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How to Use
the Readings
Inquiry Question
Reading 3: The Roadside Colossus
Like the examples of roadside architecture presented in this lesson, large roadside sculptures appeared as a reaction to the popularization of the automobile in the early 20th century. Its main function was to attract the attention of passing cars.
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox
Located in a vast woodland and lake region, the city of Bemidji played host to a modest tourist trade as early as the 1890s. After the establishment of rail connections in 1898, promoters began developing lakeshore sites for summer cottages and constructing a variety of tourist hotels and resorts, primarily catering to hunters and anglers. Benefiting from the emergence of automobile travel and a state highway system, the Bemidji tourist industry experienced a boom during the 1920s, but suffered with the rest of the economy during the Great Depression.
In 1936, as a means of stimulating, or "boosting," tourism, a number of civic organizations and businesses decided to sponsor a winter carnival that would promote the city's resources for winter sports. The carnival opened on January 14, 1937. Taking its theme from Bemidji's former prominence as a lumbering center, the celebration focused on the mythical figure of Paul Bunyan, a giant lumberjack of formidable endurance and skill who had traveled with the folklore of the lumber camps from New England to Minnesota during the mid-19th century.
The carnival unveiled giant statues of Paul and his blue ox, Babe, to serve as mascots for the festivities. Both statues were designed and built by city residents. They became overnight sensations, garnering a full-page spread in Life magazine. Both were placed in a municipal park overlooking the lake and the city's busiest intersection. Although oversized statues have now become fairly common devices for promoting tourism, Bemidji's Paul and Babe were pioneer efforts in the field.
Paul Bunyan is approximately 18 feet high, measuring about five feet across at the base and about three feet from toe to heel. Babe stands about 10 feet tall, measuring about eight feet across the front hoofs and about 23 feet from nose to tail.
Dinosaur Park
The idea of dinosaurs as the subject of a new sculpture came from Dr. C. C. O'Harra, the president of the South Dakota School of Mines and a paleontologist who was fascinated by the prehistoric dinosaur remains he had found in the Badlands of South Dakota. Others also liked the idea. The creation of concrete dinosaurs hit three nerves in the American aesthetica sense of the history of the West, an enjoyment of things larger than life, and a secret pleasure in being frightened. Dinosaur Park, located on a prominent hill above the town, was dedicated on May 22, 1936.
All five of the original dinosaurs were built in identical fashion. The frames are composed of two-inch-diameter black iron pipe set in concrete. Around the central frame, body forms consist of a steel skeleton covered with wire mesh to which the concrete skin is applied. Oral tradition has it that the park's dinosaurs originally were gray, but today they are painted vivid green, with touches of pinkish red. Built to authentic size, the measurements of the five dinosaurs are as follows:
2. Tyrannosaurus Rex35 feet long, 16 feet high, 4-foot-long head
3. Brontosaurus80 feet long and 28 feet high
4. Stegosaurus11 feet long and 7 feet high
5. Trachodon33 feet long and 17 feet 6 inches high.
The brontosaurus, the largest of the dinosaurs, is visible for many miles and has become a local landmark.
In The Colossus of Roads, art historian Karal Ann Marling explains the appeal of the awesomely large prehistoric animals in this way: "Humor and fakery create situations that appear 'dangerous, horrible or uncanny' and then disperse the sensation of terror with the sudden realization that the whole thing was a hoax."
Questions for Reading 3
1. Why does roadside sculpture tend to be large?
2. Had you already heard of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox? If not, see if your library has more information.
3. Are your own measurements proportionately the same as Paul Bunyan'sthat is, are you six times as tall as the length of your foot?
4. Look up "vernacular" in a dictionary and then define the term "vernacular public art."
5. Reread the quotation from Marling. Can you think of anything else that might make people react this way?
Reading 3 was compiled from Jeffrey A. Hess, "Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox" (Beltrami County, Minnesota) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1987; and Carolyn Torma, "Dinosaur Park" (Pennington County, South Dakota) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1990.


text: Clancy Pendergast, the defensive coordinator for Arizona's run to the Super Bowl, is now in charge of defense for the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs finished 2-14 last year with one of the worst defenses in the league, and set an NFL record with only 10 sacks. Pendergast joins Todd Haley, who was hired as head coach after serving as the Cardinals' offensive coordinator.

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One by one, at Infor's annual Informum conference in Orlando, Fla., CEO Charles Phillips on Monday flashed screen shots and offered quick critiques of the look and feel of competing enterprise applications.
SAP? "This order form was probably designed in the 1980s and it's been there ever since -- not very pleasing to use," said Philips. Oracle PeopleSoft? "Very crowded screen; looks like a 1995 website." Microsoft Dynamics? "Pretty much everything in Microsoft looks like an Excel spreadsheet." JD Edwards World? "I'm not even sure what that is -- looks like DOS." Workday? "A more recent company, but they designed their UI seven years ago; it's hard to read with small text and not a good layout."
"The bottom line," said Phillips, "is that enterprise software sucks."
The punchline drew a big laugh from Inforum's 6,000-plus attendees, and it led to a tour of a series of slick new user interfaces announced here along with the company's latest Infor 10x wave of applications, which span financials, human capital management, enterprise asset management, supply chain management, product lifecycle management, CRM and core ERP systems including Hansen, LN, M3, SyteLine, SX.e and S3.
[ Want more on Infor's two largest competitors? Read SAP Outperforms Oracle With Steady Financial Results. ]
Some of Infor's ERP systems are as old or older than the apps Phillips critiqued, but he was getting to those slick new "SoHo" interfaces, just one example of some $500 million in investments he said the company is putting into revitalizing the portfolio. Other investments announced here included additional industry-specific functionality, a new Ming.le social interface and new cloud-deployment options supported by IBM and Amazon Web Services.
Infor didn't make any fresh claims about market share gains, but Phillips said the company is intent on ending the SAP-Oracle "duopoly."
Infor's consumery new interfaces are being turned out by an internal design team, dubbed "Hook & Loop," set up at Infor's new headquarters in New York and headed by design veterans who helped bring more usable interfaces to Google's DoubleClick advertising platform.
"We think the way the applications look and behave and the experience with those applications will be a deciding factor for the next generation of users, whether they'll use these applications and who you'll be able to hire," Phillips said.
The SoHo app interfaces include cross-application business intelligence dashboards, key performance indicators (KPIs) and report screens with clean-looking layouts, lots of white space and rich data visualizations. Hook & Loop VP Marc Scibelli, one of the design gurus, flashed a gaming interface that helped inspire a new sales-performance dashboard. He also insisted the modern interfaces don't amount to "lipstick on a pig" because his team is actually talking to users about how they interact with the applications, and in many cases we're asking for new fields and functionality to match the linear flow of how work gets done.
Infor's new Ming.le social app is another SoHo app, but it's built on Infor's XML- and Web-services-based Intelligent Open Network (ION) middleware. The collaboration platform lets users follow people, applications, KPIs, data, documents, workflows and any system-generated event. Oil & Gas exploration supplier Preferred Sands, for example, is using Ming.le to handle inventory queries across company and third-party distribution partners. The app provides what Luke Rains, the company's supply chain manager, described as a "consistent, human-friendly interface," making information from the company's SyteLine ERP system and ION-integrated third-party apps accessible to employees and partner employees.
"Before everybody had to go into SyteLine for inventory lookups, ION for approving requisitions and email to look at all the back-and-forth communications about requests, but now it's all in Ming.le," said Rains in an interview with InformationWeek.
Think of Ming.le as Twitter meets knowledge discovery, enterprise apps, business workflows and data, as you can learn who else is subscribing to and posting comments about the things you care about.


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The latest issue of Shades of the Departed Magazine is out, and I'm very pleased to have a contribution of mine included, covering the subject of toys used as studio props.
Watch The Birdie
Toys Used As Accessories In Photographic Studios
Shades of the Departed is a free digital online magazine catering for those with a fascination for old photographs. The brainchild and creation of footnoteMaven, who has blogged about old photos since 2007 the magazine first appeared in November 2009. Fourteen issues since then have covered a wide range of themes, from weighty matters such as the Civil War and politics through lighter topics such as the Wild West, occupational and wedding photographs to the downright morbid with Memento Mori. Back issues are available at the Shades Of The Departed Archive.
Contributers in this edition include fM herself and well known geneabloggers Sheri Fenley, Denise Levenick, Craig Manson, Denise Barrett Olson, Caroline Pointer, Janine Smith and Maureen Taylor. I'm honoured to be in such illustrious company and look forward to reading the articles myself.


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Police say keg ID tags keeping parties under control
Beer keg identification tags have led to fewer keg busts this semester, police say.
Michigan began requiring identification tags be attached to beer kegs stores sell late last year, requiring buyers to sign a receipt with their name, address, telephone number and driver's license or state identification card number.
Mount Pleasant Public Information Officer Jeff Thompson said keg tags could be the reason his department has not seized any kegs this semester.
"For whatever reason, whether it's because there's fewer kegs or because officers aren't finding them, we haven't confiscated a keg since this summer," he said.
