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David McTaggart on the Vega in 1981
His aim was to stop the test blast with his ship's presence. But he was unsure whether the French would detonate the bomb regardless of his defiance. That morning, June 17th, he saw the balloon go aloft which signaled detonation was imminent.
The French military had been ghosting the Vega throughout its stay in the forbidden zone, and communicated orders to leave. Helicopters had buzzed the masts. The crew of the Vega had expected to be boarded and physically removed from the area. Now it appeared that a decision had been made to simply detonate the bomb -- protesters be damned.
His fingers too swollen to write, McTaggart kept an audio diary of those days which has recently come to light. You can listen here to his entry for that evening.
McTaggart, Nigel Graham, and Grant Davison made wooden blocks to seal the vents of Vega against fallout. They made plans to throw their stove and generator fuel overboard so it wouldn't ignite.
They'd agreed that if they survived the blast and the shockwave, that two would stay below and one would go up into the deadly fallout on deck wrapped in oilskins to motor them out of the forbidden zone.
They'd prepared the matchsticks they would draw to determine who that would be. And they'd radioed a telegram to their Vancouver base saying "BALLOON RAISED OVER MORUROA LAST NIGHT STOP GREENPEACE THREE SIXTEEN MILES NORTHEAST STOP SITUATION FRIGHTENING PLEASE PRAY AND ACT."
The next day, the French sent a minesweeper to "escort" Vega out of the blast zone, and when McTaggart and the crew refused, a high-seas game of manoeuvres ensued which ended with the ramming of Vega and the detention of McTaggart and his crew. The weapon was detonated on June 26th.
But the voyage of the Vega drew worldwide attention to nuclear weapons testing and renewed pressure on the French to abandon theprogramme from many quarters.
Greenpeace vessel Vega boarded by French commandos in Moruroa nuclear test zone.Skipper David McTaggart was hospitalised from his beating by commandos and lost the sight in one eye.
McTaggart was relentless. On his return to Moruroa in 1973, he so infuriated the French military that he and his crew were beaten to the point that McTaggart lost vision in one of his eyes for several months. The French government attempted to say that McTaggart had gotten the injury from slipping on the deck of his own ship. But one of McTaggart's crew members had smuggled dramatic photographs of the beating off the ship, which brought worldwide media attention, and further embarassment, to the French government.
With the entire Pacific united in outrage and opposition, the French government at last relented - partially - and moved its weapons testing programme underground. Weapons testing at Moruroa ended at last in 1996.
McTaggart went on to become Greenpeace International's first chairman, and led the organisation throughout the 80s and into the 90s. He died in a car crash in 2001.

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Víctor M. Torres-Vélez
Dr. Víctor M. Torres-Vélez received his bachelors from the University of Puerto Rico (1996) and his Masters (2003) and Ph.D. (2007) from Michigan State University. He is a critical medical anthropologist by training, who specializes in gender, justice and environmental change. Dr. Torres-Vélez' interdisciplinary theoretical expertise and interests are diverse. Some of these include: political ecology, development theories, theories of social change, transnationalism, science and technology studies, visual anthropology and contemporary and classical theory. Dr. Torres-Vélez' regional focus is Latin America and the Caribbean, with an emphasis in Puerto Rico.
Dr. Torres-Vélez' research explores people's responses to drastic environmental and public health changes. Particularly, how people make sense of health problems in contexts environmental pollution and widespread chronic diseases. His emphasis on embodied meaning-making practices is used to decipher the triggers behind the emergence of environmental social movements. While Dr. Torres-Vélez' research in Vieques, Puerto Rico, is a contribution to Puerto Rican studies in particular, the research insights are broader for they illustrate similar processes affecting people and places from across the world.
Currently, Dr. Torres-Vélez collaborates with El Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños developing new research agendas.


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Find out how 200 Gray's Inn Road is welcoming and wowing visitors with light
Find out how 200 Gray's Inn Road is welcoming and wowing visitors with light
200 Gray's Inn Road is a broadcasting mecca. Based in the heart of London, this iconic building is host to multiple TV giants such as ITN, ITV and Channel 4. To enhance the space and reflect the creative nature of the building, some stylish lighting was required for the building's reception.
When it comes to the TV industry, first impressions make a big difference. With this in mind, building architects IMA decided to re-fit the reception area with some exciting lighting. "In terms of the building's operation it would have been very difficult to remodel the existing system" recalled IMA's Ian McArdle. "We therefore decided to augment it with new and exciting solutions that are now available."
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The new installation creates an 'art wall' within the reception that has an immediate impact on people entering the building. Because of the way the panels are angled, the appearance seems to change as people approach, delivering a captivating first impression.
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Un Blonde Signs With Anti
Anti- Records is proud to announce the signing of Un Blonde for the World (outside Canada), the solo project of Montreal-based musician, producer and composer Jean-Sebastian Audet.
Over the course of a steady stream of self-produced albums and EPs, Audet has laid down the framework for a constantly mutating series of musical environments, which forge highly unique connections between hints of contemporary r&b, cubist avant-funk, low-key soul, indie pop, and confessional songwriting. This heady mixture spilled over into Good Will Come To You (Flemish Eye), a brilliant, 21-song widescreen presentation of Audet's concepts, which landed him a spot on the Long List for 2016's Polaris Music Prize and further cemented his growing reputation as one of the most compellingly original new artists to emerge in recent year.
Audet commented, "Elated to have Anti's support and to work alongside each other going forward. Hoping this music finds all well!"
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2012 Auckland Grand Final Preview: What's in store for the week
By Erin Greene on 12/10/12 at 6:26 pm
The 2012 season has produced endless action, including photo finishes at the London Olympic Games and a final flurry of changes to the ITU World Triathlon Series leader boards in the last two races. Now it's time for the season to come to a close, but not before the riveting crowning of the World Champions at the Barfoot &Thompson ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Auckland. While all eyes will be on the elites, upwards of 3000 athletes will descend on Auckland, making this Grand Final one of the biggest yet. Here, we bring you the highlights so you can keep up with all of the action.
With incredibly close overall series rankings in both the men's and women's competition, the elite races are set to be a clash of the titans. Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) will attempt to keep the ITU World Championship crown in the family, but not without intense pressure from two-time world champion Javier Gomez (ESP). Despite an ankle sprain that stalled his training leading into Yokohama, the Spaniard overtook Alexander Bryukhankov (RUS) with silver in that race to cut Brownlee's to just 180 points. With older brother Alistair absent from the lineup, only time will tell if a rested Jonny will earn his first elite world title. Anything will be possible on October 21. Click here for the elite men's start list
On the women's side, the showdown set for October 20 looks more and more like the final minutes of the London Olympics with Erin Densham (AUS) and Lisa Norden (SWE) battling for the title. Densham started the season on top, but Norden claimed the last two series titles. However, neither of the Olympic medallists raced in Auckland last year where New Zealand's own Andrea Hewitt conquered the course for gold. Hewitt was leading the series until she sat Stockholm out. The Kiwi will need a massive race to take the title, but all bets are off in Auckland. Click here for the elite women's start list
On October 20, the Under 23 men's and women's races will be contested over the same course as the elites, and is heaped full of triathlon faces of the future. Vincent Luis (FRA), who recently secured bronze in Stockholm, headlines the men's race followed by Fernando Alarza (ESP). Igor Polyanskiy (RUS), whose brother will line up with the elites, is also a rising star to watch. A host of impressive ladies will start, including Maaike Caelers (NED), who recorded top three finishes in the last two WTS events. She will face opposition from the likes of Non Stanford (GBR), Claudia Rivas (MEX), and Emmie Charayron (FRA).
