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Visitors can experience them as one park. The park is open 7am to dusk every day. Signs at the gates show the closing time. Cornwall Park has tree plantings dating back over the past 150 years. Austin Strong's design intended to protect the natural beauty of the landscape and provide open spaces for passive recreation. Although, it was not until the 1920s that intensive planting of the Park began, the current practice is to follow the aims and objectives of Campbell's intention for the Park and elements of Strong's design features. Guided walks are often run through the year.
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About 40 protesters clad in black with duct tape over their mouths lined the intersection at Congress Ave. and 11th Street in front of the State Capitol in opposition of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012.
The protesters were not alone in disputing the law.
Former Solicitor General Ted Cruz did not attend the rally, but criticized the law on Friday, saying certain provisions in the law are "shocking" and "unconstitutional."
The NDAA, signed into law by President Barack Obama on Dec. 31, is an annually approved act aimed at funding the defense of the United States.
However, Section 1021 of the bill has stirred controversy.
"Congress affirms that the authority of the President to use all necessary and appropriate force" including "authority for the Armed Forces of the United States to detain" persons who "planned, authorized, committed, or aided" the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks or is "a part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States," the section reads.
"The disposition of a person" described may include "detention under law without trial until the end of the hostilities" and "transfer to the custody or control of the person's country of origin, any other foreign country or entity."
Cruz, in the middle of a heated U.S. Senate race, said America "should always remain vigilant in the war on terror, but the Constitution does not allow an American citizen, arrested on U.S. soil, to be detained indefinitely without a trial."
Cruz attacked Obama for signing the NDAA into law.
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Outside the Capitol, the group of protesters held signs calling for the repeal of the NDAA.
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Unveiling and "Welcome Home Fair" scheduled Sat. March 29th 10:00 – 3:00 at the Capitol
Austin: Forty-one years to the day after the last American combat troops left Vietnam and nine years after the effort began, the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument will be dedicated in a 10:00 a.m. ceremony Saturday, March 29th at the Texas State Capitol. Governor Rick Perry will accept the monument on behalf of the state. The event is free and open to the public.
The ceremony will include the participation of veterans, family members, active-duty military, Texas school children and elected officials. The monument honoring all Texans who served in Vietnam will be unveiled and a special tribute will be made to the 3,417 Texans who died or are unaccounted for in Vietnam. A "Welcome Home Fair" including Vietnam War equipment displays and an exhibition of 3,417 personalized dog tags remembering Texas' Vietnam War lost will take place in and around the Capitol.
More than 3,000 Vietnam veterans and family members from across the state are expected to attend the event. In addition to Governor Perry, speakers will include –
· U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson of Dallas, an Air Force aviator who was held captive and tortured as Prisoner of War in Vietnam for seven years;
· Lieutenant General Mick Kicklighter, Director of the United States 50th Commemoration of the Vietnam War;
· State Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa and State Representative Wayne Smith, Vietnam veteran legislators who co-sponsored the monument authorization legislation;
· Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst;
· Robert Floyd, Chairman of the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument Committee.
Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte will introduce the memorial tribute, which will include students from Edgewood Memorial High School and wreaths presented by the families of Texans killed and missing in Vietnam, the Texas Vietnamese community, and the Texas legislature. The United States Army 36th Infantry Band and the Texas Children's Choir will perform. A Joint Base San Antonio Joint Force Color Guard and Native American veterans of the Lone Star Hethuska Society will also participate. Ms. Karoni Forrester, representing the 3,417 Texas families, will be Mistress of Ceremonies. Ms. Forrester's father is missing in action.
"The dedication of the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument will be a long overdue 'welcome home' for a generation of veterans who served during a divisive time in our nation," said Robert Floyd, chair of the monument committee. "This monument will stand forever in honor of Texans who served with courage, skill and dignity, some at the cost of their lives, when their country asked them to do so."
The Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument was approved in 2005 by the 79th Legislature to honor Texans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam and to remember those who died. It will be accompanied by an online mobile tour to enhance visitors' understanding of the monument and allow them to meet Texans who served in the war. The monument was designed by artist Duke Sundt. Finishing artists Clint Howard and Jake Jakovich sculpted the final details. It was produced at the Deep in the Heart Art Foundry in Bastrop.
Vietnam veterans who volunteered to serve on the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument Committee raised the necessary funds and managed the monument production. The monument cost $2.2 million. For more information visit www.buildthemonument.org.
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American military advisors began serving in Vietnam in the 1950s and the U.S. had a troop presence into the 1970's. At the height of the war in 1968, a half million Americans were serving in Vietnam.
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The Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument honors all Texans who served in Vietnam. The centerpiece of the monument is five infantry figures. They are surrounded by panels depicting women who served, air power, blue water navy, brown water navy, artillery and helicopter forces. Another panels honors the people and military of South Vietnam.
Entombed inside the monument are personalized dog tags honoring each Texan who died or is missing. A duplicate set of these tags is displayed for the public in the Texas Vietnam Heroes Exhibit, which will be in the Lower Rotunda of the Capitol March 27 through April 7.
More than 600 individuals, organizations, corporations and foundations donated to build the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument.
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UBS Global Asset Management has launched its new bond fund, UBS (Lux) Bond Sicav - EUR Corporates, with this target group in mind. The fund offers easy access to the broad, liquid market of EUR-denominated corporate bonds. It spreads credit risk and increases earnings opportunities by investing in a well-diversified portfolio of carefully selected, prime securities. The fund also has a favourable risk/return ratio. The yield potential of corporates is higher than that of government bonds, though the increase in additional risk is proportionately lower.
By subscribing to this fund, investors are also well provided for, since corporate bonds offer better earnings opportunities than government bonds with a similar duration in an economic upturn. Price losses caused by generally higher interest rates during an economic upturn are cushioned by price gains achieved as a result of lower credit risks.
