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If you are an Arkansan, you know that fixing fish for the dinner table means rolling it in seasoned corn meal and frying. OK, bake it for health feel-good.
There are alternatives and tasty ones.
Ever tried white bass tacos? Or bream scampi? Or ceviche?
These were some of the fish dishes recently prepared at a media outing and were done by members of the Communications Division of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The cooking was over charcoals in small grills in a Little Rock park.
If an after-eating poll had been taken, the ceviche would have won.
Ceviche? No, not everyone knows what it is nor does everyone know how to pronounce the word. It is "suh-VEECH-ee." At that recent park event, the ceviche was prepared by Trey Reid, a writer and videographer for AGFC who is an experienced hand in preparing dishes from assorted creatures from the wild.
Ceviche is raw seafood "cooked" by marinating in citrus juices, usually lime or lemon. Ceviche is not sushi.
The history of ceviche is somewhat hazy, but most sources say it evolved in South America with Peru often cited. There are some links to Spain too.
Variations are numerous in ceviche, and like many foods of ethnic origins, it often depends on what is available. Ceviche can be used as a party food, an appetizer or a main dish. Almost any type of fish or shellfish can be the main ingredient. Reid used crappie for his offering at the media event. His recipe:
Crappie Ceviche
1 pound crappie fillets
10-12 limes
4-5 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped
2-3 garlic cloves
Kosher salt to taste
1/2 small onion, diced
1 Roma tomato, diced.
1 avocado, diced
4-5 sprigs fresh cilantro, finely chopped
Cut the crappie into small pieces, one-half to one-inch chunks. Place crappie chunks in a glass bowl and squeeze limes into the bowl until the fish is completely covered. Press garlic into the bowl and stir. Add salt and half of the jalapenos into the mixture and stir. Place mixture into a refrigerator, uncovered, for 8 to 12 hours.
Strain the excess lime juice from the fish mixture, and add onion, tomato, avocado and cilantro. Stir gently to combine everything. Serve immediately with tortilla chips.
The crappie was what Reid had available, and like most Arkansans, he rates crappie as highly desirable for eating. Bream fillets would do well as an alternate in his ceviche. So would several other fish species found in Arkansas.
For serving, along with Reid's suggestion of tortilla chips, ceviche can be offered as a hearty salad by serving over shredded or chopped lettuce or over baby spinach leaves. It can be spooned over a variety of crackers for appetizers. Taco filling? Yes.
Ceviche does well as a patio food, a picnic dish or a tailgating item.
And look over those ingredients – healthy, low or no saturated fat and nutritious items all the way.
Joe Mosby is the retired news editor of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas' best known outdoor writer. His work is distributed by the Arkansas News Bureau in Little Rock. He can be reached by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This morning, I watched Michelle Malkin on Fox News talking about Obama's "science czar" John Holdren, advocate of "compulsory abortion" and "involuntary fertility control" to deal with a non-existent overpopulation crisis.
Where did Holdren get his wacky ideas? His Ecoscience co-author Paul Ehrlich was the author of a notorious 1967 book, The Population Bomb, which promoted the overpopulation hysteria.
But where did Ehrlich get his wacky ideas? That story — and a lot more besides — is told in an excellent 2001 book by historian Donald L. Critchlow, Intended Consequences: Birth Control, Abortion, and the Federal Goverment in Modern America.
The population control movement, which generated the anti-baby hysteria that Ehrlich and Holdren promoted in their books, was largely the brainchild of John D. Rockefeller III. Rockefeller funded much of the movement himself and through a number of family trusts and foundations, and he encouraged other foundations (Ford, Scaife, Carnegie) to do the same.
Rockefeller promoted the population control movement through many means, but just to give you an example, between 1959 and 1964 one organization alone, the Population Council, got more than $5 million from the Rockefellers, $8.4 million from the Ford Foundation and $2.1 million from Scaife. So that's $15 million in five years, back when a million dollars was a lot of money.
'Babies: Threat Or Menace?'
One of the things that the population control movement did was to promote their agenda through the press, and by subsidizing writers with grant money. From page 54 of Critchlow's book:
[T]o raise the public's consciousness about the threat of overpopulation . . . the population movement undertook a concerted public relations campaign through a steady stream of books, pamphlets, and magazine and newspaper articles. This campaign was aided by the involvement of key publishers and editors who were actively involved in the movement, including George Hecht, editor of Parents Magazine. The drumbeat around the population crisis reached crescendo by the early 1960s. Readers of popular magazines were faced with a barrage of articles warning of an impending population crisis . . . Women readers were inundated with articles like "Are We Overworking the Stork?" (Parents Magazine, 1961), "Why Americans Must Limit Their Families" (Redbook, 1963), "Intelligent Woman's Guide to the Population Explosion" (McCall's, February 1965), "Overpopulation: Threat to Survival" (Parents Magazine, 1967) and "Population Increase: A Grave Threat to Every American Family" (Parents Magazine, 1969).
The point, you see, is that there was an organized propaganda campaign, funded and directed by big money. One of the most active promoters of this agenda was Hugh Moore, a millionaire who was a contributor to Planned Parenthood and who later founded his own organization, the Population Crisis Committee. In fact, the title of Ehrlich's book, The Population Explosion, was borrowed from a pamphlet of the same name published by Moore in 1954. And Ehrlich's book was then promoted by the Sierra Club, which had its own wealthy donors.
'We're the Smart Ones'
Big money continues to fund the Culture of Death. In 1999, I was the only reporter in the room when Ted Turner gave a speech at a conference of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association:
Mr. Turner, founder of CNN and now the vice chairman of Time-Warner Inc., also suggested that world population could be reduced by the adoption of an international "one-child policy."…
The Atlanta-based billionaire and his wife, actress Jane Fonda, are active supporters of the United Nations Population Fund. In 1997, Mr. Turner pledged $1 billion to a new foundation to support U.N. efforts on population and the environment.
Though he fathered "five kids — boom, boom, boom — by the time I was 30," Mr. Turner said, he now believes overpopulation is a major problem and suggested people should "promise to have no more than two children."
Mr. Turner recalled a discussion many years ago with Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich, whose 1968 book "The Population Bomb" predicted that hundreds of millions of people would starve to death in the 1970s and '80s as a result of global overpopulation. Mr. Turner said he asked Mr. Ehrlich and his wife, Anne, what the ideal world population would be.
"They told me about 2 billion," Mr. Turner said. World population is now 5.9 billion, but the world could reduce its population to that ideal, Mr. Turner suggested. "We could do it in a very humane way," he said, "if everybody adopted a one-child policy for 100 years."….
"If you're only going to have 10 rules, I don't know if [prohibiting] adultery should be one of them." Speaking of himself as a member of "the progressive movement," Mr. Turner urged the NFPRHA audience to "give 'em hell" when seeking more government funds for population control."People who think like us may be in the minority, but we're the smart ones," he said, and as a result should be able to defeat opponents he called "a whole bunch of dummies."
Mr. Turner, whose net worth is more than $3.2 billion, got laughs with his responses during a question-and-answer session after his speech. . . .
Asked what he would say to Pope John Paul II, who opposes abortion and artificial contraception, Mr. Turner responded with an ethnic joke — "Ever seen a Polish mine detector?" — and then suggested the Pope should "get with it. Welcome to the 20th century."
People like Turner think they're "the smart ones," and love to recite environmental nonsense, global warming idiocies and pro-choice talking points as if these were indisputable facts. The neo-Malthusian agenda (which I discussed in "Forbidding To Marry" in April) is advanced by people who don't even realize they're advancing an agenda at all.
"It's science!" these people declare, dismissuing skeptics as "ignorant," when in fact the real ignorance is on their part — environmentalists and pro-choicers often don't know the real history of their own movement. A half-century ago, in Up From Liberalism, William F. Buckley Jr. wrote:
In the hands of a skillful indoctrinator, the average student not only thinks what the indoctrinator wants him to think . . . but is altogether positive that he has arrived at his position by independent intellectual exertion. This man is outraged by the suggestion that he is the flesh-and-blood tribute to the success of his indoctrinators . . .
It's even more true than ever.

