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TALLAHASSEE -- There is one question that will never be settled to everyone's satisfaction: Would George W. Bush be president if Florida's votes had been fully and fairly recounted two years ago?
One fact, however, is beyond argument: Without waiting to learn whether Bush actually had won the election, the Florida House of Representatives voted to steal it for him.
It did so in the form of a resolution, passed 79-41 on Dec. 12, to officially appoint the 25 electors pledged to the governor's brother. The Republicans asserted, with straight faces, that it was simply a well-intentioned effort to ensure that Florida's votes did not go uncounted.
But remember that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The resolution's ultimate result could have been to assure that Florida's votes were not counted, leaving neither ticket with a majority of the nation's electors. In that event, it would have been left to the U.S. House of Representatives to elect the president, with each state having one vote. As the Republicans controlled a majority of delegations, the House presumably would have chosen Bush, even though Al Gore had more popular votes nationwide and more electoral votes among the other 49 states.
Now that would have presented a real crisis, far more so than having to wait a few more days to see what might come of a fair and thorough Florida recount.
The people pushing the resolution knew exactly what they were doing.
By that time, it will be recalled, the canvassing board made up of Gov. Jeb Bush , the ambitious Katherine Harris and the equally ambitious Bob Crawford (who was soon to be rewarded with a $200,000 sinecure at the Department of Citrus) had already certified the George Bush slate. Were a recount to show that Gore had won, the Florida Supreme Court might have ordered them to recall that slate and substitute Gore's. But it would have had a harder time enforcing its will on the Legislature.
So the Congress would have been confronted on Jan. 5, 2001, with competing slates. In such a situation, congressional rules require both houses to agree or neither slate is counted. The Republican House would have checked the Democratic Senate and would have gone on to elect a president for only the third time, and the first since 1825.
It didn't come to that, of course. Some seven hours after the Florida House voted, the U.S. Supreme Court seized upon an insignificant deadline as a pretext to foreclose any further Florida recount. That delivered the presidency to Bush and spared the Florida Senate, which had stalled as long as possible, from having to vote on the House resolution.
It also spared the courts endless more hours of debate as to whether the Legislature, having allowed the people to vote for president Nov. 2, could legally take that power to itself after the election. There were powerful constitutional arguments why it could not.
Nonetheless, there remains an indelible blot on the records of those 79 House members who were willing (if not all of them eager) to steal the election. All 77 Republicans voted for it, along with two Democrats from conservative North Florida districts that Bush had carried handily.
As it happened, 16 of those Republicans represented districts where the Gore-Lieberman ticket had led. At least some of them must have had second thoughts about telling their own constituents, in effect, to go to hell. Whatever their private dismay may have been, however, it would have been no match for the pressures that top guns such as Tom Feeney and Johnnie Byrd could bring to bear.
The 16 include Reps. David Russell, Brooksville; Heather Fiorentino, New Port Richey; Kim Berfield, Clearwater; Leslie Waters, Seminole; Frank Farkas, St. Petersburg; and Sandra Murman, Tampa.
Redistricting is one way in which the rich get richer, so Republicans needing safer districts got them this year. In the Tampa Bay area, however, there was only so much that could be done for the six whose districts had gone for Gore. All but Murman still have constituencies that favored the Democratic ticket, though less so than before.
Before Nov. 5, at least some of those voters ought to demand straight answers to why they did what they did two years ago. Strangely, the Democrats don't seem to be making an issue of it.
This isn't to say that anyone deserves to be defeated solely on that account. Elections are, or ought to be, about many things.
But there's a future to think about. Assume an election that coincides with a great national emergency -- say, a war that's going badly -- and the argument is made once again that the nation cannot afford the uncertainty of knowing who the president will be. The temptation would be strong, perhaps irresistible, for another legislature to reassert the constitutional power to select its state's electors. This hasn't happened since 1876, in newly admitted Colorado, but with the Florida House having rubbed the magic lamp, who can be confident that we've heard the last of it?


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DIXON, Ill. — Dixon Historic Center hosted an open house Jan. 20 focusing on its two new exhibits: Native American influences in the Midwest, primarily the Black Hawk and Sauk, and the American farmer's settling of the prairie.
The new permanent exhibits were created to enrich understanding of regional Native American life and early farming. The American Indian exhibit features speaking lifelike figures of Black Hawk and his father. It is educational, as well as sad, to hear the narrative details of the natives' struggle to keep their land.
According to Center information, by the middle of the 1700s the Sauk had moved from the Lower Wisconsin River to a site on the eastern shores of the Upper Mississippi River known today as Rock Island, Ill. There they developed the largest village of the time and named it Saukenuk.
At its height, it sustained 2,000-3,000 inhabitants who cultivated up to 800 acres of glacial-fertilized land. A handful of additional Sauk villages were established nearby, "but none approached the grandeur of Saukenuk." Visitors learn while the Sauks were in their winter hunting grounds, settlers took over their huts, started farming over their burial site and assumed control of the rich land where Black Hawk was born in 1767.
Exhibits also focus on aspects of the settlers' lifestyle, plus implements and tools that helped them move West. The American farm section of the Center offers the story of 1800s America. Besides the farm home, in the back of this section is a replication of a working blacksmith shop.
Local farm tool and equipment collector Al Laidig is one of the contributors to this section. He owns an extensive collection of farm tools and donated several to this wonderful exhibit. Laidig had planned to put his blacksmith tools on a trailer for display, but when the chance came to share them at the center, he brought them here instead.
