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Well the title say's it all anyone like any of the zelda games?
If so what's your favourite one?
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My favourite one is Majoras mask, it's so strange I love it to bit's!
Robin Hood wrote:I feel obligated to ask a question here. How does this exactly tie into Lego?
Generally speaking, the only sub-forum on this site where Lego is not discussed in some fashion is the Medieval Forum, which for obvious reasons this topic wouldn't fit in.
I'll of course let the management correct me if I'm wrong, but that is what I have always assumed.
Robin Hood wrote:I feel obligated to ask a question here. How does this exactly tie into Lego?
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Yeah, I almost said something and closed this thread, but I noticed that we do have some similar threads, like a two-page Age of Empires thread fairly recently. For the record, though, this forum is primarily for LEGO-related gaming, like the LEGO video games and the use of LEGO for wargames, etc.
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8:30 a.m. ET: January nonfarm payrolls: seen up 166,000, after increasing 155,000 a month ago.
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Elle Harrow, a restaurant critic and food columnist for Times Community News South for the past eight years, has died, according to her collaborator, Terry Markowitz. She was 72.
Harrow, a Laguna Beach reisdent who co-wrote the Gossiping Gourmet review column as well as All About Food, an occasional feature about culinary topics, died the evening of April 4, Markowitz said in an email.
Both columns ran in the Daily Pilot, Huntington Beach Independent and Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot. Harrow and Markowitz began as food writers for the Laguna paper in 2005, and expanded to all three papers in 2010.
Markowitz, who could not be reached for further comment, had previously said Harrow was suffering from pancreatic cancer. Harrow's family also could not be reached for comment.
In the wake of Harrow's death, Markowitz said she plans to continue writing the food columns.
"I'll never know exactly which words Terry penned, and which ones came from Elle, but all I can say is that, as a duo, they have provided some of the highest-caliber food criticism you'll ever read in a community newspaper," said John Canalis, editor of TCN South. "I usually finish reading their reviews hungry, even if I have just eaten. I am so glad that Terry will continue providing this important service to our readers. I am sure that Elle's influence will forever be found in her work."
A veteran of the culinary world — she and Markowitz once ran A La Carte, a gourmet shop in Laguna — Harrow addressed a wide variety of topics in her columns, from reviews of the latest upscale restaurants to tips on brining and finding perfect peaches at the market.
At times, her writing showed a sly wit. In a solo column from 2007 about foods that supposedly work as aphrodisiacs, she wrote that "certain foods have been proven to contain phenylethylamine, a stimulating and mood elevating ingredient. Casanova was no fool. Chocolate does contain this substance, but if you are not a chocolate lover, salami has nine times the amount.
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Members of the restaurant community expressed sadness about Harrow's passing. Mona Shah-Anderson, who represents many Orange County restaurants through Moxxe Public Relations, said she sometimes joined Harrow and Markowitz for meals and visits with chefs.
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Information about survivors or memorial services was not available.
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Last month we introduced the '10 Dodge 3500 as our current trailer towing tractor/backcountry cabin on wheels and dubbed it Project White Truck. This month it rolled into the local Dodge Ram dealership for some factory-backed upgrades.
Mopar, the performance, aftermarket, and parts division of Chrysler/Dodge/Ram, offers assorted parts to upgrade your truck before it leaves the dealer's service bay. Because Mopar parts can be installed on your brand-new truck prior to your signing the dotted line, you could have these upgrades done at time of purchase and roll the cost into your monthly payment. How's that for convenient?
With 12,000 miles on the odometer after 21/2 months, we brought the White Truck to Glen E. Thomas Chrysler Jeep Dodge in Signal Hill, California. The goal of this 4x4 diesel is to be a daily driver, a tow master, a weekend camper, and a general do-anything vehicle, just what a truck should be. We started with the base model ST package in our Ram to keep overall price down without hindering usefulness, but wanted a handful of items to dial it in to our liking.


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Houston avenged its two previous Open Cup defeats with a 4-0 demolition of the Battery on two headers from Geoff Cameron and goals from Bobby Boswell and Dominic Oduro. John Michael Hayden tallied two assists, while Tally Hall earned his second straight shutout.
The Houston Dynamo advanced to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals for the first time since 2006 with a dominating 4-0 win over USL1 leader Charleston Battery Tuesday night at Blackbaud Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Dynamo advance to the semifinals, to be played July 21 or July 22 against the Seattle Sounders or Kansas City Wizards, respectively.
Geoff Cameron led the Dynamo attack on the night, scoring two goals from headers while playing attacking midfield, his first two goals of the season.
Midfielder John Michael Hayden assisted on the first two Dynamo goals, the first two assists of his professional career. In the 16th minute, shortly after rain began pelting Blackbaud Stadium, Hayden found Cameron on a corner kick, and his header gave Houston the lead. In the 47th minute, Hayden took a free kick from the left wing quickly, catching Charleston off guard and playing the ball to the back post, where Bobby Boswell deflected it in for his second goal of the season and first since February 24.
Dominic Oduro scored for the second consecutive Open Cup match when he essentially sealed the match in the 52nd minute, dribbling into the box and firing a right-footed shot inside the left post to give Houston a 3-0 lead.
Cameron added to the rout in the 73rd minute, connecting on a Brian Mullan cross and glancing a header just inside the right post for the first multi-goal game of his career.
Goalkeeper Tally Hall made two saves for the shutout, his second straight in Open Cup competition and the Dynamo's third consecutive shutout in all competitions.
Houston is now 3-1 on its current stretch of seven consecutive road games, which consist of four MLS games and three Open Cup games.
Houston was without forwards Brian Ching (U.S. national team) and Cam Weaver (groin strain), midfielders Stuart Holden (U.S. national team) and Ricardo Clark (personal), and defenders Andrew Hainault (Canadian national team), Eddie Robinson (disabled list), and Wade Barrett (gastrocnemius strain).
Houston Dynamo
vs. Charleston Battery
July 07, 2009 -- Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston SC
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup -- Quarterfinals
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Geoff Cameron 1 (John Michael Hayden 1) 16
HOU -- Bobby Boswell 1 (John Michael Hayden 2) 47
HOU -- Dominic Oduro 2 (unassisted) 52
HOU -- Geoff Cameron 2 (Brian Mullan 1) 73
Houston Dynamo -- Tally Hall, Mike Chabala, Bobby Boswell, Julius James, Danny Cruz (Brad Davis 81), John Michael Hayden, Erik Ustruck, Geoff Cameron, Corey Ashe (Brian Mullan 46), Ade Akinbiyi, Dominic Oduro (Kei Kamara 62).
Substitutes Not Used: Pat Onstad, Wade Barrett, Richard Mulrooney, Craig Waibel
Charleston Battery -- Dusty Hudock, Frankie Sanfilippo, Matt Bobo (Dan Antoniuk 59), Nelson Akwari, John Wilson, Chris Williams (Tyoshi Yoshitake 59), Kenji Treschuk, Tyler Hemming (Stephen Armstrong 64), Scott Buete, Darren Spicer, Randi Patterson.
