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Compared with my socially active colleagues in the Orlando Sentinel's intrepid Theme Park Rangers, I don't find too many reasons to venture inside our world-class attractions.
I made an exception on a recent vacation and scooted out to Epcot to witness the Candlelight Processional, one of Disney's most revered and lovely annual traditions. It was a time-warp experience, because I hadn't seen the show since the long-ago days when I worked at the park.
In those days, the performance — with its orchestra, celebrity narrators and hundreds of voices — was based on Main Street USA in the Magic Kingdom, around the circle next to the train station. I worked on the boats in transportation at the time and the vessels weren't permitted to operate during the show, lest the air horns disrupt the mood.
So the other pilots and I would stroll over to Main Street and watch, night after night. Nostalgia is a ruling influence in my existence and I was warmly attached to my recollections of the show in the quaint confines of Walt Disney's vision of archetypal, small-town America.
Epcot, quite frankly, has never held the same attraction. So, despite the obvious advantages of a proper stage at the America Gardens Theatre, I was not prepared to let go of my Magic Kingdom memories.
Until now.
At Epcot, the Processional is elevated by a stage that offers evocative lighting and colorfully decorated wings that allow the six herald trumpeters to blow fanfares almost literally above the heads of the audience members. And the presence of the Voices of Liberty, out of Epcot's American Experience, elegantly embellishes the power of the massive choir.
(Epcot didn't even exist when I was a Disney employee. Yikes!)
Only in the logistics of the processional itself did the Epcot version fail to match the predecessor. The march from behind the American Adventure is a little unceremonious and not that apparent to the audience. I used to love watching that choir stroll along Main Street.
Shows are at 5, 6:45 and 8:15 p.m. daily through Dec. 30. Prices vary and packages are available. Make reservations if you expect to eat at one of the World Showcase restaurants. Details: disneyworld.com.
Compared with my socially active colleagues in the Orlando Sentinel's intrepid Theme Park Rangers, I don't find too many reasons to venture inside our world-class attractions.


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Is anyone in Grey Lynn, Auckland interested in getting RAW, ORGANIC MILK every week? We have a few openings in our coop and are looking for some new members!
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Any raw organic cows goats or sheep milk in the Waihi area? Organic only please. Cheers!
Hi, are you still looking for members for this group as I'd be interested :)
I just created a group for people interested in raw, organic milk here. If anyone is interested in joining please do so. It would be wonderful to one day have a map of NZ with links to co-ops all over NZ with contact details and such. This is just the beginning!!
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I'm totally overwhelmed by the response that everyone is having to this post. I'll make up an Ooooby group and we can get people organised into groups. I think we could do with more than 1 out of Auckland.
PS I'm sorry that I haven't responded to your posts, I posted this awhile ago and thought there wasn't too much interest after about 2 weeks.
Hello Gwynn, I'd be interested to hear about your co-op - do you only offer raw milk?
I currently travel from Auckland centre to Helensville each week to buy 8 litres of raw milk and would vastly prefer RAW ORGANIC milk.
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Yes, I am very interested. How does it work? I am in Mt Albert. Have just joined Oooby so not sure how this all works.
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No pictures today, as I haven't much to show for myself. I'M DONE WITH FINALS! Yay. I don't even care how I did – I'm just happy it's over. I had a very heavy courseload this semester so it's a relief to be done.
I'm at the heel of a red and green striped pair of top-down socks. I thought they would be cool stripes but the sock looks more like something out of a Dr. Seuss book. *sigh* I probably won't give these as a present because I don't know anyone that's really into Dr. Seuss socks so I'll probably keep them. I have no pride. I'll wear red and green striped socks.
I saw these labels last year but I forgot to bookmark them. Check them out for your holiday gift knitting. The only thing I don't like is that all of the labels are for Christmas with red and green all over. None for birthdays or other gifts. They can't be hard to make in Photoshop. Maybe I'll bribe my husband with cookies to make me some personalized labels. That sounds very Surrendered Wife of me so I apologize, but he does that for a living and frankly, I like making cookies. 🙂
In response to some emails, the Lapland Mittens are from Folk Mittens. The fingerless mitts are from Weekend Knitting but you can find similar patterns for the fingerless mittens if you google them. I've seen lots of cute freebie patterns for them.
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The state Game and Fish Department invites all North Dakota schools participating in the National Archery in the Schools Program to register for the annual state tournament. The 2012 tournament is held April 13-14 at the VFW Sports Center in Bismarck.
Schools can enter teams and individuals in the following grade level divisions: elementary (4-6), middle (7-8), and high school (9-12). Teams must have 16-24 members, with a minimum of five from each gender. If smaller schools wish to form a team, archers may participate up one grade division for team competition, but still be considered in their true division for the individual category.
Small schools of 100 students or fewer (all grades combined) may also assemble teams from NASP schools in the same town, county or district. Schools that cannot form a team may register students for individual competition.
Recognition will be given to the top placing team in each division, the top five males and females in each division, and the top scoring male and female regardless of division. Top scoring individuals are given early registration and receive priority in flights for the national tournament, held May 10-11 in Louisville, Ky.
For more information regarding the tournament, schools should contact Jeff Long, NASP State Coordinator, by email at [email protected], or call (701) 328-6322. To learn more about the archery in the schools program, visit the NASP website at nasparchery.com.


