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Pocan, Moore match wits with Colbert
"Better Know a District" wrings comedy out of Congress
Two members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation have matched wits with comedian Stephen Colbert, and not only did they emerge with their reputations intact, they each described the experience as a lot of fun.
Colbert, the wildly popular host of "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central, featured Rep. Mark Pocan and Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District on Monday in his "434-part" series, "Better Know a District." On May 15, Colbert featured Rep. Gwen Moore and the 4th Congressional District.
Pocan said he was nervous playing the straight man to the quick-witted Colbert, who has now developed a reputation on Capitol Hill that Moore described as "a bad boy, just tearing people apart."
"Many members have told me their strategy is just to survive, and say as little as possible," Moore said.
Colbert's interview with Pocan included the comedian using a blow torch to light a cupcake stuffed with candles -- to celebrate the freshman's first 100 days in Congress -- then asking Pocan to blow out the candles. Colbert also grilled Pocan about gay marriage, the health care reform bill, and Pocan's past work as a magician.
"How long have you been turning tricks?" Colbert said to Pocan, a Democrat from Madison.
"You know you're going to get goofy questions and you just roll with it," Pocan told WISN.com.
Pocan said his entire interview with Colbert took 90 minutes to tape. He and Moore taped their interviews on the same day.
"I was happy with it," Pocan said of the edited, eight-minute segment. "I'm glad I didn't do anything too embarrassing."
Colbert's character is the ill-informed, slightly pompous host of a mock cable news program. Pocan confirmed that Colbert goes into character once the cameras start rolling, and off camera, Pocan described him as friendly and "very, very bright."
Colbert must have thought Moore, a Democrat from Milwaukee, was comedy gold, because his interview with her stretched over two segments of his half-hour program. Most representatives featured on "Better Know a District" get only one segment.
"I assume you got the job through affirmative action?" Colbert said to Moore, who is Wisconsin's first African-American member of Congress.
"Absolutely not," Moore replied. "I admitted to them that I was black."
"You're openly black?" Colbert asked, feigning shock. "When did you first realize you were black?"
Moore said she rebuffed Colbert for several months before her family and staff convinced her she had the skills to go toe-to-toe with him.
"I decided to flow with it, go with it, let it take me wherever it took me," Moore said, adding that she also decided "I'm going to take him there, too."
Moore said her 90-minute taping with Colbert had a lot of energy and chemistry, and according to her, some of the best bits ended up on the cutting room floor.
"We did a poetry slam together, pretending we were the 1 percent," Moore said. "There were long segments on how I was a man-hater. We just went with it."
"I think I was able to get some good slams in," she added.
Moore called reaction to her interview with Colbert "amazing," and said she was able to reach an audience she had not been reaching before.
"I thought it was good that I was able to make some substantive points in a comedic environment," Moore said. "I wanted to deliver the message that is important to me, that government is here to protect the most vulnerable."


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One of the most significant changes in production agriculture over the last 25 years has been adoption of precision agriculture technology as a routine practice in raising and harvesting crops.
From early experiments with what now would be seen as rudimentary systems for yield mapping, to global positioning system technology that allows equipment to follow prescribed paths across a field, to variable rate application that adjusts seeding, pesticide, fertilizer and plant growth regulator products on the go, to the possibility of unmanned aircraft mapping fields, site-specific agriculture has come of age.
But the key to making those systems successful remains the same, says Texas AgriLife Research engineer Steve Searcy. "The challenge is to obtain information and then use it to make decisions that result in profit," he says.
"We have the tools. We can use variable rate application to apply (specific rates) to whatever we need. The next step is to use the information to make money."
Searcy has been involved in precision agriculture research since the mid- 1980s, taking over a project from John Schueller around 1984, after Schueller left Texas A&M and moved on to the University of Florida.
Early work focused on positioning but through microwave triangulation instead of GPS. As the Global Positioning System was increasing the number of satallites in orbit in the early 1990s, research activity was limited because not enough satellites were available to provide access all the time. "We had to do our mapping only when we knew enough satellites were available."
Yield mapping remained the key focus into the 1990s as sensors improved, spurred by developments from Ag Leader, out of Ames, Iowa.
"Ag Leader was the first to offer commercial yield mapping technology. Around 1993, sensors became available as third-party add-ons." Soon, sensors became available as options on new machines as the technology became widely used. "Today, sensors come standard and a buyer might have to ask that it be removed if he doesn't want it." Searcy says the additional cost of a sensor is a small part of the overall cost of a combine.
Over time, as genetically engineered varieties came on and seed prices increased, producers became more interested in variable rate applications, a process that allows a grower to adjust seeding rates to field conditions without stopping to adjust planter settings. Sensors and GPS also adjust pesticide, fertilizer and other input rates on the go. "We can also switch varieties as we move across the field."
Searcy says variable rate irrigation technology is also an option.
Cotton farmers may soon use site-specific agriculture to help solve a problem that has bedeviled the industry, in some locations, for more than a century. Cotton root rot for decades was a problem without a viable solution, causing millions of dollars in crop losses annually. Recent discovery of a product and an application technique that provides control of the devastating disease offers hope that it will no longer be an economical issue. But the product is expensive, Searcy says. "So, my colleagues are working on a site-specific technology that would allow a producer to apply the product only to areas of the field with known infestations."
He says variable rate application of a cotton growth regulator is also possible and would be based on "how the cotton crop was growing. We've been working on this for a while."
GPS Technology
Texas producers have not adopted GPS technology as rapidly as producers in other parts of the country, especially in the Midwest, Searcy says. "We're still in a development stage here, although most of the research has been done and commercial advances have been made over the past 10 years."
He says auto-guidance systems have been widely adapted but those systems may not fit a strict definition of site-specific agriculture. Auto-steer, he says, is a convenient, useful and efficient tool, but "does not address the challenge of applying appropriate levels of product to specific areas of a field."
Site-specific agriculture, he adds, is a more comprehensive concept that involves gathering data and turning that into information to be used for decision-making, increasing efficiency and profitability. He says information comes from several sources, including field history, soil maps, and aerial imagery.
"Field history is valuable," he says, "and should go back for several years to show trends. Each year has its own variables. Weather and man-made variables such as planting date, tillage, application timing, variety selection and other decisions, affect productivity.
"That may be why some producers are not excited about yield mapping," he says. "Yield maps just give data. To be useful, producers have to turn it into information. To make the investment pay, they have to be curious as to why differences in yield occur. They could be related to soil differences, for instance." He says heavier soils hold more moisture better, so may be more productive in drier years but could suffer in seasons with more than enough rainfall.
"Farmers have a lot of data to sort through. It may be especially difficult for consultants who may work with thousands of acres."
Searcy says adoption of some site-specific agriculture technology may be slow partly because of the rapid improvements of available tools. He also believes Texas may lag behind because of the inherent risks in producing crops in a state with a fairly high chance of crop failure. "Texas producers have to deal with that possibility every year and some are reluctant to make the investment in management tools that can't guarantee a profit."
Transgenic Varieties
He says adoption of transgenic varieties has been higher because that technology was easy to incorporate into production systems. "The technology is already in the bag."
About the only decision farmers have to make is whether to purchase varieties with insect resistant traits or just herbicide tolerance. Also, they have choices about which of several systems to use. He also notes that today farmers have limited choices if they want seed without transgenic technology.
Searcy says the next big opportunity for site-specific agriculture could be through use of unmanned aircraft mapping fields. "We see a lot of interest in UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)," he says. "We may see a lot of potential with UAVs in remote sensing, but the technology still needs a lot of development, and we're probably not as close to adoption as some proponents believe."
Potential problems include the low altitude limitations for UAVs—500 feet, as required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). "Most stay at 400 feet to make certain to stay under that limit."
Low altitude may skew results. Also, the small, lightweight craft are prone to roll, drift and yaw with wind turbulence. With just a slight movement, rows 11 through 21 could be confused with rows 10 through 20, Searcy says.
The technology may be promising, but more research and development is needed. "It may be like early days of yield mapping. The vehicles can collect data, but then what do we do with it? It's not as simple as some might think."
Nothing about site-specific agriculture is particularly simple, however. "Producers have to use the data to make decisions," Searcy says. "It's not always easy."
He says the challenge is to gather the information and put it to use without investing too much time and effort and "make it a money maker. It needs to be a seamless turn-key decision for the producer.
"Data," he says, "is only good if a producer can turn it into a decision that helps him make a profit. The information has to be better than the cost to collect the data."

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I was woken this St. Patrick's Day morning by the most Irish of my sons studying me in my jammies and challenging, "Are you wearing green?"
My family is not fully Irish — one grandfather is Finnish, a grandmother French, another grandfather English. It's one grandmother alone who feeds my Irish roots. Her family was Irish as they come. I can't say that without image coming to mind of any of her wiry-haired brothers with his head tipped back to laugh.
Yet I never felt so Irish until my sons were born. I inadvertently tipped their focus toward their Irish roots when I name my oldest son Liam — less in Irish obsession than in the fact I liked the name (it is actually nod to my Finnish grandfather, William).
His younger brother, Blake, however, is the true throwback. I've never met a more Irish person than my youngest son, whose looks and mannerisms perfectly replicate Irish ancestors so long dead he could not be mimicking, and it was Blake (who slept in green shorts) who challenged my commitment to St. Patrick's Day this morning.