Substitutes Not Used: Keith Wiggans, Pat Tate, Obrian Woodbine
Misconduct Summary:
CHR -- Scott Buete (caution; Reckless Tackle) 15
HOU -- Erik Ustruck (caution; Reckless Tackle) 54
CHR -- Tenji Treschuk (caution; Dissent) 82
CHR -- Tyoshi Yoshitake (caution; Reckless Tackle) 90
Referee: Tony Russo
Referee's Assistants: Eric Proctor; Jeremy Brooks
4th official: Wayne Pavlischek
Attendance: 2,473
Weather: Rainy-and-90 degrees
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial


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The leaders of a small group of ex-soldiers who embarrassed Haiti's government earlier this year by seizing old military bases to press for the restoration of the disbanded army emerged from six months of hiding Saturday to renew their demand.
Contacted on their cellphones after several months of keeping them off, four former sergeants arranged to meet with The Associated Press on a hillside clearing in Mariani, a beach resort town southwest of the Caribbean nation's capital.
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The meeting came a day after Haiti's Ministry of Defense issued a statement warning the group not to cause disruptions.
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Asked what the authorities would do if the band of ex-soldiers ventured into the streets, Casseus said: "If the government needs to take action it will."
Despite its parades and base takeovers, the pro-army group never really posed a serious threat to the government or the United Nations peacekeeping mission, which it accused of being an occupying force.
Still, the group's parading around Port-au-Prince and the countryside wearing mismatching, ill-fitting uniforms while carrying pistols did embarrass the U.N. mission and the government, which is trying to lure foreign investors.
The armed marches made both institutions look weak and ineffective, raising questions about whether Haiti might be returning to its paramilitary past.
For several months, the pro-army group defied warnings to leave several old army bases and to stop posing as military personnel. Then in May, police cleared out the bases and locked up 50 demonstrators following a pro-army demonstration that passed in front of the National Palace.
The group's leaders shut off their cellphones and largely vanished.
Lafalaise denied that he and colleagues went into hiding, saying they were just keeping a low profile.
"The military's not hiding or running away," he said. "We've just retreated."
The former sergeants, one of whom had a pistol sticking out of a pants pocket, said they had held meetings and secured the hillside clearing that affords a broad view of the ocean. They said they have been using the land as a training ground twice a week.
A white dome tent was described as the group's office. The red-and-blue Haitian flag hung on a pole tied to a barren tree. Yellow butterflies fluttered among the bushes.
The ex-sergeants said they held a low-key ceremony on Nov. 18 to mark a military-themed holiday associated with Haiti's fight for independence from France. That day, rumors circulated that the group would march in the nearby city of Carrefour, but it didn't.
Police arrested about 30 pro-army men at an old military base north of the capital Thursday after they tried to seize it, Dorme said.
A newspaper reported the raid turned up homemade weapons, uniforms and radio communication. A police spokesman declined to comment on the report.
Associated Press writer Evens Sanon contributed to this report.


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For nearly 50 years, Anderson University's annual "Candles & Carols" event has ushered in the Christmas season at the Indiana liberal arts institution. Audience members return year after year to hear the familiar strains of "Silent Night" and other traditional Christmas hymns echo through the campus auditorium amid the glow of candlelight. The 2011 edition of CANDLES & CAROLS spotlights the professional-caliber talents of the more than 250 students from AU's School of Music, including the Chamber Orchestra and Chorale, the Men's Choir, the Women's Chorus, the Wind Ensemble and the Dance Ensemble. D
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FAA Facing More Pressure To Change Its Rules On Electronic Device Usage
from the the-FAA-speaks-'government;'-it'll-understand-being-'legislated deptWay back in March, the FAA stated that it was taking a "fresh look" at Kindles and tablet computers, possibly moving towards approving these devices for use during takeoff and landing. Nine months later, perhaps feeling the "fresh look" was now a bit past "stale," FCC chief Julius Genachowski politely but pointedly asked the FAA to just get on with it already.
Now, the FAA has been threatened with being cut out of the device rules loop, thanks to Sen. Claire McCaskill, who has warned the FAA to act fast or face being legislated at.
It is my hope that the FAA will work, with the FCC and other federal agencies where appropriate, as expeditiously as possible to implement common sense changes to today's restrictive regulations on in-flight use of PEDs that better reflect new technologies and the changing role these devices play in Americans' daily lives. While the agency can and should use existing authorities to allow for the broader use of PEDs, I am prepared to pursue legislative solutions should progress be made too slowly.In a blog post for the New York Times, Nick Bilton explores some of the FAA's stalling tactics and dubious claims behind its refusal to allow certain electronic devices to be used during takeoff and landing. Legislative pressure or no, it looks like the FAA isn't going to be moving any faster than is bureaucratically necessary.
In October, after months of pressure from the public and the news media, the F.A.A. finally said it would begin a review of its policies on electronic devices in all phases of flight, including takeoff and landing. But the agency does not have a set time frame for announcing its findings.So, it's a start. Nearly a year past the day it promised to "rethink" the personal electronic device issue, the FAA's finally going to begin selecting candidates for its rule-making committee. Presumably, the committee will be finalized at some point within the next six months, at which point the rule-making can actually begin. Judging by the past year's "effort," I would imagine we'll be writing 2014 on our checks before any proposed changes are given a timescale for potential rollout.
An F.A.A. spokeswoman told me last week that the agency was preparing to move to the next phase of its work in this area, and would appoint members to a rule-making committee that will begin meeting in January.
In the process of fending off a growing army of irritated fliers, FCC chairmen and legislators, the FAA has conjured up every bit of electro-hysteria in its arsenal to keep fliers sitting upright and at full attention any time the plane goes below the magical 10,000-ft. cutoff.
As Bilton states, arguing with the FAA is like arguing with a stubborn teenager. Despite its inability to provide any evidence to back up its stance on electronic devices, the FAA continues to stick to its increasingly dubious talking points.
A year ago, when I first asked Les Dorr, a spokesman for the F.A.A., why the rule existed, he said the agency was being cautious because there was no proof that device use was completely safe. He also said it was because passengers needed to pay attention during takeoff.This last statement is odd. I understand that safety instructions are being handed out during the "takeoff experience," but once that's over (or you've seen it more than a couple of times), it would seem passengers should be able to return to whatever they were doing before the hand signals began. Furthermore, no other form of mass transportation demands that its passengers "pay attention" during departure. And, as Bilton points out, people without electronic devices aren't being forced to "pay attention."
When I asked why I can read a printed book but not a digital one, the agency changed its reasoning. I was told by another F.A.A. representative that it was because an iPad or Kindle could put out enough electromagnetic emissions to disrupt the flight.Which is ridiculous, considering...