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US strike kills 16 suspected militants in Pakistan
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Unmanned U.S. aircraft fired four missiles at a house in northwest Pakistan before dawn Wednesday, killing 16 suspected militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
The strike in the Sarai Darpa Khel area of the North Waziristan tribal region also wounded two suspected militants, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
The suspected militants who were targeted were believed to be from the Afghan Haqqani network. U.S. officials consider the Haqqani network to be one of the most dangerous militant factions fighting American troops in neighboring Afghanistan. The leadership of the Haqqani network pledges allegiance to Taliban chief Mullah Omar but operates fairly independently.
U.S. drone strikes have become a serious source of tension between Washington and Islamabad. The Pakistani government regularly denounces the strikes as a violation of the country's sovereignty, even though senior officials are known to have supported some of the attacks in the past.
U.S. officials rarely provide details publicly about the covert CIA drone program in Pakistan.
Elsewhere in northwest Pakistan, militants attacked a police post before dawn Wednesday and killed six policemen, said a local government administrator, Habibullah Khan.
Ten policemen were wounded in the attack about 25 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of the city of Peshawar, said another government official, Feroz Shah. The post was staffed by both paramilitary police from the Frontier Constabulary force and also by tribal policemen.
Khan said policemen retaliated in a gunbattle that lasted several hours and killed several militants.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. But the Pakistani Taliban have carried out many similar attacks against security personnel in the area.


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To begin with, Pantheacon was first organized nearly 30 years ago by Glenna Turner, proprietor of Ancient Ways. This makes her a pioneer in more than one sense; AFAIK Ancient Ways was the first blatantly Pagan (as versus "New Age" or generally "Occult") book-and-gift store in northern California, and Pantheacon was the first regular annual Pagan convention. Council of the Goddess had held conventions before then -- in the midwest as well as the west coast -- but they were irregular and occasional affairs. Since Pantheacon proved its success, the number of Pagan cons around the country has grown by leaps and bounds. I was amazed at the number of announcements for different Pagan cons on the flyers table. At least one of them was for a music-and-arts convention, which I'm definitely interested in.
I also noticed that the Depression hasn't hurt the convention too badly. It had enough members, for the full four days of the protracted weekend, to fill not only the convention hotel but an overflow hotel too. True, most of the members came from the San Francisco Bay area, and the rest from points north (fewer than half a dozen came from the southern part of the state, and I think I was the only one there from Phoenix), but that was still enough to support 10 programming tracks and 20 hospitality suites.
The subjects of the programming tracks were all over the spectrum: feminism, GLBT spirituality, philosophical bridge-building between the Pagan and Judeo-Christian communities, similarities of western Paganism and Hinduism, assorted art and literature panels, various concerts, several rituals by wildly different groups, and of course my panel on Bardic Magick. The dealers' room was enormous -- and tightly crowded, with half a dozen more merchants spilling out into the corridor -- and I never even made it to the art show.
As for the consuite and hospitality suites, well let's just say that I had to buy only two meals (overpriced, but what do you expect from a big hotel?) all the time I was there. I must admit, the CAW suite serves the best food, but the OTO has far and away the best bar. I'm afraid I didn't do much singing there; most of them had their own music, I was fighting off the usual convention cold that wiped out my upper range, and I mostly spent my time asking for rides back to LA, where my bus-ticket picked up (long story).
Anyway, my panel -- "Basics of Bardic Magic" -- was scheduled for 11PM on Sunday night, if you please, in the hotel bar. It still managed to draw an audience of about 50, so either I still have a lot of fans in the Bay Area or there's considerable interest in the magic of music. With my upper range gone I had to do my songs in Gm-Am, which is not the frequency most likely to arouse psychic talent, but perhaps that was all for the best. There was enough loose psychic energy flying around the convention hotel to create an army of gremlins. The pesky things stole away one of my star-pendant earrings, my good copper ring, and one of my smokeless/electric cigarettes -- no small loss in California, where the law forbids smoking
Altogether, a good time was had by all -- stupid Californian laws (against nudity as well as smoking, thank you) or no. If you can at all afford it, I'd strongly recommend going to Pantheacon at least once.


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What Is Terry Pegula's Plan For The Buffalo Bills?
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Just a few short months ago the Buffalo Bills' fan base was over the moon. They had a new owner and finally had long term stability in Western New York. The team was moving in the right direction with a winning attitude and they were in the playoff hunt the latest that they had been in years. For the first time since 1996 the Bills never fell under .500 during the entire season. While a late season loss to the Oakland Raiders in the black hole knocked them out of playoff contention they finished with their best record in a decade. It seemed like the Bills were heading for an optimistic off-season in which the Pegula regime was ready to turn the corner of the most down-trodden franchise in the NFL over the past 20 years.
It's been 5 days since the Bills' season ended on a high note with their first ever win at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. In those five days their starting quarterback has abruptly called it quits, their head coach walked out the door with $4 million of Pegula's money due to a clause in his contract that was written by another ownership group and the man that Pegula had wanted to be his "football czar" decided that he was all set after the former all had happened. Now you can surely question whether or not Kyle Orton was the correct long term answer at quarterback or Doug Marrone was the long term answer at head coach. Was Bill Polian really the right guy to lead football operations for the Bills over two decades after he was fired from that job the first time? I'm not sure that the answer to all of the above is yes but I can tell you that's it's quite clear right now that Terry Pegula's initial plan involved all 3 of those men. Now he will move forward with none of them.
So what's plan B? I certainly hope that Pegula has one because he is going to have to act fast on it. The team has already missed out on interviewing one coordinator, New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, since they were only able to start scheduling interviews with a two-day window to see those coaches that were on their respective playoff byes. Further, if you've lost your top pick to head football operations who is going to head the search now? All signs point to GM Doug Whaley who, until today, seemed like he was on the outs in Buffalo. It really is a weird situation and what makes it sad is that all the momentum that the franchise had picked up in the last few months has seemingly all gone up in smoke.
Now the question is how do they get back on track? I'm not sure if it's that Pegula doesn't think too highly of Whaley or he just trusted other people more but right now he's his best option. He's young, smart and he's already laid the ground work on the current roster. I'll get into who was more to blame between the two Dougs for some personnel failures at another time but I think anyone who doesn't think that Whaley has put together a fine roster of players in the less than 2 years on the job is extremely short-sighted. Even if Pegula was angling to replace Whaley the right thing to do now is to tell him to let bygones be bygones and to go find him a coach that can get the 53 guys on his roster into the playoffs. Give him a chance with his own guy this time around.
The apple cart has already been upset but this Bills' situation is screaming for some type of continuity. Doug Whaley is the last best hope for that and Pegula would be wise to give him the keys now and let him lose the training wheels on his own.