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According to the Center, constructed in 1899, the building had the largest clear interior span of any building in the United States and could seat 5,000 people. The Rock River Assembly went bankrupt in 1927 then was purchased by Dan Holbrook, who turned it into a roller rink. The rink remained open until destroyed by fire in 1949.
Architect Peter Wentworth was hired to create the rendition of the scale model arena for the Center. He explained, "Vail designed this as a standard structure to be repeated. There is another in existence in Shelbyville, so if you want to see it, you should go to Shelbyville (Ill.). The model I built is almost identical (to it)."
Information from the Shelbyville Chautauqua Auditorium Preservation Committee explained it is a 20-sided structure made up mostly of wood. The Rock River structure was a 24-sided structure and had a clear span of 160 feet.
The aesthetic of the Shelbyville building was intended to resemble a large tent, which exhibits some of the early beginnings of the Chautauqua movement. The building has a series of 40 operable clerestory windows, 18 large windows located on the main floor level and 10 large vertical overhead doors.
It took Wentworth about a year to build the model, which he designed a little larger than 1/32-scale. Once completed, he said the challenge was to get it out the door and to the museum. "That was a big consideration."
He had to turn the model at a 90-degree angle to get it through the door of his home and the door of the museum. The construction of this model was a great pleasure for Wentworth because of the historical significance of the building.
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How LeBron James Can Help Dion Waiters Become the Next Dwyane WadeJuly 28, 2014
The Miami Heat might've been an aging goliath, but compared to the alternative LeBron James now faces with the Cleveland Cavaliers—youth and talent, sure, but with baggage enough for an airport claim—you can't say he took the easy way out.
It doesn't help that James leaves behind two Hall of Famers, of course.
Unless, however, King James is able to do something almost as difficult as bringing a banner to his title-starved state: turning Dion Waiters into the next Dwyane Wade.
Ludicrous, you say? Waiters certainly doesn't think so, a fact made bracingly apparent in a 2013 interview with Hoopsworld's Alex Kennedy (via Kelly Dwyer of Yahoo Sports):
Without a doubt, I really believe that [I'll eventually be the best shooting guard in the NBA]. This year, I'm going to show a lot of people who doubted me and still doubt me. I'm going to show them. And I don't need praise and all of that. I just want to be respected. I'm coming. That's all I have to say. I've taken my work ethic to another level and I feel as though I still have something to prove. So, watch out.
Arrogant? Perhaps. Although best of luck convincing anyone that Wade or Kobe Bryant, in a moment of candid self-reflection, wouldn't say the exact same thing.
Bringing that bombast to bear on the statistical picture, however, is a much harder nut to make:
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To be sure, there are plenty of sizable discrepancies, beginning with Wade's significantly superior player efficiency rating.
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Sadly, such cavalier forays have been perhaps the single biggest factor in Wade's well-documented physical decline. That most of the wear and tear happened before James even arrived makes the comparison particularly instructive.
Indeed, with LeBron in the fold, Waiters won't have to worry about getting hoops the hard way. Instead, he can focus more on what he's already proved he can do far better and more consistently than his elder doppelganger: hit threes at a consistent clip.
Between years one and two, Waiters' three-point prowess jumped an impressive 58 percentage points. Should Waiters ride that upward trend toward 40 percent, while at the same time bringing his free-throw shooting back up to his rookie-year level of 75 percent, the resulting efficiency will prove a potent boon to Cleveland's offensive attack.
Without a doubt, Waiters' statistical uptick can be attributed in large part to Kyrie Irving's relatively injury-free third season. Having one of the game's best young point guards to keep opposing defenses honest tends to have that effect.
Adding James to the mix? Waiters will be able to bake a turkey in the time it takes for a collapsed defender to close back out.
LeBorn's effect on teammate efficiency is, at this point, practically a truism. But it's in how James can mold his mercurial understudy beyond the court that could pay the biggest dividend.
Following a particularly brutal loss to the Sacramento Kings back in January, Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal stated explicitly what had, up to that point, been relegated to gossip: Dion Waiters was becoming a locker room problem:
When Waiters' shot is falling, he can carry a team. When it's not, he tends to shut down. He doesn't defend, he gets careless with the ball… Players have quietly grumbled about Waiters' act off and on all season, and those grumbles were growing louder Sunday night…As one player put it, stars can get away with the stuff Waiters pulls on occasion, but Waiters hasn't even established himself yet in this league, let alone carved out star status. The thing about him is he's not a bad guy. He's not a locker room cancer or a coach killer. He just sulks, pouts, broods … whatever word you want to use. And it has to stop if he's ever going to reach his potential, because I believe he could be a very good player in this league. But he has to stop the nonsense.
All of which came light just two months after ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard reported a growing rift between Irving and Waiters, with the latter accusing the former of benefiting from an organizational "double standard."
If the greatest player on the planet can't get these two to respect each other, who can?
All the same, it wasn't so long ago that Syracuse University head coach Jim Boeheim called Waiters "more ready for the NBA than any other guard I've ever had," per CBS New York's Jon Rothstein.
Notwithstanding the obvious gains to be had from pumping your player's professional stock, Boeheim's sentiments underscore an important piece of the acutely complex puzzle that is Waiters: That for all his histrionics, Waiters remains a quantum NBA talent.
As with new head coach David Blatt—a veteran of the European circuit as renowned for his strategic genius as he is his personal touch, via Mary Schmitt Boyer of The Plain Dealer—James' job is as much about imparting his basketball wisdom as it is cleaning up Cleveland's caustic locker room dynamic.