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PEORIA — Most definitely, the Madison Theater is an oldie. But with some effort, one of its owners — among others — believes it still can be a goodie.
"I was in favor of razing this building," J.D. Comfort said Tuesday. "But now, after seeing what can be done with it ... I think it's worth saving. We're going to try our hardest to keep it that way."
As Comfort spoke, he stood in the unheated lobby of the motion-picture house/concert venue at 502 Main St. Opened in 1920 but closed for about a dozen years, it looked as if it was frozen in various times.
Ornate, golden railings clashed with unlit beer signs left over from the theater's latter, live-music-oriented days. Empty vending machines stood beneath ceilings with peeling paint. A broken-down upright piano here. A string of unlit Christmas lights there.
Comfort said the building is sound in structure. And in at least one quasi-expert's opinion, things inside didn't look too bad.
"Certainly the paint needs to be updated, and the heating and cooling as well," said U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, who used to buy and sell old houses on the East Bluff. "But at the end of the day, it's a beautiful old structure. With the right business plan, it can be brought back to life."
Schock was among about a half-dozen people who toured the Madison, although media weren't permitted beyond the lobby. The Peoria Republican said it was the first time he'd been inside the building. His local office is located next door, at the federal courthouse.
"This one is near and dear to my heart," Schock said about the Madison.
The city and the Comfort family trust have received a pair of inquiries regarding Madison renovation and new construction on an adjacent, municipal-owned parking lot. Details might be forthcoming in the next few weeks, Assistant City Manager Chris Setti said.
Schock is a proponent of a federal tax credit applied to the cost of rehabilitating historic buildings. State and federal credits can combine to offset 45 percent of reconstruction costs, he said.
The federal credit expired Dec. 31, although Schock expects it to be on the congressional docket again this year.
"These tax credits are extremely important to see projects like this come to fruition," he said. "That's a huge, huge incentive."
Such an incentive might be critical for the city's Downtown rehabilitation efforts, according to Schock and Frank Butterfield, an official with Landmarks Illinois. The not-for-profit preservation group listed the Madison among its 10 most endangered historic places statewide for 2013.
"Theaters are often anchors for communities," Butterfield said. "A lot of street traffic and downtown activity is centered around them."
Peoria once had multiple such facilities Downtown, the long-gone Palace and Rialto theaters among them. The city's solicitation of inquiries about the Madison, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, stipulated they not include demolition.
With Comfort's change of heart, that requirement appears to be the consensus.
"The real question is, 'Does this building stay or go?'" Schock said. "I don't believe there is a question of whether or not this block will be redeveloped. I'm hopeful that rather than replace this structure that we'll refurbish it."
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Tina Fey (b. 1970) is an American writer, comedian and actress. Fey served as cast member, head writer and Weekend Update anchor on Saturday Night Live between 1997 and 2006. She currently co-produces, writes, and stars in the NBC comedy 30 Rock.
Fey guest starred on Sesame Street Episode 4135 as the captain of the Bookaneers.
Her 30 Rock character, Liz Lemon, was parodied on Sesame Street as an actual lemon in a season 39 parody entitled 30 Rocks. Additionally an Anything Muppet caricature of Fey appeared in the 30 Rock episode "Apollo, Apollo."
During the April 11, 2007 episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Fey revealed that she had filmed a segment for the upcoming 38th season of Sesame Street. Fey talked with host Conan O'Brien about her (and her daughter Alice Zenobia's) love for Sesame Street. Fey also shared with O'Brien her rediscovery of classic Sesame Street episodes through the Old School: Volume 1 DVD box set; she expressed similar thoughts in a Summer 2007 interview with TV Guide:
"I've become obsessed with the DVD set Sesame Street: Old School. It's fantastic because it makes you [remember] all these things implanted in your brain... like "The Ladybug's Picnic" and "The Alligator King"."
Fey also referenced Sesame Street in her 2011 book Bossypants when giving advice for overcoming obsticles of discrimination in the workplace stating:
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Wilkes was a wizard and a Slytherin student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After graduating from Hogwarts, he became a Death Eater of Lord Voldemort. He fought in several battles during the First Wizarding War. During the end of the war, he was pursued by Aurors and was killed while trying to avoid imprisonment in Azkaban.
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Wilkes attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1970s and was sorted into Slytherin house. According to Sirius Black, he was member of a gang of Slytherins and aspiring Death Eaters which included Severus Snape, Avery, Mulciber and Evan Rosier. They all entered the service of Lord Voldemort during the height of the First Wizarding War.
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Wilkes fought in several battles of the First Wizarding War. After Lord Voldemort's downfall, Wilkes was caught by Aurors and was killed, while attempting to avoid being imprisoned in Azkaban.
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. - The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association has announced that it will partner with the NCAA in its Division III identity initiative.
Beginning Sept. 1 and running through the entire 2010-11 academic year, the MIAA will highlight student-athletes, coaches and teams through a variety of stories that will appear on the conference Web site that highlight the MIAA Division III intercollegiate athletic experience.
These stories, which will be produced by MIAA member schools, will celebrate how student-athletes balance their passion for sport with commitment to excellence in the classroom and service to their communities, as they prepare themselves to be tomorrow's leaders.
