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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Barack Obama delivered his harshest rebuttal yet to rival Mitt Romney on Thursday, dismissing his challenger's claims as "a cowpie of distortions" as he sought to rekindle the all-but-faded Iowa magic that launched him in 2008. Escalating his criticism of Romney's background as a venture capitalist, Obama said it wasn't adequate preparation for the presidency.
"There may be value for that kind of experience, but it's not in the White House," Obama said.
The speech, to a cheering Iowa crowd of about 2,500 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, represented a new intensity for Obama's campaign as Romney begins to hit his stride carrying the Republican standard. It came as Iowa, soured by the direction of the nation and its economy, has drifted away from Obama since his 2008 caucus victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton made him the Democratic front-runner.
While Obama carried the state in the general election by a comfortable margin that year, polls this year have shown voters narrowly preferring Romney, who plans to wage his own major effort in Iowa.
Obama pointedly chose the same turf where Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, once declared that corporations are people. Obama said Romney would roll back regulations and return to policies that he said helped create the recession and would increase government deficits.
Last week, Romney said Obama had created "a prairie fire of debt." On Thursday, Obama said Romney's tax plan is "like trying to put out a prairie fire with some gasoline."
In a statement issued after the speech, Romney spokesman Ryan Williams said: "A president who broke his promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term has no standing when it comes to fiscal responsibility."
Obama's visit to Iowa underscored his vulnerability with working-class voters and his effort to identify with the middle class.
Earlier, in blue-collar Newton, Iowa, once the prosperous headquarters of Maytag appliances, Obama visited a wind-turbine plant to push his alternative energy agenda and delivered a message that could as well have applied to all of Iowa. "Yeah, we're facing tough times, but we're getting through them, we're getting though them together," he said.
While offering only six of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency, how Iowa voters ultimately judge Obama is expected to be an important factor in the race.
"Last time it was a lot more exciting. It was a new thing," said Nancy Bobo, a Des Moines Obama volunteer and one of his earliest Iowa backers in 2008. "Today, we're all just very serious."
Obama was visiting a former Maytag Corp. appliance plant in Newton, a town devastated by the plant's closing in 2005. The plant now houses TPI Composites, a wind-turbine blade manufacturer.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, has made the struggling economy the centerpiece of his campaign. But Obama can point to comparatively low 5.1 percent unemployment in Iowa, where stable financial services and strong agriculture sectors buoyed the economy while manufacturing has struggled to rebound.
Romney had made the comment about corporations as he argued against raising taxes as a way of shoring up Social Security and Medicare. Members of the audience interrupted, calling for increased taxes on corporations, and Romney responded: "Corporations are people, my friend. ... Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to people."
The comment has been used by opponents to characterize Romney, a former private equity firm executive, as more comfortable in the boardroom than the shop floor.
Obama's campaign has emphasized episodes in which Romney's former firm closed plants and laid off workers, and has aired a stinging TV ad on the subject in Iowa, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Obama himself has struggled to attract blue-collar voters, keys to winning struggling swing working-class regions such as southeast Ohio, western Pennsylvania and rural Iowa. Newton is the seat of Jasper County, Iowa, where unemployment was 7.1 percent in April, higher than Iowa's average but down sharply from last winter.
While Iowa is known for its first-in-the-nation caucuses, it also is a coveted general election state, despite its small electoral total. Democrat Al Gore carried the state by less than a percentage point in 2000, followed by Republican George W. Bush's 2-point victory in 2004.
The state shows a candidate's ability to win support in the heartland. It could help Romney in his effort to peel back states Obama won in 2008, or help Obama put Romney away.
Obama has already spent more than $2.6 million on advertising, a pace as aggressive as in any other battleground state. He's been a regular visitor, and was making his second trip in a month.
Yet the president's approval rating here has been stuck below 50 percent for over two years, softened in part by criticism from Republicans campaigning for Iowa's leadoff caucuses.
Republican Terry Branstad took back the governorship easily from Democrat Chet Culver in 2010, as the GOP won back the state House and came close in the Senate.
Polls show Iowans also have become increasingly bothered by federal spending, an issue Romney stoked in Des Moines last week in a visit where he promised to shrink the deficit.
Iowans, many of whom met Obama in the 2008 campaign, also are disappointed by what they hoped would be a transcendent presidency, said J. Ann Selzer, the longtime director of The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll.
"You hear disaffection. You hear them say, 'This isn't what I paid for,'" Selzer said. "The guy they sent there to recast things wasn't able to do it."
Obama made his latest trip to a swing state while his campaign manager, in Washington, privately updated Senate Democrats on the state of the race. Officials said Jim Messina told lawmakers the president has several possible paths to collecting the 270 electoral votes he needs for victory in November.
But Messina also noted that Romney, the Republican Party and allied super PACs are likely to have a great deal of money to spend. Obama vastly outspent Republican John McCain in winning the White House four years ago, an advantage that Democrats appear unlikely to command in 2012.
Romney senses the opening.
He, too, has cultivated an Iowa network. Indeed, he campaigned aggressively for the 2008 caucuses during his narrowly losing bid for the state's delegates. And his campaign has begun running television ads in Iowa.
Romney and the Republican National Committee have hired state directors and are hiring staff to run a dozen or more offices planned for Iowa.
While Obama campaigned here, Romney spent Thursday visiting an inner city charter school in west Philadelphia. Romney was to spend the weekend in La Jolla, Calif., with his family.
AP Special Correspondent David Espo in Washington contributed to this report.
Obama strikes at Romney in Iowa, seeks 2008 energy
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Barack Obama delivered his harshest rebuttal yet to rival Mitt Romney on Thursday, dismissing his challenger's claims as "a cowpie of distortions" as he sought to rekindle the all-but-faded Iowa magic that launched him in 2008. Escalating his criticism of Romney's background as a venture capitalist, Obama said it wasn't adequate preparation for the presidency.


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The Broadcom chipset for the pre-installed wireless card wasn't supported, but I purchased an external rum(0) usb stick (Hawking HWUG1), and wireless is now working great.
Now, on to getting X to work properly. See below for the relevant part of the dmesg:
> dmesg ... vga1 at pci1 dev 0 functkion 0 vendor "NVIDIA", unknown product 0x0a29 rev 0xa2 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) azalia0 at pci1 dev 0 function 1 vendor "NVIDIA", unknown product 0x0be2 rev 0xa1: apic 2 int 16 (irq 11) azalia0: no supported codecs azalia0: initialization failure, detaching ...
> X -configure > startx > cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log ... (II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128, GeForce DDR, GeForce MX 460... etc, etc, etc. (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa (I) Primary Device is: PCI 01@00:00:0 (WW) NV: Ignoring unsupported device 0x10de0a29 at 01@00:00:0 (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found ...
There is no "vga" X driver ocicat, not sure how good VESA VBE support is on the Mac either.
The open source 'nv' driver (xf86-video-nv) was maintained by an nVidia employee, but it only supported basic modesetting and 2D acceleration, recently they decided to drop official support for this driver.. and no new card families will be supported (..however your card may be similar to another, and you may be able to forcefully override detection!).
It's a GeForce GT 330M according to a few sources, which isn't in the driver, but the GT 230M is.. maybe adding ChipID 0x0A2A to your Device section, if this option isn't recognized by the 'nv' driver, you may have to do some source patching, but all of this depends on how desperate you are.
The reverse engineered driver 'nouveau' is not currently supported by OpenBSD, it may not ever be.. as the main DRI/DRM guy is opposed of the hardware.
