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Countering the poor public relations our smallest and most essential partners in life suffer from the anti-microbe media.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
What a mouthful!
Friday, October 13, 2006
Treadmills and Shrimps!
I have no idea why.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Nutrigenetics sting
Here's how the GAO targeted four nutrigenetics company websites. They took DNA from a 9-month-old girl and from a 48-year-old man. Then they concocted diet/lifestyle profiles for 14 "fictitious consumers," 12 from the baby's DNA, and 2 from the man's. For example, the baby girl was transmogrified into a 6-foot-tall, 210-pound 45-year-old man who smokes and doesn't exercise, drinks a lot of coffee, and eats a lot of fat. The baby also became a 72-year-old woman who weighs 100 pounds and stands 4'9", regularly exercises, never smoked, doesn't drink coffee, and eats fried foods. To make it interesting, the researchers also submitted cat and dog DNA but did not disclose whether the cat preferred Friskies to Fancy Feast or the dog Alpo to Purina so as not to tip their hand.You'll have to read the whole thing, because spoiling the result would really ruin all the fun.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Tired of the same ole whack a mole game
ID has a prosperous and highly successful research program. Yeah right.As it still appears that the ID movement doesn't even have a theory to begin with you can imagine my skepticism at anyone claiming there is ID 'research' being done using a DOA "theory". This really isn't the point I want to talk about though from Jasons post, but rather this from a little later in:
You know, I have to agree entirely with this but with a slightly different tangent. Once upon a time I used to learn a lot out of arguing with creationists and the ID crowd on the various issues about biological evolution. Having to look through the scientific literature on a wide range of subjects from geology, mathematics, biology and more to whack the various pseudo-babble put forth used to be an entertaining and perhaps dare I say, even educational, enterprise. I would always come away having found something new in my searches for counter arguments.
Which brings me to the title of this entry. When I got started in this biz, I felt like I learned something by taking the ID folks seriously. The No Free Lunch theorems are beautiful and fascinating, but I would know nothing about them if the sordid little mind of William Dembski hadn't figured how to use them to bamboozle people into thinking their were mathematical flaws with evolution. The research I did while investigating the claims of Jonathan Wells and Icons of Evolution taught me a great deal about the real state of biological research. Fighting these ignorant charlatans was an act of grim necessity, but at least they provided some food for thought.
But look where they are now. They had their day in court and came off looking like fools. The only books they talk about now are the hysterical political screeds by Ann Coulter and Jonathan Wells, neither of which presents anything remotely new. And when you ask them to tell you about the state of ID research, not even actual results mind you but just a description of the work itself, they get belligerent and nasty.
Now, tying in things about why I've been so absent from blogging as well, is the fact I've been reflecting somewhat on the whole issue and my attitude has changed heavily. You see, while once I was like Jason always learning something from these debates, I now fail to get anything out of them at all anymore. After a while, it's always the same arguments, it's always the same counter-arguments that can effectively deal with that nonsense and just as soon as you do it, the same crap comes up again. It ends up after a while getting to a never-ending game of whack-a-mole and to be perfectly honest I find that extremely boring and just not worth my time anymore.
Sure, the political arguments of creationists (like the ID movement) have advanced continually in trying to strawman some thing or another, but these usually have little or no relevance to anything scientific at all. In fact, there is a complete lack of any new science in terms of the latest creationist nonsense. It's always the same flagella, darwinist conspiracy, second law of thermodynamics (dressed up with new rubbish to make it seem more intelligent than it really is) and such forth arguments that have been put up for years. The terms change, but ultimately it's just the same nonsense, it's been refuted by many others (usually more specialised than me) and usually really well at that.
So linking things back to my disappearance from blogging, I've had a good think about what I really want to say online and how I want to present myself. To put it simply, the same idiotic creationist arguments just make me highly antagonistic these days. I'm not sure how to describe the feeling I get from arguing with creationists, other than saying it's equivalent to the feeling you would get from telling someone not to put a fork in the electrical socket and watching them do it anyway. It's just got to the point where playing whack-a-mole just gets highly derisive or sarcastic replies from me. I can't even be bothered really arguing much with creationists now like I used to.
For example, I would once have spend most of an afternoon or evening researching the topics in question, interpreting things (or asking someone who did know) and then posting my counter arguments. This of course is very time expensive as you can imagine, unless of course the argument moved into my areas of interest in microbiology or immunology (where I already knew the required information). But over time, I've found that I can literally, search back posts I've written elsewhere and just copy and paste it. The arguments put forth in a post from 3 years ago (if it still exists) can often suffice completely for answering a creationist argument today. Again, this is because creationist arguments have merely adapted depending on political circumstances and putting new lingo on old redundant arguments. It's still the same broken arguments despite the changes in how it's presented.
This has just led to me getting more sarcastic in my posting style with creationists and I no longer bother putting in the time or effort. To neutral observers, I'm sure at times this has seemed that I've either not had an answer to the argument or that I've given up in frustration. In reality, it's just getting bored of whack-a-mole and wondering why I'm wasting my time. Even after taking a huge break from blogging and even generally arguing about the subject on internet forums, I just haven't been able to lose that feeling of "Yay, whack-a-mole again, what could I be doing with my time?".
Inevitably, there comes a point where you just have to say to yourself "Why bother anymore?". I don't get anything out of arguing with creationists anymore, I don't learn anything, I've heard all the defunct arguments they can put forward before and so I really wonder "What's the point?". It's not like I've got some complacency about creationists, just because they continually make themselves to be idiots in the most public of ways possible like at the disasterous Kitzmiller vs. Dover trial doesn't mean they aren't a very powerful political (but note, not scientific) movement. There are places on the internet however that cater to smacking creationists around very efficiently, like the Pandasthumb, Pharyngula and of course Talk Origins.
With my time however, I feel I can get a lot more about talking about issues in science that actually interest me. How biological systems like the immune system evolved, issues in science like the ethics surrounding gene therapy, public and animal health issues like the Escherchia coli H7:O157 outbreak in spinach (or Tb in badgers ;)) for example. Playing whack-a-mole with creationists is just not worth the time or effort anymore, especially considering how many other fascinating things in science there are to discuss (plus I still have a looooong list of stuff to write about ;)).
Finally, to end this rather large rant I'd like to comment that I don't care what ID researchers think of their own research. Until they publish some of this much vaunted 'research' that is always just around the corner (Always...) I couldn't care less. Talking about doing research is entirely irrelevant to the point of actually doing it. When the ID/creationist movement produces actual science I think it will be worth discussing. Somehow I doubt the ID/creationist lot are bothering with the "science" part and will stick to the "baffling people with bullshit" part.
Oh and I am in an especially good mood because I just began my PhD <3 Yes, that does mean new website soon, because I've been meaning to move to a new site once I got all of this sorted out.


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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office declined to file a case against former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson, who was arrested last month after an alleged domestic dispute with his ex-girlfriend at his Calabasas home.
Johnson, 41, was taken into custody April 21, then released later that morning after posting $20,000 bond.
A charge evaluation worksheet prepared by a prosecutor said the District Attorney's Office would not be filing any charges because the woman was "uncooperative" and there were no other witnesses.
"… Based upon the available evidence, the injury appears to have been minor and caused accidentally," the prosecutor wrote, noting that the woman's shirt collar was torn and that she sustained a small scratch to her finger during a struggle over a cell phone.
Johnson, the No. 1 draft pick in 1996, was an All-American at USC and played wide-receiver for the New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers. He retired after the 2006 season.

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Dear CD-i fans,
As you may have noticed, the CD-i Forum (http://www.cdinteractive.co.uk/forums/cdinteractive/) doesn't allow new members for a while now. This was mainly due to spamming problems. The problem is unfortunately getting bigger and my inbox is out of control, so I have to close the forum until this is solved. As I don't control the software (that's on Devin's server) I'm not sure how long it will take. It will most certainly not be gone forever. That's to be continued. In the meanwhile, we're always available here at Interactive Dreams or browse the CD-i pages on Facebook. Thanks for your support! Read more...


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Sophomore Earned All-Region and Second Team All-Ivy Honors This Season
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—The Yale men's cross country team held its annual banquet on the evening of Dec. 9, celebrating the end of its successful season. Sophomore Kevin Dooney received the Mike Stanley-John Cleary Class of 1954 Men's Cross Country Award, given annually to "the outstanding member of the Yale men's cross country team who excels in Dedication, Commitment, and Inspiration to the sport of cross country."
