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Friday, November 16, 2007
Panopticon Metropolis
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The Times recently published an enlightening article that attempts to answer the question of why we have this proliferation of giant glass condos. It's all about primitive narcissistic woundings -- and the subsequent desperation to be seen. Says psychologist Sherry Turkle, "people are no longer certain where the self resides."
Narcissism is not mentioned in the article, but Professor Turkle is a Lacanian scholar, so she surely knows a thing or two about The Gaze.
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The windows in these condos--sold as "oversized" and "monolithic"--enable the people inside to be seen. At night, they also operate as gigantic two-way mirrors: the occupant sees himself and is simultaneously seen by others. This is what good-enough mothers do for their babies--they mirror the baby so the baby sees herself and is also seen. This helps the baby to develop a strong sense of self. Narcissistic mothers fail to mirror their children.
Such children will forever seek out mother's eyes. And the bigger, the better. What big eyes you have! The better to see you with, my dear. Note the popularity of oversized sunglasses. They not only mimic the large eyes of mothers, they also reflect the object's image to the self. Viewer and viewed, both in giant sunglasses, mirror each other when face to face. I see you, you see me. And yet their actual eyes are hidden, protected from the possibility of true connection, which feels frightening, perhaps because this deep need will be denied.
We all long to be seen, recognized.
The longing to be seen and mirrored is also leading us deeper into a surveillance society. Not only are we surrounded by cameras and RFID tracking devices, every glass-covered condo is, in a sense, a panopticon. But it's a prison chosen and beloved by its residents.
The real-estate machine seems to know this and condos are sold as "eye candy" with "high visibility." The newly rising Oculus condo gets right to the point. The word Oculus is Latin for "eye." It also refers to a motif in prehistoric art that Wikipedia says "may represent the watchful gaze of a god or goddess." This is like the watchful, protective gaze of the mother or father--the gaze that was missing from the early childhoods of people with narcissistic personality disorder.
Why do these young narcissists flood into New York? Naturally, anyone seeking the Gaze would be attracted to a place where there are 8 million pairs of eyes by which to be seen.
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Best blog ever. I am a native born in '65 and I can't believe the influx of the scary young peoples and what NYC is turning into. In fact I'm leaving, I'm too old for this crap. NY will always be my home, but I can't take it anymore.
- November 16, 2007 at 10:06 AM
- Alex in NYC said...
I'm gong to start a band called Panopticon Metropolis.
- November 16, 2007 at 4:38 PM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
i hear you, re: leaving. but to go where? that's the question i keep asking myself.
alex, i like that band idea. punk? techno? certainly not folk with a name like that.
- November 16, 2007 at 5:31 PM
As always, JM, a pleasure to read your disquisition on the topic at hand, but haven't we forgotten one thing? I am, lord knows, no expert on such matters, but I gotta believe the primary reason to go with glass is that it's cheaper. Which means, let me guess, more profit for the developer!?! Just a theory, and if someone knows differently I'm all ears, but I feel comfortable putting this out there. The result, in my LIC, is that the waterfront now looks like the opening credits on "L.A. Law."
- November 16, 2007 at 5:54 PM
I'm re-reading this post after playing closer attention to the glass boxes and it's really terrific. What I like is recapturing the power of laughing of the people in the glass boxes, their decor. But the people in the self-reflective sunglasses are terrifying - as they talk to you, they are only looking at their own eyeballs! Yeeks.
- November 29, 2007 at 9:31 PM
To the first anonymous poster: I am also a native born New Yorker (born in '67), and I wish you would stay. By leaving, you're creating a vacancy for yet another Yunnie to occupy. Despite all these changes in NYC, there are still neighborhoods in the outer boroughs with plenty of things to do and eat, and with fewer Yunnies running around. Jeremiah's right: where would you go?
As for those oversized sunglasses, you gotta laugh. These girls look like Sleestaks!
- March 10, 2008 at 12:56 PM
I'm the third anonymous poster, also a NYC native in his early forties, and I can't believe how miserable the city has gotten under Bloomberg. I second the 'I'm leaving, I'm too old for this crap' statement. These big box towers just reflect the whole 'fuck you - I got mine' mentality that has overwhelmed this town. Who in their right mind wants to live in something that looks like the Lever Building?
- April 8, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- Petite Maoiste said...
This is BRILLIANT!!!!! and so true, this entire blog is amazing, I have lived in NYC since 1989 and have been visiting the city since 1982, so it's quite sad to see how rapidly so many of the distinctive sites of the city are being shut down in order to turn NYC into a Disneyfied, suburban, generic, elitist playground for the (no longer so) wealthy. I think this kind of self-surrender to surveillance/exhibitionism/voyeurism is part and parcel of the culture of Big Brother style "reality TV' and post-Patriot Act social control over public sites, not to mention Google's crawling of everyone's email, etc. etc. etc.
- April 17, 2009 at 6:53 PM
it is terribly sad to me that so much of what you say seems true. Bleak bleak bleak...frighteningly true but hard to take...could you post the anti-dote for all this next time? Would be a load off my mind.
- March 4, 2010 at 9:50 PM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
the only antidote i can think of is more economic struggle that would inspire a cultural shift towards empathy and thrift. but, uh, that doesn't seem to be happening in any real way...
- March 4, 2010 at 10:03 PM


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I got a longer range Tritronics e collar and Dallesasse whistle after my dog, as a young pup, took off after birds and went out of range in training. I often wear 3 whistles---the Mega, Dallessasse and Acme just to be prepared!
I got a longer range Tritronics e collar and Dallesasse whistle after my dog, as a young pup, took off after birds and went out of range in training. I often wear 3 whistles---the Mega, Dallessasse and Acme just to be prepared!
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The TriTronics Upland unit can be paired with a beeper . It can be programmed for several different sounds and can be heard for a LONG distance.
Considering the mental anguish for a permanently lost dog, it is a cheap price to pay.
The pain of regret is much worse than the pain of hard work.
you were hunting right?
dog with sub-par recall runs into tall stuff and out of sight and you have no collar and whistle is drowned out.....
but your hunting right?
simply fire your shotgun a couple times in the air and yell "It's over here"
Fido will bust out of the cover and look for the bird.
it works
"So what is big is not always the Trout nor the Deer but the chance, the being there. And what is full is not necessarily the creel nor the freezer, but the memory." ~ Aldo Leopold
"The Greatest Obstacle to Discovery is not Ignorance -- It is the Illusion of Knowledge" ~ Daniel Boorstin
I have hunted cornfields in the past and have never had this happen before.
He is 14 months old and very enthusiastic in everything he does. I trained him all summer long and rarely refused to come when called.
I do have a tone button on my tritronics but it's only loud enough for the dog to hear.
I trained him to quarter with the tone of the collar instead of whistle. When he hears the tone he knows to quarter back. In late season pheasants will flush to the sound of a whistle so that's why all my dogs have been trained that way.
I really think he was just disorientated. If you have ever been in dry corn it is very loud and with the wind at 20-30 mph I honestly don't think he could hear the whistle or at least where it was coming from. Yeah he could hear the collar tone but I don't think he knew which way to go. It was my fault for letting him going there in the 1st place, and I can honestly say after getting in there with his youthful enthusiasm he was thinking (if labs are capable) where the hell am I?
He is a really good dog.
I just didn't know if I should stay in the same area or going running around like a fool like I did at first. That's when my friends told me to calm down and stay in the last place I saw him and they would drive around looking for him.
He did end up coming out of cornfield ~25 yds from where I'd last seen him. Are they capable of retracing their steps? I don't have a clue. I had stop calling him by then and was only sitting there when I heard him knocking through the corn. Then started again to call him and whistle for him.
I like the idea of trying to couple the tritronics locating beeper to his collar. I only have the tritronics sport basic 3G.
I'm afraid the bell not only would frighten pheasants it would drive me crazy as well, and as you can tell I'm kinda a nut case already.
Thanks for your suggestions, really really appreciate it.
This is my 1st high drive dog and maybe he wasn't 100% prepared for wild birds running like that. But again I take the responsibility of letting him get in there in the 1st place. I was hoping he was going to flush a bird for me! Greedy, stupid me, Maria
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but it can be that simple, my Dad used to call back the hounds with a .38
just think what is the loudest thing you had with you? Your gun.
"So what is big is not always the Trout nor the Deer but the chance, the being there. And what is full is not necessarily the creel nor the freezer, but the memory." ~ Aldo Leopold
"The Greatest Obstacle to Discovery is not Ignorance -- It is the Illusion of Knowledge" ~ Daniel Boorstin
My parents hunt with a bell on their dogs.( not a cow bell but it is for dogs) and can attest that it does NOT scare the pheasants. They get a lot of roosters every fall.
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I'd stay with a no bell policy on wild birds - there's really no reason to put one on a dog that works in gun range.
We shoot dogs with a Canon
Would you stay in last spot you saw him or go crazy like I did until my friends calmed me down? I would stay in the last spot I saw him and hopefully he would backtrack eventually.
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I think they all would make swell 12 inch figures.
They also represent the only "Hole" preventing us collectors from owning 12 inch versions of each of the original 21 vintage 3 3/4" figures that made up the Classic Star Wars line.
The following have all been done.
2) Chewbacca
3) Darth Vader
4) Death Squad Commander
5) Death Star Droid (although the color is of a different model)
6) Greedo
7) Han Solo
8) Jawa
9) Leia (Classic)
10) Luke (Tattoine)
11) Luke (X-wing pilot)
12) Obiwan Kenobi
15) Sand People
16) Storm Trooper
17) Walrus Man
and of course . . . the ESB preview figure
18) Boba Fett
Isn't it time we get the FINAL THREE? Plus they'd all be such cool figures! Two Classic Aliens and a nifty old Droid. All would surely be way cooler than the Death Squad Commander in my opinion . . .