My sons get the double-dose, as my mother-in-law was full Irish, complete with her dark humor. I cracked up over the tweet from Weinstein Books publicity director, Kathleen Schmidt, below, because it so much represents the "catching up" conversations we have with my mother-in-law each visit home:
It's not an Irish party until you talk about who died or is dying. And then drink.
— Kathleen Schmidt (@Bookgirl96) March 16, 2014
Not only does my mother-in-law catch you up on family news by cataloguing the latest illnesses and disasters (in the most dramatic stage whisper, as if she were nearly — nearly — too shocked to tell you), but she is an avid lover of murder fiction.
She was never so pleased with a trip to visit us in Florida than the night we ended up trapped on South Beach, in Miami, because the FBI had the island cordoned off while they chased Gianni Versace's killer. We had given her the perfect mystery-lover's outing as we walked past the still-stained sidewalk in front of Versace's house and inadvertently walked through the live taping of America's Most Wanted, on our way to take her to a salsa-dancing club, where the blue-lit helicopter footage of the chase was being broadcast over the bar.
Still, my boys' and my own Irish identity reached its peak after a family trip to the ole sod in 2006.
The trip planted a seed that later grew into a novella and then a novel draft, which is the novel I have been working on the past 2 years and often write about here (click for all posts on Wake or on novel revision).
The picture of my son on the lawn of an Irish country house, at the top, epitomizes a certain essence of the internal motivation in the novel. While early drafts focused on the love story between Carinne and the paramilitary man she met in Ireland, development of her character and the story have made it clear that it is the need of her son to find his father that becomes the inciting incident for her to unravel all the mysteries in the book. Where she has been paralyzed to act on her own motivation, she is made brave enough to do for her son.
What's interesting to me, as my boys and I celebrate being Irish on St. Patrick's Day, is the backwards connections we have to Ireland now. For the deeply passionate connection we feel, my own inspiration is often in reverse to our factual roots.
In tracing family roots, we traveled to the south, although the Cooleys are from north of Dublin. My son poses in front of a country house, although our family left behind roots as humble as a mud-floored cottage. In Kerry, where the Irish Troubles didn't reach, I first felt the dark spark of my paramilitary character, Michael Roonan, on the shadowy, cool bed of a room in the garden wing of a English peerage hunting lodge. As much as the violence of the north was absent, the dark shadows of the surrounding forest seemed to speak of something in hiding, and Roonan was vivid in my mind from one sleepless night as if he leaned against the wall impatiently waiting for me to write.
But writing is like that. And our Irish love of story is like that: craving surprise, darkness, even shock.
I celebrate this St. Patrick's day by making the most of the week I have off for spring break by writing. My characters have been speaking loudly to me since the first hour I left work on Friday. I've written each of the last few days. I've copied new material from the last months into the existing draft (I'm well up to a 6th or 8th draft by now). I'm due for another print-and-read-through, expecting much from early drafts will be deleted now, and there will be big challenges in weaving together the reveal moments of various threads of the internal and external conflicts. Lots to do.
But I think I'll start with the promise to my son: I'll go don green.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Emergency Management
Welcome to Emergency Management
Our goal at Johnson County's Office of Emergency management is to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the effects of disasters- including natural disasters, such as tornadoes or floods, and man made problems such as chemical spills.
The County Judge is charged by stature with responsibility for emergency management planning and operations. Most departments within Johnson County have emergency functions in addition to their normal duties and play key roles in our emergency operations strategy. All departments work together to coordinate a service and prepare for an emergency or disaster.
The County is also privileged to have a Local Emergency Planning Committee (L.E.P.C.). This is a voluntary organization dedicated to improving responses to emergencies in Johnson County. The membership is made of leaders from public safety agencies, business, and industry. Breanna Evatt is acting President.
Emergency Management also manages the Cities Readiness program for Johnson County which is a program of the Dept of State Health Services. This is a program that will provide medicine to the citizens of Johnson County if and when a pandemic event breaks out or a terrorism biological attack hits our country. This program is managed by Amber Washington and volunteers. If you would like to volunteer fill out application on this web page and email to gro.xtytnuocnosnhoj@ME.
|Moore, Jamie
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|Emergency Management
|(817) 556-6346
|Washington, Amber
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Categories Comments Campus Safety
Campus is very safe, I feel at home here. There are multiple checkpoints to scan badges so only students can enter designated areas.
Greek Life
There is no greek life currently, but potential exists with students trying to come up with their own fraternities and sororities.
Clubs and Activities
There are multiple clubs and activities available. One can join yoga classes at the gym or sports clubs or clubs related to their respective majors.
What to do for fun
Go to the gym, Chicago city is very close by,
Food and Dining
There is a great variety of food with a dining hall conveniently located in the middle of campus and that is open to options of carrying out food as well.
Dorm Life
Dorms are spacious and clean with access to kitchens and laundry easily. Dorms are also very secure with regular checkpoints for students to scan their badges.
Academic Rigor
Academics are given a great emphasis as they should be here. Coursework is difficult, but definitely prepares you for the future.
Tips for prospective students
Prospective students should come in expecting to do a lot of hard work but have fun as well because it is a great campus with great students and faculty and not very far from the city as well.
In three sentences
Midwestern University, Downers Grove is a very organized, clean, friendly college. The faculty, staff, and students are all very caring and responsible. Additionally the facilities and amenities it has to offer are world class.
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Categories Comments Campus Safety
This is a very safe school as you need your ID to get into campus and to enter any building. Sometimes security people walk around too. Downers Grove is a relatively safe city to begin with.
Greek Life
They have a lot of fraternities and similar organizations if you're interested. I'm not part of one, so I can't tell you too much about it.
Clubs and Activities
There are lots of clubs and organizations you can join specific for your program. For example, in the pharmacy college, there is the Community Pharmacy Club and American Pharmacist Association. It helps you meet other people and be aware of what is going on at campus.
Great for these types of students
If you are willing to go through any schedule they give you and take exams at 7 am on Mondays, then you will be fine. If you're used to picking your own schedule during undergraduate studies, this will be a bit of a challenge. If you really like science, this is a good school for you.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
They force you to carry your ID all the time, and you need it to enter the campus and any building. Security is a bit extreme and there is always construction going on. They harp too much on professionalism at times and force you to attend a professionalism meeting.
Bang for the buck
I feel that tuition is a bit too expensive and sometimes I feel like I'm not even learning that much from the professors. Compared to the pharmacy school in Chicago, Midwestern University is much more expensive. I'm not really sure if I got the full benefit out of the tuition I payed.
What to do for fun
Be involved in clubs as it not only makes life more fun, but it also strengthens your resumes. Try to maybe get a leadership position or volunteer at the Health Fair they have in the fall. Downers Grove is right by Chicago, so if you're a city person, you can have lots of fun in downtown.
Food and Dining
I don't really eat in the cafeteria that much because they are so expensive. They only accept cash which is silly because everyone uses a credit or debit card these days. If you buy your food from the cafeteria everyday be prepared to have a serious dent in you wallet.
Dorm Life
I don't live in a dorm but I heard the rooms are pretty small. But you can always go to other buildings on campus that are more spacious and good for studying.
Academic Rigor
I sometimes feel that my high school classes were harder than classes here. The non-science classes aren't very challenging and the exams overall are not tricky. With such a big class size, it is sometimes hard to learn in class, so be prepared to teach yourself the majority of the material.
Tips for prospective students
Try your best to attend class as it helps you focus on what will be tested on exams. Use your breaks between classes wisely; try studying in the library instead of talking to your friends for the whole hour break. Keep up with you studies and try not to fall behind.
In three sentences
The campus is really pretty and most of the faculty are friendly. The hardest part of Midwestern University is sometimes just the schedule they give you. If you manage your time well, you will do all right.
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So anyway, we were on our way home and I was driving, minding my own business, going slightly under the speed limit at about 35 MPH, and I realized a cop was following me pretty closely, when after a minute or two, his lights started flashing. My heart started to pound as I pulled over, I got hot and nervous, and was afraid I would start stuttering or saying stupid things. I was hoping he was only pulling me over for something like a brake light being out.
He walked up to my car, shined his flashlight in my face, and informed me I'd been "weaving" and taking up two lanes. Now here's the thing - I took a new route home from the theater back out to the main road, and the road was unfamiliar to me, curved and twisted all over the place, and it was dark out. How else is one supposed to drive in the dark at 1am when they're not sure where the road is going to turn next? I would think a little weaving on a road like that would be expected, but then Jamie told me that he's noticed I have a tendency to hug the left side of the lane I'm in, which may be what led the cop to say I was taking up two lanes (definitely an exaggeration). So now I feel like I need to retrain myself where the center of the lane is, but it feels unnatural to drive any further to the right.
The whole experience with the cop didn't take more than two minutes as he checked my license and registration before sending me on my way with a warning, but it seemed to take forever. I suppose he was just doing his job, but the dreaded feeling of getting in trouble lingered, and I went to bed with a stress headache. Like the time in 1st or 2nd grade when I got in trouble at school and had to sit at the "no talking table" at lunch as punishment - when I got home, my mom asked me who I had sat with at lunch (she always asked that question, but that day it seemed that somehow... she knew). I told her I had sat with a boy I had a crush on and went on with whatever I was playing with. But a few minutes later, guilt-ridden over my horrible lie, I went to find her in the laundry room and confessed the truth. She hugged me, told me she was proud of me for telling her, and I didn't get punished.
