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I knew we hadn't taken it far enough. Nice to see the "criminals" finally understand and we can expect them to comply. YIP, YIP, YIP, YAHOO.
Gun Free Zone Solution to Violence
I knew we hadn't taken it far enough. Nice to see the "criminals" finally understand and we can expect them to comply. YIP, YIP, YIP, YAHOO.
Gun Free Zone Solution to Violence
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Additional info on the subject. UB
By BECKY BOHRER — Associated Press
JUNEAU — A bill introduced in the Alaska House on Wednesday would make it a misdemeanor for a federal official or agent to try to enforce any new restrictions on gun ownership.
HB69, from House Speaker Mike Chenault, was introduced the same day that President Barack Obama unveiled a package of executive orders and legislative proposals aimed at curbing gun violence.
Obama's proposals, which follow last month's deadly shooting at a Connecticut school, include background checks for all gun sales and a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. His 23 executive orders touched on such things as gun safety, background checks and mental health.
Chenault, in a news release, said work on his bill began before Obama's announcement Wednesday.
"Tragedy is not a license for federal encroachment on constitutionally protected freedoms," he said. "We can all agree that what happened in Newtown, Conn., was an absolute tragedy. But what we fundamentally disagree on is how you meet the challenge it presented.
"The president is using it to further his liberal agenda to try and disarm and disenfranchise law-abiding Americans from their enshrined Second Amendment rights," he said. "No one should be comfortable with that, regardless of where you sit on the issue."
His bill would deem unenforceable federal laws, orders, rules or regulations enacted or effective on or after the effective date of his bill that seek to ban or restrict ownership of a semi-automatic firearm or magazine, or that require a firearm, magazine or firearm accessory be registered. The bill says any federal official, agent or employee who tries to enforce any such provisions is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
Chenault, R-Nikiski, said he is building on a measure that passed the state Legislature in 2010, that exempted personal firearms, accessories or ammunition manufactured in Alaska from federal law or regulation, including registration.
HB69 has an immediate effective date, but Chenault plans to work with a House committee to make the effective date retroactive to Jan. 1, should the bill pass.
The measure had at least 11 Republican co-sponsors by late Wednesday afternoon.
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Wonder how many of the lefties are aware of this? UB
---- Why is it the progressive liberals that steal guns. who then go and kill
movie goers and children in school, have never been a conservative
NRA member?
Ft Hood~~~ Registered Democrat ~ Muslim
Columbine ~~~ Too young to vote; both families were registered
Democrats and progressive liberals
Virginia Tech ~~~ Wrote hate mail to President Bush and to his staff ~
Registered Democrat
Colorado Theater ~~~ Registered Democrat; staff worker on the Obama
campaign; Occupy Wall Street participant;
progressive liberal
Connecticut School Shooter- ~~~ Registered Democrat; hated Christians.
Common thread is that all of these shooters were progressive liberal Democrats."
INTERESTING, isn't it?
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Even in the Peoples Republic of Minnesota, there's some that don't buy into supporting Obama and his GC minions. Even that repobate Al Frankin, who has been a GC freak all his life, is having second thoughts due to the fact he's up for re-election. Typical socialist hypocrite. Even in his socialistic state, there are many Democrats that actually are NRA members, and believe in the 2nd amendment.
Pine County sheriff 'will not enforce' further federal gun regulations
Mike Creger - 01/16/2013
On a day when President Obama was preparing a slate of proposals to stem gun violence in America, Pine County Sheriff Robin Cole said he would consider any new federal regulation on guns to be illegal and would "refuse to carry it out." "We will not enforce that," Cole told the News Tribune of any potential federal regulation that could lead to confiscation of firearms. Obama is expected to announce proposals today including limits on the sale of assault weapons and strengthening background checks, but not confiscating existing guns. Cole's position first appeared Tuesday in an open letter he sent to residents of the east-central Minnesota county, disseminated through the media. The sheriff said he made the statement in response to questions from his constituents who are scared about potential new gun laws. Cole said it took him a month to craft the response. The letter outlines his contention that the Second Amendment on the right to bear arms is "fundamental to our individual freedoms and that firearms are part of life in our country." "We have been inundated," Cole said of questions about gun laws since the Newtown, Conn., massacre in December. Pine County Commissioner Doug Carlson said he wasn't surprised to hear about Cole's stand, calling the sheriff "opinionated." "Here's a sheriff riding cowboy saying he's going to do what he's going to do," Carlson said. "Is he going to put us on a county level in a liable position?" Carlson asked, about local law enforcement versus the federal government. "If he can do that, where does that put us as a county board?" But Commissioner Mitch Pangerl said he agrees with the sheriff. "We're still the state of Minnesota," he said. He said that if the state legislative process comes up with a new law, it should be followed. But he's wary of crossing the Second Amendment, even though he knows he doesn't have much say as a County Board member. "I will protect those rights," Pangerl said. A ban on assault weapons would be the biggest change for Minnesotans. Right now, a purchase permit is required for handguns and assault weapons. Those permit applications can go through a retailer or a local police office for background checks. In most of Pine County, the only place to go to is the sheriff's office. Cole said Tuesday he's simply providing reassurance to his constituents. "They're afraid," Cole said. "When they're afraid, you can't reason with that." Cole wrote that states' rights should supersede any attempts by an individual or the federal government to curb gun rights. The letter states that he will not accept any legislation from the federal government or any one individual, hinting at the notion that President Obama could approve some gun law changes by executive order. "We enforce state law," Cole said. In the letter, Cole states: "I believe current state law is sufficient to protect public safety." He goes on to write: "I do not believe the federal government or any individual in the federal government has the right to dictate to the states, counties or municipalities any mandate, regulation or administrative rule that violates the United States Constitution or its various amendments." The Minnesota Sheriff's Association doesn't have an opinion on new gun legislation, its executive director, Jim Franklin, said. He hadn't seen Cole's letter and said he couldn't comment. Cole isn't alone among sheriffs across the nation. In recent days, sheriffs in Oregon, Georgia, Arizona and Kentucky have taken similar stances. Cole said he wrote the letter for his constituents and it's his opinion alone. "I don't care what other sheriffs agree with," he said.
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Bill the real answer to this would be making a "GUN FREE ZONE" around all politicians of 500 yards. Then the SOB's would be scared to even show their faces anywhere. The proposed zones would apply to the Secret service also...............LOL.
My Dad said to me ."Son, a man just needs three things to be happy....A good dog, a good gun and a good wife.....Thank God I have all three
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The Oregon Sheriff was one of the first to come out with such a position, citing that his oath of office included adherence to the US Constitution.
The WH cites that much of law enforcement is behind stricter gun control. This does not seem to be what we are hearing from the grass roots.
You may recall that Chris Christie is also one of those; and even PA Gov Tom Corbett (R). I can see how an urban-based DA would be inclined in that direction since crime rates with guns are so prevalent in urban areas. However, we rarely are told whether those crimes involve "legal" guns.
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Coulter: Guns don't kill people, mentally ill do James Holmes
By: Ann Coulter
Seung-Hui Cho, who committed the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007, had been diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder as a child and placed under treatment.
