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Obama gets Geography wrong again
Original post made by 57 States or is the President Smarter than a 5th Grader, Menlo Park: The Willows, on Aug 8, 2013
"If we don't deepen our ports all along the Gulf places like Charleston, S.C., or Savannah, Ga., or Jacksonville, Fla. — if we don't do that, these ships are going to go someplace else and we'll lose jobs,"
If the president spent a little less time on the Golf Coast then perhaps he would be more familiar with U.S. Geography. But in his defense at least he correctly identified the states for the U.S. Atlantic Ocean ports.
Comments (47)
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 8, 2013 at 12:25 pm
President was the head of Harvard Law Review.
Let's see, who shall we trust about the questions of the President's intelligence?
- an anonymous poster with a chip on his shoulder the size of district 4?
- one of the two most intelligent American presidents in the last couple decades?
Yup. Obama and Clinton. Compare them to the actor, the former CIA chief who didn't know what a supermarket scanner was, or our all time favorite, the man who couldn't hit oil in Bahrain, in three tries. Who said:
- "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" G Bush
Shall we compare presidential vacations?
CBS: "So far, President Obama has taken 61 vacation days after 31 months in office. At this point in their presidencies, George W. Bush had spent 180 days at his ranch where his staff often joined him for meetings. And Ronald Reagan had taken 112 vacation days at his ranch.
Among recent presidents, Bill Clinton took the least time off -- 28 days."
Fact Check: "President George W. Bush spent even more time away from the presidential mansion in the nation's capital than Reagan. Of the 77 total "vacation" trips the former president made to his Texas ranch while in office, nine of them — all or part of 69 days — came during his first year as president in 2001, according to Knoller."
Of course THE SUPREME PRETZELDENTIAL VACATION belongs to Bush.
Bush stayed on vacation in Crawford after his Aug 6 PDB warned him that Bin Laden wa attacking, suggesting when where and how.
Web Link
Bush stayed on vacation.
5 weeks later, the Twin Towers went down.
Ron Susskind told us what Bush said after the warning: "What we didn't know is what happened in between the briefing and the fishing, and now Suskind is here to tell us. Bush listened to the briefing, Suskind says, then told the CIA briefer: "All right. You've covered your ass, now." "
I'll take Obama. So will most Americans, that's why he won in a landslide.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Aug 8, 2013 at 1:17 pm
Obama thought that Arizona was part of the United States. He was wrong. CNN reports: Web Link
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Aug 8, 2013 at 1:59 pm
Obama's August vacation doodles would not look like this - Web Link
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Aug 8, 2013 at 2:42 pm
Obama has played 133 rounds of gold since he became president. Bush 43 played golf 24 times in eight years.
And while Bush spent more time outside of Washington than Obama, it is also worth nothing that nearly all of Bush's vacations were trips back to his Texas ranch or family vacation homes in Maine. And there was a very notable difference Bush's vacations were working vacations while Obama's vacations are a vulgar display of ostentatiousness.
Even the Washington Post, arguably further to the left than the Almanac, has conceded "Bush rarely takes the type of vacation one would consider exotic -- or, to some, even appealing. His notion of relaxation is chopping cedar on his ranch or mountain biking through rough terrain, all in 100-degree-plus temperatures in dusty Texas."
Obama, on the other hand, has traveled to Hawaii every winter and recently the Obama daughters vacationed at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas with a full Secret Service detail.
Meanwhile, the White House proffers up the specious argument that it can not afford to pay Secret Service agents to continue the popular White House tours for other students who are on their spring vacations in Washington, D.C.
The Obamas have gone to Martha's Vineyard multiple times while the country was in recession and Americans were struggling to find jobs. Michelle Obama has taken a whirlwind trip to Spain and a ski trip to Aspen.
Obama took 13 vacations in his first term, which spanned all or part of 83 days. And they have all been far more lavish than Bush's. Obama's annual vacations to Hawaii alone have cost taxpayers at least $20 million during his first term. In 2011 alone, Michelle Obama may have cost taxpayers $10 million on vacations herself. Obama's fantasy golf outing this year cost local law enforcement in Florida a reported $78,205.
Obama has taken self indulgence to the extreme with the taxpayer picking up the tab every time.
a resident of Woodside: Emerald Hills
on Aug 8, 2013 at 3:01 pm
"notable difference Bush's vacations were working vacations"
Ha, that would be laughable if not so tragic.
Like when Bush was warned BIN LADIN DETERMINED TO ATTACK US, and he kept working clearing brush in Crawford? That kind of working vacation? Where Bush ignored every one of the "hair on fire" alarm that went off in August 2001?
As for "a full Secret Service detail" - why would you want less? Obama has received more death threats from the haters (ahem) than any other president. What kind of moron makes a big deal about the United States Secret Service doing it's job?
Give it up, @57. Only the fringe reads that garbage and thinks Obama loafs like Bush.
Obama was paying off student loans a few years ago. Ask Ann Richards about Bush. "Poor George, he can't help it — he was born with a silver foot in his mouth"
You lost. Get over it. Obama has taken us from a negative 8% GDP, losing 800,000 jobs in December 2008, to where we are today. We still have lots to do. Help, or shut up and get out of the way.
a resident of Woodside: Emerald Hills
on Aug 8, 2013 at 3:05 pm
[Portion removed; please don't speculate on the identity of anonymous posters] copies lots of his trash directly from the trash site brietbart without attribution, like: Obama took 13 vacations in his first term, which spanned all or part of 83 days. But they have been much more lavish than Bush's. His annual vacations to Hawaii alone have cost taxpayers at least $20 million during his first term. In 2011 alone, Michelle Obama may have cost taxpayers $10 million on vacations herself. Obama's fantasy golf outing this year cost local law enforcement in Florida a reported $78, 205.
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a resident of Woodside: Emerald Hills
on Aug 8, 2013 at 3:08 pm
the Obama golf myth from The Week:
Myth: "Obama has played more golf than any president in history
This isn't even close to being true. Now, there's no question that he plays on a regular basis: 104 rounds from January 2009 through Aug. 4 of this year, the last time he played, according to Mark Knoller, the longtime White House correspondent for CBS Radio. That puts him about in the middle when compared with other duffers-in-chief. It's less than Bill Clinton, and a lot less than Dwight Eisenhower, who played more than 800 rounds over eight years — four times as often as Obama plays.
And why is it an outrage if the president, who heads one of three branches of government, golfs 104 times in three-and-a-half-years, but the head of another branch of government, the REPUBLICAN Speaker of the House, plays four times as much? You heard correctly: John Boehner once told Golf Digest that he plays upwards of 100 rounds a year. Seems like a double standard, no?"
@57: "Obama has played 133 rounds of gold since he became president. Bush 43 played golf 24 times in eight years."
See John Boehner, under: 4 Times the golf as Obama.
a resident of Woodside High School
on Aug 8, 2013 at 4:10 pm
same ol, same ol
Same two posters, or groups. One fringie trolling with a story no honestly balanced person believes; the others taking the bait because they feel "we can't let the lies go without correction!!"
Yeah, actually, you can. No one gives any credence to the Breitbart/Malkin/Beck/Limbaugh type fringies out here anyway.
Good pick on the myths from the hill though: Web Link
"Deconstructing the 5 most ridiculous myths about Barack Obama"
1. Obama has played more golf than any president in history
2. Obama has taken more vacation time than any president in history
3. Obama shows his true colors by not going to Arlington National Cemetery
4. Obama has never visited Israel as president, which shows he doesn't give a damn about it
and a good one:
5. Taxes under Obama are at an all-time high - If you buy this one, congratulations: You've failed not just history, but economics as well. Between the combined burden of federal, state, and local income taxes, Americans are parting with the smallest share of their income since 1958. The Bureau of Economic Analysis says we pay 23.6 percent of what we make, down from an average of about 27 percent during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Aug 9, 2013 at 6:54 am
In 1986 the top 10% of income earners paid 54.6% of all the income taxes. In 2010 they paid 70.6% for an increase of over 29%.
In 1986 the remaining 90% paid 45.4% of all the income taxes. In 2010 they paid 29.4% for a decrease of over 35%.
Also, to compare Obama to Eisenhower is ridiculous. Eisenhower led the Allied Invasion of Europe. Obama didn't even care that the Consulate was under attack in Benghazi. While Americans were being slaughtered by Muslim extremists, the Commander-in-Chief left his subordinates to deal with the crisis while he got his beauty sleep in preparation for a fundraising campaign trip to Vegas.
