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M23 Rebels Enter Goma
KINSHASA, DRC -- The rebel group M23 has entered the city of Goma in eastern
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo or
Republic of Congo
, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
continuing their advance against government and
United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
troops. The rebels say they have taken the airport and witnesses say they are near the city center.
After days of fighting, M23 rebels have succeeded in their drive against the Congolese army and U.N. peacekeepers and advanced into the capital of North Kivu province. While the exact situation in Goma is fluid, all accounts say that the rebels are gaining ground.
M23 making advances
Some residents and several journalists confirm M23's claim to have taken the airport, on the eastern side of the town. Journalists say the rebels also have captured one of the two main border crossings from Goma to Rwanda, also on the eastern side of town.
Congo analyst Thierry Vircoulon of the International Crisis Group said the situation is taking a dire turn for the worse.
"My feeling is that the city is about to fall and we'll know that during the course of the day, that's for sure," said Vircoulon. "And there have been exchanges of fire between Rwanda and the DRC, which means we may not be very far from an open conflict between the two countries."
U.N. radio in the DRC, Radio Okapi, reports that mortar rounds apparently fired from Rwanda killed four people Monday in Goma and
several others.
DRC government accuses Rwanda
Tuesday's fighting comes after the government refused a rebel demand to negotiate, saying it would be pointless without involving Rwanda. The DRC accuses of Rwanda of providing arms and troops in support of M23 - allegations that Kigali continually has denied.
There are signs the escalating violence is causing problems for the Congolese government.
No! Reeeeeally?
A leading opposition politician, Vital Kamehre - who came third in the presidential elections last year - has called on DRC President Joseph Kabila to negotiate with M23 to end the conflict and threats to the civilian population.
Opposition calls for negotiations
Up until now, the DRC's opposition parties generally have agreed with the government's position of rejecting talks with the rebels.
Goma was effectively controlled by a rebel movement until 2004, when the rebels were loosely integrated into the Congolese army. Most members of M32 are former soldiers who defected in April, claiming discrimination and poor treatment by the government.
The DRC and Rwanda have fought several wars - the last one during the Congolese civil war, which ended in 2003.
International concern is growing, with
La Belle France
preparing a draft resolution to slap sanctions on the rebels and possibly any elements supporting them. It could be adopted as early as this week.
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Shale debate hits Brockway hard
BROCKWAY — Wednesday, the Shale debate came into clear focus as residents of the Borough of Brockway expressed their concerns about a proposal by Flatirons Resources to drill a well in the borough.Residents were given this opportunity at a public meeting that took place at the urging of Sen. Joe Scarnati (R-25), state Rep. Sam Smith (R-66) and state Rep. Matt Gabler (R-75).Scarnati said the purpose of the meeting was to provide local residents — and those who depend on the Brockway Watershed for service — the opportunity to ask questions directly of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Flatirons, and to get answers."We need to have facts, and we need to have guidance," he said. "And that's what I'm here to provide you with [last night] ... but I am going to look all of you in the eye, and I'm going to defend the fact that we have a public hearing here — this isn't happening in every community around the state. (Flatirons Resources and DEP) didn't need to come. I wanted them here."Brockway is very familiar with Flatirons Resources, which has has already drilled a well in the borough, but recently submitted a proposal that is "administratively and technically complete" to drill a second well.That second well is a point of contention for many borough residents.According to Craig Lobins, DEP Northwest Regional director for the Oil & Gas Program, a decision has not yet been made on whether or not the proposal by Flatirons Resources will be approved, and it will not be made until the program has the opportunity to hear concerns of local residents.At the meeting, many residents asked Flatirons Resources why it decided to drill a well in Rattlesnake Creek in the first place, since it is considered to be a high-quality reservoir. High-quality reservoirs, or water sheds that are in "pristine" condition, are not allowed to be deteriorated.Scott Perry, deputy secretary for the Oil and Gas Program, said protecting water quality — and particularly protecting drinking water supply — is most important to him, and believes Flatirons Resources has adhered to state law.Pick up a copy of the Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 edition of The Ridgway Record for more.


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The Defense Department has recognized cyberspace as a battle domain, alongside the traditional domains of land, sea and air, and the more recent addition, space. While nations are preparing for war in the new domain of cyberspace, the EastWest Institute (EWI) is working for peace -- or at least a measure of security.
"Securing cyberspace is really a group challenge," said Harry Raduege, chairman of Deloitte LLP's Center for Cyber Innovation. "It can't be solved by any company or country alone."
In an effort to provide a forum for addressing that challenge, EWI held its third Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit in New Delhi on Oct. 30 and 31. What distinguishes the EWI summit is the level of quasi-official government representation, said Raduege, a retired Air Force general. Scheduled attendees from the United States included the State Department's coordinator for cyber issues, Chris Painter, and ministerial level participation from other countries. Howard Schmidt attended the first two summits, in Dallas and London, as White House cybersecurity coordinator.
"It's an opportunity for track II diplomacy," Raduege said, in which non-officials and officials acting unofficially can talk over issues that haven't yet risen to the level of official consideration. By identifying areas of agreement or at least common concern, they can lay the groundwork for more formal talks. EWI efforts to date have included a report on ensuring the reliability of undersea communications cables and efforts to establish international rules for governing cyber conflicts.
Track II diplomacy also has produced some unlikely partnerships. The United States and China collaborated on a report on fighting spam and botnets, and Raduege is a member of a working group (the institute calls them breakthrough groups) exploring the possibility of a cyber détente between the United States and China. Both countries are dependent on cyberspace, he said, and are looking for areas of agreement. "We are talking -- that is better than accusing each other."
The United States and Russia recently collaborated on a report that produced common definitions for 20 key cybersecurity concepts, the beginning of what is hoped will be a comprehensive international cyber taxonomy. Cooperation on cybersecurity policy between the two countries has been hampered in part because they do not speak the same language. Establishing common definitions does not eliminate the real differences in how the two countries approach their interests in cyberspace, but it provides a starting place for talking about them, Raduege said.
Centuries of experience in the traditional military domains has shown that countries with widely differing points of view and interests can get along on land, sea and in the air. They are not always on friendly terms, and wars cannot always be avoided. But finding some common ground makes it possible to avoid at least some of the conflict.
Cyberspace is new, but it is not too soon to begin looking for common ground there, too.
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Is there such a dependency in other countries, to use "cyberspace" to transact? It forms the basis for a more connected, engaged and open world. Maybe the misperception to fight is the attainment of the status as a global wifi hotspot? The rights and priviledges of having internet should go to the people (all of us-group hug.lol)as an extension of the tenth (a measure of liberty) and second amendment(a measure of security) by international law, and that would be a great achievement in terms of global unity and support universal aspirations, like space based systems and collective-co-op ecosystems (mentioned as the top story). The govt, free trade partnerships,like EWI-a cultural and knowledge exchange (that precipitates transitions toward peaceful outcomes)could be real leaders. Media outlets participation is vital to that. For energy the global initiative needs pipelines, and for democratization of information it needs cables, Sats, etc. A measure of security would be avoid integration of these socialist responses. look up-- Hegemony and Socialist Strategy- in wikipedia.
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i started to read this essay thinking that it would be mostly BS. i mean, facism, today? i was sure the analogy would be a reach. then i kept reading, and kept nodding, and it never got far fetched.
my question, is he right, or is this confirmation bias?
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"They want conformity," Loren, that's precisely what fascism means. Fascia, the way Mussolini described it, are the leather straps used to hold fire wood in place on the caretas or mule-drawn carts. The fascia keep everything in line.
Hitler loved the line, "marching in step,"
It's interesting history that in 1929 Mussolini signed the Latern Pacts with Pope Pius XI, forming the Vatican as an independent state and divvying up Italy between the government and the church.
So expect Romney to announce some sort of Pact with the churches as soon as he gains power.