But Virginia Tech was prohibited from being told about Cho's mental health problems because of federal privacy laws.
At college, Cho engaged in behavior even more bizarre than the average college student. He stalked three women and, at one point, went totally silent, refusing to speak even to his roommates. He was involuntarily committed to a mental institution for one night and then unaccountably unleashed on the public, whereupon he proceeded to engage in the deadliest mass shooting by an individual in U.S. history.
The 2011 Tucson, Ariz., shopping mall shooter, Jared Loughner, was so obviously disturbed that if he'd stayed in Pima Community College long enough to make the yearbook, he would have been named "Most Likely to Commit Mass Murder."
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After Loughner got a tattoo, the artist, Carl Grace, remarked: "That's a weird dude. That's a Columbine candidate."
One of Loughner's teachers, Ben McGahee, filed numerous complaints against him, hoping to have him removed from class. "When I turned my back to write on the board," McGahee said, "I would always turn back quickly — to see if he had a gun."
On her first day at school, student Lynda Sorensen emailed her friends about Loughner: "We do have one student in the class who was disruptive today, I'm not certain yet if he was on drugs (as one person surmised) or disturbed. He scares me a bit. The teacher tried to throw him out and he refused to go, so I talked to the teacher afterward. Hopefully he will be out of class very soon, and not come back with an automatic weapon."
The last of several emails Sorensen sent about Loughner said: "We have a mentally unstable person in the class that scares the living cr** out of me. He is one of those whose picture you see on the news, after he has come into class with an automatic weapon. Everyone interviewed would say, Yeah, he was in my math class and he was really weird."
That was the summer before Loughner killed six people at the Tucson shopping mall, including a federal judge and a 9 year-old girl, and critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, among others.
Loughner also had run-ins with the law, including one charge for possessing drug paraphernalia — a lethal combination with mental illness. He was eventually asked to leave college on mental health grounds, released on the public without warning.
RELATED: GOP leaders respond to Obama's gun rights restrictions
Perhaps if Carl Grace, Ben McGahee or Lynda Sorensen worked in the mental health field, six people wouldn't have had to die that January morning in Tucson. But committing Loughner to a mental institution in Arizona would have required a court order stating that he was a danger to himself and others.
Innumerable studies have found a correlation between severe mental illness and violent behavior. Thirty-one to 61 percent of all homicides committed by disturbed individuals occur during their first psychotic episode — which is why mass murderers often have no criminal record. There's no time to wait with the mentally ill.
James Holmes, the accused Aurora, Colo., shooter, was under psychiatric care at the University of Colorado long before he shot up a movie theater. According to news reports and court filings, Holmes told his psychiatrist, Dr. Lynne Fenton, that he fantasized about killing "a lot of people," but she refused law enforcement's offer to place Holmes under confinement for 72 hours.
However, Fenton did drop Holmes as a patient after he made threats against another school psychiatrist. And after Holmes made threats against a professor, he was asked to leave campus. But he wasn't committed. People who knew he was deeply troubled just pushed him onto society to cause havoc elsewhere.
Little is known so far about Adam Lanza, the alleged Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooter, but anyone who could shoot a terrified child and say to himself, "That was fun — I think I'll do it 20 more times!" is not all there.
It has been reported that Lanza's mother, his first victim, was trying to have him involuntarily committed to a mental institution, triggering his rage. If true — and the media seem remarkably uninterested in finding out if it is true — Mrs. Lanza would have had to undergo a long and grueling process, unlikely to succeed.
As The New York Times' Joe Nocera recently wrote: "Connecticut's laws are so restrictive in terms of the proof required to get someone committed that Adam Lanza's mother would probably not have been able to get him help even if she had tried."
Taking guns away from single women who live alone and other law-abiding citizens without mental illnesses will do nothing about the Chos, Loughners, Holmeses or Lanzas. Such people have to be separated from civil society, for the public's sake as well as their own. But this is nearly impossible because the ACLU has decided that being psychotic is a civil right.
Consequently, whenever a psychopath with a million gigantic warning signs commits a shocking murder, the knee-jerk reaction is to place yet more controls on guns. By now, guns are the most heavily regulated product in America.
It hasn't worked.
Even if it could work — and it can't — there are still subway tracks, machetes, fists and bombs. The most deadly massacre at a school in U.S. history was at an elementary school in Michigan in 1927. It was committed with a bomb. By a mentally disturbed man.
How about trying something new for once?
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Even in the Peoples Republic of Minnesota, there's some that don't buy into supporting Obama and his GC minions. Even that repobate Al Frankin, who has been a GC freak all his life, is having second thoughts due to the fact he's up for re-election. Typical socialist hypocrite. Even in his socialistic state, there are many Democrats that actually are NRA members, and believe in the 2nd amendment.And he babbles on................Rushtard:
Rushtards are narrow-minded inflexible, incurious bumpkins who allows Rush Limbaugh to do their thinking for them. Rushtards are unable to form opinions from credible, open-minded research or sources. They are also incapable of discerning truth from fiction, Rushtards turn to Limbaugh for answers. What most Rushtards fail to realize is their hero is a drug-addled, thrice-divorced, college dropout, draft-evader from the remote backwater of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Still, one cannot deny his ability to inspire simpletons and rise to the position as "defacto" Head of the Republican Party.
News in Oklahoma today was that a bill is being worked on for here in Oklahoma that would exempt guns and ammo manufactured in Oklahoma when they are kept in Oklahoma. I did not get to hear the whole thing however.
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In the mid 1980s Pat Thane, Alastair Reid and F.M.L. Thompson, the then director of the IHR, began a project to conduct interviews with leading British historians. In her article about the project, 'Interviews with Historians', The Historian, 36 (1992), pp. 18–20, Thane notes that 'We decided upon videotaped rather than audio-taped or printed interviews … because aspects of personality are evident in expression and gesture as they are not in the written or spoken word'. In today's multi-media world, this seems remarkably prescient, and the resulting interviews are an opportunity to see as well as hear the men and women who have shaped the discipline in the 20th century, many sadly now dead.
Not all, however, were naturals in front of the camera, something which was compounded by the limitations of funding and technology at the time (for example, only static cameras were used). Roger Adelson and Russell Smith reviewed the series for Albion in 1999, and concluded that 'About half of the interviewees appear uncomfortable in front of the camera, which is understandable because historians are known more for what they write rather than for the personality they project'. However, 'The very best interviews reveal the humanity of historical study by demonstrating how the lives of historians have affected their perspective on the past' (R. Adelson and R. Smith, 'Videotaped interviews with British historians, 1985–8', Albion: a Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies , 31 (1999), 257–68).
This reflection on formative influences is central to the interviews, during which subjects were encouraged to talk about their lives and careers, the interaction of the personal and the professional, and their thoughts about both their own research and the development of the discipline more generally (a very similar approach to the one taken by the IHR's Making History project in the early 21st century).
