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The Republican coalition, and indeed American conservatism itself over the past 30 years, has been characterized as an odd, almost unnatural pairing of "culture warrior" social conservatives and Ayn-Rand-fixated fiscal conservative, held together by little more that intellectually inconsistent rhetoric and the willingness of both parties to contort themselves beyond recognition to keep this doomed-looking political marriage alive. But after my two-day sojourn at this years Conservative Political Action Conference, I'm beginning to agree with Digby: not only do they belong together, but they may even deserve one another.
Still, whatever political shotgun wedding joined the two factions together, the cracks in this union have begun to show and grow. At CPAC, the two sides reminded me of two insufferable individuals stuck in a loveless marriage, who think they'd be so much better of without the other, but are really two sides of the same bad penny. Repulsed by one, and not seduced by the other, I realized that CPAC's cultural and fiscal conservatives represented the worst of both conservative worlds.
Small wonder, then, that the two candidates most feted at CPAC embody that dichotomy — and with no discernible cognitive dissonance. No surprise, there. After all, cognitive dissonance first requires cognition.
Culture Warriors From a Distance
For reasons I mentioned earlier, I experience CPAC's culture warriors from a distance, but for me their rhetoric was intensely personal, as it probably for millions of Americans with no desire to live in Rick Santorum's nightmarish America.
Santorum is a self-styled "true conservative," right-wing, Christian fundamentalist of Catholic background. In 2005, Time Magazine called him "one of America's 25 most influential evangelicals." That is still certainly true today.
Santorum believes that religious values (at least his religious values) should play a large role in shaping government policies. For those not sure what this means, Santorum has a list of examples:
1. Santorum wants "a blanket ban on abortions." The fact that the U.S. had this very same prohibition up until 1973, and the result was black-market abortions that killed not only fetuses by also lots of pregnant women, seems to have escaped the former senator's attention.
2. Santorum wants a ban on gay marriages. He would likely bring back antiquated anti-sodomy laws as well. "If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual [gay] sex within your home, then you have a right to bigamy, you have a right to polygamy, you have a right to incest, you have a right to adultery. You have a right to anything."
When Santorum gets on the subject of homosexuality, one can't help noting a tinge of hysteria, along with a generous helping of illogic and exaggeration. Santorum would probably try to ban other related activities, such as the use of contraceptives to prevent pregnancy. He certainly wants to get rid of Planned Parenthood.
What this adds up to is that when Santorum says religious values should play a greater role in government policy, he means that there should be lots of laws regulating your personal life, particularly your sex life. This is pretty typical of religious fundamentalists, particularly American Christian ones. They just can't leave other people's bedrooms alone.
Not that Mitt Romney is much better. As I pointed out earlier, Romney may be the personification of the worst of Wall Street and fiscal conservative wing of the GOP, but at CPAC he went his out of way to establish his "culture warrior" credentials. In the course of his speech, he tried to morph from a "Massachusetts Moderate" to "to an extremely conservative governor."
Since I'm covering CPAC as a member of the media, I've tried to keep myself out the "story." I've observed and listened, without offering my own views or much else about myself. The result is that sometimes I think CPACers mistake me for a member of the tribe.
There were only a couple of times I came close to giving myself away. When Foster Friess, Chairman of Friess Associates, said in his introduction of Rick Santorum that Santorum "never says anything divisive," I stifled a snort. I guess comparing parents like me to felons, and saying that families like min "don't contribute to society" doesn't count as divisive. When Rick Santorum himself said that conservatives truly embrace the idea that "all men are created equal," I couldn't help but snort.
Still, I was surprised I expected to hear a lot of fulminating against marriage equality at CPAC, and I became inured to it in advance. I heard little, compared to the the nearly constant anti-contraception rhetoric. What little I did hear, I let wash over me.
Then Mitt Romney took to the stage. After he finished promising to restore the Mexico City policy, cut off money for the United Nations Population Fund, de-fund Planned Parenthood, and reverse every Obama policy on contraception, Mitt brought it on home.
And in doing so he brought home the reality that nothing wins a candidate right-wing love like queer bashing. Romney delivered the longest, loudest screed against the 9th circuit ruling on California's Proposition 8 that I've heard during my entire time at CPAC. When he finished there, launched in the a recitation of his opposition to same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, and all he did to stop it. He sounded for all the world like a job applicant reciting his resume.
Romney ended that screed by tell the audience, "I was a severely conservative Republican governor." Point made?