Rommunism-a system of government which forces middle and lower class citizens to work long hours for small wages with no bargaining rights or benefits. In addition, nations that are Rommunist also tend to pass laws that reduce the chances of members of minorities voting, force pregenant womeon who may develop health problems if they carry the child full term or who became pregnant as a result of rape to give birth to the child, forbid homosexuals from marrying the people they truly love, allow corporations and the wealthy to influence government policy more so than middle and lower class citizens, and force middle and lower class citizens to pay more in taxes (percentage wise) than corporations or the wealthy.
*I didn't invent the term Rommunism, someone on Google answers asked others to define the term.
That term Rommunism needs to be viralized. It's a great term!
some of this kind of talk is becoming more mainstream. a few very recent examples:
Burton claimed that Republicans lie constantly, perhaps as part of a grander plan.
He explained: "Joseph Goebbels' concept was the big lie– if you tell it enough, people will think it's the truth."
Goebbels was the chief of Nazi propaganda, and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler believed the "big lie" had a greater chance of being believed.
also, on Bill Maher this weekend Soledad O'Brien was talking about how the Republicans seem to think they can lie over and over again and eventually people will believe it. Maher responded by saying "That's what Hitler did." later in the panel Jason Alexander invoked Orwell when talking about Republicans.
i guess it's gotten this bad.
Here's a good example of how powerful the propaganda was. I remember as a kid watching the great Laurence Olivier documentary, The World At War. I remember Nazis rounding up Jews and abusing them. I asked myself how the heck could thugs, bar brawlers, ruffians and WWI hooligans beat up and push around the latter who were professors, writers, doctors and highly skilled craftsmen. All while the Germans thought they were the superior race. How could so many people believe such an obvious lie? But hey… Many Americans believe the Twin Towers were destroyed because, "they're jealous of our freedom."
Just a digression: Goebbels was a polio victim and a cripple since childhood. The last words of his diary were: I have always hated humanity. He was definitely bullied and abused in school, so his life might have been revenge against the German people for a miserable childhood.
Now it comes out that Romney was a bully in school. Hmmmm.
When I went off to college (a long time ago) I received the New College Edition of the American Heritage Dictionary as a gift.
Within, this definition of Fascism:
"A philosophy or system of government that advocates or exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with an ideology of belligerent nationalism."
That definition was written long before our current political atmosphere evolved.
I haven't found authoritative attribution to this following quote, however:
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of State and corporate power." Benito Mussolini
I am of the notion that "Corporatism" is what is being advocated by the current manifestation of the American Conservative movement, and is the motivation behind things like the "Citizens United" decision by the Supreme Court, and the push for deregulation of the financial sector.
my mother was ranting at me yesterday that i'm being influenced by the liberal media. she told me that she is concerned that i'm not being exposed to the real news (Fox). first, this is incorrect - i watch Fox and peruse conservative blogs. second, Fox is the ONLY news she watches. talk about pot calling kettle!
so i had to ask her how she could justify voting for a candidate who, in this economic environment, wants to cut taxes on the wealthy. she told me that Romney isn't doing that!! this is how uninformed she is, thanks to Fox News, she doesn't even know a basic fact that is not even being disputed anywhere. and she simply wouldn't believe that it's true.
i believe that the strategy of creating mistrust in traditional media sources has reached a saturation point. for those that follow news on the right, they completely distrust any outlet that isn't part of their rank and file. they believe that articles from the mainstream media are biased, even when all they are doing is simple reporting of facts. it doesn't matter. there's a boogeyman in their closet, and no matter how hard you try to explain that there can't be a boogeyman in their closet because the boogeyman doesn't exist, they won't believe you.
the right has a fully operational Propaganda machine. they trust WorldNetDaily over CNN. they trust Glenn Beck more than, well, just about anyone. these trusted sources of the right report on conspiracy theories daily. they make the boogeyman real. they have convinced their followers that cutting taxes on rich people in this staggering economy is not just a good thing but a necessary thing. not a single one of Romney/Ryan economic policy would help their individual financial situation. yet they swallow it whole because Fox News says it's in the country's best interest. never mind that the facts don't bear this out.
yes, the left has it's own propaganda machine in MSNBC. they don't really claim to be "fair and balanced", and it's obvious counter-programming to the Fox crowd. in a perfect world MSNBC wouldn't need to exist.
but this is not a perfect world. the right wing Propaganda machine has ensured this.
Did anybody watch 60 Minutes last Sunday? Very disturbing. About a right-winger who controls "the pledge" administered to Republican Party recruits. The pledge, signed by 240 oath takers, states, "I will not vote for any proposal to raise taxes."
Very disturbing. It's clear rich and influential people aren't going to give up power and hegemony without a fight short of revolution.
I missed it, but ... that wouldn't have been Grover Norquist, would it? He and his "no taxes" pledge have done a disservice to the republican party and the US as a whole in failing to recognize the exigencies of the current financial situation. The sad thing is that Norquist is one symptom of an overall disease infesting the GOP: an ideological bent which has little to nothing to do with reality. They can't be bothered with pragmatism or facts. It's ideology uber alles ... and watch it truly hit the fan should they get their way.
i saw it, yes it was about Norquist. and yes it is disturbing. in that piece he admitted that he came up with his idea for Republicans being the "no tax increase ever party" when he was 13 years old! how perfect is that?!
this needs to be shared:
"We will preserve for our children this last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness."
the Norris' definitely see the Boogeyman.
I want to know what qualifies Norris to opine in any kind of expert capacity on the current state of American politics. Certainly, he has a right to free speech and to hold forth as he sees fit, but any claim of expertise he might have is questionable at best. He is a competent martial artist and an utterly mediocre actor. What other bona fides he might have are a mystery to me, as well as to anyone else who might inquire as to such.
Obviously, he has his celebrity. So does Britney Spears, and I'll listen to her POV or Norris' about the same time I listen to Bill O'Reilly's.
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|The Champion By NHMS Numbers
|The Championship Four Preview
|Phoenix: Three To Watch
|Martinsville: Three To Watch
|Kansas: Three To Watch
|Charlotte: Three To Watch
Five Things To Like About No. 5
At the beginning of the year, I made a somewhat outside-the-box prediction that Kasey Kahne would win this year's Sprint Cup Championship. Don't get me wrong, I'm not claiming that my prediction was for some car run by the boys at the local auto body shop, I didn't turn a lot of heads with the pick. However, Kahne certainly wasn't considered as a clear front runner.
After two races with a 36th and a 19th-place finish, I was the one turning my head ... downward into my hands. Two races later, I've become every bit as confident in my pick as I was when I made it. Kahne finished second at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after having the strongest car on the day and positioned himself to take a similarly quick car to Victory Lane at Bristol Motor Speedway this past weekend.
His past two races have got him back in contention, as he sits in seventh-place with 124 points, just four points back from fourth-place Clint Bowyer. There are many reasons to expect that he'll continue to ascend the standings as the season goes on.
1. Hendrick Motorsports is the best team in NASCAR.
With all due respect to Joe Gibbs Racing and Roush Fenway Racing, Hendrick Motorsports routinely tops all of the teams when it comes to performance. Last year, the team entered all four of its drivers into the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The shop has accounted for 10 of the last 18 Cup championships. When you consider that Hendrick helped provide Stewart-Haas Racing with many car parts during Tony Stewart's run to the 2011 championship, that number could become 10.5.
2. His transition to Hendrick Motorsports has helped maximize his talent.
Kahne is one of those drivers that can drive anything with wheels. He's similar to Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch in this respect when it comes to his overall abilities. He made the Chase in 2006 and 2009. He was with Evernham Motorsports in former season, before it merged into Richard Petty Motorsports in the latter date. His inability to make the Chase two seasons following 2009 had a lot to do with a sticky separation from RPM in the middle of 2010 and a trying season with the folding Red Bull Racing team in 2011.
