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It's not every day that a chassidic singer, a guitarist and a drummer find themselves submerged in six feet of water.
But for singer Benny Friedman it was all in a day's work – albeit a rather chilly day.
The idea for an underwater music video came about when Friedman traveled from his Crown Heights home to Waterbury, Connecticut, for a photo shoot at the end of last summer, prior to the release of his second album, "Yesh Tikva." Just for fun, photographer Dani Diamond took a few pictures of Friedman jumping into a backyard swimming pool, clad in dress pants, white shirt and a skinny black tie.
"Yesh Tikva" assistant producer Sruly Meyer, who also serves as director of marketing at Aderet Music which distributed the album, found the pool pictures intriguing.
"They were so cool," recalled Meyer. "But what in the world could we do with pictures of Benny in the water? Then it came to me. 'Maaleh Ani,' one of the songs on the album was about purifying yourself for Hashem's sake and water has purifying properties in Judaism. An underwater video seemed completely crazy. And very appealing."
Meyer contacted producer Moshe Bree who had always wanted to shoot an underwater video and had already suggested the idea to Friedman, who vetoed it immediately. Meyer and Bree worked out some of the preliminary details and Meyer contacted Friedman in the hopes of convincing him to reconsider.
"The first thing I thought when he called me was, 'Yeah, right. That's never going to happen,' " said Friedman.
But after giving the concept some thought, Friedman saw the potential and with that, the video began to take form. With the Yamim Tovim and colder temperatures quickly approaching, scheduling the video as quickly as possible became a top priority. Hoping for warm weather in early October, the shoot was set for the day after Sukkos, October 10.
Temperatures were hovering in the 50's when the crew, consisting of guitarist Aryeh Kunstler who arranged the song, drummer Yisroel Reches, bass guitarist Elimelch Sperling and Bree first jumped into the water, soon to be followed by Friedman, in his trademark black suit.
"We managed to get a set of inexpensive drums at a garage sale," said Meyer. "We also got a pair of speakers on the cheap, a busted bass guitar and Aryeh brought along an old, non-working guitar that he didn't mind ruining."
While the pool was heated, the crisp temperatures proved to be bone numbingly cold.
"It got crazy after a while," reported Meyer. "One of the guys was turning blue. We had to take him out of the pool and get him some hot cocoa."
Keeping the drums from floating away presented another challenge.
"We bought tons of weights and weighed everything down, including the guys, who wore weights around their legs to keep them on the bottom of the pool," said Meyer.
"Maaleh Ani," composed by Elimelech Blumstein, is the fourth track on "Yesh Tikva," produced by veteran producer Avi Newmark. For Friedman, using this particular song was an obvious choice.
"Words like this just jump out at you," explained Friedman. "Hashem is so emotionally invested in us that He actually equates our holiness with His own."
The innovative video clocks in at just over four minutes and features both the aquatic footage as well as shots of Friedman singing at sunset on a Malibu hilltop overlooking the Pacific Ocean. With over 27,000 hits on YouTube in its first four days, "Maaleh Ani" is clearly making quite a splash in the Jewish music world.


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An 88-year-old woman who was a passenger on the Exodus in 1947 immigrated to Israel.
Frances Greenberg arrived in Israel Tuesday along with more than 200 other immigrants from North America on a flight charted by Nefesh B'Nefesh.
Greenberg, was the only family member to survive World War II.
After the Exodus was denied entry to Israel, she was sent back to Germany and met her husband, who wanted to live in the United States.
"It's time to fulfill the dream of my youth," she said. "After 60 years, I am finally coming to Israel to stay."
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Given the sense of security that religious faith brings to people -such as quelling the fear of death, answering many of life's important questions, and in addition, the protection of these things through community, is it likely that religion was a necessary component of the evolving human? Perhaps, the first humans who were able to ask "who am I, and why am I here?" used religious belief to protect themselves from those who lacked this cognitive ability.
If this is true, then doesn't that mean that some or most people cannot help how religious ideas overpower their sense of reason. Science and reason then becomes the scalpal for removing this sense of security.
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Susan, yes, you have mentioned that. I have always known you and I are shoulder to shoulder, not to oppress others or dominate, but to claim our own being.
David, I value your clarity with careful expression of ideas. You make good sense and I would love to have you over for coffee and scones and a good chat.
"An atheist is free to associate with any other philosophy or belief system and still be an atheist. Perhaps there are atheists who say that religion causes all problems. I have not met any, but maybe there are some."
I am one who believes that religion causes dysfunction in individuals and communities. When an individual believes a personal god responds to prayers, provides guidance, judges "good and bad" people, places women in a subordinate role to men, that names homosexuals an abomination, and provides a place in an eternal furnace for bad ones and some mansion in the clouds, or wherever, for good ones, that there will be an Armagedon and rapture, that life is eternal, loved ones welcome newcomers to the mansion, or that Bronze Age philosophers have answers for people of the 21st century, and their version of science is good enough to teach in publicly funded schools, I make the claim that religion is to blame and the source of evil.
Community, whether family, neighbors, villages, nations, or the earth, is what I seek and I think a lot of others seek. Community made up of people who participate together, for the good of all, provides the guidance, support, encouragement, public service without all the baggage.
Churched and unchurched people are capable of evil. It is when the church authorizes dominionism, attempts to kill beliefs of people who differ from them and provides justification to proselytize while robbing people of their natural resources, they do vast harm. American natives and Hawaiian religion and lifestyle are perfect examples and others exist.
You seem to be equating religion with an actual supernatural deity. When we blame religion for something we are blaming an institution not an invisible entity.
I've been following this discussion and would like to throw my 2 cents in here. Human freedom is always confined by culture, religion, education, social norms, geography, etc. What child indoctrinated by religion has the advantage of freedom of choice? The choices we make are always infuenced by many factors that lie outside of us. As much as I want to claim pure objectivity and clarity of thought, I am truly confined by experiences, education and many other factors.
J.S. It seems the FREEDOM of choice you speak of is a myth. As others have stated here, religion cannot standby as an innocent bystander. Mankind commits evil, and history tells us that it is often religious ideas that serve as the motivation and inspiration.
Susan, I said it. Just look at each of the continents and the killing going on in the name of some deity, in whatever form. So, I spoke with hyperbole, but start with evil in families and the domination and exploitation of women, the abuse of children, the judgments of "differences" even if in one's own home. Then look at communities and a factions that fight over whose god is better or some fool demonstrates his obedience to authority by praying in the middle of the football field. Disgusting to say the least. Then go to state, then federal, then world relationships and people are either fighting for the better god, or "god given rights" claiming rights to water, or soil, or air, or fire in the name of their deity.
Yes, I exaggerate, but just look, listen, hear, feel? Do you sense peace and justice caused by a belief in a god?
