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What do ya say we take a minute to discern the difference between an ejaculation and an orgasm? Maybe this will encourage those in my audience who haven't stopped to notice, to pay a bit more attention to their sexual responses. When we shoot, or dribble as the case may be, a load, or dab as the case may be, of spooge out our cock; this is called an ejaculation. When we have undulating waves of pleasure that seems to rise up from deep inside our pelvis; this is an orgasm. There are big ones and smaller ones. Obviously, these two responses — ejaculation and orgasm — often happen simultaneously. In fact, the muscle contractions of the one often add to the intensity of the other. But still they are independent of one another.
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Men who don't take the time to explore the capacities of their bodies basically lose out. It's like having a $100,000 Ferrari automobile to drive. Then only driving it in first gear. We miss out on so much in our rush to cum. We conflate the two very different experiences — ejaculation and orgasm, leaving a vast territory of pleasure unacknowledged, let alone unexplored.
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Thursday, November 08, 2012
Scrabbling for Solutions
Scrabble, in particular, has never failed to amuse me. I still have vivid memories from when I was quite young, of playing against my grandfather (the principled one who used to send back his Soc Sec checks because he didn't need them), who while waiting for me to conjure a play, would mesmerize me by performing hesitation-less 3-digit by 3-digit multiplication in his head - without staring off into distant Andromeda or even moving his lips! Despite English being his third language, not a game would pass without his employing an elegantly obscure word, without the assistance of a dictionary, though it was always there when I went to look it up after a challenge.
I would often play against my mother, too. Unassuming though my grandfather was unassumingly competitive, by contrast, my mom appeared to just enjoy the company - never fussing over some of my more borderline creations - forays that would have sounded like Esperanto, were they to exist at all in any dictionary. As I think about it now, it had nothing to do with her lack intensity or competitiveness, or even intentionally letting me win. In hindsight, it was likely that she was just recognized that despite my precociousness, and unusual attention span for a nine year old, there were limits to how long an adolescent could concentrate, and thus the optimal thing to do was to play fast and let it pass, increasing the chance we'd complete the game to the end.
Today, I find myself playing scrabble much as I write - which is to say it is, entirely, for my own amusement. Just as some play solely to win, one could write soley in a vain attempt to bully an unfortunate reader towards one point of view. Such a player never leaves an opponent an obvious dangling triple-word score; always minimizes the freebies, rarely opens up the board unnecessarily, and when losing, typically blames his letters. These people are painful to play against, (as well as being tedious to read). Though I like the thrill of a victory as much as the next girl, I do just enjoy the journey, patiently awaiting that precious opportunity to construct an unlikely, yet elegant, crossword-like play that simultaneously creates 5 or 6 different words - even better when one uses all of one's letters in the process. It is an uncommon moment scrabble perfection.
Public policy, like simple scrabble play is all-too-often one dimensional. This is seemingly out of necessity, reflecting the reactionary nature of most politicians, and thus resulting legislation, as well as the lack of consensus and resolve required to agree upon a vision of foresight. And that accurately describes the process in good times. In the dualistic reality of modern America, opposing forces rarely meet in the middle excepting the most banal of legislation e.g. "Banning Assault Weapons in Public Schools" (a bill that itself presumes there remain some private schools where your sprog can tote along his or her trusty Kalashnikov or Uzi).
Wouldn't it be nice, however, if meaningful inroads were made into solving our problems whereupon looking at the final language of a bill, both partisan sides could cast aside their dogma, read it and say "That IS much better than nothing. It could work and provide positive benefits to the non-campaign-contributing majority of my constituents...I can live with that". Something that achieves the most with the least. Something that is a proverbial "Win-Win" for the Public Interest. The political equivalent of an elegant solution - that most gratifying of multi-crossword scrabble play. Could there be such a play in front of us?
Some of the most serious political-economic problems of our times are: income inequality at the upper bound; high cyclical and possibly structural unemployment (and under-employment) with consequential output gaps, diminished consumption, and ballooning counter-cyclical entitlement costs; diminshed monetary velocity and consequential distortionary monetary policy by central banking authorities; household deleveraging; decaying public infrastructure resulting from years of underinvestment; and, finally, sustainable public finance represented by both primary and cumulative government deficits at or near their upper bounds. With the exception of the Koch Bros. and a handful of Randian-Bootstrapping others, most would not find fault in the list. What if a single initiative could positively impact all these problems AND if not be wholly mutually-agreeable then be sufficiently less divisive so as to be acceptable?
