mouthed Boston rapper who would later reveal himself as co-owner of the magazine. Mays felt his sidekick deserved some press; the Source staff disagreed. So Mays himself wrote a feature on RSO and slipped it in behind the editors' backs. There was an editorial-side exodus, with the highly regarded editor in chief James Bernard writing an emotional resignation letter to the hip-hop community. The scandal destroyed The Source's editorial credibility.
"Every two or three years there's a big upheaval and the whole editorial staff changes over," says Jeff Chang, author of the hip-hop history Can't Stop Won't Stop. "You get to the point where you're chasing away so much talentat a certain point it becomes unsustainable."
"It's been like watching Rome burn," says former Source writer Kenji Jasper.
Obvious cronyism and erratic critical standards have continuously afflicted its music reviews department. Editor in chief Fahiym Ratcliffe, Dasun Allah's predecessor, resigned in August after a dispute with Mays over a music rating. "You want to work for someplace that you believe in," Ratcliffe told the Voice. "If there are constant clashes with owners, then you have to remove yourself."
But more than the internal scandals, it was the relentless campaign against Eminem that turned off readers. In 2002, Scott worked tirelessly to persuade readers that the rapper is a bigot, backing up the charges by playing old recordings to reporters featuring a 15-year-old Eminem disparaging black women and big butts and niggas. Few observers disputed Scott's claim that part of Eminem's success is due to his color, but it raised another question: Where would Raymond "Benzino" Scott be if it weren't for his Caucasian best friend and cheerleader David Mays?
Eminem responded with an apology and an explanation: He said he wrote the lyrics because he was pissed off over a breakup with a black girl. The confession turned the controversy into old news, but not to Benzino. A drawing of him holding Eminem's severed head showed up in the February 2003 issue, and he rapped about him in several tracks of his own. "You the rap David Duke, you the rap Hitler, the culture stealer," he spat out on his single "Die Another Day."
The endless Eminem vitriol also proved costlymusic ads from Def Jam and Interscope disappeared. "Mays made some bad decisions. The mission of the magazine has been warped and perverted to fit Benzino's obsessions," says self-described grizzled hip-hop veteran Bill Adler. "The attacks on Eminem are transparent and pathetic nobody in hip-hop cares."
Last April, when the full texts of Kim Osorio's and Michelle Joyce's EEOC harassment complaints were posted on sohh.com , fans got an eyeful of an editorial office resembling something out of a Pam Grier movie. Judging from the allegations, the Chelsea offices sorely needed a Foxy Brown character to kick in the door and beat the hell out of the misogynist idiots described in the documents.
It's not that anyone was really surprised that a workplace usually described as a men's locker room complete with Vaselined- girl-bending-over posters on the walls and rappers-cum-execs slap-boxing in the halls could be sexist. The former executives' complaints detail more than how they say women are treated. They describe a magazine where writers were forced to write untruthful articles about the publication's perceived enemies.
Michelle Joyce (left, with glasses) and Kimberly Osario (right, in pink) are filing suit against The Source.
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Says former associate music editor Miranda Jane: "Writers have to take their sides of any beefs. If you don't know the game, or if you can't keep track of who they were or weren't doing business with that day, you could have serious problems, the least of which was getting fired. For a man that could mean being put in a state of fear. For a womangoing to work each day being called a whore."
In the complaint, Osorio accuses Mays of allowing a male writer to "degrade her as a woman" and threatening to "knock her upside the head" in response to her asking about an article he hadn't turned in. Both Mays and Benzino, she charges, frequently "berated and humiliated" women employees, while menmany of them Benzino's old friendswere given a free pass. Osorio says she was fired in March after refusing to rescind a discrimination complaint she says she e-mailed to the company's human resources department.
Former vice president of marketing Michelle Joyce was there just over a year to Osorio's five, and says the men she was charged with supervising harassed her with impunity. One felt comfortable telling her he'd "give her something to suck on." Mays would "yell, curse at [her], and often ask whether [she] was 'fucking stupid' or 'some sort of asshole.' " According to her complaint, the climate was so toxic several female execs would "often hide in their offices and avoid walking through the corridors out of fear of being sexually harassed." She also claims that she was fired after complaining about the way women were treated.