If the keg is returned to the store unattached, the $30 keg deposit will not be returned to the buyer. Removing the tag is now considered a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days in jail and a fine of up to $500, police said.
Thompson said a dozen kegs on average are confiscated each semester at parties and tailgates, but he said the tags have minimized the severity of parties.
Isabella County Sheriff Mioduszewski agreed, saying people are being more cooperative with police when parties are busted.
"I think it has helped in that respect; it takes the question out when we go to a party. Now we know who rented the keg," he said. "No one would claim ownership before."
In 2011, Ken Los, co-owner of Bottle and Barrel, 1635 E. Broomfield St., Triple Deuce Party Store, LLC, 222 S. Washington St., and Pickard Party Store, 5114 E. Pickard St., said the new law would greatly affect his businesses, CM Life previously reported.
"We're expecting more than 75 percent of keg sales to go down," Los said.
The Pickard Party Store sells around 45 to 50 kegs a month, mostly to senior students.
The keg tag law is proving to deter customers. Caledonia senior Kurt Rempe said he has not bought a keg since the law was enforced last November.
"Before keg tags, I bought a couple kegs," he said "I didn't want to buy them afterwards, because I didn't want cops showing up at my house."
However, Jackson senior Kyle Simon said the keg tag law has not affected his keg purchases, because the people he drinks with are all over 21.
"Me and my buddies still purchase kegs occasionally," he said. "Eight to 10 of us get a keg Saturday night and finish it on Sunday while watching football."


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To Ocean Books,
We are a group of writers, civil rights activists and left-leaning publishers from the city of
and other parts of . We were
shocked to find an advertisement that appeared recently in the
weekly pull-out of a right-leaning Tamil daily, Dinamani (March 3,
2013). The advertisement has been taken out by a conservative Tamil publishing
house, "Kannadasan Pathippagam' based in Chennai, and relates to the
sole right it claims to have obtained from you for translating the following
works: TamilNadu,
1. Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevera
2. Che: A Memoir by Fidel Castro
3. Bolivian Diaries by Che Guevera
The publisher clearly has no idea of what Che stood for or what work by and about him are likely to contain. For one, they claim that all three books listed above are written by Che! Besides, the advertisement in its brief note on Che Guevara claims that he was an exponent of 'gorilla' warfare (sic). It would not be out of place to mention here that the publishing house has been named after a popular song-writer and poet, Kannadasan who famously remarked that 'communists are cockroaches that live off the dirt and muck of poverty'.
The advertisement also claims that the above publishing house has entered into an agreement with you in respect of many other books (neither the books nor the content of the agreement are specified) and has obtained copyright for the use of all the photographs of Che Guevera and also the right to make TV serials about that great revolutionary martyr.
The advertisement says that since the above publishing house alone has the right to translate into Tamil and publish the works of Che Guevera, civil and criminal proceedings will be instituted against all others who publish them under the Indian Copy Right Act of 1957 (as amended) and Indian Penal Code 1800-As amended) with claims for compensation of the loss etc., sustained by it. What is most outrageous in the advertisement is the warning it issues against using of any of the photographs of Che Guevera by any one apart from this publishing house.
The publisher clearly has no idea of how copyright laws work across the world and in
the difference between the Criminal Procedure Code and the Penal Code in this
country (the Tamil terms he employs to refer to these two distinctive Codes
indicate how lax he is in invoking the law). India
On the other hand, we see this recourse to the language of the law as a means of intimidating many independent, left-leaning small presses, which, for the last thirty years and more have kept the memory of Che and the Cuban revolution alive through any number of translations, essays, broadsheets, t-shirts, Bandanas, photographs, home-made documentaries, pieced together from footage that is available on the Internet. Recently, a young publisher who has re-published in December 2012 an earlier Tamil translation of Bolivian Diary by a well-known woman writer (who is also a leading member of Indo-Cuban Peoples' Friendship Association) has been threatened with legal action by the publishing house in question.
We have taken the liberty to write to you on the following grounds:
· We went through your website (English and Spanish) and saw that your list includes a number of works from
Cuba, especially on Che Guevara, in addition to
poetry, art and fiction from other parts of Latin America.
It seemed extremely odd that an arch-right wing Tamil publisher should have
entered into a contract with you to publish Che's works.
· We also are perplexed that Che, a visual icon of the international left (in TamilNadu he is adored by not just the Left but also thousands of young persons from the anti-caste movements, particularly those from the so called 'untouchable castes') is being considered the sole property of individual publishers/individuals – you have no doubt seen the movie, Chevolution which in fact establishes the folly of trying to fix Che's visage to a particular moment, place or event.
· Your website says that you are " an independent publisher with a unique list of books offering a radical global vision of politics and history, focusing particularly on
America. Our books are designed to capture the imagination of
those who believe that a world of peace and justice is possible, and who are
actively working toward creating such a world".Then how come you have allowed a
publisher in TamilNadu whose publishing interests are diametrically opposed to
both these principles and their practitioners ?
· We do hope that Che is not 'copyrighted' in a fashion that allows a Publisher who has no idea of the ideals for which Che fought and martyred himself but is only driven by the profit motive and that his writings are available to the wide world at large, a world that his internationalist spirit embraced so generously and with much warmth.
If you have actually entered into a contract with Kannadasan Publishing house, please reconsider allowing them the right to publish Che Guevara's works and using his photographic and video graphic representations: they have no interest in left politics, Latin American or anything even faintly progressive. They are in all probability trying to 'cash' in on the persistent popularity of Che, amongst newer and younger generations of activists.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Name Profession Address and email
People who wish to support our cause and protest against this act pl send the above letter toRachel Kirby firstname.lastname@example.com
To read in tamil: http://saavinudhadugal.blogspot.in/2013/03/blog-post.html


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Culture Wars
In a Presidential First, Obama Marks Gay Pride at the White House
By Michael D. Shear
President Obama on Monday became the first Oval Office occupant to officially celebrate gay pride in the White House even as the gay community remains bitterly divided about the pace of Obama's efforts to turn words into action for their agenda.
In recognizing the march of progress since the protests outside New York's Stonewall Inn 40 years ago, Obama achieved a milestone for many gay and lesbian Americans who mark the day as the beginning of their modern rights movement.
But the excitement among the several hundred guests invited by the first couple to the East Wing Monday was tempered by frustration among many who believe that the president has moved too slowly to make good on his campaign promises.
Obama's refusal to take unilateral action to end the "don't-ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays in the military and his administration's support for a legal challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act even sparked a small protest outside a speech to gay activists by Vice
President Biden last week.
"There's been an awful lot of noise and criticism," said Steve Elmendorf, a top Democratic lobbyist who is openly gay. "For him to send a message to the entire country that this is an event worth celebrating is a big deal. But people expect beyond that to see some substance on a whole host of issues."
Obama confronted those expectations directly Monday, renewing his campaign promises to change the military's policy, repeal the marriage act and pass a federal hate crimes bill named for Matthew Shepard, the student murdered in Wyoming in 1998.
"I want you to know that I expect and hope to be judged not by word, but by the promises my administration keeps," Obama said to sustained applause from the crowd. "By the time this administration is over, I think you guys will have pretty good feelings about the Obama administration."
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Another empty gesture. "Promise us anything, but give us Arpege" or nothing at all, which is what Obama has give us so far. Nothing at all!
Posted by: tomsj | July 5, 2009 5:15 AM
ayodicebosteroyperonista, That's why your wife is unsatisfied.
Posted by: madest | July 2, 2009 1:55 PM
Guys don't be naive. Politicians know that, more or less,homosexuals are around 10% of the population, tha's a lot of votes! but still doesn't make them normal.The anus was designed to defecate and nothing else.
Posted by: ayodicebosteroyperonista | July 1, 2009 3:13 PM
Obama Laments 'Worn Arguments and Old Attitudes' Holding Back Gay Liberation
Posted by: StewartIII | July 1, 2009 9:30 AM
The Black population is not "normal" in the United States as it represents 12.8% of the US population. The white population is the "norm" at 80%.
Should the majority have the right to revert to slavery if they so choose?
"[Slavery] was established by decree of Almighty God...it is sanctioned in the Bible, in both Testaments, from Genesis to Revelation...it has existed in all ages, has been found among the people of the highest civilization, and in nations of the highest proficiency in the arts." ---Jefferson Davis, President, Confederate States of America. "Inaugural Address as Provisional President of the Confederacy," Montgomery, AL, 1861-FEB-18, Confederate States of America, Congressional Journal, 1:64-66.
My readings of history tell me the reason the Southern Baptists from the Southern Baptist Convention opted to form the group because the Northern group refused to accept a slave owner as a missionary.
Are Blacks human beings? Believe it or not, there was a time when the Supreme Court's answer to this question was no, not if they were slaves.
It was 1856. Dred Scott, a Black slave, had been taken north of the Mason-Dixon line into Illinois and Wisconsin where slavery was prohibited by the Missouri Compromise.
Scott sued for his freedom and lost. The Supreme Court ruled that the Compromise was unconstitutional. Congress, they said, had no authority to limit slavery in that way.