The current volume of outstanding corporate bonds in the single currency, which is still new, amounts to EUR 700 bn. This figure is spread across over 800 different bonds and accounts for 15% of the total EUR bond market (source: Lehman Euro Aggregate).
There are two reasons why this dynamic performance runs counter to the current economic gloom. On the one hand, the market provides firms with financing opportunities on attractive terms. In addition to bank loans (relatively expensive, short term, and usually with strict conditions attached) or issuing new equity capital via the stock exchange (time-consuming and not particularly attractive at existing market prices), companies are increasingly raising fresh capital via bond issues.
On the other hand, economic developments in recent years such as the privatisation of state-owned companies, mergers and corporate expansion have increased firms' capital requirements. Investors are also satisfied with the attractive investment alternatives offered by corporate bonds.
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IN THE COMMENTS: Scott M says:
[I]t looks like you were not on I-55. You were on 270 north around the west side of St Louis. The first bridge you crossed was the Chain Of Rocks bridge.I said:
The bridge to the south, at the beginning of the video, is the old Chain of Rocks bridge that they filmed the final bridge scene from "Escape From New York" on.
The second waterway you crossed [was] the canal. The Mississippi is too shallow for most commercial traffic at the point you crossed, so they use the canal for barge traffic.
Thanks, Scott. You're definitely right. No wonder the maps made no sense to me as I tried to write this post.Here's some info on the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge. (I did see that tower out in the water.) Here are some clips from "Escape from New York." (Not sure if the bridge scene is in there.)
I called the video I-50 and even wrote that on the video! Meade did all the driving, and he told me it was I-55, but in fact — I remember now — when he got to St. Louis, he switched from the Google maps plan to following signs that said "Chicago." (At a key fork in the road, Google wanted us to opt for Memphis over Chicago, which would have had us scooting under St. Louis rather than over, and he preferred to go with the signs.)


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On eve of surgery, Moore has reason for optimism
ST. PETERSBURG -- Matt Moore's Tommy John surgery takes place on Tuesday, ending the 2014 season for the Rays left-hander but buying hope for a bright future.
"It's gone to the point now where, of course, the negative side is you're going to lose your guy for a year," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "The positive side is he has a chance to come back at least as good, if not better."
ST. PETERSBURG -- Matt Moore's Tommy John surgery takes place on Tuesday, ending the 2014 season for the Rays left-hander but buying hope for a bright future.
"It's gone to the point now where, of course, the negative side is you're going to lose your guy for a year," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "The positive side is he has a chance to come back at least as good, if not better."
Moore's operation becomes the sixth such surgery performed on a Rays Major Leaguer. Once considered radical, the surgery has evolved to where it's actually considered routine.
"With a younger pitcher, it's more tolerable I think, because there's more to go on the back end," Moore said. "The guy that's been around a while, the older pitcher, I think sometimes maybe even may try to forego and pitch through whatever they're feeling and try to strengthen it in a different way, maybe therapy-wise. There's been a lot of progress with [the surgery]. It doesn't have the same negative stigma attached to it that maybe it had in the beginning."
The first such operation took place in 1974, when orthopedic surgeon Dr. Frank Jobe performed the surgery on Dodgers left-hander Tommy John.
The purpose of the operation is to reconstruct the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow via a graft using a tendon from elsewhere in the patient's body.
According to data from the Hardball Times website, of the 293 Tommy John surgeries performed on Major League players, five have involved Tampa Bay pitchers while with the Rays: right-hander Jason Isringhausen (June 16, 2009), right-hander Tyler Walker (2006), right-hander Seth McClung (2003) and right-hander Dave Eiland (2001 and '02).
Moore and McClung are the only homegrown Rays Major Leaguers to undergo Tommy John surgery.
Given Tampa Bay's success at avoiding pitching injuries, Rays executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman was asked if he was surprised by the recent rash of injuries incurred by the club's starters.
"No, I think if you look over the history of the game, pitcher injuries are something that in a lot of ways are inevitable," Friedman said. "It's an unnatural motion. And I think we've been more fortunate than the industry because of: A, how hard our pitchers work; and B, the tremendous training staff we have and how much they care and how deligent they are.
"... You look around the game over the last 50, 100 years, pitching injuries happen. And we do all we can to put our guys in the best position to stay as healthy as they can for as long as they can."
Inside the Rays' clubhouse, three pitchers have had Tommy John surgery: Grant Balfour, Brandon Gomes and Jake McGee. Given the fact all three currently pitch in the Major Leagues, it's safe to say their surgeries were successful.
McGee, who had his surgery in 2008, noted that it "was better than I thought it would be."
"I had a little setback around 10 or 11 months," McGee said. "After that, it was good. I was in games at 12 months. I was feeling good, fresh and bouncing back."
Gomes had the surgery in 2004 while still at Tulane University.
"I had battled elbow stuff for a while, and finally, on my third or fourth rehab program, I was coming back and blew it out on flat ground throwing a changeup," Gomes said. "As far as the surgery and rehab, I did everything at Tulane, a facility on campus -- Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine, it was right there. I was in there pretty much every day doing stuff."
In the back of probably every pitcher's mind is the idea that at some point in their career, they are going to blow out their elbow and need Tommy John surgery. Based on that mindset, Gomes was asked if he felt a sense of relief once he knew he would have the surgery. While the question of when is eliminated by having the surgery, other worries arise, according to Gomes -- worries that can add anxiety to the equation.
"I think it's still difficult knowing that you're going to miss an entire season of baseball," Gomes said. "And you have that doubt. There is that possibility that, 'I'm not going to play again.'
"There's a little bit of anxiety, obviously. Then once you start your rehab, it's much more like, 'Hey, I'm ready to get back at it.' Once you start throwing again, there's more of a sense of relief. I was fortunate, I didn't have any setbacks. I came back in 10 1/2 months. And, knock on wood, I haven't had any problems since."