Unfortunately you're just having some bad luck dylanz, it's unfortunate that this system did not have ATI or Intel graphics.. but try out my above advice and see how things turn out.
Good luck
Thanks guys, extremely helpful.
I played around with the xorg.conf, and unfortunately, it didn't recognize that ChipID (great idea however). After trying to hack around other configurations, I ended up setting it to "vesa", and it looks like it's actually supported quite well. I have a window manager running now, and simply need to start tweaking sync/refresh rates to solve some choppiness issues on window switching.
You can't solve that problem by "tweaking sync/refresh rates", LCD screens work quite different from CRT screens, simply put: you can't/shouldn't touch those settings.
The choppiness you experience is probably due to the fact that vesa is a very basic driver, which leaves large parts of the card's functionality untouched. In other words: It's pretty slow.
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.
Thanks for the background Carpetsmoker. I'm going to leave my xorg configuration as is, to ensure I don't blow out any of the hardware on this thing. It's slow indeed... but, I'm not doing anything graphically intensive, so it will do the job for now.
(Side note: I'd actually like to get into driver development, so these issues are great to run into. Now I just need to find out how to get into driver development )
With the VESA VBE driver, nothing is offloaded to the GPU for acceleration.. it's just a dumb framebuffer, so rendering graphics will eat up your CPU time.
Driver development is a commendable goal, but unfortunately nVidia does not release documentation for their graphics hardware.. available drivers are reverse engineered, obfuscated, or proprietary.
Just a small note, the detection of an nVidia azalia(4) device is common these days, but unsupported, this is for using audio over HDMI cables, apparently it's being worked on though.
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Ah, very interesting. Luckily, the frame-buffering isn't "too" slow, so it's actually usable. I'm probably more susceptible to Van Eck phreaking now however (sorry, just finished Cryptonomicon the other day, and it's still on my mind!).
In regard to driver development, my interest is just in general, not specifically for Nvidia chipsets. I'd love to be able to contribute to creating or reverse-engineering some drivers for the community. I just need to start investigating the field and inquiring with some other driver people in the community to find out where/how to get started.
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Comprised of vocalist James "Buddy" Nielsen, guitarists Dave Miller and Garrett Zablocki, bassist Michael Glita (former percussionist for Tokyo Rose), and drummer Dan Trapp, the New Jersey outfit Senses Fail developed a slick amalgam of post-hardcore chuggery and emo heartbreak that recalled such fellow New Jersey-based groups as Saves the Day. Formed in 2002 in Bergen County, Senses Fail quickly issued a debut EP and began gigging regularly while maintaining a thriving Internet presence. Drive-Thru Records took notice and signed the group in late 2002. A revamped version of the From the Depths of Dreams EP appeared in April 2003; it featured improved sound, one new song, and an acoustic version of the track "Ground Folds." A tour with the Used wrapped up the year in successful fashion, while From the Depths of Dreams cracked the Billboard 200 and helped poise Senses Fail for a commercial breakthrough.
After more heavy touring and a bit of label drama, 2004's Let It Enfold You -- named after a Charles Bukowski poem -- was released that September through Vagrant/Drive-Thru; a deluxe edition with bonus tracks arrived one year later. The band also contributed a cover of Suicidal Tendencies' "Institutionalized" for 2005's Tony Hawk's American Wasteland video game soundtrack. Relentless touring persisted before the bandmates began work on their sophomore effort, which saw Senses Fail hitting the studio in May 2006 with producer Brian McTernan (Thrice, Cave In) and a new guitarist, Heath Saraceno (the former Midtown member wound up permanently replacing Miller, who'd previously left the group). A main-stage spot on the American Warped Tour helped the revised band hone its chops, as did a stint with the Taste of Chaos tour in the U.K. Both appearances led up to the release of the explosive Still Searching, which deemphasized the band's screaming vocals in favor of an energetic, emo-tinged sound. Bassist Mike Glita left the lineup one year later, and Hot Water Music's Jason Black climbed aboard as a temporary replacement during the recording of Life Is Not a Waiting Room, which arrived in October 2008. The following year, guitarist Heath Saraceno announced he was leaving the band. He was replaced by Zack Roach, and shortly afterwards the band returned to the studio. In 2010, their fourth album, The Fire, was released on Vagrant. ~ Johnny Loftus, Rovi


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New England editorial roundup
The Day of New London (Conn.), Jan. 25, 2013
The nation has seen the report, the political hysterics of some Republicans, the denial of Democrats and the appearance of the Secretary of State. So what have we learned about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed an ambassador and three other Americans?
While there was no advance intelligence forewarning of an attack, there were plenty of reasons for the State Department to worry about the vulnerability of the consulate given the instability in the area after the fall of the Libyan dictatorship. Considering the threat environment, security at the compound was "grossly inadequate" and too reliant on poorly trained private guards and local militia.
Concerns coming from the Libyan embassy about the lack of security stalled at the mid-management level. Years of tight funding for the State Department created a "deep sense of the importance of husbanding resources," which "had the effect of conditioning a few State Department managers to favor restricting the use of resources as a general orientation."
In other words, the inclination when a seemingly low-priority outpost needed help that cost money was to say no, or simply ignore and stall requests, which seemed to be the case here.
These were among the findings of the Accountability Review Board, led by former Ambassador Tom Pickering and Adm. Mike Mullen, which examined the circumstances of the attack.
The report found "real confusion over who, ultimately, was responsible and empowered to make decisions" on the security requests.
"I didn't see those requests. They didn't come to me. I didn't approve them. I didn't deny them," testified Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday.
This lack of accountability for decision making, the failure for such important security matters to reach the desk of the secretary, are the most troubling systemic failures of the sad Benghazi tale. The highest priority must be reducing the chances of such an event recurring. As she prepares to complete her tenure, Secretary Clinton has taken important steps to do just that.
The secretary has ordered a review of overall security at all diplomatic outposts. A new position, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for High Threat Posts, will be responsible for assessing security reports and requests. A protocol is in place to share security updates with appropriate congressional committees. And there will be periodic reviews of high-threat posts and an annual review chaired by the Secretary of State.
Better security costs money. We would urge Republican lawmakers, so eager in the midst of the election to seize on this tragedy to politically attack the administration, to vote for that funding where appropriate.
The review of the attack found no credence for the claims that a better response would have saved lives. "There simply was not enough time for U.S. military forces to have made a difference," said Adm. Mullen in summarizing his report for journalists. Ambassador Chris Stevens and Foreign Service information officer Sean Smith died of smoke inhalation, Navy SEALS Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty from mortar fire.
Finally, there was the political sideshow, Republicans contending and clinging to the notion that the administration, in the midst of a presidential election, initially misled the country by painting the attack as a spontaneous action during a protest about an anti-Islamic video, rather than the terrorist attack it was. The facts do not support that contention.
On Sept. 12 President Obama, speaking of the Benghazi attack, vowed, "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation." Yes, United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice did say on Sunday news talk shows that week that the Benghazi attack began as a protest against an anti-Islamic video. "It looks like extremist elements ... joined in that effort with heavy weapons," she said.
Yet Ambassador Rice was only using CIA talking points, based on best evidence at the time, stating that the attack involved militants taking advantage of a demonstration. Only subsequent to her appearances did a sorting out of intelligence show there was no protest. But at no time did anyone in the administration suggest this attack was simply protesters scaling walls. It was always acknowledged these were well-armed extremists � terrorists � the only confusion was whether they used a protest as cover.
