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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WPEC) - If the November election proved anything, it's that there is a deep divide in the United States.
In five short weeks, on Jan. 20, Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States. At age 70, he'll be the oldest person ever sworn into office.
Trump plans to build out the final pieces of his administration during the holidays, which he'll spend with his family at their Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
Just a few short miles away, 500 of the most powerful voters in politics are gathering to build out their own blueprints for the future of the country.
West Palm Beach is home to the annual winter retreat for Turning Point USA. The group has several thousand members across the country and hundreds of college chapters.
Turning Point USA is composed of millennials from across the political divide.
The group was founded in 2012 by Charley Kirk, with the mission to focus on two main issues: free market enterprise and creating a smaller government.
"This conference shows there's an enthusiasm for that among young people," Kirk said.
The lineup for the winter retreat includes an array of conservative commentators, as well as Donald Trump Jr.
Kirk says their focus is not to campaign for any candidate or party, but on their own core values.
"We're talking about the danger of socialism, the merits of free enterprise, the size and scope of government," Kirk said.
During the November election, just 24 million millennials voted - that's fewer than four years ago. What research shows is that young voters are looking for drastic changes.
Millennials will also prove to have the power to get done what they want. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, millennials now outnumber baby boomers. As of 2015, there were 83.1 million millennials, people born between 1982 and 2000. That is a quarter of the U.S. population, compared to baby boomers, whose population dipped to 75.4 million.
Millennials can prove to change politics as we know it.
Jennifer Dupliessie is a junior at Texas A&M University. She's among 500 college students at Turning Point USA's winter retreat.
She says the group focuses on crossing political divides and showing millennials how politics, government and issues impact young voters.
"Do you have student debt or like paying taxes, something you can click with," Dupliessie said.
She says it's also about having a voice.
"It's what made our country great," Dupliessie said. "We have a freedom to do what we like to do, we have Uber, we have Starbucks, we have these things that make our lives so much easier and more convenient, and those are all the things that's thanks to free market."

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The European Union will consider restricting Russia's access to capital markets and to sensitive technologies unless President Vladimir Putin expedites the investigation of the downing of the Malaysian Air flight over eastern Ukraine, three officials said.
EU governments would move toward those stiffer sanctions if Putin refuses to abide by a United Nations resolution calling for an international probe into the disaster and unimpeded access to the crash site, according to proposals being weighed by the bloc's foreign ministers at a meeting in Brussels today.
The officials, who asked not to be identified because the discussion is in progress, didn't spell out the precise trigger or timetable for the stepped-up sanctions or what they would entail. The proposal requires approval by all 28 EU foreign ministers and may be modified before a decision is released later today.
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Manufacturing resource planning software, sometimes called material requirements planning or as MRP II software, is the core technology that sets manufacturing applications apart from other types of business software. This added functionality also adds complexity, both in implementation and in operation. We wrote this buyer's guide to help buyers navigate the maze of top MRP solutions.
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What Is Manufacturing Resource Planning Software?
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"If you fail to plan, then plan to fail" is equally true in sports and manufacturing. Manufacturing MRP software was the first attempt to bring software tools, such as a materials forecast, to formal manufacturing techniques. These systems answer the four basic questions: What do I make? What do I buy? When do I buy? When do I make?
MRP is a subset of enterprise resource planning (ERP). It covers the period of time from when a product is conceived, the raw materials are identified and procured, resources are identified, to when production steps are planned. At that point, manufacturing execution systems (MES) take over.
ERP combines the tools of an MRP system and an MES system, and extends both. Whereas MRP and MES focus on planning for individual jobs, ERP is concerned with a manufacturer's entire chain from buying raw materials to delivery of finished goods to the customer, over the course of time. In other words, MRP software focuses on increasing efficiencies for the course of a job and ERP takes a wider and longer view, over all jobs from end to end.
Basic functions include:
Materials costing is usually the core function. It determines what is made versus what is bought. Materials costing works with the inventory system to check quantities on hand and lead times for parts that must be ordered as well as production logs to determine lead times for any sub-assemblies that must be fabricated.
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MRP suites may also include a module for configure-price-quote (CPQ) functionality, typically used by sales teams to provide quick and accurate custom quotes for built-to-order operations.
Manufacturing resource planning systems are adaptable to many different philosophies but favor the lean manufacturing and just-in-time (JIT) system. It can support all modes including discrete, process, make to stock (MTS), assemble to stock (ATS), assemble to order (ATO), make to order (MTO) and engineer to order (ETO). However, planning and inventory control functions are generally more important to the "to order" modes due to the time constraints that these modes impose.
MRP ERP systems are generally run on premise. Small shops may have only a single-user system or a small network, while larger organizations may have networks with workstations throughout the facility. Manufacturers have been slower to adopt cloud-based materials requirements planning programs but there is an emerging group of vendors offering a cloud program.
The first step in evaluating programs, is determining what type of buyer you are. Over 90 percent of buyers fall into one of these three groups:
Full-suite buyer. These buyers value the seamless integration of data and processes that comes from having one system for all functions. For example, they would prefer a full-suite system for estimating, work-in-progress management and accounting that can automatically turn an estimate into a budget for project management and then match invoices to project status and allocate job costs. These buyers favor complete suites like Oracle, SAP, Sage ERP or Microsoft Dynamics.
Departmental buyer. Specialists in one function, such as materials costing, may value the feature depth of best-of-breed solutions designed for their function. These buyers may need specific functionality, like the ability to interface with a specific departmental procurement system.
Small manufacturer. Small organizations often have limited budgets and fewer IT resources available. In many cases, they may be deciding between a new system and a new piece of equipment. These businesses need cost-effective small business MRP solutions that are easy to implement and use. Others may be interested in evaluating free MRP software, which is typically offered in an open source model. Some will prefer full-suite systems, while others may just want one application, such as resource planning or production inventory control.
MRP systems, whether stand-alone or incorporated in an ERP system, offer distinct benefits over less formal production planning systems. These include:
Better planning and resource allocation. One of the greatest strengths of ERP MRP systems is better data and greater insight into the actual costs of inventory, people and equipment, and the actual time costs for each step of the planning and production process.
Greener operations. Better planning and tracking leads to operations that generate less waste and less scrap, reducing environmental impact for those firms. Additionally, as more documentation is kept electronically, it reduces waste paper and cuts paper costs.
Integration with accounting systems. The basic purpose of an MRP ERP system is to decide what to buy and when. Integration with the general inventory makes it easier to track the inventory costs as well as determining lead times. The accounts receivables system handles ordering and payment.
Material requirements planning as a discipline, and the software in general, does have some limitations which can cause problems if not addressed. Planning is based on what should be possible; it ignores current limitations. The inventory and resource planning are based on the assumption that everything is idle. Care must be taken not to over-allocate resources.
Inventory levels are another area of concern. Inventory items tend to two extremes. Either too much is carried in inventory, tying up valuable capital and credit, or too little is carried in inventory, requiring stock to be acquired and delaying production. These systems are supposed to solve this particular problem, but if the model does not adapt to changes in the inventory supply chain, inventory levels on key items will tend to one of the two extremes.
There are also problems that develop over time. The bills of materials, work orders and schedules are based on the assumptions made when the program is first installed. If assumptions are not updated to reflect changes over time as costs fluctuate and productivity changes, the estimates from the MRP will increasingly diverge from the actual costs.
There is also a scope issue. MRP planning is based around particular jobs. While it can increase the efficiency for those jobs, it is possible that over the course of many jobs, the costs will add up. For example, if three jobs are costed that each use four pounds of salt, the system will miss the discount available if 12 pounds of salt are purchased all at once. Among other things, ERP systems expand the scope to solve this issue.
While you evaluate programs, make sure you consider these market trends:
Advanced planning techniques. As the cost of computing power and storage decreases, more powerful planning models are available which yield better results.
Harmonization. For many years, the goal for MRP and ERP was a single corporate-wide data store. However, that thinking is now evolving to strategically selected systems for specific purposes, sharing information as required.