Waiters, then, represents the nexus point of these two dovetailing goals—the player who stands to gain or lose the most, depending on how the dynamics are dealt with.
Four years ago, LeBron bolted Cleveland as much for the better basketball pastures as the peer perspective Wade and Bosh brought to the table.
This time around, it's James who must single-handedly bring that wisdom to bear, and Waiters—beaten down as he's been by some of the same demons James once faced as Cleveland's supposed savior—who must receive it. Willingly and with an open mind.
Helping Waiters become the league's next great shooting guard will demand of James stern words and lofty lectures somewhat unbecoming his image as congenial basketball general. It's a level of pedagogical authority he's never had and, should things fly furiously off the rails, might never again desire.
As such, there remain plenty for whom Waiters reaching his full potential remains wholly impossible—a fantasy affordable only to those possessing some cosmic basketball currency.
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SAN ANTONIO — The man killed by a San Antonio police officer last week was a murder convict on parole after having been sentenced to life in prison in the 1980s, state officials confirmed Monday.
Donn Eastman, 50, was fatally shot by Officer Christopher Johnson early Thursday on the Northeast Side after he opened fire on the officer, authorities said.
Eastman was sentenced to life in prison in a case out of Bexar County on Nov. 3, 1988. He was convicted of killing Arthur Dial Hastings, 44, at a North Side home in July 1987, according to San Antonio Express-News archives.
Eastman was released on parole in August 2011, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
He was killed after a man reported seeing someone try to break into his car around 12:30 a.m. Thursday. Officers responding to the 2500 block of Nacogdoches Road found no sign of forced entry into the vehicle, noting that it may have been left unlocked, according to a police report.
The vehicle owner provided a description of a suspect and told police the only thing missing from the car was a flashlight.
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As Johnson was patrolling the area, he spotted Eastman, who matched the description, hiding behind a stone pillar. Eastman ran away with Johnson in pursuit, the police report states.
Eastman climbed over a fence and, once on the other side, started firing at Johnson, according to the report. Johnson returned fire and Eastman fled again.
His body was found later in a nearby field. He was still holding a gun, officials said.
After the Thursday shooting, Johnson was placed on temporary administrative duty, per department policy, as the shooting is investigated. It was Johnson's second fatal shooting in just over a year.
He killed 32-year-old Christopher Fredette on June 28, 2013, after officers said Fredette opened fire on them during a welfare check. Officer Joshua Connell, who was shot during the incident, has recovered.
The earlier shooting was found to have been a valid use of force, and no disciplinary action was taken against Johnson. He has been with SAPD since May 2008, according to state records.


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Guess who's back? Welcome to Blind Taste Test 2011! The first part of this year has been both difficult and rewarding, but I finally earned my master's degree in social work! Here's to a fresh start:
Today I attended the first annual Zagat's food truck fest, which took place in Chelsea on 21st and 22nd streets between 10th and 11th avenues. Twenty-six food trucks were in attendance, from Sweetery to Kelvin natural slush to Korilla BBQ. The juxtaposition of positive and negative elements was astounding; therefore I will divide my impressions into good, bad, and ugly. (Juxtaposition? Sorry I needed a big word there; I guess the master's degree was really worthwhile!)
The food of course! Thank you, good night.
Oh, you wanted details? A ticket to this event entitled me to four tastings, and this was particularly difficult considering the variety of fair which was available. Some of you are aware of my picky, or "selective" nature, bearing this in mind I narrowed it down to 7 possibilities out of 26.
I enjoyed two tastings on 21st street. My first selection was from La Cense beef truck, where I tried a mini Angus beef slider with sautéed onions. This hamburger, made from 100% grass fed Angus beef, was delicious if not memorable, but the quality of the sweet sautéed onions and crisp roll put the slider over the top. Next I became adventurous and tasted a dish from the Bistro truck called chicken pastilla: Moroccan chicken pastilla is 3 layers of food inside a phyllo dough shell. On the bottom is braised, shredded chicken, on top of the chicken are eggs poached in chicken jus, on top of the eggs are ground roasted almonds. All of this is inside a phyllo dough shell that's topped with confectioner's sugar. Why did I try this? I liked all of the listed ingredients and the nice man working at the truck confirmed that this dish is not spicy. I actually thought it was quite tasty, the layers of flavor matched each other well: the crispy phyllo with the sweetness of the sugar and other fresh ingredients blended into an enjoyable snack.
After those two main dishes, it was time for dessert and a beverage on 22nd street. The Brooklyn black out mini cupcake from the Cupcake Crew was everything you would expect from three types of chocolate in a cupcake form. However, when they said mini, that is what they meant, and I was disappointed in the miniscule size of this selection. I finished with a winner: from Kelvin natural slush I ordered a special: a citrus tea slush with mixed berries. This might be the best, or I might have been really thirsty. It actually reminded me of Starbucks' discontinued frozen pomegranate juice frappuccino, but this was all organic. Imagine a high quality slushy composed of refreshing iced tea, tangy citrus juices, and fresh mixed berry puree. It was an energizing treat and I told them to please come uptown more often.
The bad:
As I said, some of these tastings were very small, and were not worth the entrance fee of $12 in advance or $18 on the day of the fest. (I'll get to that later.) I found the people working at the check in table to be a bit abrupt, although the security guards were more than accommodating.