How well that will work remains to be seen. If it doesn't, if will be in part because Romney's sudden hard right on "culture war" issues won't sway evangelicals who are still having trouble with his Mormon heritage. Or, it may fail because it's a transparently poltical move to win the Republican nomination.
- Why else would the same Mitt Romney who was once "comfortable around gays" go out of his way to demonize gay Americans and their families in the same way his own was demonized generations ago?
- Why else would the same Mitt Romney who was silent on contraception as governor attack President Obama on the issue?
- Why else would the same Mitt Romney who ran as a pro-choice gubernatorial candidate run as an anti-choice presidential candidate?
Sarah Palin may have actually been on the right track when she said Romney's conservatism is "evolving." If so, it's because Santorum's surge in Missouri, Minnesota, Colorado — and now polls ahead of Romney in Michigan — forced Romney to what we call a "come to Jesus moment" in the south. Thus Romney realized that if he wants to win the nomination, he's got to throw some red meat to the base (in the form of my family and others).
Between Santorum's sincerity and Romney's cynical opportunism on "culture war issues," it's pretty clear who wears the pants in this unhappy marriage. (Witness Grover Nordquist promising that if elected Romney will do as he's told.) Santorum may not care this positioning may be disastrous for the GOP, because it stems from deeply held beliefs on his part. Romney may know how disastrous this is and not care, because it stems from his deeply held desire to be president — whatever it takes.
Cocktails With Fiscal Conservatives
After asorbing as much culture war rhetoric as I could stand, I thought maybe it would be a good idea to detox with CPAC's fiscal conservatives. So, I dropped by the cocktail party hosted by gay Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger, who has filed a delightful discrimination complaint against the American Conservative Union, which hosts CPAC, for denying him a booth in CPAC's exhibit hall after not inviting him to speak alongside the other candidates. I met Karger at last year's CPAC, and found him very likable. But on the issues, the absence of "culture war" positions only highlighted the economic issues where I parted ways with fiscal conservatives.
The candidates who were invited to speak at CPAC were as bad on fiscal policy as economic policy. Santorums nighmarish "culture warrior" vision of America is rivaled only by his nightmarish economic policies.
On the economic side of the ledger, Rick Santorum takes a slash-and-burn approach.
1. There should be a $5 trillion cut in the federal budget (but defense spending would be held at present levels). In order to realize this, Santorum would do away with, greatly reduce or freeze the Environmental Protection Agency, healthcare reform and Medicaid, subsidies for housing, food stamps, job training, energy and education. He would "reform" Medicare and Social Security in draconian fashion and pass a balanced budget amendment.
One might agree that the present U.S. federal deficit verges on the insane and still find Santorum's cure equally crazy. For instance, just about holding exempt defense and "security" spending — when combined they make up 20 percent of the budget and are notorious for waste, redundancy and corruption — makes no sense.
2. According to Santorum, there should be an elimination of financial and other regulatory laws. This is true insanity. Regulation is the only thing that makes capitalism an enduring system. Eliminate it and you have financial crashes, dangerous sweatshop working conditions, falling wages and benefits, runaway corruption and theft and, ultimately, depression. That Santorum cannot understand this suggests that he has substituted a discredited free-market ideology for history.
3. Santorum says that as a nation Americans should "live within our means" and if we do so "future generations will have a brighter future unburdened by oppressive debt and high taxation." These are fine slogans, but in practice they probably spell eventual revolution in the streets.
If you reduce the debt by slashing expenditures Santorum-style while refusing to increase taxes, you will eliminate almost all of society's safety nets. That means increasing poverty and all its attendant miseries. You will also make infrastructure maintenance much more difficult.
…If Santorum was to get his way the nation would not have his predicted "brighter future." More likely it would be a future of more poor and more pot holes. That might well lead to disillusionment with the capitalist system among both the lower- and middle-classes. (Personally, I have no objection to such growing disillusionment. I would, however, like to minimize the suffering and violence that surely goes along with it.)
Romney's "extremely conservative" positions on "culture was" issues is exceeded only by his "extremely conservative" budget promises.
Romney has, essentially, made four significant fiscal promises: He has pledged to cap federal spending at 20 percent of GDP. He has pledged to cut taxes to about 17 percent of GDP. He has pledged to a floor on defense spending at 4 percent of GDP. And he has pledged to balance the budget.
So let's add it all up: Romney has to cut federal spending down to 17 percent of GDP. Federal spending is currently at 24 percent of GDP, and the Congressional Budget Office predicts that it will be around 22 percent for the next decade. For comparison's sake, Paul Ryan's budget would keep spending above 20 percent of GDP for at least the next 20 years.
