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AMD appears to be leaking like a sieve after detailing of AMD's upcoming Hawaii and Oland GPU hit the blogs, and now some of the first pictures of AMD's mid-range Curacao Pro graphics card have emerged.
For those who came in late, the Curacao chip will be replacing the current Radeon HD 7800 'Pitcairn' based GPUs and arrive in two variants, the XT and Pro.
A reader of WCC Tech found leaked pictures which show off the Curacao Pro graphics card.
What is odd about it is that has a cooler unlike anything yet seen on an AMD graphics card. It is a simple fan which pushes air towards a large circular aluminium fin heatsink. The heatsink is similar to the reference Radeon HD 7950 cards. The cooler shroud is something new and has large cuts which act as exhaust.
The card is branded as the R7-260. This flies in the face of earlier reports which claimed it would be known as the R9-270 with the XT variant being called the AMD R9-270X.
It will end up in the confirmed R-200 'Volcanic Islands' lineup and takes a single 6-Pin connector which hints a maximum TDP of 150W.
There is limited information regarding any of the Volcanic Islands GPU – the only spec details have been for the Hawaii R9-290X, which is featuring 512-bit 4 GB memory.


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Fisher-Titus Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic have announced a new clinical affiliation that will provide world-class spine surgery services to area residents through a program called Cleveland Clinic Spine Surgery at Fisher-Titus, according to Ross Matlack, Fisher-Titus president and CEO.
"This second clinical affiliation with Cleveland Clinic allows us to meet a long-standing need in our community for a spine surgery program," said Matlack. "The addition of the spine specialization to our current surgical team augments the outstanding work of physicians in our Pain Management Center as well as the skilled team of doctors at Advanced Neurologic Associates and our rehabilitation professionals in treating spine, back and neck conditions up to the point of surgery."
The spine surgery program will be led by Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon Don K. Moore, M.D., who is moving to the area from Florida where he has been in practice for the past 16 years. Dr. Moore will provide a wide range of the latest spine surgery techniques for conditions such as disc herniations, spinal stenosis, and a variety of back and neck disorders.
Dr. Moore will begin seeing patients in September. His office will be at 34 Executive Drive, the same facility in which Advanced Neurologic Associates has its Norwalk offices. He will perform surgeries at Fisher-Titus Medical Center.
"Fisher-Titus offers its patients high-quality pain management, neurology, and rehabilitation. The Cleveland Clinic Spine Surgery program will enhance the options and services for each patient," said Dr. Stephen Samples, Vice Chairman for Regional Neurosciences in the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic. "Dr. Moore's experience, expertise and utilization of the Cleveland Clinic Spine Surgery protocols will offer quality outcomes consistent with the success of our nationally recognized Spine Center."
To support the spine surgery program, Fisher-Titus offers a full range of services, including pre-admission testing services before surgery; expertise from its surgical support team during surgery; high- quality inpatient rehabilitation; and home-based services and outpatient physical therapy after surgery to help patients in their recovery.
Cleveland Clinic Spine Surgery at Fisher-Titus will provide patients with access to innovative surgical treatments for spinal disorders, including minimally invasive techniques that result in less postoperative pain and faster recovery.
"This affiliation gives us the opportunity to bring specialists together with a multidisciplinary team approach to provide our patients with comprehensive spinal care," said Matlack. "We can now offer a full range of treatment options to ensure that patients with spine problems get the treatment they need quickly, efficiently and easily without leaving our local community. Our expert physicians and surgeons, highly trained staff and advanced technology mean our patients will receive the best possible care and excellent outcomes."
Dr. Moore will be employed by Cleveland Clinic and be supported by the outstanding surgery team at Fisher-Titus that includes 24 surgeons, 17 registered nurses, 11 surgical technologists and other support staff with years of advanced training. More than 6,700 surgical procedures were performed in 2012, including robotic-assisted procedures.
In June Fisher-Titus and The Bellevue Hospital, Bellevue, announced a clinical affiliation with Cleveland Clinic's Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute bringing world-class heart care to area residents and providing greater access to Cleveland Clinic's academic, clinical and research best practices in cardiovascular and thoracic care.
"Like the heart affiliation, this clinical affiliation will provide local access to this high level of care to our patients, allowing more of our community members to stay here for their surgical care," said Leslie Stoneham, chairman, Fisher-Titus board of directors. "We are pleased to have Cleveland Clinic working with us again to bring new and expanded services to our community. It is through arrangements like this affiliation that we strengthen our hospital and community by providing vital medical services in our communities, as opposed to having patients travel to Toledo, Sandusky or Cleveland for these services."
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Don K. Moore, M.D.
Don K. Moore, M.D. will provide spinal surgical services at the Cleveland Clinic Spine Surgery at Fisher-Titus beginning in September. He is relocating from Port Saint Lucie, Fla. where he has specialized in spine surgery at Florida Orthopaedic Specialists for the past 16 years. Hs special interests include cervical, degenerative and oncologic spinal disorders, minimally invasive spinal surgery and outcome and evidence based procedures.
During his tenure in Florida, Dr. Moore held numerous administrative positions at St. Lucie Medical Center including Chief of Surgery 2010-2011 and Chief of Staff from 2008-2009. He is board certified by American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is an active member of the North American Spine Society and the Lumbar Spine Research Society. He also currently serves a clinical assistant professor at Florida State University Medical School.
A former Michigan resident, Dr. Moore was his high school valedictorian and earned a four-year Wayne State University (Detroit) Merit Scholarship. He graduated magna cum laude from Wayne State in 1985 with dual undergraduate degrees, a bachelor of science in biology and a bachelor of arts in chemistry. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Dr. Moore earned his doctor of medicine from the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1989. His Orthopaedic Surgical Residency training was completed at the former University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida and at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Prior to his spine fellowship, he pursued an orthopaedic trauma fellowship in Chur, Switzerland. Dr. Moore completed Spine Surgery Fellowship at University of Wisconsin in 1997.
Dr. Moore and his wife are moving to the area. Their two children attend the University of Michigan.

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best thing is, he's working in a "clean area" at work at the moment and he not only has to wear a hair net, he also gets a chin net for his beard. I did ask for a photo but I got a rude answer.
I could cut the lawn but that would set a precedent. He'll be wanting me to iron his shirts next.
That I would love to see FB.
Right, got the picture re cutting lawn/ironing. Sounds like a perfect delegation of jobs.


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We've got to get together
Now we've got to save the snails
Let's board the purple space ships
Before they set sail
I want a Yes reunion
And you know I want one now
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Buttholesurfers and How!
Listening to the opera
And smokin' angels' dust
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Fuckin' progressive than us
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My wife posted this in the predator hunting section but I also wanted everyone to see it in the Taxidermy section. This was a coyote we saw at our taxidermists back in November. Tim and Brenda Boehm have a taxidermy shop in Riesel, TX and had a client bring it in. Coolest looking coyote I have ever seen. Not sure who or where it was killed but I sure wish it would have been me.
Awesome Color Phase Coyote
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Posted 06 February 2013 - 05:53 AM
Love those black ones!
There is room for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.
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Posted 06 February 2013 - 07:22 AM
Love the way it's mounted. Don't see very many like that!
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Posted 07 February 2013 - 03:37 PM
cool looking yote for sure!
