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President Obama pledged greater international cooperation from the U.S. under his administration, but also bluntly challenged fellow world leaders to take responsibility for genocide, poverty and terrorism during his debut speech at the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday.
Obama was followed by Libyan strongman Col. Moammar Kaddafy, who delivered a rambling and bizarre diatribe against the world body, claiming it treats small nations like his shabbily. At one point, Kaddafy said al Qaeda is not alone in promoting terrorism and said the UN's own Security Council "should be called the Terror Council."
In the evening, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a speech that was sharply critical of the U.S. and Israel and prompted both the American and Canadian delegations to walk out in the middle of the talk.
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The day's top national and international news.
Obama was applauded as he strode confidently to the podium, and early on acknowledged the anticipated change in U.S. policy his administration represents.
"I am well aware of the expectations that accompany my presidency around the world," Obama said. He said those hopes are not about him personally, but rooted in hopes America will be a leader in bringing about change. He said past criticism of the U.S. is due in part to misconceptions on the part of other nations, but also to past unilateral actions by the U.S.
Obama denounced the use of torture in interrogating terror suspects and pledged that America "will live its values, and we will lead by example."
But after acknowledging his nation's past failings, Obama challenged the rest of the world to step forward to fight terrorism, climate change and nuclear proliferation.
"Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for America to solve the world's problems alone," Obama said. "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility."
Obama scolded rogue nations North Korea and Iran, saying that while he is committed to diplomacy, the two countries must drop their nuclear ambitions. If they do not live up to their obligations, "they must be held accountable," Obama said. Obama also pledged to help Israel and Palestine make peace, claiming that his discussion with the two nations' leaders on Tuesday brought about modest progress.
"All of us must decide whether we are serious about peace or we will only lend it lip service," Obama said. He said the U.S. must back its support of Israel with pressure that it respect Palestinian rights, and called on nations sympathetic to Palestine to stop feeding the flames of hatred with dangerous rhetoric.
Ahmadinejad countered Obama's speech by railing against Israel's "racist ambitions" and chastised European nations and the U.S. for unconditionally supporting what he called Israel's "inhuman policies." He also accused the U.S. of spreading "war, bloodshed , aggression, terror and intimidation" in the Middle East, mentioning Iraq and Afghanistan.
"How can crimes of the occupiers against defenseless women and children and destruction of their homes, farms, hospitals and schools be supported unconditionally by certain governments?" he said, speaking of Israel and its allies. "It is no longer acceptable that a small minority would dominate the politics, economy and culture of major parts of the world by its complicated networks, and establish a new form of slavery, and harm the reputation of other nations, even European nations and the U.S., to attain its racist ambitions."
Before Obama spoke, Brazilian Preisdent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took the podium to blame big nations and unbridled capitalism for most of the world's problems, including climate change and the worldwide economic collapse. Ahmadinejad spoke similarly, saying capitalism will eventually collapse like Marxism.
The Iranian leader also sounded a cooperative tone, saying his country would shake all hands "that are honestly extended to us," while respecting the nation's legal rights -- an assertion that some observers saw as a reference to Iran's nuclear program, which was not explicitly mentioned in the speech.
Kaddafy echoed Obama's calls for international cooperation in fighting common threats, including the swine flu, but then launched into a long and angry rant that the UN charter, which he waved around from the podium, is illegitimate.
"We are rejecting, and we shall never cooperate with the U.N. charter," Kaddafy said, complaining that the body was created by nations aligned against Germany and has allowed 65 wars to break out without taking action.
Obama began the day by meeting with Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. He will also speak with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, whose country has cheered Obama's decision to scrap a missile defense program on its doorstep.
Tomorrow, Obama will become the first U.S. president to chair a U.N. Security Council meeting.


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Base-Running Diary
Good evening fellow Yankee Yappers…
Instead of simply Tweeting the game tonight, I figured I would try something different. I'll post what's happening here on the blog as it is happening, giving everyone the fun experience of following me on Twitter, or just watching a game with me; complete with coverage and wise remarks, inside jokes, and obscure references.
Basically, it's what we journalists call a running diary. Or in keeping with the baseball theme, maybe more appropriately, a "base-running diary."
I'll need feedback after this one: if you, the readers, like this concept, please let me know. If it receives a "vote of no confidence," so-to-speak, it'll only be a one-time deal.
Without any further ado, here's my insight from tonight's game, as the action unfolded…
- Alright, 21 minute rain delay is over. Hopefully the leprechaun got the gold at the end of that rainbow. Many thanks to Roy G. Biv. Now let's play some baseball! (7:32 p.m.)
- CC makes quick work of Elliot Johnson, Ben Zobrist, and Desmond Jennings. Three up, three down. (7:40 p.m.)
- Ugh. Jose Lobaton with a bloop RBI single to RF after B.J. Upton's double to deep left-center. 1-0 Rays. I swear, I thought Michael Kay said "Toblerone" when he first said Lobaton's last name. (7:55 p.m.)
- Whack-a-doodle play right there. Wild pitch, Nick Swisher goes to third from second, Andruw Jones tries to advance from first to second, but stays put – while the Rays throw the ball past first base. Nuts. (8:07 p.m.)
- Jayson Nix K's for one out, Chris Stewart with an excuse me check swing; he's out at first, Swisher scores. We got ourselves a 1-1 game. (8:10 p.m.)
- Virgil…errrm…David Price whiffs Curtis Granderson to end the second. Knotted up at one. (8:17 p.m.)
- Error on A-Rod, Johnson reaches first. Who does he think he is? The entire Rays team? I believe Tampa Bay is one of the league leaders in unearned runs… (8:21 p.m.)
- Speaking of unearned runs, there's one for the Yankees. RBI single for Ben Zobrist, Johnson scores, 2-1 Rays. (8:22 p.m.)
- Right away, another hit. Jennings with a double, Rays are set up, second and third with one out. Buckle down, ace. (8:24 p.m.)
- Sac fly for Upton, Rays go up 3-1. (8:26 p.m.)
- Virgil gets the Yanks 1-2-3 in the third. (8:37 p.m.)
- I should clarify that David Price eerily resembles Virgil, "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase's bodyguard from the old WWF days. (8:38 p.m.)
- Drew Sutton with a two-run double off the LF wall. 5-1 Rays. Not looking like a sweep. (8:47 p.m.)
- Bases chucked in the fifth for the Yanks, one out. They created a chance, now they have to cash in. (9:18 p.m.)
- Virgil Price just hit 97 mph on the speed gun, his 94th pitch of the night. Still firing bullets with a high pitch count. (9:20 p.m.)
- Whoa. A-Rod strikes out swinging with the bases loaded for the second out of the fifth. An 11-pitch battle which Price won; went off-speed on him. That one hurt. (9:25 p.m.)
- Virgil gets Robinson Cano to bounce into a 4-3 putout. Price wiggles out of danger, Rays up 5-1 at the end of five. (9:30 p.m.)
- Into the Ray's bullpen – and down go the Yanks, quietly. No problems for Tampa's 'pen…yet. (9:47 p.m.)
- Granderson is going shopping after the game for a specific hat: a golden sombrero. Struck out by former Hudson Valley Renegade Wade Davis to end the seventh, his fourth K of the night. Ouch. (10:05 p.m.)
- Yankees have six outs to get four runs for the tie. Perfect time for "Mystique" and "Aura" to appear. (10:15 p.m.)
- A one-out walk for A-Rod and a single by Cano; forces a Rays' pitching change. Hmmm… (10:19 p.m.)
- Swisher strikes out on a pitch up, out of the zone, but pinch-hitter Raul Ibanez knocks in A-Rod with a single through the right hole. 5-2 Rays in the bottom of the eighth with two outs, runners on the corners. (10:29 p.m.)
- Tying run at the plate in the place of Eric Chavez, but he beats it into the dirt; grounds it right to first base. Got one back, at least (10:32 p.m.)
- Aaaaaand the Yanks give it right back. Sutton with a line drive to RF, Swisher boots it, allowing Matt Joyce to come around to score. E9 on Swisher, 6-2 Rays. (10:43 p.m.)
- Very next batter Johnson knocks Sutton in with an RBI double, 7-2 Rays. I think they have successfully avoided the sweep. (10:44 p.m.)
- I think I picked the wrong night for this little blog experiment. It'd be more fun if the Yanks were winning. (10:45 p.m.)
- Bottom of the ninth. Last licks for the Bombers. (10:50 p.m.)
- Russell the Muscle! Martin with a solo homer, his sixth of the year. He went oppo over the right-centerfield wall to leadoff the ninth. 7-3 Rays. (10:52 p.m.)
- Derek Jeter grounds out, Granderson avoids a platinum sombrero with a 2-3 putout, and Teixeira…gets plunked by J.P. Howell. Game's still not over. A-Rod is due up and closer Fernando Rodney is coming in. (10:58 p.m.)
- Rodriguez pops it up to right field, Joyce puts it away, ballgame [mercifully] over. Final: Rays 7, Yankees 3. Bombers' three-game win streak snapped. (11:02 p.m.)
- W: Price (8-3) L: Sabathia (7-3) (11:05 p.m.)
- Moving on. New York bragging rights start tomorrow with the first Subway Series of 2012 at Yankee Stadium. Yanks will be heading into tomorrow night's game vs. the Mets with tonight's loss; the Mets beat the Nationals 3-1 this afternoon. (11:08 p.m.)