We found out last month from Olivier Blanchard at the IMF that Govt spending multipliers have been seriously underestimated in most models. This has profound implications for public policy in general and fiscally-conservative solutions in particular - something about which they have been eerily silent. In a nutshell, spending cuts, rather than narrowing budget gaps, just seemingly exacerbates deficits. And this realization occurs at a time when demand for expenditures - whether for countercyclical policy measures or stabilizers, or for nationwide investment in crumbling infrastructure is critically-elevated.
With spending cuts not viable, perhaps we should raise taxes - and - if so, which ones? Japan, as Richard Koo has pointed out, made a grave error in raising taxes in 1997, extinguishing an otherwise nascent recovery. But admittedly, they were highly regressive consumption taxes. And their GINI was nothing like the US today. It seems that with income inequality so great in the US, the Govt could significantly raise marginal rates (in whatever form) on the wealthiest without effecting consumption in the slightest since the marginal propensity to consume for this strata is so low. In fact, one might argue, marginal income is pooling in ever-larger eddies of safety, concerned not-in-the-least about returns, but just preservation. Yet WE NEED TO SPEND in order to keep the balls of the macroeconomy in the air (i.e. blood of the economy adequately circulating) so as to not induce economy-wide liquidation at a time of high aggregate indebtedness - a event that would cause irreparable and irrecoverable economic losses in output, skills and invested capital - all which are likely to be largely unnecessary. To summarize, we need to spend, but can't, and even though we have the means (in aggregate), we won't (or they who have the means won't), whether out of fear, moral turpitude, or just plain greed, and politically, cannot arrive at a place to mobilize the resources, to invest in what's needed, which creates the virtuous circle of keeping the economy humming by better distributing income, reducing Govt expenditure by reducing the need for countercyclical stabilizers and distortionary monetary policies. Whew.
Now, heartier peoples on the planet, during times of financial crises, have inhaled deeply before paying-up as the Koreans did in 1998 contributing family silver to national treasury for the greater good. Or, like the Germans, during good times, increasing the VAT to increase the likelihood of sustainable public finance. But in America, for whatever reason, contemplating such demands causes one to be associated with Mao and Stalin, rather than Gandhi, Rowntree, Cadbury or Raiffeisen. This, in itself shouldn't prevent the better policy from being pursued. Undoubtedly, too much blood-squeezing demands for revenue (as with draconian cuts in expenditure) are likely to yield negative returns (remember that "50% of a goldmine is better than 100% of nothing"). And there ARE negative wealth effects even if this is a Miser's illness, as well as potential emigration outflows and diminished immigration even before considering the possibility of virtue in Libertarian philosophical opposition to higher taxes. Yet where-ever one falls in this debate, this MUST be reconciled with the above if we are to begin to make inroads towards a viable and sustainable solution - and have that solution be generally considered just and fair by most citizens - including sufficiently large numbers of wealth creators.
To break the impasse between the means and the will, I propose that we mandate that some reasonable percentage of marginal income be mandatorily "invested" in a non-political non-governmental investment company that funds/invests in infrastructure and infrastructure renewal across the entire capital structure. The resulting debt, equity, leaseholds, revenue therefrom, or claims on resulting or related revenue streams that result will accrue to the contributors. Mandated investment might for example begin at 5% above $200,000 rising to say 20% above for example $500,000 - on a scale eventually governed by Schiller's suggestion of tying marginal rates to the GINI itself). Importantly, by design, these "investments" would have a broader mandates, longer time-horizons, lower hurdle rates of return - much lower than ludicrous PFI schemes in the UK, but which nonetheless are analysed and vetted as investments and not gifts, or transfers, resulting in an asset - be it a school, a bridge, urban subway system, housing, claims on future road or gasoline taxes, smart-grid, etc. It effectively forces recirculation without outright sequestration, while respecting accounting conventions.
This is structurally important, and would contribute towards solving (though obviously not completely solve) all the aforementioned problems simultaneously. Some key features are that it would:
(1) recognize that the eddying pools of capital, with lowest MPC, seeking safety are, beyond a point, stultifying to the economy;
(2) that by spending it or more accurately, forcibly investing it, creates skilled jobs with virtuous multiplier effects throughout public and private sectors;
(3) In the process, presumably creates long-life asset values to which value will be preserved (and grow) over the longer term since many quality infrastructure investments have productive lives much longer than their depreciated values (just look at the embarrassment of cash flows of NY Port Authority or NJ Turnpike Authority);
(4) through the creation of employment and productivity-enhancing infrastructure constructively REDUCES the Govt deficit by reducing the demand for countercyclical stabilizers;
(5) maintains integrity of property rights as ultimate ownership interests in the resulting asset values, potential future cash flows and/or return of invested capital, remains with the investor, resembling a closed-end fund.