Yep, raking in the money for the Democratic coffers was far more important than defending American lives. That Obama is a courageous leader.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Aug 9, 2013 at 8:13 am
Oh this is rich indeed. 57 States writes "In 1986 the top 10% of income earners paid 54.6% of all the income taxes. In 2010 they paid 70.6% for an increase of over 29%. In 1986 the remaining 90% paid 45.4% of all the income taxes. In 2010 they paid 29.4% for a decrease of over 35%."
I don't know if these stats are correct -- most of what this poster is writing is sheer nonsense. But even if they are correct, what does it mean? That taxes went up during Obama's presidency for the top 10% --no no and demonstrably no -- or that the wealth of the top 10% became so disproportionate to that of the (former) middle class during a shameless transfer of wealth that began with Reagan and continued through the terms of his Republican predecessors and that of the crypto-Republican Clinton that the top 10% is logically paying a higher percentage of total taxes?
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 9, 2013 at 9:28 am
Oh, [portion removed; please don't speculate on the identity of anonymous posters], you hide the key statistic, making the rest of your statistics fall into Mark Twain's 'damn lies' category. For shame.
Before we address that, have you given up pushing the Obama golf and vacation myths that the far right fell for? Now you tried diversion by talking about Eisenhower the hero, a chap who wouldn't win a single GOP primary these days? Too funny!! (Let Ike try the military industrial complex speech in the South Carolina GOP primary! Damn hippie liberal pinko commie!!)
Back to the H lies, errrr, statistics: ...the top 10% of income earners ... in 2010 they paid 70.6%
Why? They pay more BECAUSE THEY OWN MOST OF THE WEALTH. (source: Forbes)
Case closed. They should pay more.
"The well known facts are worth reciting again: the top one percent of the country owns 34.6% of the wealth in total net worth; the next 19% owns 50.5%; the bottom 80% owns 15%.
In financial wealth, the figures are even more startling: (the top 1% of the country owns) 42.7%, (the next 19% owns) 50.3%, and (the rest own) 7.0% respectively." (financial wealth creates income, thus taxes)
So, given they are in a society that gives them so much opportunity and protects their wealth, in a society that has long been based on a progressive tax system to help build the middle class, yes, they should pay that much, or more.
H, if you don't like our country, if you do not like America values like hard work (exemplified by our President, especially compared to Bush or Reagan) and a progressive tax code that supports the great American middle class, perhaps you should move to a foreign land. Like Texas.
Sounds like you are not happy here. Quite cranky, in fact. Been that way for awhile. Anger shortens life. Perhaps it's a health related move - tax deductible?
See ya!
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 9, 2013 at 9:32 am
Forbes: Web Link
a resident of another community
on Aug 9, 2013 at 3:06 pm
Thankfully, I live in Palo Alto. Menlo Park seems to be somewhat skewed to the left (even more than Palo Alto-- if that is possible). At the best President Obama has been a marginal president. He has managed to saddle future generations of Americans with an enormous debt thus guaranteeing them a lower standard of living than their parents.
Even Max Baucus, is quitting the Senate in disgust as the signatuire legislation the Affordable Care Act is in the Senator's words "A train wreck". Obama had done nothing to prepare himself for the presidency other than to inveigle a far left press to be his unpaid campaign managers.
A trusting public believed what was writtn in the newspapers. Perhaps they will love their naivete in 2016 and vote for a responsible person to be the next president.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 9, 2013 at 4:03 pm
"President Obama has been a marginal president" Ha! Just another fringe rightie with no facts.
Bush gave us the first trillion dollar deficit, and left with America hemorrhaging 800,000 jobs a month in Dec 08. A negative 8% GDP.
Obama's job scorecard: Web Link
Compare those Bush Great Recession numbers with the reality of Obama, courtesy Forbes, a member of the " far left press " :
"Over the first four years of the Obama presidency, the deficit shrunk by a total of $300 billion dollars."
- more -
"Compared to the size of the economy, the deficit in 2013 is much lower than in 2009, when Obama took office. The deficit will be 5.3 percent of gross domestic product this year, nearly half the 10.1 percent of GDP in 2009."
Web Link
From IBD, hardly a commie liberal rag:
"U.S. Deficit Shrinking At Fastest Pace Since WWII, Before Fiscal Cliff"
"Believe it or not, the federal deficit has fallen faster over the past three years than it has in any such stretch since demobilization from World War II.
In fact, outside of that post-WWII era, the only time the deficit has fallen faster was when the economy relapsed in 1937, turning the Great Depression into a decade-long affair."
Read More At Investor's Business Daily: Web Link
Forbes and IBD. Just a bunch of hippies at the "far left press"
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Aug 10, 2013 at 9:10 am
The above post is a bunch of hogwash. Bush beat Obama in every metric
Facts not counting 2013 which is all negative for Obama.
1. The average GDP growth under Bush was 2.16% for years 2001 through years 2008
2. The average GDP growth under Obama was 0.41% for years 2008 through years 2012
3. The rate of GDP growth under Bush was more than 5 times greater than under Obama
For the following years here is economic picture. Bush was bad Obama was worse
Year GDP($M) GDP Nat'l Debt Nat'l Debt/GDP ratio
2000 11,226,000 Growth 5,674,178
2001 11,347,200 1.08% 5,807,463 51.18%
2002 11,543,100 1.73% 6,228,236 53.96%
2003 11,836,400 2.54% 6,783,231 57.31%
2004 12,246,900 3.47% 7,739,053 63.19%
2005 12,263,000 0.13% 7,932,710 64.69%
2006 12,958,500 5.67% 8,506,974 65.65%
2007 13,206,400 1.91% 9,007,653 68.21%
2008 13,161,900 -0.34% 10,024,725 76.16%
2009 12,757,900 -3.07% 11,909,829 93.35%
2010 13,063,000 2.39% 13,564,623 103.84%
2011 13,299,100 1.81% 14,790,340 111.21%
2012 13,593,200 2.21% 16,066241 118.19%
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 10, 2013 at 9:21 am
57 states doesn't deny the statement "Bush gave us the first trillion dollar deficit, and left with America hemorrhaging 800,000 jobs a month in Dec 08. A negative 8% GDP."
H e switches the frame to be about averages for Bush. A few reasonable economic Bush years that ended in the greatest economic calamity since the Great Depression look better as averages, but the facts remain:
"Bush gave us the first trillion dollar deficit, and left with America hemorrhaging 800,000 jobs a month in Dec 08. A negative 8% GDP."
Saying Bush was "bad" is like saying your teenager had a "bad" trip when he drove well for 7 miles and then caused a 10 car pileup, but only killing a "few" people.
Averages out to "bad", right?
The jobs picture says it all Web Link
Argue with Forbes: Web Link
Argue with Investors Business Daily: Web Link
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Aug 10, 2013 at 10:48 am
Bush gave us 1 Trillion dollar deficit in 8 years. Obama has given us 4 straight Trillion dollar deficits and is on track to give us a 1.37 Trillion dollar deficit for 2013. So using your analogy on the Trillion dollar threshold, if Bush caused a 10 car wreck then Obama has caused a 19 car wreck in 2009 a 17 car wreck in 2010, a 12 car wreck in 2011 and a 13 car wreck in 2012.
So Bush wrecked 10 cars in 2008 and 33 cars before that and Obama has wrecked 60 cars by the beginning of 2013 and has already wrecked 8 cars this year and is on track to wreck 6 more by year's end. Obama should have his license suspended for reckless driving. BECAUSE OBAMA'S DRIVING IS TWICE AS BAD AS BUSH'S.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 10, 2013 at 12:49 pm
Bush gave us the first trillion dollar deficit, while turning over an economic disaster that included a shrinking (-8%) economy and job losses of 800,000 per month.
Pontificate all you want. About 20% of the fringe agrees with you (ie.. Fox viewers.) But facts are as follows....
Americans know what Forbes and Investors Business Daily have said about Obama shrinking the deficit faster than anytime since WWII. Blubber on all you want with your dozens of cars ambiguity. Or address the facts:
Web Link
Web Link
Jobs tell the Bush disaster story Web Link
Bush KILLED the roaring Clinton economy (+23 million jobs, to -800,000 jobs per month)
Americans voted overwhelmingly for Obama to clean it up.