The ugly:
Here is the part which frustrated me: if you want more than four tastings, you must pay $18 for a new ticket! Zagat does not sell individual tastings or more tokens, and I paid $12 for my ticket in advance. If I had known, I would have bought more tickets ahead of time. Considering that I had to travel from the other side of Manhattan to attend this event, I was not happy about this.
Would I go back? If I was working in the area, probably so, but I certainly would not travel a long distance. It was an experience, I enjoyed all of the food and perhaps this has given me the motivation to check out these trucks in the future. Until next time, stay positive! As Helen Keller said: "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows".
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SAN DIEGO – The Jewish Federation of San Diego County is pleased to announce the appointment of Debbie Kornberg as Planning Officer for the Community Planning & Innovation (CP&I) Center. Debbie is charged with facilitating community-wide planning in Jewish education throughout San Diego County, and implementing innovation grant planning and funding. The CP&I Center assesses needs and opportunities to empower Jewish people, provides planning support to community partners, and invests each year in Jewish education, caring and innovation locally, nationally, in Israel and overseas communities.
Kornberg provides professional leadership for the Jewish Education Services Council, a new community advisory council that will identify education priorities, increase access to Jewish education, and support a new framework for planning communitywide Jewish education. Kornberg will work with the plethora of Jewish organizations in San Diego that provide educational entry points in Jewish life, to stimulate coordination and collaboration in order to increase participation and improve overall outcomes.
"The San Diego Jewish community is fortunate to count Debbie Kornberg among our treasured planning professionals," said Lisa Haney, Director, Community Planning & Innovation Center. "As a community-building and fund-raising organization, Federation's board and management are thrilled with the addition of a professional with Debbie's broad and deep experience in planning, education and community engagement, to our staff," she added.
Prior to joining the Jewish Federation, Kornberg served for 10 years at the San Diego Jewish Academy as Director of Jewish Life and Programs, and Director of Golda Meir Lower School's Judaic Studies. She also was the Jewish Academy's community liaison to several community partner synagogues. With extensive planning, administrative, programming and teaching experience, Kornberg worked closely with the Agency for Jewish Education, many schools and non-profit Jewish organizations throughout San Diego County and the U.S. In addition to her work with day schools,
Kornberg has experience in early childhood education, the supplementary school system and informal Jewish education. Previously, Kornberg was Educational Director for a synagogue on the East Coast overseeing a preschool, religious school, Hebrew high school and multiple youth groups.
Kornberg holds a Masters degree in Jewish Education from Jewish Theological Seminary of America and a Bachelors of Arts degree in History and Judaic Studies from the University of California, San Diego. She and her husband, Rabbi David Kornberg, spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Am, have two children and live in Carmel Valley.
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There are about 30 different species of Muscari, but only 4 or 5 are widely available. Best known are the Muscari armeniacum or, as they are more commonly known, Grape Hyacinths. They are so named because their clusters of small, bell-shaped, cobalt-blue flowers look like clusters of upside-down grapes.
There is a famous planting of them at the Keukenhof Gardens in Holland which is known as the Blue River. This is a dense planting of Muscari armeniacum that winds through the Gardens, past trees, shrubs, and other spring flowers. Year after year, this is one of the most photographed scenes in this park. Try planting a large drift of Muscari armeniacum in your garden for a similar effect.
An additional benefit is that all Muscari have a lovely fragrance. The more you plant, the more fragrance you get.
Other, cultivated varieties of Muscari armeniacum come in different shades of blue, and one variety comes in white. Different species of Muscari provide additional variety in terms of colour and form: Muscari azureum has a somewhat more open and less "grapey" look, Muscari latifolium is two-toned: light and dark blue, and Muscari plumosum is feathery and mauve in colour.
In terms of their care:
Muscari are all-round flowers: they are excellent as cut flowers, when planted in rockgardens, beds, borders, under shrubs, and trees, and can be used for indoor forcing. The following chart shows some of the species and varieties available from nurseries, and from mail order and on-line catalogs. To indicate that they are fragranced, I have put an asterisk (*) after the name of each variety.
