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A full 40 minute version of a video made by Faisal Shahzad while training for his failed attack on Times Square has been released.
The video is avaialable here.
There is much to be said about his explanations for his actions, and of particular interest is a section of the video which begins 9.40 minutes in, where he discusses jihad as a pillar of Islam. He claims that his reading of the Koran has taught him that violent jihad is as much of a duty or obligation as fasting and the Hajj pilgrimmage:
One of the most prominent things in Islam...when I came to it, is jihad. People do prayer, they...give zakat [obligatory charitable donations], they do fasting, they go to hajj, but they follow part of it [Islam], but they don't follow the other part of it, which is fighting in the cause of Allah.
I don't understand why people follow one of the commandments, but they don't follow the other commandment...they are equally important.
To justify his argument, Shahzad refers to verses 2:216 and 2:183 from Sura al-Baqarah in the Koran, which refer to the ordained obligations of jihad and fasting respectively.
He has not come to these conclusions unaided. During his interrogation after being arrested, it is reported that Shahzad claimed to have drawn inspiration from a number of English-language Salafi-jihadist preachers, including Anwar al-Awlaki. In his video, though he does not mention Awlaki by name, Shahzad spares a moment to thank the Shuyook [Sheikhs] who have spread the true aqeeda [creed] and 'are talking about jihad out loud' in the English-speaking world:
because of those Sheikhs that probably I am here today. So I just wanted to give them a message: keep it up.
The concept of jihad as a form of ibadah [worship] equal to other pillars such as fasting was developed by, among others, Sheikh Yusuf al-'Uyayree in his treatise Constants in the Path of Jihad. Among Anwar al-Awlaki's most popular works is his translation of Uyayree's text, and it is likely that this is where Shahzad has taken his understanding of jihad.
Throughout the body of his work, Awlaki is concerned primarily with raising the significance and importance of jihad in Islam and making the 'war on Islam' a reality for his Western audience. In his take on Constants, Awlaki puts much emphasis on the importance of jihad as a pillar of Islam equal to fasting and Hajj pilgrimage. Thus, quoting the same sections in the Koran used by Shahzad, he argues:
Allah says, "Fighting has been prescribed upon you and you dislike it, but it is possible that you dislike a thing that is good for you and you love a thing that is bad for you. Allah knows and you know not." This ayah is a command to the Muslims to fight.
They [jihad and fasting] are both in Surah al Baqarah. Fasting has been prescribed upon you and fighting has been prescribed upon you; so how come we are treating them differently?
If one were to accept this Salafi-jihadi interpretation of Islamic obligations, and use it to frame various Western countries' responses to violent jihad, it is not difficult to see how this could be a convincing argument; by preventing and working against Jihad, America and the West are actively preventing Muslims from carrying out their duties as ordained by Allah.
Salafi-jihadi preachers will continue to inspire young, Western Muslims to carry out acts of violence until we have figured out how to provide a equally simplistic response to their interpretation of Islam and its core texts. Shahzad does not come off as a very thoughtful young man, and nor do many of his British and American predecessors. He requires his religion to be spoon fed to him through simple frames and narratives often in video or audio format. The response from Muslims who disagree with al-Qaeda and other Islamists must be made equally easy to consume, and anyone who has tried to read religious refutations of Awlaki and others like him will know that we are not yet at that stage.
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My wife has lots of casual sex with various partners. We're in an open relationship but I do not consider her poly because, like your boyfriend, she does disconnect sex and intimacy and love.
As she's been doing this, I find that I'm less and less interested in her sexually. I agree with you entirely. For me, sex is an experience, a joy. The twitches and the shudders and the changes in rhythm reveal things to me about my sexual partner. It's a form of deep sharing, an expression of intimacy and safety and surity. When I was strictly monogamous, I would have sex with my wife and I would get some of this, but it was pretty clear from her feedback verbally and physically that she wouldn't. For her sex feels good and that's pretty much it.
When we have such very different feelings about sex, I find it's less about sharing and more about getting off. And if I wanted to just get off, I'd masturbate.
That said, I don't think this is damaging our relationship. Just as couples disagree about finances and housekeeping, we disagree about sex.
The greatest things about my personal journey into polyamory are 1.) The realization that no person needs to fill all of the roles of my formerly monogamous relationship. Indeed, people being so varied and unique, I don't think any person COULD do that and still appeal to me as a vibrant, lovable individual. 2.) That any disagreement or issue can be shared and worked on within our relationship. Being in an open relationship makes issues rise to the surface pretty quickly. Years and years of subtle resentments and irritations come to a head in a matter of weeks or even days when competition for time and affection are added to a relationship. It's been almost entirely positive for me since it allows and demands that we address issues quickly and honestly.
So while I suggest communication with your boyfriend like everyone else, I also suggest some earnest soul-searching about your own values and what it is that you're expecting and needing from him. You might find that he's simply too different and incompatible but you might also find a freedom in letting go of certain relationship roles because they don't need to be present in every partner.
