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This project will finalize HSPF watershed model construction by incorporating internal phosphorus loading in modeled lakes, run a suite of implementation scenarios and generate a GenScn project containing model output. The consultant will produce HSPF watershed models that can readily be used to provide information to support conventional parameter TMDLs. The consultant will deliver all modeling files for baseline and implementation scenarios and provide a GenScn project containing model output.
Approximately 70 percent of all Minnesotans rely on groundwater as their primary source of drinking water. Wells used for drinking water must be properly sealed when removed from service to protect both public health and Minnesota's invaluable groundwater resources. The Minnesota Department of Health protects both public health and groundwater by assuring the proper sealing of unused wells.
Clean Water funds are being provided to well owners as a 50% cost-share assistance for sealing unused public water-supply wells.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - [crit] Face Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "[crit] Face" pixturmemberMember #Joined: 28 Sep 2000Posts: 93 Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 11:20 am Hi Guys... I practised a little bit with my wacom. Used a foto reference but somehow the lighting and some proportions got strange. Can´t get it right. Some advise would be great! tom, www.pixtur.de Back to top LightmemberMember #Joined: 01 Dec 2000Posts: 528Location: NC, USA Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 1:04 pm Not bad at all. Work more on the early sketch and try to stick to it! I think something is wrong with the mouth but I cant be for sure. Try making it more triangular. I think everything else has been pointed out. Back to top PlouffememberMember #Joined: 17 Nov 2000Posts: 225 Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 12:29 am you said you wanted a crit here is mine. in al it looks good just a few bugs according to me .. could we see the reference pic? [This message has been edited by Plouffe (edited December 29, 2000).] Back to top pixturmemberMember #Joined: 28 Sep 2000Posts: 93 Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 4:48 am thank you for the help! Here is the reference... The mouth is really strange! I just don´t know. Tried about an hour with it... [This message has been edited by pixtur (edited December 30, 2000).] [This message has been edited by pixtur (edited December 30, 2000).] Back to top StarseedmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2000Posts: 144Location: Vancouver, Canada Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 5:14 am I wish I knew the right terms, but I'll just explain what I see . . . Looking at the reference, it's easy to see where you're painting has gone awry . . . - the upper lip is too thin - the whole face needs to be rounder, wider - the colouring needs to have the contrast dropped . . . the right side of her face is looking too red (did you use burn? if you did you might have to paint it the right colour) . . . lipstick colour needs to be less contrasty too, the palette has to be limited more (less contrast again) with the hair, i think the whole thing needs to be more yellow . . . even the teeth - i agree, the ear is too low, and it needs to be fleshed out more - hairline needs to be softened - middle of the two front teeth doesnt' aline with where you've drawn the middle of the nose - oh, and drop her left (her left) eye a tad, or else you might make this woman look like the poor girl on the cover of this month's Maxim . . . I think this one's on its way to looking very nice. -mt Back to top pixturmemberMember #Joined: 28 Sep 2000Posts: 93 Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 9:17 am ahh you are right with the contrast! The colors were all wrong. I fixed this one already and now going for the rest. Let´s see. tom Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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"In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride." –Benjamin Franklin
Government & Politics
Forward or Downward?
The Obama campaign has announced its new slogan – "Forward." Despite the fact that his change has nearly crushed hope, he arrogantly decided to double down and press forward, bitterly clinging to failed policies. Sadly, too many voters remain under the delusion that Obama is "winning the future."
The campaign's latest ad recounts numerous "achievements" of Obama's first term, but only after thoroughly blaming George W. Bush for the nation's troubles. Obama stood up to the challenges, even though, as images of the Tea Party flash across the screen, "some said America's best days were behind us." Obama proceeds to brag about how he "saved" millions of jobs with the so-called stimulus, took on the credit and health insurance industries with regulations and "reform," grew green energy with taxpayer cash (though he neglected to mention Solyndra), took over the student loan industry, and socially engineered the military by repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Hilariously, he even boasted of $1 trillion in spending cuts, though we're not sure how that's possible while racking up $5 trillion in debt. Obama is aghast that, instead of going along happily with every desire of his heart, Republicans actually oppose his leftist ideology.
One could be forgiven for thinking that perhaps he chose "Forward" as in "Forward to the next campaign fundraiser!" To date, Obama has held 132 such events, far surpassing his predecessor. In fact, he has already held more re-election fundraisers than the last five presidents combined. For our part, we anticipate seeing his mail forwarded back to Chicago.
In all seriousness, "Forward" seems to be optimistic and to exude progress, but the history of the word lies in the socialist and communist movements, which as Ronald Reagan contended lead nowhere but downward. We certainly don't think this choice was by accident or coincidence, either. Leftists have always fancied themselves "progressives," as if only their policies will move the world "forward." In 1905, Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Soviet revolution in Russia, founded a publication called "Vpered," the Russian word for "Forward." Before that, Friedrich Engels and Leon Trotsky wrote for one called "Vorwaerts," the German word for "Forward." The Communist League featured a biweekly reader by the same name, with which Karl Marx and Engels were involved.
Obama will begin his campaign (officially) on May 5, which just happens to be Marx's birthday.
Obama's policies of taking over industry via regulation and redistribution of wealth are absolutely inspired by and differ only in degree (so far) from those of his socialist, fascist and communist predecessors in Europe. Small wonder, then, that his campaign now features such a prominent mantra of his ideological kindred.
In related campaign news, Obama has devoted much time and energy "celebrating" women, and indeed he should – because, by a wide margin, they elected him in 2008. More than 56 percent of women voted for Obama versus only 49 percent of men, and women may well be the deciding demographic again in 2012. Check out this 2012 Obama campaign socialist appeal designed to lure female voters with cradle-to-grave Hope 'n' Change. To be fair, Obama should also let each woman know her share of the federal debt. You can calculate yours here.
The fictional "Julia" in the Obama appeal can look "forward" to a life lived at the expense of others, from taxpayer funded school programs to subsidized birth control and single motherhood to retirement drawing from bankrupt Social Security and Medicare. Such a "forward" vision doesn't empower women; it enslaves them to the tyranny of the socialist state. By contrast, the American ideal of Essential Liberty would lead to a Better Life for Julia.
Forward to the Unemployment Line
The Department of Labor released the April jobs report this morning, and it's more of the same – a dismal "recovery" as Obama moves us "forward." The economy added just 115,000 jobs, once again shy of "expectations," and the headline unemployment rate ticked down to 8.1 percent. The media are working hard on behalf of Obama's re-election campaign by conveying that things are getting better. The truth is, however, the reason the rate is going down is because people are simply leaving the workforce. Some 522,000 people gave up, and labor participation is now at its lowest since 1981. Forward!
No Blue States or Red States, Just Obama States
This week, the president's Twitter feed featured this atrocity. We're hard pressed to imagine a more narcissistic display.
New & Notable Legislation
House Republicans passed H.R. 4628 to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling to 6.8 percent on July 1. Barack Obama threatened to veto the bill because the offset would be paid for by taking $5.8 billion from ObamaCare's "preventive health fund." Never mind that the president wants to raid the same fund to extend Medicare Advantage during an election year. Instead, the president and congressional Democrats claim they should offset the cost of student loan subsidies by raising corporate taxes. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) used the shopworn excuse that Republicans are attacking women by taking money out of the fund. Apparently, men don't benefit from preventive care.