Many female former Source employees agree that the office is exhaustingly sexist, but not all women in the hip-hop world are willing to let Osorio completely off the hook. She was the editor in chief when the magazine, many observers have noted, grew exponentially more shallow and sexist. It was Osorio who played the infamous Eminem tapes to reporters two years ago, and she who backed up many of Benzino's dubious claims. "While I believe the [EEOC] allegations, my feeling is that Kim was basically bitten by the dog she fed," writes Essence magazine writer E. Assata Wright in an e-mail.
"They used to address meaningful issues, gang truces, police targeting black and brown kids," recalls former Source writer Rachel Raimist, before coming to depend on "just one story all the time. Pimp and stripper culture-porn is the norm."
In answer to critics, Osorio (who recently started work as an executive editor at bet.com) says that decisions on content were often made on the business side. Besides, churning out sexist product does not exempt a business from following harassment and discrimination statutes, nor does the law care who someone might be sleeping with. Those concepts are lost on Mays and Scott. Soon after the complaint was made public they faxed a statement to reporters that said: "We find it peculiar that [Osorio] would make these allegations because during her tenure at The Source she had numerous sexual relations with artists. We have proof of this and we find it unacceptable . . . "
Co-owners Mays and Scott don't view themselves as oppressors of women or anyone elsethey've long positioned themselves as defenders of the little guy against the hip-hop industry "machine."
Says Mays: "For the past few years, The Source has been the sole voice willing to speak out against the corruption, bribery, deceits and greed in the corporate Rap music industry that is destroying the greatness of Hip-Hop culture."
It's hard to argue with the first part, but the second half of his statement is more troubling. Former editor Ratcliffe (who now heads up Smooth, a King-like men's magazine) says that in spite of The Source's recent editorial successes, readers have stopped paying attention.
"Mays is a very smart man. He created the most important urban magazine in 15 years. But he and Benzino need to look at themselves with honest eyes," he says. "The Source is a shadow of itself. But even if its brand doesn't have the same luster it once had, it's still strong. But as long as you have Mays and Scott the industry will always look at them as the problem, even if their message is good."
Mays and Scott may have to jump ship in order to save The Source. "They opened the gates for the hip-hop lifestylethey legitimized it," says Dr. Samir A. Husni, chair of the journalism department at the University of Mississippi. "But when the giant reaches the top of the mountain and hides his head in the clouds, he cannot see what's going on on the ground."
If Mays and Scott do get knocked out, there are plenty of takers. Hip-hop deal maker Steve Stoute told Hot 97 he'd like to take over, and Jay-Z's name has floated about. Still, Mays and Scott are going down fightingin the courts and perhaps in the street.
Meanwhile, Source Enterprises has christened two foreign-language versionsThe Source Latino and Nouveau the Source (French). Judging from recent events, at The Source and abroad, a magazine devoted to thug activism might be a lucrative export.
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|Mike at Redshed would probably let you have one on a trial basis. Why not contact him?
|do you think they would ship it?
The old Pfleuger Medalist that was mentioned by griz will work with any trout you may catch. At one time (back in the 50's and 60's), it was considered one of the best reels to use for trout.
The truth is you don't need anything more than a simple click pawl to keep the reel from overrunning for trout or bass. There are plenty of reels that will do exactly what you need from a reel for $35.00-$50.00. And there are several nice casting rod in the 9' 6 wt I recommended on the market for under $100.00. And if you move up to $150.00, there are even more rod choices in the 9' 6 wt size.
I have a suggestion, why not contact one of the fly shops who sponsor this web site, tell them you are a beginner, that you are looking for a rod to fish for trout and largemouth bass, that you have been recommended to look at a 9' 6 wt, and that you don't want to spend more than say $200.00. I'd be very surprised if they would not be able to set you up with a rod, reel, and line that would meet your needs and budget.