McGee pointed out that the harder one works in rehab, the more that work will pay off.
"It's easier on your mind, too, knowing the percentages about how successful the surgery has been," McGee said.
Dr. James Andrews, who will perform Moore's surgery, also did McGee's.
"Dr. Andrews told me it's 75-80 percent I'd return, like I was," McGee said. "He's like, 'Five or 10 percent, you'll come back a little stronger than you were.'
"I think I'm stronger than I was before, because I'm sitting higher with my velocity. Before I had surgery, I had to really let it go and not care where it's going [to hit the mph I am now]. Now I feel like I can still be in control and get up to 97 or 98 and know where it's going."
Balfour, who also had shoulder surgery, had his elbow surgery in 2005, and he said he came back stronger, too.
"It's part of the game," Balfour said. "It happens a lot. I think the sooner you can accept it and just go get it done -- from somebody reputable, who has obviously done it -- and then from there, it's really how you rehab and stay on top of it. That's a big part of it in coming back. If you work hard, rehab, come back, a lot of times, you come back stronger than you were."
But routine? As the old saying goes, surgery is always routine -- when it's somebody else's surgery.
"It seems to be [routine], but there are guys who haven't come back," Balfour said. "So there has been a handful that are having a tough time.
"I talked to Matt a little bit about that. One of those things, it's part of the game, don't get too down about it. It's a tough time, no doubt, any time you have surgery."
Gomes pointed out what he felt was the hardest thing to deal with when having the surgery, and it had nothing to do with the elbow.
"What I found to be the toughest thing was knowing that I wouldn't be playing for a year," Gomes said.
Bill Chastain is a reporter or MLB.com.


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PLAINVIEW - Dr. Carl Moman, professor of music at Wayland Baptist University and a tenor, and Mark Anthony Pair, piano artist-in-residence at Wayland, will join forces for a faculty recital featuring the music of Ludwig van Beethoven on March 9.
The recital will be held in Harral Auditorium beginning at 7:30 p.m. Music to be featured includes "Adelaide," "Six Sacred Songs" on poems by Gellert, and the song cycle "To the Distant Beloved," all sung in English. Pair will also play the piano sonata in C Minor, Opus 13, also titled "Pathetique."
At Wayland since 1987, Moman is Shaw Endowed Professor of Music and has previously served as chair of the music and later fine arts divisions in addition to teaching responsibilities.
Before receiving the appointment as piano artist in residence in 2003, Pair was associate professor of music at Wayland for more than 35 years. The two have collaborated on faculty recitals three other times, featuring the music of Schumann and Beethoven in the 1980s and 90s.
The recital is free and open to the public.


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Tigran Petrosian. Foreword to Aron Nimzowitsch's "Chess Praxis", 1979
This is Nimzowitsch!
Isn't it anachronistic to reissue a book that was first published exactly half a century ago in our times? The book that, as the author himself, A. Nimzowitsch - one of the strongest chess players of our century - promises to "teach the positional game".
I think that teaching positional game is tantamount to teaching chess as a whole.
It is considered an axiom that any chess player's tactical talents develop faster and more vividly and more prone to self-development than the natural predisposition to the so-called positional talent. The talent of familiarizing yourself with intricate piece tricks, with their lightning-fast attacks and ingenious defences, can be self-developed. We can say that tactics in the first period of a chess player's learning get ahead of other components, and only after learning a complex of tactical methods you can start learning the finer points of positional game.
This book can be invaluable for you. When you'll study it - and by "studying", I don't mean "reading this many pages or playing that many games in one sitting" - you'll surely spot some mistakes and errors in variants, recommended plans and evaluations. This shouldn't confuse you.
In his thrill of being able to convey "his" code of chess laws to the chess-playing readers, Nimzowitsch sometimes engages in wishful thinking. But how do we know? Perhaps this thrill was the thing that inspired him to give aphoristic forms to somewhat boring positional truths - which are much more comfortable and easy to remember this way.
Each time I leaf through the Chess Praxis, the book that I literally kept under my pillow and read in my childhood like fairytales, I rediscover A. Nimzowitsch's maxims that, as I understand now, had become the basis for my chess views a long time ago.
"The aesthetic perception of a chess game should be based on its internal contents, not on its form."
"This prophylactic combination that includes a 6-move maneuver involving the pieces' backtracking, shows how rich and diverse are the resources of prophylaxis. This is one of my favourite combinations."
Of course, such naming of the piece maneuvers contradicts the current generally-accepted definition of "combination", by which it should always include material sacrifice. But I think that this narrowed-down definition also narrows down the perception of chess beauty in general.
"The fearful concern about the absolute "rightness" of moves and timid avoidance of unusual ways, especially the fear before anything that may bring "colossal consequences" - how strongly this resembles the long-gone (and returning - T.P.) "pseudoclassical" era."
Those and similar thoughts of A. Nimzowitsch, addressed to the "lyricists" of chess, are comparatively rare compared to the various advices for the chess "physicists".
"Watching the central squares is a strategic necessity in all circumstances...
...An isolated Queen pawn is not only a pawn weakness - it's also a square weakness...
...Only very rarely the freeing move disappears from the game forever, much more often it remains as a threat."
"The usage of prophylaxis, blockade, centralization and overprotection should be very important for defense as well. There's a difference between when the attacked flank defends only with its own resources, and when the entire board radiates the "defensive energy". Centralization is, in essence, the aspiration of the entire board to take part in the struggle."
My advice to anyone who wants to increase their playing level with this book: compile a small list of Nimzowitsch's aphorisms similar to one above, and while analyzing the games of other strong players, consult it often. Then many grandmasters' moves, plans, ideas will be very clear for you. And this, in turn, will broaden your understanding of chess, or, simply put, will make you stronger over the board.