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By PATSY R. BRUMFIELD/Daily Journal
ASHLAND – A liquor sales proponent filed official objection Wednesday to a Dec. 18 vote defeating legal liquor sales in the Benton County seat.
Businessman Michael D. Carroll, brother of Mayor Mitch Carroll, filed the bill of exceptions in the circuit clerk's office asking for a new election or to carry the issues to court.
Mike Carroll said the document cites numerous alleged irregularities associated with the vote.
Chiefly, he said, issues surround the election's:
• Voting place, the town's fire hall when its official voting place is Town Hall.
• Absentee ballots, which listed choices first "against" and second "for," when the statute calls for the opposite, which was reflected on regular ballots.
The liquor vote was defeated 120-109.
Carroll, represented by Holly Springs attorney Collier Carlton, insists the ballot-wording differences also may have resulted in incorrect vote tallies.
"With all these irregularities, we hope they'll just call a new election," he said.
The city, which was to receive a copy of the complaint Wednesday, has yet to meet and consider its decision.
Carroll said he believes the voting place was moved so that issue opponents could park wrecked vehicles outside to dramatize their opinions.
However, he said, the adjacent property owner objected and the scheme was not carried out.


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Drinking Buddies (Joe Swanberg | USA | 90 min.)
Joe Swanberg's unabashedly scrappy profiles tend to focus on perpetually inelegant people in search of meaning in their lives as they often struggle to find romantic satisfaction. In that regard, Drinking Buddies is familiar terrain, but this marks the first time the director has brought big name actors into his ensemble, working under the constraints of Swanberg's trademark improvisatory techniques, and they deliver.
Olivia Wilde, as craft brewery manager Kate, stands out as one half of an allegedly platonic relationship with her co-worker Luke (Jake Johnson), but it's evident early on that the hint of attraction between them faces a major roadblock: Both are embroiled in relationships. Luke leads a settled life with the curiously insecure Jill (Anna Kendrick), while the carefree Kate maintains a less serious fling with the affable Chris (Ron Livingston). This quartet forms the bulk of the movie in all its squirm-worthy awkwardness as the attractions shared by various characters shift around and we keep waiting for things to fall apart.
Alternately funny and heartbreaking, Drinking Buddies owes much to the investment of its cast. Wilde gives her most assertive performance to date, playing a witty, energetic personality who marks the strongest female character in the Swanberg universe since Hannah Takes the Stairs. At the other end of the spectrum, Kendrick's fragile turn shows her capacity for subdued roles far different from the material she's usually known for. Livingston, however, takes on the movie's greatest challenge by constantly toying with our sympathies: As tensions mount between Kate and Chris, it's never clear until the end whether he's the instigator or the victim. Drinking Buddies, out on VOD July 25 and in theaters on August 23, highlights the best of Swanberg's ability to scrutinize behavior in complex ways, but it also shows that he's perfectly capable of making a charming romantic comedy. At Rooftop and BAM, will be serving up the brews for a lovely night of drinking and film.
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Programming Note: Peter Graham Fights Cheick Kongo Tomorrow Night in Bellator
- Written by Dave Walsh
If you would have told me in 2006 that Peter Graham would be fighting in MMA regularly and that he'd not only do okay, but do pretty well, I'd probably not believe you. Not because Peter Graham isn't an awesome fighter, but because I just couldn't imagine the man behind the Rolling Thunder navigating the waters of wrestling and jiu-jitsu. Peter has always been known as an exciting, no-nonsense fighter who isn't afraid to pull out all of the stops.
Well, here we are in 2013 and the 38 year old Graham is making a serious go at Heavyweight MMA as he'll fight his second fight under the Bellator banner this Friday night against none other than Cheick Kongo. Kongo is himself known for being an exciting striker with a Kickboxing past, but then again, he doesn't have a KO win over Badr Hari with a Rolling Thunder, now does he? Graham's hard work and dedication to MMA have shown in his recent MMA outings, with him picking up a decision victory over Eric Prindle in his Bellator debut. He also isn't at all deterred from Kongo's size or reputation.
"I know who Cheick Kongo is but I haven't followed his career. He's been a great athlete for a long time. He's got a bit of kickboxing and wrestling skill. It'll be a good fight and I'm ready to go. I hope he doesn't underestimate me. I know he's been famous and had a big name for a while and, when it comes to MMA, I'm somewhat of a newcomer. I've come from the worst record to one of the best heavyweight win streaks there's been. I went from going 1-6 to 9 wins a row with 8 of them being KO's over some really good fighters. I want to get to the top and I'm not there yet, but I'm relentless. He needs to bring his A-game, which I'm sure he will. He's got that inner strength to keep going but I have it more than ever and I've worked harder than ever to make every performance better than the last."
Now if only we could see a Rolling Thunder in the Bellator cage, I'd be a happy, happy man.


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Well, maybe RTF isn't what it "used to be" for you. But it's pretty damn good for those of us who appreciate it. Maybe RTF isn't a refuge for FC earning veterans anymore. Maybe it's more for strugglers now who need a boost in their first few years of learning.
Sorry it's not what you wish it is, but that's not a good reason to insult people who haven't insulted anyone else (that I've seen in the last year).


