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Federal Data Center Reductions May Not Shrink Costs
Jun 26, 2013 5:00 AM PT
In a drive to reduce government computing costs, federal agencies have been required to cut and consolidate data centers. So far, agencies have reduced hundreds of operational centers -- but they still have fallen short of a five-year target set when the consolidation program was launched in February 2010.
In addition to the consolidation and closure target, the Office of Management and Budget set a financial savings goal for federal agencies. However, progress in meeting that goal hasn't been determined -- mainly as a result of failures in how to follow the money.
"The 24 agencies participating in the federal data center consolidation initiative have made progress towards the goal to close 40 percent, or 1,253 of the 3,133 total federal data centers, by the end of 2015," said David Powner, director for information technology management issues at the General Accountability Office, at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in May. Agencies closed 420 data centers by the end of December 2012, and have plans to close an additional 548 to reach 968 by December 2015.
Big Financial Data Gap
While that is an impressive record, it is still short of the OMB target by 285 closures. Also, OMB has not determined how much -- or how little -- progress the agencies have made in meeting its other goal of achieving US$3 billion in cost savings by 2015, according to the GAO. The reason is that OMB has failed to develop "a consistent and repeatable method for tracking cost savings," said GAO.
"This lack of information makes it uncertain whether the $3 billion in savings is achievable by the end of 2015. Until OMB tracks and reports on performance measures such as cost savings, it will be limited in its ability to oversee agencies' progress against key goals," Powner said at the hearing.
The lack of documentation on consolidation savings also was a major finding in a survey of federal agencies conducted by MeriTalk. The survey, released in May, was sponsored by NetApp.
On a positive note, 60 percent of federal agency respondents to the survey reported better use of IT staff as a result of data consolidation. Another 57 percent reported reduced energy consumption, while 47 percent reported increased use of innovative and more efficient computing platforms and technologies. Nearly 40 percent reported improved IT security.
However, hard data on actual savings remained elusive, at best. Only 32 percent of respondents to the survey reported quantifiable cost savings. The inability to track cost savings is frustrating agency IT leaders in their efforts to encourage cooperation in pursuing more efficient management of data centers, according to the MeriTalk report. Just over half of federal IT professionals are unsure if the cost of closing data centers outweighs the savings their agency will realize.
Developing confidence among federal managers for improving data storage and management is important for vendors offering platforms and other resources to achieve efficiencies.
"Agency mission owners want to know what's in it for them. It is a fair question," said Mark Weber, president of U.S. public sector at NetApp.
"Data center consolidation benefits are real, but federal CIOs need more and better tools to help draw a clear, direct line between cost savings from consolidation and payback to mission owners," he said.
"It's true that several of the measures that commercial data centers employ are difficult for federal data centers to measure, since they do not necessarily have access to information like energy and real estate costs. Still, it's possible to create a model that estimates savings based on square footage and amount of equipment," Weber told the E-Commerce Times.
"One other place where we think agencies could quickly and easily measure progress is in the area of storage utilization. Storage accounts for a significant portion of data center costs -- nearly 30 percent, according to industry analysts -- but many storage systems are only at 20-40 percent utilization," he pointed out. "That's a lot of capacity that is sitting unused. We would recommend measuring the current utilization and working to bring that utilization up to a much higher level to create a more efficient infrastructure."
2 Departments Show the Way
"We would prefer to have the documentation on cost reductions, but the lack of that information at present doesn't mean there hasn't been any saving. The sheer reduction of centers implicitly indicates efficiency, especially in the data storage aspect," GAO's Powner told the E-Commerce Times.
Both the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland Security stood out as exceptions that had adequately developed cost-savings data, he noted.
"If those agencies can generate performance information, then others can look to them as models. It may take until 2017 or longer to meet the original 2015 goal, but the goal is achievable," Powner said.
"The important thing to keep in mind is that you have to do what's right for the operation, not just think about checking the box on the OMB mandate," noted NetApp's Weber.
"If you think in that way, you'll make real progress. There have been stories about people taking credit for closing data centers when they're really just decommissioning some equipment in the closet. That's not really in the spirit of the initiative," he said.
"Thinking like a business person and picking real measures of success and then taking steps to achieve it is what needs to happen to make significant progress -- and that's in everyone's reach," Weber maintained.
The Cloud Connection
Discussions of data center consolidation inevitably lead to a consideration of cloud computing as a tool in the storage and consolidation process -- a point that was addressed at the House hearing in May.
"The reality is that cost savings are only part of the picture, and that is why we think that it's fundamental to clearly link the transition to cloud computing with federal data center consolidation in order to achieve the maximum benefits of federal data center optimization," Teresa Carlson, vice president of worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services, said at the hearing.
"One of the main reasons customers are adopting the cloud is that it allows you to trade capital expense for variable expense. Instead of having to lay out all that capital for data centers and servers, before you know how you're going to use them, you just pay as you consume resources on a variable basis," AWS said in a statement provided to the E-Commerce Times by spokesperson Rena Lunak.
"Customers love the fact that in the cloud they get to pay a lower variable expense than they could do on their own data center. Government agencies today should continue to look to the cloud as a way to shift expenses from capital investments and move them to innovative new projects," AWS said.
"I'd say that the cloud is very helpful, but it's not the only answer -- and it's not just servers that you need to think about, of course. When you're talking about computing resources, it makes a ton of sense to scale up in the cloud, especially when you have varying demands," NetApp's Weber said.
"For storage, though, we'd argue that there are very few situations where you need to store less. In that case, it makes sense to have a level of ownership and physical resources," he added. "Now, whether you need to keep those on your own premises or own a portion of another agency's resources or house them with a provider -- that all depends on your agency's demands, resources and requirements."


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There is an old saying that Texas is "heaven for men and dogs, but hell for women and oxen." But the state's history is chock-full of stories of female role models. Barbara Jordan. Ann Richards. In downtown Austin, there's a statue of Angelina Eberly, heroine of the Texas Archives War of 1842, firing a cannon and looking about 7 feet tall.
I do not have nearly enough time to explain to you about the Archives War, although it's an extremely interesting story. Right now we need to move on to state Sen. Wendy Davis, whose 11-hour filibuster this week turned her into a national name brand.