Serious mistakes left the consulate vulnerable, with tragic results. But the evidence does not suggest a cover-up or any intention to mislead.
The Sun Journal of Lewiston (Maine), Jan. 20, 2013
Chris Hayes wrote a book last year based upon a single question: If we have such elite and talented people earning so much money and exercising so much power, why are things so screwed up?
He spent the rest of his book attempting to explain why our most richly rewarded people keep letting us down.
Lance Armstrong fully joined the long list of sports, business and political leaders who have sorely disappointed the nation.
Armstrong was an American elite who clawed his way out of Texas to the pinnacle of his sport, then successfully crossed the Rubicon into the celebrity world of personal jets and $10 million estates.
Hayes argues in his book that elites in sports, business or other competitive fields come to share a similar outlook.
They are so richly rewarded and lavishly praised that they believe they are above the rules governing the behavior of other mortals. Winning at any cost is their singular goal.
They always believe the phrase "everyone is cheating" justifies their cheating and is necessary to "level the playing field."
When elites break the rules they are not usually punished like bank robbers and drug dealers. They most often remain wealthy and sometimes return to their former positions and status.
Elite cheaters are also good at attracting other cheaters who willingly help cover their tracks.
Elite cheaters are also enabled by a fawning media that loves a winner and a winner's story.
For those who say doping levels the playing field, former cyclist (and less successful doper) Tyler Hamilton argues the opposite in his book "The Secret Race."
The wealthiest cheaters can hire the best doctors and chemists. Armstrong was able to use his private jet to transport drugs and hire his gardener to deliver them posing as a motorcyclist and fan.
Doping also tends not to reward the best cyclist, but the one with the most flexible value system and greatest tolerance for risk.
What's more, poorer teams and cyclists simply cannot assemble the large cast of characters necessary to carry off the corporate sort of cheating that characterized the Armstrong machine.
Armstrong is a cool and calculating cheater, and he certainly had his motives for granting a softball interview to Oprah.
He has now entered the elaborate reinvention process that superstars follow to win their way back into the money and glory.
They are rarely so ashamed of their behavior that they slink into obscurity like ordinary people who feel guilt, remorse and embarrassment.
Before we feel sympathy, we should remember that Armstrong lied right up until there was no alternative but to tell the truth.
The master liar again and again looked into the TV cameras and insisted he never doped was finally cornered and out of escape routes.
It took years of effort to do it, and Armstrong continually trashed and threatened those bold enough to challenge him, but the weight of the evidence was finally overwhelming, even for a world-class denier.
His story is a bitter disappointment for the millions of people who once respected the man.
It also leaves us a bit more jaded about the elites we look to for inspiration and leadership.


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In another bold move, the Article II Superpac challenged the Commission on Presidential Debates to live up to their charter and set forth their criteria for determining whether a presidential candidate is a natural born citizen. Quietly working behind the scenes to place three full page ads in the Washington Times, and planning more critical advertisements at the Democrat National Convention in Charlotte next week, this is a powerful reminder to the Commission on Presidential Debates that one Barack Hussein Obama should not even be allowed to debate on the national stage, as he is not constitutionally eligible for the job.
Do we expect the CPD to do anything? No. But it is one more nail in the coffin where those who are anti-American and anti-Constitution are exposed for the public to really see. We have seen Congress fail to vet Obama and wipe clean the Congressional Record through the Congressional Research Service; we've seen the judiciary time and time again refuse to follow the law, and we've seen the media turn into high-pitched desperate shillers for the penultimate failure known as Barack Obama. Apparently the Supreme Court doesn't have the intellectual capacity to deal with Obama's usurpation of the Presidency.
Head on over to the Article II Superpac site…please take the survey/petition and if you can, donate $1 to the effort at the address listed on the site!
The Superpac is not done. Key media buys will be made in the certain-swing states of Ohio, Florida and Virginia in the fall campaign to inform as many people as possible–including the electors–of the Constitutional crisis facing our Nation in form of Obama. Send Obama and the wookie packing!!!
Article II Super PAC, Letter to Commission on Presidential Debates, 8-30-2012
RE: Commission on Presidential Debates: 2012 Nonpartisan Selection Criteria
Dear Mr. Fahrenkopf and Mr. McCurry:
As advocates for the Framers' original intent, establishing in Article II, Section 1 that every President must be a "natural born Citizen," the Article II Super PAC wishes to extend our sincere thanks to the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) for the proper priority you place on the faithful observation of this national security provision of the Constitution by citing it in the first of your 2012 Nonpartisan Selection Criteria.
It has come to our attention that CPD may not recognize or apply any specific definition for "natural born Citizen" in the process of qualifying candidates' satisfaction of Presidential eligibility. If this is in error, we would appreciate any information on how you qualify Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates' eligibility as natural born Citizens.
We are deeply concerned with the efficacy of our electoral process in general since we learned in recent years that no known state or federal government office, nor any agency or elected official makes any effort to authenticate Presidential or Vice Presidential candidates' constitutional eligibility prior to their name appearing on the ballot. Instead, we are genuinely alarmed to find that stewardship of this keystone of our national security is deferred to the same biased, unelected and unaccountable political parties which advance their respective nominees. Furthermore, no official examination to substantiate any party's claims of their candidate's eligibility is ever conducted or even sought. For example, it is the FBI's position that they do not presume to contravene the will of voters, so no background checks are conducted on candidates for any office.
As you are aware, a simple majority vote cannot overturn Constitutional requirements.
This utter failure of ballot security and blatant voter disenfranchisement, still unknown to most of the US electorate, represents a profound breach of public trust. Questions raised by the electorate in the 2008 presidential election cycle as to candidates' true legal identity have exposed a lethal vulnerability in the Constitutional integrity of the Presidential election process. These unanswered questions remain an issue in the ongoing 2012 election cycle and must be addressed immediately.
Citizens pay for elections with their taxes and rely on elected officials, the media, and non-profit entities such as CPD to ensure the integrity of our election process. Voters harbor a very reasonable expectation that the true legal identity of all candidates be authenticated, that candidates are eligible for the office they seek, and that the elections, and the debates which precede and shape them, are incontrovertibly legitimate. In 2008, the media completely failed to meet its obligation in this process and, as we have already stated, our elected officials do not seem willing to accept the responsibility.
CPD performs a key leadership role as organizers of the Presidential debates and has a unique opportunity now to help mend this rift in our social fabric. Consequently, CPD's working definition of "natural born Citizen" plays a central role in this unprecedented controversy.
Obviously, Presidential debates are, and have always been, an integral part of the election process. Because these iconic events have fallen under the direct control of the CPD since 1988, we urge you to take very seriously the ethical obligation established by your charter, your mission statement, and your candidate selection criteria to assertively act in the public interest to ensure that all Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates are constitutionally eligible for office.
Toward that end, please be aware that, at this time, surveys consistently show that at least one-third of American voters either are suspicious of or completely reject representations of Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility for the office of President. A considerably smaller number question whether or not Mitt Romney's parents were US citizens when he was born, partly because his father was born in Mexico. That concern merits equal examination and resolution.
The point is that the issue of presidential constitutional eligibility persistently plagues the electoral process and aggravates the relationship between taxpayers/voters and their representative government.
Supreme Court precedent, recorded in Minor v. Happersett, recognizes a natural born Citizen as one who is "born in a country of parents who were its citizens." This definition is a logical extension of the progressively restrictive citizenship requirements for House Representatives (seven years) and Senators (nine years). It is also the definition most in keeping with the underlying intent of the Framers to avoid, to the greatest possible extent within a free society, the insinuation of any foreign influence on the power vested in the Oval Office.