It's the last day of the long weekend, and today, we're going to take a picnic lunch up to the mountains and enjoy the sun and beautiful weather. We're going to have chicken salad lettuce wraps and some fruit, bread, cheese and crackers. I wanted to take a bottle of wine, but we probably can't take that to a national park, so it's probably safer to enjoy that at home another time. But before we head out, I wanted to leave you with this post and wonderful pasta recipe... I had the rest of this post all typed out before I added my little rant at the beginning! :)
Friday night I had the condo to myself. Jamie had a "guys night" at a friend's house for their annual fantasy football draft, so I was on my own. The girls all went out for dinner, but I just spent a painful amount of money between the dentist and maintenance on my car (with still more to come - I can't believe my 100+ mile commute a day has put over 30,000 miles on my car in just over a year which means a lot of preventative maintenance...), so I'm feeling the pressure to save money where I can.
- 2/3 pound whole-wheat spaghetti
- 1/4 cup pasta water
- 1 zucchini
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- lemon zest of 1/2 lemon
- lemon juice of 1 lemon
- 2 tomatoes, sliced
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my boy.
sandpoint, idaho - august 2012.
this boy,
i'm telling you.
in the summertime, he would never, never, never come in if we didn't make him.
max, you melt me.
i love that you love to play and pretend and just BE outside.
and when you finally stop to give me a "snuddle"
you smell like the earth.
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Hi all,
I have created a template linked list thingy and it works perfectly. However, when i split the file up to only leave the list functionalty in the list.cpp and the main stuff in a main.cpp i get external erros on all calls to the functions in list.cpp. This should really be basic stuff, as it is all in a project and i include the appropriate header files etc.
I have attached the files if anyone could try it on there compiler?? Maybe i have stared myself blind on something.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Paschal on Wiecek on the Stone Court
Richard A. Paschal, George Mason University Law School, has posted Constitutional Birth Pains, a review of William M. Wiecek's contribution to the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the United States Supreme Court, The Birth of the Modern Constitution: The United States Supreme Court, 1941-1953 Although the review essay is a bit old--it originally appeared in the Green Bag 2d, 10 (2006)--I realized the other day that some followers of the blog are unfamiliar with the saga of the Holmes Devise. If you're in that category, the first few pages of the Paschal's review will get you started, but you should then follow the trail through his footnotes, especially to this essay.
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About A Goth
A short monologue play about a young man who volunteers in old people's homes and suffers paroxysms of love and hate for its residents.
Nick is seventeen, a Goth and gay. In between volunteering at his local old people's home where he conversely gets chatted up and abused by its residents and having to attend re-enactments of Medieval battles with his slightly barmy parents, he finds the time to hang out with best mate, Greg. But a sudden death at the home forces him to confront his fears of coming out as well as perhaps giving his pessimistic mindset a rethink. Wells is well known for his touching comic monologues that are ideal showcases for young actors.
About A Goth was first performed at Òran Mór in Glasgow in 2009.


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I think this is hilarious!
"Barbie Dolls More Dangerous than US Missiles"
In the Muslim world, the equivalent to "Barbie and Ken" are "Sara and Dara", a pair of dolls dressed in traditional Muslim garments. The dolls were released by governmental agencies wanting to counter American influence on children.
Ms Rahimi, a toy seller, believes "every Barbie doll is more harmful than an American missile", because it leads girls to refuse the Iranian culture. The doll Sara wears scarf to cover the hair and a long dress and is manufactured in China.
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AGV AX-8 Evo Rossi Ranch Helmet ~ Sale
The AX-8 Evo consolidates AGV's position in the world of cross competition with an extremely original design and first class technical characteristics. The design differs from other helmets now on the market in that the chin guard has an immediate aesthetic impact with a wide steel grille protecting the front air vent which makes this helmet simply unmistakable.
The design is pure AGV style with an evident family feeling in the front air vents and the rear extractors that recall both those in the on-road and MT-X versions. The helmet differs significantly from others in the market today thanks to the chin guard with immediate aesthetic impact characterized by its large steel grille that protects the highly assertive front air vent that makes the AX-8 instantly recognizable especially during races regardless of the helmet's graphics or track conditions.
New internal padding with increased thickness for improved comfort and greater stability in professional use. New shape of the outer shell in the chin area which, combined with a wider and softer base edge compared to the previous model, reduces interference with any back protector used and decreases risks of impact traumas, thanks to its "shock-absorber" function.
The AX-8 is available in 3 outer shell sizes with sizes that run from XXS to XXXL. The outer shell vaunts SSL layering made in Carbon, Kevlar and fibreglass in order to keep weight low while ensuring the maximum safety.
The integrated IVS ventilation system consists of channels formed directly in the outer shell that ensure more efficacious airflow inside the shell and better aerodynamic performance. The front air events, the vents on the visor edge and on the chin guard permit constant flow of fresh air inside the helmet. The rear extractors carry away all the moist warm air from inside the helmet through the channels in the EPS.
The internal padding in breathable Dry-lex® material has been provided with sanitizing treatment and is completely removable and washable, including the flap on the strap in order to ensure constantly perfect hygiene inside the helmet, an item that is always subjected to harsh use. For the same reason, the visor area features soft covers in plastic, which unlike fabric does not absorb moisture and can be easily washed with a sponge or a brush. The internal padding in the visor opening area has been studied for a perfect fit even when wearing motocross goggles.
The chin vents can be easily removed without tools and are sized for both ideal airflow and complete chin protection (in other helmets, the wearer's chin protrudes from the helmet's profile due to the chin guard's reduced height). Despite the large aperture that can be seen from the shape of the outer grill, beneath it stands a sturdy structure in fibre that offers the best compromise between airflow capacity and mechanical strength. The chin vents on the AX-8 are interchangeable with those on the AX-8 Dual. The peak, with its outer screws in aluminium is easily adjustable thanks to the central plastic screw beneath it. The fastening system vaunts DD closing with a double titanium ring. The helmet weighs just 1,150 g (/- 50 g.) in M size for E2205 homologation and 1,400 g (+/- 50 g.) in M size for E2205/DOT and AS-NZS homologation.
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First, start up the zamboni in hell please, because I actually think that there's a Point hidden in all the stuff that has me wincing as I read. To wit:
But what does all this talk of separating D/s in the bedroom from real life, of taking "safe, sane, and consensual" as one's creed, of female subs being empowered by the emphasis on consent really mean? Methinks the Sisters of Mercy fans doth protest too much, that someone is pissing on my leg and telling me it's raining. I read 400+ e-mails from men interested in a young woman curious about submission, I looked at a shit-ton of BDSM porn, I went to a BDSM club, I read tens of thousands of words on BDSM-related websites, and I didn't feel very safe or sane when I got done, nor did I feel like participating in the shit I'd seen or read about would make me feel particularly empowered.While how safe or sane I feel reading websites is probably rather different than how safe or sane she does, I think she's spot on here. We do a lot of protesting and apologizing here in BDSMland for what we want and what we do (and, for some of us, who we are). We do a lot of insisting that, as ND points out, "safe sane and consensual" means we never get hurt. Means we never find asshole partners. Means we never mess up negotiations in ways that are Not Good for us.
Which is all, as she points out, bullshit.
Which brings me to the difference between these sorts of feminist and us, or at least between ND and me.
I believe that risk is a part of life, and I believe that sometimes things are important enough to someone that she can and should choose to take them.
She recommends scrutiny, for reasons she considers particularly feminist and I consider pretty bad:
I don't think these criteria are good ones. I don't think feminism is about figuring out what sorts of nefarious anti-woman things men have in their heads and, armed with Knowledge, tripping warily through the minefield. I think that makes feminism about men in a funny way, about men and about fear, when it's supposed to be about women and about becoming more free. (And yes, self-styled "radical" feminists may not like that word "free," thinking it means "at liberty to make dumb choices." As a matter of fact, I am using it that way. Let's see them sour faces.)
When considering sexual matters and their relationship to the general misogyny that pervades our culture, I generally pretend I'm a justice in the Supreme Court of Gender Issues and apply the ol' strict scrutiny standard (albeit my own modified version of it). Sex, as it has been used throughout history as a tool of domination and as it is the locus of the negotiation of gender roles and a large majority of our social behaviors, requires close analysis. If I'm going to give a sexual practice a free pass and the Nine Deuce seal of approval, it's got to meet three criteria:
If a sex act fails to meet any of these three criteria, you can expect that I'll be questioning the fuck out of it, and BDSM really blows it on all three.
- First, I ask myself whether women are ever hurt as a result of the practice under consideration. If the answer is yes, the practice has not earned immunity from examination and analysis.
- Second, I ask myself whether those who engage in the practice ever do so out of a hatred of women. If so, it's up for discussion and judgment (a nasty word for those with po-mo leanings, I know, but a necessary one nonetheless).
- Finally, I have to ask myself whether the practice would occur in a society that wasn't characterized by male supremacy and the hatred of women, both of which tend to manifest as the mixture of sex and power. I've got a really impressive imagination (I invented unicorns), so if I can't imagine a sex act having the power to excite in a post-patriarchal world, I get a little dubious.
But having walked away from this discussion for months, and feeling so much the better for it, I don't want to talk about that now. I want to talk about something else.