My two coppers.
Could you then find being with the less entertaining partner to be equally satisfying?
I think that some people would overlook that spending time with one person is less satisfying and that they would still date the less satisfying person because dating that partner is somehow gratifying to them.
What say you to that?
Secondly, I hate that we can't be seen as "great" in the ways that we'd like to be seen as great. We aren't the judge of that. We can't read their minds either. We may never know the truth as to how good we really are at cetain things.
People don't become "less satisfying" to me because someone is better suited (by my definition) at a specific thing. My relationships take in a whole, complete person and everybody is so unique and different that it wouldn't be possible to compare them side by side in that manner.
Thanks for replying to my questions Dporcupine. I was verging on thread jacking there, so I won't reply with much.
Back to casual sex...
While I may never be a casual sex person, and will probably always have a certain level of discomfort about casual sex in general (although I'm learning to watch my nevers as they seem be coming back to haunt me. . .in a good way so far) I feel like there is the possibility that really embracing more of a poly lifestyle rather than just being a mono person in a poly relationship might create an emotional space where I am more comfortable with my bf's different approach.
Another thing I got from your post, if indirectly, was that I realized that what my bf does in terms of casual sex really isn't affecting our relationship. Unlike what you've described in your relationship, I don't feel at all that he is disconnected emotionally when we have sex, or that his ability to separate love and sex carries over into our activities. Any disconnect that happens would be because of my own internal struggles rather than something inherent in his approach.
Generally it has been the times that my bf hooks up with someone outside the group, or someone I don't know of, that I get most uncomfortable. Partly, as you point out, because bringing in someone new ups the level of risk. But also, because for me at least, the more info I have the better I feel. When I know the person, or at least know of them and have some background on the connection/dynamic involved I tend to feel much better. Hearing my bf talk about why he's attracted to someone, or what their interactions are like lets me see those parts of him I love and appreciate coming out and find that sense of compersion rather than getting stuck in some imagined scenario of my worst fears.
Thanks again to everyone for all the great responses! It's helped a lot in my process of sorting through emotions and figuring out what I need. I'm not done yet and probably will never be "done" but I'm feeling better about things and making more sense out of what's going on.
This is a bridge we crossed long ago so as I say it's kind of taken for granted here. We both acknowledge that the other needs to have some space and time with a 3rd person before we can have any consensus on whether we all feel the required safety. Everyone has abilities to pick up (read) different cues and we make a point to sit down and discuss each persons perceptions and proceed accordingly.
But I wonder if everyone does something similar ? I can see the potential conflict there in those who are prone to need a high level of 'independence' and 'blind trust'. I wonder if this causes unnecessary conflict & discomfort.
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I'm a stinker for bringing this up I think, as it has been cause of heated debate in the past, but, I saw this on our local poly groups FB wall and wrote the below... I was disappointed that no one wanted to discuss it further, so I thought I would see if anyone here wanted to... this is what I wrote.
"I love that this article is so much about choice and awareness of what we do sexually. Not following a trend so much as to be good to ourselves sexually and therefore psychologically.
I love this question...
"Whoever thought sex-positive feminism was supposed to mean a life like Sam Malone's on "Cheers"? Endless hookups, and rejection of relationships, all while wearing stripper clothes?"... See More... See More
one I have asked myself often (in a way) as I don't feel I fit sex positive or sex negative. I have a hard time with both.... just asking this question makes me rest easier that at least others ask the same thing.
I love the last paragraph.
"Were not caught between the liberation of the last decade and the conservatism of the new one. Neither endless hookups, nor the tyranny of monogamy-or-bust was ever supposed to be the way to go. Real feminism is always supposed to be about choice."
Yay, This is what my die hard bra burning feminist mumma taught me...!!! Agree entirely."
Anyway, what do you all think?
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Honestly, I think our culture has reached a decent balance, where we generally accept whatever people do behind closed doors, so long as they thought about what they were doing and were self-aware enough to know that it was right for them.
I had a casual sex buddy for a while in college. I told my friends about it, introduced him to a few even, and no one ever said a thing about it. Honestly, it's not that they didn't care; they just knew that when I was working two jobs and taking classes full time, I didn't have a whole lot of time for relationships and I desired the stress release that sex provided. I never felt judged for the fact that I just wanted sex, and I got it.
I know I'm not sex-negative, I'm fairly sure I'm sex-positive. Basically, I'm all for people getting it on whenever, as long as what they're doing is safe, consentual, and conscientious. Being sexually self-actualized is important, and once you've taken the time to understand yourself, your motivations, and your needs, there really isn't a whole lot limiting you but your own conscience.
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I have a little game I play with myself. It is called "Notice the Sunset." I take a few minutes around dinnertime to watch the sun fade away on the horizon. I say "thank you for the gift of today." It helps me remain grateful for all of them, good and bad.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said, "We are not just human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience."