The president's veto threat is a purely political move that he used to the fullest extent campaigning for the youth vote last week. He's trying to set up Republicans as anti-student and anti-woman at the same time. His claim carefully glosses over the fact that the Democrats have already raided the same preventive care fund to cover Medicare reimbursements to doctors and various leftist goodies. Besides, Democrats themselves wrote in the automatic interest rate increase when they controlled Congress in 2007. It's no coincidence that they set 2012, an election year, as the point at which the student loan interest rate would double. In doing so, they succeeded in creating a fight where none existed previously.
From the 'Non Compos Mentis' File
The Government Accountability Office reports that the federal government currently runs 16 "financial literacy" programs and four housing counseling programs through a number of different agencies. A 2009 RAND Corporation study had previously counted 56 such programs across 20 agencies, but the GAO arbitrarily trimmed that number after determining that some of the programs duplicated one another or had conflicting agendas. Keep in mind that there aren't actually fewer agencies than in 2009; the government is just counting fewer of them. The point, however, is that the idea of the federal government teaching the public anything about financial literacy is laughable when the federal debt currently stands at $15.6 trillion.
Second Amendment: Fast and Furious Contempt Citation
House Republicans plan to pursue a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder for his continued stonewalling of the ATF's Fast and Furious gun-walking program. Holder's Department of Justice has blocked numerous attempts to get to the bottom of Fast and Furious, the plan that put some 2,000 illegal guns into the hands of Mexican drug runners and led directly to the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010.
The DOJ claims it has cooperated with the House investigation, which is now entering its second year, but its "cooperation" has amounted more to obstruction than anything else. Holder and several other key Justice officials have testified before Congress, but Holder's statements in particular have been contradictory, raising more questions than were answered. DOJ documents that have been released were so heavily redacted that they amount to nothing more than reams of blank pages. CBS News, which has been conducting its own investigation into the matter, has been repeatedly denied Freedom of Information requests about the Terry murder or the broader Fast and Furious program. The contempt citation, which would use the courts to compel DOJ cooperation, may come within the next few weeks.
Blaming Law-Abiding Gun Owners for Possible Mob Violence
Reaffirming writer Earnest Benn's observation that politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it and then applying the wrong remedies, leftist politicians in Tampa and Charlotte are seeking suspension of the concealed-carry laws outside the respective Republican and Democratic national conventions. (Inside the convention halls, of course, are Secret Service-protected areas, and firearms will be prohibited.) These politicians argue that tragedy might happen because past conventions had to contend with violent left-wing protesters. In other words, leftists want to disarm law-abiding citizens, which would make it easier for left-wing protesters to commit acts of violence and destruction.
Fortunately, Florida Gov. Rick Scott saw things the same way and rejected Tampa's request, saying, "It is unclear how disarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout the law. It is at just such times that the constitutional right to self-defense is most precious and must be protected from government overreach." As conservatives know, there's nothing like Peace Through Superior Firepower to keep the streets quiet during these conventions. Smart politicians in these cities ought to be looking for ways to encourage the presence of more licensed gun owners for the conventions, not punishing law abiders while giving a free pass to the criminals.
Income Redistribution: Green Energy Loses Cash, Destroys Environment
The extent of the Obama administration's green energy fiasco has become more evident in recent weeks. Companies that seek to develop wind, solar and other alternative energy sources are headed for tough times, according to a combined report on the green energy industry by the left-leaning Brookings Institution, Breakthrough Institute and the World Resources Institute. In the report, analysts warn of "more bankruptcies, consolidations, and market contraction." The main reason for the fiscal woes of an industry that Obama has touted as pivotal to the American economy is simple: Federal subsidies are drying up.
The report states that the federal government dumped $44 billion in "stimulus" cash on the green energy industry between 2009 and 2011, but that amount is expected to shrink to roughly $6 billion between 2012 and 2014. The money spent so far has done little to boost green energy production in the U.S., and the report suggests that without continued substantial federal subsidies, green tech companies won't be able to stand on their own. The green-tech sector of the energy industry has been incapable of developing a self-sustaining model in part because companies cannot produce renewable energy more cheaply or reliably than traditional fossil fuels. Tariffs against Chinese solar panel manufacturers to protect domestic solar companies and subsidies to keep companies afloat have had the opposite effect.
We're also learning that green tech may be having an undesirable effect on the environment. State University of New York researchers recently determined that in Texas, where four of the world's largest wind farms are located, warming trends have developed due to the effects of expelled energy and turbulence from turbine rotors. Wind energy has long been controversial because no one wants the unsightly turbines in their backyard, and the high cost of development and energy distribution has been prohibitive. If it's true that wind farms actually contribute to global warming, the very thing that they supposedly combat, then there may be no reason to build these gigantic bird-killing Cuisinarts in the first place.
Worse yet, Solyndra, the bankrupt solar-panel producer that was the Obama administration's poster child for a clean energy revolution, has also become an environmental blight. The company appears to be walking away from an undetermined amount of hazardous chemicals stored at its closed plant in Milpitas, California. Solyndra doesn't want to (and can't) pay for the proper disposal of the chemicals, which now sit in barrels in a hazardous storage area.
All this bad news hasn't stopped the administration from moving "forward" with its green energy initiative. Last week, a series of roundtable discussions were held between government officials and private businesses to explore new ideas for clean energy production. One creative concept was to burn chicken manure to create electricity. It appears that Obama remains committed to converting America to his green energy vision, even if he has to use chicken excrement to do it.
Regulatory Commissars: We Get Results
The New York Times reports, "Al Armendariz, the Environmental Protection Agency official who stirred controversy last week after a video circulated in which he declared that the agency should 'crucify' polluters as a deterrent, has resigned, saying he regrets his comments and does not want them to distract from the E.P.A.'s work." Last week, we noted Armendariz's horrendous comments and said he should either resign or be fired – and we got results. (Though YouTube removed the video last week, our friends at the Media Research Center still have it.)
Despite his tepid "apology," we think his original comments are representative of the EPA in general. Why trust their current spin now that they're caught? Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), who originally released the video, says he won't stop his investigation just because of the resignation. "After his revelation that EPA's 'general philosophy' is to 'crucify' oil and gas companies, it was only right for Administrator Armendariz to resign today – but his resignation in no way solves the problem of President Obama and his EPA's crucifixion philosophy," Inhofe said. "In his letter to [EPA] Administrator [Lisa] Jackson, Armendariz again pointed to his 'poor choice of words' as the reason for his resignation – but Armendariz was just being honest: His choice of words revealed the truth about the war that EPA has been waging on American energy producers under President Obama."