"It was like a made-for-TV movie. I've been around the block, but I've never seen anything like this," said Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood and the daughter of the former governor.
Texas is a state with one of the nation's highest teenage motherhood rates, where a majority of women who give birth are poor enough to qualify for Medicaid. So, naturally, its political leaders have declared war against the right of women to choose whether or not they want to be pregnant.
Funding for family planning has been slashed. This month, Gov. Rick Perry tried to pass a new law that would have shut down almost all the abortion clinics in the state, under the guise of expanded health and safety requirements.
Huge crowds showed up to protest! This was pretty remarkable because Texas is not currently known as a place where people pay intense attention to what goes on in its state Capitol. (A recent study at the University of Texas at Austin found that it has "one of the nation's lowest political and civic participation rates.")
Also, the conventional wisdom is that when things get politically rowdy, it's because of a visitation from the right.
Yet there the protesters were, filling the Senate gallery and overflow rooms, squishing into the halls and the rotunda, flowing down the Capitol front steps and into the mall.
The bill arrived at the state Senate, its final stop, on the last day of the legislative session. Late in the morning, Davis got up to filibuster until midnight, when the clock ran out.
Like Ann Richards, Davis is good on her feet, with a spectacular head of hair and a gift for funny speeches. But, on Tuesday, she was angry and ready for a fight.
In the Texas Capitol, she said later in a phone interview, "there's a complete disregard for women's rights by those without uteruses."
The Texas filibuster rules are suitable for a place that regards steer wrestling and bronco busting as the official state sport.
We made a big fuss when Rand Paul stayed on his feet for 13 hours in the U.S. Senate to filibuster over drones. But that was a walk in the park compared with what Davis went through. Paul got help from his friends, who orated while he rested his voice. And U.S. senators can speak about anything when they filibuster. (Paul read from "Alice in Wonderland.") Davis was supposed to stick to her subject.
The crowd was reasonably quiet until Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst ruled that Davis had to sit down because she had gone off topic by referencing a state law requiring that women who want abortions must show up a day earlier for an ultrasound.
"That wouldn't have happened to any other senator," said Davis, who believes she was treated dismissively because she is a woman -- or at least a woman filibustering on women's issues.
The people in the gallery began to yell. Dewhurst, who complained about "an unruly mob using Occupy Wall Street tactics," could not get control of the room before time ran out. Texas is now engaged in a debate over whether it is worse to yell in the state Senate or declare a senator out of order for discussing the state abortion laws during a debate on abortion.
Meanwhile, pictures of the pink sneakers worn by Wendy Davis during her filibuster have resurfaced as posters.
The anti-abortion bill will be back. Vowing not to give way to "the breakdown of decorum and decency," Perry called a special emergency session for July 1 to take it up again.
The protesters will undoubtedly be back, too. "They've tasted victory, what it means to organize and win," said Cecile Richards.
And Texans are wondering if this could be a new era for a state that really hasn't been in the national eye for ages -- unless you count the Rick Perry "oops" moment.
"Politics has been so dormant in Texas," said Evan Smith, the editor of The Texas Tribune, whose livecast of Davis' filibuster was viewed by 182,000 people. "The point is, the world is watching now."
A few years back, Davis told me about an incident during a debate when she had asked a veteran Republican a question about a pending bill. Dodging her query, he said: "I have trouble hearing women's voices."
I guess they can hear her now.
'The world is watching': Filibuster thrusts Texas into spotlight
There is an old saying that Texas is "heaven for men and dogs, but hell for women and oxen." But the state's history is chock-full of stories of female role models. Barbara Jordan. Ann Richards. In downtown Austin, there's a statue of Angelina Eberly, heroine of the Texas Archives War of 1842, firing a cannon and looking about 7 feet tall.

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|2013-03-02, 12:06
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Don't Call Me Bro
If you did not see Fnatic vs Copenhagen Wolves just now....watch a vid on Youtube or whatever. This game would be amongst the top 3 games I've ever seen in competitive play!
Spoiler for The result::
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|2013-03-03, 10:07
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you'll never walk alone
There's already quite enough drama on the official LoL forums, what with the endless NERF <insert champion name> threads running about. Of late there's been an influx of threads complaining about boob sizes and how every female champion save for the yordels and Kayle, have triple D boobs.
Besides that, i am looking forward to watching the stream event for the WCG World Finals in early Oct. Go CLG!
|2013-03-03, 14:16
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Itadaki-nyaaa !!
Join Date: Apr 2008
LCS: Geeez , it's either the EG curse (for those who follow sc2) or they really have to pull themself together somehow, very bad performance this week.
|2013-03-03, 15:21
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Don't Call Me Bro
Fnatic have also had a rocky weekend, but Evil Geniuses fell harder. I don't like how they are handling Season 3 - they aren't adjusting their playstyle to it. You have to be willing to enforce some early pressure in the current meta or you will be suffocated.
But, you know - this is somewhat a good thing that things aren't predictable in EU. In the NA scene, the 4 teams you expected to be in front are. The only hope for surprises are MRN and Vulcan.
In the EU scene, there is a shfit in power in the works. Dragonborns are volatile but very innovative and Copenhagen Wolves have finally found their spark once Bjergsen finally turned 17 and became a legal participant. Still, Gambit destroyed everyone this weekend. After their Week 1 issues, they are in ominous form. Demolishing Evil Geniuses, Fnatic and SK Gaming on the same weekend? Yikes.
|2013-03-04, 20:49
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Monarch of Rughzenhaide
This blade of the ruined king stacking is out of control. I dunno what riots intention for the buff was (was it to help propel AS based bruisers like irelia, jax, vi, Warwick, udyr etc back into action after being overshadowed in the new season, or was it for adcs to have a viable alternative to bloodthirster) but it seems be bought by anyone who isn't a ap user, ad caster or support.
League of cleavers to league of warmoggs to now league of the ruined king. Or would some would say League of the broken game :3.