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Findings of the needs assessment underlines the importance of a fully fledged National Training Strategy for the local authorities in Turkey, whose topics can be updated and customized on evolving needs of the local authorities and changes in the framework of local administration. In the scope of the Project, a standardized training curricula is drafted. The said strategy has been validated at a workshop composed of the representatives from the various organizations local authorities, NGOs and service provider private companies.
The Institutional Capacity of the Union of Turkish Municipalities is strengthened through fully fledged Communication Strategy and its Action Plan
UMT acts as the national association for all municipalities in Turkey. It sought assistance from the Project in improving its planning and communication capabilities. In its early stages the Project assisted the association with the formulation of new strategic plan which was adopted by its Board of Directors in May of 2010.
The Project then worked with UMT officials to develop a communications strategy and a communications toolkit for its staff and members. These were designed to enhance relationships between the association and its members and to strengthen the UMT's lobbying activities with the central government. Ten training sessions on communication techniques and best practice experiences from the EU were subsequently conducted for UMT staff and selected press officers from local governments across the country.
Both the Strategy and its Action Plan were endorsed by the General Council of the UMT in last May and put into action.
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Community participation in local government decision making in Turkey is at low level compared to most EU member states. At the request of the GDLA, the Project launched three major initiatives in 11 pilot municipalities to identify ways to improve this situation. The first was to examine the operations of newly established citizen assemblies and provide guidelines and advice on how to streamline their organization structures and relationships with the local municipal mayors and councilors. Secondly, the Project worked with the locally elected neighborhood muhtars to assist them in carrying out their responsibilities more effectively and identifying new ways to stimulate higher levels of community participation. Lastly, the Project prepared a critical analysis of the existing local government electoral system in Turkey which illustrated the shortcomings it presents for developing positive relationships between elected councilors and local residents.
As a result of these consecutive activities, small scale actions were designed by the citizen assemblies and are now being implemented in each pilot to showcase the benefits of new forms of community participation. These small scale actions are designed as means for community empowertment. The Ministry will promote the use of Guidelines developed for inclusive and representative citizen assemblies in due course for empowered citizens and representative local governance structures.
White Paper on Local Government Reform
Local administration reform is at the center of the reform efforts of the country in its EU accession process. Several major local government reforms were carried out in Turkey during the last decade. The current government has intention on implementing further reforms to strengthen the local government system in Turkey over the next few years which finds its expression in the government program. The Project supports this accelerated will of the Government through development of a White Paper on Local Government Reform. The White Paper is planned to be developed by mid October 2011 and is expected to be endorsed by the MoI by the end of November 2011.
The said paper, which brings the top notch local government experts, academics and practitioners together, will be a joint effort of the UNDP, Ministry of Interior and the EU in this field. Undoubtedly, stakeholder consultations are an essential component of creating ownership and hence greater results and sustainability of the White Paper. To ensure broader consultation and stakeholder involvement, semi-structured interviews, comparative analysis of the major trends and best practices in decentralization and local government reform in the EU and regional consultation meetings are some means to engage the stakeholders to the process.
The White Paper will provide the Government of Turkey with a comprehensive set of policies and priorities on what should be done over the next five to ten years to achieve its objective of creating a more effective and responsive local government system in Turkey.
Representing a continuum, both phases of local administration reform program, are addressing to one of the core pillars of the ongoing reform process of the country on the way to the EU accession, which aims at strengthening the local administration system as a whole and improving the institutional capacities of the local authorities.
The program is designed and implemented to strengthen the basis and human and institutional capacities for citizen-centered local administration with an increased responsiveness to the expectations and needs of the disadvantaged groups and improved efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability. In the long term, it will also bring about strengthened sustainable human development and democracy with abolished discrimination, deprivation and social exclusion on differenet axis.


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The number of beef cattle in the U.S. declined for the seventh straight year, and the rate of decline in 2012 was faster for Arkansas than the rest of the nation -- a trend that could mean higher prices for that lunchtime burger.
According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the U.S. beef cow herd was down 3 percent, or 862,000 to 29.3 million head on Jan. 1 of this year. Arkansas saw a 6 percent decline in 2012 from 909,000 to 851,000.
Across the United States the number of dairy cows was unchanged but the number of dairy cows in Arkansas decreased 18 percent from 11,000 in 2012 to 9,000 in 2013.
"Severe drought across the state is the primary reason for the decline in cattle numbers," said Tom Troxel, associate head-Animal Science, for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. "Without forage to support herds and hay hard to come by, many ranchers sold off cattle they couldn't support."
For the U.S., all cattle and calves, including dairy, numbered 89. 3 million head, down 2 percent from the previous year, and the lowest cattle inventory since 1952.
"This marks the sixth consecutive year for a decline in the total cattle inventory," Troxel said. "Over the past six years the total cattle inventory has declined by 7.3 million head. In Arkansas, all cattle and calves were down 4 percent to 1.60 million head for the same time period."
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Unfortunately, the 2013 numbers mark many superlatives for the cattle industry. Most of them negative.