The idea that "citizen" and "natural born Citizen" are equivalent in status completely ignores the fact that the Constitution itself distinguishes between these two citizenship classes in the same paragraph of Article II Section 1 that establishes Presidential eligibility qualifications. It is important to bear in mind that the Constitution has never been amended to eliminate this distinction, and that the Fourteenth Amendment does not address natural born citizenship at all. (For more information, see: http://www.art2superpac.com/issues.html)
Some suggest that any "anchor baby" is a natural born Citizen, regardless of citizenship status of the child's parents. However, Article II Super PAC absolutely rejects that any such interpretation could be reconciled with the Framers' original intent. The Founding Fathers intended that a person who would be President after the founding generation had passed must be born with unity of citizenship and sole allegiance at birth. The President must have sole allegiance to the United States and natural born citizen status is the Constitution's primary tool to secure that objective.
To say that every child born in America is a natural born Citizen is also to say that any foreign citizen whose child was born in the US could be allowed to raise that child abroad as an enemy of the US and return that child to this country in time to meet the Constitution's 14-year residency requirement for President. By that reasoning, world class terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki, born in Las Cruces, NM to Yemeni parents, but raised and trained in the culture of Al Qaida, should have been eligible as a natural born Citizen at some point, assuming only that his tactics had remained law-abiding.
The assertion that mere place of birth or length of residency establishes natural born Citizen status flies in the face of repeated attempts over decades by numerous members of Congress – all failed – to modify the definition of "natural-born Citizen" to that very effect, or to abolish the requirement entirely. However, most recently, non-binding Senate Resolution 511, dated April 30, 2008 and ironically co-sponsored by Sen. Barack Obama, recognizes Sen. John McCain as a natural born Citizen, partly on the basis that he "was born to American citizens" (plural) which would seem to contradict Obama's claim to eligibility.
Despite his full knowledge of and participation in this controversy, and his avowed credentials as a Constitutional law professor, Barack Obama has never publicly claimed to be a "natural born Citizen" of the United States. His eligibility has appropriately remained in question since he admits that he was born with dual citizenship by virtue of the fact that his father's citizenship was governed by the British Nationality Act of 1948. In addition, various corroborating evidence indicates that Obama may have become a citizen of Indonesia as a youth.
His repeated denials and ridicule for those who question his constitutional eligibility notwithstanding, Mr. Obama's birthplace remains unknown since the "documentation" offered to authenticate his birthplace has been determined to be an outright forgery by the only duly-elected law enforcement officer in America who has ever conducted an official investigation into the matter, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, of Maricopa County, Arizona. Rather than an official certification, it is believed to be an electronic composite of selected data from his birth records and possibly from other sources. Sheriff Arpaio has pointedly asked Congress to investigate.
In summary, we ask that the CPD clarify its official position on this national security issue and explain how the CPD qualifies Presidential candidates' constitutional eligibility as natural born Citizens of the United States.
We look forward to the opportunity to share your response with our membership and associated organizations.
Helen Tansey, Executive Director
Article II Super PAC
Article II Super PAC Letter to Commission on Presidential Debates 8-30-2012


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Around the League: February 6, 2012-February 12, 2012
Monday, February 6
- Pitcher Anibail Sanchez won his arbitration case against the Marlins (1 yr. 8MM).
- Orioles designate former Cub Clay Rapada for assignment
- Rockies acquire RHP Jeremy Guthrie for Pitchers Jason Hammel and Matt Lindstrom.
- Nationals sign Mark Teahen to a minor league deal.
- Rangers sign Conor Jackson and Joe Beimel to minor league deals.
- Cardinals sign Alex Cora to minor league deal with a spring invite.
- Astros sign OF Justin Ruggiano to minor league deal with spring invite.
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Students are strongly encouraged to participate in independent research projects. The ability to participate in original research provides an experience and depth of understanding that is difficult to attain in the classroom and is now becoming more expected by employers and graduate schools. Several of our faculty have opportunities for exceptional students to participate in their research programs. The biodiversity center and NAS offer research grants that allow highly motivated students to do their own research projects associated with our natural areas under the direction of faculty mentors. See student research opportunities for more information.
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British media rejoice with 'history boy' Murray
Britain's ecstatic media trumpeted the end of the 'longest yearning in British sport' on Monday by celebrating Andy Murray's Wimbledon success on the front and back pages of newspapers and much of the rest as well.sports Updated: Jul 08, 2013 17:48 IST
Britain's ecstatic media trumpeted the end of the 'longest yearning in British sport' on Monday by celebrating Andy Murray's Wimbledon success on the front and back pages of newspapers and much of the rest as well.
"And of Hope and Glory," declared the best-selling Sun tabloid, next to a picture of the Scot kissing the gilded trophy on a sunlit afternoon in south London after beating Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-5 6-4.
"Finally, after 77 years, 15 PMs, three monarchs...Brit man wins Wimbo".
The paper devoted the first five pages to the first British winner of the men's title since 1936, along with an eight page 'Born to Wim' souvenir pullout and six more in the sports section.
Such unrestrained joy was the norm, with the more up-market Times and Telegraph throwing gravitas out of the window with page after page chronicling every detail of Murray's epic victory and back story.
"The History Boy," declared the Times, dedicating the first eight pages of the paper to 'Murray-mania' in another souvenir edition with a wraparound picture of Murray clambering through the stands to embrace friends and family as the crowd reached out to him.
"Heaviest of burdens is finally lifted to an entire nations' relief," added a headline in a further nine sports pages devoted to the first British winner since Fred Perry - and the first to win the title in shorts.
"At Last" read the front page of the Daily Telegraph sports section, which included a 12 page Wimbledon special, and the Daily Mail tabloid which offered readers a 12 page souvenir section and victory poster.
"After 77 years, the wait is over," was the Telegraph's main headline, with the 26-year-old Scot hailed as a "Colossus of the court who faced up to failures".
The Mirror declared Murray to be in 'Seventh Heaven', highlighting not only the 77 year gap but also the seven day age gap between Murray and Djokovic, Murray breaking the Serb in the seventh game of each set and winning his seventh grand slam final on the seventh day of the seventh month.
"It's magic as Andy exorcises all those demons of British tennis," it added.
On a great weekend of British sport, with the Lions triumphant on the rugby field in Australia, the Daily Mail focused on what might lie in store for the nation's 'Golden Boy' who also won the Olympic title on the grass courts of Wimbledon last year.
"Now it'll be arise, Sir Andy," declared the tabloid.
The Guardian joined in the celebrations with the single word 'Champion' on its front page over a picture of Murray, eyes closed, kissing the trophy.
"Scottish, British, who cares? Today he belongs to us all," declared another headline inside.
The Independent delighted in "A triumph never to be forgotten, an inspiration to everyone who watched."
Murray, added the paper, had secured his lifetime's ambition after a game "of nerve shredding drama...that summed up an unforgettable Wimbledon final, full of stunning tennis and with more plot twists than an Alfred Hitchcock thriller."


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The Rockies Can't Afford to Trade Troy Tulowitzki
Tuesday December 4th, 2012
Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer):
There's no denying that when healthy, Troy Tulowitzki is one of the most complete players in baseball, let alone at a slim shortstop position. Since breaking into the majors in 2006, he's finished top ten in MVP voting third times, won two gold gloves, and two silver slugger awards. That's a pretty rounded out trophy case he vaunts.