U23 men start list
U23 women start list
The junior races will be decided on October 21, the same day as the elite men. The juniors will feature a diverse array of young talent from several countries. Thirty-two National Federations (NFs) are represented in the men's race, while 29 NFs are represented from just 39 women's slots. Juniors will race on a similar course as the elites, but over half the distance for a furious all-out sprint. Mikayla Nielsen (NZL) returns on home soil to defend her junior women's title, while men's 2011 bronze medallist Tony Smoragiewicz (USA) will line up at for a chance at the title this year.
Junior men start list
Junior women start list
The course
The elites will complete one swim, eight bike and four run laps in the hunt to name themselves the 2012 ITU World Champion. New Zealand showcases one of the most challenging bike courses on the ITU calendar. The eight-lap course features three hills on each loop. Athletes will climb a gradual 50 metres over nearly a kilometre, immediately followed by a shorter, but steeper 30m climb. To finish off the legs, athletes are met with another small slope, before repeating eight times. There's no doubt about it; the world championship crown is in the hills. Click here to see the course map
This year, the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships will see record participation with more than 100 paratriathletes across 20 National Federations slated to compete. Participation is up more than 25% from the 2011 World Championships in Beijing. Six categories will be contested on October 22 over a 750m swim, 20km bike (handcycle/tandem), 5km run (wheelchair) distance. Great Britain reigned supreme in Beijing, claiming the top two spots in four of the classifications. They return a strong team this year, but it's anybody's race. Read up more on the paratriathlon races
The ITU Aquathlon World Championship will set the tone for the week, as it is the first race to go off on October 17. A quick 1km swim and 5km run, some athletes may use the aquathlon as a warm-up for their triathlon races later in the week. A record high 753 athletes will travel to New Zealand for the swim-run battle. In the elite races, three-time aquathlon world champion Richard Stannard (GBR) is back to defend his title but will face opposition from Olympian Richard Varga (SVK). A new champion will be crowned in the women's race but Nicky Samuels (NZL) will be the crowd favourite. Click here for more aquathlon information
More than 3,000 competitors are ready to race in Auckland – one of the highest numbers of age-group athletes at an ITU World Championship to date. The number is an increase of nearly a thousand entries from last year in Beijing. Athletes opt between an Olympic and sprint distance race, both they can't do both, as each will be contested on October 22. Click here for race information
ITU Congress and Event Expo
While the focus is on fast racing in the home of the Kiwis, a host of other events will take place alongside the competition. Following the opening ceremonies on October 18, ITU committee, commission, and executive board meetings will begin with the goal of evaluating the direction of the sport. After the races, continental confederation meetings and ITU Congress will be held to decide the federation's leadership for the next Olympic quadrennial. In addition to all of the meetings, the 'World Tri Sport and Lifestyle Expo' will open on October 16 and will be held throughout the whole festival week until October 21. The expo will feature the latest triathlon products and services. Don't miss it!
Daily Schedule
October 17
Aquathlon World Championships
October 20
Under23 Women World Championship, 9:15am
Elite Women Grand Final, 12:15pm
Under23 Men World Championship, 3:15pm
October 21
Junior Women World Championship, 11am
Elite Men Grand Final, 1:05pm
Junior Men World Championship, 4pm
October 22
Age-Group Sprint World Championship, 6:55am
Age-Group World Championship, 8:30am
Paratriathlon World Championships, 3:15pm
Couldn't make the trip to Auckland? Not to worry, ITU has you covered. Not only can you follow the races at triathlonlive.tv and on twitter @triathlonlive, there are a number of ways to watch from your own home. Check triathlon.org tomorrow for all the ways you can catch the action from the comfort of your own home.
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October 16, 2012
"Most of the arms shipped at the behest of Saudi Arabia and Qatar to supply Syrian rebel groups fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad are going to hard-line Islamic jihadists, and not the more secular opposition groups that the West wants to bolster, according to American officials and Middle Eastern diplomats," the New York Times reported on Monday.
In other words, the CIA and the fanatical Wahhabists in Saudi Arabia and Qatar are supporting and arming al-Qaeda in much the same way they did in Libya. In order to mute this reality, the Times describes the rebels as "hard-line Islamic jihadists" and repeats the widely debunked fallacy that the United States really wants to support "more secular opposition groups" attacking the government of Syria.
According to Halil Karaveli, Senior Fellow with the Turkey Initiative at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center, it makes sense "hard-line Islamic jihadists," ergo al-Qaeda, are fighting the proxy war in Syria.
They "are the ones who know how to fight," Karaveli told The Voice of Russia earlier this month. "They have the fighting experience from Afghanistan and other places and they have been pouring in to Syria from Afghanistan, Yemen and Caucasus. This has become a gathering for Jihadists. Of course there is a big prize for them to win if they would be able to establish a base of the new al-Qaeda within the Arabs and the Muslim Middle East – that would be a huge victory and their biggest victory so far for al-Qaeda."
Jimmy Carter's National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski told CNN and the French newspaper Nouvel Observateur that the CIA supported Osama bin Laden in the covert war against the Soviets in Afghanistan. The CIA's al-Qaeda also played an instrumental role in helping Kosovo rebels wage their war against Serbia. Moreover, al-Qaeda has been "proselytizing jihadism" to the mujahideen in Chechnya and the Caucasus, according to Radio Free Europe, a propaganda operation run by the CIA.
In Syria, the Salafi strain of Sunni fanaticism dominates the so-called rebels, according to the International Crisis Group. They "seek to replace the secular regime with an Islamist form of governance" and are mesmerized by al-Qaeda's "concept of global jihad."
The plan for Syria is almost identical to the one now destroying Libya. An unnamed Middle Eastern diplomat told the New York Times al-Qaeda and its Salafist comrades lack "a coherent blueprint for governing Syria" and are perpetually riven by factionalism and rivalry.
The plan underway in Syria calls for balkanizing the country into Sunni, Alawite-Shiite, Kurdish and Druze enclaves that will act as "a natural 'buffer' for Israel against both Sunni and Shi'ite Islamist forces," according Sherkoh Abbas, a veteran Kurdish dissident. "We need to break Syria into pieces," he told the neocon-dominated Jerusalem Post in May.
Syria is now undergoing the neocon contrived "Clean Break" formulated in the 1990s by the neocons and current Israeli prime minister and radical Likudnik Benjamin Netanyahu. The A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm policy document calls for "rebuilding Zionism" and for Israel to work jointly with Jordan and Turkey to "contain, destabilize, and roll-back" the Arab and Muslim world.