A total of 28 interviews were recorded before funding for the project came to an end (it was supported over the years by the Nuffield Foundation, the Twenty-Seven Foundation and the Royal Historical Society). The list of historians included shows a balance of periods, and geographical and theoretical focus. And unlike many such groupings, women are relatively well represented. Thane remarked that 'I have an especial interest in selecting female historians, to try to assess what differences there may have been between male and female experiences in the profession'.
Asa Briggs with Jose Harris
Alec Cairncross with Kathleen Burk
Hugh Clegg with Gordon Phillips
Donald Coleman with Negley Harte
Maurice Cowling with Michael Bentley
Phyllis Deane with Nick Crafts
Geoffrey Dickens with Bob Scribner
Geoffrey Elton with Bob Scribner
Moses Finley with Keith Hopkins
Margaret Gowing with Charles Webster
Christopher Hill with Penelope Corfield
Rodney Hilton with John Hatcher
Eric Hobsbawm with Pat Thane
Michael Howard with Brian Bond
Peter Laslett with Keith Wrightson
Oliver Macdonagh with Roy Foster
Rosalind Mitchison with Christopher Smout
Joseph Needham with Gregory Blue
Henry Pelling with Ross McKibbin
Harold Perkin with Pat Thane
Steven Runciman with Jonathan Riley-Smith
Christopher Smout with Christopher Whatley
Lawrence Stone with Keith Wrightson
Joan Thirsk with Ann Kussmaul
Dorothy Thompson with James Epstein
E.P. Thompson with Penelope Corfield
Michael Thompson with Avner Offer
Hugh Trevor-Roper with Blair Worden
All of the interviews are available on DVD from the University of London online store.

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I write in response to the Jan. 31 CBC story "Prank behind massage parlour ad, councillors believe." My Take: real? No big deal. Hoax? That's not a joke.
In recent weeks, there was a sudden outcry, particularly from women on the Memorial University St. John's campus, regarding an ad posted throughout the campus looking for young women to work in a massage parlour.
This ended as quickly as it began due to the ads being believed to be hoax — or some kind of "practical joke." The ads for the job did not bother me, nor did the outcry against them, but what did bother me was how quickly the story disappeared from the radar as soon as it was believed to be a hoax.
If it really was a hoax — which it does appear to be — that is something that needs some serious consideration.
My mind instantly wondered as to why someone would play a practical joke such as this — what would their motive be? A pathetic attempt at the even more pathetic act of "slut shaming" perhaps? Not that that would be acceptable, but of the two outcomes that I came to, the realization of that one is the more favourable.
The disturbing reality of this being a hoax presents an immediate danger to the young women who might have responded to this ad. Consider the following: one of the potential aims of hoax such as this could be to target young women, entrapping them in a potentially dangerous situation (i.e. sexual violence), in which they would be even less likely to report given the nature of why they would have been in such a location. If a young woman was to respond to that ad and show up thinking she was going for a job interview for a massage parlour such as the one described in the ad, she may be considerably less likely to report being sexually assaulted or raped — especially when considering the statistics of crimes of this nature being reported without this context.
This is not a difficult line of logic to follow and one that should have been considered in the immediate aftermath of this ad being revealed as a hoax. The potential danger of episodes such as these is real and should be considered as such, not simply ignored and forgotten once the "offending" piece of paper is removed.
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As Director of Radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering's Breast and Imaging Center (BAIC), I use my expertise in breast and cancer imaging to work as a team with my colleagues in oncology to provide specialty care to our patients.
My interests lie in the evaluation of new technology for diagnosing and staging breast cancer, as well as in improving the evaluation of treatment response in all tumor types. In particular, I have a research interest in Contrast Enhanced Digital Technology. Along with my colleague Dr. David Dershaw, I have developed a research and clinical program which performed the first bilateral contrast mammograms. Our work was instrumental in obtaining FDA approval for this exciting technology.
In addition to my administrative role at the BAIC, I am a member of the Radiology Quality Assurance Committee and the Academic Affairs Committee, and I am the director of the mentoring program for the Department of Radiology. I am also a member of Memorial Sloan Kettering's Institutional Review Board (IRB).
I am a member of several national societies including the Radiologic Society of North America, the American Roentgen Ray Society, and the Society for Breast Imaging. I am also a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and serve on its education committee on the Breast Track. Locally, I am a member of the New York Roentgen Ray Society and the New York Metropolitan Breast Cancer Group and serve on the Membership Committee.
Before joining the Memorial Sloan Kettering staff in 2009, I served for ten years as co-director of the San Fernando Valley Women's Center at Tarzana Medical Center and, concurrently, as medical director of radiology at Good Samaritan Hospital. Prior to these roles, I was director of mammography and oncologic radiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, and head of radiology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute from 1984 to 1991.
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- Education: MD, New York Medical College
- Residencies: University of Southern California
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This panorama was taken from Grandvaux Switzerland and over looks Lake Geneva. The hills on the left are the Lavaux vineyard terraces that are a UNESCO Hertigage Site. These South facing vineyard make some of the best Swiss wines. Across from Lake Geneva are the French Alps or the right and the SwissAlps on the l...


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Impossibly easy, this chicken sauté blends creamy cannellini beans and fresh basil plus chopped canned tomatoes. Bellissimo!
Fragrant basil partners with tomatoes in many a Mediterranean-inspired dish. If you have a pot of it growing in or just outside your home, you will find yourself using it often, both as a seasoning and a garnish.
Always refrigerate or freeze perishables (such as raw meat and fish), deli foods and leftovers (like this high-protein entree) within 2 hours of preparing or purchase.
Round out your dinner with fluffy rice or pasta to soak up the savory juice and an antipasto tray with olives, marinated artichokes, cheese cubes, etc.
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Woman takes plea deal in abuse case; DA seeks new trial for husband
Four counts against Drabek-Chritton dropped
MADISON, Wis. - A woman accused of abusing and neglecting her stepdaughter has pleaded no contest to a felony count of first-degree recklessly endangering safety and causing mental harm to a child as part of a plea deal reached Monday morning. Four other charges against Melinda Drabek-Chritton will be dismissed.
"At this point, I'm not going to make comments on the cases, other than to say we felt those were appropriate charges," Dane County District Attorney Ishmael Ozanne said.
Drabek-Chritton now faces a maximum 25 years in prison and a $50,000 fine.
Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday for Drabek-Chritton. She was charged with child abuse, neglect, and false imprisonment. Investigators said the woman and her husband, the girl's father, kept the girl locked in their basement, tortured her and starved her down to 68 pounds.
The District Attorney's Office has been in touch with the victim in this case, called "S.L.C." to protect her identity.
"We have discussed with her attorney, and she would have an opportunity at the time of sentencing make a statement and have her feelings be known to the court," Ozanne said.
Drabek-Chritton was emotional as details of a possible plea deal were discussed in court Monday morning.
Drabek-Chritton's husband, Chad Chritton, was found guilty last month of two counts of neglecting a child. The court also declared a mistrial on four other charges after the jury remained deadlocked.
Ozanne said in and out of the courtroom that he and his staff are preparing for Chad Chritton's retrial. Ozanne said he "does not know" how Monday's plea agreement from his spouse would affect those proceedings.
"Obviously, we are looking to retry the case if it can't be settled," Ozanne said.