I want to talk about this pervasive sense that feminism is about protecting women from making bad choices by Letting Them Know, through blog posts and essays and books, through warnings and theory and the slow spread of fear, What They're Getting Into.
I'm not for that any more. She's spot on: SM is risky and dark and it means looking into who you are and what you want and finding the spaces where that's not so pretty. The times when you want something no one is supposed to: abasement, exaltation, pain, fear, shame. That's not pretty -- well, no, it's quite pretty. But it's not tame.
It can and does engage all sorts of ugly things, because it draws on anything and everything, and doesn't run. Does that mean that sometimes, male dominance shows up, flaws and history and violence and all? Yes, it does. It even means that some women romanticize that, crave it in their head. In most cases, it will be stripped of social meaning ("I want to be his slave, but I want equal wages at work"), and that's what we mean when we do the "It's only in the bedroom" style insisting. In some cases, though, some people really do buy in to the idea that submission is what a woman is for -- including some women. When we say we're not like those people, we're disavowing that, saying that fantasy doesn't, in the end, trump reason.
Rightly so, IMO. There are people out there into ANYTHING who go overboard, and suffer for it.
But that doesn't really answer 92, and those like her. Their point is that women's submission to men, however bounded, just is frightening. Particularly to someone who doesn't have similar interests and whose deepest passion is a witty, cold, "radical feminist" rage that gets her a rapt audience.
Which it should be.
The disagreement isn't over that. It's over the place of the frightening in our lives. It's over whether you think people should dive into the frightening, or whether you're waving signs and trying to forcibly haul them back out.
I know where I stand on that.
Which is why I stick up for female subs the same as I stick up for me, despite that I've heard a fair amount of the same bullshit that she sees as epidemic.
Living means taking risks. It also means being wise about doing so, which is what all the "SSC", all the "limits", all the "I'm not 24/7", all that stuff, whether well-conceived or nonsensical, is about.
Risk management. Not risk elimination.
But someone coming up to me and saying "Isn't BDSM emotionally unsafe [for women bottoms living in patriarchy]?" is like someone coming up to me and saying "Don't condoms break?"
Not my place to decide whether someone else should panic and run because her boyfriend's might.


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Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers, FAIA, LEED AP, announced today that passers-by at the U.S. Capitol will soon see workers beginning the restoration of the Capitol Dome skirt – the lower level of the cast iron Dome.
The restoration work will include repairing and restoring historic ironwork, sandstone, and brick masonry. In addition, old paint will be removed from the interior and exterior of the Dome skirt and it will be repainted.
Work behind the scenes has been ongoing for several months to prepare the site for the restoration project. Currently, a large scaffold tower is in place on the West Front Grounds. A second scaffold tower will soon be erected at the terrace level, and will connect with the lower tower with a bridge that will be used to move materials to the skirt level. The scaffolding installed around the Dome's skirt will be covered with a white scrim to allow it to blend in with the building's exterior. The majority of the work will be done at night and on weekends to ensure minimal disruption to Congressional business, events, and public tours.
The Architect of the Capitol has performed regular maintenance to slow the deterioration, and in summer 2010, sealed and painted the Dome to provide a protective coating to help preserve and protect the exterior cast-iron surfaces. To accommodate preparations for the 2013 Inaugural, work on the Dome skirt is scheduled for completion in fall 2012.
"There is only one Capitol Dome, and we are committed to preserving it for generations to come," noted Ayers.
The iconic Capitol Dome serves as a symbol of our country and our government. It was designed by Architect of the Capitol Thomas U. Walter, and is the Capitol's second dome. The first, finished in 1824, was a low dome made of wood and covered by copper. By the 1850s, this dome was considered a fire hazard and too small for the Capitol Building, which had been enlarged over the years.
Construction on the new dome began in 1856, and progressed through the Civil War. Made of cast iron, the new dome was added to the existing Rotunda walls. Its iron columns were cast hollow, allowing some to serve as chimneys or rain downspouts. Work was completed on December 2, 1863, when the last section of the Statue of Freedom was put in place atop the new dome.


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The Nativity
The Nativity refers to the story of the birth of Jesus as recorded in the Bible where He was visited by Wise Men from the East who had been following the Bethlehem Star and from shepards nearby who were visited by a host of angels. Jesus himself was in a manger in a stable or cave with Mary and Joseph.
The recreation of nativity scenes has been popular in Christian culture, especially around Christmas time. The scenes usually have three wise men, although the number of men is not stated in the text, only that they brought three gifts. Also, it is believed that the wise men did not arrive until some time after the birth, but they are still included in traditional nativity scenes.
While Nativity scenes have been a proud part of American heritage, in recent years they have often been opposed in lawsuits filed by intolerant liberals when displayed on public lands, an unfortunate part of the times.
Case Studies
In 2011, the Freedom from Religion Foundation noticed a nativity scene erected on the courthouse lawn at Athens, Texas. The foundation wrote to Henderson County seeking the removal of the nativity scene. The request sparked outcry across America, leading to a protest of 5,000 people (in a town with a population of 12,000) who wanted the scene retained. The Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, offered to defend the county if the case was taken to court, and was quoted as saying:
|Our message to the atheists is don't mess with Texas and our Nativity scenes or the Ten Commandments...I want the Freedom From Religion Foundation to know that our office has a history of defending religious displays in this state.[1]
- ↑ Kerby, R. Thousands rally to save Texas nativity Beliefnet News, December 24, 2011


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Equities dove worldwide as inflation and oil continued to fall, prompting more analysts to urge the European Central Bank to begin its own large-scale quantitative easing program.
The euro fell against the dollar in the first days of trading in 2015, sinking from $1.2098 to $1.1864, while analysts expect the euro to weaken even further. Morgan Stanley and BNP Paribas expect further declines in the currency, while Santander is an exception in expecting the euro to rise from current levels. The currency recovered slightly in afternoon trading, rising to $1.1917 in afternoon trading in New York.
Most analysts worldwide point to weak growth and deflationary pressures throughout Europe as causes for the currency's decline. In Spain, prices fell an annualized 1.1% in the last reading, and the CPI expects to fall further in both the U.S. and Europe amidst falling oil prices.
Oil fell further on Monday, worsening the threat of deflation in the European Union. Brent oil futures expiring in February fell 5.4% in Monday trading to less than $53.50 per barrel. In the U.S., WTI futures fell 4.4% to slightly over $50 per barrel.
Watershed Greek Elections
While analysts at investment banks warn that QE has become inevitable, the ECB and Germany's government are signaling that they will not act until Greece's snap elections are complete. Over the weekend, German newspaper Der Spiegel published a story suggesting that Germany is preparing for a Greek exit to the Eurozone. According to the paper, a German government report suggested that the European Union can withstand a Greek exit, and that Greece's exit from the Eurozone would not endanger the union or the currency.
The leaked report comes after Greece announced snap elections, which many analysts believe will help the main opposition Syriza party, who oppose austerity and have hinted that they would leave the Eurozone if the country is forced to endure further austerity measures by German decree. Already, the IMF has suspended aid to the country after the announced elections. The Syriza party has led polls since May, and some believe they will return Greece to the drachma after winning the election.
A recent opinion poll saw that Syriza had a 3 percentage point lead over the New Democracy party, a central party whose leader, Antonis Samaras, has been prime minister since 2012 and who has been instrumental in implementing German-led austerity measures.
Greek Exclusion from QE
Tensions between Germany and Greece were aggravated after it was announced that the European Central Bank's quantitative easing program would involve purchasing only the safest and highest-rating bonds, thereby excluding Greece from direct stimulus. Some analysts believe a QE program will exclude other countries, such as Spain and Portugal, leading to greater tensions between northern and southern Europe.
The ECB has halted any further move on a QE program until Greece's snap elections are complete, which some critics argue is a form of political blackmail that threatens the country with a pariah status if they do not vote for the right party from the European Union's perspective. Syriza party leader Alex Tsipras said this weekend at a party rally that the ECB should begin a QE program and include Greece in it; after those purchases, the Greek government would then write off the foreign debt.


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Two weeks ago I hosted Eric Beetner and today I'm hosting JB Kohl--the other half of the very talented duo that writes the Dean Fokoli and Ray Ward detective series set in the noir world of 1940s Kansas City and Los Angeles. The most recent book in the series, Borrowed Trouble, was released to terrific reviews this month.
JB Kohl and Eric Beetner also wrote One Too Many Blows to the Head and she's published another on her own, The Deputy's Wife. She lives in Virginia with her husband and three children.
Figuring anyone who can create Fokoli can handle the tough questions, I threw this week's question at her. Here is Fokoli's intriguing and hardboiled reply.
Imagine you're at your high school reunion. Set the scene. How would you describe what you do? How would you answer the questions about the gruesome aspects of death or the too interested positing about how to kill a spouse?
You come to me on this, the last day of February, and ask me how Dean would handle his high school reunion. What would he do? How would he handle the curious folks who wanna know about offing a spouse?


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Nicolette Boehland, currently in Libya as a CIVIC fellow, blogs for the Boston Globe on the use of weapons in Libya. She is part of a team from Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic that authored Explosive Situation: Qaddafi's Abandoned Weapons and the Threat to Civilians in partnership with CIVIC and Center for American Progress.
Read her blog for the Boston Globe here!
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If you give PowerPoint-style presentations, a digital projector can help your work look polished and professional. But in the past, a model matching the resolution of your laptop's screen and suitable for both work and play cost big bucks. Not anymore.