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Tact had this idea and I agree with him : would it be possible to have a small insert on the forums homepage where we could see the number of people online on X game? Something linked with DC-now but very small and simple.
That would be useful when 2-3 people are having an impromptu game (typically Monaco), other people browsing the forum but not checking dc-now could be tempted to join without us spamming the shoutbox.


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Chickenfoot – s/t (2009, Redline Entertainment)
- Avenida Revolution
- Soap On A Rope
- Sexy Little Thing
- Oh Yeah
- Runnin' Out
- Get It Up
- Down The Drain
- My Kinda Girl
- Learning To Fall
- Turnin' Left
- Future In The Past
- Bitten By The Wolf
Band Lineup:
Sammy Hagar – Vocals
Michael Anthony – Bass
Joe Satriani – Guitar
Chad Smith – Drums
Producers: Chickenfoot & Andy Johns
Country: USA
Total Time = 57:47
Chickenfoot MySpace page
That simple word can mean either quick success or complete bomb when used in the Rock world. How many "supergroups" have gone on to great heights and impacting the music world? Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young come to mind, so does Cream and Blind Faith. Maybe throw Bad Company and Asia in there too? I'm sure there's a few bands I'm missing but for every Cream, Bad Co. or Asia there's a Contraband or a Bad English. Now you might say: "Hey, Bad English had a couple of hits!"…..I say name their second album and did it have any hits. The "supergroup" either hits it big quick or dies a miserable death. Needless to say when I heard that Sammy Hagar (ex-Van Halen, ex-Montrose), Michael Anthony (ex-Van Halen), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Joe Satriani were forming a brand new band, a "supergroup", I was a little wary as well as curious.
The roots of Chickenfoot took hold back in 2002 when Hagar and Anthony started playing together with Journey guitarist Neal Schon and Journey drummer Deen Castronovo and called themselves Planet US. A little later on, the band added Joe Satriani in on second lead guitar. Basically this was a fun project for the members between the Van Halen reunion with Hagar and the recording of Journey's album GENERATIONS (2005). Even though there was interest in keeping the project alive, the committments to Van Halen, Journey and Satriani's solo career put the project on hold. As a result of nothing coming out Planet US, Schon created Soul SirkUS (a band with Jeff Scott Soto on vocals) in 2005 to release some of the material that was written for Planet US and, after touring extensively with Van Halen and Hagar's solo band, Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony revived the idea and started jamming with Satriani and Smith…..now you have Chickenfoot!
When I first heard about Chickenfoot I was excited. Even though I'm firmly in the Roth camp, I still enjoyed the Sammy Hagar version of Van Halen. With Van Halen on the backburner, I figured the Hagar/Anthony team would provide a solid base to get some good solid Melodic Hard Rock. It's not hard to figure out that aside from Eddie Van Halen's innovative guitar heroics the sound of Van Halen was Sammy's voice backed by Michael's solid harmonies. The winning combination is enhanced by a great guitar player in his own right with Satriani and probably one of the most underrated drummers in Rock with Smith. I figured I'd play this album and hear some really great Hard Rock with superb vocals and guitar. I was close!
I've listened to this album since it came out a lot but everytime I get halfway through it feels like something is missing. All the songs sound great, the production is top notch. The vocals are the highlight, Hagar proving that he can get it done better than ever at age 62 and Anthony chiming in with trademark harmonies. Smith pounds away and Satriani doesn't shred as expected but he finds a smooth, Bluesy groove and plays with ease…..you can tell that the guys are all having fun playing together. The problem with the album is the songs…..they all sound the same save for a couple of tracks. The defining mark of each musician is that their careers have had great memorable songs full of life, hooks and melody. The problem with Chickenfoot is that none of the songs are memorable, there is really nothing here that gets me singing along and bringing me back for more. Songs like 'Avenida Revolution', 'Soap On A Rope' and 'Get It Up' are decent enough Hard Rock songs but there isn't that hook that draws me in. Except for maybe a couple of songs, everything sounds more like a jam and in a couple of cases unfinished ideas. 'Sexy Little Thing' has that melody and hook that comes close to the kind of Hard Rock we're used to from a Sammy Hagar fronted band. Same goes for 'My Kinda Girl' but this song is even better and could easily fit on a Van Halen album or a Sammy solo record, easily the best song on the album and should be the first single. Great harmonies and cool licks from Satriani add to the overall sound and it's good to hear Mike Anthony singing on the background vocals…..a strong point of the Van Halen sound for decades. The third song that really stands out to me is the quiet ballad 'Learning To Fall' that reminds me of parts of the hit 'Give To Live' from Sammy's 1987 solo album. This is probably Sammy's best and most passionate vocal performance of the entire album, definitely a single in the making if it gets to radio.
Bottom Line:
I was looking forward to this album, to the next big supergroup, but I definitely came away disappointed. I spent a lot of time with this album because I like all the players involved and I'm a Sammy Hagar fan. If I look at my CD collection, I have all his Van Halen albums and almost all his solo records and the all have some pretty solid songs. Unfortunately, this debut album for Chickenfoot sounds like a collection of album tracks from Sammy's solo records. You know the songs…..the ones that never make it to radio or the concert hall. I don't want to say "filler" because that brings up a negative connotation, even though there are a few "fillers" on this album, overall it's harder to take in. Most of the 11 songs don't have that memorable melody or hook that keeps us tuned in, there's not much that's really catchy and gets you singing along. Some of the songs do grow on you after repeated listens but I lost interest after a while because there just wasn't enough to hold my attention. This may not be the last Chickenfoot album because it's selling decently, I just hope the guys in the band decide to follow a more commercial direction next time around.
Favorite Songs:
'My Kinda Girl', 'Sexy Little Thing', 'Learning To Fall'