He has. We have more to do. Take your frustration out on John (Mr "jobs are #1", but let's have 30 abortion votes instead) Boehner
Web Link
My good neighbor, how would you like to twist it in your next post? Rail on Clinton?
Want to see the job chart back to the Clinton economy? Web Link
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Aug 10, 2013 at 6:25 pm
So this is how the deficit is shrinking as a percentage of GDP
In 2008 the deficit was 76.16% of GDP
In 2009 the deficit was 93.35% of GDP
In 2010 the deficit was 103.84% of GDP
In 2011 the deficit was 111.21% of GDP
In 2012 the deficit was 118.19% of GDP
Following is in Millions
2008 Real GDP 13,161,900; National Debt 10,024,725
2009 Real GDP 12,757,900; National Debt 11,909,829
2010 Real GDP 13,063,000; National Debt 13,564,623
2011 Real GDP 13,299,100; National Debt 14,790,340
2012 Real GDP 13,593,200; National Debt 16,066,241
So tell me again how the deficit is shrinking
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 11, 2013 at 11:06 am
Oh, neighbor H, read it again, click on the links, and this time r e a d s l o w l y
Web Link
Forbes: The Best Kept Secret In American Politics-Federal Budget Deficits Are Actually Shrinking! Web Link
Investors Business Daily: Web Link "U.S. Deficit Shrinking At Fastest Pace Since WWII, Before Fiscal Cliff"
"Believe it or not, the federal deficit has fallen faster over the past three years than it has in any such stretch since demobilization from World War II.
In fact, outside of that post-WWII era, the only time the deficit has fallen faster was when the economy relapsed in 1937, turning the Great Depression into a decade-long affair."
H, then read Mark Twain. You will understand what everyone is thinking when you post your lists of numbers...
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Aug 11, 2013 at 9:16 pm
The numbers do not lie.
When Bush left office the national debt was 76.16% of GDP. Now it is 118.19% of GDP. The National Debt to GDP ratio has increased 55% under Obama.
Now please tell me again how Obama is shrinking the national debt/GDP ratio. I am all ears.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 12, 2013 at 9:56 am
Neighbor H, I'll direct you YET AGAIN to the bastions of capitalism, Forbes and IBD, links above.
Waiting for your comment on this, since you (and the 20% of the fringe) still think Bush was better than Obama: Web Link
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 12, 2013 at 10:35 am
Neighbor H, since you don't like reading Forbes or IBD, here is their updated numbers in handy chart form
Web Link=
accompanying text: "Washington is on the verge of achieving a pace of deficit reduction surpassing even the fiscal tightening that helped to trigger the 1937 economic relapse and extend the decade-long Great Depression.
New CBO projections out Tuesday showed that the deficit would shrink to 4.0% of GDP in fiscal 2013 from 7.0% last year. That would reduce the deficit by a cumulative 5.0% of GDP from 9.0% in fiscal 2010, a three-year decline exceeded only in the years immediately after World War II."
Don't argue with me, argue with them. Contact them here: Web Link You may want to ask them how the stock markets are doing under Obama, from the point Obama inherited the Bush Great Recession.
a resident of Hillview Middle School
on Aug 12, 2013 at 4:54 pm
Forbes, the pro Obama liberal too! in the bag for him! Wotta buncha libs! Ha! It's all a conspiracy! Ever see Forbes Mag ask him for his real birth certificate? There ya go.
Case closed!
Seriously - Forbes, Wall St etc.. loves Obama. Look at the closing Dow on Nov 4 2008. The markets thrive under dems. Look at Clinton.
a resident of Belle Haven Elementary
on Aug 12, 2013 at 9:56 pm
Dude starts with the golfing myth. Why would anyone bother to engage? What a joke. Just a bunch of still ticked off far right voters that can't get over the fact that we have an intelligent president after 8 years of Bush. Oh, he's also black. But that doesn't bother them, of course. Just check out the rodeo!
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Aug 13, 2013 at 1:42 am
Some peeps are so far out of the mainstream its ridiculous. They can't remember how hard it was to get a job in 2009.
a resident of Menlo Park: Stanford Hills
on Aug 13, 2013 at 10:28 am
trashing Obama for a misspeak after all those by Bush?
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
funny, except he is responsible for 5,000 American dead and trillions spent on a country that never attacked us
Obama misspeaks don't kill American soldiers
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Aug 13, 2013 at 2:29 pm
The numbers tell the story. There have been at least 6 stories on both websites debunking this myth. Numbers don't lie. Obama is a train wreck and the most fiscally irresponsible President in the history of the United States. George Bush was far worse than Clinton (a fiscally sound president); but when compared to Obama he looks like Scrooge.
Both Forbes and IBD have token lefties and they even admit it. These are editorials. They no more represent the views of Forbes and IBD than does Charles Krauthammer represent the views of the New York Times.
57 is absolutely correct. Perhaps you need to refrain from drinking the Obama Kool Aid.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Aug 14, 2013 at 12:29 am
IBD lets libs post charts? Now I've heard everything.
Rather than namecalling, tell us what is incorrect about this chart...
Web Link
CBO and OMB data compiled by IBD. Yeah, a bunch of steeking hippies!
RYOOYFM posts no facts, nothing to prove his namecalling is correct.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Aug 14, 2013 at 12:43 pm
The chart says a lot about deficit but we have a long way to go. The best way to reduce the deficit, both by percentage and raw numbers, is to grow the economy (more jobs = more revenue collection.) That's why recovery from the Bush negative 'growth' rate was essential. Then grow the economy with jobs.
The GOP congress promised jobs but has not passed one jobs bill of their own. 40 bills to repeal obamacare, 30 bills on abortion.
Not a single jobs bill.
Keep your deficit charts. This one tells how we grow the economy Web Link
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Aug 15, 2013 at 10:36 am
awww, H....
The repeal/ban votes are a tennis score. Time for John Boenher to schedule more abortion votes to catch up for a tie game (yes, it is a game to Boehner- a game where American jobs do not matter)
"It's a close match, ladies and gents, with useless Obamacare Repeal votes having broken the serve of Abortion Ban votes, and leading 40 - 30."
"Off to the side being ignored by the ineffectual Line Umpire Boehner, The American Jobs Act, and any other jobs legislation, wait, and wait, and wait, and wait..."
a resident of Atherton: other
on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:13 pm
there has been 40 votes on abortion, and 30 on the ACA - Obamacare?
a resident of Portola Valley: other
on Jul 17, 2015 at 12:36 pm
"Obama has played 133 rounds of gold since he became president. Bush 43 played golf 24 times in eight years."
Obama likes golf, Bush went into mountain biking when he suspended his various addictions Web Link
Bush stayed on vacation in Crawford after being warned about Bin Ladin and the 9/11 plot. Great choice, dubya.
Dubya's brother (Jebya!) promised he would continue dubya's legacy of atrocious decisions. No wonder Trump is beating Jebya! Bush.
Update on Obama vacation days:
* Dubya! Bush vacation days: 879 days over eight years
* Barry Soetoro vacation days: 150 days in 5 years, 7 months
* Obama (719 days behind Dubya!) only 860 days left in his presidency.
get to work, Obama! Or, take the rest of the term off, and you can match Dubya!
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Jul 17, 2015 at 7:23 pm
I hope the president takes a lot more vacations. Because when he is out on the links he's not wrecking this country. The Nobel peace prize committee must be elated with Obama for delivering on his promise to transform this country into a paradigm of Western European Socialism.
a resident of another community
on Jul 17, 2015 at 8:41 pm
"I hope the president takes a lot more vacations. Because when he is out on the links he's not wrecking this country. The Nobel peace prize committee must be elated with Obama for delivering on his promise to transform this country into a paradigm of Western European Socialism."
It never ceases to amaze me how many posters just can't their facts straight. But I guess that's how Obama Derangement Syndrome works...
a resident of Portola Valley: other
on Jul 18, 2015 at 10:11 am
Poor right wingers are twisted in knots these days when they try to use St Ronnie as comparison to President Obama:
- Obama uses diplomacy to remove 98% of Iran's enriched uranium
- Reagan, a year after 250 US Marines are murdered in Beirut, trades weapons to IRAN.
- the ultimate comparison: all the haters are also the same ones who told us there was WMD in Iraq, and the mission would be over in weeks, if not days.