Use of mobile devices. Until recently, most system designers assumed that the users would be working from a fixed location. Any information had to be entered, remembered or written down and brought to the computer. The new trend is have to mobile systems in the warehouse or shop floor. Operators enter pertinent information directly into mobile systems without having to go to a permanent workstation.
Vendor consolidation. Large vendors like Oracle and Microsoft are buying niche vendors to round out manufacturing application libraries. With so many vendors and products available, this trend will continue for the foreseeable future.
Intelligent inventory tagging. The use of one-dimensional bar coding for equipment and inventory tagging is well established in systems for manufacturers. Recent systems use radio frequency identification (RFID), which can be read remotely to check inventory levels and to confirm equipment availability. Other systems use two-dimensional bar codes which contain descriptive information in addition to an identifier like a part number.
Functional integration with ERP. While there are still numerous stand-alone systems, generally the functions are part of a larger ERP system that is broader in scope than just a facility.
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These are the screws used in the XO laptops, and their locations. This is part of the Disassembly and Repair guides.
- (A) M2x.4 x 4mm - The common blackened ones. There are a lot of these - use anywhere a specific type of screw is not specified.
- (B) M3x.5 x 5mm - There are 4 of these. These attach the hinge to the bottom half of the laptop.
- (C) M2x.4 x 6mm - The long shiny ones. There are 6 of them. Four are used to attach the back cover (over the motherboard), and are accessed behind the screen. Two are used to hold the hinge cover together, one on each side.
- (D) M2x.4 x 2mm or 3mm - The short shiny ones. There may be 4 of them, all under the keyboard. 2 of these hold the keyboard controller circuit board in place, the other two help screw the keyboard to the keyboard bezel. Holes for these screws are marked with this symbol: .
- (E) fat M2x.4 x 7.62mm (0.3in) - The screen screws. These are cushioned by 4 black rubber ring bumpers and hold the screen in place.
- (F) M2.5x.45 x 12.7mm (0.5in) - The antenna ear screws. Four of these hold the antenna ear clamps in place.
The screws are metric (ISO). The number immediately after the M is the rough diameter (in mm), followed by the pitch (in mm) after the first 'x'. The length is indicated after the second 'x'. Two of the screws have a precise length in English units, but not metric units.
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Aldar Academies are seeking an outstanding Head of Mathematics for Al Bateen Academy commencing August 2018.
The main purpose of the role is to provide professional leadership and management for the department in order to secure high quality teaching and learning, effective use of resources and improved standards of learning and achievement for all students. Previous leadership experience is essential; experience of teaching IB DP is desirable.
The school provides high quality education from the ages of 11 to 18 and follows the English National Curriculum, with an international dimension, in Years 7 to 9. In Years 10 and 11 students complete their I/GCSE qualifications and in Years 12 and 13 study the prestigious International Baccalaureate (IB DP) Programme.
The successful candidate will able to deliver lessons that inspire students to succeed in order to achieve the best possible outcomes. Also, possess energy and enthusiasm to deliver lessons that engage, enthuse and motivate our learners.
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More than a half-century after President Kennedy pressed for a renewal of a then-blighted Pennsylvania Avenue, another experienced presidential candidate is making his mark on Washington's grand boulevard.
Developer Donald Trump, who last year won a General Services Administration 60-year lease to renovate the historic Old Post Office, has offered a glimpse of his plans for a 271-room luxury hotel that preserves the 19th-century exterior. In New York Times business story published Wednesday, Trump described the 16-foot-ceiling rooms that "will be the largest of any of the rooms in D.C.," and supplied the paper with an artist's rendering of the planned 13,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom of Trump International Hotel. "It's very unusual to have that frontage on such an unusual thoroughfare," Trump said. "We're looking to make that one of the great hotels of the world."
It's a far cry from the long-empty food court and offices of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, which GSA was required to relocate (they moved this month to 7th Street Southwest). Trump plans to complete the Post Office renovation in time for the 2017 inauguration.
Asked why Trump was selected, GSA chief Dan Tangherlini said, "It was a combination of the viability of the business plan, the quality of the commitment to preserving the asset and a sense that this was the best deal on the table for the American taxpayer."
Trump, who is seldom content to rest on his laurels, told the reporter he now has his eyes on the site of the FBI building, whose occupants are slated to move to a new and larger facility on a site GSA is still selecting.


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U.S. Will Face Guatemala and Haiti in Group C; All Four Semifinalists Qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates
CHICAGO (March 5, 2013) – The U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team was drawn into Group C for the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, which will take place April 6-19 in Panama City, Panama. The U.S. will face Guatemala and Haiti in its attempt to qualify for the 2013 FIFA World Cup in the United Arab Emirates from Oct. 17-Nov. 8.
The U.S. will first face Haiti on Sunday, April 7, at 5:30 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. ET), followed by a match against Guatemala on Thursday, April 11, at 5:30 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. ET). Both matches will take place at the Estadio Rommel Fernandez.
The tournament consists of four groups of three teams each, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the quarterfinals. Group A is made up of Panama, Barbados and Jamaica. Group B consists of Canada, Costa Rica and Trinidad & Tobago and Group D is comprised of Mexico, Honduras and Cuba. All four semifinalists will qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [Tournament Home]
"We are excited to learn our opponents for the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship," said U.S. U-17 MNT head coach Richie Williams. "We have spent the better part of the last 18 months preparing for this tournament and now it's the final stretch before we head down to Panama and look to represent our country and our region at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
"Our players are aware that we are facing quality opposition in Haiti and Guatemala. We respect those two teams and know it won't be an easy path through the group, but we are ready to play our game and take on the responsibility of qualifying for the World Cup."
Groups C and D will play all their matches at the Estadio Rommel Fernandez on April 7, 9 and 11. Group A and B will play at the Estadio Muquita Sanchez on April 6, 8 and 10.
Should the U.S. advance through the group phase, the team will play one of the top two teams from Group D.
The U.S. received an automatic berth to the final round of qualifying along with Canada and Mexico. The U-17 MNT heads into the tournament as defending champion, having captured the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship title with a 3-0 win against Canada. In 2011, the U.S. finished atop Group B with wins against Panama and Cuba. The U.S. then defeated El Salvador 3-2 in overtime in the quarterfinals before defeating Jamaica 2-0 in the semifinals.
Haiti qualified for the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship by finishing in first place in Group 3 of Caribbean qualifying. The squad coached by Wilner Etienne went through the group undefeated, beating Curaçao 4-1, Dominican Republic 3-1 and St. Lucia 3-0.
Led by head coach Juan Manuel Funes, Guatemala enters the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship as the third place team from Central America after having finished qualifying behind first-place Honduras and second-place Costa Rica. In qualifying, Guatemala tied 0-0 with Nicaragua, defeated El Salvador 3-2, tied with Honduras 1-1 and fell 2-0 to Costa Rica.
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Small Business Saturday success
Big brand stores may have had their day on Black Friday, but Wapakoneta stole the spotlight during Small Business Saturday.
Many stores throughout Wapakoneta promoted shopping local during this year's Small Business Saturday, a growing trend throughout the United States.
Sisters Cassie Wireman and Ashley Spillis, both of Waynesfield, said they visited downtown Wapakoneta specifically because of Small Business Saturday.
They originally planned to visit the mall for left over Black Friday deals.
"But we remembered Small Business Saturday, so we decided to stay local," Wireman said. "We are conservative. We like to shop small."
From Louisiana, the sisters agreed that Ohio had more "rugged, rustic" looking antiques, which is exactly what they were shopping for in Casa Chic.
Spillis said they appreciated the small town shops while they went antiquing.
"We don't like Walmart taking over everything," Spillis said.
Casa Chic participated in Small Business Saturday with vendor bargains and Christmas displays, Co-owner Londa Tomlinson said.
Tomlinson said the shop is excited to continue with the holidays and begin "gearing up for the new year."
Small Business Saturday was a success for Casa Chic, Tomlinson said.
"People were waiting at the door at a quarter to 10 [a.m.]," Tomlinson said. "They were excited about shopping small and supporting the community."
Also president of Wapakoneta Antique and Specialty Shops (WASS), Tomlinson said the day was focused on showing what Wapakoneta has to offer to the community.
