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Here comes Maya Stein on her bicycle, gliding below the historic clock tower at Dearborn Station. Stein is a writer and turned 40 in May. She has the lithe figure of someone who routinely takes transcontinental treks on her 10-speed. Yet this is her first trip of such ambition, a 1,300-mile, 40-day ride from Amherst, Mass. to Milwaukee.On day 36, she arrived at the Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago. It's 9 a.m. on Saturday, the heat already in the mid-80s and climbing. When a million books around you are baking in the sun, it smells like the library section with all the historical hardcovers, a musty scent of erudition.
Stein parks herself underneath the information tent. Someone figuring she works here asks where the portable bathrooms are located; she doesn't know. Stein props open a wooden chair and knee-high table, and takes out the aqua-colored Remington Ten Forty typewriter she has hauled for 1,200 miles. She scrawls "Write Yourself Here" on a blackboard. Then she does nothing. She doesn't solicit, doesn't make any initiation. It must happen organically. So she waits.
An American community narrative
In the house where Stein grew up, her father placed a typewriter on a small desk against the wall of a foyer where all the bedrooms linked. On the sheet of paper would be a sentence — a writing prompt — and 12-year-old Maya Stein and her sister took turns adding a line at a time. The great American novel was safe for another day; the stories they composed were free-forming and often nonsensical.
"It wasn't about making sense or tying up loose ends," Stein said. "What was so great was it stretched us to think of impossible things, come up with impossible scenarios."
The idea of facilitating a community narrative stuck with Stein. What if the community was America? She could re-create her childhood foyer in communities across the country and eventually publish it in a book. And so on the occasion of Stein's 40th birthday on May 5, she took off from Amherst with a $400 typewriter she bought for its retro color. She decided Milwaukee was an end point, because 1) the first commercially successful typewriter was invented in Milwaukee, and 2) the Pacific coast was way too far. Plus: 40 years of age, 40 days on the road, so 40 miles between each town seemed manageable. Stein took to Kickstarter, the online fundraising site, and raised $15,000 in donations in two months.
Why by bicycle? Stein, who's from San Francisco, wrote on her web page: "I love the idea of slowing down enough to really see where I am, to go at a pace that allows for a deeper engagement with my environment. It also feels important to make the experience of participating as accessible as possible to others, and by riding my bicycle I believe there'll be natural, spontaneous and rewarding connections that will open the project to a wonderfully diverse collection of writing that's created at the typing booth."
Trailing Stein is an RV driven by a woman named Grace Moore. They met through a mutual friend five months ago. Stein always envisioned her road companion would ride down the freeway wearing a black cowboy hat. When she found out Moore owned a black cowboy hat, Stein knew she had found the one.
People will believe what they want
On day 3, outside a coffee shop in New Milford, Conn., a burly construction worker stopped by Stein's typewriter setup. He said he was reading a biography about Emily Dickinson. He always dreamt of becoming a writer. Stein said there was a mournful quality in his tone. It took 30 minutes of conversation until the man felt comfortable to sit at the typewriter. When he did, he was struggling to type, critical of his misspellings. They decided it would be easier if he dictated the words while someone else typed. There was a woman coming out of a nearby bookshop, and she agreed to be his surrogate. When they reached his last sentence, Stein remembered, the construction worker's head lifted, almost an air of transcendence to him. He walked away and looked happy. The writing prompt that day was, "People will believe what they want." The man wrote, in so many words, that you just have to believe what you believe.
Some days there'd be a few dozen people who'd sit down and type, other days there'd be none. No one stopped when they were set up outside Comerica Park, where baseball's Detroit Tigers played. In smaller towns, Stein was front page news in the daily paper. "Poet cycles, types way through city," proclaimed The Vindicator in Youngstown, Ohio. With the curiosity of a San Franciscan writer biking halfway across the country with an old typewriter — a "type rider," as she calls herself — the towns want to put on their best face. In Michigan, a fellow cycling lover gave her bicycle a free tune-up. A 5-year-old boy and his grandfather in Indiana read about Stein in the morning paper and greeted her with a quart of fresh strawberries.
Maybe it's not about what's being written. Having a typewriter is like walking into a park with a puppy. It's an automatic conversation starter. Perhaps it wouldn't be the same with a laptop; a typewriter just seems less intimidating. A bicycle, too. Then they'd start talking, and maybe that's really the point of the trip.
To tell you the truth
There was another burly man. Johnstown, Penn. He looked like a ruffian — a tattooed, muscle-bound man wearing a backward baseball cap and a muscle shirt. He sat down and typed that he was grateful for everything happy in his life.
If there's one recurring theme, it's that many mention their family. Parents write about their kids and how they recognize this wonderful promise in their lives. Something's coming down the pike that's better.
In Collinsville, Conn.: A teenage girl stood up from the typewriter and began sobbing. When she was younger, the family dog ran into the street and was killed by a car. She wanted to say that it wasn't her fault, yet the guilt lingered. "I've been carrying this around with me my whole life," the girl told Stein.
In Chicago: A security guard approached Stein on Michigan Avenue. She thought they were being kicked out. Turns out he wanted to sit down and type. For most of his life, he wrote, he worked the 3-11 p.m. shift. A lot of important milestones were missed. And now, with his partner's 20th anniversary coming up, he really wanted to celebrate, to go out and do something special.
A few hundred people have contributed to Stein's project. Some pieces have been profound, other streams of conscience.
At the Printers Row Lit Fest on a hot Saturday morning, the prompt is "To tell you the truth ...." An older lady who looks to be in her 70s is the first to contribute. She writes, "February in Chicago is rough as taffeta." Another lady about the same age submits: "I don't know what truth is exactly."
Then a younger woman, 20-something, sits to type. She declines to give her name. "Because what I wrote was secret," she says. She and Stein talk about their mutual love for typewriters, how they both used to play secretary when they were younger.
After that 20-something girl is long gone, Stein reads her contribution.
She wrote: "I have a secret. don,t tell. to tell you the truth, i got married on saturday. we,re fighting already."
Stein covers her mouth with both hands and gasps.
Kevin Pang is a staff writer for the Chicago Tribune.
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October 12, 2011
How Not to Run for PresidentRick Perry entered the race for president with every advantage. Now, just a few days later, he has no shot. He has performed poorly in debates; he has skeletons in his closet to boot.
I'd say the ultimate killer is his statement regarding fatigue. Being president is a 24/7 job for at least 4 years. A crisis can pop up at any time. A president can't say something or do something stupid just because he's tired.
Part of Perry's problem, of course, is that he jumped in at the last minute. He had no plans of running for the job, then did. In contrast, Romney has been running for president for years. He has done it right. Ronald Reagan did it the same way. Romney is the guy. Right-wingers are going to have to get used to the idea and back him---unless they want four more years of Obama and his cronies.
Romney isn't perfect; I'm not his biggest fan. But I'll take him over Obama any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Sundays, I guess, are of particular interest at present. Romney is a Mormon. I happen to agree with the view of said religion being a cult. It's something silly some guy came up with years ago. Mormonism, in my mind, is much like Scientology---a "religion" concocted by a science fiction writer. Some people will fall for anything.
Still, we have religious freedom in this land. A guy can worship in any way he chooses. And being a Mormon doesn't necessarily mean a guy can't be a good president.
This nation needs to remove Obama from office. It's time Republicans quit clowning around and got down to the business of uniting behind a candidate that can get the job done.
October 6, 2011
Who is Next?It seems the Republican field is set. Christie has bailed; Palin has finally bailed. Mitt Romney will be the choice.
Some months ago, I said he couldn't make the cut. I must now eat my words. Romney will be the choice. The two already mentioned are out. Rick Perry jumped in and immediately shot himself in the foot. The rest of the field isn't worth mentioning---and yes, that includes Herman Cain.
Cain seems to be the flavor of the day. He likes to tout the fact that he has never held public office. That's one of the things that takes him out of the running.
Remember a fellow named Ross Perot? He made a bit of a splash in 1992. I am almost ashamed to admit I voted for the guy. I suppose it was my little way of rebelling against the establishment. Some time later, Perot went on television to debate Algore. Algore chewed Perot up and spit him out. Perot got flustered. Algore just went about his business.
See, a CEO is more like a king. He or she says and it gets done. People that disagree get handed pink slips. Gubment don't work like that.
I believe Ronald Reagan used to say that 70 percent of something was worth more than 100 percent of nothing. I think it was John Kennedy that said he had no idea how little power a president had until he became one.
Lyndon Johnson---love him or hate him---got things done Kennedy couldn't. Why? Well, because Lyndon had spent years and years figuring out the system, making connections, and racking up favors owed.
I watched a PBS show done about what would have to be considered Oklahoma's most successful politician ever: Governor/U.S Senator Bob Kerr. Kerr wanted a zinc bill passed that would have benefited much of eastern Oklahoma. President Kennedy owed Bob Kerr. Still, he refused to sign Kerr's zinc bill into law. Kennedy called Kerr to explain that the bill was too expensive and that he wouldn't sign it. Kerr proceeded to explain to the prez that he had visited all those small towns in Oklahoma preaching about how the bill would benefit them. Now, Kerr said, he would have to return to all those small towns to explain that it wouldn't happen. That would take some time, Kerr told Kennedy.
Meanwhile, Kerr was a key member in the Senate Finance Committee. Kennedy had a tax bill on the table. Kerr explained that he would get around to Kennedy's tax bill, but it might take a year or two.
Such is politics. Sam Rayburn, famed Speaker of the House of Representatives, used to say, "To get along, you have to go along." (I hope I have that right and not backwards.)
We don't need a CEO in the White House. It just won't work.
September 19, 2011
McCarville on the IllMike McCarville is a fellow Oklahoma political blogger. I've never met the man, but I have been bouncing off his blog from time to time for several years. He seems to me to be one of the good guys.
Mike went into the hospital for heart valve surgery in July. He has been struggling since. He has just been admitted to the hospital again---and has been diagnosed with MRSA. Mersa is serious business.
I've already said mine. If you happen to have a prayer to spare, my man Mikey could use a little help right now.
Obama's Looking Like ToastGallup poll numbers over the weekend put President Obama's approval rating at 40 percent. That's not a good thing for a guy that will be asking people for a second term about a year from now. But that's not the only negative indicator out there.
