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It's The Turnout, StupidComments
As I feared, breathless, fatally flawed analysis follows the election results in NJ, VA, and to a lesser extent, NY-23.
Most of this article is remarkably sound, but the first paragraph sets the wrong tone:
The Republican victories in the races for New Jersey and Virginia governors put the party in a stronger position to turn back the political wave President Obama unleashed last year, setting the stage for Republicans to raise money, recruit candidates and ride the excitement of an energized base as the party heads into next year's midterm elections.
It's difficult to argue that the Republicans are not in a stronger position in general, but as I argued yesterday, these elections had precious little to do with either Obama or national politics. The Democrats lost those two gubernatorial elections because they were either unpopular, ran lame campaigns, or both. It wasn't a newly energized base that swung the races; rather it was a combination of independents breaking R and a good chunk of the "Obama coalition" staying home.
Which we knew they would all along. Minorities, the young, the less wealthy, new voters do tend to stay home in odd years (and while I anticipate an uptick in turnout amongst these groups in 2010, it won't come near the level of 2008). These were the demographic categories that largely put Obama (way) over the top in 2008.
This, of course, is simply bollocks:
CNN senior political analyst Gloria Borger says that the projected GOP win in the Virginia gubernatorial race – and exit polls showing independents voting overwhelmingly for Republican Bob McDonnell – could be a problem for the president.
"This is a signal to this White House they have some problems right now – particularly on the economy and on the deficit," she said.
The White House did have a problem in Virginia: they knew that the Democrats had a mediocre candidate, which is specifically why they didn't invest too much time there. While this will be played up as a "signal" to the White House, it simply isn't. As several sources are reporting, the electorate that turned out in Virginia last night went 51%-43% for John McCain; in 2008 Virginia went 53%-46% for Obama.
The same was largely true in New Jersey. While the exit poll data do not appear to have asked vote choice in 2008, Obama's approval rating amongst those who voted in 2009 in NJ is 57%: yet 27% of those approving of Obama's job performance voted against Corzine.
In some ways, I think that there is more good than bad in these results for the Democrats. In New Jersey, for example, the 18-29 age cohort voted for Corzine by a fairly decent majority of 57% — the only cohort to give him a majority (granted that cohort only represented 9% of the electorate, which is not terribly surprising given what I've been suggesting the past two days). While this did not hold in Virginia, of those that did turn out, the younger cohorts were more supportive of Deeds than the older cohorts. It would appear that a greater percentage of the "Obama coalition" did turn out in New Jersey whereas in Virginia they were more likely to stay home, which is a further nail in the coffin of those who argue that Obama has no pulling power. He campaigned heavily (for a sitting President) in New Jersey, and basically ignored Virginia.
And then there's NY-23. While it has been argued that NY-23 voted for Obama, therefore is not as Republican (or at least as Conservative) as conventional wisdom suggests, I suspect that the same patterns of turnout applied there as well as in NJ and VA. This one is the only one of the three that perhaps touched on national issues (though I'll stick to my original analysis that it was going to swing on local politics all along) as it ended up being a confrontation between a moderate Democrat and a Palinesque Republican. That the wingnut lost in a traditionally Republican district in an election where turnout patterns would strongly favor the Republicans if they ever do suggests that the 'return to core conservative values' model of reform in the Republican Party is not a winner, at least in non wingnut constituencies, and that perhaps 2009 was more about the Republicans than the Democrats / Obama all along.
UPDATE: and of course, leave it to the Brits to get it hilariously wrong:
Major Republican victories in two states last night left the fate of President Obama's signature health reforms in doubt and Democrats licking their wounds a year before the 2010 mid-term elections.
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A year ago, Mr Obama became the first Democrat in 44 years to carry Virginia in a presidential race. This time voters expressed concern about major Obama initiatives on energy and stimulus spending as well as healthcare. Exit polls showed that independents broke heavily for Mr McDonnell.
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"This reflects a sea change in the electorate," said Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee.


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Michelians (German, Michelianer), a Pietistic group within the state church in Württemberg, Germany, which derived from Johann Michael Hahn. In contrast with Old Pietism, which accepted the creed of the church, the Michelians deviated further from church doctrine. The writings of Hahn were even more influenced by Theosophy than those of Oetinger, going back to Jakob Boehme. Ascetic traits point back to medieval Mysticism (e.g., the high regard for celibacy). Old Pietism used expressions adopted from church catechisms and hymns; Hahn had a different kind of language.
The core of the piety of the Michelians was sanctification. This doctrine was developed by Hahn in his struggles with other streams of Pietism in Swabia. Old Pietism earnestly cultivated the feeling of human sinfulness, to such an extent that a countercurrent arose in the followers of M. Christian Gottlob Pregizer (died 1824), which advocated joy for the forgiveness of sins by looking at Jesus and the finished sacrificial work of redemption. In opposition to these divergent ideas on justification by faith, the Michelians stressed righteous living; justification was not merely something that happened long ago outside the believer, but a process taking place within him (in contrast to the Pregizians). Whereas the Pregizians ascribed sinlessness to the Christian, the Michelians believed that it was possible for a Christian to sin. Whereas the Old Pietists continued to look at the old life, the Michelians stressed rest and joy in redemption.
The Michelians described the second birth as an inward process that progressed by degrees, "whereby Christ, through the medium of the working of His Spirit on the mind of the believer, must accomplish and suffer within each one personally what He once historically accomplished and suffered, . . . in order to prepare him for pure sonship and blessed perfection." They stressed progress in sanctification through "undismayed watchfulness of a penitent heart." This end is furthered by the brotherhood, in which the like-minded "reveal to each other the state of their spirit and impart counsel and admonition, comfort, and encouragement."
The doctrines of creation and redemption taught by Hahn, related to those of Oetinger, and Boehme, did not insist on the external forms of existing church ordinance, but stress the "free agreement of such as do not stand under the law, because Christ is in them as spirit and impulse, truth and life." The insistence upon the inner life as well as the teaching on sanctification revealed significant points of contact with Anabaptism.
The slight emphasis upon organizational matters made it possible for the Michelians to remain within the state church, follow its creed, honor its public services and sacraments, recognize the office of preaching, and thus to respect the entire institution of the state church as a legal religious educative agency. A conspicuous trait was their effort to live in peace with all other creeds.