3. The No. 5 team overcame a slow start in 2012.
The 2012 season got off to a disatourous start for Kahne and the No. 5 team. Despite claiming two poles in the first six races, the car finished no better than 14th in any of those races and sat a dismal 31st after leaving Martinsville with engine problems on April 1st. He followed that with seven straight top-10s, climbing to 14th in the standings and affirming his title contention with his second win of the season in last year's LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. His early season, bad luck didn't slow him down in 2012, and it doesn't seem like this year will be any different.
4. Kahne finished fourth in last year's Chase.
Once the poor start was behind him, Kahne amassed 12 top-fives and 19 top-10s in the last 30 races of the season. He scored five top-fives and another top-10 during the Chase, and only ugly 25th and 21st-place finishes in two of the season's last three races stopped him from being close to the Cup when the season's checkered flag waved. If he can eliminate a few poor finishes in the 2013 Chase, he could be the guy that raises NASCAR's ultimate trophy.
5. Crew chief Kenny Francis has called the shots for Kahne since 2006.
In the last seven-plus seasons, Kahne has raced under four different ownership names (and three separate entities), but he's raced under just one crew chief. Kenny Francis has been there through the thick and the thin since 2006. (Technically, they joined forces the last race in 2005.) It's clear that the two work well together. The move to Hendrick Motorsports gave Francis the resources he needs to get his driver up front, and the long-time duo seems poised to provide Rick Hendrick with his team's fourth championship driver and 11th title in history.


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Happy birthday my girl @MaddieR_Brown. - 18! We sure had fun today - @realkodybrown gets silly when he drinks a lot of caffeine huh ?!I wonder what???
— Janelle Brown (@JanelleBrown117) November 4, 2013
Writing down a deep goal that I want accomplished by spring 2015 gives me hope today. Looking forward to the process & accomplishment.
— Meri Brown (@MeriBrown1) November 3, 2013
Having a fantastic time at the Moapa Pow Wow. Fantastic way to spend a Sun afternoon. @MaddieR_Brown pic.twitter.com/vJv3ptAtFe
— Janelle Brown (@JanelleBrown117) November 3, 2013
@realkodybrown spent some time figuring out how to give @Madd ieR_Brown the lights she wanted for her party. pic.twitter.com/M5OT0fwPedBeautiful photo of homecoming (maybe?) goes with this tweet. It's Instagram so I think you'll have to download it?
— Janelle Brown (@JanelleBrown117) November 3, 2013
Happy Birthday @MaddieR_Brown!!!!! Hope it's a good one! http://t.co/ogUaSCECC3
— Dylan Sacenti (@DylanSacenti) November 3, 2013
It was so much fun having my family come to the Autism Speaks walk today and having them meet some of my sisters! pic.twitter.com/FUX3EzrTGF
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On A1 in @sltrib tomorrow, new photos offer glimpse into #FLDS security. Here's a preview on The Polygamy Blog http://t.co/53xP4CVduz
— Tribune Polygamy (@TribunePolygamy) November 2, 2013
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— TheDargerFamily (@TheDargerFamily) November 2, 2013
Blog: Utah man charged with vandalizing polygamous compound http://t.co/RWgxTZoxkt
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Me and ma sis @lizanyah bein thugalicious #teamsleepyhollow #homecoming2013 rebunlv http://t.co/VbSQtpLgf4
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— Robyn Sullivan Brown (@LuvgvsUwngs) October 30, 2013
"@maggie_may49: so you are saying it will be all lies because FLDS is one big happy family.." No. 1 experience doesn't define all experience
— TheDargerFamily (@TheDargerFamily) October 30, 2013
So it's looking like I'm going to Salt Lake soon for a video shoot.
— Sean Huddleston (@Lifespeedfitnes) October 30, 2013
Loving this quote this morning . "Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." - Marilyn Monroe.Several tweets follow Meri's about the apron, but she doesn't bother to answer anyone:
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This just in! The apron is in stock! Get yours now! http://t.co/eICmqhKtos
— Meri Brown (@MeriBrown1) October 30, 2013
@MeriBrown1 That design is so cute but your stuff is sooooo expensive!
— AnGie ZamPa (@angiezampa) October 30, 2013
@MeriBrown1 I wish the apron had pockets!!
— Kat Waterflame (@KatWaterflame) October 30, 2013
@MeriBrown1 I'm afraid I could max out my visa and still be shopping for more, your designs are beautiful!
— Valleri Glasgow (@poodle_momma) October 30, 2013
Shipping orders for http://t.co/eICmqhKtos while watching live online training for @livcorporate Multi-tasking at its best!
— Meri Brown (@MeriBrown1) October 30, 2013
And how does your body do this? With the food you eat. So then, yes you really are what you eat. pic.twitter.com/vzQC82iU6ZSoon? Shouldn't it have been up there in maybe August or September?
— Sean Huddleston (@Lifespeedfitnes) October 29, 2013
"@meganlawler94: @LuvgvsUwngs Will there be a Christmas ornament this year like there was last year?" YES! It will be on the website soon!
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If you are to conquer your fear you must define your fear. Until we were clear on what we feared in speaking out we stayed in paralysis.
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Ready for fall @REBUNLV #UNLVhomecoming13 #teamsleepyhollow pic.twitter.com/f9ZZJBvBWV
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"@Lifespeedfitnes: What a great idea. pic.twitter.com/JAeqcrXmzp" Ha ha! Awesome!
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There's just something sad and lonely about dropping your daughter off at the airport and watching her walk away through the gate.
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Rosie the riveter and a unicorn. Youre Velcome Happy Halloween! http://t.co/Ip2k8TOzer
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— Aspyn Brown (@AspynBrown) October 26, 2013
It's not about the people who are true to your face, it's about the ones who remain true behind your back.
— The Cheshire Cat (@CheCatSays) October 29, 2013
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— Robyn Sullivan Brown (@LuvgvsUwngs) October 25, 2013
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— Robyn Sullivan Brown (@LuvgvsUwngs) October 22, 2013
"@Rock_Vault: Our John Payne with Kody Brown of the TV show Sister Wives @johnpayneasia #Vegas pic.twitter.com/7BkCRmnMvZ" I loved Rock Vault!Oh the irony that Mary retweeted this:
— Kody Brown (@realkodybrown) October 24, 2013
6+3 = 9 but so does 5+4. The way you do things isn't always the only way to do them. Respect other people's way of thinking.
— Will Smith (@imWilISmith) October 19, 2013
Mummie, Mummie, are you my Mummie pic.twitter.com/xVzekr2xm2
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Tonight's Halloween party contribution pic.twitter.com/mFdXHhBDWW
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Rokita Announces Cass County as Third Vote Center Pilot County
Contact: Jim Gavin
County to Save Nearly Half Million Taxpayer Dollars
Logansport, IN - Today, Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita joined Cass County Clerk of Courts Linda Crimmins to announce the selection of Cass County as Indiana's third vote center pilot county. HEA1071, enacted during the 2008 General Assembly, granted authorization to a third county to participate in the Vote Center pilot program. The first two pilot counties, Tippecanoe and Wayne, ran successful municipal elections in November 2007.
"The Vote Center concept means voters no longer have to worry about finding the right precinct, because any center in the county will work," said Secretary Rokita. "The concept also means savings for taxpayers by significantly reducing the cost of election administration."
For Cass County voters, the advent of Vote Centers means flexibility in where they cast ballots during the 2008 Primary and General Elections. Vote Centers can be strategically and centrally located, and will be placed in high-traffic, accessible locations, with preference given to locations along public transit lines, such as libraries and public office buildings. Also important, the Vote Center locations will also be compliant with the American Disability Act standards.
Electronic poll books connected by a secure line to the county election board office will be updated in real-time and will enable election officials to ensure each person votes only once.
For Cass County taxpayers, Vote Centers mean reducing the cost of running the county's elections. The change translates to taxpayer savings by reducing the number of voting systems needed to run an election as well as reducing the number of election workers needed. Cass County has projected an estimated saving of $476,000 by using the Vote Center concept.
