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I am a Trekker. Trekkies are pop culture fans. Trekkers delve into the socio-political, philosophical and humanistic caveats of the various Star Trek series. We know the word "caveat" and use it correctly. As an adolescent I admired and tried to emulate the character Spock. I was drawn to the ideal of logic without emotion. Spock and I learned together that emotions play an important role in human society and relationships. Emotions are messy, undefined and illogical. Logic is precise, neat, and understandable. I still prefer logic to emotions. It is interesting that we are talking about feelings when discussing intellectual traits. One might assume that intellectual traits would incorporate logic only, yet someone who is truly adept at critical thinking understands that humans are emotional creatures and we are forever influenced by our own emotions as well as the emotions of others.
Today I want to discuss the essential intellectual traits of empathy and autonomy. Empathy can be simply defined as the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions, the ability to share someone else's feelings (http://www.merriam-webster.com/). Autonomy is simply defined as: the state of existing or acting separately from others, the power or right of a country, group, etc., to govern itself, self-directing freedom and especially moral independence (http://www.merriam-webster.com/). These two topics are far more complicated than the definitions given but we have to start somewhere.
Intellectual empathy vs. intellectual narrow-mindedness (www.criticalthinking.org.)
To be empathic usually requires a shared experience. Sympathy is the feeling that you care about and are sorry about someone else's trouble, grief, misfortune (http://www.merriam-webster.com/). To be intellectually empathetic, we need to consciously put ourselves in someone else' shoes that is "Walk a mile in their shoes." I remember many times that I just "KNEW" that I was right and then discovered that I was wrong…really, really wrong. When we encounter someone who is adamant about their belief in something and it is really, really wrong, then we need to be empathetic and gently show them what is right. To do this we need to reconstruct that person's reasoning, assumptions and ideas in order to LOGICALLY show them the error. We also need to be open to correction when we are incorrect. Here the emotions come into play. We must be gentle, kind, patient, considerate…Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. (RSV)
Narrow-minded people are never wrong. They refuse correction. They are brusque, harsh, unkind, and the very antithesis of the Spirit. Jesus exemplified the fruit of the Spirit. Do I? Do you?
Intellectual autonomy vs. intellectual conformity (www.criticalthinking.org.)
Autonomy is a self-governed state where we exist/act separately from others. We are rarely ever separate from others. Emotions tie us together. Perhaps a better explanation of autonomy is the ability to think rationally for one's self. I have a master's degree in biomedical ethics. The most hotly debated subject is autonomy. When is a patient old enough to make their own decisions…be autonomous? When is a patient rational enough to be autonomous? When is one in control of their beliefs and values in order to make rational decisions? We want our patients to be able to analyze the evidence (e.g. test results) and make a rational, logical decision about their treatment. Is a 12 year old capable of such decisions? Is anyone capable of making such a decision when their life is threatened? These are questions from bioethics, what kind of questions might we ask in other areas of life?
I often pray for "the wisdom and knowledge to know right from wrong and the strength and courage to do what is right in the eyes of the Lord." Is this autonomy or conformity?
I think conformity is when we follow blindly. We should always be analyzing what we do and why we do it. There is a difference between FAITH and conformity. Faith is an assurance for things hoped for whereas conformity is a "whatever, as long as it doesn't interfere with my life."
(Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 RSV)
Faith is active. Conformity is dormant, intellectually sedentary.
Think about Jesus. Was He empathetic? Was He narrow-minded? Was He autonomous? Was He a conformist?
Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. RSV
Be autonomous.
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The Yakima Q Clips - 1 pair, are essential to mount Q Towers and are designed specifically for your vehicle. If you're not sure which Q clips you need (depends on your vehicle), please call us and we'll be glad to help, 800-409-4502.
- Compatible with Yakima Q Towers
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Get your Q on!!!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Can't clip without the Q!!!! Just be sure you enter in all the correct info for your vehicle.
Good clips
I did quite a bit of searching around to find these expensive clips at a decent price, and found Backcountry.com to be the best.
If you bought your rack used like me, or need to put it on a different car, you NEED to buy new clips. Expensive, but mandatory.
Just so everyone knows, each box comes with:
- 2 car specific clips
- 2 rubber pads
- 2 vinyl stickers to put on the clips where they touch paint
- Measurement instructions only.
* Clips required for the front are often different than the back, so double check Yakima's site before you order.
Detailed install instructions can be found here:
Does anyone know if the Q Clips include base pads or if I need to order those separately?
yes, it comes with pad.
Fits my '01 4Runner
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Not much to say other than it fits my car as Yakima designed it to do so. There are not other alternative products to compare it to but it does what it is meant to do.
Is there a difference between Q99 clips...
Is there a difference between Q99 clips and Q99-E clips? My car takes Q99-E but they don't seem to be available anywhere.
There is no difference between those clips other than name. The Q-99 should work just fine for your "non-raingutter" vehicle just fine and enable you to attach towers and bars.
Great clips!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Just got these for the Civic, they fit great and are just what I needed! The doors open and close fine when they're on. If you order one of these, you are getting a pair (meaning 2), so if you want a set-up for your card, you'll need to order two pairs (to get 4 clips).
One PAIR of Q-clips
First things first, don't make the stupid mistake I did if you are collecting parts for a full new rack installation: This item is just ONE PAIR of clips; a full rack setup requires TWO PAIRS! Failing to realize this will significantly delay your installation process...
Once installed, they are working great. I have a car with frameless windows, so it looks alarmingly like the windows and Q-clips will collide when opening/closing the doors, but the clearance is perfect when the clips are properly installed.
Old rack New Car
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I got these to put my old rack on my new car. They work great, no problems.
Bought as a gift
- Familiarity: I gave it as a gift but have feedback to share
I bought this rack as a gift but have seen the final installation and it appears as though it's working just fine and looks great!
Great Clips :)
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Got these to attach to the Q towers and they fit great! I'd also recommend getting the Yakima Lock Cores for your rack.
Well designed
Towers appear well built and designed. Make sure to order specific clips for your particular vehicle. As Chad stated, check out the Yakima website. Also, order a package of SKS lock cores for each block. Order more than you need as you will add accessories later and will want the same key for all.
Just the clips i needed for transfering my Yakima rack between cars.
Needed With Q Towers
If you have purchased a set of Q Towers be sure to also pick up a set of Q clips. You can go to Yakima's website to find the proper clip size for your vehicle. These work perfectly.
My racks are unusable without these clips and now I have to drive to a store to get them terra firma or go to Yakima where i will now have to pay shipping. I think it was bad business to sell me an incomplete set without contacting me.
Pretty sweet.
Using Q106 clips on my '00 Maxima. Fit just fine, though concerned about possible door seal compression/tearing over time. Believe these are the best solution on the market, just aren't perfect. Happy to have them though, they do the job quite well.
Vince, just wondering if you've had any door seal issues with the Q clips since the install.
WAPITI77, I did begin to experience whistling in the area, though I couldn't tell if it was just turbulence or actually air getting inside. No water leakage. I did experience dents in the roof at each contact point though. The manual is clear that my car's roof is soft, but at the recommended load the rack slipped at higher speeds.
Whole setup on a mazdaspeed6
These are the correct clips for the Mazdaspeed6, even though they are not listed on the setup guide.
Does anybody know if these will fit a 2008...
Does anybody know if these will fit a 2008 volvo c-30. I have no doubt that I can get a front rack mounted in the front doors, but the rear rack is my main question. Volvo has a groove already built into the car, at the top of the rear window (no door) but I am afraid that it will only work with volvo manufactured racks.
yakima's website provides a fitting tool for every car. check it out before purchasing!
I was told I needed Q78 Q clips. Is that...
I was told I needed Q78 Q clips. Is that what these are?
They are. However, you need to select the Q78 on the drop down menu as you order. As you can see there are several different clips depending on the car you drive. These fit into the door jam of your car when mated with Yakima's Q-Tower. Remember you need to get a total of four clips, or X2 sets of clips. Refer to yakima.com for any questions.
I accidentaly bought the wrong clips for...