Posted 07 February 2013 - 10:10 PM
Never seen one like that before. Great mount! Love that aggressive pose.
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Milk Does a Body Good
03.26.2012 / Blog Posts Health and Wellness
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Jane Jakubczak MPH, RD, CSSD, LDN, Redskins Dietitian
I am blessed to have the opportunity to work with a group of up and coming dietitians at the University of Maryland. Occasionally I would like to share their perspective and wisdom with WOW readers. I thought the following was a nice addition to the Dairy Association article on St.Patrick's Day.
Milk Really Does A Body Good!
By Caitlin Fields, Dietetic Student; University of Maryland
Last month, my mother informed me that she heard, "We should all be drinking whole milk instead of non-fat milk. When I asked her why, she wasnt exactly sure but had thought she read it somewhere or heard people talking about the benefits of whole milk over non-fat milk. I knew I needed to look into this immediately. I ended up finding a couple of ideas about the benefits of whole milk versus reduced or non-fat milk on a number of different websites, but it seems that the majority of whole milk advocates were basing their beliefs on the following two myths:
Myth #1: Vitamin D is more readily absorbed from whole milk than from non-fat milk, reduced-fat milk or other fortified beverages.
This myth seems to stem from the belief that vitamin D - a fat-soluble vitamin - is more readily absorbed by your body from whole milk because whole milk has a high fat content, while reduced and non-fat milks do not. However, a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that the opposite is true. The study evaluated peak serum concentrations of vitamin D after subjects drank whole milk, non-fat milk and vitamin D-fortified orange juice, and found that vitamin D concentrations did not differ with the different beverages consumed. These results indicate that the fat content of milk has no direct effect on the bioavailability of vitamin D and that your body will readily absorb it from all types of milk, as well as vitamin-D fortified orange juice.
Myth #2: Whole milk contains more nutrients than non-fat or reduced-fat milk.
Many people believe that whole milk is more nutrient-dense than reduced or non-fat milk, but in actuality, whole milk and non-fat milk differ only in saturated fat content. Whole milk contains 5 grams of saturated fat per 8 oz. of milk, which is 23% of the daily recommended intake of saturated fat for a 2000 calorie per day diet. Non-fat milk, however, is fat-free and contains 0 grams of saturated fat. Saturated fats contribute to high blood cholesterol and the buildup of arterial plaques. Diets low in saturated fat have been associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease.
Both whole milk and non-fat milk contain the same amounts of calcium, vitamin D, and protein. Calcium is essential to maintaining bone density and heart, muscle and nerve function. Vitamin D is needed to absorb calcium in the digestive tract. Vitamin D can be obtained from sunlight or from your diet, but only a few food sources contain vitamin D: egg yolks, saltwater fish, liver and fortified milk. Inadequate calcium and vitamin D intake contributes to the development of osteoporosis.
The Take-Home Message
Milk is a great source of calcium, vitamin D and protein. Whole milk and non-fat milk differ only in saturated fat content and contain the same amounts of calcium and vitamin D. It is recommended that children and adults have 3 servings of low-fat milk or dairy per day to maintain adequate levels of calcium and vitamin D. Non-fat and 1% milks are great alternatives to whole milk as they provide the same nutrients without the harmful effects of saturated fat.
Thanks for setting those whole milk myths straight Caitlin!
A reporter asked me an interesting question this week - She wanted me to name one healthy food that a person could find just about anywhere they go. I thought about it for a few minutes and milk popped into my head. You can find milk at any restaurant, fast food establishment, convenience store, gas station, and even some vending machines. As a dietitian, I consider milk one of the most perfect foods; it contains more essential nutrients than any other food on earth.
So, drink up!
Wishing you a health filled week,
To read more about the benefit of milk and the dairy group visit dairyspot.com.
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new england in july, part three
Neither of us had ever done this before. It was a spectacular winding drive through dense forest. As you near Stowe, a tall, white steeple comes into view: it's the archetypal Vermont postcard. It's actually the church that you always see in photographs.
At dinner, somehow the subject of the Shelburne Museum came up. When I used to visit Allan in Vermont, we were always supposed to go to this Museum but somehow never did, even though it was minutes from where he lived. Then he moved to New York and I forgot all about it. When Betty mentioned it, I realized this was our opportunity. Since I never seemed to be able to plan this, a brief, spontaneous visit the next morning would be perfect.
Shelburne Museum is part craft museum, part New England cultural history and part historic village. It's on a big piece of land, dozens of buildings spread out over several acres. One admission fee is good for two days, which is really smart, as that would be the perfect way to see everything without going into complete numbing overload.
For us, a couple of hours focusing on a few things was perfect. Our highlights were some amazing quilts, a demo of various old printing presses, and a 19th Century Vermont train and train station. We also saw a miniature wooden circus, carved by an obsessed man with a penknife, and made a brief visit to a 19th Century general store. A big attraction for kids is the restored steamboat Ticonderoga, the last of its kind.
The whole museum is beautifully done, not kitschy, not theme-park-y. No one is dressed in period costume or speaks in pretentious pseudo-archaic language. It's just some very good preservation and education, and an opportunity to think about a world that preceded ours. I recommend it.
From there, as planned, we drove down Route 7, the scenic route that stretches from the Quebec border to Connecticut's Long Island Sound. On a tip from Betty, we stopped for lunch at Rosie's, outside Middlebury: perfect, delicious comfort food. If you find yourself in this area, and you like things like meatloaf and mashed potatoes, go here.
Route 7 is picture-book New England the whole way down. I find it so refreshing - such a relief - to be away from advertising and chain stores, to see scenery that looks like a specific region, not Everywhere, North America. We drove through villages and college towns, and lots and lots of farmland. Driving back and forth from Betty's to Ray's to Mary's was all farmland, too. Corn and cows, corn and cows. Vegetables for sale, maple syrup everywhere, more corn, more cows. Silos, barns, churches, town squares.
Vermont is smart to try to control development. I know it's a difficult balance, but if Vermont doesn't look like Vermont, who will ever go to see it?
We're usually only in the Burlington or Stowe area. This was the first time I had ever driven north-south through the whole state, and may have been the first time Allan did, too, although it's his home state. It was beautiful.
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- MSEH said...
Welcome back!
- Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:43:00 AM
- Jere said...
For the first 29 years of my life, I lived in towns that Route 7 ran through. It is wonderful up in northern CT and beyond, up to Canada. (Not so great down toward the CT shore. In fact, it's part of I-84 for a stretch.) But I love all the antique stores along that strecth of it in Mass. Waconah Park, one of the oldest baseball parks, is up there. (Built before night baseball, so the sun sets over the center field fence, leading to "sun delays" at every summer night game there nowadays.)
North Adams, home of Mass MoCa, is also a nice little town. That whole area is great during fall and winter, too. Glad you got to enjoy that region.
- Friday, July 27, 2007 10:43:00 AM
- L-girl said...
Waconah Park, one of the oldest baseball parks, is up there.
Good to know!
North Adams, home of Mass MoCa, is also a nice little town.
I'm pretty sure we've been there, or some town right nearby. The Berkshires are beautiful. I've never been lucky enough to be there in the fall. Must be spectacular (if crowded).