Word is, Hollywood liberals that were so excited about Obama in '08 aren't so excited anymore. They are potentially a large source of campaign funds---but not if they're disillusioned and pissed.
A poll came out about California in general, in fact, that shows a major problem for Obama. His approval rating in that state is 46 percent.
In New York, a House seat that was held by Democrats since the 1920s went Republican. The vote is largely seen as a referendum on Obama and his policies. The economy sucks, but Jews seem to be miffed at Obama for not being friendly enough to Israel.
Oy! Go figya!
Obama---or any Democrat running for the White House for that matter---has to have New York and California just to be in the game.
Obama has revealed his upcoming strategy. He plans to run against Congress. In '08 he ran against Bush---even though Bush wasn't running. This time around, he plans to run against Congress because while Obama's approval rating is low and sinking Congress has no approval rating at all.
I suppose that is the best Obama can do. He has nothing on which to hang his hat, so he must run against something. But there is a fatal flaw in the strategy: Democrats are in Congress, too. Democrats, in fact, hold the majority in the Senate. A lot of those seats are in play for the coming election cycle. It will be very difficult for Obama to travel the country giving speeches and running TV ads bashing Congress and still be able to get support from the very people he will be bashing. As the old saying goes: All politics is local.
September 12, 2011
Pass the BillStimulus package II is at hand. Obama has thrown it out there---on national TV, in front of a joint session of Congress. He asks, nay, demands that it be passed. I say give him what he wants.
It's not that I think the plan has any merit at all. It doesn't.
To be sure, there are many infrastructure needs all across this land because politicians at all levels of government have blown them off for years. But I question the value of road and bridge building relative to employment. You aren't going to put 14 million people to work by spending a few billion on road and bridge projects.
As far spending on school buildings, the same thinking applies. Plus, spending on school buildings isn't a federal function---any more than keeping teachers employed is a federal function. If people in states and localities deem it necessary to route more money to schools, they have it within their power to do so. The federal government has no business in that business.
Uncle Sam gifting state and local governments skirts the law. In Oklahoma and Tulsa, as examples, budgets are required to balance. Borrowing to cover budget shortfalls is forbidden. So what's the difference between Oklahoma or Tulsa borrowing to balance their budgets and Uncle Sam borrowing to balance their budgets for them?
The tax portion of the plan is of no value.
The payroll tax holiday for employees has been in place all year. It has produced nothing. It hasn't the oompf to produce anything. Any money workers are getting from the break is going to pay for past spending (buying down credit card debt), going into the bank due to uncertainty or possibly getting burned up in the gas tank due to high fuel prices.
Extending the tax break to employers and adding tax credits for hiring won't help, either. No employer is going to add an employee at a cost of 40 or 50 grand per year in exchange for a few grand in tax savings. Businesses don't hire based on tax policy; businesses hire when they need employees. End of story.
Obama's proposal isn't about economics; it's about politics. Mr. Change is playing age-old politics: He's going to the pork barrel in an attempt to buy votes. At the same time, he's hoping the Republican House blocks his grand plan. If that happens, he will be able to run around next summer saying all would be well if those damned Republican obstructionists had just passed his bill.
If I were a Republican strategist, I would advise taking that weapon away. I would urge the passing of Obama's plan---exactly as it is written. Pass it and put it on his desk. Once he signs it he owns it. A year from now he will have nothing to show for it but another half a trillion dollars in federal debt. And so ends his stay at the White House.
September 1, 2011
Crazy TalkIt's time to put the crazy talk away. It's time to cut through the nonsense and get real. Unfortunately, politicians, in particular those running for president, haven't gotten the message.
Tim Pawlenty came out with his big economic plan. He promised 5 percent annual growth in the economy. Nobody paid attention because nobody saw any validity in his promise. Pawlenty is already out of the race.
Michele Bachmann gave a speech a few days ago promising gasoline priced below $2 a gallon should she be elected. Really? If a president could make that happen, don't you think Obama---a guy desperately seeking approval from anyone---would be all over it?
I can think of two ways gasoline prices could drop below two bucks a gallon. One would be a global collapse in demand---worldwide depression, in other words. I don't think anyone wants to see that. The other would be regulation. Gasoline priced at slightly below two bucks a gallon would equal the inflation-adjusted gasoline price from back in the day when the price of gasoline was regulated. Surely this tea party enthusiast, this free-market advocate, isn't calling for regulated gasoline prices.
Some folks might like the idea of going back to regulated gasoline prices. Bad idea. Gasoline might become more affordable if regulated. But, the problem would be, you wouldn't be able to find it. If it ain't profitable to produce, ain't nobody gonna produce it.
Obama is set to announce his latest economic "stimulus package," which basically means he's admitting the first one didn't work. Cash for clunkers II is at hand! Rejoice, America! It will work this time! So promises the Ivy League.
Part of the Obama plan is reportedly that of extending the payroll tax break for another year---at a borrowing cost of $175 billion. It hasn't worked yet. Why would it work now?
Obama adviser, David Poof, excuse me, Plouffe, went on national TV some days ago. He said not renewing the payroll tax break would raise the taxes of "every American" by a grand a year. That's a lie. That's a big lie.
For starters, the grand is an average. It's based on somebody making 50 grand a year. Someone making 30 grand a year gets a tax cut of $600---spread out over 52 weeks. That's not enough to alter anyone's spending habits. Second, terminating the temporary tax cut wouldn't up anyone's taxes. It would simply return their tax rate to where it was a year ago. Third, the last I saw, there are a little more than 150 million people employed in this country. People that aren't employed---about half the population---don't pay payroll taxes.
It's time to cut the crap, people. Let's get down to some serious business and knock off the bullshit.
August 29, 2011
Means Testing Elderly EntitlementsI recently saw a report on TV noting Bill Clinton had turned 65. The TV cat making the note quipped that Clinton is now eligible for Social Security. Unfortunately, that comment was less quip than fact. Clinton is also eligible for Medicare.
Think back about 3 years, when Hillary Clinton was seeking the presidency. It was reported at that time that the Clintons had pocketed over $100 million since leaving the White House. In spite of that, Bill is qualified to jump on the federal dole just because of his age.
There is one thing the federal politicians can do to shore up Washington's fiscal situation without doing harm to anyone: means test the elderly entitlements. That can be done now; it wouldn't have to be done "over 10 years."
Unless you can make a case that someone worth millions upon millions of dollars should be getting his health care subsidized by Uncle Sam and that he should be getting a gubment check every month, there should be no argument here. Cutting the welfare conduit to the rich should be a no-brainer.
I understand there would be an argument, one over where to set the bar. But I think everyone can agree that certain people are rich beyond question, and they should not be getting government benefits.
I think I would advocate a tiered system. Ninety percent of the country would be left alone relative to elderly benefits. Past a given point of wealth (that would include assets and income), benefits would still be there but diminished. Once a person passed the top line, there would be no benefits at all. I would include an emergency clause. If someone is rich then becomes not rich, he or she could petition for full benefits at that time.
We have to do something about elderly entitlements, folks. It makes perfect sense to go after people that can best afford to take the hit first.
August 27, 2011
Bush's FaultI got one of those circulating emails. Some witty person put it together. It said the recent earthquake in the east, according to the Obama White House, happened along something called the Bush Fault. Ha. What a hoot!
Now there is Hurricane Irene, which is expected to make a mess out of Jew York City. Excuse me, I meant New York City.
Poor Obama. He just can't seem to make it through a day without adding to his "inheritance."
I don't know, an east-coast earthquake followed by a very rare hurricane? Maybe God is talking to some people. Maybe those super-fabulous Ivy Leaguers that think their poop don't stink had better consider changing their paradigm.
Or, I guess we could just blame it all on global warming.
August 15, 2011
Rant TimeHow's about a rant? I might as well issue one. I ain't doin' much else.
Ya know, my mammy has a range in her home. It was purchased before I was born (I'm 53 years old). It looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor. Much of the credit for it looking so new goes to mom. She has always taken very good care of her stuff. Still, the thing works. It works just like it did in the '50s.
Somewhere in my archives, I have the electric razor my daddy used in the '50s. Mom gave it to me. I haven't seen my daddy since the early '60s. It's not likely that trend will reverse. He's been dead since the late '80s. I tried shaving with the razor in the '80s. It was a rough go. I wouldn't care to try again. But I bet I could plug it in right now and it would fire up.
Meanwhile, I just tried to fire up my DVD player---a Toshiba my sister gave me for Christmas, oh, maybe four years ago or so. I have rarely used it. In fact, it spent the first year or two in my possession in the box in which it came. I finally hooked it up and used it a time or two. When I tried to use it for the first time in a while, I found it no longer works. It gets no power. It's plugged into a surge protector with a few other things. They all work. The DVD player appears to be of no use to anyone.
I have a new TV, a digital TV. I run over the air. I have no cable or satellite. I find I can't get all of the available channels with a given rabbit-ear setting. I have to move the thing to one spot to get one channel, but then I lose another. It's like living in the '50s. To make matters worse, last fall I found that virtually all of the college football bowl games---a few of the things I actually like to watch on TV---were unavailable to over-the-air viewers.
I'm really getting tired of this world.
We have all these geeks that come up with new gadgets that take money from people while providing very short useful lifespans, either because they are designed to fail or because they will be outdated in the space of weeks. We have lawyers that claim to be guardians of the gate to justice but aren't there when people really need them because there is no money to be made. We have doctors that claim to know everything but really don't know their elbows from their assholes yet still figure they should get paid like gods for "treating" somebody until that somebody dies. We have a plethora of Ivy League MBAs running businesses that can't seem to do anything but fuck up. We have those politicians---elected or unelected---that don't seem to want to do anything but pass out money to selected individuals or entities so they can keep their jobs.
Perhaps I should consider taking all of my money out of any institutions, placing it in a hole somewhere, buying a rifle and a fishing pole, moving into the wilderness and living day by day, until these so-called "best and brightest" can figure out how to make something---anything---work.
How does that sit with you, geniuses?