(6) such interests could (and should) be traded in a secondary market. The market would discount these - at times heavily - but they remain an asset for patrimony and NOT a tax sequestration making them philosophically more palatable and diminishing potential negative wealth effects.
(7) Management should be beyond BOTH politicians, and investors control. Think Bernard Baruch. Investment and funding goals should be codified and agreed by the board of trustees - itself appointed from multiple constituencies else it be captured by Govt OR Investors. All investments and contracts should be completely transparent. Oversight by Trustees addresses fears of government largesse or inefficiency.
(8) Investments will likely yield further taxable gains (though initial investments if/when returned could left untaxed due to the quasi-social purpose.
Now, I have little doubt there are criticisms from all sides, and many shortcomings.
The proverbial devil is always in the detail. What precise objectives? What rates of return might be acceptable? How to allocate? Who to allocate? How to negotiate? Will it not just result in further regressive transfers of wealth from poorer to wealthier when it is progressive redistribution that is called for? How would it balance the Public's interest in most benefit for least returns, with the investors' hope/desire for most return for delivering least benefit? How will elections effect outcomes? How can it avoid/escape overt political pressure? Will it just spawn self-perpetuating bureaucracy? All valid, and so many more questions. Yet, I cannot help but think it could be a "scrabble-solution" to the difficult problems confronting us, overcoming the inability of opposing forces to meet in the middle.
(I would like to thank Steve Randy Waldman for his critical thoughts in the concept)
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- Rich said...
The highway bill was passed in June 2012, but there could be a far greater effort that would not stray far from both parties principals.
Woody Brock at SED has what I feel is a viable solution, at-
slides for same (below squaring the circle) at-http://www.sedinc.com/good-listens.html
I passed this along to my Congressman earlier this year, and I know it was used.
One key thought is to build infrastructure using a Macquarie-type model; build public projects like airports with cheap public funds, then privatize. Rinse and repeat.
- 6:28 pm, November 08, 2012
- Rich said...
A more recent Woody Brock presentation is at -
- 7:17 pm, November 08, 2012
- Fifth Estate said...
Great analysis. Hope you don't mind me linking to your blog at fifthestate.co. Thanks for all your contributions!
Dani C
- 4:20 am, November 09, 2012
- Kent Willard said...
Good idea. I think the fervor against taxation is based on: a) a borderline anarchical belief that a minimal government is always better, b) private investment is always more efficient than government investment, and c) that government spending is just a give away to undeserving people that bare no resemblance to myself.
We need to advocate government spending, not excuse it. Governments certainly make bad investment decisions, but so do businesses and no one uses that as the basis for eliminating private firms. If we comparatively look at nations with low taxes as a % of GDP (and low oil revenue), we see that low taxes equate to poor infrastructure and education, and to desperate poverty.
Not only is government taxing and spending needed for investment in infrastructure and human capital, we also need to realize that the government is the best provider of most insurance. Only the government can require all at-risk to pay premiums, in which case there is no need for private sector profits or competition. And the government is much more likely to pay out claims in a tail even than any private firm. Finally, government insurance prevents the need for excessive savings levels which cannot find safe, productive private investments.
- 5:55 am, November 09, 2012
- doc w said...
Remarkable analysis that avoids any of the poisonous memes of the political landscape and yet delivers a clear analysis and worthy proposal for a solution.
- 8:39 am, November 09, 2012
- John said...
I'm only a lay person with no formal training in economics but I have followed this blog with interest for years. I had to print out this post for easier reading and found it seductively well done and back-filled with tons of heavy content.
I really like your list of challenges as well as the proposed solution. This strikes me as a very imaginative and constructive string of positive suggestions, even if it does drift into a Utopian land where unicorns graze.
That list of challenges about six paragraphs from the end is one of the best I have seen in one place. I'm especially glad to see countercyclical entitlements and monetary velocity on the list, both of which are almost never mentioned by politicians or pundits. (Or even policy wonks occasionally impaneled on obscure "hearings" typically never heard on C-SPAN in the wee hours of the morning.)
[Incidentally, the parentheses remind me -- check the paragraph starting with "To break the impasse" for a little typo, an open parentheses which I presume begins with "Mandated investment."]
Let's hope that your list falls into enough of the right places where a few of your excellent ideas and suggestions will germinate.
- 9:02 am, November 09, 2012
- Ian said...
I really enjoyed the scrabble-like game upwords:
Based on your description of how you play scrabble, I think you might well like it, too.
