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Dear Tom and Ray:
My wife, while driving her 2011 Cadillac CTS coupe, ran onto a tree limb that fell off a truck in front of her. She stopped, backed up and eventually pulled the tree limb back out from under the car. Hitting the tree limb severed the black plastic/rubber or whatever part under the front bumper. I tied up the black thing, which I think is a wind diverter, to keep it from dragging and took the car to the dealer. The dealer removed the severely damaged part. My question is: Should I have the piece replaced, or let it go as is? Aesthetically, I can't tell the difference with or without the diverter, but if the thing has a purpose, I will have it replaced. — Tom
TOM: You can forget about it, Tom. That little rubberized flap is called a chin spoiler.
RAY: It's got about as much functional purpose as my brother's "chin spoiler" — i.e., his beard. It catches a little soup once in a while, but it doesn't do anything to make him perform better.
TOM: The chin spoiler is a small air deflector that's supposed to make the underside of the car a tiny bit more aerodynamic, especially at high speeds. Is it something you'd ever notice in the performance of the car? Nah.
RAY: There are a couple of small side benefits of having the chin spoiler there. It may provide a little bit of scratch protection to the underside of that bumper when you run over a curb stone or a tree limb.
TOM: And it may keep some small bits of debris from getting up into the belt assembly area.
RAY: And like my brother's beard, it helps hide whatever ugly thing is underneath it.
TOM: But it probably would cost you about $200 to get a new one installed, and if it were my car, I'd forget all about it and keep driving.
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It's NEVER cheaper in the long run to buy a new car. Want proof? Order Tom and Ray's pamphlet "How to Buy a Great Used Car: Secrets Only Your Mechanic Knows." Send $4.75 (check or money order) to Used Car, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.
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©2012 by Tom and Ray Magliozzi and Doug Berman Distributed by King Features Syndicate Inc.


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The first part of this dare is fairly simple. Although love is communicated in a number of ways, our words often reflect the condition of our heart. For the next day, resolve to demonstrate patience and to say nothing negative to your spouse at all. If the temptation arises, choose to not say anything. It's better to hold your tongue than to say something you'll regret.

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Hello again! It took me a little longer than expected to put up this post, due to the influx of submissions at the eleventh hour, but here it is!
At the beginning of February, I organized a Chinese New Year Virtual Potluck as a fun way to both celebrate Chinese New Year and to get readers cooking from The Chinese Takeout Cookbook. Participants would receive a copy of the cookbook to keep or give away. In addition, they would be entered in a drawing for other great prizes, including a Le Creuset French oven, set of 6 Random House cookbooks, GrubKit recipe kits, and Edgeware graters.
The turnout was even better than expected: 41 of you wonderful bloggers cooked, photographed, and shared your thoughts on 7 dishes from The Chinese Takeout Cookbook for Chinese New Year. I loved reading all your posts on shopping for Chinese ingredients, introducing your family to new year foods and traditions, making ingredient substitutions to suit your lifestyle, and even getting a little creative in reinterpreting the original recipes.
See all the entries below!
Cold Sesame Noodles
- A Cedar Spoon - Cold Sesame Noodles — "Making my own Chinese food, or 'Chinese takeout', is a way to control exactly what goes into the dish, and use things like low sodium soy sauce to help control the sodium."
- JustCook NYC - Cold Sesame Noodles — "Some recipes are too heavy on the sesame, some too much on peanut butter, some too salty, and some too sweet. Often they're too gloppy. Then I tried Diana's recipe. It's just right, and maybe more important, it's easily adaptable." Justin had also written previously about the Kung Pao Chicken (for fun, not related to the potluck.)
- Forage & See - Cold Sesame Noodles — "I used gluten-free brown rice pasta, made my own sesame paste (toasted sesame seeds with olive oil in a food processor), and subbed sriracha for the chili paste. It turned out great and my friends enjoyed it as well. "
- All Our Fingers in the Pie - Cold Sesame Noodles — "I had to use tahini with sesame oil rather than Chinese sesame paste and sriachi rather than chili paste. I had Szechuan peppers and used just a touch. This had just the right amount of heat."
- Love & Onions — Cold Sesame Noodles and Chinese Barbecued Pork - "I really liked the faint astringent note that the sesame paste added to the dish, balancing out some of the sauce's richness."
- Let's Eat First — Cold Sesame Noodles - "The smell of the freshness of the cucumbers…the aroma of ginger and garlic was just mouth watering. All the flavors blended beautifully together! "
- Slice of Life — Cold Sesame Noodles - "I knew it would be a great option for kids lunches, adult lunches and snack time too!"
(Photo: Alyssa Brantley, Everyday Maven)
Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs
- Cooking with Books - Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs — " I am 100% in love with these eggs...While the eggs simmer, you won't need any aromatic candles on because the combination of salty soy with warm cinnamon, and spicy pepper will have you craving for them to be done ASAP!"
- ABCD's of Cooking - Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs — "I chose to make the marbled tea eggs because 1) they look amazing and 2) the ingredients used to color the eggs reminded me of how I flavor my chickpeas actually in making channa masala with a tea bag and cinnamon."
- Everyday Maven - Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs — Alyssa points out that the eggs are tasty as well as Weight Watchers-friendly. "Not only are they ridiculously easy, but so unique, beautiful and really delicious. They are a perfect addition to a party or Chinese themed feast, made in advance, only 2 Points Plus each and pure protein."
- This Italian Family - Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs — "This used to be one of those foods I ate all the time when we lived in China...They make a great snack and are so delicious!"
- Thinking about Languages - Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs — "I left the rest of the eggs in the pot (with the stove off) to soak up some more of the tea mixture. The marbling became more intense, and I could taste the tea mixture in the egg white. Yum!"
- Thoughts from My Stomach - Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs — "Tea eggs are my IDEAL comfort food. You can make a big batch of them with ingredients you have lying around your house, and you can eat them with a bowl of rice. Perfect."
- The Canadian Egg - Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs — "These were easy to make and I'm excited that street vendors are no longer my sole supplier of tea eggs."
- The Saucy Gander - Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs — "They were snapped up like that. Quite a few guests talked about these eggs til the end of dinner, and a couple of them still talked about it when I saw them a couple of weeks later."
General Tso's Chicken
- Karen's Kitchen Stories - General Tso's Chicken — "I decided to be adventurous and try deep frying in the wok. I am more than excited about how this chicken turned out, and it was really easy. We served it with rice and a salad, and it was a wonderful meal."
- Red Cooking - General Tso's Chicken — "You may have ordered General Tso's Chicken countless times from your local Chinese takeout. But with this recipe from Diana Kuan you can make it at home just like Chef TT Wang made during the 1970's when it was first introduced to the American public."