So the right wingers resort to name calling because, once again, facts are not on their side.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Jul 21, 2015 at 8:07 pm
And how about Scott Walker telling voters he is open to bombing Iran on inauguration day.
Another neo-con chicken hawk.
a resident of Menlo Park: University Heights
on Jul 22, 2015 at 11:19 am
Trump is called a jackass by Graham.
Graham, a complete neocon chicken hawk who never served.
Pot, meet kettle.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Jul 22, 2015 at 11:23 am
really? is a registered user.
Here's what I can assume:
Bernie wouldn't bomb Iran
Paul doesn't want international entanglements
Walker will talk it up, but then is unpredictable
Graham the same
Trump will push the button in an instant
Hillary will do whatever Bebe N. tells her to.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Jul 22, 2015 at 3:27 pm
John Kasich would be the Republican Party's best choice for President. They don't need Donald Trump because he thinks he is an emperor. They don't need Jeb Bush because he, like Ms. Clinton, thinks he is entitled.
John Kasich is the only candidate with Gubernatorial and Capitol Hill experience and he has excelled in both jobs.
Margaret Carlson of the Chicago Tribune wrote an excellent article on Kasich. I urge you all to read this.
Web Link
Ms. Carlson in her article wrote:
"He moved Ohio from 48th in job creation to eighth (second in the Midwest), halved unemployment to 5.2 percent and grew income by 9.8 percent. There's a budget surplus and a higher debt rating. Poverty fell three times faster than the national rate, helped by a Kasich initiative to adopt a version of the earned income tax credit, which makes work worthwhile for fast-food employees and hotel maids."
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Jul 22, 2015 at 9:47 pm
Hillary could easily beat Kasich in a debate if one hour prior to the debate he were to ingest one of those brownies made famous by a little old lady in my neighborhood.
a resident of Portola Valley: other
on Jul 23, 2015 at 8:46 am
Kasich is the GOP's best bet in the general, imho. Real ideas - a legitimate competitor for Clinton and not a joke like Perry, Cruz, Rubio, Jebya! Bush!, etc..
But he can't compete - even Fox won't let him on the debate stage! He's down in the margin of error sub-5% range with Carli.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Jun 28, 2016 at 7:03 pm
"Obama didn't even care that the Consulate was under attack in Benghazi. "
Republicans prove today that their crazy lies are just that - lies.
Web Link
GOP panel on Benghazi finds no Obama administration wrongdoing
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Jun 28, 2016 at 7:08 pm
Menlo Voter. is a registered user.
"GOP panel on Benghazi finds no Obama administration wrongdoing"
uh, not exactly. Read the actual report.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Jun 28, 2016 at 7:37 pm
Trey Gowdy, spends years on this select committee, finds nothing, dumps the report on the doorstep of his once-bright career, and flees.
Fox viewers vent their spleens in anger!!!
After one reads the GOP report which blocked minority views and facts, read the report released the day before:
"Committee Democrats, led by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, say it was necessary to release their own report because the Republicans, led by Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, refused to issue a joint report that would incorporate opinions of the minority group.
The Benghazi Select Committee was established over two years ago even after numerous official investigations had already occurred, paving the way for a highly contentious process that Democrats say is aimed at attacking former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and derailing her presidential bid.
The Democrats say their 339-page report "debunks many conspiracy theories about the attacks." Some of the report's 21 findings have been previously shared, such as the conclusion that "the State Department's security measures in Benghazi were woefully inadequate," as this report puts it, and that the Defense Department could not have done anything differently that night to save lives."[ABC News, 6/27/16]
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on Jul 6, 2016 at 5:54 pm
Oh fer two. And now it's Roger Aires turn.
Woo-hooe! Pah-tay!
And y'all are stuck with a racist, who can't even get folk to speak at his convention.
Did you even listen to the president yesterday? Of course not. Ears work better when they're pulled out of the sand you've been hiding your head in.
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o for two? Really? Did you actually listen to what the FBI said? If you or I did what Hillary did we would be getting prosecuted right now. And no, I'm not a Trump supporter.
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California coasts—and all of the wildlife and people who enjoy them—are having "the best week ever."
North Coast protected areas go into effect
Earlier this week, we celebrated the official completion of California's statewide network of underwater parks—the first in the nation—as the North Coast marine protected areas went into effect.
As our own Jennifer Savage wrote, earlier in the week, this completed network marks the culmination of many years' work, and protected areas will go a long way toward ensuring that ocean wildlife can thrive:
From the Oregon border to the Mexican border, the fish, birds, mammals and plants that depend on the dynamic habitats of the California coast now have a series of reserves and conservation areas that will allow their populations to recover where needed and protect them from depletion in the future. Not only is this good for the sea creatures, but a thriving ocean benefits all of California, from the fishermen whose livelihoods depend on healthy fisheries to all aspects of the state's tourism-dependent economy …

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Here's another recipe. Like I've said before, this isn't as authentic as your abuela's, but it's better than Taco Bell, okay?
Latina-ish Burritos
1 lb. ground beef
2 cups cooked rice
1 cup salsa of your choice
1 can pinto beans
1 cup shredded Mexican-style cheese
1 small onion, chopped fine
½ green pepper, chopped fine
1 small handful cilantro, chopped
20 small flour tortillas
cooking oil
cooking spray
Spices to taste: achiote, salt, pepper, cumin, garlic powder, cumin, chili powder – Don't be afraid of the lack of measurements. My recipes are very flexible. Just add a little bit at a time and taste as you go. You'll be fine. And to the pobre achiote-less people up in Canada, don't worry about that. Just skip it.
(Look how the sun shines on my ingredients… as if they are fresh from burrito heaven…)
1. In a large pan over medium high heat, cook onion, green pepper and ground beef in a little cooking oil, until beef is cooked through. Add all spices to taste.
If you don't like one of the spices, don't use it – no importa. For example, my Suegra hates cumin and chili powder, but she was mean to me today so I added an extra dash. Oh, sí, I had my revenge… venganza, picante venganza.
2. Add rice, beans, cheese, salsa and cilantro to the mixture in the pan. Stir just until combined and everything is heated through. Remove from heat.
3. Put a generous scoop into each tortilla. Fold closed and spray both sides with cooking spray. Place the burrito on the comal seam side down, (or in a frying pan). Cook over medium heat, turning to brown on each side, (about 2 minutes each side.)
4. Serve with additional salsa, sour cream, cilantro, shredded lettuce or whatever you like. Makes 20 burritos.
(See the ones on the left? That's what happens when the niños distract you… They were still tasty though.)


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I heard on the radio this morning that the target date is 2016??
There is someone here that is involved/knows about this project.
He told me about it maybe a year and a half ot two years ago.
If he chooses, maybe he could share some details.
I believe this is exciting news...............
BTW---THIS with out an Obama bail out!!!!


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Mamphela Ramphele, managing director of human development for The World Bank, will present a lecture titled "Reflections on South Africa and the World Bank" at 4:15 p.m. Friday, May 4, in Room 127, Corwin Hall. This event has been rescheduled from a previous date in February.
Dr. Ramphele is responsible for corporate leadership and strategy, and oversees the Bank's activities in health, education, and social protection. Only the second woman in the history of the World Bank to have risen to such a position, she is also the first South African to do so.
Dr. Ramphele is the recipient of numerous awards including 10 honorary doctorates. She has been widely acknowledged for her scholarship, service to the community, her leading role in raising development issues and spearheading projects for the most disadvantaged sectors of the South African community. She also has been honored for her contributions to the struggle against apartheid and has published extensively on the challenges facing post-apartheid South Africa.
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That's today's On Your Side.
"My husband, he thinks it's a three-sheeter. I say one-sheeter. Bounty can clean the mess with less." Bounty's commercials say "Bring it" when it comes to spills and messes. And that's just what Consumer Reports decided to do - bringing Bounty towels into its labs. Testers evaluated three Bounty towels, along with 20 other kinds.
There were ones from Brawny and Viva, and store brands like Kirkland Signature from Costco and Great Value from Walmart. Consumer Reports also tested several green paper towels. "We don't mess around when it comes to testing paper towels. Our tests are designed to show which ones absorb the most, and which are the strongest." This machine measures how much force it takes to pull apart a folded wet paper towel. And testers use this machine to assess how many times a towel can scrub an abrasive surface before falling apart. This one stood up to 10 times as many scrubs as this one. The paper towels are also dunked in water and then weighed to see how much liquid they can hold. This proved challenging for several.