But, 2012 veered off that course. Tulowitzki missed the final four months of the season with a nagging groin injury that he could never overcome. Fortunately, multiple reports confirm that he's well on his way to a full recovery which is good news for Rockies team that is in need of something positive.
However, there a some rumors out there that have the slugging shortstop being dealt for presumably pitching. This is more than just a passing whim. Because the Rockies obviously have a gap in their bleak rotation and Coors Field won't draw any of the elite free agents, the only route to improve their staff would be to through trades. Dexter Fowler has also been included in these talks as well. Tulowitzki is vastly more valuable than anyone on the Rockies, though.
For one, he plays shortstop, a position that doesn't consist of many five-tool players. And Tulowitzki is one of those assets, averaging 36 home runs per 162 games since 2009 with a .922 OPS. Plus, his 19.5 WAR since 2009 leads all shortstops, as does his wOBA (Weight on-base Percentage) of .393. Heck, he leads practically all basic and advanced metrics.
Then, there's the consistency factor that most players on the Rockies don't have. See, Coors Field affects some players numbers for the best. Those players look like MVP's in Colorado, but fall off a cliff on the road. Tulo, though, doesn't as he has a career .814 OPS on the road compared to a .921 OPS at home. So there isn't an obvious outlier like there is with say Carlos Gonzalez who has an OPS of .735 on the road for his career, but an inflated 1.003 OPS at the friendly confines of Coors Field.
Many pundits were intrigued by Josh Rutledge's performance filling in for Tulowitzki which is sparking these trade rumors. The 23-year-old compiled a respectable .775 OPS in 73 games, but struggled defensively at shortstop with a .956 fielding percentage. At second base, he had a 1.000 fielding percentage which likely a better bet for him in the long run if they don't dangle Tulowitzki.
Now, I understand that the Rockies are pushing towards a better pitching staff after being historically worse this year. And what free agent wants to sign with Colorado? None of the good ones, at least. So basically, Tulo could land them a few top-notch pitchers or one all-star pitcher which is what they need.
However, trading Tulowitzki is trading the face of the Rockies. At 27-years-old, he still has enough gas left in the tank to produce. While the Rockies have replacements, none at their disposal could replace one of the best shortstops in baseball.
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How long have you been knitting?
I learned to knit as a child, but put my needles aside shortly thereafter. I had wanted to pick them back up off-and-on thought out the years, but never seemed to manage to find the time.
I relearned to knit in 1999 after asking my mother to make me a sweater. She explained that she would be happy to make me a scarf, but didn't want to knit a whole sweater. My reply was 'if I wanted a scarf I could make myself a scarf.' When I went home for the holidays that year, I asked my mother to remind me how to cast on. As soon as I got the needles back in my hands, the muscle memory kicked in and I knew what I was doing.
I thought I might make myself a scarf (pictured below), maybe a hat. Little did I know that I was starting a new hobby that would become a passion.
What is on your needles right now?
I always have several things on my needles. But my 'main project' right now is the Holden Shawletteby Mindy Wilks in Alpaca Sox.
I also have a Fair Isle cowl, a cardigan, a pair of socks for my brother, and a mitered square blanket (my long term project).
Do you have a favorite type of project?
I tend to make a lot of socks. When I lived in New York City, they were a great subway project, as long as I kept the pattern simple. Unfortunately for me they are usually gifts for other people.
I also love to knit top-down sweaters. I love that you can try on the sweater as you go.
Who is your knitting hero?
Can I choose more than one?
I adore Elizabeth Zimmerman. I love her style of writing. Not to mention that she was a total knitting genius. Her use of simple stitches to make fabulous finished objects is astonishing.
I am also in awe of Barbara Walker. Her stitch guides are pretty incredible. I can't imagine doing all of that chart work by hand.
I am also inspired by many of the knitters that I have met through the years. No matter their skill level, everyone has taught me something new - even if it just another way to see something, that I have taken for granted.
What is your professional background?
I hold a Bachelor's of Fine Arts from Savannah College of Art and Design, majoring in Fashion. I started my career working for in the garment center for a private label dress company as an assistant. I did everything from cutting the samples to sourcing fabric and buttons. I held other positions in other private label companies, all with varying types of assistant work. I think my favorite title that I have held was Shopper. A big part of that job was to go to local store and see what our competition was doing and research trends. It was a lot of fun.
After about 8 years in the fashion industry, I decided that I wanted to make a change and started looking for positions that would combine my skills with a new direction. I stumbled upon a small private college in New York that taught the business of fashion and was looking for an assistant in their Institutional Advancement department, which includes Marketing, PR, Fundraising, Development and Alumni Affairs. It was a perfect fit.
I also worked part-time at Annie and Company Knitting in New York City for about 4 and half years. I loved being able to connect with other knitters, see what they were working on and helping them with their problems. I think my favorite part of that job, was seeing someone have their 'light bulb moment.'
I have also had a few patterns published and am hoping to contribute some to Classic Elite Yarns.
About 8 months ago, I started assessing my life and I came to the conclusion that I wanted a smaller life and slower pace than New York City could offer me. I grew up in the Midwest and the hustle and bustle of the big city was never an easy fit for me, I was ecstatic when the position at Classic Elite Yarns was announced.
Do you have any other hobbies, besides knitting?
Wait, there are other hobbies besides knitting?
In all seriousness, I love doing anything that is considered creative or crafty. I currently have a few needlepoint projects that I am working on. I used to be an avid sewer and am hoping to get back to that. I am also hoping to take a weaving class in the near future and maybe even a pottery class.
What are you looking forward to most working for Classic Elite Yarns?
I am really looking forward to being in a creative environment. I had my first CEY photo shoot last week, and while it was very cold out, it was really exciting.
Connecting with all of our customers and getting feedback from them is something else I am really interested in. I am hoping to increase our presence on Twitter, Facebook, Ravelry and other social media platforms in the coming months.
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Lesson 4: Talent Management System (LMS)
LCC's employee Learning Management System is a platform for the management and delivery of online and traditional face-to-face training offered through Organizational Development (Human Resources).
The Talent Management System (LMS) is accessible through myLCC (see Lesson 1) under the Work tab in the Employee eToolbox widget of the page. To access this tool, an additional login is required; use your LCC Username and password to access this system.
- Use LMS to enroll/register for employee training through Organizational Development.
- Often multiple training options are available.
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How to Hide a Geocache With Your Kids
Does your family love the thrill of electronic treasure hunts known as geocaching?
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With nothing more than a smartphone and a few items from around the house, you and your kids can hide a geocache for other families to enjoy.
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Have you introduced your family to the adventure of geocaching?
Geocaching is a hunt for hidden treasure using a GPS (or GPS-enabled phone). There are over 2.2 million geocaches hidden all over the world, ready for you to find. You simply log onto Geocaching.com to find the coordinates of a cache in your area, head outside and follow your phone to find the hidden treasure. Once found, you sign the logbook, trade one of the treasures found inside with something you brought to share and hide the cache container back in its place for the next treasure hunter.
It's a lot of fun to find a geocache, but it can be even more fun to hide one.
Hiding a cache is a way to share your outdoor adventures with other families. And a cache hidden by kids for kids is extra-special—it creates more fun and adventures for everyone.