- Mad Rantings of a Middle Class Mom - General Tso's Chicken — "With a blizzard underway here in New York, I wanted comfort food but not a soup or stew. I made her General Tso's Chicken. It was fast and easy and incredibly delicious."
- The Experimental Gourmand - General Tso's Chicken — "The crispy chicken had the perfect balance of sweet-tart-spicy when dressed in the sauce. It was difficult for me not to munch on the searing hot chicken pieces the moment they came out of the fragrant sauce, leaving nothing to plate for the photo. "
- Here's What I Cooked - General Tso's Chicken — "The recipe was so clear that my two kitchen helpers were able to measure out and mix all the ingredients without any issues."
- 30 Pounds of Apples - General Tso's Chicken — Kristi decided to make a pan-fried version of General Tso's instead, with fabulous results. "As I tasted my first bite of this spicy, tangy meal, I wondered why it took me so long to try it out. I'm guessing it won't be very long at all before I make it again."
Kung Pao Chicken
- The Spiced Life – Kung Pao Chicken — On using Sichuan peppercorns: "Don't be afraid of their heat — it is a numbing, tingly heat rather than a tongue-burning heat, and my kids honestly did not even notice it (I did reduce the number of dried chili peppers though)." Prompted by the potluck, Laura was also inspired to buy a wok to make more Chinese dishes in the future!
- Omavore - Kung Pao Chicken — "I was pleased to see that the Kung Pao looked a lot like the dish we ate in China. And if memory serves, it tasted almost just like it, too."
- Perfect-Imperfect Domestic Gal — Kung Pao Chicken - "The balance of heat from the chiles with the sweetness of the sauce was pretty much spot on."
- Living Rancho Deluxe — Kung Pao Chicken - "I was surprised on how easy the dish was to make and enjoyed the praise from my husband with every bite he took."
- Dave's Kitchen - Kung Pao Chicken — " It took well under an hour to prepare, start to finish, rice and all, even though I was making this dish for the first time."
- Splinternet — Kung Pao Tofu, a vegetarian variation. "I am always interested in recreating the foods most think they can only get at restaurants (it's an easy way to wow dinner guests)."
Dan Dan Noodles
- Principia Gastronomica - Dan Dan Noodles — For a Chinese New Year's dinner, Jessica made dan dan noodles with ground lamb, as well as the Chinese marbled tea eggs, vegetarian mapo tofu, and Sichuan cucumber salad from the cookbook. "The dan dan noodles were the star of the show at dinner, however: springy Chinese noodles topped with lightly crisped ground meat in a vinegary sauce infused with the floral heat of Sichuan pepper. I though there was no way we would make it through the whole bowl of noodles considering how many other dishes I had made—but by the end of the meal we were scraping the bowl clean."
- Dash of East - Dan Dan Noodles — Melissa tried dan dan noodles with ground chicken. "With a name like "dan dan," how could you not be curious and want to try the dish, right?...Traditionally this noodle dish is made with ground pork or beef, but for my variation, I used ground chicken and added some baby napa cabbage for an extra bit of veggie goodness."
- Adventures of a Dog Mom - Dan Dan Noodles — "The beef was slightly crisp, the sauce was tangy and spicy, the noodles were cooked perfectly and the addition of peanuts and scallions on top provided a bit of crunch. "
- Oiishi Rasoi – Dan Dan Noodles — Samar reflects on how the versions of dan dan noodles make use of Sichuan pepper. "What they (the good ones at least) had in common is the mala that is a characteristic of Sichuan food. This rendition definitely has that in abundance!"
- Consult the Couple - Dan Dan Noodles — "If you've ever been to a Szechuan (Sichuan) restaurant, you will definitely see this item on the menu. Its rich aroma and taste are irresistible! Thanks to Appetite for China's recipe, we can now make these at home!"
- Appetitive - Dan Dan Noodles — "We had some more meat sauce left so the next day for lunch, I poured it over white rice, it was just as yummy and hearty!" Lily also made Chinese Barbecued Pork and Chinese Tea Eggs for the potluck.
- Jeanette's Healthy Living - Dan Dan Noodles — Jeanette made a gluten-free version using rice noodles and gluten-free soy sauce. "I'm so glad I was able to try this version of Dan Dan Mien and share it with my sister – we had lots of fun trying to figure out what the difference between the various versions of Dan Dan Mien."
- Spicebox Travels - Dan Dan Noodles — "My verdict, as a former resident of Sichuan? These are the real deal."
Chinese Barbecued Pork
- Asian in America - Chinese Barbecued Pork — "I knew that the sweet, salty flavors of the Chinese Roast Pork would go well with the rest of my Lunar New Year table fare – steamed dumplings, Filipino 'pancit' noodles and steamed fish."
- Schnitzel and Siopao - Chinese Barbecued Pork — "The meat will be tender, though not fork-tender through the center. It is incredibly rich and flavorful, and the fattier bits don't get chewed so much as they melt into your body."
- The Dumpling Mama -Chinese Barbecued Pork — Chrissy changed things up a bit by using pork butt instead of pork belly and agave nectar instead of sugar. "The pork comes out of the oven and is the perfect combination of crispy and juicy."
- I Like Noms — Chinese Barbecued Pork — "A while back a friend posted a picture of homemade cha siu and I immediately asked for the recipe. It had been bookmarked for quite some time but I haven't had the time to make it until this weekend. I picked up some pork belly, followed the recipe and had some tasty cha siu at the end of the day."
Black Sesame Ice Cream
- The Asian Grandmother's Cookbook - Black Sesame Ice Cream — "I've seen black sesame ice cream on menus before but I've never tried it, let alone attempted to make it. However, Diana's recipe is so simple that my mind was made up before you could say "black sesame." I whipped up the ice cream base in barely 10 minutes and the ice cream machine did the rest of the work."
- Savory Sweet Living - Black Sesame Ice Cream with Profiteroles and Yuzu Ginger Curd — "I chose the black sesame ice cream as I am a huge fan of black sesame. It has such a distinct flavor and I love the nuttiness of it." Margaret did something a little different: after making the ice cream, she used it as a filling for profiteroles and with yuzu ginger curd on the side!
And now for the winners!
Grand Prize Winner — Alyssa Brantley from Everyday Maven receives:
- a Le Creuset Signature Round French Oven, 5 1/2 Quart, in any of the available 12 colors. (Great for Asian braises and soups as well as Western cooking!)