Not much to add to the great insights discussed by former posters. This discussion does bring to mind a terrific RSA Animate presentation: The Empathic Civilization. For those of you who have not already seen it, it is well worth the ten minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g
Essentially, discoveries in neurobiology demonstrate that we are wired to seek belonging.
It is a fascinating question. I have seen hypotheses for an evolution of religion ranging from "as a psychosomatic pain killer" to "advantageous hyperactive agency detector." Some of the hypotheses have some explanatory power in of themselves and others that describe it as a deleterious side effect to something else that was selected for.
My bottom line, I haven't seen enough data that would convince me one way or the other (I'm not even sure that a complex social phenomena such as religion can be captured with archeological evidence).
Having said all that, I think the social cohesion model is just as valid of a candidate as any of the others I have read about.
JJ - This is precisely the point Dennett makes in "Breaking the Spell." There are many interesting, provocative theories regarding religion's origin, but none yet can be thought of as close to definitive since not enough of the right kind of research has been done. Dennett opts for a multiple-biological-environmental cause leading to a meme that replicates and evolves in human society theory, but he stresses that this is pure hypothesis begging for real research.
Science and reason offer more comfort by making the world understandable and predictable, and it will replace old attempts at bartering with mythological gods created to maintain the fantasy of having control. How many virgins does god want to settle his wrath coming out of the angry mountain? One per day, until the rumbling stops, with a bow while covered in ash.
JS, it seems as though you experience many of the same feelings I have and had. There is so much chaos going on as I try to sort out what happened, why, and what I have to do in order to be break out of my love/hate relationship I still have with religion.
One experience I had may help you sort your memories. I did a research project in China, met women whose feet had been bound when they were 4,5,6 years old. Their mothers wrapped their feet in order to keep them small, no more than three inches. The tradition of the wealthy was to make their daughters desirable for marriage. This deliberate crippling caused life-long pain, especially along the spine because of their balance problems. In 1917, the footbinding practice became illegal and mothers refused to bind their daughters' feet. I met one old lady in a hospital and she told me her mother committed a crime against her when she was four by binding her feet, but the real crime was binding her mind.
That is what religion does, especially when born into a religious family. Terrible things may be said and done in order to fulfill the expectations of whatever religion. As an individual matures, some learn their upbringing did not help him/her develop mentally healthy, mature, adult skills. So, the job becomes one of relearning better ways to live in society.
Frankly, my favorite books and videos are by Christopher Hitchens. I know, people will tell you he was an angry, vindictive, alcohol drinking, chain smoking sot who spewed out venom ... and that is all true. However, He nailed issues exactly where they belonged. His anger is catching, but if you have a safe, supporting environment, you will get through all the bad stuff and be on to better things.
Here are just a smidgen of Hitchen quotes:
The 20 Best Christopher Hitchens Quotes
My other favorite is Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson - Beyond Belief (2006) - Part 1
JS - I am not myself a convert to atheism. For as long as I have been aware of religion, I have rejected it. I suppose I feel too comfortable in my atheism. For a couple of "soft" books to get you into the right mindset, I recommend William Lobdell's Losing My Religion and Nica Lalli's Nothing: Something to Believe in. I also recommend you find a cd or dvd of Julia Sweeney's Letting Go of God.
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A group of customers at an Echo Park restaurant were joined at their table by an unexpected guest: a suspected gunman fleeing police. The 19-year-old man ran into Mohawk Bend and sat at a table with other diners after he had allegedly fired a gun during a dispute at a nearby liquor store shortly before 1 a.m., said Lt. Wes Buhrmester with the Rampart Division. The suspect had ditched a wrestling mask and jacket before trying to blend in with the other customers he had never met. "Act natural," he told the other diners, according to a police report.
"Almost immediately afterward, officers entered, saw him and took him into custody without incident," Burhmester said. "A citizen flagged down passing officers, and pointed out a pistol which was on the sidewalk in the 2100 block of West Sunset Blvd. It was seized as evidence, and discovered to be loaded."
The incident began when patrol officers were flagged down at Sunset Boulevard and Alvarado by passersby reporting a male with a gun, wearing a wrestling-type mask, at the liquor store on the northwest corner. Buhrmester, in an email, recounts what happened next:
While officers were getting more information and requesting additional units, a shot was heard. A man wearing a wrestling mask, later identified as Roque Felipe, 19, Los Angeles, was seen running west on the sidewalk from the liquor store."
The investigation revealed that Felipe was involved in a dispute with four people in front of the liquor store, and allegedly brandished and then fired the gun at them. A casing was found in front of the store. The persons who were allegedly fired upon fled, and could not be located or identified. We are still examining if the incident is gang-related. No one was hit by the shot, and officers located no bullet strikes. Felipe was booked at the Metropolitan Detention Center for assault with a firearm and discharging it during the assault, with bail set at $100,000.


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Law enforcement guidelines require that a reporting person must believe that a missing individual is a vulnerable adult or will harm himself or others before a police report can be taken.
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- Is the individual a threat to himself or others? Is there a mental health issue that if not addressed could lead the individual to commit suicide, injure self or injure innocent bystanders?
What to consider before filing a missing persons report
- A missing individual who has chemical dependency issues and has refused to face up to them does not rise to the level of a danger to himself or others by itself. This is a choice the individual has made and is free to make even if it is ruining his life.
- When there is history of disappearing and returning, no report should be made. If this person is acting on his own free will, it does not rise to the level of a police report. People have the right to direct their own lives in a manner they choose. There may be consequences for their actions but they will have to deal with that.
- Age alone is not a reason to file a police report. If a 70 year old person wants to leave his home and go somewhere, it is his right. If he has serious mental health issues, this may change the situation.
- Did this individual tell you he was going to go somewhere and you disagreed with him? In this case, the individual had a plan and executed it. Example: Father tells his kids he is going to visit a relative in another city/state. The kids tell him he can't go. He then goes. He is not missing. He is acting on his own free will. What could change this is if he is a threat to himself or others or is a vulnerable adult. In this case, see the information above. This doesn't mean the kids think he is a vulnerable adult, but there is some medical reason that he is.
- No signs of foul play. Adults are free to roam about as they please.
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- The police department will determine if the individual truly is a threat to himself or others or is a vulnerable adult. If he is, the person's name can be entered into the national database.
- Our department is not going to actively search for the individual unless there is some extreme circumstance that dictates a search. This usually involves some physical evidence of foul play, etc.
- If a police officer comes upon the missing person in the course of his normal duty, the officer cannot arrest this individual as no crime has been committed. You will receive a call and be told where the individual is and his status. If this individual is having a mental health emergency, he will be placed on a 72 hour police hold at a mental health facility. If he is overly intoxicated, he maybe taken to a detox facility for detoxification. At this time, the individual becomes the reporting person's responsibility.