Judge Julie Genovese told the court she doesn't feel like Chritton's retrial or the trial of Drabek-Chritton's son, Joshua Drabek, would affect her sentencing in this case. As a result, she and the attorneys agreed the sentencing did not have to wait until after those cases were closed.
However, no sentencing date was set by Genovese on Monday.
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This series of learning modules is designed for adaptation in an introductory Earth science or planetary science course. The modules actively engage students through Mars remote-sensing data and Earth-based analogs to understanding Mars geology.... (View More) Interviews with planetary scientists and geologists present current issues in planetary sciences. (View Less)
Each lesson or activity in this toolkit is related to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The toolkit is designed so that each lesson can be done independently, or combined and taught in a sequence. The Teacher Implementation Guide provides... (View More) recommendations for combining the lessons into three main strands: 1) Lunar Exploration. These lessons provide a basic introduction to Moon exploration. Note that this strand is also appropriate for use in social studies classes. 2) Mapping the Moon. These lessons provide a more in-depth understanding of Moon exploration through the use of scientific data and student inquiry. The lessons also include many connections to Earth science and geology. 3) Tools of Investigation. These higher-level lessons examine the role of technology, engineering and physics in collecting and analyzing data. (View Less)
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This is a lithograph set about the solar system. It contains images of the planets, the sun, asteroids, comets, meteors and meteorites, the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, and moons of the solar system. General information, significant dates,... (View More) interesting facts and brief descriptions of the images are included. (View Less)
This is a poster about the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM), an instrument onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Learners can find out what it does and how it works. Then you can go online and start exploring the Red... (View More) Planet with real Mars data in your own classroom. (View Less)
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This Science On a Sphere (SOS) module is designed to help the public better understand the story of water on Mars and how we're learning more about it. It portrays the mystery of what happened to the water on Mars in the context of a detective... (View More) story. NASA's MAVEN mission (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutoN) will help solve this mystery by studying the Martian atmosphere, how it has changed over time, and how it interacts with the Sun and the solar wind. The module also delves into Mars exploration, featuring past, present, and future Mars missions, and includes an activity comparing images of water-related features on Earth and Mars. It will help people understand that a planet's climate can change over time and how learning more about Mars helps us learn more about Earth and other planets as well. Resources included are: script, SOS playlist and datasets, background and tips for the docent or facilitator, and image comparisons of water-related features on Earth and Mars. (View Less)
Learners create art inspired by authentic NASA planetary image data while learning to recognize the geology on planetary surfaces, uniquely inspiring learner engagement. This presentation and accompanying activity use the elements of art - shape,... (View More) line, color, texture, value - to make sense of features in NASA images, honing observation skills and inspiring questions. It aligns with the NGSS cross-cutting concept of Patterns. Videos, images, and an interactive poster that breaks down activity elements deepen user access. (View Less)
This is an activity about Lunar samples. Learners will see snapshots of the Moon's history and hold an important artifact of American history with a Lunar Sample Disk. Earth rocks and soil of similar types as the lunar samples may be provided and... (View More) explored with hands, eyes, noses, and tools. Please note, checking out a Lunar Sample Disk requires training, a secure storage facility, and a minimum of a 6-week lead time. This activity is part of Explore! Marvel Moon, a series of activities developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
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Fair Trade Scarves for Fall!
Posted by Anna Kallett in Global Exchange Store Updates on 10th November, 2010 | 1 Comment
Fall is officially upon us, and what better way to celebrate the changing seasons than by stocking up on Global Exchange's Fair Trade scarves! Whether you're looking for cotton, silk, or wool scarves to keep you warm this fall, your local Global Exchange store is fully stocked with handmade scarves and shawls from all over the world.
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By Tiernan Ray
UBS tech analyst Steve Milunovich this morning reiterates a Buy rating on Apple (AAPL) shares and a $600 price target, urging the company to "take pages from IBM's (IBM) playbook" and provide more transparency to the Street.
Writes Milunovich, the companies have similar return on invested capital of about 30%, but IBM stock gets a higher earnings multiple than Apple's, and it seems to be because the company does a better job of letting investors know what is in store:
IBM was one of the early vendors to deal with maturity and make a strength of it by consistently giving back up to 80% of its free cash flow to investors. Intel, Cisco, and more recently Dell and TI have made strong commitments to returning cash. We believe Apple needs to do the same and, from all signs, is likely to meaningfully boost cash return in the next few months, most likely through buybacks. Increased transparency the next step In 2005 IBM was telling the Street it could grow earnings double-digit, but the company was so complicated that analysts didn't believe it. IBM's earnings roadmap has been a great success in increasing understanding of the company. In its own way, Apple needs to be more transparent, perhaps beginning with an analyst meeting. Without pre-announcing products, management should be able to outline how it thinks, highlight strengths, and showcase management depth.
Apple has not conducted the traditional annual confab to brief the sell side since 2003. A report last month by Barclays's Ben Reitzes also urged the company to host such a meeting.
Apple shares today are down $2.86, or 0.7%, at $422.80.


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By Sam Mamudi
Bill Ackman today revealed his latest Sohn Investment Conference pick, professing his love for Procter & Gamble (PG).
Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management holds 29 million P&G shares. He called the company "one of the great businesses of the world."
"It has a very attractive risk/reward value," he added.
Ackman said P&G is under-earning for several reasons: Poor manufacturing productivity, building scale in emerging markets, spending 16% of revenue on marketing (and not getting sufficient return), and product pricing not optimized.
Ackman sees revenue in 2016 of $97.2 billion up from $83.9 billion this year. Earnings per share should grow from $4 to $6, he said. Ackman has talked up P&G before, but provided a new level of detail at the Sohn charity investing confab in New York Wednesday.


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Tejay van Garderen finished second overall at the Tour de San Luis Sunday while the BMC Racing Team won the team classification of the week-long race.
Surprised Himself
Van Garderen compiled four top 10 finishes – including seventh in the Stage 4 individual time trial – on his way to finishing 33 seconds behind overall winner Ricardo Diaz (San Luis Somos Todos) and six seconds ahead of third-placed Alex Diniz (Funvic-Pindamonhangaba). A top finish overall was not his original goal, van Garderen said. "I was actually thinking I was going to get the stage win in the time trial and I wasn't that keen for even going for the GC," he said. "But (Directeur Sportif) John Lelangue and the team really motivated me to get it going. I was actually surprised at how up there I was – and how not up there I was in the time trial. My climbing legs feel really good and being able to gauge myself against some of the other competitors that I'll be facing when I get to Europe was good. I think I'm stacking up pretty well."
Strong Teamwork
Lelangue said being recognized for winning the team classification was equally as satisfying as van Garderen's runner-up finish. "It's not so often that we win the team GC and we did it with help from two of our new guys: Daniel Oss and Dominik Nerz," he said. "The idea was to build a team around Tejay with a few classics riders and some climbers working around the leader and going for the GC. This was really good training for them. When you can win the team GC of such a challenging race that has a long time trial, two mountain top finishes, one mountain stage and two sprint stages, it shows you can be regular during seven days." Daniel Oss (14th) was the BMC Racing Team's top finisher on the 154.7 kilometer last stage, which was won by Mattia Gavazzi (Androni Giocattoli).