Admit that you didn't know that "two weaknesses, both defensible in and of themselves, are targeted in turns, and the attacker mainly uses his territorial advantage - the better state of their communication lines. The game is lost because the defender eventually fails to keep up with the speed of attacker's piece regrouping." Or: "You may maneuver even against one weakness: in this case, it's necessary that the diversity of the ways of attack (for instance: frontal attack, flank attack, attack from behind) compensated the lack of weaknesses."
This is Nimzowitsch!


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The Western Energy Alliance filed the appeal last week.
U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal ruled in June that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management needed to decide within 60 days of auctioning off an oil or gas lease whether or not to issue the lease. The lawsuit followed years of delays in issuing hundreds of leases in the West amid protests filed by environmental groups.
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The 2009 release of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is now available for purchase by Software Assurance customers at the Microsoft Volume Licensing Site. You'll have to login using your Passport account, go to the Products Download Section, under Software Assurance select "Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance 2009," choose your language, and finally hit download. Microsoft claims that so far there are 14.4 million MDOP customers.
MDOP tools include Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset, Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management, and Microsoft System Center Desktop Error Monitoring. However, new to this year's version is the first release of Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V 1.0), a Cumulative Update to Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V 4.5 CU1), and an update to the Asset Inventory Service (AIS).
The most important of the three is easily MED-V, which provides deployment and management of virtual Windows desktops to help enterprises upgrade to the latest version of Windows even when some applications are not yet compatible. Currently, that means virtualizing Windows 2000 and XP applications on Vista. I've said before that MED-V went into beta too late for Vista's launch, but it has gone final in time for the release of Windows 7. I expect it to significantly help companies with Windows application compatibility in the future, starting now with Vista and Windows 7.
App-V 4.5 CU1 adds support for Windows 7 beta, so enterprises can start test their applications now. When Windows 7 is released Microsoft says it is committed to supporting the final product within 90 days of general availability. The AIS 1.5 update, which now provides a detailed report for each application, is available to all MDOP end users through Windows Update.
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October 24, 2012
Throughout Monday night's final debate between President Obama and hopeful Mitt Romney, viewers watching it on their Xbox 360 consoles were allowed to participate in a live poll. When asked, "Do you support more use of drone aircraft to attack suspected terrorists?," 72 percent of respondents replied, "Yes."
Notice the question asks, "Do you support more use," in regards to sending unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with missiles to bomb suspected terrorists in other countries, not just continuing business as usual killing people at the current pace.
Following the debate, the screen capture above was posted on popular video game blog Kotaku.com under the headline, "Xbox 360 Owners Sure Do Love Drone Strikes." Of those polled, 20 percent answered "No" and another eight percent were "Not sure."
The last time a group came forward to claim America needs more drones, it was the CIA.
Xbox Live polling is performed in conjunction with a company called YouGov to provide "cutting-edge interactive television and polling techniques that…will be instrumental in both entertainment and information gathering in the future," wrote David Rothschild, XBOX head pollster and member of Microsoft Research NYC.
These are not small polls, either. According to Rothschild, an average of 20,000 unique respondents are answering questions over their Xbox consoles per day; over 30,000 Xbox Live users participated in a similar poll during the vice presidential debate on October 11, 2012. Considering this was the last presidential debate before the election, the total polled this time was likely higher.
So how does the Xbox Live polling on America's drone attacks stack up to other polls?
According to the Pew Research Center, Americans support drone strikes more than citizens in 20 other major countries. Of 1,011 Americans the center polled via landline and cell phone, 62 percent favored Obama's unmanned drone campaign — the most all other similar samples polled throughout the rest of the world.
However, the Xbox Live poll, which showed greater support for these strikes, had a much larger sample.
This widespread support comes regardless of the well-documented fact that drone strikes have been shown to kill way more innocent civilians than suspected terrorists. Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik recently stated that up to eight out of 10 people killed by drone strikes in his country are innocent, meaning only a mere 20 percent can even be deemed militants. Other estimates show that 50 civilians have to die for every single militant killed in a strike.
Note that the word "militant" is nothing but propaganda considering Obama redefined it to mean "all military-age males in a strike zone." These people are blanket classified as "militants" even though our government officials may literally know nothing more about them than age and gender.
Also note the phrase "suspected terrorists" is tossed out by our government and mainstream media all the time in addition to it having been used in the Xbox poll. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, to be "suspected" of something means one is to be "regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion." Nowhere in that definition does it say "is proven guilty" or "is deserving of being bombed to death."
The U.S. is currently running regular drone campaigns in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen. What's considered regular? At one point in summer 2011 it was declared that at least one U.S. drone strike hit Yemen per day. According to Pakistani government estimates, 336 drone strikes in Waziristan alone have killed an estimated 2,300 people (figures for the entire nation are even higher). Using Interior Minister Malik's math would mean 1,840 innocent people have died in Waziristan at the hands of the U.S. government. Other estimates show that 176 children have been killed by U.S. drones in Pakistan since 2004. Only 41 people were ever confirmed as terrorist targets.
There was a time when killing innocent people was considered "murder"; now it's simply chalked up to "collateral damage" without a second thought. There are no checks and balances. No one is punished for innocent lives lost.
Some of the details of Obama's so-called "kill list" — the file he uses to determine who deserves drone assassination — were released by The New York Times earlier this year. The article outlined how several Americans were included on the list, as were two teenagers, one of whom is female. It also mentioned that Nobel Peace Prize winner Obama nominated himself to helm the "top secret" process of designating who gets added to the list and who will ultimately receive a drone visit.
Keep in mind all of these people are still "suspected terrorists," meaning none of them have had any official due process whatsoever. Also keep in mind The New York Times has two interesting habits: sending articles to the White House for preapproval and substantially editing articles the White House disagrees with after post without informing its readers.