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So a while ago i helped out my friend Chantal for being a model for her new business 'Gorgeous Artist Design' (makeup) the photographers were Joel Crane and Lance Chicote. To be honest I wasn't a fan of many of the photos, but of course I am the most critical. But just for a little interest here are some of the photos I actually can stand...
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So there you have it.
That too was partially a post while I still try to update this darno laptop in order for me to make videos of me doing makeup. So much easier for you (and for me) to see what I'm actually doing. So I'll be working on that. Until then, enjoy the random posts.
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From Airport Casablanca to Safi: 1600 Dirhams
The city was under Portuguese rule 1488 and 1541, it is believed that they abandoned it to the Saadians (who were at war with the them) since it proved to be difficult to defend from land attacks. The Portuguese fortress built to protect the city is still there today. After 1541, the city played a major role in Morocco as one of the safest and biggest sea ports in the country. Many ambassadors to the saadians and Alaouite kings druing the 16-18th centuries, came to Morocco via Asfi, its proximity to Marrakech then capital of Morocco helped expand the maritime trade in the city. Louis De Chénier consul of the French court in Morocco in 1767, reported that the city was the only usable seaport at the time. A French Navy captive Bidé de Maurville, who wrote the account of his stay in Morocco in his 1765 book Relations de l'affaire de Larache, reported the presence of an important number of foreign trading houses in the city : Dutch, Danish, British and French.
After the Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah built the city of Mogador, he banned foreign trade in all Moroccan Ports except in his newly built city. Consequently Asfi stopped playing a leading role in the Moroccan trade.


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In Part 1 of this series, the smuggling route that Panki Pinchupa followed from Ecuador to his last known point in Arizona included three commercial flights and numerous travel segments by foot, train, and car or truck. These changes in mode of travel occurred at locations that can be described as transfer points and may include layup (rest) sites and resupply points. Broadly characterized as smuggling sites, these locations can reveal much about the groups that pass through them: how long they have been on the move; their mode of travel; and the logistical system of the smuggling industry that profits from them.
If you have ever unexpectedly come upon an illegal alien smuggling site, your first reaction was probably shock – it would take a few seconds for your brain to catch up with what you have seen. There would be black ski masks and dark jackets; oversized garbage bags with holes cut in them for makeshift ponchos; discarded backpacks; dirty clothing; food containers; water and other beverage containers; medicine bottles and human waste. Taken as a whole, these places register on the senses – at least initially – as a chaotic field of trash; but there can be a surprising degree of organization to what you find. If you want to make some sense of these sites, you must evaluate them in the context of their location, not just by the litter that is present.
Requirements of a Smuggling Corridor
Just as there are major and minor corridors of human and drug smuggling in Central America and Mexico, there are corridors extending from the Mexican border into the Southwestern U.S. No description of a corridor, in which dozens (or even hundreds) of routes exist, would be complete without satisfying the following criteria [FOOTNOTE 1]:
- The corridors have wilderness and/or de facto wilderness safe havens where legal vehicular traffic (including law enforcement activity) is either severely restricted or banned.
- They have east /west highway access north and south of the corridors. Examples include I-8, I-10 and US-60 as east/west highways.
- They have rugged and complex north/south mountain and drainage orientation, which provide channels of movement.
- They are almost entirely (or are heavily) dominated by federal land agency management. For example, Organ Pipe National Monument and the Cabeza Prieta NWR. Additionally, there are several less well- known BLM wilderness management areas, such as the Hummingbird Springs and Big Horn Mountain Wilderness, located south and west of Wickenburg. These minor wilderness areas comprise more than 250,000 uninhabited acres with restricted access.
- The concentration of American private property is limited, as is the presence of resident American citizen habitation.
- All corridors have high, strategically located points of observation.
I would add a seventh item to this description: The principal corridors in Southern Arizona contain numerous washes and old two-track trails that lead to or intersect access points on paved highways. If you are familiar with this region, you will know there are many historic abandoned mines and old prospects dating from the mid-1860s to the 1950s. Smugglers are very astute at acquiring knowledge of good routes, and some have probably been in use for decades. Overall, these seven criteria effectively define large segments of southern Arizona, including the areas around Wickenburg and Aguila.
Figure 2 illustrates four areas (highlighted in red) where I, and others, have found 38 smuggling sites. There are two clusters containing twenty-six sites in the area south of Aguila and two clusters containing twelve sites south of Wickenburg. [FOOTNOTE 2] Additional smuggling points are located in the area highlighted in yellow, but were not documented for this article. [FOOTNOTE 3]
Each of the thirty-eight sites satisfies the criteria described above. There are north/south roads that intersect major east/west transportation routes. The mountains and drainage areas (Hassayampa and Harquahala Plains) provide the required north/south foot routes with an abundance of old trails and washes that are concealed by desert vegetation. Moreover, the vast majority of the area is under federal land administration and is virtually unpopulated. Some of the paved north/south roads may see no more than one or two vehicles per hour during the day. That modest traffic rate drops precipitously after dark.
One important characteristic of these sites is their proximity to paved roads. Transfer sites are typically within a few feet of the highway's edge, but concealed by vegetation and/or a decline of several feet below the roadway. Washes that intersect or parallel paved roads are ideal because the mesquite, acacia and Palo Verde trees can form extremely dense thickets. [FOOTNOTE 4]
The pile of discarded clothing above the wash in Figure 1 is part of a major smuggling transfer point and has been in use for at least four years. [FOOTNOTE 5] It is the terminus of an overland trek, a place where illegal migrants change out of their soiled clothing, dump their uneaten food, toiletries and backpacks. The discard pile is one of many at this site, and there are indications of extended loiter time while people wait for pick up. For example, there are several campfire pits and places where individuals have rested under trees.
Reaching a site like this requires cross-country hiking that may include treks through open country before reaching concealed areas. Figure 3 shows a web of foot trails that lead north from a drop-off site for a distance of several miles. These foot trails merge into a wash that leads to the transfer site shown in Figure 1. [FOOTNOTE 6]
The image in Figure 3 is five years old (2005). Aerial photos, dating from 1997, show that these trails did not then exist. Trail systems such as these take years of persistent use to acquire the level of wear seen above. This route has potentially been in use for ten years or more. They illustrate the essential linkage between drop-off and pick-up sites.
The Wickenburg Cluster – Disturbing Discoveries
Wickenburg area residents can take little comfort that only twelve sites have been documented. All 38 locations share the same physical characteristics, but the Aguila clusters appear to be seasonal. Some of the sites near Wickenburg, though, are active throughout the year. There are other disturbing differences, as well.
In October 2009, one of the Wickenburg sites was used for human trafficking of women. [FOOTNOTE 7] A local resident and friend discovered a jumbled pile of more than 40 freshly discarded backpacks that exclusively contained women's clothing and other personal items. There were no indications these women had been given an opportunity to change into fresh clothes upon their arrival, since there were no discarded items in or near the pile of backpacks. There was, however, evidence of torn clothing and blood — signs that at least one woman had been raped.
In April 2010, a neatly stacked pyramid of more than twenty backpacks — each containing fresh clothing, water and food – were discovered at one site. This indicates a resupply operation was in progress.
In another incident, occurring in August 2010, eight backpacks were discovered by a local resident. Two of the packs were found to contain loaded handguns, probably belonging to the "coyote" guides of six illegal migrants.