- A cookbook set of 6 wonderful new releases and older favorites, from my friends at Random House: The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, Steamy Kitchen's Healthy Asian Favorites, The Sprouted Kitchen: A Tastier Take on Whole Foods,Vietnamese Home Cooking, Asian Dumplings, and another copy of The Chinese Takeout Cookbook to keep or give away.
Runner Up Prize — Julia Jolliff from A Cedar Spoonreceives:
- Two best-selling recipe kits from our friends at GrubKit – Pad Thai and Kung Pao Chicken.
- Premium Edgeware grater set (seen here, here, and here) – Three total. Wonderful sharp edges for vegetables as well as cheese.
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About Bill Surowiecki
That is his real name... He is a longtime writer, editor and artist for Gizmodo. He is also a longtime apple fanboy, that writes flamebait when ever the topic revolves around tech.
IN truth Gizmodo has become nothing more then flamebait in general. Sad, as it use to be a nice little blog.
Well you see the best thing about the word "terrorist" is that it can be manipulated to fit almost anyone we don't like, or more specifically a group that the government does not like.
This has become a magical word that acts as a skeleton key for the cage containing the dogs of war. Michele Bachmann just the other night at the Republican Debate changed the topic of Border Patrol dealing with illegal immigrants to Narcoterrorism. She may have a point, there are some major problems with cartels and violence in the area. However, the idea that she slipped it into a debate about illegal immigration shows how the vagueness of the Patriot Act is twisted to suit ones needs. Now we can think about treating the entire situation, immigration and drugs as one problem that will fall under the scope of the Patriot Act. All this thanks to the inclusion of one little word.
The single biggest argument against The Patriot Act, has always been that its scope is far too broad and its definition on who it can be used against are far too vague. Set aside the obvious breach it causes for our privacy and look at what it actually does to our right to dissent. We now have a set of laws that, on a politician whim, can be used to label us domestic terrorists.
This is another example of how I think the industry will have a shake up... Although shake up might not be the right term as it will happen somewhat gradually.
"You're kidding if you think you understand the mobile phone distribution chain. Except for a few rugged individualists willing to pay the full $500 for their phone, the consumer does NOT decide what is in the marketplace."
As mobile computing devices become more ubiquitous, their prices will fall, you only need to look at the PC industry to see an example of this.
If the devices tumble in price it becomes more reasonable to sell the devices direct to the consumer without the carriers playing the middle man with subsidies.
Your in this field for a living how can you not see this as a legitimate possibility?
Thanks for making an assumption as to what I think will happen moving forward.
One of the reason I recall the 700Mhz auction is because it was one of the biggest "fuck you guys" moments in recent business history. I knew Google was not going to win the auction, I never claimed they would. It does not change the fact that what they did do with there bid will eventually lead to a shake up.
Past there you seem to actual have little knowledge of how whitespace technology works as its NOT WIFI! Here is a simple quote on the newly ratified IEEE 808.22 standard.
"The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has published the 802.22 standard for Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs). The standard covers broadband wireless access at up to 22-Mbps per channel over distances up to 100 kilometers from a transmitter without interfering with terrestrial television broadcasts that use the same part of the spectrum." Thats a 62 mile range incase your math is poor.
Just so you dont make yourself sound foolish moving forward you should probably use the term WRAN instead of WIFI.
Now I also never claimed that its going to kill the current wireless carriers did I? What it is going to do and what I did say is that it is going to shake up the industry. Its going to be hard for a wireless carrier such as Verizon or Att to charge a what they do now for service when your city has an easy and efficient method of providing service. Since the current business model of the providers is betting on DATA more then ever, that statement is even more relevant.
Even better are the discussions about the Router itself, as its claimed that these devices supporting the 802.22 standard will be small enough and energy efficient enough for small start-ups to roll their own service or individuals to offer up their bandwidth free of charge. There are discussions going on right now on the tech for how these devices will jump from point to point without loosing the signal, similar to how your cellphone currently works.
Where Google comes into play is strictly the device itself and the foundation that it has built in the current market. What I am saying is that Google knew this would eventually come if they made the bid in the 700mhz auction and so they did. After that it was a matter of getting all their ducks in a row on the bandwidth thats most similar to how WRAN's will work. Google is in the business of getting eyes on the internet.
As to your irrelevant comments about device costs and bla bla bla... Well the tech in todays highend devices will be quite cheap by the time WRAN saturation hits.
Thanks for playing "Im a smartass", better luck next time.
I have been stating this very idea since Google stepped on the wireless carriers toes in the 700MHz auction.
If Google can entrench itself in the mobile sector and they are almost there, then we are going to see a massive shake up in the industry when WhiteSpace connections and devices finally make it to market.
I dont buy this line of crap in the slightest.
First off Google has already stated that it will keep Motorola a separate entity. IE nothing is going to change. Now this may not be completely honest, but the most I can see coming from this, is Google finally giving Motorola a shot at building a Nexus phone. That was bound to happen in the future anyway, as Google has stated that the Nexus platform is not intended to be supplied by any one manufacturer. So the worst that could happen is Google would have a larger say in what hardware and features go into a Motorola based Nexus phone. The worst that could happen with that is Google raises the bar for what defines a flagship Android phone, something that seems to happen at a monthly rate already.
Its possible that Google could sell it at a loss, and make up the difference on the back-end, in much the same way the video game console market works, but I doubt it will happen. I think Google would spot the disdain of this idea from other manufactures from hundreds of miles away. Not to mention that the life span of any given smartphone in the market is much smaller then that of a game console, and so the margins on the back-end returns would be much smaller because of this.
My prediction is that this will change nothing in the Android supply chain. My second prediction is that thousands of flame-bait articles will be written, when Samsung releases new Windows phones, ignoring the fact that Samsung has had every intention of doing, well before the news of the buyout was published.
Im waiting for someone to publish a VALID reason why this would cause manufactures to flee from the largest and fasted growing smartphone platform on earth. Not to mention the obvious fact that even if one did jump-ship, they would quickly be replaced. There a quite a few manufactures in China that are praying for an opening like that.
We need to come up with a way to start a Class Action lawsuit against the MPAA... With that said I have no clue what we would be suing for, but there has to be something, its not like these guys are saintly.
It just seems reasonable that if lawyers are the ones that keep all of this going, that there would be another lawyer or group of lawyers that would be willing to fight from the other side.
So as I read this article, I realized how much of an impact Google+ is going to have on things like this.
If your unaware you can opt-in to allow your phone to auto upload all photos and video to Picasa, which is where your Google+ pics and videos are actually stored. Pics upload pretty damn quick, but video on 3g does take some time. As the network bandwidth increases over time, this will become less of an issue.
