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No one can pinpoint when the practice of communing with fellow Corvette enthusiasts on a show field began, but the nation's biggest Corvette spectaculars—Bloomington Gold, Corvettes at Carlisle, and Mid America Motorworks Corvette Funfest—can trace their origins to 1973, 1982, and 1994, respectively. If you haven't been to one or all of these extravagant, assault-on-the-senses celebrations, you should saddle up and go, as they're filled with acres and acres of all six generations of America's Favorite Sports Car, celebrity appearances and seminars, manufacturer's midways loaded with the latest aftermarket offerings, and—in the cases of Bloomington and Carlisle—swap meets populated with a plethora of Corvette parts and memorabilia.
In addition to these giant-sized get-togethers, numerous Corvette clubs across the country host annual or semi-annual events. While the big shows excel in the sheer volume of Corvettes they display, these regional soirees offer the advantage of a more intimate atmosphere and, in many cases, a scenic locale.
These lesser-known Corvette shows need some national attention, and VETTE is here to give it to them. We've picked a sample of shows we think you'll find interesting, and which you still have a chance to register for and attend in 2011. We'll start the two-part series with four must-see Corvette shows, one each in New Jersey and Louisiana, two in Michigan, and an honorable mention in Kentucky that you'll have to wait for until next year. Next month, we'll conclude this two-parter with some of the best regional Corvette shows west of Old Man River.
A Day at the Beach Corvette Style: Ocean City, New Jersey
Date: September 25, 2011 (no rain date)
Location: Ocean City Municipal Airport and Boardwalk; Ocean City, New Jersey
Entry Fee: $20/$25 day of show (The event is limited to the first 450 Corvettes registered; pre-registration is highly recommended); Spectator admission is free
Check it out!: www.boardwalkcorvettes.com
A Day at the Beach Corvette Style—sponsored by the Boardwalk Corvettes—has offered Corvette owners a world-famous show location in Ocean City, New Jersey, for more than 20 years. It includes a staging site at the Ocean City Municipal Airport, which is followed by the seaside show on the Boardwalk.
"The cars are not judged like most shows," event coordinator Edie English says. "This is a fun event, and club members are assigned fun categories to look for winners, either on the Boardwalk or where we meet at the Ocean City Airport. The categories change from year to year. In the past few years, we've had theme awards based on movies or songs."
On average, 350-400 Corvettes attend the annual event, mostly from Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and New York. Boardwalk Corvettes is a non-profit organization with donations going to local charities such as the Humane Society of Ocean City, the Greater Atlantic Bluefish Tournament, and various food banks.
Corvettes on Woodward: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Date: August 17-19, 2011
Location: Radisson Hotel; Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Entry Fee: $0 (Donations of food and money are requested); Spectator admission is free
Check it out!: www.corvettesonwoodward.org
Corvettes on Woodward is the largest all-Corvette show and cruise within a 400-mile radius of Detroit, and attracts 400-plus Corvettes from across the United States.
The three-day event coexists with Detroit's annual Woodward Dream Cruise, and includes tours of the GM Heritage Center and Performance Build Center, as well as visits to Detroit-area Corvette specialists Katech Performance, Advanced Automotive Technologies, Spectre Werkes, Race Car Replicas, MasterWorks Automotive Services, and Alternative Automotive Technologies. It also includes an afternoon of Corvette-only bracket-style drag racing at Milan Dragway.
According to the show's founder, Larry Courtney, "A total of 20-25 Corvette clubs from across the United States will come to our event this year, including Dallas' Lone Star club and Denver's Looking Glass club, among others. We also expect caravans to form at various locations in the U.S. and grow in size as they converge upon the event. For example, one will begin in North Dakota and pick up cars from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana, with a stop at Corvette Central in Sawyer, Michigan, along the way. Another caravan will start from Florida and join up with drivers from Georgia and Ohio."
This year's event includes an appearance by Corvette Product Manager Harlan Charles, who promises to bring a surprise car, and a seminar on fuel-injection systems led by author Greg Banish. In addition, aftermarket tuner-car builders Lingenfelter Performance Engineering and Callaway will bring out their latest and greatest Corvette creations.
Proceeds from the show will benefit the Open Hands Food Pantry in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Corvettes America: White Lake Township, Michigan
Date: August 13, 2011 (Corvette Track Day, August 12, 2011)
Location: Alpine Valley Ski Area; White Lake Township, Michigan
Entry Fee: $20/$25 day of event (People's Choice), $30 (Judged Show & Shine); Spectator admission is $10 per vehicle
Check it out!: www.corvettesamerica.org
Now in its 11th year, Corvettes America bills itself as the Midwest's Largest All-Corvette Show, but it may be the event's picturesque surroundings that truly set it apart. The get-together is hosted by America's Corvette Club and held on the tree-lined slopes at southeastern Michigan's largest and most scenic ski area. It draws Corvette aficionados from across Michigan and surrounding states, as well as from Canada, California, Oregon, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, and New York.
"Spectators will view some of the finest examples of the Corvette line competing for over 35 awards," says the event's promoter, Jim McDonald. "In addition, numerous Corvette aftermarket products will be offered by leading Corvette suppliers, and other automotive-related businesses will display products and services, all surrounded by the ambiance of the Michigan countryside."
The event unofficially starts on the Friday before the show, with a Corvette Track Day at Waterford Hills Raceway in southeast Michigan.
The show day features two competitions: a judged Show & Shine and a National Council of Corvette Clubs (NCCC)-sanctioned People's Choice. This year special recognition will be paid to all registered '61 Corvettes, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their production. Proceeds from the show will be donated to local and national charitable organizations.
ExtraVETTEganza: Slidell, Louisiana
Date: October 15, 2011
Location: Bayou Country Village; Slidell, Louisiana
Entry Fee: $40; Spectator admission is free
Check it out!: www.gnocc.com
The ExtraVETTEganza all-Corvette car show is a Cajun-country celebration of America's Favorite Sports Car, presented by the Greater New Orleans Corvette Club. Now in its 20th year, the event features 200-plus Corvettes from all six generations, people's choice and judged "Best of" awards, and national and regional vendors. It's held at Slidell, Louisiana's Bayou Country Village, an elegant gift shop/deli with a New Orleans flare.
Embracing the regional credo of laissez les bon temps rouler (literal translation: "Let the good times roll"), the event attracts the majority of its attendees from the Deep South, including Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, though Corvette owners from all across America are welcome to join in on the fun. Come a day early and enjoy the Friday night pre-show get-together, featuring great Cajun and Creole food, lots of Southern hospitality, and the company and camaraderie of many of the South's Corvette cognoscenti.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Metropolitan Center for Women and Children of the greater New Orleans area.
"Glad to see y'all come," says GNOCC President Malcolm Graff.
Honorable Mention
The following Corvette show has already come around for 2011, but it'll be back in 2012. Be sure to mark it on your calendar.
Vettes in the Valley: Maggie Valley, North Carolina
Date: May 26-27, 2012
Location: Festival Grounds; Maggie Valley, North Carolina
Entry Fee: $45; Spectator admission is $5
Check it out!: www.smokyevents.com
This Corvette gathering stakes its ground at one of the most picturesque settings in the U.S.—the middle of the Smoky Mountains, nestled 26 miles from the Tennessee border and 21 miles from Ashville, North Carolina. It's held every Memorial Day weekend, features more than 350 Corvettes and 5,000-plus spectators, and includes non-points sanctioned judged and people's choice car shows with trophies and awards, vendors, a road rally, live entertainment, the Tribute to Wounded Warriors Corvette parade, and much more.


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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) New York Jets tight end Dustin Keller and rookie wide receiver Stephen Hill both did not practice for the second straight day, leaving their availability to play undefeated Houston on Monday night uncertain.
Coach Rex Ryan says that the fact both missed practice Friday ``isn't good,'' but adds that they're ``getting better.'' Keller hasn't played since the season opener because of an injured right hamstring, while Hill missed last Sunday's game against San Francisco with a similar injury. Santonio Holmes was lost for the season with a foot injury last Sunday.
Nose tackle Sione Po'uha (back), fullback John Conner (hamstring), running back Joe McKnight (illness) and safety LaRon Landry (heel) and Eric Smith (hip, knee) also didn't practice - although Landry's absence was due only to his normal day off.

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(MCT) — CHICAGO — Superstorm Sandy has ravaged the East Coast and claimed the lives of at least 88 people so Bears offensive coordinator Mike Tice is just happy his family and friends are safe.
Tice, who was born in Bay Shore, N.Y., felt uneasy after news of the storm broke.
"(Tuesday) night when I went home, I actually had a chance to sit there for an hour and just watch ... and I was shocked," Tice said. "Especially the Jersey coast and Long Island because I still have relatives there. They're inland, in the middle of it, but everything's OK.
"My sister's in New Jersey and all they had were trees (going down). They didn't have the water problems because she's inland. Her husband coaches at Rutgers (defensive line coach Jim Panagos). Fortunately, I haven't heard of anybody losing a house."