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A few weeks ago, I posted a call out for people to reach out and commit to participate for 8+ weeks. There were two projects and one of them was Developer Experience. Since then we have had some great interest, there are 5 awesome contributors participating (sorted by irc nicks).
BYK – I met BYK 3+ years ago on IRC- he is a great person and very ambitious. As a more senior developer he will be focused primarily on improving interactions with mach. While there are a lot of little things to make mach better, BYK proposed a system to collect information about how mach is used.
gma_fav – I met gma_fav on IRC when she heard about the program. She has a lot of energy, seems very detail oriented, asks good questions, and brings fresh ideas to the team! She is a graduate of the Ascend project and is looking to continue her growth in development and open source. Her primary focus will be on the interface to try server (think the try chooser page, extension, and taking other experiments further).
kaustabh93 – I met Kaustabh on IRC about a year ago and since then he has been a consistent friend and hacker. He attends university. In fact I do owe him credit for large portions of alert manager. While working on this team, he will be focused on making run-by-dir a reality. There are two parts: getting the tests to run green, and reducing the overhead of the harness.
sehgalvibhor – I met Vibhor on IRC about 2 weeks ago. He was excited about the possibility of working on this project and jumped right in. Like Kaustabh, he is a student who is just finishing up exams this week. His primary focus this summer will be working in a similar role to Stanley in making our test harnesses act the same and more useful.
stanley – When this program was announced Stanley was the first person to ping me on IRC. I have found him to be very organized, a pleasure to chat with and he understands code quite well. Coding and open source are both new things to Stanley and we have the opportunity to give him a great view of it. Stanley will be focusing on making the commands we have for running tests via mach easier to use and more unified between harnesses.
Personally I am looking forward to seeing the ambition folks have translate into great solutions, learning more about each person, and sharing with Mozilla as a whole the great work they are doing.
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Syria on Deadline — Even as Syrian activists reported fresh rounds of shelling Wednesday, the U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan expressed cautious optimism that the Syrian regime would honor the April 12 ceasefire plan. Analysts however remain skeptical. The April 10 deadline for the withdrawal of Bashar al-Assad's forces from major Syrian cities has passed without much change on the ground. As the international community goes back to the drawing board to recalibrate its diplomatic efforts, Foreign Policy explores the options available to them – and indeed, to Assad himself.
The Xilai Show — In a dramatic twist in the tale of high-flying Chinese politician Bo Xilai – who was unceremoniously removed from office last month – Xinhua news service reported late Tuesday that his wife is under investigation for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. While this saga of crime and politics has caught the public's imagination, an op-ed in The New York Times by Jonathan Fenby of research group Trusted Sources argues that it is essentially a sideshow that distracts from the larger problems China faces under its current leadership.
Border Wars — The fighting between Sudan and South Sudan intensified as the South Sudanese took control of an oil field along the contested border Tuesday. The BBC reports that the government of Sudan will use "all means" to respond, sparking fears of a return to war. Agence France-Presse reveals reports of forced recruitment into the South Sudanese army along the border, is resulting in those conscripted being of a younger age. "In the first conscription they were not looking for children, but the last conscription they were taking everybody," a worried mother told the news agency.
Euro Zone Bargain Hunting — As housing prices fall, investors looking for inexpensive vacation homes are flocking to the Greek Island of Rhodes. German newspaper Die Welt explores the surge in Germans, Austrians and Swiss seizing the opportunity to buy cheap, as home prices on the island fell 30%. But complex home ownership laws means that "any purchase involves convoluted research into property rights," the newspaper concludes.
Just Say No — The war on drugs will weigh heavily on discussions at the Summit of the Americas this weekend. The Washington Post reports that the Latin American leaders, including Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, are ready to discuss concrete alternatives to the decades-old legislation that favors criminalization. After 40 years with little impact in the rate of drug usage and escalating violence in the region, will there now be a change?


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If Spider-man is real, he's a woman that goes by the name of Kacy Catanzaro.
The former Towson University gymnast competed in the extremely difficult American Ninja Warrior course last night, and as she stands just 5 feet tall and weighs only 100 pounds, viewers probably had their doubts. But they were wrong, oh so wrong.
Catanzaro, who was trained by her boyfriend before appearing on the show, wowed the audience, hosts and TV viewers when she not only completed but dominated each of the four insanely difficult obstacles given to her—whether it was a log grip or salmon ladder—making each challenge look like a trip to the playground.
"I've seen greatness during my NFL career," said ANW host and former NFL defensive end Akbar Gbaja-Biamila. "And I've been in awe of people, but I am really in awe of Kacy."
"We are seeing one of the greatest competitors—man or woman—we have ever seen in America Ninja Warrior," added his co-host Matt Iseman. Seriously, watching her will give you goosebumps!
Catanzaro's accomplishment makes her the first woman to ever reach American Ninja Warrior's finals and is on her way to compete again in Las Vegas.
"Having this wonderful man @
brentsteffensen give me a big kiss at the top was the perfect ending to my run!" she tweeted, "Thank you for all of the support..it means so much to me! At the top of the tower just trying to take it all in :)"
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63. The fool readeth this Book of the Law, and its comment; & he understandeth it not.
64. Let him come through the first ordeal, & it will be to him as silver.
65. Through the second, gold.
66. Through the third, stones of precious water.
67. Through the fourth, ultimate sparks of the intimate fire.


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Rocklin, California: A small plane has made an emergency landing in traffic on a highway median in the Sacramento area.
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) says the aircraft landed safely on Wednesday morning on a grassy center divide of Highway 65 near Rocklin as cars whizzed by. No injuries were reported.
Pilot John Mares says he was testing a new engine on the Beech BE35-33A when it lost power at about 3,500 feet, leaving him with no choice but to find a place to land.
A mechanic was on scene to see if the fuel pump failed. The highway remained open although traffic slowed down to see the plane.
The FAA says an inspector is on the scene. The CHP will close the northbound lane if the plane is cleared to take off.