P.s. I'm loving it atm in that I'm ripping faces at irelia top but I'm 99% sure, botrk will get nerfed.
|2013-03-05, 00:03
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Graphic Designer
This is the shortest lived reign out of the three with League of Black Cleaver and League of Warmog. I have to admit it was fun buying that item as jungler, ADC, top lane, and anyone not entirely AP/Support. I felt like a boss jungling Olaf with it and it won me several ranks. Olaf basically just moved to top of the Tier 1 with that item. Other tier ones like Shaco, Nocturne, Lee are all great but not as much synergy with it as Olaf who also can goes Spirit of Lizard for extra true damage.
Spoiler for EG Against Giant:
Wolves vs Fnatic though, oh boy...
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|2013-03-05, 12:25
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Don't Call Me Bro
And a mini-patch just came live. That's fact action.
Out of interest, what was the most amusing thing you saw on solo queue done with BotRK before it got nerfed? I saw Voyboy go 24-6-12 with an AD Fizz using it. His Urchin Strike was close to a one shot...
|2013-03-06, 21:45
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A Proud Lolicon
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: In front of my computer
Age: 31
So the Karma rework has surfaced. Next one probably Trundle or Sion.
|2013-03-07, 00:55
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Don't Call Me Bro
Apparently Nami's buff that silently slipped through has made her popular with a good number of Asian teams now.
Day 1 of the IEM World Championships had one real shocker...
Spoiler for IEM World Champs Day 1:
Group B starting soon contains CJ Entus Frost, SK Telecom T1, SK Gaming, Evil Geniuses, Meet Your Makers and Anexis.
And in case anyone really wanted it, Nurse Akali is currently on special.
|2013-03-08, 09:43
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Derping in League of Legends
Age: 25
Karma rework ComicSorry; dynamic content not loaded. Reload?
So I have posted a few of this guy work in this thread, and he sure likes making fun of sivir when it comes to Remakes
Speaking about remakes, there is already an Karma (which I'm very excited about) fanart with her new skin she will be getting.
BEST PART IS, you can get the new skin for FREE if you already own Karma before she get relaunched.
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|2013-03-08, 22:47
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Don't Call Me Bro
I hope the Karma remake includes a skill remake. I really could use a third regularly viable support. Taric and Sona are what I rely on usually. I want to use Nami more, but even with her buff, she still only works in certain combos. Nunu and Blitzcrank have fallen off. Alistair and Leona are too risky for solo queue. Lulu I like but again, solo queue and randoms....Amd Soraka is a beatstick in almost any situation. Zyra is dangerously squishy after early game and really is more of a mid champ now.
Spoiler for IEM World Champs Day 3 summary:
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|2013-03-09, 19:40
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Yuri µ'serator
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: FL, USA
Age: 31
And pocari and me have been saying that Woong definitely seems like the weakest link in frost, it was no surprise when baited him onto MF since Woong has played what 3-4 ADCs recently?... I mean I was actually surprised when he play urgot and cait earlier in the tournament.
|2013-03-10, 19:48
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Graphic Designer
The whole first division promotion is still really odd. For example, I been duoing every game with the same person and my partner was first to be at 85 range since he was ahead by a bit. He has been getting +5 +4 +1 +5 since he went in the 80+ LP range and we usually win about 4 to 5 games in a row. (Note: Before 80+ LP he was getting +25 LP every game. I been informed this is normal from other friends who been in series.) Then there was me, I went into 84 LP range and got up to 100 with one game where as my partner had to win 4-5 games to get from 85 to 100. We have the same win ratios since we been playing together every game. It is really odd and funny at the same time. It took him so much effort just to get to promotion. Riot, you are so cruel hahaha.
Edit: I talked with several more people and was informed they have the similar experience with progressing from 85 to 100 in D1. I guess I just got lucky and glitched out or my MMR skyrocketed at some point...
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|2013-03-12, 03:16
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Derping in League of Legends
Age: 25
*Not my Video*
This is one my friends that captured while we were having fun with an all TP summoner spells
I'm playing the Teemo
Kennen got insanely fed ending with an 32/6 K/d ratio
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Look what came in the mail yesterday:
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Graeme McDowell, Martin Kaymer, K.J. Choi and Rory Sabbatini have committed to play in the RBC Heritage.
They will be joined in the field by former winners Carl Pettersson (the defending champion), Brandt Snedeker, Stewart Cink, Glen Day, Jim Furyk, Justin Leonard and Boo Weekley, the Heritage Classic Foundation announced Thursday.
McDowell, the 2012 U.S. Open champion, will be making his fourth appearance at Harbour Town Golf Links. The Northern Ireland native also has six international victories since 2002.
Kaymer turned pro in 2005, but just joined the PGA Tour this year. This will be his first start at the Heritage. The 28-year-old German has won twice in the states including his first major at the 2010 PGA Championship.
Choi has played Harbour Town twice, most recently in 2010. The South Korean native who now lives in Westlake,Texas, has won eight times on Tour. He has one top-10 finish this year after carding a first-round 65 at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Sabbatini, originally from Durban,South Africa, has competed at Harbour Town three times, tying for eighth in 2009. He has won six times on Tour.
The 45th annual RBC Heritage will be held April 15-21.


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President Kaler to Speak at 1st Tuesday Speaker Series on December 6
University of Minnesota President Eric W. Kaler will headline the next "1st Tuesday Speaker Series" on December 6 at 11:30 a.m. in the University of Minnesota's McNamara Alumni Center.
Kaler is the 16th president of the University and is the second University alumnus to serve as president of Minnesota's land-grant and research University. Prior to assuming the presidency at the University of Minnesota on July 1, 2011, Kaler served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and vice president for Brookhaven affairs at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York.
Before his appointment as provost of Stony Brook in October 2007, Kaler was a member of the faculty at the University of Delaware from 1989 to 2007. He served as chair of the Chemical Engineering Department from 1996 to 2000 and dean of the College of Engineering from 2000 to 2007. Kaler was named the Elizabeth Inez Kelley Professor of Chemical Engineering in 1998. He was an assistant professor and an associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Washington from 1982 to 1989.
Kaler received his undergraduate degree from the California Institute of Technology in 1978 and his PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1982.
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Tim Freeman broke his own school record for the second time this season in the 100 breaststroke and UCSB broke another school record in the 400 free relay on day three of the Pac-12 Championships at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash.