That's a lot of numbers, so here's the bottom line: Romney is proposing to cut more than twice as much from the budget as Ryan. And Ryan's budget, as you'll remember, was already quite austere.
Romney is clearer in his goals for the federal budget than he is in how he'll achieve them. But he has offered enough detail that we can estimate the cuts required to meet his targets. In that spirit, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities tried to run the numbers on Romney's proposals. The results were so outlandish that they actually ran them two ways to make Romney look better.
At the post-CPAC conctail party, I chatted with a young fiscal conservatives — a tea partier who told me he didn't really care about social issues. When I mentioned that my husband and I was save a lot in taxes if we could file joint federal tax returns, that was his opening. He took a kind of soft-sell approach to convincing me that given my situation I really should be one of them. If I was truly liberal (read: classically liberal) then I belong among them — the mostly young, fiscally conservative, social liberal young CPACers who seemed as glad to get away from the culture warriors as I was.
The soft-sell fell flat. It was no more convincing that his next topic of conversation.
The young fiscal conservative then turned to getting shed of the "culture warrior" faction. He half-jokingly suggested that all the fiscal conservatives throw their support behind Santorum, and ensure that he gets the nomination. There was a method to the madness. Santorum, he said, "go down in flames" in the general election, taking the "culture warriors" with him, leaving the Republican party to the fiscal conservatives.
I didn't have the heart to tell him that the two halves of that bad marriage (a) are stuck with each other, and (b) probably deserve each other. The rest of America has seen enough to know it doesn't really want or deserve to be stuck with either.
After all, why spoil the party, when both sides are doing a pretty good job of it on their own?


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The stage version of Raymond Briggs' much-loved book The Snowman continues to delight children and adults alike as it returns to the Peacock Theatre this Christmas.
When a young boy's snowman comes to life on Christmas Eve, the two set off on a night-time quest for adventure. On their travels, they meet dancing penguins, reindeer and, of course, Father Christmas.
The Snowman is the ultimate Christmas show for the whole family and it's a lovely Christmas tradition in London. The Snowman isn't a classic musical, but more like a dance show with a live orchestra.
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Most deer fawns are born during the first and second weeks of June, according to Vermont deer biologist Adam Murkowski. Murkowski says it is best to keep your distance because the fawn's mother is almost always nearby. When people see a small fawn alone, they often mistakenly assume it is helpless, lost or needing to be rescued.
During the first few weeks of life, fawns do not attempt to evade predators, instead relying on remaining undetected through camouflage and stillness. During these times, fawns are learning critical survival skills from their mothers. Bringing a fawn into a human environment results in separation from its mother and a sad ending for the animal.
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Deer and moose nurse their young at different times during the day, and often leave their young alone for long periods of time. These animals are not lost. Their mother knows where they are and will return.
Deer normally will not feed or care for their young when people are close by.
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Keep domestic pets indoors, leashed or fenced in. Dogs often kill fawns and other baby animals.
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Recorded November 27, 1926
Track Time 2:37
Written by Percy Venable
Recorded in Chicago
Louis Armstrong, trumpet, vocal; Henry "Hy" Clark, trombone; Johnny Dodds, clarinet, alto saxophone; Lil Armstrong, piano; Johnny St. Cyr, banjo
Originally released on Okeh 8447
Currently available on CD: Both the JSP and Sony Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven boxes have it (I like the JSP better but the Sony has much better packaging if you go for that sort of thing)
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Hi everybody! It's St. Patrick's Day so it's time for a yearly tradition and listen to "Irish Black Bottom." Sound good? Here's what I first wrote in 2010....enjoy!
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! I don't know why it took me so long to celebrate this holiday on this blog but I've finally come to my senses (I guess it shows my heritage that I've already done a Columbus Day post, but nothing for St. Patty's!). It's not a hard topic by any means since Louis recorded a perfect song for the occasion: "Irish Black Bottom," a fun Hot Five record from 1926. Raise a beer, slice some corned beef and enjoy!
Isn't that a lot of fun? No, it's not earth-shaking art as "Potato Head Blues" or "West End Blues" but who cares? "Irish Black Bottom" comes from a series of Hot Fives Louis made in 1926 that most stoic historians tend to frown on or, in the case of some like Gunther Schuller, attempt to ignore completely. Why? Because they get in the way of the myth of the young Louis being a serious artist, not some commercial clown.