"It's the seventh year in a row for a decline in the beef cow herd and the fifteenth out of the last 17 years in which the U.S. beef cow herd has declined," he said. "This is the longest consecutive decline in beef cow number in history."
There were no gains in the U.S. 2012 calf crop, either.
"It is estimated to be estimated at 34.3 million head, down 3 percent, from 2011," Troxel said. "This is the smallest calf crop since 1949."
The Arkansas 2012 calf crop was estimated at 760,000 head, which was down 5 percent from the previous year.
"The big question is how much will the 2013 calf crop will be affected due to the weather of 2012?" he said. "Many believe the 2013 calf crop will be even smaller."
It's easy to see where drought's big footprint has been: the Texas beef cow numbers decreased by 12 percent, Kansas by 8 percent, Colorado by 6 percent and Missouri decreased by 5 percent. In states where the rain came, numbers increased: Illinois and Idaho up 9 percent, North Dakota, up 7percent, and South Dakota up 5 percent.
Nationally beef replacement heifers were up 2 percent to 5.4 million head and the same trend was true for Arkansas, where beef replacement heifers were up 12 percent to 129,000.
Bigger burger prices
With long-term climate projections that see drought continuing, "even though the market prices are signaling to expand, most Arkansas producers are not looking to expand their beef herds but rather to maintain their current herd size," Troxel said.
What does this mean to the consumer?
"Beef and veal prices will continue to climb in 2013. Before retail prices will come down, supply must increase, and significant cow herd rebuilding isn't forecasted until 2015 or later."
Right now, "this should result in good calf prices for the cow-calf producer. There should be good profits ahead for the cow-calf producers as long as they can control cost and Mother Nature cooperates."
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Here's another battle won by Windows Phone and Nokia as they battle it out in the smartphone wars. Britvic, a leading soft drink company in the UK, is dumping their BlackBerry devices and handing out Nokia devices for their employees. Few more details after the break.
Britvic, by volume and retail sales value, is second largest soft drink producer in the UK. They're responsible for famous brands like Tango, J20, and Robinsons. Britvic is also responsible for a variety of beverages franchised from PepsiCo, including: 7 UP, Pepsi, Lipton Ice Team, Mountain Dew, and Gatorade. If you're in the UK and drink something besides beer, there's a good chance Britvic had a hand in it (not literally, ew). They're also rolling out 800 Nokia Lumia 720s to employees as business smartphones.
Why Windows Phone and Nokia? The company cites the easy syncing with the rest of Microsoft's enterprise products like Exchange and SharePoint. And of course, the ability to access and edit Office documents. Here's what John Armstrong, head of IT Shared Services for Britvic, had to say about the switch:
"We were looking for a business smartphone that could easily integrate with our existing Microsoft infrastructure. Nokia Lumia and the Windows Phone fit the bill perfectly, allowing our people to do much more than just check their email and make calls. The training Nokia offered our staff has meant they were quickly up and running with the devices, and Windows Phone 8 gives a consistent interface which is simpler to support."
Sounds like a winning combo to us John.
This isn't the first time that BlackBerry has been dropped for Windows Phone and it probably won't be the last. Just a few days ago we learned about O2 and Telefonica doing the same by giving employees Windows Phone devices and dropping BlackBerry.
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The recent news that the Chinese government will undertake a massive stimulus package estimated at $158 billion-plus is, as you might expect, a development with implications for that country's economy — and for investors looking to profit from the circumstance.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said his country's budget surplus of around 1 trillion yuan (roughly $158 billion) is something that China "will not hesitate to use for the fine tuning of the economy."
Fine-tuning of the economy here translates into the country's plans to build 1,254 miles of roads, nine new sewage-treatment plants, five port improvement projects and two waterway system enhancements. According to the National Development and Reform Commission, the plan also includes approvals for 25 new subway projects.
The move by Beijing policymakers is clearly intended to boost the nation's slowing GDP growth rate, a metric that now is estimated to grow less than 8% for the full year.
Already, however, many China skeptics are claiming this new infrastructure buildup won't have a major effect on the nation's GDP. And according to Citigroup analyst Scarlett Chen, the impact of any stimulus is going to be relatively small. In a note to clients, Chen wrote, "We think the market is getting too excited about National Development and Reform Commission's latest approval of infrastructure projects."
While I suspect that Ms. Chen might indeed be proven right when it comes to the effect this planned infrastructure buildup has on GDP over the long term, one thing that cannot be denied: Companies will benefit from new demand for the basic materials consumed in such sizable infrastructure buildups.
The question here for investors is "Which companies are best positioned to ride this China infrastructure buildup wave?"
One group of companies to look at is diversified providers of the raw materials used in massive construction projects. Materials such as copper, iron ore, coal and aluminum all are the building blocks for an infrastructure build-out of China-sized proportions, and as such investors should stick with a few of the star companies in the space.