Freeman touched the wall in a school record time of 53.39 coming in the preliminary heat for the 100 breaststroke. He held the previous record time of 53.60 which he set by breaking his own record earlier in the year. His time qualified him for the 'A' final which he finished sixth overall with an NCAA 'B' standard time of 53.58.
UCSB set another school record on the day in the 400 medley relay. Randy Aakhus, Freeman, Wade Allen and Ryan Hanni led the Gauchos to a sixth place overall finish with their time of 3:13.11. They beat the previous record from 2009 held by Ferguson, Sudbury, McClary and Vogelgesang whose time was 3:14.39.
Three other Gauchos would qualify for finals in the 100 breast. Tyler Jean qualified for the 'B' final and finished 16th overall (55.69). Andy Castilleja won the 'C' final placing him 17th overall as he topped his season-best time finishing in 55.55. Andrew Latimer rounded out the Gaucho finshers as he came in 22nd overall after qualifying for the 'C' final (57. 86).
Aakhus advanced to the 'B' final in the 400 IM for UCSB and he would finish 14th overall. Aakhus beat his season best in the event with a time of 3:51.55 which is an NCAA 'B' standard time. Andrew Barmann also competed in the event and finished 22nd overall after making it to the 'C' final (4:01.29).
After advancing to the 'A' final in the 50 free last night, Allen advanced to the 'A' final once more this time in the 100 fly. He finished seventh overall with an NCAA 'B' standard time of 46.69. Mickey Mowry competed in the 'B' final finishing 15th overall (48.74), and Chris Dotson took a 22nd place overall finish in the 'C' final (50.94).
The 200 free featured a trio of Gauchos who all qualified for the 'C' final. Led by Lucas Norman who finished 20th overall (1:38.62), Chase Lemley 22nd (1:39.03) and Alexander Campbell 24th (1:40.91).
Collin Baratte was the lone UCSB swimmer who would qualify for a final in the 100 back. He would win the 'C' final leading to a 17th place overall finish (50.62). The time was his fastest on the season.
In the men's three-meter diving competition, Erich Brodbeck had the top Gaucho score once again on his way to a 19th overall finish. He posted a team high score of 194.10.
After three days of events the Gauchos find themselves in seventh place overall with 128 points.
The Pac-12 Championships will conclude tomorrow after the 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 free relay, and the platform diving competition.


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Skip to comments.Democrat voter fraud in Montana?
Posted on 09/15/2008 1:04:09 AM PDT by BigSkyDream
Schweitzer 'joke' may have grain of truth By JENNIFER McKEE Gazette State Bureau
UPDATE 3:30 p.m. : HELENA - Gov. Brian Schweitzer said this week he was "just joking" this summer when he suggested he tampered with the hotly-contested 2006 Senate election.
However, at least one Big Horn County observer was escorted out of a Crow Indian polling place that election night, (snip) Schweitzer has been criticized this week for remarks he made to a lawyers group in Philadelphia this July. In the remarks, Schweitzer insinuates that he tampered with election to secure a victory for Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester over incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns.
Schweitzer told the group that Democrats wanted to make sure American Indians turned out to vote because they generally vote Democratic.
Schweitzer said Democrats had a plan to have tribal police attempt to arrest poll observers on bogus charges. (snip) He said he called the election office and talked to an election clerk who was "as nervous as a pregnant nun."
As a Catholic woman, McMahon said she was offended by Schweitzer's "pregnant nun" comment and demanded an apology on behalf of all women.
She said she is angry over Schweitzer's suggestions that Butte elections could be fixed.
(snip) In the July speech, Schweitzer said there was no room for error in the 2006 Senate race, so "we were prepared."
"And the advantage is, you know, when you've got a governor of a state on your side, whoa!" a transcript of the speech says. "You can turn some dials and we did."
Tester wound up defeating Burns by only about 3,500 votes out of around 406,500 cast in a three-way race.
(Excerpt) Read more at billingsgazette.net ...
This also brings to questions rumors of an Operation Montana Chaos where supporters for Sen. Max Baucus crossed over and voted in the GOP primary for the weakest candidat Bob Kelleher who has run for office as member of the Green Party, Libertarian Party and Democrat party in the past.
Can someone repeat what he said because it was rather harsh against Fox.
BTW; Isn't he a rather fat little turd looking fellow.
Schweitzer apologized Wednesday for these remarks in his speech to the American Association for Justice and denied interfering in the election.
First many criminals are caught after bragging about their crime. Two this man has no respect for Montanans to say something like this if he did not do it. Shameful either way.
Schweitzer apologized Wednesday for these remarks in his speech to the American Association for Justice and denied interfering in the election.
"I was just joking around and making it colorful," Schweitzer said. "I can now see it was offensive to some people, and Im deeply sorry if I offended anyone."
First many criminals are caught after bragging about their crime. Two this man has no respect for Montanans to say something like this if he did not do it. Shameful either way.
Sorry had to repost with proper italics.
he is completely a turd looking fellow. He is from Havre and clearly is all over himself at all this attention. Very partisan. I am surprised Montanans like him so much.
The Democrats have done to Indians what they have done to Blacks! And STUPID Indians and Blacks LOVE voting for their own demise.
I thought Montana was a MANLY state, but Max Baucus and now Schwietzer?? YIKES....GIRLIE MAN STATE!
Ping for later
I know what you mean. I don't know WHAT's happenin' up there. They must 'av all moved to Alaska! :-)
Vote fraud??
I thought Obama was "organizing" in Illinios, not Montana.
Some joke.
According to one very reliable source I know, poll watchers were physically threatened by groups of thugs after they saw and tried to intervene against election workers sifting through ballots on the Blackfeet rez, tossing out GOP votes. They left as instructed in fear of their safety.
The outcome was something like 4,000 to 100 in favor of Tester at one precinct.
This story made the rounds the week of the election. And, as I say, it was no joke but a commentary as business as usual on the rez. Now if such behavior was reported to law enforcement and no action taken based on instructions from Gov. Blowhard in a bolo tie . . .