But all it takes is one listen to the complete Hot Fives and Hot Sevens to see that Louis was doing plenty of clowning during his "artist" days. On February 26, 1926, Armstrong's horn changed the world with his solo on "Cornet Chop Suey" and his stirring lead playing on songs like "Oriental Strut" and "Muskrat Ramble." But his voice also had equal impact that day as he rasped out the blues on "Georgia Grind" and popularized scat singing with "Heebie Jeebies." Naturally, the records all sold well with "Heebie Jeebies" causing a sensation.
OKeh was thrilled and corralled Armstrong into their studios for a string of sessions in June and another in late November. And these are the sessions that make the "serioius" Armstrong fans sweat: there's Louis shouting about doing the "mess around" or getting off eye-rolling lyrics on "Dropping Shucks." There's Louis playing a slide whistle on "Who'sit." There's Louis inviting vaudeville entertainers--friends of his--to the studio, people like Butterbeans and Susie, Clarence Babcock and Mae Alix. Here's Louis performing material he did nightly at the Sunset Cafe, songs written by that club's choreography Percy Venable. THIS is the Louis Armstrong of the 20s, not some frowning artist who forced to "go commercial" in later years.
And oh yeah, he still sounds like a genius on all of these cuts, taking a dramatic solo on "Skid-Dat-De-Dat" and one for the pantheon on "Big Butter and Egg Man." The critics particuarly adore that latter solo, with good reason, but they don't seem to want to discuss Mae Alix's booming vocal--she was a favorite of Louis's--or Louis's own Al Jolson-tinged offering. Nope, to them it's just about the trumpet, trumpet, trumpet. The trumpet IS brilliant...but they're missing a helluva lot of fun!
Which brings us to "Irish Black Bottom." Admittedly, this is not songwriting as its finest but as a novelty, it's good fun. The "black bottom" was a popular dance of the 1920s so this tune humorously pretends that it's also taken Ireland by storm. If Louis had to record something so silly in the 1950s, critics would scream at the producers for forcing it on him. But "Irish Black Bottom" was written by the aforementioned Percy Venable so more than likely, it was a staple of Louis's act at the Sunset. And can't you imagine Louis bringing down the house with that vocal? That "ha, ha" he gives after singing "And I was born in Ireland," breaks me up every time. I can only imagine what it did to the audiences who heard him do it live.
The song begins with the funny sound of Louis and his Hot Five swinging through a sample of the Irish classic "Where the River Shannon Flows" before Louis swings out with the main melody, which is predominantly in a minor mode until the end. Louis's lead sounds great and Dodds is bouncing around as usual but trombonist Hy Clark, a substitute for Kid Ory, sounds hesitant and doesn't add much. After a chorus and an interlude by pianist Lil Armstrong, Louis takes the vocal. If you can't make it out, here's what he says:
All you heard for years in Ireland,
was the "Wearin' Of The Green",
but the biggest change that's come in Ireland
I have ever seen.
All the laddies and the cooies
laid aside their Irish reels,
and I was born in Ireland
(Ha, Ha), so imagine how I feels.
Now Ireland's gone Black Bottom crazy,
see them dance,
you ought to see them dance.
Folks supposed to be related, even dance,
I mean they dance.
They play that strain,
works right on their brain.
Now it goes Black Bottom,
a new rhythm's drivin' the folks insane.
I hand you no Blarney, when I say
that song really goes,
and they put it over with a wow,
I mean now.
All over Ireland
you can see the people dancin' it,
'cause Ireland's gone Black Bottom crazy
I don't know how you can't get swept up in that offering. Armstrong doesn't so much sing it as shout it, or talk it, but his spirit sure gets the message across (though sometimes, he's so far from the written melody, it sounds like he's singing a different song on top of Lil's chording on the piano). After the vocal, Clark and Dodds take forgettable short solos and breaks before Louis carries the troops home with brio. Louis's lip trill towards the end is particularly violent and right before his closing breaks, he dips into his bag for a favorite phrases, one that ended both "You're Next" and "Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa." The concluding break is so perfect in its phrasing and choice of notes that I believe it might have already been set in stone by Pops during his live performances of the tune at the Sunset. Either way, that's no reason to criticize him; it's a perfect ending and puts an emphatic stamp on a very entertaining record.
That's all for now. Have a happy St. Patrick's day and don't forget to mix in a little Louis with your Guiness. I hand you no blarney, it's a great combination...
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Irish Black Bottom
Posted by Ricky Riccardi at 3/17/2012 01:41:00 AM
1 comment:
- sparrow said...