- 12:24 pm, November 09, 2012


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The James Bond star plays the patriarch Rob in new BBC3 comedy 'Some Girls' which kicks off tonight, doing his best to keep a check on his daughter Viva (Adelayo Adedayo) and her school chums Holli, Saz and Amber.
"It's like a busman's holiday," says Salmon, who has four children himself. "They're exhausting, but it's fun."
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2010 Lexus ES 350 ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
Smooth luxury sedan gets fresh styling.
The Lexus ES 350 delivers exactly what you would expect of a Lexus: It's smooth, quiet, sophisticated, competent, and comfortable. It doesn't have the firm ride or quick responses of a German sports sedan, so you can safely sip a cappuccino on the way to work. The ride is smooth and even, the engine is velvety and powerful, the six-speed automatic transmission is flawless, the comfort is supreme, the trip is quiet, everything works the way it's supposed to, the total experience is superb.
The ES 350 is quick and responsive, benefitting from a silky V6 engine that makes 272 horsepower and 254 pound-feet of torque. Lexus says the ES 350 can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 6.8 seconds, a solid performance. Yet the ES 350 is also certified to the Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle II (ULEV II) standard.
2010 brings significant changes inside and out.
The 2010 Lexus ES features new front-end styling, with revised headlamps, a new grille and grille surround, chrome body-side molding, and new front bumper with revised lower air intake and integrated fog lamps. Side mirrors now include integrated turn signals, and there are new taillamps for 2010. Additionally, there are new color choices.
Inside, for 2010, there are revised steering-wheel controls, the center console offers more storage space, and there are new wood trim choices. On the technology side, the navigation and entertainment capabilities have been expanded for 2010, and the optional navigation system has improved Voice Command recognition to make its operation more convenient. There's a new memory system, which stores settings for the driver's seat, mirrors, and steering-wheel position, and rain-sensing wipers are now standard equipment. Also, rear seat-mounted side airbags, which were optional, are standard equipment on the 2010 Lexus ES.
When Toyota launched the Lexus brand in 1989, its entry-level model was the ES 250, with a thinly disguised Camry chassis and powertrain under a mildly upgraded body and interior. With each succeeding generation, the ES has better met the needs of the entry-luxury segment, with more room, more space, more power, more standard equipment, and more safety features. The Lexus ES was most recently redesigned for the 2007 model year, with fresh styling and interior revisions for 2010.
The 2010 Lexus ES 350 ($35,175) comes with leather seating surfaces and trim, 10-way power front seats; power tilt-and-telescope steering wheel; dual-zone automatic climate control; power glass sunroof; eight-speaker AM/FM/6CD, XM Satellite Radio, and MP3/iPod input jack; programmable SmartAccess keyless entry; and all the other amenities one would expect. Tires are P215/55R17 all-season radials on 17-inch split five-spoke alloy wheels.
Option packages: The Lexus Premium Audio with Navigation ($2,465) includes Bluetooth, HDD Navigation with touch-screen, rear-view camera, Lexus Enform with Destination Assist, eDestination and Safety Connect, Lexus Insider, voice command casual language recognition, XM NavTraffic and NavWeather, and XM Sports/Stocks. The Navigation System/Mark Levinson Audio Package ($4,065) includes all the features of the Premium Audio with Navigation, and adds Mark Levinson Premium Surround Sound Audio with DVD Audio/Video, 14 speakers, and 5.1-channel playback.
The Ultra-Luxury Package ($3,535) includes 10-spoke alloy wheels, black and saddle interior with double-contrast stitching for seats and trim, High Intensity Discharge headlamps with Adaptive Front Lighting, a panorama glass roof, power rear sunshade, semi-aniline interior, and wood and leather-trimmed steering wheel and shift knob.
Other options include wood and leather shift knob ($330), heated and ventilated front seats ($640), Intuitive Park Assist ($500), High Intensity Discharge headlamps ($815), and the Lexus Pre-Collision System ($1,500). Additional options and accessories are available.
Safety features that come standard on the ES 350 include dual front airbags, dual front knee airbags, front and rear side-impact airbags (for torso protection), curtain airbags (for head protection), electronic stability control, traction control, antilock brakes (ABS), electronic brake-force distribution (EBD), brake assist, and a tire-pressure monitor. A two-chamber passenger airbag is designed to stop the passenger's upper body and torso with minimal facial contact and neck stress on deployment.
The optional Pre-Collision System includes a radar-based cruise control that automatically maintains a preset distance between the ES 350 and the car ahead. If the system senses an imminent collision, it retracts all the outboard seatbelts and initializes the brake system for full panic-braking power.