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text: Howdy, Okay, so I poked around and the closest thing I could find to a thread where Texas riders can all find each other is the NAG thread, which is mostly Austinites. I know for a fact that there are tons of riders in other places! So if you live in Texas and post here, how about posting up so we have a way of contacting everyone. This way we can do a better job of getting out the word for Statewide stuff like trips to Big Bend, dirt riding in East Texas, etc,... I'm Scott and I live in Huntsville. I ride an R1150GS and I have a problem... Adios,


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Russky bridge is a bridge to a sparsely populated Russky island in the Far East whose construction started in 2008 and completed in 2012. It is the world's largest cable-stayed bridge, the 1104 m long central span of which is also record-breaking. The bridge has the highest bridge pylons in the world with a height of 321 m.
The bridge has six lanes with a capacity of 50 000 cars per day.
But the total island's population is only 5 000 people most of whom do not have cars. The island has no road network so the bridge terminates with a dead end. The people who live on the island still have to use a ferry to reach the mainland even after the bridge construction completed.
The cost of the bridge construction at over 1 billion dollars is equal to the annual budget of the whole Primorkiy Krai.
So what was the actual purpose of the construction of the bridge?


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modif is a process controlled by values of type c with an internal state of type s, it converts an input value of type a into an output value of type b while turning into a new state
ToDo: Shall finite signals be padded with zeros?
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2012 Referee Commission Seminar
Notes from the Second Annual USA Judo Referee Commission Seminar/Workshop
Phoenix, AZ - Jan. 20 - 22, 2012
Seminar Participants - (L to R) - Front Row: Kei Narimatsu, Greg Moore, Mindy Buehman, Karl Tamai,
Karl Tamai, Janet Johnson, Barb Shimizu, Miki Takemori, Sharon Landstreet, Julia VanHelder, Edson Mallo
Low Dong, Roy Englert Jr, Hector Estevez, Joon Chi -- Back Row: Ralph Palmer, Roy Uemura, David Smith,
Charles Wall, Russ Scherer, Hank Choy, Mark Oermann, Dan Isreal, Gary Berliner, Mike Takata,
Walter VanHelder, Alain Wilkinson, Jeff Leforce, Ray Saito, Mark Yamanaka, Gary Takemoto
Moderator/Presenter Russ Scherer RC Members - Chi, Englert, Estevez, Narimatsu, Scherer
Panel Members - G. Berliner, M. Oermann, R. Saito, B. Shimizu, M. Takata, G. Takemoto
Individual "Referee Development Plan" Sessions – discussions were held between individual referees and members of the USA Judo Referee Commission covering the goals, opportunities and development timeline for that specific referee. (Continued on Sunday)
USA Judo Referee Commission Meeting (Continued on Saturday night) Click Here for Notes
Opening Remarks [RS]
Chief Referee Expectations, Standards, etc. [RS] - see file #1
Current Judo Rules Interpretations and Implementations [Panel and/or RC] - see file #1
Problem Areas at Recent Events Regarding Rule Implementations [RS] - see file #1
Preparing to Travel as a Referee [RS] - see file #1
Special Situations - Standardization [RS and/or RC] - see file #2
2011 World Flashes - Video Review [led by KN and RE]
Review of Actions Taken During the Referee Commission Meeting [RS and Commission Members]
Special Situations Standardization [RS] - (continued) - see file #2
Open Discussion of Topics Related to Referee Development [led by KN] - see file #1


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Few games have the ability to truly challenge Blizzard's titanic massively multiplayer game World of Warcraft, but Warhammer Online—often affectionately nodded to by players still playing "Waiting on Warhammer"—is finally on the way. After some bumps in the road, EA and Mythic have confirmed that the game will be launching on September 18.
Subscription prices will fall in line with the average, with a one month subscription running $14.99. Pre-order players will be given early access to the servers to get the jump on the competition, as well as some bonus in-game items. Official specs for the game are available on the game's official web site.
Garnering many awards and favorable previews, Warhammer Online has long been one of the most anticipated MMOs since the release of WoW. With Age of Conan subscriptions fleeting, many have taken to Warhammer as the only potential competitor to Blizzard's game. Expect continued coverage of the title following launch as we dive in to see how Mythic's great opus fares.


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Rest assured, Bret Michaels' life-threatening medical situation will not stop him from continuing his reality show domination.
In fact, what did not kill him has only brought him stronger ratings potential.
VH1 announced that it will air part of the reality show they were shooting before Michaels was hospitalized called "Bret Michaels: Life As I Know it." And the network will continue production of the show once Michaels fully recovers from his life-threatening brain hemorrhage.
"We have temporarily halted production on the series with Bret's health as our primary concern.," Jeff Olde, Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Production said, according to PRnewswire. "Production will resume when it is cleared by his doctors. If anyone can fight off illness and get back on his feet, it's Bret."
But the network will air a portion of what they have shot -- or "a sneak peek special featuring the next chapter in Bret's story" -- on May 31. The half-hour special will show Bret at the home compound he shares with his two girls, Raine and Jorja, who affectionately refer to him as "Poppa Rocka." Their mother, Kristi (who has an on-and-off relationship with Michaels), also lives on the compound and adds spice to the mix.
The series "Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It" is tentatively scheduled to premiere in fall 2010. Assuming things get moving again and there isn't another medical setback. Michaels previously rocked VH-1 in "Rock of Love" and has all but stolen the show on this year's "Celebrity Apprentice."
Bret Michaels Finding New Television Life After Near Death
Rest assured, Bret Michaels' life-threatening medical situation will not stop him from continuing his reality show domination.