"It's not like at the mall where you see the same items at every store — we have items you won't see anywhere else," Tomlinson said about the stores downtown.
Tomlinson said the shops were busy on Black Friday, but not nearly as busy as Small Business Saturday.
"People love the ambiance of the small town — walking from shop to shop, listening to Christmas music," Tomlinson said.
Gild the Lily Co-owner Glenna McCormick said her store has been prepared for Small Business Saturday since the Holiday Open House, and she has provided multiple deals for her "Black Friday weekend."
McCormick said she likes having three days for customers to come in for special deals.
"People might be busy on Friday or Saturday," McCormick said. "This gives them a chance to get in, and then they don't have to rush. People are busy now-a-days — they have jobs and families."
McCormick said the deals have brought in customers, but many have come out of their own holiday traditions. The store is celebrating its 16th year in business.
"Customers will come in and say, 'I can't do my holiday shopping without going into Gild the Lily,'" McCormick said.
McCormick said downtown holds a special meaning to her, since she owned multiple buildings as part of the family furniture business for 35 years.
"We're always striving for that attention to keeping things local," McCormick said. "People like our town — we get so many compliments on downtown Wapakoneta."


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Bryan Villar, MD, of Bayhealth Family Practice of Georgetown, explains some of the most common mis-beliefs about antibiotics and children.
Bryan Villar, MD, of Bayhealth Family Practice of Georgetown, explains some of the most common mis-beliefs about antibiotics and children.
A virus is a sickness that cannot be cured by antibiotics:
Most of the time when we see pediatric patients with cold or flu symptoms, they have a virus, not a bacterial infection. Parents can help their child feel better by offering fluids like water and juice, and by using Tylenol, Motrin, or Advil to keep fevers down.
Most colds and flus are viruses. Chest congestion and sinus congestion are usually caused by viruses.
Antibiotics will not help your child get well faster:
Viruses run for three to five days, typically. The only thing we can do for a virus is make children comfortable and let them rest.
If your child has symptoms that last for several days, s/he may have a bacterial infection. This can happen when the immune system is weakened from a virus. Please call your health provider.
Physicians cannot prescribe antibiotics over the phone:
It's important for me and for all doctors to see patients in person. Every child is different. I need to see your child so I can make the best recommendation for treatment.
If you are worried about your child, make an appointment. Don't wait until the weekend.
Antibiotics can cause problems if they are prescribed when they are not needed:
If your child takes antibiotics often, s/he can become resistant to them. If s/he has a more serious illness later on, it may be difficult for your provider to find the appropriate medicine to give. The best medication for your child's illness may not work because s/he has built up a resistance to it.
Strong antibiotics can cause side effects. Your child may have nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.
If you are worried about your sick child, call your primary care provider:
Parents often check online for health advice. They may read blogs written by people without medical training. Your child's primary care provider is the best person to talk to when you are concerned about your child's health.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The question caught Wolf Blitzer off guard.
Which, at this point, is no small thing.
Over four decades as a reporter and television anchor, Blitzer has visited KGB headquarters. Served as a backchannel during Egyptian-Israeli peace negotiations. Covered the Constitutional-cum-dry-cleaning debacle of MonicaGate. Moderated presidential debates featuring Rick Perry and Herman Cain. Invited Twitter shock and awe with his recent adoption of hipster glasses.
In short, if the 64-year-old newsman hasn't seen it all, he has come awfully close.
Last week, however, he found himself at dinner, sitting next to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. At the same time, the Washington Nationals were playing the second game of a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers, closing in on a postseason berth. Now, Blitzer is a fan. A serious fan. A guy who makes non-schmoozing use of the CNN suite at Nationals Park, who has given the club on-air shoutouts, who went to Florida for the first day of spring training, who has producers feed him Stephen Strasburg updates in his "Situation Room" earpiece. And so he was thumbing his Blackberry, getting a quick fix, assuming that his table companions had other, more important things to worry about -- like, for instance, being the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Out of the blue, Sibelius spoke up.
"She asks me, 'Hey, what's the Nationals score?'" Blitzer says, incredulous. "Here I am, sitting next to a cabinet secretary, the former governor of Kansas, and I'm looking up what's going on in the top of the fifth."
Blitzer laughs.
"It only goes to show you that people in this town love a winner."
Every town loves a successful sports franchise. Washington self-identifies with them. After all, this is a city of former class presidents. Of climbers and strivers. A place -- to paraphrase Sean Connery in "The Rock" -- where losers whine about their backstabbing campaign managers and winners go home to the White House. Every four years, the nation's capital is consumed by the race for the presidency. For the first time since 1933, the Nationals have given journalists, pundits and politicians alike a second pennant chase to obsess over.
Washington is finally experiencing meaningful late-season baseball. In fact, with the Nationals already in the playoffs and attempting to hold off late-charging Atlanta for an actual division title, locals have some new and unexpected choices to make.
CNN … or ESPN?
Politico … or The Washington Post and Times sports pages?
Wake up and check the latest tracking polls … or pour some coffee and check the standings?
"It used to be that in late August and September, you wouldn't find anyone at Nationals Park on the weekend because people were watching college football and the NFL," says Luke Russert, a Nationals fan and Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News. "But it's amazing how the Nationals have gripped the town. Everyone is watching. It's a bipartisan success story.
"It's funny looking over my October schedule. A lot of it was made a few months ago, never expecting that I would ever have to move things around for a NLCS. That's usually when we go out and cover Congressional races. I think you'll see a lot of political reporters trying to cover things in Virginia this time around."
Two nights before the start of the recent Democratic National Convention, Democratic strategists Paul Begala and James Carville met Bloomberg News Washington bureau chief Al Hunt for dinner in Charlotte. Drinks were plentiful. Conversation flowed. Late became later.
The trio -- campaign junkies to the core -- barely discussed the upcoming election.
"There was much more talk of Strasburg, [Bryce] Harper and Gio [Gonzalez] than of [Presidents] Obama and Clinton," Hunt says. "I've lived in Washington for a long time. And this is a pretty new experience. If you're a baseball fan, it's a totally new experience. I bet I've been to 20 regular-season games this year. I'll go to all of the playoff games."
Hold up. All of them? Isn't October, um, kind of a busy political month?
"If we get in the World Series, and there's a presidential debate one night, do I go to the World Series game or watch the debate?" Hunt says.
"That will be a real moral challenge."
* * *
A little less than two weeks ago, Hunt faced a different sort of challenge. The Nationals had just been swept by the Braves, trimming their division lead to 5 ½ games.
Hunt lives and dies with the team. Calls himself a nut. A wacko. He moved to the District in 1969. The Washington Senators moved to Texas in 1972. He spent three decades pining for a team, nearly gave up hope. He was there for Strasburg's 14-strikeout big league debut, a night he dubs "magical." On mornings after a loss, Hunt won't read the Post sports section. Can't bear to look at it. Once, while moderating a political panel -- Hunt won't name the participants, probably because they might get mad -- he started playing around with his iPhone.
Afterward, one of the panelists approached him.
Hey, Al, is something big going on politically?
"I said, 'Oh, yeah,'" Hunt recalls. "Bull[expletive]. I was checking the Nats score."
So … the Atlanta series. Hunt was despondent. Afraid that Washington would blow the division. He has faith in Nationals manager Davey Johnson. But he also grew up in Philadelphia, and has never, ever gotten over the 1964 Phillies, whose epochal gag job -- blowing a 6 ½ game lead with 12 games to play by losing 10 straight -- remains fresh. Still painful. A haunting nightmare, he calls it.
Seeking solace, Hunt rang up a friend, Walter.
"He told me, 'You pretend that we were only 2 ½ games up, and then we went to Atlanta and swept the series,'" Hunt says.
Walter is a fellow nut. He also is Walter Dellinger, the former Solicitor General of the United States, a man who argues cases before the Supreme Court for a living.
Washington long has been slagged for being a front-running sports town, full of transient fans and sunshine patriots. The reputation is somewhat deserved: See President Obama, tossing out a ceremonial first pitch for Washington's 2010 home opener, wearing a Nationals jacket and a Chicago White Sox cap. No. No. A thousand times no. Not the kind of bipartisanship the electorate was looking for. Still, Hunt and Dellinger are hardly outliers. The Nationals have genuine fans, many of them political movers and shakers.