Immigration Front: Subsidizing Illegals
Illegal aliens are taking advantage of the "additional child tax credit" when filing tax returns and they're getting some $4.2 billion in refunds for their small effort. Illegals who work in the U.S. are required to file taxes using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, and there are two million illegal aliens claiming credits for dependents – including nieces and nephews – who don't even live in the U.S., all in order to get thousands of dollars in returns. In one case in southern Indiana, four workers claiming residence in a single trailer claimed 20 dependent children. Those children all still live in Mexico, but the workers still got almost $30,000. When asked about this, one worker said that if the opportunity is there, why not take it? Free money – what's not to like? The IRS has known about the problem for years, including receiving many warnings from the Treasury Department's Inspector General for Tax Administration, but hasn't done anything to stop it. And why should they? It's not costing them anything.
Warfront With Jihadistan: Afghan Security Agreement
Obama hit the campaign trail this week, traveling 14,000 miles round trip for a brief stop in that key electoral battleground state of Afghanistan. We're sure it was complete coincidence, but the trip occurred on the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death, which, in case you didn't know, was completely and bravely orchestrated by the Humble One himself. Obama spiked the political football all week. Cheekiness aside, we once again praise the intelligence community and the brave Navy SEALs who actually deserve the credit. Job well done.
As for Obama's Afghan trip, the regime claimed it was to sign the new U.S./Afghan security agreement discussed last week, but in reality it was pure politics. Apparently, since Obama has no other positive foreign policy or economic record on which to run, it looks as if he's going to milk the bin Laden raid for everything it's worth.
Surprisingly, much of Obama's speech from Bagram Air Base about the new agreement wasn't too far off base, with a decent nod to the service of our troops. Unsurprisingly, though, some of the speech was the usual leftist claptrap, such as, "Today, I signed an historic agreement … that defines a new kind of relationship … a future in which the war ends, and a new chapter begins." Right. The Taliban greeted that "war ends" naiveté just hours later with multiple attacks in Kabul that killed at least seven people.
Naturally, the Narcissist in Chief just couldn't leave himself out, saying, "[O]ver the last three years, the tide has turned [in Afghanistan]. We broke the Taliban's momentum. We have built strong Afghan security forces. We devastated al-Qa'ida's leadership, taking out over 20 of their top 30 leaders. And one year ago, from a base here in Afghanistan, our troops launched the operation that killed Osama bin Laden. The goal that I set – to defeat al-Qa'ida, and deny it a chance to rebuild – is within reach" [emphasis added]. The goal that Obama set? Please. President George W. Bush set that goal while Obama was still voting "present" in the Illinois state senate. Further, during his campaigns for a Senate seat and the White House, Obama promised to undermine and abandon that goal.
Elsewhere in the Long War, U.S. drones killed four al-Qa'ida fighters in Pakistan. These strikes were the first since Pakistan approved new guidelines for the country's relationship with the U.S. Pakistan had insisted that the U.S. stop such attacks as a precondition for normalized relations, but officials now fear these strikes will set back negotiations on reopening the vital NATO supply routes to Afghanistan that Pakistan blocked five months ago. That "future in which the war ends" doesn't seem to be visible from the present, regardless of what Obama says.
Quote of the Week
"Imagine if President Nixon had decided to base his 1972 re-election campaign on the boast that he landed on the moon. His predecessors tried and failed for eight years. It wasn't an easy decision – what if something went wrong? But that's why you hire a president, to make those gutsy calls. Which path would George McGovern have taken? That's analogous to President Obama's effort to campaign on the killing of Osama bin Laden. His absurd braggadocio is turning one of the few successes to occur under his leadership into a political liability." –Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto
This Week's 'Braying Jackass' Award
"Let me tell you something else that I have had enough of: I've had enough of using terrorism as a wedge issue in our politics. I've had enough of that! I have had enough of that! You know, I, uh … I don't know about you, but I think that the War Against Terrorism isn't supposed to crop up between September and November of even-numbered years – and yet that seems to be the pattern." –then-Senator BO, September 2006
The Fate of Chen Guangcheng
A tense diplomatic standoff is unfolding in China over the fate of dissident Chen Guangcheng. Chen, a blind activist who served three years in prison for speaking out against China's forced abortion and sterilization policies, has been under house arrest with his wife and mother since 2009. He escaped last week and sought protection at the American Embassy in Beijing shortly before Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's arrival for a meeting with Chinese leaders. The original purpose of the meeting was to discuss cooperation on trade, currency rates, Iran and North Korea. Those talks have now been eclipsed by questions over Chen's fate.
Chen originally hoped to stay in China to continue his work, and U.S. diplomats claimed earlier this week that they had made a deal with Chinese officials to provide medical treatment and relocation to a safe place in China where Chen presumably would not be prosecuted – or persecuted. The validity of the deal came under question on Wednesday after Chen's arrival at a Beijing hospital. The dissident told reporters that Chinese authorities sent a message to him through a U.S. intermediary, warning they would kill his wife if he didn't leave the embassy. The State Department denies that claim and maintains that the hospital trip was Chen's decision. On Thursday, U.S. officials confirmed that Chen had changed his mind about staying in China and is now seeking asylum in the U.S. with his family. The Chinese now say he can file to study abroad "like other Chinese citizens."
China's long history of persecution and human rights abuses proves that Chen's safety there cannot be guaranteed under any circumstances. The U.S. State Department and the Obama administration would know this if they read their own reports on the imprisonment of Chen and millions of other Chinese human rights activists, political prisoners and religious leaders. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Obama's lack of leadership on the world stage has repeatedly left democracy activists around the world at the mercy of their repressive regimes. We can only hope his callous political worldview doesn't resign Chen Guangcheng to the same fate.
Another Weekend End Run
It is remarkable how much damaging information and controversial policy comes out on Friday afternoons from this supposedly transparent White House. Knowing that people tune out for the weekend is an important key in how Barack Obama works toward his true goals. Here's the latest such news dump: Last Friday, Obama allowed $192 million in frozen funding to be sent to the Palestinian Authority despite the fact it has reneged on or never agreed to key conditions for receiving the aid. Bypassing a prohibition imposed by Congress on funding the PA is no laughing matter, particularly to our Israeli allies.
The funding spigot was shut off after the PA attempted to get UN endorsement of "Palestine" statehood last September, but Obama circumvented Congress by claiming the money was "important to the security interests of the United States." Yet the $192 million will help to bolster Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood that recently joined the PA coalition government and has never accepted Israel's right to exist – a direct violation of the conditions associated with the PA receiving these funds in the first place.
More troubling than the slap in the face to a key Middle Eastern ally, though, is the cavalier disregard for standing law exhibited by the president as he makes yet another move more suitable for a tinhorn Third World dictator than the chief executive of a constitutional republic.
The American Spring: It's Hot in Cleveland
Those who bill themselves the "99 percent" promised, after the Occupy movement was uprooted last fall by a combination of the onset of winter and the reassertion of order on public property, that they would be back this spring. They chose May 1, traditionally a socialist worker's holiday, as the date to resurrect the movement. However, aside from a small number of arrests from pitifully small gatherings of thousands around the world, the real excitement came from a band of five self-proclaimed anarchists who plotted to blow up a highway bridge outside Cleveland.
Somehow much of the media missed the admitted connection between this gang of five and the Occupy movement, even though the ringleader admits he's part of Occupy Cleveland and wasn't necessarily interested in nonviolent protest, according to an FBI affidavit. Of course, this isn't surprising given the covert relationship between the Occupy movement, the media and the Democrat Party. These were the same media outlets that were falling all over themselves to blame the Tea Party for the Gabrielle Giffords shooting.