The first wave of sub-$1000 units with native 1024 by 768 (XGA) resolution has arrived, a significant quality upgrade from the lower-resolution 800 by 600 (SVGA) products that dropped below that same price level last year. The Epson PowerLite 76c, the Microtek CX6, the Hitachi CP-RX60, and the Sharp Notevision XR-10X--all of which make our chart--are versatile portables that match up well against our top-rated projector, the NEC LT35, at less than half the price.
These lower-cost newcomers may not have all the extras you'd find on a high-end business model like the NEC, but they do offer a reasonable mix of power and performance, whether you want to deliver a presentation in a conference room or view DVD movies in the family room.
To find out how well these bargain-priced XGA projectors would perform when tested alongside other portable models, we rounded up a total of 16 business projectors from over a dozen manufacturers. The PC World Test Center examined units from Canon, Dell, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, NEC, Microtek, Mitsubishi, Optoma, Panasonic, Plus Vision, Sharp, and Sony, and rated how well they displayed various images. (Click here for complete test results and a review of each model tested.)
The 16 projectors we corralled for this roundup represent a range of shapes, sizes, and designs. The smallest we reviewed are two sub-3-pound models: HP's diminutive MP2210 (which finished in tenth place) and Plus Vision's slender, seventh-ranked V-339. The heftiest products, at 8.6 pounds each--Canon's Realis SX50 and Sharp's XR-10X--are over twice the size of the supercompact ones. Each supports native XGA (or higher) resolution and weighs less than 9 pounds. And while none of these models is intended strictly for home theater use (see "Home Theater Wonders" for more), all of them may be used for at-home entertainment as well as for work.
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After last weekend's postponed games because of weather, the New England Revolution Under-16 and Under-18 youth teams took to the road again this past weekend and came away with three victories in four matches. The U18s swept their games against Met Oval, 4-3, and BW Gottschee, 2-1. The U16s beat Met Oval, 4-1, on Saturday, but were shut out by BW Gotschee, 2-0, on Sunday.
The U16s jumped out to a 3-1 halftime lead and never looked back, beating Met Oval 4-1 on Saturday afternoon in Maspeth, N.Y. Devin Devoy (North Attleboro, Mass) tallied on an assist from Christian Sady (North Andover, Mass.) in the 15th minute. Diego Fagundez (Leominster, Mass.) scored consecutive goals for the Revs, the first with help from Felix DeBona (Everett, Mass.). DeBona then put the game out of reach in the 50th minute when he scored a goal off a pass from Dominik Machado (Attleboro, Mass.). Fagundez's fantastic performance was overshadowed, however, when he fractured his arm in the second half and had to be taken out of the game.
The U18s followed with an exciting start to their match against Met Oval. The teams scored five goals in the first 15 minutes and the Revs eventually prevailed with a 4-3 victory over Met Oval. The game was tied until the 83rd minute when Dylan Hawkins (Easton, Mass.) headed in a Josh Vlasich (East Kingston, N.H.) offering for the game-winner. Homero Morais (Somerville, Mass.) scored twice for the Revs, first on a header from Gustavo Santos (Framingham, Mass.) and a brilliant strike from 20 yards out on his second goal in the eighth minute. Santos also assisted one minute later on a goal by Michael Rincon (Malden, Mass.).
Sunday the Revs' youth squads traveled to Brooklyn, N.Y., to take on BW Gottschee at a breezy Aviator Sports Field near the water. The U16s could not convert on scoring opportunities and dropped a 2-0 decision. The loss drops the Under-16s to 2-2-0 on the young season.
The U18s had better luck in the afternoon, coming away with a 2-1 victory against BW Gottschee. Jonni Ventura (Westminster, Mass.) netted what proved to be the game-winner in the 33rd minute on a pass from Morais. Ventura also assisted on a tally to Vlaisch in the 29th minute. The back line combination of Kyle Gordon (Uxbridge, Mass.) and Sawyer Kisken (Fairbanks, Alaska) played well in the victory. The win improves the U18s' record to 3-1-0.
The Revolution's Under-16 and Under-18 youth teams' next matches come Saturday, March 13, and Sunday, March 14, with home matches at Durfee High School in Fall River, Mass., with rematches against SC Premier (Saturday) and Oakwood SC (Sunday). These will be the first home games for the youth teams this season.
New England Revolution U15/16 vs. Met Oval U15/16
March 6, 2010 – Queens, NY. ( Met Oval Field – Maspeth, NY)
Scoring Summary:
NE – Devin Devoy (Christian Sady) 15
NE – Diego Fagundez (Felix DeBona) 37
NE – Diego Fagundez ( unassisted ) 44
NE – Felix DeBona ( Dominik Machado ) 50
New England Revolution: Ryan Simpson (GK), Christian Sady, Mitchell Taintor, Pablo Espinola (Juan Moreira 72), Adrian Reifsnyder ( Daniel Chmura 71), Daniel Tchen, Dominik Machado, Devin Devoy (Salvador Castro 67), Diego Fagundez (Jack Hilger 55), Felix DeBona (Alan Florez Pino 62), Cole Denormandie (Douglas Silveira 67)
Misconduct Summary:
New England Revolution U17/18 vs. Met Oval U17/18
March 6, 2010 – Queens, NY. ( Met Oval Field – Maspeth, NY)
Scoring Summary:
NE – Homero Morais (Gustavo Santos) 8
NE – Michael Rincon (Gustavo Santos) 9
NE – Homero Morais (Cody Osgood) 15
NE – Dylan Hawkins (Josh Vlasich) 83
New England Revolution: Chris Foley (GK), James Doherty, Daniel Sangster, Kenny Kolbeck, Felipe Fagundes (Kyle Gordon 87), Michael Rincon (Fabio Junior 71), Cody Osgood (Dylan Hawkins 56), Miguel Castro (Josh Vlasich 58), Gustavo Santos (Sawyer Kisken 66), Jonni Ventura, Homero Morais
Misconduct Summary:
MO – (caution) 56
NE – Michael Rincon (caution) 68
MO – (caution) 74
MO – (caution) 82
New England Revolution U-15/16 vs. BW Gottschee U15/16
March 7, 2010 – Brooklyn, NY. (Aviator Sports Field – Field #1)
Scoring Summary:
New England Revolution: Ryan Simpson (GK), Christian Sady, Mitchell Taintor, Juan Moreira (Pablo Espinola 52), Daniel Chmura (Adrian Reifsnyder 41) , Daniel Tchen, Douglas Silveira (Salvador Castro 53), Devin Devoy, Jack Hilger, Cole DeNormandie, Alan Florez Pino (Felix DeBona 50)
Misconduct Summary:
NE – Mitchell Taintor (caution 70)
New England Revolution U-17/18 vs. BW Gottschee U-17/18
Mrach 7, 2010 – Brooklyn, NY. (Aviator Sports Field – Field #1)
Scoring Summary:
NE – Josh Vlasich (Jonni Ventura) 29
NE – Jonni Ventura (Homero Morais) 33
New England Revolution: Jose Silva (GK), Kyle Gordon, Daniel Sangster, Kenny Kolbeck, Dylan Hawkins (James Doherty 59), Sawyer Kisken, Josh Vlasich, Homero Morais (Miguel Castro 67), Michael Rincon (Gustavo Santos 46) (Felipe Fagundez 78), Jonni Ventura, Fabio Junior (Fernando Baptista 67)
Misconduct Summary:
BWG – (caution) 30
BWG – (caution) 60
NE – Gustavo Santos(caution) 78


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From BP's Kevin Goldstein trading article:
What They Need: Chicago believes the answers to their problems are mostly internal, simply needing their own players to get better. At the same time, though, Kenny Williams is one of the most aggressive GMs around.
The Big Name: A third-round pick last June, right-handed reliever Addison Reed has struck out 80 over 55 innings while advancing from Low- to Double-A, and if he doesn't go in a deal, he could be in the big leagues with his upper-90s fastball by September.


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Mastermind Behind Benghazi Attack Trained In The U.S.By Kris Zane
It is has been widely reported in Egyptian media that one of the leaders in the attack against the Benghazi consulate on September 11, 2012 was Mohsen Al-Azazi.
Scroll Down for VideoAccording to Ahmed Moussa, a former high ranking intelligence official with the Egyptian government and several other sources, Al-Azazi's passport was found in the house of Khairat Al-Shater, the Number Two man in the Muslim Brotherhood hierarchy, now under house arrest in Egypt by the Egyptian military.
But according to an ongoing Egyptian investigation by Egypt's Supreme State Security Prosecution, Muslim Brotherhood second-in-command Khairat Al-Shater was just tangentially involved in the attack on the Benghazi consulate. The actual mastermind of the attack was a man by the name of Tarek Taha Abu Al-Azm, now in the custody of the Egyptian military.
In what is reminiscent of the attack on the World Trade Center towers and Pentagon on 9/11, where some of the hijackers reportedly received flight training on U.S. military installations, per Egyptian investigators, Al-Azm, the mastermind of the attack on the Benghazi consulate, took military courses at a U.S. Air Force base.
Per Muslim Brotherhood researcher Walid Shoebat, citing multiple Arabic news sources, Al-Azm is a seasoned jet fighter pilot and a former Major in the Egyptian Air Force.