In the Court's mind, the choice to own slaves was an individual decision, a private matter for each citizen to struggle with apart from interference by the state. If a person, in an act of conscience, chose not to keep slaves, that was his own decision, but he could not force that choice on others. Every person had a private right to choose.
Dred Scott, as a slave, was declared chattel--human property. He was a possession of his owner, and the owner had a right to do whatever he wanted with his assets. Three of the justices held that even a Negro who had descended from slaves had no rights as an American citizen and thus no standing in the court.
Posted by: gregtexas | July 1, 2009 12:22 AM
Blacks in our Country respresent 12.8% of the population. By statistical definion they are "not normal." Are you suggesting the 80% white America, the norm, can "not accept" that which is "not the norm."
I recall reading many Southerns making this very argument. "[Slavery] was established by decree of Almighty God...it is sanctioned in the Bible, in both Testaments, from Genesis to Revelation...it has existed in all ages, has been found among the people of the highest civilization, and in nations of the highest proficiency in the arts." Jefferson Davis, President, Confederate States of America. "Inaugural Address as Provisional President of the Confederacy," Montgomery, AL, 1861-FEB-18, Confederate States of America, Congressional Journal, 1:64-66.
Posted by: gregtexas | July 1, 2009 12:03 AM
Tell you what carbonware, if you can get those Girls Gone Wild commercials out of my living room, I'll get the guys/gals in the parade to behave. Deal?
Posted by: pastol | June 30, 2009 7:57 PM
Have you ever attended a New Orleans' Mardi Gras? I haven't but I understand heterosexuals show their breasts and penises and are rewarded with beads.
Posted by: gregtexas | June 30, 2009 7:55 PM
In response to username's statement:
"This stuff is not as important as the fact that Obama is a huge liar and is ruining the country on purpose so he can hand money and control over to the world government."
I personally find few things less important than my ability to have and define my family. Money is a second priority.
Posted by: gregtexas | June 30, 2009 7:53 PM
kenyalover2003 wrote, "Nature itself proves this not normal, immoral, and just plain wrong."
How many times do you people need to be told that homosexual activity is rampant in "nature"? It has been documented in over 450 different vertebrate species. (The Gay Animal Kingdom by Jonah Lehrer June 7, 2006 JUN/JUL 2006 issue of Seed Magazine, http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/the_gay_animal_kingdom). It is easy to find many many academic papers written on the subject, and the news is not new.
Posted by: pastol | June 30, 2009 7:11 PM
So did he parade around naked like they do at all the other gay pride events? Was there sex reenactments on the floats? Did the ladies ride in topless on Harley's? Did they promote it as a family safe event and then do acts of sodomy in the streets to the cheers of the crowds? No then it was not really a gay pride celebration. As a freelance photographer I have attended several across the country. Each time disgusted and ashamed at the debauchery and and the encouragement to bring the kids so everyone can be indoctrinated into the lie whops I mean lifestyle.
Posted by: carbonware | June 30, 2009 1:20 PM
This stuff is not as important as the fact that Obama is a huge liar and is ruining the country on purpose so he can hand money and control over to the world government.
Trillions have gone to his corporate banker friends already.
Where are all you democrat hypocrites on that?
Posted by: username | June 30, 2009 1:11 PM
Did the president go hug all the male staff; and did the first lady hug all of the female staff? I bet George Soros and Joe Biden "bonded".
Posted by: yokohlman | June 30, 2009 10:32 AM
Let's take bets prhornbeak. A majority of heterosexuals are disagreeing with you now.
In 10 years you will need to change what you say out loud or you and your children will be ostracized like KKK Clan Members and Neo-Nazi's.
You mouth will not be so vocal in 10 years.
LOL. You just aren't good at logic and putting two and two together.
Peace and thanks for making my night fun!
I appreciate it when someone can get me to roll with laughter.
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 11:02 PM
My comments had nothing to do with bigotry or statistics or which is worse rape or molestation. I simply pointed out "gay" is not a class of citizens who practice unnatural perversions....those are queer by definition. You defend acts against little boys by equating it to rape or womens abuse of men??? Isn't it all abuse and unnatural to the overwhelming population of straight people? It is a perversion any time the acts occur...it will never be acceptable.
I have added you to the list of those deviants middle Americans pity.
Posted by: prhornbeak | June 29, 2009 10:51 PM
You're pulling my leg, right. For real now, admit it, you are actually a gay comedian, yah?
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 10:33 PM
Did you graduate High School?
"You gotta be old to watch The New York Times Best Movies list?"
prnhornbeak responds "duh...duh...duh..."
Man you are one star of a logician!!!
You have been the best part of my day. I sincerely thank you for having me rolling on the floor with laughter.
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 10:30 PM
Looks like gregtexas is an old f_g. Remembers deliverance.
God I feel sorry for you half human mutant savage boys....hope science comes up with a cure.
Posted by: prhornbeak | June 29, 2009 10:22 PM
zjr78xva & prhornbeak
It is pretty obvious the reason you both are here tonight.
Your female playmates not doing it for ya? You both sure have vivid imaginations about what you think it is to be gay.
And you are hitting it off so nicely!!
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 9:50 PM
zjr78xva & prhornbeak
I'm placing a bet you both believe Mary & Joseph had an immaculate conception....
Am I right??
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 9:47 PM
prhornbeak...I know...I'm just making gregtexas thinks he has a someone on his side...you know how them queers from texas like to think they are steers. gregtexas probably has a paris hilton screen saver.
Posted by: JWx2 | June 29, 2009 9:47 PM
jw2x, dude you are attacking the wrong one. The mice thing was written by gregtexas...at least go back and read.
Posted by: prhornbeak | June 29, 2009 9:44 PM
Do you also believe in immaculate conception?
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 9:43 PM
jwx2....hey I did not write
"You want to read the articles and see Kaguya?"
That came from the warped mind of gregtexas relating to some queer mice experiment.
Posted by: prhornbeak | June 29, 2009 9:42 PM
prhornbeak you've been locked in your mom's dark basement too long with them mice...next you'll be telling us your brother is part chow and your dad is still wandering the neighborhood.
Posted by: JWx2 | June 29, 2009 9:42 PM
You are funny prhornbeak. Hear those Banjo's play... Really? What's your degree in? Can I test your knowledge base for kicks!
Are are you afraid to ride this Bull!
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 9:40 PM
gregtexas. you have become petulant and boring and I am just educated enough to discern. I have only been vulgar to those who are offended by real Texans.....eehhh cowboy??
Why don't you call it a night and repair to the local "gay" lounge otherwise known by the more popular term "queer" bar.
Posted by: prhornbeak | June 29, 2009 9:36 PM
prhornbeak wrote
You want to read the articles and see Kaguya?
haha!! I suggest you see a doctor..hopefully Dr Jack Kevorkian will come out of retirement and get the OK to treat you.
Posted by: JWx2 | June 29, 2009 9:35 PM
zjr78xva & prhornbeak
Have you both watched the movie Deliverance? You both make me feel like I'm rafting in the backwoods.
Just listen to those "Dueling Banjo's" play...
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 9:34 PM
I think you left out a "t". Immortal.
You two sure know how to have rational debate. I am just awed with your intellects an funds of knowledge!!!
Guys, do you both also believe the world is flat? LOL. I'm sorry you just seem slow to me.
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 9:29 PM
Where did you go to college? You don't sound well-educated. You sound more like you let your vulgar mouth cover for your lack of substance. Am I on target?
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 9:23 PM
Homosexuality is immoral.
Posted by: zjr78xva | June 29, 2009 9:21 PM
By the way, gregtexas it would seem you are the expert on ASSumptions.
Posted by: prhornbeak | June 29, 2009 9:18 PM
Offspring? Amusing thought picture..wasn't that the subject of a movie. If not, then you "creative" souls should make one.
Smart enough to know when savage boys have their panties in a wad.
Posted by: prhornbeak | June 29, 2009 9:08 PM
Oh, and neither mouse was "queer" nor was the offspring?
Remember that phrase about ASSumptions my friend?
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 8:42 PM
Actually the way we prefer you to stay. That way it will be easier for our offspring to displace yours.
Your funny. Just curious, how much education do you have and what is your IQ?
My guess is we both already have a good guess on both these questions. But I doubt you will honestly share either.
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 8:38 PM
I could care less how many queer mice are born.
Posted by: prhornbeak | June 29, 2009 8:33 PM
SocraticGadfly your comments are disgusting to any normal person.
My comments had nothing to do with bigotry or statistics or which is worse rape or molestation. I simply pointed out "gay" is not a class of citizens who practice unnatural perversions....those are queer by definition. You defend acts against little boys by equating it to rape or womens abuse of men??? Isn't it all abuse and unnatural to the overwhelming population of straight people? It is a perversion any time the acts occur...it will never be acceptable.
I have added you to the list of those deviants middle Americans pity.
Posted by: prhornbeak | June 29, 2009 8:31 PM
My mother is eighty-five and lives in rural Missouri. She applied some common sense to the issue of gay marriage and hit the nail on the head. ............