In the end, Consumer Reports found none of the green paper towels did particularly well in the tests. But there were a few standouts. Turns out the "regular" Bounty paper towels really can "bring it" - coming out on top in the ratings. These scored excellent for strength …and scrubbing power and were also very good at absorbing liquids, so you really won't need to use as many … "Bounty can clean the mess with less …" … just like the ad says. Consumer Reports says as far as the two other Bounty towels tested, the Bounty Extra Soft rated very good.
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That's LiveWire Girls As you might guess, one of our most popular promotional teams is of course our Livewire Girls. The girls get out to sport the LiveWire colors, take photos with fans, mix it up with the athletes, and of course turn heads wherever they go... Aren't they great!? Are you a real LiveWire? Tell us about yourself . We're always looking for brand ambassadors to represent our brand at events across the nation.
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Have you ever carried a backpack hiking? Take a look at this dilemma.
Kelly and the other hikers are trying to divide up all of the things that they need for their trip. The group wants the division of items to be equitable so that each person carries the same amount. If there are seven hikers, how can they figure this out? The group isn't sure how many items will need to be carried.
Is there a way to write a variable expression to figure this out?
This Concept will show you how to write a variable expression for this dilemma.
Previously we learned how to evaluate expressions, both alone and in relation to real-world problems. We can use some familiar situations to write and evaluate our own variable expressions. The key to writing variable expressions is analyzing the information you have, identifying the information you need, and recognizing the terms that indicate which mathematical operation to use.
Let's imagine that Ralph is a baker who makes number of loaves of bread each day.
- If he uses 5 cups of flour for each loaf, the total amount of flour he uses each day would be represented as .
- If he only sells half the loaves he makes, then he sells .
- In 2 days, 3 days, 4 days, Ralph would make , and loaves of bread.
Now it's time for you to try a few on your own. Write variable expressions for each real-world problem.
Example A
Karen bakes cookies every day. How many total cookies would she bake in seven days?
Example B
Eden caught fourteen fish and ate some.
Example C
Jessica read a few books each week. How many did she read over four weeks?
Here is the original problem once again.
Kelly and the other hikers are trying to divide up all of the things that they need for their trip. The group wants the division of items to be equitable so that each person carries the same amount. If there are seven hikers, how can they figure this out? The group isn't sure how many items will need to be carried.
Is there a way to write a variable expression to figure this out?
We can write a variable expression to figure out how many items each person will carry.
First, think about the variable. The unknown quantity is the number of items. Let's call that .
There are seven people to carry these items.
We can divide the total number of items by 7.
Here is our answer.
- Algebraic Expression
- an expression that contains numbers, variables and operations.
- Variable
- a letter used to represent an unknown quantity.
- Variable Expression
- an algebraic expression that contains one or more variables.
Guided Practice
Here is one for you to try on your own.
Write a variable expression to express the following situation.
John runs every day. The number of miles that he runs varies per day. Sometimes he runs four miles and sometimes two miles. Write a variable expression to show John's total miles for three days.
The number of miles that John runs per day is our variable. That is an amount that changes. We can call that .
We want the total miles for three days.
Our answer is .
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Directions: Use what you learned about variables and real-life situations for the next problems. Choose a variable to represent the number and write an algebraic expression for the following phrases.
1. 19 decreased by a number
2. 4 less than the product of 4 and a number
3. 30 more than a number
4. 12 more than 3 times a number
5. A number divided by seven
6. A number and seven divided by two
7. 16 times an unknown number
8. A number divided by eight
9. The quantity of a number and seven times two
10. The quantity of a number and five divided by five
11. 22 decreased by a number
12. Seventeen less than three times a number
Directions: Now solve each problem using variable expressions.
13. A librarian has 4 times as many mystery books as romances. She lends out 12 mysteries. How many mysteries does she have now if she started with 15 romances?
14. In Saturday's basketball game, Roman scored a fourth of his teams points. If the team scored 48 points total, how many points did Roman score? Write an expression and solve.
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Today Google sent me an invite for Ingress – their latest augmented reality game [1]. The fact that they sent me the invitation while the Google Play store page for Ingress [2] tells me that it's not available in my country (Australia) is interesting. Google obviously aren't using their Big Brother powers effectively!
The way to install Ingress if you are in Australia, New Zealand, or other countries where it's not supported is to do a Google search on the words "Ingress" and "APK" and take the highest available version (1.08 at the moment). Then you will find a web site that offers it with no authentication and the potential of getting a trojan version. Forcing people to install the software in an insecure manner doesn't seem to be in the best interests of Google.
I first installed the game on my Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 which has a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 CPU and runs Android 2.3.3 compiled by Sony-Ericsson and performance was terrible. It often would fail to respond to the UI effectively, it would process touch actions after I had repeated them because they didn't seem to have registered, scrolling text at the same speed as playing audio was apparently impossible.
Then I briefly tried running it on my Samsung Galaxy S which has a 1 GHz (ARM Cortex A8) CPU and runs Android 2.3.7 with a CyanogenMod-7.1.0-GalaxyS build. It seemed to be a bit faster but the difference was small enough that I could have imagined it.
I tried it on the cheap Onix tablet I bought from Aldi this morning [3] but it refused to work every time I tried and eventually crashed the tablet and forced me to use the reset button.
Finally I tried it on a Kogan Agora 10″ tablet running Android 4.0.4 with what Kogan describes as a 1GHz ARMv7 CPU and it seemed a lot more usable. I haven't yet tried actually playing the game on the Kogan Agora tablet, but the fact that I can read the messages from other players is a significant improvement over the experience on the phones. On the phones the poor performance of the UI made it almost impossible to read messages from other players, now it's merely extremely annoying.
I'm very disappointed with this. Almost three years ago I reviewed the Seer augmented reality software from IBM that performed tasks that are more demanding and did it well [4]. The IBM Seer software ran on a HTC Hero which had a 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7600A CPU, it's really disappointing that Ingress can't run well on modern phones – particularly as the "augmented reality" part of the game which I've seen so far is not much different to what Google Maps, Osmand, and other mapping programs do.
The IBM Seer software was good enough to drive the purchase of new phones. When I first got an Android phone almost two years ago I wanted to run such augmented reality software and it was a factor that determined my choice of phone. Unfortunately I still haven't found anything to live up to that promise. IBM's software was tailored to the Australian Open even a tennis fan would find it to be of little interest for about 360 days of the year and I haven't found any other augmented reality software that is useful and works well (please let me know if there's something I've missed).
I find it difficult to imagine that anyone would be inspired to change their phone purchase plans after seeing a demo of Ingress on any hardware that I own. It seems that it will probably be usable on my Xperia X10 and all features should work on the Kogan Agora tablet, but I don't think that any of them will allow the game to live up to the hype.
- [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingress_(game)
- [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nianticproject.ingress
- [3] http://etbe.coker.com.au/2012/12/05/cheap-android-tablet-aldi/
- [4] http://etbe.coker.com.au/2010/01/27/australian-open-android-seer/
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Main European stock markets were mixed in the week from the 9th to 13th July 2012 (Milan -0.1%, +0.1% in London, Frankfurt +2.3%, +0.4% Paris, Madrid -1.1%). After a good start thanks to the manufacturing sector data in the United Kingdom and Italy (both growing in May despite negative expectations), the publication of the minutes of the Fed last meeting reduced the expectations of a new round of Quantitative Easing with impact on markets.
The most affected by the newsflow were Bank and Industrial stocks with a decline respectively of 0.6% and 0.7% (Stoxx European reference).
Pirelli ended the week at € 7,905, down by 4.4% with a daily average of 4.7 million shares traded. The stock was affected by profit taking after an year-to-date performance of +21.5% (+30.6 pp vs FTSE MIB) and by the particular moment of automotive sector (uncertainties about demand in Europe).
The TP consensus on Pirelli amounted to 10.7€ with 87% of coverage with a Buy rating and a 35.4% upside to the market price (13/7).
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Scientists use functions to predict how quickly populations of plants and animals grow. If you can write a function to describe population growth, you can create a graph to show how many plants or animals will exist at a certain point in time. Certain organisms can reproduce very quickly. Under the right conditions, a single cell can create an explosion of new life.