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Those of us who advocate the steady state economy get a lot of flak from a lot of folks: Wall Streeters, politicians, and neoclassical economists to name some of the prominent groups. In fact, these three groups make up the "iron triangle" surrounding the economic policy table. Wall Streeters are driven to maximize profits in the short term, politicians think they can't get elected without clamoring for growth, and neoclassical economists don't have enough expertise in the natural sciences to recognize limits to growth. Worse yet, economists are indoctrinated in programs infused with Wall Street money. How do you think that's going to affect their curriculum?
Many are the books and articles that have described the corruption of economics. Consider such telling titles as Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, The Death of Economics, and The Corruption of Economics. The corruption of economics causes various theoretical weaknesses and policy prescriptions, including an obsession with economic growth as the solution to all problems. It doesn't take a conspiracy theorist to recognize the pressures and biases that lead economists, corporateers and politicians to growthmanship.
What would surprise many Daly News readers, though, are some of the other categories of folks shying away from advocating the steady state economy. Such groups include many environmental organizations, professional ecological societies, and perhaps most surprisingly of all, various groups that already emphasize limits to growth! Some of these groups don't even identify an alternative at all, except with vague reference to a "new" economy.
Can you imagine a coalition called the "Different Economy Coalition?" Or a brand of economics called "not-the-same economics?" Sounds silly you say? Yet here we are, with "new economy" groups popping up as if "new" will somehow communicate more than "different" or "not the same."
But there is another group that warrants special attention. This is a group that has neither denied the need for a steady state economy nor been particularly prominent in advocating one. One admirable feature of the group, though, is that it clearly identifies an alternative to economic growth in its very title. I'm talking about the "degrowth" movement. In Europe degrowthers roll under the banner of "La Decroissance."
Degrowthers should be natural allies of steady state economics. The idea is that in some countries, especially wealthy crowded ones, some degrowth is necessary before an economy of optimal size can be maintained. Failing to recognize the steady state economy as the light at the end of the tunnel will relegate the degrowth movement to a suicide mission with the political feasibility of a Tiny Tim presidency. After all, perpetual degrowth is no more sustainable than perpetual growth. For most people, the ugliness of too much growth has little to do with climate change or endangered species, but rather the degrowth that must eventually come. There's just no political upside — and therefore no practicality — to touting degrowth unless a greater goal is embraced from the get-go.
Not that all degrowthers fail to recognize the steady state economy as the long-run goal. Far from it. Among the long list of CASSE signatories are many known degrowth principals and activists, and numerous CASSE volunteers have been recruited straight from degrowth conferences in Paris, Barcelona, and Vancouver. Such conferences are excellent venues for developing the collaboration that flows naturally from the meeting of minds; that is, degrowth and steady state minds.
But just because collaboration is natural doesn't mean it's automatic. Keeping the alliance vigorous and productive takes a periodic stimulant. Stimulants might include collaborative symposia at degrowth and steady state conferences, special journal sections on degrowth and steady state economics, books of course, and other typical tools of orchestrated collaboration and mutual advocacy.
I offer this week's Daly News as a modest stimulant for the degrowth circulatory system. I want to thank degrowthers for their important work, remind them of our natural alliance, and encourage them to punctuate their degrowthmanship with regular and frequent reference to the steady state economy as the long-run goal. This reaching out applies especially to those who are new to the degrowth movement and, therefore, may not have even heard the phrase "steady state economy." It's the influx of new degrowth blood that calls for periodic stimulants to keep the alliance running strong.
Vice versa, too; new steady staters should be quickly apprised of the important and admirable work of degrowthers. There can be no doubt that degrowth will be needed, in many places at many times, for right-sizing the steady state. Viva la décroissance!
This call for unity ironically reminds me that I've been called a polarizing figure a time or two or hundred. While it used to irk me, I now take it as an unintended compliment. The idea isn't to polarize for the sake of polarizing, of course, but rather to distinguish for the sake of reform. The only way to establish the need for steady state economics is to clearly distinguish it from the fallacies of conventional growth economics. If you do so long and effectively enough, you'll be perceived as a polarizer. Presidents galore have been called likewise.
Meanwhile, those who fear the label of polarizer will strain themselves to avoid plain language on the need for a steady state economy. They'll talk of "new" economics and the "green economy" and "sustainable growth." Unless you get way into the weeds of their papers and talks (and how many will bother with that?), you'll never know if they're advocating something other than the latest flavor of economic growth. "New" economists won't polarize, but the people will never know which pole they occupy, either.
Thankfully, degrowthers know which pole is north, and they're not afraid to occupy it. We steady staters are right there with them.
[1] http://steadystate.org/viva-la-decroissance/
[2] http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/sei_501/pdf%20files/The%20Iron%20Triangle.pdf
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrowth
[4] http://www.web.ca/~bthomson/degrowth/degrowth_vs_steady_state.pdf
[5] http://steadystate.org/act/sign-the-position/endorsements-and-signatures/view-all-individual-signatures/


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Syria: Ordinary people are paying a terrible price, says Valerie Amos
23 January, 2013
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United Nations Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos called today (23 Jan) on the international community to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria which continues to claim more lives and to displace more people. She said aid organizations desperately need more resources to respond to the crisis.
"Ordinary people are paying a terrible price for the failure of the international community to agree steps to resolve this political crisis," she said addressing the press at a World Food Programme event on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
"Day after day we are all seeing and hearing appalling reports on our television screens, on the internet and in the newspapers of more violence and hardship."
Nearly one in five people in Syria need humanitarian assistance, including scores of children who have been caught up in the brutal violence which started nearly two years ago, in March 2011. The particularly harsh winter is exacerbating the situation, affecting displaced families who live in shelters without adequate insulation, winter clothes and blankets.
"While we on the humanitarian side cannot end the political crisis or the fighting, the humanitarian community continues to try to do more to help Syrians caught up in the conflict," said USG Amos. "We are, of course, frustrated by the many challenges we face inside Syria, but every month we and our partners are feeding more people, delivering basic relief items, and supplementing basic health and education services."
Despite immense security challenges and limited access, UN agencies and humanitarian partners have scaled up aid and are reaching people in all Governorates across the country. WFP is currently reaching about 1.5 million people a month with vital food assistance. UNICEF and WHO have helped vaccinate millions of children against measles and polio. UNHCR and partners continue to support hundreds of thousands of refugees in neighbouring countries.
"But it is just not enough, especially as we cannot keep pace with the rising number of people in acute need," said Ms. Amos. "We need more people, we need more partners, and we need to be able to deliver more quickly."
She said the UN was in regular contact with the Syrian authorities and other parties to the conflict to speed up slow administrative procedures and improve the understanding of humanitarian work which is based on the principles of neutrality and impartiality.
Earlier this week, Emergency Directors from eight UN agencies visited Syria and Lebanon to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground. The team, led by OCHA Operations Director John Ging, spoke to representatives from local authorities and the opposition about the need for more humanitarian access and a greater presence on the ground.