Both Turkey and Jordan are currently playing important roles in the effort to destroy Syria and turn it into a cauldron of sectarian violence. An earlier phase of the "Clean Break" agenda successfully destroyed Iraq and converted it into a refuge for the CIA's al-Qaeda (the "new growth of al-Qaeda in Iraq, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq, is not entirely unexpected," the Associated Press argues).
If we are to understand what is happening in Syria now, we need to examine the long-running neocon agenda in the Middle East.
As Jason Vest noted more than a decade ago, the "Clean Break" document and agenda call for "a mini-cold war in the Middle East, advocating the use of proxy armies for regime changes, destabilization and containment," events that are now occurring under the guise of humanitarian intervention and the so-called "Arab Spring."
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CHICAGO – Watching his players reach base but rarely score is already becoming tiresome for Cubs manager Dale Sveum.
And there's still 151 games remaining.
For as inept as the Cubs' offense has performed through the first 11 games of the season, it should come as no surprise that one of the worst offenses in baseball – their batting average, on-base percentage and average with runners in scoring position rank 27th or worse among the 30 teams – failed again to take advantage of their starting pitcher's quality start Saturday against the Giants.
Cubs starting pitchers own a 3.00 ERA with six quality starts in 11 games after a six-inning effort Saturday from Jeff Samardzija. Yet the offense hasn't shown up. The Cubs are averaging 3.1 runs a game, and they squandered an opportunity to move one game under .500 in a 3-2 loss to the Giants. They left seven runners on base and went 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position.
"It's hard not to do that because you're caught up in the moment," outfielder Scott Hairston said of trying too hard at the plate. "We have been facing good pitching, but we're good hitters. I think it'll come around eventually. We haven't been getting breaks."
Samardzija (1-2) allowed two runs on seven hits while walking only one, but a high pitch count limited his innings, and he was pulled after 100 pitches. He should have exited the game in line for the win. The Cubs' wasted a two-on, no-out situation in the second after a double steal that was set up by Alfonso Soriano's single and Hairston getting hit by a Madison Bumgarner slider. But two strikeouts and an intentional walk later, Samardzija grounded out to end the threat, leaving the bases loaded.
Four times the Cubs' leadoff hitter reached base, however, they never scored. Dioner Navarro's pinch-hit home run in the seventh, his second in two games, accounted for their only two runs of the game.
"We had a chance to take the lead a couple times before they scored, which, obviously, changes the game around all the time when you don't score first," Sveum said. "We didn't put the ball in play a couple times when guys were in scoring position. Obviously, that's the difference in the game besides mistakes on defense."
Samardzija didn't condemn the offense after the loss, even shouldering some of the blame for failing with runners in scoring position.
"You can only control what you can control out there," Samardzija said. "I was 0 for 2 at the plate with a [strikeout] myself, so I didn't do my part."
The Cubs' struggles to capitalize with runners on base can't continue if they plan to avoid another 100-loss season. They're 12 for 80 (.150 average) with 24 strikeouts with runners in scoring position, though there's no single player to blame. Of the 15 players to record at least one at-bat with RISP, just two (Nate Schierholtz and David DeJesus) are hitting above .200, and the two outfielders have combined for six of the Cubs' 18 RBIs.
"Yeah, it's a little bit frustrating," shortstop Starlin Castro said. "It's tough. ... We try to get some runs, but it didn't happen."
• Meghan Montemurro covers the White Sox and Cubs for Shaw Media. Write to her at firstname.lastname@example.com. Read the Payoff Pitch blog at NWHerald.com and on Twitter@Sox_Insider and @InsideTheCubs.


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If I ever meet the man in charge of Details magazine's online content, I'm going to kick his dick off. I mean it, dude.
I know that giving Details any traffic or attention whatsoever is probably ill-advised. I mean, the content of the magazine and the related website is usually so egregiously misogynistic and juvenile that I'm positive that, if it isn't outright satire (ah, if only), then it's at least intended to be salacious and alarming for the sake of increasing magazine sales and website traffic. Still, there are plenty of people out there who aren't aware of that fact and will come away from the site's articles thinking this is where journalism is at, that aggressive sexual exploitation and objectification (of women, of course) are the order of the day, that it's time to get on the train to Doublepenetrationville or get left at Homo Station. Hence, I consider it my responsibility to at least direct a few sane individuals over to participate in the commentating on the site's message boards.
Anyone who has been around on feminist blogs for awhile will remember the old Peter Rubin piece on the Details site about whether it was OK to "demand anal" (see Twisty's take here, as I'll not be linking to the original). That article was so outrageous and absurd that I assumed I'd never find anything to rival it, but then along came another Details online article by some likely Adult Swim and Joe Rogan fan named Eric Spitznagel entitled "How Internet Porn is Changing Teen Sex." Now, one would assume that, with a title like that, the article might contain a sentence or two of analysis, but instead it just reads like a catalog of some slobbering old creep's wet dreams about sexually abusing underage girls. You don't have to take my word for it. Click here if you're in need of a good puke.
If you'd rather not read the article, I understand. Worry not; Deuce will sum it all up for you and contextualize the shit out of it so you can go over there and comment without being forced to read Spitznagel's mediocre writing or his exhaustive list of revolting statutory rape fantasies.
It all starts off with the article's subtitle: "Forget awkward fumblings in the back of the bus. Junior's thinking more along the lines of reverse-cowgirl anal." First off, "fumbling" is not a noun, and hence it cannot be pluralized. Duh. But really, is Spitznagel about to try to tell us that the average fourteen-year-old boy is so blase about sexual contact with girls that he requires anal sex to muster any excitement? Am I to assume that teenage boys have somehow overcome the social and sexual anxieties and fears that have plagued adolescents since the dawn of time? I don't make out with a whole lot of teenagers, but I doubt it.
Spitznagel recounts his own experiences with porn as an adolescent — borrowing issues of Hustler from a friend to toss to — and remarks that the average teenager today would consider wanking over copies of the magazine that once featured women being turned into ground beef on its cover "quaint." Quaint? Doilies are quaint. Small English villages are quaint. I'm pretty sure that images of women having their heads shoved into toilets while some skeezy guido porks them from behind aren't quaint.
But anyway… Spitznagel then goes on to drop a few facts and anecdotes on us that, were I to give him far more credit than is his due, I'd suspect he chose in order to sneakily intimate what's wrong with the effects the porn industry has on modern sexuality:
The awkward truth, according to one study, is that 90 percent of 8-to-16-year-olds have viewed pornography online. Considering the standard climax to even the most vanilla hard-core scene today, that means there is an entire generation of young people who think sex ends with a money shot to the face.
Well, that's not good. (Of course, the "one study" isn't cited, so we don't know whether that figure is accurate, but I suppose it's conceivable that it is.) He then quotes Seth Rogen (you don't say), who reads porn message boards for fun:
"It's hilarious how much these kids know," Rogen says. "There'll be arguments like 'This is classified as gonzo, but I would say it's more of a feature-BDSM. Also, they say this clip is taken from Handjobs #8, but this scene was actually first featured in Killer Grips #7.'"