In fairness, I must add I did not witness the allegations and only mention them because Schweitzer himself brings up the topic. To him of the huge face, it's a joke. To me, and a lot of Montanans, he's the joke.
If this story ever was investigated, we might have a new gov this election cycle.
The American Indian is another sad story similar to the American black — Indians' heritage was one of independent self-supporting survival. They have now been turned into wards of the goobermint. Thus of course, they vote Democrat.
Just an aside:
I wonder How Todd Palin being a native American affects all this?
"I wonder How Todd Palin being a native American affects all this?"
If you ever want to see some really rampant, vicious down-and-dirty racism, go hang at your neighborhood rez.
Right after targeting the good old reliable Whitey, the local Tribe doesn't have much use for any...and I mean ANY...other tribe. Especially if it might affect the amount of money their pet politicians deliver to them for their votes.
Run on down to the Crow reservation and mention that Palin is Native American, the first question will be "What Tribe?". If the answer ain't Crow, he ain't sh**.
Let me explain in a few words what has been happening for decades in places like Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Liberal d!psh!ts emmigrate from places like California and begin to adversely affect the demographics.
There are two types of Californians (not the only place these d!psh!ts come from): those who move in and want us to be become like CA, and those who move in because they want to live like we have for 150 years. The second type are welcome.
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Matthew 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leadeth the blind, both will fall into the ditch.
Mark 9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
John 7:12 And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray.
John 10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
Acts 12:10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
Romans 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place.
Revelation 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Revelation 13:14 and it leadeth astray those dwelling on the land, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling upon the land to make an image to the beast that hath the stroke of the sword and did live,
Genesis 31:18 and leadeth all his cattle, and all his substance which he hath acquired, the cattle of his getting, which he hath acquired in Padan-Aram, to go unto Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
Exodus 3:1 And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;
Deuteronomy 4:27 and Jehovah hath scattered you among the peoples, and ye have been left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah leadeth you,
1 Samuel 13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
1 Samuel 22:4 and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress.
1 Samuel 23:5 And David goeth, and his men, to Keilah, and fighteth with the Philistines, and leadeth away their cattle, and smiteth among them -- a great smiting, and David saveth the inhabitants of Keilah.
2 Kings 6:19 And Elisha saith unto them, 'This 'is' not the way, nor 'is' this the city; come after me, and I lead you unto the man whom ye seek;' and he leadeth them to Samaria.
1 Chronicles 20:1 And it cometh to pass, at the time of the turn of the year -- at the time of the going out of the messengers -- that Joab leadeth out the force of the host, and destroyeth the land of the sons of Ammon, and cometh in and beseigeth Rabbah -- David is abiding in Jerusalem -- and Joab smiteth Rabbah, and breaketh it down.
2 Chronicles 25:11 And Amaziah hath strengthened himself, and leadeth his people, and goeth to the Valley of Salt, and smiteth the sons of Seir -- ten thousand.
2 Chronicles 32:22 And Jehovah saveth Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Asshur, and from the hand of all, and He leadeth them round about;
Job 12:17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
Job 12:19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
Job 12:23 He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
Psalms 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Psalms 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Psalms 47:3 He leadeth peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
Psalms 78:14 And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire.
Psalms 78:26 He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,
Psalms 78:53 And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.
Psalms 78:72 And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!
Psalms 107:30 And they rejoice because they are quiet, And He leadeth them to the haven of their desire.
Proverbs 6:22 In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh 'with' thee.
Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
Proverbs 12:26 The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.
Proverbs 16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
Proverbs 18:16 The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.
Isaiah 40:11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those that have their young.
Isaiah 48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Jeremiah 2:6 And have not said, Where 'is' Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land -- none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?'
Jeremiah 32:5 And 'to' Babylon he leadeth Zedekiah, and there he is till My inspecting him, -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- because ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye do not prosper.'
Ezekiel 47:6 And he saith unto me, 'Hast thou seen, son of man?' and he leadeth me, and bringeth me back unto the edge of the stream.
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Joshua Jackson & Diane Kruger: 'Fringe' 100 Episodes Party!
Joshua Jackson and his longtime love Diane Kruger attend the Fringe 100 Episodes & Final Season Celebration held at the Fairmont Pacific Rim on Saturday (December 1) in Vancouver, Canada.
The 34-year-old actor was joined by his co-stars Anna Torv, John Noble, Seth Gabel, Jasika Nicole, and Blair Brown, as well as series creator J.J. Abrams.
Earlier that day, Diane and Josh shopped around Los Angeles together before heading their separate ways to run some more errands.
The Fringe series finale will air on January 18, 2013 – don't miss it!
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Rule of law assistance to Kosovo not sufficiently effective
Kosovo is the largest per capita recipient of EU financial aid in the world and is home to the largest civilian crisis management mission ever launched by the Union (EULEX). European Court of Auditors has audited the EU's assistance to Kosovo in the field of the rule of law.
The ECA found that this assistance has not been sufficiently effective. Although the EU helped to build capacity, notably in the area of customs, assistance to the police and the judiciary has had only modest success. Levels of organised crime and corruption in Kosovo remain high. The judiciary continues to suffer from political interference, inefficiency and a lack of transparency and enforcement. Kosovo's limited capacity to protect key witnesses and the difficulties relocating witnesses abroad are important shortcomings. There has been almost no progress in establishing the rule of law in the north of Kosovo.
"Kosovo's authorities accord insufficient priority to the rule of law", said Gijs de Vries, the ECA member responsible for the report, "and EU support should be more effective."
In contrast to the rest of the Western Balkans, in the case of Kosovo the incentive of potential EU accession is jeopardised by the absence of a common EU position on its independence.
The European Commission and the European External Action Service have accepted the ECA's conclusions and recommendations.
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European Court of Auditors (ECA) special reports are published throughout the year, presenting the results of selected audits of specific EU budgetary areas or management topics.
This special report addressed whether EU assistance to Kosovo in the field of the rule of law is effective. The Court assessed whether assistance is achieving its intended results and what has been its impact on overall progress in different areas of the rule of law (police, justice, customs, anti-corruption). It also examined the management of the assistance, particularly with regard to coordination and the management of EULEX. The audit included a sample of seventeen EU interventions in Kosovo.