Per Shoebat, translating from a pro-Jihadi website, the Arabian Sword:
Al-Azm is a former Major in the Egyptian armed forces who graduated from high school and joined the military academy, graduating as an officer of the Armed Forces Officers. Al-Azm traveled to the United States for military courses until he reached the rank of captain and was put in charge of an air base for the Egyptian armed forces.
Per Shoebat, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had jailed Al-Azm for terrorist activities. But when Obama-backed Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi ascended to the presidency, Al-Azm was immediately released.
But this is just the beginning of a blockbuster story.
A Libyan Intelligence document dated September 15, 2012, names six Egyptians from the terrorist group Ansar al-Sharia, based in Egypt, as being behind the attack on the Benghazi consulate. Then-Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi is named as a co-conspirator.
Per Walid Shoebat's translation of the Libyan Intelligence document:
The most distinguished names that were obtained from the confessions by members of the cell, is the person, the President of Egypt, Mohammad Morsi…
Along with Morsi, the Libyan Intelligence document goes on to name five other co-conspirators, all members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
This is the same Mohammed Morsi who Barack Hussein Obama was fawning over and sent hundreds of millions of dollars to in foreign aid. The same Mohammed Morsi that Obama is still supporting.
But it gets worse—much worse.
According to Arabic News Channel TV14 and reported on by Egypt Daily News, Obama sent an eight billion dollar secret bribe to the Muslim Brotherhood to guarantee that the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula be turned over to the terrorist group Hamas. Hamas, a Muslim Brotherhood sister group, works directly with Ansar al-Sharia in the Sinai Peninsula. Channel TV14 goes on to say that the agreement was signed by Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood's second in command, Khairat Al-Shater, now under house arrest in Egypt.
And what does Khairat Al-Shater have to say? He's singing like a bird and says he has documents that will put Obama away for a very long time!
As reported by at least six Arabic news sources, as translated by Walid Shoebat:
In an interview with the Anatolia News Agency, Saad Al-Shater, the son of a Muslim Brotherhood leader, the detained Khairat Al-Shater said that his father had in his hand evidence that will land the head of United States of America, President Obama, in prison.
But there's more: the eight billion dollars that Obama sent to the Muslim Brotherhood was shared with Ansar al-Sharia, the group that attacked our consulate and CIA Annex in Benghazi on September 11, 2012.
That means Barack Hussein Obama in essence funded the attack on the Benghazi consulate!
Funding terrorists? The mastermind of the attack on the Benghazi consulate trained in the United States? Obama secretly sending billions of dollars to the Muslim Brotherhood?
Who exactly is Barack Hussein Obama, and who is he working for?
Article submitted by: Veronica Coffin


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"I will not sacrifice the Black Sea Fleet.
We've made too many compromises already.
Too many retreats.
They reunify Germany, and we fall back.
They assimilate entire Warsaw Pact nations, and we fall back.
Not again!
The line must be drawn here...
THIS far,
NO further!
NO further!
Hillary, talk to Russia before it's too late
Before it's too late, before it's too late
Hillary, talk to Russia before it's too late
Before They blow up The World
You can go to the zoo, but u don't feed guerrillas
U can't feed guerrillas, left wing guerrillas
Go to the zoo, but don't feed guerrillas
Who wanna blow up the world
Oh yes, baby
Hillary, if you're dead before I get to meet ya
Before I get to meet ya, before I get to meet ya
Hillary, if you're dead before I get to meet ya
Don't say I didn't warn ya
Hillary, talk to Russia before it's too late
Before it's too late, before it's too late
Hillary, talk to Russia before it's too late
Before They blow up the world
Before They blow up The World
(Don't blow up my world)
Don't you blow up my world
by James Corbett
July 24, 2016
July 24, 2016
Hillary Rodham Clinton is a Wall Street-backed warmonger whose potential election as President of the United States this November poses an existential threat not just to Americans but to all of humanity.
As First Lady and then as Senator, she actively supported the US' illegal wars of aggression abroad:
BILL CLINTON: "Today, our Armed Forces joined our NATO allies in airstrikes against Serbian forces ,esponsible for the brutality in Kosovo."HILLARY CLINTON: "You know I voted for the Iraqi resolution."CLINTON: "The President understands this. He's fully aware that it's going to take a lot of patience and pain-staking planning and we're gonna support him!"CLINTON: "…including thousands of chemical weapons. Large volumes of chemical and biological stocks. A number of missiles and warheads. A major lab equipped to produce Anthrax."
She not only admitted the US role in creating Al Qaeda:
CLINTON: "When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, we had this brilliant idea there we were going to come to Pakistan and create a force of Mujahideen, equip them with Stinger missiles and everything else, to go after the Soviets inside Afghanistan."
But then, despite this admission, as Secretary of State her support of the war on Libya and the jihadis in Syria directly led to the rise of ISIS and the migrant crisis in Europe:
CLINTON: "The transition to democracy in Syria has begun and it's time for Assad to get out of the way.""President Assad is not indispensable and we have absolutely nothing invested in him remaining in power.""I think based on definitions of war-criminal and crimes against humanity, there would be an argument to be made that he (Assad) would fit into that category."CLINTON: "Libya was a different kind of calculation and we didn't lose a single person."CLINTON: "We came. We saw. He died! (laughter)"
She was the one who announced the US' so-called "Asia-Pacific Pivot" that has seen more US forces being placed in the Asia-Pacific as a direct military threat to China:
CLINTON: "…and we look to the Asia-Pacific region, as we have for many decades, as an area where the United States in uniquely positioned to play a major role."CLINTON: "The United States is not seeding the Pacific to anyone."
And she has stated in no uncertain terms that Russia and Iran will be militarily targeted in a Clinton presidency, and that the "nuclear option" is, as always, "on the table":
CLINTON: "And we will make sure the Iranians and the world understand, that the United States will act decisively if necessary including taking military action.""There will have to be consequences for any violation by Iran and that the nuclear option should not at all be taken of the table. That has been my position consistently."CLINTON: "And Russia has to support the international community's efforts sincerely or be held to account."CLINTON: "That Russia and China will pay a price. Because they are holding up progress, blockading it. That is no longer tolerable."
And unlike her many, many political statements of convenience that are merely a reflection of what is most politically acceptable at the moment:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Do you think New York State should recognize gay marriage?"HILLARY CLINTON: "No."CHRIS MATTHEWS: "No … OK."CLINTON: "I support marriage for lesbian and gay couples."CLINTON: "I represented Wall Street as a Senator from New York and I went to Wall Street and in December of 2007 before the big crash that we had. And I basically said 'cut it out, quit foreclosing on homes. Quit engaging in these kinds of speculative behaviors.'""Now who's exactly the blame for the housing crisis? Now I think there's plenty of blame to go around. Home-buyers who paid extra fees to avoid documenting their income, should of known that they were getting in over their heads.""I take a back-seat to no one when you look at my record on standing up and fighting for progressive values.""I get accused of being kind of moderate and center. I plead guilty."HILLARY CLINTON: "We went through a thorough process to identify all of my work-related emails."JAMES COMEY: "Lawyers doing the sorting for Secretary Clinton in 2014 did not individually read the content of all of her emails."CLINTON: "So that the emails were immediately captured and preserved."COMEY: "There was no archiving at all of her emails."
…we can be assured that these threats of potential nuclear world war by Clinton are not idle threats. A future Clinton president would be assured of a like mind in the new Prime Minister in the UK, who has stated in no uncertain terms that she is willing to launch a nuclear strike that would kill hundreds of thousands:
GEORGE KEREVAN: "Let me congratulate the Prime Minster on her new rule, but can we cut to the chase? Is she personally prepared to authorize a nuclear-strike that could kill 100,000 innocent men, women and children?"THERESA MAY: "Yes. And I have to say to the honourable gentleman, the whole point of a deterrent is that our enemies need to know that we would be prepared to use it."
Hillary Clinton is a neocon, a war hawk, a liar, an unindicted criminal and a Wall Street puppet. Why is it, then, that those on the so-called "progressive" left who would be warning against her if she had an "R" next to her name are instead lecturing other leftists that it is now their duty to fall in line and help her get elected?
NOAM CHOMSKY: "If Clinton is nominated and it comes to a choice between Clinton and Trump, in a swing state, a state where it's going to matter which way you vote, I would vote against Trump, and by elementary arithmetic, that means you hold your nose and you vote Democrat. I don't think there's any other rational choice. Abstaining from voting or, say, voting for, say, a candidate you prefer, a minority candidate, just amounts to a vote for Donald Trump, which I think is a devastating prospect, for reasons I've already mentioned."
JUAN GONZALES: "We in SDS refused to vote. We wouldn't support McCarthy. We wouldn't support Humphrey. Our slogan was "Vote with your feet, vote in the street." I'm—I'm here to tell you that the slogan was right, the tactic was wrong. And I think that the country, in retrospect, there would not have been a substantive change, there would have been a positive change, if Nixon had not been elected. But you learn from your mistakes. Hopefully, other generations learn from the mistakes of those who came before them."
ELIZABETH WARREN: We're all here today because we're with her. And we're going to work our hearts out to make Hillary Clinton the next president of the United States.
BERNIE SANDERS: "She will be the Democratic nominee for president, and I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States."
The message here is as clear as it is predictable and disappointing. Once again those with the influence to shape these events and ignite a genuine protest movement against Hillary's coronation at the Democratic National Convention are falling back into their roles as partisan ideologues, advocating for "their" candidate over the "other side," taking the two-party system as a fait accomplis and complicity with that system as the only way forward.
