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Rich countries delivered $3.2 trillion of aid to poor countries between 1960 and 2008 (World Bank, 2011). Yet only 36% of aid workers think projects achieve their intended impact (McKinsey & Devex, 2011).
Aid recipients agree, calling for a change in aid's business model—from that of delivery of goods and services to one focused on relationships (The Listening Project, 2010).
I have experienced the impact and potential of alternative funding and support mechanisms that could serve the conservatively estimated 1,000,000+ local groups and grassroots movements operating across the globe (Wiser.org, 2011).
A major obstacle to this, however, is the estimated 595,000 aid workers (ALNAP, 2010) who are rarely called to examine the bureaucratic rigidities that govern their day-to-day work and that deflate and/or marginalize local activists and changemakers. Cynicism, burnout, and jadedness on the prospect of any "real" progress can seriously compromise the hopefulness that many workers had when they entered the aid industry (Satori Worldwide & Mindfulness for NGOs, 2011). Much of the time, the needs of aid institutions and philanthropies overshadow the needs of grassroots-up initiatives, with SO much being lost in the over-technicalization of aid work and grantmaking.
Yet in my experience as a loudspeaker for "local changemakers," I've seen a growing cadre of skilled professionals that openly, bravely, and constructively question "business as usual" in the aid industry. And they are so needed. Connecting aid workers who want to instill and/or re-cultivate a sense of public service and downward accountability within their roles is the first step to change.
Imagine if just a small percentage of the large-grant aid resources are "unlocked" for grassroots-up initiatives. To re-direct even 0.01% of industry resources for local changemakers would be a tremendous win.
By supporting and encouraging dedicated and self-identified change agents within aid institutions to create more trust, equity and mutual accountability with those we serve in the developing world, the system-wide reform needed becomes possible. Like you, I no longer want to see local civil society organizations as the lowest common denominator of international development assistance. It's time to recognize local initiatives and indigenous organizations as vital to supporting demand-driven development that can genuinely challenge power asymmetries, and unleash social change.
I support whydev.org's initiative to build an international support network for isolated aid workers because, aside from offering mentoring and coaching, I think this effort could help share the good practices and actionable insights about how to better serve local partners, from within the system and outside of it. Now is the time to be corrective and imaginative, shifting the cognitive frameworks with which we talk about international aid.
No matter how you relate to your role in making the world a more equitable and peaceful place for its people to share in its prosperity, you have to do the internal work to know yourself first. In order to "be there" for anyone else, whether it's your partner you sleep next to or the partner to which you give money, your own sense of well-being is the first thing that affects how effective you are in relating to and supporting others.
To meet the challenges of the 21st century, we will have to "flip the aid system" to put more local and national actors in the driver's seat of development. I, for one, want to make sure the next generation of aid workers is ready.
This post originally appeared at: http://www.how-matters.org/2012/05/09/i-support-aid-workers-and-so-should-you/
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Nature has provided us with several involuntary physiological reactions when we feel we are in danger. The rapid heartbeat, deep breathing and heightened sensory perceptions that we experience are intended to assist us in a challenging situation. Do not fear these involuntary responses or try to suppress them. Rather, use them to guide you safely and reasonably through the situation that challenges use.
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From the moment you start playing Arc Rise Fantasia, the title's intentions are clear. From the anime-inspired style and subtle earth-conscious storyline, the game unabashedly reproduces elements from the Tales of, Final Fantasy, and Dragon Age series. However, this isn't necessarily a reason to rule Arc Rise Fantasia out immediately. As much as hardened gamers don't like to admit it, familiarity is the name of the game (why else would there be tens of Super Mario games all with the same premise) and simply recombining elements from previous RPGs certainly isn't a bad thing, in fact, it is almost par for the course. Although the weak thematic story and design elements are helped by a strong turn-based battle system, there are some other missing components that make this title fall short of its potential.
The game starts with our hero, a high-ranking soldier named L'Arc, trying to battle a beast known as a Feldragon. Unfortunately, defeating these beasts is complicated, as they create a toxic explosion when they die that can wipe out nearby towns and villages. Fortunately, he isn't successful in his endeavors and ends up alone in a forest. He is found by a mysterious young lady from an enemy country who refers to herself as a "Diva" and seems to have defeated the Feldragon without suffering the consequences of its destructive curse. This mysterious woman becomes an integral part of the story (as well as the eventual love interest) and is interested in travelling with you because it was her mother's dying wish that she sees a specific city in your nation.
Of course, there are plenty of clichés in the story so far, but what I've described only covers about the first half hour of the gameplay. During your travels, you'll meet a reluctant royal, a goofy (but occasionally serious) sidekick, and, of course, a competing love interest. The game's story plays like a mix of all your favorite RPGs from the past, which is actually somewhat endearing if you are an old-school JRPG fan and like a classic story with plenty of conventions. However, if you crave something a bit more original, you won't find it here.
The game's story isn't the only thing that recalls older titles. The battle system is also retro-inspired, but the appeal of the battle system stems from the fact that it is so retro that it feels fresh. Though things like active turn-based system have become the norm in the world of JRPGs, Arc Rise Fantasia uses a strict menu and turn-based system that plays just like you would expect. Players all have rigidly-set turns that are set within a points-based paradigm, which dictates how many actions your party can take as a whole. From these points, you can assign moves to one or all of your characters.
The attack system consists of two prongs, : physical and magical attacks. You start off with just your physical attributes, but after a lengthy tutorial, you learn about the game's magic customization system. This system is a bit on the complicated side and uses swappable orbs that can be modified to give users a host of element-based magic spells they can draw from. These orbs must be modified, used, and traded for at special magic shops and must be customized in a linear fashion to be most effective. The magic system can also be used to create multi-character attacks, which are helpful when you are in a tight spot or fighting a particularly difficult boss.