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With friends like Obama, why would Israel need enemies?
Harry Truman could have been called an anti-Semite based on some of the things he said about Jews, but it was he who voted "yes" at the UN, making possible Israel's creation in 1948. Nixon could have been called an anti-Semite based on some of the things he said about Jews, but it was he who saved Israel's bacon (pardon the non-kosher word choice) in 1973.
Oh, and here's the really funny part: Barack Obama, who claims to be the greatest friend Israel has ever had in America, gives every indication of being the worst enemy Israel has ever had in the White House. He speaks of love, but his actions can be measured just by looking at his appointments to State, Defense, and the UN.
And speaking of Obama's appointment to head America's State Department:
Yes, in what's now being called his 'poof' speech, our secretary of state went out of his way not to blame Mahmoud Abbas and the PLO's intransigence and refusal to negotiate anything for the failed talks. Of course, it's all Israel's fault!
"Israel didn't release the Palestinian prisoners on the day they were supposed to be freed, and another day passed, and another day, and then another 700 settlement units were announced in Jerusalem, and 'poof'…that was sort of the moment," remarked Kerry before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Read the rest here.
I'm struggling to come up with some amusing animal kingdom analogy ("lions blame antelope for hastening their own deaths because they run away, enticing the lions"), but I can't. I'm too irritated, and there's nothing amusing about this. It's just scary.


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Sugar Shout Out: Lunch Box Surprises!
Sugar Shout Out: Lunch Box Surprises For the First Day of School
- Lunch box surprises for the first day of school
- All the details on Sony's Tablet S
- Eight spectacular sangria recipes
- Video: Matt Damon on being an overprotective dad
- How far have you traveled with your pet?
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June 12, 2012
JERUSALEM: The Vatican is about to "indirectly recognize" Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem, seen by many Palestinians as the future capital of their independent state, a media report today on Monday.
This would be done if the draft of an economic agreement between the Jewish state and the Holy See, containing no distinction between sovereign Israel and the territories occupied by it in 1967, is approved by the two sides, Ha'aretz online reported.
The lack of a preamble containing such a distinction is at the center of heightened tension between Palestinian Christian denominations and the Palestine Liberation Organisation ( PLO) and the Vatican, it said.
Palestinian sources told the Israeli daily that the agreement would mean "indirect recognition" of Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem and of the imposition of Israeli law in part of the West Bank.
France, which has special standing as custodian of holy Christian sites and Christian communities, is also said to be concerned at the apparent latent recognition of the annexation and the economic implications for the communities, and particularly its Christian institutions in the country and the people who are part of them, the report said.
Contrary to the Palestinian concern, a "well informed source" is quoted as saying that "there is nothing in the agreement to harm the rights of the Palestinians," and that the agreement was made with the sovereign State of Israel in its internationally recognized identity, and therefore there was no need for a clarifying preamble.
The Bilateral Permanent Working Commission between the Holy See and the State of Israel is to meet in Rome today and tomorrow to continue with talks held in Jerusalem last week, addressing matters of disagreement.
Refreshing News continues:
Negotiations toward an agreement on the fiscal status of Catholic institutions in Israel have been underway for 13 years, 11 more than the original two years allocated in what is known as the "fundamental agreement".
The signing of that accord by Israel and the Vatican on December 30, 1993 had led to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Israel.
Over the past few months, NGOs and members of various Christian denominations in Israel have begun to receive details about the draft agreement, which has been presented to them as a lapse and a failure by the Vatican, the daily said.
The people who informed Palestinian Christians and NGOs of their concerns preferred not to approach the Palestinian Authority (PA) immediately because they did not believe that PA could act on its own in this diplomatic and legal realm.
Members of the Christian community in Jerusalem and the West Bank have held a number of emergency meetings recently and have contacted the Vatican to make clear that the agreement under discussion is not merely a fiscal and a technical agreement, and that a lack of distinction between occupied territory and Israeli territory could have severe implications, Ha'aretz said.
The legal agreement, known as the 'Legal Personality Agreement' was signed on November 10, 1997, but never ratified by Israel, it said.
Meetings on fiscal issues, which relate to property rights, actions involving property by church bodies, and Issues of taxation and tax exemption, began in 1999 and have still not been concluded.
The parties decided to exclude a list, known as "Schedule 1", of institutions on both sides of the Green Line from the text of that agreement, with regard to which they felt they would not be able to resolve differences soon.
Among the sites and institutions on the list are those in which ownership and possession are in dispute, such as properties that Israel has expropriated or whose owners were declared absentees and the Church wants to take possession of again, or sites that Israel has declared open to the public and the Church believes should remain in the private sphere.
A draft of the agreement, dated January 25, 2012, which Ha'aretz has said to have obtained, appears to address Israeli law in a general way, without relating to or alluding to Israel's status as an occupying power according to international law, the report said.
The same is the case with regard to sites in East Jerusalem.
A Palestinian lawyer, who reflects the position of the Palestinian Christian denominations with regard to the agreement now being formulated, told Ha'aretz that in bilateral agreements with Israel there is a clause defining what is meant by "Israel" from which a distinction clearly emerges between the two sides of the Green Line.
The term "Israeli law" without any kind of codicil or restriction, is a dangerous precedent and implies recognition of the annexation of East Jerusalem and Israeli civil rule over areas of the West Bank (where a number of the sites on Schedule 1 are located), the lawyer was quoted as saying.
A well informed source quoted by the daily rejected the interpretation saying that the agreement contains no geographical reference to any institution it mentions and there are no negotiations underway over the status of institutions in East Jerusalem.
He said that the agreement recognises that "the Vatican has some obligations but [also] some immunities because of the special character of the Church and religion".
A Foreign Ministry official, not familiar with the draft, said that the Vatican's position is clear and is known to the ministry and has not changed – "The Vatican does not recognise Israeli sovereignty beyond the Green Line".
The secretary general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Ekemeleddin Ihsanoglu, is said to have written a letter to Archbishop Dominque Mamberti, who is the secretary for relations with states of the Holy See.
The archbishop reportedly answered in early May that "the eventual agreement will not represent a change in the position of the Holy See".
"The Church, with particular attention to fiscal questions, is asking the State of Israel to treat her institutions in a fair manner, wherever the State of Israel exercised its authority de facto without taking into consideration or determining whether it does so as a sovereign state or as an occupying state, thus without entering into the political aspect of the question," Mamberti wrote.
He said that the Church remains "extraneous to all merely temporal or political conflicts…Unless the contending parties or the international institutions make concordant appeal to its mission of peace".
The response has only increased the concerns of local Christians denominations over what they see as erosion of the Church's position.
A number of Palestinian Christians have complained that the Church and the spiritual authority of the Vatican should have taken into consideration the special situation of Christians under Israeli occupation, and it has not done so, the report said.
As a state the Vatican is obligated to international law, and it did not take this into account in formulating the accord with Israel, they said.
The draft to be discussed over the next few days has undergone changes since January 2012, but Palestinian sources believe that these changes are not dramatic.
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For the past fifteen years, Dawoud Bey has been making striking, large-scale color portraits of students at high schools across the United States. Depicting teenagers from a wide economic, social, and ethnic spectrum—and intensely attentive to their poses and gestures—he has created a highly diverse group portrait of a generation that intentionally challenges teenage stereotypes.
Bey spends two to three weeks in each school, taking formal portraits of individual students, each made in a classroom during one forty-five-minute period. At the start of the sitting, each subject writes a brief autobiographical statement. By turns poignant, funny, or harrowing, these revealing words are an integral part of the project, and the subject's statement accompanies each photograph in the book. Together, the words and images in Class Pictures offer unusually respectful and perceptive portraits that establish Bey as one of the best portraitists at work today.
DAWOUD BEY (born 1953, New York) earned his MFA from Yale University School of Art and is professor of photography at Columbia College Chicago. He has been featured in numerous exhibitions—including a midcareer survey at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, in 1995—and has received several awards, including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is represented by Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago.