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How to Form an AASL Special Interest Group
Did you know that the AASL bylaws (approved June 1997) allow AASL members to form interest groups? Any group of ten or more AASL members interested in discussing a common concern which falls within the purpose of the AASL, but which is not the responsibility of an AASL section or committee, can form an interest group upon written petition from the group and approval by the AASL Board of Directors.
Each interest group elects a chairperson at its meeting during the ALA Annual Conference. The chair keeps a list of the members of the group, is responsible for all communications with them, presides at meetings of the group, and files a written report with the AASL president after each meeting. An interest group may meet to discuss common problems and concerns; establish a means of communication among members; and recommend action to the AASL Board of Directors. However, the interest group may incur no expenses except as authorized, and make no policy.
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I have two dogs, both terrier mixes. One is Dixie and we've had her for over a year. She's 6 yrs old and weights 32 lbs. She's more low energy (which we looked for since we're an older couple and didn't want a dog who would drag us off our feet, lol) and a real sweetheart.
We just got a second dog (from the same no-kill shelter) who is also a terrier mix, but her mix is different from Dixie's - her body type/shape is different. She's a little more energetic but she's smaller - only 23 lbs. at 4 years old. I don't see any Jack Russel in her build, but she can leap like she has springs on her feet, lol. Her name is Zephra because she runs (and leaps) like the wind.
Both dogs understand the basic commands to sit, lay down, stay, shake, etc. When I let them out (we have a big fenced in back yard) I have them sit and stay while I open the door and then open the door on the sunporch. They both do this very well. (They both also sit and wait very well when I feed them)
I'm having a problem with Zephra peeing in the house though. I let them out every 2.5 - 3 hours (I'm retired, so usually home), but on occasion (maybe every 2 or 3 days) she will wet on the carpet somewhere.
She is a little anxious and will pace at times so it's hard to know when she needs to go out. She doesn't go to the door, or whine or scratch, or anything that gives me a good idea she wants to go out. They both sleep with us and both sleep through the night with no need to go out and no accidents.
I read on a vet's advice page to use a leash on an anxious dog so tried that and Zephra seems to actually like having the leash on. She will sit or lay down calmly while its on instead of pacing. But I can't have it on her all the time (like when I'm cooking or cleaning house)
We fostered her for two weeks before adopting (to make sure she and Dixie were happy together) and the vet at the shelter's vet clinic said she's healthy .
We'll take her to our own vet as soon as we get the papers from the shelter.
Any suggestions for getting her to let me know when she needs to go instead of pottying in the house? She never poops inside, only pee. Dixie doesn't pee inside so there's no "smell" spots.
Welcome Meenie!
I am new here as well and have experienced a similar issue with my 6lb Papillon.
The only success I have had is to be super vigilante with her. I would suggest you treat Zephra as if she is a puppy for the next 6 months and put her outside every couple of hours. When you leave her alone I would place her in her crate or bring her with you even if it is just to another room for 2 minutes. I know it is a bit challenging but it is worth it to stop the inappropriate toileting. My dog has never had an accident in front of me so I have never been able to address the problem other than to be "on the scene" at all times. Mine also sleeps through the night (8 hrs) without needing "to go" but the minute she is out of her crate and running around the house there would be an accident if I did not invite her to go outside. She will not ask to go out but will follow my other dog outside everytime he ask so to go out. Good luck with Zephra.
Welcome, Meenie! I think Lynne&Co.'s advice is great! We had to do similar training with one of ours when we adopted her--she'd been a kennel dog most of her life and had no concept of house-training. So we started as we would with a puppy, and when she couldn't be tethered to one of us, we used crating.
Oh, and on a totally unrelated note, I gotta warn you--we're gonna hound you for pics of your furbabies, so I hope you have a few on hand to share with us! (We're photo addicts! )
"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference."
"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!"
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Thanks guys!!
We aren't crating her - the big issue she was having at the shelter was being crated. She hated it and went crazy in the crate. You would have thought she was a ferocious wolf if you'd seen her in it!! But the minute she was taken out, she became a different animal. She was having such an issue with it they were pleading with someone to just foster her for awhile because she was "crate crazy".
But I do either shut the door to whatever room I'm in with her in it with me, or put her on a leash to keep her near me. She never pees in front of me. So it's only random times when she's off the leash that it happens.
I think I'll try teaching her to ring a bell at the door. Think that'll work?
I was going to suggest training her to ring a bell . I was thinking of getting a dog that was trained to ring a bell , my sister knew a woman that had a dogs trained to do that. There was only one big problem I am hard of hearing and would had needed a real big bell. And Hi.
It's great to meet all of you
Barkingdog - it would be a problem if you're hearing impaired!
Here's some pics of my two furry girls - Click here for Dixie and Zephra!
Aw, Dixie and Zephra are beautiful girls!!
I know people who have had great success with bells at the door as a signal. Certainly something to try!
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"It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!"
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Wow they are both adorable and bless you for rescuing. I would try tethering her to you while you cook and clean. Get a long enough leash that you can tie it around your waist and just let her follow you. You go, she goes. You could also try buying an x-pen to keep her confined in one area when you can't supervise her - more open and spacious than a crate. Good luck to you, she'll get the hang of it in no time I'm sure.
Barkingdog - the liberty bell! I wish Zephra would go to the door and stand there... hopefully she'll get the hang of it soon.
Dog Dancer - the biggest problem is that it's so cold and snowy out. Once Spring gets here, they can stay out longer and I can clean with them outside I do use a leash on Zephra but If I did that when I run the vacuum... well, I don't know who'd be leading who, haha, plus she'd probably pee in front of me then, lol.
Hazelrunpack - I hope she'll take to the bell!!
I often wonder what their lives were like before they ended up in the shelter.
Dixie is SO well-behaved and understands so many tricks! She heels well on the leash, and follows all commands. I wonder how she wound up at a shelter - they said she was a surrender! She has no behavioral problems at all. I wonder if she misses her previous owner.
Zephra is sweet, very bouncy also knows commands though she finds it hard to hold "stay" sometimes, lol. She gets a little exuberant. And she has this peeing issue - but it's not all the time - If you watch really close you'll see she gets more antsy, she just doesn't seem to know how to tell you she has to go out. She'll train me eventually
OH and does anyone know where to find a dog jacket (the kind with velcro) that actually fits? I have a nice coat for Dixie but it hangs off of Zephra even though they're almost the same length. Dixie is a chunkier dog, Zephra is thin - like a greyhound almost.
Dixie's coat is Large and it's ALMOST too big in the velcro adjustment around her tummy and neck, but it works. On Zephra it just hangs. But I had a medium sweater that was too tight for Dixie and it's practically impossible to get Zephra's front legs through the holes and it's not long enough at all <sigh> all these jackets and coats seem to just measure from neck to tail without taking into consideration the girth of the dog at all.
I'm not one to dress dogs in cutesy stuff, but in the snow and rain here, it's good to put a jacket on so they don't get drenched when they go out.
Here's Dixie in her coat
Here's Zephra in Dixie's old medium sweater - you can see its a bit too small, look at the neck and the length - plus she hates it cause you have to stuff her legs through
Dixie and Zephra look way cute in their fashion wear!
Most pet stores should carry clothing. RC Pets brand is a good dog coat but they are a bit pricey. Our local Tack Shop carries dog sized coats modelled after the coats they use on horses. They are heavier and more water resistant and cheaper. If you have Winners where you are they usually have a pet section too. There is also a vast amount of retailers online if you google pet clothing. Happy Shopping
Thanks Lynne&Co,
The problem is their sizes are so iffy. for Dixie the coat she's wearing is a large! The sweater is a medium that Zephra has on. These aren't large dogs. I'd think of a lab as a large dog. The medium sweater that should have fit, is too tight on Dixie and too short on Zephra. (Plus Zephra hates to have to put her legs through the holes )
The large coat that Dixie is wearing is WAAAAY too big for Zephra.