No longer will the destruction or confiscation of your camera phone matter, as the video will be easily retrieved and distributed via Google+.
Someone please explain to me why on earth I would take anything this guy says seriously? He is clearly a very confused individual. Bombs, shooting children, claiming Modern Warfare is a realistic simulation, its obvious hes crazy right?
Seriously though, why would any organization put any stock in what this individual has to say, other than to fuel their agenda?


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VANCEBORO � Like an unexpected lightning strike, Tuesday�s outburst of shotgun and pistol fire that wounded two tree trimmers and a neighborhood resident on Streets Ferry Road were revealed in 911 emergency call tapes released by Craven County.
VANCEBORO � Like an unexpected lightning strike, Tuesday�s outburst of shotgun and pistol fire that wounded two tree trimmers and a neighborhood resident on Streets Ferry Road were revealed in 911 emergency call tapes released by Craven County.
Police said 82-year-old John Aites Jenkins, a River Road man, shot three people Tuesday along Streets Ferry Road a few miles outside of Vanceboro.
Vanceboro police officer Jason Lovick ended the shooting spree by shooting Jenkins shortly after the alleged gunman had wounded his third victim, Billy Arthur Dail, investigators say.
All three shooting victims � Dail, Angelo Tavares Williams and Brian Lee Holden � are at home, recovering from their injuries. Jenkins remains hospitalized at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville in critical condition, according to last reports.
These are some sample excerpts from three of the tapes:
The first tape apparently came on a call from a woman who stopped and transported a shooting victim to the hospital.
Tape 1: 4:25 p.m.
�There is a shooting going on out here by the Vanceboro High School. Street Ferry Road. Three people. Three people have been shot.
911 operator:
�Three people have been shot? Where at? In front of the high school?�
Caller: �No, by the church in the curve. I�ve got one of them and going to the hospital right now.�
911 operator:
�What does the suspect vehicle look like?�
�It�s a gray Toyota truck.�
911 operator:
�Which direction was it headed?�
�It is headed toward the town of Vanceboro. The other two guys are trying to get away, but he�s following them and he�s shooting at them. Hurry, please hurry.�
911 operator:
�OK, ma�am, I�ve people on the way.�
This next call apparently comes from one of the shooting victims.
Tape 2: 4:36 p.m.
�We got man shooting at us on Streets Ferry Road. We�re a tree trimming crew. He�s in a silver Toyota Tundra. He�s a black man. He�s got a pistol. I�m running.�
911 operator:
�You�re running? Where are you now?�
�I�m in the back of somebody�s yard, hiding behind trees. He�s shootin� more. He�s shooting another man now. He�s taking careful aim and he�s shooting at the (tree trimmer) bucket. The man is in the air. He�s trapped. (Heavy breathing).
The caller then said the man had sped away in his truck.
�Let me run out here and see if my man is shot.�
He tells the operator the shooter is driving toward Vanceboro and then, that the shooter�s vehicle stopped again.
Caller: �I�m at the corner of Streets Ferry Road and Spring Meadows. He�s coming back.�
911 operator:
�We�ve got a bunch of deputies in the area looking for him.�
The caller tells the operator the man shot �at the boss man�s truck.�
�He�s still shooting. They are ducking down. He�s headed back toward River Road.�
911 operator:
�Ok sir, I�ve got a deputy behind him now, I�m going to go ahead and talk to him (deputy).�
�He�s pulled over on the side of the road, but he is still shooting. (Pause) There�s more cops showing up.�
Inaudible sounds follow, with sirens in the background.
911 operator:
�Are the deputies out there engaging him? Are they doing anything with him?�
�I�m going to peek around here. He is trying for his (inaudible) to escape. They are (inaudible) caught up in gunfight.�
911 operator:
�So, the one in the truck is trying to leave?�
�The one in the truck is trying to escape. There he goes. He�s gone.�
There is a lengthy pause.
�He�s takin� off down the road again. There�s one cop pursing. He�s stopping. He�s not trying to get away. He wants to shoot more. I heard that my man has been shot. And, he�s still shooting. I�ve heard a lot of gunfire.�
Tape 3: 4:34 p.m. This call came from someone who said they were fired at and missed.
�I am at an old church. (Gasping) Three people have been shot.�
He tells the operator he doesn�t know the address or who was shot.
�(Gasping) It is an old white church, beyond the bridge. It is an elderly black man in a gray Toyota truck. He shot three people with a shotgun and fired a .357 handgun at me.�
The caller told the 911 operator his name is Ron.
The operator tells the man to take a deep breath.
The caller says the shooter is an elderly black man and describes the shooter�s clothing and said one of the victims was shot in the face.
The operator asked him to hold.
911 operator:
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"Out of touch" is a description we have heard fairly often this campaign season. Both President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney have been called "out of touch" recently, for reasons both economic and political.
But how about that bastion of average Americans — "the people's house" — the U.S. House of Representatives?
The annual financial disclosure statements filed by lawmakers each year once again prove that members of Congress are not your average Joe … or Joan.
About 47 percent of Congress, or 250 of the 435 representatives, are millionaires, according to data analyzed by OpenSecrets.org. Two Texans made the OpenSecrets list of the richest and poorest members of the House of Representatives.
Rep. Michael McCaul is listed as the second most wealthy member of the House. While exact numbers are not known, representatives disclose their finances in ranges, McCaul, an Austin Republican whose district extends into Harris County, is said to have a net worth of between $258,618,051 to $502,205,003.
McCaul's assets are made up of investments in top lobbying companies like General Electric, Bank of America and Proctor and Gamble, as well as a large number of other companies.
One the opposite end of the spectrum from McCaul is Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Republican from Tyler.
Gohmert's personal financial disclosure form revealed a negative net worth between -$100,002 and -$200,000.


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Fire Department officials say that the increase may be traced to more people installing detectors
WEST BRIDGEWATER -- The Fire Department answered slightly more than 2,400 calls in 2013, with 1,305 department-related calls and 1,109 for emergency calls.
While last year was considered average, Chief Leonard Hunt said there were a lot of calls for carbon monoxide incidents.
"We got a lot of calls for carbon monoxide detectors sounding this year," said Hunt, "which makes sense because they are now required, like smoke detectors, in all new homes and are added when homes are sold."
"In several cases, they saved lives," said Hunt. "Our equipment, which is a little more sophisticated, found high CO levels, which means that the home detectors did what they were supposed to do."
"Carbon monoxide is absorbed by the body faster than oxygen so that's why you need to have these detectors and if they are going off there could be a potential problem," said Deputy Chief Paul Golder.