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This manual page documents briefly the palm2mhc commands. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. palm2mhc is a program that add articles in PalmOS to a MHC repository.
A summary of options is included below. -a Add all articles of a palm to a mhc repository. -u Add dirty articles of a palm to a mhc repository. -n Do nothing effectives to mhc. Useful for checking. -i Interactive. Confirm before install to a mhc repository. -d dev Set the device file connected to the palm. default value is /dev/pilot. -r dir Set repository directory of mhc. if not exists, palm2mhc makes the directory. default value is ~/Mail/schedule.
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In Japanese, the word urawaza means "secret tricks," like knowing that Superman is vulnerable to kryptonite or that certain moves will lead you to the song at the end of the game Portal. Now io9's Lisa Katayama has a whole book of Japanese tricks to turn your everyday life into science fiction, just like in William Gibson novels. The book is called Urawaza, and aside from some practical stuff like how to keep your elbows clean, it also contains obscure Japanese wisdom on a few superpowers.
For example, if you buy this book, you'll learn things like how to run faster and how to keep wounds from reopening (wait, is Wolverine reading this?). And you'll get secret tips on even stranger things, such as how to make a tiny piece of soap big again and how to revive a dying ballpoint pen. I think somebody on Heroes actually had that soap power.
Every chapter is arranged into a series of dilemmas, accompanied by the urawaza solution. Want to cure your runny nose? Lisa has the answer:
Simply cut the top fronts off two green onions, stick the remaining thick white root sections into your nostrils, and let your new nose plugs do their thing. Your sinuses will magically clear up — plus, you don't have to deal with drippy boogers.
Now I really do feel superpowered.


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CFR-supported militants massacre entire village
Paul Joseph Watson
February 11, 2014
Chilling video out of Syria shows a woman being strangled to death by jihadist rebels, another shocking reminder that the west is on the same side as bloodthirsty extremists, while a separate rebel group that the CFR urged the United States to become allies with has slaughtered an entire village.
The incident, which happened in Manbij, Aleppo, shows a militant strangling a defenseless woman with some kind of tool as she slowly chokes to death.
The supposed "crime" committed by the woman to deserve this summary execution is not known, but previous videos have shown rebels dishing out torture for minor infractions as well as mass executions targeting anyone who resists their occupation.
Yesterday it was reported that an entire village of minority Alawites in central Syria had been slaughtered by rebels. Half of the victims were civilians including women. The rebels were not fighting against Bashar Al-Assad's troops, but against desperate villagers attempting to protect their homes.
Video footage from the town of Maan shows rebels tearing down a Syrian flag and replacing it with an Al-Qaeda flag as they brag about taking over the area.
"A video uploaded by the rebels of the Jund al-Aqsa Brigade, which said it overran the village, showed them waving a black jihadi flag over the village rooftops as bearded, grinning men looted homes. The video corresponded with The Associated Press' reporting of the event," reports AP.
When the Syrian delegation in Geneva invited FSA representatives to condemn the massacre, the offer was rejected by the opposition who called the victims "Shabiha".
The group responsible for this massacre, Ahrar al-Sham, is the same militant outfit that the Council on Foreign Relations recently called on the United States to "befriend," despite the fact that it openly swore allegiance to Al-Qaeda front man Ayman al-Zawahiri and is led by a man who helped plan the 9/11 attacks.
In another development, Rana Kabbani, a prominent FSA rebel supporter and a journalist whose articles have appeared in the Guardian, recently tweeted about her desire to see President Bashar Al-Assad's wife and children starved and raped.
#Assad belongs in #Syria, in 1 of his coffin-like dungeons, to be tortured every day; + taken out to see his malnourished wife + kids raped.
— Rana Kabbani (@RanaKabbani54) November 6, 2013
Judging by Kabbani's fetish to see innocent women and children sexually molested, the conduct of western-backed rebel fighters in Syria befits its most vocal supporters. The question is why is the mainstream media giving Kabbani a platform when she has made such vile statements?
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ShamWow pitchman and accused woman-beater Vince Shlomi was spotted front and center at Fashion Week in Bryant Park alongside scandal-ridden publicist Lizzie Grubman, ex-model Janice Dickenson and "90210" starlet Annalynne McCord, according to the New York Daily News.
The embattled TV pitchman, who is accused of beating a hooker bloody in a Miami hotel room last March, was sitting pretty in the front row of the Monarchy show on Friday, the paper reported.
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Shlomi is reportedly creating a new swimwear line and is now taking steps to rehab his tarnished image, Grubman said.
"They wanted him to appear on a commercial during the Super Bowl. He didn't want to do it because he didn't want to be associated with alcohol," Grubman told the News.
"There are two sides to every story. Everyone deserves a second chance."
The wannabe-socialite knows all about second chances since herself has had some run-ins with the law. Grubman served jail time after she was charged with a felony for plowing into 16 people with her SUV outside of a Hamptons nightclub in 2001.
Still, she defended her decision to rep Shlomi.
"I wasn't there, you weren't there, none of us were there [when the incident occurred]," she told the News."He was the one who called the cops. I didn't know him then, I don't judge him for what he did. When I met him I didn't know any of this stuff. Obviously, the first thing he did was tell me. During our initial meeting he told me what he had done."
"People are going to see he's amazing and smart. I think he's learned his lesson."
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seriously? two months?
(sadly enough...as i'm writing this, you're already two and a half months. because september 30 kind of came and went. bless my heart.)
we love you, EK. what a blessing you are to our family. month two has been MUCH MORE of a challenge. but we are starting to figure you and life with you out. kind of.
bullet points from month two.
- mama had a root canal and a crown put on. good times. except no. not really at all.
- you and i took a road trip with nana to photograph a dear friend's birth. you do NOT like your carseat. a five hour road trip takes a lot longer with a baby who does NOT like her carseat.
- you did awesome during our little mini vacation. slept well. even took a bottle twice.
- did i mention how much you DON'T like your carseat?
- week 5 changed life for all of us. you started having a tough time nursing, which made mom sad. you too. but mom is committed. you are our the last baby in our little family, so i want to stick with it.
- we saw a lactation nurse together. she said you're doing great. gaining weight. having lots of wet and dirty diapers. and, of course, you nursed great at her office. show off. sigh.
- nursing is still a challenge. but when you do it well, you do it REALLY WELL. and i couldn't be happier.
- you've actually gotten some form of schedule. which makes us happy, especially daddy. daddy LOVES a schedule. you usually eat around 915 (after goo has been dropped off at school). then, you and i watch the today show and hoda and kathie lee. you lay on your back and coo and smile. which is new. and i LOVE it. then, i put you down for a nap. you don't nap so well yet, but we'll work on it. then i feed you around noonish. then, about 145, we get in the car to go get goo. then, we pick up bigH at 245. we head home, and i feed you in the living room while bigH and goo have room time. then, your nighttime is where things get a little tricky. if we're home, you do ok until about 530-ish. we like to eat between 530 and 6, so this is hard. we're not ready to put you down at 6 or 630, so we usually just hold you and love on you. and then when your brother and sister are in the bath, we put you in your little (actually HUGE) bathtub. and you freak out for about two seconds. and then it's obvious how much you love it. ahhh. then, i get you out of the bath while daddy bathes the other two. you hate getting out, and you cry a LOT. we get your jammies on, head back into my room, and you eat and get very relaxed. once you're finished with both sides, i lay you on the blanket with blue stars (that i got at my shower) and swaddle you as tight as possible and carry you to your room. it takes you a long time to eat, so i am usually carrying you back around 730 or 8. and then...you sleep for a long time. sometimes until 2 or 3. other times until 5-ish. and your "night" feeding is the best one. daddy goes to get you and changes your diaper and brings you to me. no one is awake but you and me. it's quiet and dark. and i wouldn't change a thing. you eat so well. so peacefully. no distractions. no interruptions. just you and me. you only eat one side, and swaddle you back up and take you to your room. and when my head hits the pillow, that's the best sleep i get. ahhh. then you wake back up for the day around 8. have i mentioned how much we love that you are sort of on a schedule? sadly enough, you don't get many planned naps in your bed because we are in the car going to get your siblings from things.
- your toes are always freezing, but socks don't stay on. so i always put them in the crook of my elbow, and i say, "brrr...cold toes." i'm weird. and you're stuck with me. and so are the other two.
- your BMs make me so happy. not just because i know it means you're healthy. but the smell and consistency is so intriguing. i know. i'm strange.
- your brother and sister are madly in love with you. goo has this EK voice that she only uses when she talks to you. and it's so high pitched. and she just repeats, "yeah. hi EK. yeah. uh huh. hi. uh huh." it's so funny. and they LOVE to get RIGHT IN YOUR FACE. not sure how much you love that. but just know that they love you.
- you like to be held up on our shoulder. not cradled. i repeat NOT CRADLED.
- you spit up a LOT. seriously. a LOT. sometimes it's fresh from the feeding. sometimes it's, well, not so fresh. but i refuse to admit that you have reflux. bigH got diagnosed with reflux when he was five weeks old. i'm probably in denial.
- you've definitely "woken up." and you cry a lot more than you did in your first month. sometimes it seems like you can't get comfortable. we're waiting for that magic time. you know the one. no? it'll come. surely, it'll come.
- you're gassy. but mylicon doesn't really do the trick.
- the FIRST (and sometmes only) thing people comment on is your cheeks. you have DELICIOUS cheeks that are enormous.
- you really like jack johnson. i've noticed that when we're together, just you and me, you calm down when you hear his music. (secret: so do i.) and actually, you like music. period. you love to be in your music with my iphone next to you on shuffle.
- you get really mad if you come out of your swaddle.
- mom has basically given up caffeine for a while. it seems like you don't like it very much. and so...for you, my dear. i still cheat once in a while. but we're talking a DP once a week, if that. that is HUGE, ek.
- bigH wants to add "she's a sleepy head. and she's cute. that's an easy one."
- goo wants to add "she cries to talk. that's how babies talk. she's just talking."
- and daddy and i want to add "we love the heck out of you. thanks for completing our family."
when we went to our friend jenny's house. she put a bow on your head. clearly, you weren't in love with the accessory.
surprisingly, you are the only wisner who has ever liked the bouncy. this is your "word up" sign. you do this with your hands/fingers all the time.
i hardly ever let your brother or sister sleep on me. you? go right ahead. (but you are HOT. see my cheeks? on fire. but i wouldn't trade it for anything.)
we are so glad you are part of our family. love you, ek.


