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Audio of Rep. Paul Ryan speaking to the Atlas Society's "Celebration of Ayn Rand," 2005
When they booed Paul Ryan at the American Association of Retired Persons last week, most people didn't even know he called Medicare and Social Security "third party or socialist-based systems." Or that he said he wants to privatize them in order to "break the back" of a "collectivist philosophy."
On recently transcribed remarks from an audio recording, Ryan said his ideas and values were shaped by an extremist author who thought humanity must "reject the morality of altruism," and that his opinions on monetary policy are guided by a fictional speech which says "the words 'to make money' hold the essence of human morality."
That author says the "collectivist philosophy" Ryan ascribes to Social Security and Medicare is a "looters' credo." By that reckoning, anyone who receives assistance from the government – including disabled combat veterans or impoverished children – is a "looter."
"Seniors are looters." Wonder how that would have gone over at the AARP? "Disabled veterans are looters." How would that play at the local VFW?
This recording confirms that the GOP's Vice Presidential candidate is the most politically extreme major-party candidate in living memory. His views have already drawn the opposition of Catholic theologians, as well as advocates for lower-income people, the middle class, seniors, the disabled, and children.
If those views were better known, they'd also alienate independents, Democrats, and seniors, as well as most Republicans and Tea Party members.
And by "alienate," we mean terrify.
Ryan's 2005 remarks were made at a gathering entitled "A Celebration of Ayn Rand," in which Rand's often-cultlike followers gathered to celebrate their strange heroine.
How extreme, how far from the mainstream, was Rand's thinking? She was profoundly hostile to the idea that human beings should helping one another, writing that "If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject." Rand also wrote that "Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life."
Oh, and the hero of Rand's novel The Fountainhead commits an act of terrorism. He's an architect who blows up a building because he's angry that his design was changed.
Watch your back, John Boehner.
People should be free to explore any ideas, no matter how far out of the mainstream, without public censure or government restrictions. I've debated Rand acolytes and have always enjoyed the exchange of ideas. But imagine how the press would react if the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate had attended, say, "A Celebration of Karl Marx," where adherents approvingly quoted the final paragraph of the Communist Manifesto?
That's the paragraph which concludes, "… the ends can only be achieved by forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions."
Sects, Lies, and Audiotape
Ryan said this at the "Celebration":
I just want to speak to you a little bit about Ayn Rand and what she meant to me in my life and [in] the fight we're engaged here in Congress. I grew up on Ayn Rand … and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are.
Ryan also said "the reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand."
Remember Rand's words: ""If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject." That's the philosophy that Ryan says framed his "value systems" and beliefs.
It's true that Ryan tried to distance himself from Rand this year – "thrice," as Brad DeLong noted. But the public portions of the "Celebration" speech put the lie to those claims.
DeLong's use of the word "thrice" is a subtle reference to the Biblical story of the betrayal of Christ by Judas, after which St. Peter denied Jesus that many times "ere the cock crowed." But if Ryan has publicly betrayed Rand, he's did so primarily by criticizing her catheism and not her political philosophy.
It's only fair to point out another difference between the Biblical story and Ryan's: unlike Judas (and reportedly a number of Rand's disciples as well), Paul Ryan did not kiss his leader.
Soulless Inspiration
On the contrary. Ryan said that Rand's writing "inspired me so much that it's required reading in my office for all my interns and my staff. We start with "Atlas Shrugged" … We go to "Fountainhead" (note: that's the one whose hero commits a terrorist act) … (and) I always go back to… Francisco d'Anconia's speech [in Atlas Shrugged] on money when I think about monetary policy."
What did d'Anconia say in Atlas Shrugged? "Do not envy a worthless heir … Do not think (his wealth) should have been distributed among you; loading the world with fifty parasites instead of one … " Rand/d'Anconia also says "To love money is to know and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you …"
Here's what Rand-as-d'Anconia says about any wealthy person with a conscience: "Swarms of looters that stay under rocks for centuries come crawling out at the first smell of a man who begs to be forgiven for the guilt of owning wealth. They will hasten to relieve him of the guilt – and of his life, as he deserves." (Rand's writings frequently exult in the deaths of anyone she considers inferior.)
The speech also says that "Money is the barometer of a society's virtue," adding: "The words 'to make money' hold the essence of human morality … Now the looters' credo has brought you to regard your proudest achievements as a hallmark of shame, your prosperity as guilt, your greatest men, the industrialists, as blackguards … "
For those who prefer democracy to being subjugated by the wealthy, Rand/d'Anconia offers these words: "The rotter who simpers that he sees no difference between the power of the dollar and the power of the whip, ought to learn the difference on his own hide – as, I think, he will."
(Whips are favored Rand image; don't even think about it.)
This is the speech that Paul Ryan says he reflects on whenever monetary policy is discussed.
Red Grandmas
Ryan said the political debates in Washington, "whether it's an amendment vote that I'll take later on this afternoon, or a big piece of policy we're putting through our Ways and Means Committee, it is a fight that usually comes down to one conflict: individualism vs. collectivism. are "a fight of individualism versus collectivism."
Ryan trains his apocalyptically ideological worldview squarely on the nation's seniors and disabled, calling both Medicare and Social Security "third party or socialist-based systems" that must be dismantled in their present form. He laments the collectivist victory that will take place
… if we do not succeed in switching these programs, in reforming these programs from what some people call a defined benefit system, to a defined contribution system … and I'm talking about health care, as well–from a third party or socialist based system to an individually owned, individually prefunded, individually directed system.
Ryan adds: "We can do this. We are on offense on a lot of these ideas."
These words were spoken in 2005. Since then the Democrats have – and lost – Congress, with Social Security a key element in both their victory and their defeat. But despite the election of a Democratic President, Ryan's radical ideas are still on the "offense" and these popular programs are still on defense.
That's Not His Cross to Bear
Ryan's proposals are opposed by virtually all advocates for seniors, the disabled, veterans, and children, His ideas also place him in opposition to mainstream Catholic and Christian theology. The audio of his appearance before a group of Ayn Rand followers included a partial transcript, but it was Catholic theologian Vincent Miller who transcribed the parts about Social Security and Medicare and brought them to light.
Catholic theologians have long condemned Ayn Rand's economic philosophy in writings such as the Jesuit-published book,Architects of the Culture of Death. Charles Pierce has been tracking Ryan's conflicts with the Jesuits for a while, and he pointed us to Miller's reaction to this latest audio revelation:
(Ryan's) philosophy leaves no room for Catholic notions of Government in service to the common good, there is no room for a social conception of the human person … Ryan's policies are based on a political philosophy completely at odds with the principles of Catholic Social Doctrine.
Miller also writes of "the threat this philosophy poses to the Catholic faithful." His words were published online in America: The National Catholic Weekly, which is described as a "Catholic media ministry." Miller's qbio states that he is "Gudorf Chair in Catholic Theology and Culture at the University of Dayton."
He is also a very good writer.
The Architects
Ironically, Rand saves her greatest praise for those who 'build' things, a category which ironically includes neither Romney (a career investor) nor Ryan (a career government official). They'e not even architects like Rand's bomb-planting protagonist in The Fountainhead.
But that doesn't mean they don't have a blueprint. From Ryan's "Celebration" speech:
I was the principlal author of the Health Savings Account law, which was an amendment I brought to the floor and passed in the Medicare bill in the last session of Congress. Health Savings Accounts, personal accounts for Social Securities, these are the things that put us on offense, that get the- the individual back in the game and break the back of this collectivist philosophy that really pervades, you know, ninety percent of the thinking around here in this town.