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In some parts of the world, the red tide is an annual event. During the red tide, the sea changes color as algae take over the surface. Scientists call these events harmful algal blooms (HAB). During a HAB, algae can double its population once, twice, or even three times a day. This population growth is an example of an exponential function. In a very short time, these microscopic organisms can completely cover the surface of the water.
Some HABs release poisons into the water, which can kill fish and other marine life. Shellfish can absorb the poisons, making them toxic. Thus, when an area suffers from a HAB, local fisherman and restaurants suffer too. Scientists believe that the use of fertilizer has made HABs more common and more dangerous. After a farmer fertilizes his fields, rain washes the fertilizer into streams and rivers. This run-off can travel to the sea, where it feeds algal blooms, enabling the algae's explosive population growth.
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In his most recent financial disclosure from 2011, Obama and his wife reported having between $200,000 and $450,000 in the Vanguard 500 Index Fund, which invests in the largest U.S. corporations. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as of Sept. 30, 2011, the fund's biggest holding was 8,272,039 shares of Apple Inc., then valued at $3.2 billion.
The New York Times reported in January:Not long ago, Apple boasted that its products were made in America. Today, few are. Almost all of the 70 million iPhones, 30 million iPads and 59 million other products Apple sold last year were manufactured overseas….
Yeah but you stated that you couldn't vote for Romney because he didn't earn his money in a noble way which implies that obama and the politicians you support do. So what gives?
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InEar StageDiver SD-3
" Tested on various classical and jazz pieces, found the SD3 to give commanding performance on all. Note, I used high quality flac versions of all songs tested. SD3's are about two days old and have about 8 hours on them, hardly broken in. They were bought from this shop and imported into the states at the regular retail price. Eartips used were Sony hybrids, peach inner..." --Carlsan
InEar StageDiver SD-4 (Small)
" Big thanks to InEar and Musicteck for providing a review sample in exchange for my honest opinion. Manufacturer website: http://www.inear-monitoring.eu/en/produkte/inear-universelles-monitoring/monitoring-stagediver.htm Musicteck website (official InEar US distributor): https://shop.musicteck.com/products/inear-stagediver-sd-4-standard-small, also available on Amazon. ..." --twister6
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Description Octopus macropus, also known as the Atlantic White-spotted Octopus, White-spotted Octopus, Grass Octopus or Grass scuttle, is an octopus species native to at least the Mediterranean Sea. A similar octopus from the Caribbean Sea has sometimes been identified as O. macropus, although the relationship between the two taxa remains unresolved.
O. macropus grows to 15 cm in mantle length with the long arms exceeding 1 m.
Habitat Rocks, Coral reefs.
Range Florida.


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This Oakley tee is a special edition created to help raise awareness and support for Infinite Hero™. Infinite Hero™ is a non-profit 501©(3) organization dedicated to honoring and empowering those who exemplify the highest virtues of courage and heroism. The color purple in the sleeve print venerates heroes who have been wounded in battle, and the Greek cross signifies aid. Our Hero Ellipse Tee honors those who carry the scars of sacrifice, those who sacrifice everything in the name of freedom, and the families of heroes lost. Your purchase of this tee will make a difference. With your purchase of this special edition Infinite Hero product, Oakley will provide 15% of its net proceeds to the Foundation. The heroes of today provide aid around the world and defend the freedom and quality of life that all of us enjoy. Some make the ultimate sacrifice, and those who make it back face significant psychological, financial and physical impact for their service. Infinite Hero is a non-profit public benefit corporation dedicated to raising awareness and funds to meet the needs of our heroes and their families.
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We added coconut, green curry, brown rice and sliced almonds to Progresso hearty tomato soup for a tantalizing Thai twist on this traditional American comfort food.
Other fun toppings for this soup include golden raisins, chopped fresh cilantro and cream of coconut.
Give this soup additional heat by adding more green curry paste by the teaspoon until your preferred spiciness level is reached.
This is a great way to use leftover brown rice, but if you don't have any, here's how to cook it. In a 2-quart saucepan, heat 1 cup instant brown rice and 1 1/4 cups water to boiling. Reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer 10 minutes or until water is absorbed. Makes 2 cups rice. If you prefer long-grain brown rice and have time to cook it, use 2 3/4 cups water for 1 cup rice and simmer 45 to 50 minutes. Makes 4 cups rice. Keep some on hand in the fridge or freezer to use for this delicious soup and other recipes.
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GTA: San Andreas - General News | @ 08:05 PM MDT | By Zidane
Here's a little something from 1up.com that I found interesting - the meanings behind the names of various things throughout San Andreas. If you have some extra time on your hands, you should give it a read. You can check it out here.
Update by Neil: I found the names of the horses in San Andreas' betting shops particularly interesting. Perhaps it's my sharing of the Scottish culture, but this area is overlooked by everyone, unless of course you know what it means. Picking out a few, Dundee Ned is probably the most funny of the bunch. Dundee being Rockstar North's original location when named DMA Design back in the 1990's, and a 'ned' being a "Non Educated Delinquent", often referred to as a "Chav" south of the border. These youths can usually be found loitering around Britain's larger towns and cities, with an acquired taste for cheap wines like Buckfast.
There's a couple of references to Scottish Football (soccer) in there aswell, like Scotland Nil, an all too popular line read by many a newscaster following an international game. Also there's Henrik's Jaw, a rather abrupt reference to former Glasgow Celtic goalscorer Henrik Larsson and his jaw breakage that saw him sidelined from football for a period in 2003 - during the time San Andreas was in development.
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Physicians For Social Responsibility Press Conference (04/26/2011): Chernobyl, Fukushima And Nuclear Power – Disturbing Facts!
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On Tuesday April 26, 2011, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) held a joint press conference with Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Massachusetts) and the Institute for Policy Studies' Robert Alvarez on the ongoing impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to public health 25 years after the accident, the continuing nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan, and the lessons from both for U.S. public health and safety.
The speakers are:
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), Ranking Member, Natural Resources Committe
PSR Immediate Past President Jeff Patterson, DO
Robert Alvarez, Senior Scholar, Institute for Policy Studies
PSR President-Elect Andrew S. Kanter, MD, MPH
PSR Member of the Board Ira Helfand, MD
There are no safe levels of radiation:
– Dr. Helen Caldicott On The Japan Nuclear Disaster – The Truth MSM Won't Tell You! (Video)
– Dr. Steven Wing And Chief Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen Discuss Global Radiation Exposure and Consequences: There Is No Safe Dose of Radiation
– UC Santa Cruz Nuclear Expert Daniel Hirsch: 'Every Amount of Radiation Exposure Increases Your Risk of Cancer.' 'There Is No Safe Level of Radiation.'
– Dr. Helen Caldicott: How Nuclear Apologists Mislead The World Over Radiation
– Dr. Brian Moench: There Is No 'Safe' Exposure To Radiation
– Dr. Peter Karamoskos: Don't Be Fooled By A Never-Ending Cabal Of Paid Industry Scientific "Consultants' – Radiation Is Bad And Causes Cancer
– Are There Safe Levels of Radiation? How Much Radiation Is Safe? (Must-read!!!!!)
– The Propaganda From The Government And The Nuclear Industry About Low-Level Radiation Is Absolute Rubbish
Tags: Cesium, Cesium-134, Cesium-137, Chernobyl, Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Government, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Plutonium, Politics, Radiation, Science, Technology, U.S.


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Bleed is a
design consultancy
based in Oslo and Vienna.
We create identity and experience through concept development, art direction, graphic design and service design.
Representing a mix of cultures and disciplines to challenge today's conventions around art, visual language, interaction, media and identity.
The identity will be the new face of Aker Brygge after a complete remake of the area that is set to be finished in 2015. The main qualities of the new identity are intertwined with the core values of the New Aker Brygge, with emphasis on quality and contrast, and an open and dynamic street environment.
The Alta Bike was designed as a collaboration project between the Norwegian designers Bleed, Norway Says and Frost Product in 2004. It was initially meant to be a project with a limited production of 50 bikes, but Alta soon got so popular that it became the first serial production single speed bike on the marked. The idea behind the Alta Bike was to make a light, timeless, fast and durable bicycle that was designed for city use.
The Alta Bike has been bought by the Norwegian National Museum as a part of their permanent collection. Already stated a "Design Classic", Alta has gained a lot of international press and even been blatantly copied by a Japanese, an Australian and an American bike brand.