Although I found the magic system initially confusing, it works well within the context of the battle system overall, which favors tactics over flashy moves or action-based gameplay. This can feel like quite a change of pace if you are accustomed to modern RPGs, but if you've loved or played an old retro-feeling RPG, then you'll feel right at home with Arc Rise Fantasia's battle system. Taking my time to navigate through the menus and determine the best course of action felt great, and I definitely enjoyed the battle system's throwback style.


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Religious beliefs are funny, if you put aside all the suffering they've caused. :)
Hmm is woody allen not an atheist ?
I remember seeing quite a few anti religious quotes from his hand.
*checks quotes*
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss Bank. [Woody Allen, Selections from the Allen Notebooks, in New Yorker (5 Nov. 1973)]
Not only is God dead, but just try to find a plumber on weekends.
To YOU I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.
As the poet said, Only God can make a tree -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.
I do not believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear.
The chief problem about death, incidentally, is the fear that there may be no afterlife -- a depressing thought, particularly for those who have bothered to shave. Also, there is the fear that there is an afterlife but no one will know where it's being held. [Woody Allen, The Early Essays, Without Feathers (1976)]
I do occasionally envy the person who is religious naturally, without being brainwashed into it or suckered into it by all the organized hustles. [Woody Allen, Rolling Stone magazine, 1987]
Anyway, i think Chris Rock is christian and he is quite a funny guy imo :)
The Christian Comedy Association is an association of Christians committed to offering faith affirming truth through the craft of comedy. The CCA was formed with a three-fold purpose: To facilitate fellowship and networking between our fellow Christians working in the field of comedy. To raise the awareness of Christian comedy. To enhance the craft of Christian comedy by encouraging and training Christian Comedians. (CCA)
Christian comedy is a sub-genre of comedy where the material presented is aimed towards a Christian audience. The performances are typically held on church grounds or at off-site, Church-sponsored venues.
The material often contains Christian references, although this is not a requirement. Recently, notable performers like Victoria Jackson, Tim Conway, Sinbad and Patricia Heaton have appeared on a DVD series for the Christian market entitled, "Thou Shalt Laugh". (Christian comedy - Wikipedia article)
I bet most of the succesful comedians are indeed the ones that have a gift and did not train for it.
Same with singers or poets or art painters.
You either have it or you do'nt.
Over here we also have sort of a training. In a pub around my corner contest are held between comedians and the participants get training from a well-established comedian. Offcourse you have to have some natural talent, but training can help you with speaking in front a big audience.
Most comedians over here(belgium) are atheïsts to by the way.
What are you talking about? I thought all christians were comedians? I find christianity absolutely hilarious, especially when they quote scripture. It comes so naturally to them too. Its like they're not even trying to be a laugh riot.
List of Christian comedians pulled from: http://christiancomedy.tripod.com/
John & Bob (FL) -- NEW site!!! These guys are odd. QUIRKY comedy!
Mark Lowry (TN) -- "Hypermouth" performs comedy & music parody. He's the KING and gets paid like one!
Mike Williams (FL) -- We like Dr. Comedy! Specializes in prop comedy & goofy songs. Provides matterial for Carrot Top.
ISAAC (FL) -- hot off tour with Five Iron Frenzy is now booking their spring tour AKA 'Isaac 20,000 Strong'. It will cover the whole nation and will last from March 1 till April 30th. If interested in booking these guys do it now dates are filling up.
Prime Example (GA) -- Jon & Fred are a wacky skit comedy team. Goofy voices and plenty of other goofy stuff.
OTHER COMEDY LOVER LINKS -- If you are NOT a Comedian and would like to ADD YOUR SITE... Please use this link!
Karmen & Greg (WI) -- Whaaaaat!
Mike Miller (SC) -- Story Teller.
Dwight Scruggs (TX) -- Been on BET ComicView! Show me the light, Dwight...
David Cain (?) -- A juggler? You better have some comedy in your routine' David!
Bill Thomas (MI) -- Ok, here's the site to Billville... Bill does Corp. comedy, too.
Thor Ramsey (OK) -- Neat Guy. Fun Guy. Awesome Site.
Peter McCahon (UK) -- Christian Magic in the UK.
Morgan the Clown (TX) -- We gotz us a clown for youz...
Dan Chan (CA) -- Cool majic man!
Daren Streblow (CA) -- Experience the hypnotic comedy power of Daren... and check out his neat site!
Diana Williams (MI) -- Gospel Ventriloquist.
John and Bob (FL) -- NEW site!!! John and Bob are odd. QUIRKY comedy!
Donna East (NYC) -- She said I needed some "estrogen" on this site... Check out Donna! I dare you.
Marth Bolton (TN) -- Emmy nominated comedy writer, speaker, humorist, "The Cafeteria Lady", author of 45 books.
Jerry Nelson (GA) -- AWESOME ministry and speaker... especially for those in recovery. Jerry is funny!
Comedy by George (GA) -- Impressions, voices, stand-up, skit and sketch comedy, drama, songs, preaching & teaching... WOW!
Steve Rad (NC) -- Combines apolgetics and stand up comedy. I gotta see that!
Russ Reeves (TX) -- Cool Dude!
Gene Carroll (TN) -- I think I like this guy.
Comedy Tour (PA) -- Click Here to find out about when the TOUR is in your area.
Josh Shipp (OK) -- Young, exciting, HIGH-ENERGY, informative, interactive, and HILARIOUS speaker for your next youth event.
Rod Allison (NC) -- His unique mixture of abilities allows him to reach everyone Ö regardless of age or color.
Tim Cimbura (MN) -- Magic, juggling and comedy program provides fun for the entire family (including the family pets).
Scott Davis (GA) -- Comedy speaker. Mike from DCTalk likes him... and so do I.
CPR (MI) -- Improv comedy & such.
Kenn Kington (GA) -- That's Kenn with 2 N's. Humorous speaker & performer. Witty guy...
Ken Davis (TN) -- Humorous & Inspiration Speaker. Works with the Denver Broncos. Now moved to the Christian Music Mecca... Nash. TN.