In the running: Titans running back Chris Johnson still is a feared man. He has the NFL record for most 80-yard runs in a career with four and has 10 touchdown runs of 45 yards or more.
"Chris Johnson is a home run hitter, man," Bears weak-side linebacker Lance Briggs said. "Any time he gets some daylight he is a threat to score. If he gets to our second level untouched it's going to be tough to get him."
The Bears, who own the league's second-best run defense (77.9 yards per game) have seen Johnson before. He had the second-worst game of his career against them as a rookie in 2008 when he carried 14 times for 8 yards in a 21-14 loss at Soldier Field.
Conte fined: Bears safety Chris Conte was fined $21,000 for contact to the head of a defenseless receiver during Sunday's 23-22 victory over the Panthers.
Although the replay showed Conte's action wasn't intentional, the official flagged him for a personal foul for striking Panthers receiver Brandon LaFell.
Conte said he's in the process of appealing the fine, which amounts to nearly 77 percent of his $27,353 weekly game check.
After the game, he expressed his displeasure with the call.
"It wasn't a penalty," Conte said. I didn't do anything. He's diving into me. I don't know what you want me to do."
The Panthers scored on the drive when kicker Justin Medlock nailed a 22-yard field goal.
Injury update: Briggs showed up on the injury report Thursday with a toe injury. He was limited in practice. Fellow defensive players Brian Urlacher (knee) and Julius Peppers (foot) were held out of practice as part of a normal routine.
Urlacher was asked about the health of his knee.
"Yeah, I'm there, as 100 percent as I'm going to get," he said. "Especially seven games in, I don't think anyone's 100 percent in this league but close as I'm going to get."
Reserve offensive lineman Jonathan Scott (groin) was held out of practice while tight end Matt Spaeth (ankle) was full-go after being limited Wednesday.
In Tennessee, starting offensive linemen David Stewart (knee) and Leroy Harris (knee) remained sidelined.
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This car has an awesome amount of room in it. It is comfortable and economical to travel in. I would rate this car a 90 or higher. The 3.4 has remarkable power for the size. Transmission can be weak and not engage completely at stop signs. This has not been a problem for the car's dependability.
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2005 Chevrolet Impala (7/3/2014)
Campaign Number: 14V400000
Component Name: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
Description: This defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system. Until this recall is performed, customers should remove all items from their key rings, leaving only the ignition key. The key fob (if applicable), should also be removed from the key ring. General Motors LLC (GM) notified the agency on July 3, 2014, that they are recalling 5,877,718 model year 2000-2005 Chevrolet Impala and Monte Carlo, 1997-2003 Chevrolet Malibu, 2004-2005 Malibu Classic, 1999-2004 Oldsmobile Alero, 1998-2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue, 1999-2005 Pontiac Grand Am and 2004-2008 Pontiac Grand Prix vehicles. In these models, the weight on the key ring and/or road conditions or some other jarring event may cause the ignition switch to move out of the run position, turning off the engine.
Defect: If the key is not in the run position, the air bags may not deploy if the vehicle is involved in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
Corrective Action: GM will notify owners, and dealers will install two key rings and an insert in the key slot or a cover over the key head on all ignition keys, free of charge. The recall began on September 9, 2014. GM's number for this recall is 14350.
2005 Chevrolet Impala (2/17/2009)
Campaign Number: 09E005000
Component Name: STEERING
Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
Description: DORMAN IS RECALLING 979 STEERING KNUCKLES, DORMAN P/NOS. 697-902 AND 697-903, SOLD UNDER DORMAN'S "OE SOLUTIONSTM" BRAND NAME, AND NAPA P/NOS. 7-8502 AND 7-8503 WHICH WERE SOLD FOR REPLACEMENT USE ON THE VARIOUS VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. A POTENTIAL MATERIAL OR DESIGN DEFECT COULD RESULT IN THE STEERING KNUCKLE BREAKING IN THE HUB AREA.
Defect: A BROKEN STEERING KNUCKLE COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND A POSSIBLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
Corrective Action: DORMAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE STEERING KNUCKLES FREE OF CHARGE AND REIMBURSE THE REPAIR FACILITY OR OWNER FOR LABOR. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 23, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DORMAN'S TOLL-FREE HOTLINE AT 1-800-523-2492 AND PRESS 5.
2005 Chevrolet Impala (10/17/2008)
Campaign Number: 08E063000
Component Name: STEERING
Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
Description: DORMAN PRODUCTS IS RECALLING 3,900 INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFTS DORMAN PART NOS. 425-151, 425-152, AND 425-153, (SOLD UNDER DORMAN'S "OE SOLUTIONS" BRAND NAME), BALKAMP #'S 7-3057, 7-3058, 7-3059 (SOLD UNDER THE "NAPA" BRAND NAME), AND PLATINUM PARTS #'S 2425151, 2425152, AND 2425153 MANUFACTURED DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2007. THESE REPLACEMENT STEERING SHAFTS CAN BE USED ON THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE WELD CONNECTING THE INNER TUBE TO THE OUTER TUBE MAY BE DEFECTIVE.
Defect: IF THE WELD FAILS, LOSS OF STEERING COULD RESULT, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
Corrective Action: DORMAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE STEERING SHAFTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 16, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DORMAN TOLL FREE AT 1-800-523-2492.
2005 Chevrolet Impala (3/12/2007)
Campaign Number: 07E021000
Component Name: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES
Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
Description: CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, P/NOS. FP10020-11B1, FP10026-11B1, AND FP10027-11B1, SOLD AFTER JANUARY 9, 2007, AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE UNIVERSAL PRESSURE REGULATORS (UPR) WERE PRODUCED WITHOUT AN O'RING AND RETAINER.
Defect: FUEL MAY LEAK, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A FIRE.
Corrective Action: DELPHI WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE UPR FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 23, 2007. OWNERS CAN CONTACT DELPHI AT 877-411-8770.


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Talk of shared data plans always stirs up debate in this industry. In fact, any tinkering with how data is priced and managed, including the much maligned (at least amongst end users) practice of "throttling," which sounds an awful lot like corporal punishment.
In mid-May, Andrew Sherrard, senior vice president of marketing for T-Mobile USA, posted a blog [1] on the company's website that refutes the wisdom of shared data plans, calling them a "one-size-fits-all approach" to be avoided. Sherrard argues that "consumers today do not want a 'one size fits all' approach to shared family data plans, nor would they benefit from that model."
To summarize, the crux of Sherrard's argument hinges on free hotspot functionality in conjunction with throttling, the practice of reducing the speed of a user's connection after they have exceeded their allotted data for the month. T-Mobile currently offers 5 and 10 GB allotments, after which users are slowed to a crawl.
"So rather than needing to account for each device on a shared family data plan, customers can use their existing data plan to power multiple devices, while still saving hundreds of dollars annually," Sherrard argues, referring to hotspot functionality.
Calling these "unlimited" plans is disingenuous and ignores the fact that even 10GB is not really a lot of data when you're talking about running a smartphone, tablet and laptop over that connection. And when the user exceeds that cap, they're left to surf the Web at what many claim is a nearly unusable crawl.
T-Mobile isn't alone in this practice. AT&T has implemented a strict throttling policy for its unlimited customers once they've exceeded just 3GB.
T-Mobile's Ultra plan features unlimited talk and text and costs $229 for 10GB shared between two lines. Users can add an additional line with unlimited talk and text to that plan for $30. T-Mobile's next step down is the Premium plan, which features everything included in the Ultra plan but only 5 GB of data instead of 10 GB. So figure 5GB of T-Mobile data costs about $60.
Verizon Wireless currently offers 5GB of data for $50 per month, or 10GB of data for $80, with each additional 1GB of data costing $10. There's no throttling here. Users just pay for what they use and it's all at the same speed.
I've argued against the shared data plan as well, but when I really stop and consider Sherrard's argument, I think I'd rather pay by the bit and get what I pay for. The fact of the matter is that given the spectrum crunch, data really is a limited resource and we can expect to be charged for what we use, same as with any utility, whether it be water, electricity or data.
Bottom line: For now at least, the going rate on data is right around $10 per GB and carriers will be incentivizing and differentiating off of that industry average. Over the next 12 months, I'm guessing we're going to see similar promotions to those we saw around texting and voice minutes. And who knows? We might even see content providers subsidizing bandwidth in order to attract customers.
When I think about throttling, my mind inevitably goes to analogies that are not pleasing. What if you exceed your annual miles on a leased vehicle and the car was suddenly governed at 25 mph? I don't know too many people who would be OK with that deal, and I'm not sure T-Mobile will be able to get away with the one they're offering for very long either. As for AT&T, I think the throttling is just unpleasant enough it might push a good majority of its unlimited customers onto tiered plans.


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Monday, March 02, 2009
Kentucky Derby 135 Update (3.1.09)
The hard-luck suffered by champion 2-year-olds along the road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) continues in 2009 as reigning juvenile champion Midshipman has been knocked out of consideration for the "Run for the Roses" after suffering what is described as a minor leg injury.
The winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (GI), purchased privately last fall by Dubai-based Godolphin, was reported to have suffered a soft tissue injury to his left fore leg during training for the colt's scheduled 3-year-old debut on Thursday in the Al Bastikaya at Nad Al Sheba. Godolphin Racing Manager Simon Crisford said Midshipman could return to racing in the latter half of the year.
The chestnut son of Unbridled's Song, bred and originally raced by Stonerside Stable, won three of four starts in 2008 for trainer Bob Baffert. He was transferred to the care of Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor following his victory in the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita.
The defection of Midshipman from the Kentucky Derby 135 picture leaves 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense as the only juvenile champion to return to win America's greatest race since Spectacular Bid in 1979.
Edward Evans' homebred Quality Road was quickly transformed from promising newcomer to major contender for Kentucky Derby 135 when the son of Elusive Quality romped to an authoritative 4 ¾-length victory in Saturday's $250,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (GII) at Gulfstream Park.
Quality Road stalked pacesetting This Ones for Phil before taking over at the top of the stretch and quickly pulling away under jockey John Velazquez. Theregoesjojo rallied for second, while Beethoven and favored Capt. Candyman Can ran third and fourth, respectively.
The Jimmy Jerkens-trained Quality Road covered the one-mile distance in 1:35.01 as he placed himself in a prominent position on the road to Churchill Downs and the May 2 Kentucky Derby. The colt is not nominated to the Derby and the Triple Crown – Jerkens said he simply forget to pay the $600 to make his star colt eligible by January's early nomination deadline for the three-race series – but Jerkens will submit a $6,000 fee to make Quality Road eligible before the late nomination deadline on March 27.
It was only the third career start for Quality Road, who won his six-furlong debut at Aqueduct in November and returned to racing with a runner-up finish in Jan. 10 allowance race at Gulfstream Park.
"He was ready to run," said Velazquez. "The closer we got to the finish the stronger I thought we were going."
Jerkens said future racing options for Quality Road include the Wood Memorial (GI) at Aqueduct and the Florida Derby (GI).
Trainer Todd Pletcher's top Kentucky Derby hope is the unbeaten Dunkirk, a $3.7 million yearling purchase who is perfect in two 2009 races. But he could have unveiled another late-blooming contender in Wertheimer Brothers' homebred Affirmatif, who romped to a nine-length victory in his career debut in a one-mile grass race on Sunday at Gulfstream Park.
"That was very impressive," Pletcher said of the son of Unbridled's Song. "I wouldn't have any problem running back in a stakes after that."
Front-running odds-on favorite The Pamplemousse turned back runner-up Take the Points on the far turn and bounded away to an easy six-length win in Saturday's $200,000 Sham Stakes (GIII) over Santa Anita's synthetic Pro-Ride surface.
The victory was the third straight for the Julio Canani-trained son of Kafwain and validated an earlier win in the San Rafael (GIII) in which The Pamplemousse had upset Breeders' Cup Juvenile (GI) runner-up Square Eddie. Ridden by Alex Solis, the Pamplemousse covered 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.86 and positioned himself as the major rival to West Coast 3-year-old leader Pioneerof the Nile.
"I've never ridden anything like him," said Solis, who is still looking for his first Kentucky Derby win after 15 tries. "He has such a good mind and he was real relaxed the whole way."
The Pamplemousse, named after a popular restaurant near California's Del Mar racetrack, runs for a group of owners that includes Alex Solis, Jr., the jockey's son and the bloodstock agent who picked the colt for purchase for $150,000 last March at Florida's Ocala Breeders Sale for 2-year-olds in training.
The colt improved his record to 3-0-1 in five races with earnings of $209,280.
On Sunday, English-bred import Battle of Hastings ran down favored Flashmans Papers in the final yards to scored a 7-1 surprise in the $100,000 Baldwin (GIII) on Santa Anita's hillside turf course. Tyler Baze was aboard as the Jeff Mullins-trained colt covered 6 ½-furlongs in a stakes record 1:11.86.
Southern California Invader Takes Borderland – Southern California invader Scorewithcater survived a stretch-long duel with Canadian juvenile champion Mine That Bird to win the $100,000 Borderland Derby by a neck on Saturday at Sunland Park.
Claimed last fall for $40,000 by trainer and co-owner Doug O'Neill, Scorewithcater was ridden by jockey Tyler Baze and covered 1 1/16-miles in a solid 1.43.96 in his debut on dirt.
Charlie's Moment Takes King Glorious – Charlie's Moment, the only Triple Crown nominee in the field of six, dueled for the lead and pulled away late to win Saturday's $50,000 King Glorious Stakes for 3-year-olds at Northern California's Golden Gate Fields. Danny Sorenson rode the winner.
William Stiritz's Proceed Bee caught favored Parade Clown in the final furlong and edged clear for a 1 ¼-length victory in Saturday's $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial over the synthetic Polytrack surface at Turfway Park. The race is the Northern Kentucky track's major prep for its $400,000 Lane's End Stakes (GII) on March 21.
The Terry Gestes-trained son of Bernstein, who won the Grand Canyon on turf last fall at Churchill Downs, covered the 1 1/16-mile distance in 1:47.49 under Rodney Prescott. He won his only previous start on a synthetic surface, but ran fifth on dirt to Flat Out in Oaklawn Park's Smarty Jones in his previous start. Proceed Bee has won four of six races and could run next in Turfway's Rushaway.
Morning line favorite Fitzaslew was scratched after the colt suffered a bout with colic.
Naveed Chowhan's Citizen, the longest shot in the field of eight at 29-1, rallied to win Saturday's $50,000 Mountain Valley Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The Bernie Flint trainee held off the D. Wayne Lukas-trained Flying Private to win the six-furlong race by a head.
Non Stop Stable's Rock on Justin was successful in his stakes debut as the son of Rock Slide notched a 2 ¾-length victory in the $50,000 Miracle Wood at Laurel Park. He won for the fourth time in his last five races for trainer Gary Capuano.
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I don't see a problem with "the increases" here. He has just mentioned "price increases" and he's making a further point about them.
However, I think "some products we will decrease on and other increases in excess of 20 per cent." is bad English. I don't understand this bit. But remember he is speaking under pressure from a reporter who is pushing him to justify his company's price increases.


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Scientists seeking stronger glues have been looking to nature for inspiration, trying to figure out what keeps barnacles anchored on rocks and how geckos climb effortlessly up walls. But all that attention to mimicking adhesives may be missing the whole picture, according to a study that finds that when it comes to mussels rooted to rocks or boat hulls, the strength of the glue is only part of the story.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were initially interested in the adhesive patches that mussels use to anchor themselves, even in rough surf. The glue turns out to use an elegant, simple mechanism to adhere — it is made up of proteins that form bonds like the ones found in water molecules. But by itself, the glue didn't appear to be strong enough to account for mussels' tenacity and ability to stick to surfaces.
"When we computed the adhesion strength of these mussels and we compared it to the forces we'd expect from these waves, we found the wave would be way stronger than the strength of the adhesion bonds, and they should break immediately — which they don't, in nature," said Markus Buehler, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at MIT who led the research.
So Buehler got interested in the web of "byssus threads" that connect the adhesive to the mussel, tethering the mollusk to a rock or ship's hull like an anchor's chain. Perhaps, they thought, those threads had special properties that had not been fully appreciated.
Research scientist Zhao Qin dropped a type of underwater cage into Boston Harbor and returned three weeks later to harvest mussels that could then be systematically studied in the laboratory to understand the strength of the bond of the byssus threads.
In a study published in the journal Nature Communications last Tuesday, the researchers found that the byssus threads' unusual composition — made up of 80 percent stiff materials and 20 percent soft and stretchy materials — accounted for their remarkable ability to cling to surfaces. The majority of the length of the thread is stiff, researchers found, with the flexible part of the thread attaching to the mussel.
Buehler thinks that engineers can take inspiration from mussels. Usually, he said, engineers approach problems by taking disparate materials, such as steel and cement, and attaching them with something else — a glue, for example, or a bolt. Those junctions between one material and another also tend to be weak spots, where an engineering project is more likely to fail. The simple mussel, Buehler said, mixes together the stiff and weak properties in one continuous material.
"If an engineer would make this, they would take a stiff polymer and glue on a soft polymer, and at some point the interface between the two is going to break," Buehler said. "This I think for engineers is a good lesson because engineers pick a material and you build something from it; you don't think of optimizing both" structure and building blocks.
To follow up the work, Buehler is trying to create synthetic versions of the threads, using 3-D printing methods. The technology could be useful in anchoring sensors or other machines in a marine environment, similar to how mussels use it. It also has potential for medical applications in which tiny devices that emit drugs or act as sensors need to be anchored in a blood vessel, staying put as blood pulses around them.Carolyn Y. Johnson can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @carolynyjohnson.