But as Michel Chossudovsky of GlobalResearch.ca points out, this election is fundamentally different. This time, the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY: "In so many words Hillary Clinton's foreign policy stance is 'to blow up the planet.' She has made statements to the effect that a first-strike nuclear attack against Russia or Iran is on the table. So that if she is in the White House she could in fact unleash the unspoken, which is World War 3. I think this is something we have to address both in terms of analysis and also political choice. That anyone who wants to blow up the planet is not 'progressive.'"Secondly, she has a criminal record. Not only in regards to the email scandal but also in relation to The Clinton Foundation, which is involved in fraud, money laundering, political cronyism, etc. It is amply documented."So that, in effect, the choice for the American people is to elect a war-criminal."
Too many people become attached to the personality of these political personas or fixated on the "D" or the "R" after their name. This clouds their judgement and stops them from seeing their policies and agenda for what they really are.
As Diana Johnstone, author of Queen of Chaos: The Misadventures of Hillary Clinton points out, Hillary is best understood not as a person, but as the instrument for the think tanks, Wall Street financiers and other connected insiders who want to embroil the United States in more illegal wars and plunder the country and its people even further.
DIANA JOHNSTONE: "I mean Hillary to me is not even an interesting person. She is simply a shallow, ambitious woman. Who has decided to make herself the instrument of the Washington think-tank persuasion and is using that too pose as a great expert on world affairs to be elected as President. She simply is the embodiment of all that is terrible in American foreign-policy that has developed over the past decades."
It is no hyperbole to say that the election of Hillary Rodham Clinton as president this November would be one of the greatest tragedies in the history of the United States, and perhaps the world. It is incumbent on people of all stripes–American and non-American, Republican and Democrat, progressive and libertarian, anarchists, and those who have never thought about politics a day in their life–to protest her nomination at the Democratic National Convention, work against her campaign for President, and avert the nuclear nightmare that is now coming into view.


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The line that came to mind while watching some of Sunday's Super Bowl commercials was uttered by a sage who played in more big games – albeit in the World Series – than any other U.S. athlete. "It's déjà vu all over again," Yogi Berra once noted.
In the days before Super Sunday, several advertisers used the Internet to float commercials in bids to get their $116,000-per-second worth. Yet, there still were some game-day surprises and the requisite attempts to ignite controversy. Here are some of more notable (and durable) commercials to emerge from Super Bowl XLVI:
Watching Bueller's Back
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" has earned repeated viewings. We can say the same for this ad in which Matthew Broderick revives his lovable teenage rebel character – even if it's a little depressing that he's now happier with a Honda CR-V than a Ferrari.
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
Sudden Impact
Clint Eastwood's raspy voice of authority, both more gravelly and emotionally powerful at age 81, delivered a halftime pep talk, reminiscent of Ronald Reagan's "Morning in America" ad, that invoked Detroit's in-progress comeback and a nation in need of a rebound. "It's halftime in America," Eastwood declared. "And our second half's about to begin." The spot, for Chrysler, ostensibly is nonpartisan, but likely will be dissected for days to come amid election year wrangling.
Keep on Truckin'
Chevy started down a rocky road with its initially stark Mayan-inspired post-apocalyptic spot in which it turns out Earth's only survivors drive Silverados (sorry, Ford owners). The Twinkie in-joke kicker added a final sweet dollop of humor that rescued the ad from tastelessness.
Cartoon Cavalcade
Met Life plucked the heartstrings of childhood by giving us in 30 seconds the biggest collection of cartoon favorites – from Charlie Brown to Fat Albert to Mr. Magoo – to appear on screen together since "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" hit theaters nearly a quarter-century ago. Part of the lure of the feel-good spot is going back to see who you missed the first time around.
May the Farce be With You
Volkswagen went to the dogs for its heavily hyped, latest "Star Wars"-themed Super Sunday ad. The spot doesn't quite have the, um, force, of last year's instant classic. But the return to the Catina scene from the original film makes this commercial a worthy sequel of sorts.
No Car For You!
Sure, Acura's amusing ad boasted Jerry Seinfeld and a punchline cameo by Jay Leno. But it's worth watching again just to see the return of the Soup Nazi.
Pepsi Degeneration
Pepsi also invokes the Soup Nazi – "No Pepsi for you!" – in the form of Elton John as a cola-controlling despot who might remind you just a bit of Simon Cowell. The ad doesn't quite hit the spot, but it's fun to see John camp it up and the cameo kicker, with Flavor Flav, is timeless.
Body Art
GoDaddy's latest attempt to stir up controversy with faux naughtiness gave us a literally painted lady, while H&M tried to score by showing off David Beckham's tattooed body. Between the two ads, there's plenty to talk about – and leer at.
Twilight High Beams
Audi's clever "Twilight" spoof gets points for poking fun at a pop culture phenomenon without relying on celebrity-driven gags. The killer ending is a hoot, even if we saw it coming.
Enter Sandman
Kia's music video-style "Mr. Sandman" dream spot featuring Adriana Lima and Motley Crue effectively combines testosterone-and-estrogen-driven fantasy and humor, if not in equal proportions.
Bud's Light
Perennial Super Bowl advertiser Budweiser didn't have its most super Sunday, though the "End of Prohibition" and "Eternal Optimism" spots proved visually alluring. The beer-fetching dog deserves a pat on the head.
Good Will
The Hulu commercials staring Will Arnett offered a winning mix of 1950s sci-fi kitsch and TV catchphrases from "South Park" to "The Tonight Show." Fans of "Arrested Development" were treated a deep-reference in-joke courtesy of Arnett's pre-kickoff ad declaration about his "$3,000 suit."
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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The Born This Way Ball is the third concert tour by Lady Gaga, in support of her third album Born This Way (2011). The tour, lasting for 98 concerts, visited the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania. This marks Gaga's first tour to visit all the inhabited continents.
The tour was officially announced on February 8 of 2012 with the first set of dates in Asia and Oceania. The tour began in Seoul on April 27, 2012 and ended on February 11, 2013 in Montreal. Lady Gaga had a hip injury since December and after her performance in Montreal, she said on Twitter that she couldn't walk anymore. At first, she only canceled her tour dates in Chicago, Detroit, and Hamilton. But on February 13, 2013 she had to cancel the rest of her tour due to the fact that her hip injury was getting worse.
The tour narrated "the tale of the Beginning, the genesis of the Kingdom of Fame." Gaga plays the role of an alien fugitive from G.O.A.T., a Government Owned Alien Territory in space, which was introduced for the first time in the music video for "Born This Way" in 2011. The show is set in and around a large medieval style castle, which rotates and maneuvers throughout the show. A classical score accompanies the show's interludes, tying in with the show's dark, operatic theme.
Fourteen different outfits are worn by Lady Gaga throughout the show, mostly designed by Italian fashion houses such as Versace, Moschino and Armani.
The first hint about the tour was revealed by Gaga on stage during The Monster Ball on February 19, 2011. At that point, she wanted to start the tour at the end of 2011. Interviewed by Fuse, she revealed her intention for the Born This Way Ball to be more of a continuation of the Monster Ball; however, the continuation concept was not used. Learn more
- "The Haus of Gaga and I have worked for months conceiving a spectacular stage, The Born This Way Ball is an Electro-Metal Pop-Opera; the tale of the Beginning, the genesis of the Kingdom of Fame. How we were birthed and how we will die celebrating."
Gaga plays the role of an alien fugitive from G.O.A.T., a Government Owned Alien Territory in space which was introduced for the first time in the music video for "Born This Way" in 2011. Throughout the show, she is tracked by "Mother G.O.A.T." until the final battle. For the outfits, Gaga asked both designers with whom she collaborated before as well as new ones. Learn more
On February 6, 2012, Gaga tweeted that the central area within the stage will be known as "The Monster Pit", which is regulated to general admission fans who were the first to arrive. On February 7 at midnight (EST), Gaga tweeted a sketch of the stage for the tour.
The stage is modeled on a medieval Gothic castle featuring viewing towers, intricate carvings and a large catwalk allowing audience interaction. The stage and set have many capabilities and functions including 30 active windows and doors, each with a custom scenic painted roll drop which will reveal different scenes within the various rooms of the Castle, two swing walls which open to reveal the 50 foot tall castle behind it, 620 feet of custom LED lights and two sets of automated castle gates that open and close to a full 180 degrees. Learn more
Poster and film project
- Related article: Terry Richardson
A promotional poster of the tour was released on February 7, 2012, which features Gaga's face hovering over dark clouds looking down from the sky, and includes touches of neon purple and turquoise coloring. She is also fused into a keytar, standing near her dancers in front of a medieval castle. In February 2012, a promotional image for the tour was released; she is wrapped in plastic outside the gates of the Electric Chapel.
Pleased with their collaboration from 2010 to 2011, Lady Gaga and Terry Richardson teamed up again to document the making of the tour, the tour itself, and her life during it. Richardson was both seen recording footage and taking photographs, which some of the later were released on his Tumblr and Little Monsters page. Learn more
Skype partnership
- Related article: Skype
Skype established a partnership with Gaga and officially joined the tour in Estonia on August 25, 2012. Since then, they are interviewing fans and taking footage of her performances in Europe and South and North America. The exclusive content and behind-the-scenes clips are expected through Skype Ball.