Rick & Mick Ministries (AL) -- Comedy-Music brother team. More funny music than comedy.
On the Spot Improv (FL) -- A ministry that evangelizes by using the art of Comedy Improvisation. Orlando, FL.
Clean Comedians -- CLEAN COMEDIANS is a company dedicated to the idea that "It doesn't have to be filthy to be funny!"
Elaine Brantley (GA) -- She has created the character "Maxie the Preacher's Wife"... funny stuff.
MirthMakers (TN) -- Clowns who can teach you how to start a clown ministry at your church!
David Jeffers (NY) -- Magic, Clowning, Puppetry, Story Telling, Magic Classes, Clowning classes and pupperty classes. Has a real rabbit, too.
Rubber Chicken Guy (Canada) -- Comic, magician, juggler and escape artist - all rolled into one. Watch out it's Rubber Chicken Guy!
J. L. Green (WA) -- Check him out NOW! Awesome Christian comedian & speaker. I like J.L.!
John Branyan (IN) -- Comedian & first class comedy writer and all 'round Great guy.
Glenn Strange (SC) -- "The Glenn Strange Comedy and Magic Show is the answer to your problems!" I guess Glenn doesn't have a confidence problem...
Stephen (TN) -- Magic with a message. Takes your personalized message or slogan and incorporates it into his magic.
Doug Berky (TN) -- A master of mime and improvisation, clowning and suspense.
Justin N. Fennell (FL) -- Yarn-spinning stories, outrageous props, audience participation, funny music and stand-up comedy (at least that's what he tells me).
Neale Bacon & Friends (CAN) -- Ventriloquist and Magician. Neale has a Dancing Pig!
Earl Alexander (WA) -- Awesome picture of Earl on his groov'in site.
Jason & Jeremy Bryant (TX) -- Family friendly (filth free) comedians in Texas.
Mary Krulikowski (FL) -- Check out Mary K' s cool audio clips of her routine...
School of Fish (GA) -- Improv troupe from Georga...
Taylor Mason (TN) -- Puppet Guy who is NO puppet to the Christian Music Industry and will NEVER sell-out to the "mainstream" industry powers in Nashville.
Craig Curtis(?) -- And "Whatever Ministries"... Check it out!
Sister Betty(?) -- The First Lady of Gospel Comedy Fiction and Performance! You go!
Kathy and the Crazy Tie Guy (TX) -- Juggling/comedy duo. And, believe me... "crazy" ties ARE much more funny that "regular" ties!
Nick Alexander (CT) -- Catholic "Weird Al" -- He takes standard secular pop songs, and rewrites them so that they are devoutly Catholic and laugh-out-loud funny.
Robert Burkhart (TX) -- Warning! Turn the volume down on your speakers before you visit this site.
Rev. Joseph Mejia (CA) -- Our vision is to help win lost souls into the Kingdom of God by ministering the Joy of the Lord through the gift of Stand-Up Comedy.
Lanny Moody (GA) -- He has opened for such artists as, Third Day, NewSong, Greg Long, and Ron David Moore.
Tim Hawkins (TX) -- Stand up comedy, impressions, and music. Friend of Chuck Colson's Prison Fellowship.
Apologetix -- That Christian Parody Band!
Oh Manna (CA) -- Improv and Sketch comedy troupe.
Dennis Swanburg (TN) -- Some call him "The Swan"... others call him America's Minister of Encouragment!
Purely Post -- Jeff & Brad Post... a comedy duo!
Bob Perron (IA) -- Catholic Edu-tainer. A delicious blend of humor and education. You go, Bob!
Barry Mitchell Communications (TN) -- Humorous entertainment, encouragement, stress management & christian developement. Barry does it all!
Jay Laffoon (MI) -- Communicator with a cool last name.
Jeff Allen (TN) -- His theme... HAPPY WIFE HAPPY LIFE. Sounds like a plan!
Bob Alper (VT) -- Rabbi ~ Stand-up Comic ~ Author ~ The world's only practicing clergyman doing stand-up comedy... intentionally.
Larry D. Veal -- Clean comedy since 1990.
Mike Warnke (KY) -- He's Back! With his own comedic style that grabs the attention of his listeners.
Steve Feazel (OH) -- Presenting the Christian message through drama and standup comedy.
Michael Joiner -- Stand-up and audience interaction.
Larry Bubb (CA) -- Combines music with comedy and drama to portray God's awesome love. Sounds cool.
Doug Wood (TX) -- Doug Wood is the self-proclaimed: Doctor of Comedy! If your feeling sick... book Doug.
Christian Clown Links -- Clown Related Links, Juggling, and Comedy. It's a "Clown Super-Store" just for you!
Henry M.Morse (MA) -- AKA The Great Benafuchi -- acrobat, juggler, unicyclist and comedian. Warning: LOUD web site!
John Cooper -- Speaker, entertainer, humorist, and all around nice guy.... you'll like him!
Bone (CA) -- Bone is "Saved, Sanctified, & Substitute Teaching." The new title of his new comedy C.D.
Comics 4 Christ (CA) -- The show stars comedian "BONE" who is listed above.
Ted & Lee Comedy (VA) -- Purveyers of fine humor since 1987. Never seen 'em.
Crossroads Comedy With Scott Gregory (IN) -- Stand-up and christ-centered challenge.
David Dean (IN) -- Has opened for Rich Mullins, The Insyderz, Audio Adrenalin, Petra, Al Denson, Michael Card, Geoff Moore and others.
Frankie Sherman (SC) -- She's a speaker for women's events & retreats. Uses lots of comedy in teachings. (I love the name Frankie!)
Cary Trivanovich (CA) -- Definitely not your ordinary "mime"! This guy rocks, man... check the site.
Tim Gagnon (MD) -- Try this NEW stand-up comedian and his debut routine, "God's A French Canadian".
Carla Coble (TN) -- Actress and stand-up comedienne. Wacky lady with lots of wacky experience.