Nobody would argue with the fact that the sophomore standout fully deserved the honor, after putting together one of the best individual cross country seasons in Yale history. Dooney placed first on the team at the Paul Short Invitational, Pre-National Invitational, Ivy League Heptagonal Championships and Division I NCAA Northeast Regional Championships, in the process breaking his 8K personal record on three separate occasions. After finishing 11th overall at Regionals, Dooney became just the sixth Bulldog to qualify for the Division I NCAA National Championships since 1991.
Following Dooney's string of top finishes (including an impressive 31:18.5 at Nationals), Athletics Ireland—Ireland's official national athletic association—named Dooney to its Under-23 squad competing at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. Dooney helped the Irish U-23 team secure a fourth-place finish at the international event.
"Kevin is a most deserving recipient of the Stanley-Cleary award," said Head Men's Cross Country Coach Paul Harkins. "There are many on the team who are dedicated and committed to the team, but Kevin set himself apart with his performances. He had a fantastic finish to his sophomore season, and I am incredibly excited to see his career progress over the next two years."
For Dooney, receiving the Stanley-Cleary award was a nice form of recognition for all the hard work he had put in this season, especially after beginning the year with some injury issues.
"I'm very happy to win the award," Dooney said. "It's a nice way to cap off the season. Overall, I'm very happy with how the season went. Coach and I had set high goals for the season, so we just took things day-to-day and week-to-week and took each race on its merits."
Even with his cross country season just now coming to a close, Dooney could not help but voice excitement and optimism for next season. Specifically, he emphasized returning to Nationals next season—not just as an individual, but with the entire team.
"I believe we're in a very good position for next year," he said. "We've got a young team, and we've been waiting for the moment we run at Nationals all our lives."
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Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack has moved to silence rumors the rocker has split from his wife Sharon Osbourne.
A report published by a U.K. tabloid over the weekend suggested the couple is now living apart after the marriage broke down.
The story was denied by Sharon's representative, who insisted the stars are "still together" but have been busy with "work commitments", and their son Jack has now spoken out in a bid to halt the ongoing gossip.
In a post on his Twitter.com page, he writes, "It's all bulls–. Last time I check (sic) a lot of British newspapers weren't amazing sources of accurate information. Moving on…"


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YORK, PA – York College is proud to announce that junior swimmer Lindsey Buglino (Wharton, N.J./Jefferson) has been named the Spartan Athlete of the Week for the week ending on January 19.
Buglino had a very busy week for the Spartans as they closed out their 2013-14 regular season. Buglino recorded six first-place finishes and three second-place finishes in the Spartans' three events for the week.
Buglino began her week with wins in the 1000 free and the 200 butterfly against Rowan. Buglino notched her 1000 free win in a time of 11:05.82. Her win in the 200 butterfly came in 2:21.87. She finished second in the 200 IM (2.19.95) and was a member of the runner-up 200 free relay squad (1:46.46).
Against Gallaudet and Penn State Altoona on Friday, Buglino won the 200 and 500 free for the Spartans. She notched a winning time of 2:07.38 in the 200 and 5:38.30 in the 500. Buglino was also the member of the winning 200-medley relay team.
Buglino closed out her week with a first and a second against Ursinus on Saturday. Buglino won the 500 free with a time of 5:29.68 and finished second in the 400 IM with a time of 4:56.79.
Buglino is the daughter of David and Charla Buglino and is a business administration major at YCP.


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Ascension does not have to be now. Everyone has a different life path and Journey.
"I GET IT!" - everything, all Life, is Truly One.
OK here goes,
Without a doubt in my mind, The Sopranos is forever linked in space & time to Kubrick's 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey as a warning about 9/11.
It is our first true evidence of communication with other time periods.
In order to help me with this topic thread, I will undoubtedly be taking insightful ideas from various Sopranos forums and discussions, including TheChaseLounge.Net, MoS, SopranosAutopsy.com, and a SINGLE THREAD about a question on reddit.com, that to my knowledge, HAS NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFULLY ANSWERED BEFORE. I will post the entire thread to this analysis as well as cite every member's work that has contributed to my revelation.
I believe that David Chase experienced a Spiritual journey or Spiritual insight or Spiritual breakthrough in relation to seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey.
I came across finding out about - David Chases's admiration for the Film 2001: A Space Odyssey from our very own member SilvioMancini through his excellent thread ("Bells, Duality, Metaphysics, schrodingers Cat Oh my!"), which I will be referring to numerous times. Here is the link of that thread: http://thechaselounge.net/viewtopic.php?t=2930.
In that thread, there are two quotes from David Chase stating:
"Dropping acid and watching 2001: A Space Odyssey was the best times of my life." - David Chase
"The final episode [of The Sopranos] was believe it or not sort of based on [the scenes] from 2001: A Space Odyssey." - David Chase
I am going to break everything down step by step. First of all, the film above was created in 1968. However, look at and appreciate the title of the film (it was made in 1968 yet it's alluding to the year 2001 through some kind of Space Odyssey). Also, we try to understand the full breadth of knowledge associated with Chase. David Chase is considered, by critics, to be our generation's true great writer. He is our generation's Shakespeare or our generation's Kubrick.
Stanley Kubrick made 2001: A Space Odyssey, and he is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinematic history.
Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey simply just defies expectations.
From Wikipedia: "The scientific realism and innovative special effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) were without precedent in the history of cinema, and the film earned him his only personal Oscar, for Best Visual Effects. Steven Spielberg has referred to the film as his generation's 'big bang,' and it is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made."
The page even further praises the film in the next paragraph. "Today, 2001: A Space Odyssey is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. In 1991, it was deemed 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant' by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry."
Our understanding of physics, the universe, quantum mechanics, spirituality, the occult, hidden messages, etc. have been shown to us so beautifully & intelligently throughout the The Sopranos.
The Sopranos also just simply defies expectations. As just one example, David Chase has received The Laurel Award for Lifetime Screen-Writing Achievement in 2008 (The Sopranos ended in 2007, and the following year he has received this prestigious award). Receiving The Laurel Award is considered the highest honor for any writing in Television.
More specific description of this award from Wikipedia: "The Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement (also known as the Screen Laurel Award) is a lifetime achievement award given by the Writers Guild of America, West. Since its inception in 1953, it has been presented every year at the WGA Awards to a veteran screenwriter of high stature. The official description reads that it 'is given to that member of the Guild who, in the opinion of the current Board of Directors, has advanced the literature of the motion picture through the years, and who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screen writer.' "
More From Wikipedia: "The Sopranos is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time."
Continued: "The series also won a multitude of awards, including Peabody Awards. In 1999 and 2000, The Sopranos earned two consecutive George Foster Peabody Awards. Only three other series have won the award in consecutive years: Northern Exposure [Also with David Chase], The West Wing, and Breaking Bad."
More about this award: "The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards) program, named for American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and online media."
Reading through SilvioMancini's thread (http://thechaselounge.net/viewtopic.php?t=2930) was an unbelievable and daunting task. David Chase makes connections not just to the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, but to EVERYTHING in Life. As just one example of the Complexity behind these connections, SilvioMancini pointed out to us that David Chase does this through the use of Science, such as the Theory of Quantum Entanglement of Physics.
Another way David Chase accomplishes these connections by Science is demonstrated, for example, by the use of Sigmund Freud's theory Reversal Into The Opposite, which FlyOnMelfisWall so intelligently articulated for us from (5.11 The Test Dream).
Here is the link to her essay, which I will be referring to numerous times as well: http://thechaselounge.net/viewtopic.php ... +Patricide.
Just to provide one (of the many, many) examples of the Critical Acclaim the Series has received, in 2013 the Writer's Guild of America named The Sopranos the Best-Written Television Series of ALL TIME. It is also frequently cited as one of the Greatest Television Series of All Time by numerous other groups and/or disciplines.
Just to provide one (of the many, many) examples of the Critical Acclaim the Film has received, in 2010 the The Moving Arts Film Journal named 2001: A Space Odyssey the Greatest Film of ALL TIME. It is also frequently cited as one of the Greatest Films of All Time by numerous other groups and/or disciplines.
I am just trying to establish a connection here that both works (and thus their creators) have been extremely influential.
Every single Episode of The Sopranos is "Open To Interpretation" from a wide variety of different disciplines. The Final Episode [Made In America] is especially difficult to understand or comprehend.
Every single Part (or Section) of 2001: A Space Odyssey is "Open To Interpretation" from a wide variety of different disciplines. The Final Part [Jupiter And Beyond The Infinite] is especially difficult to understand or comprehend.
It has been nearly two decades since the The Sopranos first aired.