In case that wasn't clear enough, Ryan added: "I think if we win a few of these right now–moving health care to a consumer based, individualist system, moving Social Security to an individually preowned, prefunded retirement system–just those two right there will do so much to change the dynamics in this society."
Randian extremism speaks through Romney, too, as when he says of the now-famous and mythical "47 percent," "I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
Maybe he can't – but Paul Ryan can. Together Romney and Ryan hope to dismantle the programs we've built together as a nation. Those programs guarantee us financial security in our senior years or if we're disabled. They feel the same way about other programs for poor and middle-income Americans. Romney may have done less of the required reading, but he's just as extreme as his running mate.
Chapter and Verse
Bill Maher was right when he said that "the God Mitt Romney worships isn't in the Bible, it's in the Cayman Islands or Geneva," and that putting God on money is "redundant" because money has become our God. You can thank Ayn Rand and her acolytes, from Alan Greenspan to Paul Ryan, for that theological shift.
Mitt Romney's secret video showed that he shares the delusionally sheltered and narcissistic worldview of his ultra-wealthy peer group. Paul Ryan's recording reveals his radical hostility toward the nation's most popular social programs. Together they display a deep reverence for money, a rejection of the social values that have guided our society since it was founded, and contempt for the idea that people can and should work together to solve their common problems.
The story of Judas is found in Matthew 26, but Ryan's Catholic critics are more likely inspired by words from the preceding chapter. That's the one where Jesus says, "Inasmuch as you have done it to the least of these" – fed the hungry, clothed the naked, housed the homeless – "so too have you done it unto me."
"The least of these." Or as the Romney/Ryan/Rand crowd calls them, "looters."
(Many people, including my own stepmother, have chastised me in the Huffington Post comments section for saying "thrice" refers to "the story of Judas."It was Peter, not Judas, did the thrice-denying. I know that! But I've always thought of Matthew 26 as Judas' story. I still maintain that I was on sound scriptural ground, but I've changed the wording for clarity – and to stop an incipient Sunday school teachers' riot. Now will you please keep those rulers away from my knuckles?)


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This post is dedicated to 30 countries that have awesome nicknames.
Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires
Albania: Land of the eagles
Australia: The lucky country
Belarus: The White Rus
Bhutan: Land of the thunder dragon
Cameroon: The Armpit of Africa
Canada: A few acres of snow
Chad: The dead heart of Africa
Chile: Land of poets
Egypt: The gift of the Nile
England: Land of hope and glory
Ethiopia: The Mother Land
Finland: Land of a thousand lakes
France: The Church's old daughter
Indonesia: The lungs of the world
Ireland: The emerald Isle
Italy: The boot
Lebanon: Switzerland of the Middle East
Lesotho: The Kingdom in the sky
Malaysia: Bolehland
Mongolia: Land of the blue sky
Paraguay: An island surrounded by land
Philippines: The pearl of the Orient Seas
Rwanda: Land of a thousand hills
South Africa: Rainbow Nation
South Korea: Land of the morning calm
Slovenia: Sunny side of the Alps
Srilanka: Pearl of the Indian Ocean
Ukraine: The bread basket of Europe
Venezuela: Land of grace
That's it. What is the Nickname of your country? Feel free to share in comments.

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Thieves are stealing big red bottles of Tide laundry detergent from bodegas, grocery stores, and big-box retailers across the country. The bizarre thefts initially baffled police officers.
It turns out criminals exchange the detergent for drugs, with a 150-ounce bottle going for either $5 in cash or $10 worth of weed or crack cocaine, Ben Paynter writes for New York Magazine.
Some stores are losing $10,000 to $15,000 a month from people shoplifting Tide right off the shelves. The government and law enforcement like to call this "organized retail crime" or ORC. The FBI estimates that organized retail theft costs retailers nearly $30 billion a year.
The ORC police unit in Prince George's County, Md. raided homes near the border between Prince George's County and Washington D.C. and uncovered not just Tide and drugs but $20,000 in stolen property, Paynter writes.
After reviewing security footage, Prince George's County police discovered that the Tide theft ring was an organized crew of more than two dozen thieves, working in crews and timing their thefts to clerks' shift changes to avoid being caught.
Here's why Tide is used as a drug currency: Tide is the nation's most popular and recognizable laundry detergent brand, and at $20 for a 150-ounce bottle, it costs more than most detergents, Paynter points out.
Tide is also a staple in houses across the socioeconomic spectrum, making it an ideal currency for drugs.
"There's no serial numbers and it's impossible to track," Detective Larry Patterson of the Somerset, Ky., Police Department, where authorities have seen a huge spike in Tide theft, told The Daily. "It's the item to steal."
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I used BING for a great many years, and I have recently purchased BIBM to use with my new Lenovo Windows 10 laptop (an Ideapad 700-15ISK).
I performed the initial Windows setup, and then created the Windows Recovery drive on a 16GB memory stick. I decided that I wanted to create an image of the Recovery drive on a separate hard disk (just in case the memory stick went bad when I needed it). I am trying to use BIBM to do this (BIBM booted from another memory stick -- not installed on hard drive). This is what happens:
(1) I can boot BIBM successfully from a USB2 memory stick (uses a USB3 socket).
(2) BIBM can see the USB2 memory stick containing the Recovery drive (works in both the USB2 socket or the USB3 socket).
(3) BIBM cannot see the USB2 Seagate hard disk that I connected to use as the destination for the partition image. I have tried both a USB2 socket and a USB3 socket, but without success. I have also tried a different USB cable, just in case the first one was faulty. The disk has its own power supply.
I am stumped! Windows XP on my old Sony laptop see the Seagate without problem, as does Windows 10 on the new Lenovo laptop. So why can't BIBM see it? The disk is formatted NTFS.
BIBM actually sees these disks:
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I know that the answer to my attention-grabbing question is : "You can't win at roulette, it's a negative Expected Value game".
Yes, you're right, long term speaking.
Let's imagine a medium-short term situation (just an after-dinner at the casinò) where there will be <100 bets.
What's the best strategy to use to win some money?
I imagine a hypothetical formula that considers our "money target" and percentage of success as inversely proportional (the more we want to win the less likely we are going to succeed).
What do you think? Are those "red-black double if lose" systems useful?


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I've got rhythm, I've got music, I've got dancing, who could ask for anything more? Actually, I have neither dancing nor rhythm, but with the receipt of my replacement, refurbished iPod I once again have music.
The past week of commercial radio (or the alternative – silence) during my daily commute has been just this side of hell. I cannot imagine how these stations stay in business. Each hour was dominated by at least 45 minutes of advertising and/or disc jockey banter, or so it seemed. How spoiled I've become!
I even tried to listen to Pandora on my Droid, despite the multiple losses of signal on my smartphone as I trekked over hill and dale on my drive to and from work. Some days I fared better than others, but I probably averaged 8-10 songs during my hour commute.
At last, I have an iPod in the truck again. Thanks to who shipped it to me faster than it was estimated. For a mere $117, I got a fully functional, refurbished 5th Generation iPod — 60GB just like my dead one. Ocean Reef has a 30 day warranty, which made me more confident in my purchase (most other refurb places only offered 14 days). It arrived packaged well and was in a condition exactly as advertised.