Melvin George II -- I am NOT cool! But I am God's favorite comedian. Say what, Melvin?
Cecile Kaiser (CA) -- Christian Comedienne makes you laugh at the everyday occurrences in life, family, children and marriage.
Charles Marshall (GA) -- Corporate or church events. Who says comedy has to be dirty to be funny? Not Charles!
Peculiar People (TN) -- Touring theater company based in Franklin, TN. Drama with comedy.
Light Hearted Comedy Co (GA) -- Christian Improv comedy. CLICK this site... it's groovy.
Keith Deltano (GA) -- Comedy with a message. Uses squirt guns in his show... COOL!
Bob Cates (ONT) -- Canandian Juggler, Comedian, Magician. New Vaudevillian. NICE web site, Bob!
Chris Elrod (FL) -- Humorist & inspirational speaker.
Bob Smiley (TX) -- Comedian who has traveled with Newsboys.
Chonda Pierce (TN) -- Perky humourist & author. Funny lady!
Craig & Jake Live (CA) -- Good camp speakers. Use humor to communicate to youth.
Al Fike (TX) -- Comedian, Speaker and Entertainer.
Sister Cantaloupe (TX) -- Trina Jeffrie, 38, portrays the gossipy Christian character, Sister Cantaloupe.
Phil Snyder -- Comedian. Called the "Man of a Million Voices". I think is more like 900,000 voices, but who's counting?
Nazareth (CA) -- Stand-up. Nicknamed.. "America's Favorite Immigrant".
Danny Murphy (FL) -- Humorist.
Farmer Dave (PA) -- And his Barnyard Friends... puppet laughs are good laughs!
Jim Chester (LA) -- Professional Illusionist & Comic... Entertainment that changes lives.
Reggie Taylor -- Communications through comedy. Cool.
The Frenetic Ephods -- Skit comedy, slapstick & comic songs. Austrailia based.
Righteous Insanity Theatre Co (IN) -- Drama team. ORDER their skits for your chruch or youth group.
WiseGuyz (CA) -- Sketches, music, storytelling, seminars. They are "guys", except with a "z"...
Joe Gautier (CA) -- Comic Genius. Try to get him if you can...
Paul Gustafson (GA) -- Humorist. Gotta see his web site! Is this for real?


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Last night we went to Oh Calcutta, an Indian Curry "all you can eat" restaurant.
And eat I did. For 1050 yen each I got myself stuffed more than a taxidermied animal, feeling like any sudden interruption would invoke a technicolor yawn onto the streets of Shibuya. I couldn't even look at food displays of other eateries.
One of the other teachers told me earlier in the week he had built a theremin from a kit within, Otona No Kagaku ("Science for Adults"), a japanese science magazine.
It was 2300 yen at Book 1st, a bit much but I bought it anyway. For some reason I got an extra 1 yen back in my change. Weird.
Today was snowing A LOT. You have to be careful what you wish for, because I could have made that snowman I wanted to make last time.
Instead, it seemed a good time as any to put together that crazy theremin.
All the pieces were neatly packed in the styrofoam box.
It wasn't too hard to put together. The only thing missing was a screwdriver to put all the bits together. I ended up using my swiss army knife.
The pictures were well detailed, the instructions of course in japanese. It's like putting a PC together, or maybe Lego.
All the pieces could really only go in one way. Some of the screws wouldn't go a deeply in their threads but they held on ok. I couldn't put in the last screw with my knife.
I didn't have any batteries so we scrounged around the apartment, taking them from the aircon and TV remote controls. At first the sound was really quiet until I worked out where the volume was.
It's not the most musical sound. More like what an intoxicated robot would make. As you can see the gf is more wrapped up in her newspaper than my musical masterpiece.
Reluctantly we went out. The gf wanted to go to the Yotsuya library, and I wanted to get some batteries from the 99 yen shop.
Outside the snow was building up. It felt uncomfortable trudging along the iced footpaths. Water was making its way into my obviously not waterproof shoes soaking my socks.
After the library, we went up to the 9th floor concert hall for a good view where we could see the snow falling over Tokyo.
Making our way back we found 198 yen Haagan Daaz cups in the supermarket. That's really cheap so we picked up six of those.
Sampleman tried some mandarin pieces and decided it was good.
From the 99 yen shop having got the batteries, we went home and feeling drained we had a cat nap for a while.
It's so cold. Samui!
Sunday, 3 February 2008
Building A Theremin on a Snowy Day
Last night we went to Oh Calcutta, an Indian Curry "all you can eat" restaurant.


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«Living Room Lion» by Andreas Baier
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Once again National Geographic published a photograph taken by our staff-photographer Andreas Baier. The image is entitled «Living Room Lion»; and is in use for the «Strange Terrains» story. The National Geographic Photographer Renan Ozturk, as a picture editor in charge for this assignment, wrote about this shot: «This is one of the most wildly bizarre and creative interpretations of the strange terrains assignment. Horrifying, fascinating and pink. Great depth and framing with beautiful angles of the walls as well a clear subject with the lion.» From a submission pool of 7.000+ images 23 photographs have been chosen for the final story which has been freshly pressed.
Previously published photographs by Andreas Baier on National Geographic's online plattform:
1.) «Mother & Child» Story: A Child Will Be Born.
2.) «Undiscovered» Story: Bathtub Breakfast.
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Diamondback Tactical Cross-Certifies NIJ Standard-0101.06 Body Armor Vests to Strategic International Distributors
Cross certifications open the door for opportunities within the international market
NORTH CAROLINA -- Diamondback Tactical announced today that it has cross certified its entire NIJ Standard-0101.06 vest offering to three strategic international partners: ITR Security, Mexico; DROO Tactical Trading, LLC, United Arab Emirates; and IPA Defense, Turkey. The decision to cross certify these packages will open the door for standing and new opportunities within the international market.