Yet a few weeks later, the F.A.A. proudly announced that pilots could now use iPads in the cockpit instead of paper flight manuals.So, iPads in the cockpit: OK. iPads in the fuselage: Verboten. There's an excuse behind that "reasoning" as well.
The F.A.A. then told me that "two iPads are very different than 200."But they're not. EMT Lab's testing manager, Kevin Bothmann, whom Bilton had test a variety of ereaders and tablets for electromagnetic interference, points out that emitted energy doesn't stack.
"Electromagnetic energy doesn't add up like that. Five Kindles will not put off five times the energy that one Kindle would," explained Kevin Bothmann, EMT Labs testing manager. "If it added up like that, people wouldn't be able to go into offices, where there are dozens of computers, without wearing protective gear."EMT Labs found that a Kindle puts out less than 30 microvolts per meter in use (0.00003 volts), while any airliner that is approved for flight must be able to withstand up to 100 volts per meter. So, the FAA is concerned that a device that puts out emissions at a level that could be generously termed a rounding error will brick the plane during takeoffs and landing.
Bill Ruck, principal engineer at CSI Telecommunications, a firm that does radio communications engineering, added: "Saying that 100 devices is 100 times worse is factually incorrect. Noise from these devices increases less and less as you add more."
Then there's the ever-popular "iPad becomes deadly projectile" argument, which finds that airborne rounded corners are more dangerous than hardcover books moving at the same speed. This argument is so weak it's a wonder the sentence didn't collapse on itself the moment it was first uttered.
But the most interesting point of Bilton's piece is the fact that these rules, backed by little more than "because we said so" rationalization, generate the irrational fear that a single person's electronic device could bring the whole plane down. This often results in overreaction.
In September, a passenger was arrested in El Paso after refusing to turn off his cellphone as the plane was landing. In October, a man in Chicago was arrested because he used his iPad during takeoff. In November, half a dozen police cars raced across the tarmac at La Guardia Airport in New York, surrounding a plane as if there were a terrorist on board. They arrested a 30-year-old man who had also refused to turn off his phone while on the runway.Basing a zero-tolerance policy on irrational fear leads to other problems as well, especially if those involved have "bought in" to the FAA party line.
In 2010, a 68-year-old man punched a teenager because he didn't turn off his phone. Lt. Kent Lipple of the Boise Police Department in Idaho, who arrested the puncher, said the man "felt he was protecting the entire plane and its occupants."These sorts of incidents are bound to become more common the longer the FAA stalls on adjusting its personal electronic device rules. Device usage is growing, and evidence is mounting that the FAA's claims don't hold water. More and more passengers will test the limits of these rules because they find them ridiculous.
Underneath it all, it seems the only thing holding back the FAA's clearance of these devices is its own fear. Since it will never be 100% sure that these devices won't interfere with critical systems, it's going to continue to play it super-safe, since the last thing it wants on its hands is a plane crash occurring shortly after loosening these restrictions. It's the same fear that keeps the TSA from scaling back its efforts. If something bad happens, the rules shouldn't have been changed. If nothing bad happens, it's because the rules are in place. It's fear-based inertia and if any movement occurs, it's usually in the harsher, stricter direction.
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M3 the Wolverine
There's a reason why Patrick Swayze and his rag-tag band of anti-Communist rebel suburban Russkie-blasting guerillas called themselves Wolverines, and it's not just because their high school intramural class-six-A women's volleyball team had the word emblazoned across their sports bras during competition play – it's because wolverines are some of the most serious, hardcore, face-obliterating badasses of the animal world. Ferocious, two-foot-tall killing machines capable of dismembering all who oppose them in a frenzied torrent of gnashing sharp pointy teeth and adorable malevolence and then trotting off into the snow-covered sub-zero wasteland like a pissed-off cartoon character. And of this particular breed of ultimate organic quadripedal embodiment of vicious destruction, one ferocious hero has arisen, crushed his opposition, and publicly declared himself the most over-the-top sub-thirty-pound asskicker North America has to offer – Glacier National Park's awesomely-named Male Number 3, better known simply by a two-character name that strikes fear into the hearts of all who stand in his ever-widening path of unconquered determination: M3.
The semi-related North American, Arctic Circle cousins of the infamous Honey Badgers, Wolverines are the largest member of the weasel family, which, quite honestly, doesn't sound all that badass – it's like being a Mega Hamster or the World's Biggest Titmouse or something. And honestly, they really don't look like much – these furry critters stand about two feet tall and weigh in at 25 to 35 pounds, making them roughly the same size as a Bulldog or a Beagle, only they kind of just look like stuffed-animal Disney version of giant ferrets:
You might have a hard time believing that this thing is more badass than you.You'd probably be wrong.
In reality, Wolverines have a tooth that points ninety-degrees straight back towards the inside of their mouths that can be deployed with enough force to crack a moose femur that's been frozen in Carbonite for over a year. Wolverines are 35-pound insane killing machines capable of – and more than willing to – attack every goddamned thing that they see. They've been known to eat fast little varmints such as birds and rabbits, but also routinely devour lynx, coyotes, deer, beavers, caribou, and live moose, running these gigantic, sometimes-predatory beasts down in a flash of brown-furred ultra-kill-fury, ripping them a few new breathing tubes, and then shredding their corpses so goddamned voraciously that the German word for Wolverine translates to "devours much" and the Hungarian word for them means "Gluttonous Badger" (which is pretty damn awesome if you ask me).
Now, just to remind you folks who don't live in the godforsaken wastes of the Yukon, this is a moose:
It's a nine-foot-tall, 600-pound antler-clad vegetarian eating machine that has been known to be on the wrong side of a car accident, obliterate the front end of a fucking Hyundai hauling ass at 60 miles per hour, and then walk away unscathed while the poor chump driving the vehicle is left wondering whether or not his insurance covers something like a head-on collision with North America's largest and weirdest-looking plant eater.
This is a wolverine:
Yet, somehow, despite the notable setback of giving up a 200-to-1 weight advantage to the moose, the wolverines run those fuckers down and maul the shit out of them in the land equivalent of being de-meated by a Piranha feeding frenzy consisting of a single animal.