During the period 1999-2007, Kosovo received EUR 3.5 billion in donor assistance, two thirds of which came from the European Commission and EU Member States. Between 2007 and 2011, EU assistance to rule of law through the IPA and EULEX totalled approximately EUR 0.7 billion.
The limited effectiveness of EU assistance can be explained by the specific circumstances of Kosovo, including the low starting point at independence for building up the rule of law. Nevertheless, the audit found there were significant areas where better management by the EEAS and Commission could have made EU assistance more effective. This is notwithstanding the improvements which they have introduced during the period audited.
For example, EU Member States have seconded insufficient and unqualified staff to EULEX, and for too short periods. Cooperation between Europol and EULEX is subject to legal restrictions.
The EU's coordination mechanisms need to be further improved, including with the international community. The EU institutions have made significant efforts to coordinate with the USA which is the largest bilateral donor in Kosovo. Nonetheless it remains difficult to achieve full coordination with the USA.
EU interventions have had limited results in tackling corruption which remains a major concern. Kosovo's three anti-corruption bodies have weak powers and overlapping responsibilities. The supervision of public procurement is similarly complex; moreover, there are more than 150 contracting authorities in Kosovo. Although this complexity and fragmentation increases the risk of corruption, the EU has not addressed this at political level.
The ECA recommends, inter alia, that the EEAS and the Commission should make better use of policy dialogue and conditions. The possibility of visa liberalisation may act as an incentive to improve the rule of law in Kosovo. However, the EU has set 95 requirements for visa liberalisation, which risks undermining the incentive effect. Policy dialogue should focus on priority conditions. The ECA recommends that the EU support for Kosovo be linked to concrete benchmarks and take into account EU internal security objectives.
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Announcing the LP-350 digital piano. Rich, expressive sound combined with a sleek and modern body. The modern slim-line, flat-top design will enhance your home – not only with its deeply expressive sound, but also with its beautiful appearance. Slim-line digital piano is a mere 27.7 cm deep!
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- In addition to twelve piano sounds, a variety of organs, strings, vibes, guitar, clavs, choirs and harpsichord provide a total of thirty on-demand sounds.
- Reverb offers ambience and depth; chorus effect adds motion and richness to the sound.
- Touch Control provides three levels of touch sensitivity to accommodate any playing style
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I was constantly on overload and often frantically trying to get everything done.
In 1999, our best friends came with us to visit all the retirement communities in San Diego County. Neither of us had children nearby who could take care of us in our old age, so we decided that the prudent thing to do was to take care of our old age ourselves. We looked for a retirement community that had three levels of care: independent living, assisted living, and full continuing care. It was important that the hospital be in the same compound so that in case one of us was disabled, the other one would not have to drive across town to visit, as is often the case. We also wanted a place close enough to our friends, so that they wouldn't be deterred by distance to see us. And finally, we wanted an environment conducive to walking—be it the beach or nearby restaurants and shops. White Sands of La Jolla filled the bill in all categories. Prospect Street and Pearl were right there and so was the beach.
So, on Sept. 6, 1999, the four of us put down a deposit for the townhouses that would eventually be built on the property. We learned that most retirement homes will only accept people who are healthy and ambulatory — the assisted-living and nursing facilities are reserved for those who are already residents — but White Sands accepts people at all stages of health and ability. Once we were accepted, I breathed a sigh of relief and told my husband: "Now we can become disabled, they have to keep us."
As the years passed, my friend died, leaving her husband alone. It was good that he had a place to go to where everything would be taken care of.
We had already gone on trips with the White Sands bus — once to Palm Springs to see the desert in bloom with a mule-drawn covered wagon ride. The bus takes people to concerts, plays, opera, and lectures. We wouldn't have to worry about parking anymore. There are non-stop activities from bridge lessons to all manner of exercise classes, from in-house concerts and lectures to discussion groups. One can be as social or as private as one desires. The food is excellent and healthy and no one seems to be overweight. I started looking forward to miraculously losing those extra pounds when I would live there. Many residents have advanced degrees and had interesting careers, so intellectual conversations are the norm at mealtimes. One can eat alone or with others, take the food to our room or have it delivered. The choices are there.
We had several friends who planned to move in at the same time we would and we looked forward to more as they will envy us our newfound freedoms from the joys of home ownership. We sent furniture and paintings to our children, emptied out closets of unwanted items, and gave away the books to various organizations. Cats are allowed and so are dogs, so Molly — our rescued puppy — was not only welcomed, but there are weekly puppy parties here.
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We've been writing about the squeeze that DIY brides are putting on professional wedding planners.
Now our friend Bonny Katzman of BK Design shares this cautionary tale of how DIY can get ugly--literally:
"I recently heard that at a wedding at the Four Seasons, the bride brought in cases of tacky votives from the Christmas shop, and each had a price tag that had to be taken off," Bonny says.
"The story goes on," she adds, "but basically I think that the in-house hotel coordinators are working their butts off, and brides aren't hiring event planners!"
All I can picture is an army of sticky little price tags that sneaked onto guests' shoes, clothes … Not the parting gift a bride dreams of!
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Winter Olympics Posters – Our Top Five Favourites
While the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi have been a terrific sporting spectacle, sadly their product licensing department dropped the ball, and consequently there was no worldwide licensee for posters. As far as we know, only a single Russian publisher had any designs available, and they were forbidden from exporting to us here in North America. But, it does give us an opportunity to review with you our top-five favourite official Winter Olympics poster designs from years past. (All previous Olympic Games official posters are available in our Olympic Museum Collection).
This simple, beautiful design became an icon for an era, introducing a color scheme that dominated the early 1980s, and evoking the glorious cold-war-era victory of Team USA over the Soviets in hockey in that year's "Miracle on Ice". Many consider Lake Placid 1980 to have been the greatest Winter Games of all-time, a model that has rarely been matched since!
As the Lake Placid poster became a design icon for the '80s, this official poster for Innsbruck, Austria's first of two Winter Olympic Games became a style guide for 1960s ski fashion. The blue-on-blue color scheme is spectacular, and the snowflake icon is simply stunning. A bit of trivia for Winter Olympics fans: Innsbruck hosted the games again just 12 years later, when they were originally awarded to Denver, Colorado, but then relocated to Innsbruck again after Denver's voters rejected the games due to skyrocketing costs.