I was just google searching "Percy Venable" and ran across your blog. I never realized just who Mr. Venable was when I was taking tap dancing classes from him in the early 1960's in Long Beach, CA. My mom told me he was a famous vaudevillian, but I had no idea!
- March 31, 2012 at 3:23 AM
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The Central Connecticut men's soccer team was selected to finish seventh in the annual preseason poll of Northeast Conference coaches. The Blue Devils finished last season in a three-way tie for the Northeast Conference regular season title.
Monmouth earned the top-spot in the preseason poll, followed by Fairleigh Dickinson, Saint Francis (PA) and Sacred Heart. The top four teams all received at least one first place vote. Monmouth grabbed seven first place nods, Fairleigh Dickinson two, Saint Francis (PA) one and Sacred Heart one.
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Attempts to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act would have numerous potentially harmful consequences, NPRA told the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Nick Snow
Washington Editor
WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 4 -- Attempts to regulate greenhouse gases (GHG) under the Clean Air Act (CAA) would have numerous potentially harmful consequences, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association told the US Environmental Protection Agency.
"The regulation of GHG under the CAA would constitute EPA's single largest and potentially most complex assertion of authority over the [US] economy and Americans' lifestyles," the trade association warned in a Nov. 25 response to EPA's July 30 Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
"Regulation of GHG under the act would have enormous consequences for every facet of the economy, for industry large and small, as well as for the general population. Indeed, the potential impact on the country to regulate GHG cannot be overstated and makes all prior EPA regulatory efforts pale by comparison," it maintained.
It said EPA still has much work to do before making a final decision on whether GHG emissions from automobiles cause or contribute to US public health or welfare endangerment. EPA's analysis "draws most heavily on reports prepared by only a handful of entities, particularly the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and especially with respect to its analysis of human health and welfare effects," NPRA said in its filing.
"The agency has an obligation, however, to consider all relevant science on climate change, impacts, and effects on health and welfare. It may not disregard data without justification," the association said.
NPRA does not believe EPA should proceed with an endangerment finding at this time nor begin a process of subjecting various entities to various CAA provisions in an effort to begin GHG emissions, NPRA Pres. Charles T. Drevna said on Dec. 2.
"The act was not designed to address a global pollutant like [carbon dioxide] and, thus, cannot be used to meaningfully alter its atmospheric concentration. Indeed, EPA's suggested approaches for applying the CAA's provisions to GHG sources would impose severe costs on domestic industry, reduce our domestic energy security, and damage the national economy as businesses shift activities overseas to areas where they will not be subject to futile regulation," he said.
"Discussion of these issues in the ANPR is woefully inadequate, and the public should be given the opportunity to consider them before EPA makes any further decisions under the CAA," Drevna said.
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Galilean moon
Discovery and naming
Galileo Galilei observed Jupiter beginning on January 7, 1610, with his famous telescope. He at first thought he had discovered three stars near Jupiter, but on the next night those "stars" seemed to have moved. He continued to observe Jupiter and its companion "stars" for seven days, during which time a fourth "star" (actually Ganymede) appeared and all four of these objects appeared to move with Jupiter. Finally he concluded that these objects were not stars at all, but satellites of Jupiter. This was the first direct observation that provided evidence for Nicolaus Copernicus's heliocentric model of the solar system.[1]
discoverer::Simon Marius claimed to observe Jupiter and these satellites independently of Galileo and beginning five weeks earlier. However, he did not publish his findings, while Galileo published his. Furthermore, Galileo's notes were more reliable and extensive than those of Marius, which is why Ganymede and the three other satellites he observed (Io, Europa, and Callisto) are called the Galilean satellites and not the Galilean-Marian satellites.[1]
Marius does, however, receive credit for providing the names that the satellites have today. He named Ganymede, the largest, for the mythical son of King Tros of Troy, carried aloft to Mount Olympus by Zeus to be the cupbearer to the gods. (The names Zeus and Jupiter refer to the same classical deity from whom Jupiter gets its name.) The other three satellites are named for three of Zeus' most famous mistresses.[1] Marius propounded these names after Johannes Kepler suggested them to him.
Galileo, for his part, called them the "Medicean planets" after the Medici family whose patronage he was actively seeking at the time. He did so on the advice of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, whom he had tutored in mathematics as a boy. Rather than assign the moons individual names, Galileo simply numbered the moons I, II, III, and IV and prefaced each Roman numeral by the name of Jupiter.