Now, I begin the long, arduous task of loading my music and movies back onto the iPod. Of course, I didn't have a recent archive of my iPod brick, so I've had to start from scratch. Lesson learned — when I'm done, I will make a backup.
Anyway, it has been very refreshing to once again have control of what I listen to in the truck. Thanks, again, Ocean Reef for making my return to sanity affordable.
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15 August 2012
Remembering Julia Child with Caesar Salad You Eat with Your Hands
20 comments:
Great tribute..Salad looks so crisp and delicious.ReplyDelete
I just bought Kindle's daily Deal commemorating Julia..Always,Julia..
I love her:)
A fabulous woman who will long be remembered for her talent!ReplyDelete
I am having so much fun reading everyone's tributes today. I've been grinning ear to ear -- proof of her amazing spirit and the effect she's had on us all. I had no idea she had a Caesar salad or that she actually saw the original made. We love making ours with the whole spear of romaine and just cut it like we would a steak. Makes me want some right now just thinking of it!ReplyDelete
Val, Lovely post and wonderful tribute to Julia!! Loved learning about her going to Caesar Cardini's restaurant at age 9….so very interesting!!ReplyDelete
Val, what a fun history of Caesar salad and Julia! Love learning about the original presentation, I think I like that way better too. I have a large pack of Romaine in my fridge, I didn't know that it was just waiting for this post to be transformed into something wonderful!ReplyDelete
I made Reine de Saba for her birthday today. What a great day to remember her.ReplyDelete
I love Julia for many reasons especially her sprit to make the things and caesar salad is one of my favorites:))ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday to Julia!ReplyDelete
Julia taught me how to cook from "Mastering the Art" and she was so special. Love that you've made her Caesar salad. And we can use our fingers!ReplyDelete
She was the best!ReplyDelete
I saw that video on another blog - it's hilarious! I loved her sense of humor and wonderful way in the kitchen.ReplyDelete
I keep watching the video, it cracks me up.ReplyDelete
Julia had such a delightful sense of humor! I used to watch her TV shows and they always made me laugh while learning.ReplyDelete
I am not a Caesar salad lover, but my daughter is. And over the years, I have watched the various salads she's been served. Frankly, the original version is the one she likes..and there are restaurants that still serve it that way. Cutting up romaine is a crime, really.
Love your post about Julia, Val. She is truly an inspiration, and a real character too.ReplyDelete
Love the video - hilarious. Letterman is exactly the same - but no hair. Great read.ReplyDelete
Love everything here - the video (which I - gulp remember from way back), the tribute, the eating with your hands - you captured her gusto!ReplyDelete
Eating with your hands makes food so much more fun!ReplyDelete
Good post Val. When I first became interested in actual cooking (have always been interested in eating, cooking was a different story), I taught myself how to cook with Julia Child and Jacque Pepin's books. I used to read them by the hour and known even to get out of bed at 11:00 at night and start baking a cake that inspired me in one of their books. You wrote a lovely tribute to an inspiring cook we all owe something to.ReplyDelete
Bahaha - still laughing about the "first you take a leek" blooper. Hilarious!!! The more I read and learn about her, the more I love her. :-)ReplyDelete
If Julia said to toss a Caesar salad with your hands, than that's good enough for me! Loved her and still love a good Caesar salad!ReplyDelete
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Rather than linking to book sales sites with each book, I've linked to related resources you might find interesting! If you want to buy them - Google is your friend.
1. John Biggs and Catherine Tang - Teaching for Quality Learning at University
I have many rant-worthy subjects which, if triggered, will be produced and put on display for the audience... not understanding that we are involved in the practice of educating and learning... and not understanding that we also have to model practices to others is one of those trigger points. Understand processes of learning. Understand learning design. And if you're a learning technologist, working with academics / students, speak the language of learning! Start here.
2. Rhona Sharpe, Helen Beetham, Sara de Freitas - Rethinking Learning for a Digital Age: How Learners are Shaping Their Own Experiences
Another of those books which gets across the learner perspective brilliantly - and gets you to challenge yourself with your own learning and teaching practices in the process.
3. Ormond Simpson - Supporting Students in Online, Open and Distance Learning
When I had not long started working for the Open University I picked myself up a copy of this book - and it was just SO useful to me supporting my distance students. Now about to come out in a third edition, I still rate his learner-centred approach highly and the clarity of his writing is spot on.
4. Malcolm Gladwell - The Tipping Point : How little things can make a big difference
Heard someone use the phrase 'the tipping point'? You probably have... and if so, then this'll tell you all about it. Why is this useful for technology enhanced learning? Because spotting that moment when things tip from being 'just a few' to 'just about everyone' is part of the trick of seeing what needs support and where the potential areas for future development lie. And understanding how you can influence that too is also important.
5. Chris Anderson - The Long Tail: How endless choice is creating unlimited demand
You can't avoid the technology bit of technology enhanced learning (nor can you focus on it too heavily, it should be said!), so why not understand how and why technologies become established? It'll help you see where tech fits and get you to think about what might be just around the corner too. It'll also help you think about the value of that niche you might just have ignored, but which was existing and thriving in the long tail.
6. Daniel Pink, Drive - the surprising truth about what motivates us
Now, this one may seem like a bit of a random recommendation, but I honestly believe that if you're going to work in any area connected to learning and teaching, you have to understand where people are coming from to help support them get to where they could go. You want real engagement? You need to get motivation.
7. Etienne Wenger - Communities of Practice - Learning in Doing
Another of my rant-triggers is people bandying about phrases without understanding them in anything more than a superficial way. For a while 'communities of practice' was that phrase! It is a really important concept when it comes to e-learning and learning support / engagement - and for getting your head into what learning is and where it might exist, blurring the boundaries between formal and informal education. An influential work.
8. Jane Seale - E-learning and disability in higher education
Of all the things that technology can do, opening up the possibilities for accessing education / learning to a wide range of people is one of the most exciting things. So, why not understand the landscape of e-learning and disability as well as pick up lots of hints and tips too?
9. Garr Reynolds - Presentation Zen
If you're going to work in Technology Enhanced Learning then communication is vital - and getting yourself some solid presentation skills that are going to get your ideas noticed, and your presentations appreciated should be pretty high up your list!
10. Chip and Dan Heath - Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck
This kind of goes along with the presentation skills I mentioned with Garr Reynolds book. Present ideas beautifully... sure... but present beautiful ideas which will stick and then exciting things can happen! You have to be a salesperson for your ideas - and this is especially true in technology enhanced learning. It's not necessarily the tech that's the biggest issue... getting people to get on board and to engage with your ideas... that's where the tough stuff lies!
There's not a great deal of tech there, I admit it... but what there is are books that will get you thinking. Get you reflecting. And provide a platform from which you can build your own practice.
And that has to be worth it, I think!
What would be on your top 10 list?


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Nebraska football fans will get their first opportunity to see the 2013 Huskers on Friday, Aug. 2 at Nebraska Football Fan Day presented by U.S. Cellular. Friday's festivities represent the best opportunity for fans to meet and greet this year's team before the start of practice on Monday, Aug. 5.
Fan Day will run from 2 to 3:30 p.m. inside Memorial Stadium with all Husker players and coaches that will be part of fall camp in attendance and available to the fans.
Fans may enter Memorial Stadium through Gates 3 and 24 on the southeast and southwest corners of the stadium. Gates will open at 2 p.m. The majority of players will be seated on the field at Memorial Stadium, while true freshmen will be located in the stands throughout West Stadium.