The NCAA earlier this year launched the Division III identity initiative to tell about the unique athletic experience at the NCAA Division III level. The DIII initiative lists six key attributes that our student-athletes stand for. These attributes include:
° Proportion - Appropriate relation of academics, athletics and other passions
° Comprehensive Learning - Opportunity for broad-based education and success
° Passion - Playing for love of the game, competition, fun and self-improvement
° Responsibility - Development of accountability through personal commitment and choices
° Sportsmanship - Fair and respectful conduct toward all participants and supporters
° Citizenship - Dedication to developing responsible leaders and citizens in our communities
The NCAA Division III identity initiative page can be found at http://www.miaa.org/d3identity, or by clicking on the Division III identity logo on the left side of this page.
The MIAA will also be highlighting another category with these stories, MIAA Athletic Excellence. This category will feature examples of excellence from throughout the conference's past and present, ranging from individual accomplishments to team championships at the conference and national level.
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Broder Bros., Co., the nation's largest distributor of imprintable apparel, announced the acquisition of Imprints Wholesale. The acquisition of Imprints Wholesale represents the first by Broder since 2006 and the first since private investment firm Littlejohn & Co. assumed control of the Board of Directors in July 2012.
Based in Denver, Imprints Wholesale was founded in 1987 and is today the leading wholesale clothing distributor in the Rocky Mountain region offering blank imprintable apparel and products, including T-shirts, fleece, sport shirts, golf shirts, and related items. The company offers its quality wholesale apparel and accessories online or from its five locations around the country.
Scott Lynes , CEO and Founder of Imprints Wholesale, will continue with the combined company.
Norman Hullinger , CEO of Broder Bros ., said, "This acquisition is important to us and we are committed to the expansion of Broder Bros . to serve our growing market. We are pleased to have Scott Lynes and his Imprints team join us at Broder. They have built a well-deserved reputation for strong customer service in the regions they serve and we plan to maintain the best of their business and integrate it across
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"After more than 25 years in the industry, I am excited to join with Broder at this critical time. I look forward to working with Norm and his team over the coming years to help further strengthen their leading platform," said Mr. Lynes.
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Caveat: This post is somewhat unorthodox in that it is actually a repost of something that I posted for my guild today on our forums. We have had, arguably, two of our best nights working on heroic Rag – yet everyone's morale (including mine) seems to be tanked. Because of that, I spent a lot of time last night thinking. And, ultimately, this is what came out of those thoughts. The reason that I've reposted it here, is because I am somewhat fascinated with the fact that of everything else – this is where my brain made a connection. And I think the topic and similarities in and of themselves are extremely interesting. As such, I thought it was something that a lot of my readers would enjoy and would spark a fair bit of conversation, which in turn I think would be equally as fascinating. I am very much looking forward to everyone's thoughts. However, since standing alone it may read a little strangely, I thought that adding context was important.
I am not an overly religious person, but at some point in my education I was tasked with reading a play called J.B.. It is exceptionally good, if you are interested in it, and I believe it even won a Pulitzer prize. Anyhow, the play is essentially a modern day version of The Book of Job, which consequently I was also tasked with reading.
Right about now, you are probably wondering why the fuck I am bringing this up, and exactly what does it have to do with raiding. Well, I'll get there. Eventually.
The Book of Job
As I said above, I'm not really a very religious person, but the story of Job really resonated with me and is something that has provoked many of my thoughts and outlooks. The Beru's notes (I'm trademarking that shit as soon as I'm done typing this…) version of the story goes something like this (please forgive me any missteps that I may have in my retelling of the story, and note that I'm not going to go into much of the theological debate surrounding the story, as I'm hardly qualified to do so):
Job is an incredibly pious man. Satan comes to God and theorizes that the only reason that Job is as devout as he is, is because God has afforded him many luxuries in life and Job has never really known hardship. Satan and God have a debate about it, and eventually Satan asks God if he can prove his point by testing Job. God agrees to permit it. Over time Satan, with God's blessing, takes away everything that Job had and cared about – his family, his livelihood, his home. Job's wife pleaded with Job to forsake a God who could be so cruel, and yet Job was unmoving in his beliefs and devotion.
Not to be undone, Satan asks God permission to smite Job's health as well. God agrees, stating only that Satan may not kill Job. Job is afflicted with horrible boils, and yet still will not denounce God. Eventually Job sits alone, suffering. In time he is visited by three friends (there is much theological debate over what these three represent, but I'll let someone else get into that). After much talk, the three friends sit in silence with Job for seven days, seeing that he is suffering. In all this time, Job never resents God. He never rebukes God. But he does start to wonder how he can speak to God, so that he might better understand God's intent.
In time Job breaks the silence – yet still does not curse God. Rather he curses the day that he was born – to which God appears to him and finally speaks (again, theological interpretation left to someone more qualified). God tells Job that he is disappointed in him, and that Job does not understand creation. Job is never made aware that God's conversations with Satan are the source of his overwhelming grief. However, in the end Job is humbled by God and repents.
Don't worry too much about Job – Having proven Satan wrong, God restores Job. Giving him back his health, a new family and more wealth than he had known before. Job lived a long, happy life until his death, living to see the fourth generation of his family and dying at the ripe old age of 140 or so.
In short – you know that saying "God won't give us more than we can handle"? I've often wondered if the book of Job is where it spawned from.