This season alone, Nationals Park has hosted Vice President Joe Biden, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey, eight cabinet secretaries and five Supreme Court justices. (Not among them? Justice Samuel Alito, who according to sources is a devoted Phillies fan.) Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) is a Nationals supporter, as is Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT). Among the Beltway press, backers include NBC's Russert and David Gregory, CNN's Begala and Carville (the latter even threw out a first pitch), Politico's Mike Allen and ABC News senior political correspondent Jon Karl, and syndicated columnists Charles Krauthammer and George Will. Before his 2009 death, conservative commentator Bob Novak -- charmingly referred to as "The Prince of Darkness," a nickname he later appropriated for the title of his autobiography -- used to attend games at RFK Stadium his wife, Geraldine. She kept score by hand.
"You know who is a real secret fan and goes incognito to games?" Hunt says. "Ben Bernanke. He goes to a bunch of games, in a baseball cap and jeans. You can barely recognize him."
Bernanke isn't the first Chairman of the Federal Reserve to enjoy baseball. His predecessor, Alan Greenspan, is a fan. The former economic oracle is good friends with Hunt, too, so much so that their respective families sometimes spend Christmas together. A few years ago, Hunt gave his son, Benjamin, a painting of Willie Mays making his famous over-the-shoulder catch in the 1954 World Series. The boy was 8 years old. He turned to Greenspan.
"What was the greatest catch?" the boy asked.
Greenspan pondered the question.
"The greatest catch was Mays in the '54 World Series," he replied. "But you have to understand that equipment is better now. So you'd have to call Mays' catch 'equipmentally adjusted.'"
"My son looks at Greenspan like, 'What the hell are you talking about?'" Hunt recalls. "But that's Alan. He talks in Greenspan-ese."
The Senate Finance Committee undoubtedly can relate.
"I took Alan to a game at RFK once," Hunt says. "Good seats. Behind third base. Some drunk guy was sitting behind us."
Hunt laughs.
"So, Greenspan is the Chairman of the Fed, in charge of interest rates, and the guy behind us isn't even paying attention to the game. He's just yelling, "keep 'em low, Alan! Keep 'em low!"
* * *
George Will is on the phone, talking about the Nationals. And also writing a column. And also watching a game, the Detroit Tigers against the White Sox.
This, he says, is par for the course.
"Following politics doesn't get in the way of following the Nats," says Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist and the author of two best-selling books about baseball. "I only write about politics to support my baseball habit. If you can't multitask, give up the politics."
With baseball and politics both in high gear, Washington fans are becoming adept at dealing with more than one thing at once. At the Republican and Democratic conventions, Blitzer anchored his network's coverage from 4 p.m. to midnight. Commercial breaks were 2 ½ minutes long -- just enough time to check scores on his laptop. And sometimes go to the bathroom. Krauthammer appears on Bret Baier's nightly Fox News Channel show from 6-7 p.m. According to Will, the commentator then "hops in his van" and drives down South Capitol Street to Nationals Park. "He's there by the middle of the second inning," Will says. "He's going to games a lot." Russert didn't cover the Democratic convention, so he went to a concurrent Nationals home stand against the Chicago Cubs.
"I left early enough to get home to watch the major speeches, Clinton and President Obama," he says. "At the games, I was watching the clock. Watching the innings."
Brian Frederick considers himself lucky. A Nationals fan, he also is the executive director of the Sports Fans Coalition, a Washington-based fan advocacy organization that has lobbied for issues such as instituting a major college football playoff and ending NFL blackouts. "So it's my job to go to Nationals Park, check things out, see how fans are doing," Frederick says with a grin.
Alas, Frederick's work-life flexibility only goes so far. He'll be marrying his fiancée, Carolyn, in October. Assuming the Nationals win the NL East, their first home playoff game will be on Oct. 9.
Something had to give.
"That's why we're getting married on Oct. 6," he says. "And also why we're not going on a honeymoon right away. I probably shouldn't put that in print. But it's true. My poor fiancée."
* * *
When it comes to sports, politicians are notorious bandwagon jumpers.
It often shows. While running for the White House, John Kerry once said his favorite Red Sox player was Manny Ortiz, who was either a mangled mashup of David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, or a CPU-generated draft pick in an XBox baseball game. Similarly, Boston Mayor J
oe Quimby Thomas Menino once referred to the unforgettable moment when Jason Varitek "split the uprights" to give the New England Patriots a Super Bowl victory -- never mind that Varitek played for the Red Sox, presumably alongside Manny Ortiz.
Rep. Steve Cohen would never make such a mistake. A Nationals fan since the team moved here from Montreal in 2005, the Tennessee Congressman comes by his affection for the sport the old-fashioned way -- via a heart-warming, life-altering childhood moment that wouldn't be out of place in a Disney movie.
The year was 1955. Cohen was 5 years old, growing up in Memphis, stricken with Polio and limping around on crutches. The White Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals were in town for a spring exhibition game. Clad in a Chicago T-shirt and cap, Cohen made his way down to the railing above the field. Cardinals pitcher Tom Poholsky handed him a baseball, a gift from White Sox star and former Negro Leagues great Minnie Minoso.
"The reason Minnie didn't hand me the baseball himself was that he didn't feel comfortable in a segregated city giving a ball to a white kid," Cohen says.
Cohen never forgot the gesture -- or the social injustice that surrounded it. When the White Sox returned to Memphis in 1960, Cohen and his father visited Minoso at the city's Lorraine Motel, the same motel where Martin Luther King later would be assassinated. Cohen was unnerved. Chicago's other players -- the white White Sox -- were staying at the luxurious Peabody Hotel, while Minoso was confined to the Lorraine, where the rooms had concrete floors with drains.
"That had a major impact on me as a kid," Cohen says. "A definite impact on my view of the world. It gave me a much greater and earlier concern for civil rights."
Minoso became Cohen's favorite player, and the two struck up a friendship. Decades later, they were chatting at the Civil Rights Baseball Game in Memphis. Cohen told a story: His first year in Congress, he tried to pass a resolution honoring Negro League baseball players, a resolution that included a mention of Minoso and asserted that without segregation, he would have been a surefire Hall of Fame player.
Usually, Cohen explained, sports resolutions pass with unanimous consent. The bill sailed through the House of Representatives. But it stalled in the Senate. Apparently, Sen. Jim Bunning -- a former major league pitcher -- objected to the Minoso passage. "He took the language out," Cohen says. "I thought, 'Whatever, I'm a freshman, I'm not going to fight this.'"
When Cohen finished his tale, Minoso gave him a look. He told a story of his own. Years earlier, he had faced Bunning in an exhibition game in Cuba. Bunning hit him with a pitch. In his next at-bat, Minoso hit a triple off the wall.
Bunning look at me, Minoso explained. Bunning never forget.
"Minnie was famous for crowding the plate, and Bunning was famous for hitting batters," Cohen says. "Basically, Bunning held that grudge against Minoso all those years!"
Partisan politics: They're not just for government.
* * *
Speaking of partisanship, Russert and Hunt agree that a winning Nationals squad -- like a war, or maybe the Kennedy Center Honors -- can help ease some of Washington's Red-Blue divide. "In a town that sometimes doesn't have a lot of moorings and is riveted by silly divisions, it can become a glue," Hunt says. "It gives you a commonality. The Redskins did that when they were good. I think the baseball team can do that, too."
Case in point? Earlier this season, Cohen was about to drive to a Nationals game when he saw Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn walking out of the Capitol, wearing shorts, a T-shirt and a Washington cap. Lamborn is a Republican. An uber-Republican, named by the National Journal in 2010 as the most conservative member of the House. No matter. Cohen gave him a ride, sparing him a hot and sweaty 20-minute walk.
So is baseball the cure for legislative gridlock, for a session of Congress on pace to be the least productive since 1947 -- when the Senators finished second-to-last in the American League?
"I'm not sure," Cohen says with a laugh. "The divide right now is so great, I'm not sure it could happen through religious miracles, let alone sport. I think the Potomac would have to split open its waters and give a pathway for the two sides to walk down before they could realize the benefits of compromise. But maybe in some small way the Nationals can help."