And then two college dicks:
"Pubic hair is disgusting," Travis says. "Girls should keep their vaginas porn-star trim." Cody describes his first real-life ejaculate-to-the-face finale like this: "It was the happiest moment of my young life. There is just something about blowing a load in a chick's face that makes you feel like a man."
I suspect sometimes that over at Details these quotes from first-name-only dudes are phonied up in order to get a reaction out of people, but it isn't beyond the realm of possibility that these two assholes exist. If they do, their attitude is certainly repugnant, but, as Spitznagel says, "boys have always been perverts." What about the girls? Well, apparently at least one young woman thinks taking one in the face is "empowering." Here's Spitznagel (re)quoting a 22-year-old woman named Lindsay:
"Even if she has eight dicks on her face, she's still the queen of those eight dicks," she says. "I definitely like come on the face."
Lindsay, having internalized the prevailing argument of pornographers and smirking perverts everywhere, has added hers to the roar of voices that would drown out the protestations of those of us who don't think black is white, down is up, and getting jizzed on is the road to equality. How very, very sad. But it gets worse. Spitznagel, altruistically shouldering one of the heaviest burdens that the male pop journalist must bear, trolled a few porn sites, dug through mounds of pornographic images to find female porn stars' blogs, and found that many of the "veterans" were surprised at how "porn-ready" adolescent girls seem to be these days. There are thirteen-year-old girls who idolize Jenna Jameson, 250 of 1000 adolescent females surveyed in Great Britain hope to one day become strippers, teenage girls come to porn sets already well versed in what's expected of them, and so on ad nauseum.
Alright, dude, we get it: widespread porn consumption among teenagers has led to an expectation among young men that sex ought to mimic porn, and hence that women ought to submit to all manner of the degrading and potentially harmful acts that mainstream porn depicts. That's fucking terrible news, as us anti-porn feminists have been saying all along.
Oh, wait, that's not where you're going with this?
Sigh. I knew it:
For most men over 30, facials aren't something you actually do. They're like car chases or hurling someone through a plate-glass window—the difference between cinema and life. But the ubiquity of porn has blurred the line [among young people]…
To those of us who came of age in the eighties and nineties—the dinosaurs once naïvely content with even the most terrible, chafing teen hand job—it feels a bit like looking down from an attic window onto the Haight-Ashbury during the Summer of Love. Let the young have their Twitter and their Jonas Brothers—we have no interest. But this kind of hurts.
How in god's name could anyone trot out a laundry list like that of porn's social effects and come to the conclusion that things have changed for the better with the growth of the internet porn industry? I think I might know the answer to that. If, let's say, one was so blinded by privilege and entitlement as to conceive of women chiefly as dick receptacles, one might come to the conclusion that a media genre that is helping to brainwash an entire generation of young women to believe that being a dick receptacle is a real party is a boon to the young men who reap the "benefits" of the success of that media genre.
And, really, who can blame Spitznagel? When he's able to find, like, six women willing to confirm his hopeful supposition that young women just love being used, abused, and ejaculated upon, why would he give it any more thought? Why give up the privilege of using and exploiting women's bodies by proxy when one can point to a few women who like being degraded, having it taped, and having it broadcast around the world via the Internet? Why think about the damage that the porn industry does to the real women involved in it, to the real women who might not want to rip their pubes out by the roots, who might not want eight dicks on their faces, who might not be cool with their partners expecting them to submit to the degradation and humiliation that characterize almost all Internet porn, when you can choose instead to listen to the women who find it easier to join 'em than try to beat 'em? Why empathize with the young women who haven't bought into the porn industry's ideas about what women are here for when they are sexually abused by boys who have when you can point to thirteen-year-old whores (come on, like that wasn't the intimation) who wanna be Jenna Jameson when they grow up? Essentially, why take any responsibility for your complicity in an aggressively misogynistic and exploitative sexual culture when you can blame the victims?
What an asshole.
PS – To those of you who like to come over here and argue that men can tell the difference between porn and real life, and who claim that porn has no effect on the way men treat their sexual partners, I give you Eric Spitznagel's take and respectfully ask you to shut the fuck up. Also, I think y'all might want to head over to the site and tell him he's blowing your cover.
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Grapes that are "international" often have different names in different countries. Take Syrah vs. Shiraz, Grenache vs. Garnacha, and of course, Pinot Gris vs. Pinot Grigio. Not only to the different names represent a different language, but typically a different style as well. This is the case with Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio.
A French vine variety, Pinot Gris is best known for the soft, aromatic wines it produces in Alsace, France. Pinot Grigio, the Italian name for the grape, can produce wines of equal aromatics, but high production of the grape in some areas of Italy has led to wines that are less aromatic, more citrus-driven and lighter-bodied.
Outside of France and Italy, producers of the grape use the name (Pinot Gris or Pinot Grigio) that represents the style they aim to create. So those wines with aromatics of ripe peach, flowers, richer texture and body use the term "Pinot Gris," while those styles going for a crisper, lighter-bodied style with lots of citrus and refreshing acid term their wines "Pinot Grigio."
Oregon is one of those places that adopted the name and style of "Pinot Gris." Actually, it's against the law in Oregon to name it anything else. And true to name and style, the Pinot Gris of Oregon mirrors the same aromatic intensity and rich texture of the wines of Alsace. And yet, they certainly can hold their own as well.
Today's feature is the Benton Lane Pinot Gris, one of our all time favorites. With ripe peach, crisp apple and flowers on the nose, the palate has a zingy mineral-driven acidity that keeps that rich texture in check. Utterly delightful and a great August wine 🙂


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LONG ISLAND (PIX11) -- A veteran pilot was forced to make his second emergency landing in eight days on the same Long Island highway.
Pilot Frank Fierro took off from Spadaro Airport in East Moriches, when he experienced engine troubles again with his small Challenger plane.
Fierro, who has been flying for almost 60 years, promptly landed on the right shoulder of eastbound Sunrise Highway about 12:50 p.m.
No one was hurt. Highway patrol and police officers helped take the plane back to the airport.
Last Thursday, Fierro was only several minutes into his flight when he heard his engine sputtering.
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Let's pull it all together to make a network selection for our building monitoring application. As described previously, the application will monitor, analyze, and optimize energy usage throughout the user's properties. To accomplish this, monitoring and control points need to be deployed throughout each building, including occupancy and temperature sensors. Sensor data will be aggregated back to a central building automation panel located in each building. A continuous collection of data will provide a higher resolution of temperature and occupancy information, thus rendering better insight into HVAC performance and building utilization patterns. Comparison of energy utilization throughout the portfolio of properties allows lower performing buildings to be flagged.
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It's The Nameless One again. I'm just gonna get straight to the point. What happens when you have one discouraging thing right after another befall you? And it's not just a bunch of big discouraging things, but all the little things that eventually turn into this one, big despair.