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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Dez Wells scored 13 points and Seth Allen had 11, but 54.2 percent shooting propelled Virginia to a 80-69 road win over Maryland Sunday afternoon.
Joe Harris scored 22 points and Justin Anderson added 17 for the Cavaliers.
Virginia (17-6, 7-3) never trailed after halftime in its fourth straight win over the Terrapins (17-7, 5-6).
The victory gave the Cavaliers a one-game lead over idle North Carolina and got them within a half-game of second-place Duke, which faced Boston College on Sunday night.
Despite committing 16 turnovers, the Cavaliers shot 58 percent from beyond the arc (11 for 19) and finished with a 34-29 rebounding advantage. Virginia has won three in a row at Maryland for the first time since 1991-93.
Wells led the way with 13 for the Terrapins, who fell to 14-2 at home. Center Alex Len, who was double-teamed almost every time he touched the ball, had nine points and seven rebounds.
The Cavaliers limited Maryland to one basket in the opening four minutes of the second half and extended a six-point halftime lead to 44-32. After Seth Allen scored for the Terrapins, Paul Jesperson bagged a 3-pointer on the other end to make it 47-34.
It was 51-37 with 13 minutes left before Maryland coach Mark Turgeon called a timeout, took out Len and instructed his team to employ a full-court press. The Cavaliers struggled under the pressure, and the Terrapins scored five straight points to cut the gap to 51-42.
But Virginia answered with a basket by Harris and two 3-pointers by Evan Nolte for a 59-46 advantage.
Maryland closed to 63-55 with 6:48 remaining and 74-67 in the final minute, but the Cavaliers had an answer on each occasion.
Anderson went 5 for 14 from the floor but was 6 for 6 at the line and grabbed nine rebounds.
Anderson scored 14 points and Harris had 12 to stake the Cavaliers to a 35-29 halftime lead. Virginia limited the Terrapins to 11-for-31 shooting and held a 20-14 rebounding edge.
Maryland missed eight of its first 11 shots from the floor and trailed 16-9 after the Cavaliers got successive 3-pointers from Harris. It was 20-11 before a layup by Allen and a dunk by Nick Faust sparked a 13-5 run that got the Terrapins to 25-24.
Minutes later, a follow-shot by Charles Mitchell and a driving layup by Faust tied it at 28.
Anderson responded with a jumper, and the Cavaliers never surrendered the lead.


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With the widespread acceptance of thumb-drives as a conventional tool at the workplace, many manufacturers have been cashing in on them. It's now hard to tell apart the plethora of thumb-drives in the market without benchmarking their data throughput, and even then, there would be little to rave about as USB 2.0 technology has matured somewhat. Competition is tough and A-data is not being left behind with their latest showcase of innovative thumb-drives.
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It's hard to tell your thumb-drives apart just by looking at its cover, especially when you have more then one of the same design. However, A-data's ShowMeDisk thumb-drive will definitely catch your wonder and approval regarding this issue – it features a panel that greets you with 11 customizable characters and remaining capacity in numerical or pie-chart format. But what makes this thumb-drive even more special is the panel's independence of batteries. Using Bi-stable Cholesteric Display technology, the customizable label and capacity remains there even after removing the thumb-drive from the USB port.
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A-data's Football inspired innovation is the rugged variant in its lineup of thumb-drives. Literally for road-warriors, it is entirely padded with rubber that is water-resistant as well as shockproof. This thumb-drive was a big disappointment to many after it was promptly stomped on, sat upon and thrown against a wall – the data within was absolutely intact and proved all the naysayers wrong. We were even more impressed when we noticed how much attention to detail was given for something so simple and rugged - the LED is individually covered by its own transparent rubber coating!
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Bringing a whole new meaning to the word 'thumb-drive', A-data's Fingerprint Disk is a biometric thumb-drive that can be protected by your thumbprint. Those skeptical of this feature would quickly be won over by its ease of use. On initial plug-in, a window pops up and takes three swipes of your chosen finger or thumb along with an alternate password. On subsequent use, the same window will prompt you to swipe for entry. Not entering the correct print or password will bar intruders from accessing the information within – absolutely reassuring considering there aren't any two thumbprints that are the same. Should in an unlikely case that you might actually lose your fingerprint or the reader is a little picky, the alternative password can be used to reset the security options. Finally, A-data's Fingerprint Disk comes in an irresistible Mac-white look.
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Nothing like a fresh breath of culture to re-inject culture into our technology dominated lifestyle - A-Data introduces a gorgeous thumb-drive inspired by Chinese paintings and calligraphy. Within its elegant transparent thumb-drive casing, intricate slivers of calligraphy or art can be slipped within for a customized look. It even comes along with an elaborate dongle to compliment your thumb-drive. All of this comes packaged in a beautiful black box with velvet cushioning within.
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CHRIS Peachey had big dreams — to be recognised for his BMX riding and one day have a family of his own.
The 22-year-old from Lavington died on Sunday morning when his car hit a tree on Mungabareena Road.
Yesterday his parents, Mark and Kim Peachey, described their son as a fun-loving larrikin, who enjoyed BMX riding and always had time for his friends and family.
They spoke to The Border Mail from their Lavington home where Chris was also living with his younger siblings Tim, 19, and Kaitlyn, 16.
"Chris was quite a larrikin and always had a joke," Mrs Peachey said.
"He was always bubbly and outgoing, there was never a dull moment when he was around."
They said Chris loved to socialise and always had a way with women.
"His favourite colour was lime green and he had a Hawaiian shirt in that colour that he used to call his grog and giggle shirt," Mr Peachey said.
"Whenever there was a party he would put on his grog and giggle shirt."
Chris grew up in Jindera before moving with his family to Lavington about four years ago.
He graduated from year 10 at Murray High School, before starting as an apprentice baker at Hot Bake in Lavington.
After completing the apprenticeship last year he went to Perth for a short time to pursue work in a bakery, but decided home was where he needed to be.
Chris enjoyed his BMX riding and built his own ramp and foam pit while living in Jindera.
Mr Peachey said his son's dream when he was younger was to become famous for his skills on the bike.
"He had a very bright future," he said.
"We would like to think he is up there looking down on us, cracking jokes and perhaps having a beer with his great nan and great grandfather."


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These White Actors Will Star In The Chilean Miners Movie
It has been almost a year since the now-infamous 33 Chilean miners (Los 33) were initially trapped following a mine cave-in. Their miraculous rescue after being undeground for 69 days captivated the world. Now you will never be able to forget them because Hollywood is bringing their story to the big screen. Producer Mike Medavoy, whose recent credits include Black Swan and Shutter Island, has acquired the rights to the story and Jose Rivera, the screenwriter for The Motorcycle Diaries, will pen the script.
There isn't any news on the cast just yet. (Duh. The miners only just agreed that this is the best way to capitalize on their
notoriety inspiring story.) So we decided to predict which Hollywood actors will tackle the juiciest roles in the movie that is sure to be a winning ensemble drama.
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My little girl is nearly five months old and is quite distractable. She doesn't eat much when she is awake and eats mostly when she is sleeping or about to go to sleep. This was cute at first and now it's just getting a tiny bit frustrating.
Here are some concerns/questions:
1) Do I need to pump during the day to keep up my supply?
She usually eats more at night now (4 times) to make up for the missing nutrition during the day. I just don't know if it as much as before since I am half asleep when we feed.
2) Any tips on getting her to eat while she is awake?
3) How about getting her to nurse comfortably in public? I feel that this is important to reach my goal of nursing until she is ready to wean...not the one year standard.
Thanks in advance for your attention to this matter!
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The Marlins come to town tonight. RHP Ricky Nolasco (9-10, 4.39) will tangle with Ross the Boss Ohlendorf (0-1, 6.35) at 7:05 PM. Root Sports will televise the game.
Lineup: Alex Presley LF, Neil Walker 2B, Andrew McCutchen CF, Derrek Lee 1B, Ryan Doumit C, Ryan Ludwick RF, Josh Harrison 3B, Pedro Ciriaco SS, Ross Ohlendorf P.
Ciriaco gets the start at short and Harrison at third.
- When the Pirates trot out Jeff Locke to pitch tomorrow, he'll become the 51st player Pittsburgh has used this season, tying the record for most players set last year.
- Jeff Karstens will rejoin the rotation Tuesday.
- OK, Evan Meek has been back since Tuesday, Clint. Use him already!
- Matt Hague, Gorkys Hernandez, Bryan Morris,Kyle McPherson and Justin Wilson are all in Pittsburgh. They're not being added to the roster, but here to be coached up a little and experience the Pirate routine.
- Bradenton lost the rubber match of their Class A playoff semifinal 4-3 in ten innings to St. Lucie last nite. Two walks and a two-out single did them in.


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Zorn, Ted and Page, Debbie (1999) In search of heroes, followers and villains: Identity and control in the discourse of popular management writing. In: National Communication Association Conference, November, 1999, Chicago, Illinois.