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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/bu...lWUPchI8GlUJfA&A total of 55 plants, including Big Sandy, have closed or have announced plans to shut down, according to a count by the Sierra Club. That will leave 395 coal-burning plants in the United States, compared with 522 in 2010, according to the Sierra Club.A double whammy for KY: electricity increases 8% while the economy of the area takes a heavy hit.In May, the power company withdrew a plan to spent $1 billion to retrofit Big Sandy so that it could continue to operate. But that would have required a 31 percent increase in electricity rates for eastern Kentucky residents.
On Wednesday, A.E.P. announced that it would close both of the coal-burning furnaces at Big Sandy in 2015, but left open the possibility that one of the units would be retrofitted to use natural gas. Area residents, if the Kentucky Public Service Commission approves the plan, would see an 8 percent increase in their electricity rates to replace Big Sandys production with electricity from West Virginia much less than the earlier plan.Mr. Adkins said the repercussions in eastern Kentucky will last for decades, adding that local hotels, trucking companies, and even schools, would be adversely affected by the shutdown.So as the US decreases its carbon footprint ... China and India will take up the slack ... and the people in KY will just turn off the lights and turn down the thermostats.Luke Popovich, a spokesman for the National Mining Association, said that there remained hope that the price of natural gas would rise in the coming year, making coal more competitive. He said surging demand in India and China could help replace declining domestic sales.
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Kickboxing's Best Kept Secrets Lie In Unexplored Weight Classes
- Written by Rian Scalia
It's really been brought to my attention lately that a lot of people don't have a clue about about any weight classes in kickboxing besides 70kg and heavyweight, the two divisions that K-1 used for the most part throughout its history. The absence of other weight classes in K-1 for so long created somewhat of a sentiment to some people that those weight divisions didn't matter or that the fighters weren't any good or as good compared to 70kg or heavyweight. That couldn't be any more wrong.
The weight classes outside of 70kg and heavyweight have really been left in the dust for so many years. They've never really had a big stage to fight on like K-1. It's Showtime did utilize other weight classes but that platform still wasn't enough to get some recognition for all the world class kickboxers that unfortunately for their wallets, aren't a 70kg fighter or a heavyweight.
The heavyweight division tends to be looked at in such a prestigious light and cited as the place where the best kickboxers in the world are yet there is such a huge drop off after the top 5 even and then again after the top 10 and it's not too soon until you find out that it's mostly mediocrity. In other weight classes you won't see this to the same extent where everything after the top 15 or so is mostly mediocrity. That's not even mentioning that the overall skill levels of the fighters there isn't on the same level as for example, fighters at 60-63.5kg. It's obviously apparent when you actually watch the fights, comparing and analyzing them.
70kg is a strong a deep division, there's no denying that. People look at it as the most stacked weight class in kickboxing, and while it undeniably is, people really don't realize just how many good fighters there are below that weight. Generally it's that people just don't care to find out for themselves and stick with the notion that most popular equals the best. I could name over 30 guys (I'll elaborate on this in another post) around 61kg that are all good, skillful fighters by kickboxing standards, easily moreso than heavyweights. At heavyweight you can barely find 16 top guys all at or around the same level, enough to be competitive with each other, not even mentioning that the field of lightweight fighters is just going to be more skilled in general.
Alexey Ignashov, who at the time had wins over Peter Aerts, Semmy Schilt and Alexander Ustinov lost to Kaoklai Kaennorsing of all people, a 70kg Thai who was on his way out of the Rajadamnern scene in Thailand, long gone from the time when he won that stadium's title in its weakest weight class. I don't care how "inconsistent" Ignashov was, at the time he was on a six fight win streak that included beating Semmy Schilt and in the past two years only had losses to Peter Aerts and Stefan Leko, both top fighters at heavyweight at that time. Kaoklai also knocked out Mighty Mo who would then go on to beat Remy Bonjasky, right after that fight. Cyril Abidi could stop Peter Aerts twice but then go and lose to Rampage Jackson, twice. This, for the most part, happens at heavyweight and these are some of the best guys there losing these fights. At 70kg, almost all of the time, the top guys beat who they were supposed to beat, as in, MMA fighters, boxers and freakshows. Although these fights haven't happened as much in the lower weight classes, most of the times they have, the guy who's supposed to win has won. The only exception might be Wicky Akiyo vs. Tetsuya Yamato.
Heavyweight and 70kg were also developed for years by the old K-1, and to a much lesser degree they started from the ground up with 63kg. Just look at the talent they produced in such a short time with the Koshien series, and with exclusively Japanese fighters. Give any other weight class the development and platform that 70kg and heavyweight had and it would progress immensely. A world stage with enough money for guys to make a living would not only attract more fighters but also motivate current fighters at that/those particular weight classes even more. With Glory and K-1 now holding all the power and openly talking about more weight classes, it's possible.
I haven't even touched on other weights like 65-67kg, 77kg, 85kg, but you should get the point by now and I like 60-63.5kg a lot so I use it as my example when discussing this matter. After around 72.5kg the overall skill level and talent pool gradually diminishes as you go higher in weight until you get to heavyweight, with a few exceptions in between. 90-95kg arguably has better talent than 85kg. Weight classes in kickboxing are a mess though. Guys fight all over the place. You'll see guys fight at 79kg and then at 85kg like Artem Vakhitov, or at 85kg and then at around 91kg like Sahak Parparyan. There aren't established weight divisions aside from 70kg and heavyweight for the most part.
The bottom line is that most kickboxing fans don't even know about some of the sport's best fighters and some have misconceptions about who the better fighters in the sport really are.


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Sunday is up, yesterday in fact, but I got sidetracked. Hall H has been opened for Sunday and is being used in an odd manner, basically replacing Ballroom 20 panels, but there's a couple I want to hit in there, so I think Sunday I'm actually fairly booked.
So, I'm still up for Saturday, and now Chux is too. Anybody else?
Seems like the lack of new Clone Wars and TVC figures is making it too easy for all of us to drift away from Star Wars. He didn't get a badge either, like you, he missed out, and now basically has to come back to the SSG staff fold to get in this year.


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I dunno Jack. It's a fairly common method of judging. The blinds become pass fail and wind up having little weight when making placements. I don't judge like that, but I don't outright condemn it either.
I don't think judging like that goes against the rule book. After all, marking is of prim.... blah, blah, blah.
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You really gotta be careful about how high a pedestal you put your method, your accomplishments, your dog on. There's usually someone who's done more, somewhere. And they may have used a different method than you did! Chris Atkinson 2013
get your dog out and TRAIN! caryalsobrook 2013
To be sure, marks are of primary importance.
Guess we need to have a discussion as to the meaning of "primary".
My Webster's sez: "First in order of importance; principal".
I don't believe that relegates blinds to the status of tiebreaker.
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Now we're getting to the point of the thread........where the relative merits of the marks and blinds actually bear-out how judges interpret the rules.
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But what it will do is see to it that when comparing two dogs with one or two passing blinds, the dog with the best marks will prevail, which I feel is what is meant by using the words primary and paramount so often in the rules in describing the the status of marking in the overall scheme of things .
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"A Good Dog is a Good Dog"
If the blinds aren't to be judged why run them???? This pass/fail concept is not supported in the rule book or in The Judges Manual. Judge the blinds.
John one dog has two outstanding blinds, another dog has two mediocre, but passing, blinds. When you are placing the dogs the fact that one dog has done better than the other on the blinds won't enter into the places the way you do it. I think they should.I wouldn't say that that type of judging relegates the blind to the status of tie breaker, in as much one must have two PASSING blinds to even see the water marks....
Howard Niemi
You really gotta be careful about how high a pedestal you put your method, your accomplishments, your dog on. There's usually someone who's done more, somewhere. And they may have used a different method than you did! Chris Atkinson 2013
get your dog out and TRAIN! caryalsobrook 2013
I always feel that the winner needs to be the "Total Package"...
FC Tribute to Justice, JH "Honor"
FC AFC Contempt of Court "Ruckus"
Medal Of Honor, QAA "Valor"
HRCH Kirby's High Sierra, SH, QAA "Kirby" Feb. 19, 2002 - Aug. 14, 2014
HRCH Niki Snowbird, SH, QAA "Niki" July 22, 2001 - May 11, 2015
Southland Order In the Court, QAA "Gavel" July 17, 2002- March 24, 2013
Southland Rusty Nail - derby points, qual placements "Rusty"
Disoderly Conduct "Chaos" -qual placements
It's simple. The dog from Georgia wins. Just kidding.
dog one: 6 perfect, 1 good, 1 poor
dog two: 4 perfect, 1 very good, 2 excellent, 1 poor
one wins based on your description. perhaps you add more weight to water Vs. land or vice a verse. Still I vote for Georgia.