Posted by: glclark4750 | June 29, 2009 8:25 PM
@kenyalover, You should be ashamed of yourself.
Posted by: Messagero | June 29, 2009 8:21 PM
Just to keep you up to date on what science is doing, are you aware of the work that began 5 years ago, to eventually enable same-sex couples to have children genetically descended from them both?
I mean the genes of two men forming a child or the genes of two women forming a child.
It is real progress for GLBT people wanting to share parenthood.
It was done in mice 5 years ago. The baby mouse of two mothers was named Kaguya. The baby mouse is poster quality perfect.
You want to read the articles and see Kaguya?
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 8:18 PM
I will not bother responding to ignorant bigots. I do want to say that we need to have patience. I was twenty, and living in New York when the Stonewall rebellion took place. It was as if a great wall were cracked, and we all could see a ray of light and hope. Forty years later, while we have seen progress we are still dealing with discrimination in many forms. President Obama is on our side. He knows how to pick his battles. Unilateral action will only produce backlash. Please give him a chance. I am extremely proud that he is my President.
Posted by: Messagero | June 29, 2009 8:17 PM
Hornbeak, you're disgusting. Child sexual abuse is often no more about sexual pleasure than is rape, first of all.
Second, I've seen gays on the verge of tears, knowing intellectually in their minds that child sexual abuse by an adult male didn't make them gay, yet still unable to emotionally embrace that.
By your argument, John Ensign, David Vitter and Mark Sanford must all have been molested as children by women, right?
Posted by: SocraticGadfly | June 29, 2009 8:17 PM
Stick with your Christian myth book, because you haven't a clue about child molestation statistics.
Again this isn't about rationality or people would do their homework before opening their mouths.
This is about cult leaders pulling strings of people lead like puppets to believe in a blood cult deity.
It is shameful. We are the United States people. Our intelligence and education is supposed to demonstrate we are at the top educationally...not paraded around by the equivalent of a Taliban priest.
Cmon prhornbeak.
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 8:11 PM
Check with the young boys abused by homosexuals. Many have taken their own lives over the experience! Why is it is not politically correct to put those deviates on public display as perverted menaces to society.
The living victims will never use the word "gay" to describe the sick molesters. It is a short trip from unnatural sexual feelings, to abuse both public and private. Yet, we tolerate so called "pride" parades..."pride" in what? How does despicable human behavior become acceptable to the majority of people who live normal "straight" lives.
The nut case below that compared "gays" to alcohol cleansing of wounds to infer one is unnatural one way or the other is plain crap. Perhaps science will develop a vaccine to prevent queer behavior on a cellular level...until then it is a perversion. Nothing more, nothing less.
Rosie and Ellen are pitied by middle America for the deviant behavior they display. Middle Americans pay more attention to Peyton Manning or Tiger Woods as more proper role models for children.
The only reason Obama kowtows to gays is for the votes and the unnatural alliance with the leftist socialists who run his agenda.
Posted by: prhornbeak | June 29, 2009 8:04 PM
Can you believe their are rational people who think male-female sex is less dangerous than male-male sex?
They do! It is just amazing how myth works.
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 7:54 PM
Hell, he had no choice but to welcome them.
That said, he and Grandpa Biden (the latter in the VP debate, no less), LIED when they said they had no bias against gays then, in the next breath, said they opposed gay marriage.
Posted by: SocraticGadfly | June 29, 2009 7:50 PM
I am sorry. This discussion has nothing to do with reason or "perverted."
It about irrational people being pulled around by puppet strings of cult leaders telling them about mythical blood cult deities, the trinity, wanting to put them in hell....
How can people actually give any credence to a myth god that told, not asked a virgin, that she would have his child. And without even asking her fiance. And gays are the perverts.... Go figure.
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 7:45 PM
I am gay and I think the extreme gay activists are acting like fools.
I understand your point, but really, dealing with a neocon is like dealing with an enemy, when you think about it -- the neocons did everything they could, in their 50 + 1 plan, to divide this nation.
It isn't just a culture war, it is our foundation - our abilty to exist together and progress leads to our greater abilty to innovate and defend which, in turn, defines our economy and quality of life.
And for a very short term poltiical gain, the neocons tried to destroy this.
And the extrmeism is creepy, but still, it's nice to see a leader work to unify rather than divide, for the most part trying to move this nation forward by recognizing the rights of others.
And it's nice to argue health care, say, rather than the projected self-hate of a Dick Cheney, et al...
Posted by: thegreatpotatospamof2003 | June 29, 2009 7:40 PM
I am gay and I think the extreme gay activists are acting like fools.
I gave the legal maximum to the Obama campaign in the
primaries and in the General Election. I was proud to donate and I am proud he is my President.
Our President is facing many many huge problems that face ALL Americans and he must confront those problems first.
By 2017, when Barack and Michelle leave the White House we
will all look back and realize he was our friend and he kept all of
his promises.
Until then. "Take a Chill Pill"
Posted by: bobnsri | June 29, 2009 7:28 PM
JakeLockley wrote, "Since when did behavior that by definition is sexually perverted become a civil right?"
Is there some dictionary we can all agree is authoritative in this matter, which characterizes same-sex relations as perverted?
If not, when you say "by definition" you mean "by my dictate".
Posted by: douglaslbarber | June 29, 2009 7:28 PM
gregtexas... Thank you.
PS. Do you follow Pam's House Blend, or Good As You,
could connect.
Posted by: LOrion | June 29, 2009 7:25 PM
Just another Obama pandering event. What's next, "My gal bossy?"
Honoring perversion is just one of the dishonest leftist's faults. He's incompetent, and is destroying our economy and our national security.
What an embarrassing slug.
Posted by: LarryG62 | June 29, 2009 7:15 PM
Since when did behavior that by definition is sexually perverted become a civil right? Do we really want to promote sexually perverted behavior as public policy? Obama does in the interest of political correctness, but then again he also wants to bankrupt the US under the same premise. Bankrupt us morally and fiscally, way to go. Just because he's convincingly confident doesn't mean he knows what he's doing.
Posted by: JakeLockley | June 29, 2009 7:13 PM
kenyalover2003 wrote, "Nature itself proves this not normal, immoral, and just plain wrong."
I have given many years of thought to the question, "What does 'nature' mean?" Perhaps someone can relieve me of my confusion.
But let us pretend that we know what it means. In that case, smallpox, plague, and polio are "natural". Penicillin is not. Polio vaccines are not. Modern standards of hygiene in operating rooms are not.
So supposing we could even specify what we mean by "natural" and "unnatural" or "artificial", why is "natural" "good", and "unnatural" "evil"?
The next time you contract a strep infection, will you turn down antibiotics?
Will you decline to use rubbing alcohol to sterilize a wound, because pure rubbing alcohol didn't exist on earth until human beings distilled it?
My point is that the "intuitive" argument against GLBT equality is fairly easily broken down using reason.
But then, perhaps reason is evil.
Posted by: douglaslbarber | June 29, 2009 7:13 PM
It will be interesting to see Middle America's reactions to this, especially the older generations.
Middle America loves Ellen, loves Rosie -- nuff said.
The steps are incremental, but they are steps forward none the less.
Posted by: thegreatpotatospamof2003 | June 29, 2009 7:08 PM
I am going to trust the man. Public opinion is changing quickly. I'd ride the wave too. Use my political clout to keep the wave going.
The world will never be the same. GLBT American will have federal recognition of marriage.
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 7:06 PM
That President Obama held this very public get together is reason for relief. The close media following of modern day presidencies allows me to recognize his incremental bravery. Recorded history affords me to see the bravery of past leaders in well packaged records, easily digested over days. The bravery of Washington and Lincoln, as examples, is indisputable. There are many others, Presidents and Paupers, whose brave acts were offensive to contemporaries but are now justifiable sources of National pride.
President Obama must know this and as he tiptoes forward, hopefully he will take that giant step that one of his predecessors(LBJ) took on another issue(Civil Rights). His penalty will be far less.
Posted by: Draesop | June 29, 2009 7:02 PM
Hell doesn't exist and GLBT relationships are normal.
And you will be accepting them soon whether you like it or not.
Go go to time-out and throw your tantrum for not sharing.
This is 3 year old mentality dude. Grow up.
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 7:02 PM
Since 'the end' of his Administration may not be until 2017, sorry, we cannot wait that long.
He could stop implementation of DADT with the stroke of a pen, I wonder if Truman's is still around that was used to fully desegregate the Armed Forces by fiat in l948. ... with very little inconvenience to those in the forces, who had all just fought WWII together..and were then integrated for the Korean War to come. Just as our gays have fought in Iraq and Afganistan.
Of course, schools, buses, restrooms, hotels, and drinking fountains still had to be fought for.. with blood lost.
So forgive us as we continue notifiying all who will pay attention, think, and feel... in Amerca Equal Rights need to be for all or for none.
Straight Against H8.
My God loves all mankind, I am sorry yours does not.
Posted by: LOrion | June 29, 2009 7:01 PM
Hate to be boring, but this is a contract law issue, guaranteed by the constitution.