Based upon the types of usage, sites south of Wickenburg appear to be limited to human smuggling and trafficking. Illegal migrants arrive at these transfer points on foot using washes and old mining trails (now BLM managed trails) to await transportation to other unknown intermediate destinations – presumably to the north and west. There is only one known instance of a site being used for both transfer and resupply, but the removal of fresh backpacks by newly arrived groups at this and other sites makes it impossible to know how often this type of operation occurs. [FOOTNOTE 8]
Are there more smuggling sites near Wickenburg? Yes — it remains only to verify and document other reported sites and to continue the periodic search for new ones. More investigation of the southern cluster below Wickenburg is required for two reasons: First, it has not been thoroughly surveyed, and second, this may be a feeder route to the sites closer to Wickenburg.
Smuggling transfer points would serve no purpose if they did not advance the progress of illegal migrants to their destinations. If you look at these transfer sites as pick up points (not unlike bus stops), the transportation corridors become apparent, as depicted in Figure 5.
When viewed at this scale, the map shows two nexus points. The point on the left is where Aguila Road and Eagle Eye Road merge south of Aguila. The point on the right is where Wickenburg Road splits at the beginning of Aguila and Vulture Mine Roads. The undocumented area (yellow) may begin near the Wickenburg nexus and probably terminates somewhere near the APS high voltage transmission lines where they cross U.S. 60; however, further surveys are required before this can be verified. One thing is certain – smuggling sites have been found in that area.
Drop-off points are notoriously difficult to locate at ground level, particularly if they occur on two-track roads that pass through dense thickets. Because the objective of a drop-off point is to get illegal migrants moving quickly away from the road, there is no loiter time and these locations contain little or no debris.
Looking at a Drug Site
Thankfully, none of the smuggling sites south of Aguila and Wickenburg has thus far shown evidence of drug smuggling; but that is little cause for celebration. Human and drug smugglers share the same routes and their transfer points have identical characteristics. Figure 6 illustrates a drug transfer site near Interstate 8, found in August 2010. The foreground shows improvised shoulder straps and olive drab shirts. At the center of the photo are large water containers. In the background are the empty Styrofoam cases used to haul the drugs. [FOOTNOTE 9]
This dumpsite is within 100 yards of a large culvert, allowing the transfer of drug loads to waiting vehicles from either side of the highway (for east or westbound transportation) without observation. While the general area contains a mix of both human and drug smuggling sites, the absence of clothes, backpacks and food at this scene indicates it is used exclusively for drugs. Smuggling groups like this one typically return to their point of origin, where they will meet and shepherd the next load brought across the border.
Looking for a Common Denominator
The map in Figure 2 illustrated four clusters of documented smuggling points and a fifth area where other sites have been found. Figure 5 translates these clusters into transportation corridors that use north- trending roads. Another important aspect of Figure 5 is the proximity of Interstate 10, which runs east-west.
Where (in Arizona) were these groups before they arrived at these locations? It is a reasonable question, but to say "they came up from the south" is an unacceptably vague answer. The map in Figure 7 provides some useful clues.
Before illegal migrants can reach points near Wickenburg and Aguila, they must cross two heavily traveled and patrolled Interstate highways (I- 8 and I-10). It is simply too risky to do this on foot. The tactical solution of smuggling organizations is to transport migrant groups from rally points south of the Interstates to drop-off sites a short distance to the north of each highway. Even a casual examination of aerial mapping sites reveals a maze of dirt roads and trails on both sides of these Interstates. The area west of Arizona State Route 85, which leads from the border town of Lukeville to Gila Bend, contains portions of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and the Goldwater Air Force Range. Even though these are restricted and/or closed areas, smuggling trails abound. Smuggling layup sites and transfer points have been found in a 48 mile east-west section south of I-8, between Dateland and Gila Bend, as recently as September 2010.
The most active smuggling corridors throughout the summer have been east of State Route 85 (leading north to I-8). In the fall, as the cool season approaches, there is every reason to expect that activity at the Wickenburg and Aguila clusters will increase once again.
In the third segment of this article we will examine the backpacks and other discarded items found at these sites.
- "The Arizona Smuggling Corridors, a Profile of Government in Disarray" by David B. Ham and Stephen L. Wilmeth, The Westerner, July 14, 2010. See the article at: http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/2010/07/arizona-smuggling-corridors.html
- The distinction of two clusters south of Aguila is based upon an analysis of smuggling routes. The small upper cluster uses different routes than the second, larger cluster. The lower cluster below Wickenburg is still being researched and more findings are expected.
- Documentation includes the recording of GPS coordinates; extensive photographic records; analysis of the contents of backpacks, as well as discarded items; identification of signaling methods; determination of use as a drug site; and area searches for footprints. Also studied are the types
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of clothing (masks and gloves denote cold season activity), expiration dates on bottles of electrolyte beverage, and whether items were discarded on top of spring growth, to list only a few.
- Thirty-two of the 38 documented sites are within fifty feet of pavement. The remaining six are within 450 feet of pavement, with access via two-track trails leading from a highway. All but two of the sites are concealed from view by trees or a steep decline. Thirty-five of these smuggling sites are associated with the presence of a wash.
- This site was first photographed on January 28, 2007 by hiking friends.
- Drop-off sites typically begin at the edge of a road. Foot trails emanate from that point and lead to a layup, resupply or transfer site. A drop-off site is used for quick dismounting of illegal migrants onto a system of trails.
- Human smuggling is defined as "the procurement, in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit, of the illegal entry of a person into a State party of which the person is not a national or a permanent resident." Human trafficking is "the 'recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of threat or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraught, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose exploitation'. The main forms of exploitation are prostitution, forced labor, slavery, or the removal of organs." From: "Illegal Immigration, Human Trafficking, and Organized Crime," University of Helsinki and University of Notre Dame. By Raimo Väyrynen. November 2005.
- At least 109 discarded backpacks have been removed from four of the seven smuggling sites in the northernmost cluster below Wickenburg — either for analysis of the contents or for donation to charitable groups.
- The shirts were used as a covering for the containers. Burlap cloth is more commonly used. Styrofoam canisters are unusual and may have been used to protect the contents from weather conditions.
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Rush will not go quietly. Yes, the Toronto trio released its first album 38 years ago, and some may regard progressive rock full of long-form storytelling and quick-changing rhythms to be so '70s. But the band has stayed true to its style, and is still doing some very impressive things with it.
In fact, the songs from the band's latest album, this year's "Clockwork Angels," were the most exciting thing about Rush's three-hour show at Minneapolis' Target Center Monday night, Sept. 24. They certainly got a strong response from the 8,000 or so fans in the arena, and they deserved it, for they were played with a passion that was missing from most of the older songs that filled the first of the band's two sets.
Not that the performances of those songs lacked for energy, but there was a relentlessness that grew wearying after a while in the '80s-era songs that made up most of the first set, the breakneck tempos a tad too unvarying, the intensity level pushing the red line for perhaps a little too long. And this wasn't a set for the casual Rush fan, for few of the songs have ever found their way onto a radio station. They were deep cuts like "The Analog Kid" and "Bravado," "Force Ten" and "Territories." While Rush's erratic rhythms and unpredictable riffs don't make them ideal for dancing or even head-bobbing, the bulk of the crowd stood stiff and staring through most of the set, seemingly hypnotized by the animated films adorning the big screen behind the band.