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Sadhana, Aradhana, Prabhupati
Excerpts from a lecture by Yogi Bhajan, 9/25/88
I came to this country and I told you three words that are the greatest words of God: sadhana, aradhana and prabhupati. And I also told you that you will never hear them in any book or from any holy man. And I also told you this is the beginning and end and solution of all that you are going through!
Aradhana means do the sadhana as prescribed. Prabhupati means you become master of the God. Pati means husband. Prabhu means the God. The creative unknown is prabhu. I'm just telling you in very simple English so nobody can feel confused.
How can we become truthful, elegant, sophisticated, divine, and graceful, and how can this false wall be broken? And how can we see the freedom and know we'll be covered? How we'll have a shield? And to that Nanak answers—Nanak the man, Nanak the Guru, and Nanak the God answers:
"Amrit velaa sach naao, vadiaaee veechaar. Karamee aavai kaparaa nadaree mokh duaar.Nanak evai jaaneeai sabh aape sachiaar. "
(In the Amrit Vela, the ambrosial hours before dawn, chant the True Name, and reflect deeply upon His glorious greatness.)
I tell you today, and through you to the entire mankind: There are only three words to live by—sadhana, aradhana and prabhupati! It was true in the beginning, it is true today and it shall ever be true!
If you want health, happiness and to be holy, then you'll do sadhana, aradhana and prabhupati. Everything else is bogus.
People who do not do sadhana, they do not do sadhana, and nobody can tell them to do it. When they want to reduce their unhappiness or their unhappiness becomes so unbearable, then they may do it. Otherwise they will find millions of excuses.
I tell you what is the most cowardly and weak person: a person who cannot confront his own mind. It means a master in the house who cannot confront his own servant. Then who is his master? Is the servant the master, or is the master the master? Mind is a servant and when a man cannot confront his mind, man is absolutely a servant.
I am asking you to go in the world and find the richest, most influential and most powerful person. You will find three things: At one point that man shall have no answer. At one point, that man shall have no happiness. And at one point that man shall have no man in him. These are the three disqualifications of all men who have no control over their own mind.
These are the three virtues of sadhana. Once you have your own mind under control, intuition will give you all the knowledge of the world; you have answers for everything; and you can see the soul and God right within you.
That ambrosial hour is a time to look, to see, and to praise the Infinite. Why? Why are you praising God? It is just connecting. A finite in the ambrosial hour connects with the Infinite. And all that is required to come out, is going to come out of the mind. The mind doesn't follow any rules. Once the cork is out, the genie is out and it is going to do what it is going to do.
Therefore, please understand, sadhana is essential! Daily bath is essential that you may not smell bad. Food is essential that you may not feel weak. Smiles are essential that you may not drown in sorrow. Money is essential that you have to move and pay, and buy and get. Money is a medium of services and energy. Everything is essential, but if sadhana is not essentially done, everything will fall apart.
Those who have no gift of sadhana with them, shall have no gift of happiness. Your sadhana is a proportionate source of happiness in your life. Neither your marriage, nor your wife, nor your children, nor your future, nor your promises, nor your teacher can do it. He can only tell you what sadhana is. He can tell you to do sadhana. He can remind you. The postman never writes the letter. The letter is only delivered by the postman.
My virtue in your life is only that your destiny has to achieve that highest promise which your soul made to God. And God gave you the Word. And my promise is to remind you that these three words decide everything: Sadhana, aradhana and prabhupati!
I hope you will understand that there is no power in the world which God can bestow on you but the opportunity of sadhana. When you do sadhana, and your mind is controlled, your life is together, then you can be "niaraa" – exclusively identified.
But what I'm telling you is, to all issues, to all problems, to all promises, to all good will gestures and to all difficulties, to all failures, to all handicaps, still the words of Nanak are true—Nanak the man. "Amrit Velaa sach naao, vadiaaee veechaar. Karamee aavai kaparaa nadaree mokh duaar. Nanak evai jaaneeai sabh aape sachiaar!"
© 2002 The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan


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A9 TV, 29 July 2011
(About the famine in Somalia)
For example, there is a disaster in Pakistan and everyone coughs up money. Or they say we must collect money and give alms and charity. Pakistan has been devastated. But Somalia has been in a wretched state for as long as I can remember. There is constant talk of aid and they are constantly wretched. Sending aid is fine. But instead of all this organized activity you should be demanding Turkish-Islamic Union, and that will totally resolve the problem. If we had Turkish-Islamic Union, Somalia would be like Paris. Wealth, plenty and abundance would pour in. Pakistan is wretched. People in Morocco are wretched, and our brothers in Iraq are wretched, their children going barefoot. They are wretched in Moro and Chad and everywhere. They cannot even wash once a month. They only eat meat very rarely. They are living from hand to mouth.
Countries invest at least half their earnings in weapons. It goes on tanks and shells and bullets. But there will be no need for that with Turkish-Islamic Union. Arms will disappear. Money will not be spent on arms.
Turkish-Islamic Union is equivalent to the way of the Mahdi. Islamic Union is equivalent to the way of the Mahdi. But you can see how Allah is devastating the world because they refuse to talk about it and how He is showing the world that. Everyone is uneasy, there are suicides and people crying and shouting and starving to death … If they obeyed the command of the Messenger of Allah (saas), fulfilled the requirement for Islamic Union, and obeyed Allah and the Qur'an's command, instead of suffering all this misery, then the matter would be resolved2012-10-31 16:08:15