It has also been over a decade since the Finale appeared, and people are still trying to figure out what happens in the End.
It has been over five decades since the Film 2001: A Space Odyssey first aired, and people are still trying to figure out what happens in the End.
So now we know that Kubrick and Chase are cited to be the most influential of their respective times, so we trust that their respective works are so truly important to us.
People have known for a long time that everything is connected through the Universe, Stars, and Planets; and that traveling through different Dimensions/Time-Zones is possible, this is absolutely NOT a surprise to us. Numerous people who experienced spiritual journey via soul travel have written books about it. Examples include the ancient Egyptian writings in the Book of the Dead to the novels of recent times such as The Western Lands, and to authors of recent times such as Harold Klemp.
[I have also been recently introduced to the following website: http://www.astraldynamics.com/astral-projection/. The individual's name who documents his experiences of astral projection on this website is Robert Bruce. It is just one example and I am sure there are more out there. I am including it just to demonstrate that astral projection (out of body experience) is true both by accounts of people in our time, as well as written records dating back many years. It's not something new and it should NOT come as a surprise to us that we maintain the capability to travel through different dimensions.]
However, there is no direct evidence to show spiritual journey into different dimensions through soul travel except for written/oral accounts, in which case you must trust the word of the speaker/writer.
This next part that I am about to write is very important and I believe is the key to finally proving the connection. When David Chase was interviewed about the relationship between the two works, he said something to the effect of: They are related in one way, for example, because it had a lot to do with our favorite scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey and with three scenes that it correlated with in The Sopranos. Two of the scenes that it correlated with in The Sopranos he named. One of them he said he doesn't recall.
AS WE KNOW DAVID CHASE BY NOW, IF HE SAYS HE DOESN'T RECALL THAT MEANS HE RECALLS IT ALL TOO WELL, and it is the final key to solve. It also pertains to the SINGLE THREAD on reddit.com that I named above, that to my current knowledge, HAS NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFULLY ANSWERED BEFORE, even after being posted on TheChaseLounge.Net.
I will post the entire thread when I am reviewing that scene later below. Also, even though David Chase says as an example, one way that The Sopranos and 2001: A Space Odyssey are related is by that scene, he is being humble. They are related in infinite ways, just as the Universe is related to the Stars and to the Planets and to our Souls.
I want to take the time out now to point out that I AM NOT IN ANY WAY SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS FINAL REVELATION. I have only provided the last bits & pieces. This is a culmination of truly intelligent work of so many dedicated people throughout so many years. And I want to take out special significance for those not familiar with our deeply respected online community: FlyOnMelfisWall is the true measure of the embodiment of the series. Without her, there would be no TheChaseLounge.Net, no "Tony's Vicarious Patricide," and true understanding of the series as we have understood it. I also want to mention a sincere thank you to all of the Honorary Members, Moderators, and Administrators of TheChaseLounge.Net, which I am not. A very special thank you to MoS (MasterofSopranos) and SopranosAutopsy.com, which have helped us so much as we all deeply respect "This thing of Ours" and are connected in infinite ways.
FlyOnMelfisWall has so brilliantly articulated how we are One with the Universe in Tony's peyote-driven revelation in Las Vegas through the use of Physics (such as the use of Centripetal Force and more), The Second Coming by Yeats, Tony's patricide through his nephew who weighed so heavily symbolically with him in Tony's mind (and which later lead to the revelation that Tony fulfills the Oedipus Myth), the use of real and surrogate fathers and uncles, son's and suns, the desert atmosphere, and so much more. Once again here is the link of her essay: http://thechaselounge.net/viewtopic.php ... +Patricide.
I have copied and pasted the following from the thread by SilvioMancini and his representation of the infinite connections between The Sopranos and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Heres an interesting Observation made by a blogger who goes by Theotherforever on another Sopranos blog.
The Sopranos
A. Bobby Bacala likes to hunt with a bow and arrow.
B. AJ goes into the pool.
C. Janice's son is named Harpo/Hal.
D. Hal Holbrook plays John Schwinn, formerly of Bell Labs.
E. Tony Soprano's breathing patterns are very noticeable.
F. AJ appears wearing his Dad's bathrobe.
G. Meadow is late due to her switching Birth control.
Compare the above to Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film-
2001: A Space Odyssey
A. One astronaut is named "Bowman."
B. Another astronaut is named "Poole."
C. HAL9000 is the name of the space ship's computer.
D. HAL was made to "speak" at Bell Labs.
E. Bowman's breathing is also very noticeable as he tries to rescue Poole.
F. Astronaut Bowman sees himself wearing a bathrobe.
G. A Star-Child is BORN.
The above is just one minor connection. The connections that SilvioMancini demonstrates in his thread appear as if they are infinite, Connecting the two works to the Universe and Planets, and to Each Other. Once again here is the link to his thread: http://thechaselounge.net/viewtopic.php?t=2930.
The Opening Montage of the Final Season of The Sopranos includes a shortened version of a spoken word essay ("The ancient Egyptians postulated seven souls...") by William S. Burroughs from his novel The Western Lands.
*For interpretation of the Montage and/or novel and how it relates to the Series (yet again even more Connections by David Chase of the Universe to his Series), I will be referring people to read the thread by Silviomancini, as the explanations are far too long for me to copy here. Once AGAIN, here is the link: http://thechaselounge.net/viewtopic.php?t=2930.
The final episode is so difficult to understand because some of it just doesn't make sense. Tony keeps on seeing himself talking to other people. In addition, the timeline doesn't make sense, as if we're seeing into the future or into the past in certain scenes.
I would like to refer back to SilvioMancini's thread and discuss the interview with David Chase about the relationship between 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Sopranos. I would also like to discuss SilvioMancini's ANSWER AND RESPONSE TO US IN THAT THREAD about David Chase's interview, which I believe is PARTIALLY CORRECT in terms of its significance.
The interview:
Chase: Filmically, that show ["Made in America"] had a lot to do with our favorite scene in 2001 when the astronaut wakes up, that episode was believe it or not sort of based on that.
Terrence Winter [writer/producer]: [you mean] seeing himself in the frame.
Chase: Projecting himself into his own future.
Chase: "Tony, all the way through [the final episode] would come somewhere, see the person he was going to talk to, cut back to him and then cut to him walking into his own point of view and he would then arrive and start talking. And that time got shorter and shorter and shorter. Janice was the longest and then there was another one that I don't recall (emphasis added) and then there was Junior which was even shorter. Then it went from Tony looking at Tony, back to Tony seeing himself. I sort of got that from 2001."
THIS IS SilvioMancini's RESPONSE TO DAVID CHASE'S INTERVIEW TO US IN THE THREAD: "The OTHER scene Chase refers to I can't find a high-quality photo to post, but it's at the very beginning when he meets Agent Harris with Paulie. As he approaches Harris's car, this is the first time this pattern is established."
I BELIEVE THAT SilvioMancini is partially correct AS TO THE SIGNIFICANCE PERTAINING TO THAT SCENE. Yes, this IS THE OTHER SCENE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IS HOW TONY GOT TO THAT SCENE, which was very weird to some viewers, as if his life was interrupted for a moment to get there, and then resumed again. In other words, IT WAS OUT OF SEQUENCE.
I am now going to include the entire thread from a post on reddit.com, that to my knowledge, HAS NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFULLY ANSWERED BEFORE, EVEN AFTER BEING POSTED ON TheChaseLounge.Net.
(Here is the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thesopranos/co ... n_america/)
Submitted 1 year ago by somerton
I originally posted this on the Chase Lounge forum. I've never seen anyone mention this so I thought I'd ask you guys:
OK, so as we all know the episode starts with Tony waking up in bed in the safe house. Vanilla Fudge's "You Keep Me Hangin' On" is on the radio, the sun is shining into the room indicating it's likely morning... and CUT. We're now at the airport as Tony and Paulie wait for Agent Harris, but it is now dark -- what happened? Did the show cut ahead to that night?
It doesn't seem so to me. The next scene is early morning, Tony and his burly guard driving to Carmela's safe house by the water, with the same exact Vanilla Fudge song on the car radio -- only now it's slightly ahead of the part of the song we previously heard.
The airport scene seems to cut irrationally in between these two scenes, disconnected in time.
Theoretically, it would make much more sense for Tony to wake up to Vanilla Fudge, rush out the door to his family's safe house with the bodyguard, and get there quickly enough that the same song was still on. Keep in mind that the full/album version of that VF song is just under 7 minutes. This would make much more sense than the option we're being fed by the way the scenes are presented in sequence: i.e., Tony spends an entire day off-camera after waking up at the beginning, sees Harris at the airport that night, and goes to see his family the next morning as the same VF song plays on the radio.