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From day one we knew we were sole mates, but after shooting the breeze with designer Ms. Dellal on the footwear floor of Neiman Marcus (the Holy Grail of Cinderella slippers!), she charmed us from head-to-toe. It was only her second time visiting Tinseltown, but with a style that oozes Old Hollywood glamour, she fit right in.
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My wife and I have been attending an OPC community church for some time now, and I am somewhat puzzled by the insistence on some points. I was just reading some information on the "Unity of the Church" and came across some biblical text that was used to support a particular doctrinal position (Ezek. 37:27, Lev. 26:12), and I have a question about these verses—are these speaking to us, or to Israel in the historical time they are or will be applied?
I understand fully the doctrine of God's grace (as presented in Ephesians 2:1-10) in offering up His Son Jesus as the ultimate propitiation for sin; however, I am not quite convinced that quoting some scripture necessarily answers the question of unity or lack thereof.
Greetings in Christ Jesus our Lord and only Savior.
Your question is always proper. We should always consider the context. However, we should also consider the redemptive-historical context as well. All Scripture is God-breathed and is profitable for doctrine; all Scripture makes us wise unto salvation that is in Jesus Christ (2 Tim. 3:14-17). Jesus said that whatever was written in the Law, the Prophets, and the writings were written concerning Him (Luke 24:44). In Galatians 3:8, Paul said that the gospel was preached to Abraham. The writer of Hebrews talks about the gospel that was preached to the Israelites and to us as the same gospel (Heb. 4:1ff).
The passage you cite as a reference to some doctrine is used by Paul in 2 Corinthians 6:16 to call believers to not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. In 2 Corinthians 7:1ff, the apostle takes the covenant idea that the church is the people of God and calls them on that basis to holiness of life.
The central idea of the covenant beginning with Abraham through Christ to glory is this: "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God" (Rev. 21:3).
When you think about context, broaden your horizon to include the redemptive-historic context. Looking at Paul's use of the very same passages you cite will help demonstrate what I mean. Those passages had specific application in time and history to Israel; yet they have specific application to the people of God throughout redemptive history. The specific application may vary, but the truth applies in our context as it did in theirs. That is why the writer of Hebrews and Paul can say that the gospel was preached to Old Testament saints.
A book that might help you work through some of these questions is According to Plan, by Graeme Goldsworthy; Biblical Theology, by Geerhardus Vos is another, though a more technical presentation of the principle. Goldsworthy's book is built on the foundation of Vos.
I pray that this helps answer your question. If I can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact me.
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For a brief discussion of the many minorities who immigrated to Pennsylvania, see the "Emigration/Immigration" article.
Important sources for minorities are:
For a history of Acadians from Nova Scotia who came to Pennsylvania in 1755, see Simone Vincens, Les Indomptes (Family History Library book 974.8 F2v). This includes information for about 400 individuals. The text is in French.
African AmericansEdit
An important history is Edward Raymond Turner, The Negro in Pennsylvania: Slavery-Servitude-Freedom, 1639-1861 (New York, NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969; Family History Library book 974.8 F2t). It includes an extensive bibliography.
See also Charles L. Blockson, African Americans in Pennsylvania: A History and Guide(Baltimore, Maryland.: A DuForcelf book published by Black Classic Press, 1994; Family History Library book 974.8 F2bL).
A brief but helpful reference to sources at the State Archives is David McBride, The Afro-American in Pennsylvania: A Critical Guide to Sources in the Pennsylvania State Archives (Harrisburg, PA.: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1979; Family History Library book 974.8 A1 no. 199).
A potential source for information about individuals is Pennsylvania Abolition Society (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Manumissions and Indentures, ca. 1780-1840, Arranged by Name of Master or Slaveholder (on 7 Family History Library films beginning with 1731983). Records are from various eastern states, including New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Georgia, and Virginia.
Freedman's Savings and Trust Company signature cards or registers may list a person's former masters, birth date, birthplace, occupation, residences, death information, parents, children, spouses, or siblings. Pennsylvania had one branch of this bank at Philadelphia from 1870 to 1874.
The signature registers for this branch are listed as Freedman's Savings and Trust Company (Washington, D.C.), 1865-1874, Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969; Family History Library film 928587). Depositors are in order by account number.
The separate Freedman's Bureau records do not normally name relatives or give genealogical information. They can be found in the Subject Search of the Family History Library Catalog under FREEDMEN - PENNSYLVANIA.
Pennsylvania began the gradual emancipation of slaves in 1780. Slaves are sometimes mentioned in deeds, in wills, in tax records, and in court order books. A few parish registers (Pennsylvania Church Records) list slaves who attended church with their masters.
The "septennial" census (see Pennsylvania Census), beginning in 1800, often listed the name, age, and sex of slaves and the names of slave owners.
Meyen, Emil. Bibliography on the Colonial Germans of North America: Especially the Pennsylvania Germans and their Descendants. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland.: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. (Family History Library book 970 F23me.)
A good history is William T. Parsons, The Pennsylvania Dutch: A Persistent Minority (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1976; Family History Library book 974.8 F6p). It has an excellent bibliography of Pennsylvania German sources.
A history of events before 1782 is H. Frank Eshleman, Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania and of their Remote Ancestors from the Middle of the Dark Ages, Down to the Time of the Revolutionary War . . . : With Particular Reference to the German-Swiss Mennonites or Anabaptists, the Amish and Other Non-resistant Sects, 1917, reprint (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969; Family History Library book 974.81 F2se film 928291 item 8). It is organized chronologically by year.
A good history of modern times is Homer Tope Rosenberger, The Pennsylvania Germans, 1891-1965 Frequently known as the "Pennsylvania Dutch"([S. l.]: H. T. Rosenberger, 1966, Lancaster, PA.: Printed for the Pennsylvania German Society; Family History Library book 974.8 B4pg v. 63). It includes a brief account of events before 1891. It also has a description of "Outstanding Collections of Pennsylvania German Material" on pages 508-62.
A helpful genealogy of a small group of Pennsylvania Germans called "Schwenkfelders" is Samuel Kriebel Brecht, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled from Silesia to Saxony and Thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737 (New York, NY: Rand McNally, printed for the Board of Publication of the Schwenkfelder Church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, 1923; Family History Library book 974.8 F2b; film 1266718.) This book is a revision of a work done in 1879.
A helpful index is Card Index to Pennsylvania Germans in the Magazines: Proceedings and Addresses (Pennsylvania German Society);Pennsylvania Dutchman; PGFS or Pennsylvania German Folklore Society; Penn-Germania; the Pennsylvania-German; Historical Review of Berks County; Reprint, the Morning Call; Some Copied Bible Records, 1713-1915, and News Clippings. Microfilm of the original records is available at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (on 38 Family History Library films beginning with 1204985).
Stapleton, Ammon. Memorials of the Huguenots in America, With Special Reference to Their Emigration [sic] to Pennsylvania. 1901; Reprint: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1969. (Family History Library film 1321463 item 16.)
Dunaway, Wayland Fuller. The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania. (Family History Library book 974.8 F2dw; fiche 6046742.) It includes a helpful bibliography.
Browing, Charles Henry. Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania. Microreproduction of original published: Philadelphia, PA.: William J. Campbell, 1912. (Family History Library film 52876.)
Glenn, Thomas Allen. Merion in the Welsh Tract: With Sketches of the Townships of Haverford and Radnor, Historical and Genealogical Collections Concerning the Welsh Barony in the Province of Pennsylvania, Settled by the Cymric Quaker in 1682. Norristown, PA.: Herald Press, 1896. (Family History Library book 974.81 D2g; film 833377.)
Glenn, Thomas Allen. Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania. 2 vols. Oxford: Fox, Jones and Co., 1911-1913. (Family History Library book 974.8 F2g; film 496948 items 1-2.)