When they're not murdering creatures fifteen steps up on the food chain from them, Wolverines generally prey on carrion, eating the corpses of the wussier animals that can't hack the insanely-cold temperatures in the Wolverines' natural habitats. If scavenging doesn't sound all that badass, try this on for size – usually the best way to get a fresh kill is to find an already-dead motherfucker, get pissed as hell, and then fight and chase off the apex predator that brought the dead creature down in the first place. Wolverines don't have a problem with this. They routinely fight of packs of Gray Wolves (by themselves!), kill Cougars, and have been known on several well-documented occasions to fight off Black Bears, Grizzlies, and GODAMNED POLAR BEARS – no big deal, just the biggest fucking bear on Earth, but whatever. Scientists also believe that in prehistoric times, the ancestors of Wolverines routinely fought Saber-Toothed Cats, Dire Wolves, and Mega-Bears. Now, I have no fucking clue what a Mega-Bear is, but it sounds gooddamned terrifying, and you don't expect it being bested in tooth-to-tooth combat with this little guy:
We actually don't really know much about the Gulo Gulo -- they're super elusive, cross ridiculously huge distances in short periods of time, and there are only like 300-500 left in the Lower 48 United States. We do know that their gigantic oversized claws work like climbing crampons (when they aren't dismembering corpses), and that they don't actually go SNIKT SNIKT when deployed. We know they're insanely strong for their size – one of the greatest documented size-to-strength ratios ever recorded, according to the people who record those things professionally. They can resist sub-zero temperatures, and they have anal scent glands that make them smell almost as bad as skunks, a detail that has gained them the awesome-sounding nickname "Nasty Cats". If you were really into puns, you might say they would be truly bad ass, but that would be really terrible.
They're also ferociously hardcore. The most famous story about them, of course, is that when a wolverine gets one of his paws stuck in a bear trap, he's been known to GNAW HIS OWN LEG OFF Aron Ralston-style to escape. Are you kidding me?
A lot of what we do know about Wolverines comes from research that's being done on the wolverine populations of Glacier National Park, and of those creatures studied, none comes come close to Male Number 3 in terms of ultimate badassitude.
It's fitting that M3 has the world "Male" in his official given scientific name, because this Alpha Male beast is a raging cesspool of testosterone production who is so ultra-aggressive that the researchers working on the project simply nicknamed him "Mr. Badass".
Basically the story goes like this: The scientists at Glacier are trapping Wolverines in ultra-heavy traps constructed from eight-inch-thick wooden logs, luring the creatures in by tempting them with a nice fresh beaver carcass, then tagging them and releasing them back into the wild. Plenty of the wolverines trapped this way have been known to break out of the fucking cage by clawing and/or chewing through the walls overnight. M3 is the only one to ever break INTO one that way. Oh yeah, and it wasn't because this apex predator was dying to dig into that beaver carcass either – it was because M3's arch-nemesis (Male Number 6, basically M3's version of Trevelyan from Goldeneye) had been trapped in there and M3 wasn't fucking above cleaving his way through eight solid inches of timber to get a chance to attack his hated enemy and chief rival. Forget mercy. Forget kicking someone when they're down – this guy will shred your damned face off the second he gets the opportunity. He's just hard like that. So don't fuck with him.
He's also so wide ranging, covering an Empire of Badassitude that spans about 500 square miles, and is so adept at evading capture and detecting (even with a GPS chip in his ear) that the following clip is the only footage available of this ferocious killer in his natural habitat – it's a clip of M3 the Wolverine blood-raging after a cameraman and his team of researchers. If this animals' guttural battle-cry doesn't totally fucking terrify you, you are incapable of knowing fear:
Born around 2002, M3 is now the Alpha Male wolverine in Glacier National Park and the ultimate symbol of wolverine badassitude. Not only is he more drug resistant than Ozzy, but in the weeks after being fitted with a GPS tracker by an enterprising, stupidly-brave, presumably-deceased scientist armed with a ten-foot pole and a suit of +2 Chainmail, he summited the highest peak in Glacier National Park – 10,466 feet – covering the last 4,900-feet by running straight up a sheer cliff face in the span of 90 minutes. Through 20-inch deep snow. In the middle of January, when temperatures were in the single digits. His tracker didn't explain why, but we can only assume the answer involves teabagging the summit just out of principle.
Traveling alone, or with his son M23 (kind of like how Logan's daughter was named X-23 I presume?), M3 ranges about 500 miles up and down the Montana/Alberta border, covering a territory that's about twice as large as the predatory range of your average Grizzly bear. He passes river basins, scales ice falls, crosses glaciers, and digs out of avalanches, constantly ranging the North American wilderness in an endless quest for battle, food, and whatever passes for hot wolverine babes these days.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thought for the Day, #14
(From Lawrence Gullo, Fyodor Pavlov, Eileen Charbonneau, and Ed Gullo, "Our Parents as Allies," It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living, Dan Savage and Terry Miller, eds., p. 241.)
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So very very true. It's a lesson I've been learning over the past year or so. We're very often taught that it is indeed our problem, when it absolutely isn't.ReplyDelete
Thanks Rick!
Realizing it's not our problem, Heather, is a tough one for many of us, because of the bullying we're subjected to, and how difficult it is to endure that over time. Yet, I don't see any other way around achieving self-acceptance and self-love without realizing we're not the problem at all.ReplyDelete
What's beautiful about this quote is it's from Eileen, who is Lawrence's mother. What his parents have to say about their gay son in particular and homosexuality in general is a true inspiration. We should all be so lucky to have such open-minded and accepting parents.
Thanks so much for your comment.
I agree. Bullying is often an act of desperation. The bully wants to save himself from drowning by pushing someone else under. Teachers and parents need to learn how to help the bullies too.ReplyDelete
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Great comments about bullying, Doug. Something has to motivate bullies to do what they do, especially since our being gay doesn't hurt them. Bullies get something from bullying others, so, if we could just identify what that is and provide it in more constructive ways, maybe, just maybe, we could make bullying a thing of the past. Wouldn't that be great?ReplyDelete
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I once received a letter from a woman who had just gotten a job offer. She had been unemployed for three months and wanted to know if she should accept the offer or try to negotiate for more. She felt the offer was low – less than she had been making at her last job – but was afraid that if she asked for more money she might lose the job.
Whether to negotiate is a question that comes up frequently from people who are between jobs. Not only can you ask for more money, but if an offer is low, you should ask for more. The key to doing so successfully can be summed up in a single word: Confidence. If you know what you're worth and have the confidence needed to ask for it, you can often get the company to improve its offer. In fact, if you go into the interview process with confidence, it will not only result in your becoming a better negotiator, but it will also help you get the job.
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A lot of people said the Kook looked dorky for its flailing arms and lots of other reasons when it was erected off Highway 101 in 2007 with the title "Magic Carpet Ride," and the San Diego Architectural Foundation subsequently dinged it with its dubious Onion award. There's even an entire website that celebrates the pranksters who regularly depict the de-fenseless statue as Zorro, Uncle Sam or even a shark's meal.
No biggie. Let OB be OB, said Wear, who served two terms on the San Diego City Council from 1995 to 2002, and served the city as a lifeguard lieutenant before that.
"If someone wants to put a hat or Hawaiian lei on him, whatever. That's OB," said Wear, who addressed the Ocean Beach Planning Board in support of the project at the board's Dec. 5 meeting.
The statue, now nearly halfway toward reaching its $38,000 fundraising goal, will become another reason to find the community charming, he said.
"I think that's art. That's the way people will interact to it. You're permitting people to be a part of it," Wear said.