Chase is clearly playing with us here, as he does until the end of the episode. But why?
[Another observation: The song plays yet again during Phil's infamous death scene near the end of the episode, and I find it persuasive regarding Tony's death that the same song would play during the opening scene of Tony filmed as if in a casket, and another scene being played in the car Tony's in -- and then also be playing in the death scene of his arch-nemesis Phil, again presumably on the car radio. The part of the song playing during Phil's death scene seems to be similar or identical to the part playing when Tony's driving to the safe-house; in any case, both scenes have the song cut out at the same exact spot, which is when it appears to be amping up into some kind of intense organ crescendo. Also, recall how Tony and Phil have previously been compared/doubled throughout the series in a suggestively morbid way, such as Nancy Sinatra saying "Are you two going home together?" in "Chasing It."]
MY THEORY IS THAT IN THE LAST EPISODE, "MADE IN AMERICA," TONY'S SOUL TRAVELS BACK TO 2001 AS HE IS SITTING IN THE AIRPORT WITH FBI AGENT HARRIS AND TWO VERY CLOSE PLANES FLY BY AS THEY ARE TALKING TERRORISM. THIS WOULD PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION FOR THE REDDIT.COM POST ABOVE, WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFULLY ANSWERED BEFORE. IT IS THE SCENE WHICH DAVID CHASE STATES HE DOESN'T RECALL. (However, we know it truly means he recalls it all too well).
The above paragraph is just my theory, and I don't know if it is true. HOWEVER, AND WITHOUT A DOUBT IN MY MIND, THE FOLLOWING SEEM TO BE TRUE:
1. I believe that we are experiencing Tony's soul in different dimensions (time and space/distance) in this episode.
2. There is something very special about the scene with FBI Agent Harris.
I am including below a section From MoS [MasterofSopranos] for further explanation of that scene:
"It (9/11) changed the whole show……In fact, [the effect of 9/11] was actually developed consciously in the last episode of the entire series. [The final episode] is really about that feeling of foreboding." (David Chase in a 2009 interview at Emmylegends.org, responding to a question about the effect of 9/11 on the show).
Terrorism, 9/11 and the United States war in Iraq are consistently referenced in the final season. However, in the final few episodes, and specifically in the final episode "Made in America," the references pile up at a feverish pace. This is mainly illustrated through A.J., who begins to have a new understanding of the Middle East and becomes obsessed with Al Qaeda and the possibility that weapons of mass destruction could be unleashed in the United States. In the final episode, A.J. tells his father he wants to join the army to fight terrorism in Afghanistan. Numerous symbols of the war in Iraq, 9/11, and America's dependence on oil crowd the episode.
Tony meets FBI agent Harris near an airport and a jet is shown flying eerily close to Tony's SUV, echoing 9/11. The engine ominously roars as the jet attempts to land at an angle, referencing the numerous videos of the second plane coming in at an angle and striking one of the Towers. Tony then talks to Agent Harris about the Arabs that Christopher did business with. Harris relays to Tony that he is stressed because he believes terrorists may have been testing the F.B.I.'s response time at Newark Airport. The snow falling in the scene echoes the debris from the burning Towers or the ash covered downtown Manhattan. A second plane is heard overhead while Tony is talking to Harris, referencing the two planes that struck the World Trade Center (only two planes are shown and heard in the scene). In the very next scene, Tony visits Carmela at the family safe house and Carmela is concerned about the "toxic" smell of the house, a reference to the toxic odors of downtown Manhattan in the weeks and months following 9/11.
Some points I need to make before moving on to my Next Posts Below:
I have come to the Conclusion that there is Indeed a Very Special Connection Between The Sopranos, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and 9/11. I was able to Find more Connections Between - 2001: A Space Odyssey and 9/11 - by digging deeper, but not much. And I will NOT Be Stating Most of these Connections here, simply Because Most of these Connections seem to be (to me at least) - "Theories" that people have conjured up - Instead Of Anything That I Would Consider As Deep/Meaningful. I will state only TWO CONNECTIONS that I Considered worthy of Posting Here:
1. THE MONOLITH IN THE FILM 2001: A Space Odyssey IS DESCRIBED (AND SORT OF LOOKS AKIN & OF SIMILAR CHARACTER) TO THE TOWER BUILDINGS. If people reading this have never seen the Film 2001: A Space Odyssey, DO NOT WORRY about understanding all of everything that I am talking about here. I go INTO DETAIL about Both Works (in relation to this Discussion & Spirituality & Knowledge/Science) in the Posts below.
2. I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO STATE THIS OR HOW IT WOULD MAKE OTHERS FEEL. IT CERTAINLY MADE ME FEEL AWKWARD EVEN JUST THINKING OR WRITING ABOUT IT. AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME, BUT HERE GOES - One of the suicide terrorists (as a pilot in one of the airplanes) was born in the year 1968 [when the FILM was Made & Aired] and obviously died in the year 2001; David Bowman died in the year 2001 in the Film itself. And also, obviously the year 2001 is referencing the Title of the Film itself. Also, [this is very difficult for me to state and it is what I was absolutely not looking forward to, but I feel is necessary] - one of the deadliest attacks was the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, in which the individual behind that event was also born in 1968, and also died in 2001.
So, the year 1968 Refers to - the Birth of the Film and the Birth of those above mentioned.
The year 2001 Refers to - the Ending of the Film and the Ending (of the PHYSICAL EXISTENCE AT LEAST) of those above mentioned.
THREE Connections Between The Sopranos and 9/11that I Considered worthy of Posting Here:
1. THE VERY FIRST EPISODE THAT AIRS FOLLOWING THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11 - AIRS ALMOST A YEAR LATER (OR MAYBE MORE). THIS EPISODE IS 4.01 For All Debts Public and Private. IN THIS EPISODE, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH DAVID CHASE IS SORT OF "JOKING" OR "TOYING" ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF 9/11 (REMEMBER THE SCENES BETWEEN TONY SOPRANO AND BOBBY BACALA CONVERSING ABOUT NOSTRADAMUS AND THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME?). THIS POINTS ME TO BELIEVING THAT DAVID CHASE IS PERHAPS IMPLYING THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE BOGGLED DOWN - BY WHAT THESE UNENLIGHTENED PEOPLE DID TO INNOCENT & HARD-WORKING PEOPLE - BUT RATHER MOVE ON AND NOT LET THESE UNENLIGHTENED PEOPLE DESTROY EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHARE THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://sopranosautopsy.com/season-4-2/ ... vate-4-01/.
2. THE OPENING CREDITS OF EVERY EPISODE OF THE The Sopranos - UP UNTIL SEASON 4 - INCLUDES AN IMAGE OF THE TWIN TOWERS IN TONY'S CAR MIRROR. IN 4.01 For All Debts Public and Private, AS WELL AS EVERY EPISODE AFTERWARDS, THIS IMAGE IS NOT SEEN.
3. THE SONG THAT BOTH OPENS UP & CLOSES OUT THE EPISODE 4.01 For All Debts Public and Private, is Speak About Destruction, BY THE BAND Time Zone. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS REFERENCING THE "Destruction" THAT CAUSED/RESULTED FROM 9/11, AND ALSO IT IS REFERENCING THE "Destruction" THAT The WORLD IS CAUSING UPON ITSELF BY PLACING MORE VALUE ON MATERIAL POSSESSIONS AND MONEY ("For All Debts Public and Private") over actual, important Life values (SUCH AS DEEP CONNECTIONS WITH OTHERS). I am not implying here that money or material possessions are bad. In fact, money is a great motivator and something good people should strive to have more of. Only when it is used for nefarious purposes by the wrong people is when it can become destructive.
The Connections Between The Sopranos and 9/11 are just simply too difficult for me or anyone else to grasp (at least currently). The only aspect that I AM ENTIRELY CONVINCED ABOUT in regards to 9/11 and The Sopranos - is that the scene with FBI Agent Harris is something Special, but I can't point out exactly What that Special aspect is. It is Essentially the First Scene of the Final Episode - after Tony wakes up as if in a casket or coffin - and it is Completely Out Of Sequence, in terms of Time and/or Space, with the Entirety of the Remaining Scenes of The Final Episode. Maybe we will never know. It is truly one of the greatest things I have ever seen, and all I know with 100% Certainty at This Moment is that there is something Very Significant about it.
Nothing in The Sopranos is done by accident, even down to the millisecond of every scene. Therefore, no Connection on the Series is "by accident."