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What does this have to do with public legal memory? One important source of economic stability in Iceland over the long term lies in the development of its tourist economy, and cultural tourism is bound to play an important part in that growth. Right now, this country is a destination of choice for nature lovers, but many Icelanders hope that in time its extraordinary history and heritage also will come to play a substantial role within the nation's tourist profile. This is to say that as part of its effort to get its economic house in order, Iceland will increasingly sell its past, including its unique legal history, to outsiders. As this development proceeds, the challenge faced by public educators will be how to present Iceland's legal past to tourists given that the relation between law and land at the heart of that history, and at the heart of Icelandic identity, is mediated by an illusive and quickly fading folk memory.
With Thingvellir, the burdens of that challenge will weigh most lightly. Thingvellir is as much a structure as a place. No artifacts exist as tokens of the chieftain assemblies which took place there a thousand years ago, and which distinguish the legal history of this Germanic nation from that of Anglo-Saxon England, but it's very easy to imagine what took place. You don't need to be William Collingwood to picture the assembly circles, the cloth-covered booths, and the mediation of disputes occurring within the craggy setting of a grand tectonic fissure. The landscape is architectural in a way that seems positively to invite the visualization of a human presence.
But the sites of Skálholt and Reykholt point to greater, and more common, pedagogical difficulties. These are places of tremendous symbolic importance to Icelanders, but in both places the landscape offers few tangible clues of that significance. The church at Skálholt is a modern building, and the landscape itself seems totally empty (at left below, on the road to Skálholt).
An uninformed visitor would never guess that this was once the epicenter of all Icelandic learning, the heart of its intellectual and cultural life, and the administrative hub of the church. But the place is packed with historical memories actively nurtured and treasured by Icelanders. Similarly, everyone knows that Reykholt was the seat of the great Snorri Sturluson, and every summer tens of thousands of people visit the bathing pool of the man whose family gave its name to the civil war through which Iceland lost its independence in 1262. Yet the pool and its environs have a completely mundane air about them—for the outsider, certainly, not sacral but utilitarian. In both sites, moreover, artifact remains are scant, and any significant pieces seem to be in the possession of the National Museum in Reykjavik. Finally, the exhibitions at Skálholt and Reykholt have been mounted, almost as a matter of necessity, by the most important institution on the two sites, namely the church, and they are housed in church basements, cut off from view of the land in which the cultural significance of the place is lodged. The museum at Reykholt, which celebrates the life of Iceland's single most important author, a man whose work is part of the cultural patrimony of all Europe, is mounted in a room that also is used for funeral receptions.
As Stephanie and I have followed the sight-seeing path marked out by the Iceland Saga Trail Association, we've been struck by the various ways in which far-flung curators across Iceland have sought to address the difficulty exemplified by Skálholt and Reykholt: the land is filled with memories, and the land is empty. Some curators have been remarkably successful in meeting that challenge. The Settlement Exhibition in Reykjavik surrounds a Viking-age turf longhouse excavated in the center of the city with a 360-degree image of how the land likely appeared in the tenth century, and the excavation itself can be viewed from above ground through a street-level glass enclosure—a beautiful architectural metaphor for the proximity of the medieval past here.
The exhibition accomplishes through fine curatorship what Thingvellir does naturally, maintain the sense of place that grounds Icelandic history. Similarly, the Settlement Center in Borgarnes relies on multi-media installations to bring the visitor into the land outside the exhibition hall. (The center currently is developing an exhibition about the Althing.) The Saga Center in Hvolsvöllur tells the story of Njal's Saga through a carefully scripted audio guide before sending visitors, at least theoretically, out to a host of local sites associated with the man known for his forbearance and wise legal council (Njal's farmstead is pictured at right below).
To bring out the cultural and historical significance of the land, a significance that so often sounds in law and society terms—that's what the most incisive museums and history centers here seek to do.
These are worthy efforts, but there are worrying signs for those concerned about the future of Icelandic public legal memory. Throughout the country, one naturally encounters the kitsch which will only proliferate with increasing tourism—the kind of stuff that, in its mass produced quality, seems to define itself against historic and geographic particularity. But I don't worry much about this kind of thing, which after all is a presence in any country that attracts a significant number of travelers. The best response to a plastic Viking helmet, or to the "cultural theme hotel" in Reykholt, with its loftily-named restaurant, is to laugh.
More troubling, and more revealing, are certain trends within the popular culture consumed by Icelanders themselves, especially tendencies to celebrate hyperviolence or, more pointedly, the subversion of law. One recent incarnation of that tendency is a controversial music video released by the group Berndsen, which involves a carnivalesque overturning of law, and life, in the symbolically charged setting of the Icelandic countryside. In the video, a group of young people come upon the scene of a car crash and play bloody and perverted games with the bodies of the victims. A discussion of the controversy, with a link to the video, can be found here. The video expresses a deep cultural anxiety about the association of land, law, and community that has defined Iceland for generations. We are a long way from a land knit together by the common legal identity established at Thingvellir in 999/1000; we are in a subculture whose ironic self-consciousness is characteristic of a nation torn within a generation from its communitarian folk roots and the law that sustained it.
The Berndsen video engages the same cultural dynamic as the legal history sites we visited on our tour, and it is as much a part of the future of Icelandic legal consciousness and legal memory as the harsh light that academic history will throw on popular antiquarianism. Like new efforts in public history, the video responds to circumstances that are putting pressure on the link between legal memory and the environment in an age of global capital flows and European economic integration. In this respect, those concerned about the future of the public understanding of law on this remote island in the Atlantic will have to wait and see whether Icelanders, who have modernized their nation so boldly and admirably since World War II, can advance a vision of development that is not only environmentally but also culturally sustainable.
Note: My next post, about applying for a Fulbright and what opportunities exist for legal historians, will be my last. Thanks to all of you who have written with your comments and questions!