Copper — and the mining stocks responsible for extracting the metal — tops my list of ways to play the China infrastructure buildup, as copper is the industrial metal used in virtually every major infrastructure project. The ubiquity of copper is why traders call it the commodity with a master's degree in global economics. When copper prices break out, which they have in recent weeks, it's considered a leading indicator of global economic activity.
Click to Enlarge If you want to play the breakout in copper, one easy way is via the iPath DJ-UBS Copper Total Return ETN (NYSE:JJC), an exchange-traded note that mirrors the spot price of copper. As you can see by the chart of JJC, there has been a strong move higher in the commodity since August, with the spot price of copper surging above both the short-term, 50-day moving average, and the long-term, 200-day moving average.
As for companies that mine copper, one of the leading players in the space is Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE:FCX). Similar to copper's spot price; we've seen a strong move higher in FCX shares since August that also has taken prices back above ke technical levels.
Another strong mining and materials stock positioned to profit from a China build out is BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP). The company supplies a wide variety of materials, not just copper. The aluminum, iron ore, metallurgic coal and various industrial materials sold by BHP makes this company a virtual general store for infrastructure buildups.
In addition to copper and mining stocks, steel and construction equipment firms stand to gain from all of these massive, earth-moving projects. Korean steel manufacturer POSCO (NYSE:PKX) is a firm well positioned to profit from the build-out, as it has been a big supplier of steel to China over the years.
As for construction equipment, here industry stalwart Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) is the go-to firm. The U.S.-based heavy machinery giant is the world's biggest supplier of earth-altering machines, and with more than 1,200 miles of roads to build, there's going to be an enhanced need for Cat tractors that transform the landscape from dirt to asphalt.
If you're looking to ride the latest China infrastructure wave, these five securities are among the best ways to do so.
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While my family history is long and illustrious, my strongest personal association is with the 19th and early 20th centuries. This may be because of my extensive research surrounding the life of my great-great-grandfather, Henri de Büren but I think it has more to do with the quantity of family documentation that survives from this time period.
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Chicago architect Helmut Jahn has won the 2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship after nine races across four days of competition on Lake Michigan. A stalwart of the grand-prix class, Jahn's previous best result was a fourth place at last year's Rolex Farr 40 World Championship which was contested in Sydney, Australia. After more than a dozen times racing in the world championship, it seems fitting that Jahn claims the 2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship title while racing from his home club, Chicago Yacht Club, against a backdrop of the city that is graced by some of his work.
With the race committee hoping to run three races for the final day of the series, the first race of the day got underway in a westerly breeze of 13 knots with gusts to 24. John Demourkas, on Groovederci (USA), led the fleet around the first two marks of the 6.4 nautical mile course, only to be overtaken by Hasip Gencer on Asterisk Uno (TUR) who cruised on to cross the finish just four hundredths of a second ahead of him. Enfant Terrible (ITA) was third across the line, followed by Charisma (USA) and Barking Mad (USA). Standings leader Helmut Jahn, on Flash Gordon 6 (USA), was sixth which was enough to both keep him in the lead and also increase his points cushion from 10 to 13.
After a wait for the wind to stabilize and then two general recalls, the second race got underway in approximately 12 knots with gusts to 17. Enfant Terrible won and was followed 10 seconds later by Nightshift and Heartbreaker, with Struntje light and Transfusion rounding out the top-five finishers. With a seventh place finish, their worst of the series, Flash Gordon 6 secured the championship crown. With the time limit for starting another race running out, the championship was determined with nine races.
"We knew we had 10 points [margin] this morning, and Transfusion was clearly our competitor," said Bill Hardesty, Helmut Jahn's tactician on Flash Gordon 6. "We were able to stay close to them in the first race. They took a little bit of risk and ended dropping back and getting a couple extra points so that made things a little bit more comfortable for us. But the race committee kept talking about doing two more races so we didn't feel quite out of the woods yet. When the wind was so weird out there it just whittled away at the time and they could only get one more race in. It came down to us needing a top-12 finish. It was just a surreal feeling. It's an amazing event to win."
Driving Flash Gordon 6 on the start and first beat of each race was Evan Jahn, Helmut's son. "It's something we've been after for a really long time," he said of the win. "For many years it didn't feel like we were getting any closer. To just achieve it is pretty tremendous for us. To sail and win with Dad, I've thought about that actually for the last few days. We've been doing this for so long. Our relationship has gotten so much stronger just by sailing together. This is a crowning achievement for a very long tenure in this class and to be able to share it with my Dad is pretty special."
The senior Jahn took up sailing because, as he explained, he needed something else in life to balance a very demanding profession. "I take it very seriously," said Helmut Jahn. "I never sailed because I thought 'I'll win the world championship.' That wasn't something I thought I had to do. But doing it [winning] is just incredible. It makes me feel that maybe I'm not a better sailor, but I'm a better architect." He went on to explain that he didn't think the team had an advantage because they were sailing in home waters. "You saw that we had different conditions every day. This is actually the great thing about sailing, its unpredictable and it's not something you can actually prepare yourself for. Sailing at home we had somehow had a sense we were on a mission. Like so many teams, they do better at home, I think it was the belief … the concentration, the preparation that we did in the last three weeks which got us in.