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ROCKFORD - Transform Rockford was perhaps the year's most important civic gathering.
All eyes and ears were fixed on the podium Nov. 15 at the Coronado Performing Arts Center when Rudy Valdez said: "Even if you're a Green Bay Packers fan, we all matter."
"I happened to see a couple of Packers fans in the front row and I ad-libbed," Valdez, a UTC Aerospace Systems executive and this year's winner of the Rockford Register Star's Excalibur Award for community achievement, said Friday.
In a city looking for unity and alignment, the Bears-Packers rivalry is one that may forever remain untransformable.
When the teams meet today - the NFC North crown and a playoff berth are at stake - the jocularity of living and working beside someone of a different jersey will transform into three hours of fanaticism, destined to end in rounds of chest-thumping or beery dejection.
To the winners go a year's worth of bragging rights that would, sadly, belong to no one if all followers were aligned.
"Green Bay fans still matter," Valdez said. "It won't be an exciting game without the rivalry. I still believe we all matter. The Bears just matter a little more."
In this town, for every Rudy Valdez there's a Mike Rose.
Rose grew up with six brothers, and four follow the Bears. Mike is one of the two whose football loyalties lie north of the cheddar curtain, where he'd watch Packers games with his grandpa after church in Fond du Lac, Wis.
For four years, Rose worked silently behind enemy lines as an athletics trainer for the Bears.
"Nobody knew I was a Packers fan when I worked there," said Rose, 36. "I kept quiet."
Rose has seen the World Series, Kentucky Derby and other big sporting events. But his greatest thrill? Running onto Lambeau Field with the Bears.
"As a Packers fan you sit in the stands and say what a great experience Lambeau Field is. But to be inside the tunnel walls and be able to run out of the field and have everyone booing you, that's cool."
Rose's son is being baptized at noon today. Family festivities will be finished by kickoff. He'll watch the game at home with his wife, Maggie, a Bears fan.
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"We're normally very busy on any game day, but this game will be busier than the Super Bowl for us," Prosser said.
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"I have Alzheimer's, and every now and then I'll be telling my daughter something and I know what I want to say, I just can't say it," said Richard St. Jean of Coventry. "It takes a little bit, and then I'll say it afterwards."
Instead of getting frustrated, he just smiles. Having a good outlook, he said, is important.
"If I don't, I'll get too burned up," said St. Jean. "I'm on medication and I'm feeling a lot better. I'm starting to read again and do different things, which is really good. I ski all week long. If I don't think positive, I'll get nervous."
St. Jean was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease two years ago. Alzheimer's disease is a form of dementia that gets worse with time, and affects memory, thinking and behavior. Dementia is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases.
The Alzheimer's Foundation of America reported in 2011 that the disease affects 5.1 million Americans, and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. While it primarily impacts people 65 and older, a rare form occurs in people as young as 30.
To give caregivers, health care providers, family members and anyone impacted by the disease an opportunity to tell their stories and provide vital input to a comprehensive state plan for Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders, Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts, along with Catherine Terry Taylor, the director of the Division of Elderly Affairs for the Rhode Island Department of Human Services, has scheduled six free "Listening Sessions" throughout the state.
One was held Friday afternoon at the Kent County YMCA. More than 25 people, including St. Jean, were in attendance.
Roberts and Taylor began the session by sharing their personal stories. Roberts cared for her ailing mother-in-law who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's years ago. These days, her stepfather, who is 96, is dealing with dementia.
Taylor discussed early childhood memories of visiting her grandfather in a nursing home, who had vascular dementia, a form of Alzheimer's caused by conditions that block or reduce blood flow to the brain, depriving brain cells of vital oxygen and nutrients. Now, her child has Down syndrome, a genetic condition in which an individual has 47 chromosomes instead of 46. People with Down syndrome have 100 percent chance of developing Alzheimer's as they age.
"I have a very vested interest in this," Taylor said. "Part of the issue with Alzheimer's is that none of us tell our stories. We're just so isolated in care-giving that we don't get a chance, so this is your chance to tell us your experience and inform us."
Roberts agreed.
"Our experiences are unique to us, but there are common things we learn," she said. "We know that the bulk of the care rests with the family. Our challenge and opportunity is to help people."
Their plan is to develop a statewide inventory of what resources are available, what works well, and what the gaps are.
Some of those gaps include issues for early onset cases, as people younger than 65 don't qualify for Social Security and health benefits. Taylor said one-sixth of all cases are early onset.
"It's not insignificant," she said.
Other gaps include transportation to daycare services, misdiagnosis, a lack of research and research funding, a lack of universal education about the topic for health care providers and students in the field, lack of respite care and coping with the general stress it causes.
While many people shared their experiences, most wished to remain nameless out of respect for the privacy of their families.
One Warwick woman is a caregiver for her 88-year-old mother and her 62-year-old brother, a Vietnam veteran, who both have Alzheimer's. She has two areas she finds frustrating, the first being that her brother had been a state employee and was short by a small margin to qualify for early retirement. He submitted an application that is yet to be reviewed by the Department of Treasury.
"They told me it is normal to have a six-month waiting period," she said. "What this will do is guarantee him health insurance at a reasonable rate. Getting him in to be reviewed by a doctor is a very lengthy process."
Another area of concern is transportation. He lives in West Warwick and is transported by RIde to a daycare facility in Cranston at a cost of $8 per day. But there are days he waits to be dropped off for at least two hours.
Taylor advised her to speak to RIde about the issue. Also, Taylor said there is hope, as the state has gone out to bid for transportation brokers, who will be working with RIde to correct these types of problems.
For Judy Spremulli of Cranston, her sister and mother were diagnosed with Alzheimer's around the same time, and they recently passed away within seven weeks of one another.
"I've seen every aspect of this – home care and facility care, differences in coverage – one had good coverage, one not so much," she said. "And I've seen the diagnosis piece."
She explained that her sister went to a psychiatrist and was misdiagnosed with bi-polar disease without being vetted for physical problems or any kind of testing. Doctors started her on medication, which led to all kinds of additional problems.
"We need some consistency in the way this is diagnosed," Spremulli said. "We need more mental health and physical health coordination. We need more research and more research funding. I'd like to see a centralized clinic for dementia care. Wouldn't it be great if we could get training for health care workers that was consistent with this disease?"
She also doesn't think there is enough awareness for the disease.
"There are pink ribbons on my eggs – can we get purple ribbons on milk cartons?" she said, as the color associated with Alzheimer's awareness is purple.
Taylor offered comfort, noting that during five days in October the State House was lit purple to promote Alzheimer's. Additionally, she said President Obama has a "robust commitment" to funding research for the disease.
Stephanie Culhane, a case manager for Westbay Community Action and a member of the Cranston School Committee, has a lot of experience with the disease.
Culhane volunteered at the Cranston Senior Center as a teenager, worked in assisted living and nursing homes, and was a caregiver for her father, who had vascular dementia, as well as her mother-in-law, who had Lewy Body dementia, which is closely associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. She agreed that having a centralized form of training for ER doctors, nurses and CNAs is vital.
"If we had a program where everyone is trained in the same or similar ways, we could have more consistency," she said, noting that there are many resources for people available at West Bay Community Action. Learn more about West Bay Community Action at westbaycap.org or by calling 732-4666. "We need more education out in the fields to understand these diseases."
A young woman studying social work pointed out that classes involving the aging, elderly and their diseases aren't available at her college.
Like Culhane, Annie Murphy of the Alzheimer's Association said resources are available. Murphy, the coordinator of Live & Learn, a social program for people in the early stages of the disease, said the Association offers 24-hour support and resources. To find out more, visit alz.org/ri/ or call the help line at 1-800-272-3900.
"Our goal is to help people in the state understand what their resources are," she said. "We are available for families. We continue to fundraise so we can tunnel that money into research dollars. We are also trying to help families understand what clinical trials are. One of the reasons our clinical trials are folding is because we don't have enough participants."
Speaking of resources, a local man said he's having difficulty making a living, as he had to quit his job to care for his ailing parents. Sadly, his father recently died, but he is still caring for his mother, who has multiple sclerosis."
The man is on COBRA, but doesn't have much left. He is responsible for maintaining his home, as well as his mother's home.
"I have no regrets – they are my parents," he said. "But I just don't know what to do."
To help, Roberts mentioned a program, Right at Home, which offers in-home care and assistance. However, the receiving caregiver can't be legally responsible for the person who needs care, that is, a child or other relative may qualify, but a spouse cannot. More about Right at Home can be found at rightathome.net.
Spremulli felt his pain.