I would say for reels that when you start going up to Alaska then start really looking at plunking out for a good reel. Also, keep in mind, my first trip up there I was landing silvers and big 'bows on a $30 Phlueger Medalist! Features to look for nowadays :disc drag, open rim so you can palm the rim for added drag. But you really won't need crazy expensive drag systems in the lower 48 for trout, generally. I feel you can get a darn good reel for way less than $200 these days that will handle even the big,crazy Alaskan rainbows though... but that will be a second and different wt rod/reel combo too. Spend what you can, of course...you won't regret it.
All the advice you've gotten from everyone here is good advice,btw. Everyone has different preferences and WHERE they fish is a big influence on what gear they own.
|I got too many questions what do you consider big trout (in response to the good reel need). The old fashion way(with bait or a spinner) I normally can catch anything from 2 to 5 lbs on some of these streams.
|we dont have any fly shops here in st. george lots of outdoor stuff the best I seen was a ben Franklin the guy was extremely nice and I think he would be more than willing to help so I will try. I'm also glad that all of you repplied because now I got some info to check this guy with to find out if he wants to help or wants to make money
The first thing you (or anyone for that matter) ought to do when deciding on a fly rod is start with the AFTMA line weight that will cast the flies you are expecting to fish. Then pick a rod that is rated to cast that line.
That said, since you mentioned fishing for trout and bass (largemouth I assume that will run up to 5#'s or so), it makes picking just one rod a little tricky because the bushy and rather air resistent bass bugs are difficult to cast on lighter line rods typically used for trout.
Now that I said that, don't dispair because you can get one rod that will work for both, just keep in mind that it won't be the best for either. A 5 wt doesn't really have the backbone to cast bass bugs very well. Before I get beat up by experienced fly fishers, I have to say it is possible for a good caster to cast bass bugs with a 5 wt, but since you are not an expert, experienced caster, avoid the 5 wt. A 6 wt has enough backbone to cast bass bugs up to about #6 in size, which will work very well on most northern largemouths, while being an excellent rod for all sizes or trout flies. A 7 wt would be very good for tossing the bass bugs, but a bit on the heavy side for most trout flies.
Therefore, I'd recommend a 9'-10' long rod rated for a 6 wt line as the best choice if you are going to spend most of your time chasing trout, which your post appears to imply. A 9'-10' rod will allow you to keep more line off the water and help greatly when fishing lakes, and it is not too long for streams (unless you are planning to fish small, mountain streams that are lined in brush).
I always recommend a 8 1/2 or 9 ft 6 weight rod, as well. Maybe go with the shorter if you think you'll be bushwacking allot. St. Croix makes nice rods that are affordable. I own a couple of them and they take the abuse well. Reels are not as important until you go after the bigun's. Save your money for the rod, for now. You can get a good enough reel for $50-60... Scientific angler or even a Cabela's in that price range. Line is good to spend on too. I like Cortland 444 stuff personally.
I agree with the previous poster, go in a fly shop and tell them your budget. They should be super helpful. If you get 'tude to the noob... find another. No reason for that nonsense but I've seen it.
|Your best bet will be a 5 or 6 weight in 8'6 or 9' length. If you're only going to be fishing rivers or larger bodies of water for trout, and not any small streams, then go with the 9' for sure.
Olkeller, Good to have you on the Forum!
A guy can get set up these days with a very good system for a very reasonable price. As we have discussed here before, a first step might be a visit to your local Flyshop. They will always have "Demo" equipment that a guy can tryout so you can get a feel for the system you might want to use. And while your there you can ask questions about Lines, Flys for your local area, Spots that you might visit, etc.
Another good thing is on-line shoping. Just punch in flyfishing equipment on your favorite search engine to get dialed in.