Fans are asked to respect players and coaches, as well as other fans by limiting their autograph requests to one item per player or coach. Any apparel items fans are wishing to have autographed should be in hand, rather than being worn. These policies will help accommodate as many fans as possible within the 90-minute Fan Day window.
Free parking for Fan Day will be available in the 14th and Avery Parking Garage, the Champions Club parking lot (west of Memorial Stadium), Lot 8 (north end of Osborne Athletic Complex) and Lot 5 (northeast of Memorial Stadium). Parking is also available in the Stadium Drive parking garage, but fans will be charged for that garage. Parking will not be permitted in Lot 12 (loop on east side of Memorial Stadium).
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It looks as though Jennifer Lawrence and her generational peers have hit a speed hump on the road to cinematic domination. As Rachel Dodes observes this week in the Wall Street Journal, the average age of this year's Academy Award nominees for best actress is 55, and for the first time since 2006, there are no actresses in their 20s on the list.
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Among the best-actor nominees, the average age is 47. Four of the five picks this year are bunched between ages 36 and 44—but Bruce Dern ("Nebraska"), at 77, bends the curve.
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McCain has cultivated his image of a moderate, non-partisan sort of guy, someone who's not as ideological as the rest of the crowd. It's true that he's occasionally been against his party's orthodoxy, but not on one issue: a woman's right to choose. On this, he has been consistent in his belief that Roe v Wade should be overturned:
No disrespect to those who differ on this issue. But if you are concerned about the rightward shift on the Supreme Court, remember that Sandra Day O'Connor was the vote that kept abortion legal, and she was replaced by Alito. Justice Alito does not believe in stare decisis, that precedents (like Roe) should be allowed to stand. Abortion rights hang by a thread as it is, and it's no stretch to say that the next president could appoint two or three new justices to replace the aging liberal members of the SCOTUS.
The Supreme Court recently upheld habeas corpus rights by one vote. We can't afford another president who will appoint more right-wind ideologues like Scalia and Alito.
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McCain has cultivated his image of a moderate, non-partisan sort of guy, someone who's not as ideological as the rest of the crowd. It's true that he's occasionally been against his party's orthodoxy, but not on one issue: a woman's right to choose. On this, he has been consistent in his belief that Roe v Wade should be overturned:
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The SCOTUS ruling on Roe vs. Wade unconstitutionally took power away from the States, power which was rightfully delegated to the States through Amendment 10 of the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution. What the SCOTUS did in the 1970s was absolutely appalling, not because of the ramifications in the legality of abortions, but how a court of lawyers can so destructively trash the founding document of this country. If States want to legalize or illegalize abortion, they are completely within their constitutional authority to do so; no previous court ruling, especially a court ruling which contradicts the U.S. Constitution, should be allowed to dictate the powers that the States rightfully have. Just because you agree with the end result, namely the prevention of States' legislatures from illegalizing abortion, does not mean the methods to get there are justified, namely the illegal ruling of the SCOTUS against the explicit text of the U.S. Constitution.ReplyDelete
Second, your comment about habeas corpus being upheld is quite silly. The U.S. Constitution grants the rights therein to citizens of the United States. Non-citizens are not under the jurisdiction of this country and thus are not entitled to the rights granted to the citizens. Habeas corpus was never meant to be extended to foreign citizens, especially foreign combatants. What the SCOTUS ruled is yet another example of dismissing the U.S. Constitution and ruling at a whim. It is really quite shameful what these lawyers have ruled.
These decisions should not be cheered; the citizens of this country should be mourning how a handful of lawyers are trashing the U.S. Constitution on a whim.
- Anonymous6/21/2008 10:30 AM
It bewilders me why both sides rabidly care about the issue and why so bitterly opposing a person for what they believe either way.ReplyDelete
Why do libs seem to have such glee about killing unborn babies?
As a conservative ER doc I would rather see someone have an abortion than try to resuscitate a bruised, battered child in shock because it was unwanted and uncared for. Why don't conservatives recognize those future consequences?
Flip side, If abortion were illegal the dependent helpless liberal population would swell even more than it is.
But why do libs they care more about a spotted owl, sandfly, kangaroo rat than an unborn child?
Why, why, why? There is such rabid disagreement that their will never be agreement so people should just quit getting worked up over it and accept it for what it is. Allow a woman to kill her baby if she wants, but let pro lifers try to talk her out of it or encourage other alternatives (adoption, preconception education)
You state the roe decision contradicts the constition. Not so. It interprets coflicting provisions, in this case that guarantee of personal privacy over the states' sovreignty.
I'm all for federalism in principle, but I think that fundamental rights (in this case bodily autonomy) should not vary by municipality.
Furthermore your habeas point is completely ignorant. Nowhere does the constitution explicitly guarantee habeas rights to anybody. It is assumed. The CONUS certainly does not restrict habeas to us citizens.
1 We care passionately because we believe bodily autonomy to be a fundamental human right.
2 There is no glee.
3. Understand that I and many others do not believe that a embryo is a baby. Therefore I reject your whole formulation of "killing babies."
However, I respect and commend your tolerant approach. I wish more people carried the same attitude.
There is no provision for privacy in the U.S. Constitution. Certain aspects of privacy are implied in some amendments, such as the privacy of your own home not being violated by quartered troops, and the privacy of your belongings not being violated unless the court orders such a thing (lawful search and seizure). Amendment 10 states: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. The power regarding "privacy of abortion" is strictly not delegated to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, and there's no prohibition related to abortion either. There is no conflict with provisions as you claim. It is a very clear constitutional case that many would rather obfuscate for the sake of personal beliefs, namely that abortions should be allowed for whomever whenever. Further, Amendment 14 guarantees "life, liberty, or property" to all citizens of the United States. Unfortunately, this principle was abrogated by the ruling in the Roe vs. Wade case such that the government allows the legal deprivation of life of humans without due process.
Regarding habeas corpus, it is explicit that congress can not suspend habeas corpus except in "Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it." In other words, all those under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Constitution, which means all U.S. Citizens and not foreign combatants, have the privilege of Habeas Corpus unless Congress suspends it. Where in this is there a provision for foreign combatants to receive these privileges? There is no such provision, but a small group (5 judges) have declared into law something which was not in the U.S. Constitution.
Legislating from the bench is a power not given to the Judicial Branch, yet this is a power which some in the SCOTUS have taken upon themselves. This is, again, unconstitutional.
What fun! It's "amateur lawyer day" here in the medical blogosphere.
Before you get all Tenth Amendment, "Powers reserved to the states" on me, take a moment to review the Ninth Amendment: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." That's the one conservatives like to pretend somehow the Founders didn't really mean. The SCOTUS held that there was a reasonable expectation of the privacy and integrity of one's body (as well as certain other things such as sexual practices and contraception) and this right, retained by the people, may not be restricted by any governmental body -- state, local or federal.
So it's not a case of the Federal government arrogating powers to itself which ought to be left to the states. If you disagree with Roe, the logical point of disagreement was that the SCOTUS was wrong to find that such a right exists. Which is a valid, though disputed, argument.
The 14th Amendment does not apply because an embryo is not defined as a human being under Federal Law. Only human beings have due process rights.
As for Habeas, I am not sure where you get the contention that the rights of the people, in the CONUS, are restricted to citizens only. All people, be they citizens, resident aliens, or even illegal aliens are possessed of their rights. "Foreign combatants" is not a construct recognized under constitutional law. Witness the cases in which an illegal alien has their convictions overturned because their due process or fifth amendment rights were violated. The best argument against the Boumediene decision would be that it inappropriately extended habeas outside of the territory of the US, not that it was extended to non-citizens.