Strangely, much of the disorder in the real estate, finance and especially the credit card industry also stems from a lack of respect and enforcement of basic contracts and contract law principals.
Can we get back to basics?
Posted by: secretscribe | June 29, 2009 6:58 PM
kenyalover2003 wrote, "Just another case of Obama making a mockery of the office in which he holds. Gays can march til hell freezes over and it doesnt mean normal Americans have to accept it. I personally do not nor will I ever. Nature itself proves this not normal, immoral, and just plain wrong."
The recent history of the Republican party, evangelical Christianity and Roman Catholicism suggest that each of those entities doth protest too much, as does Kenyalover2003.
Posted by: douglaslbarber | June 29, 2009 6:57 PM
I learned something I didn't know yesterday. Martin Luther was extremely anti-Semitic. He advocated for the cruelest of treatments for Jews, including burning down their homes.
And additionally the Southern Baptist Convention was formed because it supported slavery unlike the other 3 National Conventions.
It is not surprise that bigotry continues in America. There are still many in America who feel certain that belief in a myth--Christianity-- gives them the right to harm and call it "righteous."
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 6:52 PM
Kenyalover, sorry if this seems racist, but from your SN its not a big stretch to infer that you're African-American. All these "immoral" and "wrong" claims were leveled at African-Americans by conservatives and many Southern Baptists during the Civil Rights Movement in regards to equality of the races. Even inter-racial marriage was illegal in many states until Loving v. Virginia. So stop pretending like you have the right to level these charges against people you don't even understand without seeming like a huge hypocrite. Social freedoms are what separate democratic nations from places like Iran where a dictatorial government murders and beats people who don't adhere to the moral standards that it has decided are important against the will of its own citizens.
Posted by: FairfaxIsBlue | June 29, 2009 6:47 PM
It will be interesting to see Middle America's reactions to this, especially the older generations.
Posted by: eldergent | June 29, 2009 6:47 PM
Yes, soon, it will be unnatural to deny GLBT Americans equality. It is absolutely normal and adds to the diversity of our species. Because of a delusional myth called bigotry, GLBT Americans have been harmed far too long.
The time has come. The world will never be that same again.
Posted by: gregtexas | June 29, 2009 6:47 PM
I find it very symbolic that the Obama Administration is taking steps to recognize ALL civil rights movements in our nation's history. My mother, who has always been an activist for the LGBT community, reminds me how far we have come from the previous administration. "He may not be doing it as quickly as some want, but I know he has a plan and equality will come soon".
Posted by: ZOCinDC89 | June 29, 2009 6:40 PM
Just another case of Obama making a mockery of the office in which he holds. Gays can march til hell freezes over and it doesnt mean normal Americans have to accept it. I personally do not nor will I ever. Nature itself proves this not normal, immoral, and just plain wrong.
Posted by: kenyalover2003 | June 29, 2009 6:28 PM
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Deadline extended for priority tickets to "Spring For Music" at Carnegie Hall
Due to the strong response to ticket sales for "Spring For Music," the deadline for purchasing the best seats in the house has been extended until March 15. To date, the orchestra has sold more than 800 tickets and is on its way toward filling Carnegie Hall.
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra will hold priority seats for its May 8 concert until March 15. Those wishing to attend should visit www.bpo.org or call 716-885-5000 to join the growing group of Buffalo fans going on the road to Carnegie Hall with the BPO. Don't delay: The orchestra has seen increasing demand for the tickets and is beginning to fill the prime seats.
The orchestra has welcomed several new sponsors in the past few weeks and is pleased to announce the Buffalo Bills joined this august group.
"We welcome the opportunity to support the BPO and its performance at Carnegie Hall," said Bruce Popko, senior vice president of business development for the Buffalo Bills. "To showcase the incredible talent of the BPO to a statewide audience allows us to help spotlight one of the many treasures the Buffalo community has to offer."
About the Concert
The BPO is one of five orchestras chosen from a national field to perform at "Spring For Music." The weeklong festival showcases innovation and creativity in classical music programming, and seeks to make classical music more accessible. JoAnn Falletta will conduct the BPO as it performs two rarely heard works, both by Russian composers: Reinhold Gliere's Symphony No. 3 "Il'ya Muromets" and "Morning Prayers" from Life Without Christmas by Giya Kancheli.
A Chance to Connect
The BPO's performance at "Spring For Music" has emerged as a rallying point for organizations, corporations and individuals to build and maintain connections and to show their regional pride. Buffalo State College, Canisius High School, Hilbert College, Nardin Academy, Niagara University, University at Buffalo, Nichols, The Park School and the Buffalo Seminary are joining forces to hold an alumni reception prior to the concert in Carnegie Hall's Citi Café. The Buffalo ExPat Network, which connects former Western New Yorkers and has a large New York City membership, is also hosting the pre-concert get-together at Citi Café. To join in the party, visit tickets.bpo.org to reserve tickets.
Local leaders in tourism and business development have jumped on board to showcase the quality of life Western New York offers. Visit Buffalo Niagara will host travel and tourism writers, and Buffalo Niagara Enterprises plans to bring site selectors and corporate real estate executives to the concert. There has been a tremendous groundswell of support around one of this region's major cultural ambassadors.
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Since the announcement of the performance, Western New York's corporate community has rallied around the effort, with more than 40 sponsors sending the BPO to New York City. M&T Bank is the lead corporate sponsor of the BPO's appearance in "Spring For Music." Other support has come from companies as diverse as the Acxiom Corporation; Buffalo Bills; Buffalo Niagara Enterprise; Buffalo Sabres Foundation; CNN; Crowley Webb; First Manhattan Consulting Group; Harter Secrest & Emery LLP; Hodgson Russ; Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel LLP; Keller Technology Corporation; LPCiminelli Inc.; NOCO; Philips Lytle; Rich Products; Rosetta; SourceLink; Superior Group; and Uniland Development Company. WNED is the media sponsor for the trip. Additional support is provided by Buffalo Ex-Pat Network; Lawley Insurance; Christye Peterson and Peter Grogan; and The Travel Team/American Express.
Individuals who have donated to the effort are Cindy Abbott Letro and Francis M. Letro; Clement and Karen Arrison; Brian and Barbara Baird; Gary and Willow Brost; Tony and Barbara Cassetta; Anthony and Carmela Colucci; Peter and Maria Eliopoulos; Warren and Carol Emblidge; Angelo and Carol Fatta; David and Eva Herer; John and Maureen Hurley; Thomas and Martha Hyde; Michael and Roberta Joseph; Robert and Carol Morris; Michal and James Wadsworth; and John and Carolyn Yurtchuk.
Charitable foundations supporting the BPO's trip to New York City are the The Baird Foundation; The Robert and Patricia Colby Foundation (Michal and James Wadsworth, Trustees); The Cullen Foundation; Robert J. and Martha B. Fierle Foundation; and The John R. Oishei Foundation.
There is still time to get involved. Contact Jennifer Barbee at 716-242-7810 or [email protected] regarding sponsorship.
If You're Going
A variety of travel and ticket packages are available. Visit bpo.org to see the options. Customization is also possible. The most popular packages include concert tickets and a post-concert celebration at the Russian Tea Room. As media sponsor of the event, WNED is also hosting two of the tour packages with discounts for its members. WNED radio personality Peter Hall will travel with the orchestra and act as master of ceremonies for several events. To find out more about tour packages, contact the Travel Team at 716-862-7667.


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Meat Exports Continue to Excel, Fire Safety During Summer
- According to the U.S. Meat Export Federation, export volumes for pork and beef exceeded last year's totals in May.
The May export value for pork remained in the $600 million range for the third month in a row and beef exports increased 15 percent to $589 million.
USMEF President and CEO Philip Seng says the federation has been focused on increasing overall pork consumption in Mexico. Those efforts have paid off in the form of strong, sustained demand as Mexico posted an all-time value record for U.S. pork of $138.8 million in May.
- Fire danger levels in many areas of the Northwest are increasing.
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A few posts ago I mentioned that I had been given the task of creating a few outfits for my kinship, Miners of Moria, to wear. This is the first idea I wanted to share with you guys, and the first of about 3-4. The cloak immediately made me think of my kin, and although not exactly the same as the Doors of Durin and the likeness more like the White Tree of Minas Tirith, for me the light blue details stood out and made this a very unique cloak for us to be wearing.
The problem I faced creating this outfit was the light blue details on the cloak were very difficult to match anything that could be crafted or bought from a vendor by anyone at any level, as I wanted to completely disregard all cosmetic items acquired via a quest. I also only wanted the 'main' part of this armour that people would wear is the cloak, chest piece and leggings. I didn't want us all looking the same to the extent a lover of heavy armour wouldn't appreciate it. Thus, the Helm, Shoulders, Gloves and Boots were player's choice and could be light armour slippers for a Rune-Keeper feel or heavy plated Orthanc boots to feel that protection charging into battle first with a shield and sword.
A bonus I believe is that in Black, this outfit would look fantastic atop Orthanc battling Saruman or combined and mixed with some of the very black and white Orthanc pieces. Below I have added a burgundy dye and tried the look on my little hobbit.