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opening line of argument is incorrect: police helicopters do fly patrol, for uses as mundane as targetting highway speeding, and are profitable in that respect.
opening line of argument is incorrect: police helicopters do fly patrol, for uses as mundane as targetting highway speeding, and are profitable in that respect.
look here, pal, when i make a counterpoint around on the internet, i expect a stiffly ideological rebuttal, not any of this earnest bullshit
srs though, i agree with you on this to a certain point. i also think that every business should be allowed to do most any retarded thing with their budgets that they want to, for their own reward and their own risks.
where we diverge, i think, from reading your other posts, is that you might believe that businesses should be able to get as large as they want, and then also fail. there is truth to the phrase, "too large to fail." the truth is, that if these banks had failed, this would have (directly) lead to the banks and other institutions that they owed money, to also fail. this would have meant that the institutions that held most of america's money (both businesses and private citizens) would fail, and not have enough money to pay out to citizens withdrawing their funds. then a run on the banks, which leads to many more banks failing as all of their capital is being withdrawn by scared citizens, increasing the problem to the point of, well, great depression.
this isn't an exaggeration. in two days in sept 2008, WaMu (largest savings and loan), and wachovia (4th largest financial institution) had a combined $21 billion bank run: businesses and citizens withdrawing their money and stashing it. if the government hadn't taken swift action, we'd be having a very different conversation right now. there aren't many things i thank the bush administration for, but this is one of them. since i'm made of point of my distaste for bush just now, i should make very clear i don't blame his admin for the crisis. the 2008 situation was the result of very hard work by banking execs, and nearly thirty years of hodgepodge financial regulations by every congress and president that sat.
i'm not saying the bailout was a good thing all over. i wished that the concept of the economy being strong enough to withstand a run on the banks without a lost decade (or three) was a realistic one, but it wasn't.
i think i'm getting chatty and off-topic. where i think you're right: the bailout laid the framework for businesses to repeat the same mistakes with the notion that they can forever get away with it, profiting when their luck is good, bailed out by the taxpayer when it isn't.
the solution, though, wasn't to deny a bailout, instead, it was to use regulation to limit the size of businesses in an industry (in this case, finance industry) to stop them from growing so large that their failure could destabilize the national economy. to catchphrase it, "don't say there isn't too large to fail, prevent there from being too large to fail.
not sure if trolling, or just revisionist
fannie+freddie were not forced by law to to give subprime loans. they were compelled by the market forces, as propelled by de/unregulated banks (2004 lowered Debt Capital Rule, unregulated derivatives and CDO market, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, DIDMCA, adjustable-rate mortages), which allowed the major institutions to over-leverage themselves while dealing out predatory ARMs.
if fannie+freddie had not existed the 2008 FC would have still happened in the private sector alone. northern rock, countrywide, bear stearns, lehman brothers, merril lynch would have still all collapsed/required government takeover. the (de)regulatory framework simply allowed them astronomic profits at substantial risk, with the knowledge that any failure would cause systemic collapse, thus requiring government action, thus mitigating any risk to the personal wealth of the execs and traders.
yes, fannie+freddie were headed by some fuckups that made decisions very similar to the large banks. but they were the decisions of private executives; these organizations were not compelled by law to seek inappropriate mortgages and then leverage them on the CDO market. they were compelled by high profits and low effective risk, just like the other speculative lenders.
what? no.
in any areas where population density is a problem, the cable has already been laid for decades now. any equipment upgrades that needed done were also completed many years ago.
in areas where population density is not a problem, "laying cable" is incredibly cheap work, and often subsidized.
the "expense" is that the large telecoms have lobbied their way into regional monopolies, and legally prevent competitors from supplying better products (unlimited packages).
in louisiana, i was getting Cox's 8Mbps connection with no cap for $55 a month. i typically used about 170GB/month
in quebec, Videotron's 8Mbps connection cost $45 a month, but only had a 50GB cap. unusable.
Videotron's 60Mbps connection costs $83 a month with a 150GB cap. unreasonable price for the cap, still, and absurd speed - what kind of residence would need that? i can't find any slowdowns in anything i do with 15Mbps
i settled for videotron's 15Mbps connection: $55 a month, 90GB cap. toe the line every month and am getting sick of watching the (6-12 hours behind) meter on their website. hunted for an alternative two weeks ago, came up short considering the home phone/basic cable bundle.
getting fed up with this.
right, that is what the website is. slashcode.com isn't a statement, it's consistency.
yes, i agree, slashdot did (and to a lesser extent, does) have an agenda, which is why we read the "news" here we do.
in the vein of this conversation as the GP phrased it, though, slashdot does not participate in movements at large, a la the GP's question, "What about... SLASHDOT?