The change also eliminates the need for costly printing and storage of poll books.
"As Clerk of Cass County, I am honored and delighted to be chosen as Indiana's 3rd Vote Center Pilot County," said Clerk Crimmins. "It is exciting to my election staff and me to be making this progressive step in the voting process. It will mean a great deal of monetary savings both in election equipment and poll worker expense."
The selection of Cass County follows an extensive application process, in which counties were asked to address questions of technical capability and impact to voters. The law requires selection of Vote Center pilot counties by March 17, 2008.
"The Cass County plan is not only a bi-partisan effort, but also both solid and impressive," Rokita said. "The successful implementation of a third Vote Centers county will certainly be an important step toward improving elections for all Hoosiers."


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Coffee, Salmon, and Geoduck at the RCA Annual Conference and Expo
Seattle hosts RCAs Annual Conference and Expo.
Defining the future of food was the theme, and a productive and delightful time was had by all in March at the Research Chef Assn.'s (RCA) 2008 Annual Conference and Culinology Expo, held in Seattle. An impressive lineup of speakers, breakout sessions and networking opportunities drew record attendance with nearly 1,600 attendees and a sold-out expo floor.
The only annual food industry event to focus on culinology – the blending of culinary arts and food science/technology – this year's show attracted a diverse group of food product development professionals including research chefs, innovation directors, food scientists, marketers and sales professionals from across the U.S. and abroad.
RCA arranged for pre-conference culinary tours of Seattle, including coffee cupping at Starbucks headquarters, walkabouts at Pike Place Market (where fun-loving fishmongers wearing orange waders toss salmon to each other with nary a drop to entertain potential customers), Theo Chocolate Factory (the only roaster of organic cocoa beans in the U.S.), Bainbridge Island Vineyards and Eastside Wineries and Brewery.
Chef Kathy Casey served an interactive lunch at Kathy Casey Food Studio, with a menu of Local Oysters with Mignonette Ice; Geoduck Two Ways: Sashimi & Picatta Style; Winter Greens and Northwest Pear Salad with Yuzu Cranberry Vinaigrette and Toasted Hazelnuts; Pacific Rim Style Coconut and Lemon Grass Braised Black Cod with Local Mussels and Colorful Veggies; and Latte Land Mocha Panna Cotta Shot with Cotton Candy Steam. Incidentally, geoduck is a very large, edible clam (Panope generosa) of the Pacific coast.
Delivering the entertaining keynote session, Starbucks Coffee Co.'s Sr. Vice President of Global Food and Beverage Denny Marie Post discussed the company's mission to craft healthy foods that sell. She noted that in 1982 the presence of a vegetable defined a healthy meal. She shared Starbucks success stories, samples of healthy upcoming breakfast prototypes and Starbucks coffee with attendees, who were inspired when she said, "A singular fantasy can transform a million realities."
Speaking of irresistible food products, they were in abundance as suppliers provided tasty prototypes of their ingredients on the vibrant show floor.
Judson McLester, new corporate chef at Wixon Inc., St. Francis, Wis., served his signature dish "Floribbean" marinated beef tenderloin with Mandarin-orange chantilly sauce along with Jamaican pineapple-mango vegetable toss. We also sampled: Raisin-Achiote Glazed Shrimp served with Avocado-Tomatillo Salsa and Cucumber, Raisin, Jicama and Hoja Santa Salad from the California Raisin Marketing Board, Fresno, Calif. … Cucumber Lemonade from Belcamp, Md.-based TIC Gums … Idaho Potato Crusted Wheathervane Scallop with Roasted Piquillo Pepper and Herb Pistou from Eagle, Idaho-based Idaho Potato Commission … Lemon-Yuzu Martinis with Strawberry Mint Ice Cubes from the Watsonville, Calif.-based California Strawberry Commission … Yukon Gold Humbolt Fog Mashed Potatoes, locally caught pan-seared wild salmon, served with Romesco Beure Blanc and toasted almonds from Darifair, Jacksonville, Fla. ... Pistachio Lavender ice cream from Los Angeles-based Paramount Farms … Gruyere Cheese Puffs from Edlong Dairy Flavors, Elk Grove Village, Ill …Chocolate Cappuccino made from Pearl Organic Coffee Soymilk from San Francisco's Kikkoman USA … Chilled coffee beverage with whipped cream made with Cocoa Butter Buds from Racine, Wis.-based Butter Buds … PB&J Shaker with Peanut Protein Powder made with Dryer's/Edy's drink mix and peanut protein powder from Atlanta-based National Peanut Board … Roasted Onion & Cheddar Bisque from Kraft Food Ingredients Memphis, Tenn. … Potato Pave with Golden Caviar Mousseline and Herb Sauce from the Denver's United States Potato Board.
The Almond Board of California, Modesto, Calif., created two recipes – Moroccan Apricot Shortbread and Curry Chocolate Almond Bars -- with Seattle's Sugar Bakery & Café. Not only did they taste divine, but they are right on-trend in foodservice. Bacon & Egg Cotton Candy (not as strange as it sounds) was devised by Wild Flavors, Cincinnati. Spiked Party Bark was a similarly savory and yummy treat from Parker Products and McIlhenny/Tabasco, Avery Island, La.
RCA's Annual Luncheon ("A taste of the Northwest") was a four-course meal inspired by Seattle celebrity Chef Tom Douglas, who presides over five highly touted restaurants, a bakery and catering company, writes cookbooks, has a food-product line and a weekly radio show. Glasses were raised to celebrate the life of the charming Chef Bill "Pops" Hahne, who passed away recently at 71. Hahne was corporate executive chef of First Choice Ingredients, a founding member of RCA and its president, treasurer and RCA Foundation director. He will be sorely missed.
By the way, we made several videotaped interviews at the show. See them here.
Northwest cuisine
Chef Douglas told attendees at a panel on Northwest cuisine, that it was seafood expert Jon Rowley who turned Seattle chefs on to truly pristine seafood. He convinced native Yukon River fishermen that their fabulously fatty salmon could fetch fabulous prices — if they'd only ice them down immediately upon capture, something he showed them how to do. And he gave the salmon geographic names like Copper River king salmon and Yukon River king. Rowley echoed the sentiments of local chefs Thierry Rautureau, Holly Smith and Greg Atkinson, who noted that the bounty of Northwest seafood as well as locally procured meats, poultry, produce and foraged foodstuffs — plus a plethora of farmers markets, and customers willing to pay high prices for fresh, local foods — are what make living and cooking in the Pacific Northwest such a joy.
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Rose M. Fiorina of Greenwood Lake, a retired legal secretary and a longtime resident of the area, died on January 2, 2013. She was 84. The daughter of the late Charles and Mary McKnight Olcott, she was born on March 6, 1928 in New York, NY.
She was a member of Holy Rosary Church, the Altar Rosary Society and the Catholic Daughters of America, all in Greenwood Lake, as well as a member of the Greenwood Lake Seniors.
She was the widow of James Fiorina.
Survivors include her sons, Kenneth Fiorina and his wife, Teresa of Oakland, NJ, and James Fiorina of New York City; her grandchildren, Amanda, Marisa, Luke and Kenneth; her sisters, Dorothy Leitgeb of Paterson, NJ, and Ann Danzitz of Clifton, NJ; as well as nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sister, Marie Yesko.
Visitation hours will be held on Friday, January 4, 2013 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Strong Basile Funeral Home, 4 Oak St., Greenwood Lake, NY. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, January 5, 2012 at 10 a.m. in Holy Rosary Church in Greenwood Lake. Burial will follow in St. Stephen's Cemetery Warwick, NY.
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Kojima posted some comments about the two years Metal Gear Rising development and studios collaboration with Platinum. Overall, he is more than happy about the result and he thinks MGR is an Invention! Here're his comments:
Rising's one of those few games that are not First Person Shooters that I think would play better with Move rather than with a traditional controller.