I accidentaly bought the wrong clips for my 2007 Corolla. I bought the 48' cross bars with a pair of Q 19 clips. Do I just need to by the Q 31 clips for the back and the Q 91 clips for the front or do I need to buy a new rack system? Are the towers included ok to keep as well? and are the locks universal for all the roof rack systems or is each one different depending on the Q clips? Thank you
My results said you need a set of Q99-E clips in the front, Q31-A clips in the back, 48" cross bars and a 44' fairing if you choose to use one, and of course the towers. Again, this for was a naked roof 2007 Corolla 4 door. Locks are universal, it is recommended to buy a lager quantity then you think you need because if you buy additional ones later, you will have to tote more keys around with you.
I have an old yakima rack w round bars...
I have an old yakima rack w round bars that I'm trying to fit onto my 05 Prius and simply need to know what clamps or footings I need to get. Can anyone help?
You will need Q5-A front clips and Q124-F rear clips.
I was given a complete rack from a infinity...
I was given a complete rack from a infinity F35.my car 99 Acura RL
is the Q73 clips all I need to mount the rack.
You will need the (4) Q73 clips, (4) Q Towers, (2) crossbars and if you choose (1) 44" fairing.
Your cars both should use the Q towers and you are right on the q clips #73 that are recommmended for your vehicle. You can load up to 125 pounds on your vehicle and use all the great gear carrying options that yakima offers. Have a great Summer and Take It Easy on your Yakima Rack


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2.8: Satellites, Shuttles, and Space Stations
Function over fashion?
Why do astronauts need to wear such a funny suit? What would happen if they didn't? Just like space telescopes see more when they're outside Earth's atmosphere, astronauts can see and learn more from space, too. And to do that they need to surround themselves in a habitable environment. Despite a few setbacks, some of them tragic, the space program has made tremendous advances in our understanding of what lies beyond our planet. Space programs also advance technologies here on Earth.
A rocket is propelled into space by particles flying out of one end at high speed. A rocket in space moves like a skater holding the fire extinguisher. Fuel is ignited in a chamber, which causes an explosion of gases. The explosion creates pressure that forces the gases out of the rocket. As these gases rush out the end, the rocket moves in the opposite direction, as predicted by Newton's Third Law of Motion. The reaction force of the gases on the rocket pushes the rocket forward. The force pushing the rocket is called thrust. Nothing would get into space without being thrust upward by a rocket.
The space shuttle Atlantis being launched into orbit by a rocket on Cape Canaveral, Florida.
One of the first uses of rockets in space was to launch satellites. A satellite is an object that orbits a larger object. An orbit is a circular or elliptical path around an object. The Moon was Earth's first satellite, but now many human-made "artificial satellites" orbit the planet. Thousands of artificial satellites have been put into orbit around Earth. We have even put satellites into orbit around the Moon, the Sun, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
There are four main types of satellites.
- Imaging satellites take pictures of Earth's surface for military or scientific purposes. Imaging satellites study the Moon and other planets.
- Communications satellites receive and send signals for telephone, television, or other types of communications.
- Navigational satellites are used for navigation systems, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS).
- The International Space Station, the largest artificial satellite, is designed for humans to live in space while conducting scientific research.
Satellites operate with solar panels for energy.
Space Stations
Humans have a presence in space at the International Space Station (ISS). Modern space stations are constructed piece by piece to create a modular system. The primary purpose of the ISS is scientific research, especially in medicine, biology, and physics.
A photograph of the International Space Station was taken from the space shuttle Atlantis in June 2007. Construction of the station is scheduled to be finished in 2011.
Space Shuttles
Craft designed for human spaceflight, like the Apollo missions, were very successful, but were also very expensive, could not carry much cargo, and could be used only once. To outfit the ISS, NASA needed a space vehicle that was reusable and able to carry large pieces of equipment, such as satellites, space telescopes, or sections of a space station. The resulting spacecraft was a space shuttle, shown in (Figure below).
Atlantis on the launch pad in 2006. Since 1981, the space shuttle has been the United States' primary vehicle for carrying people and large equipment into space.
A space shuttle has three main parts. The part you are probably most familiar with is the orbiter, with wings like an airplane. When a space shuttle launches, the orbiter is attached to a huge fuel tank that contains liquid fuel. On the sides of the fuel tank are two large "booster rockets." All of this is needed to get the orbiter out of Earth's atmosphere. Once in space, the orbiter can be used to release equipment (such as a satellite or supplies for the International Space Station), to repair existing equipment such as the Hubble Space Telescope, or to do experiments directly on board the orbiter.
When the mission is complete, the orbiter re-enters Earth's atmosphere and flies back to Earth more like a glider than an airplane. The Space Shuttle program did 135 missions between 1981 and 2011, when the remaining shuttles were retired. The ISS is now serviced by Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
The space shuttle orbiter Atlantis touches down at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- Rockets are propelled into space by particles flying out one end at high speed. Nothing would get into space without them.
- Thousands of artificial satellites orbit Earth. Satellites are used for imaging, communications, navigation, and human habitation.
- Space stations are continuously inhabited by humans and are used for scientific research.
Use these resources to answer the questions that follow.
1. What are satellites used for?
2. Explain how geostationary orbit works.
3. How far are geostationary orbits above the earth?
4. What is orbital position?
5. What determines satellite life?
6. What are the two types of satellites?
7. Explain the characteristics of each type of satellite.
8. How do astronauts get to the ISS?
9. List your observations about the ISS.
1. How does a rocket work?
2. Why are there so many satellites orbiting Earth at this time?
3. Would you like to spend months in the International Space Station? If so, what would you be interested in studying? If not, why not?
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Here is you chance, you are the POTUS what do you do about the unrest in Egypt
Back the Muhbarek Govt
Back the Opposition
Let them fight it out back winner
Stay out of it
Send in Hillary
Send in Joe Biden
Back whatever the Saudi's do
Keep our noses out of it as well as shut down all Foreign Aide to all countries.
No more paying Tribute cash for peace!
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"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
I will start, the US has a real bad habit of sticking their noses in other countries business, we also have a bad habit of backing the wrong regime, only to have to remove them at a later date..Yes I know its a global concern, but it seems like when the US gets involved, US takes the biggest casualty hits...I am concerned about the loss of life and harm, but this is one fight where we need to stand down...my .02
I would have Biden maintain commo with the Egyptian interior secy, and urge non-violent resolution. Short of that, I'm not sure there's much else we should do. Its not like they're being invaded by a foreign nation. This is civil strife, and unless we haven't learned a damn thing in the past 9 years in Iraq....
God Bless PFC Jamie Harkness. The US Army's newest PFC, but still our neighbor's little girl!
This is really sad. I have a co-worker from Cairo, who's wife is finishing her last year of med school there right now. I hope there is a peaceful ending to this soon.
Whether its China, Iran, or now Egypt, these protests remind me how fortunate we are in America, and that what we have came at a very great price as well. Being 230 years from our Revolution, I think we sometimes take our freedom for granted.
God Bless PFC Jamie Harkness. The US Army's newest PFC, but still our neighbor's little girl!
One of my former asst managers recently retired in Israel, and I always fear for his safety any time violence breaks out in the Middle East..it is very difficult for us westerners to understand about a region we only know about from our news sources and talking heads along with preconceived notions about what they really want in their country
What Franco said! And furthermore...what Franco said!
When the one you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.
One of our specialists at TBC was an Egyptian. Educated there & quite talented. His comment about Mubarrak when he came into power, nothing will change, the graft just goes into a different account.
IMO, worth nothing, is we need to provide armament to maintain a balance of power between countries & factions, no cash for graft & keep a lot of nosy do-gooders wandering around over there bothering them. On their nickel of course . How much cash have we provided Palestine & what good has it done?
Marvin S
Everyone's friend is No One's friend
Someday your life will flash before your eyes. It's your responsibility to make sure it's worth watching!
These protestors are demanding more democracy and less government corruption. I say, "let the situation run its coarse without our interference"!
We've spent over a trillion dollars on Iraq and thousands of American soldiers' lives and those people still don't know if they want to be a Democracy. Same for A'stan!
No more Forign Aide to any country and lets take care of ourselves for now.
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke


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Conference explores diversity, May 4
Posted April 25, 2007; 06:35 p.m.