"The quality and ingenuity built into the Diamondback Tactical brand is essential for continued growth in Mexico," said Mario Cruz Escamirosa, Director General of ITR Security. "We look forward to strengthening the Diamondback name and our ongoing business relationship." As a technological leader in the development of high performance soft body armor, Diamondback Tactical aims to increase its market share in international law enforcement and military business. Diamondback Tactical recently completed its line of NIJ Standard-0101.06 vests for the domestic market, which features a spectrum of performance vests including the Synergy, N-Force and Thin Blue Line. The Synergy level II (male and female) is now touted as the industry's lightest, high-performing level II vest available on the market today. Likewise, the Synergy IIIA (male) is tested and exceeds DEA protocol and military fragmentation requirements. All vests will become part of the offering for ITR
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A complete listing of NIJ .06 vests certified by Diamondback Tactical can be found on the NIJ Compliant Products List (CPL) at http://justnet.org/pages/BallisticCPL.aspx.
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Stringer was the establishment Democratic Party choice before this. He stepped away from the mayoral race as a sign of good faith to his party. Although a Republican candidate has emerged, there was no fear on the Democratic end that they would surrender this office with Stringer as their nominee.
Stringer brings no unexplainable baggage, and he has solid liberal progressive bona fides in New York City politics. But somehow Spitzer saw enough daylight to run right through Stringer's established campaign...at least so far.
Electorates, no matter where they are, tend to expect from candidates both character and the ability to get things done. The most notable big city politicians in recent decades have been those who shun party politics.
Rudy Giuliani was a Republican, but he was not involved in GOP politics in the city. Mike Bloomberg is another politician that ran on a party line only because he needed ballot access. Adrian Fenty, the former Washington, D.C., mayor also drifted from party politics.
These people were all focused on agendas that were outside the lines of a party. It could be that voters no longer want a party man, but instead more of a technocrat. Eliot Spitzer, whether you like him or not, is not a party politician. He brings his own agenda.
When Stringer stepped aside to do right by his party, he was doing what made sense in traditional politics, but may not any longer. Spitzer would not have stepped aside to bridge a gap for the party.
The question then comes down to why Spitzer wants to be comptroller. Is this just a stepping stone to becoming a mayoral candidate? That would be another eight years if his party wins City Hall. Unless, of course, he refuses to step aside.
The comptroller is vitally important to this city. There are millions of dollars in pensions that need to perform well. If it sounds a little like betting on horses, it is. Spitzer is qualified to seek this office, so people should not say otherwise. The real question is why he would want this position.
The Republican Party does have a nominee in John Burnett. Burnett may appear on paper to be more of what the Democratic Party would have liked in their own candidate. Burnett comes from a lower middle-class family in East New York. He built himself up and attended Cornell University for his MBA.
Getting elected in this city is very hard to do, and Burnett probably knows this. What he has, that the other candidates do not have, is a narrative that might make him more identifiable with most voters.
Most New Yorkers do not come from political families. Many of them do not come from money. Coming from money does not make one less effective as a leader, but if Burnett can campaign as everything his opponent is not, he can make this a race worth watching.
Find a Place for Comrie
Councilman Leroy Comrie has abandoned his effort to be elected Queens Borough President. It was probably a smart move considering the traction that both Peter Vallone, Jr. and Melinda Katz have already gotten in this race.
Comrie is term-limited out of his City Council seat after this year. It would wise for whoever is elected in November to consider Comrie for a deputy borough president's spot should he be interested. He brings a lot of institutional knowledge in the areas of health care that would be useful in such a large borough.
Comrie has also bravely jumped into the debate about healthy foods and good eating. It's not an easy stance to take in politics ever since junk food became a symbol of American freedom.
Queens should find a place for him in local government if he does not have other plans.


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THIN BLUE LINE: No Good Cops Go Unpunished When They Stop a Beatdown
Bad cops are "just a few bad apples"? Kinda like how just a few of the Germans were bad during WW2, eh? Pointed out in the comments is that the phrase "a few bad apples" comes from the origin whereby a few bad apples sealed in a barrel full of good apples will ruin all the other apples. The whole figure of speech of "A few bad apples", as commonly used, is incorrect. A few bad apples after the fact means your whole barrel went rotten.
I did not realize this.
So anyway… Here's what happens when you're a good apple. If you literally stop police from beating up an innocent person, as a cop, your job will be put on the line. Her department is calling her "psychologically unfit for duty" and trying to fire her.
She's also the first lesbian cop there.
video appearance at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/videogallery/69454161/News/Officer-Regina-Tasca-On-Being-Suspended-For-Not-Lying-About-Fellow-Cops-apos-Actions
So if you wonder why people think cops are assholes — look no further than stories like this compared and contrasted to the neverending constant barrage of abuse of power performed by those with badges.
Funny how they are bringing up old bad things she supposedly did as reasons to get rid of her – reasons only brought up after this. I've seen such tactics used before, both in the news and in real life. :/
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The Psychodynamics of the Tea Party's Success in Closing the Government — and How to Beat It
by: Rabbi Michael Lerner on October 1st, 2013 | 4 Comments »
After many years as a psychotherapist studying the psychodynamics leading Americans to move to the Right, (before I became a rabbi and editor of Tikkun), I began to understand why a fringe and extremist group could be so successful in gathering support that would eventually lead to its ability to shut down the functioning of the government. If you read to the end of this letter, I promise you'll get some new perspectives on what is happening right now in American politics.
I'm writing to you, as a reader of Tikkun Daily, because I need your help in getting a new perspective into the public arena so we can build an effective movement to counter the Tea Party before it is too late. I'll lay that perspective out below.
That help can take two forms:
a. donating to Tikkun Magazine and/or our public education arm, the (interfaith and secular-humanist-welcoming) Network of Spiritual Progressives;
b. joining our network and possibly even coming to the training we will be doing in January 2014 to prepare people for the struggle ahead to stop the plunge toward the Right before it becomes overtly fascistic both in style and content (read more about this at spiritualprogressives.org/training). If you read this letter through, it might hopefully contribute to understanding why the right-wing extremists are winning and what we could do (with your help) to change the picture dramatically.