There will be telling differences between the lifeguard statue and his kooky colleague up the coast, Wear said. The Kook is 16 feet tall. The lifeguard will be life-size and eye level. While the Kook's charm leans toward the campy, the lifeguard will be serious and thoughtful — more reminiscent of statues in Balboa Park that depict Kate Sessions and Alonzo Horton. The statue will face the ocean with a look of duty and purpose, Wear said.
As he spoke, Wear clutched a copy of "The Lifeguards" by Robert Baxley, an Ocean Beach surfer and lifeguard in the 1950s who went on to practice law and serve as a judge on the San Diego Superior Court. The book explains how San Diego's Lifeguard Services began in the wake of a 1918 incident in which an Ocean Beach rip current claimed the lives of 13 Army servicemen.
"One of his (Baxley's) visions was to honor the lifeguards and memorialize this tragedy," Wear said.
Richard Arnold, who grew up in Ocean Beach and designed the Pointer mascot for Point Loma High School, has been commissioned for the artwork. The San Diego Arts and Cultural Commission will meet next month to consider the final design. The inspiration for the sculpture, Wear said, is the late Raymond "Skeeter" Malcolm, a lifeguard, diver and junior high school principal.
The San Diego Lifesaving Association is funding the sculpture and envisions a larger project to include landscaping and improved access that redirects pedestrians away from lifeguard vehicles — a site of many near accidents, Wear said.
• The ship that serves coffee is sailing away. Pirate Cove coffee, a long-time fixture in the Apple Tree supermarket parking lot on Bacon Street, has to pull up its anchor when Apple Tree closes at the end of the year, owner Robert Domczyk told the board. The new location will be a parking lot in the 4900 block of Santa Monica Avenue on the east side of James Gang Printing, he said. It'll be a new cart — the iconic ship won't make the voyage because it lacks the number of required sinks, Domczyk said.
• Presidential campaigning may have ended last month, but preparations are under way for community elections on March 12. As usual, seven positions for two-year terms on the OBPB will appear on the ballot, but there may be a little more at stake this time around. To make elections more accessible and relevant, the board is considering the addition of advisory propositions or community referendums, as well as ways to increase voter turnout, like Internet and absentee balloting. The board will hash out these ideas when it next meets Jan. 2 at 6 p.m. at the Ocean Beach Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Ave.
• Kevin Faulconer, who represents Ocean Beach and the rest of District 2 on the City Council, agrees with the OBPB that no more variances should be granted that allow property owners to build homes that exceed square-footage limits called for in city code. The board had appealed a city decision to allow a property owner in the 5100 block of West Point Loma Boulevard to build a three-story home larger than would have been allowed without the variance. The OBPB had unsuccessfully appealed three other projects in the block, which is dominated by a string of one-story duplexes. Faulconer was prepared to make a motion in support of the appeal, which was heard by the council Dec. 4, but allowed the applicant to withdraw the application.
"The zoning requirements … are what gives us the unique character of Ocean Beach," Faulconer said in a statement read by his aide, Mike Patton. "...[T]he elected members of the Ocean Beach Planning Board oppose this development, and I stand behind them to preserve the unique character of OB."
Said Jane Gawronski, OBPB chairwoman who presented the appeal before the City Council: "I think it's the first time they've ever listened to us (on the issue)."


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FISA Court Judges Aren't Happy That The Public Is Upset Secret Court Issuing Secret Rulings Allowing NSA To Spy On Them
from the well,-perhaps-they-should-have-thought-about-that-earlier deptShockingly, it appears that the various judges who make up the secretive FISA Court, which issues secret rulings on secret interpretations of the law that allow the government to spy on Americans, aren't particularly happy about the sudden attention they're getting. In fact, they're complaining that the claims that they're a rubber stamp are unfair, and that they're human beings too. Specifically, they're upset about the recent leaked revelations that include an inspector general's report about some FISA court activities:
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, the former chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, took the highly unusual step Friday of voicing open frustration at the account in the report and court's inability to explain its decisions.You see, they're not just FISA court judges, but they're human too. When you cut them, do they not bleed? When they issue secret rulings that appear to go completely against the 4th Amendment, are their phone call records and emails not subject to mass collection as well?
"In my view, that draft report contains major omissions, and some inaccuracies, regarding the actions I took as Presiding Judge of the FISC and my interactions with Executive Branch officials," Kollar-Kotelly said in a statement to The Post. It was her first public comment describing her work on the intelligence court.
Kollar-Kotelly disputed the NSA report's suggestion of a fairly high level of coordination between the court and the NSA and Justice in 2004 to re-create certain authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the 1978 law that created the court in response to abuses of domestic surveillance in the 1960s and 1970s.Of course, it's nice to say this, but when it's all done in total secrecy, without any sunlight or real oversight, it's difficult to believe that the process really is all that careful. Given the additional leaks that show that the NSA more or less signed off on massive data collections, it's hard not to see that as a very cozy and "collaborative" setup, rather than particularly adversarial, where anyone is looking out for the rights of the public and the limits on government overreach as presented in the Constitution.
"That is incorrect," she said. "I participated in a process of adjudication, not 'coordination' with the executive branch. The discussions I had with executive branch officials were in most respects typical of how I and other district court judges entertain applications for criminal wiretaps under Title III, where issues are discussed ex parte."
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BART Bicycle Plan: Modeling Access To Transit
August 30, 2012
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Executive Summary Plan Goal Like similar transit systems in Japan and Western Europe, BART can retool its stations and approach to access planning to attract more bicycles and fewer cars to the system each day. Bicycling to BART, particularly when those trips replace automobile access, helps avoid construction of costly auto parking spaces, can increase ridership, reinforce the agency's image as a green transportation provider, promote fitness and public health, and contribute to achieving regional goals to reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions. Providing plentiful and convenient bike parking is also the most effective tool BART has to encourage as many passengers as possible to leave their bicycles at the station, rather than bringing them onboard, thus leaving space for the system to carry more passengers. When this plan was published in 2012, approximately 4% of home-based trips, or about 14,000, were made to and from BART stations each weekday by…
Bus or Rail: An Approach to Explain the Psychological Rail Factor
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Introduction It is recognized that hard factors such as travel time, cost, availability of public transport services, and car ownership have a major impact when people consider the choice between using an automobile or public transport. Nevertheless, there is evidence from the literature that rail-based public transport often is considered superior to bus systems, even in cases where quantitative hard factors are equal. This attraction of passengers is known as a psychological rail factor, and it is used to express a higher attraction in terms of higher ridership of rail-based public transport in contrast to bus services (Axhausen et al. 2001; Megel 2001b; Ben-Akiva and Morikawa 2002; Vuchic 2005; Scherer 2010a). The existence of this rail factor is widely accepted among experts, but little evidence exists about the reasons for this phenomena. The idea of a rail factor is consistent with statements that the image of a transport system has an impact on demand. Furthermore, research…
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March 27, 2012|Transit Cooperative Research Program
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Foreward TCRP Report 153: Guidelines for Providing Access to Public Transportation Stations provides a process and spreadsheet-based tool for effectively planning for access to high capacity transit stations, including commuter rail, heavy rail, light rail, bus rapid transit (BRT), and ferry. The report is accompanied by a CD that includes the station access planning spreadsheet tool that allows trade-off analyses among the various access modes (automobile, transit, bicycle, pedestrian, and transit-oriented development) for different station types. The potential effectiveness of transit-oriented development opportunities to increase transit ridership is also assessed. This report and accompanying materials are intended to aid the many groups involved in planning, developing, and improving access to high capacity transit stations, including public transportation and highway agencies, planners, developers, and…
Safe Transit in Shared Use
July 1, 2011|Federal Transit Administration Research
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During the last 30 years, due to the flexibility of light rail transit (LRT), new systems have been implemented, some of which include line segments that share tracks with freight operations regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). To operate on the general railroad system, these LRT systems have obtained waivers from FRA safety regulations by operating with temporal separation. The aim of this research study was to further develop concepts for temporal separation to enable shared use operations in additional locations with more frequent and more flexible operations of FRA-compliant and non-compliant services. Based on the operating concepts and technology that facilitate temporal separation on the NJ TRANSIT River LINE, this project prepared a design for expanding freight and passenger operations while maintaining separation of modes in a configuration that is very similar to designs that have already been accepted by FRA.