"Diversity in Black America: Immigration and Identity in Academia and Beyond" is the focus of a conference scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to noon Friday, May 4, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Scholars from Princeton and other institutions will deliver talks on issues related to black college students from international and multiracial backgrounds, among other topics. Presentations will include:
• "Who Are the Black Students of Immigrant Origins and Where Do They Come From?" by Douglas Massey, Princeton's Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs;
• "Reflections on Black Diversity" by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton's Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values;
• "The Historical Significance of Immigrant and Multiracial Black Students at Selective Colleges and Universities" by Kimberly Torres, a postdoctoral researcher in Princeton's Office of Population Research;
• "Say It Loud, I'm Black and Proud?: Mapping the Racial Identities of Native, Immigrant and Mixed-Race Black College Students" by Camille Charles, associate professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania; and
• "Diversity and Justice: African Americans, Immigrants 'of Color' and the Struggle for Institutional Access" by Philip Kasinitz, professor of sociology at Hunter College.
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, an associate professor of politics and core faculty member in the Center for African American Studies at Princeton, will moderate.
A luncheon will follow the conference, which is sponsored by the Policy Research Institute for the Region and the Center for African American Studies. To register, visit region.princeton.edu/conference_41.html.


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By Reshma Kapadia
Plenty of Wall Street analysts have weighed in on the the Baidu (BIDU)-Qihoo 360 Technology (QIHU) search battle. Here is a view from an analyst off Wall Street.
Riedel Research, an independent emerging markets shop, says the market's reaction to Qihoo's new search engine is overdone and the impact on Baidu's business is limited.
For starters, Riedel notes that Qihoo is not using advertising. While that may be well-received by its users, it means that the company has no share of ad budgets.
Baidu has almost 80% of the revenue-based market share. While the market has been talking about some 2-digit market shares for Qihoo, they are referring to operating matrices like search traffic —-not share based on revenue.
"It seems consensus that the current operating data suggests the future revenues. However, it is not necessarily true. The most recent case is the Sina (SINA) Weibo, a micro blog. Sina Weibo became the most popular online network immediately after it emerged. However after two years' operation, Weibo's revenues are still not significant to total revenues or Weibo's expenses," analysts write.
If Qihoo launched a price war, it could become concerning, they add. While they expect Qihoo's rate card in teh future to be much lower than Baidu's, they don't think it will be a necessary advantage for Qihoo.
Based on historical valuations, Riedel puts a target price of $250 on Baidu.


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IDF North America and Caribbean Region
About the region
The IDF North America and Caribbean Region currently represents 27 diabetes organisations in 24 countries. It provides essential expertise in diabetes, up-to-date evidence, supports awareness campaigns through a network of stakeholders, and advocates regional and international organisations for proper public policies.
The elected IDF representatives for the North America and Caribbean Region for 2016-17 are:
Chair: Ms Sharon Fraser, Belize
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Testing Technorati Profile claiming.
More and more things going on. Nothing quite computer related as I'm swaying towards electronics again.
Testing Technorati Profile claiming.
More and more things going on. Nothing quite computer related as I'm swaying towards electronics again.
Installed plan9 recently. It really has loads of wonderful ideas that I sorely miss in other systems. Still, it doesn't fill enough of my needs to do much anything with. At least there's still quite a bit to learn there and it looks interesting.
The strange Guile/mailutils bug persists. Sent report to Debian.
Oddly enough my OpenBSD/sparc firewall also threw a panic the other day. Didn't find the energy to report that. Just noted that the console was showing a debugger when I turned the terminal on. After reboot, it has been running fine.
First time I had to do percussive maintenance. My unused hppa workstation hard drive made weird sounds. Eventually I decided that the disk wasn't turning and the odd sounds came from the drive head and/or some kind of recovery procedure. Hammer→bearing and all seems well again. It's not an important disk and merely holds an experimenting system, so I'm not too worried about its state. Also came across Tor.
More scheme code at work and home. Much fun. Except that I got Guile to segfault using mailutils libraries. Seems that if I explicitly close a mailbox, the interpreter eventually segfaults. In a thread. From gc. With no debug symbols. I figured out how to build a -dbg deb and traced a bit more and then just removed the closes and so far the thing works. It should be no problem if I don't close the boxes while running a batch job. I'm almost itching to try something with the bigloo object system and C bindings and perhaps libdbi.
Back from a week of low-tech work/holiday. I keep feeling more and more that I should finally start making a picture organizer after my own taste. I seem to be behind some kind of threshold that I should get past in order to start hacking anything. Instead I'm reading, practising for Bujinkan and watching the snow pile up and temperature creep down outside.
GT4 release date here is only a few weeks away, I believe. Would be nice to finally get that. I hope the non-driving related components have improved as they were really irritating in an otherwise great simulation.
Firefox still doesn't accept mozex. At least some other extensions and features work and help remove some of the netrape braindeadness. Every time I hit ^U to erase a text field I get homicidal. Otherwise the new release looks acceptable.
Phew. I finally moved to Oulu again and now I even have the computing gear running once again. There has been qiute a bit of reorganization and I sold what I could get some money out of (including my dear Octane and a NeXT cube and a few RS6k's).
New fileserver, working firewall on OpenBSD/sparc (pf is so nice!) and main workstation is finally running Debian, not RHL (Ion2! Language bindings! CUPS! Xsane! potrace!
Seems they won't support my studying here, so I'll just have to work.
Learned to make Debian packages (again) and keep a local apt repo for my employer. Packaged some in-house software and went through bugfix dance with them etc. Great fun, really. Apt and all the helpers are so nice. I have built rpms and handled an apt repository there, but that is much more work.
I considered starting to package recluse for Debian.
Did quite a bit of Wiki edits again. I'm looking for a place to start on a Hardware wiki idea.
Learned a bit of Ruby and wrote some small programs needed at work. It's really a brilliant tool. It's a shame that kind of handiness is rarely found in languages I like more.
I'm still considering rewriting munin-node in it just to avoid perl and the cpan modules that are hell to port.
Oh, and I rescued a NeXT cube.
Saw a link to dsps in a (the?) Wiki. Seems that my condition is documented or at least the signs match. I just simply don't fall asleep before around 04:00, except if I try to nap during the day. That makes a gap in something like 18:00 - 04:00 with little hope of going to sleep. It's weird and plays merry hell with trying to keep in sync with the world (world like SO, public transport, lectures etc). *sigh*
Hm. I guess the doctor for the army did more than a good move in releasing me from peacetime service hearing I'm an insomniac of some sort. (It probably wasn't about the psychological tests. *cough*)
The more Haskell I learn, the more I like it.
Disney buys Muppets. Such a loss.
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Donald W. Hurst
JANESVILLE –Donald W. Hurst, age 81, of Janesville, died on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, at St. Mary's Janesville Hospital. He was born in Columbia Heights, MN on Dec. 3, 1931, the son of J.M. and Pearl (Almquist) Hurst. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict, and married Delores Mae "Dee" Olson in Pigeon Falls on June 20, 1953. Donald had been employed by General Motors for over 30 years, retiring in 1984. He was a member of First Lutheran Church, and the UAW Local 95. He enjoyed golfing, watching sports and reading the newspaper.
He is survived by his wife, Dee Hurst of Janesville; 2 children, Deb (Dick) Raby and David Hurst both of Janesville; 2 grandchildren, Dustin and Jessica; and 3 siblings: Manley (Charlyn) Hurst of West Allis, Alice (Bob) Phillips of Dubuque, IA, and Robert (Micki) Hurst of Germantown; and many nieces, nephews and other extended family and friends. Donald was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Richard Hurst; and 2 sisters, Shirley Bieganski and Joyce Jeffords.
A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH with Rev. James Melvin officiating. A visitation will be held on Friday from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at the church. Interment will be in South Beef River Cemetery, Osseo, WI, with full military honors. Lasting memorials may be made to St. Mary's Foundation, First Lutheran Church, or Agrace HospiceCare, Inc. SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY is assisting the family.


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Theater program to present 'Sunday in the Park with George'
The Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Theater will present a full staged production of Stephen Sondheim's musical "Sunday in the Park with George," directed by senior Julia Bumke, at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 12-13, and Thursday through Saturday, April 18-20, in the Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center. The musical transforms Georges Seurat's most famous painting into a life-size masterpiece to tell the story of exploring relationships and the creative process. For tickets call University Ticketing at 609-258-9220 or McCarter Theatre Center at 609-258-2787.