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Thanks to Ann, all of the wonderful customers and sellers for such a fun successful sale. The fun energy and people make it all worth it! We had non stop action from set up on Friday to Sunday afternoon and loved every minute of it. Met some great people at the show and looking forward to more fun adventures.
Sedum Planted In Vintage Containers was a big hit!
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Christmas loans are more flexible regarding deadlines and usually do not require any additional administrative payments from the client. You can easily use you Christmas credit to ensure your goods and services purchases as well as make payments for your extra bills on time.
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Credit report, as well as credit score, is considered being a particular financial document, which provides information about your previous credits, mortgages, loans as well as business relationships with local commercial banks. Usually, credit reports are available for free from three credit organizations.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today released a comprehensive assessment of estuarine eutrophication, or nutrient pollution, that clearly indicates linkages between upstream activities and coastal ecosystem health. The report shows that the majority of U.S. estuaries assessed are highly influenced by human-related activities and points out that eutrophication is a widespread problem globally.
"Observations have confirmed that our nation's coastal waters are stressed," said retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. "One thing we have learned from this study is that while the accumulation of nutrients in our estuaries has been stable in most of our estuaries, conditions are likely to worsen. The potential for serious degradation in most of our estuaries necessitates that we reinvigorate efforts to address nutrient pollution, and this study helps to confirm that an ecosystem approach is required for improving the health of our estuaries."
Eutrophication is caused by excess nutrients in the water, which can result in increased blooms of algae, decreased dissolved oxygen and loss of seagrasses. The end result is loss of critical marine life habitat.
The NOAA report, "Effects of Nutrient Enrichment in the Nation's Estuaries: A Decade of Change, National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment Update" is an update of the 1999 National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment, examining eutrophic conditions in 141 U.S. estuaries, and how and why conditions have changed in the decade between the early 1990s and early 2000s. Of the 99 estuaries that had adequate data for evaluation, 64 estuaries have moderate to high level nutrient related impacts.
"The team of scientists that worked on this assessment concluded that most of the problems in the estuaries are related to human activities," said lead report author Suzanne Bricker, Ph.D., of NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment. "These impacts are occurring in a watershed that currently supports 53 percent of the nation's population, and excluding Alaska accounts for only 17 percent of the nation's land mass. The scientists' assessment is that the ecological health of our coastal waters is seriously threatened by nutrient pollution. We need to comprehensively address the influx of excess nutrients from upland watersheds to protect our nation's estuaries."
While moderate-to-high-level nutrient-related impacts were reported in systems from all coasts, the Mid-Atlantic region, stretching south from Cape Cod to the Chesapeake Bay, is the most impaired. The North Atlantic region, from Maine to Cape Cod, was the least impaired proportionally. From North Carolina to Florida, a majority of estuaries have moderate or low eutrophic conditions. The Gulf of Mexico estuaries have very large watersheds with low to moderate populations. They are poorly flushed, and as a result have high level of factors that can cause eutrophication. Regardless, Gulf of Mexico estuaries are proportionally less impacted than those in the heavily populated Mid-Atlantic. The Pacific region has very little nutrient load data available, making it difficult to provide an overall assessment.
In looking ahead, the report predicts that conditions in 65 percent of the nation's estuaries are likely to worsen in the next decade, while only 20 percent will improve. The remaining 15 percent will remain unchanged.
The report's authors did point to several case studies where there is cause for optimism that aggressive management can reverse the trend, citing the Tampa Bay estuary. The bay's water conditions have improved due to regulations that have significantly reduced nutrient loading, thereby clearing the water and allowing seagrasses to rebounded.
This report highlights the need for increased federal, state, local and industry partnerships to work together to find well-balanced solutions that provide measurable benefits to all involved.
The report states "reducing eutropic conditions in estuaries requires coordinated and integrated action that balances management action, efficient monitoring to assess the effectiveness of the management, targeted research and a communications campaign aimed at engaging the broader community." These results will help NOAA and its partners develop appropriate management actions to guide the recovery of affected systems and to protect the nation's coastal resources from further degradation.
The scientists specifically suggest taking advantage of the developing integrated ocean observing systems, remote sensing technology and web resources to establish an on-going regular assessment of estuaries nationally. They cite the Pacific Northwest as one area where there currently is insufficient data to make accurate forecast of nutrient inputs.
The report was completed in partnership with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science with input from a wide array of state, federal, non-governmental, and academic partners. Data and information were acquired from more than 150 scientists and coastal managers through an on-line survey tool and at a national eutrophication workshop in May, 2006.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department, is celebrating 200 years of science and service to the nation. From the establishment of the Survey of the Coast in 1807 by Thomas Jefferson to the formation of the Weather Bureau and the Commission of Fish and Fisheries in the 1870s, much of America's scientific heritage is rooted in NOAA.
NOAA is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and information service delivery for transportation, and by providing environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources. Through the emerging Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal partners, more than 70 countries and the European Commission to develop a global monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet it observes, predicts and protects.


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Bernanke: Find sequester alternative
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned lawmakers Tuesday that allowing automatic budget cuts to go into effect this week could place a "significant" burden on the economy — adding more pressure on a Congress that appears all but resigned to the sequester.
In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Bernanke stressed that the economy continues to heal but that the future of the recovery will depend heavily on fiscal policy coming from Washington. If the sequester happens, 750,000 jobs could be wiped out in 2013 and economic growth be slowed by 0.6 percent, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
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"Given the still-moderate underlying pace of economic growth, this additional near-term burden on the recovery is significant," Bernanke said in the first of his two days on Capitol Hill this week, presenting the Fed's semiannual monetary policy report.
Bernanke urged Congress to find an alternative to the sequester — which amounts to about $85 billion in spending reductions through the rest of the fiscal year — that spreads the budget pain over a longer period of time, rather than frontloading the cuts.
"Such an approach could lessen the near-term fiscal headwinds facing the recovery while more effectively addressing the longer-term imbalances in the federal budget," Bernanke testified.
But despite repeated warnings about the economic consequences of the sequester, Congress remains at a standstill on a remedy for the budget cuts that will hit nearly all defense and domestic spending programs. Senate Democrats this week are pushing an alternative that includes new revenues — a plan likely to go nowhere because of Republican opposition in Congress.
Much of the hearing focused on the sequester, with Democrats and Republicans alternately lamenting the imminent budget cuts and Congress's repeated failure to prevent them.
Like other Hill Republicans in recent days, Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey called for Congress to allow federal agency heads to exercise discretion in applying the sequester and make spending reductions in a way that would be the least disruptive.
"It's hard for me to imagine that that's the optimal way to go about cutting spending," Toomey said of the sequester's across-the-board nature. "It's impossible for me to believe that all spending is equally meritorious."