Green Infrastructure: The Effects of Urban Rail Transit on Air Quality
February 1, 2011
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Abstract The transportation sector is a major source of air pollution worldwide, yet little is known about the effects of transportation infrastructure on air quality. In this paper we measure the effects of one major type of transportation infrastructure – urban rail transit – on air quality. Our approach uses the sharp discontinuity in transit utilization on the opening day of a completely new rail transit system in Taipei, Taiwan, to identify the air quality effects of rail transit infrastructure. Using hourly air quality data from Taiwan we have three central findings. First, we find that the opening of the Metro reduced air pollution from one key tailpipe pollutant, carbon monoxide, by 5 to 15 percent. Second, we find little evidence that the opening of the Metro affected ground level ozone pollution. Third, we find little evidence suggesting that automobile travelers adjusted their time or route of travel to the availability of rail transit. These findings shed new light on…
MARTA Transit-Oriented Development Guidelines
November 11, 2010|MARTA
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This document presents a set of Transit-Oriented Development Guidelines which have been adopted by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Transit-oriented development, or "TOD", means development that is vibrant, pedestrian-friendly, and genuinely integrated with transit.
Making Public Transport Financially Sustainable
July 1, 2010
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Abstract Over the past two decades, Germany has improved the quality of its public transport services and attracted more passengers while increasing productivity, reducing costs, and cutting subsidies. Public transport systems reduced their costs through organizational restructuring and outsourcing to newly founded subsidiaries; cutting employee benefits and freezing salaries; increasing work hours, using part-time employees, expanding job tasks, and encouraging retirement of older employees; cooperation with other agencies to share employees, vehicles, and facilities; cutting underutilized routes and services; and buying new vehicles with lower maintenance costs and greater passenger capacity per driver. Revenues were increased through fare hikes for single tickets while maintaining deep discounts for monthly, semester, and annual tickets; and raising passenger volumes by improved quality of service, and full regional coordination of timetables, fares, and services. Those efforts by…
New Starts: Lessons Learned For Discretionary Federal Transportation Funding Programs
January 25, 2010
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Executive Summary Purpose of Research The Bipartisan Policy Center's National Transportation Policy Project is one of many groups calling for new competitive programs with broad investment goals and eligibility, plus incentives for states and metropolitan areas to implement programs that support the nation's transportation objectives. The New Starts program, administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), is essentially the only discretionary transportation program of any size that o.ers a history of program design and implementation extending over many years. This paper analyzes the FTA's discretionary New Starts program to identify the lessons learned and components that might be relevant to these new competitive programs, particularly with respect to federal funding decisions. Findings The New Starts program has broad investment objectives but relatively narrow eligibility. It funds .xed guideway transit projects, such as urban rail and bus rapid transit,…
EasyConnect II: Integrating Transportation, Information, and Energy Technologies at the Pleasant Hill BART Transit Oriented Development
January 1, 2010|California Department of Transportation
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Smart growth policy strategies attempt to control increasing auto travel, congestion, and vehicle emissions by redirecting new development into communities with a high-intensity mix of shopping, jobs, and housing that is served by high-quality modal alternatives to single occupant vehicles. The integration of innovative technologies with traditional modal options in transit-oriented developments (TODs) may be the key to providing the kind of high-quality transit service that can effectively compete with the automobile in suburban transit corridors. A major challenge, however, of such an integration strategy is the facilitation of a well-designed and seamless multi-modal connection infrastructure – both informational and physical. EasyConnect II explored the introduction and integration of multi-modal transportation services, both traditional and innovative technologies, at the Pleasant Hill Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District station during the initial construction phase of the…


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Thursday, 23 August 2012
1980s commentary moments
Brian Moore: It's up for grabs now (1989)
For any Arsenal fan, the daddy, grand daddy and great-grand daddy of all commentary moments. Forget Man City's last gasp Premier League triumph in May, this is the greatest conclusion to a top flight league season - fact. To go to the home of the defending champions, the current FA Cup winners, and a team as strong as Liverpool, and require a victory margin of two goals (or more) was basically impossible. James Lawton, writing in the Daily Express on the morning of the match stated: "I happen to agree with the bookmakers that Liverpool's progression to their tenth league title in 13 years is as sure as the sunrise." Not the greatest endorsement.
Brian Moore's legendary commentary on Michael Thomas' title clinching goal was as perfect as the moment itself. As the whole country held it's breath for what seemed like an age, all of us waiting for Thomas to pull the trigger, Moore shrieked his infamous "It's up for grabs now" line that still brings goosebumps to the body. Arsenal had indeed pulled off mission impossible and Moore earned himself a place in Arsenal folklore. Since that glorious May evening in 1989, Moore's commentary has been used for titles of a DVD, book and podcast (all Arsenal based naturally). As an Arsenal supporter I remain eternally grateful that Moore could find the words to articulate the drama of the occasion. Simply stunning.
Harry Carpenter: He's hurt Tyson/Get in there Frank (1989)
Relieving Iron Mike Tyson of the World heavyweight championship in 1989 was just as improbable as Arsenal's triumph at Anfield later on in the year (I'm starting to sound like Clive Tyldesley, who loves nothing more than to bang on about another May 26 evening in 1999). Frank Bruno was the latest cab off the rank to challenge Tyson, so unfancied that Tyson was a 1/9 favourite with the bookies. The ever popular Bruno had failed in his previous world title attempt against Tim Witherspoon in 1986, and to make matters worse Tyson was a much more frightening prospect entirely.