The first spread of the Hahn brotherhoods took place in Württemberg, in the regions of Cannstatt, Boblingen, and Herrenberg, principally through the personal work of the founder. These circles treasured, besides the Scripture, the works of F. Christian Oetinger and Ph. M. Hahn, but also those of Gerhard Tersteegen, the mystic poet of the Reformed Church.
About 1870 the Michelians adopted a new constitution. It embraced at that time 26 circles with 100 localities; the southernmost was in the Baar, the northernmost the cities of Frankfurt, Mannheim, Speyer, etc. In each district two conferences were held annually. Supervision and leadership were in the hands of a committee of six older brethren. In 1939 the number of adherents was estimated at 15,000. The center was the Stuttgart circle with its seat in Stuttgart.
Michael Hahn was a prolific writer. After his death in 1819 all his works were published, comprising 15 volumes. The headship of the entire brotherhood was entrusted to Anton Egeler in Nebringen; he served in this capacity until his death in 1850. He was succeeded by the schoolmaster Kolb of Dagersheim. In addition to the conferences arrangements were made for meetings of the brethren. Kolb published Ordnung fur Reisebrüder (Directive for Traveling Brethren) on their visits to the congregations. He appointed 24 unmarried brethren and 24 substitutes for the 12 districts to visit the individual brotherhoods.
Since the Gemeinschaftsbewegung in Württemberg took on a new life (e.g., Liebenzell mission), trying actively to carry out its historic mission (evangelization, etc.), the Michael Hahn brotherhood played an important role beside Old Pietism in Swabian Pietism and beyond its borders.
In the middle of the 19th century the Michelians also found their way into the Mennonite churches of Baden. In the Mennonite congregation of Dühren-Ursenbacherhof the Elder Heinrich Kaufmann received a young girl of a Protestant family into the church without rebaptism as an adult, and the council of elders of the conference of Württemberg and Baden in consequence deposed him from office in 1858. His members in large part remained loyal to him and under his leadership organized a separate congregation, which was joined by the Heimbronnerhof congregation, and in 1900 by Bretten. The division was complete.
The two small congregations did not rebaptize persons coming into the brotherhood from the state church, but recognized infant baptism. From the beginning they conducted Sunday afternoon Bible study, in which members of the other churches participated, whereas only their own members attended the Sunday morning services.
The Michelian custom of two brethren preaching at each service, based on the sending out of Christ's disciples two by two, was also adopted by these two churches; furthermore, they remained seated while preaching. The connection with the Michelians was personal, not official. The preachers of these two Mennonite churches took part in the conferences of the Michelian group, and the latter participated in the Sunday afternoon services of the Mennonites.
Connections between the two groups were maintained by the later elders and preachers, especially Heinrich Musselmann of the Ursenbacherhof and Heinrich Kaufmann in Dühren (died 1920). Later the contacts became rare.
Gruneisen, C. "Abriss einer Geschichte der reltgiosen Gemeinschaften in Wurttemberg." Zeitschrift für die historische Theologie (1841).
Hang, D. Die Sekte der Michelianer nach ihrer Lehre und ihrem Verhältnis zu anderen pietistischen Partheien in Württemberg. Stuttgart, 1859.
Die Hahnische Gemeinschaft, ihre Entstehung und seitherige Entwicklung. Stuttgart, 1877.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon.Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 124-26.
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Orioles keep pace in playoff race behind Norris
McLouth, Wieters knock two-run homers to help take series opener
CLEVELAND -- September is an eternity.
As his club prepared for the final month of the regular season, Orioles manager Buck Showalter constantly reminded reporters that anything can happen down the stretch. Only two days in, Showalter, who managed the first-ever Wild Card team in Arizona, certainly looks like he knows what he's talking about.
A day after a lethargic Baltimore lineup snapped an 18-inning scoreless streak with seven unanswered runs and a sweep-avoiding win, the Orioles got a bout of luck in watching Indians ace Justin Masterson exit with injury one batter into the second inning on Monday afternoon. The result, a 7-2 series-opening win over Cleveland, helps prop up a previously scuffling third-place O's club and moves them within two games of the Rays, who lost to the Angels, for the second American League Wild Card spot.
"We want to be more than relevant," Showalter said. "People are saying, well, you're playing [in meaningful games]. It's more than that. It's about doing the things it takes to stay in it. It usually starts and ends with the starting pitching setting the tone, and Bud [Norris] was the difference-maker. Especially after we scored some runs, he went right back out there and put some zeros up."
Backed by a standout effort from Norris, who turned in seven quality innings for his career-high 10th win, the O's used a three-run second inning to jump out to an early lead to hand the Tribe their fifth loss in six games. The victory, in front of 15,020 at Progressive Field, ensured Baltimore stays a half-game up on the Yankees -- in both the AL East and Wild Card -- and 1 1/2 games ahead of Cleveland.
"We know what we have in this clubhouse. It's a special group of guys," said Norris, who turned in his best outing since being acquired in a Trade Deadline deal with Houston. "We have a lot of talent, and we're coming together. A couple breaks haven't gone our way this year but a couple have.
"Everybody is picking each other up and supporting the guy next to them and we really do have a chance to do something."
Norris easily outlasted Masterson, who allowed a leadoff single to Matt Wieters and left the game after a 1-0 pitch to Nick Markakis with soreness in his left ribcage.
"I think he felt it a little bit on a couple pitches to [Chris] Davis [in the first inning]," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "He mentioned something to the trainers, so we were keeping an eye on him when he went back out. He wasn't letting it go. So I made a trip. Guys want to pitch. They want to play. But, we didn't like what we were seeing. It was time to get him out of there."
The Orioles' capitalized, going on to score three runs in the second, despite an appeal call that cost them an out on the basepaths. Markakis, who advanced from first to third on Nate McLouth's RBI, was ruled out for missing the second-base bag by umpire Mike DiMuro, but Brian Roberts picked him up with a two-run double into right field.
McLouth, who had his second-inning hit removed for a fielder's choice, left no doubt in his next at-bat. The Orioles left fielder drilled reliever Nick Hagadone's 2-1 fastball into the right-field seats for a two-run homer -- also driving in J.J. Hardy -- in the fourth.
The offense was plenty for Norris, who struck out eight and allowed four hits, one of which was Jason Kipnis' solo homer to start the seventh, the lone blemish in an outstanding 92-pitch effort.