The satellites carried these names for two centuries. At that time, the technology of telescopes had improved tremendously, so that telescopes could now detect objects much smaller than these four moons. The discovery of other moons of Jupiter made the simple naming system untenably confusing. Only then did the Keplerian/Marian names come into common usage.
Resonating orbitsIo, Europa, and Ganymede) participate in a complex orbital resonance or Laplace resonance. These three satellites complete their orbits around Jupiter in the ratio 1:2:4. They also conjoin with one another at their apsides, in a mutually self-correcting manner that allows the resonance to persist. (Most such resonances are unstable and end with one or all bodies changing their orbits.)
According to the most currently popular models of this resonance, Ganymede's orbit should not be as eccentric as it now is. Others have suggested that an asteroidal or cometary impact has produced this eccentricity, but Showman and Malhotra, in 1997, showed that such an impact cannot account for the observed eccentricity.[2]
The resonance is held responsible for the relatively pronounced eccentricity of the innermost satellite, Io--and also for the tremendous tidal reshaping that Io undergoes during its less-than-two-day month. Most scientist hold that the latter phenomenon heats Io and causes its remarkable volcanism.
The origin of the resonance itself is controversial. Peale and Lee, in 2002, presented a model suggesting that this resonance is primordial and thus was part of the Jovian system since its formation.[3] Their model, however, derives from the nebular hypothesis of the formation of the solar system and thus depends on uniformitarian assumptions. Showman and Malhotra suggest a model by which the resonance developed after the solar system had formed.[2]
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InteriorsGalileo Project has returned a wealth of data that has allowed planetary scientists to refine greatly their models of the interiors of the Galilean moons. Their best conjectures of those interior structures are shown at the left.
Except for Callisto, all the moons appear to have metallic (iron, nickel) cores. Again, except for Callisto, all the cores are surrounded by rock shells. Io's rock or silicate shell extends to the surface, while the rock layers of Ganymede and Europa are in turn surrounded by shells of water in ice or liquid form. Callisto is shown as a relatively uniform mixture of comparable amounts of ice and rock. Recent data, however, suggests that Callisto's substance is 60% rock and 40% water ice, with greater proportions of rock as one goes deeper.
The surface layers of Ganymede and Callisto differ markedly from the underlying ice/rock layers in a variety of ways, including the portion of rock they contain and definitely the relative relief of the surfaces. Ganymede has very high relief while Callisto has very low relief and looks flat by comparison. Europa's surface is one of brittle ice overlying either another, much thicker ice layer or a liquid water ocean. Galileo's recent flyby data, including magnetometer measurements, suggest that a liquid water ocean might now underlie a relatively thin surface ice/rock layer. The thinness of the surface was the key fact that informed the decision to crash Galileo into Jupiter rather than risk an unplanned crash landing on Europa.[4][5]
Much of the preceding is taken from the original caption to the image shown, written by JPL/NASA staff, but revised in light of additional data received subsequent to the composition of this image.[6]
Io, Europa, and Ganymede all definitely possess their own internal magnetic fields. But because they lie well within Jupiter's magnetosphere, most of the magnetic fluxes are induced by Jupiter's field interacting with either the conductive core of Io or the conductive shells (possible subsurface oceans) of Europa and Ganymede. Ganymede's field is strong enough to define its own magnetosphere inside that of Jupiter.
Callisto's magnetic fluxes are very weak, and its internal magnetic field is probably undetectable. Callisto has a weak induced magnetic field, though it lies outside Jupiter's magnetosphere.
- Main article: includes::Io
Io is the innermost, the most dense, and in many other ways the most remarkable of the Galilean moons. Since the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 flybys in 1979 and 1980, Io has been known to be volcanically active--the most active body in all the solar system. Tidal heating is the most popular theory to explain this activity, but even that cannot account completely for the total amount of heat that flows out from Io at all times.
- Main article: includes::Europa
Europa, the second innermost, is also the smallest of the Galileans. It has very few craters, and thus by uniformitarian criteria it is considered "young." The brittle ice sheet that overlays it has fueled speculation as to whether a much thicker ice sheet, or a liquid-water ocean, lies deep to it. This in turn has fueled speculation, both in the scientific community and in science fiction, as to whether Europa harbors life.
The Galileo spacecraft developed evidence in favor of the proposition that Europa has a sub-crust saltwater ocean under a very thin rock-and-ice layer. In order to prevent the spacecraft from crashing into Europa, rupturing the crust, and contaminating Europa's oceans with earthly microbes, Galileo's mission controllers steered Galileo into a crash dive into Jupiter in September of 2003.[4][5] However, the exploration of Europa with a submersible probe, to be delivered by an ice-penetrating missile, is under active consideration.