If the Nationals are going to function as an instrument of hope and change, they'll need to build a bigger constituency on both sides of the aisle. Given that the young, dynamic club appears positioned for long-term success, Russert says attracting support won't be hard.
"Everyone in politics perpetrates fanhood," he says. "It puts you in touch with your constituents. Put on a baseball hat, grab a beer and a dog. Salute the American flag. You're just like voters.
"It's already gotten to the point here where if you don't have a rooting interest in the NL East, people are receptive to the Nationals. We haven't converted the Marlins, Mets and Phillies people yet. But even Obama says he's a Nationals fan now, that they're the NL team he's paying attention to."
Hunt makes a supporting point: For political junkies, following baseball should feel familiar. Like a well-worn fielding glove. Fact is, the two pursuits have much in common. Every day, Hunt says, the presidential campaign produces a winner and a loser, a champion of the news cycle. Romney makes a gaffe. Obama follows suit. The chattering class dissects every move, notes every fluctuation in the polls. Today's election-altering crisis is tomorrow's half-remembered trifle. The season keeps moving. Until Nov. 6, there is always another game.
"The one thing you know is that there will be good days and bad days for each candidate," Hunt says. "That's how it is in baseball. If the Nats have a great season, they still lose 40 percent of their games. It's a little bit that way in politics."
Russert concurs.
"Where are we in the presidential race?" he says. "I'd say around the seventh inning. Every gaffe the candidates make [is] a lot more important. Had that Romney video talking about [not being concerned with 47 percent of voters] come out in May, it wouldn't be as big of a deal. Same thing with Strasburg being shut down now. Everything magnifies as you get closer to the end.
"The upcoming debates are probably like the playoff games of presidential politics, the moments where every single word you say maters -- just like every single pitch you throw or swing you take matters. Everything you've been working for all year can turn on one bad pitch, one bad sentence at the debate. Who is the better closer? Who can come in, final inning, and put it away, be Drew Storen or Tyler Clippard? We'll find out."
* * *
So, about those debates. For the Washingtonians already all in on the Nationals, they could pose a problem.
The first presidential debate falls on the same evening as the final day of the regular season. No worries. The Nationals play an afternoon game against the Phillies. But the other three debates -- two presidential, one vice presidential? In the immortal words of Scooby-Doo: Ruh-roh. One coincides with the NL division series, the other two overlap with the NLCS, including a potential Game 7.
"I'll certainly be watching the games," Will says. "Whether I'll be watching the debates is another matter. A pennant race is much more exciting. I'm not saying the presidential races aren't without surprises. But let's just say the caliber of play is higher in baseball."
"I have a very quick finger going back and forth to the last channel,"
Cohen says with a laugh. "I might have two televisions in the same room."
"I get updates from my four sons," says Begala. "They'll text me while I'm on the air."
"It's one of those things I don't want to think about until I have to," Hunt says.
As for Blitzer? He's prepared. Won't be surprised. All of the dates --baseball and political -- already are on his calendar. Not that he needs a reminder; he can recite them from memory. Come October, he'll be anchoring CNN's debate coverage. It's his job.
Still, the Nationals won't be far from his mind.
"Would I skip a debate and go to a game?" Blitzer says. "The answer is that I can't. I got to make a living. Put food on the table. Covering the political world and the race for the White House is my passion. I'm thrilled I can cover it. It doesn't get any better."
Blitzer pauses -- a studied pause, like the ones he makes on television, as if an unseen producer is feeding Strasburg updates into his earpiece.
"But be assured," he says, "I'll be checking the scores."


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Gay BFF Delivers Epic Britney 'Work Bitch' Wedding Toast!
No wedding is complete without a choreographed dance routine led by your gay best friend!
It was Bradley Bredeweg's dream to surprise his best friend Stephanie Huntington with a performance on her wedding day she will always remember. The two of them have been secretly obsessed with Britney Spears their entire friendship, so of course Britney had to be a part of the ceremony.
Check out this epic Britney Spears-inspired wedding toast (choreographed by Chris Downey):
You betta work, bitch!!
Everyone is talking shit about this, but I am probably the most self-absorbed person I know, and I would absolutely ADORE if my best friend did this for me. I dont think he made her special day all about him. He made it about something she loves and it was fun and a 4 minute dance. She looked happy.
Agreed, and I'm gay. Not all of us are embarrassing, attention-seeking, effeminate flamers obsessed with Britney Spears, Kardashians and Beyonce, but posting videos of gay men who are masculine and behave no differently than straight guys do isn't of interest to the media or the general population who want desperately to believe we're all exactly the same. And so stereotypes prevail and clowns like the one in the video continue to be the focus of attention.
All you haters can go fuck yourselves. It was fun, entertaining, and those two obviously have an incredible friendship. It`s not about being gay you morons. Had he not been gay that performance would have looked like a bunch of drunkards tripping round the dance floor. So Quit your bitching and jealous shit. Gay is on it`s way out.....of the closet. Congrats to the couple and awesome job by the friend. And I don`t give a fuck who comments on my comment.
Um...I was hoping that many would sense what we call in literary circles as IRONY in my last post, meaning, I meant the opposite of what I wrote, aka, the word 'irony'. Alas, I know some of us have a harder time reading subtext, so let me be very clear:
Got it? Good. Thanks for coming.
Everyone else, please discreetly reach behind you and gently pull the stick out of your puckered ass.
I'm horrendously embarrassed for this guy... not because he's camp. Camp is great, who cares about camp! Not because he choreographed a dance. the dance is great... in theory... but let's face it, this dance wasn't about her, it wasn't about the groom, it wasn't about their lifelong friendship... it was about him being center stage. Him being hoisted high on the 'groomsmen's shoulders... puleease... And no offense the crowd and the bride and groom appeared just as awkward... Even when he pulled her onstage as the music came to a close he raises his arms like awww snap I'm done.
But hey it's still a fun idea, maybe make it about everyone next time... not just yourself on a day that's not designed to celebrate the best man?
I TOTALLY agree with some of the comments here. It was so selfish of him to spend all that time and money and effort to show his love and bond with one of his best friends! Who does he think he is? I mean, that 5-minute performance TOTALLY took away from her 6-hour wedding. How selfish of him! And OMG - she did look so darn miserable when he extended his hand to her and she came up to the stage and danced with him. And lets get really real - any self-respecting person over the age of 25 should not be listening to Britney Spears. I mean, that is NOT her core audience. OMG. Her core audience is only teenage girls and those under 25! Everyone knows that. It's crazy to think otherwise?I This guy should be ashamed and next time do something civilized like hire a wedding singer so everyone can politely dance to music they hate and make sure the entire focus is never pulled away from her for more than 5 minutes! This day is all about HER and he so didn't make this about giving her a present to show how fabulous she is. No way. Hello? What a selfish, selfish man! Gracious.
Sure, KevDobbins: those flamboyant gays really need to get starchy, inflexible, and inexpressive; then they could be "Real Men", like you.
If being "Straight" means that I have to withhold my emotions, always present a 'tough' face, and not have any rhythm, then I must be failing as a happily-married, straight father of two (and grandfather of three). Enjoy life while your heart still beats.
Civil Rights is not a "trend". Check your calendar: the 1950's were a LONG time ago.
UM HELLO Im 31 years old and britney first came out when i was about 14/15 years old. shes been around long enough for her fans to be my age... wtf. just bc i wasnt born in the 70s doesnt mean i cant be a beatles, floyd or Zeppelin fan either. really? that being said that was awesome. what a bunch of good looking, fun people.
Wow get a life that was amazing and for you judge mental idiots 'gays are the best my brother is gay and i wouldnt have it no other way i am going to say you work it girl 'you did it better then brittney lol
#Gays are born this way 'they breath the same air we breath and also bleed the same ,they deserve to be who they are , without idiots judging them ,it took ot of courage to do what he did and he did a damn good job at it .
This makes me CRINGE!! As I am so sick and tired of these flamboyant gays going over the top with the queer shit. Be who you are and not who you think that the media wants you to be for this hot moment. The gay thing is on its way out, you will then look back and realize how ignorant you look.