Back: Radiant Cloak [Crafted T5 – Tailor] ~Black~
Chest: Rock-Climber's Armour [Crafted T6 – Tailor] ~Black~
Legs: Rock-Climber's Leggings [Crafted T6 – Tailor] ~Black~
Personalized items left to the choice of the player are the Helm, Gloves, Shoulders and Boots. In this outfit I liked the light blue on the Dar Narbugud Armour from my Hunter and used these, along with some shoulder-guards from the epic book quest.
Helm of the Lady's Discernment
Gauntlets of the Lady's Discernment
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I use Madsonic mostly for streaming audiobooks to my phone and while its a great app for music (and good for audiobooks) there are a couple of features that would make it just as great for audiobooks.
One feature I would love to have is the sleep timer that can be found in many apps made specifically for audiobooks.
Basically you set the timer to however long you want and then after that time the player pauses.
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Rotavirus is a virus that causes diarrhea, mostly in babies and young children. The diarrhea can be severe, and lead to dehydration. Vomiting and fever are also common in babies with rotavirus.
Before rotavirus vaccine, rotavirus disease was a common and serious health problem for children in the United States. Almost all children in the U.S. had at least one rotavirus infection before their 5th birthday.
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Rotavirus vaccine has been used since 2006 in the United States. Because children are protected by the vaccine, hospitalizations, and emergency visits for rotavirus have dropped dramatically.
Two brands of rotavirus vaccine are available. Your baby will get either 2 or 3 doses, depending on which vaccine is used.
Doses of rotavirus vaccine are recommended at these ages:
Rotavirus vaccine is a liquid that is swallowed, not a shot.
Rotavirus vaccine may safely be given at the same time as other vaccines.
Rotavirus vaccine is very good at preventing diarrhea and vomiting caused by rotavirus. Almost all babies who get rotavirus vaccine will be protected from severe rotavirus diarrhea. And most of these babies will not get rotavirus diarrhea at all. The vaccine will not prevent diarrhea or vomiting caused by other germs.
Another virus called porcine circovirus (or parts of it) can be found in both rotavirus vaccines. This is not a virus that infects people, and there is no known safety risk. For more information, see www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/ucm205547.htm.
Tell your doctor if your baby has any severe allergies that you know of, including a severe allergy to latex.
With a vaccine, like any medicine, there is a chance of side effects. These are usually mild and go away on their own.
Serious side effects are also possible, but are very rare.
Most babies who get rotavirus vaccine do not have any problems with it. But some problems have been associated with rotavirus vaccine:
Mild problems
Babies might become irritable, or have mild, temporary diarrhea or vomiting after getting a dose of rotavirus vaccine.
Serious problems
Intussusception is a type of bowel blockage that is treated in a hospital, and could require surgery. It happens "naturally" in some babies every year in the United States, and usually there is no known reason for it.
There is also a small risk of intussusception from rotavirus vaccination, usually within a week after the 1st or 2nd vaccine dose. This additional risk is estimated to range from about 1 in 20,000 U.S. infants to 1 in 100,000 U.S. infants who get rotavirus vaccine. Your doctor can give you more information.
What should I look for?
What should I do?
VAERS is only for reporting reactions. They do not give medical advice.
The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) is a federal program that was created to compensate people who may have been injured by certain vaccines.
Persons who believe they may have been injured by a vaccine can learn about the program and about filing a claim by calling 1-800-338-2382 or visiting the VICP website at www.hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation.
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D.C. United acquired former Maryland star Casey Townsend from Chivas USA on Friday for a second-round pick in the 2014 Major League Soccer draft.
Tied for third on Maryland's career goal-scoring list, Townsend was the fifth overall selection last year and had a goal and two assists in 17 regular-season appearances.
"We were quite surprised that Casey was available for a trade and we pounced on it," United general manager Dave Kasper said in a written statement. "He is an exciting striker who brings a ton of energy to the attack, and we think he will be a great fit with our side."
Kasper shouldn't have been too surprised. Chivas USA, owned by Chivas Guadalajara and guided by first-year coach Jose Luis Sanchez Sola of Mexico, is emphasizing a Mexican and Mexican-American roster to find a foothold in the Southern California market.
Said one observer close to the situation: United "got a steal."
Townsend, 23, bolsters a front line that added Rafael, 20, on loan from Brazil's Bahia this month. United's other options are Canadian veteran Dwayne De Rosario, who also plays in midfield, and Colombian Lionard Pajoy.
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Iain Ogilvie needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 22 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
The Very Good Email Company
APM Internet (The Very Good Email Company) provides leading edge email packages with leading edge email spam and virus filtering, archiving, hosting and collaboration tools, as well as fax-to-email and email-to-fax solutions.
APM Internet has brought together experienced individuals to create a core team of design, development and implementation experts focused on email messaging and nothing else, maintaining a tight focus on providing the best services in the business.
Who we are:
A quirky attitude
no nonsense
Email Geeks
Helpful, friendly, human
Alternative to faceless corporates
We are in the process of re-branding as The Very Good Email Company and need a new website to market our range of email solutions and our partner programme.
Starter for ten - we like white space - white space is good. We also like the Apple iconography in general.
In terms of sites - the one that really grabs us conceptually is http://www.37signals.com/ as this fits with our multiple product approach. We like the idea of a constant top banner across all services to glue what are currently disparate product identities together.
We are open to all ideas - subject to the naming and audience parameters listed above - and do not want to restrict the creative process.
The Soho and SME community - predominantly in the UK - but increasingly Worldwide through services such as our MessageBunker email archiving service.
The company also has a partner Programme which will fall under this website identity.
A new site design to go with the new name for our core web presence - The Very Good Email Company.
Logo designed as part of a previous 99Designs competition: http://www.apm-internet.net/wp-cont…allogo.zip
Simple jpg: http://www.apm-internet.net/wp-cont…go-400.jpg
Happy to used reversed out versions of logo if thought necessary.
The new design will replace our existing site at http://www.apm-internet.net
This site forms the 'umbrella' to the following existing product sites:
MessageBunker (http://www.messagebunker.com)
Faxtastic (http://www.faxtastic.co.uk)
APM Gateway (http://www.apm-gateway.net)
APM Mailcore (http://www.apm-mailcore.net)
Design must be no wider than 1000 pixels
Initial content will be re-purposed from existing sites - but we'd like to use a better navigation structure using drop down menus.
We want this site to stand out and look different to the majority of 'IT solutions' sites.
Design must reflect who we are - and be the friendly, personable face of email.
We don't want the industry standard images of people on laptops - or in business meetings!
1. Web page design for a homepage for the Very Good Email Company
2. Page design for level two pages
3. Iconography - a cohesive icon style that illustrates the key services, links to sales, support, partner programme etc..
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Code :glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0); glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, bufferId); glVertexAttribPointer(weightLoc, 4, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 8, reinterpret_cast<const GLvoid*>( offsetof(structName, weight))); glEnableVertexAttribArray(weightLoc); glVertexAttribPointer(indexLoc, 4, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 8, reinterpret_cast<const GLvoid*>( offsetof(structName, index))); glEnableVertexAttribArray(indexLoc);
Code :struct structName { float weight; int index; }
How can I get it to send 4 floats as 1 vec4, when my data are apart? They are structured such that there are an array of 4 of structName, if you get what I mean. Setting the stride by 8 or 32 doesn't seem to work.. I already have them buffered to the GPU with rows of 4 structName.
Any help is appreciated!


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Begin with what I'll call a "hyper-minimal state."
- It claims a continguous territory, but the territory for which it is responsible is very small: perhaps between 50 and 2,000 sq. km.
- There are no restrictions on emigration or immigration.
- Anyone whose property is contiguous with the border may secede at will.
- The state performs only two functions: it operates a police force and a court system, with the latter responsible only for resolving property, tort, and contract disputes.
- One of the state's courts will hear a case regarding a property, tort, or contract dispute only when the parties have already obtained a decision from a private arbitration/conciliation/mediation entity regarding the dispute and wish to appeal it.
- The only role of any of the state's courts with respect to an appeal from a private entity's decision regarding a dispute is to determine whether the parties consented to the jurisdiction of the entity, intended that it be final, and received a clear decision from the entity consistent with the substantive and procedural rules regarding which the parties agreed when entering the dispute.
- The only role of the state's police agency will be to prevent or end the use of force associated with the attempt to resist a judgment by a private arbitrator/mediator/conciliator or to protect someone's person or property against an attack not carried out under the color of law.
- There is no system of taxation. The police force and the court system are operated using a combination of user fees, donations, and volunteer work.
- There are private for-profit, not-for-profit, and volunteer security providers with whose operation the state ordinarily does not interfere.
The interesting question, I think, is, In what does this putative's state's identify as a state consist?
It's not in the limitation on the right to secede. After all, if there were nothing that qualified on other grounds as a state in operation in a given territory, it's not clear what secession would mean: there would be nothing from which to secede.
So: is this putative state a state? Would it qualify as a Randian "final arbiter"? Is it ultimately different from a protective agency and, if so, how?