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Prov. Police Officer Earns Degree in Spanish to Better Serve Community
Patrolman Taylor Britto, 33, who has worked for the Providence Police Department for eight years, has completed a bachelor's degree in modern languages/Spanish at Rhode Island College.
Though Spanish is not Britto's first language, he said earning a degree in Spanish has broadened his understanding of cultural differences and given him "a more caring and understanding way of policing."
"I've responded to several calls where individuals are frightened because they are unable to communicate to the police in English," he said.
Out of an estimated 400 officers in his department, only 37 speak Spanish, he said. Britto found that when he would arrive on the scene and begin communicating with them in their native tongue, they would become visibly calmer.
"It feels good to know that I can help make a difference in their lives," he said. "If you can't communicate with people, you can't help them."
Ten years ago, while earning a bachelors degree in criminal justice at Norwich University, a military college in Vermont, Britto studied abroad for a semester, taking two courses at the Costa Rican Language Academy, which, he said, spurred his interest in becoming fluent in Spanish. From there he visited Guadalajara, Mexico, taking two Spanish courses at the IMAC Programa de Espanol. Finally, at RIC he was able to immerse himself completely in the language and to study abroad in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
"All of my professors at RIC have had a great impact on my life," he said. "The atmosphere was amazing, the teaching methods were great and my professors were all very knowledgeable."
Britto believes "the more languages you speak, the more people you can reach." He also speaks Portuguese and understands Cape Verdean Creole.
Recognizing his outstanding academic achievement in the study of foreign languages, Britto was made a member of the Phi Sigma Iota International Foreign Language Honor Society.
Along with his 2014 bachelor's degree in modern languages/Spanish, Britto holds a master's degree in human services counseling (2013), a bachelor's degree in criminal justice (2004) and is working on a doctorate degree in ministry. He is also youth pastor at Heritage Christian Fellowship in Warwick.
This tireless officer's next project is to open a community center for youth and families. He said the center will offer daycare services, an after-school tutoring program, church services and outreach that includes mentoring and counseling on teen pregnancy, domestic violence and other issues.
Britto said his love for working with the community is probably rooted in his childhood. He said his single mother would take in foster children of all nationalities, many of whom were troubled or had serious health issues. And he witnessed this throughout his life, developing the same concern for people.
Today, because his Spanish language skills are such a rare commodity, Britto is frequently called on by his department to translate the many voices of his community. Though it keeps him busier than normal, he said he is happy to accommodate. "I love my job. It's what I was meant to do."


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since flix are The artform of the last century, and since we do not live on sw alone (riiiight? ), this thread is a continuation of a long-term topic i started elsewhere. (due to a recent format switch which renders the above link illegible- and my no longer being able to trust the judgment of the moderator at that location- i am resuming this thred here ) it is intended as a terse record of my film explorations, with (a personal emphasis of mine) occasional comment on the music therein. organic ("off-topic" ) crosstalk is encouraged; everyone is welcome to regard any subject raised herein as jumping-off points for whatever remarks you wish to add digressions happen; the Hump goes on
my comments on each mentioned film are designed for punchiness, speed of digestion and maximization of recognition (i.e. if you've seen a flik but aren't sure if you recall it, i'll describe it in such a way so as to increase the chance you'll remember it, so as to provoke discussion ). as such, they don't qualify as "critiques" or "reviews". on the other hand they're not quite "blurbs" either (e.g., "i Loved it!" sez gene shalit in a movie's newspaper ad, flecks of dried pastrami spitting out his big bushy mustache ) instead, i refer to them as "humps" or "humpins", after this thred title either way, y'all are also welcome to contribute "humps" of your own, and your "humps" may be as long or short, in-depth or glib as you wish to make them
i tend to avoid new releases; home video's my preference. that said, unless i cite a film's year of release it came out within the last decade or so. anyhoo, on to my now-traditional opening:
What hump? You know what hump because previous incarnations of this thred are all but obliterated (the net, after all, is such an ephemeral medium ), i wish to begin by recapping of some of my faves covered on previous Humps. though i'm tempted to include a few better-known ones such as Flirting With Disaster, Fight Club, Party Girl, Pi, Pierrot Le Fou, Being John Malkovich, Lock Stock & 2 Smokin Barrels etc, the idea here is to Provoke Fruitful Discussion. and mentioning flix already discussed to death ain't the way to get That ball rollin, so i'll skew a bit more esoteric & emphasize those i feel proud & lucky to have discovered; let's see if That rings any of yer bells
first, 4 i've already amazon-reviewed:
venice/venice- henry jaglom's incisive, escapist, subversive, sublime meditation on reality, movies & wuv
some prefer cake- low-budget, superfun, sanfran-style slacker-love hijinx
high art- complex, convincing professional & personal relationship between a heroin-addicted photographer (yummy ally sheedy ) and a photomag editor
clockwatchers- lisa kudrow, toni collette & yummy parker posey ( ) navigate office politics as peon temps; subtle, poignant, superfun
gummo (harmony korine dir.)- absorbing, visceral, 4-day-old-body-stench-soaked window unto brain-cell-killing white-trashdom
happiness (todd solondz dir.)- marvelous, wickedly funny, panoramic window unto middle-class alienation, shallowness and sexual self-loathing, jersey style perfectly-cast, nuanced turns by philip seymour hoffman, lara flynn boyle, jon lovitz, camryn mannheim, louise lasser, dylan baker (as the pederast who nonetheless maintains a surprisingly healthy & frank relationship with his pre-teen son) etc : ) soundtrack features increasingly stinky (this stuff does Not age well) 70s/80s cheese such as "mandy", "you light up my life" and air supply
daytrippers (parker posey, anne meara, greg mottola dir.)- superfun misadventures during a family-station-wagon trip into manhattan bossanova-tinged richard martinez score
blue in the face (wayne wang dir.)- superfun, cameo-crammed ensemble comedy about a brooklyn cigar store's oddball neighbors
the real blonde (matthew modine, kathleen turner, daryl hannah, tom dicillo dir.)- superfun, cameo-crammed ensemble comedy about careers, romances & milieux of several manhattan artiste-types fun jim farmer score & yummy bridgette wilson
career girls (mike leigh dir)- superfun, poignant london vignette about two college chums reuniting six years later
fallen angels (wong kar-wai dir.)- not as well-known as wong's Chungking Express, but a more stylin, cooler, noir/french-new-wave tale of a hongkong hitman, his ardent Gal Friday and an eccentric, enterprising mute who breaks into retailers' shops at 3am, reopens them and forces passersby to be his customers
tieta do agreste (carlos diegues dir.)- gorgeous, breezy brazilian flick bout an urban madam (sonia braga) who returns to her small home village in style; features Excellent caetano veloso bossanova score :happy:
the mystery of rampo- poetic, involving japanese mindphuque about a novelist's femme protagonist seemingly coming to life excellent akira senju score.
book of life- hal hartley's stylin, supercool, introspective, compact (63 minutes), pomo-tech jesus-vs-satan armageddon faceoff set in turn-of-millenium nyc : )
pillow book (ewan macgrrrregarrrr, peter greenaway dir)- dense, stylin, supercool story of a japanese model compelled to combine carnality & calligraphy
dream with the fishes (david arquette, cathy moriarty, kathryn erbe ( ) )- complex, superfun pact between a suicidal guy & terminally ill guy to help each other carry out their final wishes
relax it's just sex- superfun 16mm dramedy about a "gay man trapped in a straight woman's body" (hilarious jennifer tilly) and the luvlives amongst her mixed-persuasion posse, including convincing lori petty and radiant serena scott thomas
a life less ordinary (macgrrregarrr, camdiaz, ian holm, danny boyle dir.)- superfun crime-spree romp about heaven's attempts to orchestrate love between a rich girl & a janitor
splendor (gregg araki dir)- yummy kathleen "90210" robertson's the magnetic crux of this superfun, slick-hip romcom in which she works out a menage-a-troi living arrangement with 2 guys features fun kelly macdonald (who made her debut in danny boyle's Trainspotting) and a cool remix of everything but the girl's "before today"
do i think these are among the Best films made in the last decade? geez, how do i know. i don't concern myself here with posterity, only conveyance of personal taste & sensibility. all i know is i certainly found them among the best Fun
np (now playing): leftfield's rendition of john barry's You Only Live Twice "space march"