|Species name
|Colours and form
|Flowering time
|Example varieties
|Muscari armeniacum
|shades of blue or white
may have green highlights
|mid spring
|4 - 8" (10 - 20 cm)
|this is the customarily referred to as the Grape Hyacinth
|M. armeniacum* (deep cobalt blue),
M. a. album* (white),
Blue Spike* (double florets, flax blue),
Cantab* (sky blue, slightly later blooming),
Fantasy Creation* (double flowers, blue, gaining green overtones with maturity)
|Muscari azureum
|bright blue or white
|very early spring
|4 - 6" (10 - 15 cm)
|the bell shaped flowers open more widely than traditional Muscari varieties, giving it a somewhat fluffier look
|M. azureum* (bright blue),
M. azureum alba* (white)
|Muscari botryoides
|purple, blue or white
|early spring
|5 - 6" (12 - 15 cm)
|this Muscari is hardy in zones 2 and 3 as well
|M. botryoides* (purple),
M. b. alba* (white),
Superstar* (light blue at top, dark blue in middle, light blue at bottom)
|Muscari comosum
|shades of purple
|late spring
|8 - 12" (20 - 30 cm)
|somewhat rarer than other Muscari
|M. comosum* = Tassel Hyacinth (brownish purple),
M. c. plumosum* = Muscari plumosum* = Feather Hyacinth (feathery plume, mauve)
|Muscari latifolium
|florets are light violet-blue on top and a dark blue-black on bottom
|early spring
|6" (15 cm)
|prefers the cooler zones 2 - 5
|M. latifolium* (light blue and blue-black)
|M. armeniacum
|M. botryoides album
|M. armeniacum
Fantasy Creation
|M. azureum
|M. azureum alba
|M. latifolium
|M. plumosum
| M. armeniacum
Blue Spike
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Princess Stephanie of Monaco is the daughter of Prince Rainier of Monaco and his late wife Princess Grace (the former movie star Grace Kelly). Stephanie is the couple's third and last child, after Caroline (b. 1957) and Albert (b. 1958). Stephanie was a passenger in the 1982 auto crash which killed Princess Grace. (Rumors that Stephanie was actually behind the wheel seem to have been untrue.) After the crash, Stephanie developed a reputation as the headstrong enfant terrible of the Grimaldi family, partying across Europe and dating a succession of men. She dabbled in fashion design (creating a line of swimwear called "Pool Position" in 1985) and tried her hand at pop music, releasing the album Besoin in 1986 (including the hit "Ouragan") and Stephanie in 1991. Her romance with a bodyguard, Daniel Ducret, resulted in two children (Louis, b. 1992, and Pauline Grace, b. 1994) before their marriage in 1995. The marriage ended a year later after Ducret was spotted cavorting with a Belgian stripper. Stephanie had a third child, Camille, in 1998 but refused to name the father. Among her other colorful boyfriends was Franco Knie, an elephant trainer and the head of the Circus Knie, a Swiss troupe with whom Stephanie and her children travelled. In 2003 she married Adans Lopez Peres, an acrobat with the same Circus Knie; they were divorced in 2004.
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Things that made me very happy in 2012 (2nd on a list)
Happy Holidays from Dancers Among Us! from Jordan Matter on Vimeo.
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I love this book with a passion. I ordered a copy, then ordered another for my dancer sister, then I ordered a bunch more just to have on hand for people I loved. I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!! It captures everything beautiful and joyful and energetic about life, and it will make you happy to read it. Don't think of it as a book. Think of it as the cure for winter blahs.
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I heard about that book. (Perhaps it was here? Maybe Twitter?) I had thought about getting my wife a copy for Christmas. I suppose there's still time...
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I bought a copy of this for a friend and for my sister-in-law for Christmas, after seeing your original post on it. And then when I got the books, I nearly kept one for myself...
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They grow in a deadly stew of an agenda driven campaign to marginalize veterans, the desire of some people to help their own image by creating a victim they can prove to everyone else they care so much about, and worse - a mindset of some put in a position of power over others, where they derive almost s3xual pleasure over the appearance of being a military force. They almost thrive over the looks of something between Waffen SS and Star Wars Stormtroopers.
Officer Friendly, they are not.
And as to the "Things are so violent now, we NEED to equip like a Marine assault force!" noise,
Law enforcement deaths this year dropped to their lowest level since 1959, while the decade of the 2000s was among the safest for officers, despite the deadliest single day for police on Sept. 11, 2001.Does he know that? Does he care? Odds are, "No" to both.
"To reach a 50-year low in officer deaths is a real credit to the law enforcement profession and its commitment to providing the best possible training and equipment to our officers,'' said Craig Floyd, the Memorial Fund chairman and chief executive officer. "But we cannot allow ourselves to be lulled into a state of complacency.''
Through Dec. 27, the report by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund found that 124 officers were killed this year, compared with 133 in 2008. The 2009 total represents the fewest line-of-duty deaths since 108 a half-century ago. Also, traffic fatalities fell to 56, compared with 71 a year ago, partly attributed to the passage of "move over'' laws. Although firearms deaths rose to 48, the 39 fatalities in 2008 represented the lowest annual figure in more than five decades.
Why would he? "Things are so DANGEROUS now!" makes such a wonderful excuse for 'Why we need armored vehicles to intimidate the citizens'.


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Simpler bowel cancer test kit a 'game changer' that could save hundreds of lives
Hundreds of thousands more people will test themselves for bowel cancer thanks to a new and simpler home-testing kit, health officials have said.
The new bowel cancer assessment is to be rolled out across England, Public Health Minister Jane Ellison has announced.
It has been estimated that the new test will increase screening uptake by around 10% - meaning an additional 200,000 people will test themselves each year.
It has been estimated that the new test will increase screening uptake by around 10% - meaning an additional 200,000 people will test themselves each year
This means that hundreds of lives could be potentially saved, the Department of Health said.
Ms Ellison said she hoped the new test, which will now be offered to all men and women aged 60 to 74 every two years in a bid to spot the early signs of bowel cancer, would be a "game changer".
The new test, which looks for hidden blood in stool samples, is far easier to use than the current method. The current test requires two stool samples from three separate stools but the new version only needs one sample.
At present just 58% of people who are sent the test actually complete it.
Ms Ellison said: "This new test is an exciting game changer for helping us beat bowel cancer. It is easier to use, will increase the number of tests and help us tackle cancer earlier.
"Someone is diagnosed with bowel cancer every 15 minutes in the UK and we know early detection is absolutely crucial. More than 90% of cases can be treated successfully if diagnosed early."
Commenting on the announcement, Deborah Alsina, chief executive of the charity Bowel Cancer UK, said: "Today's announcement by the Government to replace the test used in the England Bowel Cancer Screening Programme with the new Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) represents an important and crucial step forward in saving more lives from bowel cancer.
"FIT has been proven to be more accurate and easier for people to complete than the current test used in the programme.