Job and Raiding
Now, I'm sure this next statement is debatable, and I'm no theologian, however I tend to believe that it wasn't necessarily God that restored Job, but rather it was Job's faith in God that did. His faith that God wouldn't dump more shit on him than he could handle. His faith that he was a part of an unknown plan, and that it wasn't his place to question that. His blind hope that in the end everything was going to play out as it was intended. And, honestly, there is a part of me that thinks in addition to faith, Job represent hope. I know this may be somewhat far fetched, but in my mind, in my interpretation, Job [i]is[/i] hope. Now, I'm not going to sermon – as I said above, I'm not an overly religious person. But I do think it's important to recognize God's role in relation to Job.
This is getting a little heavy, let's change gears here a little bit, shall we?
Every time that I encounter a challenge in my life that I feel overwhelms me, I'm reminded of J.B. and subsequently Job. And invariably that makes me stop and think. Ultimately I never ask myself why I'm being presented with these particular challenges, but rather I hope that I can find the strength to survive them. But even more than that, I question if I am able to survive them without losing part of who I am and what I believe in the process. In essence I don't want to become a cold and jaded person. I want to hold on to hope, because it's a valuable commodity that once it's lost can never be replaced. In the vernacular, I try to believe that what doesn't kill me makes me stronger and all that jazz.
Let's loop this back around to raiding shall we?
Raiding is all about meeting and overcoming challenges. I also think that oftentimes it is when people are pushed (tested) the hardest, that we start to see the worst that people have to offer. Part of what makes challenging encounters so challenging isn't necessarily the encounter in and of itself, but rather navigating through the way many different ways that diverse personalities behave when faced with something that seems insurmountable. When you hear "X encounter is a guild killer" – no it's not. It's true that it's the stress that the encounter placed on the guild was a contributing factor, but when push comes to shove, it was the way in which the team dealt with that stress (or didn't, as it may be) that killed the guild.
Stress and tension often makes people behave in ways that they may not otherwise behave. This is true in any aspect of life.
In the end though, it's how we channel these tensions and stresses that define us. As people, and as a guild. There is nothing wrong with acknowledging that you are frustrated. In fact, I think that it's a healthy thing to do. But it's a very fine line to walk, because it's very easy to cross over that line and let your stresses and tensions become unproductive. If this happens often enough, you then find yourself in a position that you are causing just as much harm to the raid (if not more) as things that are frustrating you.
What does not kill us makes us stronger.
Let's go back to Job now. I'm sure I will offend at lest one person in this analogy, and for that I sincerely apologize, but please bear with me – I truly mean no disrespect.
In a raid setting, a guild (or raid team) falls into the shoes of Job. And, for purposes of analogy, a boss or zone, are the challenges that Satan has thrown at you. And, I suppose, that would put Blizzard (or whatever developer) into the role of God. While the underlying tenants of the reason Job is given challenges are not necessarily the same for a raid, I do think that there are some similarities to be seen between how a raid chooses to overcome challenges and how Job suffered his challenges.
Let's explore that a little bit.
When things get hard, like the 375th pull of Heroic Rag for example, what will define us as a team is how we handle our disappointments and struggles. Do we snipe at each other and work against each other in doing so or do we look at how far we've come despite all of the challenges put in front of us? Do we ridicule people weaker than we are when they are struggling or do we offer out a hand to help pick them up and encourage them to keep trying? Do we forsake hope and wallow only in what we haven't accomplished or do we look at what we have accomplished and keep our hearts light as we walk down a difficult road? In thinking about that, ask yourself what would have happened to Job if he hadn't held steadfast to his beliefs. What if he had listened to his wife? What if he had given up when his family was ripped from him? What if he hadn't remained strong in his convictions?
I know that I can't answer those questions, and I'm not going to try. But what I can tell you is that one of the reasons that J.B. and Job stuck with me almost two decades later is because their resolve stayed with me. Almost two decades after learning of Job's (and J.B.'S) struggles, when things get hard I can still draw on the strength that they showed. I still try (and often fail) to be the person that Job was when faced with insurmountable challenges. Why? Because when push comes to shove, I don't want to know what happens if Job fails the test. I want to believe that hard work, patience and faith that everything will fall into place are good values. I want to believe that even through the most challenging times resolve and dedication will persevere. I want to believe that no matter how seemingly insurmountable the challenge placed in front of me is, I can and will overcome it.
Last night I was told that my flaw was that I tried too hard. That I put in too much of my energy to make things happen. That I couldn't single handedly make people want to be better.
But the truth is that I don't know how to do anything less.
This expansion has tried every guild that has pushed through it, and no one has been unscathed. At the end of the day, I don't really think a fancy Firelord, Dragonslayer or Light of Dawn title is the true reward for crossing the finish line. I think the knowledge of the resolve of the people that made it that far and the fact that they overcame such adversity to get there is far more rewarding. The fact that they persevered and didn't let go of their resolve says a lot more about them than any title ever could.
The past few weeks things have been hard, last night I sat up well past my bedtime with tears of frustration trying to figure out if I was strong enough to keep doing this, and in doing so I took the time to reflect back. I took the time to think about Job. And what I came out with was a reminder that what doesn't kill you, will make you stronger. I came out with the reminder that it's extraordinarily hard to stick to your beliefs and foundations when things get hard, but that you will be a stronger person if you do.
It is my hope that this doesn't kill me. It is my hope that it doesn't kill my ideals, beliefs and faith in all of you. It is my hope that I don't let other people bring me down and make me forget the foundations of what make me strong. But most of all it is my hope that others will read this and will also take a minute to think, and that perhaps they, too, will come out with a different perspective as a result, and that will make us all stronger.