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0 is octal!
0 is actually an octal, something that's probably not that widely known.
I'm currently enhancing one of my source analysis tools and have had occasion to revisit the parsing of numeric literals in C, C++, C#, D and Java. Working my way through the requisite parts of the C and C++ standards I learned that the literal
0 is actually an octal, something that's probably not that widely known.I started a thread on the subject on the ACCU General mailing list to learn more, and it appears I'm not alone in not having known this before. Only the most omniscient of the language lawyers were aware. Someone even observed the contradictory situation for those organisations that've banned octal literals: they'd have to ban literal
The practical significance of this is pretty slight. I've squibbed the decision about whether to represent all literal
0s as decimal, regardless of language, by specifying an override flag in the parse library API.
For anyone who's interested, literal
0 is interpreted, as a special-case, as decimal in D and Java; in C# it's a moot point as there are no octals.


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AN ape sits where Abe sat.
The year is 2084, in the capital of the land formerly called North America.
The peeling columns of the Lincoln Memorial, and Abe's majestic head, elegant hands and big feet are partially submerged in sludge. Animals that escaped from the National Zoo after zookeepers were furloughed seven decades ago migrated to the memorials, hunting for food left by tourists.
The white marble monuments are now covered in ash, Greek tragedy ruins overrun with weeds. Tea Party zombies, thrilled with the dark destruction they have wreaked on the planet, continue to maraud around the Hill, eager to chomp on humanity some more.
Dead cherry blossom trees litter the bleak landscape. Trash blows through L'Enfant's once beautiful boulevards, now strewn with the detritus of democracy, scraps of the original Constitution, corroded White House ID cards, stacks of worthless bills tumbling out of the Treasury Department.
The BlackBerrys that were pried from the hands of White House employees in 2013 are now piled up on the Potomac as a flood barrier against the ever-rising tide from melting ice caps. Their owners, unable to check their messages, went insane long ago.
Because there was no endgame, the capital's hunger games ended in a gray void. Because there was no clean bill, now there is only a filthy stench. Because there was no wisdom, now there is only rot. The instigators, it turned out, didn't even know what they were arguing for. Macho thrusts and feints, competing to win while the country lost.
Thomas Jefferson's utopia devolved into Ted Cruz's dystopia.
Law and order broke down as police, who were not getting paid, eventually decided to stay home. The fanatics barricaded in the Capitol dug in, determined to tear down what their idols, the founding fathers, had built. Darkness soon devoured the rest of the country.
Unlike Suzanne Collins's "The Hunger Games," where the capital thrived as the nation withered, here, the capital withered first, as the federal city shriveled without federal funds. But, in other ways, it mirrors the fantasy dystopias depicted by Hollywood and Cormac McCarthy in his novel "The Road," "bloodcults" consuming one another in "an ashen scabland," a "cold illucid world."
In 2084, there's little sign of life in the godless and barren lost world. The insurance exchanges are open and the kinks are almost ironed out. But there is no one to sign up. Koch brother drones patrol the skies. A Mad Max motorcycle gang wielding hacksaws roars through the C.I.A., now a field of dead cornstalks, and the fetid hole that was once Michelle Obama's organic vegetable garden. Will Smith and Brad Pitt are here, hunting aliens and monsters.
The Navy-Air Force game goes on, somehow, and there are annual CrossFit games on the Mall, led by flesh-eating Dark Seeker Paul Ryan, now 114 years old. CrossFit is still fighting the Department of Agriculture's food pyramid, even though there's no Department of Agriculture and no food.
A gaunt man and sickly boy, wrapped in blue tarps, trudge toward the blighted spot that was once the World War II monument, scene of the first shutdown skirmishes. They know they may not survive the winter.
"How did this happen, Papa?" the boy asks.
"Americans had been filled with existential dread since the 9/11 attacks, but they didn't realize the real danger was coming from inside the government," the man says. "It started very small with a petty fight over a six-week spending bill but quickly mushroomed out of control."
"Whose fault was it, Papa?" the boy presses.
The man tries to explain: "The Grand Old Party, the proud haven of patriots who believed in a strong national security and fiscal responsibility, was infected with a mutant form of ideology. It was named the Sarahcuda Strain after the earliest carrier. Remember when you saw that old science fiction movie, 'I Am Legend'? A scientist described the virus that burned through civilization as being like 'a very fast car driven by a very bad man.' That's what happened: In the infected Tea Party politicians, brain function decreased and social de-evolution occurred. They began ignoring their basic survival instincts.
"It's hard to believe now, but they were fixated on stopping an effort to get health care to those who couldn't afford it. It eventually led them to destroy all the things they said they held most dear."
The boy is confused. "They killed America because they didn't care about keeping Americans alive?" he asks.
The man sits down. His voice grows faint. "Well, they didn't seem to understand themselves or what they were doing," he continues. "In the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, many of the feverish pols believed they were waging the right and moral fight even as G.O.P. party elders like Jeb Bush, John McCain, Karl Rove and James Baker warned them that they were dragging the country toward catastrophe. The Tea Party leaders liked to refer to themselves as the Children of Reagan. But as Baker told Peggy Noonan, Reagan always said, 'I'd rather get 80 percent of what I want than go over the cliff with my flag flying.' "
The boy frowns. "But Papa, didn't the healthy Republicans realize the infected ones had lower brain functions?"
"Well, son, they knew there was something creepy about the ringleader, Ted Cruz," the man replies. "His face looked pinched, like a puzzle that had not been put together quite right. He was always launching into orations with a weird cadence and self-consciously throwing folksy phrases into his speeches, like 'Let me tell ya,' to make himself seem Texan, when he was really a Canadian."
The boy looks alarmed. "A Canadian destroyed the world, Papa?"
"Once the government shut down, a plague came, because they had closed the Center for Disease Control," the man says. "Storms, floods and wildfires raged after FEMA was closed down and the National Guard got decimated.
"Once we went into default, the globe got sucked into the economic vortex. With a lot of the Defense Department, F.B.I., and intelligence community on forced leave, the country became vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Without the C.I.A. to train the moderate Syrian rebels, Syria fell to Al Qaeda.
"After the final American president, Barack Obama, canceled his trip to Asia, that part of the world decided we were weak. China moved quickly to fill the vacuum. Obama grew so disgusted, he spent his final years in office isolated in the White House residence. When he stopped returning the calls of Hassan Rouhani and Bibi Netanyahu, it was only a matter of time before the Middle East went up in flames.
"What is left of the world is being run by Julian Assange from what is left of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London and by some right-wing nut in a cabin in Idaho."
The boy begins to cry. "Papa, stop. You're making me sad. Are all the good guys gone?"
Looking through the gray skies toward the ashen Lincoln Memorial, where an ape sits in Abe's chair, the man replies sadly, "Yes, son."