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Thematic Option, the university's general education core honors program, is an alternative to regular core general education requirements. The program is interdisciplinary and provides a strong intellectual community.
The program teaches students to formulate ethical questions, to analyze and understand the reasoning behind views that differ from their own, to recognize the roles that historical, political and social forces play in matters of personal choice, and to express their views coherently in writing. Thematic Option can be arranged to fit any major.
To maintain small classes and allow for extensive discussion, Thematic Option is limited to 200 students each year. Students must be highly motivated, with a record of academic achievement. The average Thematic Option student has cumulative SAT scores above 2200 and an "A" high school GPA. The program is rigorous and requires extensive reading and writing.
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The Thematic Option honors curriculum consists of four interdisciplinary core classes taught around distinct themes: CORE 101 Symbols and Conceptual Systems; CORE 102 Culture and Values; CORE 103 The Process of Change in Science; and CORE 104 Change and the Future.
CORE 111 Writing Seminar I and CORE 112 Writing Seminar II make up the eight units of writing to meet the university requirement. The classes are accompanied by individual, bi-weekly tutorials. CORE 111, which requires concurrent enrollment with an affiliated CORE 102, focuses on critical thinking and analysis, focusing on academic argument and reasoning through close reading of primary texts. CORE 112 teaches students to convey complex ideas and to advance sophistication of essay structure, grounded argument, and to identify and address specific audiences persuasively in academic discourse.
The core curriculum is supplemented by two theme courses — one in the natural sciences and the other in either the humanities or the social sciences — chosen in consultation with a Thematic Option adviser.
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Liberal Arts Modules are a college-wide honors opportunity that bring together students with substantial training in their respective disciplines to study a common subject area using multiple approaches while participating in a cross-disciplinary dialogue.
Liberal Arts Modules provide a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary study with peers and faculty from different disciplines. The themes and topics change each semester depending on faculty participation. Students are exposed to different approaches to societal issues, gain experience working collaboratively with peers from other academic areas, apply their knowledge to new subject areas and focus sustained critical attention on disciplinary methods of inquiry.
A typical module includes four classes: three small seminars and one CORE 498 course. The program requires simultaneous enrollment in one of the three seminars and in CORE 498, for a total of 8 units.
Students with at least junior standing and a major/minor GPA of at least 3.0 are eligible to apply. Preference is given to students pursuing double majors or other major/minor combinations in the liberal arts. Students graduating with a B.A. or USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences B.S. degree who complete a module and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5 will have "Distinction in Liberal Arts" listed on their USC Transcript.
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Thematic Approaches to Humanities and Society Minor
The interdisciplinary minor in Thematic Approaches to Humanities and Society allows students to examine a range of thematic and theoretical approaches to understanding culture and society from multiple standpoints in the humanities. The minor is rich in course and schedule options, enabling students with an interest in the humanities to continue their studies. It also includes co-curricular events and advisement from Thematic Option staff. Thematic approaches to humanities and society builds on the intellectual community developed in the Thematic Option honors program and is open to all interested students.
The minor focuses on themes such as interdisciplinary perspectives and modes of inquiry; approaches to criticism and history; reification, ideology, contextualization; and knowledge, human diversity and social relations. Students choose six 4-unit classes, including one lower division elective, one upper division Thematic Option class (CORE 301 Modes of Inquiry), and four upper division electives. Students also complete a 2-unit reading salon (CORE 200 Liberal Arts Reading Salon).
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CORE 101 Symbols and Conceptual Systems: Thematic Option Honors Program (4, FaSp) Study of the structures through which we shape our experience in religion, philosophy, literature, music, and the visual arts, and of competing theories of interpretation. Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.
CORE 102 Culture and Values: Thematic Option Honors Program (4, Fa) Systematic reasoning about values and ways of living; close reading of major texts within the Western tradition; Biblical and classical through contemporary sources. Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.
CORE 103 The Process of Change in Science: Thematic Option Honors Program (4, FaSp) Critical problems in the development of scientific thought, studied as vehicles for understanding the content and structure of the sciences. Specific subject matter in selected scientific disciplines will be presented. Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.
CORE 104 Change and the Future: Thematic Option Honors Program (4, FaSp) Analysis of historical change; social and political theory and revolutionary thought; introduction to competing images of future states of affairs; the continuing process of change. Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.
CORE 111 Writing Seminar I: Thematic Option Honors Program (4, Fa) Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.
CORE 112 Writing Seminar II: Thematic Option Honors Program (4, Sp) Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.
CORE 195 Summer Seminar (3, Sm) An honors course for high school students in summer; each section focuses on a topic in the arts or humanities, social or natural sciences.
CORE 200 Liberal Arts Reading Salon (2, FaSp) Critical readings of a series of texts in the liberal arts designed to promote discussion of important themes, theoretical approaches, research directions, and interdisciplinary connections. Graded CR/NC.
CORE 301 Modes of Inquiry (4, FaSp) Modern tools of cultural and discursive analysis which seek to demystify "the natural," as it appears in the formation of cultures, their institutions, and individuals.
CORE 498 Honors in Liberal Arts (4, FaSp) Advanced interdisciplinary course on the development of a general theme or topic. Critical analysis of the relation between modes of inquiry and objects of study. Students must be simultaneously enrolled in a selected special topics 499 course that has been approved as part of the College's Liberal Arts Modules project.
CORE 499 Special Topics (2-4, max 12) Intensive interdisciplinary exploration of a selected theme, problem process, or period.
CORE 601 Teaching Analytical Writing Through Readings in the Humanities (1, max 4, Fa) Theories and practices in the university-level teaching of close-reading and analytical writing, using texts central to Western tradition. Graduate student professionalism through topical workshops and discussions. Open to assistant lecturers and teaching assistants only. Graded CR/NC.


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Paramount to resist sequel to 'Wonderful Life'
By Derrik J. Lang, AP
LOS ANGELES–Paramount won't be giving any wings to a planned "It's a Wonderful Life" sequel.
A studio spokeswoman said Wednesday that Paramount would fight the proposed follow-up to the 1946 holiday classic starring Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a desperate family man who imagines during Christmas time what his town would be like if he'd never been born.
Star Partners and Hummingbird Productions announced plans Monday to create a sequel to the Frank Capra directed film titled "It's a Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story."
Bob Farnsworth, president of Nashville, Tennisee-based Hummingbird Productions, told trade publication Variety that the film was set for release in 2015 and would star Karolyn Grimes, who played Bailey's daughter in the original film.
The filmmakers said the sequel would focus on Bailey's unlikeable grandson. Grimes, who said the iconic line "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!" in the original film, would play an angel in the follow-up.
"No project relating to 'It's A Wonderful Life' can proceed without a license from Paramount," the studio said in a statement. "To date, these individuals have not obtained any of the necessary rights, and we would take all appropriate steps to protect those rights."
Farnsworth and Star Partners president Allen J. Schwalb did not immediately return messages seeking comment. Farnsworth previously told The Hollywood Reporter that the property's rights were in the public domain.
While a lapsed copyright led TV stations in the 1970s, '80s and early '90s to repeatedly broadcast "It's a Wonderful Life," Paramount has controlled the rights for the past 14 years, after the studio acquired Republic Pictures as part of its acquisition of Spelling Entertainment in 1999. Paramount has since licensed "It's a Wonderful Life" to NBC, which now airs it sparingly during the holiday season.
Tom Capra, son of "It's a Wonderful Life" director Frank Capra, who died in 1991, said the Capra family does not support a sequel — and they don't think their father would have, either.
"If he was still alive, he would have called it ludicrous," said Tom Capra. "Then, I think we would have called his lawyer. Why would you even attempt to make a sequel to such a classic film?"


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Michael Tomasky: GOP Attracting Minorities? Really?
A great piece at The Daily Beast by Michael Tomasky (with thanks for the shout-out to LGF): GOP Attracting Minorities?
Let's start with African-Americans. Republicans, whatever they might say publicly, won't actually try to win more black votes. Why? Because the positions the party would have to embrace to win black votes are abhorrent to the GOP base. Which, you may have noticed, is kind of racist. Now, people like me—pundits of the respectable class—aren't supposed to talk that way. We're supposed to cooperate in the fiction that the Republican Party is the party of Lincoln and underneath it all yearns to reawaken the great Jack Kemp tradition.
All that is a bunch of rot, I'm afraid, and the rank and file's racism is just a plain fact. Ever read some of those Fox News website comment threads on race stories, like this rather fascinating thread when Whitney Houston died, or certain Obama articles? It's like reading Bull Connor's diary. No, this doesn't mean every conservative is a racist. But it does mean that if you find yourself at a table with five conservatives and try to break the ice with a watermelon joke, you're very likely to get somewhere between two and three laughs.
A party with that kind of base is not going to be changing positions on affirmative action anytime in the next, oh, millennium. No—I really can't predict a meeting of the minds here in any remotely foreseeable future. Remember, the conservative, Republican-appointed Supreme Court is (presumably) about to undo affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act. It'll be another decade fighting to win those back at least.