Page, Debbie and Zorn, Ted (1999) Nuts about change: Multiple perspectives on organizational change communication. Working Paper. University of Waikato Working Paper Series, Hamilton, New Zealand.


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A heart surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center unwittingly infected five patients during valve replacement surgeries earlier this year, causing four of the patients to need a second operation.
The infections occurred after tiny tears in the latex surgical gloves routinely worn by the doctor allowed bacteria from a skin inflammation on his hand to pass into the patients' hearts, according to the hospital. The patients survived the second operation and are still recovering, hospital officials said.
The outbreak led to investigations by the hospital and both the L.A. County and California departments of public health. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was also consulted.
Hospital officials called it a "very unusual occurrence" probably caused by an unfortunate confluence of events: the nature of the surgery, the microscopic rips in the gloves and the surgeon's skin condition. Valve replacement requires the surgeon to use thick sutures and tie more than 100 knots, which can cause extra stress on the gloves, they said.


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ, speaking for the first time since he took a line drive off his left ear during Tuesday night's game, said he is lucky to be back in Toronto's clubhouse and hopes to return to baseball as soon as possible.
MCCARTHY ON HEADGEAR: 'A matter of when, not if'
PITCHERS: Chance of head injury 'part of the gig'
"I feel very fortunate," Happ said, speaking to a room of reporters before Wednesday's game. "The whole baseball community has been unbelievable with the messages I'm receiving, things people are sending and all the prayers. It looks like I moved just a little bit. I don't remember doing that, but just enough to where it caught me on a better spot (instead of) head-on."
After a frightening play that saw the ball carom clear to the bullpen in right field and left blood on the mound at Tropicana Field, the 30-year-old left-hander was taken off the field on a stretcher. Teammates were thrilled to see text messages returned late Tuesday night, and manager John Gibbons was amazed to see him up and eating when he got to his hospital room. Happ was released from the hospital Wednesday afternoon, aware of how fortunate he was to do so without serious injuries.
Rays outfielder Desmond Jennings was clearly shaken during the play.
"It's something you just don't want to see, don't want to happen to anybody," Jennings said. "I didn't know what to think. I saw it happen and I knew something was wrong. I saw the direction the ball was going. I didn't know where it hit him. I just knew it was somewhere above the shoulder. It was tough to see. You never want to see anything like that happen to anybody. I talked to him today, and he told me everything was OK, that he was doing better. He was talking to me like normal, like he could go out and go today."
Happ said he did not suffer a concussion, but rather a contusion that left him with a minor fracture behind his ear that should heal without surgery. He required stitches for a laceration on his ear, but the biggest injury concern was his knee, which he tweaked as he fell; he left the hospital on crutches and said it would be evaluated by team doctors.
Happ, who did not put a specific timetable on a potential return, said he had seen a replay of the ball hitting him, joking that "I thought I made a decent pitch."
His teammates and coaches were relieved and thankful to see their teammate Wednesday, knowing the play could have produced much worse results very easily.
"Everybody saw it last night. It was scary, could have been really bad," Gibbons said. "He got very lucky. ... It definitely should take a back seat. That's life. Baseball's big business, but it's a game. It's entertainment. It definitely takes a back seat."


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San Diego's Big Bay Boom Fireworks Show – Fail [VIDEO]
We understand that the Annual Fourth of July Fireworks show in San Diego is one of the best in the country… but not this year. Instead of a boom, it was more of a BUST.
The San Diego California "Big Bay Boom" Fireworks show was set to be shot off from 3 different barges, at 9 p.m. last night, but about five minutes before the show was scheduled to begin, the fireworks went off… all at the same time!
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This article is about conservatives trying to brand themselves.
They want to find out what liberals support, and be the opposite. Since liberals seem to like science, and it seems to conflict with religion to some people(*), conservatives are rebelling against that.
What "science" actually is has nothing to do with the conservative view, or the liberal one(+).
The real problem that conservatives face here is that their strategy is silly. Defining yourself by what your enemies do will not work. It leaves you open to manipulation and getting backed into a corner. I think that's what is happening here.
* - I don't think this is true at all. Religion is metaphysical poetry, science is its physical counterpart.
+ - I don't believe that "reality has a liberal bias." Reality has a reality bias. It's pointlessly combative to claim that all conservatives are detached from reality (or all liberals)
The point is, that we don't have to trust in science, if we make use of the technologies that have come out of that science.
I mean, we can certainly test that if you throw a rock into the air, it comes back down.
But any time you make use of a technology, you're testing the science behind the technology and demanding that it work well enough so the technology will function. If you boot a computer, order for the microchip to function it needs electricity to behave in a certain way around semiconductors, which means the quantum physics has to be reasonably close to accurate. Same story with taking medication - you're testing, by taking the medication, whether the science is good enough that the medication will do what scientists think it will do (and sometimes finding the scientists were wrong). And every time you start up your car you're testing that the chemistry that makes an internal combustion engine work does in fact work the way we think it is.
>There is no "trust" in science - there is nothing to "believe."
Close, but you're missing the point. Science is not the natural laws of the universe, science is the study of those laws, and it's scientists (in the mind of conservatives, think of them as 'people who claim to know more than the rest of us') that conservatives don't trust. In order for someone to believe you're telling the truth, they have to trust you. If they don't trust scientists to tell them the truth, then science itself becomes untrusted. In the Conservative vs. Liberal wars, we have two camps that each consist of leaders and followers. Followers follow the leaders, not because they always agree with them, but because they **trust** them. Is that trust misplaced? Possibly, on both sides.
Want to know why self-proclaimed Conservatives oppose things like the health care law? It's not because they won't benefit (obviously they will benefit in far greater numbers than more wealthy liberals), it's because it's been successfully branded 'Obamacare', and they simply do not trust Barack Obama to do anything that won't hurt them. His image, to them, is that of a subversive radical Muslim (who wasn't even born here) who is trying to take over the country, and must be stopped at all costs. It has nothing to do with the fact that they can't get insurance, can't get healthcare, whatever. The issues don't matter, it's the image that counts.
OTOH, many conservatives and real republicans fully support science, logic, etc. and what can be learned from it. Sadly, they are now a minority of the republican party. Many of them are driven out with the neo-cons screaming that those ppl are RINOs and are actually liberals. Sad that America has sunk this low.
This. Technically, I should vote republican every time. I believe in a balanced budget, frugal spending priorities, and a limited government. However, what I get from republican candidates is God, wars on xxx, politically motivated spending projects and the attitude that if you're not with us, you're a terrorist.
No thanks.
âoeThere is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.â
Isaac Asimov
"It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so."
Will Rogers
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it."
Upton Sinclair
"Reality has a well-known liberal bias."
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I have a little something I call the parable of the investment opportunity. Dick has the option of investing in this exciting new product that promises to double his money in twelve months. Jane is skeptical. The two can jawbone back and forth all day long.
Jane explains that it looks like a bad idea, resembles many other bad ideas, the person presenting the opportunity has a history of failed schemes, and the whole thing looks too risky.
Dick feels she's being too negative. She's not embracing opportunity. He has a prospectus printed in full color on expensive paper and the pitchman has such a nice haircut, really looks like someone you could do business with.
It's impossible to know how the investment will turn out until it's made, even if anyone watching the two of them argue will more than likely have a strong opinion before long.
Dick makes the investment. Twelve months later, he's lost all his money. Not only that but he's lost it in exactly the way Jane predicted, for the reasons she listed.
Now for most people, this would be some pretty compelling evidence. Not so for Dick! Perhaps it wasn't a bad idea, he just didn't apply it with enough vigor. Perhaps there was an external factor that sabotaged what was otherwise a sound idea. Does he reevaluate? Does he reexamine? No, he'll double-down. And Jane is still an ignorant slut.
I'd identify myself as conservative, and at least in my case my trust in science has not decreased. That said, my trust in the scientific community has certainly decreased in the last decade or two. Of course, I could say the same about humanity as a whole. I wasn't even born by the 1970s, so most of my decreasing trust could probably be attributed to simply growing up and realizing that the world is filled with people on all sides who have agendas.
'conservative' means different things to different people, but checking the dictionary gives this definition: "disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change."
I think most people agree science is a driving force for change, whether through application of new knowledge or development of new technology. So, at least based on the definition above, science directly opposes conservative goals. It's not surprising for people to distrust something that actively threatens their ideology.
This has been gradually leading up for a century and more. Conservatives have always been doubtful of science, preferring to believe what they had been told in their youth. For them, it is easier to believe in the mad ramblings of an old book than a system of thought that has borne the fruit of progress for four centuries. There is no fundamental difference between the Catholic Church's assaults on Giordano Bruno and Galileo and the Evangelical assault on Evolution in schools. (For people who condemn Popery so strongly, this is especially amusing.) That there was ever an embrace of science on the conservative side only reflects the reality of the world as was discovered in the Second World War. That is to say, even the most stupid of Evangelicals must acknowledge we are better off with atomic bombs and ICMBs than without. Of course, it might be acknowledged that this is only an extension of the conservative love of spreading doctrine through violence rather than rhetoric and scientific persuasion.