What Peter said.ReplyDelete
As a fun fact, I was "okay" with abortion with the caveat that I'd never have one myself until I saw enough 2nd trimester miscarriages @ my job to say "um, no". Seeing a 16 or 20-week miscarried baby is one thing, but the idea of seeing the same baby knowing that it was living just fine until the "autonomous" termination of its life is another. I think as a legal compromise, a first-trimester abortion could be appropriate for legislation (with each state deciding), but I think a 2nd trimester abortion is unethical and not-to-mention creepy, except in extreme circumstances.
What K said.ReplyDelete
Civics 101 lesson:ReplyDelete
The point of the Constitution was to keep the government from turning into England's with a king or queen holding most of the power and the people having little-to-none. Anything outside of a government taking control over peoples' homes and things without them having any (representative) power to change that (except during very special circumstances) is really outside the scope of the Constitution. The President can't just take over your land for himself because he's the President. The President and Congress have to be elected by the people, not simply declared President due to birth into a specific family. People should get trials and be treated fairly in court, not imprisoned for things like political dissonance. People should be able to discuss politics freely without fear of retribution, etc.
It's not "doctors should be able to terminate pregnancies" if a woman wants it to be terminated. Doctors couldn't even do a pelvic exam in 1776 (and really couldn't until the early 20th century) for religious and politeness reasons, and such things have nothing to do with the intention of the Constitution. America was at war with the monarchy system of government and arbitrary laws from unelected people with no course of action to rid the country of said laws. I don't see how legalizing abortion specifically prevents tyranny.
3. Understand that I and many others do not believe that a embryo is a baby.ReplyDelete
a.) If it's not a baby, what is it?
b.) When you are treating a pregnant woman in the ER, do you ever refer to the embryo as 'baby' and if so, why?
The problem of abortion is never going to be solved politically.
- Anonymous6/22/2008 4:24 PM
Yeah, what Theresa said. I am curious for you answer.ReplyDelete
SF, when a concerned woman comes in to the ER with first trimester bleeding and/or pain and concerned about their baby do you say, "OK let's check out your embryo" ??
Even the most liberal people I know would say:
"Your baby looks ok on ultrasound"
"I am sorry that you lost your baby"
Come to think of it, I don't think I have ever heard even the most liberal patient refer to their baby as a fetus.
he has been consistent in his belief that Roe v Wade should be overturnedReplyDelete
Not exactly consistent.
I don't think either of the candidates up for POTUS will make a particularly good President. For the first time, I'm conflicted about whom to vote for. I really don't want to vote for either of them. I go back and forth between the known bad candidate and the unknown bad candidate. Sort of a devil-you-know vs. devil-you-don't-know dilemma. Whichever devil wins, let us all pray that the losing party this year will nominate someone truly great in 2012.
@teresa & anon:ReplyDelete
3. Understand that I and many others do not believe that a embryo is a baby.
a.) If it's not a baby, what is it?
Biologically, it is an embryo.
Conceptually, it depends on your point of view. How you define your variables will determine at what point you call it something else. In this particular instance and debate, I would define and embryo as part of a woman's body, insofar as it has no ability to survive outside of that environment. Just as any other part of her body would not survive, if removed from her body.
- Anonymous6/22/2008 9:30 PM
As a biology major I understand that it is an embryo or fetus depending on the developmental stage....even the most liberal in ideology would generally refer to it as a baby. If you (or your wife) were expecting I highly doubt you would refer to it as an embryo or fetus. If you do (or did) that would be creepy.ReplyDelete
However, when a different outcome is desired liberals are great at playing at defining definitions that allow them to feel less guilty and better about themselves.
I generally call it a baby if it's viable, and a fetus or embryo if it's dead or threatened. This is not for politics, but because when you've just finished evacuating the contents of a partial miscarriage, "dead baby" are not the words the patient wants to hear -- and no matter how you phrase it, that's what she'll hear. Clinical terms like embryo or fetus are less likely to provoke the emotional reaction -- believe me, this is first-hand knowledge. (and yes, I do express appropriate empathy, support, etc.)ReplyDelete
But just because we refer to it colloquially as a "baby" at 8+ weeks does not mean it is a baby at 8 weeks. If it were, would we not hold a funeral and bury the deceased in the event of a miscarriage?
I think Nurse K said it well above, and I think we agree on this fundamental point -- there is a world of difference between a blastocyst and a 38-week fetus. While I personally have zero moral concerns for the soul of the blastocyst, as a pregnancy enters and progresses through the second trimester, well that is different, and like many others, I am uncomfortable with late-term abortions.
Re: Civics
Strange as it may be to say twice in a row: we have a lot of agreement. The Bill of Rights exists almost exclusively to limit the power of the government. Exactly. I think the government does not have the right to outlaw my wife's contraceptives (Griswold v Connecticut, 1965), nor to forbid sodomy(Lawrence v Texas, 2003), nor prevent women from terminating their pregnancies.
Put more simply, I want the government out of my bedroom and hands off my body.
I have always found it odd that the conservative movement which generally favors limited government intrusion into our lives, also promotes increased government regulation of private personal (typically sexual) behaviors. I have always thought this was an odd consequence of the unholy alliance the Goldwater conservatives made with the culture-warriors, but wither way it's a striking inconsistency.
"Hands off my body" and Roe v. Wade =The baby has no inalienable rights to its "life" nor "pursuit of happiness" until after it is at 20 weeks gestation. Until then, it's a uterine free-for-all.ReplyDelete
You think that the baby is not a separate human being with individual rights, I do. The point at which said baby is granted his or her inalienable rights is up for debate and will always be arbitrary, but the current "20 weeks" is far too late of an arbitrary limit.
You've seen them be miscarried at 20 weeks, and so have I. That's a baby, dude, and the state should protect its inalienable rights. Next time you catch a dead baby, let's see if you can look at it as a right-less mass of cells dependent on the whim of the mother's "choices" to determine whether it should live or die. I dunno, maybe you don't think about dead babies, but I do.
By the same logic, there should be no concern given to the baby when the mama drinks a fifth of whiskey daily because drinking is not illegal and mom has a right to drink even though the first trimester is where most of the rock-solid brain damage occurs in fetal alcohol syndrome, for existence.
Also, "hands off my body" should make all drugs legal. Crack, meth, heroin... you name it, it should be legal to use it.
Hm, on second thought, maybe government SHOULD try to stop people from doing certain things to their bodies? There are tons of laws protecting people from their own whims, choices, and idiocy.
For the record, I don't give a rip-roaring F what anyone does in their bedroom as long as it doesn't involve violating the rights of the other person. Word to the wise: What you do in that bedroom may cause the "inconvenience" of a baby after about 9 months, however. Luckily, there are thousands of people in line for the opportunity for to relieve you of your inconvenience that aren't doing abortions.
Oh, and PS...the blastocyst stage is done with before you even miss your first period, so abortions and blastocysts really shouldn't be talked about together.ReplyDelete
I'm still confused as to why when you can have a positive home pregnancy test the day after your first missed period and an abortion soon thereafter that anyone can really consider an abortion on an 8 or 9 inch-long baby ethical and a "viable" choice and a choice that is protected by the Constitution of the United States.