I was hoping to find a company that has sizes that reflect the actual size of the dog, including around their neck and around their chest - not just collar to tail length
I understand what you mean about sizing. It is really a crapshoot when sizing as some stores carry from xxxsmall to xxxlarge. My male weim is the size of a small female (56lbs). I secretly think he suffers from small man syndrome He wears an x-large RC Pets coat and a medium Horse style. It would be a good idea to take your dogs in for a fitting if you can. The online places usually size by measurements (neck to base of tail, girth around chest, etc.)
Welcome. Your two rescue dogs are beautiful.
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Meenie, when I got my two Malamute puppies they were afraid of the vacuum, but we overcame that by giving them treats while vacuuming. They are very food motivated. Got to the point I had to move them outside while I cleaned because they were hounding for treats when the vacuum ran. Started with treats while it was off. Then a treat when it was on but not moving. Then a treat while I was vacuuming. Fear of the vacuum is fixable!
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Carpet cleaning work injury survey looks at equipment ergonomics
A recent survey of carpet cleaning technicians has found that some have experienced injuries while using carpet cleaning equipment when working at both residential and commercial facilities.
The January 2012 survey was conducted for US Products, a leading manufacturer of professional carpet cleaning equipment, and was first posted on the company's Facebook site, reports Robert Kravitz. As of February 3rd, 2012, 69 respondents had completed the survey.
Asked which type of portable carpet extractor - conventional box or upright dolly design - is the easiest to transport, two-thirds said an upright dolly design machine is the most mobile. Some 22% voted for conventional box machines, while the rest reported they were unsure.
When asked if they have ever experienced an injury using a portable carpet extractor regardless of the type, slightly more than 74% said 'no'; 26% responded 'yes'.
Digging deeper, 65% of the respondents said they believe today's carpet extractors 'are getting easier to move and manoeuvre.' Only 4% disagreed, while 31% said today's machines are about the same as those made a few years back when it comes to manoeuvrability.
"Certainly not all but some portable carpet extractor manufacturers have made significant ergonomic improvements in their machines," says Mark Baxter, Engineer and Product Manager with US Products. "They are lighter and easier to manoeuvre. Extractors with an upright, dolly design have definitely proved to be more ergonomic, helping to keep injuries down."
Mark adds that reducing injuries when performing carpet cleaning and other cleaning tasks is a more serious matter than many end users realise.
"The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that more than 40,000 janitors and professional cleaners have job-related illnesses or injuries each year. As carpet extractors are designed more ergonomically, the number of job-related injuries in the carpet and professional cleaning industry likely will be reduced considerably."
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(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase and Co's (JPM.N) chief financial officer, Doug Braunstein, may step down and take another position with the bank, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The move would be the latest management change at the bank, which has been roiled by $6 billion of losses from bad bets on derivatives.
The person familiar with the matter said Wednesday that any shift would be Braunstein's decision, and would be unrelated to the trades.
In July, JPMorgan announced new co-heads for commercial and investment banking and placed a co-chief operating officer in the reporting line between Braunstein and Chief Executive Jamie Dimon.
Dimon had testified a month earlier to a U.S. Senate committee that Braunstein was one of the people who had wrongly assured him in April that the derivatives losses were not a big deal.
Analysts believed the executive changes in July were designed to add checks and balances to the bank's senior ranks after the trading losses, which have brought intense regulatory scrutiny to the bank.
Dimon told Reuters at the time that the shifts had been in the works before the bad trades, and were designed to help the bank cope with the increased complexity that financial companies face globally.
Braunstein did not return a call to his cell phone seeking comment on his possible job change, and the bank declined to comment. The timing for any job change for Braunstein is unclear.
The bank is set to report third-quarter earnings on Friday.
The $6 billion of trading losses came from a JPMorgan group called the Chief Investment Office (CIO), which managed risk for the bank and invested deposits. The CIO group in London took large bets on derivatives, with one trader taking big enough positions to be called "the London Whale."
The bank first disclosed possible losses in May, and in July said that some traders may have lied about the value of their positions to the bank, adding fuel to government probes into the trades.
Regulators and agencies including the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York are all looking at the bank.
On Wednesday, Dimon told an audience at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, "We made a stupid error.
He added: "I should have caught it ... I didn't."
Even with the trading losses, JPMorgan Chase earned $5 billion in the second quarter.
In narrative accounts of the bad trades by multiple media outlets, including a more-than-7,000 word piece published in this weekend's New York Times Magazine, Braunstein is not mentioned.
JPMorgan said last week in an internal memo that Barry Zubrow was retiring. Zubrow was head of risk management at the bank when it was building a dangerously large position in credit derivatives.
In January, months before the bank announced the bad derivatives trades, Zubrow switched to heading corporate and regulatory affairs.
News of Braunstein's possible job switch was earlier reported by the Wall Street Journal.
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AHA Launches Drive to Endow New Prize for South Asian History
Following a recent Council decision, the AHA has launched a drive to endow a new annual prize—the John F. Richards Prize—for the best book on South Asian history, and invites all interested in the region's history to contribute generously to the fund.
Historical work on South Asia has become increasingly prominent and remarkably influential in recent decades. Numerous books focused on the region have deeply influenced scholarship on other parts of the world as well because of their innovative methodologies and novel perspectives. South Asian history is now taught at a growing number of colleges and universities worldwide, indicating an increasing interest among students and portending a rising volume of research on it. Nowhere is this truer than in the North American academy.
Historians of South Asia have also been increasingly visible within the American Historical Association with a growing representation at its meetings and in its flagship journal, the American Historical Review. Recognition of South Asian history reached another level in the election of Barbara D. Metcalf, a leading historian of the subcontinent, as the AHA's president for 2010, and also in the selection of Romila Thapar as the AHA's Honorary Foreign Member for 2010 (the second South Asian historian to be so honored after Jadunath Sarkar, on whom the Honorary Foreign Membership was conferred in 1952).
The time seemed apt, therefore, to add a new prize dedicated to South Asian history to the list of 20 book prizes currently awarded by the AHA and which now cover every other major world region. The AHA did award a prize—the Watumull Prize—for the best book on the history of India for a few decades, from 1945 through 1982. But, the prize, which had recognized the scholarship of many distinguished historians, became defunct for lack of funds. The initiative to resurrect a prize focused on the region, now more broadly defined as South Asia, came from the newly formed interest group, the Society for Advancing the History of South Asia (http://sahsa.uchicago.edu/). Members of the society, many of whom are also in the campaign committee for the fund (see box at right), decided to name the prize in memory of John Folsom Richards, a distinguished historian noted for his generosity, breadth of vision, and the collegial quality of his many academic ventures at Duke University and elsewhere.
By bringing the best new work to the attention of the scholarly and journalistic community each year, the John F. Richards Prize will reaffirm the significance of South Asian history to the historical discipline as a whole. It will signal the vibrancy of the field; and even as it turns a well-deserved spotlight onto a winner, the prize will also serve to illuminate the work of the many excellent scholars whose collective efforts have advanced South Asian history so notably during the past several decades.