Yes, the ones who call themselves liberals have their own problems with science. The stupid stupid lies of postmodernist thought destroyed a generation and a half of potential scientists, but the important thing is that science is pulling away from that abhorrent clap trap.
Wait a minute. Hasn't this been going on at least since Galileo?
"Conservatives" sure do seem to trust science when they get cancer, or need an operation. Then all of a sudden, there aren't enough medical advances to suit them. They'll shell out tons of cash to extend their lives just a wee bit more.
Dick Cheney just had a heart transplant, and the donor was probably some guy he shot in the face. Tell me Dick Cheney doesn't "trust science" when it comes to keeping him alive.
I dislike tobacco. I don't like the smoke, I don't like the spitting, I don't like the spent butts littering the roadway.
All of that is personal opinion, no different from disliking the appearance of people chewing gum or getting it stuck on my shoe.
Neither is enough to permit me to get my dander up and start banning this and that. I could ask someone not to smoke upwind of me and that's just a question of common courtesy.
That's all anyone could say about tobacco for a number of years. Doctors suspected health effects but it took time to properly substantiate those suspicions.
Of course, the people making money from tobacco had a great interest in keeping the controversy alive. It's not good for business to admit that your product, when used as directed, will kill people. The only way a smoker won't die of smoking-related causes is if he dies of something else first.
As someone who tobacco to begin with, now science is on my side. How far can I push with regards to tobacco? If we consider that a person has a right to do what they want to their own body, up to and including suicide, then who are we to argue as to how they do it?
At the same time, we know that advertising works. Billions of dollars don't get spent on marketing if it doesn't influence decision-making in the human animal. So are these people really making a choice for themselves?
I'm not a supporter of the way the temperance movement operated back in the day. I like having my wine and beer. Temperance crusaders can point to the dangers of alcohol consumption. I could argue that you can drink in moderation with no ill effects whereas there's no safe level of tobacco consumption but that could sound like rationalization.
I think as far as my own opinion goes, the tobacco companies deliberately prevented their customers from making an informed choice. They did their best to cloud the discussion with bad science, bad data, and deliberate lies and bullshit. They prevented a rational discussion from ever occurring because it would be bad for business.
Look at the current scientific "controversies" and you will see the same thing happening, parties interested in the status quo doing their best to create uncertainty where there is actually a great deal of scientific certainty.
The headline doesn't surprise me at all, but I think some of the conclusions about why stem from speculation on stereotypes rather than a comprehensive understanding of conservatism. As a practicing catholic, I accept the teachings of the church in the Bible; however, I also accept the theory of evolution based on my studies of bioinformatics related subjects. My interpretation of the Bible does not stand in conflict. For instance, the Bible says God created Earth in seven days. Since so much of the Bible's teaching comes in the form of metaphors, I interpret seven days a metaphor for people of ancient times with no access to education so they could easily relate concepts they understood to the formation of a planet. Many of my fellow catholics and conservatives express their beliefs in similar fashion.
In coming to where the distrust of science arises, I consider several data points. First, Left leaning thinkers dominate most of academia. Polls show this overwhelmingly, and I'm pretty sure most reading this don't disagree. Second, causes of environmental extremism frequently only present a partial view of science to justify an agenda. Consider the claims that man made CO2 emissions are causing the planet to warm. Much of the research upon which scientists have based these claims is not public. They have taken steps to avoid Freedom of Information Act requests, even to the extent that a frustrated whistleblower dumped a series of emails that blew up into the scandal now known as Climategate. For instance, proper simulation analysis undergoes a process called Independent Validation and Verification (IV&V). This involves third parties reproducing results against known outcomes, and anyone wishing to challenge the assertions may openly participate. However; this is not what's happened. Rather than openly engaging skeptics, even those with scientific backgrounds, the proponents tarnish, ridicule, and exclude such people from the process. Given the substantial financial gains some stand to make with the implementation of CO2 emissions policy, conservatives not welcoming such changes will naturally express a high degree of skepticism. Efforts such as capping CO2 emissions, elimination of DDT, etc. span back as early as the 1970s. Third, it's natural for conservatives to distrust anyone with the power of public policy making. There are exceptions, but not many.
On the other side, I think some of my fellow conservatives sometimes fail to look at the whole picture of an issue. For instance, the US energy sector stands to gain a great deal of efficiency with the implementation of SmartGrid technology. However, it has an Orwellian aspect to it in that a central office can manipulate the amount of power applied at the point of consumption. Conservatives, myself included, don't want somebody in a central office controlling what happens within their homes, and this sentiment sometimes overshadows the other benefits of SmartGrid technology, such as synchrophasers. So rather than simply opposing the single invasive aspect of SmartMeters, they oppose the entirely of all SmartGrid technology.
Lastly, I think that scientists naturally tend to drift towards Left leaning ideology because of their problem solver mentality. When an engineer builds something, a car or rocket or software application, he/she aims to develop it in such a manner that it functions in the most optimal way possible, time and money permitting of course. The building blocks are mechanical parts, 0's and 1's, or other types of inanimate objects. They don't have consciousness, feeling, dreams, desires, or rights. When science enters the realm of public policy, however, those building blocks are individual persons. I think it's too easy for scientific based public policy makers to forget that and consequently dehumanize the problems they are trying to solve. That's what I consider the essence of conservative based skepticism of science in today's world.
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
Avon Walk Boston supports research and care at Mass General
The Mass General Team, including Beverly Moy, MD and Gwen Mitchell, LPN, receive a research grant at the end of the Avon Walk
The eighth annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer season continued with the Avon Walk in Boston this weekend, which raised more than $5.8 million to advance access to care and finding a cure for breast cancer. The Avon Walk Boston, the third of nine Avon Walks this year, attracted more than 2,500 participants drawn from 47 states, France and Bermuda, including 228 breast cancer survivors, who joined together to raise lifesaving funds and awareness for breast cancer.
Suze Orman, financial expert and Special Ambassador for the Avon Foundation, announced during the Closing Ceremony a total of more than $2.6 million in grants to 11 local organizations, including a grant to Massachusetts General Hospital. Home of theAvon Foundation Breast Care Center of Excellenceand the Avon Walk Boston medical sponsor, Mass General received $750,000 to support research studying novel PARP inhibitors as a promising class of therapeutic agents in the treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer, as well as supporting programs to help low income women receive care at the Avon Center at Mass General and the community clinics in Chelsea, Geiger Gibson and Mattapan. Beverly Moy, MD, a breast oncologist from the Cancer Center, accepted the grant.
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Rampage Topple Checkers 5-2by Staff Writer / Florida Panthers
SAN ANTONIO (December 30, 2012) -- The San Antonio Rampage (13-17-0-4) put an exclamation point on the end of the calendar year, as they defeated the division leading Charlotte Checkers (18-11-1-3), 5-2, Sunday afternoon at the AT&T Center in front of 4,746 fans.
Jacob Markstrom made a career high 49 saves off of 51 shots in the win and was named the First Star of the Game. Meanwhile, rookie defenseman John Lee completed a Gordie Howe Hat Trick with his first career professional points and a fight in the third period. Lee earned Second Star of the Game honors for his efforts.
With the victory, San Antonio has taken seven of a possible eight points in their last four games (3-0-0-1). The win came against the best road team in the Western Conference and snapped a three-game winless streak against the Checkers this season.
It was a night to remember for several Rampage rookies as six combined for nine points, including two-point nights from Jared Gomes, Drew Shore, and Lee.
But the night belonged to Markstrom, who once again stood tall for San Antonio in a game in which the Rampage were outshot, 51-31. Of his 49 saves, 24 came in the third period when Charlotte kick started its offense. The win capped off a big weekend for the Swedish netminder, who made 91 saves in his two starts.
Gomes opened the scoring for San Antonio 17:12 of the first period when Lee moved the puck to Jonathan Hazen in the neutral zone. Hazen feathered a pass to Gomes across the ice and sent him in on a two-on-one. Gomes fired and the puck bounced under the pads of Charlotte goaltender Justin Peters for his seventh goal of the season.
Casey Wellman added a historic tally at 3:56 of the second period after Jon Sim broke into the Checkers zone looking for a breakaway. With a Charlotte defender on him, Sim moved the puck to Shore who found Wellman open on the right wing side. The goal was Wellman's 100th career point in the AHL.
Later in the second period, with Charlotte on a power play, Gomes rushed in short handed with Quinton Howden. Gomes slid the puck to Howden, who buried it for his second short-handed tally of the year.
The Checkers began to fight back in the third period, trailing 3-0. Charlotte's 26 shots in the frame was a franchise high for shots surrendered by the Rampage in a single period.