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There is a wonderful variety of things to see and do in Santiago de Cuba, which is a particularly exciting city for history buffs, especially those interested in military and revolutionary history. The Castillo de San Pedro Del Morro (Morro Castle) is an astounding ancient fortress; it is difficult not to imagine battles with fearsome pirates when strolling along the battlements. Other worthwhile historical attractions in Santiago include the famous Moncada Barracks (where Castro's revolution officially began), Santiago's Plaza de la Revolucion and its impressive monuments, and the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, which houses the grave sites of many important Cuban personalities, including Jose Marti.
There are also a number of museums worth visiting in Santiago: the Diego Velazquez Museum, possibly the oldest house in Cuba, gives remarkable insight into colonial domestic life and the history of the city; and the Bacardi Museum offers a glimpse into the private collection of one of the most famous families of Santiago. The imposing Metropolitan Cathedral, in the centre of town, is also definitely worth exploring.
The cultural and historical attractions of Santiago are matched by the natural surroundings of the city which also draw tourists from far and wide. The vast Baconao Park has plenty of natural splendour as well as a number of historical and cultural sites. And, if you can manage an excursion a little further afield, the Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt is an awe-inspiring wilderness area and UNESCO World Heritage Site, widely hailed as the most valuable and biodiverse park in the Caribbean.
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The Obama administration is drafting legislation that will see all internet providers and other online communication services, including email clients and social networks, be forced to allow the intelligence agencies unfettered backdoor access.
"Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications — including encrypted e-mail transmitters like BlackBerry, social networking Web sites like Facebook and software that allows direct "peer to peer" messaging like Skype — to be technically capable of complying if served with a wiretap order." The New York Times reports.
Experts have warned that the move represents an attempt to completely re-structure and centralize the internet under government control:
"They are really asking for the authority to redesign services that take advantage of the unique, and now pervasive, architecture of the Internet," notes James X. Dempsey, vice president of the Center for Democracy and Technology. "They basically want to turn back the clock and make Internet services function the way that the telephone system used to function."
The move represents another example of the Obama administration embracing and continuing the policies of their predecessors when it comes to warrantless wiretapping and secrecy.
In 2006 the Bush administration introduced new rules making it easier for police and the intelligence community to wiretap Internet phone calls. This followed the revelations of the NSA's illegal communications spying program.
In April 2009, the Obama Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss one of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's landmark lawsuits against the NSA, firmly establishing that it would continue on the exact same road.
The DOJ demanded that the entire lawsuit be dismissed based on both the Bush administration's claim that a "state secrets" privilege bars any lawsuits against the executive branch for illegal spying, as well as a novel "sovereign immunity" claim that the Patriot Act bars lawsuits of any kind for illegal government surveillance.
The latest proposed rules are the latest move in a volley of attacks on the free internet that constitute the overall stated intention to ensure complete control over cyberspace.
When the Cybersecurity Act was introduced by Senator John Rockefeller last year, he asked "Would it have been better if we'd have never invented the Internet?".
Rockefeller's legislation gives the president the ability to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any "critical" information network "in the interest of national security." The bill does not define a critical information network or a cybersecurity emergency. That definition would be left to the president, according to a Mother Jones report.
Provisions in the bill would also allow the federal government, via the DHS and the NSA, to tap into any digital aspect of every citizen's information without a warrant. Banking, business and medical records would be wide open to inspection, as well as personal instant message and e mail communications – all in the name of heading off cyber attacks on the nation.
Enhancements of such provisions are contained in the more recent "Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act", which is being pushed hard by Senator Joe Lieberman. The bill would hand absolute power to the federal government to close down networks, and block incoming Internet traffic from certain countries under a declared national emergency.
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The Pentagon considers cyberspace a warfighting domain equal to land, sea, air and space. In 2003, the Pentagon classified the internet as an enemy "weapons system" requiring a "robust offensive suite of capabilities to include full-range electronic and computer network attack." It has spent Billions of dollars building a super secret "National Cyber Range" in order to prepare for "Dominant Cyber Offensive Engagement", which translates as control over "any and all" computers. The program has been dubbed "The Electronic Manhattan Project".
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These initiatives represent a continuation of the so called "Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative", created via a secret presidential order in 2008 under the Bush administration. former National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell announced that the NSA's warrantless wiretaps would "be a walk in the park compared to this,".
"This is going to be a goat rope on the Hill" McConnell said. My prediction is that we're going to screw around with this until something horrendous happens."
As we have previously reported, large corporations such as Google, AT&T, Facebook and Yahoo to name but a few are intimately involved in the overarching program. Those corporations have specific government arms that are supplying the software, hardware and tech support to US intelligence agencies in the process of creating a vast closed source database for global spy networks to share information.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor at Alex Jones' Infowars.net, and regular contributor to Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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An explosion that knocked the bricks off a vacant home in Kenosha has homeowners near and far thinking more closely about the home next door.
"My daughter was smelling gas, so I checked the front room," Kathy Berrios said. Her apartment is next door to the home at 6th Street and 14th Avenue. "The next thing you know, I hear Ba-Boom!"
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Another neighbor said the home has been empty for a while and believes vandalism may have been to blame.
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When York County (Va.) Sheriff Danny Diggs says things like "Nobody has ever heard of anything like this. It's a really bizarre incident," people listen. As well they should.