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On a pleasant july evening Donna Massie steered her car into her driveway at the bottom of Whitmarsh Avenue in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her husband, Kevin, and his friend Jesse were huddled beside Jesse's car, a gold Hyundai Sonata, and were peering closely at one of its doors. They were staring not at a dent but at a striking black-and-white beetle, about the width of Donna's pinkie and half as long, with bluish legs and two banded antennas that curved back over the length of its body like the whiskers of a catfish.
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The beetle gently probed the surface of the car with its forelegs. None of the three was much of a bug person, and Donna was decidedly anti-bug, stipulating a death-to-insect policy in her house. Still, the beetle transfixed her. It was larger than any she'd ever encountered, and with its otherworldly colors it was almost beautiful. Before the creature whirled its wings and flew away, Massie and her husband decided that it must be a June bug, albeit a freakish sort.
The insect might have escaped further notice, and evaded authorities altogether, if the Massies had not hosted a cookout two days later in their backyard, where others began to notice the curious beetles. They were hard to miss, creeping along the trunks of the maple trees that fringed the Massies' yard. Their black wing casings stood out starkly against the silver bark. One beetle planted itself on Kevin's pant leg and had to be pried loose. Then Donna noticed something unnerving. Near the base of one maple, she found a beetle sprinkled with sawdust, its head submerged in a dime-size hole in the tree's trunk. It seemed to be eating its way inward.
The following morning, Donna searched the Internet and identified her backyard visitor as an Asian longhorned beetle, also known by the abbreviation ALB. Her search also turned up a pest alert from the state of Florida that warned of the dangers posed by the insect. Donna began leaving messages with various agricultural authorities.
Patty Douglass, who works for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), was in her office in Wallingford, Connecticut, 75 miles south of Worcester, when Donna Massie's call came through. In her position as the plant health director for Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Douglass regularly fields phone calls from gardeners, landscapers and amateur entomologists who believe they've encountered one of the nonnative insects on the USDA's threat list. Nearly all of these calls prove to be in error, as the insect universe is almost incomprehensibly large and varied, and mistakes in identification are easily made. The beetle order alone contains some 350,000 known species; by comparison, the total number of bird species is roughly 10,000.
Massie took a photograph of the beetle with her cellphone and sent it in. The portrait was pixelated, but the beetle's speckled black-and-white abdomen and its telltale antennas were unmistakable. Within 24 hours of receiving the image, Douglass and Jennifer Forman Orth, an invasive species ecologist with the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, were standing beside Massie in her backyard, staring up at her trees. Douglass spotted one of the insects, confirming with her own eyes a scenario that she and others at the USDA had long feared—an ALB outbreak in New England. She grabbed Massie's arm. "Oh, God," she said. "They're really here."
For most of its history, the Asian longhorned beetle occupied a small, largely unremarkable niche in the forests of China, Korea and Japan. It was not known as a serious pest. In the 1960s and 1970s, however, the Chinese government began to plant enormous windbreaks of millions of trees in its northern provinces in response to erosion and deforestation. These windbreaks were composed almost entirely of poplar trees, which mature quickly and tolerate the arid, cold climate of northern China. As it happens, the poplar is a tree favored by the ALB, along with maple, birch, elm and several other hardwoods. The beetle is unique among invasive forest pests for attacking such a broad array of hosts, which is partly why it is so dangerous.
Adult beetles feed on leaves, twigs and young bark. Females deposit anywhere from 35 to 90 eggs, one at a time, in pits they dig in the bark. When the eggs hatch, ALB larvae bore into the cambium, the tissue that ferries the tree's nutrients, and then they move into the heartwood. Over several years, this tunneling chokes off a tree's supply of nutrients and kills it—a death by a thousand cuts.
In the 1980s, as China's poplar forests matured, the ALB population exploded. Within a few years, hundreds of millions of trees were infested, and the Chinese government had to cut tens of thousands of acres of forest to prevent the beetle's further trespass.
Meanwhile, China, along with the rest of the world, experienced a surge in foreign trade. Since 1970, global sea trade has tripled, and today more than 90 percent of the world's goods travel at least one leg of their journey by ship. The United States went from importing 8 million sea containers in 1980 to more than 30 million in 2000. And most of those products—diapers, televisions, umbrellas—are packed in crates or on pallets made of wood. In the 1980s, pallets of infested poplar began to leave Chinese ports, carrying Asian longhorned beetle larvae. A stowaway on the global shipping network, the insect came into nearly instant contact with warehouses across the world.


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Defeating Dems, Not the ACA, Is The Point Of Misleading Ads
Politically speaking, here's the thing about those melodramatic ads attacking the Affordable Care Act currently running on TV: In terms of actual policy, they're as futile as the 40-odd votes to repeal the law that House Republicans have already cast.
GOP hardliners are like a drunk in a bar fight, threatening to whip somebody twice his size if only his friends would turn loose of his arms.
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Friday Night Fights August 16, 2013 Recap
- Written by R. Choi
Friday Night Fights was back at the Broad Street Ballroom Friday night with a short but sweet card of great fights. The action started with a scrappy, rock 'em sock 'em bout with very little kicking but a lot of punching, followed by a fight that had all the clinching, kneeing, and kicking that the first fight lacked.
The next two JR. Middleweight fights were very exciting, with Mike Koufalis kicking off a night of victories for Renzo Gracie NYC. The southpaw used beautiful technique and striking combinations to break the three fight win streak of Weapons 9's formerly undefeated Sean McCardle. McCardle was rocked twice in round 2 and failed to answer the bell for round 3, giving Koufalis the win by TKO. After that, N.J. McLaughlin made short work of Eric Broullet with a TKO 1 minute 22 seconds in round 1. Then Jafar "Cookie Monster" Toshev won the crowd over with packs of cookies as well as the fight against Chris Tapia. Tapia looked very powerful, but couldn't seem to capitalize on most of their striking exchanges or in the clinch, while Toshev utilized a very nasty face teep and low kick and eventually took the win by UD.
The Main Event was a full rules pro bout between Joe Sampieri and James Martinez. Martinez swept Sampieri immediately but Sampieri bounced right up and spent the rest of the round in beast mode and made Martinez pay; he dumped Martinez on the ground repeatedly and was very aggressive. Martinez was visibly rocked at the end of the round, got an eight count and was only narrowly saved by the bell. Sampieri continued to dominate in round two, dropping Martinez with a right head kick that gave him the win by TKO at 46 seconds into the round.
The next fight was a full rules five round bout between amateur featherweight fighters with hair statements, Joe 'Mustache' Mueller and Rudy 'Flat Top' Felix (not their actual fight names). Both fighters started slowly but rapidly proceeded to flashier techniques and flying strikes, which were a pleasure to watch. Felix dominated the first half of the fight but seemed to lose speed in the later rounds, which allowed Mueller to come back in the clinch.
Following was the only title fight of the night, a full rules five round fight for the JR. Middleweight Title Belt between Sean Fagan and Chris Williams. Williams, who fought just a few weeks ago in New Jersey, controlled the fight and outmuscled Fagan in the clinch. Fagan was very gritty and managed to cut Williams in round one, but couldn't seem to get anything else started until round four, when his right cross started landing. Williams continued to dominate but was docked a point in round five for an illegal knee, and judges opted to give the win to hometown favorite, Fagan, by UD.
The final Co-Main event fight was a full rules pro bout between Elijah Clarke and Michael Stevens. Clarke had the reach advantage but Stevens was able to get in and force the fight into the clinch, and was not shy about throwing elbows either. There was some confusion about the actual length of the fight, whether it was to be three rounds or five rounds, and while both fighters looked game to keep it going, much to everyone's disappointment the fight was called at the end of three rounds. Clarke got the final win of the night for Renzo Gracie NYC by split decision.