Bobby Sanguinetti got Charlotte on the board with a power-play goal 1:48 in the final frame. The Rampage had just killed a 5-on-3 penalty, but Sanguinetti scored with a blast from the point just as Nolan Yonkman exited the box.
Lee reopened a three-goal lead for the Rampage four minutes later with an accurate slap shot from the right faceoff dot that beat Peters top corner. The goal was Lee's first as a professional, which came in his 14th game in the Silver and Black.
Justin Shugg would add another goal for Charlotte at 15:15 of the third period, but the Rampage again answered. Shore netted an insurance goal at 16:55 to make it 5-2 Rampage. Shore extended his point-scoring streak to four games and now has two goals and five assists in that span.
San Antonio held the league's best road power-play unit to just 1-for-7 on the night, while the Rampage finished 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
The Rampage will kick off 2013 with a Friday night tilt against the Peoria Rivermen on a KZEP Dollar Drink Night. Puck drop is at 7:30 p.m. at AT&T Center.
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Questioned today about a soldier who rolled an armoured personnel carrier, killing another soldier, the former commanding officer at the Puckapunyal army base told a court soldiers were allowed to have fun on the job, but within reason.
Colonel Roger Symons said the manoeuvre, known as a power slide, performed by Private Anthony Brandt when he braked heavily, causing the 11-tonne APC to slide sideways before it tipped over, was not common on the base.
Colonel Symons told the County Court on the second day of Private Brandt's trial that soldiers were allowed to enjoy their work as long as they remained safe and efficient.
He described Private Brandt's actions as "skylarking".
Private Brandt, 28, has pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving causing death over the June 26, 2009, incident.
He was driving the M113A1 APC at speed down a slope during what has been described as a sophisticated hide-and-seek training exercise on the army base near Seymour.
Private David Jon Smith, 25, was commanding the vehicle with his head outside the turret when it rolled. He died of chest and abdominal injuries.
Cross-examined today by defence barrister, John Dickinson, SC, Colonel Symons was asked if the Army was "looking for a scapegoat" over the accident.
Prosecutor Chris Dane, QC, immediately objected to the question, saying Colonel Symons was not in a position to ask what the Army was doing.
Judge Mark Taft directed Mr Dickinson to move on with his questioning.
Mr Dickinson put it to Colonel Symons that during the army's commission of inquiry into the incident, he was told there were two schools of thought regarding the practice of power sliding the APCs.
He said senior officers believed it was not common practice but every soldier who drove APCs had a different view.
Colonel Symons disagreed with the claim, saying the APCs were dangerous vehicles not designed to slide sideways as this was outside their "performance envelope".
Colonel Symons added that the Army did not train soldiers in this way.
"There is no effective control over the vehicle if it is sliding sideways."
Warrant Officer Marcus Hovington told the court the APCs could reach a maximum speed of 63km/h but could go faster downhill.
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The accident happened on the last day of a training exercise where two APCs, including the one driven by Private Brandt, were directed by their superiors to a particular grid reference on the map. Other soldiers were then tasked to try to find them.
On the way, the two armoured personnel carriers engaged in activity that was not part of the planned exercise, Mr Dane said.
They went down a gentle slope one at a time before the driver would pull hard on one of the levers, causing the vehicle to turn and slide.
The manoeuvre was similar to a motorist pulling the hand brake at speed, causing the car to travel at right angles.
After completing the manoeuvre once, the soldiers decided to do it again which is when the accident happened.
Mr Dane said Private Brandt's vehicle was observed to be moving faster the second time around.
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And then I said, "
And then I said, "
That's what most recipients will likely say - nothing.
So what happens after that?
According to TorrentFreak.
...rightsholders say that if Vcap doesn't achieve results, they will call for the "rapid implementation" of the harsh measures promised by the Digital Economy Act.
There's a 99.9% chance they're going to pull that shit on day one.
I used to get emails and letters from Virgin begging me to download less. They advertise an "unlimited" service so they can't force me to, they just begged. I asked them to stop sending them and they did.
If that doesn't work you could ask for the letters to be printed on toilet paper so at least you could get some use out of them. Failing that just write "return to sender" on the envelope and shove it back in the box.
If piracy is actually a problem, this may be as effective as the TV detection vans they (used to?) have roaming around, supposedly able to detect if you're watching live TV without paying the TV licence (which makes you a criminal in the UK). Apparently the high tech of those vans is... a list of people who don't have a licence. Nobody knows if they have a remote listening device like in spy movies that they point at your window, and apparently they don't even bother sending the vans out these days - they just tell you they do, and it's just as effective.
Using that logic, just the appearance of threats can get most people to comply with the law, or demands from the law that you don't have to comply with (like in "can I search your car please?"). Since an IP address doesn't identify a person, that's pretty much all they can do: send educational material, which makes people think "we are watching you", which makes them subscribe to Netflix and give up on 0-day TV shows (freshly ripped off the air).
I'd like to see "piracy" and "loss" numbers a year after people start getting these letters. My belief is that the piracy numbers will go down, but the revenue of content creators will not follow suit.
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http://www.newscientist.com/bl... [newscientist.com]
Yes, but if they were using these techniques they would have used them as evidence in court. When asked to provide evidence they have always failed to do so. It isn't clear how they would prove it was your TV they were detecting either, rather than someone else's.
If they had real detectors they would demonstrate them. They don't, they just rely on intimidation.
They use a much simpler method these days: The agency just has a list of every home in the country without a license. While there are some people who actually have no TV, this is actually a very rare thing indeed, so they just pick addresses at random and send someone around to check from time to time. If you've got no TV license, you can expect an inspector to drop in every couple of years to make sure you have no TV either.
how does that work, if you don't have a tv with TUNER but you have a computer monitor and you watch content that is not over cable or sat or over the air?
My belief is that this won't affect a damn thing. People get sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars for a few copyright violations, and this hasn't stopped. It will never stop or even really be reduced all that much because of how easy it is.
The only thing that I could see putting a dent in some of these numbers is for the copyright holders to make it easy to buy and download DRM-free content online. It has to be as easy or easier than the 'illegitimate' route for it to work, and fairly cheap. That's jus
They mainly use the strategy of sending many letters to address that they think are unlicenced.
My flat has two different numbers (One based on floors, the other based on the order reached when climbing the stairs) and I received a licence sent to one address on the same day as a warning sent to the other.
For many years (until I finally told them) I received warnings to the unlicensed version of my address every few months.
Legal alternatives usually don't even exist, or are completely overpriced, or months late in other countries.
Stop trying to educate, threaten or sue people. Clean up your copyright deals so that you do synchronous worldwide launches of your content. We're in the age of the Internet downloads and streaming. Try to keep up.
Try to keep up.
Exactly. To beat TBP, the service has to be better, or at least as good. This means:
* Timely
* Easily searched
* Good range of different qualities
* Good download speed.
* Even vaguely decent software for actually downloading the stuff.
* No mandatory streaming and/or bullshit DRM.
* A la carte purchase of individual shows and episodes.
* Sane codecs, i.e. a nice MP4 which plays anywhere.
The thing is, not a single one of the above is about price. Those are all the features that TPB offers which cu
Indeed. Pirates have noticed this too. Once legal services become cheap, reliable and convenient in any region the number of pirates in the community drops sharply. It's a serious problem - piracy is a community, and it falls apart when half the members lose interest because they can get what they want quicker on Netflix.
The thing is, not a single one of the above is about price.
And yet, that is eventually what it comes down to, is it not? Everybody is apparently willing to pay if only A, B, C
Netflix launched in The Netherlands to much furore. We're a bit on now, and guess what? Most of the subscribers are still downloading, some even started downloading more; they found a series they liked, then realized that Netflix only has seasons 1 through 3, even though season 4
And yet, that is eventually what it comes down to, is it not?
Everybody is apparently willing to pay if only A, B, C
Yeah but A-Z very rarely exist.
But rarely is there an amount attached.
Sure there is. People still buy DVDs. To series I've come to late (i.e. where timeliness isn't an issue), I've bought the DVDs instead. The DRM is so light as to be non existent.
Netflix launched in The Netherlands to much furore. We're a bit on now, and guess what? Most of the subscribers are still downloading
Here's the thing. As others have pointed out, IP owners don't have to share their property with anyone. They can lock music, videos, art, books, whatever in a vault and deny you access. Don't like it? Tough, that's what private property is all about.
On the other hand, at least in the USA, the copyright clause begins with the preamble "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts." So, if you want to keep it to yourself, or your circle of good freinds, fine. You just shouldn't rely on copyright law to
the ISPs have argued that it is not their responsibility to police users
Hey, would y'all mind exporting that attitude to us here in the US?
What happens if, say, the user is downloading shows for which there is no legal source? Let me give you an example:
There's a Japanese TV show, highly popular on various anime trackers, called Game Center CX. It's a live-action show that's been running for something like 18 seasons now where a comedian named Shinya Arino plays through hard and/or bad NES/SNES era games.. and it's also had a bit of an odd cycle of rights in the United States.