- Main article: includes::Ganymede
Ganymede is the largest moon not only of Jupiter but in all the solar system--larger than Mercury so that in theory it could be a true planet if it orbited the Sun. In sharp contrast to Io and Europa, Ganymede is very heavily cratered and is therefore considered "old." Ganymede has its own independent magnetic field, and a quite strong one. Like Europa, it has a saltwater ocean, but under a much thicker crust than that of Europa.
- Main article: includes::Callisto
Callisto, the outermost of the Galilean moons, does not participate in the Laplace resonance with the other three and also lies beyond the Van Allen-like radiation belt that surrounds Jupiter. Like Ganymede, Callisto is very heavily cratered.
Problems for Uniformitarianism Posed by the Galileans
The three-part orbital resonance of Io, Europa, and Ganymede becomes very difficult to explain in light of Ganymede appearing to be so much "older" than Io or Europa. At least some astronomers believe that this resonance is primordial.[3] Not all astronomers agree.[2] But if the resonance is primordial, then the presence within it of bodies of differing "geological ages" begs explanation. Most observers consider that Io is older than it looks, because the volcanoes and their associated lava flows have erased the craters. But that cannot apply to Europa, which looks at least as "young" as does Io.
Io's volcanism testifies to its tremendous internal heat. In fact, Io is radiating far more heat than tidal heating alone could generate. And yet no astronomer accepts radioactive decay as a significant source of Io's heat. Either Io has another, still-unknown source of heat, or else the present rate of heat outflow is unsustainable and temporary.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The Discovery of the Galilean Satellites," JPL, NASA, n.d. Quoted by Hamilton, Calvin J., SolarViews. Accessed February 18, 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Showman, Adam P., and Malhotra, Renu. "Tidal Evolution into the Laplace Resonance and the Resurfacing of Ganymede." Icarus, 127:93-111, 1997. Accessed February 18, 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Peale, S. J., and Lee, Man Hoi. "A Primordial Origin of the Laplace Relation Among the Galilean Satellites." Science, 298(5593):593-597, October 2002. Accessed February 18, 2008.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Galileo Crashes into Jupiter." ABC News Online, Australian Broadcasting Company, September 21, 2003. Accessed February 20, 2008.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Macey, Richard. "Galileo's death leap onto Jupiter." Sydney Morning Herald Online, September 15, 2003. Accessed February 20, 2008.
- ↑ "Catalog page for Image PIA01082," NASA/JPL Photojournal. Accessed February 29, 2008.


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With the recent anti-gay vote in North Carolina, followed by Obama's belated "sure, why not?" pronouncement of same-sex marriage acceptability, a number of Christians are doubling down on the hate, and this photo of a billboard is making the rounds on Facebook today.
Wag that I am (check my name), I couldn't resist firing up Photoshop to create some of my own variants of the message. (Politically incorrect yet bluntly accurate interpretations of scripture and religious patriarchalism below the fold.)
After all, look carefully, and you'll notice that the scriptures reveal that God was okay with a lot of marriages that are a lot less savory than simply two people of the same gender joining in a bond of mutual love and commitment.
See, if there's one pattern you notice in ideas about "Marriage God's Way," it's that "she's property" recurs frequently.
No sir, I don't like it.
And besides, who cares about "Marriage God's Way" anyway? Whatever it is your holy book says, this country is still not a theocracy! You don't get to pass laws that harm and discriminate against others based on what your invisible imaginary sky-daddy likes. If a theocracy is what you want, give Saudi Arabia a try.


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- Transformation Concepts for National Security in the 21st Century. Edited by Dr. Williamson Murray.
- This book represents some of the thinking by students at the U.S. Army War College, considering the nature and direction of transformation. They consider how the transformed joint services of the United States should employ force in the 21st century. The services are exploring concepts such as Effects Based Operations and Rapid Decisive Operations to move swiftly and strike vigorously to secure vi


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How to Stay in Shape During the Winter
With the start of a new year, many people are prioritizing their resolutions. Topping most people's lists are the resolutions to lose weight or get in shape. But as the winter months wane, many resolutions fall by the wayside simply because of the chilly weather. This doesn't need to happen, as there are many ways to stay in shape even during the cold winter days.