Gifts to the John F. Richards Prize fund of the American Historical Association will be tax-deductible as permitted by law and each will be acknowledged by the chair of the fundraising committee as well as the AHA office. Any member of the campaign committee may be contacted for further information. Checks should be made out to the American Historical Association (with "Richards Prize" in the check's memo line)and mailed to AHA Richards Prize Fund, P. O. Box 532, Metuchen, NJ 08840-0532, USA, along with the form that can be downloaded from www.historians.org/support/give/Pledge_form.pdf. The form may also be used to make a pledge—payable by December 31, 2010—to the fund.
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'Duck Dynasty' Company to Sponsor College Football Bowl Game
The Robertson family's sports interests will soon span from NASCAR to college football.
Willie Robertson's Duck Commander company has signed a six-year deal, giving the duck call and hunting business the naming rights to the Independence Bowl.
The game, which is played in Shreveport, La., the home state of the A&E reality television Robertson family, was previously sponsored by AdvoCare V100.
According to ESPN, the Duck Commander Independence Bowl will feature SEC and ACC match-ups. If neither league offers a representative, teams representing the Conference USA and the American will also be considered. Duck Commander's current agreement guarantees that the bowl will bear the company's name for a minimum of three years, with a renewal option of three additional years.
In last year's bowl game, the University of Arizona (8-5) defeated Boston College (7-6) 42-6.
Earlier this month, Duck Commander announced that would also be title sponsor for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
"We're excited about the partnership for the Duck Commander 500, being aligned with NASCAR and to have our brand associated with an event of this magnitude," Duck Commander CEO, Willie, said in a statement. "We are all big fans of NASCAR and have been all our lives. It's especially exciting to see our brand join to make it an awesome experience for the fan base and we can't think of a better place than our neighbor at the Texas Motor Speedway."
The inaugural Duck Commander 500 is set for April 6, 2014.
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One of the oddest ingredients to put in a dessert, in my opinion, is beans. But in China, red beans were used all the time in sweet food. I learned to appreciate the dense little red bean cakes that were common for Chinese New Year, but I did draw the line at eating red bean ice cream. The sweet paste sandwiched inside something vaguely resembling a pastry wasn't so bad, but the whole beans in sweets sort of turned me off.
My family ate a lot of beans growing up - as they were inexpensive- and a casserole with rice, beans and cheese showed up on our dinner table pretty often. But it wasn't until the past few years that I started eating more black beans, and realized what a yummy, creamy texture they have.
During our weekend in Grand Lake, we ordered for dinner their special of the evening, a multi-course dinner for two. After the shrimp cocktail, they brought out the soup of the day, and it was a rich, creamy and smooth black bean soup. Easily the best I'd ever tasted.
I was inspired. I knew I had to make black bean soup as soon as possible after we got home, so I put it on the menu for the week.
I've also been wanting to make roasted garlic again - it's been a while since I've done that, and the roasted garlic is so delicious that I could easily eat every single clove of creamy garlic spread on slice after slice of crostini. I know it sounds crazy, but really, roasted garlic is so mellow, creamy and nutty that it's nothing like raw garlic.
Along with the garlic, I roasted some beautiful tomatoes on the vine, a red bell pepper and some onion to add to the soup. My secret ingredient for the soup is a pinch of nutmeg and a few tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder - it gives the soup a wonderful richness and amazing flavor.
Creamy Black Bean Soup with Roasted Garlic and Tomatoes
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- 4 ripe tomatoes, quartered
- 1 red bell pepper, quartered and de-seeded
- 1/2 sweet yellow onion, cut into large chunks
- 1 whole head of garlic
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 3 cans low-sodium or no-salt-added black beans, undrained
- 4 cups fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth or vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1/2 cup grated part-skim cheese
- 1/2 cup non-fat/low-fat sour cream
- diced green onions
- tortilla chips
Preheat the oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with foil. Place the tomatoes, pepper and onion on the baking sheet. Slice the head of garlic in half, horizontally, to expose all the cloves. Place the two garlic halves on small squares of foil. Drizzle the vegetables and garlic with the oil, then season with salt and pepper. Wrap up the garlic in the foil squares and place on the baking sheet. Roast vegetables for 1 hour. Set aside until cool enough to peel the skins off the tomatoes and pepper, and to scoop the roasted garlic out of the cloves.
In a large stockpot, combine the roasted vegetables (including all the garlic - don't be afraid - the roasted garlic is very mellow and won't overpower the soup). Add the beans, in their juices, and the broth. Use an immersion blender to puree until smooth.
Add the cumin, chili powder, cayenne, nutmeg and cocoa, and more salt to taste. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce to medium-low to simmer for 30 minutes to an hour, until thick and flavorful. Before serving, stir the lime juice into the soup.
Serve with grated cheddar cheese, non-fat sour cream, sliced green onions and tortilla chips.
Yields 8 servings.
Weight Watchers Points Plus Value: 7 points per serving, including a tablespoon each of grated cheese and sour cream, and 10 tortilla chips
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reports the Kansas City Star in a story by Barb Shelly, "Defenders of high payday loan rates resort to intimidation."
According to the story, "Someone broke into a car in Springfield last week and stole 5,500 signatures that volunteers had gathered for initiative petitions to cap payday loan rates and raise Missouri's minimum wage."
There have also been numerous allegations that opponents of the two ballot measures have been harassing signature gatherers. According to Shelly's story, "Opposition blockers down there have been screaming in the faces of our canvassers and voters to intimidate people from signing," said Molly Fleming-Pierre, an organizer with Communities Creating Opportunities in Kansas City.
As has been reported on earlier, volunteers, including clergy members and other religious groups, have been busy collecting signatures in an effort to qualify the measures.
It's unclear who is behind the blocking efforts in Missouri. The Star reports that, "A shadowy though well-funded group called Missourians for Equal Credit Opportunity is opposing the payday loan initiative, but there is no way to show at this point if that group paid someone to coordinate the strong-arm tactics used in Springfield."Fortunately, there are statutes on the books in Missouri that law enforcement can use to crack down on this criminal behavior.
The deadline for depositing signed petitions to the Missouri Secretary of State is this Monday.
Proponents of the two Missouri initiatives are optimistic that they will qualify for the ballot.
If they do qualify for the November election, it bodes well for Democratic candidates on the ballot, as my research on the 2006 minimum wage initiatives documents.


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This is not something I 'believe' this is fact, as far as I am concerned. I don't feel I have to prove my assertion. I don't have angst or struggle about this.
I don't have to 'prove' that a God doesn't exist anymore than I have to prove that fairies, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, an unicorns exist.
And I tell people, when they start in on me, that I have already read the bible and it didn't impress me as emperical evidence. Nor do anecdotal stories. I am not sure there really was a man named Jesus really. Maybe his acts were made up.
The nice thing about knowing that there isn't a diety is you can stop worrying about the afterlife and start doing the best you can to make the life you are living wonderful and meaningful for you. Sounds selfish. Christians have always told me that the 'self' is what you have to stop thinking about and give yourself to do God's will.
Don't have to do a unicorn's will or a do a fairies will or do God's will. All of that is equally absurd.
I am not an intellectual or a great thinker as you can mostly see here. I cannot cite nor repeat the great arguments about the great thinkers and scientists of the world. But within my own limited sphere, I embrace the darkness of the void when I die and I enjoy the human connections in my life now.
I don't understand what could be more comforting than the thought that everything is here, right now, for good or ill.
So no, there isn't a god and I don't have to prove it. And I don't want to hear the illogical and totally absurd and delusional 'evidence' anyone may have.
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