"The one requisite was that we had to have the right amount of speed. Bill Hardesty, our tactician, kept us out of trouble. We didn't make mistakes. We didn't think we needed to win the races. We just didn't want a bad race. I set, on Sunday night, the goal – never any double digits. So a lot of things fell in place. We set our goals at a level where we could win. We achieved those goals. Retire? I want to celebrate now."
The winner of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship was crowned based on the sum of all races for each yacht (i.e. no discards). Helmut Jahn on Flash Gordon 6 won the series with 41 points. The win of the last race by Alberto Rossi on Enfant Terrible (ITA) moved them up two spots in the overall standings to take second with 51 points. The defending champion, Guido Belgiorno-Nettis on Transfusion (AUS), took the remaining spot on the podium with 52 points. Wolfgang Schaefer on Struntje light was fourth overall with 62 points, followed by John Demourkas on Groovederci (USA) with 66 points.
2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship
Top-Five Results after 9 Races (20 boats)
Place, Yacht Name, Owner/Skipper, Country, Results; Total Points
1. Flash Gordon 6, Helmut Jahn, USA 2-6-3-6-3-5-3-6-7, 41
2. Enfant Terrible, Alberto Rossi, ITA 3-3-4-3-19-11-4-3-1, 51
3. Transfusion, Guido Belgiorno-Nettis, AUS 1-4-8-12/ZFP-4-8-1-9-5, 52
4. Struntje light, Wolfgang Schaefer, GER 18-1-1-21/ZFP-2-1-2-12-4, 62
5. Groovederci, John Demourkas, USA, 5-7-15-9-1-3-7-2-16, 66
Further information on the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds can be found at farr40worlds.com and yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=651


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HAYWARD — A man was struck and killed by a Daly City-bound BART train at the Hayward station Tuesday afternoon, the second such incident in less than eight hours, officials.
The victim appears to be 40 to 50 years old, according to Capt. Thor Poulsen of the Hayward Fire Department, although officials did not immediately release his identity.
Northbound trains have been halted at the south Hayward station, but southbound trains are moving between Bay Fair station and the south Hayward station, according to a BART spokesman. AC transit buses are bringing passengers between the two stations.
Of the 56 trains in use on the BART system tonight, 25 of those are late, the spokesman added.
Power was shut down to the tracks while authorities removed the body, according to Poulsen. The station was shut down until 7:06 p.m., per a BART spokesman.
There are major delays reported throughout southern Alameda County, according to a BART spokesman.
It was the second BART-related fatality on Tuesday.
Around 9:05 a.m., a person was killed after being struck by a train at the Colma station. The person was not immediately identified, and officials did not say how the person ended up on the tracks.
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Why do you guys don't like them?
Quote from: Declive on March 01, 2012, 06:12:03 AMWhy do you guys don't like them?I like them
Oh sure,if Joey Bitchness and Danny were edited to the Alpha Male team,even asking the cousins how to build staff, this same people wouldn't care
No they are incredibly rude. They need to learn that their ego is their worst enemy.
What's there to like about this team? Egoistic, dysfunctional, whiney, weird, over competitive, blaming others when they couldn't win a leg, over expectation.
They remind me of the female version of Katie and Rachel. Over competitive and ignorant.. whiney?
Quote from: Kandace on March 01, 2012, 12:55:50 PMNo they are incredibly rude. They need to learn that their ego is their worst enemy.What about Rachel's ego? As for Art & JJ, I'm indifferent. I like them at times and don't at other times. They really remind me of Louie & Michael (and I may be the only person on RFF who actually liked L&M ), so I feel like they could fly under the radar for a while and still be hanging around late in the Race.
They drive me absolutely insane. I watched Sunday's episode on Youtube today and I had to skip over some of their parts. Incredibly rude and full of themselves. Can't wait for them to go, hopefully sooner than later.
I was cheering for both, BUT now i like Art and i hate JJ
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Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1919-1930 (2)--Original Data, 1930-1968. These Figures Represent Unweighted Medians Of Rates Derived From Reports Of Sample Companies, The Rates Being Computed On The Basis Of Average Number Of Employees On The Payroll. The Original Data Were Stated On An Equivalent Annual Basis. NBER Converted These Back Into Monthly Rates By Dividing By 11.77; 12.17; 13.04; 12.62 Depending On Whether The Number Of Days In A Given Month Is 31, 30, 28, Or 29. Original Data Are In The NBER Description File. Rates Refer To Wage Earners; Certain Seasonal Industries Are Excluded. Source: Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Monthly Labor Review, July, 1929 And February, 1931.