While it's fortunate that the bridge plot was caught in time, people who have been assaulted, raped, or even murdered by the Occupy thugs weren't so lucky. We may be in for a long, hot summer, and, unlike the May Day protests, there may just be more than a little harmless overtime for law enforcement.
Obama Bully Says 'Don't Bully'
Editor's Note: The following story contains some unsavory, if partially redacted, language as we quote an Obama administration lackey.
Call a homosexual "pansy-a—d" and you're a bully. Use the same name for a person of faith, and you're Barack Obama's anti-bullying spokesman. Dan Savage – homosexual activist, author of a sex column and founder of a pro-LGTB anti-bullying campaign that the Obama administration is openly supporting – recently turned what was supposed to be an anti-bullying speech at the National High School Journalism Conference into an all-out attack on Christians and Christianity. As many as 100 students walked out during Savage's diatribe as he pointedly mocked the Bible and anyone who believes it, urged the students to ignore the "bull —-" the Bible teaches, and then called those who had exited "pansy-a—d."
Such bullying is nothing new for Savage, who has lashed out at "right wing religious f—ers", obscenely maligned Rick Santorum's name in Internet search engine results because Santorum had the audacity to express his biblically consistent position on homosexuality, and said he wishes "Republicans were all f—ing dead." That's far from his worst. How typical of the Obama administration that the man it has hand-picked as its voice for anti-bullying is, ironically, a bully himself and a pal of the Bully in Chief.
When It's Okay to Ignore Racial Violence
As the story of Trayvon Martin's death has slowly faded from the headlines, there have been numerous unreported instances of black-on-white violence that, were the media actually fair, they would have highlighted. In fact, these aren't really random acts of violence, but the direct result of media hype over Martin's death. In recent weeks, writes blogger Bob Owens, "At least 15 whites have been beaten not just with fists, but with potentially deadly weapons including hammers and lengths of chain. Many of the victims have been hospitalized, some may never fully recover, and one lingers on the verge of death."
Two white Virginian-Pilot reporters were viciously assaulted by 30 black youths. A Baltimore tourist was robbed and beaten by a man who videotaped it and posted it online, claiming, "me an [sic] my boys helped get justice fore [sic] trayvon." Seven whites were injured by a black mob in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A man from Sanford, Florida – just down the road from where Martin was shot – was attacked by two black men with a hammer and remains in critical condition. A Gainsville, Florida, man was attacked by a group of black men who shouted "Trayvon" as they savagely beat him. As Owens concludes, "The fact that Martin's admitted shooter, George Zimmerman, is multi-racial indicates the attacks are merely an excuse to resurrect deeply buried grudges and act out on them with violence." And media race baiters lead the way.
And Last…
Radical Elizabeth Warren is the Democrat candidate challenging Republican Scott Brown for his Massachusetts Senate seat. She is also a Harvard law professor who had an interesting background check of sorts this week. During her career at other schools, Warren claimed Native American heritage based on little more than family "lore," supposedly as a means to enjoy minority status and smoke the peace pipe with other faculty members. "I listed myself in the directory in the hopes that it might mean that I would be invited to a luncheon, a group something that might happen with people who are like I am. Nothing like that ever happened, that was clearly not the use for it, and so I stopped checking it off." Indeed, having reached Harvard, Sacaja-Warren dropped the routine, perhaps hoping to shed the aura of the victimized native. Ironically, her questionable claim has now jeopardized her chances of taking the Senate seat once held by another famous Native American, Teddy Chappaqua Dick.
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Nate Jackson for The Patriot Post Editorial Team


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Present: Carol, Mike, Terry, Chris
Guests: Dan, Richard, Barbara, Matt (web team); Joseph (space team)
1) We met with the Web Team to thank them for their work before disbanding the team, and to discuss how we can best use the LIS Content Managers program to maintain the LIS web site.
- One person (tentatively Dan Frostman) will be designated to be responsible for report to Communications on a quarterly basis as that group takes more responsibility for oversight of the College's web presence;
- We will have regular LIS content managers meetings or communications to remind staff of their responsibilities in this area, and to help them with training and/or tools.
2) We met with Joseph Watson from the Space Team to review their recommendations for repurposing the space now occupied by the information desk.
- remove current desk;
- spread current practical functions (e.g. outgoing mail, staplers, etc.) to periphery;
- install some sort of electronic information kiosk;
- put something aesthetically pleasing (e.g. tree, fountain, reproduction of Michelangelo's David – just kidding about that last bit) where the desk is now;
- involve a designer in the redesign process, who in turn will involve stakeholders (e.g. students);
- goal is for work to take place between summer school and fall term of 2014 (10th year anniversary of building);
- design/selection of centerpiece might involve Committee on Art in Public Spaces;
- could conceivably separate design of the functional areas from the design of the more decorative portions.
Agenda for Dec. 12
- Security Team Visit (10:00)
- Review calendar
- LIS holiday party
- Policy summit next steps
- LIS website next steps
- The Williams:Wesleyan:Wellesley:Brandeis:Amherst:Middlebury (henceforth W3BAM) group is meeting at Williams on February 25th. Who should attend? We want to have three groups:
- sys admins/network admins (from the last meeting)
- digital humanities types
- CIOs
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Photo Note: All the decent photos of this recipe were lost in a tragic beer-related editing mishap. The thumbnail you see to the left is the only survivor, and not the best quality. I considered "borrowing" a photo from some unsuspecting online source, but then realized that would not be ethical (and coincidentally didn't see any I liked) and so I decided to use the one I had. OK, on to the recipe.
Here's the idea; we take the liquid that's produced by marinating fresh cherry tomatoes in salt, pepper and vinegar, and strain it into a pan. We then take this already delicious juice, and make it even more so by reducing it over heat thereby evaporating most of the water. This intensified liquid is poured back into the tomatoes and we have a great fresh tomato relish, or tomato vinaigrette (if you want to be all fancy) that we can top some grilled meat, chicken, or fish.
This is an extremely common culinary technique that Chefs have used since the beginning of time to improve the flavor of all kinds of things. A "Reduction" is one of those Chef secrets that most home cooks don't bother with, or maybe don't even know about. Most of you have made a basic tomato salad or relish and simply eaten it as is, or topped whatever. That's fine, and it tasted great, I'm sure. But, by reducing the water content from sauces and dressings, you can produce even more impressive results.
By the way, I suggest ALWAYS using cherry tomatoes for this recipe. Large ripe tomatoes are just too hard to find, even in the summer (unless you have some in your garden of course), and most markets have an almost year-long supply of decent cherry tomatoes available. Look for "Sweet 100's," "Red Grape," and "Sun Gold" varieties, which all are pretty consistently sweet.
handful of cherry tomatoes
clove of garlic
splash of olive oil
splash of red wine vinegar
salt and pepper
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Fresh Cherry Tomato Relish – A Reduction Production
Posted by Chef John at 3:56 PM
Labels: Dressings, Salads, Vegetables
8 comments:
Mmmmm..."beer related editing mishap..." Totally my kind of mishap. You are hilarious!