"I think it's the best location he's had," Orioles catcher Matt Wieters, who added a two-run homer in the ninth, said of Norris. "He didn't have to get too much into his offspeed stuff because he was able to locate his fastball like he did today. And I think that was big. He wasn't just throwing them over the plate strike one, he was throwing a quality strike to where if they were aggressive there were some early outs."
Norris retired 10 straight before Lonnie Chisenhall's double to start the sixth and he got a pair of flyouts and a popup to strand Chisenhall. After needing 105 pitches to get through 5 1/3 in his last outing in Boston, Norris was far more economical against the Indians. He also showcased his prowess in the field, pitching around a one-out single and walk in the second, with a Jason Giambi strikeout and a pickoff of Michael Brantley at second base.
"Just attacking the zone, real confident. He had command of all his pitches," Showalter said of Norris. "He's an athletic guy. I thought the pickoff was big."
Not everyone was as complimentary toward Norris, with Kipnis remarking of the righty's effectiveness: "He had a scheduled start against our offense. That's about it right now."
The same could be said for the Orioles' offense just a few days ago, and the club hopes that frustrating stretch is behind them.
"We're going to need to do a lot more of today and yesterday over the last month of the season," McLouth said. "Hopefully, as the calendar flips to September, so does the offense. The first two games have been pretty good."


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How to wake up a sex life that has gone to sleep … Mismatched libidos.My blog, 'Mismatched Libidos', published at the end of last year, received such an enormous response, I have decided to write a follow-up. The subject set off some interesting discussions.
Some of the comments included:
"As someone that is in a sexless relationship I can tell you the communication part is very hard. People take discussions on this subject very personal [sic] and both people rarely consider the impact of the situation on the other".
"I was going to send this article to my wife but know it would inspire resentment, which revolves around the 'pressure' I place upon her. We are a classic example of the limerence issue, unable to discuss it because we end up fighting. I have given up pursuing sex as I am sick of rejection by the woman I love and lust after".
"I would like a follow up article that will give couples some methods to address mismatched libidos. I need more guidance provided then just to be told 'consult a sex therapist'. I am not asking for an article to replace a sex therapist but would like to receive more information and education of ways that might be explored".
There were also comments from some very disillusioned men, who feel trapped and cheated. They feel they can't leave the relationship as they have children and do not want to lose them, so they hang in there unhappily.
"Marriage is a social construct that only caters for the needs and wants of women. Sex is used as a tool to achieve the required result. Once married a man has few choices. Go without sex, cheat or leave. Regardless the man is either left unhappy, broke or both".
"Women really seem to be the only winners in a marriage, especially when they deny sex to their husbands."
"I look forward to when my kids are a bit older so I can leave and live my life in dignity".
But, it was not just the men who were hurting. Some other comments by women included:
"I have been married four years and we are both in our early thirties so you would think that we would have a great sex life but unfortunately that is not the case. My husband has an almost total lack of sex drive, I have spoken to him which seems to cause even more stress on his already stressful job. I have tried to be understanding and supportive, suggested he see a doctor about his health or a sex therapist but he is not interested. We both would like kids but it takes two to tango".
"Libido is just an excuse. Many things get in the way of sex but people in relationship need to make an effort. Sometimes I don't particular[ly] feel like it but I know it is important in a loving relationship so I make an effort and when I start I usually really enjoy it".
"I spent nearly ten years of my life with little to no libido, but days after quitting hormonal birth control, I was like a horny teenager again".
One of the most common sexual problems in relationships, there have been several books and articles written about 'desire discrepancy'. Dr Rosie King's Good Loving Great Sex is a book that is still very relevant and a must-read for couples who wish to have and maintain a good sexual relationship.
Dr King believes that many couples experience disputes and ongoing unhappiness because of unresolved issues in their sex lives. The majority of these couples are experiencing mismatched libidos and need practical information and common-sense strategies. When a couple acquires the skills and are willing to work together, a solution can be found.
To stop the pursuer-distancer cycle, it is important that you develop empathy for your partner's situation. Whether you are the pursuer or the distancer, it is important to stop blaming each other; both of you are missing out on a good sex life. Goodwill between partners is critical. When you forgive each other for past hurts and misunderstandings, you can start to improve your situation, but you have to change your attitudes and behaviours and work together to re-establish intimacy.
The pursuer should make the effort to back off and try to improve the relationship by being understanding and caring. This, in turn, helps to re-establish better emotional connections and rebuild trust and closeness.
The distancer should try to be more physically loving and affectionate. Show your partner that you are willing to make changes, which may encourage him or her to do the same. It is important to learn how to negotiate sex in a way that shows your partner that you care about his or her sexual needs.
It is not possible to give a one-size-fits-all answer to the comments. Every couple has different issues, but if there is still love, respect and especially goodwill in a relationship, it is worthwhile giving it another chance. Too often, clients come to see me when it is already too late to heal the hurt and disappointments that have accumulated over so many years. The best likelihood of repairing a relationship is early intervention.
In Bettina Arndt's The Bedroom Diaries, she quoted American sex therapist Michele Weiner Davis, who suggested women "just do it!" Desire is a decision, she said, you can't wait for it to come, you have to make it happen.
Weiner Davis said there is no point worrying about the reasons you are not interested in sex. She believes that knowing won't boost your desire, but doing something about it will. Indeed, she says, you may end up enjoying it in the end.
Many women feel anger at Arndt – and Weiner Davis – for seemingly taking sides with men. However, when a couple decides to marry or commit to a life together, there is a general understanding that they will work, entertain, cook, clean the house, look after the kids and have sex. All these activities need planning and take time. Maybe it is time to change our thinking about what is more important, as sex often seems to be last of the priorities.
You won't leave your partner without food or stop cleaning the house, why is it so difficult to schedule in some time for sex?
The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.


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Two Great Sage Toads (二大仙蝦蟇, Nidaisengama) is the collective name given to Fukasaku and Shima - two toads from Mount Myōboku, who rank immediately under the Great Toad Sage. They are husband and wife and often call each other "Ma" and "Pa".
If one needs to enter Sage Mode, they can be summoned and fused onto the summoners shoulders, to channel the natural energy while the summoner is in combat. Both great sage toads are extremely proficient in the use of elemental techniques that require the nature manipulation of wind, fire and water. In addition, they are equally adept in the use of natural energy to augment their abilities. They are also able to use high level sound-based genjutsu techniques that involve the use of sound waves to confuse, paralyse or immobilise the enemy.