Here's what I learned about why right-wing extremists are on the ascendency:
1. The Right has a coherent worldview, deeply mistaken, but nevertheless held firmly and taught widely through the media it controls and the many institutions it funds. They know what they want – the elimination of government except for its policing, fire-fighting, immigrant fighting, and military services.
But the Left (by which I mean everyone who believes that government should, among other things, offset the worst consequences of the competitive marketplace by providing a minimal social support system to prevent what might otherwise be outright rebellion) knows what it is against, but has no coherent or widely shared view of what it is for.
Most people on the Left haven't understood this simple point: Martin Luther King Jr. did not become an iconic figure in American society by giving a speech whose main point was "I have a complaint." The Left has dozens of complaints, most of them very legitimate, and around each complaint groups mobilize and fight for mild reforms, but there is no overall worldview that links them together. That is why groups on the Left often compete with each other more than cooperate, and why victory in one sphere often does not translate into a strengthening of all the other groups on the Left.
We at Tikkun and the NSP have that needed worldview – not trying to revive the New Deal (though some of its directions were great) or to simply fight for more material entitlements and political rights (though those struggles deserve our full support), but rather to build a larger vision of The Caring Society – Caring for Each Other and Caring for the Earth.
Or, as we put it in the NSP: we want a New Bottom Line so that institutions, social practices, corporations, government policies, our education system, our legal system, and even our personal lives are judged efficient, rational and productive not only to the extent that they maximize money or power (the Old Bottom Line) but also and particularly to the extent that these institutions, corporations, social policies, laws, etc. nurture our capacities to be loving and caring, kind and generous, and ethically and environmentally responsible, as well as enhance our capacities to respond to other human beings (not just in the United States but also all around the world) as fundamentally valuable and deserving of respect and their needs as equally important as our own needs, and enhance our capacity to transcend a narrow utilitarian attitude toward nature (for example the approach to thinking about the physical world around us primarily in terms of "What's in it for me? Can I sell something in nature to make a buck? Can it make me feel good?"). By transcending that kind of thinking we can respond with awe, wonder and radical amazement at the grandeur and mystery of life, consciousness, and the universe itself!
Now you might think that people on the Left already agree with all that. But ask anyone not on the Left when was the last time they heard a political leader (Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Hillary or Bill Clinton, or even people like the editors of The Nation, Mother Jones, or Harpers, or the people you hear on Amy Goodman's Democracy Now or Pacifica Radio, or National Public Radio, or the people who write on popular leftie blogs, or even people like Ralph Nader, Robert Scheer, Bill Maher, or even Jon Stewart – and don't get me wrong, I love Amy Goodman and Jon Stewart) talk explicitly about love, kindness, or generosity (much less awe and wonder at the grandeur of the universe). Most people outside the Left will tell you that they don't hear that from the Left.
In fact, as my own empirical study of these dynamics (detailed in my 2006 national best seller The Left Hand of God: Taking Back our Country from the Religious Right) revealed, people often move to right-wing churches, which become conduits to right-wing ideology, precisely because they hunger for a vision of a world based on love and caring and generosity (ironically, though, the Right's actual politics are the opposite of these values – but they at least make the effort to identify with those values). The Left meanwhile, seems to only identify with values of fairness and equality – good values, which we must build on also, but not enough to motivate people anymore, as forty years of left-wing rhetoric around those values has adequately demonstrated.
When you watch the Occupy Wall Street movement raising all those old leftie cries of inequality and the power of the 1 percent, and then watch how so many Americans continued to march after the politics and policies of the politicians who subordinate themselves to the 1 percent, even when doing so was not in their material economic interests to do so, you get an understanding of how misleading and misguided has been the old Democratic Party common sense that "it's the economy stupid."
Of course Lefties often ignore this by saying, "The Right has so much money that they can shape elections," but the truth is that the Dems managed to win the presidency in 2008 and 2012, so money alone is not adequate. Or the Lefties say, "people are stupid" because they don't act rationally to fill their own needs, ignoring two important points:
a. the very fact that others hear this is enough to convince them that a major point of the Right is correct, namely that the Left has contempt for you ordinary Americans because the Left is elitist and doesn't care for you, doesn't like you, and hence doesn't deserve to be trusted (a point made to me over and over again in my empirical studies of the psychodynamics of American society by people who became right-wingers because they felt put down all the time by people on the Left), and
b. that it never occurs to people on the Left that ordinary Americans have other needs besides material needs and needs for equal power – namely needs for love, compassion, empathy, and some sense of a spiritual or higher purpose for their lives, and these are rarely addressed in the Left in a way that ordinary Americans could actually hear.
2. The Democrats are perceived as wimps, because they don't fight for what they say they believe in.
So even though temporarily they are slightly winning the battle about who is to blame for the government shut down, they keep missing opportunities to challenge the Tea Party and their supporters.
If the Dems had a backbone, they would have insisted that if the government is going to be shut down, then all of the government will be shut. Instead, they've taken the standpoint of the Republicans in dividing "essential services" from "non-essential," and saying only non-essential services are to be shut down. So when it comes to taking care of the poor and the powerless, those services get shut. The Republicans cleverly have taken up this ideological softness and said they would fund one program at a time.
What Dems should have been saying, and could still say, is this: the aim of the Republican Party is to destroy government so that it can no longer be a check on the ruthless aims of the corporate elite who will pollute the planet earth and destroy the life support system of the planet for your children and grandchildren and will lower the wages and incomes of the middle class endlessly in order to enrich themselves. Government has been doing a poor job at constraining them, but at least it is some job, and the 1 percent , the people who own 40 percent of the wealth of this country, they don't like being constrained in their selfishness, so they want to disable government from being able to demand a living wage for workers, a safe work place, food that is not poisoned by unhealthy additives, and air, water, and land that has not been polluted by corporations to maximize their profits. Well we are not going to let them do this.