What the hell guys? Do we not care about these bills to even change the color scheme?"
the answer to that is, slashdot is not a site that participates in these sort of editorial statements. i'm not saying that the editors should, or that it would be a better thing to do. i'm just saying that they don't do anything to progress the causes they believe in. if you have some links that tell me otherwise, i will be glad to read.
did they do anything to express this, besides linking to echo-chamber articles that (actual) journalists write?
i'm not saying they didn't favor linking that type of news and coverage, of course they did (still mostly do). i'm saying they didn't do anything about it.
similar to what i replied to xtracto, you're talking about users talking about things they themselves believed in, in relation to the news articles of the day. slashdot as a website, business, and editorial platform doesn't seem to take stands on topics or causes.
i think we're talking about two different things.
slashdot mods just posted echo-chamber news articles from different websites, and the users patted each other's backs with long posts and +5 scores to everything that agreed with their outrage
slashdot, as a website or a platform, hasn't done anything (i can think of) participating in any cause, like the event being held today on sites like wikipedia, reddit, etc).
i haven't been reading slashdot consistently forever, but i've never known the site at large to get behind a cause
around here, editorializing is for timothy's article summaries, only BOOM
The summary does not say this.
it might be that i didn't get the point of your comments (assuming you are also the grandparent AC) in relation to the commentary about idle reserves created by corporate tax cuts.
to recap the conversation i think we're having so far: Aighearach says "corporate tax cuts are not keynesian as they create wealth for large businesses that isn't being used."
AC says "that money isn't just sitting around doing nothing."
i say "these companies do have all this cash, and are doing nothing with it but hoarding, certainly not stimulating economy. citations provided, mothafucka."
AC says "(assumed: the money is actually in the banks) the banks don't actually have this money on hand, most is tied up in financial instruments and loans." i can't tell if your point is a semantic one (the money is not in GE's big cash room, it is being used by banks!) or an economic one (the money in use by the banks is therefore stimulating the economy).
am i on the same page as you, now? if your point was the latter...
if so, i would reply that this money is doing very little positive for the economy as a whole; financial instruments favored by banks produce nothing of actual value, though they do create bubbles which have the short-term appearance of value, until the eventual pop. loans are being given to non-major industry players even more rarely than before, and the large profitable businesses (as noted by their 1s and 0s) have little need for the leverage. this leaves national bonds, which is not unlike stuffing the cash in the mattress.
none of these would produce anywhere near the good, services, and wages that there would have been if the large companies had spent the money, by a long shot.
if your point was just the semantic "the money isn't just sitting in Microsoft's money warehouse," goddamnit for making me type all that.
except it very often doesn't, and sits still in quite large quantities.
let's be honest. no keynesian thinks the stimulus was enough, nor spent in the correct places, regardless of economic growth rate. it was certainly stimulus (and mostly ineffective), but not keynesian stimulus.
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In late 2012, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China announced a new price cut policy for pharmaceuticals, effective from February 1, 2013
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During March 2013, the government announced that it will step-up investment in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases as well as expand the reimbursement medical system with more medicines added to the essential drugs list. China has projected an increase in its medical spending by 27 percent and is doubling the total number of drugs in its national reimbursement medicine list from 205-to-520. The country's medical insurance system will cover an additional 20 serious illnesses, including various types of cancers, leukemia and type-1 diabetes among others.
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I don't pretend to understand much about wifi, but – historically, at least – I observe that the phrase "wireless net working" is often, like "military intelligence" or "road works ahead", most charitably described as oxymoronic.
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The hypothesis: iwlwifi or the hardware it's talking to doesn't like talking on 5GHz channels
The fix (first attempt):
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The problem with this fix: it makes no difference. It turns out 5ghz_disable has no effect any longer
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network clause in
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The result: it seems to be working so far.
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This was a 160 yd blind with a slope to the right, a ditch, more slope to the right and a knoll.
This was a 130 yd mark-a wing clipped pigeon launched from a zinger winger (with just the pouch hooked). The pigeon ran back to the gun station once it hit the ground.