- May 9, 2007 at 4:30 PM
OMG and I just read the reduction part. Jeez...I need to try that next time w/ my tomatoe viniagrette. My tastebuds are screamin' right now.
- May 9, 2007 at 4:31 PM
- Chef John said...
Thanks! Hey, let's trade links to our site. What do you say?
- May 9, 2007 at 6:11 PM
Can we use balsamic vinegar instead of red wine vinegar?
- May 10, 2007 at 10:17 AM
- Steffen P said...
I seem to remember that you have made this once before, with different colored thomatoes?
- May 10, 2007 at 10:38 AM
- Steffen P said...
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- May 10, 2007 at 10:40 AM
- Steffen P said...
Ups, I was wrong.. You didn't reduce that one. My memory must be low on batteries..
- May 10, 2007 at 10:48 AM
- Chef John said...
Yes, balsamic would be great with this, or rice vinegar, or lemon juice, etc. almost anything.
- May 10, 2007 at 4:21 PM
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by Steve Ahern
On a recent Saturday afternoon Tim O'Connelly and Norbert Varga, the owners of Philading, a month-old wholesome food stall in the Chestnut Hill Farmers' Market, were attending to a scattering of customers who in the last few moments had strolled up to peruse and/or taste the assortment of fresh and healthy desserts and meals. They sampled the soups-of-the-week (mushroom, bean and potato leek), scrutinized the scones (made from scratch by a few hours earlier by O'Connelly) and studied the mushrooms and their variety of shapes.
Each lines the butcher block around the refrigerator case that houses the guacamole, the hummus (Lebanese-style) and the meals (vegetarian chili and mujahardi pilaf, among others). Some customers perused politely for a moment and trailed away; others picked up merchandise and paid for it. Still others returned from earlier in the day offering praise for items they had eaten hours earlier.
"That crostini was absolutely stunning," gushed one, referring to the mushroom pesto served schmeared on a toasted baguette that sold out earlier that day. "It was gorgeous." O'Connelly, in the unaffectedly affable way he has with customers, thanked her and urged her to come again. "You can't buy advertising like that," he said.
O'Connelly, 43, and Varga, 46, established Philading in 2007. They met 13 years ago, while Varga was in graduate school at Michigan State. The idea to bake and sell cookies using O'Connelly's Polish great-grandmother's Christmas cookie recipe occurred to them in 2006, after moving to Chestnut Hill from Cleveland, when Varga, a pharmaceutical chemist by profession, accepted a job at a Philadelphia-area pharmaceutical company.
O'Connelly, who has worked in the sales and purchasing fields for most of his professional life, took a position as a buyer. But within months of relocating, both O'Connelly and Varga had lost their jobs. The entrepreneurial spirit that had moved them to establish a baking business went into hyper-execution in the hopes it would help ferry them out of unemployment.
They enrolled in the Self-Employment Assistance program, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Unemployment Office, which offers unemployed workers allowances to help them start their own businesses. The program helped them register and launch Philading, and they began selling their cookies at farmers' markets throughout southeastern Pennsylvania. The positive response they received from customers at the farmers' markets about their cookies emboldened them to expand the varieties of cookies and, over time, added scones, brownies, cooking oils, hummus, guacamole and nutritious meals to their product line.
Varga, who does most of the cooking, owes his culinary acumen for wholesome foods to a cancer scare he endured 12 years ago that changed his approach to life including what he ate. Rather than submit to the traditional course of cancer treatment, he opted for homeopathy and wholesome food. He remains in remission for over 10 years now, a combination he believes of luck and antioxidant eating. "At the farmers' markets there are a lot of whole foods kinds of folks who want something wholesome and healthy, so we kind of expanded into those," Varga says.
O'Connelly and Varga have also sought to accommodate customers suffering from food allergies, gluten sensitivity and Celiac disease (an allergic reaction to the gluten protein present in wheat, rye and barley). Offering gluten-free foods did not come without challenges and a lot of hard work, something both are used to. (O'Connelly put himself through college selling educational reference books door to door; Varga put himself through college and graduate school while working full-time and raising two young children.)
"Baking is chemistry," O'Connelly said. "You kind of have to tweak around because gluten-free bakes differently, so we came up with something that holds together and tastes good. We found a way to mimic the fineness of wheat flour."
O'Connelly, who was reared on mac and cheese, pot roast, spaghetti, margarine, instant coffee and some Polish staples including Kielbasa, has grown to enjoy the possibilities of gluten-free baking and wholesome cooking and their health benefits. He was raised in Waterford, Michigan, within geographical reach of several Middle Eastern communities, which introduced him to and stimulated his appetite for that cuisine.
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Replay victories instant hit for Ausmus, Tigers
First-year skipper 2-for-2 on first challenges in walk-off win against KC
DETROIT -- The Tigers are still waiting for their even-keeled, Ivy League-educated rookie manager to blow his top.
"I want to see what his move is," Max Scherzer said. "Does he get in the umpire's face? Does he throw a hat? Does he kick a base?"
And like just about everybody else in the Major League Baseball industry, the Tigers are also still feeling out the new instant replay challenge system put in place for 2014.
But in the wake of a 2-1, 10-inning walk-off win against the Royals on Wednesday afternoon -- in a game in which Ausmus went 2-for-2 in the challenge department, with the second playing a particularly big role in the result -- there were certainly no complaints about the system's efficacy or Ausmus' ability to navigate it.
Of course, that feeling is, if you'll pardon the pun, subject to review, too.
"I'm still on the fence about it," said Ian Kinsler, whose game-winning hit closely followed the overturned call that ended the Royals' at-bat in the top of the 10th. "But it worked out well for us today."
What we saw here at Comerica Park, ultimately, were the positives of MLB's "Welcome to the 21st Century" revelation, as well as the wrinkles that still need to be ironed out.
Ausmus' first challenge, while ultimately fruitful, featured all the stall-ball effects that has some folks fretting about instant replay's instant impact on pace of play. Ausmus took a slow stroll out to the field while Tigers video coordinator Matt Martin scrambled to watch the footage of the would-be double play the Royals turned to retire Kinsler and Tyler Collins at the end of the sixth.
Ultimately, the Tigers got their opportunity to bat Miguel Cabrera with runners on the corners.
Scherzer hopes the delays will be shorter moving forward.
"[The system] is not going to be flawless immediately," he said.
And that's one we all ought to embrace here in the early going, because the Tigers became an early testament to how much this system can fundamentally address former flaws.
MLB's video research of the 2013 season uncovered a "blown call" just once every 6.4 games. But this Motown two-fer, in which both botched calls came from first-base umpire Chris Conroy, is evidence that the errors are not spread uniformly across the scope of the season. And if anything, the increasingly sophisticated scrutiny of the on-field action seems likely to uncover more than a once-every-6.4 phenomenon.
Ausmus demonstrated the benefits of the "buy one, get one" feature of the replay rules for managers whose first challenge leads to an overturned call, because when Conroy again erred in the 10th, he was able to waste no time asking for another look-see.