In this case, a 46-year-old guy moved from Chicago to be with his estranged wife and teenage daughter and middle-school-aged son. He apparently stayed with the fam on Monday, but then the wife said he'd have to find his own place, per Diggs. Enter law enforcement. Enter horror.
[Police] were talking with the ex-wife when a deputy saw a white Ford Explorer towing a utility trailer. The trailer was on fire, and a man identified as her ex-husband was behind the wheel.
Firefighters arrived, and authorities attempted to get the man to exit the SUV. That's when they noticed a cable tied to a nearby tree was wrapped around his neck.
Officers pleaded with the man to surrender, but instead he hit the gas. He was pulled from the vehicle, and his head was yanked clean off his body. The vehicle continued moving for about 150 yards.
That last detail, the whole distance "the vehicle continued moving" thing, was totally over-the-top. (H/T tipster Wade)
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GM Non-Story: Dealer Inventory Build-up Continues
Not that it took keen insight to catch it, but yours truly was one of a very few people who pointed out that General/Government Motors unduly dressed up its financial statements in advance of its late-2010 initial public offering by foisting an unreasonable level of vehicle inventory on dealers. The effect of this was to enable the company, which in accordance with general industry practice recognizes sales when it ships vehicles to dealers, to book an estimated $900 million in sent-ahead pre-tax profit largely not supported by dealer sales.
Contrary to the drawdown or at least level-off I expected after the IPO, GM, with of course virtually no establishment media coverage, has continued to push vehicles out to its dealers to what would appear to be potentially dangerous levels, as seen in the following graphic (HT to Zero Hedge for original):
Dealer inventories are 30% higher than they were on September 30, 2010, the end of the last full quarter before the IPO (624,000 vs. 478,000), and 62% above where they were at the end of 2009 (624,000 vs. 385,000). That would make sense if GM's sales have increased by similar percentages, but they haven't. Sales through November of calendar 2011 are 14% ahead of the first eleven months of 2010. Even if you believe that pre-IPO inventories were justified, it would appear that at least half of the new layer isn't.
On a look-back basis, GM's days' sales in inventory is just shy of 100 days. On a look-forward basis, assuming the next three months' dealer sales beat last year's comparable three months by 10%, it's 84 days.
Assuming a 37%-63% product mix between cars and light trucks (which is the sales mix so far this year), $5,000 in gross profit per car, and $12,000 in gross profit per light truck (consistent with the calculations from a year ago), GM has sent ahead another $1.3 billion in pre-tax profit since September 2010. The next paragraph would seem to indicate that light trucks are an even higher percentage of on-hand inventory, which would mean that the sent-ahead profit number is even larger.
To date only one story I'm aware of (Bloomberg, July 5) has appeared in the establishment press about GM's extraordinary inventory buildup. Industry guidance on prudent inventory levels varies, but it generally suggests that they should be between 45 and 75 days, and definitely not well into the 90s. The Bloomberg item quotes an industry standard of 60 days, along with GM's justification that theirs is appropriately higher (100-110 days for trucks alone) because of the need "to meet demand for different combinations of weight classes, cab types, engines and trim levels." I don't see how that gets you into the 90s, let alone triple digits, unless you have motives beyond having vehicles conveniently available to customers. The Bloomberg article notes that Ford manages to keep days' sales at dealers of its truck lines below 80.
The danger in all of this is that if there is an economy- or gas price-driven sales slump, dealers will start resisting company pressure to keep ordering, and if successful, slow down GM's shipments and ultimately its production lines. That's a danger, thanks to establishment press non-coverage, about which the public is being kept almost completely in the dark.
Cross-posted at NewsBusters.org.
BizzyBlog Update: The public is largely being fooled, but investors aren't. GM stock has been scraping along at $20-$22 during the past two weeks, which is well over one-third below its IPO first-day closing price, and is approaching 50% below its 52-week high.


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Did you know that the Bird Blind at Charlotte Harbor Environmental center (CHEC) was refurbished and is now maintained by PRAS?
- Did you know that in late 2014 extensive work was begun to improve the indoor and outdoor appearance and functions of the blind?
- Did you know that every second Wednesday at 10AM our volunteers meet to maintain the blind?
Well, if the above is news to you – you're missing out on a wonderful opportunity to enjoy birding AND make a difference in our community!
If you'd like to help maintain the blind, please meet at the Bird Blind on the second Wednesday morning of every month at 10:00 AM. The Blind is located at the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center at 10941 Burnt Store Road; Punta Gorda, Fl 33955. You can also call our Bird Blind Chairman, Mike Michael Krzyzkowski, at (863) 244-2652 for detailed information.
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Use scrap fabrics to make a unique and eclectic fabric cd holder from Jennifer Neill. These are one-of-a-kind gifts that will be great for Mother's Day crafts and friends' birthdays. Make a funky cd holder for all your music-loving friends!
- Fabric Scraps (cut into 8x5 inch strips)
- Sewing Machine
- Thin Cardboard or Sturdy Interfacing (cut into two 12x6 inch rectangles)
- Two additional pieces of fabric (cut into 8x14 inch rectangles)
- Scissors
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- Roll one long edge under and press to create a hem and avoid fraying.
- Use a piece of fabric as a base (about 8x14 inches), and begin to layer your strips of fabric onto it. Begin at the top and layer each piece about 1/2 inch lower than the one before it.