They were first called into battle alongside Jiraiya when he fought the Six Paths of Pain and later fought alongside Naruto during Pain's assault on Konohagakure.


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What's up in Charlotte's food world:
- Thursday is the annual Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church Barbecue, my favorite excuse to sit at a trestle table and consider the role of white bread as a pork-pusher. Yes, there are politicians. But remember, it's really a fundraiser for the church. If you're keeping track, this is the 82nd. Get the directions and details here.
- Johnson & Wales chef Peter Reinhart will read from his book, "Mastering Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Baking," at 7 p.m. next Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the House of Olives, 16620 Cranlyn Road in Huntersville. It's free, but you need to register. Call 704-895-6950.
- "Tiny Chef" Susanne Dillingham will teach a fall cooking class using produce and meats from local farms, from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at Reid's Fine Foods, 2823 Selwyn Ave. Cost: $75; register online at www.reids.com.
- The Davidson Farmers Market starts its winter schedule Nov.5 (9 a.m.-noon, every other week), with the market's first Winter Market Chef Challenge. Chefs will be given four mystery-basket items and will get 10 minutes to shop for a fifth, then will get 45 minutes to prepare a dish for judging. The competing chefs are personal chef Vera Samuels, Wes Choplin of Choplin's, Joe Kindred of Rooster's, Andres Arboleda of Flatiron and Adam Spears of Chef Charles Catering. Details and market schedule: www.davidsonfarmersmarket.org.
- Tastings:
Fresh Market stores will hold tastings of holiday foods, including appetizers, desserts and standing rib roast, noon-6 p.m. Nov. 4 and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 5.


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GCN AWARDS | Industry Executive of the Year
Project director's work kept the high-profile Commission on Cybersecurity focused
When President Barack Obama announced May 29 that he would appoint a White House coordinator for cybersecurity, he commended the work of the Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency.
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The commission, a group of more than 50 leaders and information technology experts in government, industry and academia, had asked the president to make a strong statement about the importance of cyberspace to the nation's defense. In his announcement, Obama not only thanked them, but echoed their words.
The moment might never have come without the skilled, patient leadership of the commission's project director, James A. Lewis.
As senior fellow and director of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, Lewis championed the commission's establishment in August 2007. As its facilitator, the former State Department negotiator politely rode herd on strong-willed high achievers whose particular interests almost fractured the group before it could issue its report in December 2008.
"He has been a key voice, raising awareness about our nation's cyber vulnerabilities as well as the best practices we should employ to secure our networks," said Rep. James Langevin (D-R.I.), who co-chairs the commission with Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas).
"From the beginning, he created a work environment for people with varied views and backgrounds to thrive and collaborate," Langevin said. "He was able to keep this diverse team of experts focused and moving forward, while at the same time soliciting the very best ideas and feedback."
IT on hold
Although Lewis was fascinated with computers as a child and took courses in graduate school, he spent most of his years in the federal government as a military analyst. "I didn't think that I would get to use it again," he said of his computer training. "I had been intrigued by information technology for a long time and didn't expect it to be a big part of my work when I grew up. Everyone makes mistakes."
He joined the State Department in the Foreign Service in 1984, eventually rising to become deputy director of the Office of Defense Trade Policy. During the administration of President George H.W. Bush, Lewis worked in the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs under Assistant Secretary Richard Clarke, a counterterrorism expert perhaps best known for criticizing pre-9/11 intelligence.
Lewis wryly described the abruptness of his debut in IT policy, thanks to a push from Clarke. "One day, I was walking down the hall and he says to me, 'You know something about computer programming, don't you?' I said, yeah, and he said, 'Good. You have to go up to [the National Security Agency] and talk to them.' "
Lewis later directed the Commerce Department's Office of Strategic Trade and Foreign Policy, where he worked with the FBI and NSA to develop a consensus on encryption standards. Nine years ago, he arrived at CSIS.
Off the ground
The impetus for the commission was a series of serious cyberattacks in 2007 that Lewis called an espionage "disaster." He began talking to other experts, including CSIS President John Hamre and Paul Kurtz, who had also worked in the Clinton administration. He was advised to approach Langevin's office about setting up a commission.
When he showed how CSIS could manage one at a fraction of the estimated cost, and independent of political bias, the commission was off and running by August. Its goal was to produce concrete recommendations on cybersecurity that a new administration could act on quickly.
People jumped at the chance to join. "Usually, you have to beg people to be on these things," Lewis said.
He praised the caliber of the members, among them the other two co-chairmen, Microsoft's Scott Charney (another former government official), and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry Raduege. Lewis said Raduege and Marine Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were extremely helpful in setting up key briefings with the Defense Department. He also shared much of the credit with his congressional co-chairs. "They saved our bacon a couple of times," he said. "We would get stuck on the commission, and they would say, 'This is how it has to be.' It was very helpful."
Lewis attributed the commission's success to its members' realistic expectations and willingness to forgo turf battles for the greater good, something that had not happened with an earlier commission he had been involved with. "We thought, we don't have a dog in this fight," he said. "Let's just write what we think is best for the country."
Commission member Kurtz, formerly of the White House National Security Council (NSC) and now a partner with Clarke at Good Harbor Consulting -- and whose position on Obama's transition team helped raise the commission's profile -- lauded Lewis' ability to attract diverse and talented people to the table and get them to cooperate, all while juggling their schedules.
Kurtz said the two became acquainted at State in the early 1990s, where he worked in nonproliferation and Lewis was handling technology and security. "Jim is really to be commended for everything he has done to try and get people on the same page for cybersecurity," Kurtz said.
The commission might have faltered without Lewis's personal manner and impressive communication skills, according to Kurtz. "He's modest about himself," he said. "He's able to poke fun at himself and was able to poke fun at others in a way that is not too personal. It keeps everybody at the table." Lewis also had a way of letting members vent strong opinions, then suggest ways to say them more palatably, Kurtz said.
"Everyone comes to the table with a little bit of baggage," such as a pet project or corporate bias, he said. Lewis was adept at keeping corporate party lines out of the commission's work, then writing a report Kurtz called "crisp, clear, and easy to read. There's not many people at all that can produce along those lines."
Many others in similar positions might have been tempted by the limelight and too quick to run to the press. "He's done it through hard work and keeping in touch with people," Kurtz said.