But, as the evening went on, the crowd's enthusiasm grew with the band's. The second set opened with nine straight songs from "Clockwork Angels," and, at most concerts by bands of this vintage, that would mean losing an audience to beer lines and rest rooms. But these were such strong songs that a kind of marvelous momentum built. It helped that the textures were interwoven with the sound of an eight-piece string section, but also that the trio didn't seem as concerned with showing off its unimpeachable musicianship as early in the evening.
And make no mistake: Guitarist Alex Lifeson, bassist Geddy Lee and drummer Neil Peart are all exceptional players. And they've honed a remarkable collaboration over the decades, Lee singing Peart's almost invariably intriguing lyrics in his distinctive high tenor while Lifeson chimes in with soaring solos. On Monday, they still seemed to be having quite a good time together, especially during clearly-jam-born instrumentals like "Where's My Thing?' and "YYZ."
While the band's longtime devotees were no doubt thrilled by the extended excerpt from 1976's "2112" that closed the evening, and the energy level was at fever pitch during a second-set finale of "The Spirit of Radio" and an opening encore of "Tom Sawyer" — both of which sounded as good as they did back in the day — it was the new material that surprisingly stole the show. "The Anarchist" rocked with thunderous abandon, "The Wreckers" was a lovely melodic power ballad, and "Halo Effect" let loose Lifeson's acoustic inclinations while allowing the band members to indulge their affection for one of their early influences, Led Zeppelin.
But the standout among the new tunes was "The Garden," a song that had the feel of an anthem, swirling with a kind of wistful melancholy seldom found in this band's music. Yes, Rush can still rock, but age and experience is evidently inspiring them to bring more beauty into their music. So, rather than a fond look back, Monday's concert felt like the beginning of a fascinating new chapter in this band's admirably lengthy history.
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If you could rewrite the next chapters of your story, how would it be different?
"Writing is re-writing" ~ Robert L. Kelley
What if we treated our lives as a story and approached them as the author of that story? Most writers understand writing is a process and some very common ways of approaching it. It is rare that a writer creates a final draft their first time sitting down with their story. It is a process of writing, experimenting, noticing what works and what doesn't and then rewriting.
Changing our lives can sound like such a big task and it's a thought that can put most people into a place of feeling overwhelmed. Instead, ask yourself, if there was one aspect of your life you could rewrite right now that would bring you more peace, ease, wellness or happiness what would it be? (For 4 Quick Tips on rewriting your story, check out "The Stories You Tell"
If you rewrote that chapter, how would you want it to read and how would your main character (you) want to feel by the end of the new chapter? When we begin to imagine the outcome we desire, we can begin to ask what is holding us back from having this. What if you approached your life like a story that YOU have the power to change? What is one action or thought you would redline right now? What would you replace it with and how would you feel having made that change?
Realizing you're in the driver's seat can be daunting because now it's on you. You get to take responsibility for creating the change...or stay stuck with the story you're already living.
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Until I did this process, I could not understand what was keeping me stuck in survival mode. Now I'm rewriting my life and loving it! If the ending of your story feels inevitable and you can't see a way out, it's time for you to start rewriting!


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Futility Closet Podcast #006: Texas Camels, Zebra Stripes, and an Immortal Piano
boingboing #1
crashproof #2
Coincidentally, a couple of people getting on an elevator with me this morning ended a conversation with "A zebra can't change its stripes," leading me to speculate about cuttlefish DNA in zebras that allowed them to do just that and the awesome zebra raves that would follow.
Marktech #3
And coincidentally, hitting http://dynamic.xkcd.com/random/comic/ this afternoon brought me to this:
Anyone know what bandwidth cuttlefish are capable of transmitting?
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These sweet and spicy tuna rolls are quick and easy but oh so yummy! Rolled up seaweed in or seaweed out, they make a great appetizer or a light lunch.
The kids are in swimming lessons on Friday nights. It was a great concept, in theory; end the week with lessons and a swim at the pool. My yobo joins us and swims with the kids. It sounds lovely. And it is, except that dinner still needs to be made, my yobo can't always make it there and it is 6:30 when we get home! If I am organized, I have dinner planned before we go, but more often than not, I am throwing it together when we get home. This week's throw together menu… sweet and spicy tuna rolls and zucchini pancakes!
"You are crazy!" you are thinking. No, really, they are that easy. 🙂
- 3 cups of cooked medium grain rice
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 4 sheets of seaweed for sushi (nori)
- 1 can of tuna
- 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- sesame seeds to garnish
- Mix the sesame oil and the salt into the warm cooked rice
- Add the sweet chilli sauce to the drained tuna
- Place 3/4 c rice on the top 2/3 of the seaweed
- Spread out evenly
- Add 1/4 of the tuna mixture to the end of the rice
- Roll the rice/seaweed over the tuna to cover it - squeeze tightly
- Continue to roll
- Glue the end of the roll with a few grains of rice
- Squeeze, slice and enjoy with soy sauce!
Note: to make the 'inside-out" rolls, you need 4 cups of rice and instructions for reverse rolling are here! 🙂


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Hoffa says Bush again turns his back on workers
Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said he will strongly oppose the trade agreement with Colombia that the Bush administration is sending to Congress.
"This trade deal is an insult to every American who works for a living," Hoffa said. "Workers are feeling the pain of the trade deals that began with NAFTA. They've been disasters.
"The Teamsters, the Change to Win federation and the entire labor movement will work tirelessly to defeat this job-killing trade deal that never should have been negotiated in the first place," Hoffa said.
The proposed deal with Colombia is especially repugnant to US labor unions as Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world for union members.
More than 2,500 union members have been murdered by Colombian death squads since the 1980s. There have been more than 400 murders since President Uribe took office five years ago. Yet the Colombian government has done very little to effectively stop death squads from murdering workers for trying to form unions.
Congress will now have 90 legislative days to act on the Colombia trade deal. The Democratic leadership has made its position clear: Until the union killings in Colombia stop and the murderers are brought to justice, this deal should not be brought to Congress.
"Workers don't need trade policies that kill jobs," Hoffa said. "In Pennsylvania alone, 1,583 plants, offices and warehouses have closed since NAFTA took effect because of trade. These trade deals must be stopped."
Hoffa is about to embark on a five-city tour of Pennsylvania to talk about jobs, the economy, the nation's failed trade polices and Sen. Barack Obama's positions on these and other issues affecting working families.


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Skip to comments.Turkish Jews Express Fear Amid Reports That Intelligence Service Spied On Their Community
Posted on 12/20/2012 7:17:40 AM PST by bayouranger
The relationship between the 30,000 or so Jews living in Turkey and the rest of the Turkish population has become tense ever since the relationship between Israel and Turkey began to deteriorate shortly after the Mavi Marmara incident in 2010. Anti-Israel sentiment is high in the country, and anti-Semitism has also been on the rise at the encouragement of Turkeys Islamist government. A report in Al-Monitor quotes several Jews who fear a backlash against their community.
As a Jew, I can attest to you there is a difference between being a Turk and an Israeli, Ediz said. But whenever there is fighting between Israel and the Palestinians, the atmosphere in Turkey turns against us, and people start acting as if we committed a crime.