If the individual truly is a threat to himself or others or is a vulnerable adult, you should go to your respective precinct to make your report unless there is evidence of foul play. Then call 911. Reports may not be made by phone to your precinct. Missing persons also may not be reported to the Police Department by e-mail.
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With new Apple, Android and Windows Phone 8 devices hitting the market this fall, and new BlackBerry 10 phones just around the corner in early 2013, there have never been so many amazing phones on the market to choose from.
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I think you may be missing my point when i am saying that having names on tickets doesnt fix the problem of scarcity.BeachBum wrote: Lemur wrote:
> having names on tickets doesnt fix the problem of scarcity
> the only issue names on tickets really deals with, as i see it, is scalping.. (scalping is legal in nevada)
Having names on tickets does reduce the problem of scarcity on the initial ticket sales because people can't over-order tickets. It reduces the initial demand for tickets so that people who want to plan ahead and really care deeply about attending Burning Man are at an advantage to people who don't. The people who care enough to plan camps, art, art cars, and other contributions have a much greater chances of knowing that they can make it to the playa, and they are some of the people who are most PO'ed at the system this year. This would help. They are the ones who help make this event be so incredible through their goodwill, and should be favored in any ticket distribution system.
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Whether we slow down the initial demand for tickets and draw it out longer or not we still have more people who want to attend the event than there are tickets.. The only issue slowing down initial demand does is ensure that more people know they will have a ticket from the LLC itself without having to resort to a secondary market that is eager to get tickets into the hands of participants (whether through nefarious means or not).
in essence, as you mention when you say that there are "greater chances of knowing they can make it", all having names on tickets does is give more people a chance at peace of mind earlier in the year.
I think we can safely assume all hoarders and scalpers want to put those tickets into a participants hand.
in the end we still have more people that want to attend than there are tickets, whether the process gets those tickets in the hands of participants through the LLC or through the secondary market.. they still get into the hands of participants..
so, again.. this begs the question...... aside from ensuring more people have peace of mind that they will get a ticket from the LLC itself instead of the secondary market (which is eager to put tickets in hands of participants) ...what is the benefit of putting names on tickets and causing all of the logistical challenges that result ?
(as an aside i dont support any ticket sales system that favors anyone in the ticket sale process, no matter their previous contributions to the event..EDIT: if you havnt earned a ticket through volunteering/working with the LLC your chances at a ticket sale should be just the same as anyone else)


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Friday, May 03, 2013
Bing Crosby's 110th Birthday
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He also voiced Papa Bear in DePatie-Freleng's 1970 "Goldilocks" with his daughter Mary Frances (yeah, the Dallas girl), and Paul Winchell as that good for nothin' Bob Bobcat! MEOW (Even Katy Perry couldn't tame him today!) Oh yeah. and Sherman Bros.songs.Steve
- May 04, 2013 1:45 AM
- David Nethery said...
That 1970 "Goldilocks" TV Special is a rarity. There's a clip from it on YouTube:
- May 04, 2013 9:50 AM
- Floyd Norman said...
I love Bing Crosby the performer. He was awesome and I was watching a Crosby movie only last night.
Sadly, in real life the man was a total A-hole. I was in the army with one of his sons and the movie business is rife with stories from those who had the dis-pleasure of working with "Der Bingo." Too bad.
- May 04, 2013 3:32 PM
Bing Crosby was a giant in the world of entertainment and in many ways was the voice of America to the rest of the world. And he raised countless funds over the years for charities and service organizations. Arguably the best book on Bing has been written by Gary Giddons, and I don't see a negative portrait in that book. The people I interviewed who worked with Bing were very positive in their recollections. Bing was a person, warts and all, there is no doubt about that. But he gave us so much that I think it is highly fitting to celebrate his birthday.
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Ridiculous and laughable. Another reason right thinking people should elect Ossoff in the Ga 6th.
This is not a political statement but a bellwether of just how ridiculous the SBC is these days on the heels of Barry McCarty, Jesse Helms nominee for NC State Chair in the 80s; just what a carnival act the SBC is these days 30 years into the takeover regime.
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Sorry, Barry.
The voters got this one right. The Baseball Writers Association of America voters did not put Barry Bonds into the Hall of Fame on Wednesday. It was the right call.
This is the Hall of Fame. It's not the Hall of Shame, and that's where steroid users belong, no matter how many thrilling home run chases and despite hundreds of victories.
They don't belong. Voters got it right.
Roger Clemens didn't get in, either. No one did, actually. For the first time since 1996, no player received the required 75 percent of the votes to be inducted into Cooperstown.
This was a big year for voting with Clemens and Bonds on the ballot for the first time.
Bonds hit 762 home runs, and Clemens pitched his way to 354 wins. Those statistics alone should've gotten them into the Hall of Fame, but those numbers were tarnished, so they didn't deserve to get in.
I was a first-time Hall of Fame voter this year. I didn't vote in Bonds or Clemens, nor did I vote for anyone else that was linked to steroids but never proven.
The voting criteria states: "Voting shall be based upon the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played."
Integrity and character don't mix with steroids.
Pitcher Dennis Eckersley was voted into the Hall of Fame in 2004. On Wednesday, he Tweeted: "Wow! Baseball writers make a statement @baseballhall. Feels right."
For people who say Bonds and Clemens would've put up those same numbers with or without steroids, I wish they would've given us the chance to see that.
I can't vote based on what I think they might've done. Rather, I vote on what they did. They tried to gain an unfair advantage, and they should not be rewarded for it.
The baseball writers got this one right.
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Officials: Syria inspectors must seek cease-fires
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International inspection teams overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons will have to negotiate cease-fires between government and rebel forces to gain access to some sites, officials closely involved with the mission said Wednesday.
The revelation is a clear indication of the risks and difficulties of the unprecedented disarmament plan, and it suggests that the effort to rid Damascus of its poison gas stockpile may have a hard time meeting its mid-2014 deadline.
The destruction of the stockpile is being led by a joint team from the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
OPCW Director-General Ahmet Uzumcu told reporters in The Hague the timeline was tight but "not unrealistic." He said inspectors have to visit more than 20 sites in coming days and weeks. Since the mission started last week, they have been to one location; they are expected to inspect a second site near Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Wednesday.
This is the first time the global organization that polices the Chemical Weapons Convention has sent its inspectors and analytical chemists into a raging civil war, and their security is a major concern amid ongoing fighting between President Bashar Assad's forces and various rebel groups. The war has already left at least 100,000 people dead.
On Wednesday, rebels overran a military post near the southern city of Daraa, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activist group. Opposition fighters late last month also captured a nearby military base that previously served as the customs office on the outskirts of Daraa.
"If we can ensure some cooperation by all parties and if some temporary cease-fires ... can be established in order to permit our experts to work in a very hostile environment, I think the targets could be reached," Uzumcu said in his first public remarks on the mission.