The ES 350 form seems to emanate from the grille and flow back over the car in unbroken lines. The look includes a wind-tunnel-proven drag coefficient of just 0.28, making the ES 350 inherently quiet and fuel-efficient.
The changes for 2010 enhance the image of sleek, elegant, luxurious, and very well detailed. There's quite a bit of sculpting of metal going on along the sides, lending a lot of visual interest without making it seem overly detailed or finicky. It has the look of a high-end car.
Over time, the ES 350 has grown to where it is now a full-fledged luxury sedan, both in size and content. And it has an upscale look that is entirely appropriate for its market segment. Part of this is helped by its relatively long wheelbase, which adds to its impressive stance.
About the only exterior customizing you can do other than paint and wheels is a choice of forward lighting, from standard projector beam to optional High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlamps with an adaptive lighting function, which swings the headlamps through an arc of up to 15 degrees when turning. There are 10 exterior colors from which to choose, from fairly subdued tones to a quite bright red, which makes the ES 350 really stand out.
The Lexus ES 350 is roomy and comfortable, with ample headroom and legroom for both front and rear-seat passengers. Furthermore, its rear floor is flat and has plenty of room for feet under the backs of the front seats.
The interior of the ES 350 is superb, with good sightlines, hooded instruments and crisp graphics, 10-way power seats and standard tilt/telescope steering wheel. Fit and finish inside are exemplary.
The real wood trim is from a matched set that is serial-numbered for future replacement, if necessary. The thick, fat steering wheel is a pleasure to use. There are four interior colors from which to choose, with walnut trim.
The instrument panel and center stack are driver-centered, engaging and functional. The instruments are deeply tunneled, using white LED lighting and the Optitron electroluminescent displays that are part of all Lexus models, with their eye-pleasing startup routine. The trip computer monitors a dozen functions. The ES features push-button engine starting and the SmartAccess key fob.
The few interior enhancements for 2010 are welcome, with more storage, new steering-wheel controls, and increased ease of use of various functions.
With 14.8 cubic feet of cargo space, there is enough room for a reasonable amount of luggage.
The ES 350 is quite well insulated; at cruising speeds, it's extremely quiet, in part due to its acoustic-control laminated windshield.
Driving Impression
The Lexus ES 350 engine is silky smooth and comes paired with a six-speed automatic. The 3.5-liter V6 is an all-aluminum, double overhead-cam engine with all the latest technologies.
Step on the gas pedal and the ES 350 is quick to respond. The engine is as smooth and quiet as you would expect, and the transmission operation is flawless, in automatic or manual mode, downshifting or upshifting. The engine and transmission are isolation-mounted with an electro-hydraulic system to cancel vibration at idle. Lexus quotes a 0 to 60 mph time of 6.8 seconds, which is competitive in the segment.
Traction control and electronic stability control adds to the driver's confidence. The front struts and multi-link rear suspension are both very well isolated from the rest of the car, making for a quiet, smooth ride, with good control of pitch and body roll during enthusiastic driving. We'd like a little more steering feel in corners and on the highway, but otherwise the speed-related power steering is good and solid.
The brakes are average in size for this class, but we saw no sign of brake fade after a hard workout. The ABS, traction control, and electronic stability control are programmed to intervene early to keep the car going in the intended direction.
The Lexus ES 350 is quick and quiet at the same time. It's screwed together better than a Swiss watch, and it has sex appeal. With its elegant design and extensive list of standard equipment, it ranks among the top competitors in the entry-luxury segment. We think it's an excellent choice among luxury sedans, particularly when comfort and ride quality are priorities.
New Car Test Drive correspondent Jim McCraw filed this report.
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Lexus ES 350 ($35,175).The Lexus ES 350 is a luxury sedan that is renowned for its refined driving dynamics, elegant appearance, and craftsmanship. The ES 350 is offered in one model with the opportunity to layer luxury by adding the Ultra-Luxury Package, or by selecting a wide range of standalone options. Power is provided by an all-aluminum 272-hp 3.5-liter V6 engine, which is mated to a six-speed automatic transmission. Safety features that are standard on the ES 350 include dual front airbags, knee airbags, front and rear side-impact airbags, curtain airbags, electronic stability control, traction control, anti-lock brakes, electronic brake-force distribution, and a tire-pressure monitor system. The 2010 Lexus ES 350 receives a new front fascia and taillight design, as well as, new interior enhancements. Also, memory system, rain-sensing windshield wipers, Bluetooth, USB connectivity, and XM satellite radio, are now standard.