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Sounds of the game… Celtics 124, Mavericks 100
|01.25.09 at 8:09 pm ET
Another Western Conference team makes the trip to Boston and wonders why it even bothered.
Lakers Game 6, 2008 NBA Finals. Portland on Dec. 5. Phoenix last Monday. The Dallas Mavericks were the latest team on Sunday to quit in the middle of a game, knowing they were hopelessly out of it. It's pretty sad to watch, actually.
The Celtics should get all the credit in the world for taking all of the heart out of the competition early and that's what Ray Allen, Eddie House and every player in green and white was talking about afterward. That, and the fact that the team is passing so well right now that they are playing at a level even HIGHER than during the 19-game winning streak. Wow.
The Celtics shots 66 percent in the first quarter, 65 percent for the first half, led by 32 points in the second quarter and 35 in the third quarter. They could've played Gino on the big screen at the end of one. It was THAT bad.
Now, the Sacramento Kings head to Boston for a match-up on Wednesday. You remember them, don't you? The Western Conference team that kept it close in the pre-game warmups before losing by 45, 108-63, in Sacramento on Dec. 28. One can only hope for a competitive, if not close game this time around. But forgive me if my expectations aren't very high.
Doc Rivers said the team is playing well together right now.
Kevin Garnett said the team is playing better than in its 19-game winning streak.
Eddie House said the Celtics have been moving the ball well of late.
Ray Allen said the Celtics have re-discovered their killer instinct.
Allen said the 19-game winning streak is a blur right now.
Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said the Celtics just blew them off the court.
Jason Kidd says the Celtics have been doing a great job with the early knockout punch.
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Alternate name: Eastern Poison Ivy
Family: Anacardiaceae, Cashew view all from this family
Description Poison ivy (older synonyms are Rhus toxicodendron and Rhus radicans), is a poisonous North American plant that is well known for its production of urushiol, a clear liquid compound found within the sap of the plant that causes an itching rash in most people who touch it. The plant is not a true ivy (Hedera).
Poison ivy can be found growing in any of the following three forms:as a trailing vine that is 10-25 cm tall (4 to 10 inches); as a shrub up to 1.2 m tall (4 feet); as a climbing vine that grows on trees or some other support.
Poison ivy grows throughout much of North America, including the Canadian Maritime provinces, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and all U.S. states east of the Rockies, as well as in the mountainous areas of Mexico up to around 1,500 m (4,900 ft) (caquistle or caxuistle is the Nahuatl term), and is normally found in wooded areas, especially along edge areas. It also grows in exposed rocky areas and in open fields and disturbed areas. It can grow as a forest understory plant, although it is only somewhat shade tolerant. The plant is extremely common in suburban and exurban areas of New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and southeastern United States. Similar species, poison oak, and Toxicodendron rydbergii are found in western North America. Poison ivy rarely grows at altitudes above 1,500 m (4,900 ft), although the altitude limit varies in different locations. The plants can grow as a shrub up to about 1.2 metres (3.9 ft) tall, as a groundcover 10–25 cm (3.9–9.8 in) high, or as a climbing vine on various supports. Older vines on substantial supports send out lateral branches that may at first be mistaken for tree limbs.
Warning All parts of this plant contain volatile oil that can cause severe skin inflammation, itching, and blistering on direct contact or if borne by sooty smoke. Washing thoroughly with soap or swabbing with alcohol immediately on exposure removes the oil irritant. The berries are poisonous if eaten.
Habitat Mountains, Cities, suburbs & towns, Swamps (fresh & salt), Beaches & shorelines, Canyons & valleys, Watersides (fresh), Fields.
Range Southwest, Eastern Canada, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Texas, New England, Florida, Plains, Southeast.


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If you reread the report, which is entitled Postmarketing Surveillance of Rabies Vaccines for Dogs to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy."
you will note that only the 246 adverse reactions to the rabies vaccine reported directly to the Center for Veterinary Biologics by the public, veterinarians, and pet owners had 72% of the dogs receiving other vaccines or drugs at the same time as the rabies shot. That is not the case further on in the report where they discuss the 10,000 adverse reactions reported by the rabies vaccine manufacturers, 65% of which were in dogs.
It does state that the "overall adverse report rate for rabies vaccines was determined to be 8.3 reports/100,000 doses sold." They do not state that it is 8.3 adverse reactions per 100,000 doses. If 8.3 reports is "only about 1% of serious events are reported to the FDA," as Dr. David Kessler, former head of the Food & Drug Administration, stated, then that would translate into a more accurate figure of 830 adverse reactions per 100,000 doses.
The report does state that "Rabies vaccines are the most common group of biological products identified in adverse event reports received by the CVB." It also states that "The rabies vaccines for dogs are highly efficacious and a vital component of asuccessful rabies animal control program," which I absolutely agree with.
My concern with the rabies vaccine is that there is scientific data indicating that states requiring annual or triennial boosters after the puppyhood vaccines are requiring dogs to be vaccinated against rabies too often and are needlessly exposing them to the risk of adverse side affects (1992 French challenge study led by Michel Aubert demonstrating 5 year minimum duration of immunity; serological studies by Dr. Ronald Schultz incorporated into the American Animal Hospital Association's Canine Vaccine Guidelines showing dogs have antibody titer counts at levels known to confer immunity to rabies 7 years after vaccination.)
If you are familiar with the Center for Disease Control's MMWR Recommendations and Reports March 22, 1991/40(RR03);1-19 Rabies Prevention-- United States, 1991 Recommendations of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00041987.htm , it states that"A fully vaccinated dog or cat is unlikely to become infected with rabies, although rare cases have been reported (48). In a nationwide study of rabies among dogs and cats in 1988, only one dog and two cats that were vaccinated contracted rabies (49). All three of these animals had received only single doses of vaccine; no documented vaccine failures occurred among dogs or cats that had received two vaccinations. " .