This time around, the call in question was Nori Aoki's infield single to put runners on the corners with two out in the top of the 10th. Aoki had hit a weak grounder in front of home plate, reliever Al Alburquerque fielded it and was deliberate with his throw to first, giving Aoki time to make it a bang-bang play. Replay confirmed that Alburquerque's throw had just barely beaten Aoki to the bag, and, just like that, the inning was over.
Mere minutes later, so, too, was the game, thanks to Kinsler's heroics.
"That's what the system's there for," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Both calls went against us, but that's what it's there for -- to get the call right. I don't have any problem with it."
The potential problem is the forced strategic element the manager challenges create. We saw in Phoenix on Tuesday night the ill-effects of the limitation on challenges in the game's first six innings. Because Bruce Bochy had already expended his first challenge and lost it, he was in no position to challenge a clear blown call at the plate that cost the Giants a pivotal run in that same inning.
Putting the challenge in the manager's hands has altered both their role and, in some cases, their viewing habits in a significant way.
"What I've found is that, before, you watched the game," Yost said. "Now, you're almost like an umpire. Say there's a steal at second base. I never watch the throw now. My eyes go straight to the base. Because now we do have an option to challenge. Before, whatever the call was, that's what the call was going to be."
Certain segments of managerial scrutiny are unchanged and unchanging. Prematurely pull three of your better hitters -- as Yost did when he inserted pinch-runners for Salvador Perez in the eighth and Omar Infante and Billy Butler in the ninth, before the game went to extras -- and you're going to be vilified. Show debatable judgment with your bullpen usage -- and here, Yost opted, as managers questionably tend to do, to save his closer, Greg Holland, in a 10th-inning tie on the road -- and skepticism will surely come your way.
Ausmus, on the other hand, was unflappable and unassailable on this day, because replay -- and, ergo, the game -- went his way. It remains to be seen if sportswriters factor replay percentage in their Manager of the Year voting, but Ausmus is obviously off to a strong start.
Same goes for a Tigers team that has won its first two games against a division foe in walk-off fashion and had instant success with instant replay, too.
"It was nice to get those calls overturned when you can correctly see it on replay," Scherzer said. "This is a billion dollar industry. Let's get the calls right."


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AMES, Iowa, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NewLink Genetics Corporation (NASDAQ: NLNK), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing cancer therapeutics, today announced that Lota S. Zoth has accepted appointment to its Board of Directors and will act as Chair of its Audit Committee.
Ms. Zoth was Chief Financial Officer at MedImmune, Inc at the time the company was sold to AstraZeneca in 2007. Over her 30-year career, she held a number of senior financial positions at MedImmune, and other publicly-traded companies, including Marriott International, PepsiCo Inc., Sodexo (formerly Sodexho Marriott) and PSINet. Ms. Zoth, a certified public accountant, began her career as an auditor at Ernst & Young, LLP. Currently, she serves as a board member and audit committee chair on several public, private and non-profit boards.
"We are very pleased to bring Lota's insights to NewLink's Board as we continue to advance our promising drug candidates through clinical trials," commented Dr. Charles Link, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NewLink. "The first-hand experiences she has as an executive and board member in the biopharmaceutical industry will be very valuable to NewLink as we grow our company."
"In addition, as previously announced, two of NewLink's long serving Board members, David J. Lundquist and Sarah Alexander, did not stand for reelection at our recent shareholder's meeting," said Dr. Link. "We appreciate Dave and Sarah's thoughtful advice and counsel as we grew from a small private research based company to a public company well into Phase 3 pivotal clinical trials."
About NewLink Genetics Corporation
NewLink Genetics Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel immunotherapeutic products to improve treatment options for cancer patients. NewLink's portfolio includes biologic and small-molecule immunotherapy product candidates intended to treat a wide range of oncology indications. NewLink's product candidates are designed to harness multiple components of the immune system to combat cancer without significant incremental toxicity, either as a monotherapy or in combination with other treatment regimens. NewLink's lead product candidate, algenpatucel-L (HyperAcute® Pancreas) is being studied in a Phase 3 clinical trial in surgically resected pancreatic cancer patients (under a Special Protocol Assessment with the U.S. FDA) as well as in a separate study in locally advanced pancreatic cancer patients. NewLink has recently launched an adaptive design Phase 2B/3 clinical trial of tergenpumatucel-L (HyperAcute Lung) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. NewLink is developing indoximod (d-1-methyltryptophan, or D-1MT), a small-molecule, orally bioavailable product candidate from NewLink's proprietary indoleamine-(2, 3)-dioxygenase, or IDO, pathway inhibitor technology. NewLink is studying indoximod in various chemotherapy and immunotherapy combination studies independently and in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute. For more information please visit http://www.linkp.com. Patient information is available at http://www.pancreaticcancer-clinicaltrials.com.
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As VoIP is non – geographically based, this enables you to create a virtual number assigning any area code you choose to your numbers even if your business is not physically based in that area – the additional benefit of this is that your virtual number is portable so you can take it with you anywhere you go even if you decide to move offices.
VoIP Maintenance costs workout to be lower than traditional phone systems and they are inexpensive to set up as they use your existing broadband connection. This means there is no need for extra phone lines to be installed. VoIP phones are similar to telephones in there look and ease of use.
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April 7, 1918
Dear Mother and Father:
You see I am still here. A week or so ago I expected to be far away from here by now but we are still in the same old place and have no idea when we will get away. We have no further news about going and it almost looks as though we would be here a while yet. The men are pretty much disappointed. Their spirits were running high and they were filled with expectation and the delay has discouraged them somewhat. We are still prepared to go in case orders come at any moment but no one has any idea as to when that will be.
Yesterday being the anniversary of the declaration of war and the beginning of the Liberty campaign all the cities had parades. Junction City had one by the entire Medical Camp of Fort Riley. We walked from camp to town and then a couple of miles around town and back to camp again. It was around ten miles and we had our packs on our back all the time. I hope the citizens of Junction City appreciated our efforts and bought lots of bonds.
Today being Sunday there is nothing to do around camp so Sgt. Hill and I came into town this afternoon to write a letter or two and go to church this evening. I don't know where we will go. It dosen't make any difference to either of us as to which church we attend. I have been to several of the churches and I haven't found any of them that had really good ministers. They are very small churches and I suppose pay small salaries so they get just what they pay for. There are a dozen or more churches and if there were only three or four they could pay more and have real good men.
We had quite a fire in one of our barracks a few days ago. It was in our tailor shop. Some men were here putting an oil preparation on the floors. The stuff had to be put on warm so they set a pail of it on the stove. It boiled over and caught fire and in just a few seconds that end of the barracks was burning rapidly. We got the men busy with buckets of water and in a few minutes it was out. We had several suits of clothes in the tailor shop and they were burned up. Our tailor shop has been given up now because we haven't got a good tailor. We did have one but he deserted about six weeks ago and has never been heard of since. Our barber has been laid up with lumbago so we haven't been doing much business in the company of late.
The tobacco, candy and other things that we bought to take along had to be turned back as we can't take it along. Our company fund now has nearly a thousand dollars in cash which is mostly profit from the camp exchange.