Previous attempts by international mediators to negotiate broader cease-fires have failed, though it might be easier for combatants to agree to halt their fire in a specific location for a limited time.
Two large umbrella groups for the Arab and Muslim world — the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation — are urging those fighting in Syria to halt fighting for the duration of next week's four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, the Arab League's deputy secretary general, Ahmed Ben Heli, told reporters in Cairo on Wednesday.
At The Hague, another senior OPCW official, Malik Ellahi, said that while cease-fires will be vital for some locations, Damascus has consolidated many of its weapons into secure locations away from rebel-held territory.
"So far what we have been told is that most of the sites and facilities that we need to inspect are in government control," he said.
Even so, the teams of inspectors will need security clearances wherever and whenever they move. An inspection team "will only go and conduct its mission ... if it is assured that security on a given day, on a given schedule is provided," Ellahi said.
Uzumcu said Syrian authorities' dealings with inspectors have so far been constructive and cooperative.
The officials said it is too early in the mission to speculate on exactly how and where chemical weapons will be destroyed and how many inspectors will be needed.
The OPCW has already said it will likely need to hire more staff to cope. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has estimated that the joint U.N.-OPCW mission will likely number around 100 staff.
On Wednesday, a new team of inspectors arrived in a convoy of six U.N. cars at a hotel in Damascus, a witness said. OPCW officials have said a dozen new inspectors were expected Wednesday, joining an initial team that has been in Syria since last week.
Experts say the weapons and precursor chemicals that are mixed to make poison gas and nerve agents like sarin can be either chemically neutralized or incinerated.
OPCW spokesman Michael Luhan said that despite the risky nature of the disarmament program, there were "no shortage of sign-ups" among the organization's inspectors to take part in what is a voluntary mission.
In other developments Wednesday, two mortar shells from Syria struck an Israeli military post on the Golan Heights, lightly wounding an Israeli soldier.
Israel's military said it struck back, hitting the source of fire, but did not specify if the mortars came from a rebel or government position.
Gunfire and mortar shells from Syria periodically land in the Israeli-controlled Golan. Israel believes most of the fire, including Wednesday's, is errant spillover from the Syrian civil war. But in some cases, it has accused Syrian forces of intentionally firing into the Golan.
In France, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault revealed, apparently by mistake, that two more journalists were being held hostage in Syria.
The French Foreign Ministry said the kidnapping of Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres had not been disclosed until now, in line with their families' wishes.
However, in an interview on French radio station Europe 1, Ayrault named them for the first time while answering a question about two other reporters kidnapped in June.
Press freedom advocate Reporters Without Borders said 25 reporters have been killed and 32 imprisoned since the start of Syria's conflict in March 2011.
Associated Press writer Maggie Michael in Cairo and Albert Aji in Damascus, Syria, contributed to this report.


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If you want to drive like a rocketeer, or maybe you just don't want to be bothered with checking your air pressure, then take a look at the Tweel.
Airless tires could solve a number of problems associated with pneumatic tire technology.
The Tweel, an experimental tire and wheel combination developed by Michelin, is designed to replace today's air-filled tires. Flexible polyurethane spokes deflect over obstacles.
The technology has been under development for a few years.
Recently, I had a flat on my vehicle, and left the spare off of the holder while the repair was being done. I realized how heavy the tires on the car are every time I opened or closed the back gate. Tires weigh at least a couple hundred pounds of the vehicle's weight, decreasing fuel economy through inertia. I doubt that the tweel as configured would work well in snowy driving, it looks like the snow and ice would jam into the gaps and throw the balance way off, making for a very bumpy ride. Certainly, there are people working up solutions to that problem.
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Filmmaker in a Box (created by YourHalfMediaGroup.com) is to be a series of film production case studies meant to inform and educate low budget and first-time filmmakers. This is a retail product comprised of several DVDs that would explain to a prospective filmmaker, in exacting step-by-step detail, how they would begin the process of putting together a low budget production and would then follow through the process of shooting the film and finally editing and completing it. This product would consist of extensive interviews with all of the principals involved with the film as well as exclusive behind the scenes footage and access to actual documents and contracts used during production. The product would offer a level of candor and insight into the various traps and missteps inherent in mounting a film while breaking down the seemingly insurmountable job into a series of manageable tasks. We are trying to convey a sense of authority on this subject while still projecting an understanding of the creativity inherent in movie making. As we have once been in the same place where our clients are now, we want to convey a sense of empathy and understanding and a willingness to educate without talking down to anyone.
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Anne Buu
posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 9:28 am
Q1: Are the factor scores saved by FSCORES calculated by expected a posteriori or maximum a posteriori?
Q2: Are the factor scores calculated by assuming the parameters of fixed effects are known (i.e. filling in the estimates of parameters)?
Q3: Why EFA does not produce factor scores? Is it "technically" not feasible or just "logically" not favored by the Mplus team?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 11:28 am
1. This varies. For TYPE=GENERAL, categorical dependent variables, and weighted least squares estimation, it is maximum a posteriori. In other cases and for TYPE=GENERAL, categorical outcomes, and maximum likelihood estimation, it is expected a posteriori.
2. Yes.
3. It is basically that if someone asks for factor solutions for one through eight factors, it would end up being a massive file depending on the number of observations. In Version 5.1, there will be a new feature that will allow this in a more limited way.
Nathan Stein
posted on Friday, August 13, 2010 - 12:02 pm
Above, you stated that there will be a new feature in Version 5.1 that will allow factor scores for EFA in a more limited way. Is this true in Version 6? Can we get factor scores from an EFA?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, August 13, 2010 - 2:17 pm
The ESEM feature which was introduced in Version 5.1 is also in Version 6. See Examples 5.24 through 5.27 and the MODEL command in the user's guide. You can get factor scores with ESEM.
Johannes Bauer
posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - 8:37 am
We estimated factor scores from a cfa model and found that the correlations between the obtained factor scores and the manifest scale means (i.e. average scores over the items belonging to each factor) are close to 0 or even negative. We observed this in two independent data sets and respective cfa models.
Do you have any idea why this is the case?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - 2:46 pm
That should only happen if the factor determinacy is very low, making the factor scores poor estimates.
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A winner was selected from 176 designs submitted by 43 freelance designers.
Marius Golf is the company which promotes Marius Filmalter, the premier putting instructor on the PGA Tour. His clients include Ernie Els, Tiger Woods and YE Yang amongst many other touring professionals
golfers from the weekend amateurs to teaching professionals to aspiring touring pros
The name of the DVD is Automatic Putting presented by Marius Filmalter. we already have a logo for Marius Golf which is attached and should be featured on the dvd packaging someplace. we need a logo for Automatic Putting and a layout for the dvd cover and the actual DVD itself. also should say "featuring Brad Faxon". I also provided some quotes from some touring professionals that should be be at very least on the back cover. the entire cover of a dvd is 11"x7 1/8"


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Playmobil is a construction toy where children can have hours of fun making their favourite models and then have just as much fun playing with the finished pieces. Playmobil is an amazing toy for encouraging children to use their imagination, role play with friends or even by themselves and also learn about the many subjects that the Playmobil toys are created about.