You know, like, when you're late for a meeting or an appointment. Or when someone really gets on your nerves and you lash out at them, and later regret it. Or when you break a dish. Or how about when you can't find something at a time when you really need it. Or when you get a nice outfit soiled. All those little discouraging things that get you down. And you wonder why they have to happen. Wouldn't life be better without them?
But, what about character and learning the lessons of life bit by bit? What about being able to appreciate the good things in life and learning how much attitudes really matter? What would happen to all that if those annoyances were to disappear?
The everyday grind of life. The things that frustrate and annoy you; the things that aggravate and anger you; the things that. . .that are a part of the life we live, and part of the stuff God uses to mold and shape us in His likeness. The everyday grandeur of life. The things that make you smile and laugh; the things that bring you joy and happiness; the things that. . .that are a part of the life we live, and part of the stuff God uses to mold and shape us in His likeness.
It's nice to know that God uses both in your life. To know that you can learn from your mistakes and move on, and that God has a plan and purpose for your life that includes all the moments--both the good and the not-so-good.
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President Barack Obama will sign a an executive order that will extend LGBT non-discrimination protections to employees of federal contractors, reports the Associated Press, civil rights organizations and sources within the Administration.
The move follows years of pressure from gay rights groups for Obama to act on his own while a broader employment non-discrimination measure languishes on Capitol Hill. ... Obama has used this tactic before, signing executive orders that raise the minimum wage for federal contractors and expanding the number of workers who would be eligible for overtime pay. White House officials have cast the approach as part of the president's effort to work around a Congress that continues to be mired in gridlock.
But those moves increased the frustration among gay rights supporters who have long pressed Obama to extend workplace discrimination protections to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals working for federal contractors. The White House publicly offered little explanation as to why the president moved forward on the wage-related orders but not the anti-discrimination measure.
The announcement comes on the eve of the President's annual LGBT fundraising gala in New York City.
There currently are is no federal legislation that bans workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The Democratic-controlled Senate passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in November 2013 on a 64-32 vote. All Senate Democrats voted for its approval except Pennsylvania's Bob Casey. Ten Republicans also supported the bill.
The legislation has stalled in the Republican-led House. Majority Leader John Boehner has said there will not be a vote despite overwhelmingly support among the Democratic caucus.
ENDA passed the Democratic-controlled House in November 2007 but did not include transgender protections.
Some civil rights and LGBT groups have criticized the currently-worded ENDA for "terribly broad religious exemption[s] [that] would extend beyond churches and other houses of worship to any religiously affiliated institution, like hospitals and universities, and would allow those institutions to discriminate against people," noted the New York Times.
It is currently legal to fire people because of their sexual orientation in 29 states. It is legal to fire people for their gender identity in 32 states.


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WINSTON-SALEM � From one end of the court to the other, Duke�s Mason Plumlee changed approaches Wednesday night.
He was active and aggressive on offense. Saddled with foul trouble, he was backing off on defense.
His coach appreciated the discipline displayed by the player he calls the most important to his team of anyone suiting up in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Plumlee, a senior forward who scored a career-best 32 points, sensed awkward moments.
�I felt like a sissy sometimes,� he said, understanding his defensive maneuvers had to be different. �Coaches would like me to play better defense with foul trouble.�
Plumlee called his defense soft during the game at Joel Coliseum. His offense was anything but that.
Yet he had four fouls � three picked up at the offensive end -- with 4:02 remaining, and Duke was trailing a Wake Forest team that hadn�t lost on its home court in ACC competition.
The Blue Devils hadn�t won a true road game.
Despite Plumlee�s rising point total, this wasn�t adding up well for the fifth-ranked Blue Devils.
They side-stepped the remaining traps to escape 75-70. By then, odd as it might have seemed, Plumlee made what could be considered the game-clinching defensive play.
With the Blue Devils back ahead by five points, Plumlee rejected C.J. Harris� layup and the Demon Deacons were out of commission.
There would be no upset.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski racked it up to his players taking the smart approach when it mattered most. The best example probably came from Plumlee.
�I thought he showed really good discipline not fouling on drives,� Krzyzewski said. �Discipline is a real good thing and we had it.�
Now the Blue Devils, even shooting 2-for-14 on 3-pointers, have a road victory. That�s something else that can be marked off the to-do list. The line of questioning about winning on the road can go by the wayside.
Duke also re-established the notion that Plumlee is the go-to player. He reached the 20-point mark for the first time in eight games.
�I was expecting it to come my way and I was lathered up,� he said, noting the game plan.
And he knew the Demon Deacons would be coming his way to challenge his defense, too. His reactions in those situations, albeit uncomfortable at times, were probably just as important as all his points.


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To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium we placed a big red push button on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text "Push to add drama" invited people to use the button. And then we waited... Discover here what happened or visit http://www.tnt-tv.be for more info. TNT. We know drama.


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This week, four amazing artists presented their Mini Discussion presentation. Here was the prompt: Garr Reynolds says an ineffective slide is a slideument and Nancy Duarte says we should be creating "digital scenery" instead. Explain the difference between an ineffective slide and an effective one based on these two slide design experts. Use one outside source, and create an activity to help the class internalize your lesson.
As they were presenting, my students animated their speech using the whiteboard and a few markers. After they finished, I asked them if I could take their pictures next to the pictures they're drawn on the board.
Gerson (left) and Tuan (right) showed us the RIGHT way to design a slide relying on images, a little bit of relevant text, and strong principles of design.
Brian (left) and Roberto (right) explain what a slidument is and dissect an example of a "wall of text," bad slide.
I am always so impressed when my students blend what they're learning and studying (art and design) with what we learn in class.
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CASA Corner: From a child's perspective
CASA volunteer
"There is a hole in Daddy's arm where all the money goes."
This disturbing line is from the tragic song "Sam Stone" by John Prine. It is all the more heart-wrenching in that it is a child speaking. It is from a child's perspective. What must the home life of a child be like that it would engender such a revelation? To get to that point, many other things must have already been lost down that "hole." Lost is that child's innocence, sense of security and hope. Tragically, many children right here in South Lake Tahoe wake every morning facing similarly disturbing circumstances. At some point those circumstances cross a line and become neglect or abuse. Did they go to bed hungry? Did they do their homework? Do they have clean decent clothes to put on for school? Is someone packing them a lunch? Do they feel threatened? Do they think their situation is the "norm?" Does anyone care? Does anyone notice?
In the case of a CASA kid, someone did notice. It may have been a mandated reporter such as a school teacher, counselor or administrator. It could have been a concerned family friend or neighbor. In most cases the child and their situation are noticed when law enforcement has gotten involved because of something a parent has done. It could be drug abuse, alcohol abuse, physical abuse or a combination thereof, by the parent that gets "the system" involved. But as soon as the parent is in the court system the child enters the Dependency Court system.
From a child's perspective (even one in a neglectful or abusive situation), being "noticed" by the system does not necessarily restore a sense of security or re-instill lost hope (innocence is gone forever). The child finds himself or herself in the unfamiliar and scary situation of having strangers getting involved in the intimate details of their lives. Once involved in Dependency Court, the child is now dealing with law enforcement, social workers, attorneys and judges. It is confusing and frustrating. They may be removed from their home because the conditions there have been deemed unacceptable.