Tickets + tour package
Depending on the venue, different types of tickets are available but include type possibility: standing also known as General Admission (GA) and seated (these tickets usually have a section name or letter with a row number). Only the general admission tickets are eligible to be part of the Monster Pit.
For the tour, Live Nation created three packages with a different seating or General Admission option. Each package comes with a Lady Gaga merchandise item, a collectible laminate, and onsite VIP host. Learn more
Monster pit
The Monster Pit refers to a limited number of place area located in the general admission (floor) of select dates of the tour.
The first person in line for the Monster Pit is awarded a key, which symbolically opens the Monster Pit for each date. They are called the "Holders of the Monster Pit key".
After each show, Gaga's team uploads a picture with the holder on Little Monsters, who are all meant to sign them on their respective keys. On dates with venues that are too small for the Monster Pit, the first person on the General Admissions line is awarded the key. Learn more (Link to the background page with stage stuff)
In April of 2012, Gaga revealed on Twitter that the tour would last 110 shows. However, an extra nine dates were added. This marks Gaga's first world tour in all to visit every continent, except Antarctica.
In the first few weeks, the tour was met with controversy in some religiously strict countries. This lead to the cancelation of the scheduled show on June 3, 2012 at Gelora Bung Karno Stadiumin in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Following a hip injury in 2013, Gaga canceled the 21 final shows of the tour, with the last performance in Montreal on February 11. The show ended with 98 dates performed out of the 119 planned. Learn more
Opening acts
Depending of the leg, different opening acts opened the show, each performing a 15 to 30 minute set.
|April 27 to May 31, 2012
|Lady Starlight
|May 2 to February 11, 2013
|Von Smith
|June 14, 2012 only
|The Darkness
|August 14 to December 12, 2012
|January 11 to February 11, 2013
- For a complete summary of this act, see this page.
Space renegade Lady Gaga with guard Asiel Hardison on G.O.A.T.
- For a complete summary of this act, see this page.
Lady Gaga wearing a pink "Origami Crane" dress by Christian Dada.
- For a complete summary of this act, see this page.
Lady Gaga with dancers Amanda Balen and Kevin Frey.
- For a complete summary of this act, see this page.
Lady Gaga wearing a meat bodysuit with skirt by Haus of Gaga for "Americano".
- For a complete summary of this act, see this page.
Lady Gaga wearing Atelier Versace during "Marry the Night".
|Chibi "Marry the Night" Gaga by Da Morgue.
For the first time, the Haus of Gaga created a contest for fans to submit their own art to be featured on the official merchandise for the tour. Learn more
- For the complete list of the personnel involved in the tour, see this page.
- Promoters — Live Nation Global Touring (Worldwide), AEG Live (UK)
- Ticket Sales — Ticketek (Australia, New Zealand & Argentina), Ticketmaster (Europe, South America, North America, Central America)
- Production executive — Mo Morrison
- Art director — Marla Weinhoff
- Stage design — Mark Fisher with Ric Lipson (Stufish Entertainment)
- Production Manager — Jason Danter
- Stage Director — Richard 'Richy' Jackson
- Hair stylist for Lady Gaga — Frederic Aspiras
- Make up artist for Lady Gaga — Tara Savelo
- Assistant — Sonja Durham
- Fashion director — Nicola Formichetti
- Stylist — Brandon Maxwell
- Designers — Haus of Gaga (Perry Meek, Brandon Maxwell), Armani Privé, Atelier Versace, Moschino, Christian Dada, Void of Course
- Wardrobe assistant — Perry Meek, Tony Villanueva
- Choreographer — Richard Jackson
- Dancers' make up artist — Sarah Nicole Tanno
- Dancers — Asiel Hardison, Ian McKenzie, Mark Kanemura, Jeremy Hudson, Graham Breitenstein , Victor Rojas, Kevin Frey, David Lei Brandt, Montana Efaw, Sloan-Taylor Rabinor, Amanda Balen, Knicole Haggins
- Musical director — Joe "Flip" Wilson
- Keyboards — Brockett Parsons
- Drums — George "Spanky" McCurdy
- Bass — Lanar "Kern" Brantley
- Guitars — Ricky Tillo, Tim Stewart, Lady Gaga (in "Electric Chapel")
- Keytar — Lady Gaga (in "Just Dance" and "Marry the Night")
- Piano/Keyboard — Lady Gaga (in "Hair", "Princess Die", "Yoü and I" and "The Edge of Glory")
- Management — Troy Carter
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Wow! When my wife, Debbie, and I drove into Morenci on Memorial Day we were surprised with the wonderful flag display on West Main Street. We had been reading in the State Line Observer about the Kiwanis Flag program. As we continued our small tour of the city we saw flags all over town! What a great idea. It looked so nice to see so many flying Old Glory!
It was an honor for me to be the guest speaker at the Morenci Memorial Day ceremonies for 2010. I have never felt prouder to ride down Main Street with some of Morenci war heroes to honor our fallen heroes. To see the crowd of adults and children out on Main Street was so nice, as was the Morenci Fire Department members and trucks lined up to honor our fallen heroes, the parade set up by my Legion mentor Jack Sampson and the members of my Morenci American Legion Post, the Color Guard with our own Navy Master Chief Steve as our Officer of The Day.
When we turned onto North Street there were more citizens out watching the parade go by! As I looked through the crowd I saw many of the young folks that I watched grow up here in Morenci that now have their own grandchildren with them watching everyone go by. It was a great feeling to be a part of the parade.
When I was introduced today I felt very proud to have been able to raise my family and live in Morenci for 34 years. Now I see the many changes that have came to the community and see the young people graduate and move onto their own lives.
Thank you, Morenci, for giving me the opportunity to be a small part of your Memorial Day 2010.
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Health officials urge residents to get flu shots
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State health officials are urging Illinois residents to get flu shots.
Doing so, they say, doesn't just benefit the person getting vaccinated; it also protects others by limiting the spread of the flu.
The Illinois Department of Public Health is making that announcement at the start of National Influenza Vaccination Week.
Flu season typically runs from October to May, with the peak around January.
Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck is urging people to get vaccinated before the season's holiday parties and family gatherings.
The department recommends that everyone 6 months and older get vaccinated.
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HONOLULU (AP) Durand Scott scored 20 points and Julian Gamble added 16 points and 13 rebounds as Miami defeated Hawaii 73-58 in the first round of the Diamond Head Classic on Saturday night.
Shane Larkin had 12 points and Trey McKinney Jones 11 points for the Hurricanes (8-1), who face No. 4 Arizona (10-0) in Sunday's semifinals. Arizona beat East Tennessee State earlier Saturday.
The Hurricanes broke open a close game with a 14-5 run to start the second half.
Miami scored the first six points of the second half in a two-minute span, forcing Hawaii to a call a timeout, and Rion Brown's jumper made the score 36-24 with 16:01 remaining. The Hurricanes forced three Hawaii turnovers during the run.
After Hawaii's Brandon Jawato hit a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to 36-29, Miami hit four 3-pointers and Gamble converted a three-point play to extend Miami's lead to 55-37 with 11 minutes left.
Jawato came off the bench to hit four 3-pointers and finished with 12 points for Hawaii (5-4).
Shane Larkin's father, Baseball Hall of Famer Barry Larkin, was among the modest Miami contingent in attendance.
Saturday was the first game appearance for Ben Jay as Hawaii athletic director. Jay, who was formally introduced by the school on Thursday, came to Hawaii after serving as Ohio State's senior associate athletics director.


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October 22, 2007 Library of Congress Partners with British, Canadian and Australian National Libraries on RDA Implementation
Contact: Library and Archives Canada, Ingrid Parent; National Library of Australia, Pam Gatenby
Contact: Library of Congress, John Sayers (202) 707-9216; Library of Congress, Beacher Wiggins (202) 707-5325; British Library, Caroline Brazier
Four national libraries have joined forces to implement a new standard for resource description and access designed for the digital environment in which libraries now operate. The Library of Congress, the British Library, Library and Archives Canada, and the National Library of Australia have agreed on a coordinated implementation of "RDA: Resource Description and Access," the successor to the "Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules." These national libraries, together with representatives from professional library associations in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, are members of the Committee of Principals which oversees the work of the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA, which is responsible for developing RDA. "We welcome the move to RDA and the functionality that RDA, as a Web product, will provide," said Beacher J.E. Wiggins, Director for Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access at the Library of Congress. RDA addresses the needs of the future by providing a flexible framework for describing all types of resources of interest to libraries. RDA guidelines will be easy and efficient to use, as well as compatible with internationally established principles, models and standards. In addition, RDA will maintain continuity with the past, as data created using RDA will be compatible with existing records in online library catalogs. The libraries plan to implement RDA by the end of 2009. To ensure a smooth transition to RDA, the four national libraries will work together where possible on implementation matters such as training, documentation and any national application decisions. Regular updates will be issued by the group to keep the library communities in their countries informed on RDA implementation progress and policy decisions.


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Wood Block - Striped Mehndi Hand
This pattern size is approximately 6.5cm x 3cm (2.5" x 1.25")
This is a hand carved teak wood block from India. Traditionally used with natural dyes, these blocks will work beautifully with paints & inks on fabric and paper. They are also used by potters to make impressions in clay. Easy to work and experiment with, great for beginners to advanced artists, and a lot of fun to use with kids!