Cringe? really? the only people who should be cringing are the ones reading your comment. If it makes you cringe then why click the "GAY BFF Delivers a wedding toast" video ?
The only thing I see in this video is a gay guy being exactly who he is and not being afraid of ignorant people like you.
The only thing on the way out are the close minded idiots that "cringe" at posts like this one. Attend a world civ class sometime and learn that gays have been around since the beginning of time and clearly are not going anywhere.
Is the gay thing on its way out just like the black thing was on its way out too back in the 60s?? are you really that big of an idiot that you can't see that everything is changing around you except you... Awe Punkin... You're the one who is just denying yourself of happiness worrying too much about how flamboyant or butch someone is, stop worrying about everyone else and Grow up so then you can be happy..
Be as bitter as you want, but his is not about you, its about a BFF doing something for his best friend on her wedding night that she will never forget. In my opinion something like this would be the best gift a best friend could give. this obviously took alot of time and effort to show a big fat congratulations, I promise you, this bride will never forget what he did fer her on her special night.
All the haters. Makes me laugh! This was great an I'm sure she loved every moment of it. Everyone will remember the wedding and the GBF who made her wedding even better! And if he was going to perform something at least it wasn't total shit and he made a serious effort to work hard for her.
Actually, I would have LOVED that if one of my friends put that together for my wedding day. Just because it's her wedding doesn't mean she wants to have to provide people with entertainment/something to stare at the ENTIRE time. And if you listen to the beginning, Britney Spears is a thing with them. It was a part of their friendship. I think it was sweet and pretty well done, as a matter of fact. Good job, BFF!


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The National Cotton Council's 2007 annual meeting will be held at the Hilton Austin in Austin, Texas, Feb. 1-5.
Meeting registration and hotel reservations can be made online by going to http://www.cotton.
Rooms also may be reserved by calling the hotel directly at (800) 236-1592.
The cut-off date for getting the convention room rate is Monday, Jan. 15. Discounted air fare on American and Northwest airlines is available through Travelennium, and attendees may call Mary Saemenes there at (800) 844-4924, ext. 318 for price quotes.
NCC Chairman Allen Helms will address the Feb. 5 general session along with Jeffrey Rosensweig, the director of Emory University's Global Perspectives Program and a frequent keynote speaker on topics related to global strategy/economic trends.
Among other important convention sessions will be the Feb. 2 American Cotton Producers meeting, where the NCC's planting intentions survey results will be announced.
On Feb. 3, the delegates will hear the NCC's Economic Outlook and a Cotton Incorporated report from J. Berrye Worsham.
The National Cotton Ginners Association also will hold its annual meeting that afternoon.
The Saturday luncheon will feature Michael Gerson, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Newsweek magazine contributor. He will talk about the new political season and how more than the balance of political power is at issue in 2007.


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FS#746 - Additional projection tools: dimetric, parallel, perspective
We have already a powerful projection tool in QCAD - the Isometric tool.
It would be nice to have additional a "Dimetric tool" (Ratio 1:0.5:1, Angle 7°/42°) what is often used in the "Engineering world".
It looks just more professional than the simple Isometric Projections and I'm pretty sure that could open a couple more Customer doors
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The Internet-based war between Israeli and Arab hackers heated up this week, solidifying the online space as the newest battlefield in the regional conflict.
As they proceeded to take down the Saudi Stock Exchange and other Arab financial websites, Israeli hackers declared themselves the new front-line warriors in defense of the Jewish state.
"They brought war, but we are better at this," one of the members of the Israeli hacker team known as "idf team" told Yediot Ahronot. Referencing Israel's prowess in various hi-tech fields, he noted that "Israel's largest export sector is made up of hackers."
Just hours earlier, idf team had managed to make good on its promise to black out the websites of the Saudi Stock Exchange and the Saudi foreign currency exchange market. The hackers said the move was a warning, and that the Saudi websites would only be brought down for one day. They also grabbed the credit card numbers and personal details of 5,000 Saudi citizens, but said they would not leak them at this time.
"We have no desire to hurt innocent people, so we see no reason to leak this information at this time," said one of the idf team members. "We are only trying to deter additional attacks against Israeli websites."
On Monday, a group of pro-Palestinian hackers known as "Nightmare" managed to bring down the websites of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, El Al and First International Bank of Israel. Earlier this month, a Saudi hacker using the handle "0xOmar" stole the credit card information of thousands of Israelis and leaked the details on the Internet, creating a brief panic in the Israeli financial sector.
0xOmar and Nightmare are now working together, and are determined to do as much harm to Israel as possible. "I'll keep attacking and publishing everything related to military or credit cards of normal people," 0xOmar said in an email to Israeli media. "I want to hurt Israel in any way possible."
A Jewish hacker known as "Hannibal" has warned that if 0xOmar and his cohorts do not back off, there will be painful reprisals. Already Hannibal has leaked the email details of thousand of Saudi citizens. "I am preparing huge surprises for the Arabs that are attacking Israel," Hannibal told Israeli media.
Israeli hacker "Prx3RO" and a team known as "Anonymous972" have also leaked the email and credit card details of thousands of Saudi and United Arab Emirates citizens in response to the attacks on Israeli websites.
In addition to expanding the Israeli-Arab conflict to an entirely new battlefield (previous hacker incidents had been few and far between), the current hacker war also represents a shift in the defensive and offensive mechanisms of both sides. The hacker war is being carried out by regular citizens, not soldiers or security professionals, and they are doing it solely out of national pride and a desire to defend their nation.
If it continues, the hacker war could transform the Israeli-Arab conflict into something that a much broader cross-section of society is actively involved in and which has a far greater impact on the day-to-day lives of the entire population.
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Dear Lena Dunham: I Exist
The advertisements for the new HBO series Girls presented us with main character Hannah referring to herself (while on drugs) as "The Voice of a Generation." Salon calls the show a "generational event," and other reviewers rave over the series' realism and call it "spot on," and the characters' feature by Emily Nassbaum in New York Magazine refers to it as "FUBU: For Us, By Us."
But which "us" are you talking about? And how is this a realistic? I asked myself, as I struggled to figure out exactly what I had in common with these four white girls.
I only became more confused when I remembered what Dunham and I actually do share.
We're both the products of independent high schools. She went to St Ann's in Brooklyn Heights, while I boarded at The Taft School in Connecticut. We're both graduates of Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH, where we were separated by two years. Dunham majored in creative writing, while I majored in cinema studies and anthropology. We weren't friends at Oberlin, and we weren't acquaintances, but it's a tiny school; I could have picked her out of a crowd by her tattoos alone. Like the character Dunham plays on Girls, Hannah, I spent almost two years after graduating toiling in a thankless, underpaid internship in my desired industry.
Here came the confusion: If Lena Dunham and I come from similar educational backgrounds, honed our writing and narrative skills at the same school (and likely with some of the same professors), and grew up spending time in the same city (she's from Tribeca, and I was a bridge-and-tunnel kid from a nice New Jersey suburb about 30 minutes away), then how could we conceive such radically different images of New York City? Why would I feel so ill-at-ease with her critics essentially declaring her as my voice?
We have our differences. She has famous parents, and sure, there's race. She's white. I'm Black. But Oberlin's a fairly diverse campus and, despite ridiculous tuition costs, those independent high schools are becoming a lot less white than they were. At Oberlin you could try and make your life and circle of friends look like the Girls poster or a scene from Friends or Sex and the City, but you'd have to make a concentrated effort. (And if you did that, then…well. We have other issues to discuss.)
Curricula, on the other hand, are distinctively less diverse.
Of the 20 or so courses offered within the Cinema department (not including private readings and one-on-one seminars), there are zero offered on African-American film, Latino film, LGBTQ Film, African film, and East Asian film. There are, however, seven classes you can take on the European film tradition, and one on framing the Israeli/Palestinian conflict via film. To find classes on African-American, Japanese, and Chinese film tradition you have to leave the department. The classes count towards a Cinema Studies major, but fall under East Asian or African American studies, as if they somehow don't fully qualify in their otherness. Most importantly, students are not required to take any of these classes that deviate from the White Hollywood arc.