- Fidel, MD6/28/2008 5:54 AM
Stare decisis is a faulty premise in law, equity and basic humanity.ReplyDelete
If stare decisis were a binding tenet of US Law, then the Dred Scott decision would still stand (For those who suffered a modern public school education, that USSC decision ruled that slaves were property, and helped precipitate the Civil War in the US). Further, the court would NOT have been able to issue the ridiculous Boumediene decision (or Hamdan) - the USSC had already adjudicated the issue in WWII in ex parte Quirin and again in Eisentrager
And beware of unintended consequences: The treatment the terrorists received by the US, including indefinite detention at Gitmo is far better than what international law allows to be done to them: Immediate battlefield execution as spies (bearing arms, obeying orders of a an enemy leader, not wearing a uniform).


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So we are looking for a logo that will help people recognize who we are, that we have their best interests at heart and that we understand how terrifying it is to be hurt and not know what to do next (so we're here to help).
Here's a list of the things we'd like to see in the logo for you to go off of:
1. NOTE: We are changing what we want it to say. We did NOT like how "KBL" was fitting together so...
WE'D like it to say "Bernard Law Group" and/or use the letters "BLG" in some fashion.
2. We'd like it to reflect a certain level of professionalism (as we've been in business for almost 30 years)
3. One that helps the reader feel they can trust us.
4. Ideally we'd like to be able to use it on our pdf reports that we give away, free accident kits that we give out, used in out T.V. spots. etc. We want to incorporate it on the website (in the header) as well as on various social media accounts we have (like youtube and facebook)
5. We'd like it to be designed in photoshop or illustrator
6. open to color choices
Please be creative, and keep in mind: Justice, compassion, professionalism, trust, friendly, looking out for your best interests.
(NOTE: we also don't really want any "scales, lady justice, courthouses" those logos while helpful are a little bit old.
7. If we can get professional fonts with a clean crisp layout of "BLG" or "Bernard Law Group" we'll have it in the bag.
Thank you and have a great day!
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Extended Stay Opens in Round Rock
SPARTANBURG, S.C.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Aug. 21, 2003—Extended Stay America, Inc. (NYSE: ESA) has opened a three-story Extended StayAmerica Efficiency Studios hotel located at 16950 North I-35, Round Rock, Texas. The 104-room hotel is the Company`s second property in Round Rock, its 43rd property in the state and its 467th property overall.
According to Chief Executive Officer George D. Johnson, Jr., "The extended-stay lodging market is the fastest growing segment of the hotel industry, and is quickly catching the interest of business professionals, people relocating and those on extended work assignments."
Weekly room rates for the new Extended StayAmerica hotel are available from $269 for a Queen room and $299 for a King room—a fraction of the cost you`d pay elsewhere for similar features. Nightly rates are available from $55.
Guest rooms at Extended StayAmerica properties include a queen-size bed, recliner, cable TV with remote, free voice mail, free local calls, and a computer data port. Each room also has a kitchen with a refrigerator, two-burner range, microwave, coffee maker, utensils and tableware.
The property features a 24-hour, coin-operated, on-site laundry facility for guests and convenient vending machines. Guests are provided with weekly housekeeping service and twice-weekly towel service. Properties are generally staffed by five to six full-time and eight to ten part-time employees.
"The appeal of our hotels reaches beyond the business and corporate community. Besides being ideal for professionals on extended or temporary assignments such as consulting or training, our properties are perfect for people building homes, relocating or attending family functions," said Mike Wilson, Vice President - Marketing.
Extended Stay America, Inc. was founded in January 1995 by Mr. Johnson and H. Wayne Huizenga. Mr. Johnson was formerly President of the Consumer Products Division of Blockbuster Entertainment Corp., a division of Viacom, Inc. Mr. Huizenga, who is Chairman of the Board, formerly was Chairman of the Board for AutoNation, Inc., Vice Chairman of Viacom, Inc., and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Blockbuster Entertainment Corp.
The Company is the fastest-growing company owned and operated hotel chain in U.S. history, and is the third largest owned and operated hotel company in the world. The Company was added to Standard and Poor`s MidCap 400 Index in August 2001. Currently, Extended Stay America, Inc. operates 467 extended-stay-lodging hotels in 42 states, which includes 95 StudioPLUS Deluxe Studios, 333 Extended StayAmerica Efficiency Studios and 39 Crossland Economy Studios facilities.
For reservations, locations or additional information on Extended Stay America, Inc., please call 1-800-EXT-STAY or visit the Company`s web site at www.extendedstay.com.


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So Safari is a pretty kick-ass browser on many levels, not least on the visual coolness level. I like it's appearance (I'm a sucker for brushed metal), and it's really easy to use. Despite being a tiny fraction of the browsers in use, it's pretty compatible across most web sites. But apparently, blogger's html editor doesn't work in it.
But it does work with Firefox. Which is cool because I can:
- Create lists
- Put things in bold and italics
- Insert pictures and links
- Spillcheck
- Change fonts
- And never have to see html
Technology is cool.


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Hi, everyone!
I go by EposVox and I'm a YouTuber and (aspiring, at least) games journalist. However, I'm also a fourth-year journalism student at University.
For a course I am taking this semester, I am required to create a series of web posts of the journalistic kind.
I interviewed Amulware for this project, but I also need a second interview for the project. I was hoping I could interview another player of Roche Fusion for the project as well.
Would anyone here be interested? The main point (this is a really simple project for an assignment) that I'm rolling with is that user feedback is important to the development process of Roche Fusion, so I was hoping I could get someone that's contributed a bit with regards to feedback in the game.
Please, if anyone is interested, let me know. You can also email me at email@example.com .
As far as privacy goes, all I would need is a first name and email address (though last name would be preferred, with username taking priority in the post if you prefer) so I can say I did proper diligence in acquiring source information.
EDIT: The interview can be a textual conversation, and I can provide a link to the post afterwards.


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St. Petersburg, FL (WAFB) - LSU started the new year with a 21-14 win over Iowa in the Outback Bowl. A day later, the Tigers were hoping to reel in four to five major high school stars, it did not happen.
The first announcement from the UA All-American Game came from Speedy Noil. The wide receiver verbally committed to Texas A&M over LSU.
Next up, safety Jamal Adams. The safety verbally committed to LSU over Florida.
LSU's next target Gerald Willis III, brother of Alabama safety Landon Collins, announced that he will be playing his college football at Florida.
In the fourth quarter more disappointment for LSU as Tony Brown announced his verbal commitment to Alabama.
The final and highest rated recruiting target, Leonard Fournette may have saved the day when he verbally committed to LSU!
Leonard Fournette (LSU): 5 star running back
6'1" tall, 225 lbs
High School: St. Augustine in New Orleans
Colleges Interested: Alabama, LSU
Other Colleges: Auburn, Florida, Florida St., Georgia Tech, Miami, Michigan, Mississippi St., Nebraska, Notre Dame, SMU, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, USC, West Virginia
Tony Brown (Alabama): 5 Star Defensive Back
6'0" tall, 182 lbs
High School: Ozen in Beaumont, TX
Colleges Interested: LSU, USC, Texas, Alabama, Ohio St
Other Colleges: Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Florida, Florida St, Illinois, Miami, Michigan, Michigan St, Mississippi St, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, Purdue, Rutgers, South Carolina, Stanford,TCU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UCLA, USC, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Gerald Willis III (Florida): 4 Star Defensive Tackle/End
6'3", 275 pounds
High School: Edna Karr in New Orleans
Colleges Interested: Florida, LSU, Texas A&M
Other Colleges: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida St, Miami, Michigan St, Nebraska, TCU, Texas, USC
Jamal Adams: (LSU): 4 Star Safety
6'0" tall, 199 lbs
High School: Hebron in Carrollton, TX part of Lewisville Independent School District
Colleges Interested: Florida, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Ohio St.