Leri, another Turkish Jew, told Al-Monitor that the media is also to blame. The media is painting such an image that many wont even consider us human.
According to the Al-Monitor article, the prosecutors office in Istanbul that tried Israeli soldiers in-absentia for their role in the Mavi Marmara incident asked the Turkish National Intelligence Service (MIT) for a listing of Turkish Jews who traveled to Israel two weeks before and after it occurred. These people were put under surveillance. There are also allegations that the MIT identified five Jews in Turkey as suspicious, and that they expanded surveillance in Istanbul and Izmir where the majority of the countrys Jewish population lives. While Turkeys Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has made appeals to Turkeys Jewish population to help mend the relationship with Israel, theres a sense among Jews in Turkey that he has put them in a difficult and compromising position.
Rafael Sadi, a member of Israels Turkish community, as well as a childhood friend of Erdogan, questions the Turkish Presidents motives: If he really believes that Turkeys Jews had so much influence [over politicians], why didnt he listen to our warnings before the Mavi Marmara set sail toward Gaza? Why did he make such a special effort to sever the ties between Israel and Turkey? The Turkish Red Crescent was then delivering the humanitarian aid to Gaza and it still does. If the issue is the lifting of the Gaza blockade, then he should have found a way to control and prevent the free flow of arms into Gaza. Zali De Toledo, chairman of the Association of Turkish Jews in Israel, told Al-Monitor she strongly agrees, and argues that the Erdogan government intentionally took steps to harm the relationship with Israel. Its Erdogan who really needs to apologize to us for breaking the long-lasting friendship between our two countries.
Yeah, I'd be a bit concerned too after this photo takes the prize in Erdogan's empire.
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Dissent at top levels of ECB even among former allies
Even the Germans can't agree that solving the euro zone crisis requires sticking to the rules
WHEN MARIO Draghi goes before the press today, two forty-something German men will slip unnoticed out of the European Central Bank tower: Jörg Asmussen and Jens Weidmann.
After two years wading through a swamp of currency risk and moral hazard, these two men – once political allies in Berlin – represent competing routes to solid ground. Asmussen sits on the ECB board and, like his boss, presents sovereign bond-buying as a necessary evil, a justifiable contribution by the euro's guardian to calm choppy waters.
Weidmann, as president of the Bundesbank and ECB governing council member, argues that a permanent policy of bond-buying will undermine the bank's political independence. For short-term gain, he warns, the ECB is betraying the inflation- fighting, price stability mandate that is the backbone of the euro, like the Deutschemark before it.
Born just 18 months apart, both men studied economics at the University of Bonn.
Weidmann and Asmussen moved to Berlin and rose to prominence as euro crisis go-to men for Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schaüble respectively.
While their bosses slept, they worked the crisis night shift in Brussels with Weidmann watching the political elements and Asmussen steering technical and monetary measures.
"They were constantly calling and updating each other," says one official who observed them at close quarters.
It was a close collaboration despite different personalities. The 46-year-old Asmussen is a direct, some would say acerbic, northern German, a card-carrying Social Democrat and reportedly a fan of world music.
The soft-spoken Jens Weidmann (44) who was raised in the conservative climes of southern Germany, favours gardening and gourmet cooking.
After earning their crisis stripes together, they found themselves parachuted into Frankfurt within months of each other.
Weidmann became the Bundesbank's youngest-ever president while Asmussen joined the ECB. Both were crisis appointments after surprise resignations: Weidmann took over from his university mentor, Axel Weber; Asmussen was Germany's replacement at the ECB for economist Jürgen Stark.
Both Weber and Stark had thrown in the towel, claiming the ECB had betrayed its Bundesbank blueprint with a limited bond-buying programme that crossed the forbidden line into monetary financing.
Some 18 months later, Weidmann and Asmussen are in a similar position. Unlike their predecessors, they disagree on whether the euro zone needs a dose of dogmatism or of pragmatism.
"Weidmann is an independent central banker, an economist who knows the Bundesbank tradition of price stability, its origins in Germany's economic history – which leads him to act as he is doing," said Prof Manfred Neumann of the University of Bonn and supervisor of Weidmann's doctoral thesis on European monetary policy.
"For him the question is if we want a euro as stable as the Deutschemark was or will we accept a softer currency? What is clear is that a policy of permanent bond-buying marks a u-turn by the ECB towards state financing."
Weidmann argues that the roots of the crisis lie in countries flouting the single currency's rule book. Bond-buying, breaching further rules, won't make things right.
Weidmann's arguments chime with a large swathe of public opinion here, but cannot count on much support on the ECB board.
And what of Berlin? Chancellor Merkel has not quite cut loose her former economic adviser: last week she said it was "important" for Weidmann's views to be heard in the debate.
But it was faint praise compared to her warm words for Draghi's promise, backed by Asmussen, to do "whatever it takes" to prop up the euro zone.
"Ahead of next year's general election, Merkel has no political interest in the euro zone crisis escalating further or in an even higher fiscal risk for her voters," said Dr Jens Boysen-Hogrefe, macroeconomic policy analyst at Kiel's IfW economic institute.
Ahead of today's ECB meeting Germany is a country divided between Weidmann's long-term warning and Asmussen's short-term argument.
"ECB intervention is justified if you share the short-term fear of a euro zone break-up and it is not if you are more worried about the long-term dangers of inflation," said Hogrefe, "particularly the worry that ECB intervention eases reform pressure on Italy and Spain and we'll have a repeat of Greece."
Last month Draghi threw down the gauntlet to Weidmann on bond-buying, breaking with ECB tradition by naming him as the primary boardroom holdout. Asmussen was on holidays for that meeting.
Today he meets his former political ally in the ECB boardroom for a final argument.
In the high stakes euro zone crisis, does the solution lie in sticking to the rule book regardless? Or in adapting the rules to master a new and dangerous present situation with uncertain consequences for the future?


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Cover Artist: Gabriel Rodriguez
Review by Charles Mohapel
Idea & Design Works Llc Paperback ISBN/ITEM#: 9781600101281
Date: 31 October 2007 List Price $17.99 Amazon US / Amazon UK / Show Article /
Based on Neil Gaiman's and Roger Avary's screenplay for the Paramount Pictures film starring Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Crispin Glover, Alison Lohman, and Brendan Gleeson, IDW Publishing has issued the adaptation of Beowulf as both a 4-issue comic released each week in October and as a gorgeous graphic novel.
Deftly written by Chris Ryall, both the comic books and the graphic novel feature the exquisite art of Gabriel Rodriguez.From official release/information:
Book Description: A special adaptation of the big-screen retelling of the ancient myth from filmmakers Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary and Robert Zemeckis! In the sixth century, the warrior Beowulf must do battle with the monster Grendel as well as Grendel's mother and a dragon who has a personal connection to the Scandanavian warrior. Adapted by Chris Ryall and Gabriel Rodriguez (Clive Barker's The Great and Secret Show).
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Ella takes part in our 'questions for Ella to check she's not all showbiz now and remembers her roots' quiz.
Last time Adam, Danny & JoJo interviewed Ella there were revelations galore! Not least that she'd bought herself a fancy banana cutter since moving to London from her hometown Grimsby!
So when she came in to see us again, we thought we'd test her and make sure that she's not gone all 'London' since moving down there!