Get your own at www.altabikes.no
The "leave your mark" concept for ALU 2007 is street art meeting high end fashion. Stencil art and handwriting on top of real life renderings make this something special. We had a fantastic photoshoot and we roughed it up to become a sexy mix of photography and illustration.
Website for ALU Mind.
Identity for Andreas Kleiberg.
Basecamp Explorer is a different kind of travel company that accompanies its customers to the furthermost corners of the earth, enabling them to enjoy some of earth´s most picturesque and breathtaking experiences — be it an excursion to an arctic glacier or a safari adventure in the heart of the Kenyan savannah. The identity captures the core essence of the company through the use of a flag as the common denominator between its different destinations, thus uniting them under "one nation". Furthermore, the flag reflects Basecamp Explorer´s involvement in local communities and culture, striving to be a showcase for best practice responsible tourism and sustainable destination development. The use of tactile materials and secondary identity elements that celebrate the heritage and history of travel are used throughout the identity to reinforce the link to the past without neglecting the fact that Basecamp Explorer is a modern, forward-thinking company within its own industry.
Light creates moods. Visual expression for Beyond Light, the annual theme for Beyond Risør 2010. The main idea is that the identity can interact with its users. On the new blog the user can change the light mood through twitter messages. The system tracks relevant words and accordingly adjusts the look of the website.
We developed the idea further and built an interactive public installation. A floating light balloon and a giant led wall change the color scheme after twitter messages that are sent in realtime. Executed in cooperation with Oslo lysdesign and Mari Gaasemyr.
The printed media have slick black covers with a colorful shiny circle in the middle. This identity combines artistic thinking with new technology – a nice approach and great fun!
Corporate design and annual theme for the design conference Beyond Risør. The logo concentrates on the idea of networking. For the annual theme "visual noise" we created a noisy but positive typographic artwork. Elements like cut typography, small objects and patterns are all combined freely throughout the whole design.
Bleeds contribution to the 10 years annual of the Vienna design week is an interactive installation, where the visitors act as participants and provide data to create a constantly evolving »body« which reconfigures itself during the whole day of the setting.
Bleeds contribution to the 10 years annual of the Vienna design week is an interactive installation, where the visitors act as participants and provide data to create a constantly evolving »body« which reconfigures itself during the whole day of the setting. As an organism made from pure data based on the participants own perception of gender, age and mood, it's function as an info graphic leads to questions of the individual and it's effect on others and vice versa.
Concept, design and programming by Bleed.
Identity for Creation foods, an experiment in food and dining.
Comoyo develops useful and fun internet services. Currently our main focus areas are internet-based communication services and TV/Film streaming services. We build services for global scale, while using local market knowledge to adapt content to local needs and tastes.
Comoyo is a chat app for Android and iOS designed by Bleed for Telenor Digital. The app is designed and developed for Bangladesh and Pakistan with likely expansion to Myanmar and Malaysia.
Interactive identity for the international architecture office Coop Himmelb(l)au. The website is a mix of an experimental front and intuitive content pages. For the frontpage we picked up an architectural approach of Coop Himmelb(l)au, which is the structure of clouds. You can drag a cloud of items and freely explore their latest work and updates. The rest of the page is built on UX friendly navigation and focuses on Coop Himmelb(l)au's rich body of work.
Branding for djuice, a provider for mobile phone services and daughter of Telenor. Our new design concept allows a fresh approach to the brand. It now communicates the main values: simple, honest, nice.
The main principles are flat and colorful shapes combined with strong and sympathetic typography. In combination with a smart communication concept from TRY and splendid clay animations from Animasjonsdepartement: a real success!
The book Fluid Totality presents the avant-garde architectural visions of one of the most innovative academic institutions of our time – Studio Hadid at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The book analyzes these developments in the context of a comprehensive process of digitization and the resulting global changes in our habitats. The book jacket is a folded poster which displays the best work of the last 15 years. The book itself has an open binding and is using 2 different kinds of paper for an optimal presentation of text and image.
Formulæ is an Oslo-based perfume brandand creative collective. Sharing a great passion for their work, they focus on a traditional, hand-made approach while paying close attention to details. Using unorthodox combinations Formulæ aims at creating unique scents with a high-end feel.
The visual concept for their identity is inspired by the past, when perfume was once a healthcare product only sold in pharmacies. The visual language of healthand medicine products, which is direct and serves the sole purpose to inform, was used to create a recognisable identitywith a repertoire of few graphic elements.
Formulæ custom font – BB Perfume
A neo-grotesque monospaced font made exclusively for Formulæ. It is based on theevenly-spaced grid of old letter boards (mostly found at store entrances in the distant past). The font only consists of capital letters and is intended for use on headlines and shorter passages of text.
Go With The Flø is a unique international festival that took place in June on the island Flø located in Norway.
The exhibition and live music is a cooperation between Hugo Opdal, Paul Stolper, Moods of Norway and Apparatjik. Artists participating was Damien Hirst, Gavin Turk, Peter Blake, Susie Hamilton, John Dove/Molly White, Keith Coventry and Apparatjik.
Bleed designed the posters and identity for all the artist and partied.
Visual identity for the norwegian design association Grafill. The identity reflects the professional standards of Grafill and it's members. It is often used with showcasing creative visual work and therefore uses classic fonts and low key elements.
Website for Grafill
Helen & Hard's new website is a full tour of an original architecture company.
Hunger is a word that defines Bleed well. In their 10 years of existence, much has changed in the design world. The studio's spirit, however, is a constant. They are restless, intuitive, and contemplative. They defiantly question convention and the very definition of graphic design. And although they are always thinking—more importantly, they are always doing. Their output is astonishing both in quantity and quality.
Organic and fluid, Bleed is perfectly suited for mutable times. Their culture and environment encourage a strong relationship with nature. This seems to somehow inform their dynamic range and give them an unparalleled flexibility. While many designers appear to feel weighed down by tradition, they never do. With eyes firmly set on the horizon, they continue to blur design, art, and technology to create a visual language that is distinctly Bleed.
Duane King — thinkingforaliving.org.
Visuals for The Ibsen Festival 2010. Collaborating with our good friend and photographer Knut Bry, making illustrations capturing Ibsen´s capacity for drama and humor. Everybody loves a jumping guy!
Annual theme for the International Ibsen award 2010. The award was given to Jon Fosse.
New identity system for the Norwegian Arts Council. A mark of approval of an innovative and progressive arts and entertainment scene, as well as a colourful and vibrant identity visualizing an organisation not afraid to be seen and heard.
Visual identity for the talented LOGG architects. Our design approach plays with the classic perception of space in 3d and 2d. It is based on a twisted three dimensional cube which turnes into a hexagon when folded into two dimensions.
Filled with texture images, the hexagon develops a textile sensation – a perfect way to show off LOGGs beautiful use of material in their projects.
New identity for Matprat.
A conceptual solution developed for the Award For Design Excellence by the Norwegian Design Counsil. We created a fictive showroom, working as a space to communicate and to present winners. The showroom is an additional brand element working togheter with the awards already exhisting identity system. Art Direction and design by Bleed. 3D and Motion Graphics by Mads Hornsletten (Øyedrops) and Kim Holm (Flames)
Monier is a brand new office building which is planned to be finished Q2 2015. The building is owned by Norwegian Property.
Moniers visual identity is based on the building's architecture which is cubistic and solid. The idea for the logo is derived from the building´s three different window shapes, which is an important characteristic of the Monier building.
As for the logotype, we created a custom typeface inspired by the original signage on the construction site. The alphabet is redrawn in three different widths to fit within Moniers three shaped window concept.
Brief from Myspace: "Lead the rebranding efforts for Myspace. We have a new logo and entirely new site and are ready to design out the rest of our identity system."
The revitalized brand is fresh and designed as a vessel that leverages Myspace brand equity and core culture allowing it to mature into a satisfying and engaging social entertainment entity. Giving the brand experience room to grow, we use subtle typography and combine the logo with different corporate illustrations.
The new NRK TV app. Exeperience all the content easy and smooth on your iPad.
The visual identity for the National Theatre Oslo emphasizes both the old theater traditions as well as its modern ambitions. The new color cyan adds a fresh note to the profile, and supporting design elements give full flexibility.
Packaging for Norwegian Ambassador.