It is concerning that Xbox 360 users would be more inclined to support drone strikes, especially since the U.S. military has a history of recruiting gamers to become drone pilots. One 19-year-old high school dropout became a drone pilot instructor based solely on his video gaming skills. Not only that, but many video games today are laced with military propaganda including a burgeoning proliferation of drones, as revealed in this Infowars report Jakari Jackson filed below on Call of Duty: Black Ops II:
In "Portrait of a Drone Killer: I Have a Duty, and I Execute My Duty" featured on Lew Rockwell Blog, one drone jockey is quoted as saying, "It's like a video game. It can get a little bloodthirtsty. But it's f***cking cool."
So "cool" in fact, that many drone pilots are now beginning to show signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. That's okay though, the Pentagon wants to make it all better by awarding drone pilots Distinguished Warfare Medals.
Have video games desensitized some players to the very real and consequential aspects of murder and death? Is all of the military propaganda and conditioning really that effective?
The results of the Xbox Live poll would certainly suggest they have and they are.
As disconcerting as (if not more so than) the overwhelming support for more morally bankrupt drone strikes expressed in that poll is the responses to Kotaku.com's posting of the poll screen capture.
While many of the site's members left disapproving comments emanating a complete distaste for Obama's murderous, unaccountable drone policies, others came to its defense:
Blasé attitudes and sarcasm aside, it is believed that thousands of innocent people — including women and children — have perished in America's morally reprehensible drone strike campaign. These people were all killed by somebody sitting at a control panel thousands of miles away, staring at images on a screen. Just as the drone pilot above was quoted as saying, it is in many ways exactly like a video game; the only difference is, when these people die, they don't respawn.
This is reality. These drone killings are not constitutional acts; they are war crimes even though Congress has never officially declared war in these countries. In fact, two separate court cases involving drone strike deaths fought by Shahzad Akbar of Pakistan's Foundation for Fundamental Rights may now trigger a formal murder investigation and the issuance of international arrest warrants for two high-ranking CIA officials.
At the last presidential debate, the topic of drones came up briefly, which may have triggered the Xbox Live poll question; unfortunately, it was made abundantly clear that, no matter who wins the election, America's ruthless drone strike rampage will continue.
If the court does rule in Akbar's favor, hopefully it will start a trend to help stop this grave injustice.
Nothing about this is justifiable. Nothing.


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A Bel Air, Calif., couple took a minor car accident in stride last Friday, posing for photos with the vehicle while they waited for help to arrive.
Benjamin Neufeld told KTLA 5 News that he was in his kitchen when he heard noise outside. He went outside to see his wife Elizabeth in her blue Honda, which was on its side, as people gathered around.
Elizabeth was not hurt in the accident, which happened when she hit a curb while backing out of the driveway, according to KLTA 5 News. Benjamin said she was "calm as a cucumber."
A passerby took pictures of the couple, showing Benjamin standing outside while Elizabeth waited in the driver's seat. Elizabeth asked her husband for her cellphone at one point, according to the NY Daily News, so she could take a selfie.
Firefighters helped Elizabeth get out of the Honda and the car was towed away.


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Director Matt Reeves (Let Me In) tweeted out the new Dawn of the Planet of the Apes website, which is hosting an image collection of apes about to go all Braveheart over some human asses. Hot damn.
Plus, Reeves also released the news that the first ever Dawn trailer will be released on December 18th, which is soon! Until then, I think it's our duty to name these fellas. Clearly the second ape is Caesar, but I think the last guy should be named Noodles.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will be released in theaters on July 7th, 2014.


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Statement of Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson on the passing of Judge John Shabaz
Madison, Wisconsin - August 31, 2012
John Shabaz was Minority Leader of the Wisconsin Assembly when I became a justice of the Supreme Court in the 1970s. He impressed me as a skilled legislator who ably represented his Waukesha-area district for nearly two decades before his appointment to the U.S. District Court. As a federal judge, John Shabaz was a dedicated public servant whose contributions to the State will not soon be forgotten. My thoughts and deepest condolences are with his family at this difficult time.


text: Minutes of the regular meeting of Tuesday, March 6, 2001 (as Approved May 1, 2001) The San Francisco Public Library Commission held its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 6, 2001 in the Koret Auditorium, Main Library. Vice President Steiman called the meeting to order at 4:02 PM. The following members were noted present: Vice President Steiman, and Commissioners Chin, Coulter Streets, and Swig. The Secretary noted Commissioners Bautista and Higueras were excused attendance. AGENDA ITEM #1 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 2, 2001 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #1 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 2, 2001 SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING An anonymous member of the public commented on the delay in approving the meeting Minutes citing the Sunshine Ordinance's requirement that draft Minutes be posted within 10 days of a meeting. The anonymous member of the public observed that a long delay promoted confusion in responding to draft Minutes, noted that documents attached to the Minutes were placed between the cover page for Appendix A Public Comment Summary Statements and those statements, and cited another copy of draft Minutes where Appendix A was not stapled to the body of the Minutes. This individual found that the Minutes tended to generalize specific comments. Mr. Peter Warfield agreed with the previous speaker concerning a lack of specifics. Mr. Warfield noted finding no reference to discussions on the Friends and Foundation bookstore in Item #6 POE Recommendations. Mr. Warfield also inquired concerning reported comments by the Acting City Librarian about a second floor Atrium Bridge and providing direct patron elevation access on the second floor. Mr. Warfield requested revision of a page 6 public comment attributed to him discussing a concern that the proposals did not provide sufficient additional space for books. Commission comment on AGENDA ITEM #1 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 2, 2001 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING In response to questions by Vice President Steiman, the Secretary reported a copying error resulting in an extra Appendix A title page being inserted into the draft. The Secretary reported that the usual