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An Interlude…
Ohhh what day is it… Mmmm Thursday….
What do I post on Thursday… Ohh Warlock Twink stuff….
What didn't I post this Thursday… Ohh Warlock Twink stuff….
Yeah, well, didn't get around to the Talents post, although it isn't far off.
Sit back and smell the brimstone
However, this feels like a nice moment for an interlude, to sit back and smell the fire & brimstone.
I have a question (or two, or…) for all your Warlock Twink guide readers… I know you are out there, in your thousands…
- How are they?
- Are they answering your questions?
- Making the delicate path to 19 and WSG any easier?
- Why don't you talk, errr comment? I think there are more comments from Mages than prospective baby Locks…
- That's OK, doesn't matter…
However, if you do find your voice, and you have experienced WSG as a Level 19 Lock, share some tips with us.
Even better than a few odd points (and they are more than welcome) would be an entire post on WSG tactics as a Twink Lock.
Bring in the TreeHugger!
I have decided now that I wont actually write that chapter of the guide… best case it will remain a blank page, a testiment to those that read guides yet don't contribute…
Worst case….. MwwwwuuuuHaaaahhahahahaha, I will get Tree Hugger Dave to write a guide to level 19 Locks in WSG.
I mean you would like that, wouldn't you… A Resto Druid's perspective on little Dots rather than big Hots!
Actually, now I think about it, so would I.
OK Dave, we are ready… enlighten us.
Gnomer and Out!
PS: Guess which little Gnome Mage isn't going to be getting Druid healing love for few weeks….
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Prompted by Charlie Jane Anders' discussion of the test today (as well as some of the reactions I've seen to it) I've given some thought to the Bechdel Test and whether it's ever okay for a story to fail it. There are a number of popular stories which do fail it - Pacific Rim, The Lord of the Rings, the original Star Wars Trilogy (but not the Prequels), and even the acclaimed Run Lola Run. And I guess what I'm wondering is... should we give them a pass anyway, particularly if we like their heroines?
To a certain extent, I can buy into the argument that having a well-developed female character with her own narrative arc that isn't just about supporting other men is a good substitute... but really, it kind of ignores the entire point of the Bechdel Test in the first place, which is not just to address the lack of female agency in films - but the lack of women in film at all.
Seriously, I'm not sure there's really any good reason that Pacific Rim features only two female characters, only one of whom gets more than a handful of lines. Or that they never speak to each other in the entire film. Why is the entire PPDC senior staff made up of men? Why aren't any of the scientists women? And the argument that Mako Mori's narrative is independent of the men around her isn't entirely true either - Mako's only substantive interactions at all are with Becket (her co-pilot) or Pentecost (her surrogate father), so in a way she is defined very much by her relationships with men (even if they aren't of a sexual nature).
Contrast this, conversely, with Neon Genesis Evangelion, a series Pacific Rim is frequently (but unfairly in my mind) compared to. Where Pacific Rim has just two female characters (Mako Mori and Sasha Kaidanovsky), Neon Genesis Evangelion has nine. And while it's true some of those are fairly minor characters, Misato, Rei, and Asuka are definitely just as important to the story as Mako is. Not only that, but NGE passes the Bechdel Test with flying colors: the female characters are constantly interacting with one another in ways that have little or nothing to do with the male characters.
It's not just Pacific Rim though (even if I think it's an important example). X-Men: Days of Future Past passes the Bechdel Test on what amounts to a technicality (Mystique briefly talks to Trask's secretary while disguised as him) but otherwise is completely devoid of any interactions between its principle female characters. Indeed, bit parts aside Mystique's the only female character in the film's primary setting, the 1970s, and all her chief interactions are with men, such as Xavier (her foster brother) or Magneto (her implied former lover).
I still think she's a well-written character with a great arc and I don't want to come across as though I'm denigrating either her or Mako Mori. But the fact of the matter is that the more I think about it the more I wonder... why? Why couldn't there have been another female mutants in the 1970s? There's plenty to draw from in the comics. The movie could have featured Scarlet Witch, the twin sister of Quicksilver, who's sole action scene has already made him a fan favorite. Or Singer and Kinberg could have brought Mystique's frequent partner (and implied love interest) Destiny to the screen, which certainly would have fit with her going her separate ways from both Charles and Erik. But no, like Mako, Mystique operates in a world of men.
My point here isn't to say these are bad films. They're not; I really enjoyed both of them and I think they each feature (one) really well-developed and interesting female character. But to say that they fail the Bechdel Test is really no big deal seems disingenuous to me. It seems like an excuse, a way to give a pass to what we do like while still giving us the opportunity to decry that which we don't. Which is intellectually dishonest.
It's okay to like something even if you think parts of it are problematic. What's not okay is to sweep those problems under the rug and ignore them, even if you know they're there.


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Good security is about being proactive and mitigating risk. Multifactor authentication increases security by adding another barrier to entry, decreasing the likelihood that a "pretender" can break in. It makes it harder for someone who has stolen the password to gain entry to the account. Unfortunately, many websites don't implement this second form of authentication, which is why implementing it with your LastPass account is critical – and arguably more effective.
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6 December 2009
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Two bits of hip-hop/r&b media have come to my attention in the last few days. First give a listen to R. Kelly's new jam called "Pregnant" over at The Fader. (I've included a YouTube stream at the end of the post.) Second check out this latest Saturday Night Live digital short featuring Rhianna. Look soon as I imagine NBC will get this pulled down within 24 hours.
If I were to forecast what this particular weather pattern meant for the hip-hop community's constant crisis of defining masculinity & femininity, my prediction at this moment would be hail stones, gall stones, buckets of responsibility with a slight chance of emasculation.
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Posted by Alec Hanley Bemis
Tags: Andy Samberg, Hip-Hop, Masculinity, Pregnancy, R&B, R. Kelly, Rhianna, Robin Thicke, Saturday Night Live, The Fader, The Problem With Glamour, The-Dream, Tyrese


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PrintWright is a pay-for-print service provided for students and guests of Wright State who are using public workstations and laptops running Microsoft Windows or Macintosh OS X operating systems. Please note: laptops must be able to connect to a wireless network, and users must connect to one of the Wright State wireless signals in order to use the PrintWright system. Also, users must have a Wright1 Card with money deposited in the Raider Cash account to purchase their printed documents.
On this page:
Printer Installation
Important Note for Faculty and Staff:
The PrintWright service does not include any printers located in office areas. If you need to print to one of those, please use the Managed Print Service on the Division of Business and Finance website.
Install the Printer Client
Windows Users: If using a laptop, connect to a Wright State wireless connection. You will not be able to use the PrintWright system unless you are connected to a Wright State signal. Next, download and install the Microsoft Windows Printer Client before attempting to install a printer. If you click on a printer link first, the Windows client will download to your computer, but the printer will not install.
Mac Users: If using a laptop, connect to a Wright State wireless connection. You will not be able to use the PrintWright system unless you are connected to a Wright State signal. Go to the website printwright.wright.edu. Now you can simply click on a printer to download and install the .DMG installation file (Macs do not require the installation of software).
Install the Printer
Windows Users only: After installing the Windows client, visit the List of PrintWright Printers website and click on the printer you want to install. Printing is available only at the PrintWright locations listed and normal PrintWright charges are incurred. If you have difficulty, please contact the CaTS Help Desk by calling (937) 775-4827 or sending email to email@example.com.
Wireless Printing Guideline
Advancements in wireless technology have introduced many printer models that support wireless printing. This technology can be very convenient to use, especially in areas where wired connections are not available. In order to maintain a required level availability of services and confidentiality of sensitive data, the following guidelines apply to wireless printing on campus.
- The wireless device must not interfere with any WSU wireless network, interfere with other private networks already approved, or interfere with other wireless printers previously approved.
- The use of this printer shall not violate any University Policies, including policies from the Department of Printing Services and CaTS.
- Wireless printing is not intended for the printing of sensitive data such as Social Security Numbers, Credit Cards, or other confidential information.
- A printer can be configured as a wireless device or wired but not both.
- Security patches and firmware updates should be applied in a timely manner.
Faculty may seek exception to the above policy by filling out a non-standard equipment Exception Request form.
I don't have a Wright1 Card with money deposited in the flex dollars account. Can I still use PrintWright?
Yes, there are a couple of possible solutions that will allow you to use the PrintWright system. If you are a guest and don't have a Wright1 Card, you can purchase a PrintWright card from the circulation desk of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library during the library's normal hours of operation. If you have a Wright1 Card but no money in the flex account, you can add money to your card. Find instructions for this on the Wright1 Card FAQs page.
I am a FIRST TIME user of the PrintWright system. Is there anything special I need to do?
If you are first time user to the new PrintWright system, you will need to install the client for Microsoft Windows on your Windows-based computer before selecting a printer to install. If you are using a Mac, you can simply click on the printer name to download the printer installation file.
How do I delete the printer clients from my computer?
If you want to remove the "iPrint" client (no longer being used by the university), you can find instructions at the following locations:
- Microsoft Windows - iPrint Client Removal (coming soon)
- Macintosh OS X - iPrint Client Removal (coming soon)
If you want to remove the new printing client, you can find instructions at the following location:
- Microsoft Windows - PrintWright Client Removal (coming soon)
How do I release a print job once I have submitted it to the PrintWright system?
Once you have submitted your print job, you should visit the printing location that you selected during the installation process. Swipe your Wright1 card at the release station and then select your print job from the list to verify the cost of the print job. Once you have highlighted your job and verified that the cost is accurate, press the print button in the bottom left corner and your job will be released. If you don't see your job press the REFRESH button in the top left of the screen to obtain an updated list of jobs.
What if I don't see my job listed?
If you have refreshed the list and still do not see your job on the list, make sure that you have selected the proper location and that you are looking for either your document title or the username you have used to log in to your computer.
What is Duplex Printing?
Duplex Printing is simply printing on both sides of a sheet of paper. PrintWright is priced on a PER SHEET basis. Therefore, duplex printing can result in cost savings as a single sided sheet and a double sided sheet are priced the same. To print on both sides you will need to select two sided printing BEFORE submitting your print job. Please review the instructions at the following locations:
- Microsoft Windows - Enabling Two Sided/Duplex Printing (coming soon)
- Macintosh OS X - Enabling Two Sided/Duplex Printing (coming soon)
How much does it cost to print using the PrintWright system?
On the WSU Dayton campus, Print Wright costs are as follows:
- Black and white printing: $.10 per side
- Color printing: $.20 per side