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Duck seasons over, the mourning period is done, Now it's time to do something with your working dogs before they drive you nuts.
PBHRC HRC Test March 2nd & 3rd
Location; Prado Dog Park, Chino CA
Start time: 8 am, Sat. night BBQ and get together
Online entries prior to the test will be qualified for Gunner's up Winger drawing,
Day of Test Entries will be welcome until Test flights fill.
UKC Championship awarded to UKC purebred hunting retrievers, versatile Gun Dog breeds
and Airedale Terriers.
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Not sure About Running HRC tests? Come and see what the HRC is all about, PBHRC training Day Saturday Feb. 16th, @ Prado Dog park, 8am-1pm. All interested parties welcome


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Novelist Sheila Kohler, a lecturer in creative writing and the Lewis Center for the Arts, has been teaching creative writing at Princeton since 2007, bringing to the classroom her gift for penetrating the inner lives of her characters. In her newest work, "Becoming Jane Eyre," Kohler explores her famous subject with the same incisive approach that has marked her other award-winning -- and frequently autobiographical -- novels. (Photo: Brian Wilson)
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Literary alchemy: Kohler mines truth to inspire fiction
Posted March 1, 2010; 10:12 a.m.
In a Manchester, England, lodging house in 1846, a young woman is caring for her father after an operation. As he sleeps, her pencil furiously scratches against a page. The young woman is Charlotte Brontë, and she is writing her masterpiece, "Jane Eyre."
A new novel by Sheila Kohler, a lecturer in creative writing and the Lewis Center for the Arts, brings to life the composition of "Jane Eyre" and the struggle of the three Brontë sisters to introduce their literary talents to the world. In "Becoming Jane Eyre," published in January by Penguin Books, Kohler explores her famous subject with the same incisive approach that has marked her other award-winning -- and frequently autobiographical -- novels.
"I have tried to imagine," said Kohler, "what might have happened in that room where, sitting by her father's side, Brontë wrote half of 'Jane Eyre' in six weeks."
"Becoming Jane Eyre" is Kohler's seventh novel. A writer known for elegant prose and disquieting psychological plotlines, Kohler was born in South Africa under apartheid and lived in Paris for 15 years before coming to the United States in 1981. She has been teaching creative writing at Princeton since 2007, bringing to the classroom her gift for penetrating the inner lives of her characters.
In writing her newest novel, Kohler researched biographies, letters and literary works of the Brontë family. Living in an underheated parsonage in the gloomy Yorkshire moors of northern England, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë endured poverty, loneliness and the death of their beloved mother and two eldest siblings. Their novels repeatedly were rejected by publishers. Yet they persevered, and eventually gained recognition as one of the most talented families of writers in the English-speaking world.
Joyce Carol Oates, the Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor in the Humanities, called the novel "a tour de force of style, vision and imagination; a deeply moving and utterly convincing reconstruction of the private, inner life of Charlotte Brontë."
Listen to Kohler read an excerpt from her book.
Kohler was driven to write "Becoming Jane Eyre" in part by thinking about a question that fiction writers are often asked: Does the novel stem from the author's life?
"What interested me was exploring how much of Brontë's life came into 'Jane Eyre,'" Kohler said.
And so, in "Becoming Jane Eyre," Brontë is motivated to work on her novel by the rejection letter she receives from a publisher on the morning of her father's operation. She also resolves not to waste any more time penning beseeching letters to her former professor, with whom she has fallen in love. She will, however, "use him in her work, the ultimate revenge," Kohler writes. "She will use all those who have snubbed and ignored her. She will write out of rage, out of a deep sense of her own worth and of the injustice of the world's reception of her words. She will write about something she knows well: her passion."
Kohler recalls being asked the "How much of the novel is true?" query by a fan of her first novel, "A Perfect Place," a psychological tale about a woman who has repressed a shocking secret.
"I said, 'None of it,' and my husband said, 'Every word.' In a way we were both telling the truth. You don't make it up. It comes from somewhere," Kohler said.
"Becoming Jane Eyre," Kohler's new novel, has been called "a tour de force of style, vision and imagination; a deeply moving and utterly convincing reconstruction of the private, inner life of Charlotte Brontë," by author Joyce Carol Oates, Kohler's Princeton colleague. In January, Kohler read from the novel at Labyrinth Books in Princeton. (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski)
The dynamics of power
Kohler became a student of fiction writing later in life, after raising her three daughters. At 41 she enrolled in Columbia University's master of fine arts program in creative writing, after earning her bachelor's degree at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Her first published story, "The Mountain," received an O. Henry Prize for short stories in 1988. She won the Willa Cather Prize in 1998 for "One Girl: A Novel in Stories" and a second O. Henry Prize in 2008 for her story "The Transitional Object." Her work has been published in Brazil, England, France, Germany, Holland, India and Japan. Kohler has taught writing at several schools, including Bennington College and Columbia.
Susanna Moore, a lecturer in creative writing, said Kohler's writing offers "a meticulous examination of her characters' lives, rendering the painful disparities between expectation and reality with wisdom and grace. Her sensitivity and generosity, as well as her fierce intelligence, make her a very good teacher, calling for new discriminations in her students (as well as in her readers)."
Kohler's upbringing in Johannesburg under apartheid rule had a profound effect on her perspective on the world and, later, on her writing.
"I think children are very much aware of injustice," Kohler said. "I'd say to my parents, 'Why are white people in cars and black people standing in line?' I became interested quite young in the use of power."
Her 2004 novel "Crossways," which is set in a wealthy Johannesburg suburb in the late 1960s, explores two kinds of abuse of power — the dynamics between a white family and their Zulu house servant, and the violence in the couple's marriage. The wife is killed in a car accident that may have been deliberately caused by her husband, an element of the story that is based on the death of Kohler's sister, who died in a car accident when her husband was behind the wheel.
After her sister's death, Kohler was driven to explore in her fiction the reasons for violence in intimate relationships, she said.
Kohler set her 1999 novel, "Cracks," in South Africa as well, to explore the rivalry among a group of teenage girls at boarding school who form an unnatural attachment to their swim instructor. A film based on the novel was released in Europe last year and will open in the United States this summer.
In her "Introductory Fiction" class, Kohler helps students use personal experience as a starting point for fiction, as she has done with her own award-winning novels. Kohler's latest novel, "Becoming Jane Eyre," brings to life the struggle of the three Brontë sisters to introduce their literary talents to the world. (Photo: Brian Wilson)
As she has done in her own work, Kohler helps students in the classroom use personal experience as a starting point for fiction.
Junior Marina Shuster, who is from Ukraine, wrote several short stories based on the lives of her grandfather and other family members in Kohler's "Introductory Fiction" class last fall.
"I've always felt I had a story to tell and I didn't know how to do it," said Shuster, an ecology and evolutionary biology major. "Sheila said, 'Let the story tell itself.'"
Junior Isabel Pike, an anthropology major, also took Kohler's "Introductory Fiction" class and found herself writing stories about Uganda, where she grew up.
"I definitely noticed a change in my pieces" since the beginning of the class, Pike said. Kohler has helped her think about the forward momentum of stories and the development of point of view, she said. "Sheila gave useful criticism of my writing and created a really nice environment in the classroom."
Turning personal stories into fiction, said Kohler, is "about finding the right distance from the details in your life and entering into the minds of the characters. I tell my students that we always walk a tightrope between telling the truth and structuring the story — it's very hard to do both."
In "Becoming Jane Eyre," Kohler believed she was leaving autobiographical fiction behind for the comfort of a historical novel. But she was surprised to find elements of her own experiences as a writer creeping in to Brontë's story.
"When one takes a historical character, that person acts as a sort of screen behind which one can both hide and onto which one can project so much that is true in one's own life," Kohler recently wrote in a blog about the inspiration for the book. "Believing I was writing about someone else's life, I was able to create a middle distance and to find myself in her story."