But anyway, I think this was already posted....
Kojima Production + Platinum Games = mind blowing synergy!
I am very very happy for Kojima, Mikami, Kamiya et al.
Day One for my PS3!
Banzai Nippon!
I know it's "here are" but is Here're even a word mash up?
Apparently "Invention" in Japanese really means "boring re-skin of Vanquish and Bayonetta".
I wouldn't say invention, but definitely something new for both Metal Gear and for action games and is sure to be nothing but amazing. Brings hack and slash with stealth elements and the "cut everything" plus blade mode features and some crazy looking boss battles to name a few (yet obvious) things. Been waiting too long for this game, but it's finally almost here.


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Samsung's CES 2013 Keynote brought with it everything from TVs to refrigerators, but when it comes to computers, Samsung did not disappoint. The Korean manufacturer unveiled its two new Ultrabooks in its Series 7 lineup, and both emphasize speed, design, and touch in a way that Samsung feels will bring the "wow" back to computing.
Just as promised, the Series 7 Chronos and Ultra took the stage in Las Vegas today. Both descend from the beloved Series 9 laptop of yore, but run Windows 8 atop all that gloss.
The 15.6-inch Series 7 Chronos features a full-HD 1920 x 1080 touch display, runs a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, measures just 21mm thick,
offers Dolby audio, a battery-life of up to 11 hours, and more than enough for the average work session. It even comes with a 4G LTE option, provided by Verizon.
Its little brother, the Series 7 Ultra, is only 17mm thick and features a 13-inch HD display. It also gives the user the option of either an i5 or i7 processor. With eight hours of battery life, Samsung promises enough power "to go from New York to Paris with juice to spare."
Both Series laptops join Samsung's flagship line, already occupied by the likes of the Series 7 Gamer and Slate. No word yet on pricing or availability, but the company has already made a strong showing for 2013.


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Local Montezuma Branch information for The NAACP, the Premier Civil Rights organization in the United States, has been a leading force for equality. From its inception in 1909 until today the NAACP continues to push forward in political, economic, and social issues.
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In Georgia, the NAACP was organized from January 1917 until June of 1920 and has had a continuous presence in the state since. Cities and communities around the state of Georgia have organized local branches tasked with addressing the pressing civil rights, voting rights and other issues of the day. Currently, there are nearly 75 local branches of the NAACP in the State of Georgia. Whether school discrimination or civil rights, voter rights or employment rights, the NAACP with a team of lawyers, religious leaders, politicians and concerned citizens have fought for and continue to fight for rights and challenge voter intimidation. For nearly a century the work and successes of the NAACP has improved the lives of many.
Voter intimidation was the primary concern of the Atlanta Negro Voters League, a bipartisan political organization started in 1949. By 1949 African-Americans represented at least 25 percent of Atlanta's registered voters.
Working in concert with the NAACP, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), assisted with the guidance and leadership of many like the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Andrew Young, Unites States Congressman John Lewis, and former Atlanta Mayor Maynard H. Jackson, helped motivate and organize lawyers, religious leaders, politicians, Freedom Rider's and marchers to target discrimination cases in communities throughout the South.
In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination on April 4, 1968, many Georgians were moved to joined the NAACP and to register to vote. With new voters, the number of black elected officials increased steadily during the 1970's. Many majority black towns, cities and counties elected their first black officials, giving previously disenfranchised and under represented citizens a voice in their own government, in some cases for the first time.
During recent years the NAACP has expanded it's focus to include addressing discrimination in the private sector, concentrating on the hindrances blacks have experienced to economic opportunities.
A Brief History of the NAACP
Source: New Georgia Encyclopedia
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The oldest and largest civil rights organization has an illustrious history. Many well known leaders contributed to the formation, growth and success of the NAACP.
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tsk! tsk! now did you get permission from the person who made that to post it on this forum? I've been running across so many of these self-rightious people on tumblr not wanting you to "steal" their stuff. you put it on a public website, it WILL be copied, it is fact and half of them are just screen-capping movies or cropping for gifs, etc. it's not like their painting things or digitally creating something new; you don't own the content to begin with, so get over yourself! *rant over*
btw you two, I saw your little convo on twitter, speculating about Richard's sexual orientation: STOP! don't go there, please don't ruin a really good thing by THINKING! ( ) he's had a live-in girlfriend, he wants to have a wife & kids someday, & he admits that he's always been a late bloomer; let's go with that
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Well said Tauto !tautologies wrote:but how do you do that though? Not all companies offer that, and not everywhere. I certainly do not want to demo a kite and then have to pay return shipping if I think the kite suck ass.Flight Time wrote: Then clearly you may not have made the right decision, having not compared your kite to it's peers. You may have preferred one of the kites you did not try. You have no regrets because you don't know what you may be missing. Duh.
It is undeniably in a rider's best interest to demo as many kites as they can before making a decision.
I see so many people .....undecided all the time... who cannot make decisions without A DEMO
I kinda feel sorry for them...because life goes by for them...while i am out riding the fun LW
It should be real simple...and it really is...for me anyway..knowing my type wind and water i ride
For example when i buy a car (by the way so many brands similar to kite choices)..
....i know what i want...do not demo or even test drive...i just buy and enjoy ...the ride
Life choices without demos.....some people just know what is best.... for them
From my wife (who loves kiting)...to our condo location (near to ocean surf..and not the gulf of Mex.)
From my workplace near home....to my boss..to my work hours (off by mid-aft.)
My life is filled with correct decisions...i follow my heart
I have no regrets because in my life....nothing feels missing...i am thankful to be so fortunate
...except for the wind that has been very variable lately this month so far
Been out 3 times...and the wind (10kn) backed off while on the water to 5-6kn (kite did not fall in)
So far this month...17 minutes of riding !!!
1st sesh...2 minutes.........2nd sesh...10 minutes.....3rd sesh...5 minutes
I still feel blessed to have gone out...i am an eternal optimist...glass half-full type
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CellarPass Adds Real-time Synchronization with Google Calendar
CellarPass announced the addition of real-time synchronization of CellarPass reservations and its web-based event calendar with Google's popular Calendar system. Now wineries and tasting rooms utilizing the CellarPass platform have the flexibility to view upcoming appointments in the CellarPass back office or on their Google Calendar, providing a new, simplified method to manage guests' appointments through smart phones, tablets and PCs.
"As the CellarPass guest management platform continues to mature, demand for new features from our winery members has provided valuable input as to the direction of where our platform grows," said Sarah Elliman, CEO at CellarPass. "By adding the Google Calendar synchronization feature, CellarPass has integrated with one of the most widely-used calendar tools of managing a winery or tasting room's calendar without ever having to log in our backoffice."
"Now hosts, sales staff and other winery representatives can be immediately notified of bookings almost instantaneously through the Google Calendar found on their PC, smart phone or tablet, marking another industry first for CellarPass," states Elliman.
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US Government Officials Admit That They Lied About Actual Impact Of Wikileaks To Bolster Legal Effort
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So... it seems rather interesting to see that US officials are now admitting that no serious "harm" has been caused by the leaks. In fact, the White House has admitted privately that it purposely lied about the supposed impact " in order to bolster legal efforts to shut down the WikiLeaks website and bring charges against the leakers." Implicated as chief among the official liars: State Department spokesperson PJ Crowley, who lead the propaganda campaign against Wikileaks for the past few months, claiming "there has been substantial damage," and that "hundreds of people have been put at potential risk." And yet, when Congress asked the State Department to back up those statements, officials told them it really wasn't that big of a deal:
"We were told (the impact of WikiLeaks revelations) was embarrassing but not damaging," said the official, who attended a briefing given in late 2010 by State Department officials.Basically, the details show what many of us have said from the beginning. Some of the revelations may be embarrassing, but that's mainly because stuff was hidden that shouldn't have been hidden in the first place. In fact, many of the reports have noted that the cables seemed to only confirm what many people already knew. Of course, that won't change the opinion of the people who have already made up their minds that Wikileaks is, by definition, harmful -- which was the point of the propaganda campaign.