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NBER Indicator: m08255a
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With ProTek, Customer Support is ready to provide technical assistance on your NewTek product around the clock, seven days per week. You can access this extended support in exactly the same manner as you access Customer Support regularly, but with a ProTek option: You will notice a telephone prompt for ProTek access when you call the standard Customer Support phone number (1-800-862-7837). Follow the instructions and have your ProTek ID available. ProTek Elite customers may need to leave a callback message that will be returned within ten minutes.
I bought ProTek Care with my new video product and received a voucher acknowledging the purchase. Am I all set?
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Wines Are NOT HoseMasterized
Robert Parker feels that wines are not, and never have been, Parkerized. Never mind the consulting companies in California who break down the wines he awards high scores and then help manufacture wines along similar lines for their clients. Those don't count. Those wines are the equivalent of the women who use the services of plastic surgeons to enhance their bustline—Hefnerized women. It seems Parker likes wines that have had Brett Enhancement surgery. And I'm sure James Laube believes wines he rates aren't Laubotomized. He may be right. I'm unaware of anyone analyzing his high-scoring wines. Not even him. Would Tim Fish confess wines have become Deboned? But I'll come right out and say it, I'm disturbed by the latest accusation of wines becoming HoseMasterized.
In a perfect world, a HoseMasterized wine would be one that attracts advertising, or simply has a $100 bill taped to it in the shipping box. Honestly, that's just so much easier than actually making a wine that's worthy of review. I don't know why wineries don't understand that. Sure, go ahead, try and guess what I'll like, run it through a spinning cone, or add some MegaPurple, maybe fool around with reverse osmosis, see where that gets you. See how much it costs. And you'll still end up surprised when my reviews aren't that positive. You can't factor in my mood, which is generally foul, or how inconsistent I am from week to week, or how much my daily Cialis affects my palate. Not to mention that I'm old, and my senses have retired to Scottsdale where they play golf five times a week. My nose has a 12 handicap. My tongue just cleans the balls.
But we don't live in a perfect world. For example, there's the 100 Point Scale. In a perfect world, it wouldn't exist. In a perfect world, wines would generate their own numbers, numbers that would be chemically indisputable, like octane numbers at the gas pump. You could pick up a bottle of wine at your local wine shop and right on the label it would say "93." And you'd know what that meant. Now you go to buy a wine and there's some stupid shelf talker that says, "96-RP." Normal people don't know what that means. They don't know that if it's Spanish wine, RP probably stands for Jay Miller, and, therefore, 96 stands for 89. Oh, the wine shop knows that, but they don't provide a translation card for shelf talkers when you walk in. Or if it's Austrian wine, RP stands for David Schildknecht and 96 stands for 98. But it's Austrian wine, so the odds you're even shopping for it are pretty small, and if you are, it's fairly certain you don't have any friends, so ratings don't matter. What if it's from California? Holy crap. RP might actually stand for Robert Parker, and the 96 stands for, adjusting for inflation from 1987, 91. But, if it's a more recent review, then it might stand for Antonio Galloni, in which case 96 is 99. Or it might be that new guy, Ashley Judd, and we don't know what the hell 96 means, and, frankly, neither does he. And people who use the 100 Point Scale claim it makes things easier for the consumer. It does. Like Cliff's Notes makes it easier to understand that "Moby Dick" is about whales that symbolize death.
So what is a HoseMasterized wine? Oh, my critics would say that it's any wine that is engagingly aromatic, perfectly balanced, varietally correct and indescribably complex. These are wines, they say, that were obviously made for my palate. HoseMasterized. I'm a little tired of this sort of criticism. It simplifies my track record. But critics are nothing if not simpleminded. Critics are self-proclaimed experts, like religious messiahs, baseball analysts and Supreme Court justices. I think if you look at my track record, I've loved lots of average, even pretty crappy, wine. I think it's fair to say that my defense of Chocolate Port may have been misguided. I once praised Norton, though I meant the character on "The Honeymooners," and, suddenly, the entire state of Missouri was covered in it. So I'm not perfect, and I don't think there is a style of wine I lean toward. And if there is, it's certainly not wines that are elegant, beautiful, compelling and complex. If you read my work carefully, try the wines I recommend, I think you'll agree.
And yet the claim persists. Wineries, and winemakers, my critics say, are trying to make delicious, sexy, gorgeous, wonderful wines just to please my palate. This is crap on the face of it. The wines today are just as dull and just as unremarkable as they were when I started 35 years ago. I'm a lot better at judging them, though clearly I was 50% of an idiot savant even then, but I've been nothing if not consistently unpredictable in my tastes and opinions. Sure, it makes a certain amount of sense that wineries around the globe would want the HoseMaster's approval and recommendation. Duh. But that doesn't necessarily mean that they can make wines that will meet with my approval.
But I give up. The press, the wine bloggers, the know-it-alls on wine chat rooms, they're all going to continue to say that every brilliant wine, every wine that shows uniqueness and beauty, every wine that thrills and enchants, is HoseMasterized. I'm coming to terms with having to live with it. It doesn't bother me so much, but it's not fair to the people making truly great wine that it gets labeled HoseMasterized. They did the best they could. They tended the vineyards conscientiously, they understand minimal intervention that leads to maximum character, they have remarkable talent and experience. It's not fair to them to say a wine was HoseMasterized.