So if the right-wingers want to shut down the government, then everything will be shut. So, no pay for anyone who receives government pay, including the Congress (which right now continues to get paid), the entire military (after all, we are not in a war, and if we are still fighting in Afghanistan, we shouldn't be), all of Homeland Security, NSA, FBI, etc. including the people searching us when we get on airplanes (and if the airports have to shut down, that's another consequence of the Republican's move), the border guards and the entire Immigration and Naturalization service.
Moreover, when shutting down other federal services, the priority should be given to shutting down those in the districts where the congressional reps voted to shut down the government. The president should call upon the people in those districts to create recall elections for their congressional reps, and insist that those districts that voted to keep government running should be buffered as much as possible from the effects of Tea Party extremism. Let the people in those districts fully understand the consequences of what their representatives voted for.
But who could expect the Dems to act in a strong way now, when they've been capitulating for the past forty years, embracing so many of the assumptions of the Right rather than courageously fighting for the interests of the 99 percent. It was, after all, the Obama administration that expelled more undocumented workers than previous administrations, refused to punish Wall St. bankers and investment brokers for their irresponsibility in causing the Great Recession that still goes on and has caused so much suffering for the middle class, refused to punish those involved in torturing prisoners caught in the "war against terror," innovated drone warfare, allowed the NSA to spy on American citizens, and largely ignored the accelerated destruction of the environment.
Nothing was more illustrative of this wimpiness than Obamacare. Instead of embracing a simple and easily understood way to solve the health care crisis – Medicare for Everyone with payment coming from our taxes and savings from price controls on hospitals, physicians, and pharmaceuticals – Obamacare delivered a system that is hard for most people to understand, and that has a critical defect: requiring people to buy health insurance without simultaneously enforcing rigid price controls on the private health insurers. Despite the wonderful aspects of Obamacare (getting health insurance for tens of millions previously uninsured, though not for everyone who needs it, and forcing insurers to include those with pre-existing health conditions), this fault will eventually cause Obamacare to be seen as proof that government intervention doesn't work (whereas it actually only proves that halfhearted interventions in the economy don't work, just as Obama's economic policies have shown).
Obama and the Dems will say that they were being "realistic," but the Dems held control of both Houses of the Congress and could have passed Medicare for Everyone. Had Obama fought for that, rather than giving pharmaceutical firms a private deal to escape government allowing the same pharmaceuticals to be imported from Canada where they sell for a fraction of what they cost American consumers, and rather than forcing individuals to buy their own care or pay a fine, and yes, had he been willing to lose the fight for that and then go to the country in 2010 and ask for a stronger mandate by electing progressive Dems, he would have energized his own base who were so dispirited by all of his compromises that they could barely get themselves to vote in 2010, much less convince anyone else to do so.
And it was that disillusionment that created the space for the super-wealthy funded Tea Party to take off as a new voice of hope. It was early in 2009 that we at Tikkun bought a full-page ad in the Washington Post to warn Obama that unless he actually confirmed in action the "this is the time for change" expectations that he had raised in the 2008 election, people would revert to despair very quickly. Obama and the Dems had allowed the electorate in 2008 to get beyond all their "realistic" ideas (the realist idea that a progressive Dem, let alone an African American progressive Dem could never be elected) and to momentarily believe that real change was possible, even when the cynical voices around them, and most importantly inside them, told them not to trust, that they would once again be betrayed as they had been by every politician from Jimmy Carter (when he was in office, not later when he became who people hoped he would be when elected) to Bill Clinton.
So when Obama capitulated to the war makers and the Wall Street interests, the people who had risked believing in the possibility of serious transformation in America, particularly those who had previously been skeptical of politics but momentarily allowed themselves to be open to the possibility that the cynical voices inside themselves and around them were wrong, were devastated, humiliated, and felt burned.
I'm not claiming that it was those people who became the Tea Party, but rather that the social energy of hope was replaced with a deeper cynicism about what government could or would do to live up to the real needs of people, and in that situation, the Tea Party spoke to a variant of "common sense" when it said, "why should you pay so much in taxes for a government that is never going to deliver you anything valuable? Defund that government!" In that situation, there could be no effective counter-argument from the Dems and the liberals who had themselves been the "realists" who had led government away from making serious changes and who had given up the battle before it was fought.
Instead, the Dems allowed the Tea Party to set the national discourse, because the Dems had no coherent ideology or worldview or vision of the world they were trying to fight for. Unlike the Right, which for decades had been educating people to their ideas by fighting for causes that seemed at the time totally unrealistic, the Dems continually avoided articulating ideals and programs that could be seen as unrealistic, thereby failing to educate anyone to anything except the value of compromise and being realistic. And that, it turns out, is very unrealistic.
3. Now add into this the actual decline of American political power and economic power globally, coupled with the intense assault by the 1 percent on the incomes and economic security of the rest of the population, the growing awareness and despair about the way climate change might be real and might lead to environmental disaster, and you get a huge amount of insecurity about the future, and a willingness to grab on to a variety of pseudo-solutions, including anti-immigrant hysteria ("they are taking our jobs"), racism ("the minorities are taking over our country"), anti-union sentiment ("they are just looking out for themselves and don't care about the rest of us"), militarism ("we may not be as strong as we used to be, but we can sure show other people we've got the strongest army in the world, so I don't have to be so scared of the future"), and withdrawal into private life ("I can't change the big picture, so I'll just attend to my family, and to recycling my paper and plastics"). This is the terrain when larger hopes are dashed and few people hear anyone explaining to them what is happening, why they are feeling so scared, what's right about those fears, and most importantly, how things could be different and less scary.
4. The takeover of the culture by the ethos of materialism and selfishness. Of course, these themes have been part of society ever since class society began, as ruling classes tried to convince everyone that it was reasonable for some people to have more than everyone else. But rarely in history have we seen such a huge buy-in to that ideology and to the common-sense notion that people are basically ego-driven and selfish and that "what they really want is more and more things," as we see in the media-driven culture of the twenty-first century.