Playmobil first appeared on the market in 1974, but its history goes back as far as 1876 when a German locksmith called Andreas Brandstatter began a lock and metal fitting company. His son, Georg, took over the company in 1908 and by the 1930s he had redefined the company and they were manufacturing telephones, cash registers and items for toy shops using sheet metal. It was in the 1950s that the new owner Horst Brandstatter started to use his favourite material, plastic, to first make hoola hoops. Then using the same manufacturing methods, they developed the idea of making small moveable figures with fitting accessories and a good price to value ratio, and these toys were called Playmobil.
Here in the Toy Shop at WWSM we stock a huge range of Playmobil toys. Playmobil tends to be made up of a lot of small pieces and as a result is aimed at children aged 4 and above but there is now a range called Playmobil 123 which was designed with toddlers from 18 months in mind. Lots of big, colourful pieces and fun designs can be found on the 123 shelf. If you are an animal lover there are so many Playmobil scenes with animals involved. You can have fun playing at the Zoo, on the Farm, or on the Pony Ranch or how about taking a trip to play with African Wild Life. And if your animals become sick you can go to the Animal Clinic.
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Kim Stanley Robinson spoke on urgent issues for humanity
Declaring that "The world should be a public utility," and "We have already had climate change," science fiction writer, futurist and self-proclaimed optimist Kim Stanley Robinson spoke at the Mount Shasta library Thursday.
The winner of every major science fiction writing award, Robinson spoke on such subjects as climate shift, capitalism, overpopulation, GMOs, the future, and artificial intelligence.
A politically active environmentalist, he also read from two of his books, his short story "Muir on Shasta," and he took questions from the audience.
Reading from "50 Degrees Below Zero," the second book in a series on the catastrophic consequences of global warming, Robinson noted that he had described the government's response to a flooded Washington DC as inadequate and in a slightly cynical, humorous style.
"The book was published six months before Katrina and we had some laughs," Robinson said. "Then Katrina hit and it wasn't funny anymore."
On global warming, Robinson said he doesn't need a lot of scientific data to know that it's real.
"We have already had climate change. The glaciers are melting," Robinson said. "Hey, I can see it."
He also read from his latest book, "2312," which describes a submerged Manhattan that has been turned into a Venice like city that a character in the book finds delightful.
"Three hundred years from now it won't be remembered that it was a catastrophe," Robinson said.
Citing famous scientists from hundreds of years ago who proclaimed that humanity would "never" do a variety of scientific accomplishments or run out of certain resources, Robinson said now that we have achieved a high level of scientific knowledge we can make predictions.
"Three hundred years ago, they could not have possibly imagined what could happen," Robinson said. "God knows what we can come up with now. It would be rash and stupid to say we will never have a base on the moon. We might."
He also noted that colonizing Mars, the subject of one of Robinson's award winning series, is possible, but "only if the Earth is well."
In response to a question on GMOs, Robinson said that an extended family member had developed a new strain of rice.
"Global warming has meant the monsoons are much greater than before," Robinson said. "The rice can survive under water for two months instead of two weeks. I think that's good."
Robinson acknowledged that when scientists from the companies that produce foods with GMOs say it is safe, they are greeted with suspicion.
"When you are mad at science, you are really mad at capitalism," Robinson said. "The danger is when it becomes private for profit, like a Monsanto. The world should be a public utility. We should have public source genetic engineering."
Another question from the audience noted that Robinson's books often have humanity cooperating on a level that doesn't appear to be true in our time.
"I'm more hopeful now, despite the media hoopla. The media is an inventive soap opera, not the reality on the ground," Robinson said. "We are seeing scientific progress versus capitalism. We are making progress, but it's contested and under the radar."
On artificial intelligence, Robinson said science "never comes in the ways we think."
"AI is science," Robinson said.
On sustainability and overpopulation, Robinson noted that studies have shown where women achieve more rights they have fewer children.
"Social justice means less population," he said.
Robinson said among the science fiction writing community he is known as an "optimist."
"I'm thought of as a kind of Boy Scout," Robinson said as he pointed to his head with a smile, suggesting he was a little crazy. "I figure if I write it, maybe it will come true."
The Mount Shasta library carries several of Robinson's books. Robinson does not have an official website, but synopses and reviews of his books can be found at www.amazon.com.


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Jennifer Baumgardner is one of my favorite feminist colleagues, and one of those people I just think we're mighty blessed to have in our world.
A writer, speaker, and activist, Jennifer is the co-author of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future and Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism, and the author of Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics. She has also brought vital and original feminist perspectives to magazines (in need of them, IMO) like Jane, Glamour, Redbook, Real Simple, Marie Claire, and Elle. She's done great work for Honor the Earth , Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Third Wave Foundation and the New York Abortion Access Fund and, through an organization called Haven, helps host women who come to New York from other states in order to get a later-term abortion. She created an I Had an Abortion campaign to encourage women (and men) to "come out" about their procedures, of which an element is a film documenting women's stories of abortion. She and Amy Richards are also the co-owners of Soapbox, Inc., a feminist speaker's bureau and she has spoken at more than 200 colleges and universities in the last 8 years. In 2003, the Commonwealth Club of California hailed her in their centennial year as one of six "Visionaries for the 21st Century," commenting that "in her role as author and activist, she has permanently changed the way people think about feminism…and will shape the next 100 years of politics and culture."
Right now, Jennifer is working on a new project, I Was Raped, which will work to highlight the prevalence of rape in our culture and break the silence that surrounds it. A diverse range of women will be interviewed about their rapes in the hopes of adding nuance to the cultural conversation around sexual assault. Much like with her previous documentary, I Had an Abortion, alongside the documentary will be a campaign, with t-shirts that say "I Was Raped," a resource card, and portraits of women wearing the t-shirts. As part of this project, Jennifer and I are working together through Scarleteen to distribute the t-shirts and increase further awareness about rape, particularly for younger people.
What is "I Was Raped?" The "I Was Raped" Project is a documentary, t-shirt campaign, and resources designed to a) highlight the prevalence of rape in our culture and b) interrupt the silence and shame that surrounds it. The goal of this project is to add nuance to the cultural conversation around rape. The reality of rape is more subtle than the preconceptions suggest. The act of rape—as well as the emotions and reactions of the raped—fall somewhere outside of the black-and-white roles of perpetrator and victim. The current things we have in place for justice are also inadequate, since the vast majority of rape victims don't want to or choose to press charges. The aim of this documentary is to highlight these issues, as well as to give rape survivors a voice.