So it's to them I apologize. I never intended to be so powerful and famous. I did everything I could to annoy the wine establishment. I reviewed wines poorly, inaccurately, and randomly, but, dammit, I was always fair. I played favorites, I changed opinions mid-career, and I always believed in my infallibility.
Damn, I was Parkerized.
22 comments:
- Fabio said...
Apology accepted. :)
- May 28, 2013 at 8:31 AM
- Andy Perdue said...
HoseMasterized? I thought they were HoseMasterbated.
- May 28, 2013 at 8:57 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
None given. Or nun gibbon. Either way.
I wondered how long it would take for someone to make that comment, and who it would be. In hindsight, should have known...
- May 28, 2013 at 9:02 AM
- Lily-Elaine Hawk Wakawaka said...
Based on this a wine that's Wakawaka'd would have two requirements:
(1) be so without influence as to be almost unheard of (you know, put too many copulas on the label)
(2) then just send me a 750 full of all your feelings.
- May 28, 2013 at 9:38 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
That sounds more like the description of a Poodle than a Wakawaka'd wine. But your alliteration is far superior to mine.
- May 28, 2013 at 10:44 AM
- David Rossi said...
"My tongue just cleans the balls" Ok you made me cringe. Well done.
- May 28, 2013 at 12:46 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
I do what I can. It's why I win so many awards. Or not.
- May 28, 2013 at 5:48 PM
- Dean Tudor said...
Actually, Ron, the BBQ wines are HoseMasterbasted..
Does $100 bill guarantee 100 points?
I just sent you a bill by email...since I cannot upload it here.
- May 28, 2013 at 6:12 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Yeah, hard to upload images in blogger comments. But, no, the $100 just guarantees I'll actually taste it before I rate it, and that I'll pretend it was tasted blind, though my disclaimer just says I make every attempt to taste wines blind. Meaning I open the UPS shippers with my eyes closed.
- May 28, 2013 at 6:43 PM
- Dean Tudor said...
Sounds like a Natalie MacLean scam...you got the hair to back it up????
- May 28, 2013 at 7:40 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
No, not on me, but I can borrow it from my inflatable sex doll.
Named Jancis...
- May 28, 2013 at 8:50 PM
- Martin said...
Brilliant as ever and the comments even better. As for "And I'm sure James Laube believes wines he rates aren't Laubotomized. He may be right. I'm unaware of anyone analyzing his high-scoring wines. Not even him.". I hope he has a sense of humour or that you have a good lawyer!
- May 29, 2013 at 3:59 AM
- Alfonso Cevola said...
Be careful - you're next...
- May 29, 2013 at 6:04 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
I can see the book title now, "How I Saved the World from HoseMasterbation"...now who to write it, Alice or STEVE!? I love you!
- May 29, 2013 at 7:46 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Oh, I have a great lawyer. He's F. Lee Bailey's partner, Effin Lee Barnum.
Yup, no doubt one of my fourteen (up from eleven) readers is bound to sue me. But more likely for "Failure to Amuse."
My Gorgeous One,
Well, given the topic, you couldn't write it...
I love you too!
- May 29, 2013 at 8:29 AM
Alice would never write a book on Masturbation. She says it's not natural.
- May 29, 2013 at 10:27 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
It's natural as long as you don't add any chemicals during the process and have an authentic orgasm.
- May 30, 2013 at 9:10 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Ron My Love,
Damn, I was looking forward to working my slutty librarian research outfit.
- May 30, 2013 at 12:06 PM
- Beau said...
How's Splooge Estate scoring these days?
- May 30, 2013 at 9:14 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
The same way it always does. Hitting on drunk cocktail waitresses.
- May 31, 2013 at 8:56 AM
I have nothing to worry about then. I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out how to make "Drunken Cyclist" into a verb and came up with bupkis. So without any clever terminology, I will never be accused of having any impact on markets, thus remaining impartial. Phew, that's a relief.
- June 6, 2013 at 6:53 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Thanks for chiming in.
Impartiality is for judges and porn cameramen. You need to change the name of your blog. Maybe The Drunken Gearmaster...no,that sucks.
Never mind.
- June 6, 2013 at 8:11 AM


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This plugin has been written for the following scenario: The VDR is connected in the "usual" way to a TV, but the TV also has a VGA input to which the videocard of the VDR is connected, running an X server.
One would like to display images using the X server, but keeping all the other functionality the old way. The idea of this plugin is to act as a gateway: When loaded, the plugin starts an external image viewer and forwards commands received from the remote to the viewer.
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The Qiv version I used can be download here: http://www.klografx.net/qiv/download/qiv-2.0-src.tgz The archive contains a patch that can be applied with "patch < qiv-2.0_vdr.patch". Qiv can then be compiled and the binary copied over to /usr/local/bin/qiv_vdr.
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