Nevermind the fact that the Nigerian and Indian Film Industries have both at times surpassed Hollywood in output and returns in revenue. The same goes for the Creative Writing department: while classes from the English department count towards a Creative Writing major, students aren't required to take classes that focus on non-white or European writers and narratives. "There was no non-European requirement, and it was so white," said a Korean-American friend who happened to be a creative writing major along with Dunham (and also attended an NYC independent school). "I would have to stop in the middle of class readings to explain to everyone what things like kimchi were."
There's something to be said about Girls and the state of diversity in education. Dunham is a recent college graduate; one of the first in a new generation of young writer/directors who will–whether we like it or not–be helping to shape the pop culture we're going to consume over the next decade. If these course requirements represent the average college graduate requirements, then pop culture might be in trouble. I don't claim to know what Dunham's course schedule was while she attended Oberlin, but the fact that there's a chance that she–and the other writers and directors who will come after her–has never had to read a Langston Hughes play, watch anything by Chen Kaige or Oscar Micheaux, or study any type of non-white/European media narrative is troubling, and it's unsurprising that it would lead to the creation of a show that highlights (I would even go so far as to say rehashes) the lives of four white girls in New York City.
Despite our similarities in background, our views of life in New York city seem to be radically different. An article in The New Yorker tells me that our circles of friends come from the same pools: Oberlin Students and high school friends that more often than not come from the same group of New York City day schools and New England boarding schools. Not only do I work with a WOC who attended high school with her, I have friends who went to high school with both her and her younger sister and, because my friends consist of Latin@s, Asians, Blacks, and whites, I know her life couldn't possibly have looked as white as the posters for Girls (which is semi-true to life; she calls her character Hannah "another version of herself") would have you believe.
Yet Girls, set in Brooklyn, where only one-third of the population is white, somehow exists in a New York where minorities are only called to cast for one liners and nanny roles. "Pleasantly plump" Latinas may also inquire within.
These are casting calls from April and May of 2011–when the show was still filming its first season–pulled from Breakdowns Express. There may have been (and probably were) more that have since disappeared from the site.
When asked about the lack of diversity, The Voice of Our Generation didn't have much of an answer.
"When I get a tweet from a girl who's like, 'I'd love to watch the show, but I wish there were more women of color,'" Dunham told the Huffington Post. "You know what? I do, too, and if we have the opportunity to do a second season, I'll address that."
But Dunham is the showrunner, writer, director, and star of Girls. I have the feeling that if she'd honestly wished for some diversity she'd have gotten some diversity.
Though perhaps with a Black homeless man catcalling Hannah on the street, an Asian girl with about fifteen seconds of dialogue taking the job Hannah believes she's entitled to, mentioning Nigeria as a segue to a joke about the evils of working at McDonalds, and her boyfriend telling her emphatically not be a slave to anyone, Dunham thought she'd incorporated a perfunctory amount of color into the New York she's created for Hannah. So far to be non-white in Hannah's New York is something to subconsciously vilified.
Consider these statements from Dunham's HuffPo interview and Nussbaum's piece in NY Magazine:
"Our generation is not just white girls. It's guys. Women of color. Gay people. The idea that I could speak for everyone is so absurd. But what is nice is if I could speak for me and it's resonant for people, then that's about as much as I could hope for." – Dunham
"Still, like SATC, Dunham's show takes as its subject women who are quite demographically specific—cosseted white New Yorkers from educated backgrounds—then mines their lives for the universal."- Nussbaum
But why are the only lives that can be mined for "universal experiences" the lives of white women? Dunham's statement on the other hand, makes me question her overall skill as a writer (you can't write about anyone besides yourself?), while also implying that there's some special way to write people who aren't straight and white. That the problems she presents in Girls couldn't be happen to anyone who doesn't look like her.
Perhaps it would help if she were to hire a staff writer of color or a consultant for her writing team, because I'm not sure her staff gets it, either:
I can't say if being mandated to take classes focused on a non-white experience have fixed Girls and Lena Dunham. I also wouldn't argue that that's the only thing wrong with her attitude (Dunham says in her profile in The New Yorker, "Let's call a spade a spade—a lot of times when you are a vegetarian it is a just not very effective eating disorder.") or with the show, but I genuinely wonder if it would have helped. Or at least given her some perspective if she really had spent her time growing up in NYC completely oblivious to the brown folk walking past her on a daily basis.
I refuse to believe that you can sit through a Spike Lee film, study his work, read his screenplays, and then believe that this is the proper way to cast a show set in Brooklyn– even the wealthier areas of Brooklyn (I can't wait to see what Blue Ivy Carter's circle of high school friends looks like). Media studies programs–especially my alma mater's–should take note of the work their students produce and the attitudes they display and seriously consider if that's the legacy they've intended to release into the world.
Lena Dunham and I may have a bit in common, but regardless of what Emily Nussbaum says, I do not consider Girls to be For Us or By Us. Nussbaum's "Us" and Dunham's show eliminate not only the other two-thirds of Brooklyn that exist, the reality of a minority-majority NYC population, but also the reality that my friends and I are currently living. Once again, we've been erased from a narrative.
Is a change in curriculum going to fix that overnight? No, not overnight. But I'd feel a whole lot better knowing that those who are going to speak for and represent the "Millennial Generation" (as NY Magazine claims Girls does) have studied and learned something about people that don't fit the show's mold. Maybe that's when erasure begins to fade.
SOURCE Mods, I know we've been Girls-crazy but this article was written by someone who went to school with her AND features original casting calls for the show. Also sorry for the faulty formatting!


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There's something about garments with an exaggerated peplum that I just love. Maybe it's the ultra defined structure. Maybe it's the clothing equivalent of dotting each "i" with a little heart - a perfect flourish.
Some people will probably say that you have to have a narrow body today to be able to pull off this style, but I think that if you pick the right cut and the right pieces to go with it, most anyone can get away with it.
Things to keep in mind when choosing a peplum top or jacket: (1) While the peplum itself is full, make sure that the garment has a slim fit in the arms and bodice. If it's not quite right, take it to a local tailor - it's inexpensive to have clothing taken in a bit, and it makes a world of difference. (2) Go slim with the bottoms as well, as in ultra skinny jeans or a pencil skirt. Any extra volume at the bottom and it will look like you're drowning in your outfit.
Now the question is: which to choose? Splurge on this glamorous jacket from Givenchy, a mere $4145.00, or save on this Tibi striped peplum jacket, $495.00?


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Conservative media figures openly discussing revolution...again
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Back in April, responding to Bill Clinton's comments that media figures should be careful not to advocate violence, the Washington Examiner's Byron York said that only the "fringes" of the tea party movement are "people who talk about revolution." In order to make this blanket statement, York conveniently ignored Sarah Palin telling the Tea Party convention that "America is ready for another revolution and you are a part of this" and Glenn Beck asserting that "the second American revolution is being played out right now."
Since then, conservative media figures upset with the Obama administration over health care reform, possible immigration reform, and other legislative items they disagree with have apparently become more comfortable with talk of revolt, openly discussing potential "civil war" or a "Second American Revolution."
Glenn Beck has only amped up his rhetoric, insinuating that the administration is intentionally trying to destroy the country and push us towards "civil war," and has even stated outright that he thinks "we're headed for a civil war."
This week, conservative media figures are seizing on an Investor's Business Daily editorial from the weekend that asked in its headline if "Washington's Failures" will "Lead To Second American Revolution." Limbaugh labeled the editorial "amazing" yesterday, adding: "I would not call it a revolution; I'd call it a restoration."
Conservative blogger Bob "Confederate Yankee" Owens -- who was recently hired by the Washington Examiner -- also weighed in on the IBD editorial. In a post titled "A Nation on the Edge of Revolt," Owens discusses how our current Congress has "won in a bloodless coup" and that nations collapse at this point unless "people reform or replace their governments." Owens adds that "reform increasingly seems to be a fleeting option."