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Apple acquired micro-LED company LuxVue Technology, according to reports released Friday.
LuxVue Technology, which worked on micro-LED, recently raised $43 million in funding, so apparently it had investors believing in its potential, according to TechCrunch. Apple confirmed the deal in a statement, saying, "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans," which TechCrunch took as a confirmation of the news.
Micro-LED displays could mean they may be used in the new incarnation of the iPhone or iPad which could lengthen battery life and give users a brighter screen. Tim Cook said last month that Apple was on the lookout for "strategic technologies" to give Apple an edge on the competition, according to the Wall Street Journal, and that Apple had bought 24 companies in the last 18 months.
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With nothing on the iPhone or iPad front to report at Apple's WWDC conference, it would seem that the micro-LED integration will be showing up a little later on Apple's devices. Perhaps at its sapphire crystal facility in Arizona?


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Continuing our series on the historical events that shaped Pepperdine University in Malibu—in honor of the Malibu campus' 40th anniversary—we arrive at April 13, 1971. On this overcast, unusually chilly day, approximately 500 Pepperdine supporters gathered on the freshly leveled dirt building pads of the new Malibu campus to observe ceremonies initiating construction of the campus buildings. Billed as the "Ceremony to Commence Construction of Academic Complex on Pepperdine University's Malibu campus," the event saw the dedication of three core buildings: Payson Library, the Pendleton Learning Center, and the Huntsinger Academic Center.
The namesakes of these buildings were on hand to make remarks, and President William S. Banowsky spoke about Pepperdine's educational philosophy, but the real attraction of the day was the keynote address by Wernher von Braun, Deputy Associate Administrator of NASA. Von Braun, a German rocket engineer brought into the fold of the US government following World War II, was one of the leading scientists behind the Apollo moon mission. His prominence following the first moon landing in 1969 contributed to the phrase "it's not rocket science" to describe a simple task.
His appearance at the Commencement of Construction ceremony—less than two years after the moon landing—provided Pepperdine University with the perfect symbol of education, innovation, and achievement. It was an auspicious start to the buildings that now form the heart of Pepperdine University's Seaver College in Malibu.
In our Pepperdine Digital Collections, you can listen to a recording of the speeches made that day, including the address by von Braun (he appears on Part 2 of the recording). You can also view a few of the archival photographs of the event. Enjoy.


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AS the 'Cities fit for cycling' campaign headed for debate by MPs David Cameron vowed to tackle high car insurance. In rising by 17 per cent last year, might cycling injuries rising by eight per cent be in some way responsible?
Taking account of the increasing threat to cyclists, The Times campaign was ignited when one of their journalists was knocked of her bicycle in November.
Doesn't common sense dictate that cutting car insurance, means cutting cycling injuries? Also, if the NHS desperately needs reform to meet growing demand, then similarly, cut cycling injuries. Make roads safe, make Britain healthier!
When cyclist, and British cycling co-ordinator, Rob Jeffries, was killed by an 18-year-old-driver, the charge was 'causing death by careless driving': 200 hours community service, an 18-month ban, and £85 costs was the penalty.
At 18-year-old (a highly paid sportsman, lottery winner, or drug dealer) can drive any car he/she wants if they can afford to! This means a 'racing-car' from insurance group 20, if it suits!
Then there's the damaging mobile phone culture which means indulging drivers don't see hazards and cyclists until it's too late.
Also, if "smartbox technology can be used to cut premiums for drivers under 25", then by the same token, head-cam technology can be used to cut deaths of cyclists.
Allan Ramsay Member of RoadPeace — national charity for road crash victims


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Bob Peak in Iran
In his article in Illustration magazine #6, Thomas Peak, the artist's son, writes:
"Bob's relationship with Sports Illustrated also began in the '60s after making contact with Richard Gangel, the longtime art director for the magazine. [He had] the opportunity to travel extensively while covering a variety of high profile — and sometimes exotic — sporting events. One of these memorable experiences came in 1964 when he was commissioned to go on safari with the Shah of Iran as they hunted for ibex (mountain goats)."
"Before leaving for the trip, Bob had to take horseback riding lessons in order to be properly trained for the seventeen day journey. Upon arriving in Iran, Bob soon learned that the entire trip was intended to be ridden bareback. However, after several discussions with the leaders of the hunting party, he convinced them to allow him the use of a saddle. Even still, Bob found it hard to keep up with the pace of the riders, and found himself falling further and further behind."
"Worse yet, his companions never looked back to see where he was or whether he was following along. After a successful hunt, Bob was urged to take part in the traditional ritual of draining and drinking the blood of the slain ibex. Not wanting to offend the Shah, he took sips of the blood, and then got sick behind a bush afterwards."
"When the group slept at the palace overnight, Bob found it hard to sleep due to the persistent crunching noises he heard all around him. When he asked one of the party members what the cause of the noise was, he was told that it was the sound of termites eating their way through the palace walls."
"Upon returning to America, Bob came down with dysentery and was hospitalized. Nonetheless, he appreciated the opportunity to go wherever Sports Illustrated would send him over the years."
* I have many people to thank for assisting me with this week's topic: Barbara Bradley, Charlie Allen, David Apatoff, Tom Watson for their advice, opinions, information and scans, and Dan Zimmer for allowing me to excerpt passages from Tom Peak's article in Illustration magazine, which are ©2003, 2008 by Tom Peak, Dan Zimmer and The Illustrated Press, Inc., and all artwork © The Estate of Robert Peak.
* NOTE: Because of the tremendous volume of material that was provided to me in preparation for this week's topic, I'll continue to post over the weekend.
There is much, much more on the artist at Bob Peak.com
My Bob Peak Flickr set.
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Thank you Leif and David I enjoyed seeing these illustrations very much. I made a mistake on the first post.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4:42 PM
Leif....these are beautiful illustrations....i 've never seen these before....did david say what month in 1964 these appeared in sports illustrated?...best,brian....ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:14 PM
Thanks for sharing with us some nice Bob Peak works of art. I had the good fortune of meeting Bob and spending a few hours with him discussing art back in the 1980's. He had selected me as the winner of the American Artist Magazine Cover Competition in 1981 and then a few years later, I had taken my portfolio to him as an invited panelist presenter at the Art Institute of Philadelphia and placed the cover he had selected as the opening art to the portfolio. He was so gracious and kind to a young aspiring artist and to this day I know that I had been in the presence of greatness and I'm greatly appreciative of that few hours of discussion with him. He had tremendous insight and knowledge about the history of American illustration which was riveting. He was a true American Pioneer that created a world of imagination and brilliance.ReplyDelete