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Summer performances offered at Richardson
Posted June 10, 2009; 06:32 p.m.
Princeton University Summer Concerts will present four performances this summer starting at 8 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall:
• Thursday, June 18. Trio Con Brio.
• Thursday, June 25. Cypress String Quartet.
• Monday, July 13. St. Petersburg String Quartet.
• Monday, July 20. Afiara String Quartet.
Free tickets will be distributed at the Richardson Auditorium ticket office beginning at 6:30 p.m. on the night of the concert.
For more information, visit the Richardson website or call (609) 258-5000.


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I think I'm gonna let Darth Alex do the running around these last few weeks. I need the break!!
While it seems the retailers are locking down on ROTS for now, I was pleasantly surprised to find a single Darth Tater on the shelf at the WB TRU. I never realized just how big these Potato Heads are. Not bad for $7.99


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Refusing the "stimulus"!!!
To paraphrase, "It will increase the Unemployment benefits until it expires. Then the State will be on the hook to continue those higher payments"
Refusing the "stimulus"!!!
To paraphrase, "It will increase the Unemployment benefits until it expires. Then the State will be on the hook to continue those higher payments"
"Where The Hell Is Bedias, TX?"
Yes Jerry I am finally proud of "My Guvnor" here in Louisiana but "He is a Racist" for opposing da "STIMLUS". Read, Rep Clyburn D-SC says anyone
opposing da Stimlus is just keeping their foot on the neck of the blackman.
What would you expect coming from a Southern Pork Producer???????
MYRTLE BEACH South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn has earmarked millions of taxpayer dollars this decade for projects that could directly benefit his friends and family members, a newspaper reported Sunday.
The Sun News of Myrtle Beach found that Clyburn has set aside at least $6.2 million for such projects.
That includes money for two projects his nephew was to help design, a community center that runs a program employing his sister-in-law and a Columbia wellness center that employs his daughter.
Clyburn is the House majority whip. He was the sole sponsor for 32 earmarks totaling $38.8 million in the current budget.
In contrast, all of South Carolina's other lawmakers combined to sole-sponsor $45.5 million in earmarks in the same budget.
Clyburn's office did not return calls seeking comment, although he has repeatedly defended the earmark process, telling reporters last year that the special provisions help provide for community needs.
'I don't see that as wasteful government spending,' he told reporters in February 2007. 'I see that as responding to the needs these people said they had.'
Citizens Against Government Waste, a nonprofit group that watches taxpayer money, calls Clyburn 'hostile' toward taxpayers because of what is termed an extravagant use of public money.
'Mr. Clyburn is notorious for questionable earmarks,' said Leslie Paige, a spokeswoman for the group.
The group once named Clyburn as its Porker of the Month because he set aside $3 million in a military spending bill for the First Tee nonprofit agency. First Tee operates a program at a Columbia golf course named for the congressman. Clyburn defended the money on the House floor, saying the money would benefit military families.
This year's budget includes at least four earmarks that could benefit people close to Clyburn.
The veteran lawmaker helped secure $784,000 for the planning and design of the International African-American Museum in Charleston. Clyburn's nephew, Derrick Ballard, is one of the lead architects on that project.
Similarly, in 2005, Clyburn earmarked $145,500 for a community center to be designed by Ballard.
He also set aside $229,000 in this year's budget to the Charles R. Drew Wellness Center in Columbia a facility he helped construct with a 2003 earmark of $990,000. His daughter, Angela, is the marketing and membership director there.
He got $282,000 appropriated for The South Sumter Resource Center, where his sister-in- law, Gwendolyn, is housing coordinator for the center's community development division. He's secured $670,000 for the resource center in past budgets.
Clyburn earmarks may benefit friends and family in Sumter Clyburn
T.A.R.P. OR Carp It's All Trash
Amazingly, even NY's governor wants to turn down stimulus money. The NY Times didn't treat the six governors who want to turn down the $ very kindly, yet in a separate op-ed they are supporting the balancing of the NYS budget. Interesting twist, I thought.
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
I don't use the PM feature, so just email me direct at the address shown above.
Jindall's a hack with presidential aspirations (as is the SC governor). He'll sacrifice his state to appeal to right wing national voters. But if another hurricane comes, he'll be the first to come to the public assistance trough.
I don't understand it when states as poor as Louisiana turn down federal funds!! So turn down funds Jindall and keep your state in its stellar economic condition.
Especially since BHO in essence is telling all those with their hands out to just keep them out, we're on our way to fill them.....I don't understand it when states as poor as Louisiana turn down federal funds!! So turn down funds Jindall and keep your state in its stellar economic condition.
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A smart Gov would turn down these funds. Federal money has always meant federal control and there has been far too much of that in the last 45 yrs.
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What small amount of that pork package I was able to examine, Sodak got enough for a total of 30 projects...8 for Rapid City, the rest to that linguini-spined mayor of Sioux Falls. That said, all the 'projects' appear to be shovel ready for the roads and bridges.
I don't fault our governor for accepting that amount. We'll all be paying for it anyway. Besides, our legislature is so cowed by possible federal $$$, they reach for their ankles whenever they have to make a regulation to get more road funds.
Sounds like we'll be increasing our sales tax, however. Once these various welfare programs get OK'd, they can't be cut, even if the state is sinking into the toilet. Not that Sodak is, like the left coast, but it points out the constant arguement of when these programs are developed, they will never end.
Can you guess what will happen when all the cigarette smokers finally shrug? Who will be paying for all those rip-offs? It just amazes me how a faction of our population is bastardized the way smokers are, and they continue to pay through the nose for all those crap programs.
It's incredible how so-called sane folks will allow their freedoms to be legislated away. There are so many examples, and the sheeple just keep shuffling up to the slaughtering houses. Soylant Green anyone?
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I listen to an internet station called Astreaux World. It plays ambient, electronic, new age and space music. I've only heard one Brian Eno song on there - "Deep Blue Sea". I've heard about Music for Airports a lot, but have not heard it. I'll check out some samples and see what it's like.Originally Posted by Jedi_Master_Guyute
Ahhhh... Guyute gets big points from me for listening to Eno. I had a friend recently refer to Brian Eno as the "Justin Timberlake for the over 30 crowd." (Hah! I think he's right.)Originally Posted by Jedi_Master_Guyute
I've been spinning "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)" a bunch lately.
Oh yeah. Its been a long time since I had listened to it, so I played it today. I forgot how good an album (ok soundtrack) it was. Exhaust Port if your looking for another good early album this is another to add to your list.Originally Posted by kidhuman
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No it was "La Vallee" (The Valley, its French I believe). Floyd only did a few songs (7 of 19) on the Zabriskie Point soundtrack. Jerry and the Dead a number song a long with a few other psychedelic bands from the late '60s.
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Ah, gracias for the big points. I've only been a fan of Eno since i heard "an Ending (Ascent)" in "28 days later." since then, i've been hooked. I only have the one disc, but i have some tunes from "Music for films" and "Apollos and Atmospheres" on my PC. I'm looking to get a few more for my birthday. Any suggestions? oh and i'm only 22, nearly 23. I guess i'm getting started early?Originally Posted by plasticfetish
I'm currently listening to Gorillaz's "G-Sides" disc. Pretty good stuff if you love the Gorillaz. Mostly remixes, but it has a few new tunes. I love the tune "Hip Albatross" as it features a variety of sound blips from "Dawn of the Dead" and "DAy of the Dead" and has the lyric, "I was born a zombie, i'm a creep of the sea." I love how the guitar fades into the acoustic melody of "12D3." I CANNOT wait for their new album in March.
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Well... you could start at the beginning with "Here Come the Warm Jets." (Though I'd say Roxy Music's "Roxy Music" and "For Your Pleasure" are a good place also.) Then there's "Taking Tiger Mountain (by strategy)" and "Another Green World."Originally Posted by Jedi_Master_Guyute
After that you can work your way through the '70s with Eno albums, as well as Bowie albums like "Low" "Heroes" and "Lodger."
Eno produced Devo's first album, "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" He produced the Talking Heads' first few albums, "More Songs About Buildings And Food," etc.
Eno was also kind enough to help out a little band from Ireland by producing "The Unforgettable Fire" and "The Joshua Tree."
...the hand of Eno can be felt in many places.
Last night I went to see Sleater-Kinney. Great show. They played mostly new stuff, so I'm looking forward to the new album due in May. Opening act was The Joggers. I had not heard of them before. Once I found out they were the opening act, I downloaded a couple songs and it sounded good. They put on a good show too, so I bought their CD while I was there.
This was the first time I had been to a show like this in about 11 or 12 years. A bit hard on my ears, and often hard to really hear the music clearly, but I have the advantage of really being able to feel the music. I don't dance, but live music like this almost makes me.