After a twelve-year absence due to World War II, the Olympics returned to the world stage with the St. Moritz games of 1948. The poster design is magnificent, evoking a new dawn in the war-torn history of Europe, with two cross-country skiiers watching in awe as the sky comes alive with a frost-filled sunrise atop the alps. Amazing 1940s-era style!
We have always adored this poster, with its motivational message ("Light the Fire Within"), and its unique artwork featuring a fiery torch-bearer emerging out of the snow and ice of the winter chill. Surprisingly, the IOC chose the much-more pedestrian "Salt Lake Flag" design as it's "official" Salt Lake 2002 poster for posterity; however, we remain partial to this one as the true visual-arts symbol of that magnificent games.
This spectacular work of graphic arts set a standard for Winter Games posters that, in our opinion, remains unmatched to this day. It has it all – the Olympic rings prominently displayed; the location and dates in an iconic font style evocative of the era; a superb art deco-era overall appearance; and artwork that includes one of the key sports of winter competition, with a ski jumper soaring high above a map of the USA, with Lake Placid's location clearly marked in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. Simply perfect!
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The assets of Solid State Logic have been acquired by a joint venture established by musician and technologist, Peter Gabriel, and broadcast industry entrepreneur, David Engelke. The company, which will trade as Solid State Logic, will continue to design and manufacture mixing consoles and related audio technology at its Begbroke, Oxford headquarters. The principal investors bring considerable experience of both the company\'s main markets: music recording and broadcast.
Peter Gabriel\'s background as an artist is well known, but he has had a long involvement with technology. Syco Systems, which he co-founded, developed the \'Tablet\', one of the world\'s first purpose-built digital audio workstations. Real World Multi Media, part of Peter\'s Real World Group, won awards for both technological and creative innovation. More recently, he has had success with OD2 (On Demand Distribution), now the leading European platform provider for the distribution of on-line music. At the same time his many years as artist and studio owner at Real World in Wiltshire have given him a passion for the possibilities of technology, and how it can serve and transform the process of music making and post production.
American David Engelke, formerly also an SSL console owner, has been involved with production and broadcast companies including Pinnacle Systems, Montage Group, and Digital Editing Services and invented several widely adopted technologies in the broadcast industry. Technologies developed by him and his engineering teams have earned them three EMMY Awards from the US National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and an Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Peter Gabriel added: \"I have been a long time fan of SSL. We\'re very excited about the opportunity of working with the company and to have a chance to participate in its future and its product development. Real World has enjoyed a close relationship with the company for many years.\" Peter Gabriel and David Engelke have recruited an experienced management team for their joint venture. Antony David, SSL\'s sales director in the 80s and early 90s, then head of pro audio at Sony Broadcast & Professional Europe, is managing director; Piers Plaskitt, previously president of SSL Inc and president sales and marketing at Euphonix, is group commercial director, and Chris Smith is group finance director.


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WOHVA NOVA rally
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WOHVA NOVA rally
Michael Jacobs sent a message to the members of NOVA Tag Party.
Subject: Ready, Set, Let's SHOW!
Sorry for the week of silence. We have been working on checking out State Parks and deciding where to gather for the NOVA TAG PARTY. The date remains SUNDAY JUNE 14th from 9am to 1pm. The location will be the Lake Sammamish State Park located in Issaquah, WA.
I know that there are some conflicting races on that date, but if you look at the calendar, there are conflicts throughout summer. So, if you cant make it because of the race schedule, I am challenging to recruit at least five friends to take your place. We all know non-racers, friends who just like to ride or wheel, or people who just get fed up with our elected officials treading all over us, so ask them to take your place and stand up for our rights!
If you have lost the fire in your belly over this issue, please buy or borrow the July, 2009 (on stands now) DIRT RIDER magazine and read Jimmy Lewis article, The Last Good Ride of the Season. It talks about a hand full of people who always fight for YOUR RIGHT to ride while others just ignore the threats and let themselves get pushed around. Here is a quote from the article, So if you worry about half of this stuff as much as I do, then do something about it! Because all of the people who are fighting for you have done so much as we can. What we need now is for large numbers of people to rise up and be heard.
Here is a little of Washington State history. We can no longer make our four stroke motorcycles street legal by adding the proper, required equipment. You know why? Because State inspectors were not trained properly in inspecting the machines and were letting race bikes through. Some guys were literally riding their KX-125s through the streets of Bellevue. Funny, yes, but it didnt do us any good. How does the State react????? Not logically! No, they didnt offer the training necessary to bring the inspectors up to speed and issue well defined protocol. No, they took the opportunity to attack (once again) motorcycles and they temporarily shut down the inspection process. Yeah, temp, right??? When the Washington Trail Association went after our NOVA funds, the State decided to give them a percentage of the gas tax money. Now, the State OUTRIGHT steals ALL your funding! Why? Because your elected officials have mismanaged their budget. They have spent more than they had. They have added government jobs without having the money to support the jobs. They have called the stealing of your funding temporary. I dont know about you, but I do not trust them! They have a new 9 million in their pocket and I guarantee they arent ever going to return the program to its original state UNLESS they are forced to by the legal process.
Your elected officials said this move was made because of a budget emergency. Think about this, folks. MAYBE I would not complain if our citizens needed our ORV money for survival for education for swine flu inoculations BUT NOT TO ROLL OVER TO THE UNFUNDED STATE PARKS! They took our recreation money to support their non-motorized parks. How is this an emergency, folks????? I am from Oregon. We have the best park system in the United States, in my very humble opinion. When I go to an Oregon State Park, I have to have an Annual Pass to park or I have to buy a day pass. No big deal. What is 5 bucks for a fun day or even a few hours???? Guess what?! You get in free at the Washington State Parks. No admin fee necessary. When we ride, we pay. We pay for our tags. We pay to get into a park. We pay to park at trailheads on the National Forest.
My point is, why the heck did they steal our money instead of imposing user fees at the Parks????? Look, I am not into conspiracy theories, but lets face it, this isnt even a conspiracy! This is an in your face we hate motorized sports organized attack.