Friday Night Fights August 16th Results
- Jonathon Nieves (Square Circle, NY) def Manuel Coleote (Next Generation Muay Thai, BK) via UD
- Joseph Suarez (Sitan Gym NY) def Raynaldo Nieves (TSK MMA) via UD
- Mike Koufalis (Renzo Gracie NY) def Sean McCardle (Weapons 9, NJ) via TKO (failure to answer bell, Round 3)
- N.J. MacLaughlin (Blade Fist Muay Thai, LI) def Eric Broullet (Precision Muay Thai, LI) via TKO RD 1 (1 minutes, 22 seconds)
- Jafar Toshev (Next Generation) def Chris Tapia (Weapons 9, NJ) via UD
- Joseph Sampieri (Renzo Gracie NY) def James Martinez (Wink Tactical Striking, Albuquerque, NM) via TKO RD 2 (head kick, 46 seconds)
- Joe Mueller (Art of Eight) def Rudy Felix (Sitan Gym NY) via UD
- Sean Fagan (Evolution Muay Thai) def Chris Williams (Pound4Pound MMA, Toronto Canada) via UD
- Elijah Clarke (Renzo Gracie NY) def Michael Stevens (Tampa Muay Thai, FL) via Split Decision


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One of the biggest obstacles in winter camping with Boy Scouts are worried parents. The Scout is being placed in a "High Risk" situation, and parents get the willies when they are faced with the prospect of their little precious getting frost bite and having his cute little nose fall off.
So how to sooth the worried parents heart. Skills and Training.
Ok so let me back up just a bit.. where do those skills and Training come from. You won't find what you need to know in the BSA Field Book.. well, Chapter 13 has some good information about Cold weather travel and camping, but it really falls short in the practical exercise of a cold weather adventure. Now I am not trying to be critical here, but as much as the Scout Handbook stops at Basic First Aid, the Field book is a nice place to start in developing an interest in Cold weather camping.
So skills and training at the unit level is very important to build confidence in the Scout… and the adult leaders charged with their safety.
But what about Mom and Dad? I still have not soothed their trembling heart.
Skills and Training need to be something that Mom and Dad see. They need to see competent trainers, they need to see an SPL or Patrol Leader, or the Troop Guide carefully sharing his knowledge of the skills required to be successful in the cold weather environment. A resume` of safe trips, of competent leadership, of well planned adventures and a lack of goofing off when it comes to camping in the cold.. that is what Mom and Dad need to see.
They need to know that their Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmasters are skilled in the cold and have the know how to teach, coach, train, and mentor their young man. They need to know that over many nights of camping in the cold no injuries have occurred. They need to hear the great stories from the gang that went last year.. how much fun they had and that they look forward to hitting the mountain again… and again.
Parents have every right to worry.. Scoutmasters have an obligation to remove any doubt they may have.
I am a cold weather expert.. I am not shy about telling the parents that their son is in good hands.. why.. because I trained the youth leaders and they are competent in this skill set.
Soothing the parents worried heart is an important and reasonable task of the Scoutmaster.
A Scout is Trustworthy, and that starts by being someone that can be trusted…
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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The separate yet complementary projects, with a total capacity of 145,000 b/d, would link Bakken and Three Forks receipt locations in North Dakota to interconnections with other Enbridge systems serving refineries throughout North America. They would provide shippers access to the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest and to Midcontinent refinery markets via the Cushing, Okla., crude oil trading hub.
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Emily Kame Kngwarreye: Alhalkere, paintings from utopiahttp://nga.gov.au/Exhibitions/Kngwarreye/
In the 1990s Emily Kame Kngwarreye (c.1910-1996) emerged as one of Australia's leading painters of modern times. Kngwarreye's prominence is no overnight sensation; it finds its roots in a lifetime of ritual and artistic activity. Her energetic paintings are a response to the land of her birth, Alhalkere, north of Alice Springs - the contours of the landscape, the cycles of seasons, the parched land, the flow of flooding waters and sweeping rains, the patterns of seeds and the shape of plants, and the spiritual forces which imbue the country. Kngwarreye's vision of the land is unique; her paintings challenge the way we look at art by Aboriginal Australians. Emily Kame Kngwarreye: Alhalkere - Paintings from Utopia traces the brief but impressive career of an artist who started painting in the public arena when she was in her eighties.
Emily Kam Kngwarray Ntange Dreaming 1989
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Purchased 1989 © Emily Kam Kngwarrey. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Purchased 1989 © Emily Kam Kngwarrey. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia
Michael Riley: sights unseennga.gov.au//Riley
Michael Riley: sights unseen is one of the most significant exhibitions of Indigenous art to be held at the National Gallery of Australia. A major retrospective of one of the country's leading Indigenous contemporary artists, it is the first exhibition to focus on the career of an Aboriginal artist from the south-east of Australia. Previous retrospectives have honoured the work of Dr David Daymirringu Malangi (2004), Albert Namatjira (2002), Rover Thomas (Joolama) (1994) and George Milpurrurru (1993).
No ordinary place: the art of David Malanginga.gov.au/malangi
David Malangi (1927–1999) of the Manharrngu people was a leading figure in the development of the Central Arnhem Land bark painting movement and holds a prominent place in Australian Aboriginal art. Made famous by his design used on the Australian one dollar note when Australia converted to decimal currency in 1966, Malangi painted over a period of four decades. He was a major instigator of Gallery's Aboriginal Memorial, contributing ten magnificent hollow logs to the project. The exhibition traces the development of Malangi's work from the early bark paintings of the 1960s that record his patrilineally inherited land and ceremonies, to the masterful dedications to his mother's land and culture for which he was also responsible and where he spent the last thirty years of his life.
National Indigenous Art Triennial 07: culture warriorsnga.gov.au/NIAT07
Presenting the work of thirty artists from each state and territory, the Triennial demonstrates the incredible range of contemporary Indigenous art practice. It is the largest survey show of Indigenous art at the Gallery in more than fifteen years, featuring up to four works by each artist created during the past three years in a variety of media, including painting on bark and canvas, sculpture, textiles, weaving, new media, photomedia, printmaking and installation. The works selected not only create an exhibition of outstanding quality but are also ultimately important acquisitions for the national collection.


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Fred, Fred, Fred...
Now, be nice. Don't start squabbling in front of a newcomer!
Welcome aboard. And don't listen to these "parochial patriarchs" - the best fishing in the world is where you happen to be right then!
and don't listen to Fred?...I have yet to see him up at Cape Cod...
Now would a good 'ex-patriot' Canadian Boy "lie" to another?? Actually, as close to Strub's area as I've ever gotten was the outtr beachs of Long Island. Beautiful!!!!! And that was far too many years ago.
Bad thing about summer run steelhead is they like day break ... or rather they want you to be ON the river at 4:45am. By noon it's too darned hot even if you're 'wet wading.'
Welcome to another Canuck!
I have fished the great northern Ont. lands and with fond memories of large brookies. At the time i was not into the Pike & Walley on the fly trick but you should give them a try as well, just to support the trout hatch "in betweens" time.
|Welcome..... and don't listen to Fred?...I have yet to see him up at Cape Cod... ....We get up too early here .... My father and I used to fish in Northern Quebec up by La Tourque and Lake St. John for speckled trout... wish I could recapture those days..but I think it was being with my dad more than the fishing... but to wake up in the morning and seeing Moose in the water in front of the cabin, the ice house, no telephones, oil lamps, and 20 miles plus on a tracktor into the woods on old logging roads, heat by wood stove.... frost in the mornings and sweating it in the afternoon... and trout.
Don't pay a lick of attention to these North
Easterns. They'll rot your brains.
The PNW is where 'all' the good things happen.
fae, et. al.
Juro, Penguin, thank for the welcome.
Penguin, you have one up on me, I have never fished for NFLD Atlantic Salman, but I have a feeling that'll all change next summer. I plan to go back for two or three weeks, first time in ten long years. -yaffle
...Cape Breton refugee?!
In another life (USAF) I flew in 4 Stephenville AirShow/Harmon Field Day events and, after word got out how welll we were treated by our Newf cousins, it got to be quite a challenge to be chosen for that specialgood deal...got to do some salmon fishing and donated alot of blood to the mosquitos...Good times gone bye!
Got "Screeched" in '88!
Thunder Bay sure looks like GODS country from 35,000'/550mph...
I wouldn't know what to do after a day on "fresh" water...it's just not the same if there isn't salt on everything...Or is it?
Imagine how long gear would last?!
Glad you enjoy the FFF (great bunch!) and don't be a stranger!
Keep us in your loop and, if you get a chance to visit, we'll set you up to annoy some swell striped and/or toothy critters!
yaffle -
welcome aboard! sounds like you have a little slice of wild trout heaven up there... keep us up to date thoughout your season
Hello All Fly fishers
Very, Very, nice sight. This is the biggest bulliton board I have ever seen!! I want to congradulate the fly talk staff on a sight well put togather!!
Now, enough of the sucking up.
I live in Thunder Bay, ont. A city with few fly fishers and a whole lot of good fly fishing water.