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EUGENE, Ore. – Utah was looking at a victory that could help take the sting out of a disappointing season. Leading 30-22 at the break over slumping Oregon, the Utes were only a half away from an upset of a ranked team on the road.
Instead, the No. 19 Ducks handed Utah a 73-64 loss Saturday night.
"We were feeling real great at halftime, but we knew we had to come out in the second half with the same intensity," freshman guard Brandon Taylor said. "They picked up the pressure (in the second half) and started to gain some momentum, getting some key offensive rebounds and going to the foul line."
Jason Washburn had 20 points and seven rebounds for the Utes (10-13, 2-9), who lost their second straight after a victory over Colorado. Jarred DuBois had 15 points and five rebounds, and Jordan Loveridge added 14 points.
E.J. Singler had a 21 points and eight rebounds to help the Ducks (19-5, 8-3 Pac-12) snap a three-game losing streak. Damyean Dotson added 16 points.
After trailing by as many as eight, Oregon rallied with 51 points in the second half, pulling in front midway through the period and extending the lead to 53-45 on Carlos Emory's tip-in with 6:32 left. The Ducks led by as many as 13 down the stretch.
"It was a combination of a lot of things," Washburn said. "They were getting on the offensive glass, they were getting a lot of easy buckets, a technical foul on Cedric Martin. They're a good team. It's hard to keep up with a good team in their own house when they have that type of momentum."
The Ducks were without freshman point guard Dominic Artis for the fifth straight game because of a left foot injury. He averages 10.2 points and a team-leading 3.8 assists for the Ducks, and his steadying influence has been missed.
Both teams got off to rather slow starts. Oregon went up 13-10 on Arsalan Kazemi's dunk with 8:59 left in the first half. Utah went ahead 19-18 on Jordan Loveridge's jumper.
Oregon's recent struggle with turnovers continued, and the Ducks committed 10 within the first 16 minutes. Oregon went into the game with an average of 16 turnovers, most in the Pac-12. They finished with 17 against the Utes.
The Utes extended their lead to 27-20 on Brandon Taylor's jumper with 1:46 left, and Washburn's 3-pointer at the buzzer put Utah ahead 30-22 at the break.
Oregon pulled to 32-31 on Singler's 3-pointer early in the half, but Utah wouldn't let the Ducks take control yet. Brandon Taylor hit a 3-pointer to put the Utes up 37-31.
Johnathan Loyd, a 5-foot-8 junior starting in place of Artis, made a 3-pointer that narrowed it to 43-41 with 11:26 left but then took an elbow to the face from the 6-foot-10 Washburn. Loyd went to the bench for treatment, but later returned.
The momentum shifted to Oregon and Singler's layup tied it at 43 before Oregon went ahead on Kazemi's free throw.
The Ducks climbed to No. 10 in the AP poll after winning all but two of their nonconference games and opening Pac-12 play with seven straight wins. It was Oregon's best league start in 87 years, and their highest ranking since late 2007.
But last week, Oregon lost to Stanford and California. The return home to Matthew Knight Arena was supposed to bring the Ducks some relief, but the Buffaloes hung tough for their first victory in Eugene since 1955.
The losing streak dropped the Ducks out of first place in the Pac-12. Oregon is in a tangle for second behind No. 7 Arizona.
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OSWEGO — SUNY Oswego's Jazz Ensembles will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30, in Tyler Hall's Waterman Theatre in a concert titled "It's About Time" featuring Rochester guest musician and alumnus Tamar Greene.
Ensembles will include the jazz small group, the Latin Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz Ensemble, according to Eric Schmitz, SUNY Oswego assistant professor of music and host of the event. Greene, a 2009 SUNY Oswego graduate, will be guest vocalist.
Greene graduated this spring from a master's program in voice at University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music. He has performed as a featured artist with Oswego Opera and made appearances with the Eastman Opera Theatre. He worked with renowned performers and coaches in Italy in the music and language program "Si Parla, Si Canta."
Also the lead singer in a big band, Greene this summer opened for John Legend in the 2012 Jazz on the Pond series.
The suggested donation for the concert is $5 to benefit the music department's Excellence Fund scholarships.
Those attending this performance may park in lot E-6 at Culkin Hall or in E-18, the southern half of the lot behind Hart and Funnelle residence halls.


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Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560 - 1609 Rome)
Saint Mary Magdalene in the Wilderness, ca. 1600-1605
Pen and brown ink, probably iron gall
Inscribed bottom left in brown ink over red chalk: Anble Carracci
4 1/8 x 7 5/16 in. (10.4 x 18.6 cm)
R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund, 1992
This drawing is a compositional sketch by Annibale Carracci for a now lost painting of the Magdalene in the Wilderness. Drawn with swift, searching lines, it represents the artist's initial thoughts for the design of the painting and remains the only evidence by the master himself of the appearance of the painting.
This drawing is a preparatory study by Annibale Carracci for a painting of the Magdalene in the Wilderness, formerly in the Galleria Borghese, Rome. The painting was sold by the Borghese family around 1800 and its present location is unknown. The composition is recorded in an etching by Domenico Cunego (1727 - 1794) published in 1773 in Gavin Hamilton's Schola italica pitturae with an inscription identifying it as a work in the Galleria Borghese. 1
A preliminary investigation of the printed archives of the Galleria reveals that around 1700 the Borghese possessed two small pictures of the Magdalene by Annibale. 2 According to the inventory of 1693, the two works were then hung close together in the "Quinta stanza della Udienza" (fifth audience chamber). One of these pictures, numbered "460" on its reverse, is described in the inventory as "un quadro alto un palmo e mezzo in circa con una Maddelena a sedere con una testa di morto in seno, che posa sopra un libro" (a panel about one and one-half palms in height depicting the Magdalene seated with a skull in her lap on top of a book). That painting is now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. 3 The other painting, numbered "401," is described in the inventory as "un quadro alto un palmo con una Maddalena con un Angelo" (a panel one palm high depicting the Magdalene with an Angel). The Oberlin drawing is Annibale's design for the second painting; Cunego's etching represents the completed work.
As described by the inventory, the Cambridge panel is about 50 percent larger than the missing picture. As the extant painting is 32.4 cm in height, the missing picture would have been about 20 cm (8 in.) in height. (It is worth noting that at 10.8 cm in height, the drawing is almost exactly half this size.) The Fitzwilliam painting is on a copper panel, and it is likely that the missing painting was also on copper, especially since this was a common support for small pictures during the Baroque period.
The Oberlin drawing is a preliminary sketch used by Annibale to formulate the basic design of the painting. In the final version of the composition (as revealed in the print by Cunego), the artist altered nearly every element of the Magdalene's pose, from the position of her arms and legs to the turn of her head. The tentative and experimental nature of the drawing is especially clear in the successive alterations he made to the pose of her left arm. In the Oberlin sheet, it appears that Annibale first placed it across her body, and then raised it, changing it to a gesture of salutation; in the painting, he ultimately chose a different solution in which the hand thrusts forward with the palm turned upward. Moreover, he resolved the arrangement of the figures more fully by moving the angel to the right, into the corner diagonally opposite the Magdalene. Annibale also changed the skull under the Magdalene's right arm into an unguent jar and added a large tree behind the saint, as well as many other details.
The composition resembles that of other Roman works by Annibale, including the Magdalene in the Wilderness in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome, which is dated to about 1600 by Donald Posner; 4 and the handling and penwork also suggest a late date. It is likely therefore that Annibale made the drawing in Rome after 1600, and probably about 1603-5.
The owner's stamp (Lugt 2364) in the lower right corner of the sheet is that of the artist Sir Joshua Reynolds, a great collector of old master drawings.