Why did you want to make a film about rape? What do you see as the pros and cons in how rape has been presented in film to date? There are many good representations of rape in film and TV. The scene where Louise shoots Harlan in Thelma and Louise was electrifying because women got it -- even before it was explicitly revealed -- that Louise had been raped and that she'd do anything so that Thelma wasn't. I thought the rape of Dr. Malfi in The Sopranos was appropriately terrifying and not sexy at all (I hate it when rape is shown sexily!) Even the attempted rape of Buffy on Buffy the Vampire Slayer struck me as appropriately complex. In the documentary world, there are quite a few incredible new films, including Aishah Shahidah Simmons' film No!, for instance, and Lisa Jackson's The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo.
So, what's unique about I Was Raped? I based this project on something I worked on a few years ago called the "I Had an Abortion Project." Quite a few people pointed out to me that sexual assault, like abortion, is an incredibly common-yet-silenced experience. So, it seemed like I could pretty easily plug rape into the template I had developed around abortion.
Pretty early on, though, it became clear that a big difference between the two is that you might feel sad about your abortion, but you probably chose it and there is agency in that ability to steer your life. People don't choose to be raped. Further, having an abortion is an objective experience -- you know if you have had one, generally, because you sought it and don't spend the rest of your life saying "DID I have an abortion? Maybe that wasn't a real abortion." By contrast, people who've been raped tend to doubt the experience -- say things like, "Well, I would call that rape, but maybe most people wouldn't agree," or wonder whether the perpetrator knew he was raping her or thought she was into it....it's just so much more murky. The possibly unique element to this film is that, like the abortion film, the film will be composed just of ten stories, told by the women (and one man) themselves. The only experts I'm using are the people who've been raped. No activists, lawyers, or academics (unless they are also survivors).
Do you have personal experiences with rape, either as a survivor or as a friend or relative of survivors? My sister was raped when she was 14 and I was 12. It was a very typical story -- it was one of her first times drinking and she got woozy. She went to lie down and woke up to find the friend of her boyfriend on top of her. The next day she was the talk of the school -- and newly rechristened as a "slut." When I was a kid, I was just sort of baffled that my sister was so sophisticated that she'd be ready to have sex. I was just 19 months younger and was nowhere near ready. I later realized that she wasn't ready either, and didn't choose that sex (nor did she choose to be preyed upon for the rest of her high school career, thanks to her new reputation). Some of my friends in high school had similar experiences to my sister, and by the time I got to college I was exposed to a feminist framework for understanding what had happened to my friends and my sister.
How has making the film been for you as an experience so far? It's been wonderful in the sense that I have met incredible, resilient, and insightful women who entrust me with their stories. Having said that, it's also been really upsetting. Rape is usually a really humiliating experience--in addition to being a profound betrayal--and here I am asking people to relive those moments.
What's one big myth you often see about rape? One big myth is that talking about rape is "Too Much Information."
What's your take on the justice system and rape right now, and how do you feel that impacts victims and survivors? Rape is crime that goes unpunished, despite its illegality. It's very unlikely that someone who has been raped will get legal justice (the majority--60%--of rapes are not reported; only 50% of reported rapes result in an arrest; very few arrests result in a conviction). Given that, it's important to find other ways to feel like some justice has been served, whether it's writing a letter to the rapist about what was done to you or telling your story to help someone else heal.
Often, a lot of people have the idea that we've come a long way when it comes to rape in terms of awareness, the legal system, and cultural ideas about rape. Do you think we have? Where do you think we still need to go? Well, we at least have language to describe date rape and marital rape (which are most rapes), where we used to only think forced sex could happen with total strangers lurking in the bushes. I think we need to find spaces for people to be able to be open about the things that have happened to them, like rape, without defining them by that experience. All of the women I've talked to are so eager to tell their stories, yet fear being reduced to "that raped girl." A well-known, super-feminist writer of my acquaintance said that she couldn't imagine being open about her rape because people would "use it against" her--i.e. people who opposed her political insights would say, "Well, yeah, she'd say that--she was raped and is screwed up!" She felt honesty would not put the onus on the rapist to feel shame, as you'd hope, but would merely undermine her credibility as a woman in a still male-centered field.
What do you think young people, particularly, can do to help disable rape culture? I think women can practice saying "No!" a dozen times a day--yelling it or not, but looking someone right in the eye and saying "No." Because it's hard for women to--I don't know, disappoint? Be seen as mean? Be unfriendly?--a very clear no is an important muscle to have to interrupt rape culture, which relies on women being polite and not trusting their instincts or believing they can have boundaries. I think we can talk to men about our rape experiences. One woman in the film tells her son about being raped; another tells her father. Being honest and inviting men to understand and sympathize will undermine rape culture, too, which is based on silence and no one thinking they know people who've been raped. Men are raped, too, and making space for them and hearing about that experience is crucial, also.
As a feminist and an activist, what do you see a film like this as being able to accomplish? What's your wildest dream for it? I just hope it's an entry point for people to think about rape not as an abstraction, but as something that affects our circle of loved ones and needs all the brains possible to figure out strategies for eliminating rape. Wildest dream? That every high school will screen it and invite a community discussion around rape and sexual violence.


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Introduction to numbered "Hotel Reviews by HH" – cooperation with Hotel Designs
My wife and I became hoteliers in 2000 after having fulfilled creative and caring professions unrelated to hospitality. In 2000 we started to convert a dilapidated terraced house next to our own house into a luxury 3 suites "Hotel" or Luxury B & B and operated it under the name Haagsche Suites (i.e. Suites of The Hague) until we'd closed it in December, 2013. Currently I am an almost full-time blogger on several blogs, Happy Hotelier and Chair Blog being the closest related to Hotel Design.
Shortly after we closed Haagsche Suites I've contacted Patrick Goff of Hotel Designs which has a section of Hotel Reviews. I remember being very proud having Patrick review our Haagsche Suites. I also remember saying to my wife when Patrick stayed at our place:"Whenever we stop Haagsche Suites I want to do what Patrick does". So Patrick and I met in spring and decided to a cooperation between the Blog Happy Hotelier and his site Hotel Designs. Patrick will be paying for a couple of "Hotel Reviews by HH". To celebrate and remember our deal I've changed the header image of the blog from a garden view of Haagsche Suites into a view of the Brighton wheel, Brighton being the place where we met. The current review is the first. I Hope Hotel Reviews By HH will become a distinct qualification or maybe label by itself. Next to the more formal styled reviews I will continue to review hotels we've visited in a more informal way. Oh and you can read more about Patrick in my 10 Questions Interview with him.