I have been flyfishing now for four years and after a bit of a rough start, I am enjoying every minute of it. I fish mostly speckled trout and occasionally rainbow trout.I tie all of my own flies and presantly get out to fish two to three tmies a week, that number may increase as the season draws to an end. Hopefully this fall I will find more time for steelhead and salmon.
We have a great fly fishing resource, which include speckled trout, rainbow, superior run rainbow (Steelhead) and three species of pacific salmon.
If I can back track a little, I am originally from newworld island off of the north east coast of Newfoundland.I fished spinner and worm as a kid for our brook trout and mud trout. I have a number of cousins an uncle and my dad who all tie flies and some of them fish their creations, so a natural progression for me would be to graduate from the spinner gear into the world of fly fishing. My father always tied and fished his own flies, although never with a fly rod instead he tied them off so far up his line when spinner fishing and I would watch as he would at times reel in two trout at a time. Just this past summer he has been out with a fly rod, after I helped him get set up with the right gear.
In Newfoundland we don't have any coarse fish, only brookies, mud trout (char) landlock salmon and sea run Atlantic salmon. When I made it all the way to north western Ontario and heard of their brook trout, I began to seek out such water of the speckled trout habitat. In contrass to my home water where all fishing holes were trout holes it is not the case here in NWO. I know have to do my research and seek and find if I wish to fish new trout water. The big game fish in this part of the world is the walleye (Canadians call them Pickeral). Laketrout, Bass and Northern Pike probably round out the top four. At first this bothered me a little bit, (being a big trout fan and all) but now I take a differant attitude. Don't get me wrong, I haven't changed my preferance in fish type, but its like I heard A fellow trout enthusiast once say "Pickeral, Northern Pike, Bass,... the best thing to ever happen to this area," Well I was driving and about to stop and put him out but then he went on to explain, "keeps everyone away from the trout."
I had to tell that, and now, before I get slammed for my veiw of other fish types, I have caught my share of Northerns, Bass and Walleye, thats how I know I prefer Trout
Am I using too many smillies? somebody tell me if I am using too many smillies. These things are great, eh?
I can't find spell check here, and now that you all know where I am from you can excuse a few spelling errors.
Anyway, best of fishing to everyone from a Newf living in Ontario.
Also, thanks to Robert Burton for putting me onto this sight from over at fishing Ontario. Thanks man. -Yaffle
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The freight system is essential to modern life. In 2005, an average of 68 tons of goods moved 15,310 miles in the United States for each U.S. citizen. Yet freight comes with a large and growing environmental cost. At least 10 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions are linked to freight, along with 17 percent of U.S. fuel use.
RMI works on projects across the freight industry to deliver more of what people want by using the least energy. Our approach is to ensure that ships, barges, cargo air, rail, truck, and major freight users radically reduce the fuel use necessary to deliver freight, while increasing profits for companies who take advantage of the new, greener economy.
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...in these troubled times, here's some views from a pretty good mind. During a recent Q&A, Steve Forbes made some salient points.
Q: What was from your point of view in the last 25 years what Alan Greenspan did that was great and what he did will not be looked at as one day in history people will look back and say, What was he thinking?
Steve Forbes: Well, Alan Greenspan was a good crisis manager when things went wrong in Asia, when things went wrong in Russia. When we had a stock market crash in 1987, he was right in there making sure that panic didnt spread, containing it. But his greatest failure was he was like a pilot who didnt fly with instruments; he flew by the seat of his pants. He had good instincts, but if youre flying by the seat of the pants and you get some adverse weather, sometimes youre going to hit a tree or a mountainside. And so as a result, he left no legacy to a successor on how you properly conduct monetary policy, i.e. how does he know on a day-to-day basis whether hes doing his job right or wrong? There is no fuel gauge. Imagine driving a car without a speedometer and without a fuel gauge. Youre going to always be wondering. So he didnt provide the speedometer, he didnt provide the fuel gauge. Whats the best speedometer, fuel gauge for monetary policy? Look at the price of gold. If its zooming up, that means youre printing too much money. If its crashing down in price for a period of time, it means youre printing too little money. Gold reflects the markets. Let markets tell the Federal Reserve whether its doing its job right or wrong instead of always guessing what is the right interest rate and getting sidetracked and detoured on things they shouldnt be concerned about. Keep the dollar stable in value. Tie it to the price of gold or to a range, a little bit of flexibility. Youve got to give these people something to do each day, but have that kind of gauge and then guess what? You dont make huge mistakes like we have today with oil zooming up and other crises out there. That kind of instability hurts. We want stability, not instability. We dont want inflation or deflation, we want flation.
Q: Should we be back on the gold standard?
Steve Forbes: Should we be back on the gold standard in terms of having a pile of gold? No. All you need to do is look at the price of gold and base your monetary policy based on the price of gold. In short, Ill pick a number, 400 dollars an ounce. If it goes above 400 dollars an ounce, youre printing too much money, mop it up like you spill something in the kitchen, you mop it up. If it goes well below 400 for a period of time, you know, youre not creating enough credit for the needs of the economy, so you print a little more. You let the markets, the economy tell you what to do. You dont try to second guess whats needed like setting interest rates and hoping you targeted it right. Markets will tell you.
Q: As a holder of some dollars, is the value of the dollar starting to depreciate at a rate that is of concern to you?
Steve Forbes: The dollar should never depreciate or appreciate. It should be stable in value. It should be fixed in value. Say a foot has twelve inches; you dont change that each day, appreciate it or depreciate it. Its a fixed measure. Same thing with an hour; sixty minutes in an hour, its fixed. You dont change the number of minutes in an hour each day. The dollar should have a fixed, basic value. Gold, for all its imperfections, is like a Polaris. Its the best thing we have out there. Experience shows that. Keep the dollar stable in value and then you can focus your energies on more productive things like innovating, starting a business, building a house or buying a house, being responsible, moving ahead in life.
If you dont have a currency that is fixed and has a fixed measure of value, then the temptation always is to, as they said in times of old, clip the coins, reduce the content. Politicians love to spend and they hate the idea that theres any discipline out there. So without discipline, guess what happens? You get inflation, you get chaos, you undermine it. Lenin said the best way to undermine a society is to debauch the currency because not one in a million people understand what is happening. Inflation is great for those who want terrorism, for those who want totalitarianism, for those who want chaos. That kind of chaos is the enemy of freedom. Stability is the friend of freedom; chaos is the enemy.
Q: Given that, how dangerous is our profligate spending to creating the inflation that could create chaos?
Steve Forbes: Well, the spending is not just a monetary issue, spending is a moral issue. Youre taking money from people and wasting it. People are forced to give money to the government, presumably in return for services. As we said in our Declaration of Independence, to secure certain rights, period, not all the other stuff theyve gotten into. And then Liberals will say, Well, you mean you want to take away Social Security? No, we want a system where people own the assets so they truly have something of true value there. Theyre not burdening other generations. Theyve earned it, theyve built it, the assets are there. They can have a far better, richer retirement than they can when the politicians control it. This is the way you fight these things, by emphasizing we come out ahead. We do better when its in the hands of we, the people and not politicians who have no sense of restraint or discipline.
Q: Thats great. Thank you. What do you think is the greatest threat to the stability of the United States at this point?
Steve Forbes: The real threat is bad ideas. A lot of bad ideas came out of the Great Depression, that government could be a stabilizer of the economy, that government could do better than free markets. Were recovering from the devastation of the Great Depression, but bad ideas are always out there, that high taxes are good, that low taxes mean deficits. No, low taxes mean a more vibrant economy. The problem with deficits comes from spending, not from a lack of revenue. So fighting these bad ideas, fighting bad conventional wisdom, those are the things that ultimately can undermine a society.
Q: How big a mess are we facing with the major entitlement programs, Social Security and Medicaid; as they say, the rat moving to the snake as it gets closer to retirement each year?
Steve Forbes: Well, the problem with entitlements is that someday you have to pay for them. And if you havent built the assets to pay for them, then you got a big problem. And I think thats why properly putting out there proper Social Security reform where it doesnt look like youre taking something away from grandma, who thought she was promised something, but actually helping younger people with their own personal retirement accounts, thats a positive. You change the entitlement to something where people feel theyve earned it. Part of the problem with Social Security is people who are on it felt, Well, we put money in the system, but the politicians mishandled it. So people were cheated. They were deceived. Now were going to finally tell the truth to younger people. The money that you put in is actually yours. Its not been stolen by politicians. So truth is the way you fight these things.