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By DAVID GREEN
Morenci mayor Keith Pennington has no shortage of ideas to work on for 2012 after hearing suggestions at the council meeting Monday night.
The mayor asked department heads and council members to come up with at least three priorities to work on for the year.
Brief overviews of the suggestions were given at the council meeting and priorities will be set at a later time.
Police chief Larry Weeks:
1. Enhance community involvement through an improved city website. Include tax records, a staff e-mail list and other documents.
2. Continue discussion of the police department space problems and ways to improve the situation.
3. Give consideration to the disrepair in many areas at the EMS building that is being given to the city from ProMedica. Some needs could be quite expensive.
City supervisor Barney Vanderpool:
1. Tackle a water main project on Locust Street from East to Page.
2. Tackle a water main project on W. Chestnut from Salisbury to Clark. There are some dead ends on west end water lines that need to be looped into the system.
3. Evaluate seal coating of a street done in the past and discuss if it should be done in other areas.
Library director Colleen Leddy:
1. Provide someone to do an interior and exterior audit of the library building to evaluate maintenance needs.
2. Remain aware of proposals to form a district library—either county-wide or Morenci's own—and support the library board's decision.
3. Include the library in the city's information technology maintenance plan.
Fire chief Chad Schisler:
1. Consider improving the west side water system.
2. Print fire safety messages on water bills.
3. Place an LED marquis sign in front of the fire hall to announce community events.
City administrator/clerk Renée Schroeder:
1. Stay in contact with state officials regarding the second phase of the industrial park to complete the road through the park.
2. Stay in contact with the potential donor for the walking trail along Bean Creek.
3. Review the city's employee handbook.
Building inspector Kevin Arquette:
1. Council should consider updating the fee schedule for inspections and become familiar with code updates to allow him to do his job.
2. Get the rental inspection program up and running for the five-year plan.
Councilor Jeff Bell:
1. Improve the city website and make it more interactive.
2. Review the employee handbook and clarify some gray areas.
3. Examine the zoning fee schedule.
Councilor Tracy Schell:
1. Take advantage of low housing costs and work to increase home ownership in the city.
2. Come up with a plan to market Morenci.
3. Review and update the city charter.
Councilor Robert Jennings:
1. Make changes at Stephenson Park, such as creating more parking along the street; removing unused grills; moving the unused shuffleboard seating to the basketball court; placing trash cans in holders that are fastened to the ground.
Councilor Brenda Spiess:
1. Review employee compensation in light of changes at the state level.
2. Create a capital improvement fund to tackle projects such as street lights at the industrial park.
3. Take a city-wide audit of facilities to evaluate maintenance needs.
Councilor Rebecca Berger:
1. Consider increasing the pay for elected officials.
2. Evaluate street repair needs.
3. Make the appearance of rental homes more acceptable, including lawn care and snow shoveling.
Mayor Pennington:
1. Form a committee to think about what would be needed to make Morenci more of a destination location. This is needed in order for merchants to continue their businesses.
2. Start a discussion about an aesthetic code for the downtown, in an effort to preserve our traditional character.
3. Investigate obtaining energy efficient street lighting.
4. Be aware of the "institutional knowledge" possessed by the city's long-term staff members. For example, does more than one person thoroughly know the operation of the water system and the location of underground infrastructure? Create a guidebook that shows how to run the city.


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by HUGH GILMORE
Common sense told me not to go, but the lady had mentioned "an old Darwin" book, so I bundled up and left home on a frigid day hoping to go treasure hunting. Six steps later I slipped on the ice next to my car and fell flat on my back. Always a surprise. Got the wind knocked out of me and lay there stunned, contemplating the wonder of it all, especially the wonder of what would happen when I tried to rise.
I pushed myself off the ice into the snow and stood up and. My elbow hurt sharply and I'd wrenched my back, but my moveable parts followed commands, so I got in the van and headed off to Conshohocken, Land of Darwins.
On the scene: a freezing, nasty, enclosed-but-unheated porch. I could hardly bear to touch the cold cold books and had much trouble turning pages to check for edition, etc. Had to keep blowing on my hands. Books were ordinary. The Darwin was a sixth edition, with scuffed corners and a spine tear, but I bought it anyhow. Not much of a souvenir. The pain of my fall now made worse by disappointment.
Came that night, I couldn't lie down without feeling bad back pain. Actually, lower rear rib cage pain. Slept in gritty installments.
Gimped around on Friday. Just as I thought things couldn't get worse, the furnace died. I heard it shut off. Pilot flame was on, but furnace wouldn't turn over. Just hummed. Our heating guru came at 4 p.m. He tinkered, lashed some parts together with cable ties, told jokes, shined his flashlight and said the parts place wouldn't be open again till Monday morning. Before he left, he'd managed to get the heater running. He even did some on-and-offs and it came back on each time. So: toodles.
An hour later: Off. Pilot was out this time. I had the sudden realization that the ice outside was not satisfied with what it had done to me in the carport. It now wanted to move inside. Fire and ice are natural enemies, but now they seemed to be collaborating in pursuit of a common prey: me. I would have to fight back if I myself did not want to revert to the cold, motionless state that all mobile creatures are destined towards.
But, I'm scared to death of the idea of causing an accidental gas explosion because I have too much college and not enough knowledge. Kneeling before the heater, I took a deep breath. Didn't smell gas, wished myself luck, and lit the Bic. I did not blow up. Mirabile dictu! I lit the pilot. Seconds later, the furnace roared backed to life. What a jolly little homeowner am I. Just so handy to have someone like me around.
A half-hour later the furnace kicked off again. No pilot flame again.
A quick look out the window confirms what I suspect: the ice field is moving closer to the house.
Three tries this time. Got the pilot lit. Mr. Competence. Just an ol' Jack London survivor type.
My wife, Janet, is involved with the Stagecrafters Theater production of "Private Lives," by Noel Coward. Tonight is opening night. We had to go. We left at 10 minutes of 8 and just made the curtain.
All through the witty repartee (on stage) I was thinking. Has my house blown up yet? Has the furnace gone out? Has my car been towed from the last-minute parking spot I chose, right beneath the Tow Warning sign of a local store (closed for the night, but sometimes snow emergencies bring out the meanspirits of tow truck drivers). But anyway, ha ha ha, hurray for Noel Coward. So funny, I actually forgot my miseries, including a very sore back, for minutes at a time.
Show over. Time for answers to my life's mysteries. Car: ah, not towed. Home: colder than it should be. Yes: furnace off, pilot out. Tried to light it three times, unsuccessfully. Now smelled gas. Cowardly retreat up the stairs. Accepted the inevitability of having to sleep in an unheated house, wrapped in crushing ice.
Called furnace man and left message so he'd respond first thing in the morning.
Got the electric space heater, pulled another down quilt from the closet. Put on sweatshirt, sweat pants, knit cap and got in bed to read latest Europa Editions book I'm enjoying, "Mosquito" by Roma Tearne. (Set in sultry Sri Lanka.) I'm actually quite warm, but dreading waking up to a house where the temperature will be about 35 degrees by sunrise. I really should try to light the pilot one more time.
I did it! I hurry back upstairs, remove my sweatpants and sweatshirt and knit cap and extra quilt. Read a little more, fell asleep. Wake up an hour later, my back and ribcage killing me. When I lie on my side I feel like I'm lying on a brick, or have a baseball inserted under the ribs (take your pick). So it goes. The room is now too warm. The air smells like baked dust. I hesitate to tinker with the thermostat. I remove one layer of covers and try to get back to sleep, but can't lie on either side without pain (and can't ever sleep on my back or stomach). Why did I ever leave my warm home and walk on ice, just to buy a Darwin?
I lie on my right side, in terrible pain that I choose to regard as an opportunity to practice will-power-over-muscle-pain. I will the knot to relax. It doesn't work, so I decide to simply accustom myself to the pain. That sort of works. I sleep an hour on, an hour off, till sunrise. Then I get up.
The furnace is still holding back the lusting ice. That's good. Tenuous but good. I'll take it over the alternative. My back hurts. I'm making coffee when the phone rings.
It's the lady whose cold books I visited on Thursday. The lady I should not have gone to see on the morning of the ice storm. The lady whose mention of "an old Darwin" book made me risk the trip. The lady who set the fate that I should have a wrenched back and lose two nights' sleep in motion.
She wants the book back. Her grown son, who lives in another state, wants to read it. He's never read it. He yelled at her and told her she should not have sold it and she should get it back from me so he could read it.
Moral of the story — deduced from Robert Frost's poem, "Fire and Ice" ("Some say the world will end in fire. Others say in ice."): Between the slip on the ice and the failing furnace, I can't wait for summer when it's time to complain about the heat.