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Mr Favourite Martian Classic TV Show
En route to his office, LA journalist Tim O'Hara witnesses the crash landing of a space ship. On further investigation he discovers that the UFO's pilot has survived the crash and is in fact an anthropologist from the planet Mars. O'Hara takes the stranded Martian home in order that he may carry out repairs to his spaceship, and this gives rise to a number of comic situations as the journalist tries to hide the truth from friends and nosy neighbours, during the alien's elongated stay. O'Hara was played by Bill Bixby who would go on to star in a number of TV roles, most notably The Magician and David Banner, the mild mannered but troubled alter-ego of The Incredible Hulk. Ray Walston, a star of the movie South Pacific played the Martian (referred to as O'Hara's Uncle Martin), the human looking alien with the ability of levitating objects, turning invisible and reading minds. At the time the series began there was much enthusiasm and interest in America's Apollo space program that would eventually put man on the moon, and this probably contributed to the shows success as it shot to the top ten of the Nielsens ratings.
Mr Favourite Martian Fan Tributes4 Ivy Ling from Beijing, China: I remember "My favorite Martian" when I was a girl. "My friend Flicka" was on AMC when I was a very little girl. Natasha Richardson died in March of 2009. "Full House" was on TV when I was a little girl. Bill Bixby was a good man. "Lost in Space" premiered two years after "My favorite Martian".
3 Peter Greenwood from Jack Chertok Television.: I would really love to see a DVD release for the UK..
If you are a British fan let your local DVD companys know it's up for grabs...have them contact this site for the Chertok Television email address. Best to all and thanks for your support.
2 kennard f.massey,jr. from queenstown,md.: I love this show because the characters are so likable. Walston and Bixby are great, and so is Pamela Britton, who never gets the credit she deserves.
1 Joe Posner from San Jacinto, CA: "My Favorite Martian" was a very unusual show for its time.
When the show debuted in 1963, few science fiction shows were on at the time in the U.S., with the exception of "The Outer Limits" and a few others. "Star Trek" and "Lost in Space" were still a few years off.
On of the keys that made the show work was the balance between Bill Bixby and Ray Walston. Handsome journalist Bixby was very down-to-earth. Odd-looking Walston was quite off beat. Somehow, between them, they made a ridiculous premise believable.
An ongoing irony of the show was the fact that the biggest story of journalist Bixby's career(MARTIAN LIVES WITH EARTHMAN) was the one he couldn't, or wouldn't, tell.
"My Favorite Martian" brings back pleasant memories of a kinder, and more innocent, era.
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Genre: Sci-fi
Year: 1963-66
Ray Walston is Uncle Martin (The Martian)
Bill Bixby is Tim O'Hara
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I can't believe Friday is finally here, I am really looking forward to a relaxing weekend!
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Really like this look and a pop of yellow is always a good look in my opinion!!
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When you said that the photo didn't really show that it is a good weather, I so totally understand. UK is always dreary with grey skies so for the photos to have colours, I would know that the day was good. The winds are usually the ones that chill the bones.
I love that jumper on you. Over here we call them a knitted pullover top. And It looks really warm and snug over your top. The pop of yellow is refreshing to the overall monochrome tone.
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I love the shapes - and I can totally see how you'd be obsessed with that sweater!
Very stylish outfit! The sweater is lovely and your necklace is perfect color accent!
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The character of irregular warfare has challenged the American "way of war" in a number of ways. Not only does it challenge how U.S. forces fight, it also brings into question the ethical norms that they employ to govern the fighting. The resulting confusion is especially evident in the public debate over the use of force in Iraq and Afghanistan. For example, traditional just war thinking has permitted collateral damage that has undermined the civil order that those military operations are intended to impose, while at the same time has prohibited Soldiers from killing or detaining the enemy who threatens that order in the first place. These counterintuitive outcomes suggest that the traditional view needs to be revised in light of the demands of combating irregular threats. Revising this view will have to take into account the emphasis that combating irregular threats places on populations rather than on military capability. In doing so, it expands the ends and means of war requiring Soldiers to not only defend the state, but to impose civil-order outside the state as well. These complications fundamentally change the character of warfare and require Soldiers to rethink where they may accept and place risk when balancing the ethical demands of their profession. This point has important implications for the way the United States should fight irregular wars and the norms they should employ to govern them.