A. Butterfield
Annibale Carracci was born in Bologna in 1560. His brother Agostino (1557-1602) was a painter and printmaker and his cousin Ludovico (1555-1619) was a painter. Annibale was trained initially by Ludovico and may have also studied with Bartolomeo Passarotti (1529-1592). Around 1580, under the influence of Passerotti and other North Italian painters, such as Correggio (ca. 1489/94-1534) and Veronese (ca. 1528-1588), Annibale broke away from the late mannerist style then dominant in Bologna. His early masterpieces were realist genre pictures that stressed spontaneity rather than refinement, as, for example, the Bean-Eater, in the Galleria Colonna, Rome. Intent on reforming the pictorial arts, Annibale, together with his cousin and brother, founded the Accademia dei Desiderosi in 1582 (renamed Accademia degli Incamminati in 1590), which stressed drawing after nature and the antique. The impact of the academy was profound, and under the Carracci tutelage, Bolognese painters, for the first time, attained a preeminent position in the arts.
In 1595, Annibale moved to Rome, and between 1597 and 1601 he frescoed the ceiling of the Galleria Farnese in Rome; this was perhaps the most important work of its kind since Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes at the beginning of the sixteenth century. In Rome Annibale also produced a number of highly influential altarpieces and devotional works. Increasingly ill and despondent following an apoplectic attack in 1605, Annibale created few works during the last four years of his life, dying in Rome in 1609.
General References
Posner, Donald. Annibale Carracci: A Study in the Reform of Italian Painting Around 1590. 2 vols. London, 1971.
Dempsey, Charles. Annibale Carracci and the Beginnings of Baroque Style. Gluckstadt, 1977.
Collection Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), London (Lugt 2364)
Collection Sir Max Michaels (1860-1932), Cape Town, South Africa
Sale London (Christie's), 4 July 1989, lot 11 (sold for £13,200)
With W. M. Brady & Co., Inc., New York, from whom purchased in 1992
New York, W. M. Brady & Co., Inc., 1990. Old Master Drawings. 25 October - 14 November. Cat. no. 6.
Technical Data
The drawing is in pen and brown (probably iron gall) ink on ivory laid paper. It has been trimmed along all four sides. The ink has eaten through the paper in four spots, which have been repaired, and there is a repaired tear above the signature (or inscription?) at the lower left.
1. Etching, 31.3 x 36.5 cm. From Gavin Hamilton, Schola italica picturae, sive, selectae quaedam summorum e schola italica pictorum tabulae aere incisae curae et impensis Gavini Hamilton pictoris, Rome, 1773, pl. 29. On the print and its relation to the lost painting, see also École Française de Rome, Annibale Carracci e i suoi incisori (exh. cat., Rome, 1986), p. 281.
2. P. della Pergola, "L'inventario Borghese del 1693," Arte antica e moderna 28 (1964), pp. 454-55. Annibale's paintings of the Magdalene are also mentioned in an inventory from around 1700 published by A. De Rinaldis in Archivi 3, no. 3 (1936), p. 201, as "Li due rappresentazioni di S. Maria Madalena del suddetto [Annibale]." One of the two paintings is mentioned in a list from 1801 of paintings recently sold to the English dealer Durand. See P. della Pergola, "Per la storia della Galleria Borghese," Critica d'Arte 20 (1957), pp. 135-42. It remains to be established conclusively which of the two pictures was intended by the reference in the 1801 list.
3. Oil on copper, 32.4 x 43 cm, inv. PO.12-1976. See M. Jaffé, "'The penitent Magdalene in a landscape' by Annibale Carracci," The Burlington Magazine 123 (1981), pp. 88-91.
4. Oil on canvas, 51.5 x 67 cm; Donald Posner, Annibale Carracci, vol. 2 (London, 1977), p. 55, no. 125; pl. 125.


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For more than a century scientists have known that individuals who are tested on material are more likely to remember it than those who simply study. But questions remain about why that is the case. Kent State University psychology researcher Katherine Rawson argues that part of the explanation is that testing gets people to come up with better keyword clues, which bridge the gap between familiar and new information—and it strengthens ties between these keywords and the newly learned information.
Rawson and former graduate student Mary Pyc asked 118 college students to learn four dozen Swahili words by matching them with their English counterparts, such as wingu, which means "cloud." After an initial study period, half were given practice tests before studying the words a second time, and half restudied the words without taking a practice test.
As expected, students in the practice test group were better at remembering the word pairs during a final exam a week later. But Rawson and Pyc also asked students to tell them their keywords—for instance, "bird" might serve as a bridge between wingu and cloud—and they revealed that the people in the practice test group not only remembered more of their keywords, but they were more likely to have changed their keyword before restudying the word pairs than those who had not been tested. As the researchers reported in Science last October, these results suggest that testing improves memory by strengthening keyword associations and weeding out clues that do not work.


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Islamofascist Killers Threaten SyriaWritten by Stephen Lendman Subject: Syria
by Stephen Lendman
They're merciless cutthroat murderers. They commit grotesque atrocities. Torture, beheadings, and other monstrous savagery are all in a day's work.
They're Washington favorites. They're recruited, heavily armed, trained, funded and directed in all US regional wars. Ronald Reagan called earlier equivalents "freedom fighters." Some got White House visits.
A March 1983 photo showed Afghan Mujahideen fighters there. Reagan called them "an inspiration to those who love freedom."
He called Nicaraguan Contra killers "our brothers, these freedom fighters and we owe them our help. They are the moral equal of our founding fathers."
History doesn't just rhyme. It repeats in horrifyingly disturbing ways.
Wherever America shows up, deaths, mass destruction, and brutal atrocities follow. Countries are ravaged one at a time or in multiples. Millions die. Appalling crimes are committed.
Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya tasted US-style liberation. Since winter 2011, Syria's been systematically ravaged. No end of conflict appears near. Many dozens or hundreds die daily. The worst is yet to come.
On December 15, China's Xinhau headlined "Growing Presence of Extremists Sends Chills Down Syrians' Spines," saying:
Syrians now experience what's happened regionally for years. Media scoundrels suppress it. They call mass slaughter and destruction liberation. They give short shrift to cutthroat mercenaries.
Syrians fear for their lives and country. They ask how things got this far. Many understand Washington's responsibility. Complicit with key NATO partners, regional allies, and Israel, they're systematically destroying Syria.
Many Syrians able to leave do so. Most end up in wretched refugee camps. More affluent ones find favorable safe havens. They'd rather be home. They leave to stay alive.
Forty-six year old engineer Maher perhaps spoke for others.
"Why would I stay here now that I can afford living in a neighboring country," he said. "I could save my family some avoidable consequences."
He hopes Syria won't be another Afghanistan or Iraq. He prays for a miracle to save his country.
If Assad is ousted, many Syrians worry what's next. Potential Islamofascist governance assures continuation of what's now ongoing.
Raging Libyan violence reflects it. Syria's turn perhaps is next. Washington bears full responsibility. It planned violent regime change years ago.
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad's recent comment offered hope, saying:
"The government is strong. The Syrian army is strong, and the Syrian people are still rallying behind President Assad. That's why President Assad and the political system are still surviving and they will still survive."
Hopefully the fullness of time will prove him right. Daily violence casts a pall over Syria's future.
Iran and others warn that offensive Patriot missiles in Turkey on Syria's border threaten possible global war. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cancelled a planned Ankara visit. He condemned a dangerous provocation.
Tehran's armed forces chief of staff, General Hassan Firouzabadi, called each missile "a black dot on the map." They head events toward global conflict.
"This is very dangerous for everyone," he stressed, "and even for the future of Europe." They'll be installed in January. Offensive provocations may follow.
On December 14, NATO commander Admiral James Stavridis accused Assad of firing scud missiles inside Syria. Several landed close to Turkey's border, he claimed.
Damascus denounced alleged attacks as false. Syrian authorities called reports provocative and untrue.