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Bonnie Kunzel's Website
Author, Librarian, Speaker, Youth Services Consultant
Welcome to Bonnie's Home Page
A Brief Biography
Bonnie Kunzel, who recently retired as the Youth Services Consultant for the New Jersey State Library, is now a free-lance Youth Services Consultant. A graduate of
While in
On the national level, she is currently a member of the Newbery Committee for ALSC (the Association for Library Service to Children, a Division of the American Library Association) She is a Past-President of YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association, a Division of the American Library Association). In addition, she was a member of the YALSA committee that revised the Science Fiction Genre list, served a three-year term on
In addition, she is a regular reviewer for the journal VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates), again specializing in the areas of science fiction and fantasy, and she is a Science Fiction and Fantasy editor for NoveList, an on-line reader's advisory service. She is the co-author, with her friend and colleague Suzanne Manczuk, of First Contact: A Reader's Selection of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Scarecrow Press, 2001. In 2002 her second reader's advisory book, Strictly Science Fiction, co-authored with another friend and colleague, Diana Tixier Herald, was published by Libraries Unlimited. This is a title in their popular Genreflecting series.


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A piece of wreckage from 9/11 believed to be one of the commercial jets that brought down the World Trade Center was uncovered near Ground Zero. Police have now turned the area into a crime scene. If the pieces contain human DNA, scores of victims who have never been positively identified may bring closure to many families. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports.
A 5-foot-long chunk of airplane debris found near the World Trade Center site is believed to be a piece of landing gear from one of the planes that hit the towers more than 11 years ago, NBC 4 New York first reported.
Police confirmed Friday that the part was found wedged between two buildings in a very narrow alley only about 18 inches wide between the rear of 50 Murray St. and back of 51 Park Place, the site where a mosque and community center has been proposed three blocks from ground zero.
See original report at NBCNewYork.com
The part bears a "Boeing" stamp, followed by a series of numbers, as seen in an exclusive photo obtained by NBC 4 New York.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly visited the alley Friday evening and viewed the debris from about 30 feet away.
"It brings back terrible memories to anyone who's here, and obviously I think the families could very well be impacted by this finding," he said.
Kelly described the piece as being about 5 feet by 4 feet and around 17 inches high, lying in a "very, very narrow, confined area."
"It's difficult to get in there and see," he said.
The narrow alley in lower Manhattan where debris that might be pieces of landing gear from one of the commercial airliners destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001 was found.
He said there was rope intertwined in part of the gear, and there were no marks on the buildings indicating the piece hit the walls on the way down.
"It would have had to fall down at a certain angle," said Kelly.
Asked whether he was surprised to see such a large plane part anchored in such a tight area, Kelly said: "If you see how confined this space is, and you realize the chaos that existed down here on this street, it's not surprising. It's very, very confined. No cleanup went on in this 18-inch space between these two buildings."
The NYPD said the landing gear was found after surveyors hired by the property owner inspecting the rear of 51 Park Place called police on Wednesday.
Police spokesman Paul Browne said the NYPD has secured the location "as it would a crime scene," and investigators are photographing the scene and restricting access until the medical examiner completes a health and safety evaluation.
Officials said the soil below the piece of debris could also be searched for remains.
Police officials say the part could be difficult to remove, and may require demolition work that would destroy the two surrounding buildings. Officials are expected to be back at the scene on Monday to see if it can be removed.
"It really is a historical artifact," Kelly said.
On Sept. 11, American Airlines flight 11 hit the north tower at 8:46 a.m., and United flight 175 hit the south tower at 9:03 a.m.
The rubble from the 9/11 attack was cleared from the 16-acre site by the spring of 2002. Other debris, including human remains, has been found scattered outside the site, including on a rooftop and in a manhole, in years since.
A Boeing representative declined comment.
NBC New York
The name Boeing and a serial number is visible on a piece of the debris.
This story was originally published on Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:43 PM EDT


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Concussions aren't just an issue for football players. Older people are suffering concussions and other brain injuries at an alarming rate, according to new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Of all age groups, people ages 75 and older had the highest risk for brain injuries. In 2013, one in 45 Americans this age sustained a brain injury leading to an emergency room visit, hospital stay, or death.
Falls caused most of these brain injuries. As you age, your vision and reflexes may become less sharp. In addition, you may take medicines or have health conditions that increase your risk of falling.
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) result from a blow or jolt to the head that disrupts normal brain functioning. A concussion is considered a mild TBI. Yet it can still have serious effects. Symptoms may include:
Trouble thinking clearly
Impaired attention
Memory problems
Blurry vision
Balance problems
Irritability or anxiety
Low energy
Sleep changes
Luckily, most falls are avoidable. Take these steps to protect yourself:
Do exercises, such as tai chi, that improve your balance.
Get your vision checked every year.
Keep your home well-lit. Remove items you could trip over.
Ask your doctor to assess your risk of falling, including reviewing any medicines you take or talking about conditions that may make you more vulnerable. Discuss specific ways to reduce your risk.


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....and my big boy scored 3 goals!!
We (unofficially, of course) "won" our game today, 4 to 2.
He looks SO cute. What a big boy.
Way to go Colin! It must be pretty nice there if you are still playing soccer.
They are doing so well! Go Storm! Colin definitely looks like such a big guy!
Great job Colin!!!! We're proud of you!!! Love, Grandpa and Grandma Nette


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Now we get a lot of questions considering "How to unlock BBC outside United Kingdom". That would be the topic for my blog.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcasting statutory corporation. "Our mission is to enrich people's lives with programmes and service that inform, educate and entertain" – as they are saying. In simple words BBC are the Worldwide last news, programs and s. o. It is the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees all over the world. The Headquarters are situated in London.
Even though the online version of BBC is great service with the latest worldwide news, it comes with a severe limitation. The BBC One programs and TV shows are available only inside United Kingdom. So if you try to go to see live news from any other country, you will see a Content Unavailable message.
The BBC is now one of the most popular and biggest channels, but it doesn't have rights to broadcast its programs outside UK. That is why it uses special techniques to set the location of its users.
We see the prohibition from our countries, but anyway it is possible to watch BBC programs outside UK. The most important thing we need to know is that you only need to have the UK IP address. TUVPN (the VPN provider) has servers in 7 countries all over the world! Including United Kingdom. It has two servers in London what is more then enough.
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Holiday parties are a great chance to gather friends and family together for a good time. Food and drink are important components, but so is the entertainment factor. Here are some ideas to keep the action going and multiply the fun.
Sweater contest
Everyone makes fun of holiday sweaters, but did you know there is an actual website where you can purchase ugly Christmas sweaters? Since 1995, rustyzipper.com has been amassing the Internet's largest collection of ugly sweaters. Chances are you may own an "interesting" holiday sweater, as do some of your friends and family. Why not gather all these colorful and crazy sweaters in one place? Ask guests to wear their most unique sweater and let them know there will be judging. Inform them that their sweater can have a holiday motif or not, but it must be the opposite of boring and can veer off into cool. Have a contest with several categories: best holiday sweater, ugliest sweater, most original, most colorful, most hipster etc. Hand out prizes in each category, awarding with a "something warm" gift card, like from a coffee house or a knitted cap, scarf, etc.
Minute to Win It
You love the TV game show now you can play it at home. Invite your most competitive family and friends over for an evening of good-natured challenges to be completed in one minute. To get detailed direction, go to NBC's official game website www.nbc.com/minute-to-win-it/how-to. Here you'll find a number of challenges that are illustrated by video and have complete instructions.
The aim of "A Bit Dicey" is to balance six dice on a popsicle stick held in your mouth. Whoever completes the most challenges wins a prize. You can do this individually or in teams. Award holiday-themed prizes such as a Christmas ornament, balsam candle, holiday cocktail napkins etc.
White elephant gift exchange
This is a great icebreaker at work holiday parties or with family and friends. Decide first what type of white elephant this is. Do you want your guests to bring something that's just lying around the house or do you want them to buy something new? If new, set an amount to spend.
Wrap your gift and be clever as to disguise what it is or to suggest that it is something it's not, such as wrapping a DVD in shirt box with lots of newspaper so it doesn't jiggle. Try not to let on which gift in the pile is yours.
The host hands out numbers written on a piece of paper to each person. Have duplicate numbers in a box. The host picks the first number out of the box and subsequent numbers to keep the exchange going. The first person drawn goes to the pile and picks a present to open. The next person drawn decides whether to open a new gift or to "steal" an already opened one. If they do steal a gift, the person who has been stolen from has the option of stealing from someone else, or opening a new gift. Note: A gift can only be stolen three times and you cannot steal a gift that was just stolen from you. Continue until all gifts have been opened. Note, too, that if this is a group that meets annually a gag gift can keep the fun going year after year as it shows up again to groans.
Christmas Karaoke "Idol"
Throw a Christmas karaoke "Idol" party and have guests belt out their favorite holiday tunes in front of a panel of non-singing judges. Go to iTunes and purchase a Karaoke Anywhere app or go directly to the website,
. You can stream and download more than 50,000 songs right on your Apple or Android devices. For a party, you plug your device right into your TV and let the competition begin. Fifty songs are free from both the Apple Store and the Android Market.