Wakeup Copenhagen Borgergade
I come from the opposite end of hotel design spectrum. I believe(d) the guest needs to get as much room as economically feasible in order to feel well. Nevertheless I've closely followed the other end of the hotel design spectrum, noticing the market seems to undergo a change towards this idea guests don't matter how small the room is, as long as its design is up to standard. So I was curious how the chain who owns the Wakeup would tackle this in Copenhagen, one of the top centers of "design", especially furniture design. While writing the review it appeared there are many more hotels in this segment in Copenhagen.
Why chose the Wakeup Copenhagen Borgergade?
In May 2014, when I prepared for a city trip to Copenhagen two things drew my eyes to the new Wakeup Copenhagen Borgergade:
- It is very well located in the city center near Kongen Nytorv, Nyhavn, the Danish Royal Palace Amalien Borg, the Danish Design Museum and the city's main shopping walk Oestergade. Actually its location is better than many of its competitors in the small rooms, but "design" hotel, segment.
- The fact that it is the second Copenhagen Wakeup. That means that the first must be a success which could be repeated
The dark gray brick of the exterior is a nice addition to the other buildings in the street
At the time I visited the Wakeup was approximately 2/3 finished. The 1/3 unfinished is an office building right of it which is being converted. When finished this Wakeup will count approximately 500 rooms.
As I pointed out already, the hotel is nicely located for the aspiring city hopper. A plus is it provides for rental city bikes. Copenhagen doesn't have a cycling plan like Paris for example. Metro station not far away, approximately 15 minutes walking distance. With your own car approach is no problem at all and it is located next to a parking garage which after the building in the basement of which it is located will been completed, will be part of the hotel. The entry to the parking garage is next to the hotel. Ladies traveling alone by car don't have to be afraid to be bothered while reaching the hotel in the night.
I usually also look at the way the hotel fits in its environment and this Wakeup does it nicely with its contrasting dark gray brick as opposed to an adjacent building in red brick. Height is the same as other buildings in the street. The street is wide. Even the rooms in the front don't suffer from cramped feelings because there is another high building near by.
I conclude this summary here with 3 photo's of the rooms and suggest you move over to Hotel Designs for the "Real" review
To your right is an en-suite bathroom in the form of a glass in-room pod with round shower stall
Flush buttons above the lid when up would have been more convenient
Not easy to make a proper video;-)
Read more at Hotel Designs.
(All photos and video © Happy Hotelier and Hotel Designs)


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Before the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, most legislators knew that the passage of a farm bill by the end of this year was going to be a struggle, said Mark Keenum, chief of staff for Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss. Keenum spoke during the National Cotton Council's fall board meeting.
After the events of Sept. 11, the tone turned even more pessimistic. While the House is on course with its version of a farm bill and was set to begin debate on Oct. 3, the Senate is less inclined to take up the challenge.
Keenum noted that Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., ranking minority member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has said he "couldn't believe that Congress could even consider moving on a new farm bill in a time of war."
Keenum said a number of farm-state congressmen are concerned that if the farm bill is delayed past April, 2002, when Congress is set to pass another funding resolution, "there's no guarantee that the ag funding will be there."
Keenum explained that the agreement for the $73.5 billion currently appropriated for ag spending over the 10-year life of a new farm bill was struck during a time when there was a huge federal budget surplus. In addition, the allocation did not require deficit spending on the part of Congress.
Economic conditions have since worsened and the surplus has all but disappeared, meaning Congress might not be as willing to allocate the full funding. However, it has shown a willingness to authorize deficit spending through its allocation of $40 billion for terrorist victims.
Some farm groups worry that agriculture's lobbying effort for a farm bill may be viewed as insensitive, since it comes at a time when the nation is grieving over the loss of life at the World Trade Center and focused for a war on terrorism. But Sen. Marion Berry, (D-Ark.) told attendees of the meeting via telephone "Money that we spend on farm programs is also a national security issue."
If the farm bill isn't passed this year, attention will turn to securing $7.3 billion for 2002. "There's a good chance that bill will be passed," Berry said.
One factor is that 2002 is an election year and Republicans are intent on regaining control of the Senate, noted Keenum.
"We have a desperate situation out there," Keenum added. "If we don't do anything for producers, we could see a huge loss of producers next year."
Another possibility for agriculture is that a farm bill may meet the criteria for the Bush Administration's proposed economic stimulus package, said John Maguire, the NCC's vice president of Washington Operations.
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No quit in Norfolk.
Craig Kowalski allowed 2 goals on 36 shots for the win.
First Period
HER Bourque, (21) (Giroux, Kronwall), 0:51
NOR Jones, (18) (Konopka, Lundin), 14:55 (PP)
NOR Smolenak, (22) (Wishart, Segal), 16:36
Second Period
NOR Swanson, (1) (Wishart, Konopka), 10:48
Third Period
HER Giroux, (55) (Bourque, Kronwall), 1:01
ATO forward John Swanson, who was signed today out of St. Cloud State, potted the game winning goal in his first pro game and was named third star. Well played. Kowalski was the game's first star.
Radek Smolenak potted his 22nd goal of the season while Blair Jones inched closer to the 20 goal plateau by lighting the lamp for the 18th time this year. There are still questions about Jones' intensity, no doubt, but 20 goals has to make you stand up and take notice.
Ty Wishart returned to the ice for the first time in about three weeks and hit the scoresheet for helpers in duplicate for the first multi-point game of his pro career.
It kind of snuck up on me: but Mike Lundin has 26 points now in Norfolk. He has a very real opportunity to hit 30 points in about 50 AHL games with the Admirals. I know Darren Rumble really likes Lundin, but the question remains about how well he fits with what Rick Tocchet is trying to do in Tampa Bay. There's no doubt in my mind, though, that his time in the AHL this year has been beneficial to his development and some NHL team is going to reap the rewards next season with a better player.
Norfolk's win, its 30th of the season, and Albany's loss inches the Admirals within 1 point of climbing out of the division basement with 6 games to go in the season. The Admirals also improved to 20-14-4 on home ice with the victory. Norfolk's final two home games of the season are this weekend, meaning the worst the Admirals could finish on their home rink is 4 games over .500. However incremental it may be, there is progress in Norfolk, VA.
Box score from TheAHL.com.


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Oswego Matters – Spring 2015
Coming home. For many of us, that evokes feelings of comfort, warmth, special memories and family. That's one of the reasons the Oswego Alumni Association is relaunching an annual Homecoming program this fall. Unlike our annual Reunion Weekend held every year in June, which is targeted to milestone anniversary classes and affinity group reunions, Homecoming


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EDITOR'S NOTE: Boris Epshteyn formerly served as a Senior Advisor to the Trump Campaign and served in the White House as Special Assistant to The President and Assistant Communications Director for Surrogate Operations.
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - We are going through a tough time in our country. Just this week, we saw the worst attack on New York City since 9/11.
Something said this week, by a Hollywood star of all people, did strike me as extremely refreshing.
Actor Bryan Cranston said in an interview that although he did not want Donald Trump to be president, he wants him to succeed.