"This is crucial as we know that screening has a vital role to play in detecting bowel cancer early, when it is more treatable and chances of survival are high, so we are delighted that the Government has committed to introducing FIT in England and we look forward to continuing working with them to ensure FIT is introduced into the programme quickly."
Bowel cancer is England's second biggest cancer killer, across the country around 13,000 people die of bowel cancer each year.
Sara Hiom, Cancer Research UK's director of early diagnosis, said: "It's hugely positive news that the FIT will replace the older test so now people will only need to take a single sample when using the screening kit delivered to their homes making it easier for people to do the test.
"The bowel screening programme is crucial in reducing deaths from bowel cancer, and research shows that this change will make the test even more effective. Bringing in the new test in England will save more lives by detecting the disease early when it is more likely to be treated successfully.
"The need for improvements to the bowel screening programme was set out in the new cancer strategy for England last year so it's good to see progress being made."
Mark Flannagan, chief executive of the charity Beating Bowel Cancer, said: "At the moment only 6 in 10 people who are sent the current test complete it.
"We want to see a significant increase in the numbers of people being screened so they are more in line with breast and cervical cancer screening programmes. Introducing the new FIT test is an excellent move in the right direction and it should be rolled out as soon as possible.
"In the meantime, it's important that if you receive the existing test through the post that you complete it, even if you're fit and healthy, as it could save your life."
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Songwriters Blake Ian, Larry Hess aka "Calotype" and Lee Diamond took their mutual love for Mike Nesmith to a new level of fandom recently with their new release of songs covering the 60's pop star. "Some of Nesmith's Blues" features fourteen tracks ranging in genres and artist collaborations. The motivation to put out the tribute came from the fact that Nesmith is touring with the surviving Monkees again for the first time in ages along with what the label mates recognize to be his largely unnoticed body of work.
"Michael Nesmith deserves to be appreciated the way Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash, or Bob Dylan are. His body of work is enormous and still undiscovered by many. He's always been the man behind great movements in music history and culture to the point of being a 'renaissance man' but he's behind the scenes fame-wise," comments Diamond.
Diamond spearheaded this project just a few months ago. "Some of Nesmith's Blues" focuses on songs that Nesmith wrote, not just Monkees songs he sang. He posted submission requests all over the internet asking up and coming bands who love Nesmith's music to participate. Diamond actually got more submissions from Nesmith's solo work than from his Monkees years. The talent pool became so wide that he will be issuing a second volume sometime next year.
"I didn't want the songs to sound like his versions but the artists' own renditions. I also wanted to hear different artists' interpretations of his songs. For example, Calotype made an electro version of "Don't Call On Me." No one's done that before," Diamond continues.
Blake Ian also plays a ukelele version of Nesmith's greatest hit "Different Drum" and Jo Elless makes a magnificent cover of "Grand Ennui" with a entire horn section. Casella and Jake Incao, also 27 artists, contributed a song a piece. Casella performs "Sunny Girlfriend" and Incao does his own version of "Sweet Young Thing." Diamond consciously chose a broad variety of genres when putting the compilation together and ultimately decided to to release the compilation purely as tribute to Nesmith by posting it online as streaming content for the world to enjoy.


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Ever think about replacing the buckshot with Rock Salt & Mustard Seed, won't kill the critters except at point blank range but they'll sure wish they were dead, they won't stop running 'till they're in the next county. Rock Salt burns 'till it's all dissolved but the Mustard Seed just keeps on burnin'.
I don't know about you, but I always run a patch soaked in Hoppe's Powder Solvent followed by a patch soaked with WD-40 through the barrel before putting up the shotgun.
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DC Universe Online: Post-launch talks with Jim Lee and Marv Wolfman
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The Education Authority (EA) has confirmed is planning to shut Bushmills Outdoor Education Centre.
The facility is one of four earmarked for closure as part of a review of services in Northern Ireland.
Announcing a period of public consultation, the EA stated it has carried out a comprehensive review of residential and outdoor education provision which has encompassed the views of schools, young people, parents, staff and interest groups.
Dr Clare Mangan, EA director of Children and Young Peoples' Service, said: " During the 12-week consultation it is anticipated that those who have an interest in this area will consider the recommendations and will provide the EA with their views in relation to the proposals.
"The Authority continues to value the opportunities provided by residential and outdoor education centres to make a significant contribution to the development of our young people and society; influencing their lives throughout and beyond their formal education.
"It also enables the EA to enhance the services provided through strengthening a collaborative approach between the statutory and voluntary sectors.
"The recommendations in this review will enable EA to meet the expectations of government policy, address issues of over-provision and ensure that Youth Service resources are deployed effectively to front line services based on a composite regional and local assessment of need."
Members of the community have already issued a 'hands off' warning over the multi-purpose centre which is to close by August 2017 under the rationalisation plan.


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India's leading mobile network service provider, Airtel has launched an attractive mobile internet package. The plan is priced at Rs.149 which is offering unlimited internet usage through mobile phones. The net speed will be higher till the data usage of 2GB and later will be limited to 40 KBPS. The offer is for 2G prepaid mobile customers in India.
The plan / package allows users to use the internet without any hurdles and also be able to download unlimited data. The new plan is applicable for all the old and new customers of Airtel network.
The company is aimed at expanding into the mobile internet market through attractive package. The validity of the package is for 30 days. Everything is fine with the plan except controlling the speed to just 40 KBPS after 2 GB download. The operational speed may be 20 KBPS, which is a meaningless.