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Shares of 3D printing pioneers 3D Systems (DDD) are under pressure today, dropping $1.61, or over 5%, t o $29.05. Briefing.com notes that Securities & Exchange Commission filings last night by the company revealed a large insider sale, a dumping of 500,000 shares by CTO Charles Hull, at prices of $32.34 to $33.04.
Among the observations from the Street today, there was at least one positive note on the stock. Gabelli & Co.'s Hendi Susanto reiterated a Hold rating, while writing that a recent visit to the company's headquarters in Rock Hill, South Carolina left him "incrementally more positive" on the stock.
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Printers will be the largest revenue growth driver; specifically professional printers (ASP $20,000-250,000 and highest gross margins in printers). Acquisitions of software products carry high gross margin, estimated at around 80%, and simultaneously higher R&D expenses. Cube 3D printers carry corporate average gross margin. Management foresees consumer printer pricing will evolve toward lower price points of $1,000 and eventually $500, althrough cost reductions of components while focusing on maintaining gross margins (unlike a razor and blades business model where the razor is sold at a minimal profit, breakeven, or lossCFO sees no meaningful direct competition among 3D printing leaders as each offers unique set of competitive differentiations; 3D Systems still expressed interests in acquisitions to expand its 3D printing' content to print platform; Management sets a long-term goal of 75-80% recurring revenue stream profile (materials and services); 3D Systems characterize its seasonality of quarterly revenue growth progression like a hockey stick: sequential growth through the third quarter, the strongest performance in the fourth quarter, and sequential decline into the first quarter of the next year. Currently, 3D Systems is anticipating a sequential decline into the first quarter of 2013 that is less pronounced compared to its historical figures [...] Excluding acquisitions of RapidForm and Geomagic, the mid-point of 2013 revenue guidance of $440-485 million implies organic revenue growth of ~22%.


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OXFORD – Game Week is here, and Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze has spent the off-season preaching "compete for 60 minutes" to the Rebels.
Freeze may very well have found his flag-bearer in E.J. Epperson.
Signed as a tight end, Epperson spent four seasons in the program on offense. Unable to find consistent playing time, he approached Freeze in June and asked to be moved to defensive end. He pledged effort and focus and delivered on both counts.
Now Epperson finds himself running with the first-team defense as Saturday's opener against Central Arkansas comes into view.
When his coaches talk about Epperson's gifts, they don't mention an abundance of skill.
"He's just one of those blue-collar, hard-core workers who's going to play his rear end off and give you the best he can every snap. Is he going to be the best player in the SEC? No, but he's going to be tough, and he's going to do what you tell him to do," co-defensive coordinator Dave Wommack said.
Epperson showed his effort and toughness in high school at Humboldt, Tenn. Class 2A football players rarely specialize at one position. Epperson had eight sacks as a junior and as a senior had 55 tackles and twice scored with interceptions.
He had played in only spot duty at Ole Miss, recording just two interceptions, both of them in 2010.
"I was really just the back-up tight end. I'm a senior, and I don't want to be a second-team guy. I want to go out there and help the team and make some plays," Epperson said. "I just want to play football. I think coming off the edge, I can do that. I've got the speed for it. I can maybe cause some disruption back there in the pocket for the quarterback."
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Epperson said Freeze required no hard sell when they met in June. Freeze cited Epperson's effort when moving him to the first team in the middle of camp.
The Rebels are looking for playmakers at end. Ole Miss had just 13 sacks in 2011, only five by defensive ends. Wayne Dorsey had three sacks, Gerald Rivers two, and neither remain in the program.
Though Epperson's move from offense is more dramatic, he isn't the only move to defensive end. Freeze has also put third-year sophomore Ralph Williams there after Williams had success at linebacker last year.
There are high expectations for sophomore C.J. Johnson at the other end. Johnson, of Philadelphia, was the state's top recruit two years ago.
The move has been a challenge for Epperson.
"It's been very difficult. I put in a lot of work in the summer. I asked coach Freeze, and he gave me the green light. I told him I would pray to God and give it everything I've got," he said.


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HTS3520/12: Only front speakers are working?
so i just bought a new sound system. 5.1 (5 speakers+subwoofer). I plugged in everything and wanted to give it a try but i had to notice that only the 2 front speakers are working? i searched in the manual if i have to select between stereo and 5.1 but didnt find anything. I tried it with a dvd and pc, but everytime Only 2 speakers were working. I set the pc settings to 5.1. I hope someone can help me.
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After much deliberation, these will be silkscreened as "Freeduino MaxSerial".
I've noticed most people seem to regard the NKC Electronics boards as the unofficial official Freeduinos.
I started doing a version with max232 three weeks ago, based on S3v3 version, but stoped. If you want one, I think I can restart it. In a preliminary view, it will be a little bigger than S3v3 (less than 1cm.).
Nice Job PurgedSoul.I'm very busy taking care of my newborn baby, so I stopped the development of MaxSeverino.Good luck.
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I dont use a lot of circles so will be a good challange for me
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This was a good challenge, since I love to see circles in layouts but usually don't use them. I combined this challenge with my SS Club offering, too. Hope to see everyone later at the chat! The Elves
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Sorry I won't be there again today, but did post a layout. Will LSL this evening.
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I missed the chat - but had to do my circle challenge - circles are happy...2 months
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This was fun and I did it in record time as I used the background for another challenge and just changed the photos
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Kicking things off Friday, Jewels Lightweight Champion Ayaka Hamasaki (4-0) will headline the JEWELS 12th Ring show against American Top Team's Jessica Aguilar (10-4) in a non-title match. Lisa Ward was originally scheduled to face Hamasaki however she was inujred training and is unable to compete. Jessica Aguilar steps in after her fight scheduled for this weekend in Michigan was cancelled.
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Harold, who is from Illinois, has adopted a platform titled "Empowering Youth Against Violence: Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself." In ninth grade, she was the victim of racial and sexual harassment which eventually resulted in her transferring to a different high school.
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The Mississippi High School Activities Association's state basketball tournament continues its second day today with semifinals in Class 2A and 3A.
Potts Camp's Lady Cardinals will open play at the Mississippi Coliseum against Scott Central at 9 a.m. in Class 2A. Ripley's girls will face Southeast Lauderdale at 1 p.m. in Class 3A
Booneville will close the night session at 8 against Forest. The Blue Devils are looking for their second Class 3A championship in the last three years. Booneville beat Forest here two years ago in the semifinals en route to its first title since 1963.
Class 2A boys Bassfield and Coahoma AHS play at 10:30 a.m. Velma Jackson and Pass Christian play in the other boys 3A semifinal at 2:30. Class 3A Choctaw Central's girls play Charleston at 6:30.