But Bernanke told senators that regardless of the merits of changing how the cuts are applied, their impact on the economy "would probably not be substantially different."


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I couldn't believe what Jerry Holt said in his Oct. 22 column, "Holt: We need to do something different." According to you, our probate court is in terrible shape. I've voted already and I did not vote for you.
Sandy Estridge is a lady and is a people person. You sound like you want to turn the probate office into an assembly line production. You said you would go to other towns and see how they do their process, meanwhile our probate court would become backlogged with cases while you were off visiting other towns.
"Democrat endorsed by Tea Party activists, Libertarian Party, and SC Club for Growth." Can that be true? And, if so, how?
It is true. I am that Democrat – a candidate for secretary of state – and I am proud to have the endorsement of those groups, as well as support from South Carolinians of all political ideologies.
I believe the reason for that broad-based support is rooted in taking positions guided by common sense, rather than devotion to a political party.
A couple of years ago, William Frick defended a man who was charged with shooting and killing a local native who had been a major league athlete. Thanks to Frick's hard work as a defense attorney, the accused received just 15 years. This killing received a lot of attention in the news from across the country and around the world.
But while I've followed the campaigns and heard Frick throw stones at his opponent's experience, I haven't heard Frick talk about this case or any others where he was the defense attorney.
Who is in charge of
probate court
For years, I never knew who our probate judge was. This is an important office because the probate judge is an elected official who is responsible for wills and mental-health commitments. These are important issues which affect many local families. Shouldn't we know who is in charge?
If someone can be in office for a long time and you don't know who they are, maybe it's time for a change. If you don't know who is in charge, maybe someone else needs to be put in charge.
In November, voters will elect a new solicitor. This person will be the chief prosecutor in Chester, Fairfield and Lancaster counties.
As the son of a career police officer with more than three decades' experience, who stood in a courtroom last year to speak at the sentencing of the man charged with killing my brother, the issues at stake in the race for solicitor hit close to home for me and my family.
I am writing in support of James Brooks, candidate for Lancaster County school board, District 1. James lives and practices three major attributes that will be demanded by this job: leadership skills, communication skills and dedication to community.
James' leadership is clearly demonstrated by professional activity as vice president of a major construction firm, through his membership and participation in the Indian Land Rotary Club as an officer and board member and his co-chairmanship of the Board of Zoning Appeals for Lancaster County.
In less than two weeks, the voters of Lancaster County will be tasked with the responsibility of choosing the best person to manage a government office that, sooner or later, will affect every family in our area – the probate judge. In this election, the voters are offered two sharply contrasting candidates with regard to their levels of relative preparedness for the challenges that face them.
John Hess is running for the Lancaster County Council District 4 seat. And I am voting for him. Washington and Columbia continue to increase taxes while decreasing services. Federal and state governments are out of control. Things must change.
We can't keep doing the same kind of tax-and-spend in Lancaster County either.
County officials have to learn to control the spending of our tax dollars. The answer is not to continue increasing taxes.
I read lots of posts as to why I should not vote for a particular Republican because he or she voted yes or no on a certain bill. They can't tell you why they voted as they did, since all they read was a headline.
Let's just cut to the chase. President Barack Obama has made this election easy. If you like higher taxes, more debt, higher medical premiums, continued unemployment, more scandals and cover-ups, plus more welfare, Muslims and floods of illegals, then simply don't vote (like in 2012) or vote Democrat.
Nick Pasquine
Freeman Burns is a breath of fresh air. He offers us strength, innovation and a pro-active look into the future of our children.
Our district is growing in leaps and bounds. We have more students to educate and more students for which to build a better future. Mr. Burns will fight for our children, which ultimately means he will also be fighting for a better tomorrow for all.
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History of the AASP
The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established on the initiative of students and faculty in 1993. The AASP offers a range of courses to the entire Hunter College community, a Minor in Asian American Studies, and extra-curricular programs and events. The AASP contributes to the growing scholarship in the vital field of Asian American Studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities and community-based organizations.
Long before the modern age, Asian ports and cities were vital international crossroads. Today, we are witnessing an unprecedented circulation of Asian peoples and cultures throughout the world. What was formally called the Orient still struggles with the legacy of centuries of imperialism; Asia today also grapples with the impact of globalization and growing inequities in economic and human development. Yet, the nations and cultures of Asia are in the process of transformation through the struggles of democratic movements, a proliferation of creativity and ideas, emigration, immigration, and exchange at every level. As a result, Asia is global. Here in the U.S., Asian immigrants have become part of the history of the United States, redefining American culture and reconstituting American society.
The AASP at Hunter College benefits from its location in a global city with unmatched cultural and intellectual resources and a diverse and dynamic Asian population. Faculty and students are ideally positioned to become actively involved in a field at the forefront of contemporary research and scholarship, and to contribute to the growth and development of Asian American communities.
In addition to a broad range of courses serving all students, the AASP offers a Minor in Asian American Studies. The program draws its faculty and course offerings from traditional disciplines such as history, sociology, anthropology, political science, education, and literature, as well as interdisciplinary fields such as Asian area studies, American ethnic studies, women and gender studies, gay and lesbian studies, postcolonial studies, international human rights, and policy studies. The AASP grounds its curriculum and extra-curricular programs in the firm belief that the question of Asia can most adequately be addressed through an alliance of these areas and methods of study.
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Bruce Cochrane�s successful year in business combats the old adage that you can�t come home again.
Bruce Cochrane�s successful year in business combats the old adage that you can�t come home again.
The Lincolnton businessman made a gutsy decision in 2012 when he returned to his roots by starting up a furniture manufacturing business in his hometown.
Cochrane, CEO of Lincolnton Furniture, comes from a long lineage of furniture makers dating back to the early 20th century.
The Cochrane Furniture plant that once employed 1,000 people closed when the Cochrane family sold the business and its new owners moved the operation to China.
Cochrane started up Lincolnton Furniture this year, bringing operations back to the vacant Lincolnton factory previously owned by his family.
The first year has gone well, according to Cochrane.
�Things are going well. We�ve established a furniture line with different retailers around the country,� said Cochrane. �We have had some difficulties with our startup� there�s always need for additional capital.�
The Lincolnton plant runs on one shift with about 50 employees.
Cochrane said the size of the work force has potential to grow along with demand.
Cochrane said he�s most proud of the quality of the furniture being produced in his family�s former stomping grounds.
When operations moved overseas, manufacturers were attracted to the production because of inexpensive labor. But with the cheap construction, comes an inferior product, according to Cochrane.