Have a listen to the little quiz that we made her do...


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Rights Theory, Libertarianism
The NAP Isn't a Knock-Down Argument for Libertarianism. On the Contrary, It Begs the Question.
"Taxes are theft!" Maybe. But that's a conclusion, not a premise.
Some people think it's amazingly simple to argue for anarcho-capitalist libertarianism. They think anarcho-capitalist libertarianism follows straightforwardly and directly from a few unquestionable, obvious premises. They think they have a simple, knock-down argument for libertarianism. But they're wrong, alas. (Too bad! I wish they weren't!) Instead, what they think is a knock-down argument for libertarianism actually begs the question, and so isn't a good argument at all.
Consider this argument:
The Aggression-Is-Bad Knock-Down Argument for Libertarianism:
- It is morally wrong to initiate an act of wrongful aggression against another innocent person.
- In order to maintain and fund a state, we must initiate acts of wrongful aggression against innocent people by stealing their property and using violence to force them to do various things.
- Therefore, only anarchist libertarianism is just.
I'm not inventing this argument as a strawman. I've seen it countless times, most recently yesterday, when a clan of mean-spirited cartoon libertarians (e.g., this dude) went on a vile attack spree against Matt Zwolinski for writing this. (Matt's been called a fascist, a communist, evil, a criminal, a "confused f*cker", and a person who wants to aggress against the innocent.)
I actually agree with the conclusion of the argument. In my view, justice requires anarchist capitalism. I agree with Jerry Cohen that Rawls's theory of justice concedes too much to human depravity, and so isn't a theory of justice at all, but rather at most a theory of how to respond to depravity.
But, regardless, the argument above doesn't prove libertarianism is right. Instead, it presupposes it. Rather than being a knock-down argument for libertarianism, it begs the question. That's why so many non-libertarians are unimpressed by it. Non-libertarians are unimpressed not because they are vile, stupid, or evil, but because the argument doesn't do any work. Let me explain why.
Everyone in political philosophy agrees that the state needs to be justified. After all, states claim a monopoly on the use of (most) coercive violence over a particular geographic area and claim a right to create and enforce rules within a certain domain against certain people. This requires justification. After all, as libertarians rightly note and pretty much every non-libertarian political philosopher agrees, states do a lot of things that look suspicious on the surface. Unless we can explain why states should exist and have some of the powers they have, then states are presumed unjustified.
But, then thing is, most political philosophers think it's relatively easy to supply that justification. It's relatively easy to show that states are justified. They think that have a bunch of compelling arguments on behalf of statism.
Now, for the sake of understanding the dialectic here, consider what would follow if they were right. Suppose JR is typical statist philosopher. JR adduces some argument A for a theory, call it ToJ, that, as far as he can tells, justifies the modern nation-state, including giving it a wide range of powers and rights to tax, though not an unlimited range. If A were a sound argument for ToJ, then ToJ would be true. And if ToJ were true, then all this would follow:
- The state (of the right sort) should exist.
- The state has the right to collect taxes (within certain limits as implied by ToJ) in order to promote justice.
- When the state collects the taxes needed to promote justice, it isn't stealing your goddamn money or aggressing against innocent people. Instead, the money rightfully belongs to the state, not to the taxpayer. When the state taxes you (so long as it does so in accordance with ToJ), it actually takes what is rightfully its, not what is rightfully yours. If you were to withhold your taxes or resist paying, that would be equivalent to theft.
In short, if ToJ justifies state taxation, then the state isn't wrongfully aggressing against people by collecting taxes any more than I am wrongfully aggressing against my neighbors by locking my house doors. What counts as aggression depends upon what rights people have. According to ToJ, people don't have a right to the money the state taxes; instead, the state has a right to that money.
So, for example, Rawls has a number of arguments for the state. One argument, in abbreviated form, goes as follows:
Rawls's Argument, Shortened:
- Our institutions, including the institution of private property, are not legitimate or authoritative unless they A) protect a specified range of basic liberties, and b) achieve social justice.
- In order to do A and B, we need a liberal, social-democratic nation-state with taxing powers.
- Therefore, a liberal, social-democratic nation-state with taxing powers is justified.
The Aggression-Is-Bad Knock-Down Argument doesn't refute Rawls's argument. It's powerless against it. Rather, to refute Rawls's argument, you need to explain why premises 1 or 2 are false, or show that Rawls's sub-arguments for premises 1 or 2 are unsound.
So, the Aggression-Is-Bad Knock-Down Argument fails. It doesn't prove that any particular justification of the state and state taxation fails. Rather, it works only if all such justifications fail. The "it's my money and the state is stealing it from me!" line works only if the state doesn't have a right to that money, and to know whether the state does or does not have such a right, we need to know whether there is any independent justification of the state.
If you want to defend anarchist libertarianism, what you need to do is show that none of the arguments for the state work. You have to take them down one by one.
Importantly, one the most impressive arguments for the state holds that life without a state would be such a disastrous hell that we need to and should create states in order to escape that hell. (That's the Hobbesian argument.) To refute that argument, you need to prove that anarchism would work, which means you need social scientific evidence, rather than a few simple moral axioms. To refute that argument, you need to do what Huemer does in part II of this book.
So, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, people. Many libertarians think they have powerful knock-down argument for anarchist libertarianism, but, on the contrary, that argument is completely impotent. A sophisticated non-libertarian can just shrug the argument off–it doesn't even merit a response. Premise 2 of the Knock-Down argument isn't really a premise in an argument for libertarianism. Rather, it's at most a conclusion. It doesn't prove libertarianism is true; it begs the question.


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Great Eggs of Art | Free Printable
by Jennifer Cooper, posted on April 18th, 2014 in printable
Well happy almost Easter. I know it's almost Easter because my pinterest board is filled to the brim with beautiful eggs—hand drawn, naturally dyed, tattooed, and these guys are my absolute favorite.
My contribution to the Easter Egg madness is four of my favorite artists in egg form. It's the type of utter ridiculousness you've come to expect from me. And of course, there are quotes. Because I'm nothing if not a nut for a good quote…
ps. Here's a downloadable pdf for the egg holders pictured above so you can make your own great eggs of art. You know you wanna ;)
pps. If you'd like to get your kids practicing art, check out our art school series. There are tons of great projects, many inspired by the masters, for kids of all ages.


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Just did a mock draft for a 12-team, H2H, 5x5 for Yahoo league. Any suggestions are welcome. I only did the first 10 rounds just to get some pairings organized. I drafted in the 10 spot.
1. Prince Fielder (Det - 1B)
2. Justin Upton (Atl - OF)
3. Adrián González (LAD - 1B,OF)
4. Ryan Zimmerman (Was - 3B)
5. Shin-Soo Choo (Cin - OF)
6. Brandon Phillips (Cin - 2B)
7. Jimmy Rollins (Phi - SS)
8. Max Scherzer (Det - SP)
9. Hunter Pence (SF - OF)
10. Jake Peavy (CWS - SP)
My Mock
Who to start, who to bench. Grab that WW guy? Low priced rookie or high priced stud?
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Only thing that really jumps out is it seems you are power heavy and SB light. Of course that could be fixed in the later rounds as well. Looks good though.
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Zapp made some
further progress by bringing onboard major banks.