Don't let the cold weather keep you indoors. Try a new sport such as downhill skiing, snowboarding or cross-country skiing. Find a local ski resort and sign up for lessons. I'm a ski instructor at Jack Frost and Big Boulder Ski Area in Blakeslee, Pa., where I teach adaptive skiing. In my spare time I also like to free-ski. Cross-country skiing, which I hope to try for the first time this year, is very low impact and gives a good cardiovascular workout.
If you don't want to venture out in the cold for a workout, check into your local gym for classes such as group cycling, Zumba dance classes, Pilates or yoga.
Dust off that treadmill or stationary bike in your home and start working out. You can also look into a local club to meet with a running or cycling group. It is much more encouraging and fun when you have someone else to workout with.
I also enjoy doing cross-training with workout DVDs, such as Jillian Michael's workout DVDs, P90x, etc. Cross-training is an excellent way to help prevent injuries and keep your muscles strong.
If your goal is to lose weight, look into consulting with a dietitian or a nutritionist on how you can lose weight with a special diet combined with exercise. You can even speak with an exercise physiologist at your local physical therapy clinic.
Try to do at least 30 minutes of exercise at least three to four times a week. It may be difficult to get started but keep reminding yourself how good you will feel afterward. Plus, you'll feel better knowing you've actually stuck with one of your New Year's resolutions. Another encouraging way to keep motivated is to keep track of your workouts. Write down on a calendar what you did that day; at the end of each week, give yourself a pat on the back for your accomplishments!
Good luck and stay safe.


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Florida Panthers
Florida Panthers narrow coaching search to five candidates
The Florida Panthers are closing in on hiring a new coach with the team talking to as many as five candidates.
Although general manager Dale Tallon wouldn't divulge names Monday afternoon, a source within the organization said former Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma, former Vancouver and Colorado coach Marc Crawford, and former Columbus coach Gerard Gallant are being seriously considered for the job.
Detroit Red Wing assistants Tom Renney and Bill Peters are also in the conversation.
"They are all different guys and they are all interesting coaches,'' Tallon said. "We'll find the right fit. We met with all of them in New York last week and now we're narrowing things down.
"It's going really good. They all want to come here because of what we have. We have a good young core of players and are committed to winning. They want to be a part of it.''
Tallon said he hoped to finalize the process sometime this week although he wouldn't rule out not making a hire until next week.
The Panthers, Tallon said, will definitely have a new coach in place before next week's NHL draft — a selection process in which Florida holds the top overall pick.
Tallon is said to be shopping the first selection, adding Monday that "there have been a few nibbles, but nothing serious.''
Trade talk will likely heat up in the days leading up the draft. This year's draft will be held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia next Friday and Saturday.
"This is an exciting time for us,'' Tallon said.
When interim coach Peter Horachek wasn't retained in April, Tallon said the Panthers wanted a coach who had extensive NHL coaching experience.
Three of the five fit that bill with Bylsma, Crawford and Renney combining to coach more than 2,100 regular season NHL games and 185 postseason games.
Bylsma and Crawford have each led teams to Stanley Cup championships. Crawford's 1996 Avalanche team won the title by finishing off a sweep of the Panthers at Miami Arena.
Crawford, 53, spent 14 seasons as an NHL coach with Quebec/Colorado, Colorado, Vancouver, Los Angeles and Dallas. Crawford hasn't coached in the league since being fired by the Stars in 2011 and has spent his time since working as a television analyst and coaching in Switzerland.
Bylsma, 43, whose Penguins won the Cup in 2009, was fired after six successful seasons in Pittsburgh earlier this month. Bylsma left Pittsburgh as the winningest coach in franchise history.
Renney, 59, has spent parts of nine seasons as an NHL head coach with Vancouver, the Rangers and Edmonton. Renney has been an assistant with the Red Wings since leaving the Oilers in 2012.
Peters and Gallant both have loose ties to the Panthers. Peters was hired by Tallon when Tallon was the GM in Chicago to coach the Blackhawks' AHL team in Rockford, Illinois.
Gallant, who coached the Blue Jackets from 2003-06, coached Panthers winger Jonathan Huberdeau during his Canadian junior years and is currently an assistant in Montreal.
• The buyout period began Monday morning with teams having to place the player they want to buy out on waivers first.
Florida didn't put any players on waivers Monday, although Tallon wouldn't rule out making such a move later on. Florida has until June 30 to make such a decision.
"We're still debating that,'' Tallon said.
The Panthers bought out the final year of defenseman Filip Kuba's contract last summer.