format would have Appendix A, Public Comment Summary statements immediately following the draft text and then any attached documents following those pages. MOTION: by Commissioner Chin, seconded by Commissioner Coulter for approval of the Minutes. ACTION: AYE 5-0 (Chin, Coulter, Steiman, Streets, and Swig) AGENDA ITEM #2 CITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT The Acting City Librarian, Ms. Hildreth announced that Ned Himmel, Chief of the Main Library would be leaving to take up another position and that Kathy Lawhun had been named the Acting Chief of the Main Library. Ms. Hildreth the provided the Commissioners with an update on recent Prop. 14 (State Library Construction Bond) related activities. The Acting City Librarian observed that the draft regulations under consideration gave priority to projects which included joint projects between libraries and schools, and that broad definitions of that kind of cooperation were under consideration. Ms. Hildreth described how the funds would likely be dispensed in three cycles, $150 million, then nine months later $110 million, followed in nine months by the final $90 million. She noted that this could be very useful in planning the Library's Prop. A Branch Library Construction and Improvement Bond construction program to coincide with the availability of Prop. 14 funds. Ms. Hildreth next reported on the progress of proposed revisions in the Library's Fine and Fee Schedule at the Board of Supervisors. She noted that Supervisor Yee had proposed that a fine amnesty be held prior to its implementation as a companion measure to the revised Fine and Fee Schedule. The Acting City Librarian then informed the Commissioners concerning efforts to restore a #19 Polk Street Muni bus line stop at the Larkin Street entrance of the Main Library that had been recently discontinued. She reported that Muni had agreed to reconsider its decision, but that a response was not expected for the next few weeks. Ms. Hildreth noted the next nearest Muni stop was at McAllister and Larkin Streets, two blocks away. The Acting City Librarian then discussed the February 24th CALTEC Workshop. Ms. Hildreth then outlined the initial discussion phases of a planned migration of library online systems from a main frame based system to a web-based product. She mentioned that Library Automation Consultant Diane Mayo had met with library staff to begin a process of review and consultation with a number of staff committees concerning where the library's automation systems might evolve toward in the future. The Acting City Librarian noted that there would be a RFP (request for proposals) process to survey the entire market and extensive staff review of the various automation options in order to determine which would best meet the Library's needs. Ms. Hildreth reported that some funding for these activities was to be included in next year's budget. The Acting City Librarian then discussed ongoing branch renovation and improvements activities citing a three-month closure of the Anza Branch for extensive electrical work, asbestos removal, and flooring replacement. Ms. Hildreth pointed out that all branch electrical upgrade activities would be done in light of the major renovations that would be done during the branch bond program. Concerning a matter which came to her attention to late to be noted on the agenda, Ms. Hildreth next reported on the site selection community meetings held for the Visitacion Valley on March 19th, for the Ingleside Branch on March 28th, for the Portola Branch on April 4th, and lastly for Glen Park on April 10th. Ms. Hildreth then described the details of an extensive public outreach and advertising effort to invite residents of these neighborhoods to attend these meetings. The Acting City Librarian invited the Commissioners to attend these community meetings. Public comment on Agenda Item #2 CITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT: An anonymous member of the public again referring to the Minutes pointed out that Commissioner Steiman had attended the January 2nd meeting. The anonymous member of the public observed that members of the Board of Supervisors had expressed concerns with aspects of the proposed Fine and Fee Schedule that the members of the Library Commission had not. This person further commented concerning differing figures for the numbers of losses of materials reported during the hearings. The anonymous member of the public noted gratification that the Supervisors had in this individual's view carefully observed the requirements of the Sunshine Ordinance, noting a comment by Supervisor Peskin, when addressing this matter. This person commended the Board's example in this case to the Commissioners. Mr. Ed Regan strongly urged the reinstatement of the #19 Polk Street bus stop at the Main Library. Mr. Peter Warfield thanked the Chair for following up on the details of the Minutes, and commented on a discussion of bond project management and the Golden Gateway Library network which were discussed at the CALTAC meeting which he had attended. Mr. Warfield expressed strong interest in hearing the details of any planned migration of Library automated systems to a web based format. Commission comment on AGENDA ITEM #2 CITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT Vice President Steiman noted that she had indeed attended the January 2nd meeting. She then initiated a discussion among the Commissioners concerning the role of having a project manager as opposed to a bond program manager to oversee the branch library construction and improvement bond program. Vice President Steiman emphasized that it was her wish that our manager be actively involved in every aspect of the bond program rather than just take a supervisory role. In response to questions by Commissioner Streets, Ms, Hildreth outlined the Library's efforts to aggressively apply to get any available Prop. 14 (State Library Construction Bond) funds for various potential branch library projects. She noted in particular that the June 2002 funding cycle would be an opportune time for application for Prop. 14 funds for the Richmond Branch Library project. Ms. Hildreth then discussed several other projects that could qualify for Prop. 14 funds, noting that the proposed funding cycles for expending the state funds seemed to work well with the likely schedule of San Francisco's branch library bond funded projects. Responding to additional questions by Commissioner Streets, Ms. Hildreth reported in some detail the discussions at the Board of Supervisor's Finance and Labor Committee concerning the Library's in house efforts to recover materials. Vice President Steiman urged her fellow commissioners to attend some of the site selection community meetings being held to gather public input and suggestions for new locations to the branch libraries currently in rented facilities. Commissioner Chin called attention to the opportunities for successful cooperation between the Library and the San Francisco School District in obtaining Prop. 14 matching funds for projects, calling particular attention to the potential for a new Ortega Branch Library which could offer joint services to the nearby school. AGENDA ITEM #3AMERICAN RED CROSS PRESENTATION Ms. Jolinda Sim, Chair, the San Francisco Leadership Board of the Bay Area Chapter of the American Red Cross and Mr. Jason A. Smith, Red Cross Director of Public Affairs provided the Commissioners with an extensive overview of the work of the Bay Area Chapter of the American Red Cross in conjunction with the national observance of March as "Red Cross Month. Ms. Sim and Mr. Smith described in extensive detail the many varied programs and community educational activities sponsored by the Red Cross in San Francisco and the Bay Area. In particular they discussed programs to train local residents how to respond to emergencies, concerning the Red Cross's many youth serving programs, and about the Red Cross' extensive earthquake preparedness programs. Ms. Sim proposed that the Commission consider various ways in which the library and the local Red Cross Chapter could cooperate, such as making Red Cross informational materials available in branch libraries, and perhaps hosting neighborhood emergency training programs at the branches. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #3AMERICAN RED CROSS PRESENTATION None offered. Commission comment on AGENDA ITEM #3AMERICAN RED CROSS PRESENTATION Vice President Steiman expressed the Commission's appreciation to Ms. Sim and Mr. Smith for their presentation. Responding to questions by Commissioners Chin and Swig, Ms. Sim discussed various ways that the Red Cross Chapter could work with the Library to provide neighborhood specific emergency response training for library patrons and neighborhood residents.. In answer to a question by Commissioner Swig, Ms. Sim noted that the Red Cross Chapter was an active partner with the San Francisco Office of Emergency Services (OES) and that they jointly coordinated disaster planning with city staff. AGENDA ITEM #4 LIBRARY PRUDENT BUDGET RESERVE. Library Finance Director, Mr. George Nichols gave the Commissioners a detailed overview of the issues involved in considering creating a prudent level of reserve funds in the Library Budget. The Library's Finance Director then reviewed common practices used in setting budget reserves, citing examples used by the State of California and other City and County of San Francisco models. Mr. Nichols reported that in the past at the direction of the Mayor's Budget Office the Library had maintained a budget reserve of around $1 million. He further reported that in recent years the budget reserve had been at about 3.5% of the Library's budget or around $1.75 million. It was his recommendation that the Commission consider adopting a policy providing maximum flexibility by directing that a budget reserve be maintained at between 3% and 5% of the Library's overall budget. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #4 LIBRARY PRUDENT BUDGET RESERVE. An anonymous member of the public commented on the Commission's experience with the Library budget during the early days of Prop. E (Library Preservation Fund) and concerning this individual's view that the 15-year cycle of Prop. E funding provided for the opportunity to set aside money in the early years so as to maintain funding in the later years. The anonymous member of the public observed that the public wanted to invest in library services, not in building a savings account and primary consideration must be given to long term planning to avoid the consequences of unforeseen circumstances. Mr. Ed Regan noted that saving money was OK, but not at the expense of buying more books for the collection. Mr. Peter Warfield commented that caution should be taken when money was kept in reserve, that the priority of Prop. E was more books and open hours, and questioned the legality of this use of Prop. E funds. Mr. Warfield found that he was unclear as to what specific action the Commission might take to set a budget reserve. Commission comment on AGENDA ITEM #4 LIBRARY PRUDENT BUDGET RESERVE In response to questions and comments by Commissioner Streets, Mr. Nichols discussed in some detail the most recent estimates by the City Controller of the revenues available to the Library. Mr. Nichols noted that the Prop. E (Library Preservation Fund) set aside protects the library budget from severe cutbacks should there be an economic downturn. He further reported that property tax revenues on which this fund was in part based continued to outpace proposed spending and that the Library's budget expenditures were absolutely consistent with revenues projected. Mr. Nichols explained that the proposed budget reserve could be derived from budgetary savings by the Library and increased revenues in excess of projected income to the Prop. E Library Preservation Fund. As an example of this, the Library's Finance Director pointed to the $1.1 million in unanticipated Prop. E revenues in this fiscal year that the Commission had directed to be spent as recommended in the Supplemental Appropriation request pending before the Board of Supervisors. In response to comments by the Commissioners, Mr. Nichols noted that if costs did exceed revenues, then cuts would have to be made or the Library would have to ask for an additional General Fund subsidy. There followed a discussion of these issues among the Commissioners with Commissioner Streets noting that the Library could not ask the Mayor to bail it out again if the Library got into budget difficulties. MOTION: by Commissioner Coulter, seconded by Commissioner Streets that as an annual goal a budget reserve ranging from 3 to 5% of revenues of the Library Preservation Fund and the General Fund should be maintained. ACTION: AYE 5-0 (Chin, Coulter, Steiman, Streets, and Swig) AGENDA ITEM #5 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RESOLUTION At the request of Vice President Steiman, the Commission Secretary read the proposed resolution (copy attached) urging that the American Library Association relocate activities planned for its June 2001 meeting in San Francisco away from the Marriott Hotel, the meeting's designated headquarters, because of an ongoing labor dispute with hotel employees. The Acting City Librarian discussed the background of the situation that led to the proposal that the Commission formally adopt a resolution concerning the ongoing labor dispute involving the headquarters hotel at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Meeting to be held in San Francisco in June 2001. Ms. Hildreth explained the Library's concerns regarding this matter and commented on the Library's role as the host library for this important annual gathering. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #5 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RESOLUTION An anonymous member of the public made two brief comments, first pointing out a transposition in the proper name of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union, Local 2, and secondly while expressing strong support for the resolution observed that becoming involved in a divisive dispute should normally be avoided but in this case not doing so would send a negative message. Mr. Ed Regan expressed opposition to the Library taking a position in this controversy. Ms. Andrea Grimes, a Main Library Librarian speaking on behalf of the Librarian's Guild, reminded the Commissioners of the long and difficult struggle for fair treatment of the Marriott workers. Ms. Grimes read a letter to the ALA sent by Ms. Josie Mooney of SEIU, Local 790, President of the San Francisco Labor Council urging the American Library Association to support the Marriott workers and urging the ALA to relocate its annual meeting activities away from the designated headquarters hotel. Ms. Grimes then introduced Ms. Dolores Contrado, a Marriott Hotel worker, who requested the Library Commission's support for the hotel workers struggle for a fair labor agreement. Mr. Ramon Guevara, also a Marriott Hotel worker, thanked the Commission for taking up the resolution in support of the hotel workers and outlined some of the many labor grievances which the hotel's workers had been unable to resolve fairly with the hotel management. Mr. Jose Cantu thanked the Commissioners for considering this resolution and urged the Library Commissioners to strongly respond to the injustices experienced by the Marriott Hotel employees and send a message to the Company that San Francisco defends workers' rights. Ms. Lucille Flado urged support for the Marriott Hotel workers, called for support for the ongoing boycott of the Hotel, and expressed concern at injustices experienced by the workers. Mr. Peter Warfield commented that the Marriott Hotel management had violated agreements with the City to deal fairly with its workers and recommended support for the resolution. Ms. Deetje Boler spoke strongly on behalf of the workers, urged support for the boycott of the Hotel, and approval of the resolution calling on the ALA to relocate its activities. Ms. Boler noted that having choose between missing ALA events or violating the labor boycott would cause union librarians great distress. Mr. Rich Clayton pointed out charges of more than 100 violations of Fair Labor Laws that were pending against the Marriott Hotel, noting that hotel management had bargained in bad faith. Commission comment on AGENDA ITEM #5 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RESOLUTION Commissioner Swig commented that while she normally would recommend that the Library avoid getting involved in such a dispute that in this case as the Library was the host library for this meeting it was imperative that the Commission take action to make its views on this matter clear. In response to a question by Commissioner Streets, the Acting City Librarian discussed the background of the American Library Association's (ALA) choice of the Marriott Hotel as the headquarters for this annual meeting several years ago. Ms. Hildreth suggested that representations had been made by the Hotel that the labor dispute would be resolved and as was evident this had not occurred. Ms. Hildreth then discussed how the many alternative locations for ALA events in June would provide ample opportunity for our librarians to participate without having to attend any events at the Marriott Hotel in violation of the boycott. Commissioner Swig noted the great difficulty in finding a location to host such a massive event with 30,000 attendees and the even greater difficulties in making changes in such plans once they were made. In response to a query by Vice President Steiman, Ms. Hildreth explained what the City might be able to do to respond to this problem. Commissioner Chin noted that there were a very limited number of options available given that the event was about to happen and that the Marriott seemed to have acted in bad faith. The Acting City Librarian called attention to the importance of the message the Commission would send to our library employees and other Bay Area librarians by going on record in support of the Marriott workers. MOTION: by Commissioner Chin, seconded by Commissioner Swig for approval of the resolution with a correction of the hotel workers union's name. ACTION: AYE 5-0 (Chin, Coulter, Steiman, Streets, and Swig) Agenda Item #6 FRIENDS AND FOUNDATION REPORT Ms. Denise Donovan, Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library gave the Commissioners a report on the upcoming Library Laureates Dinner to be held at the Main Library on April 2, 2001. Ms. Donovan noted several of the authors and poets to be honored. Ms. Donovan next reported to the Commissioners on the progress of creating the Friends and Foundation new Book Bay at the Main shop at the Grove Street entrance of the Main Library. She next called attention to a new series of weekly programs to be offered by the Library's Hormel Center. Public comment on comment on Agenda Item #6 FRIENDS AND FOUNDATION REPORT None offered. Commission comment on Agenda Item #6 FRIENDS AND FOUNDATION REPORT Ms. Hildreth reported that the Book Bay at the Main would be open and staffed during all of the Main Library's public service hours. In response to a question by Commissioner Coulter, Ms. Donovan outlined some of the planned weekly Hormel Center programs. Friends and Foundation Executive Director Chuck Forester pointed out that these programs for poets, authors, and spiritual leaders offered a venue for community based groups to become more deeply engaged with the Library. Agenda Item #7 LIBRARY LABOR UNION REPORT None offered Agenda item #8 NEW BUSINESS Commissioner Swig requested an update on the Library's Strategic Plan be calendared. Public comment on Agenda item #8 NEW BUSINESS An anonymous member of the public expressed support for a more extensive discussion of the Library's Strategic Plan. The anonymous member of the public also observed that this individual recalled that Commissioners had requested at recent meetings that these issues be brought forward, but that they had not been heard. Agenda item #9 PUBLIC COMMENT Mr. Ed Regan requested that the Library adopt increased public service hours. An anonymous member of the public again commented on what this individual described as a Verandah Factor, that is the difference between how the community perceived issues and how the Commissioners view them. The anonymous member of the public cited the discussion of the Post Occupancy Evaluation as an example of the failure of Commission to appropriately address concerns raised by members of the public. This individual observed that when issues are brushed aside and people not treated with dignity an impression is created which then becomes the reality. Mr. Peter Warfield commented on the discussion of the revised Fine and Fee Schedule at the Board of Supervisors, noting Supervisor Peskin had requested a continuation of the discussion because some documents had not been made available to members of the public. Mr. Warfield reported that Supervisor Peskin had directed city departments presenting matters to the Board also make those materials available to the public. He further commented that a lack of availability of documents denied members of the public the ability to fully study the issues and make meaningful comments on them. Mr. Warfield expressed a wish that the Library take this direction and make it policy that all documents presented to the Board of Supervisors and city agencies be made available to the public. Agenda Item #10 ADJOURNMENT MOTION: by Commissioner Chin, seconded by Commissioner Coulter that the meeting be adjourned in memory of the late Helen Louise Weinstein, a dedicated friend and supporter of the San Francisco Public Library. ACTION: AYE 5-0 (Chin, Coulter, Steiman, Streets, and Swig) The meeting was adjourned at 5:57PM. Michael Housh, Commission Secretary 4/9/01 The number of members of the public who spoke anonymously at this meeting 1. Please note: Copies of Commission Minutes and handouts are available in the Office of the Commission Secretary, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102