Cochrane said his factory produces quality traditional, residential furniture.
�To buy Lincolnton furniture you�re buying a piece of the best furniture in the world,� he said.
Lincolnton Furniture also embraces the green approach, according to Cochrane. The process uses sustainable hardwoods with water-based finishes which are environmentally friendly, he said.
Cochrane said he also sees his company expanding its line � possibly adding the production of upholstered furniture and a variety of construction techniques that could offer a wider range in pricing.
Cochrane said he�s proud to bring business back to his hometown.
His individual business decision is part of a national trend of �reshoring,� a reverse migration of U.S. manufacturers from the Far East to the West. The movement is in response to rising labor and shipping costs in China.
Cochrane�s actions garnered attention from President Barak Obama in early 2012. He met the president during a conference on in-sourcing, and he sat with first lady Michelle Obama during the State of the Union speech.
Cochrane said he�s never voted for a Democratic president, but he was honored by the experience.
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In a stunning turn of events at the London Candidates (March 14-April 2), Russian GM and former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik overtakes the lead with a win over Levon Aronian, while favorite and the top ranked player in the World Magnus Carlsen lost to Vassily Ivanchuk.
This gives Kramnik a half point lead over Carlsen.
In the final two rounds after Saturday's rest day, Carlsen plays Radjabov with black and Svidler with white while Kramnik faces Gelfand with white and Ivanchuk with black.
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Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists is a publication by the SARE. It is the first full color step-by-step guide for rearing and managing bumblebees, mason bees, leafcutter bees, and other honey bee pollinator alternatives. The Handbook provides in-depth information on nest construction, parasite and disease management, habitat conservation, IPM for beekeepers, and avoiding pesticide poisoning. The Handbook also includes a bibliography and a list of additional resources. Color photos, paperback, 162 pages.
Pollinators are an essential component of all environments. Without pollinators, at least 80 percent of our flowering plants could not reproduce. Despite their importance pollinators are declining in many areas as their habitat is converted to other land uses. The good news is that pollinators can survive, even thrive, in small patches of habitat and we can all contribute to their conservation by following the steps laid out in the Managing Alternative Pollinators.
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A man was shot and fatally wounded in the Grand Crossing neighborhood this morning, police said.
The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition following the shooting about 8:30 a.m. in the 7400 block of South Dorchester Avenue, said Chicago Fire Department spokeswoman Meg Ahlheim. The victim was believed to have suffered at least two gunshot wounds.
The man was identified as Robert Gholson, 28, of the 1300 block of East 74th Street, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office.
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The 2013 Atlanta Championship Camp is a great opportunity for high school specialists to get instruction from coaches of the highest caliber, and to be evaluated objectively. Michael Husted.
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The National Camp Series (NCS) will hold its first Championship Camp in Atlanta, GA for high school kickers, punters and snappers on April 27th, 2013 according to NCS founder kicking coach Michael Husted.
"I am very eager to have our first of several 2013 Championship Camps in Atlanta on April 27th," says kicking coach Husted. "This full day camp is a nice addition to our National Camp Series which includes our Divisional Evaluation Events and our annual Super Camp. This event will include our proprietary Kicking Index Evaluation (KIX), professional instruction by NFL players and it will conclude with competition in field goals, kickoffs, punts and long snapping."
Coaching at the Atlanta NCS Championship Camp with Husted will be retired NFL punter Craig Hentrich, former NFL kicker/punter Marc Nolan and snapping coach Brett White.
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Husted, who kicked in the NFL for 9 years, says the Atlanta Championship Camp is a great opportunity for high school specialists to get instruction from coaches of the highest caliber, and to be evaluated objectively.
"Having the opportunity to get instruction by retired NFL players who have succeeded at all levels of football, be accurately and fairly evaluated using our Kicking IndeX (KIX) Player Rating System, and getting to compete will ensure that this camp will be the most comprehensive camp available," says Husted.
Husted says the Atlanta NCS Championship Camp is a one-day event that provides:
•An official evaluation using NCS' objective and proprietary Kicking IndeX (KIX) Player Rating System.
•Professional instruction by retired NFL kickers and punters who coach specialists on a regular basis.
•Competition that teaches you to manage pressure situations.
•Awards provided by Wizard Kicking.
•An opportunity to get selected for the US Army All American Game.
Husted says the goal of all NCS events, including the Atlanta Championship Camp, is to help high school students develop their skills, and help position and prepare them to be, college athletes.
"These Championship Camps are an integral part of the complete NCS system which objectively rates players for colleges and universities by utilizing its unique Kicking IndeX (KIX) Player Rating System," says Husted. "Having collected data from our events over the past 10 years, our algorithm takes key variables into account when computing our ratings."
"The NCS levels the playing field for those who don't want to get caught up in all of the 'politics' that occurs in the kicking industry," says Husted. "If you can kick, punt or snap, the NCS KIX system will let a young kicking specialist's skills speak for themselves. No excuses. No explanations."
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Most evangelical Protestants are today sitting out as Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and some liturgical Protestants celebrate one of the most significant events in the New Testament: the angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she would give birth to Jesus.
One might expect American evangelicals to be among the most enthusiastic celebrants of what is known as the Annunciation. For starters, it focuses on two issues that theologically conservative Protestants have long defended against theological liberals: the historicity of the Virgin Birth, and Christ's unique divinity. In a theological sense, the Annunciation could be of greater significance than Christmas.
"It connects directly to the incarnation, while Christmas (whatever the true date) falls around nine months after the incarnation," says pro-life writer Randy Alcorn. "It is basic Christian doctrine that Christ became flesh at the moment the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary, at the moment of fertilization. He became human at the exact point all others become human, the point of conception."
And so the Annunciation's implications are intensely political as well as theological. Few days on the Christian calendar, and few passages in Scripture, are so relevant to the abortion debate. For example, Alcorn notes that since Mary "hurried" to see Elizabeth (Luke 1:39) after Gabriel's visit, it's likely that Jesus was not yet fully implanted in Mary's womb when Elizabeth's unborn son, John, "leaped for joy" (1:41-44). That, he suggests, helps to eliminate hairsplitting over when personhood begins.
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Since I can has minions, I has new mission for you all-- Help a local animal shelter by voting for your favorite kitty or puppy!! From Bissell (a US vacuum company):
Do you want to share the beauty of your favorite pet with the world? We're having a contest to find our next pet model! The winning pet will have their photo on our Pet Hair Eraser vacuum package. We will also donate $10,000 to the Pet Cause of the winning pet parent's choice!$10,000 bucks to ASPCA, Humane Society, local no-kill shelter, anything! OMG! Now Im not suggesting my minions go vote for my friends adorable liger Walley (hehehe!), but go vote for your favorite and help out a local animal shelter!