When it comes to e-commerce, Zapp could indeed represent a compelling value proposition if they do three things:
(1) offer consumers the same protection as conventional credit cards;
(2) provide e-merchants with liability shift in respect of chargebacks; and
(3) extend Zapp to credit products from their partner banks - I am talking about Zapp-fronted virtual credit cards for online payments here.
As for the physical retail, the merchant benefits are less clear. Zapp claims their
s/w-based solution is safer than "chip and PIN". Um.. Eh... Ah... Never mind... (See the last paragraph below on that subject.)
It's the user flow that bothers me most.
I am surprised that Zapp are
still talking about "typing in a six-digit code provided by the till operator". Won't happen. Full stop.
NFC is a good option, but... "In each case, to complete the payment the smart device owner will need only to tap a button in the banking app." Well, it more like: tap to choose the banking app (if you have more than one); then tap five times to enter your
PIN, then tap to select the account to charge (as per Zapp's video); finally, tap to confirm.
How is that better than pulling out a contactless bank card out of my wallet (which I will still need to carry around as Zapp cannot be used for transit payments and cash withdrawals from ATM)?..
Last, but not least: Zapp allows customers to say at the checkout point, "I've got this much money in my account, shall I go ahead and buy this product or not?". Just ask any merchant about shopping card abandonment and impulse purchase...
To sum it up, if Zapp is looking to simply replace Visa/MasterCard, it's a tough sell - especially in physical retail.
Were they to focus just on e-commerce (as Step 1), Zapp value proposition could be strong. In fact, they can steal the limelight from Visa and MasterCard by becoming the first company to offer "card present, PIN verified" e-commerce payments.
On a related note, I am surprised that Zapp didn't extend itself to ATM cash withdrawals... After all, Zapp was masterminded by VocaLink - the company that runs the UK's ATM network. Using a smartphone for cash withdrawals - if done right - is indeed safer
and more convenient than using a card. That ubiquitous use case would be - by far - more popular than patchy and questionable retail payments, and a good foundation for positive user experience and service uptake.
© Finextra Research 2018


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Gujarat Lions (GL) defeated Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) tie at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Friday.
A hat-trick from debutant all-rounder Andrew Tie and sensible top-order batting helped Gujarat Lions outclass RPS.
Tie bagged five wickets giving away 17 runs, the first in this edition of the IPL, including a hat-trick in the final over of Pune's innings, before the batsmen put on a collective show to chase down the 172 target, with two overs to spare.
Tie's hat-trick was the second of the day after Royal Challengers Bangalore's leg-spinner Samuel Badree got another in the afternoon game against Mumbai Indians.
Gujarat got off to a flier with the opening duo of Dwayne Smith (47) and Brendon McCullum (49) putting on 94 runs with none of the Pune bowlers having an answer to their onslaught.
The West Indian started his innings with an unconvincing four to square leg off Ankit Sharma before gaining in confidence with a mammoth six on the fifth ball and then ending the over with another boundary through the covers to milk 16 runs.
McCullum did not lag behind either to take fellow New Zealander Lockie Ferguson out of the park for a six over long-off before meting out special treatment to South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir, whose initial two overs cost Pune 35 runs.
There was no stopping the duo as the hosts rushed to 50 in just over five overs with Pune skipper Steve Smith changing as many as six bowlers before getting the first breakthrough in the form of Dwayne Smith, three short of his half century.
Playing his first match of the season, pacer Shardul Thakur's slower delivery did the trick for Pune, when he induced Smith for an uppercut only to be land down the throat of Rahul Chahar at third man. The West Indian's 30-ball knock was laced with eight hits to the fence and one over it.
Two overs later, a rush of blood saw McCullum's end, one run short of his half century. The former Kiwi skipper, who had by then faced 32 balls, firing five boundaries and three massive sixes was outsmarted by Chahar, who dragged the length back seeing McCullum coming down the track leaving the rest for stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
The very next over saw the back of stumper Dinesh Karthik (3), who failed to pick Tahir's googly before chopping it back on to his stumps.
The loss of three quick wickets saw Gujarat slump to 111/3, before skipper Suresh Raina (35 not out) and Aaron Finch (33 not out) batted sensibly, sharing a 61-run undefeated stand for the fourth wicket to see the team home.
Finch appeared to be in a hurry to get his team over the line, lofting two consecutive sixes off Ferguson to take the hosts home.
Earlier, Pune's opening woes continued to haunt them with the loss of the in-form Ajinkya Rahane (0) in the very first over.
Skipper Smith (43) along with opener Rahul Tripathi (33) launched an onslaught, which medium pacer Praveen Kumar will perhaps remember for a long long time.
Bowling his third over on the trot, the 30-year-old Praveen was milked for 25 runs, with Tripathi dispatching him for two consecutive sixes and a four before Smith fetched two back to back boundaries as Pune rushed to their fastest IPL 50.
As Pune looked set for a massive total, Tie ended the 64-run second wicket stand between the duo, dismissing Tripathi with a slower delivery which the batsman failed to lift and was caught by Aaron Finch at mid-off.
Englishman Ben Stokes then joined Smith to add 25 runs before Dwayne Smith got the prized scalp of the Australian, who mistimed a back of a length outside off to be caught at long-on by Finch.
Two overs later, Stokes departed to another slower delivery from Tie which knocked off his off-stump, after the IPL 2017's costliest buy faced 18 balls, hitting two boundaries and a six.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, playing his first match of the season, immediately provided another breakthrough with the wicket of Dhoni (5), whose form continued to desert him for the fourth consecutive match.
* Gujarat win by seven wickets
* 12.5: WICKET! D Karthik (3) is out, b Imran Tahir, 111/3
* 11.1: WICKET! B McCullum (49) is out, st MS Dhoni b Rahul Chahar, 102/2
* 7.5: I Tahir to DR Smith, 4 runs, 90/0
* Andrew Tye takes IPL 10's second hat-trick as Rising Pune Supergiant post 171/8 in 20 overs vs Gujarat
* 19.2: WICKET! M Tiwary (31) is out, c Ishan Kishan b Andrew Tye, 167/7
* 16.6: R Jadeja to M Tiwary, 6 runs, 149/5
* Dhoni comes in
* 12.1: WICKET! B Stokes (25) is out, b Andrew Tye, 107/4
* 9.2: WICKET! S Smith (43) is out, c Aaron Finch b Dwayne Smith, 90/3
* Finch takes catch! Skipper Smith departs for 43
* 4.3: P Kumar to R Tripathi, 4 runs, 52/1
* Skipper Raina takes catch! Rahane departs early
Gujarat Lions: Brendon McCullum, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina(captain), Dwayne Smith, Dinesh Karthik, Ishan Kishan(wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Andrew Tye, Shadab Bashir Jakati, Praveen Kumar, Basil Thampi.
Rising Pune Supergiant: Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith(captain), Manoj Tiwary, Ben Stokes, M.S. Dhoni(wicketkeeper), Rahul Tripathi, Lockie Ferguson, Ankit Sharma, Rahul Chahar, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur
#IPL Match 13 - Here are the Playing XIs for @TheGujaratLions vs. @RPSupergiants #GLvRPS pic.twitter.com/Qw5YoDlUDY— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 14, 2017
* Gujarat Lions win the toss and elect to field


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