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Her hubby killed it as an insta-classic Bond villain—could Penélope Cruz now be ramping up to join James Bond's globe-trotting adventures?
Javier Bardem's missus has found herself at the center of speculation that she could be the next Bond girl after reports surfaced claiming that the Nine actress has signed up for the unnamed Bond 24 movie, which will reportedly reunite Daniel Craig with his Skyfall director, Sam Mendes.
Looks like it's just wishful thinking: Although Cruz's rep could not be reached for comment, a source tells E! News that the casting rumors are "not true."
Still, even if the 39-year-old Spanish actress may not be boarding the Bond bandwagon, here are five other actress we'd think would shake and stir things up quite nicely with 007.
1. Zoe Saldana: She's already squared off against marauding Earthlings in Avatar and an intergalactic terrorist in Star Trek Into Darkness. Isn't it about time the 34-year-old join forces with our favorite superspy to pummel some Bond baddies? The athletic actress, who was trained as a ballet dancer, has already proven herself to be quite adept at physically demanding roles. And in 2011's Colombiana, she also revealed a ruthless streak while wielding a gun as a steely assassin. Let's give her a clear shot at a Bond gig, yes?
2. Kerry Washington: The 36-year-old beauty possesses nerves of steel, a razor-sharp intellect and loads of resourceful chutzpah—qualities on full display in the take-no-prisoners crisis-management pro she plays in ABC's Scandal, Olivia Pope. We're betting Bond could always use a brainy beauty by his side, and Washington may just fit the bill.
3. Lucy Liu: She's already whupped ass with Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz in two Charlie's Angels movies and faced off against Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, so you know the 44-year-old has got more than a few lethal moves in her arsenal. And as her turn in NBC's Sherlock Holmes redo Elementary can attest, the lady can match wits with the best of them, making her the perfect partner-slash-foil for Bond.
4. Paula Patton: When it comes to superspy bona fides, Patton's earned her stripes: The 37-year-old teamed up with Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt in 2011's Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol. And when you're part of the crew that makes sure that Hunt doesn't splatter himself all over Dubai after plunging from the Burj Khalifa tower, well, we're guessing that's the kind of woman that 007 will want on his side.
5. Kristen Stewart: Before you start flinging deadly steel-rimmed bowler hats at us, hear us out: Sure, the actress may still be best known for playing Bella in the Twilight saga. And sure, her rocker-chick turn in The Runaways doesn't quite scream "007!" But lest we forget, the actress pulled off a pretty convincing turn as a warrior-esque princess in Snow White and the Huntsman—complete with horse-riding, sword-fighting gamesmanship. Plus, this wouldn't be the first time her name's been attached to 007: Last fall, the actress 'fessed up that she'd love to play a Bond girl. Now, if she can only convince Daniel Craig, who quite frankly, didn't seem entirely sold.


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Everyone knows that The Flintstones was wrong: not only did humans and dinosaurs not exist at the same time, even our earliest mammalian ancestors had barely come upon the world stage at the time when the great lizards departed it.
Not so, says paleontologist Gregory Wilson. He and his fellow bone-botherers have been probing the history of a group of proto-mammals called the multituberculates, and it seems that in fact these little chaps were already well on the road to furry live-birth dominance while the dinos were still very much on top.
Wilson and his fellow boffins worked this out, essentially, by analysing the bumpiness of the primitive, diminutive Barney Rubbles and Fred Flintstones' teeth. It seems that bumpier teeth are an indicator of herbivorous diet: the smoother gnasher is generally to be found on a meat-eater creature.
Using this crafty chomp analysis, the paleontologists were able to work out that the cunning multituberculates exploited a change in plant life to gain themselves a rich new source of food just a few million years before the dinos vanished. The early mammalians were feasting happily on new species of just-evolved flowering plants, having in many cases switched from a carnivorous life scoffing insects and small creatures and the like, when the great series of extinctions which saw off the dinosaurs swept the world.
It's generally thought that these may have been triggered by the upset following a massive asteroid strike, but whatever the cause it didn't affect the new trees, herbaceous plants and so forth which our small ancestors had switched to feeding upon. Thus the mammals were already gaining size and numbers, and stood poised already to conquer the planet as the cumbersome monstro-lizards made their exit.
So, while the Flintstones is still wrong, the new research indicates that it isn't quite as wrong as had been supposed.
You can read all about it courtesy of hefty boffinry mag Nature: or there's a layman's digest available from rival publication Science. ®


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On Tuesday afternoon, Rick Santorum suspended his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. Hours later, faux-conservative pundit Stephen Colbert bid the former Pennsylvania senator a heartfelt farewell — sort of.
"Rick! Rick, I loved you!" Colbert bellowed. "But not in a man-on-dog way," he added, alluding to Santorum's controversial stance on homosexuality.
Colbert offered his take on Santorum's decision to exit the race despite the candidate's frequent insistence that he would remain in the running until the Republican nominating convention in August.
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"Many are speculating that Santorum dropped out now to avoid the embarrassment of losing to Mitt Romney in his own state," Colbert said, in reference to the upcoming Pennsylvania primary. However, Colbert quipped, "given the number of houses Mitt Romney owns, Pennsylvania is probably his home state, too."
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If you missed this past Saturday's episode of the Poetic Travels on the Autism Hwy radio show where I was a guest, have no fear! The show, hosted by Kelly Green and Erik Estabrook, is available as an archived broadcast for your listening pleasure. We spoke about autism, poetry, creativity, activism, and a host of other topics (yes, even the J. Cole incident). You can visit their show on Blog Talk Radio and listen at:
I had a great time talking with the hosts and sharing my poetry, which included three selections from Novena (remixed): "Icarus", "Meridians", and "You Don't See It". I also read "Tribe", which appeared in We've Been Here All Along: Autistic Over 35 Speak Out in Poetry and Prose. And don't forget: Novena (remixed) is available August 14! More information about the new book is at my other blog, Raven's Wing Poetry.