From a child's perspective, even with all the new people in their lives, it can be a very lonely existence. That is where CASA steps in. A CASA is a Court Appointed Special Advocate, a trained volunteer who becomes an Officer of the Court. They are appointed to the child's case by a judge to become the court's eyes and ears. A CASA becomes an advocate for the best interests of the child. By spending time with the child, meeting with parents, teachers and counselors along with reading court related documents, the CASA obtains an intimate knowledge of the child and their circumstances. With all this knowledge the CASA is able to become the voice of that child in the court system.
From a child's perspective, a CASA provides a consistent, stable and, most importantly, dependable person in their otherwise uncertain lives. The child can gain back a bit of security in the fact that the CASA is on their side and is there for them. Having a CASA may start re-instilling some of that lost hope to the child. A CASA can go a long way in filling that "hole" which tragic circumstances has left in a child's life. A CASA can change a child's perspective.
CASA needs more volunteers. There are children right now waiting for a CASA to be assigned to them by the court. You could be that CASA. There is a real need for male CASA volunteers. The ladies continue to step up to the plate big time. It is time for more guys to do the same along with the ladies. The next CASA training starts in March. For information, call Amanda or Alexis at the South Lake Tahoe office of CASA El Dorado, 530-573-3072.
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Canine Corral is a Salem Oregon Dog day care offering training, boarding, and day camp., It's always our business to make sure your dog's visit is enjoyable, safe and worry-free.
Whether you need care for your dog during the day or for an overnight stay, Canine Corral is ready to help. We also offer training for owners with their dogs either as group classes or private lessons; and we offer a program where we do the training.
Our Salem Oregon Dog daycare facility is situated on a beautiful, rolling 5 ½ acre property adjoining Rickreall
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Property is fenced and gated providing extra security for the dogs
Building is newly constructed and designed especially for dogs
Parking is a breeze with an extra wide driveway and ample spaces in the parking lot
Since it is an indoor facility, dogs don't go home wet and muddy
Building is climate controlled for year round comfort
Gym, affectionately know as "The Corral", is 2800 square feet of play area
Floor covering throughout the gym is rubber matting – provides traction and cushion for dogs' joints
Rubber matting is sanitary – easily cleaned and disinfected
Spacious windows offer abundant natural light
To make the visits a bit more like home we often play music or tune in Animal Planet on TV
We invite you to come for a tour of our facility – just call ahead for an appointment. We have an "easy to find" West Salem location just 8 minutes from downtown. And we're just ¼ mile off of 2 major commuting routes - Hwy 22 and Hwy 51. (Click for map)
Meet "CALLIE"! She's a 2 year old Border Collie & Australian Shepherd cross. She has attended Day Camp (Daycare) here for nearly 1 ½ years and usually comes 3 or 4 days per week. Callie was in our Basic Obedience class and has occasional overnight stays too. Her favorite activity is to run fast; next favorite is to lie upside down and play with the other dogs. Her most unique "talent" is to sit on another dog while it's lying down. (We have yet to capture that in a photo.)
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Item No. 12244
This sight is identical to the CompC3 model, but is equipped with a fixed 2-power lens system.
The fixed 2-power lens system provides low magnification for increased range while maintaining unlimited eye relief and rapid target acquisition.
This sight can be used with virtually all 30 mm ring systems.
Discontinued January 2008
Launched 2005
|General data
|Art nr: 11412 (2MOA), 11422 (1MOA)
|Technology: ACET (Advanced Circuit Efficiency Technology)
|Working principle: Reflex collimator sight - red dot sight
|Optical data
|Lightsource: LED (Light Emitting Diode) totally eye-safe
|Lightsource wavelength: 650 nm red light
|Red dot size in MOA (minute of angle): 2 or 1 *
|Parallax: Absence of parallax - No centering required
|Eye relief: Unlimited
|Night vision compatibility: No
|Anti-reflex coating all surfaces & multi-layer coating objective lens: Yes
|Magnification: 2X (Fixed booster)
|Electronic data
|Battery: One 3V Lithium battery, type 2L76 or DL1/3N
|Battery life in hours: 50 000 (over 5 years of continuous use) **
|Dot intensity adjustment: Manual rotary switch
|Daylight (DL) settings: 1 Off & 9 DL
|Mechanical data
|Material housing: High strength aluminum
|Surface finish: Anodized, semi-matte
|Color housing: Black
|Adjustment 1 click: 13mm at 100m, (1/2" at 100yds)
|Mounting methods: 1 ring, ø 30mm, (ø 1.18")
|Environmental data
|Temperature range: -30° - +60°C, (-20° - +140°F)
|Water resistance - submersible to: Fully waterproof
|Radioactive components used: None
|Length: 160mm, (6.1")
|Maximum ring width: 30mm, (1.18")
|Objective diameter: 47mm, (1.85")
|Tube diameter: 30mm, (1.18")
|Weight sight only: 270g, (9.5oz)
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After spending most of the first half pulling their usual "lay back, bomb it deep" style, the US broke through in the 36th minute. Jermaine Jones placed an overhead pass directly on the foot of Clint Dempsey, as the Honduras defender got turned around.
Just four minutes later Honduras was able to tie it up, as the US back line simply watched Juan Garcia execute a perfect bicycle kick. It's 1-1 at the half.


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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community has been denied the truth about the teenager's recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort.
Fearing that Hogwarts' venerable Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, is lying about Voldemort's return in order to undermine his power and take his job, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts students.
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Katie Leung, Imelda Staunton, Evanna Lynch, Helena Bonham Carter
Directed by David Yates
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Opened in Theaters - Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 (13 years ago)
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I have just landed on home soil. Coming back to my roots, my terroir, to deepen and round out the research project I'm working on at the University of Burgundy. I have come to spend two weeks at the University of Maryland's Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, with our collaborator Michael Gonsior.
They grow wine in the Chesapeake? Actually its possible… I'll have to find out (in any case this weekend I'll be spending some time in another surprising wine region, at Galer Estate in western Pennsylvania). But that's not the reason I'm here. I am here to work with environmental chemists, to learn their methods, typically applied to marine water or other environmental samples, and apply them to wine. This collaboration started a couple of years ago, Gonsior and my mentor, Régis Gougeon having been introduced by another non-wine collaborator, Phillipe Schmitt-Kopplin (whose lab in Munich I spent three weeks in back in March), and the research looks quite promising.
In brief we are using fluorescence spectroscopy methods to study the global signatures of different wines. This has been done before (see Airado-Rodrígeuz et al., 2011), but we hope to combine the information gleaned from the "fluo", as it is affectionately called (at least in French) with our already well-developed metabolomics approach (see Gougeon et al., 2009; Liger-Belair et al., 2009; Roullier-Gall et al., 2014) to gain a more well-rounded view of a wine and the effects of different factors, such as terroir and bottle age (Roullier-Gall et al., 2014), cooperage (Gougeon et al., 2009), or vinification choices. Early results were presented at WAC by Christian Coelho and Chloé Roullier-Gall.