I have some instincts about this, but before articulating them I'd like to know how readers react.


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Ender's Game Star Harrison Ford Tackles The Gay Boycott Controversy
While promoting Ender's Game at Comic-Con in San Diego today, Harrison Ford blasted attempts to boycott the movie based on creator Orson Scott Card's vehement anti-gay activism.
"No part of the story concerns Mr. Card's theories about society in terms of gay issues or homosexual issues," Harrison told reporters. "I think he has a right to his opinions and has also made it clear that it was a battle that he fought and lost and would like to get on with the rest of life."
If only Mr. Card would get on with his life and resign from the board of the still-very actively anti-gay National Organization for Marriage.
(h/t: Gay Star News)
I've LOVED Harrison and supported his films, however, allow me to remind you Harrison, you are an ENTERTAINER. As such, your personal support of Orson Scott Card's "getting on with his life" has pissed me off and I will no longer be supporting your entertainment, as disappointing as it might be---I refuse to spend my money on any entertainment that supports right-wing homophobic bigotry! How you overlooked the obvious when committing to this film is quite telling in how you feel towards the LGBT community.
Actually it has a lot to do with all of that. If he were part of the KKK, there would be a very different view of this. So why should it be any different with his view AND support Anti-equality??? AND if it's no concern, then why is he so admant on telling us what he thinks if it's not to change society? Everything you do touches everyone... Period.
Harrison Ford does not understand what Orson Scott Card has done to the gay community. Not only was he against gay marriage but he used to compare homosexualtiy to pedophilia. I think most of these actors defending him does not reallly know him nor did they experience the homophobia we endured becuase of this author.


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Memory Configuration and Initialization
The initialization of the memory controller varies slightly depending on the DRAM technology and the capabilities of the memory controller itself. The information on the DRAM controller is proprietary for SOC devices, and in such cases the initialization Memory Reference Code (MRC) is typically supplied by the vendor. Developers have to contact Intel to request access to the low level information required. Developers who lack an MRC can utilize a standard JEDEC initialization sequence for a given DRAM technology. JEDEC refers to the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, which was formerly known as the Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council. JEDEC is a trade organization and standards body for the electronics industry.
It is likely that memory configuration will be performed by single-point-of-entry and single-point-of-exit code that has multiple boot paths contained within it. It will be 32-bit protected-mode code. Settings for buffer strengths and loading for a given number of banks of memory are chipset specific.
There is a very wide range of DRAM configuration parameters, including number of ranks, eight-bit or 16-bit addresses, overall memory size and constellation, soldered down or add-in module configurations, page-closing policy, and power management. Given that most embedded systems populate soldered-down DRAM on the board, the firmware may not need to discover the configuration at boot time. These configurations are known as memory-down. The firmware is specifically built for the target configuration. This is the case for the Intel reference platform from the Embedded Computing Group. At current DRAM speeds, the wires between the memory controllers behave like transmission lines; the SOC may provide automatic calibration and run-time control of resistive compensation and delay-locked look capabilities. These capabilities allow the memory controller to change elements such as drive strength to ensure error-free operation over time and temperature variations.
If the platform supports add-in-modules for memory, it may use any of a number of standard form factors. The small-outline Dual In-Line Memory Module (DIMM) is often found in embedded systems. The DIMMs provide a serial EPROM that contains DRAM configuration information known as Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data. The firmware reads the SDP data and subsequently configures the device. The serial EPROM is connected via the System Management Bus (SMBus). This means the device must be available in the early initialization phase so the software can establish the memory devices on-board. It is also possible for memory-down motherboards to incorporate SPD EEPROMs to allow for multiple and updatable memory configurations that can be handled efficiently by a single BIOS algorithm. A hard-coded table in one of the MRC files could be used to implement an EEPROM-less design.
Once the memory controller has been initialized, a number of subsequent cleanup events take place, including tests to ensure that memory is operational. Memory testing is now part of the MRC, but it is possible to add more tests should the design require it. BIOS vendors typically provide some kind of memory test on a cold boot. Writing custom firmware requires the authors to choose a balance between thoroughness and speed, as many embedded and mobile devices require extremely fast boot times. Memory testing can take considerable time.
If testing is warranted, right after initialization is the time to do it. The system is idle, the subsystems are not actively accessing memory, and the OS has not taken over the host side of the platform. Several hardware features can assist in this testing both during boot and at run-time. These features have traditionally been thought of as high-end or server features, but over time they have moved into the client and embedded markets.
One of the most common technologies is error-correction codes. Some embedded devices use ECC memory, which may require extra initialization. After power-up, the state of the correction codes may not reflect the contents, and all memory must be written to. Writing to memory ensures that the ECC bits are valid and set to the appropriate contents. For security purposes, the memory may need to be zeroed out manually by the BIOS or, in some cases, a memory controller may incorporate the feature into hardware to save time.
Depending on the source of the reset and security requirements, the system may or may not execute a memory wipe or ECC initialization. On a warm reset sequence, memory context can be maintained.
If there are memory timing changes or other configuration alterations that require a reset to take effect, this is normally the time to execute a warm reset. That warm reset would start the early initialization phase over again. Affected registers would need to be restored.
From the reset vector, execution starts directly from nonvolatile flash storage. This operating mode is known as execute-in-place. The read performance of nonvolatile storage is much slower than the read performance of DRAM. The performance of code running from flash is therefore much lower than code executed in RAM. Most firmware is therefore copied from slower nonvolatile storage into RAM. The firmware is then executed in RAM in a process known as shadowing.
In embedded systems, the chip typically selects ranges that are managed to allow the change from flash to RAM execution. Most computing systems execute-in-place as little as possible. However, some RAM-constrained embedded platforms execute all applications in place. This is a viable option on very small embedded devices.
Intel Architecture systems generally do not execute-in-place for anything but the initial boot steps before memory has been configured. The firmware is often compressed, allowing reduction of nonvolatile RAM requirements. Clearly, the processor cannot execute a compressed image in place. There is a trade-off between the size of data to be shadowed and the act of decompression. The decompression algorithm may take much longer to load and execute than it would take for the image to remain uncompressed. Prefetchers in the processor, if enabled, may speed up execution-in-place. Some SOCs have internal NVRAM cache buffers to assist in pipelining the data from the flash to the processor. Figure 3 shows the memory map at initialization in real mode.
Before memory is initialized, the data and code stacks are held in the processor cache. Once memory is initialized, the system must exit that special caching mode and flush the cache. The stack will be transferred to a new location in main memory and cache reconfigured as part of AP initialization.
The stack must be set up before jumping into the shadowed portion of the BIOS that is now in memory. A memory location must be chosen for stack space. The stack will count down so the top of the stack must be entered and enough memory must be allocated for the maximum stack.
If the system is in real mode, then SS:SP must be set with the appropriate values. If protected mode is used, which is likely the case following MRC execution, then SS:ESP must be set to the correct memory location.
This is where the code makes the jump into memory. If a memory test has not been performed before this point, the jump could very well be to garbage. System failures indicated by a Power-On Self Test (POST) code between "end of memory initialization" and the first following POST code almost always indicate a catastrophic memory initialization problem. If this is a new design, then chances are this is in the hardware and requires step-by-step debug.
For legacy option ROMs and BIOS memory ranges, Intel chipsets usually come with memory aliasing capabilities that allow access to memory below 1 MB to be routed to or from DRAM or nonvolatile storage located just under 4 GB. The registers that control this aliasing are typically referred to as Programmable Attribute Maps (PAMs). Manipulation of these registers may be required before, during, and after firmware shadowing. The control over the redirection of memory access varies from chipset to chipset For example, some chipsets allow control over reads and writes, while others allow control over reads only.
For shadowing, if PAM registers remain at default values (all 0s), all Firmware Hub (FWH) accesses to the
E and
F segments (
E_0000–F_FFFFh) will be directed downstream toward the flash component. This will function to boot the system, but is very slow. Shadowing can be used to improve boot speed. One method of shadowing the
E and
F segments of BIOS is to utilize the PAM registers. This can be done by changing the enables (
HIENABLE[] and
LOENABLE[]) to 10 (write only). This will direct reads to the flash device and writes to memory. Data can then be shadowed into memory by reading and writing the same address. Once BIOS code has been shadowed into memory, the enables can be changed to read-only mode so memory reads are directed to memory. This also prevents accidental overwriting of the image in memory.


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This past weekend was busy busy! Anxious to catch up on some much-needed nursery time, we dove head first into the room and began ripping out everything that needed replacing (read more about that and see the before pictures here). Out went the built-in cabinets, out went the light fixtures and off with the old, cracked window moldings.
While the inspiration board for the nursery isn't quite finished yet… we knew that we wanted a bright and airy backdrop for the entire room and decided that the walls would be painted a light light neutral.
Hopefully these paint swatches don't show up as too pink or too yellow on your computer screen – we were down to five neutrals when we decided that with the type of light that comes through our North-facing windows, the above off-white-with-a-tinge-of-tan should do the trick (for reference, we chose Believable Buff at 50% by Sherwin Williams). It was one huge lesson in never judging a paint by it's swatch in the fluorescent lights of a hardware store, I probably drove back and forth ten times!