"My needs were on hold," Spremulli said. "I had family support. I was lucky." She said online blogs written by people in similar situations also made her feel better. "The personal stories helped me. I advocate and that helps."
Roberts feels the same. She said finding online resources is a great way to cope.
"Google is a wonderful thing," Roberts said.
Another woman suggested creating a respite group made up of doctors, nurses, social workers and volunteers to assist and direct people accordingly.
"The average person cannot afford daily daycare, transportation or assisted living," she said. "We need to help these people."
In the meantime, Roberts and Taylor said they will remain committed to the cause. Their report is due to the General Assembly by July 1, 2013.
"July 1 is not the last day of work – as long as we are breathing and active, we'll be chipping away at this," Taylor said, with Roberts adding, "If there's legislation, it will be the following year."
While three sessions have already been held in Warwick, Portsmouth and Providence, three more will be held during the next week or so. They are as follows: tomorrow from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Woonsocket Public Library at 303 Clinton Street in Woonsocket; Thursday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Bayside YMCA at 70 West Street in Barrington; and Dec. 18 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Peace Dale Library at 1057 Kingstown Road in South Kingstown.
For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com (write Alzheimer's in the subject line) or visit www.ltgov.state.ri.us/alz.


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Jane Mayer made a name for herself as a reporter by writing a book-length smear of Clarence Thomas titled Strange Justice. A favorite of the hard left, she has continued to turn out advocacy journalism through the years. She currently writes for the New Yorker; her well-nigh book-length hit piece on Charles and David Koch in August 2010–absurdly titled "Covert Operations"–was the genesis of the crazed leftist assault on the Kochs and their company that has been going on ever since.
The October 10 issue of the New Yorker includes Mayer's latest effort on behalf of the Democratic Party, which could have been titled "Son of Koch." Her subject is Art Pope, a North Carolina businessman who funds various conservative causes in that state. Mayer's article is titled "State For Sale," which pretty well sums up her thesis. Mayer is of the shamelessly hypocritical liberal money=good, conservative money=bad school.
Who is Art Pope? He isn't well known outside North Carolina, but then, the Koch brothers weren't very well known either, until Mayer turned them into the Left's enemies #1 and #2. Pope is a lawyer who owns or co-owns a company called Variety Wholesalers, which operates a chain of discount stores in the South. Pope is the company's CEO. He describes himself as a political conservative in contemporary American terms. Philosophically, he is a classical liberal who admires philosophers like John Locke, David Hume, Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill. He served for a time in the North Carolina legislature and now contributes a number of conservative groups and causes, including the John Locke Foundation, North Carolina's branch of Americans For Prosperity, Real Jobs NC, Civitas Action, and others, as well as North Carolina's Republican Party and various individual candidates. According to Mayer, Art Pope is single-handedly responsible for North Carolina's voting Republican in 2010.
You can think of Art Pope as a kind of mini-Charles Koch, a very smart conservative who puts his money where his philosophy is. Mayer makes the comparison explicit; of course, to her it is a searing indictment of Pope:
Some have compared him to Charles and David Koch, the conservative oil-and-chemical magnates, whom Pope regards as friends; Pope has at times joined forces with them, attending some of their semi-annual secret planning summits [Ed.: "Secret planning summits?" Good grief. I spoke at one a few years ago; the Kochs' semi-annual get-togethers are extraordinarily high-level seminars.] and, through the family foundation, contributing millions to many of the same causes. Pope, in addition to being on the board of Americans for Prosperity—which David Koch founded, in 2004—served on the board of its predecessor, Citizens for a Sound Economy, which Koch co-founded, in 1984. Charles Koch recently praised the Popes, along with other donors, for providing financial support for the 2012 election effort, and tax records show that Pope has given money to at least twenty-seven groups supported by the Kochs, including organizations opposing environmental regulations, tax increases, unions, and campaign-spending limits.
Pope is, in other words, a great American. Mayer employs the usual tricks of the trade to put Pope in a bad light. She tells the story of a noble liberal politician brought low by the forces of Mammon; her article begins with "John Snow, a retired Democratic judge who had represented the district in the State Senate for three terms, found himself subjected to one political attack after another." Political attacks, of course, should only be made by liberals:
"The attacks just went on and on," Snow told me recently. "My opponents used fear tactics. I'm a moderate, but they tried to make me look liberal."
Snow, a modern-day Helen Gahagan Douglas, lost, and Mayer blames Art Pope. She even drags out Willie Horton. Of course, exposing "moderate" Democrats as liberals is one of the things conservatives can do if they have an advertising budget.
Mayer uses the age-old technique of telling Art Pope's story through the eyes of his enemies. Here are some of the sources she relies on, in addition to John Snow, as she herself describes them: "Bob Phillips, the head of the North Carolina chapter of Common Cause;" "Fred Wertheimer, who heads Democracy 21, another group that works for campaign-finance reform;" "Margaret Dickson, a sixty-one-year-old retired radio broadcaster and media executive who … was seeking reëlection to the North Carolina State Senate [as a Democrat];" "Chris Heagarty, a Democratic lawyer, [who] ran for a legislative seat in Wake County, which includes Raleigh;" "Nina Szlosberg-Landis, a Democratic activist in Raleigh says…;" "According to an analysis of tax records by Democracy NC, a progressive government watchdog group…;" "Marc Farinella, a Democratic political consultant who was Obama's 2008 campaign director in North Carolina…;" "Martin Nesbitt, Jr., the Democratic leader in the North Carolina Senate, says…;" "Mac McCorkle, a former Democratic campaign consultant in the state, who is now a visiting lecturer at Duke, recalls…;" "According to Gene Nichol, the chairman of the Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity, at the U.N.C. School of Law…;" "David Parker, the chair of the Democratic Party in North Carolina, says…;" "Dean Debnam, a North Carolina businessman who backs progressive politics, says…;" "Bob Geary, a political reporter for the Indy, the alternative weekly in Durham, recalls…;" "In an e-mail, Chris Kromm, the executive director of the Institute for Southern Studies, said…;" "Critics describe Civitas as Pope's conservative assembly line…;" "'Civitas was clever,' Bob Hall, the executive director of Democracy NC, the progressive watchdog group, says;" "Chris Fitzsimon, the founder and director of NC Policy Watch, a progressive think tank, says…;" "Martin Nesbitt, the Democratic leader, said…;" "The former U.N.C. president Bill Friday told me…;" "Bill Race, the former chairman of the classics department at U.N.C.-Chapel Hill, told me, 'The Pope machine is narrow-minded and mean-spirited and poisoned the university;'" "Cat Warren, an English professor at North Carolina State University, in Raleigh, who has been critical of Pope, says…;" "North Carolina Democrats accused Pope of engineering, in 2009, the re-segregation of public schools in Wake County…;" "The Reverend William Barber, the head of the North Carolina chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., … says…;" "Bob Hall, the Democracy North Carolina director, sees…;" "Chris Fitzsimon, of NC Policy Watch, says of Pope…;" "Jim Goodmon, the president and C.E.O. of Capitol Broadcasting Company, which owns the CBS and Fox television affiliates in Raleigh, says, 'I was a Republican, but I'm embarrassed to be one in North Carolina because of Art Pope;'" "Martin Nesbitt, the Democratic leader in the State Senate, says…;" "Gary Pearce, a longtime Democratic consultant, says of Pope…;" "Nina Szlosberg-Landis, the Democratic activist, predicts…"
This is a common ploy–a liberal reporter interviews liberals and quotes them attacking a conservative–hey, I'm just a reporter, relating the facts! But Mayer takes it to such an extreme in this hit piece that it almost makes you laugh out loud.
So, what is it all about? Mayer is horrified by Pope's classical liberal philosophy:
Pope told me that he cares deeply about the people of North Carolina; he just believes that they are better served by private enterprise than by public largesse. He therefore believes in cutting personal and corporate income taxes, reducing estate taxes, and cutting government spending. He questions the notion that government serves the public interest, and calls himself a supporter of "public-choice theory," which views the political system as being driven largely by self-interest. At the same time, he donates to food banks and to shelters for the indigent. Robert H. Dorff, a professor at the U.S. Army War College, and a friend of Pope's, said, "He's a profound believer in charity. But he believes, philosophically, that it's the role of others, not the government, to take care of others."
Such views, which are increasingly entering the mainstream of American politics, incense progressives like Nichol…
"Increasingly entering the mainstream of American politics"? Those views were the mainstream of American politics for close to 200 years.