Personally, this experience brings me full circle, in a way, as a major part of my chemistry training took place in an environmental context (my senior thesis, at Haverford College, was carried out in Biogeochemist Helen White's lab), and I am looking forward to seeing how my project and intentions are received in such an environment, seeing that I work on a very different substrate, with very different stakes and objectives. This was less of a factor in Munich, as the collaboration is a long-standing one, and several PhD students have already passed through their lab, desensitizing them to what might otherwise seem a strange topic in the context of the "Environmental Health" focus of that particular institute.
Additionally, this puts the study of wine in a new context for me, one that is less bathed in wine than the French context I have been working in. Though in Munich wine is not the beverage of choice either, the lab's PI (Schmitt-Kopplin) is French, and has a vested personal interested in wine. In the US, particularly outside of the more longstanding winemaking regions, wine is often viewed quite differently from in the Old World, particularly France, as America does not have the longstanding, deep-rooted history into which the vines and wine issue from them, spread their roots. I'm looking forward to seeing (and sharing!) how this all plays out during my stay.
Airado-Rodrígeuz, D., Durán-Merás, I., Galeano-Díaz, T., Wold, J. P. Front-face fluorescence spectroscopy: A new tool for control in the wine industry. J. Food Comp. Anal. 2011, 24, 257-264.
Gougeon, R. D.; Lucio, M.; Frommberger, M.; Peyron, D.; Chassagne, D.; Alexandre, H.; Feuillat, F.; Voilley, A.; Cayot, P.; Gebefügi, I.; Hertkorn, N.; Schmitt-Kopplin, P. The chemodiversity of wines can reveal a metabologeography expression of cooperage oak wood. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2009, 106, 9174-9179
Liger-Belair, G.; Cilindre, C.; Gougeon, R.; Lucio, M.; Gebefügi, I.; Jeandet, P.; Schmitt-Kopplin, P. Unraveling different chemical fingerprints between a champagne wine and its aerosols. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2009, 106, 16545-16549.
Roullier-Gall, C.; Boutegrabet, L.; Gougeon, R. D.; Schmitt-Kopplin, P. A grape and wine chemodiversity comparison of different appellations in Burgundy : Vintage vs. terroir effects. Food Chem. 2014, 152,100-107.


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COLUMBUS – The Columbus Crew today announced, in conjunction with Major League Soccer, that the 2013 MLS Business Summit is being held in Columbus September 10-12, 2013. For the second consecutive year, the Summit brings together representatives in every functional area from the League office and all member clubs to develop strategies and share best practices.
"We look at Columbus as one of America's greatest soccer cities," said Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber. "This city has been the home of great games, players, coaches and fans. Columbus will become be a think tank for MLS, as we continue to strive to reach our goal of being one of the world's best soccer leagues by the year 2022."
Participants will attend the U.S. National Team World Cup Qualifying match vs. Mexico at Crew Stadium – home of the three famed Dos a Cero U.S. victories – on September 10, surrounding the Business Summit events. Columbus has previously hosted other signature League events, including the 2000 and 2005 MLS All-Star Games and MLS Cup 2001.
"We are proud to have been selected once again to host the MLS Business Summit in Columbus," said Crew President & General Manager Mark McCullers. "It continues to be a strong endorsement from the League and we're honored that it recognizes all of the hard-earned positive momentum being enjoyed right now by both the Crew and the City of Columbus."


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Statistical analyzer that takes a sample of your (or anyone's) writing and claims to match it based on similarity to a known author: I Write Like.
I pasted an excerpt from an email I had written a while back, and I got the result "I write like Cory Doctorow". Really? My emails read like Doctorow? This sounded too good to be true, so I dug up my recipe for mushroom-peanut lasagna and pasted that in, and I got the result "I write like Mario Puzo"!
I swear this thing was written by a wise guy.


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Lakes Searched for Colorado Boy Who Vanished During Dad Visit
Police and volunteers searched a Colorado lake for a 13-year-old boy after cadaver dogs picked up a scent that led them to the edge of the water.
But the latest development in the week-long hunt Dylan Redwine failed to find the boy or his body.
Seven divers from New Mexico State Police searched Vallecito Lake through the weekend after the dogs followed the scent to the lake, according to KMGH.
In addition, more than 30 volunteers, who met on the Find Missing Dylan Redwine Facebook group, searched areas near Forest Lakes Sunday.
Since he was reported missing last week, volunteers have handed out fliers and knocked on doors looking for any clues on his whereabouts.
Redwine disappeared last Monday from his father's home in Vallecito, Colo., home during a one-day court ordered visit, according to ABC News affiliate KMGH.
Redwine's father, Mark, told police that his son was in his home when he left to complete some errands at 7:30 a.m. When he returned four hours later, the boy was missing.
Police are working with the FBI and considering all scenarios ranging from abduction to runaway.
"We know some people are upset that we are even considering the possibility that Dylan may have run away. But we are working for Dylan and we owe it to him and to his family to consider every possible scenario that could have caused him to drop out of sight for a week," Public Information Officer Dan Bender for La Plata County Sheriff's Office told KMGH.
"To disregard any potential circumstance could cause us to overlook a possible clue that will lead us to Dylan," said Bender.
Redwine lives with his mother and brother in Colorado Springs, about 25 miles from where he disappeared Nov. 19. Redwine's parents divorced in 2007.
A postal worker reported possibly seeing Redwine in Vallecito the day he was reported missing with another boy, reported KMGH.
Redwine is described as 5 feet tall, 105 pounds, blond hair, blue eyes and fair complexion. He was last seen wearing a black Nike shirt, black basketball nylon shorts, black Jordan tennis shoes and a two-tone blue and white Duke Blue Devils baseball hat.


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As we approach the winter solstice and the end of one long count and the beginning of another, our understanding of the Mayan world is rapidly being transformed by new knowledge.
The traditional Mayan narrative in western literature is perhaps best exemplified by the writings of Jared Diamond and Joseph Tainter, who ascribe the collapse of the Classic Period to an over-exploitation of resources, and in particular, a deforestation of the lowlands that exacerbated climate swings, leading to extreme drought, fire and famine. Some now-familiar scenes in Mel Gibson's Apocalypto were of lime-quarry workers, dusted head-to-toe in white powder, slaking lime to make renders for buildings and pyramids. These images resonate with our stereotypes of tone-deaf ruling classes directing their work-slaves to perform catastrophically civilization-destructive activity.
There is another story of Mesoamerica that is emerging through the work of biologists, botanists, and ethno-agronomists exploring and attempting to replicate the ancient systems that produced traditional foods. One example now familiar to permaculturists can be seen the chinampas of Xochlimilco, near modern-day Mexico City, which combined urban waste-disposal, canal dredging, and plant and animal production from both aquatic and terrestrial horticultural complexes. The Aztec's elegantly interconnected system, which was not confined to just that society or to the tropics, produces more food per hectare than any system discovered before or since, and it does it by cooperating with nature.