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Liberty News
Students volunteer for disaster relief in New York
UPDATE: View photos from the trip above. Photography by Timothy Moroz.
Liberty University students have been observing Missions Emphasis Week this week and now 110 students are on their way to Binghamton, N.Y., to practice what's been preached.
Student volunteers will be spending five days cleaning out homes damaged by the floods from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee last month. The trip was mobilized by the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia, with transportation paid for by the North American Mission Board. The group will return on Tuesday night.
Another trip is being planned for next Friday, with 162 students traveling to Binghamton and 54 going to Montpelier, Vt.
Students gathered at Doc's Diner Friday afternoon to board buses for the seven-and-a-half-hour trip. As the rain poured down, they still showed their excitement at the opportunity to help people whose homes have been damaged by excessive rainwater.
"Staying here and hanging out all weekend — I can do that any other weekend, when these people need help NOW, we need to help them," said freshman Kristen Proctor.
Students first learned about the opportunity on Monday and attended training on Wednesday. So many students were eager to go on the first trip that they had to limit the number and some volunteered to drop their spot so others could go.
Junior Richard Allen was one of those volunteers, but he was told if he still came on Friday, he might have a chance of going on the first trip if someone didn't show.
Just a couple minutes before students were called to board the buses, Allen arrived, out of breath, but telling an organizer, "I got everything packed and I'm ready to go." As it turned out, there was room.
"I really want to go help people out," he said. "My grandmother's from Schenectady, which got totally wiped out by the storm."
SBCV contacted Dr. David Wheeler, professor of evangelism and NAMB missionary liaison at Liberty, about the need on Monday. Wheeler then asked for volunteers in his classes.
"This is the heartbeat of Liberty University, this is what we're about – helping people, taking the gospel into the world," Wheeler said. "I saw students upset because they couldn't go [on the first trip]. We had one girl who gave up her spot and she was crying. I was thinking, 'You're crying because you can't go for five days to shovel mud?' That speaks a whole lot about the value our students put on serving others."
Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. said when he saw the huge turnout, "it was heartwarming but not surprising."
"I never cease to be amazed at how Liberty students place service to others above all else," he said. "When outside groups visit campus, they often describe Liberty as an 'authentic Christian community.' Our students don't just profess their Christianity; they live it. They make me proud to serve Liberty and are the best evidence that Liberty is fulfilling its mission of training champions for Christ."
Mark Gauthier, State Disaster Relief Director for SBC of Virginia, helped organize students on Friday and said the trip came together quickly.
"We didn't know what kind of turnout we were going to get when we first approached Dr. Wheeler with this. To have more than 300 students come and get trained with a 48-hour notice, and be ready to go, on a day like today, to go serve, is incredible — inspiring."
This is the first time Liberty has partnered with Disaster Relief to send volunteers. The organization is the third largest disaster relief effort, next to the Salvation Army and the American Red Cross. Students will be tasked with digging mud out of basements, taking all the belongings out of homes, cleaning out water, mud and damaged drywall, then pressure washing the inside and sanitizing it to prevent mold growth.
"It's a lot of hard, dirty work," Gaughier said, but the residents "are going to be grateful, and the students are going to have a lot of opportunity to share the gospel, so that's the primary reason we're going, to share Jesus Christ with their communities."


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This mission can be difficult to some players because missing just one checkpoint can be enough to compromise the whole side mission, although if the player has got at least some experience on piloting the Biplane, it can be easily accomplished.
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Pro-IP Blogger Feels Raising The Level Of Debate Means Locking Up Your Comments And Throwing Around The Word 'Freetard'
from the just-'cause-your-horse-is-high-doesn't-mean-your-road-is deptWhenever you hear someone talking about "taking the high road" in regards to a controversial issue, it normally means they've got something to sell you. In the case of the Burns Auto Parts Blog (not associated with auto parts in any way), what Leslie Burns is trying to sell you is a one-way "discussion" peppered with sidelong swipes at the "anti-IP crowd."
She desperately wants to claim the high road, but she can't even make it into the second paragraph before it all falls apart:
Although it is incredibly tempting to want to, oh, smack freetards upside the head (or worse), we have to keep our fight above such tactics. Leave the bullshit attacks to them and rise above it."Freetards?" Really? In a post about the name-calling leveled at Jay Maisel for his legal scuffle with Andy Baio, it seems a little suspect to toss out "freetard" so quickly. But we'll give her the benefit of a doubt and see if she can still locate this "high road":
What can we do? Calmly and articulately post comments and blog posts everywhere we can, defending Maisel and intellectual property rights in general.That's better. Everyone likes a calm, articulate discussion. Even those of us who've "agreed to disagree" can get behind that. What else should we do?
Fight against CC and the Lessigites (including groups like Public Knowledge and EFF) and call on your professional organizations to come out 100% against these IP-weakening "tools" and the groups which support them!Holy blindside! What was that? "IP-weakening tools?" "Fight against CC?" It's odd that a post that starts out decrying the name-calling leveled against Maisel would suddenly veer into an attack on Creative Commons licensing, but I guess Leslie feels that attacking something unrelated out of the blue is clearly warranted and in no way "a bullshit attack."
Back to the debate about the debate:
Don't call names (okay... "freetard" is acceptable I think, but not much worse) but instead focus on the importance of IP in the global economy and on your personal economy. Make the case-you only can make your art if you are paid and IP rights are how that happens, etc.Really? "Freetard" is "acceptable"? Since when? The only reason it gets a pass here at Techdirt is because we've completely co-opted it. But seeing as "freetard" is simply a modified "retard", it still offends some readers when it gets used. Check out this comment thread to see just how upsetting it can be.
Obviously, this isn't the only thing wrong with this paragraph. "You only can make your art if you are paid?" Well, Leslie, my condolences to all your readers who will be unable to enjoy the thrill of creating unless someone happens to be standing nearby waving money. I'll go inform all the artists who create for the joy of creating that they're "doing it wrong." Not only that, but these artists might also like to know that the IP laws you're so fond of are often known to hamper artists.
But Burns continues, adding insult to injury to stupidity:
These people, the freetards, the anti-strong-copyright people are tough enemies. They hide often behind anonymity. They are adept at spinning the rhetoric to make it sound like any strong copyright laws are an attack against free speech.
Yep. All of us "freetards" hide behind our "anonymity." Why, look at that Mike Masnick guy. Or Chris Rhodes. Or Timothy Geigner. Nina Paley. Marcus Carab. Glyn Moody. Bas Grasmayer. Blaise Alleyne. Take a look at our comment threads, filled with named accounts.
And as for attacking free speech? It's been pointed out here time and time again that these laws, which are being put into place to protect certain industries, are exactly that: attacks on free speech.
And what do you care about "free speech," Leslie? Because as far as I can tell, you're only interested in listening to the choir:
I will not approve any anonymous and/or freetard comments. I give you no space on my blog to "share." Don't even bother trying, okay? Thanks.Nice. Say what you will about opposing opinions being "shouted down" or whatever here at Techdirt, but at least the opposing opinions are allowed to get in the front door. Over at the Burns blog, opposing views are locked out, which makes a complete mockery of the post's claim of taking the high road in this debate.
Having a discussion does not mean locking out dissent, Leslie. What happened to the "calm, articulate comments" you were encouraging your readers to leave? Is that something only those you agree with are welcome to do? This street doesn't run both ways?
If that's the case, then your attempt to "raise the level of debate" is every bit as disingenuous as your favored industries' attempts to "level the playing field." And your frequent use of the word "freetard" indicates that you've already written off those opposing opinions as unimportant at best and mentally challenged at worst.
Filed Under: attack, copyright, creative commons, freetards, leslie burns