And so it seemed after just 12 seconds of the first round, as Bruno was forced to take a count. Slowly Bruno recovered, to such an extent that he rocked the champion towards the end of the round, with an impressive left hook. It was at this point that the normally impartial Harry Carpenter slightly lost his bearings, the mask temporarily slipping to reveal the British sports fan within him. Carpenter was undoubtedly one of the finest commentators of his era, so to hear a man with his fine reputation yelling "He's hurt Tyson" and "Get in there Frank" whilst on national television was a life affirming event. For Harry was basically saying and thinking what the rest of us were, and for that alone, this moment always brings a smile to my face.
Barry Davies: Where were the Germans? (1988)
Another superb commentator, another temporary moment of British bias. Like Carpenter, Barry Davies was a reassuring mouth behind the mic, knowledgable, and passionate enough to bring comfort to the viewer. The sport of hockey had gradually been growing in Britain since the 1986 World Cup in Willesden, a year in which England's progress to the semi-finals had remarkably led to Football Focus being cancelled on Grandstand. As Great Britain reached the Olympic final in Seoul 1988, it would be fair to say that hockey fever was sweeping the nation. That the opponents in the final was Germany, only served to add more spice to the occasion.
Great Britain were leading the Olympic final 2-1 when Davies delivered his unforgettable quote. The Germans had just got back into the game and, as we all know, you can never write off the Germans. It wasn't quite squeaky bum time, but there is something about the British psyche that inheritently expects a sporting collapse at the most inconvenient of times, so Davies' "Where were the Germans? But frankly, who cares?" summary, as with Carpenter, can be rationalised (especially if you're British). Britain took a 3-1 lead and the gold was theirs, and Davies' sound bite became one of many defining moments in the career of one of the finest commentators this country has seen.
Richie Benaud: Don't bother looking for that... (1981)
1981: Charles and Diana; Ghost Town by The Specials; riots; Botham's Ashes. As I typed that last sentence, for some reason I could imagine Ron Manager reading it. That aside, it is fair to say that the 1981 Ashes series was a splendid time to be an English cricket supporter, although unfortunately for me it was slightly before my time. However, without Botham, Dilley, Old and Willis, and all that happened at Headingley, 1981 would have been consigned to the scrap heap of many Ashes series that would follow between 1989-2003.
Amongst the sublime carnage of Beefy's 149 not out at Headingley, was the priceless Richie Benaud comment: "Don't bother looking for that, let alone chasing it....it's gone straight into the confectionary stall and out again", as Botham launched Alderman for a straight six. As ever with the incomparable Benaud, he knew that silence was golden. The clip is made that much better by the brief Benaud pause, taking a millisecond to work out where the ball was heading, allowing the viewer to hear the reaction of the crowd just prior to Benaud's memorable line.
As a footnote to this classic moment, I'm guessing that after Beefy's innings he didn't feel the need to send a postcard to the Aussies, berating his captain. That would never happen, would it?
Peter Alliss: Not a million miles away (1985)
28 years, 28 long years. Such was the American domination of the Ryder Cup, that by the time of the 1985 event, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Europe in their various guises had not won Samuel Ryder's trophy since 1957. The 1983 matches were very close indeed, and by 1985, Europe were highly fancied to break their drought.
To cut a long story short (one which I'm sure I will cover at a later date), Sam Torrance found himself as the man handed with the honour of clinching the Ryder Cup for Europe. As America's Andy North imploded on the 18th at the Belfry, Torrance found himself with the luxury of four putts for the half point Europe required, although of course the Scotsman wouldn't need them. As Torrance rolled the ball towards the hole, Peter Alliss, capturing the scene superbly, pronounced: "Not a million miles away is it?", and as Torrance stretched his arms out in celebration, the crowds cheers signalled the end of 28 years of hurt. And for that alone, Alliss' commentary has to go on my list. You can enjoy it 1:40 into this clip (but only if you live in the UK I'm afraid).
Jack Karnehm: Good luck mate (1983)
Three words. No, not those ones, or an album by Cheryl Cole (I feel ashamed for knowing that). The three words I'm referring to were delivered by Jack Karnehm, just as Canada's Cliff Thorburn was about to pot the final black of the fourth frame in his second round World Championship match against Terry Griffiths. Not an ordinary black you'll understand. Hopefully the final seven points in Thorburn's break that currently stood at 140.
It was slightly ironic that Karnehm should wish Thorburn good fortune before that final black, as the break only began in the first place due to a huge slice of lady luck. But the first 147 at the Crucible was always going to be special, and Karnehm's message, spoken on behalf of anyone with a sense of the occasion, made Thorburn's maximum even more heart warming. Since 2003 there have been six maximums at the World Championships, the modern machines somehow managing to reduce the magic of the 147. Back in 1983 though, Thorburn's break was unchartered territory, and Karnehm played his part in this historic event.
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Some great selections.ReplyDelete
Who would have thought hockey and snooker commentaries would feature so strongly in our most memorable sporting moments from the 1980s? Football didn't dominate back then the way it does now.
- Toby Chopra7 September 2012 at 08:58
@Frank Heaven. You're absolutely right, and we're poorer for it now. Almost all of these were in my formative sporting moments. Although I do support certain clubs and the national team, I think a love of sport in general, rather than particular sports and teams is a much richer experience.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5 December 2015 at 05:13
Would love to see some of the late Sid Waddell's best efforts noted here as well, at a time when Darts was as much a staple diet of the British sports fan as hockey or snooker ever were. Grew up in the 1980s, and as a teacher, I can only say I wish the kids nowadays had the range of sports we knew through Grandstand, World of Sport and the like. Somehow, Sky Sports 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, etc don't have the impact of blanket coverage on Saturday afternoon on two of four channels. Were the commentators better then? Maybe. It was a better time to be a sports fan, because there was less, but it somehow offered so much more.ReplyDelete


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Washington, D.C. — Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the company's tax practices Tuesday at a Congressional hearing that alternated between fawning and testy.
A report issued Monday from the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations revealed that the bulk of Apple's profits are recorded by a pair of wholly owned Irish-based subsidiaries that pay few, if any, income taxes in any country.
In an appearance before that same subcommittee, Cook and his fellow executives noted that Apple has had the same basic arrangement since 1980. The company's Irish subsidiaries do pay U.S. taxes on their investment income and its other subsidiaries pay local income taxes in the countries in which they operate, they said. And they argued that Apple designed the structure of its overseas operations for efficiency reasons, not tax avoidance.
What's more, executives emphasized, Apple is likely the biggest payer of corporate income tax in America.
"We pay all the taxes we owe, every single dollar," Cook said. "We not only comply with the laws, but we comply with the spirit of the laws."
But some senators were skeptical of Apple and its actions and noted that the subcommittee hadn't looked into the legality of the company's tax strategies. Contradicting Cook, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., accused the company of violating the spirit of the tax code.
Through "convoluted and pernicious strategies," Apple has managed to evade paying billions of dollars in taxes, he said.