- Pin and run a stitch along the edge. (This seam is just to hold your pieces together). Each layer remains open at the top and provides a little pocket for a CD. It will look like this:
- Flip your sewn strips over and center your cardboard or interfacing. Wrap your fabric around the cardboard.
- All these layers were thin enough to sew through, but too thick to pin...soooo I pulled out the duct tape to hold it in place! Here is the piece we will use for the back, covered with a single layer of coordinating fabric.
- And here is the piece we layered and sewed, also taped to the cardboard.
- Sew the fabrics onto each piece of cardboard and remove the tape. (Sew slooowly so you don't break your needle). Clean up the edges with your scissors.
- Now, you should have two fabric covered cardboard rectangles. One should have a single fabric covering it and the other should have your layered fabrics covering it. Hot glue the front and back together, just sandwich all the ugly parts inside!
- Flip her over and fill her up with all your funky tunes (because we only listen to cool music in my new ride!)
Crafter's Note: This could be a cute gift idea wrapped with a new CD.
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Jan 04, 2012
looking for a way to separate my music from my software. FOUND IT!
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Jun 16, 2011
Very nice! It looks like it would be nicer and softer for sliding the cd's in and out. Sometimes the ones you buy are a little rough with the nylon material.
Mar 01, 2011
It's a great idea. I just bought a regular black one for my car's sunvisor for my daughter. I like the idea of the fabric & the other commenter's idea of using it for dvds. :)
Mar 01, 2011
It's a great idea. I just bought a regular black one for my car's sunvisor for my daughter. I like the idea of the fabric & the other commenter's idea of using it for dvds. :)
Jan 18, 2011
This is a great and easy idea. I think I will make several of them. Use one at my desk for all the CD's for my computer programs ( they never come with cases and get scratched and dusty) I think a very large one would be great to keep DVD's in My son has a huge collection of movies but hates to put them in the original cases so this would be great to make several big ones and put on a backboard of some sort with a photo frame and then hang on the wall beside his tv. Thanks for the idea can't wait to get started on these..
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Jan 07, 2011
Thanks for making this site possible. You've helped me to use my "thinking cap" for a lot of the clutter & repurposing items I have collected for over 40 yrs. My tip for making this project includes 2 ideas, both being used fabric & wallpaper sample books. Whichever you can get, as both would make the holder pretty durable.
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Jan 07, 2011
Love this idea and will be using it to make a new CD holder out of a few slightly used placemats. Thanks Jennifer.
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Apr 19, 2010
Love this, great way to use up scraps, I will add a eyelet and a cord to hang. pat. h
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Luna, a three year old youngster, is still deciding whether or not she likes noodles. With her trainers, she slowly touches her rostrum against the foam and then quickly swims away. When she pops her beautiful face out of the water, she squeals as if to say "Did you see? I touched it!" After all, touching a new object is a big deal!
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) When Wisconsin linebacker Mike Taylor was a kid, he used to watch the Badgers and dream of playing for Barry Alvarez.
He's finally getting his wish.
The Badgers are going retro for the Rose Bowl, talking Alvarez - their former football coach-turned athletic director - into returning to the sidelines on New Year's Day against Stanford after Bret Bielema bolted for Arkansas this week.
``It's the best thing that could happen,'' Taylor said Thursday after Alvarez's return was announced. ``He's familiar with what we do and he built this program. That's why kids like me come here.''
But this is a one-night-only gig, Alvarez insisted. He's already looking for a replacement for Bret Bielema, and plans to begin interviewing candidates next week.
``No one likes change, but you can grow through change and there's opportunity through change,'' Alvarez said. ``I want the seniors to go out the right way, and I want the young players to understand that I will put a coach in place that they'll be pleased with.''
It won't, however, be Paul Chryst.
The first-year Pitt coach was considered the favorite to replace Bielema, a former Badgers offensive coordinator who is from the area, has many ties here and remains a popular figure at Wisconsin. Alvarez pulled some strings to help get Chryst the Panthers job last year, and said it wouldn't be ``appropriate'' for him to hire Chryst back such a short time later.
Chryst says he is committed to the Panthers, who are preparing for the BBVA Compass Bowl on Jan. 5.
``I think he should be committed to Pitt,'' Alvarez said. ``I wouldn't think it would be right for him to leave after one year. I wouldn't feel right, and I don't think it would be appropriate for me to hire him back after I asked someone to do me a favor and help him get that job. So Paul's going to stay at Pitt.''
But there is no shortage of interest in the job, Alvarez said. His phone was ``blowing up'' as soon as word spread that Bielema was leaving, and Alvarez said he's already talked to a few potential candidates. He will not use a search firm, joking that ``most search committees use me.''
A current head coach is his preference, though Alvarez would not rule out hiring an assistant. Wisconsin ties are not required, but Alvarez said the new coach needs to be familiar with the program and its history.
``I think anyone that's competitive understands this is a good job,'' Alvarez said. ``They're not going to worry about my legacy or what Bret left behind or anything else. They know this is a good job and they can come in here and continue to win. We've got new facilities coming. This is a pretty special place.''
And Alvarez is largely to thank for that.
Wisconsin was little more than a Big Ten bottom feeder when Alvarez arrived in 1990. The Badgers had all of six winning seasons from 1964-89, and went 19 years without another bowl appearance after losing to USC in the 1963 Rose Bowl. They were such a sorry bunch that the Wisconsin band's postgame show was the main attraction at Camp Randall, with students rarely bothering to show up until halftime or later.