"We must not forget that the bulk of the humanitarian aid is being provided by Syrians to other Syrians, and I am inspired by the courage and dedication of humanitarian staff and volunteers in Syria who are doing all they can to help people in need," said USG Amos. "We must do all we can to support them."
In December, aid organizations appealed for US$1.5 billion to respond to the Syria crisis within the country and in neighbouring countries hosting hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. High-level representatives from Governments, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations will gather in Kuwait City on 30 January for the International Humanitarian Pledging Conference to support the Syria Humanitarian Assistance Response and Regional Refugee Response plans.
"We hope that the conference will yield the resources we need. If we do not receive these funds, we will not be able to reach the poorest and most vulnerable families who so desperately need our help," said Ms. Amos.
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It was impossible, so it took a little longer to accomplish.
The last American POTUS to win one was another idiot, Jimmy Carter.
Bob Gutermuth
Canvasback Chesapeakes
never has a man received so much recognition for accomplishing so little...
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
I had to check my calendar, thought maybe I missed April Fool's Day or something.
Kim Pfister, Rainmaker Labs
I actually agree with most of the comments made by the Nobel Committee. However, as of now I think the award is premature since, beyond words, there is nothing to show from his efforts. In another year I hope he will have actually earned such a prize. I would love to see pictures of Sarcozy and Berlusconi on learning of the announcement. Talk about jealous rage.
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Another note. Nominations for this had to be in by Feb 1. Considering he was sworn in on Jan 20, exactly what were his accomplishments again?


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Arlene B. Brunner
CROSS PLAINS/WAUNAKEE-Arlene B. "Bucky" Brunner, age 76, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 12, 2013 from complications due to cardiac surgery.
She was born on April 29, 1937, in Madison and was a Middleton High School graduate. Arlene was united in marriage to Roger "Dib" Brunner on October 14, 1958. He preceded her in death in 2004. Arlene worked for many years at Graber Industries in Middleton, and was a caregiver for Alzheimer patients at Clare Bridge of Middleton -Stonefield. She also worked as a CNA at the Waunakee Manor until her retirement. Arlene was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and loved to play Bingo.
She is survived by her children, Allan (Molly) of Middleton, Victor (Carmen) of Madison, Dale of Cross Plains, Sharon of Middleton, Greg of Linden; many grandchildren and great grandchildren; a brother, Marty (Pat) Olson and brothers and sisters-in-law, Joan Friend, Rita Marie Plemons, Lucille Brunner and Millie (Marshall) Osborn. In addition to her husband, Roger Brunner, she was preceded in death by her parents, brothers-in-law, Fred, Alred, and Andrew Brunner, Richard Friend, Jack Plemons and Hilary Statz; sisters-in-law, Mary Plemons, Sister Luka, Celine Statz and Thelma Brunner; a nephew, Mark Olson and her mother and father-in-law, Andrew and Anna Brunner.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH, 2947 Thinnes St., Cross Plains at 11:00 AM on Thursday, October 17, 2013 with Father Thomas Kelley presiding. Family and friends may call at the church on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM and also on Thursday from 10:00 AM until the time of the service at the church.


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"As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is."
– Eric Sevareid
"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."
– Hamilton Wright Mabie
There was a time when I would have been made marvelously merry to have been allowed to decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving.
No more.
These days I am appalled that we do not allow Thanksgiving its tiny speck of time before moving toward Christmas.
Retailers deck their shelves earlier each year, some well before Halloween. And regular folks follow closely.
I grew up hearing stories about my father's family in Coffeeville, going out on Christmas eve and cutting down a holly tree to decorate. That story struck fear in the heart of this I-want-to-decorate-early girl.
These days, not so much.
As I get older, I find I'm much more eager to slow it all down, wait, savor each second of the season.
I've asked some folks – regular not retail – their reasons for decorating early. Many say they do it when they have time. Most simply love Christmas.
I suppose I fall into that Christmas-loving category. I love the lights, the music, the colors, the kindness. And tradition.
My family has decorated for Christmas the same for as long as I can remember.
We each had our own tree-trimming tasks. They were never assigned. We just sort of assumed the responsibilities. Dad made sure the tree was in its stand, perfectly straight. Then he placed the angel or star atop the tree and later looped the lights.
Then he rested as my sister and I hung the ornaments, each with a story that conjured memories of people and places in our pasts. With an eager look of sheer expectation in her eyes, our mother waited her turn at the tree.
She waited for the icicles. Boxes and boxes and boxes of the shiny silver strands. And she used them all, every single one, sometimes sending Dad out for additional boxes.
We could help, but only if we'd do it her way – carefully, meticulously, one strand at a time. No flinging to let fall where they may. When she finished, the only bit of decoration still visible was the angel or star shining from on high.
Though I have little memory of any bad behavior on my part, we must have complained about her icicles for so many years that Mama finally caved in, giving up on her icicles.
Our tree topper was the only thing that really ever changed. For years we had an elegant angel we called Doty because she reminded my sister and me of our kindergarten teacher. Then there was an assortment of stars. Later, we returned to an angel in memory of our Aunt Roma.
Last year, I bought an elegant-looking angel for my tree and set her aloft in a place of prominence. It was my first Christmas without my mama and so this angel's for her, in her memory. But something was missing.
So I bought a box of icicles, cut several strands down to size and glued them into one angel hand – as if she's about to begin hanging them on her tree.


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Family: Hydrobatidae, Storm-Petrels view all from this family
Description ALL BIRDS Mainly pale gray, but note dark and white pattern on upper wing coverts that creates a striking "V" Seen from below, note the dark underwing coverts. At close range, dark eye patch can be discerned.
Dimensions Length: 8-9" (20-23 cm)
Habitat Nests on remote islands, but otherwise seen at sea. Fairly common northward from latitude of central California, but seldom seen from land.
Observation Tips Easiest to see on pelagic trips.
Range California, Alaska, Northwest
Voice Silent at sea, but utters rasping calls at breeding colonies.
Discussion Mainly gray plumage makes this storm-petrel unmistakable within our region. Tail is deeply forked and wings are relatively broad by storm-petrel standards. Flight is powerful, but relaxed, with occasional glides. Sexes are similar.


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BU's vice president for research to take Vermont post
Frances Carr, Binghamton University's vice president for research, has accepted a newly created post as vice president for research and dean of the graduate college at the University of Vermont.
"The decision to leave Binghamton has been a difficult one," Carr said. "But we've made significant strides in the past several years to enhance Binghamton's reputation as a research university, and I trust that the University's energetic faculty, staff and administrators will continue with that commitment."
President Lois B. DeFleur said Carr was heavily recruited by Vermont. "Binghamton's reputation as a research institution is on the rise," said DeFleur. "So it is not surprising that someone of Fran's caliber would be sought out by other institutions."
Carr came to Binghamton in 1999 as vice provost for research and graduate studies and in 2000 was promoted to the new post of vice president for research.