But that difference of opinion is a given. Mayer is hunting bigger game than Art Pope. Her real target seems to be Citizens United, a theme that ties together her smear of Clarence Thomas and her hit pieces on the Kochs and Pope:
Bob Phillips, the head of the North Carolina chapter of Common Cause…argues that the Court's decision, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, has been a "game changer," especially in the realm of state politics. In swing states like North Carolina—which the Democrats consider so important that they have scheduled their 2012 National Convention there—an individual donor, particularly one with access to corporate funds, can play a significant, and sometimes decisive, role. "We didn't have that before 2010," Phillips says. "Citizens United opened up the door. Now a candidate can literally be outspent by independent groups. We saw it in North Carolina, and a lot of the money was traced back to Art Pope." …
"The disastrous Citizens United decision has opened the door wide to influence-buying," [Fred Wertheimer] says.
This claim is made in an unsubtle way in the title of Mayer's article, "State For Sale," and an even less subtle way, if that is possible, in the magazine's caricature of Pope, which depicts him with wads of cash in one pocket and the State of North Carolina in the other:
I interviewed Art Pope to find out what he thought about Mayer's portrayal of him. He was, as you would expect, smart, principled and dedicated to the welfare of North Carolina and the United States.
Pope pointed out that Mayer virtually ignored the fact that the left has institutions and donors that advance its ideas and interests, too. The Reynolds Foundation–an inheritor of tobacco money–is, like Pope's family foundation, a 501(c)(3) entity, and, along with groups like Blueprint North Carolina, has heavily funded liberal causes and candidates. Reynolds contributes more to liberal causes than Pope does to conservative ones. He also noted that Mayer falsely claims that when Pope makes donations from the Pope family foundation to public policy organizations like Civitas, "he is able to take tax write-offs." In fact, Pope says, both the foundation and groups like Civitas are 501(c)(3)s, and a 501(c)(3) does not get a tax deduction when it donates to another 501(c)(3). But then, knowledge of the tax laws has never been a liberal strong point.
Pope also points out that neither he nor any group that he funds was responsible for any of the three television ads that Mayer claims were unfair. But let's cut to the chase: the whole point of Mayer's hit piece is that Art Pope and other nasty Republicans bought the 2010 elections in North Carolina by swamping them with conservative money:
So far, Pope's strategy seems to be a success. Martin Nesbitt, the Democratic leader in the State Senate, says, "Art Pope set out to buy power, and it's working." He believes that Pope's forces, by redrawing the political districts, are setting the stage to control the state for the next decade. Nesbitt says, "I don't hold anyone's political views against them. But any time you have the takeover we did, with the influence of money and absolute power, you have to worry. It's a blue state that has a Democratic governor, and voted for Obama in 2008, but in two years they turned it into a red state, all because of their money."
It is almost enough to make you feel sorry for those poor, underfunded Democrats, isn't it? But wait! Art Pope notes that the Democrats and their liberal independent groups outspent the Republicans and their conservative groups in 2010–a fact that is notably absent from Mayer's tale of woe. In 2008, the Democrats outspent the GOP nearly three to one, over $19 million to $7 million plus. In 2010, the Republicans closed the gap somewhat–courtesy of Art Pope and others–but the Democrats still spent more, $16 million to $14 million. More here. If anyone is buying elections in North Carolina, it is Democrats, not Republicans. Mayer had this information, but chose to suppress it in order to fool her readers.
What really happened in 2010 was that after two disastrous years of the Obama administration, the Republicans scored a huge, nationwide sweep. The GOP surge in North Carolina was duplicated in state after state. Republicans didn't "buy" the election in North Carolina or anywhere else; in North Carolina and most other states, they were outspent. But voters, revolted by the overreach and incompetence of the Obama administration, pulled the GOP lever. Democrats can't face that reality, so they peddle pathetic tales about Republican plutocrats buying elections, courtesy, supposedly, of Citizens United. Such thinking is delusional. It is unfortunate that good citizens like Art Pope are its drive-by victims.


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How humans are not physically created to eat meat
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Although some historians and anthropologists say that man is historically omnivorous, our anatomical equipment teeth, jaws, and digestive system favors a fleshless diet. The American Dietetic Association notes that "most of mankind for most of human history has lived on vegetarian or near-vegetarian diets."
And much of the world still lives that way. Even on most industrialized countries, the love affair with meat is less than a hundred years old. It started with the refrigerator car and the twentieth-century consumer society. But even with the twentieth century, man's body hasn't adapted to eating meat. The prominent Swedish scientist Karl von Linne states, "Man's structure, external and internal, compared with that of the other animals, shows that fruit and succulent vegetables constitute his natural food." The chart below compares the anatomy of man with that of carnivorous and herbivorous animals.
When you look at the comparison between herbivores and humans, we compare much more closely to herbivores than meat eating animals. Humans are clearly not designed to digest and ingest meat.
Meat-eaters: have claws
Herbivores: no claws
Humans: no claws
Meat-eaters: have no skin pores and perspire through the tongue
Herbivores: perspire through skin pores
Humans: perspire through skin pores
Meat-eaters: have sharp front teeth for tearing, with no flat molar teeth for grinding
Herbivores: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding
Humans: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding
Meat-eaters: have intestinal tract that is only 3 times their body length so that rapidly decaying meat can pass through quickly
Herbivores: have intestinal tract 10-12 times their body length.
Humans: have intestinal tract 10-12 times their body length.
Meat-eaters: have strong hydrochloric acid in stomach to digest meat
Herbivores: have stomach acid that is 20 times weaker than that of a meat-eater
Humans: have stomach acid that is 20 times weaker than that of a meat-eater
Meat-eaters: salivary glands in mouth not needed to pre-digest grains and fruits.
Herbivores: well-developed salivary glands which are necessary to pre-digest grains and fruits
Humans: well-developed salivary glands, which are necessary to pre-digest, grains and fruits
Meat-eaters: have acid saliva with no enzyme ptyalin to pre-digest grains
Herbivores: have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains
Humans: have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains
Based on a chart by A.D. Andrews, Fit Food for Men, (Chicago: American Hygiene Society, 1970)
Clearly if humans were meant to eat meat we wouldn't have so many crucial ingestive/digestive similarities with animals that are herbivores.
Many people ask me, "If we weren't supposed to eat meat than why do we?". It is because we are conditioned to eat meat. Also, the ADA (American Dietetic Association) tells us that "most of mankind for most of human history has lived on a vegetarian or Lacto-ovo vegetarian diet.
A popular statement that meat eaters say is; "In the wild, animals kill other animals for food. It's nature." First of all, we are not in the wild. Secondly, we can easily live without eating meat and killing, not to mention we'd be healthier. And finally, as I have already shown, we weren't meant to eat meat. Meat and seafood putrefies within 4 hours after consumption and the remnants cling to the walls of the stomach and intestines for 3-4 days or longer than if a person is constipated. Furthermore, the reaction of saliva in humans is more alkaline, whereas in the case of flesh-eating or preying animals, it is clearly acidic. The alkaline saliva does not act properly on meat.
The final point I would like to make on how we as humans were not meant to eat meat is this. All omnivorous and carnivorous animals eat their meat raw. When a lion kills an herbivore for food, it tears right into the stomach area to eat the organs that are filled with blood (nutrients). While eating the stomach, liver, intestine, etc., the lion laps the blood in the process of eating the dead animals flesh. Even bears that are omnivores eat salmon raw. However, eating raw or bloody meat disgust us as humans. Therefore, we must cook it and season it to buffer the taste of flesh.
If a deer is burned in a forest fire, a carnivorous animal will NOT eat its flesh. Even circus lions have to be feed raw meat so that they will not starve to death. If humans were truly meant to eat meat, then we would eat all of our meat raw and bloody. The thought of eating such meat makes one's stomach turn. This is my point on how we as humans are conditioned to believe that animal flesh is good for us and that we were meant to consume it for survival and health purposes. If we are true carnivores or omnivores, cooking our meat and seasoning it with salt, ketchup, or tabasco sauce would disguise and we as humans would refuse to eat our meat in this form.
Overall advantages of vegetarianism
You can indeed reap a lot of benefits by being a vegetarian and people have become more aware of the health benefits of being a vegetarian. Animal rights issues is only one of the reasons why people decide to go on a vegetarian diet. People are beginning to care more about the environment. However, the main reason why people go on vegetarian diet is because of health benefits.
Meat is not good for you as it clogs your thinking. This is especially true if you eat red meat; white meat has less fat compared to red meat. Excessive intake of fats into your body can result in having a high level of cholesterol. If you think that not eating meat is going to make you look scrawny or unhealthy please think again. Just imagine that cows, goats, gorillas, elephants, rhinoceroses and so on are all vegetarians (herbivores) but look at how tough these animals are, not to mention their life span which is longer compared to the carnivores (meat eating animals).