Two Mayan examples can be seen in the large-scale experiments in Belize of archaeologist Anabel Ford and cacao-farmer Christopher Nesbitt. Ford's farm, El Pilar, straddles the border between northern Belize and Guatemala in the Petén. Nesbitt's is located in southern Belize, in the Maya Mountains. Both occupy flanks of semi-buried and overgrown pyramid cities from the Classic Period around 1,100–1,000 years ago.
We have described the Maya Mountain Research Farm here before and suffice it to say the best way to get a full picture is to go there and experience it. We offer a permaculture design certificate course there every spring. This year our course is being preceded by a tour of development projects in Southern Belize and followed by an advanced edible forest design course.
A stelle from Yaxchilan showing tribute being paid by three wise men (or one
lieutenant and two prisoners, actually) to Itzamnaaj B'alam III
(literally: Shield of the Sky Diety Jaguar the third).
Built on the ruins of the midland city of Uxbantun, part of the archeological complex of Luubantun (best known for the discovery of the crystal skull by the teenage daughter of archaeologist F.A. Mitchell-Hedges in 1926), MMRF is a tree-based agricultural system that resembles the structure, complexity and interconnectivity of the traditional Maya, providing sustainability services such as erosion control, air purification, soil formation, water retention and wildlife habitat.
In 1978, While living in Guatemala and guiding her archaeology graduate students from UC Santa Barbara in field work, Anabel Ford mapped a 30-km transect between the Petén sites of Tikal and Yaxhá. In the process, she could not fail to ignore the ongoing cultivation by present Maya residents of many of the same crops found in the archaeological record, and in some cases the same identical cacao trees, regrown from stump cultures, and kept in production more than 1000 years. This cultivation pattern she described as "forest islands," and she immediately grasped that it was precisely this style of agriculture that enabled the Maya to not only build successive monumental civilizations, but to still inhabit Central America in large numbers today.
In 1983, she discovered and later mapped the ancient city of El Pilar. In 1993, after conducting a settlement survey and excavations, she launched a multidisciplinary program to understand the culture of El Pilar by replicating its agriculture. In a 2011 article for Popular Archeology, Ford described that agriculture in this way:
The Maya milpa cycle sequences from a closed canopy forest to an open field. When cleared, it is dominated by annual crops that transform into a managed orchard garden, and then back to a closed canopy forest in a continuous circuit. Contrary to European agricultural systems developed around the same period, these fields are never abandoned, even when they are forested. Thus, it is more accurate to think of the milpa cycle as a rotation of annuals with succeeding stages of forest perennials during which all phases receive careful human management.[…]
Extensive evidence exists on the management of forest resources, the flora and fauna, and the subtleties of Maya ecological knowledge. Traditional practices of forest gardening support a model of long-term, sustainable management of natural resources by the Maya. We see the Maya as managers rather than as destroyers, and this is an essential step in understanding how to conserve this and other threatened tropical ecosystems today. Rather than using the Maya model as one of destructive behavior – a "failed society" – their responsible interaction with their environment can provide us with a model of global sustainability. — popular-archeology.com
Ford's working experiments at El Pilar, and also what Chris Nesbitt is doing at MMRF, are at the leading edge of what is coming to be called "action archaeology." Says Jeremy Sabloff, former president of the Society for American Archaeology, "The idea that archaeology can play a critical role in the world today is a rising trend — and a very exciting one." The role shift is from academic scholar or forensic technician to community activist and trainer. What action archaeology brings to campaigns to eradicate poverty, stop resource wars and reverse climate change is the recovered knowledge of what sustainability actually looks like when it is practiced for several thousand years.
One of the main things it looks like is a forest.
Albert Bates has been Director of the Global Village Institute for Appropriate Technology since 1984 and the Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm in Tennessee since 1994, where he has taught sustainable design, natural building, permaculture and restoration ecology to students from more than 50 countries. He was one of the first to write about climate problems 30 years ago. His latest book is The Biochar Solution: Carbon Farming and Climate Change.


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The Houston Dynamo will open the 2013 Major League Soccer season on Saturday, March 2, against D.C. United at BBVA Compass Stadium. Kickoff time and broadcast details for the match will be announced in the coming weeks.
The Dynamo are 1-1-2 all-time when opening the MLS season at home and are 3-1-3 all-time in home openers. Houston played United in their 2012 home opener, winning 1-0 in front of a sold-out crowd in the inaugural match at BBVA Compass Stadium.
The Dynamo are coming off their second consecutive trip to the MLS Cup Final and their fourth overall and are currently riding a 30-game home unbeaten streak in all competitions. Houston holds a 9-4-2 advantage all-time over D.C. in the regular season and defeated United 4-2 on aggregate in last year's Eastern Conference Championship series.
2013 single-game tickets are not yet on sale, but tickets for all matches can be purchased through full or partial season ticket packages. Full season ticket packages are available for as low as $400, with partial season ticket packages starting at $115. In addition, the Dynamo are offering a new Family Season Ticket Package for the 2013 season. For every full price adult season ticket purchased for $400, you can purchase an additional season ticket for a child 10 years or younger for just $200, located in the Texas Children's Health Plan Family Section. There are a limited number of seats allocated for this program. To purchase your package or for more information on 2013 season tickets call (713) 276-GOAL.
Dates and matchups for all 2013 MLS Regular Season home openers are below.
Saturday, March 2:
Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City (PPL Park)
FC Dallas vs. Colorado Rapids (FC Dallas Stadium)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Toronto FC (BC Place)
Houston Dynamo vs. D.C. United (BBVA Compass Stadium)
Seattle Sounders FC vs. Montreal Impact (CenturyLink Field)
Chivas USA vs. Columbus Crew (The Home Depot Center)
Sunday, March 3:
LA Galaxy vs. Chicago Fire (The Home Depot Center)
Portland Timbers vs. New York Red Bulls (Jeld-Wen Field)
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake (Buck Shaw Stadium)
Saturday, March 9:
Toronto FC vs. Sporting Kansas City (Rogers Centre)
D.C. United vs. Real Salt Lake (RFK Stadium)
Colorado Rapids vs. Philadelphia Union (Dick's Sporting Goods Park)
Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution (Toyota Park)
Saturday, March 16:
New York Red Bulls vs. D.C. United (Red Bull Arena)
Sporting Kansas City vs. Chicago Fire (LiveStrong Sporting Park)
Real Salt Lake vs. Colorado Rapids (Rio Tinto Stadium)
Montreal Impact vs. Toronto FC (Olympic Stadium)
Columbus Crew vs. San Jose Earthquakes (Crew Stadium)
Saturday, March 23:
New England Revolution vs. FC Dallas (Gillette Stadium)


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Carly Colon talks about the physical alternation that Cena and him got into. Carly said it was because Cena wanted Carly to be on the top of the roster with him and Cena didn't want to be the only guy. Carly said that Cena is really strong.
Carly also talked about how Cena wants other on the top of the roster with him, Cena doesn't want be the only top guy.
Carly also said that Cena and him are cool with each other
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