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I tried another new recipe for dinner last night. This one was a breeze to prepare.
One Pot Noodles with Chicken and Broccoli
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 3/4 cups wide egg noodles, uncooked
2 cups frozen or fresh broccoli florets
10 oz. cooked seasoned chicken pieces (I used 2 grilled chicken breasts)
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
In a saucepan, combine broth, milk and butter; heat to boiling. Stir in uncooked noodles and broccoli; return to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cover. Cook 7 to 8 minutes, stirring frequently, or until noodles are tender and most liquid is absorbed. Stir in chicken; remove from heat. Stir in cheese.


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Scottie Pippen is not bankrupt — but according to a federal judge, he cannot sue anyone that said he was.
As TMZ first reported, Pippen sued a TON of media outlets for defamation back in 2011 after they published articles claiming he was broke. As proof he'd never gone belly up, Pippen said he has never worth less than $40 million at any point in the last 10 years.
Pippen wanted $1 million from every media outlet that said his finances were in the toilet.
— Reported by TMZ.com


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Crochet stitch markers - silver Christmas angel x3 with teal
A set of 3 handmade crochet stitch markers in festive colours in an angel design. These are great to keep track of your stitch numbers and rows when crocheting, they just clip on the relevant stitch. They are also very pretty and will brighten up your crochet projects.
Made from silver plated findings and glass beads. The dress beads are red, teal and a clear aurora borealis, with a frosted round white bead to form the head.
A great stocking filler or secret santa.
These are not a toy and are not suitable for those under 3 years of age.
I love crocheting and pretty stitch markers make it even better.
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If you have a Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD) Type 2 for your customer and you want to calculate the number of distinct customers that bought a product, you cannot use the simple formula:
Customers := DISTINCTCOUNT( FactTable[Customer Id] ) )
because it would return the number of distinct versions of customers. What you really want to do is to calculate the number of distinct application keys of the customers, that could be a lower number than the number you've got with the previous formula. Assuming that a Customer Code column in the Customers dimension contains the application key, you should use the following DAX formula:
Customers := COUNTROWS( SUMMARIZE( FactTable, Customers[Customer Code] ) )
Be careful: only the version above is really fast, because it is solved by xVelocity (formerly known as VertiPaq) engine. Other formulas involving nested calculations might be more complex and move computation to the formula engine, resulting in slower query.
This is absolutely an interesting pattern and I have to say it's a killer feature. Try to do the same in Multidimensional…
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense
Does the following measure make sense ?
DistinctSCD2:=CALCULATE(DISTINCTCOUNT(Customers[Customer Code]), FactTable)
Yes, it's the same as the second Customers measure in my blog post.
More info on the syntax you used are available here: http://www.sqlbi.com/articles/optimize-many-to-many-calculation-in-dax-with-summarize-and-cross-table-filtering


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Wear your patches with pride as you show the world your love for our national parks, monuments, historical sites, and recreation areas. This colorful, sturdy patch representing El Malpais National Monument is made of 100 percent polyester and can be easily attached to any fabric with just a few stitches. Included is a postcard with the same image for you to send or collect.
- Official park patch approved by the National Park Service for El Malpais National Monument
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The financial situation for the Mendocino Coast Recreation and Park District, as well as the C.V. Starr Community Center, is encouraging. The district finished the 2012/2013 fiscal year in the black, said MCRPD board chairman Harold Sipila at the July 17 meeting.
On the agenda were updates on C.V. Starr Center operations and finances by center director Chris Aungst, and on district programs and finances by Beth Pine, MCRPD executive director.
For the recently ended fiscal year 2012/2013:
? Revenues came in $156,973.33 above projections.
? Operating expenses were $190,117.60 under projected budget.
? Net operating income was $352,865 over projected budget.
June stats
For the month of June alone, revenues were $19,961 over projected budget, while operating expenses were $20,121 under projected budget
The cost of operations in June was $4,217 under projected, and net operating income was $40,049 more than projected.
Aungst said that June was the busiest month for attendance with 9,381 visitors, beating the previous best by over 400 visits. The first 15 days of July, saw more than 5,000 visitors.
He was optimistic that the total attendance for July will reach or exceed 10,000 visitors.
Aungst also said the center will be more proactive in looking for local businesses to increase corporate memberships. Facility pass revenues were $228,745 over projection for fiscal year 2012/2013.
Both Aungst and Pine credited revenues from the city sales tax for the improvement in the C.V. Starr Center"s performance. The sales tax was approved in March 2012, under the widely popular Measure A.
Pine said that $300,000 of the surplus revenue is going into reserve accounts to protect against negative cycles in the economy.
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Business Manager Michelle Gordon updated the board on programs, classes and sports. Pine said that a nine-hole disk golf course has been installed in Westport. The grand opening will occur during Westport"s annual barbecue, Aug. 17.
The South Coast"s Redwood Coast Recreation Center is holding a "Rec Rally" raffle. The grand prize is $2,000. Tickets are available for $5 each.
Gordon said that swimming lessons on the South Coast were very successful compared to last year. Almost 100 kids participated in the two-week program, which raised about $4,700 in revenue. RCRC wants to do it again and is investigating using either the KOA or Sea Ranch swimming facilities. Potentially, the next time they can hold swim lessons is in September.
Public comment
During the period open for public comments, community member Nancy Harris encouraged the board of directors to extend Saturday hours for the pool, which would accommodate the full-time workers of the community who like to swim.
Currently, the pool closes at 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays. Harris noted that early in the morning and just prior to closing there are many people who want to swim laps. Also, Harris noted that she has encountered many out-of-town visitors who want to use the pool, but that the early closing hours exclude that possibility.
Sipila asked Harris what would be more beneficial, extended early morning hours or afternoon hours. Harris replied that extended afternoon hours would be more desirable. Sipila asked Aungst to explore the possibility of later operating hours for summer because of the longer daylight hours.
Other items
Three board of director seats are up for election this November. Filing dates are July 15 through Aug. 9. Official Declaration of Candidacy forms for eligible candidates can be obtained from the Office of the County Clerk, 501 Low Gap Rd., Rm. #1020, Ukiah and must be filed not later than 5 p.m., Friday, Aug. 9.
The three seats up for election are currently held by Harold Sipila, Cesar Yanez and Bill Hayes.


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To say Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Hobbit is an ambitious undertaking is a bit of an understatement. What began as a fairly straightforward one-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein's classic novel quickly morphed into a sprawling epic told across two feature films. We know that this isn't necessarily a page-to-screen feature film version of the novel, as Jackson is bringing back many characters from The Lord of the Rings that don't appear in The Hobbit. Included in this ginormous ensemble is a brand new character created for the film named Tauriel. Lost star Evangeline Lilly plays the character, and she recently spoke quite a bit about what to expect from Turiel, how much she appears in the adaptation, which of the two films she figures into the most, and how long she's had to be onset. Hit the jump to see what she had to say.
In an interview with EW, Lilly confirmed that Tauriel (a Mirkwood elf) is a bit of a badass:
"She is a warrior. She's actually the head of the Elven guard. She's the big shot in the army. So she knows how to wield any weapon, but the primary weapons that she uses are a bow and arrow and two daggers. And she's lethal and deadly."
When asked how much she figures into the story, Lilly said that her character has been expanded quite a bit and actually appears in the second film much more than the first:
"She's not in the first film very much. She comes into the first film near the end, and has a very small part to play. Her role in the second film is much more involved. Although, I have to say, when I first read the scripts and took the job, she had a lot less going on in the second film. I think the role is becoming a bit more demanding that I had expected it to be. There's a lot more for me to do now, which is a lot of fun, but it's a little more pressure."
Lilly said that she's been filming on and off for the past six months, and she still has to go back for five months of filming. Judging by the amount of time she's spending on the New Zealand set, I'd assume that she figures pretty prominently into the films. It'll be interesting to see how Jackson integrates Tauriel with the other characters from the book, and which characters she interacts with the most. For now, we've got quite a while to wait. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens in 3D December 14th, followed by The Hobbit: There and Back Again in 3D on December 13th, 2013.