Other Colleges: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Baylor, Colorado, Florida St, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Michigan St, Mississippi St, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Oregon, Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, Texas Tech, UCLA, USC, West Virginia
Speedy Noil (Texas A&M): 5 Star Wide Receiver:
6'0", 161 lbs
High School: Edna Karr in New Orleans
Colleges Interested: Florida, LSU, Texas A&M
Other Colleges: Alabama, Auburn, California, Florida St, Miami, Mississippi St, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Oregon, TCU, Texas, USC
Next to announce will be Leonard Fournette.
Copyright 2014 WAFB. All rights reserved.


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Miley Cyrus Talks Getting Naked: 'I'm Either Boring Or I'm A Slut'
Barbara Walters got Miley Cyrus to open up about her two greatest loves of 2013: Liam Hemsworth — and twerking! Plus, Miley reveals that she's tired of people giving her a hard time no matter what she says or wears!
Miley Cyrus wants the world to back off! The 21-year-old kicked off Barbara Walter's The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2013 on Dec. 18, and she didn't apologize for her outrageous year filled with twerking, sexual performances and inappropriate songs. The singer actually told the veteran TV host that she's planning to top herself in 2014!
Miley Cyrus Talks Getting Naked: 'I'm Either Boring Or I'm A Slut'
Miley, who appears to have gone off the deep end in the past few months, revealed that she actually doesn't feel the need to always take her clothes off. In fact, she told Barbara that she's always be criticized no matter what she does.
"I don't always want to be naked," she said, explaining that she feels she can't win in the media. "No matter what I do, I'm either boring or I'm a slut."
The saddest part of the interview was when she said, "I was never really happy with who I was." (She was referring to her pre-Bangerz days.)
Her mom, Tish Cyrus, made a quick appearance and revealed that she actually doesn't agree with all of Miley's decisions.
"There are times, as a mom, I'm like, 'What are you thinking?' she admitted. "This is what 20-year-olds do. She's just doing it in front of the world."
Miley Cyrus: Reflecting On Her Twerk-tastic Year
Is it any surprise Barbara chose to include Miley in her list of the year's most fascinating people? She's all anyone's been talking about in 2013!
Not only did Miley release her album Bangerz, showing a much more adult side than we're used to seeing, but she promoted the big release with some insane performances. First came the MTV Video Music Awards, where she twerked on Robin Thicke in a onesie, complete with some raunchy down-there dance moves; followed by her performance at the American Music Awards, where she basically did a duet with a giant crying cat head.
Miley's love life was also a major point of contention in 2013. In June, she and Liam officially confirmed that their engagement was over, following months of speculation from the media. In the following months, Miley was rumored to be dating rapper French Montana.
HollywoodLifers, what did you think of Miley's interview with Barbara? Drop a comment with the part that shocked you the most below!
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Ex-Mayor Sophie Masloff dies
PITTSBURGH — Sophie Masloff, who rose from a tax clerk to become Pittsburgh's first female mayor, died Sunday. She was 96.
She died at an area nursing home, said Joseph Mistick, Masloff's longtime friend and former top aide.
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Masloff took office in May 1988 after the death of Richard S. Caliguiri, and she served until January 1994.
She good-naturedly described herself as an "old Jewish grandmother" and promised when she took office to be at work by 8 a.m. every day except Tuesdays when, she said, "I get my hair done."
( Also on POLITICO: Bill Clinton eulogizes Richard Mellon Scaife)
Her tenure was marked by two reductions in the city wage tax, a move designed to keep residents from fleeing to the suburbs, and a complete overhaul of a controversial disciplinary system for police officers.
Masloff faced enormous challenges when she took office because of the recent collapse of the steel industry, but Mistick recalled that she used a combination of humor and steely resolve to silence critics.
When angry citizens who opposed the reduction to the city wage tax filled a public meeting, Mistick said she walked in, stared the crowd down and said, "Shame on you. I did this for our children and grandchildren."
Then she turned walked out of the room, to stunned silence.
The Masloff administration mounted an assault on the tax-exempt status of the city's profitable hospitals and prodded banks to channel more loans into city neighborhoods, some of which were increasingly crime-ridden.
( From POLITICO Magazine: The robots that saved Pittsburgh)
Masloff also had a legendary sense of humor.
When Bill Clinton was trying to stir up support in his 1992 presidential campaign, he telephoned the mayor to let her know he was coming to Pittsburgh. She was not convinced that the caller was Clinton and told him, "Right, and I'm the Queen of Sheba."
She described followers of the rock band Grateful Dead as "Deadenders," rather than Deadheads, and mangled rocker Bruce Springsteen's name to "Bruce Bedsprings."
The mayor also played a part in foiling an apparent burglary in her apartment building when she accosted two men making their way down a stairwell with a safe.
Masloff began her career in public service in 1936, when the Democratic Party took power in Allegheny County politics and the young Democrat, then Sophie Friedman, was given a job in the county tax office.
She stayed in government, working three decades as a county court clerk before winning a special election to City Council in 1976. She won re-election the following year and in 1981 and 1985. In her final term, she was Council president, a role once considered a caretaker position.
( From POLITICO Magazine: From Steel City to Roboburgh)
The post took on great significance early on the morning of May 6, 1988, when Caliguiri died in office of a rare illness. Masloff became the city's first female mayor and its first Jewish mayor.
The new mayor called that day "the worst moment of my life" and refused to occupy the mayor's office for several days.
She served the remainder of Caliguiri's term and won election in her own right in 1989. She decided early in 1993 that she didn't want to run again.
Masloff was born on Dec. 23, 1917, and was a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh. Her parents were Romanian immigrants, and Masloff spoke only Yiddish until she began attending school. Her husband of more than 50 years, Jack Masloff, died during his wife's term in office.
Masloff is survived by a daughter, a granddaughter, a grandson, a great-granddaughter and a niece.


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Hi! I am Håkan. In English, the pronunciation of my name is like "Hawkan". Just so you know. I am also the author of this website. I work with IT and photography is my hobby. I also like to travel and cooking. I am living in Malmö, Sweden. I hope you enjoy your visit.


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The department of chemistry at Hope College is being honored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and its Committee on Minority Affairs for advancing diversity.
The Midwest Region of the ACS is presenting the department with the 2013 Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences. The department is being recognized for its involvement of underrepresented minorities, women and students from diverse educational backgrounds in its summer research and academic year programs.
The award will be presented during the Midwest Regional Meeting of the ACS, being held on Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 16-19, in Springfield, Mo. Dr. Kenneth L. Brown, associate professor of chemistry, will accept the award on the department's behalf.
"Advancing the chemical sciences through transformative educational and research opportunities for underrepresented minority students and women is a prime objective at Hope," Brown said. "The college's and department's activities have increased diversity on campus and in the chemical sciences in a meaningful and significant way, coinciding with the goals of the American Chemical Society to achieve a broader representation of students entering STEM [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] disciplines on a national scale."