When asked to explain his influence on cybersecurity policy, Lewis mentioned the reputation CSIS has for thorough, nonpartisan research. Having good connections and repeating a consistent message also helps. "It's like being the lookout on the Titanic," he said. "You don't want to just make one phone call."
Keeping watch
The cybersecurity commission is an exception in a town quick to form committees that often fail to find consensus, or spit out reports that sit unread on shelves, Lewis said. About 45,000 copies of its report, released in December 2008, have been purchased or downloaded. "It's just amazing for a think tank," he said. Numerous government agencies, some overseas, have taken it to heart. "It's kind of a blueprint they're measuring themselves by."
Lewis said the administration is implementing several of the report's recommendations, including setting up a cybersecurity office in the NSC and absorbing related functions of the Homeland Security Council and boosting research funding.
The commission, which remains intact, is preparing a follow-up report that Lewis said is aimed at focusing the administration on the hardest issues in the first report, including developing a national strategy for authentication of identity, which might require threading the needle on initiatives that raise civil liberties concerns, such as reinvigorating the controversial Real ID plan.
Besides his youthful fascination with computers, Lewis cited his passion for good government as a prime motivator in his work. "I don't like seeing the U.S. come out in second or third place," he said. "That's where we are in cyberspace, and that drives me nuts."
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Lionsgate has sent over a motion poster for Pete Travis' upcoming Judge Dredd adaptation, Dredd. The film will hew much closer to the original comics than the awful 1995 Sylvester Stallone film, and the first trailer wasn't too bad (although the plot has the misfortune of resembling The Raid even though Dredd wrapped shooting well before The Raid even hit theaters). This motion poster is pretty fun especially if you've ever wanted the protagonist to shoot you.
Hit the jump to check out the motion poster (be sure to adjust your speakers since it autoplays and there's sound), and click here for details on how to win tickets to see the flick at Comic-Con. The film stars Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, and Lena Headey. Dredd opens in 3D on September 21st. The 2012 San Diego Comic-Con runs from July 12 – 15th.
Here's the official synopsis for Dredd:
Dredd takes place on a fictional Earth created as a result of the Atomic Wars. Survivors of this period are living in Mega-Cities, which protects its citizens from the Cursed Earth, a radioactive desert environment populated by mutants. The main story takes place in Mega-City One, where the police who are now called judges have the power to use police brutality to some extent to fight extreme murders. One man, Judge Dredd (Karl Urban), a senior law enforcement officer, teams up with a cadet called Judge Anderson (Olivia Thirlby) to track down a terrorist organization lead by Ma-Ma (Lena Headey), who is responsible for selling a reality-altering drug called Slo-Mo.
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Bretten nestles among the vineyards of the Kraichgau and is surrounded by the hills of the Odenwald and the Black Forest. This enchanting setting is no doubt one of the reasons why Philipp Melanchthon always remained firmly attached to his birthplace.
Melanchthon was the rector of Wittenberg University and is remembered as 'Germany's teacher' (praeceptor Germaniae). Local people are proud of Bretten's famous son, even today. Melanchthon House on the market square, for instance, is a splendid neo-Gothic building erected as a memorial on the 400th anniversary of his birth in 1897. Besides a museum it contains 450 of the great scholar's original manuscripts as well as statues, coats of arms, paintings, commemorative coins and art works. Through his writings and as an advisor at Imperial Diets and religious colloquia, Melanchthon was an influential church reformer as well as one of Martin Luther's close personal friends.
Bretten is a picturesque town with a medieval old quarter and a host of living traditions including the Peter and Paul Festival, which is celebrated every year on the first weekend after 29 June. The highlight is the historical procession through the town's maze of narrow lanes. History is also brought to life at the Tanning Museum and at the Guardian Angel Museum, where the exhibition includes angels from six centuries. The Kraichgau-Stromberg and the Stromberg-Heuchelberg nature reserves are wonderful hiking terrain.
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Public discussion of issues during this current election period has covered the usual range of political leadership, economic, fiscal and social issues. There has even been considerable debate over the intricacies of parliamentary democracy.
One issue that has received no mention, though, is the issue of what to do about Canada's national autism crisis. It is a crisis that has grown with the increase in autism diagnoses and with neglect by all levels of government, despite the 2007 Senate report from a committee chaired by Senator Art Eggleton entitled "Pay Now or Pay Later – Autism Families in Crisis."
Autism is not, as it is often portrayed in the mainstream media, just a different personality type or way of thinking. "Autism" is a term applied to the three Pervasive Developmental Disorders listed in the DSM-IV, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association. Each of these autism categories — Autistic Disorder, Pervasive Disorder Not Otherwise Specified and Asperger's Disorder — is characterized by behavioural, social and communication deficits. All autism diagnoses reflect substantial functional limitations in daily living.
The Canadian Psychological Association stated in its Autism Brief to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology November 9, 2006 that approximately 80 per cent of persons with autism, other than those with Asperger's, also have intellectual disabilities. Recent studies confirm that many autistic persons also suffer from epilepsy. Half of autistic children are prone to wandering from homes, schools and other places of care. They are at risk of serious injury and death because they do not understand the dangers of everyday life like traffic, snowstorms and drowning in nearby pools and bodies of water. Many persons with autism disorders engage in serious self-injurious behaviour such as biting, hitting their heads with their hands or against walls, or chewing the insides of their mouths until bleeding results.
Canada's national autism crisis exists because of the failure of most provincial jurisdictions to invest adequately, or at all, in early intensive behavioural intervention for autistic children, in autism-specific educational resources for autistic children, and in decent autism-specific residential care for autistic adults. The provinces are not alone, though, in allowing the growth of Canada's national autism crisis. Successive federal governments of different political stripes have hidden behind jurisdictional walls and failed to provide oversight of moneys transferred to the provinces to ensure that effective evidence-based treatment is provided to all of Canada's autistic children and adults. No effort has been made by the Canadian government to ensure that autistic Canadian children receive a real education or residential care beyond that provided by psychiatric and general hospitals and group homes with staff lacking in autism-specific training.
The failure by our federal government to tackle Canada's national autism crisis in any meaningful, results-oriented fashion, has taken place as autism diagnoses have been increasing. When my son, then two years old, was diagnosed with an autism disorder in 1998, the number of persons with autism was often cited as one in 500. Today, the most credible estimates are provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States, which estimate that one in 110 persons have an autism disorder.