With over 20 years of scientific research, teaching and administrative experience, Carr made significant contributions while at Binghamton, advancing leading edge research, enhancing federal relations and helping to guide the establishment of the new Innovative Technologies Complex on the former NYSEG site. She created an office for technology transfer and economic development, fostered new partnerships with industry and community agencies, and facilitated faculty and graduate student recruitment. She is a founding member of the community-based Southern Tier Opportunity Coalition and serves on the board of directors of the Research Foundation of the State University of New York.
"Our commitment to research remains strong, and we will continue to move forward," said DeFleur. "The University has seen a 51 percent increase in research funding, with a significant boost in federal support, over the last four years. We have enhanced existing research in areas like electronics packaging and are moving into emerging fields like protein dynamics, sensor development and bioengineering. We have talented researchers and are strengthening the infrastructure to support them."
Carr will leave Binghamton in August. DeFleur said she will seek recommendations in the coming weeks regarding interim leadership for the University's research effort.


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The 32" trimless Multi-Fire electric firebox features on-demand heat with thermostat control for zone heating of areas of up to 400 sq. ft. The flames can operate with or without heat and a remote control lets you control the brightness, flame speed as well as the heat. Slow starting and fading embers give a realistic look complemented by the inner glow logs. Plus, the built-in Purifire air treatment system filters airborne allergens and particulates to help keep your family breathing easy.
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Perfect for a Halloween party, these rich, chocolaty cupcakes are fun to make.
Turn these into Holly Wreath Cupcakes by using green-tinted frosting instead of orange. Squeeze circles of red decorating gel on each cupcake, and decorate with small red cinnamon candy berries.
Get the kids to help! Kids can make spider legs without cutting by pinching and gently rolling gumdrops back and forth between their fingertips into long thin strips. The more they roll them, the stickier they become, so have extra sugar handy to make them less sticky.
If you have only one pan and a recipe calls for more cupcakes than your pan will make, cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first batch. Cool the pan about 15 minutes, then bake the rest of the batter, adding 1 to 2 minutes to the bake time.
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I wish Comrade Obama came with an ignore button.
I wish Comrade Obama came with an ignore button.
Bob Gutermuth
Canvasback Chesapeakes
I voted Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my horse.
I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn't.
I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.
I voted Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
I voted Democrat because when wepull out of Iraq , I trust that the badguys will stop what they're doing becausethey now think we're good people. I voted Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.
I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.
I voted Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as THEY see fit.
I voted Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite The Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.
I voted Democrat because my head is so firmly planted up my rear that it is unlikely that I'll ever have another point of view.
"A Liberal is a person who will give away everything they don't own."
"The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
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But as you are inclined to say, "It's only been a couple of months." Just think of all the fun ahead. Hope you and your fellow libs can survive. Even an ostrich pulls it's head outa the sand from time to time.
As far as those opinion polls, Henry...awe hayel, you certainly didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
As your beloved messiah, Reid, and Pelosi and there minions continue to drag this nation further into a hole you nor your grandkids can dig out of in the forseeable future, and the fiat printed $$$ to cover all their programs has you paying 25% for your money, $10/gal for milk, $8/loaf for bread, what will you tell us then?
Remember when that was happening with your old nail-pounder Carter running the show? And after he was beaten by Reagan, it didn't take the MSP a DAY to start bashing Reagan for the economy problems in the early '80s...there was ZERO carryover in their hypocritical eyes that just maybe some of it had to do with what Reagan 'inherited'.
For a batch of political wonks that always throw out how they are for equality, fairness, and the 'do-unto-others' bit, do you see even a modicum of irony here?
So my question to you Harry, and Hugh, and Yardley, and the rest of you libs...why? Why do you bother? You have all the kings horses and all the king's men. Who cares if you can't put H.D. together again??? Live it up. Laugh...or at least smile once in a while. You got everything you wanted, and the sycophantic press is along for total protection just in case there might be a Dashole in the woodpile they can excuse.
As your leaders continue to move this nation to the left, and into socialism, you should be elated...certainly not worried about what some conservatives might be saying about this insanity. Hellsbells, you never truely wanted those freedoms that are being taken away from you anyway, did you? Sorry, that was a play at levity. (I forgot, you've been living under oppression in Minnesoooota for so long, you are just happy to see the rest of us denied those freedoms.)
In the liberal view, it's not 'be all you can be', it's "take from those that have, and give to those that don't"...always wanting to make everyone as miserable as you are. Well, congratulations. You have everything in your government to accomplish that, and the blessings of the MSP to fight off those that might be opposed. Just don't choke on the sand.
When the one you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.
My goodness, Bill, you certainly paint with a broad brush, don't you?
You lump all of us 'libs' together. I'm sure that 'we' do not all agree on every point of view.
Might I lump you together with all of the 'CONS' (emphasis mine) who post on this sub-forum? Even those, who unlike you, are more than somewhat obtuse?
I'm not going to play at making comparisons between right and left, conservative vs. liberal, republican or democrat.
From American philosopher and songwriter, Bob Dylan:
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
The revolution, Bill, started five decades ago, and even old hippies like me, who sold out on many fronts, never let it go completly.
Enjoy the taste of the sand,
One cannot reason someone out of something they were not reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift
So, whats new? The times are always a-changing, always have and always will. In the case of Mr Zimmerman, it just a catchy tune to him, he has never viewed himself political. It's his fans that have created the fantacy. To bad the times are a-changing towards a total financial disaster with the Dems authoring the major blow. They fiddle, we burn!
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A little reminder from the past.
Greetings from the sandlot
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These records potentially reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP during a two-month period, provide a road map to AP's newsgathering operations and disclose information about AP's activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know.
We regard this action by the Department of Justice as a serious interference with AP's constitutional rights to gather and report the news.
He demanded that the DOJ return all records collected and destroy all copies of them.
President Obama's Justice Department stands accused of spying on AP offices and staffers.
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We must notify the media organization in advance unless doing so would pose a substantial threat to the integrity of the investigation. Because we value the freedom of the press, we are always careful and deliberative in seeking to strike the right balance between the public interest in the free flow of information and the public interest in the fair and effective administration of our criminal laws.
The AP was not told why the records were subpoenaed, but it is aware that some of the employees whose records were subpoenaed were involved in a story in which an undisclosed government official leaked an account of a foiled May 2012 bomb plot on an aircraft flying into the U.S.
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In this case there has been no signal yet that the feds wiretapped the reporters in question. However, some top politicians are already questioning the Obama administration's "Big Brother" tactics.
Michael Steel, spokesperson for
Rep. John Boehner
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President Obama has been frustrated with leakers in his ranks. [Image Source: AP]
Ben Wizner, the head of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, also
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Obtaining a broad range of telephone records in order to ferret out a government leaker is an unacceptable abuse of power. Freedom of the press is a pillar of our democracy, and that freedom often depends on confidential communications between reporters and their sources.
The development even made some members of the President's own party queasy.
Sen. Patrick Leahy
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The Obama administration has dramatically
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in the U.S. on American citizens over the last five years in the name of fighting "crime" and "terrorism". However, it came under scrutiny this last week when it was revealed that the
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) targeted members of the Tea Party and other pro-change groups with tax audits. It should be interesting to see how the Attorney General and President Obama justify these latest actions in weeks to come.