I had a letter from Gladys a few days ago. They thought I had gone some time ago and expected that their letters would be delivered in France. If we are here a little while yet I may go down to Emporia for a day. It is about time for their Spring Festival and I will get to hear some good music as well as to see my old friends. They may think it strange that I have been here so long and have not been down to see them.
Sgt. Hill and I have good times together. We have lots of things in common and are interested together in many things. He expects to be married on the trip East. He is going to marry the woman he was divorced from two or three years ago. He went to visit his child a couple of months ago and things were patched up and they are going to get married again. He is older than I, about thirty-two or three, but we don't seem to notice much difference in our ages. Nearly all of my friends are older than I. I know of very few my age or younger.
I don't remember what day I wrote you last but I hope you haven't been worrying thinking that I have been gone. Whenever we get word to go I will let you know so you will know for sure.
Father's letter came early in the week. I will send some money after payday which we expect this week. I don't owe as much as I thought I did and having no book I never know how I stand.
Love from
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The woman who accused Oakland Univ. basketball stars Duke Mondy and Dante Williams of rape had a wild night of sex before making her allegation ... this according to official documents obtained by TMZ.
The L.A. County D.A. rejected the case within 24 hours, and now we know why.
Mondy and Williams were in L.A. to play UCLA. After the game the alleged victim met Williams at the Marriott Hotel in Culver City. According to the D.A. document rejecting the case ... she went to Williams' room but he told her to leave because he was under a curfew.
The woman then met Mondy in the hallway, who invited her to his room. And that's when the sex started.
The woman says she had sex with Mondy but claimed she wasn't comfortable and she had told him to stop several times but he ignored her. Then Williams entered the room. She says she then had sex with him and groused about how aggressive Mondy had been.
Now get this. Then Mondy came back in the room and he asked if he could jump in bed with the woman and Williams, and everyone obliged.
After the 3-way, Mondy went back into his own bed and she climbed in for another round of sex.
The guys eventually asked her to leave, and when she hit the parking lot she started crying and told the parking attendant she "thought" she "might" have been raped.
Short story -- the D.A. kicked the case.
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It may pain you to add girth to the iPhone 5's slender frame, but when a little more junk in your iPhone's trunk means double the battery life, it's hard to say no. The new Mophie Juice Pack Helium case promises to do just that and be about 13% lighter than the iPhone 4's Air version.
Mophie claims the device, which is equipped with 1500 mAh of battery power, can offer up to 6 more hours of 3G talk time, six more hours of cellular browsing, seven more hours of Wi-Fi browsing, 30 hours of audio playback, or seven more hours of video playback.
The cases will retail for $80 (approx £50) and are supposed to ship in time for Valentine's Day (In the US), according to Mophie. Because nothing says "I love you and now you can never lie to me about your phone being dead again" like a battery-extending, emotionally smothering iPhone case. [TechCrunch]


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Republicans blame President Obama for nation's economic woes
WASHINGTON -- Rebutting President Obama's State of the Union address shortly after it was offered Tuesday evening, three prominent Republicans offered a very different appraisal of the current state of the nation's economy and the changes that have taken place as a result of his policies.
"Last month, more Americans stopped looking for a job than found one," Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state said in the official Republican response to Obama's address. "Too many people are falling further and further behind because, right now, the president's policies are making people's lives harder. Republicans have plans to close the gap."
The fact that three Republicans delivered the State of the Union response — McMorris Rodgers giving the "Republican address to the nation," Sen. Mike Lee of Utah sharing the "tea party response," and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul going rogue with an address on YouTube — illustrated the fissures that continue to bedevil the Republican Party and its leadership.
But with President Obama's approval ratings sagging and Democrats' chances of holding on to the Senate in question, Republicans viewed Tuesday night's speech as an opportunity to lay out pieces of their agenda as they head into the 2014 election.
Obama focused in his speech on what he called a year of action to benefit the struggling middle class. Republicans have repeatedly argued lately that the gap between rich and poor has grown wider as a result of Obama's policies -- even though it has worsened over 40 years under Republican and Democratic presidents -- and say they are focused on creating greater economic mobility for the middle class through their economic policies.
In the lead-up to the speech, GOP leaders have been careful to present alternative policies to Obama's agenda, charging that the president would like to ignite a class warfare debate in the midst of an election year when many vulnerable Democrats are laboring to get out from under the shadow of Obamacare.
On the anniversary of former President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 "War on Poverty," Florida Sen. Marco Rubio sought to advance Republican policies that would drive upward mobility in a speech at the American Enterprise Institute. Another 2016 contender, Wisconsin Rep. Paul D. Ryan, this month outlined an agenda to tackle poverty in the Wall Street Journal, calling on the federal government to "dump decades-old programs and give poor families more flexibility." And Paul has argued for "economic freedom zones," areas that would have lower taxes, in cities like Detroit.
In her address, McMorris Rodgers said she hoped to share "a more hopeful, Republican vision, one that empowers you, not the government."
"We have plans to improve our education and training systems so you have the choice to determine where your kids go to school … to help you take home more of your paycheck ... with lower taxes, cheaper energy costs and affordable healthcare," she said.
In his tea party response, Lee outlined what he said was a "new conservative reform agenda," citing policy ideas of a new generation of leaders including Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. He said the economic inequality Obama spoke of stemmed from government itself.
"Every time it takes rights and opportunities away from the American people and gives them instead to politicians, bureaucrats and special interests," he said. "Throughout the last five years, President Obama has promised an economy for the middle class; but all he's delivered is an economy for the middlemen."
Both Lee and McMorris Rodgers cited the troubled rollout of the Affordable Care Act.
Lee said Obamacare "all by itself is an inequality Godzilla that has robbed working families of their insurance, their doctors, their wages and their jobs. Many Americans are now seeing why some of us fought so hard to stop this train wreck over the last four years."
McMorris Rodgers said the nation "shouldn't go back to the way things were," but said the new healthcare law "is not working."
"Republicans believe healthcare choices should be yours, not the government's, and that whether you're a boy with Down syndrome or a woman with breast cancer, you can find coverage and a doctor who will treat you."
Looking ahead to this year's immigration debate, McMorris Rodgers said it was "time to honor our history of legal immigration."
"We're working on a step-by-step solution to immigration reform by first securing our borders and making sure America will always attract the best, brightest and hardest-working from around the world," she said.
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Wild Nights: Episode 1
Words & Photos: Jordan Ingmire
Another summer season has passed and the snow is stacking fast in the NW! It's November 22 and there is already a solid four feet of snow in my front yard with much more on the way over the next few days. Scott Studach of WildCard Movies isn't wasting anytime this year and has already organized and executed our first shoot of the 2012 season.
After a morning of preseason shredding around the resort, the crew headed East of Stevens Pass to a friend's house to set the jib before night fall. By the time I showed up the boys were just hoisting the rainbow and inserting it into a hefty wedge they had stacked. After a few rebuilds the jump held the weight of the tree and we quickly to iced everything over to make sure it set before it was ridden.