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Personification, Hyperbole, and Metaphor
Some people point to obvious instances of hyperbole, personification, or metaphor in Scripture and use them to accuse the Bible of not telling the truth. That represents a failure to read the text as it was intended by its original ...Read More
The House of Prayer
The prayer life of an individual and of the church says a lot about their view of the Lord. If we are careful to develop a precise theology and yet have an anemic prayer life, it may be that we ...Read More
The Coming Mighty God
There is much that we can learn about the person and work of Christ by studying the titles given to Him in Scripture. This task entails studying the Old Testament background of the New Testament titles given to Jesus. Passages ...Read More
Conceived in the Womb of the Virgin
J. Gresham Machen argued that the denial of the virgin birth of Jesus is usually a precursor to denying the other supernatural elements of the faith. Though some try to deny the virgin birth and still affirm such supernatural events ...Read More
The Spirit and the Lord's Servant
Isaiah 61:3 indicates that one result of the Messiah's work is to make His people "oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD." This is an image of permanence, of life in God's presence forever. John Calvin comments ...Read More
The Worship of All Flesh
Isaiah also conveys the glorious blessing of the new heavens and earth in today's passage when he says "some of them also I will take for priests" (Isa. 66:21). He is referring to the Gentiles, and this would have ...Read More
The New Heavens and Earth
If we were asked to give a simple one-sentence summary of Christian eschatology, this would certainly suffice: God is going to make all things right. That includes even the physical world. The Lord will fully transform all things, renewing them ...Read More
Judgment and Salvation
We who have been purchased by Christ might sometimes feel like we should just go along with the unrighteousness around us. Yet though the cost of following the Lord is great, and may even be greater in the days ahead ...Read More
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Dr. John Piper writes: "God's own glory is uppermost in his own affections. In everything he does, his purpose is to preserve and display that glory. To say his glory is uppermost in his own affections means that he ...Read More
The Savior of God's Blind Servant
Today's passage reveals divine election, for Isaiah speaks of a people who are precious in God's eyes (43:4). This is not due to any good in them, given that the people are still blind to their sin (42:18 ...Read More
The Servant of the Lord
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It's a sobering statistic that has caused local officials to mobilize into action: Every week, three Columbus families are burying a child who died before his or her first birthday.
It's a sobering statistic that has caused local officials to mobilize into action: Every week, three Columbus families are burying a child who died before his or her first birthday.
Nov. 18, Columbus City Council President Andrew Ginther and Columbus Public Health Commissioner Dr. Teresa C. Long announced the formation of a task force charged with reducing the number of infant deaths in the region.
"In Columbus and Franklin County, our numbers have been consistently higher than the nation and state," Long said. "We have to address this problem."
The task force includes more than 20 health, community and business leaders chosen for "their expertise and areas of leadership," said Long, who's also a member of the team.
She said the group will start meeting in earnest in January to develop a communitywide strategy to reduce infant mortality by 40 percent overall and 50 percent in the black community, where the infant mortality rate for babies is two-and-a-half times that of white babies in Franklin County.
Infant mortality has been a vexing problem locally and nationally for a number of years, Long said.
Ohio is ranked 48 of 50 states, Franklin County is 71 of 88 Ohio counties and Columbus is 36 of the 50 largest U.S. cities.
New York City, by comparison, has half the number of infant-mortality deaths than Columbus. The U.S., meanwhile, is ranked 32 of 34 industrialized nations. It reflects the broader socioeconomic, cultural, education and health factors.
"Infant mortality, again, is a measure of well being," Long said. "It's more than the health of children. It's multi-factoral."
Health officials point to four key areas of concern: children who are born too early or too small, serious birth defects, unsafe sleeping conditions and maternal complications during pregnancy.
Mothers also must maintain healthy lifestyles during four key periods of their lives: prior to pregnancy, during pregnancy, at birth and during the first year of a child's life, Long said.
Controlling chronic health conditions and having access to healthcare also are important in the survival rate of newborns.
"They're really critical for the infant and baby to thrive," she said.
Several cities and the country overall have made some progress in decreasing infant-mortality rates, Long said.
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The French Colonial Historical Society (FCHS) is now accepting proposals for its 2004 Annual Meeting to be held May 5–8, 2004, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
The Program Committee chairs-Sylvie Dépatie and Michael G. Vann-encourage scholars to submit either individual papers or full panels on any and all aspects of French Colonial History. There is a special interest in papers and/or panels that investigate the following:
The formation of identities and the construction of culture in the colonial world; perceptions of colonials by metropolitan French; the role of race in the colonial encounter and the postcolonial context; the tension between France's republican ideals and the authoritarian nature of the empire; religious practice and belief in the colonial world; the history of anticolonial movements within the French empire; strategies or models for integrating colonial history into the fabric of French national history.
Abstracts of 100 to 200 hundred words should be sent, in the case of papers dealing with the pre-1831 empire, to Sylvie Dépatie (email@example.com) or, in the case of post-1831 period, to Michael G. Vann (email@example.com).