So, come on people! Lets at least take a half a day to show people that this is just not right! Lets at least show a little indignation!
The June 14th Tag Party at Lake Sammamish State Park is a PEACEFUL PROTEST. Make signs, bring your bike or ATV (leave in the truck or on the trailer), or drive or trailer your 4x4. Hang out and enjoy the Park you paid for. Bring a BBQ, hotdogs and a check for the Legal Fund! Make sure that you tell the ranger that you ARE NOT with any club, association, etc. You are just out to enjoy your State Park with some friends.
Park in the gravel day parking area to the left as you enter. Again, bring your signs, BBQ, kids the beach is right there and if it is hot it will be a fun day for swimming. Also, make sure you bring shade or cover (pop up awnings, etc). Jeepers or 4x4ers signs in your front window while your parked would be great! Come up with creative ideas, just maintain the peace. We will make information handouts to let the public know why we are there.
Please, please we need as many people to show up as possible to make a statement. Dont let everyone else fight your fight. Stand up and show you care! Like I said, if you personally cannot make it, then recruit, recruit, recruit!
See you on June 14th at Lake Sammamish State Park! Michael Jacobs. jacobsplanet@http://www.facebook.com/l/;ymail.com
PS You can follow our progress on this page or on a thread on Thumper Talk. The NMA Web Site now has a NOVA Fund Legal Page that you can keep up to date on -
Please let all your club members know about this date and please post the information EVERYWHERE! Bike shops, club chats, club web pages, etc.
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LETTER- Why I will be protesting John Yoo:
It was very encouraging to learn from Randy Salzman's essay [March 11: First stone: Why I won't be protesting John Yoo" that Jesus Christ would not protest someone who helped launch aggressive wars and develop lawless imprisonment and torture programs. It made me feel much warmer about my government.
But it was discouraging that he claimed we'd asked him for money to fund a protest of John Yoo. Yeah, when?
And it was odd how he suggested media outlets had announced the protest. Have you? It's a march from the Corner to Minor Hall starting at 2pm on the 19th. See hoosagainstyoo.org
Salzman is comfortable believing President Obama has put the crimes behind him (washed his hands of it, if you will), and yet I can't help noticing that the illegal wars are ongoing, the lawless imprisonment is being formalized, the warrentless spying programs are no longer even questioned, and the White House still claims the power to torture and ship people to other nations that torture.
Christlike love for John Yoo is admirable indeed. Failure to deter the ongoing crimes is cowardly.
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And the MMA Hero of the Day Is…James McSweeney?!
Despite the way he was portrayed during his run on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights, which is to say, typical British asshole, it turns out that James McSweeney is actually a pretty cool dude in reality. But seriously, if you were to categorize McSweeney scientifically based solely on TUF 10, his name would've been Bispingus Douchebaggus. However, I first caught a glimpse of how well-spoken and down to earth McSweeney truly is during a recent interview he had with MiddleEasy, which I've posted above. In the video, he and Kit Cope break down everything from Jon Jones' DUI to Nick Diaz's suspension for weed, and he comes off sounding like a relatively enlightened individual in the process.
The reason I mention this is not only to try and prove that there are British MMA fighters out there who aren't complete dicks, but to provide a little backstory that will prevent this news from catching you completely off guard. Because in the long list of MMA fighters who moonlight as vigilante, Bronson-esque heroes, McSweeney has just added his name.
Yesterday night, McSweeney was giving his family, who was visiting from England, a friendly tour of Las Vegas. As things are destined to do in Vegas, the night would inevitably end in them witnessing at least one person trying to stab another.Read More DIGG THIS


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Techtorial: Amazon just revealed its extended list of deals for Cyber Monday featuring 10 new games under its calendar page (for November 26).
This list is only till Sunday... so whole article is poop
anyone know if there are gonna be any deals for XBL gold, WWE 13 or black ops 2?
Not surprising to see Dishonored getting cheap... The reviews over-rated it drastically, and gamers caught on. Money talks, and finally the price reflects the actual quality of the game.


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I am currently employed at the Frick Art Reference Library in New York City as a scan technician in the conservation department. I help digitize rare and fragile books. I love being part of the process that preserves this amazing collection. I'm also earning a masters degree in Library and Information Science at the Pratt Institute, with a focus on archives and special collections.
My internship was one of the most important things I did during my time at Moore. I interned at the Free Library of Philadelphia's Print and Picture Collection, working with 19th century glass plate negatives and prints. It opened my eyes to a career that I didn't even know existed. As a photography student, my classes in traditional, digital and alternative process photography gave me a unique perspective on the collections I was working with. In addition, Moore's commitment to exposing students to the latest technology and equipment really gave me an advantage. I entered my internship, and later my career with a real understanding of the digitization process as it applies to images.
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Why did you choose Fletcher for your graduate studies? Fletcher's community is beyond any of those of any other program I considered. What do I mean by that? Fletcher students both support each other and expect a lot from one another. My experience at Fletcher was characterized by a tight knit student body of active participators in class and out-of-class events and people that believed that a hands-on approach to making change starts right at home in Medford, MA.
How has Fletcher impacted your professional trajectory? The Fletcher experience opened up my eyes to a whole new professional world and network. Both the in-class experiences and those with my highly accomplished peer group pushed me to a new level professionally and intellectually. Since finishing at Fletcher, I've taken a more elevated approach to constructing a professional trajectory that combines greater effectiveness in the work I'm passionate about and more in-depth insight into the region I work in.
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Windboats Hardy Motor Boats Ltd. is proud to announce its first new model since their takeover of
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The Hardy 40DS represents the thinking by the new owners of where they see the market for their
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
More Sampling and More Waiting
Thursday morning was spent in the foothills. It was a cool, crisp morning with my car reading 48 degrees when I stepped outside for the first vineyard check. You can feel fall it the air - it is wonderful.
The recent cooler weather is allowing everything to slow down. We will harvest the rest of Lightner Syrah and the Lightner Grenache next week and possibly our Grenache Gris. Everything else needs time.
Wylie Syrah is going to barrels on Monday! Whoa!
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