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"Japanese politicians pushed for an emergency budget to fund relief efforts after Kan asked them to "save the country," Kyodo news agency reported. Japan is already the most heavily indebted major economy in the world, meaning any funding efforts would be closely scrutinized by financial markets."
This is from Jan 11, before the quake:
Longest Bonds Sustain Edge of a Cliff Budget: Japan Credit
Japan, the most indebted nation, is locking in the worlds lowest interest rates by selling record amounts of 30-year and 40-year bonds to life insurers as the population ages. Government debt may reach 210 percent of gross domestic product next year, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
How does one rebuild their home, their country, when you're already waaay past stone broke?!?
Obama has pledged that we're going to stand with them as they recover and rebuild from this tragedy," during a White House news conference.
And of course we should try to help our allies.
But where are WE going to get the money?
I think this quake is going to rock the world, not just physically but fiscally, due to the interlocking of markets and the Mutually Assured Destruction (Economic) models that our leaders have worked so hard to put in place.
In my view, potentially trillions in assets & collateral has just vaporized and pancaked.
How does the world pull this rabbit out of thin air?


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Pozole is a hearty hominy soup, a fiesta food so popular all over Mexico that entire restaurants, called pozolerías, specialize in it, as do many street stands and market stalls. One of three basic types (also including white and red pozole), pozole verde is tinged green from a mixture of tomatillos and green chiles. This is a riff on the traditional recipe, replacing the traditional pork broth with clam broth, and incorporating crabmeat and clams, which lend a sweet yet delicate richness.
Rinse and drain the hominy. Place it in a deep container and
cover with enough cold water to completely submerge the hominy. Soak
the hominy, covered, in the refrigerator for 2 days.
To cook the hominy, rinse and drain the soaked hominy and combine it in a
stockpot with cold water to cover by 8 to 10 inches. Bring to a boil,
then decrease the heat to low and simmer, partly covered, until the
hominy is tender and opens up into blossoms, about 3 hours. Ladle out 1
quart (4 cups) of the cooking liquid, strain it through a fine-mesh
sieve, and set aside. Drain the hominy of all remaining liquid.
Combine the quahogs, onion, celery, garlic,
white wine, and white peppercorns in a stockpot and bring to a boil.
Cook until the clams just begin to open and the wine is reduced by half.
Add the cold water and bring to a simmer. Cook over low heat until all the clams are open, about 20 minutes. Discard any that don't open. Lift the clams out of the broth and set them aside. Strain the broth through a fine-mesh sieve lined with a double layer of cheesecloth. Remove the clams from their shells and discard the shells. Chop the clams into bite-size pieces and set aside.
Combine the clam broth, reserved hominy cooking liquid, and cooked hominy in a stockpot and bring to a boil over medium heat. Lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine the onions, garlic, tomatillos, poblano and serrano chiles, and dried oregano in a blender and purée the mixture until it is very smooth. Add the cilantro and continue puréeing until the cilantro is completely incorporated and the mixture is vibrant green. Slowly add the oil in a thin stream until the purée is emulsified. Season to taste with salt.
Add the purée to the hominy and cook 5 minutes. Add the chopped quahog clams and littlenecks to the soup and cook just until the littlenecks open, 2 to 3 minutes. Discard any that don't open. Stir in the crabmeat and the cabbage and heat the soup just to warm through. Season to taste with salt.
To serve, divide the soup among eight warmed soup bowls and garnish with the avocados, radishes, oregano, onion, and cilantro.
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Several weeks ago I emailed my senator with my thoughts on current gun control and this was her response. She still doesnt get the point that resticting and limiting sales to responsible gun owners will not stop criminals from doing harm.
How would you respond to this email??
Myself I think she is trying to blow smoke up me arse.
I bolded a couple things that really stood out to me
April 26, 2013
Dear Mr. White,
Thank you for contacting me regarding gun control policy and gun safety. I appreciate hearing from you and welcome the opportunity to respond.
As you know, the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees Americans the fundamental right to bear arms. I strongly support legal and safe gun ownership by law-abiding citizens, and I welcomed and supported the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller that made clear that the constitutional right to gun ownership is an individual one. I have also consistently voted to uphold this constitutional right, including permitting residents of the District of Columbia to own and purchase firearms and to prevent funding for any international organization, including the United Nations, that places a tax on any firearm owned by a United States citizen.
At the same time, we have to make sure that guns do not fall into the hands of individuals who should not have them, like criminals and individuals with mental illnesses. Recent events, such as the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, and the horrific massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, have made it clear that we should have sensible, constitutional controls on gun ownership that address safety in our communities.
In the wake of these tragedies, I have heard from many Missouri gun owners, including veterans and hunters, who agree that commonsense protections, such as background checks or limiting access to high capacity ammunition magazines and weapons designed for use by soldiers in combat, are sensible measures we could implement to improve the safety of Americans that do not infringe on our Second Amendment rights.
Proposals like these were considered when the Senate debated S. 649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act. During consideration of this bill, I was proud to vote for several gun safety measures, including bipartisan proposals to expand background checks to purchases made at gun shows and on the internet, and to increase penalties for "straw purchases" when individuals buy guns for those who are barred from purchasing the guns themselves, such as those with past felony convictions or severe mental illness. I also voted to limit access to military-style assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines. I believe sensible regulation of firearms, such as that proposed in these measures, would keep our children and our law enforcement officers safe from the mass-casualty crimes in which these weapons are often used. I was disappointed that these safety measures, which are overwhelmingly supported by the American public, failed to achieve the necessary votes to overcome opponents' filibusters. Senate leaders have now set aside S. 649 while negotiations continue.
Knowing that those responsible for some of the most recent mass shootings have suffered from mental illness, it is clear that we must also consider mental health services available to our citizens. A more robust mental health care system may help identify and treat individuals who need help before they resort to violence. I am strongly committed to expanding access to mental health services, which is why I voted for an amendment to S. 649 to reauthorize and improve programs related to the use of intervention and support services in schools, suicide prevention, helping children recover from traumatic events, and integrating behavioral and primary care. I also supported the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as "Obamacare," which will expand important mental health coverage when it is fully implemented in 2014.
You may be interested to know that during consideration of S. 649 I also voted in support of a measure that would penalize state and local governments who wrongfully release information about gun owners to the public. I also voted in support of our nation's veterans when I supported an amendment that would ensure veterans receive due process before a Veterans Administration determination can remove a veteran's right to own a gun.
While the debate over appropriate gun safety measures is divisive, it is far from over. I firmly believe that this nation can unite in support of sensible laws that prevent the mass murder of innocent citizens--especially innocent children--while we continue to respect the Constitution. Please know that I will continue to keep your thoughts in mind when Congress again considers gun-related legislation.
Again, thank you for contacting me. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future if I can be of further assistance to you on this or any other issue.
Claire McCaskill
United States Senator
P.S. If you would like more information about resources that can help Missourians, or what I am doing in the Senate on your behalf, please sign up for my email newsletter at http://mccaskill.senate.gov.


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