Please mark proposed papers and panels as either "Pre-1831, Attn: Dépatie" or "Post-1831, Attn: Vann." Papers and panels that discuss both the "old" and "new" empires should be marked as such. The deadline for proposals is September 15, 2003.
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A concert event in Canada scheduled to go down next month finds itself down one sponsor after they decided to pull out of the event once Chris Brown was added to the lineup.
A spokesman for Rogers Communications confirmed on Twitter last night the company was pulling its name from the show, which is scheduled to go down August 31 in Halifax. Responding to several complaints on Twitter, the spokesman wrote, "In light of today's announcement, we're withdrawing our sponsorship of the event."
He continued, "Rogers agreed to sponsor Energy Rush prior to Chris Brown's choice as a performer."
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Google to drop Chrome's support for popular video format
Google announced on Monday that their increasingly popular browser Chrome will be dropping native support for the H.264 video format.
As the latest versions of browsers are being released there is increasing support for native video playback, ie. users will no longer need proprietary plugins such as Flash or Silverlight to watch video on the web. This means each browser has to support certain video formats themselves. The battle at the moment is between the proprietary H.264 (heavily supported by Apple and now Microsoft) and open-source WebM / Ogg Theroa formats (supported by Mozilla and now Google).
From the Chromium blog:
Though H.264 plays an important role in video, as our goal is to enable open innovation, support for the codec will be removed and our resources directed towards completely open codec technologies.
At focus we think open-source is great, in fact we build our web sites on open-source technologies every day. However, we think this move by Google (who's motto is "Don't be evil" by the way) is bad for a number of reasons.
H.264 is an established format. Millions of mobile devices support hardware acceleration of H.264 video and there are millions of videos already on the web encoded in the format (including every video on the Google owned Youtube).
Users are still stuck using Flash. Any Chrome user trying to view an H.264 video will have to use Flash as a 'middleman', slowing the process of moving away from Flash to HTML5 / native browser support for video.
This isn't about
enabling open innovation at all. This is about competiton with Apple in the mobile market and trying to make life as difficult as possible for them. Which is fine in itself, but not when it's being diguised as
There are licensing question marks around the WebM format. Promoted as completely open-source, there are reports that the WebM format may have licensing issues of it's own.
In the end I think despite both H.264 & Flash being proprietary technologies, H.264 is the better more transparent one for the user. The licensing cost is paid by the Browser vendors (let's face it, Google, Apple, Microsoft can afford it) not the developer or end user.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Lipscomb's junior David Salazar ends the fall with a singles consolation victory at ITA regional played at Knoxville, Tenn.
"I felt great today finishing my last fall match as a Bison with a win and as a team we had positive results throughout our fall season," Salazar said.
Daniel Hernandez has had some great wins this weekend. Hernandez had a win against Wright State and a loss against MemphisSaturday.
"For us to be successful this year we are going to need everyone to be a consistent performer for us," coach Mario Hernandez said. "Daniel showed this week that he has made improvements in this area which is great to see. I am excited to see the rest of the guys perform and finish the fall season strong."
John Tougher and Rob Mitchell lost their respective matches in three sets. Both the matches were final set super-tiebreakers.
The doubles matches were played on Friday in which both the doubles teams lost.
"We have had a good fall season and I am very excited for upcoming spring," Hernandez said. "This whole fall was a great way to show us what we were doing well and what we needed to work on.
"I was happy today for David to win his last ever fall match. He has been a tremendous leader for us, particularly in the way he leads by example each day. I can't wait for him to have his best spring season to date," added coach Hernandez.
The Bisons have shown gradual improvements in the results throughout the fall season.
"We have done a great job in preparing and disciplining ourselves this fall and will continue on to do so this coming spring season," Salazar said. "I am excited about what is to come and what the spring has in store for us. Coach Mario has done a great job."


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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard will pay $108 million and agreed to take on certain reporting and compliance obligations to settle a Justice Department and SEC investigation into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have been conducting investigations into HP's conduct in Russia and Poland, among other countries. On Wednesday, Polish prosecutors alleged that a local HP executive paid bribes worth over $500,000 in exchange for help winning contracts to supply computer equipment to Polish police headquarters.
HP declined to comment on the specifics of that case. It did not elaborate on what obligations it agreed to take on in its settlement of the U.S. probes.
"The misconduct described in the settlement was limited to a small number of people who are no longer employed by the company," John Schultz, HP's executive vice president and general counsel said in a statement on Wednesday.
"HP fully cooperated with both the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission in the investigation of these matters and will continue to provide customers around the world with top quality products and services without interruption."
Reporting by Edwin Chan; Editing by Bernard Orr