On Friday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta visited US forces at Turkey's Incirlik Air Base. Washington shares it. He said Patriot batteries can shoot down aircraft and short-range missiles.
Deploying them, he claimed, will "help Turkey have the kind of missile defense it may very well need to deal with the threats coming out of Syria."
None exist. He knows it. He's fooling no one. Patriot batteries are provocative. Installing them is for offense, not defense. Doing so heightens risks. In place, they'll likely be used. Full-scale intervention may follow.
Deputy NATO Secretary-General Jesper Vahr warned Syria that "messing with Turkey means messing with NATO." He barely stopped short of declaring war. Doing it perhaps is imminent. Events bear close watching. Post-holiday season may prove most threatening.
Michel Chossudovsky suggests possible "military escalation" and "Russia-US confrontation."
What's now ongoing is long-planned "US-NATO-Israeli led insurgency against Syria."
French, British, Turkish, Qatari, and very likely US Special Forces are involved. US and UK intelligence operatives have been all along. Perhaps French, Mossad, and other regional elements with them.
Washington plays hard ball for keeps. Ravaging Syria won't stop until the entire country is destroyed or enough of it to matter.
Western and regional Special Forces "are 'embedded' within rebel ranks." They're training and directing them. They choose targets and coordinate what happens.
They operate "in liaison with NATO." The North Atlantic Alliance is a longstanding imperial killing machine. Its mission is slaughter, mass destruction, and regime change.
Led by Washington, it's systematically dismantling and ravaging Syria. It has other targets in mind. NATO killers never rest.
Ambitious goals drive them. Unchallenged global dominance is planned. Aims to achieve it perhaps involve laying waste to planet earth.
Proxy cutthroat killers commit daily terrorism. Patriot missiles plan their own version.
Preparing for what's coming, Chossudovsky said "Russia delivered advanced Iskander missiles to Syria (and) Russian defense system Pechora 2M."
They're fully operational. What's next bears watching. January events may signal what follows.
Russian/US relations are at a "dangerous crossroads." Russian citizens in Syria are targeted. So are foreign journalists.
In September, Press TV's Maya Naser was murdered in cold blood. At the same time, its Damascus bureau chief Hosein Mortada was shot in the back and wounded. Both reporters were covering Damascus bomb blasts when targeted.
They and other independent journalists receive frequent death threats. They courageously stay and do their job. Some like Maya pay with their lives. Hosein was flown to Tehran for surgery.
Syria is one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists. Those doing their job responsibly are most vulnerable. Cutthroat killers target them.
Washington decides which ones. NATO partners and Israel choose their favorites. Truth-tellers beware.
Since conflict erupted last year, around six dozen journalists died. Many independent ones succumbed. Major media ones included London Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin and New York Times columnist Anthony Shadid. Officially an asthma attack took him. Death by drowning is more likely.
Alawites and others considered Assad loyalists are imperiled. Many bravely hold firm. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said residents of Aleppo's al-Sabil neighborhood turned out in force.
A massive pro-Assad rally was held. Support was expressed for Syria's army. Expelling foreign terrorists was urged. Syrians know who's friend and foe. They stuck their necks out saying so.
Syria's conflict indeed may be at a dangerous crossroads. What affects Assad's government imperils the region. It can't avoid what Washington plans. Nor can other nations if conditions escalate out of control. The possibility is real and ominous.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
His new book is titled "Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity."
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iPhone Hysteria: Where Is Occam's Razor When You Need It?
Jan 17, 2013 5:00 AM PT
When I saw the various reports that have been swirling around Apple create a perfect storm of stock-dropping backlash, I shrugged them off.
First, Apple was rumored to have reduced its orders for iPhone screens, maybe even as much as 42 percent. Add rumors surrounding an inexpensive new iPhone that Apple "must" create in order to compete in burgeoning markets, coupled with rising sales of big-screen Samsung smartphones, then shake that with a little Apple-has-lost-its-cool hysteria, and oh boy, Apple's stock has been a roller-coaster ride. Someone, somewhere must be screaming when they freaked out and sold stock only to see it rise the next day.
For the most part, I ignore Apple's stock price because I don't believe it ever reflects the reality of Apple's business or the company itself. At best, Apple's stock represents the distorted impressions seen by many people looking from many directions at a reflection of an Apple sitting in front of a carnival mirror. From one perspective, the Apple is short and wide, from another, tall and thin with a goofy stem.
Distorted View
Imagine trying to predict Apple's stock price based on watching the reactions of a bunch of people looking at that carnival-mirror image.
It seems a bit insane to me, I'm just saying. As a money-making tactic, this could work for some savvy investors -- but they aren't making money off of Apple's performance, they're making bets based on how they think people will react to what they see when the perspective shifts slightly.
If Apple were in a position of hardship such that its stock price might actually define its ability to innovate, create, and sell, then maybe talking stock would make sense -- but Apple has billions of dollars of cash in the bank. That's a lot of wiggle room.
One Week
We won't get close to actual numbers until Apple holds its quarterly earnings report with investors Jan. 23. In the meantime, I'm surprised at how volatile Apple's stock has been. Do people really believe that within a couple of short weeks, that the iPhone 5 can go from being the hottest device on the planet to being so uncool that teenagers no longer want it?
Do people really believe that Samsung's massive advertising campaign finally tipped the balance to Android? That Microsoft and Nokia will soon start kicking butt and taking names -- so much so that it will affect Apple's screen orders by the millions?
Just because Apple is in California doesn't mean the company is a huge movie star just one drunken driving charge away from a total system meltdown.
Furthermore, I'm having a hard time imagining that many people are ditching their old iPhone 4 or 3GS in favor of an Android phone. Oh it's happening all right, just in numbers that are insignificant. And they sure as heck aren't skipping an iPhone 5 just so they can bump Samsung phones together with each other.
Even if, after all of these years, you still don't trust Tim Cook's astounding supply-chain genius, it doesn't mean that some obscure changes to screen orders means anything significant at all. Some of the supply order changes could have come as suppliers produced higher yields. Some could have come simply from shifts in how and when Apple will manufacture iPhones and iPod touches.
First of all, nobody but Apple and a handful of its suppliers has any inkling as to what's really going on with the supposed iPhone screen-order cuts. What I don't understand is how the least likely scenario is the one that seemed to take off the fastest -- that everyone else is doing fantastic, the iPhone is losing popularity and Apple over-ordered. How about that something is wrong inside Apple's Cupertino headquarters? Really? Tim Cook might not be Steve Jobs, but he sure as heck isn't a CEO who's going to run a company into the ground in a matter of months.
So What's Going On?
There are lots of explanations, the least of which is a combination of better yields and changes to the product mix. If Apple is selling more iPhone 5 units than it expected -- and fewer iPhone 4 and 4S units -- a change would be expected. Or, how about this: Maybe Apple is reducing the number of iPhone 4S screens because it's going to start selling "old" iPhone 5 units at lower prices and use the iPhone 5 to compete on the low-end, with a jazzed up iPhone 5S on the high end.
Or maybe Apple is going to create a new screen size in order to create a new iPhone that will soon be ready for prime time.
If Apple cuts orders, personally, I'm far more likely to start thinking Apple has a new product in the pipeline than believe that sales fell off a cliff and took Apple by surprise.
So next week, Apple's official report for investors will likely push the Apple sky back up into the air. What won't it do? Reveal any new products.


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If you're near the Lower Haight this evening, swing through Fifty24SF (218 Fillmore St.) to view Mr. Sam Flores new solo show Lion and the Lamb opening tonight.
Lion marks Flores' first showing in his hometown in nearly a decade, and his first solo show since 2011's Cairo exhibition at Articulate Baboon. Flores has long been a collaborator with Upper Playground, with his 12Grain line a staple in our collection every year... "My new show delves into themes that I touch on a lot in my work," Flores told us. "The struggle of good and bad light and dark, innocence and evil. I'm taking you to a more rich, colorful world of struggle temptation and hope."
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