If you look at the chicken and vulture (carnivores), these animals eat just about everything and notice how unhealthy these animals look. The Chinese believe that the chi or life force in your body is less when you consume meat and so do the Indians with their ancient yogic principles, their life force was called prana.
The great Tai Chi masters of China were adept at preserving their chi, even if some of the masters were not vegetarians, they still had a balanced diet. It has now been scientifically proven that a balanced vegetarian diet is better compared to a diet that is taken with meat.
There are a lot of misconceptions about being a vegetarian; protein is one of the main topics of debate as a lot of people think that you can only get protein from meat. Vegetarians get a lot of protein, if they eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes. What vegetarians don't get is the excess protein of traditional American diet, excess that leads to kidney overload and mineral deficiency diseases.
A lot of people also think that a vegetarian diet is not a balanced diet. Vegetarian diets have a proportion of three macronutrients, which are complex carbohydrates, protein, and fat. Vegetarian food sources (plants) tend to be higher sources of most micronutrients. Another myth that needs to be clarified is the so-called lack of calcium among vegetarians. Many vegetables, especially green, leafy ones, have a good supply of calcium. The truth is that vegetarians suffer less from osteoporosis (a deficiency of calcium that leads to weak bones).
It is not my intention to force people to become vegetarians. However, vegetarianism is my answer to complete health and wholeness. The three issues to consider in regard to vegetarianism are: spiritual, mental, and physical (nutritional).
The spiritually aspiring person attempts to work on his/her self. The purpose of spiritual growth is to move away from the animal nature into the more human nature that God intended for us to have. Meat eating inhibits this. Again, the same science that sometimes attempts to ignore the existence of a force higher than man also has proved, in the laboratory, that aggression levels are much higher in meat eaters than non-meat eaters! The animal instincts become more powerful every time you eat meat. Another spiritual aspect of being a meat eater is when one must question the necessity and the method as well as the karma of killing animals. However, everyone has their own mores which they must determine for themselves. It is not the purpose of my dissertation to force a specific moral behavior on anyone. Most spiritual people believe auras. Kirilian photography shows us that a force field remains around dead or amputated tissue. You adopt that animal aura when you eat a dead animal. Fruits and vegetables have a higher vibrational aura than animal products. Is it not personal evolution that the spiritual candidate is interested in? If so, meat eating is urgently prohibited.
"You are what you eat", is a slogan that I love to use to show the mental aspect of vegetarianism. When animals are slaughtered, fear and aggression enzymes are shot into their cells from their glands and other organs, just as in humans, and are part of the dead carcass that goes on to the food store. They remain in the meat until the consumer ingests those same enzymes, which are molecularly very similar to those found in humans. Fruits and vegetables do not have emotions; therefore, when they are picked they do not release any emotions cells prior to digestion. The enzymes within fruits and vegetables supply the body with sufficient nutrients that will always uphold a healthy state of mind.
Fruits and vegetables are high in nutrients; the very thing the body needs to live a long disease and pain free life. The same cannot be said for meat. Nutritionally, the alkaline-based digestive system of humans will not properly break down substantial acid substances, the greatest of which is meat.
Colon cancer is rampant! This is caused by the slow evacuation and the putrefaction in the colon of the remains of meat. Lifelong vegetarians never suffer from such an illness. Many meat eaters believe that meat is the sole source of protein. However, the quality of this protein is so poor that little of it can ever be utilized by humans because it is incomplete and lacks the correct combination of amino acids, the building blocks of protein. Studies show that the average American gets five times the amount of protein needed. It is a common medical fact that excess protein is dangerous, the prime danger being that uric acid (the waste product produced in the process of digesting protein) attacks the kidneys, breaking down the kidney cells called nephrons. This condition is called nephritis; the prime cause of it is overburdening the kidneys. More usable protein is found in one tablespoon of tofu or soybeans than the average serving of meat!
Have you ever seen what happens to a piece of meat that stays in the sun for three days? Meat can stay in the warmth of the intestine for at least four days until it is digested. It does nothing but wait for passage. Often, it usually stays there for much longer, traces remaining for up to several months. Colonic therapists always see meat passing through in people who have been vegetarians for several years, thus indicating that meat remains undigested there for a long time. Occasionally this has been documented in twenty-year vegetarians!
Some vegetarians claim they are more satisfied after they eat. The reason for this is that there are fewer ketones (protein-digestive substances) formed when vegetable protein is digested. For many, ketones cause a trace amount of nausea which one normally interprets as a decreased desire for food due to this uncomfortable and slight degree of queasiness. Although the body calls for more food, the taste buds tolerate less. This is the danger of the popular high-protein diet substances on the market. This abnormally high level of ketones is called ketosis and refers to the state of starvation that the body incurs due to the inability of the appetite to call for nutrition. Most Americans who eat the wrong type of carbohydrates never recognize the high amount of complex carbohydrates required to overthrow this condition. Also, when the blood ketone level is too high, it results in abnormally acidic blood, called acidosis.
Tigers or lions who eat meat and grow strong on it have acid-based digestive systems. Our Hydrochloric Acid isn't strong enough to fully digest meat. Also, their intestines are in a straight run of about five feet long, not twisted and turned, layer over layer, compacted into a small area like the human intestine, which is twenty feet long.
Meats are frozen for a long period of times. Some meat (especially poultry) is frozen up to two years. Cold temperatures do not kill all species of bacteria. Worse than this, as it is shipped and stored, most frozen meat is thawed and refrozen many times. This is almost unavoidable.
Meat eaters suffer more frequently from various types of food poisoning than vegetarian eaters, so much so that statistics show that every American has had food poisoning on at least one occasion. When you've felt ill, out-of-sorts, had diarrhea, or were just a little sick to your stomach, no doubt you had not the slightest idea that you had been poisoned by scavengers living off the dead carcass you just ate.
Meat is costly and it is the most wasteful source of resources. When one removes meat from his or her diet, a whole new world of eating opens up. Cooking and preparing vegetarian style is no more time consuming than cooking meat. It costs less than half as much to eat vegetarian as it does to eat meat. There are excellent, nutritious, and easy to prepare vegetarian dishes that are Italian, Chinese, Indian, Mid-Eastern, French, Spanish, etc.
Additionally, one can enjoy many other foods that he has never tasted because of the meat craze. Most consumers have eaten no more than five or six varieties of beans and legumes — less than 10% of what is available and grains, including different appetizing types of wheat, nuts, and seeds. And they can be prepared very creatively!
In my opinion, there are far more benefits to becoming a vegetarian then there are becoming or staying a meat eater. Due to the fact that I was raised on meat, I have the wonderful experiences from both worlds. As a meat eater, I was constantly sick, tired, and overweight. As a vegetarian, I am healthy, full of energy, and maintaining a perfect weight. I love being a vegetarian and it shows. Because I wish the best for myself, it's just second nature to want the best for others. From my past experience and research, going vegetarian is the best thing anyone can do for their mind, body and spirit.
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Boeing has obtained a $1.15-billion contract for 15 new CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters from the Canadian government. As part of the agreement, Boeing will partner with Canadian companies and issue supplier contracts. Initial support tied to the contract is estimated at more than $500 million, with future investments reaching a potential of $2 billion to the Canadian industry in support of the CH-147 fleet over the next 20 years. Areas of support could include aircraft maintenance, training, engineering and supply chain management.
Mark Kroenberg, vice president of international business development for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, describes the contract as a "win-win" for both parties, adding that it has "created opportunities for new partnerships to further grow our already large supplier base in Canada."
Boeing will manufacture the 15 Chinooks at its Rotorcraft Systems facility in Ridley Township, Pa. They will feature two 4,700-hp Honeywell engines and be capable of transporting 21,000 lbs (9,525 kg) of cargo. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2013 and run through 2014.
Meanwhile, Boeing Defence UK conducted the first flight of its Chinook Mk3 in June at the UK Ministry of Defence's Royal Air Force (RAF) Boscombe Down facility. Boeing's group of suppliers for the Mk3 reversion program includes QinetiQ and GE Aviation Systems, who are working with RAF to convert eight Mk3s for compatibility with the Royal Air Force fleet of 40 Mk2s. The eight helicopters, which will be based at RAF Odiham in Hampshire, are scheduled for delivery from late 2009 through 2010. Defence UK is a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Boeing Integrated Defense Systems.


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