Some dispute that autism is actually increasing, citing the changes in definition in the 1993-94 versions of the DSM, which added Asperger's to the autism category in the DSM-IV. It is also argued that increased autism awareness and diagnostic substitution arising from the desire of parents and professionals to access autism services for children with other disorders also contribute to the increase in autism diagnoses.
The CDC, though, has taken the research-based position that these factors only explain roughly half of the total increase, and that half of the dramatic increase in autism diagnoses is a real increase resulting from environmental factors interacting with genetic susceptibilities.
Canada is a country that has always held itself to high moral standards in how it treats its citizens and citizens of other countries around the world. But in Canada we have failed to ensure effective, evidence-based treatment for autistic children. We have failed to provide a real education in a manner that accommodates the learning and social challenges of many autistic children, and we have not addressed the need for decent residential care for autistic adults.
While Canada has much to be proud of in its efforts to help people around the world, it has done little to help the one in 110 Canadians who suffer from autism disorders, or their families.
It is long past time that we faced up to our failure to address Canada's national autism crisis and make autism an issue for serious discussion now, when it counts most, during a federal election.
Harold Doherty is a lawyer in Fredericton and a former president of the Autism Society of New Brunswick. He blogs about autism and life with his 15-year-old son, Conor, at autisminnb.blogspot.com


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Get your wands ready for a Harry Potter back-to-school party at 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 20, at Blue Ridge Books in downtown Waynesville. Come for an afternoon filled with activities for wizards and muggles alike.
There will be a sorting and competition for house points as participants create their own spells, search for magical creatures, solve crossword puzzles, create their own book covers, have a trivia contest, a game of N.E.W.T.S. Bingo and have discussion questions.
A costume contest will also be held, and for more fun between the students, they will have a refreshments contest. Participants will create their version of a famous Harry Potter snack or drink (Blue Ridge Books will have Butterbeer, licorice wands, and cockroach clusters), and see whose snack tastes the best or is closest to the description in the series.
This is an event for people of all ages and is sure to be fun for everyone. Be sure to call or come in person with your name and age to reserve your spot as space is limited. 828.456.6000.


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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
From Red-Gate web site you can download, for free, the eBook SQL Server Backup and Restore written by Shawn McGehee.
One of the most important activities under DBA responsibility is to check backups and maintain an efficient recovery plan. In this book, Shawn McGehee explains how to build an efficient recovery plan; because after you have known that your database is in "Suspect Mode" or is corrupt and some data were lost, there is no worst news of that tells you that no valid backups are available for database recovery. It is not enough to take a backup, you must ensure that it is also possible to perform the restore!
This book cannot miss in your digital library! And obviously you can buy the paperback on Amazon.
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The duties and responsibilities of a Database Administrator (DBA) make for a long and dynamically changing list, ranging from offering query tuning advice, to cutting stored procedures, all the way through to system process design and implementation for high availability. A DBA's tasks, from day-to-day, are rarely constant; with one exception: the need to ensure each and every day that any database in their charge can be restored and recovered, in the event of error or disaster. This means that if a database, for whatever reason, gets corrupted, dropped, or otherwise becomes unusable, then it is the DBA's responsibility to restore that database to the state it was in before the problem occurred, or as close as is possible.
Of course, this doesn't mean that a DBA is required to restore a database each and every day, just that if disaster does strike the DBA must be prepared to deal with it, regardless of when or why it occurs. If a DBA isn't prepared, and significant data is lost, or databases become unavailable to end users for long periods of time, then that DBA probably won't be in their job for too long. This is why a good, and tested, SQL Server backup and restore plan must be on the top of every administrative DBA's list of tasks.
In this book, you'll discover how to perform each of these backup and restore operations using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), basic T-SQL scripts and Red Gate's SQL Backup tool. Capturing backups using SSMS or simple scripts is perfectly fine for one-off backup operations, but any backups that form part of the recovery strategy for any given database must be automated and you'll also want to build in some checks that, for example, alert the responsible DBA immediately if a problem arises. The tool of choice in this book for backup automation is Red Gate's SQL Backup Pro. Building your own automated solution will take a lot of work, but we do offer some advice on possible options, such as PowerShell scripting, T-SQL scripts and SQL Server Agent jobs.
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All we know about this is pretty much what you see in the video above: More than five minutes of Brent Jones autographing photographs at a sporting goods store while some guy reads aloud from a really detailed poem the guy presumably wrote about Jones's life and career. It's ... yeah, we don't know either.
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Knight Capital sidelined by power issuesOctober 31, 2012: 2:53 PM ET
Knight Capital Group stopped taking new trading orders Wednesday afternoon as it struggled with "power issues" and requested its clients re-route all stock orders to other trading firms, according to two traders who received a memo from the firm.
Jersey City, N.J.,-based Knight plays a key role on Wall Street by acting as a middleman in the markets, completing investors' buy and sell orders.
The company's latest snafu comes as U.S. financial markets reopened after a two-day unexpected shutdown due to Superstorm Sandy. Though Wall Street is up and running, New York City continues to deal with the hurricane's aftermath, including widespread power outages and limited public transportation due to flooding.
Shares of Knight (KCG) fell as much as 8.4% Wednesday, before recovering to end the day little changed.
Earlier this year, Knight was rescued from bankruptcy after a trading glitch sent numerous erroneous orders in NYSE-listed securities into the market.
Calls and emails to Knight were not immediately returned.


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After an unarmed black teenager was shot by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer, the city north of downtown St. Louis erupted into violent protests. Here's a look at the key elements of the shooting and the unrest that followed:
THE LATEST: Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency Saturday and imposed a midnight to 5 a.m. curfew in Ferguson after tensions again flared overnight. At a chaotic press conference, Nixon said calm had to be restored in the St. Louis suburb. Angry residents shouted down the governor several times as he spoke. Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson, who is in charge of security in Ferguson, said police would not use armored trucks and tear gas to enforce the curfew. He said he would communicate with residents to give them ample opportunity to leave.
THE SHOOTING: Police have said that one of the teens pushed the officer into his squad car, then physically assaulted him in the vehicle and struggled with the officer over the officer's weapon. At least one shot was fired inside the car. The struggle then spilled onto the street, where Brown was shot multiple times.