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I have some… let's call them idiosyncrasies. You know what I mean. Little habits that I'm sure could be construed as weird by some people.
Like, if I eat any type of candy that comes in colors (M&M's, Reeses Pieces, Skittles), I have to eat them by color… but only if I pour them out on my desk or a table. If I just pour them into my hand then it doesn't matter.
I have certain bowls that I mix things in. Pecan pie must be mixed in my white stoneware bowl. Hopefully it will never break. Cookies have to be mixed my yellow bowl with the wide top. Dressing has to be mixed in my large white Tupperware bowl. The list goes on and on.
I don't brush my teeth until after I take a shower. And if I take a shower later in the day… well, you might want to stand back. I just forget to do it.
I can't have anyone touching me when I go to sleep at night. I have to have my own space. This makes it really hard when you have a six year old that likes to climb into bed with you every night. I do alright if she crawls in after I fall asleep, but if she does it before then I'm in trouble.
If I'm typing a sentence and I make a word choice I don't like and change my mind then I have to delete all the way back to that point instead of just deleting that one word.
I hate wearing socks. And long sleeves. And forget about a turtleneck or anything else that fits around the neck because it is not going to happen.
Alright, I think that's enough for now. I can't have you thinking that I'm too weird. What about you? What are some of the little oddities that make you you?
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Good morning. Some of Gov. Eliot Spitzer's advisers in Troopergate may owe the state some money if it turns out they were doing politics on state time while Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno and his camp, the supposed victims in this affair, avoided sworn testimony when it came to questions about the Senator's use of state aircraft. And, the whole affair is getting a bit Nixonesque, not with missing tapes but missing e-mails. Speaking of past-politicians, Al D'Amato (who unlike Nixon is still alive and force in state politics) could become a peacemaker between Bruno and Spitzer, who may be a closet Hawk.
Meanwhile Spitzer has broached the issue of price controls on health insurance .
In 08 news, the Clintons hit the Hampton$ and raise and estimated $1 million, while John Edwards is mad as Hell.
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Grixel Kyrou 7 Wide Bold
Grixel Kyrou 7 Wide BoldStyle
Nikos GiannakopoulosTrademark
Grixel - Greek Pixel Fonts Developed by Nikos Giannakopoulos 2006 Visit www.grixel.gr for more Greek pixel fonts.Description
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Burger Joint Neon JL V1
Burger Joint Neon JLStyle
Jeff's Fonts & DingbatsAuthor
Jeffrey N. LevineTrademark
Trademark of Jeffrey N. LevineCopyright
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Maya Samuels W00 Bold Italic
Hans SamuelsonAuthor
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Sparhawk Fill W01 Regular
Jay HilgertAuthor
Jay HilgertTrademark
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Copyright (c) 2010 by Ryoichi Tsunekawa. All rights reserved.
Waves Regular
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CF Milk Regular
CF MilkStyle
1.00 2014Company
Steve CloutierTrademark
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f1 Secuencia Quad ffp Regular
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Just wanted to add this as well.
The belief in evolutionary science is not a faith based position, there is emperical evidence to support these conclusions.
Faith is a system of belief based on no evidence, or at least any type that can be measured through objective means.
Originally posted by JayinAR
reply to post by randyvs
Well, I'm not technically an atheist, BUT I am certainly not religious. If for some reason I am wrong in my beliefs, or lack there of, and I find myself talking to God one day, being judged, I do believe I can make a pretty strong argument for myself. So I'm not worried a bit.
So, if one does not believe in a Creator, then I would consider them a true Atheist, and not have any religion at all.
Originally posted by AngryCymraeg
Given the fact that atheists do not worship a giant bearded person in the sky, do not have a hierarchy who wear silly clothes and do not practice elaborate but ultimately pointless rituals then I'd say that no, atheism is not a religion.
Originally posted by JayinAR
Strong atheism is the positive assertion that there is no god. Its a foolish position.
Weak atheism is what most atheists are. It is simply the lack of belief in god. Big difference.
Agnosticism is the claim it is impossible to know one way or the other. A person can be an agnostic atheist or an agnostic theist.
Just wanted to let that be known. Lots of people don't understand the terminology.


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Further Adventures in Travel… (and Turtles Can Fly)Posted January 27th, 2008 by Tom
Remember my "all's well that ends well" arrival in Salt Lake City, where after having one flight canceled and being bumped off another I was flown first class from Boston to Denver and given a free round trip ticket anywhere United flies? That all worked out great, right? Well guess what…
The shuttle picked me up in Park City three hours before my flight. Plenty of time, right? Well it appears that everyone who attended Sundance, all 40,000 of them, decided to fly home today. After waiting in one long line at the Delta counter I was told I actually needed my boarding pass from one of the self-serve kiosks before getting into this line to check my bag. So I waited in the self-serve kiosk line. When I finally got to an open screen it said it couldn't find my reservation. So I then had to wait in the "kiosk assistance" line, the longest of the three lines so far. I'm not worried, of course, because I have so much time–still about an hour and a half before my flight is scheduled to leave.
When I finally get to the front of the "kiosk assistance" line the fellow behind the counter gets a funny look on his face while searching for my confirmed reservation. "Did you show up for your Delta flight on January 17 in Denver?"
"No, because one flight was canceled and I got bumped off another so I couldn't get to Denver in time to catch my Delta connection. United ended up flying me all the way to Salt Lake City."
"Well, when you didn't show up for your Delta flight in Denver they canceled the rest of your Delta flights in the system."