Q: Mr. Forbes, in Flat Tax Revolution , you spoke about how taxes breed corruption. Can you elaborate on that? What do you mean when you say taxes breed corruption?
Steve Forbes: Well, the Federal Income Tax Code is the biggest source of corruption in Washington because of its complexity; politicians know its a source of power. If you sit on a tax-writing committee, youre always going to be guaranteed political contributions for your election cycle, and as a result, half the lobbying revolves around it, trying to put changes in, amendments in. Each Bill has literally hundreds of amendments; nobody knows what they really mean. Theyre for special interest, special things to change in the code which is why the code now has nine million words. Politicians love it because its a source of power. You have to go to them to fix the thing or to get help or to get relief or to hit your competitors. So they love it, but the American people pay a price for it.
Q: Thank you. Were not getting into the numbers of them, but the idea of a flat tax that youre talking about, is that something that would help us pay off this nine trillion dollars thats sitting there so that we wouldnt be spending all that money on debt service and we could actually rebuild the infrastructure? Is the flat tax a good tool towards that?
Steve Forbes: The flat tax wins on all fronts. Its a great blow against political corruption, great blow against the current system of a tax code that brings out the worst in us, always thinking, Do I get a deduction here, do I get a deduction there? Instead, we do things for the right reasons instead of the wrong reasons.


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Something old, something new
Sorry for the silence. This has been a scheduling thing mostly: I managed to schedule 'breaking my arm' for about three days after 'starting a new job', and together with the ongoing project of 'being a new Dad' (I plan to pivot that one into just 'being a Dad' if and when I finally feel like I know what I'm doing – so maybe in about 20 years or so) this has left not much time for discretionary writing.
Something old: a couple of months ago Vsevolod Dyomkin emailed me to ask if I wanted to be featured in his series of interviews with Lisp hackers (or, in my case, former Lisp hackers). After keeping him waiting for unsnsionably long – partly due, of course, to the aforementioned bone breakage – finally I have sent him my answers and he has posted them
(I can't decide if I'm actually serious about writing something justifying the existence of ASDF, or if I'm just going to let it lie. It can probably be summarised as "it made sense at the time")
Something new:
- New job: I'm now working at Simply Business, nominally as a Ruby programmer but in practice so far mostly doing Puppet and Vagrant and general devops-y deployment-y stuff. It's slightly odd having a commute further than the spare bedroom (which is no longer actually spare now, please note) but I seem to have adjusted mostly to having to get up in the morning, and the walk to work is podcast time. Except when it's Spotify time. Or when I take a bike, but for a 2km journey that often seems a bit like overkill.
- New consumer toys. After dropping the Desire S and breaking the screen on it twice, I gave up and sniped a second hand Galaxy Nexus on Ebay. It's a bit like running an Android phone, except that it has no stupid skins or preloaded apps, and it gets timely updates to the newest OS version. Seriously, there is a certain irony in the fact that a phone I chose because it was open and easy to reflash or root turns out to be the first Android phone I've owned that I haven't needed to reflash or root. Flushed with that success (and, for the first time in a while, flush also with some ready cash), I bagged a tablet too. Nexus 7, Jelly Bean again, it's basically like a big version of the phone except that it doesn't make phone calls.
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Quote:That quote "stand & dominate" pretty much describe the Chinese view of things. They revolved around striking and staying on their feet. They learn takedowns and such but just because the opponent falls to the ground doesnt mean you have to follow him. You can continue the fight fine without having to go to the ground. Or maybe the Chinese just never though of it.
Quote: if eye gouges and samll joint manipulation were legal, fighters would be A LOT more hesitant to go to the ground. when your tied up like that, it's virtually impossible to protect yourself from that kind of an attack.
Quote: Or perhaps the Chinese just havent had a lot of dealings with competent wrestlers.
Quote:Hmm...don't the Chinese and the Mongolians have quite some fighting history? and from what I know (not much), the Mongolians pride themselves on Shuai jiao. no, they don't follow the enemy once thrown... but that should at least make them very hard to take down? Also, with that in mind, doesn't that mean the Chinese HAVE encountered wrestler types?
Quote:now, if the Mongolians thing was not enough an argument, there is just no way no Japanese ever went back to china or that no Chinese ever went to Japan, yes?
Quote:BJJ, MMA have strong roots on Japanese arts, right? I haven't studied any of the Japanese ground arts to know for a fact, but the little judo I did as a kid tells me that the Japanese have NOT ignored ground fighting, as most my sparring sessions/matches WERE spent on the ground.
Quote:So, unless I'm wrong about either Japanese and Chinese martial artists having met each other, or that Japanese arts do practice ground fighting... I think the Chinese HAVE seen, thought, and experienced fights on the ground.
Quote:So maybe not going to the ground in most traditional Chinese arts was a matter of considering multiple opponents?
I must say I saw a lot of room for like, sucker punches, and even groin kneeing/kicking.
Quote:Question is, do I just have a misconception when it comes to striking on the ground? Again, all I know is from judo, where strikes are inexistent, and all other stuff I've seen is from some UFC, where people keep slowly but steadily striking at ribs, etc.
Quote:Basically, I really feel that one good shot to the face or something would at least made them let go for a second, which is what I need to get out.
Quote:Is this similar to how a stand up guy worries about a good flinch or kick to the thigh could be all it takes to make me forget my balance for a second, leading to a nice shoot or take down? Or is it that same argument as in the shooting thread (hope I don't start a flame war), where it's more difficult than it seems to land a good shot in?
Quote: jkogas wrote: A long history of fighting (and who doesnt have one of those?) and a kung fu version of judo doesnt exactly equate to wrestling. History doesnt factor into whether I can fight on the ground or not and should have only a very small place in the discussion of present day training methods.When I speak of wrestling, I mean competitive wrestling such as folkstyle, freestyle or Greco-Roman. What I am saying is that I dont believe the Chinese have quite the same level of exposure to wrestling or the coaching of wrestling.
Quote: jkogas wrote: As to whether someone is hard to take down or not, that depends on the individual and how that individual trains. No one is better at take-downs or defense to take-downs as are wrestlers. You become what you do and become like those with whom you train. Ive not seen ANYONE better at wrestling than wrestlers and grapplers (jiu-jitsu and submission wrestlers).
Quote:Quote:18lohans wrote:now, if the Mongolians thing was not enough an argument, there is just no way no Japanese ever went back to china or that no Chinese ever went to Japan, yes? I dont know what this has to do with the price of beans in Mexico.
Quote:18lohans wrote:now, if the Mongolians thing was not enough an argument, there is just no way no Japanese ever went back to china or that no Chinese ever went to Japan, yes?
Quote:jkogas wrote:First let me say that Japanese jiu-jitsu is nowhere close to Brazilian jiu-jitsu in terms of grappling. They are cousins of each other. Beyond that, the training isnt similar at all. Youre talking apples and oranges there.Brazilian jiu-jitsu did derive from Japanese jiu-jitsu and judo but was modified. It was modified by people of European descent, using Western wrestling training methods and Western boxing.
Quote:jkogas wrote:FORGET for a moment what they have experienced. What is important is what they are experiencing NOW. How they are training NOW is whats important. Forget ancient history and all of that. It doesnt apply to how THIS generation is practicing as far as wrestling goes. From what I've seen, Chinese grapplers have nothing on their Western brethren. Just my opinion.
Quote: jkogas wrote:It isnt that they havent practiced ground fighting. Its in the MANNER in which they practice it that is often different. That does matter a great deal.
Quote:jkogas wrote:No one in their right mind will fight multiple opponents and try and take one to the ground. Nor would I fight them standing. Im not that stupid. Im not going to fight them at ALL because its no-win situation!I believe the whole multiple opponent argument is to a degree, a moot point. It always comes up though. People should not expect to fight multiple opponents and win. Unless you are able to defeat people who are bigger, stronger and more athletic than you are in two seconds or less, your main concern should be to RUN AWAY from a fight against multiple opponents. I think thats just common sense.Remember what I say here; circumstances dictate strategy and tactics!