Dorian Johnson, who says he was with Brown when the shooting happened, has described a different story. He has told reporters that the officer ordered them out of the street, then tried to open his door so close to the men that it "ricocheted" back, apparently upsetting the officer. Dorian Johnson says the officer grabbed his friend's neck and tried to pull Johnson into the car before brandishing his weapon and firing. He says Brown started to run and the officer pursued him, firing multiple times. Johnson and another witness both say Brown had his hands raised when the officer fired at him repeatedly.
THE UNREST: Since the shooting, crowds have gathered nightly to protest Brown's death. For four nights, the protests threatened to tear the city apart, with people looting stores, damaging buildings and vandalizing property. Officers from multiple departments in riot gear and military equipment clashed with protesters, who chanted, "Hands up, don't shoot." Police used tear gas and smoke bombs, and some protesters hurled Molotov cocktails and rocks at officers.
Nixon announced Thursday that the state would take over supervising security, with Highway Patrol Capt. Johnson — a Ferguson native who is black — leading the effort.
Only hours after the Missouri Highway Patrol took control in Ferguson, the protests changed dramatically, taking on a much lighter, even festive atmosphere. Johnson marched with protesters and several people stopped to his hand or hug him and other officers. But unrest returned on Friday night and there was some looting, prompting Nixon's announcement of the curfew.
THE POLICE TACTICS: The police response drew heavy criticism from around the nation. Critics say it's part of a law-enforcement trend toward more aggressive weapons and tactics.
The American Civil Liberties Union in June released a report stating that police were overwhelmingly relying on SWAT raids — involving the use of assault rifles, battering rams and flash-bang grenades — for routine work such as searching for small amounts of drugs and serving warrants.
THE INVESTIGATION: At the request of Ferguson police, Brown's death is being investigated by St. Louis County police. The FBI has also opened an investigation into possible civil rights violations. Highway Patrol Capt. Johnson also said 40 FBI agents were going door-to-door in the neighborhood starting Saturday, talking to people who might have seen or have information about the shooting.


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Remember I said once that the staff make it so easy to sink some prizes in, that you could bump the machine and it'd fall in?
Well, tonight I saw another (um, schoolgirl) doll that looked like someone else tipped it into a bad position, but if adjusted would be an easy win. I asked the staff to right it up letting them think I knocked it down.
He put it practically falling in and it did, before I put any money in!
Lucky he left before it happened (and NO, I didn't bump the machine). I have to say, this is the first time I got it for nothing.
Well.. I guess we have to backtrack a little bit tonight.
Actually before that I spent an embarrassing amount of money (I think 2000 or so yen, but who counts when there's challenges to be fought and won?)
There was a sexy Dead Or Alive Doll at the Club Sega near work that I thought I'd have a go at. Eventually I got it, but I also thought to try the blue one, because they are like, a match and shouldn't be separated but I wasn't having much luck. Maybe some other time.
At this point feeling a little guilty and perhaps a little hentai-d out, I decided to try for a very cool Gundam robot figure.
Again, this took a while, but finally I brought it on home. Overall not a bad catch for one night. The gf is sure to be thrilled. At least I have the rent money (and I paid my keitai and health insurance for the month).
At Yotsuya, I saw a Pizza Hut boy looking for a place he had to deliver to. I don't know how they find the house. He actually did without too much trouble.
Oh, I noticed Mickey's battery has finally died. Good timing to get my other watch fixed huh? So far so good.What a day though.
Friday, 25 January 2008
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Remember I said once that the staff make it so easy to sink some prizes in, that you could bump the machine and it'd fall in?
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Sawmill Workshop
Weather permitting, Kinder Farm Park's very own Sawmill Club will be running logs through the mill. Wood milled from the sawmill can be seen around Kinder Farm park, including inside the Tobacco Barn Museum and Visitor Center.
Antique Equipment and Sawmill Club's mission is the restoration and display of the park's antique farm equipment, tractors and sawmill. Our goal is to offer presentations and displays of antique farm tools and equipment so that those participating can experience farm life in historical Anne Arundel County. The lumber from the sawmill is used in many of the small barns and other structures in the park.


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November 25, 2019 — Gratitude is a major focus of Ignatian spirituality, according to Jesuit Father Ed Mathie, who teaches at Marquette University in Milwaukee.
"I think Ignatian spirituality is so much about gratitude and thanksgiving," says Fr. Mathie, who is also teaching a course on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius at Marquette. "Everything we have, every gift and talent, we clearly say is from God. Not only that, but we look around the world and everything around us is created for us. It's a whole, entire sense of gratitude."
One of the best ways to demonstrate gratitude, Fr. Mathie says, is by praying the Examen. This simple, reflective prayer is foundational to St. Ignatius in his Spiritual Exercises.
For Thanksgiving, we share with you an Examen prayer of gratitude, adapted by Marquette University Campus Ministry:
God, we thank You.
You are the source of all creation. I thank You for the gifts You have given me. Let me thank You today, especially for the gift of this earth.
God, send Your Spirit upon us.
As I reflect on my day thus far, help me to recall the moments where I was most conscious of Your beautiful creation. What have I done today to care for the earth? As I go forth with the rest of my day, help me to be present to the gift of nature. Thank You, God, for this gift.
God, let us each look at the past week.
Recall your relationship with the Earth and with God. What joys do you find in these relationships? What are some of the challenges you may find? God, help me to improve my relationship with your creation so that I may be able to strengthen my relationship with You.
God, let us be grateful and ask for forgiveness.
Call to mind this past week. Where has God been most present to you? Was it something in nature? Or did you find God in a friend? Did music bring you alive with God's presence? Wherever you felt God's presence, think back to that moment, and pray from it.
God, stay close.
Look forward to tomorrow. Ask that God help you to see His grace incarnate in the dynamic interconnections of his creation. May you make a genuine effort to revere God's creation in all that you do. [Source: Marquette University]


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ASH BASH 2005 - Beach, Palm Trees, & Airsoft! (2005-07-26)July 16, 2005
Airsoft, sun, beaches, palm trees, and people known for their hospitality and friendliness. These are the ingredients that made up Ash Bash 2005 in Hawaii. Curious about how these ingredients could be integrated seamlessly into a terrific event, RedWolf Airsoft flew to Hawaii to join the festivities. Hosted by Airsoft Hawaii and title-sponsored by Impact Games, Ash Bash is a major annual event that is supported by many companies, and attended by players from all over. A host of local retailers were on hand with large impressive booths showcasing their latest custom guns. There were also many manufacturer sponsors including Tokyo Marui, Laylax, PDI, and even PEPSI! RedWolf Airsoft also supported the event by donating a Chameleon SR. Other prizes included a CAW Revolver Launcher (with shells), rifles from G&G / ICS, and a cool blue-anodized Patriot M4 from The Q Project, who was also on location to show their support. The event was also covered by two reporters from ARMS magazine, including Boss Gerira who flew from Japan just for the game. This made Ash Bash 2005 one of the most internationally supported Airsoft events in the US. A total of USD 22,000 in prizes alone were given out that day!