Initially, Kotaku (horrible as it is) licensed some 13 or so episodes from the show's rightsholder, Fuji TV. They overdubbed them.. poorly.. and released them online. Kotaku only had the rights to those specific episodes, and only for I believe two years. The show proved unpopular on Kotaku, because at that point Something Awful already had a fansub group together who were doing a much better job translating and didn't have an annoying English-language overdub. SA-GCCX released their work on Youtube, where it stayed for years without a problem. I should also mention that they only translated the episodes Kotaku did not have the rights to - episodes that could not be legally seen outside of Japan because they were only broadcast on Fuji TV and no one bought the rights to them here.
About a year ago, Fuji TV sent a mass of DMCA notices on every episode of Game Center CX that had been uploaded to Youtube, even though the show was not licensed (and still is not, with one exception that I'll mention) in the United States. Every single episode got taken down, and there was a massive scramble to get them all back.
There is ONE exception to the licensing - SA-GCCX actually got a commercial DVD released just before Fuji TV started sending out takedown notices, of their own subtitled versions of the episodes Kotaku had butchered. However, they only had the rights to the episodes Kotaku had previously licensed, and they were not the ones who sent out takedown notices on the Youtube videos. Fuji TV also sells DVD box sets of the show, but those are not subtitled, almost impossible to import, and cost a metric fuck-ton of money (I tried to buy one once, it would've cost me something like $300 for a set of DVDs I can't understand).
So now, outside of spending a ridiculous amount of money to buy a satellite package that contains Fuji TV (which I'm not sure even exists) and learning to understand spoken Japanese (tried it, lapsed when I got a job) or moving to the Tokyo metropolitan area and paying for a cable subscription, there is no legal way for me to watch Game Center CX should Fuji TV decide to go after torrents of the show. They haven't, so far, and I don't live in the UK, but I can just imagine AT&T sending me a "non-threatening" letter:
"Dear Customer,
You have been caught downloading Game Center CX, a television show owned by Fuji TV, Inc. This is wrong and you should consider a legal purchase instead at the following locations:
Indeed !
Still waiting to find season 1 of "Absolute Boy" (Zettai Shonen) with English subtitles without paying a small fortune.
Amazon has one copy of Season 1 @ $65 (with Subtitles in French and Dutch, gee NO thanks -- want ENGLISH), but for how long?
I'll be modded into oblivion, but...
Why are you entitled to watch this, and have you considered the alternative of NOT watching it?
You could as easily ask why anybody is entitled to prevent him watching it.
You could, if you wanted to present a strawman rather than answer the question.
Like it or not, challenging or not in a digital age, but (largely speaking) content producers (and the people for whom they produce that content) own their content, and get to decide who gets to sees it.
Sorry but you ask why someone feels entitled, as though there's any reason at all why they shouldn't.
Content producers do not 'own' that content. They have an artificially created legal claim to it, but that doesn't mean they own it, or that they have any entitlement to prevent anybody else from accessing it.
So don't give someone shit for wanting to experience elements of human culture. It belongs to everybody.
So don't give someone shit for wanting to experience elements of human culture. It belongs to everybody.
Except that it doesn't.
You're not entitled to use any of the software I wrote. It does not belong to everyone.
You're not entitled to see any drawing I've sketched. It does not belong to everyone.
You're not entitled to hear any of the music I've played. It does not belong to everyone.
>> the ISPs have argued that it is not their responsibility to police users
And this is one of the reasons established user policers, particularly cable and dish companies, continue to push out traditional ISPs (and are being encouraged by content providers to continue to do so). Similarly, it's no coincidence that the same parties line up where they do on net neutrality: once you're OK with metering certain types of provider content, all you need to do is meter the hell out of any non-whitelisted pr
Can they please send me one?
I am desperate to find someone to give money to, in exchange for unencumbered 1080p video (movies/tv).
I've stopped watching movies, but I know many in my position steal movies not for the price (we're engineers; cost is not an issue), but for the quality and user experience. Honestly, I couldn't care whether movies are $10, $20, or even $30. I care that I can wire someone money, click a button, and start a 10-20gb download of unencumbered, professionally encoded, high definition video.
In the meantime, I spend all of my media dollars on music, since there are multiple sources from which I can actually buy it.
Won't someone in the video world please take my money?
It seems to me like downloading movies would be easier than stealing copies of them. I would think engineers would be smart enough to realize that, and act accordingly.
Oh, definitely. Stealing copies is a friggin' pain, which is why I've acted accordingly, and been putting the call out!
*waves money around*
Please, someone! Take my money and provide me direct, legal access to unencumbered, copyrighted video material!
Wait; maybe I misunderstood. Sorry, I'm using the industry-approved(tm) term "stealing" for copyright violation. Tongue-in-cheek.
I want those making the decisions to understand that I accept the term "stealing" and may consider copyright violation morally ambiguous or even negative. However, I judge the encryption of works restricted by copyright to be so much greater a moral failing that using the even theft is the lesser crime.
Like the $2.99 per episode a la carte offering for Game of Thrones HBO has on their website? Sweet! Thanks for letting me know, I didn't know such a legal alternative existed!
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Obama: Consoler in chief
By Richard Parker
The morning after the explosion, the Texas sky turns gray and cold. Then the clouds open and pour rain down on the dead, the wounded and what's left of the smoldering town of West.
The police finally announce that between five and 15 are dead and 160 have gone to hospitals. Even as the body count is released in Texas, a memorial unfolds in Boston for those slain earlier in this week's bombing. And it is, after all, just a few short months after the horror of Newtown, Conn.
Of course, there will never be enough measured words from authorities, eloquence from politicians or tales of heroism and resiliency to make up for all that was lost in all these places and others in recent years. But it is hard not to notice that the country has entered a second full decade of hair-trigger uncertainty. It is equally hard not to notice that perhaps the Obama presidency will not be measured by his successes but by his solace; not the place in history a president wishes to occupy.
West, Texas, is a tiny town of fewer than 3,000 people; you can see the whole town, pretty much, from I-35. Until last week it was modestly famous as a place for great kolaches and a festival that celebrated the town's Czech immigrant heritage. Indeed, there was no Czech pun the town could pass up. There is the Czech Stop and the motel, the Czech Inn. But there was nothing funny about death and devastation that visited Wednesday night in an explosion that was measured on a Richter scale at 2.1 in Amarillo — 400 miles away.
Sadly, this little corner of Texas has always had its share of April tragedies. Twenty years ago, the federal government's disastrous raid on the Branch Davidian compound resulted in nearly 80 deaths in nearby Waco. A little farther south and a few years later, in May 1997 the F5 Jarrell Tornado literally wiped the subdivision of Double Creek Estates right off the map, taking with it 27 lives.
What happened to West may not have been as fatal but it is not any less cause for disbelief.
"This is just a small town," says Joey Oliver, who is working the front desk at the Czech Inn. His long sigh says almost as much as his words: "It's something we never expected to happen."
Everyone must endure hardship and many must endure tragedy in life. And mass tragedy differs from private ones only in one sense: one is shared and the other must be endured alone. The president has already called the governor; the government machinery of disaster relief is cranking up again. I wonder if the president will visit West next. He has already had to visit so many places: Fort Hood, Tucson, Aurora, New Jersey, New York, Newtown, Boston. It is part of the symbolic duty of presidents, after all.
But he has precious few successes to show as president. One can blame the Republicans, the deficit or polarized politics but the point stands. And worse, the country he helps govern continues to be wracked by uncertainty, not merely economic or political. In January, a Gallup poll found that most people believed that taxes and crime would rise, economic difficulty would increase and American power would fall.
Era of tumult
Of course, most things in life are far beyond our control. But in the public square, at least, fatalism should not creep into governing in an effort to stave off disaster and tragedy or recover from it. And yet, this president may wind up known more for consoling and mourning than anything else. It wouldn't even be his fault. The country entered an era of tumult and uncertainty on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 — and well more than a decade later it has not climbed out of it. Millions remain out of work; millions have lost their homes.
The world's most powerful nation dwells at the intersection of uncertainty and anxiety. Of course, the president would make the case that it could have been worse. Perhaps, though it is impossible to prove the negative. But at this rate, a snapshot of this era taken from the future may well show the images of fear and tragedy and a tall, lonesome looking president at memorials, hospital beds and gravesides.
Of course, one president's legacy does not stack up to the fates of hundreds or thousands or hundreds of millions. And George Will once wrote that we don't need a president to console us. It's true, in a sense. We are not infants. Yet presidents are judged in history almost as much by how they made a country feel about itself as what they accomplished.
And with so few precious accomplishments in Washington and so many dark occasions such as the ones that visited Newtown, Boston and now, West, this president may best be remembered by how he led in these. It is probably not the legacy he would have wanted.
Richard Parker is a regular contributor to the Op-Ed section of The New York Times, the Columbia Journalism Review, The New Republic and McClatchy-Tribune. He lives in Austin, Texas. Distributed by MCT Information Services.
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