While it's true that Apple pays a lot of federal income taxes, Cook "failed to mention the less attractive fact that Apple is also one of biggest tax avoiders in America," McCain said. "It's given a new meaning to the company's old slogan — 'Think different'."
McCain was joined in his criticism of Apple by subcommittee chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich. Levin argued that Apple made a conscious choice to allocate its profits to a "tax haven." He noted that while 95 percent of Apple's research and development is done in the United States, some two-thirds of the profits the company earns from its resulting intellectual property are recorded in Ireland.
"You shifted that golden goose to Ireland, to three companies that don't pay taxes in Ireland and don't even exist for tax paying purposes," said Levin. "Don't kid ourselves to the implications to what this means to America's revenue."
But other Senators, generally Republicans, rushed to Apple's defense, arguing that the company was simply responding to an outdated tax code and was doing what was in the best interests of its shareholders.
"The tax code is a relic of the 60s," said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio. Arguing that Apple's practices are an indication not of wrongdoing but that the tax system needed to be reformed, he added that Apple doesn't "need more tax lawyers, you need more engineers."
Tea Party favorite Rand Paul, R-Ky, went even further, charging the subcommittee with conducting a show trial and "bullying" Apple.
"This problem is solely and completely created by the awful tax code," Paul said. "If anyone should be on trial here, it should be Congress. I frankly think this committee should apologize to Apple."
No matter where they lined up on Apple's tax practices, many subcommittee members were quick to praise the company's products and its business success over the last decade. Showing off his iPhone, Levin noted, "I've got one right here. My granddaughter even knows how to use it."
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Bibi on Obama: This guy, I need
JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu has never been Barack Obama's biggest fan — and for four years, he's eagerly scored political points picking fights with the president.
But two paradigm-shifting elections — one in the U.S., one in Israel — have left the Israeli prime minister with no choice: now he needs Obama.
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And that's coming through in more than just their jarringly jokey joint press conference here on Wednesday night.
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After four of the frostiest years in over six decades of U.S.-Israel relations, the two leaders are taking pains to send friendlier signals — in part because Obama will be around for another four years, in part because centrist and left-leaning parties in Israel unexpectedly elbowed their way into Netanyahu's hawkish coalition during elections in January.
"For this, you need, you see, a second term as president and a third term as prime minister. That really fixes things," Netanyahu said in response to a question about Obama's standing in Israel.
The two men seemed to go out of their way to appear chummy Wednesday at a press conference, trading jokes about their children's good looks, and working hard to seem aligned no matter the question or the issue that came up.
Repeatedly, Netanyahu tried to reassure a skittish Israeli public that the president is more of an ally than many of them think, batting away the skepticism at one point with a simple, "People should get to know President Obama the way I've gotten to know him."
There's no missing the change.
"Netanyahu has been able to get a bump every time he says no to the president. When he upbraided him in the Oval Office, he got a 10 percent rise in the Israeli public opinion. That is unheard of," said Martin Indyk, Bill Clinton's ambassador to Israel, during a roundtable discussion in Washington last week.
"Netanyahu, [who] eats polls for breakfast, he knows very well what the standing of the president is and what his own standing is," said Indyk, who predicted "a more pliant Netanyahu" more open to Obama's suggestions on settlements and Palestine.
The result, Indyk said, is a "very careful, very sensitive, very praiseworthy" Netanyahu which will help the prime minister's poll numbers because "the public doesn't like the idea that their prime minister doesn't have a good relationship with the president."
In the push-and-pull of their relationship, Obama has less incentive to give ground. Appetite for another armed conflict in the Mideast is low, and resentments linger. But the president is still eager to stave off an Israeli military strike that could unleash violence around the region. The only way to do that may be to convince Netanyahu to trust him.
"Obama's got the most dysfunctional relationship with any Israeli prime minister in the history of the U.S.-Israeli relationship," former State Department official Aaron David Miller said on MSNBC Monday. "Benjamin Netanyahu bears an enormous amount of responsibility for that."
"It was a bad four years from a personality point of view. Now, they know they've got to work together for another four years," says Elliott Abrams, a deputy national security under President George W. Bush. "How about trying a fresh start? From the point of view of both governments, that's very sensible [and] timely."
It isn't only about fresh starts, it's about a rapidly shifting political landscape in Israel. The Israeli elections augur a generational shift towards politicians of Obama's age or younger, if not always the president's progressive point of view.


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Balloon Olympics
The next time your kids are pent up inside because of bad weather, try hosting a Balloon Olympics! Easy on the pocketbook and simple to prepare, the Balloon Olympics can be played with one child or easily adapted for several. This activity provides plenty of opportunities for running, jumping, counting and balancing. And with balloons involved, there's sure to be giggling too!
What You Need:
- Cardboard or cardstock
- Paint
- Glitter
- Hole punch
- Ribbon or yarn
- Balloons in a variety of colors
- Scarf or rope
What You Do:
- The night before the games, make Olympic medals by cutting circles from stiff paper or cardboard and applying paint and glitter. When dry, punch a hole and attach a ribbon or piece of yarn. Or, make the medals the day of the games, using markers instead of paint.
- Clear some space and blow up the balloons.
- Let the games begin! String up a rope or long scarf across a hall or doorway (the larger, the better) and play volleyball. Add a couple of rackets, and you've got a game of badminton.
- Mark off a race course. It could be as simple as a hallway, or you could set up an obstacle course throughout your house. Can your child walk the entire course with a balloon between his legs?
- Have your child balance a balloon on his fingertip for as long as he can.
- Bounce a balloon back and forth on a table for a game of ping pong.
- Have your child count while bouncing a balloon against a bare wall. Add a new challenge by using one of these variations: stand on one leg, clap three times, or spin around before the balloon bounces back.
- Bat the balloon back and forth but don't let it hit the floor! You can play thumbs only, elbows only, etc.
- Have your child race while balancing a balloon on the palm of his hand. (Remember—keep the hand flat; don't curve it!)
- When the games are over, it's time to celebrate! Reward your hard-working athletes with medals and a balloon popping finale!


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TIGERVILLE, S.C. – The Coker Cobra volleyball team snapped a eight match winless streak on Saturday with a 3-2 Conference Carolinas victory over North Greenville University. The Cobras picked up the five set win by winning the first, third and fifth sets with scores of 30-28, 26-24 and 15-13.
Taylor Willis (Zephyrhills, Fla.) led the Cobras offensive attack in the victory with 15 kills and six blocks, while Katie McElveen (Hartsville, S.C.) had 12 kills and 25 digs. Also reaching the 20 dig mark were Brittany Bass (Bethune, S.C.) and Mindy Morris (Beaufort, S.C.) with 20 and 26 digs respectively.
Jordan Arnsmeyer (Sumter, S.C.) and Hannah Vadakin (Centennial, Colo.) each added nine kills and Samantha Celek (Charleston, S.C.) handed out 51 assists.
The Cobras will return to the floor on Wednesday as they continue their five match road stint at St. Andrews University at 7 p.m.


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