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The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) honored a council of family ranchers dedicated to improving equine welfare through research, education, and innovative marketing with the 2009 Lavin Cup, its award for outstanding equine welfare initiatives.
The North American Equine Ranching Information Council (NAERIC), a non-profit association comprised of 64 family ranchers in Canada and North Dakota, will be presented with the Lavin Cup at the President's Luncheon on December 8, 2009, during the AAEP's 55th Annual Convention.
Established in 1995, NAERIC member ranchers manage broodmares that produce quality horses of several breeds as well as provide pregnant mares' urine (PMU). Estrogens extracted from PMU are used to produce hormone therapies for menopausal women.
NAERIC ranchers have organized programs and marketing campaigns to ensure quality breeding and promote advanced animal husbandry techniques that include at least twice-a-year veterinary herd health reviews as well as third party veterinary oversight. The association is heavily involved in serving its members and the public as an agribusiness resource, providing the latest information on ranch management, equine care, and breeding practices.
"Our approach from inception has been to rely on science-based horse management, continuous improvements and working with equine veterinarians for education, recommendations and oversight that ensure the health and welfare of the horses we manage," said Greg Little, president of NAERIC. "Our family ranchers are proud to be horse breeders that contribute to women's health care and especially appreciative of the recognition by the American Association of Equine Practitioners for our equine welfare initiatives."
NAERIC manages an Equine Placement Fund to place mares no longer utilized for PMU production in productive markets. Since 2003, the fund has been instrumental in placing more than 26,000 broodmares throughout the United States and Canada.
NAERIC also supports equine research, including the Equine Health Research Fund at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine.
The Lavin Cup is named for AAEP Past President Gary Lavin. Past recipients of the Lavin Cup include Hanover Shoe Farms, Finger Lakes Thoroughbred Adoption Program, the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, Inc., and the American Quarter Horse Association.
The American Association of Equine Practitioners, headquartered in Lexington, Ky., was founded in 1954 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the health and welfare of the horse. Currently, the AAEP reaches more than 5 million horse owners through its nearly 10,000 members worldwide and is actively involved in ethics issues, practice management, research, and continuing education in the equine veterinary profession and horse industry.


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AMARILLO - A former Texas college student accused of trying to make a bomb and possibly target a former U.S. president with the goal of jihad was sentenced today to life in prison.
Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari was sentenced in Amarillo, where jurors convicted him in June of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. Prosecutors say he had collected bomb-making material and researched possible targets, including the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush.
Aldawsari, 22, stood silently as the verdict was read. His hair long and wearing a full beard, the former student from Saudi Arabia appeared to have lost a lot of weight.
During his trial in June, Aldawsari was clean-shaven and his hair trimmed close.
Under federal sentencing guidelines, a life sentence amounts to "natural life."
There is no opportunity for early release other than a reprieve or pardon from the President.
Congress abolished parole in civilian criminal cases for crimes committed after November 1987.
He came to the U.S. legally in 2008 to study chemical engineering at Texas Tech University. He was arrested in Lubbock in February 2011, after federal agents secretly searched his apartment and found explosive chemicals, wiring, a hazmat suit and clocks, along with videos showing how to make the chemical explosive TNP.
Investigators say Aldawsari's goal was to carry out jihad, though his attorneys claimed he was a harmless failure who never came close to attacking anyone.
FBI bomb experts have said the amounts of chemicals in the case would have yielded almost 15 pounds of explosive - about the same amount used per bomb in the 2005 London subway attacks. He also tried to order phenol, a chemical that can be used to make explosives.
Court records show that his emails and journal contained the explosive's recipe.
Prosecutors said other targets he researched included nuclear power plants and the homes of three former soldiers who were stationed at Abu Ghraib prison.
During his trial, Aldawsari's attorneys acknowledged that their client had intent, but they argued that he never took the "substantial step" needed to convict him.
Aldawsari wrote in his journal that he had been planning a terror attack in the U.S. for years, even before he came to the country on a scholarship, and that it was "time for jihad," or holy war, according to court documents. He bemoaned the plight of Muslims and said he was influenced by Osama bin Laden's speeches.
Authorities said Aldawsari purchased bottles of sulfuric and nitric acids - chemicals that can be combined with phenol to create TNP.
Investigators say they were tipped to his online purchases by chemical company Carolina Biological Supply and shipping company Con-way Freight on Feb. 1, 2011. The chemical company reported a $435 suspicious purchase to the FBI, while the shipping company notified Lubbock police and the FBI because it appeared the order wasn't intended for commercial use.
Court records show that Aldawsari had successfully ordered 30 liters of nitric acid and three gallons of concentrated sulfuric acid in December 2010.
At his trial, prosecutors played recordings of a frustrated Aldawsari complaining to the supply company when his order was held up. He had allegedly told the company he wanted the phenol for research to develop a cleaning solution.
Aldawsari had transferred from Texas Tech in early 2011 to nearby South Plains College, where he was studying business. A Saudi industrial company was paying his tuition and living expenses in the U.S. The judge moved his trial to Amarillo, about 120 north of Lubbock.
Walt Nett contributed to this report.


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Trying to get back on her feet, wild child Tanya (Tiffany Haddish) looks to her buttoned-up, by the book sister Danica (Tika Sumpter) to help her get back on track. As these polar opposites collide - with hilarious and sometimes disastrous results - Tanya discovers that Danica's picture-perfect life - including her mysterious boyfriend - may not be what it seems.
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Rated R for sexual content and language throughout, and for drug materialCastTiffany Haddish, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Mehcad Brooks, Amber RileyDirectorTyler PerryWriterTyler Perry


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6 killed in GM cars with faulty ignition switches
At least six people have died because of accidents involving faulty ignition switches in General Motors compacts, prompting the big automaker to recall 778,562 of its 2005-2007 Chevrolet Cobalt and 2007 Pontiac G5 compacts in North America.
Recalls rarely involve flaws that kill people; many are linked with no accidents or injuries.
But some notable recalls in recent years have been connected with deaths, including a Jeep recall last year, Toyota's "sudden acceleration" recalls in 2010 that were blamed in part on driver error and a Honda multiyear recall for faulty airbags.
This recall is for switches that can shut off the car if jarred and the remedy is to replace the switch. It will be difficult to get done because the cars are old enough to be in the hands of second, or even third owners. Industry and safety officials' experience shows that many subsequent owners don't register with automakers, so it's tougher to find them with notice of a recall.
GM recall: Massive recall in effect after six die from faulty ignition shutdowns
A GM recall of 780,000 vehicles was announced by the major automaker this week after it was found that faulty ignition switches have been shutting off vehicles while they were being driven, resulting in six reported deaths.
According to USA Today on Thursday, General Motors is issuing recall notices to owners of 778,562 Chevrolet Cobalts, model years 2005 though 2007, and 2007 Pontiac G5 compacts in North America.
Documents posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website show General Motors has been made aware of at least 22 separate incidents of vehicles shutting down in mid ride.
Both the Cobalt and G5 were discontinued years ago, but still can be found in secondary auto markets and used car lots.