"He is the president. If he fails, the country is in jeopardy. I don't want him to fail. I want him to succeed. I do. I honestly do. " Cranston told The Hollywood Reporter.
I agree with Cranston's sentiment wholeheartedly. We should want our president to succeed, because that means success for our country as a whole. To want our government to fail is to say that we want our economy to go down and for us to be less secure. That means people losing jobs and, potentially, their lives.
Of course, this is not a call for blind agreement. This is a call for wishing our country the best.
I worked on the McCain Campaign in 2008. When the votes came in, of course I was disappointed that my candidate had lost. But I was truly hopeful that our country could come together under President Obama.
Here is the bottom line: everyone believes that their views are what is best for the country. That does not mean that those holding different political views are bad people. Let's get back to a place where we can disagree with the policies of our elected officials, but not want them, and our country, to fail.


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Gigi Scaria, Prisms of perception (production still), 2010, single-channel SD video, 16:9 ratio, colour, sound, 4:25 minutes. © Courtesy the artist
Gigi Scaria, Amusement park (production still), 2009, single-channel SD video, 16:9 ratio, colour, sound, 5:24 minutes. © Courtesy the artist
Presented in partnership with Utopia@Asialink, in association with Melbourne Festival.
Gigi Scaria was born in Kerala, India, in 1973. He is one of a new generation of Indian artists who has established a significant international exhibition profile with exhibitions in India, the United Kingdom, America, Europe, Asia and Africa. In 2011, Scaria was one of five artists (with Zarina Hashmi, Sonal Jain, Mriganka Madhukaillya and Praneet Soi) to represent India at the Venice Biennale. He has also produced large-scale public sculptures, including Wheel (2009), which was shown at the India Art Summit (2011). In 2012, Scaria travelled to New Zealand to participate in the exhibition Topical heat: new art from south Asia, and to the village of Nees, Denmark, for the Banner project.
The Potter will present a selection of Gigi Scaria's recent videos for the 2012 Melbourne Festival, providing audiences with the opportunity to experience his work for the first time in this city. Since 2002, Scaria has made thirty independent films which explore a range of topics inspired by place and the people who inhabit particular locations that are imbued with different social and political conditions. The films include: A day with Sohail and Maryan (2004), Home: in/out (2005), Raise your hands those who have touched him (2007), and All about the other side (2008). Subjects such as the children who inhabit the streets of Delhi, and the memories of people who have met or seen Mahatma Gandhi inspire him, while recent video work deals with the impact of the rapid growth of India's cities and the social conditions that have been affected by this change.
Through his paintings, sculptures, photography and videos, Scaria creates environments of the future and reinterprets the human relationship to modern progress. He constructs imaginary architectures, unfamiliar landscapes, and humorous film scenarios where people are often trapped inside or excluded from built structures such as apartment buildings or lifts.
Gigi Scaria's experience of moving from his village in the southern state of Kerala, to the sprawling national capital, Delhi, made clear to him the sense of alienation commonly experienced by migrants. His videos are informed by this experience and the change and constant flux of great cities. Scaria is interested in the effect of this change on newly arrived and long-established residents. The imaginative and visual richness of Indian literature has also had a strong influence on Scaria's creativity. The interpretation of his art—including the constructions and perceptions projected by the audience—evokes a complex web of individual and collective experiences relating to subcontinental migration, society, and political activities that are embedded in artistic, cultural, and literary traditions.
During September and October 2012, Gigi Scaria is resident in Melbourne, supported by the Macgeorge Bequest. The Potter will present a major solo project by Scaria opening in September 2013.
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I posted recently with a frustrated review on the game. I've come back to admit that I have taken some more time to play, and I'm doing Muuuuuch better. Here are some tips for the noobs who have just come in:
- The first couple missions, concentrate on keeping 1 person in the weapons(red) room, one in the shield(blue) recharge room and one in the "Dodge Generator"(orange) room.
Try and get two medics on your ship, with 1 more person used in the Command Room.
Take your captain and another red shirt with you into the hallway, BEFORE YOU JUMP TO NEW PLANET. Set them up against the inner walls/hallways, keep them away from exterior walls or too close to them
Bring one of your medics within 2-3 spaces from your captain and keep your red shirt in front of him: you'll know when, once you are boarded. Let your red shirt take the blunt.
Your captain can shoot farther, so keep him back and eventually use his "skill" (note: this is where the active pause feature would come in handy)
When you hear a warning sound and you see the red target on your ship, ignore the first one and instead concentrate on keeping your shields up
While they board, try to "aggro" them to your two man crew with one of the engineers (note: always keep an engineer handy and in view, they will be a nice aggro while they repair, and if your medic is nearby, you can heal him)
The token system is awkward at first, but you'll get used to it. Only use the dodge when you are out of shields. note: You can hold two tokens at a time, so make sure your 2 tokens are ready for dodge, weapon, shields
When you win battles, try and focus on orange and red tokens first, make your hits count while you get used to the mini-games.
Eventually when you have a large number of members to use (9-10), you can really do some damage to the boarding enemy if you just setup a line by the doors. Keep one medic out, one in with the shield regen (i use the princess). Only use the captain for extra firepower, get your team upgrading their skill sets.
Only really use the dodge when you see several red targets on your screen. Once they hit, they normally board you, get those shields back up right away and DON'T FORGET TO CLICK FOR MORE TOKENS. I can't say this last part enough. It's completely awkward the way it works. Make that a priority to keep your minions working toward the next token.
Save just before you jump sectors, and if all else fails, load up and go somewhere else.
You can visit old sectors later but get less rewards (grinding)
I hope someone will get something useful out of my rant


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Ann Harlan Cameron Adair
21 Jul 1865 - 26 Dec 1953
That be her bible she's clinging to? I love her...she's got character in her face.
Ann H. Cameron Adair was a remarkable woman ahead of her time. Alone, with horse and buggy, she would travel to adjacent counties preaching at revivals. Some have said, they could hear her preach a mile away. Yes, her bible was very important to her and her family.


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Softball Playoff Format Changed Due to Field Conditions at St. Joe's
Bellport, N.Y. - The 2008 Skyline Conference Softball Playoffs were postponed on Friday night, due to the field conditions at host site St. Joseph's Martha Avenue field in Bellport, N.Y. The Conference Champion, who will advance to the Division III NCAA Championship Tournament, needs to be decided by Sunday night, so the format of the playoffs has been revised in order to meet the deadline.
The playoffs, originally a double-elimination format, have been changed to single elimination and all three games will be played on Saturday, May 3rd.
Revised Schedule (all played on the Suffolk Selden campus)
Noon - #4 Mount Saint Mary vs. #1 St. Joseph's
2:30pm - #3 Polytechnic vs. #2 Farmingdale State
5:00pm - Winners play for Championship and automatic bid to NCAA'