But if you need any incentive to vote for Walley, I can assure you that if he wins, the $10,000 will not be going to PETA:
You all know my response to this. While PETAs other two ads have a point, they *kinda* arent in a position to be comparing the AKC to the KKK, considering PETAs position on pitbulls. Put 'nigger' or 'beaner' in place of 'pit bull' and you got yourself a KKK member, dear Ingrid.
Actually-- Klan members just wanted to isolate and control inferior races. Ingrid wants all pits killed. All of them. They are dangerous, evil dogs, out to eat our babies and our souls. Guess that makes her worse than a Klan member. Maybe, oh, nevermind...
That being said, I love this ad.
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Round 1-- DLH posts the usual 'Evilutionists think humans are equal to pigs and rats and they hate Jesus'
Round 2-- DaveTard (unexpectedly) punches back with 'If you kill animals, you hate Jesus and love Satan!':
What does that have to do with Darwinism? Everything. To a Darwinist, you see, there is no distinction between human beings and animals. We all came about by chance; we are made of the same "stuff," and we all end up as nothing more than dust. Instead of recognizing humans as bearers of God's image, Darwinism sees us as nothing more than competitively successful bipeds with opposable thumbs. Forget any talk of human dignity.
And that is exactly the worldview that PETA lives by. If Darwinism—which we teach in the schools—is true, then they are right: Slaughtering and eating animals is just as bad as the Holocaust. It is cannibalism. If Darwinism is true, then PETA was correct when it recently compared the American Kennel Club to the Ku Klux Klan for trying to create a "master race" of dogs. Charles Darwin and Ingrid Newkirk are so much on the same page that without Darwin, there could be no PETA. It is a perfect example of following a worldview to its logical conclusion.
The connundrum we are left with is a clear vision of God's creation in a state of perfection which is definitely vegetarian, a savior who lived a sinless life as man and God together who for all the witnessed evidence we have was argualy a vegetarian, various ancient and modern day Christian monastic orders who are vegetarians, and for most of the rest of us a life where we are red in tooth and claw like a lion rather than free of blood like an innocent lamb.
OOOOHH!! DLH got SERVED!
Of course the story goes that Christ's sacrifice on the cross absolves of us sin and that would include the unnecessary slaughter of animals to consume their flesh. But that doesn't mean we should be reveling in the killing. We're supposed to do our best to live a life free of sin. If one accepts the possibility that animal slaughter is indeed a sin then the safe bet is not to do it if hedonistic pleasure is the only real motivation for it. I don't want to find myself standing before God someday explaining why I took the lives of things when it wasn't necessary. Do you want to take that risk?
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Studies of climate change vulnerability have been evolving from impact-driven to policy-driven assessments; shifting the focus from estimating expected damages to attempting to reduce them. Impact assessments, exemplified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment reports, focus primarily on biophysical vulnerability at global and regional scales.
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Party of hawks is dovish on Syria
Of all the unexpected turns in the Syria debate, one stands out most: The GOP, the party of a muscular national defense, has gone the way of the dove.
A decade after leading the country into Iraq and Afghanistan, Republicans have little appetite or energy for a strike aimed at punishing Bashar Assad for allegedly gassing his own people. To the contrary, many of the party's lawmakers are lining up to sink President Barack Obama's war authorization vote.
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Of the 279 Republicans currently in the House and Senate, 84 were also serving in October 2002. All, with the exception of one, voted to give George W. Bush authorization to invade Iraq. Now, just 10 of those 84 have come out in support of striking Syria. Most of the others have expressed serious reservations or are leaning against voting for the authorization.
That the shift has many possible causes — the enormous toll of American lives and taxpayer dollars exacted by two faraway wars since 2001, the antagonism toward a Democratic president, the very different circumstances in Syria than Iraq — makes it no less remarkable. From the Vietnam War through the Cold War and into Afghanistan and Iraq, an aggressive foreign policy has been as much a part of the Republican Party's identity as low taxes and opposition to abortion.
( PHOTOS: What lawmakers said then (Iraq) and now (Syria))
To appreciate the ideological upheaval on foreign policy the GOP is in the midst of, look back to when George W. Bush was running for reelection in 2004. Bush was casting himself as America's fearless defender and castigating Democratic nominee John Kerry as a weak-kneed wobbler. On Capitol Hill last week, it was Kerry, now secretary of state, making the case for military action — and many of his longtime GOP adversaries arguing against it.
The situations in Iraq and Syria are far from parallel. In 2002, there was a strong possibility of an outright invasion and American boots on the ground to topple a Middle East dictator; that isn't the case now. Obama has said the Syrian operation would be limited in scope, aimed at destroying only chemical weapons installations. Regime change, Obama has reiterated, isn't the goal.
Still, listening to some Republicans lately, it's hard to believe that they're the same crowd who led the charge into Iraq.
( WATCH: Timeline of Syria crisis response)
In 2002, Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe argued in a speech that Saddam Hussein posed a grave threat to the U.S. and that Bush's critics were wrong to focus on the possibility that the country would get bogged down in Iraq, as it did it Vietnam.
"To them I ask, are they more concerned about a war that took place over 30 years ago," Inhofe said, "or the tragic events that took place on September 11?"
But getting bogged down in Syria is what worries Inhofe — the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee — most.
A strike, he told The Oklahoman last week, "would be defined in the Middle East, particularly in Syria, as a major act of war by the United States. And then we're going to get drawn into something deeper."
( PHOTOS: Syria: Where politicians stand)
Or take Maine Sen. Susan Collins, who during the Iraq debate said the U.S. had little choice but to act militarily.
"The reason we must deal with this threat now is both clear, convincing and chilling … this danger will not disappear on its own, and the price we may have to pay today to eliminate this threat will prove modest compared to the price we will have to pay tomorrow," she said in 2002.
When it comes to Syria, Collins had this to say, according to CBS News: "What if we execute this strike, and then [Assad] decides to use chemical weapons again? Do we strike again? Well, that's the definition of further entanglement. That's the definition of our becoming deeply involved in a war."
( Also on POLITICO: W.H. Syria push has mixed messages)
In 2002, Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi said Hussein was "dangerous because he is cunning and very calculated … Repeatedly, he pushes the international community to the brink point and then backs down and says — sure, let the weapons inspectors come back. How many times are we going to let him play this game?"
With Syria, Enzi says he hasn't "seen any reason to enter a war and risk American lives when there is no clearly defined national security interest and allies have not been cultivated."