While Owens states early in his post that he is not making these statements as "hyperbole," or to "incite violence," he later discusses how "revolution is a brutish nasty business," in which "innocents will fall along with patriots and the corrupt":
Whether they actually win or not depends upon how much you love your family and your nation and the principles that made this nation great. Our founders themselves believed in the right of revolt, and knew better than any of us that governments must be replaced from time to time. They were wise enough to provide us with a constitutional framework that will outlast any government, including this one. We can dispose of this government, and restore the Constitution that has served us and the rest of the world so well for so long.
We stand at the brink.
We are on the right side of history. Our would-be rulers, fat on self-appointed largesse and drunk on their own purloined power, imagine us subjects, not free men and women.
Revolution is a brutish, nasty business. Innocents will fall along with patriots and the corrupt, and success is not assured.
In a letter to James Warren in 1789, Samuel Adams foresaw our current state.
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.
The question for you, my fellow Americans, is simple.
Will you fight, or will you surrender your liberties?
I pray for peace.
But I prepare for war.
This is not the first time Owens has openly discussed armed revolution. After the passage of health care reform, Owens expressed"some hope" that the bill would be ruled unconstitutional and Democrats would be voted out of office so that Owens and "freshly-experienced combat veterans" would not be forced to resort to the "morally-required alternative."
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Kristin Gates Brooks Range Solo - Sept 24th
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Kristin Gates | Solo Traverse of Alaska's Brooks Range
Where: Feathered Friends
What: Presentation by Kristin Gates on her solo traverse of the Brooks Range in Alaska
When: Tuesday, September 24th
Time: Starts at 8pm
Cost: Free!
Bonus: Schwag | Cold Refreshments
Kristin Gates traversed the Brooks Range in Alaska, from the Yukon/Alaska Border to Kotzebue, by foot and packraft in the Spring of 2013. She was the first woman to accomplish this feat. Her 1,000+ mile traverse brought her through some of the more remote areas of the Last Frontier - no trails or people for miles, just big-time wilderness, stunning terrain and wildlife.
See what her Alaskan Odyssey was all about at Feathered Friends on Tuesday, September 24th! Hope to see you there!


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Large organization based in Milford, MA has an opportunity for Regulatory Affairs Coordinator. Seeking an entry level Administrative Professional to work closely with Regulatory Affairs team to help expedite Regulatory projects. This is a long-term temp to hire opportunity. Drug and Background check required. $20-$22/hr DOE.
We are looking for a professional who likes to learn new things, enjoys the corporate environment, and has a desire to expand his or her skills and knowledge base. Must be outgoing and a team player, a good communicator and quick learner. The successful candidate must be able to prioritize in a fast paced, multi-demand environment while staying cool under pressure, and can successfully build relationships with internal and external customers and is comfortable interfacing with all levels of management.
- Manage Regulatory Affairs Microsoft Access Database
- Retrieve product information from Regulatory files and corporate enterprise management system (SAP)
- Conduct basic research per request of RA team
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ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons leaves fans fuming after Newcastle and Wollongong shows
It seems guitar legend Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top has not been giving all his loving to fans as outrage has trailled him up the NSW coast.
After leaving hundreds of fans fuming after two "bizarre" shows at Anita's Theatre in Thirroul, Newcastle's show on Wednesday wasn't much different while the fourth and final show in Brisbane has been cancelled due to "unexpected circumstances".
Fans who made it to the Civic Theatre in Newcastle reported the Sharp Dressed Man only appeared on stage for 45 minutes and played three songs despite being told it was a two-hour show. While ticket-holders who had paid $200 to meet the star were left without what they paid for.
The crowd turned angry and restless with reports of booing and glass being thrown at the stage. A NSW Police spokeswoman confirmed officers were called to the venue just before 10pm for "unorderly behaviour".
Peter Muir vented on promoter The Brew Brothers' Facebook page calling the event a "disgrace" and urged them to issue refunds and cancel further shows.
"Put them on the first plane home, at least the local support acts showed what ozzies are made of but Billy and Shine should hang their heads in shame, I think I've have listened to my last ZZ Top song, feel free to share this post to save others from wasting their money," Mr Muir posted.
Another fan Mark Taylor was also "feeling ripped off" after the Newcastle performance – or lack thereof.
"Feeling ripped off. A small handful of songs and a number of half answered audience questions from Billy. As my dad and I walked out, amongst bottles being thrown at the stage at the end, there was nothing but negative comments heard from ALL who viewed this short show. Love the guy and the music, but tonight was absolute shite," Mr Taylor said.
It comes after management of Illawarra theatre Anita's were bombarded with angry fans – many demanding refunds – after similar antics over the weekend.
Fans branded the ' "Up Close and Personal" tour a "Disaster", "shamozzle", "bizarre" and "worst show I've ever seen".
Anita's managing director Nick Josifovski said he hoped music lovers would continue to support his venue in light of what was presented on stage.
"Ultimately it's the artist's reputation that is on the line," Mr Josifovski said.
The shows were promoted as evenings of greatest hits, intimate life stories and hot rod tales with Gibbons and his entourage.
But ticket-holders were outraged at Gibbons' lack of music and his "lack of enthusiasm", as well as the strange antics of the compere. Questions were also raised over where thousands of dollars made from auctioned memorabilia was going.
Both Thirroul shows failed to sell out and only held intimates crowd of around 300 each. Outside of the support band, Gibbons' only performed three songs on Friday and four on Saturday (though it's reported he played La Grange twice).
The Illawarra Mercury contacted the promoter Mr Brewer on Tuesday who said he would return with a statement from Gibbons in 10 minutes but failed to respond.
Songs and stories tours by musicians are not new to the Illawarra with veteran rocker Jimmy Barnes set to bring his second tour of that style to Anita's Theatre this year. The Angels have also had recent success with a national tour in the same vein that stopped by Wollongong.


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A perfect place to enjoy and receive a good hearty breakfast or lunch is tucked away inside Mall 202 on the corner of Second Street and Cascade Ave.
River Daze Café is now open for business.
Co-owners Carey and Miranda Bray decided to take over the former eatery (previously known as Sage's Café) to demonstrate their passion for food and to provide the community with fresh, high-quality dining.
Many locals in the community may remember the once existing café. However, the Brays have completely renovated the place and have created a whole new look.
As you enter the café you will be invited in by the warm, light moccasin colored painted walls.
"I like to call the color masking tape because it blends in perfectly well to the wall," Miranda said.
Behind the new counters there is a built-in, colorful chalkboard menu that hangs above the newly-tiled wall.
The carpeted flooring has been replaced with wood flooring that matches with the new oak table tops and chairs.
The owners have taken both of their outside interests and incorporated them to the café. Carey enjoys farming and was involved with farmers markets. Miranda has always had a penchant for baking pastries. The couple decided to combine their many skills to open the café.
The simple English muffin sandwich is a signature breakfast dish. This sandwich is made out of fresh sourdough bread and contains egg and cheese. Extra toppings can be added on as well.
During lunch time between the hours of 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. the café is filled with customers who order simple, fast, healthy meals.
The tuna and turkey melt sandwiches are two of the most popular sandwiches ordered. These delectables are made from freshly baked bread and are topped off with mostly local produce. Carey and Miranda said they try to support local farmers as much as possible. Most of their products are from the Northwest.
There are eight styles of sandwiches available. "These are standard sandwiches with a twist," Miranda said. For example, the "mama mayo sauce," which is made by adding in some peppers, gives the sandwiches an extra kick of flavor.
"The sandwiches are high quality, hand crafted and big," Carey said.
Miranda and Carey grew up in northern California surrounded by rivers. They both have spent a lot of time on the water and have developed a love for river towns. Their interest in rivers is so strong that their son is named River and that helps explain why they choose the name River Daze Café.
So far business is going well for the Brays. They both said they are looking forward to expanding the breakfast menu, adding soups in the fall and adding more pastries.
The café has frequent customers who stop by and eat at least five or six times a week. One of their regular customers, local business owner Jen Jones, can state that the café is a "must-stop."
"I am a health nut, so I don't eat out often; but I come and eat lunch here because it's something that I would make for myself," she said.
Jones said she also likes that there are vegetarian options available, adding, "The food is fresh and delicious."