With the in-run and landing dialed Scott (filmer) and myself got to work on lighting the feature and prepping all sorts of camera gizmos. After about an hour of placing lights, shielding lights from the dumping snow, tinkering with cords, leveling dollies and adjusted settings I concluded that I didn't properly understand how to use any of my new camera gear! I then proceeded to spend another half hour tearing down and packing my kit and resorting to use my trusty setup from last year. Sweating and frustrated I looked over to Scott to see him in a similar state as myself, struggling to dial in new equipment.
Finally everything was in position and the jib was looking good. It was dumping snow which added to the dramatic lighting created for the shoot. The boys fired up the sled and did a few passes to check the speed and began sending it. The right speed was crucial due to the pliability of the rainbow, too much speed and you would shoot past the transition to flat, not enough and the rainbow would bow leaving you face deep in the backside of the landing. After a few tries all of the riders had put down a solid line across the feature, now it was time to start the show. Set that baby on fire!
We doused the jib in gasoline and took a blow torch to it. To our dismay the flames were small and diminished as quickly as they had come. We proceeded to try other flammable household items we had on hand and decided to 'call it' after a jug of potent lacquer gave little results. How hard is it to set a tree on fire in dumping wet snow?
Though no one caught fire on this shoot our seasoned riders' Joe Bosler of Arbor Snowboards slayed a solid board slide across the knotghty rainbow. And Andy Berginsperry of Lib-Technoliogies closed out the shoot with a flawless nose press from end to end.


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Another warhammer class overview
Actually in Warhammer it's "career", but I'm writing for the non-Warhammer players. I just finished writing what I've learned of the three healer classes. As I noted among them, the Warrior Priest interests me the most of the three. But I've got a couple of other specific careers that draw my attention, and I thought I'd share what I've learned there.
In this case I'm not going to compare the pairing of analog other than noting it exists. In this case, we're talking Swordmaster/Black Orc. Tanks.
Tanks have always appealed, and while I rarely spoke of it I had a tank at a decent level in WoW. I spent waaay too much time being Real Good with the healer to really learn my warrior, but it was a great deal of fun. It would have been just about as popular from what I saw back then – though there is slightly more call for healers. (In WoW, especially PVE, it's hard to stack tanks to any useful effect.)
So anyway, the Swordmaster. There are two types of tank on each side. Clumsily, I'd describe one as an offensive tank and the other as defensive. That's terribly wrong, though. What I'm trying to describe is the respective mechanism. The Ironbreaker and Chosen tanks are basically rocks. Their abilities (attacks, etc) are essentially available all the time. Oh, there's a bit of difference: the chosen run with auras that debuff and harm foes (AoE); the Ironbreakers get to use grudges (think rage from being hit) as more "oomph" to the actual attack they use, but they're still pretty much all available all the time.
The Black Orc and Swordmaster are dancers – chain walkers. They've got a set of acts that when done allow a second tier which if done allow a third tier which clears the chain to make them start over. (They still have several single-shot actions like guard and challenge. I'm talking of their main actions here.) For some reason, this mechanism interests me more than the other. Again, my personal preference is staying order here, but there's enough overlap with the analog that Black Orc players can get a little use.
One of the reasons the tank appeals here is that Mythic has thought about how to answer the simple question: what use is a tank in PVP? (To be fair other games have done that too. WoW really warped the class – all classes – by making PVE so dominant, even to the extent of unbalancing PVP to make high-level PVE raids "play right".) Just as in WoW PVE, the role of the tank is simple: to be the team's shield. The ideal tank receives all the damage. So, how do you make a player – who can choose to do otherwise – beat on you instead? Well…
I've elsewhere mentioned collision detection. Basically, for three seconds an opposing player cannot run through you. There's a bit of a tricky game here – if contact is lost and regained, the collision clock starts over. This means tanks don't just stand but intead make slight shifts left, right, back and forth. Done perfectly the collision keeps going and going and going… done wrong, the other player scoots through the hole created when you went left and she went the other way. Oops. Now what, chief?
Taunts and challenges, CC, knockdowns and knockbacks… Not really damage, just keeping the attacker tied up and unable to dish damage. Oh – taunts and challenges work in PVP in WAR. Taunts mean that the attacker takes 30% more damage from you until either the time is up (15 seconds) or the attacker hits you three times. (btw – 15 second cooldown means potentially no down time.) Challenge? The player(s – it's an aoe) you've debuffed to 30% less damage to anybody besides you until 15 seconds or three hits on you are made. There's guard – you pick the friend you are guarding, and all damage they take is shared 50/50 with you. (I REALLY wish this had been in WoW, though it would have thrown more than a few things off in Arena.) The taunt, challenge, and guard are common to all the tanks. And all the tanks have the CC, knockdowns, knockbacks, interrupts… And they have damage. Lots of damage, though they can be (and should be) outdone by the pure DPS classes.
Oh – the inevitable controversy. The tank can two-hand or sword and shield. (No dual wielding.) Unsurprisingly the forums are full of "experts" telling people they have to S&B to "really" tank. Ummm, no. In fact, all four careers have a move or two that can only be done if they're using 2H weapons. The real answer is use the weapon for the situation – PVE or PVP, holding a keep vs being an offensive tank, your personal playstyle, etc. Just as with healers, I do not believe anyone has been playing the post-beta (which had One More Patch at the last minute – and another shortly after) long enough to Know All. Some have found a way to be Good, but… no One Way, not yet.
The battle dance of the High Elf Swordmaster appeals, so it's another I'm considering for my main.
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Learning the dance is tricky – it's fun, but I'm still having bursts of button mashing and frustration when I lose track of the stage I'm at. Partly it's because you have to land an attack before you can step up the chain and the chances of failing are very different in PvP and PvE.
As for the shield – it does, rather, rock. I've been using a shield in Rank 1 PvP. Unless you have a pocket healer, using the 2h makes survival more difficult. Carry a shield, otoh, and you can take an enormous beating. Using the collision detector and abilities like hold the line (10 seconds of 40-50% block and parry, and an extra 15% for everybody behind you) you can hold huge numbers of people. Not indefinitely, but long enough to disrupt reinforcements or let your folks get close.
Probably the best thing about the tanks in general is that this kind of tactical play – blocking off reinforcements, body checking people going for healers – actually works. I've been very impressed with the RvR on all 3 of the characters I've tried – and having seen a few obvious beta testers rip through nubs like they're not there, this is by no means a shallow game.
Antyway, enjoy it if you try it. Many of the details are superficially (and distractingly) similar to WoW, but the core mechanics make it, I think, a very different beast. A lot of skills are transferable, but I'm still constantly having to remind myself that this is not WoW. Give it a go, but give it some time. I'm having fun with it.


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PureDWTS Readers: Submit Questions For New Anna Trebunskaya Interview!!!
Hey awesome readers of Pure Dancing With The Stars, just a head up that Dance Junkies TV has booked a new interview with our beautiful, sweet, and fun dancing pro Anna Trebunskaya for tomorrow. Would you like to ask Anna a question? If so, this is your big chance to ask and submit your questions in the comments section of this post and we'll be sure Stuart Brazell and Elena Grinenko receive them. I've got a few myself which I'll post in the comments section as well.
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Charles Alexander Moore
Princeton University Press, 1967 - Hindu philosophy - 683 pages
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