Held on a beautiful sea-side ranch on the East Coast of Oahu island, just a convenient 50 minutes away from Honolulu, the Ash event was set up with a main event area and a marked off playing area over a tree-spotted hillside. Over 400 players attended the event, with an additional 70 or so spectators and staff to manage the event - for a combined total of 470 people! With the first game starting at 9am, the event ran a good 7 hours until 4pm.
With a focus on pure non-stop carnival fun, Ash Bash is centered on a series of short two-team shoot-outs, intermittently filled with all kinds of raffles, games and competitions. For example, there was an "Ugliest Gun" competition that invited players to submit the ugliest gun on the field for an upgraded Marui M4. The winning contestant was a young player who displayed his FAMAS held together with duct-tape. The gun was so ugly that judges hung the gun up and shot it up with high-powered rifles, finally running it over with a car! For a little taste of Hong Kong and Japan, there was also a simplified IPSC shooting competition where players had to shoot down 5 water bottles with a hand-pistol in the least amount of time. Contestants displayed quite impressive shooting with several players shooting down all 5 bottles in a couple seconds with crisp and precise shots. But the most heated competition of all was a speed-shooting contest, whose aim was to cut a piece of cardboard in half using a full-auto rifle. Contestants were expected to shoot horizontally across the piece of cardboard with enough precision so as to cut a straight line through it and causing the top-half to topple over. It was at this competition that players showed up with all kinds of custom AEGs, including an AK47 - SD hybrid with external 12v battery strapped to the shooter' s waist along with a custom auto-winding magazine based on a real-steel RPK magazine. One competitor used a high-speed modified Barrett, and many others used a wide array of M16 and MP5 variants. What became painfully clear within seconds was that an auto-winding magazine was a "must-have" to complete the round. Contestants relying on regular hi-cap magazines had to shoot and manually wind the magazine simultaneously with their free hand in order to pummel enough BB's through the cardboard to cut it in half. This proved to be a near-impossible feat and most players ended up mis-guiding their guns into the surrounding woodwork and causing BB's to ricochet back into the audience! Over half of the contestants failed to finish and left the cardboard standing defiantly. Finally, it came down to a shootout between two contestants. The winner used a modified M4 with auto-winding box magazine to cut the cardboard in less than 5 seconds!
More entertaining yet was the costume competition where contestants painstakingly put together authentic costumes for the ARMS representatives to judge. Characters included the familiar Halo Master Chief (who had my vote!),
Of course, we also got to skirmish and shoot it out in adrenaline packed 30 - 40 minute sessions. With one team starting on top of the hill and the other invading up from the bottom, the two teams are literally 200 yards apart when the whistle blew. Without hesitation, players on either side ran at full speed towards the conflict line and started exchanging fire. Unlike mission-based games that are much more popular on the mainland USA, this form of play encouraged players to simply charge and attack, with everyone looking out for their own. Re-spawn points were close by and a "re-spawn horn" was blown every 5 minutes to revive everyone standing in the re-spawn point at that given instant. This simple system meant that players were very willing to call their hits since re-spawn was quite convenient. Of course, this meant that penetrating through defense lines required quick onslaughts of massive force to ensure the battle is not drawn out unnecessarily to allow time for re-spawned enemies to reinforce a crumbling front line. Hence, few people sat around to test patience with enemies. There was definitely much more shooting than walking, taking positions, planning and posing combined! As I looked around, this style of play clearly had its benefits - everyone had smiles on their faces and there were no heated tempers or arguments. It was clear that everyone was there to have fun!
Airsoft Hawaii admits that Ash Bash was deliberately designed to be light-hearted and fun with an omission of war-themes. "Just like paintball, it's all about getting out there and just having fun", says Airsoft Hawaii. "It's a friendly environment and new players are less likely intimidated by a mil-sim type arrangement where players might be more serious and unnerving to some of the younger players", noted another organizer. "We want to get everyone out here to have fun and this is the best way to do it". Based on what we saw, we couldn't agree more.
Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed Ash Bash and meeting everyone down in Hawaii. The best part of it all was that I got a full day of competitions and shooting in, and was still able to make it to the beach with a pina-coloda in hand by 5:30pm. Tell me where else an Airsoft player can do that and we'll be sure to come. But for now, Airsoft Hawaii's Ash Bash seems to have the best formula for "fun guns under the sun"! So if you are planning your next vacation, why not consider heading down to Hawaii to check out Ash Bash 2006? Learn more about Ash Bash and other events in Hawaii at Airsoft Hawaii's website.
More on the RWC Chameleon SR Raffle Prize
One lucky winner walked away with the beautiful RWC Chameleon SR, which sported OD camo-colored SR receiver, RIS system, King Arms Aim-Point style scope, scope rails, and silencers, Ergo real-steel grip, RICO light, Milspex battery sling. The gun was upgraded to 400fps in conformance to Ash Bash limits. Thanks go to King Arms for donating those parts on the RWC gun in support of Ash Bash.


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Dr. Joyce Mitchell is our guest speaker for the 2010 Priscilla M. Mayden Lecture in February. Her talk is titled, "Genetics/Genomics and Biomedical Informatics: Two Rivers Merging," and it will focus on the growth of large data sets in the aftermath of the Human Genome Project; the rise of a consumer health movement focused on genomic/genetic questions; and the push for electronic medical recores as part of the ARRA HIT Stimulus finds. These forces are coming together to create a perfect storm for personalized healthcare with a focus on the use of genomics data in patient care and the need for clinical decision support in the genomics space.
The talk will be held on Thursday, February 11, 2010, from 4:00 – 5:00 pm in HSEB 1730. This lecture is free thanks to funds from the Priscilla M. Mayden endowment, and is presented by the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. More information on this lecture series is available on our library website. Light refreshments will be served, and the public is welcome.