To keep the walls from becoming to bland, we thought it would be fun to add one striped accent wall along the most prominent stretch of the room:
Inspiration: Samantha Pynn, BHG, DecorPad and below, The Lettered Cottage
Keeping it soft and subtle was key here – we were working in the world of whites & tans and this is a close example to what I had in mind:
And so the room received a full covering in Believable Buff at 50%, and the stripes were filled in with Believable Buff at 35% (odd, I know, but I kept playing with the right blend at the Home Depot counter and I'm sure the paint man was going crazy).
Too keep the fumes from baby and me, Kevin was a sport about painting the entire room. Then he let my Mom and I stripe out the one wall once the room had been well ventilated, then he painted again.
I used tutorials from Centsational Girl and Young House Love (great suggestions!) to help guide the project, but ultimately walked away with a few tips and tricks – as well as lessons learned – of my own.
{DIY: Striping Walls}
*A gallon of paint to cover the room (or two quarts if you're tackling just one wall)
*A quart of paint in the contrasting color (one quart per striped wall is a good estimate)
*Painting tape (we used Frog Tape)
*Ruler/measuring tape/L-square ruler
*2 people (very helpful!)
1. Paint the entire wall your base color: for us this was the slightly darker of the two shades (since the rest of the room was also the darker color). Let dry for several days to avoid pulling up paint when you attempt to remove the tape in the last step.
2. Take time to pencil your lines: Measure your wall from ceiling to floor and divide the entire wall by the number of stripes you'd like to paint. Ours was 100″ high, so we broke the wall into ten 10″ stripes. While many of the tutorials I read suggested using a measuring tape to mark out your lines in various positions on the wall, I found that ultimately a level and an L-square ruler worked best for our old house. Because the walls and ceilings weren't perfectly level/straight to begin with, we initially measured out the wall in 10″ increments and then used our level to connect the dots across the wall with a pencil (without the level, our lines began to look like they were sloping upwards).
2. Tape: Tape off your pencil lines by taping along the top of one line and then the bottom of the next (so that you ultimately end up with full 10″ stripes in each alternating color). We had heard great things about Frog Tape and gave it a shot, we definitely liked the results.
5. Seal the tape edges: This is a critical step and will save you much heartache! Seal the edge of the tape that marks off the new stripe color by painting it with a quick application of the current or base wall color (purchase a sample size of your current wall color if you didn't start from step 1). Now, when a bit of paint bleeds through the tape, it will be the current wall color and not your the color of your new stripes – which would leave a jagged line.
6. Fill in your stripes: Apply two coats of the second stripe paint color between the wider tape lines.
7. Peel off tape: Next crucial step! Remove the tape shortly after applying the second coat so that the paint is still decently wet. If you wait until the paint is dry, the tape is more likely to pull up the below layers of paint and cause peeling and rough lines.
Perfect back drop for baby's room – I love how the stripes are soft and neutral, it's a nice accent but not overwhelming. Now on to the windows, light fixtures, floors and inspiration board!


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Rob1167 needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 61 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
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We are a property management company so our primary audience is landlords with buildings that they would like us to manage for them. Our secondary audience are the renters. Our website and our brand must convey trust. It must be clear they can trust us.
We need 2 pages designed - The homepage and an interior content page.
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I'm trying to use getAPIversion in a mod (specifically in the functionlist function) to return the APIversion of the game, so that it will be printed nicely at the top of the functionlist.
I'm having some problems with this: getAPIversion returns the API version that the game engine is running in that game session.
For example, you have a mod of APIversion 27, it will return 27, even if you are running transcendence 1.7, which is APIversion 35. (just discovered that version 1.1 is actually APIversion 3, lol, and yes, that's how old is the functionlist function last time I updated it)
This is great to check compatibility between mods, less so for what I wanted it to do.
Moreover, if you are trying to circumvent this, and use a future APIversion, let's say 50, the game will load fine, but it won't allow you to load the mod when you start the game, asking you to use an updated version. APIversion -1 have the same problem. APIversion 0 won't allow the game to load. (Unable to load extension: incompatible version: 0)
getAPIversion and apiversions
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Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell is proposing a $4.38 county property tax rate including a 6-cent tax hike above the higher certified tax rate for the new fiscal year that begins July 1.
That, along with several other fiscal moves, would give the consolidated school system the nearly $35 million in extra funding in the school system's still-tentative budget.
Luttrell presented his proposal to Shelby County Commissioners Wednesday, May 15, during committee sessions.
The other elements of the proposal include increased revenue projections for the new fiscal year of $11.6 million. The new revenue projections mean producing the same amount of revenue for county government after the 2013 property reappraisal will take about 3 cents off the 33 cents on the property tax rate that Luttrell and commissioners originally estimated.
The administration, working with Shelby County Trustee David Lenoir and Shelby County Assessor Cheyenne Johnson, brought down the certified tax rate based on a normal 93 percent collection rate by the Trustee's office in the first year after a reappraisal.
"We could have provided for an appeals allowance of 3.4 percent and the state would have been happy," said county finance director Mike Swift. "But we felt it was overstated and we would get a windfall."
The purpose in state law of the certified tax rate is to guard against a windfall in revenue in which the property tax rate remains the same even if reappraisal values overall have gone up and the same property tax rate would then produce more revenue for a local government.
In the case of the 2013 reappraisal, property values dropped overall, leading for the first time in the memory of those in local governments to an existing property tax rate creating less revenue than it did before the reappraisal.
Working with Johnson, Swift and the Luttrell administration revised the appeals allowance to 2.7 percent.
"We think that is very realistic and fair and gives us a good certified tax rate," Swift said.
That 93 percent with a certified tax rate of $4.32 came to $695 million in revenue in the revised numbers, the same amount of revenue the county gets with the current $4.02 tax rate. The upward revenue estimate on a lower certified rate based on a lower appeals allowance leaves $11.6 million in extra revenue not included in Luttrell's original budget proposal.
Luttrell proposed Wednesday that the extra $11.6 million in county revenue projected go to the schools budget. And another $10 million from a 6-cent increase on the property tax rate above the estimated recertified tax rate would also go to the schools.
Luttrell is also advocating that the school board approve $5 million to $7 million from its reserves funds for most of the rest.
Passage of the bundle of interlocking financial moves is by no means guaranteed based on reaction from commissioners in Wednesday's committee session.
The rate with the tax rate hike and the tax hike for a total rate of $4.38 is below the 10 percent level that would require a two-thirds or nine-vote majority on the 13-member County Commission.
Commission Chairman Mike Ritz has said, and Luttrell has concurred, that there probably are not the required nine votes on the commission for that kind of tax hike.
Commissioner Wyatt Bunker argued the schools funding package is bad strategy for a school system he still believes is top heavy with administration.
"You're showing your hand before the school system or anyone has ever presented to us," Bunker said. "The school system still needs to justify their budget. If you lay aside $20 million for schools and the school system hasn't even come up here, they pretty much know what figure they've got to get to."
Luttrell made much the same point last year in his opposition to a countywide sales tax hike ballot question that was defeated. He argued the school board had not made its case for more funding.
"We're not suggesting setting it aside," Luttrell told Bunker Wednesday. "Like you, I am waiting to see their budget. … What we're suggesting today is a scenario to raise $20 million with some sacrifices on the part of the school system to come up with the additional $15 million."
Other commissioners opposed any increase in the $4.02 rate. Meanwhile, Commissioner Walter Bailey proposed a 2 percent pay increase for all Shelby County employees. Luttrell's budget proposal includes no pay raise for county employees.


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Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on Thursday said that the Palestinian Authority had broken its promises to both Israel and the US by walking out on the peace process.
For days already, regional media had been speculating that the Palestinians were not coming back to the negotiating table after Israel approved the construction of more homes for Jews in Jerusalem and parts of Samaria.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday confirmed the rumors to Egyptian television, suggesting that despite Obama Administration claims to the contrary, nothing had really been achieved after months of talks, anyway.
Abbas went on to insist that unless Israel were more forthcoming with concessions, the Palestinians would "feel free to do whatever we want." He did not elaborate.
Livni said this was precisely what Abbas had promised not to do when he rejoined US-brokered peace talks earlier this year. Israel never agreed to a freeze on Jewish construction as a precondition for talks, Livni noted, nor do previous agreements prohibit such construction, as a legal expert recently pointed out to US Secretary of State John Kerry.
"The negotiations must continue," said Livni, adding that she "expects the PA not to take every opportunity to turn these negotiations into a drama for political purposes."
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#1 WARREN'S VENEDA (2-1) Short field in this Cal-bred stakes but sharp Lewis trainee should be very tough to deny in this spot. Sophomore filly comes off a big win across town but handles any distance or surface.
Yesterday's Result: ENTERPRISING ($4.00) won the 4th race.
Live Longshot: RIBOT BELLE (9th race)
Show Me the Money: YANA (6th race)
Days Survived: 4
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