Quote:jkogas wrote:Perhaps you DID. But who were you wrestling against? Where you training vale tudo or straight grappling? All of these things matter. If youre just training straight grappling, SURE youre going to see openings for shots because no one is actively protecting themselves or, trying to strike YOU in the process. I would only ask that you try your theories out against excellent grapplers. Your litmus tests MUST only occur against the skilled and competent. Otherwise youre merely creating a straw man. Its not as easy as you think.
Quote:It might seem that easy but obviously it isnt. Thats what people thought for years about the Gracies, and probably did so right before they were choked unconscious or arm-barred by them. Competence is the key. When youre facing a competent grappler who has trained for vale tudo and has a great guard, you wont easily strike them without exposing yourself in some way. And thats if you managed to take the grappler down to where he is on the bottom in a ground fight which isnt likely.What is MORE likely is that the grappler has taken YOU down so that your back is against the ground and HE has a dominant position. This is what so many people confusingly think that the grapplers will PULL people down on top of them and fight from their backs. That would be incorrect.From the bottom against a competent grappler, its completely unrealistic to think that youre going to strike them and easily get out without further exposing yourself.Which scenario were you considering? The striker on top or on the bottom of a ground fight? Im curious to know because it would help to shine a light on the reality of the situation here.
Quote:jkogas wrote:No flame wars here bro. Its all good. Dont misunderstand and think that Im arguing with you. Im not.One mistake that people often make, is that they assume that grapplers will only drop and shoot for a takedown. They dont understand that many of them will throw from a tie-up position. So its not all about shooting, per se.Please keep the questions coming. Its a good thread.
Quote: I'm gonna start with a disclaimer that it's not gonna be a "I'm better than you" or "my style is better than yours" discussion. However, it probably will sound like that. I must first admit that I do have a preference for striking than ground game (note here that I do enjoy/appreciate grappling... but more in a shuai jiao/chin nah way). But all this does not mean that my PREFERENCE makes me think that ground game is not effective. After all, many of these good discussions have made me a lot more interested. And mostly, I would agree with you that kung fu nowadays does very little ground game. However, I'm still quite new and committed to my style to seek separate instruction in wrestling. So for now, I'm just hoping to find some alternatives to ground fighting within my style.
. I have however, have had and seen sparring injuries. I have a really hard time believing that striking is ineffective, etc.
Quote:I mean, I've heard Helio Gracie say that he just doesn't think striking is effective. And that just felt like such a nasty statement.
Quote:I've been kicked hard enough in the ribs to know that bruises can affect your movements for days! (not to mention you're vulnerable for the next half minute or so due to breathing problems). Have also been kicked in "don't go there for safety's sake" places (ie. knees, nose) during sparring mishaps to know that my knees probably can't take shots at certain angles and my nose WILL make me affect my fighting when hit.
Quote:Not gonna discuss throws and chi nah injuries here, since they seem to be part of a MMA/BJJ arsenal, so I take it it's already common belief that they do work. I suppose that this gives room for a lot of those "it's not so easy to strike a wrestler, cuz we train to deal with those". Maybe true, but if so, can't I go with the "if wrestlers don't do striking, then they're not gonna strike betters than strikers. And if even strikers get striked... then wrestlers probably will too." Or could be that Helio Gracie is just a damn amazing fighter that never gets touched, and never needs to strike. But then again, wouldn't that lead to the "depends on the invidiual" thing? If so, then we don't even need to discuss stand up vs ground game, because it'll be as simple as that people are good at diff things, there'll always be someone that's good at either one, and that both should be available for choosing.
Quote: And if anything, weapon skills were of utmost importance back then. Yet you pretty much only see empty hands nowadays. So who knows. Maybe empty hands were just what they did when they lost their weapon. And by the time they thought of developing ground game, guns were out?
Quote:I'll agree that a wrestler will be better at wrestling than a kung fu guy. And i also agree that i may be easier to take down than the next guy. And I also agree that depending on the training, someone will more likely be hardly to take down than someone who doesn't worry about it. My point with the Mongolians, again, is that there is A LOT of stress over taking down and being taken down. Kung fu stresses take downs SO MUCH! We do striking drills, throwing drills, stances drills, etc all just to get better at balance, and get better at dealing with someone who's trying to take us down. As far as in between being on the feet and first taking down to the ground.... I really wanna say that it'll depend on the fighter. Both wrestling and kung fu (well, at least as I've trained) cover that range in training.
Quote: But again, I just meant that Chinese have encountered people that do grappling/ground and such. But I think saying that they're as different as apples and oranges would mean that grapplers never strike and strikers never grapple. If it's to go that way, then the vale tudo argument won't stand, cuz I can say that wrestlers never deal with striking. So how would they know what happens if I start striking when they try grappling me?
Quote:If shuai jao and chi na are as close to ground fighting as the Chinese have, then what is it lacking to be up to par with good ground fighters? If the techniques are there, then how can we adapt them into more effective training methods, etc.?
Quote:weapons and multiple opponents is why the Chinese never went too far with ground fighting. In wars, it's always multiple opponents, and it's always weapons. You gotta kill many, and you've gotta kill fast. And again, by the time the gun came, maybe nobody in china bothered worrying about ground game. A lot of kung fu was killed by the government anyways.
Quote: I really wish it were that easy to find people willing to play
.And my whole question in this thread is to find out if shuai jao and chi nah can do that adequately. I guess it's similar to asking if a wrestler can kick adequately or at all. (no disrespect intended... I really don't know if wrestlers practice kicking).
Quote:Here's a good chance to ask something. As a wrestler, how do you guy start things? Is it also with strikes? or more towards rush in to make contact and go from there?
Quote:I just needed some examples of how grapplers would deal with certain things.
Quote:I appreciate how you're clearing misunderstandings on wrestling one by one.
Quote:the "eye gouge argument may be simple, but it doesn't make it untrue. ex. bj penn v. matt hughes. an inadvertant thumb brought hughes to his knees. prolly would have been a fight ender if not for a ref and rules.
Quote:i have nothing but respect for mma. it's a great skill and those guys know bitter training. doesn't change the fact that it's sport.
Quote:the difference is when you make a deliberate attempt to violate "the rules" as part of your every attack and defense.ex. your in a standing guillotine and you;sport) throw body shotsself defense) attack the groinit's a basic example, not meant to be all inclusive.
Quote:you will fight the way to train to fight. if you train for sport fighting you will sport fight under stress, if you train for "self defense" you will perform in that way (if you don't freeze that is).
Quote:and unless your renzo v. someone so drunk they're nearly incapacitated, it's unlikely you'll be able to takedown and mount someone in such a way that they can't reach some vital target.
Quote:not saying that it would be lethal, but certainly unpleasant.
Quote:and as someone mentioned, multiple attackers, attakers with weapons, etc.even bas rutten says "on the street, don't go to the ground!"
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With the Panama Canal expansion meeting its deadline in late 2015, shippers are busy determining which gateways would best serve their future needs. But even more strategic complexity has been introduced this year with consolidation of ocean carrier services. Rather than whistling in the dark, the leading ocean cargo gateways are keeping their guard up.
According to Ben Hackett, president of the maritime consultancy Hackett Associates, the P3 and G6 carrier alliances will not change the current ports comprising his monthly "Port Tracker" newsletter.
The ports surveyed in the report issued by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates include: Los Angeles/Long Beach, Oakland, Tacoma, Seattle, Houston, New York/New Jersey, Hampton Roads, Charleston, and Savannah, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Port Everglades.
"NY/NJ will always be a major destination because of the population concentration. The same is true of LA/Long Beach," says Hackett. "Oakland and Savannah are important because they represent two of the best export gateways. Finally, Norfolk and Seattle/Tacoma are attractive because they have sufficiently deep harbors to handle the mega vessels."
Hackett notes that alliance carriers will also continue to use their respective terminals, thereby ameliorating dockside disruption. He does concede, however, that drayage may be complicated in the future.
"With the influx of these massive container ships, truckers will have many more boxes to move at once," he observes. "As a consequence, you can expect ports to demand more transparency in the drayage process."
While relatively minor, the Gulf ports of New Orleans and Corpus Christi play a significant role as a transshipment hub, as does the Port of Boston and Philadelphia in the East. On the West Coast, the niche Port of Portland and Vancouver USA remain viable for many shippers. None of these players, however, will find a place in "Port Tracker" in the near future.
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