Since I'd just heard him tell the person before me in line that if he didn't make this flight he couldn't get to Denver until tomorrow my voice cracked slightly as I sputtered, "But… but… but…"
"Yeah, somebody really screwed up," he said, "and this flight is completely full."
But after saying this he kept typing on his keyboard for a few minutes without saying anything and got me booked onto the flight. Having picked up a few things over the past ten days my bag no longer weighed 46 pounds. It weighed 54. He said I had to remove four pounds of stuff from my bag and cram it into my carry-on or else he'd have to charge me $50. I pulled out papers and clothes until the scale read "50" and he said we're good to go. I jammed what I'd pulled out into my two carry-ons and made my way up the escalator to security.
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A young woman sat next to me and said, "Aren't you Tom from Traces of the Trade?"
"Um, yeah," I said.
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"I'm glad it moved you," I said. "That's our goal, to get people thinking and talking."
"Why are you going to Denver? Don't you live in Oregon?"
"Yeah, but I'm going to be at the Tattered Cover LoDo store this Thursday and will be visiting two schools between now and then as well. Where do you live?"
"Denver! I'm going to tell all my friends. Thursday, right? What time?"
"7:30. I hope to see you there."
And then we flew to Denver where my cousin Keila picked me up at the airport. After a very busy week in Park City it feels great to arrive at Keila's and Jerry's peaceful ranch outside of Boulder. We relaxed and talked all afternoon, napped a bit, then went out to dinner and came back home to watch a movie. I know, I know, you'd think I'd have my fill of movies by now. We watched Turtles Can Fly, which was a perfect bookend to Nerakhoon (The Betrayal) and CSNY: Deja Vu.
Set near the Iraqi border with Turkey on the eve of the American invasion of Iraq, the story of war's impact is told from the perspective of children, all played by local non-actors. It is both devastating and heartfelt. I encourage you to find it at your video store and watch it. We owe it to ourselves to understand more about what war means to those who are most directly impacted by it.
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Previous occupants of the Kremlin would stand shoulder to shoulder with Vladimir Putin. From the mid-16th century to the end of Communism, Russia conquered territory the size of Holland every single year. At the treaty of Turkmanshai, Czarist Russia swallowed whole provinces of the Persian Empire, and Stalin nearly added to these gains. Russian support of today's Iran is also predatory. The ayatollahs evidently believe that they are superior negotiators, and they may well be right, given the ease with which they are twisting President Obama round their fingers.
Putin does not even bother with twisting Obama, he merely sends in special forces without identification badges and lines up armored columns. He has the whip hand. Volodymyr Rybak was a pro-Ukrainian politician in the pro-Russian town of Slavyansk. His murder greatly increases the tension. Kiev is exaggerating when it claims that Russia wants world war, because there is nobody to fight it. But war will allow the dismemberment of Ukraine and the absorption of territory from which to make the next advance. When I heard the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov say that this crisis arises because the West wants territory, I knew the die is cast. Those previous occupants of the Kremlin perfected this tactic of accusing others of the crime they themselves were about to commit. The murder of Rybak may not provoke Kiev to retort with arms, in which case some other unfortunate Ukrainians will be murdered.
Occupation of territory is not the end of it. Putin is in the process of humiliating Obama so brazenly that international perceptions of the United States must change. He may see himself as the avenger of Mikhail Gorbachev. Each time Secretary of State John Kerry promises to apply more sanctions in the indefinite future, the impotence of the United States to take immediate and effective action becomes more visible and the humiliation of Obama more certain. I wonder whether NATO can survive. Oswald Spengler forecast something like this a century ago, and I am off to the library to re-read his gloomy book.


text: Response to "Think twice about 40 percent" 0 In Stefani Jones's recent column, she explains her opposition to The 40 Percent Plan and suggests that the implementation of The 40 Percent Plan could have significantly adverse effects on small and minority groups such as the Singapore Students' Association. As the President of the Singapore Students' Association, I feel that it is hasty and unfair to claim that implementation of The 40 Percent Plan would be a setback for such groups. Indeed, I believe that small groups will remain viable under the proposed system. The assertion that the implementation of The 40 Percent Plan will result in steep budget cuts for small and minority groups is questionable. The members of cultural groups, such as the SSA, are closely involved in events and activities and are therefore likely to allocate a significant portion of their money to the organization under the proposed plan. Under the current system, small groups typically receive smaller budgets than larger groups. Thus, there is no compelling reason to say that the proposed system will result in steeply reduced funds for small groups. Even where this is the case, the 60 percent of fees that is available to the Student Organization Finance Committee is a significant buffer that can be used to support small groups. The SSA, up to now, has had no practical issues with the current system. The SOFC has allocated reasonable annual and per-event budgets, and the SSA has been able to operate within this framework. There is no guarantee that the implementation of The 40 Percent Plan will benefit the SSA or other small groups directly in terms of funding. The 40 Percent Plan, though, challenges the current system on principle—it espouses greater transparency and student involvement in fund allocation. Given that small groups can be viable under either system, I would like to see the plan go to the ballot for judgment. Manish Nair, Pratt '17 President, Singapore Students' Association RELATED CONTENT: Letter to the editor Discussion fuels progress, and America needs a lot of that right now. Letter to the editor Mac, I love you so much and will never stop loving and missing you like crazy. Letter to the editor Alex was the best friend anyone could ask for. Even if you hadn't spoken to him in weeks—months even—his demeanor never changed. His warmth, good ... Comments