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From 1901 until 1911, about 5,000 Sikhs (the majority who were young single men), came to Canada. They mostly settled in British Columbia to work in the logging, farming and railway industries.
In 1911 they built the Abbotsford Sikh Temple or Gurdwara. It is the oldest surviving Sikh temple in Canada.
In 2002, Parks Canada designated it as National Historic Site of Canada.
Parks Canada website http://www.pc.gc.ca/culture/ppa-ahp/itm1-/page04_e.asp
East Indians http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-905.015-e.html


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Saint-arsene city is located in Quebec, Canada
You can search for the Saint-arsene QC postal codes by its streets and block numbers
Saint-arsene Area Code is 418 and Time Zone is Eastern (GMT -05:00).
Saint-arsene Postal Code - Quebec
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City: Saint-arsene
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Missed the latest TGM (The GANG Minute) video? We got you covered! This week's was a quick one.. Not really.
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Summer Vacation – How Do YOU Spend It?
July 2014 is going to be epic for the GANG.. But we're taking baby steps. It's summer vacation for most of the world (well, at least here in the United States) so that means spending quality time with your family and loved ones.. And trying to stay sane. So how are you planning to spend your Summer, gang? Here at Geeky Antics we are going to squeeze in as much gaming as possible.. Many of us have fallen behind on our streaming but we will make up for it soon, we promise! After all, we can't let all those awesome games we picked up at GOG, Steam, Humble Bundle, or wherever go to waste!
As I mentioned in the TGM video, we will be releasing new podcasts this Summer. Anyone into Doctor Who, Hearthstone, and/or game mechanics, amongst other topics should consider joining us!
Flash Fiction & Other Creative Writing Pieces Are LIVE!
Our storytelling area is officially live and in full effect. Right now, Stan Faryna (@Faryna) and J M Bell (@StartYourNovel) are our main contributors but we'll also be featuring third-party stuff. We're leaning towards lesser-known authors such as Wil Wheaton and Nika Harper. As always, this is our way of spreading the love and giving the "little guys" more UMPH.
Oh, and we have Monty Python! I know we have some aspiring authors/writers out there so don't be shy. Share your creativity, fan fiction, and love!
…And now for something completely different…
Hearthstone Curse Of Naxxramas BREAKING NEWS
Blizzard finally got around to announcing their announcements and confirming the Curse Of Naxxramas pricing model. As confirmed by Polygon:
One wing will cost $6.99 or 700 in-game gold. Blizzard will be selling bundles for people who want to buy multiple wings at once. Those who start playing during Curse of Naxxramas' launch event can pay $19.99 for the four wings following the Arachnid Quarter.
If you pay for each Curse Of Naxxramas installment on it's own, you're looking at spending around $28 so the "season pass" seems like a great deal. To clarify, there is one free wing to boot and then four additional ones. Blizzard will make this a month-long roll-out.. It will be EPIC!
As promised, here are the leaked Curse Of Naxxramas photos! [Read more…]


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As it is now December, I should be concentrating on making gifts for family and friends, and shepherding the girls through making their gifts, as well, but something about being required to work on a deadline just makes me...rebel.
And so that's why, even though my To-Do list for yesterday read, partially, "take girls to gymnastics, buy coffee creamer, answer student emails, grade Project #5 rough drafts, START KATIE'S QUILT," I instead, while loading the dishwasher (for the second time that day), had a brilliant idea for making some wipe-off handwriting/vocab sheets for some of the books that the girls have been especially into lately.
And after I finished loading the dishwasher, instead of getting out the template for cutting out the pieces to Katie's quilt, I dragged out an old handwriting tablet and the laminator and immediately made ten or so wipe-off handwriting/vocab sheets.
To do this, you just need a child's handwriting tablet, a nice fat marker, and a laminator. Children's handwriting tablets are larger than your typical notebook paper, so if you're using a laminator designed for that particular width, you will need to trim your paper before you begin.
On the left side of each line on the tablet, write a vocabulary word yourself in your best printing (ugh). Make two pages of vocabulary words, because you might as well make your handwriting page double-sided. I themed mine based on the books the girls and I have been reading over and over lately--Little House in the Big Woods, with words like "Ma," "Pa," "Laura," "Mary," and "Minnesota;" Bambi, with words like "Bambi," "Mother," "Father," "Faline," "Gobo," and "Old Prince;" The Nutcracker, with words like "Tchaikovsky," "Clara," "Nutcracker," and "Sugarplum Fairy," and "The Night Before Christmas," with the names of all the reindeer, of course (it's "Donder," not "Donner"--did you know?).
Line up two pages neatly back-to-back, and then laminate them. Because I've organized most of the girls' paper-based activities into a file folder box, I stapled a file folder into a pocket, and stapled an envelope on the front of the pocket to hold a dry-erase marker and a flannel cloth for wiping off the marker.
And then, the next morning while you're reading the newspaper and drinking a nice, big mug of coffee, your girls can practice reading their pages:
Using a dry-erase marker, they can trace over your words:
They can copy your words: And when they're done, they can wipe the marker off with their little flannel cloth:
Because this is how I enable myself to drink an entire cup of coffee in peace.
Friday, December 4, 2009
DIY Wipe-Off Handwriting Sheets for the Littles
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That IS a brilliant idea! I was just remarking to Cake in email yesterday how I love to read your blog because you make me feel so inadequate...er, I mean, how you are so creative and inspiring. ;)
- December 5, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- Abby said...
you are SUCH a good mom to homeschool. me, not so much. but you are so, so, so good.
- December 6, 2009 at 4:12 PM
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We've picked 10 of Canada's coolest geeks and asked them to holiday shop on our behalf. The premise was simple: we chose three price points and they chose the gifts. Some shopped for themselves, while others picked out the latest gadgets and tech for their family and friends.
Rebecca Bollwitt is one of B.C.'s top bloggers. As the blogger behind Miss604.com, Bollwitt writes about culture, food, and Vancouver history. Miss604 was voted "Best Vancouver Blog" by the Georgia Straight in 2009, 2010, and 2011.
For the Geek Guide Bollwitt decided to select three cameras. "As a blogger, photography is a big part of my storytelling especially when it comes to food and travel," Bollwitt says.
"I use everything from my iPhone and my point-and-shoot, to my D-SLR to take photos. I thought I would focus on photography for my list, based on my experiences and my very own wish-list."
You can find Bollwitt on Twitter @Miss604. Watch out for the rest of our Geek Guide picks in the Gadgets & Games Holiday Guide.
1. First, a slim, student-style budget: Up to $50
Go old school with a Holga 35mm for $49.00 to get the effects you'll find specialty iPhone photo apps trying to replicate. The novelty of film hasn't worn off and is gaining in appeal. You can still get your images developed and put on a digital disc or emailed if you like but you won't know what they look like until they're processed. Waiting to see the results is part of the fun.
2. Next, the sweet spot of mid-range tech: Up to $500
The new Olympus PEN E-PL1: A handy point-and-shoot that comes with a detachable lens, detachable flash (where you could attach a view-finder), and very detailed automatic settings. You can also customize your capture settings if you're a bit more of an intermediate photographer. Its auto-macro setting is great for close-ups and food photography. It's an ideal mid-level unit that fits between the usual pocket-cam and a D-SLR. It also fits much better in a purse than my D-SLR.
3. Finally, the dream range: Up to $5,000
The D700 from Nikon is $2,499; but juice it up with the GPS add-on unit to track and map photos -- especially useful on travel assignments. You can also add a Nikkor fisheye lens for wide-view shots that stand out, and a polarizing filter to capture crisp, clear photos of clouds, water, and glare. For full HD 1080p video pick up the D7000 instead for $1,179 and top it up with the same accessories.


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I have no idea what the best way of going about coding this is. I've been stuck on it for a couple of hours now...
It has to be consecutive, either forwards or backwards, and has to loop. I think the String can be 4 digits max but I'm not entirely sure on that.
I've separated the String into chars but don't know what's the best way of separating letters from digits or best way of making them loop.


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