Major initiatives at the college have included developing relationships with community colleges, with a particular emphasis on providing members of underrepresented groups with opportunities to participate in collaborative research and seek a four-year degree from Hope after completing their two-year community-college program. Resources for students from underrepresented groups in the sciences include the peer-mentoring FACES (Fostering A Community of Excellence in Science at Hope College) program, which pairs new students with upperclassmen who share the benefit of their experience with Hope and also offers seminars, career counseling and other activities. Activities specific to the department of chemistry include supporting students to attend the national meeting of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChe).
"A unique aspect of Hope's chemistry program is its close interaction with regional two-year colleges," said Dr. William F. Polik, who is the Edward and Elizabeth Hofma Professor of Chemistry and chairperson of the department at Hope. "In our model, students at two-year colleges work on pre-training research projects at their two-year college and then apply for a summer research position in the chemistry department at Hope College."
The emphasis, Polik said, is on helping the students to succeed, a priority borne out by results. "These students have a demonstrated record of presenting their scientific work at regional and national meetings, publishing their work in the scientific literature, and attending professional schools or graduate school in chemistry upon graduation," he said.
Hope was nominated for the award by Dr. Thomas Higgins, who is the Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and chairperson of the department at Harold Washington College of the City Colleges of Chicago. From 2007 to 2011, Hope was a partner institution in an NSF-funded program led by Higgins to provide additional STEM opportunities for students at metro-Chicago two-year colleges, some 42 percent of whom come from underrepresented groups.
"Since community colleges educate almost half of the nation's undergraduates and collectively educate the most diverse student body with respect to ethnicity, age and financial status, engaging these students is of critical importance as the nation seeks to rapidly grow and diversify its scientific workforce," Higgins said. "This department deserves this award because of its contributions to broadening participation in chemistry by actively reaching out to community college students and the extraordinary lengths the entire Hope College community goes to support these students, help them complete undergraduate degrees, and ultimately become scientists."
Higgins noted that Hope's involvement in particular made an important difference to the students, both professionally and personally.
"The transformation these students underwent as a result of their summer at Hope College was no less than amazing," he said. "All of these students returned from Hope College more confident in their skills as young scientists and more mature young adults. They all expressed how the research environment at Hope pushed them to grow in ways they did not envision prior to the summer, and how the genuine interest Hope's faculty paid to them made their time away from home both educational and enjoyable. This makes it apparent that Hope College values not only the student as a scientist, but also as a holistic and healthy individual."


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Recent in The Viking Life
Viking Executive Chef, Grant MacPherson
"I believe truly great cooking to be a noble art. It's an expression of generosity engaging all five senses to elicit a response, generally underpinned by pleasure."
Chef Grant's stellar career has spanned five continents, four decades, and some of the world's most celebrated dining and hospitality destinations. He has cooked adventurous five-star food, developed menus, designed and run kitchens, and built top-notch teams at iconic places including Raffles Hotel in Singapore, Bellagio Las Vegas, Wynn Las Vegas, Wynn Macau, Regent Hotels in Sydney, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore, several Four Seasons, Ritz Carlton Big Island, and Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados. This native Scotsman's robust embrace of global wanderlust and contrasting cultures is exceeded only by his passion for food and all things culinary. With these come his deep love of the camaraderie of the kitchen, the restaurant, the venue—the life—which has earned him consummate respect for his people and executive skills as well as his mastery as a chef.
MacPherson relishes sharing tales of his colorful experiences, extraordinary mentors, and storied accomplishments so far—most recently with Word Of Mouth, a coffee-table volume brimming with mouth-watering photos, recipes, and memoir—but is always one to look to the challenges ahead. Now based in Las Vegas, MacPherson keeps up a busy calendar of international festivals and events, and guides his company Scotch Myst, a food and beverage consultancy specializing in designing and executing custom solutions for boutique hotel and restaurant properties worldwide.
Current endeavors include helming The Merrywell gastro-pubs at both the Crown Perth and Crown Melbourne in Australia. He is developing a new project in Beverly Hills, and leading the restaurant remodel for St. Petersburg's historic and luxurious Grand Hotel Europe by Orient-Express. In 2013, MacPherson was named Global Culinarian for Beech Ovens, Jade Range and Viking Commercial Range, and he has been Viking Commercial's Executive Chef since 2010. He also represents the American Pistachio Growers, and recently collaborated with Apple on the late Steve Jobs' vision for a new campus dining facility in Cupertino.
MacPherson was born in Dundee in the central lowlands of Scotland, later moving to Johannesburg, South Africa and then Alberta, Canada with his family. His culinary career began in what he calls "the bottom of an endless pile of chicken wings"—and a non-stop soundtrack of rock and roll—at a southern Ontario restaurant.
His talents quickly led to positions at the Four Seasons Hotels in Vancouver, Toronto, and London England. There, he met mentor Chef Serge Dansereau, who brought him to Kables at the Regent Hotel in Sydney, where Dansereau was pioneering Australian cuisine (during MacPherson's time there, it was Australia's first hotel restaurant to win "3 hats," the country's equivalent of Michelin stars). Soon after came stints at Regent Hotels in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. In 1993, MacPherson accepted a position at Raffles Hotel, the legendary "Grand Old Lady of Singapore," originally established in 1887. He was part of the team that helped grow Raffles into a multi-property brand with locations worldwide. In 1998, MacPherson was recruited by Steve Wynn to head culinary operations at the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. He spent a decade with the Wynn Organization in Las Vegas and Macau before carving out his own entrepreneurial turf with Scotch Myst.
Quoted in Word Of Mouth, Wynn Macau's President Ian M. Coughlan describes MacPherson as, "An inspirer, innovator and perfectionist…he leads from the front with a pan in his hand." As will always be the case.
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Holly11 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 212 diseños de 54 diseñadores freelance.
Bloom (Co. Name)/ Weddings in Bloom (Co. Tag Line) in smaller font underneath company name
My name is Holly and I decided to start my own company based on what I love doing- designing. More specifically, designing one of the most important days in people's lives- their wedding day. The image I have in my mind of the perfect designed wedding is flowers draping from large chandeliers, walls in the ballroom draped in silk, centerpeieces that look like jewelry. And that is why I am a wedding designer- I want to take my interior design experience and use it to design the spaces that couples envisioned for their wedding day. Luxurious, special, unique, classic, modern, trendy, & inventive. These are some of the words I want people to talk about after they attend a wedding that I've designed. I hope with all of my heart, my logo will reflect that.
My target audience is the bride, groom and their family members. My "ideal" bride would be someone who came to me and said I want to feel like a princess for a day and want every detail to reflect that. Meaning crystals, luxurious fabrics, candles, fine china, the finest flowers, etc. The less boundaries, the better. This allows designers to design :) But I can only design once I have been given my client's vision and dream.
I just require that my name and tagline are together. I love cursive fonts. I love black with some splashes of color. I don't want anything too busy. I want classic & elegant but fun & creative too. I love the idea of having the "o's" in bloom as weddings rings intertwined, for example. But I am a wedding designer and not a florist, so I hope my logo will reflect that. Thank you so much!
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On Thursday, Oct. 3, St. Peter R.C. School celebrated Jumpstart's "Read for the Record," along with schools across the country, to raise awareness for the importance of early childhood education and the power of literacy. Father David, the new pastor, read to the youngest members of the school, students in Mrs. Kristen Shank's new multi-age program, as well as Miss Jessica Lemke's pre-kindergarten class.
The faculty and parents of St. Peter School strongly advocate for a solid early childhood education program that prepares students for future learning.
Pictured is Msgr. David LiPuma with the classes.