Illustration, GPS-tracking application and campaign website for Norwegian Taxi.
Riksteatret is Norway´s national touring theatre. The brief aimed at renewing and repositioning the brand to increase the theatre´s audience among culture enthusiasts across the whole of Norway.
Since theatre is still perceived as somewhat "elitist" among the general public, our solution aimed at negating this misconception and creating a more direct expression which could also communicate to the younger generation. The result manifests itself in a renewed brand that appears contemporary and ambitious yet does not sacrifice a visible long history.
The visual concept for the Riksteatret identity is derived from the usage of bulletin boards — a timeless provider of information, as relevant today as it was a hundred years ago.
The logo, which is ispired by a poster is built upon a flexible rectangular format. The four outer corners (where the poster was once held by nails) are suspended by a thick frame as well as the letters "R,I,K,S" (meaning "national" in norwegian).
This system adapts to the corresponding medium and format seamlessly, thus creating a differentiating and instantly recognizable visual expression. This dynamic framework allows room for different and versatile expressions per production, depending on the communicative intention.
Identity and website for Romlab.
Webpages for Storm Studios.
Framed by a completely new exhibition format, the exhibition "Urban future" at the Vienna Technical Museum deals with exciting developments in an increasingly technologized world.
Bleed designed the comprehensive exhibition graphics which work as flexible signage system as well as an overall visual identity that gathers the different parts of the exhibition.
The exhibition consists of several areas such as »urban innovations«, »urban energy«, »urban life« or »urban mobility«, which are all connected through the exhibition graphics. The generous spatial applications of the design lead the visitors casually and playfully through the building.
The graphical concept displays the idea of a future which is unfinished, open and accessible for everyone and gives a fresh interpretation of the further development of urban space.
Pictures by Paul Bauer
Architecture by PPAG, Propeller Z and heri&salli
Website for Telenor. Telenor Group is one of the world's major mobile operators with 203 million mobile subscriptions. They have mobile operations in 11 markets and in additionally 11 markets through their 39,6 per cent ownership in VimpelCom Ltd.
App for TV2 Denmark.
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
— Albert Einstein
If this works, it'll keep us from getting caught. If it doesn't, it'll keep us from getting old.
— MacGyver
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.
— George Bernard Shaw
If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
— Katharine Hepburn
I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.
— Andy Warhol
I'm not trying to be sexy. It's just my way of expressing myself when I move around.
— Elvis Presley
It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
— John Templeton
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
— Pablo Picasso
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
— Charles Darwin
Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.
— Malcolm Mclaren


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Howdy huskers,
I was just wondering with shotgun season starting this weekend if any of you were bow hunting and if you had any success. I have been out running and gunning and have had no luck. I know, I know, before any of you start your supposed to use a blind but I didn't have one yet and I wasn't about to let that stop me from chasing the birds. Anyway, let me hear from ya, successful or not.


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Authors Richard Price and C.D. Wright read from work
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, 4:30 p.m. · 185 Nassau St., Stewart Theater
Posted October 12, 2010; 03:31 p.m.
Fiction writer Richard Price and poet C.D. Wright will read selections from their work at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, in the Stewart Theater at the Lewis Center for the Arts at 185 Nassau St.


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Today, U.S. President Barack Obama suspended military commissions at the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and it is widely expected that later this week he will order its closure. That's the right thing to do. So is leaving options open to get it done, as Obama has. He'll need that flexibility. Proclaiming an intention to close Guantánamo is the easy part; actually doing it is another thing. Even harder will be crafting a new detention policy and legal regime for a post-Guantánamo world. And Obama has offered few details of how he will do so.
A few major elements of the new administration's Guantánamo closure plan are already clear. First, as to those detainees who are not considered the most dangerous, it will step up efforts to transfer them to their home countries (or third countries) that can be trusted to deal with any continuing security threat and not mistreat them. The Bush administration has already sent home two thirds of the roughly 800 total Guantánamo detainees this way, and the new administration hopes its diplomatic goodwill will energize this process.
Second, as to those detainees it seeks to keep locked up, the new administration will pore over the evidence to see if criminal prosecutions can be brought effectively in federal court and without risking disclosure of critical intelligence sources and methods.


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The fabulous flavor of toasted walnuts infuses every bite of this rich and creamy spread. Have it ready in 10 minutes!
Here's a delicious spread you can make up to 3 days ahead of time. Store covered in the refrigerator.
*To toast walnuts, bake uncovered in an ungreased shallow pan at 350°F for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown.
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Friday, May 17 • 10-11:30 a.m. • Sands Cancer Center, 360 Parrish Street, Canandaigua
This group is for people caring for or about a seriously or chronically ill family member. Lori Nickloff, coordinator of Bereavement and Support Services for Lifetime Care, facilitates the group. Contact Susan Bonanni, social worker/coordinator for the Sands Cancer Center at (585) 396-6780 or Lori at (315) 332-2563.


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Wooded Hamlet Designs is now
a part of
Needle & Thread.
The new owner of our business is Darlene Grube,
who many of our customers already have been aquainted with. Darlene
owns Needle and Thread, a extensive fabric store located right
outside of Gettysburg, PA. I know Darlene is commited to continuing
much of the Wooded Hamlet Designs product line.
Mary and I want to thank every one of you,
our great customers who have helped us make the dream of Wooded
Hamlet Designs a reality. The decision to sell our business was
a diffucult one but one we needed to make. Interacting with all
the customers that we have met over the years has been more enriching
than we ever imagined. This business could not have survived without
all the wonderful folks that have supported us over the past 15
years.We always felt that we owed it to our customers to research
and produce materials with the highest quality possible. We have
truly enjoyed running this business.
Thank you everyone for all that you have given us.
This amazing journey would not have been possible without you.
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text: Hey there, Hi there, Ho there, I'm as happy as can be. Well my Indiana Fall turkey season is over, and it happened on public land at the Green- Sullivan State Forest in Sullivan Co. in southern In. on opening day at 7:59 a.m. Oct. 15. This was my first bird on film and it was filmed in its entirety. With me was senior prostaffer Dale Smith and we were sitting in a blind ready to go at 6:00 am, with a camera borrowed from senior prostaffer Jim Roe who heads up the filming staff. This hunt went off so just like a spring hunt, with the exception that I took a hen, with the birds coming to calls at fly down and seeing a lone hen decoy, which I think relaxed them immediatley. As they began feeding towards us I was discussing with Dale wether or not he was going to take a hen, as he was to be the primary hunter that morning. Neither of us had ever shot a hen with a shotgun before and I must admit, that allthough it is legal, I felt a little odd for a moment. That moment passed quickly though. I asked Dale, " Do you wanna shoot a Tom or do you wanna shoot a turkey?" He asked what do you wanna do, and I replied that I just wanted to get a kill shot for our upcoming CD, as I have never tried to film a hunt with anything in mind but my own personal enjoyment and a little personal camera. We decided that I would take one of the hens, so he took over the camera operation, we chose the largest hen of course, and at 50yds. I leveled the 835 Mossberg with a BSA red dot scope, 20" barrel and a .670 Kicks Gobblin Thunder choke tube, backed with 3" Winchester #6 shot supremes, and when Dale said he had her in frame I took the shot. In the tinkling of an eye, her feet went from the firmness of Terra-firma to pointing at the vastness of the sky above. We had done it! Our first professionally filmed turkey hunt! We were both excited. After filming the hero shot we decided to go after Dales bird and 60 minutes later we had found them again, although this time they were not so eager to come to any kee-kees or soft yelps, so as they were headed away from us we backed off, and began a 2000 yd. move to get ahead of them and in a moment we were there and so were the hens. there was a slight rise in the terrain in front of us and Dale dropped to his knees and began crawling foward to gain a position. As I remained to his rear at about 30 yds. to film the hunt, I could tell from his body language that he had spotted the birds and in a few seconds I seen the blue head of a hen Peaking over the burm in front of Dale and she spotted me filming and putted softly, just once, She moved off to the left and I wondered why he had'nt put the boom on her. Shortly, I found out, as 4 more blue heads popped up to see what was so interestig on the other side of the small little pile of dirt. A few seconds later Dale had his hen on the groung and we had successfully filmed our second pro hunt and our Indiana Fall hunt was over, with the exception of guiding and filming others inthere endeavor to hunt the ever elusive Eastern Wild Turkey.


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