But Alvarez came with stingy defense, a power running game and a massive offense line - ``those big palookas up front,'' he said Thursday - that would soon become the standard in both college and the pros. The Badgers had a Big Ten-record 10 straight seasons with a 1,000-yard rusher under Alvarez, and Ron Dayne became the school's second Heisman Trophy winner in 1999.
Four years after taking over, Alvarez led the Badgers to a 10-1-1 record, a No. 4 ranking and the 1994 Rose Bowl. Wisconsin has had only two losing seasons since then.
Alvarez's 118-73-4 record in 16 seasons includes a 3-0 mark in the Rose Bowl - Wisconsin's only victories in eight trips to Pasadena. He was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 2009.
``It's a special place,'' Alvarez said. ``I love the atmosphere. I love the week leading up to it. There isn't anything that I enjoy more. With this being our third (straight) appearance and the Hall of Fame, this is my fourth year in a row and I love it. It doesn't get a bit old to me. I will enjoy every second of it.''
As will the Badgers.
Bielema's departure was a shock, coming just three days after Wisconsin earned a school-record third straight trip to the Rose Bowl with a 70-31 rout of Nebraska in the Big Ten championship. The coach even told players at a Monday night meeting not to believe rumors he was going somewhere, quarterback Curt Phillips said.
Once Bielema left, there was no question who the Badgers wanted as their interim coach.
``Looking forward to being coached by one of the greatest of all time In my last game as a badger! Let's go get em!'' running back Montee Ball said on Twitter.
Alvarez has been something of a coach emeritus the last seven years. Bielema was his hand-picked successor, and he stuck close to the framework Alvarez had established. Alvarez attended most practices, and often helped to woo recruits.
``When anyone around this program simply says `coach', you know who they're talking about,'' Chris Borland tweeted.
So for him to step back in for the Rose Bowl will mean very little change for the Badgers. Alvarez said he will oversee practices and manage the game, allowing the coordinators to focus on game planning against the Cardinal.
The assistants have told players they are committed to Wisconsin through the Rose Bowl.
``I think this is probably the best,'' Alvarez said. ``I felt this was the best way to go about it and give the players the best opportunity'' to win.
And, make no mistake, the Badgers intend to keep Alvarez's perfect Rose Bowl record intact.
More than a few people have said the Badgers have no business being in the Rose Bowl at 8-5. Wisconsin actually finished third in the Big Ten's Leaders Division, but Ohio State and Penn State are ineligible for the postseason because of NCAA sanctions.
But Alvarez said Wisconsin has nothing to apologize for.
``I told (the players) I would be honored to coach them,'' Alvarez said. ``But I wanted them to understand, if I was going to coach them, we weren't going to screw around. We were going to go out there to win.''


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Obviously, when it comes to rivalries, a team's record doesn't really matter. If two teams hate each other enough, they're both usually possessed with supernatural-type powers that allow even the weakest of opponents to play above and beyond their limitations. So when it came to last night's matchup between the unranked UNC Tar Heels and the No. 2 Duke Blue Devils, we should have obviously expected that it would be a close one. After all, if UNC fans had the balls to steel one of the Duke mascot's heads and set it on a pike*, then they obviously expected their team to show up.
And the Heels mostly showed up, losing 73-68 on the back of piss-poor free throw shooting in the second half, but that was all good enough to Duke fans, who wanted desperately to rush the court after their team rallied to win. That's what a rivalry does – it makes the fans of the second best team in the country think that they should rush the court after barely beating an unranked team.
Fortunately, Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski lifted his powerful hands and used the force of darkness to put all Duke fans back in their seats. So instead of rushing the court, they went outside and burned a bunch of stuff**. At least they were nicer this time. Hooray college basketball!
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*In their defense, Duke fans started it by demolishing a car painted with UNC colors. So much anger, these wealthy kids.
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These fresh artichokes with couscous work well as a main or side dish.
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cooking Time: 45 mins
Wash artichokes. Cut off stems at base and remove small bottom leaves. Stand artichokes upright in deep saucepan large enough to hold snugly. Add 1 teaspoon salt and 2 to 3 inches boiling water. Cover and boil gently 35 to 45 minutes, or until base can be pierced easily with fork (add a little more boiling water, if needed). Turn artichokes upside down to drain. Carefully remove center petals and fuzzy centers with a spoon and discard. Keep warm or chill as desired.
In medium saucepan combine chicken broth, curry powder, cumin and garlic salt; bring to a boil. Remove from heat; stir in couscous and currants. Cover and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff couscous with a fork. Stir in green onion and almonds. Combine lemon peel, lemon juice and vegetable oil; stir into couscous.
Gently spread artichoke leaves until center cone of leaves is revealed. Pull out center cone. With a spoon, scrape out any purple-tipped leaves and fuzz. Fill centers of artichokes with couscous mixture.
If desired, serve with nonfat plain yogurt. Raisins can be substituted for currants.
Serving suggestions are not included in nutritional analysis and not considered dairy-free.
* Vegetarian version: substitute vegetable broth for chicken broth.
Fresh cooked and chilled artichokes are easy to keep on hand for quick meals. Refrigerated in a covered container, they will keep up to a week.