5. The destruction of public space with TV, which has greatly accelerated in the computer age. True enough, the internet democratizes information so that anyone can get access to it. But it simultaneously further privatizes life, increasingly undermining the great value of public space in which people would encounter ideas and meet people whom they would never have met in their work world or their families. When you go into a bookstore, you see books you didn't know existed. When your primary way of buying books is online, you encounter primarily the books you already know about, plus what the booksellers think you might want to buy based on your past buying history, making the unplanned encounter with the different (ideas or people) far less likely. Similar dynamics happen when TV and the computer world narrow to niche marketing and niche consumption, so that people rarely encounter that which can happen in public space – the eruption of protest and of ideas that the media never told them existed.
Now the mainstream leaders of the Democratic Party can't talk honestly about most of this because they themselves are in bed with the 1 percent and the corporate elite, needing their financial support to win elections, needing legitimation in the media the 1 percent controls and which will marginalize any candidates for office that talk about any of these issues but particularly anyone who overtly talks about the problems being rooted in part in the global capitalist market and the values of materialism, selfishness, and endless growth (which means using more and more of the earth's resources without concern for the well-being of future generations in order to satisfy media-generated "needs" for more things, including a new generation of computers, iPhones, and other electronics) that are the core of the capitalist worldview.
But neither will the Left be able to discuss these issues, because it is tone-deaf to the hunger that many people have for a world based on non-utilitarian values, a world in which people are valued just for being human and not for "what they can do for you" to satisfy your needs or desires, and for a universe that can elicit feelings of awe and wonder, and not be reduced to a scientific formula. Moreover, the Left is populated by many people who have (quite justifiably) been repulsed by their own experience in religious communities that espoused or embodied patriarchal, racist, homophobic, and ultra-nationalist ideas or chauvinisms. These people seem unable to recognize that while their particular religious communities may have been reprehensible, that there are many religious communities and spiritual practices which do not embody those distortions, and are actually concerned with advancing love, kindness, generosity, and awareness of the awesome and mysterious aspects of the universe. Because of this religiophobia, the Left pushes away or marginalizes within its own ranks those who are seeking a life which has sufficient space for these spiritual concerns and the yearning for higher meaning and purpose to their own lives. Such a Left gives credence to the Tea Party and the Right which can, in reaction to that Left, claim that the Left is fundamentally elitist and hates ordinary Americans and their religious culture, thereby winning over people who on other grounds would be likely to be moved by the Left.
So this is what we at Tikkun have to offer, a worldview and analysis that you will not find elsewhere, or at least a little of what we have to offer. In every issue of Tikkun we have articles (not accessible in full online except to those who join the Network of Spiritual Progressives, who receive Tikkun as a gift of membership, or to those who subscribe to the print edition) that deepen this discussion. And we are now trying to rebuild our Network of Spiritual Progressives, which was badly hurt both by the inability of many of our members to pay yearly dues while in the midst of the still-ongoing Great Recession as well as by the dispiriting and despair that became widespread as Obama became more of a mainstream politician than the change agent he had promised to be (and nothing we could say in warning had the slightest impact of preparing people for this disillusionment).
And yes, we have a plan – to build a force on the Left capable of doing to the Dems what the Tea Party did for the Republicans – to move the discourse far from the accommodationist center to… well we'd like to say move it to the left, but actually it would be more accurate to say, move it to the love. Because the Left is so self-defeating because of the limitations we've already articulated. And many people on the Left don't believe we are on the Left at all. Well, we won't fight for that public space, because we do in fact have an analysis which, while including much of what the Left has to say, goes far deeper into the psychodynamic and spiritual levels of human reality.
Wait, you say you are not spiritual? Nonsense! You are spiritual, or at least what we mean by spiritual in Tikkun and the Network of Spiritual Progressives, if you agree with our New Bottom Line articulated above, want to see a world based on it, want the Caring Society (Caring for Each Other and Caring for the Earth), and recognize that our own well-being depends upon and is intrinsically tied to the well-being of every other person on the planet and the well-being of the planet itself.
So here is the pitch. We need you and we need your financial support. Of course, everyone in the business of fundraising says that we should have been pitching this way earlier, and with far less words. But our bottom line is not money, but solidarity – we want you to be with us no matter how little money you have. Yes, we'd like you to make the highest donation you've ever made to a nonprofit (think $5,000 or $1,000 or $500 or $360 or $250 and not just this year but every year). After all, we have no rich backers, for the obvious reason that what we stand for offends the super rich and makes the ordinary rich uncomfortable too. But we want you to be part of us even if you have very little money – you can join our Network of Spiritual Progressives at spiritualprogressives.org, and if the PayPal plan doesn't allow you to do that without having more money than you can afford (but please stretch a little) we will welcome you as a member if you simply send a check to Tikkun/NSP, 2342 Shattuck Ave, #1200, Berkeley, CA, along with a paragraph about your financial situation (but since we have to pay our publisher Duke University Press for every print magazine we get from them, we can only offer those who give less than $50 an online subscription, if you request it when you send your check).
But there's more. We want you to become trained as a person who can become a communicator of our perspective to others. That's why Cat Zavis and I have teamed up to offer a training over the MLK Jr. Holiday weekend in January in the SF Bay Area, and why, if you can't come to that, we want you to recruit fifty people to be part of that kind of training closer to where you live. More information about that training can be found at spiritualprogressives.org/training. I'd love to see you there, because in that kind of a small setting we can form bonds that are harder to build at large demonstrations of conferences.
And that gets to the key point: we can only beat the Tea Party with an alternative worldview and an alternative program. We have some of that in our Global Marshall Plan (which Congressman Keith Ellison has promised to reintroduce into this session of Congress, despite the fact that any progressive idea will be dead on arrival in the current House of Representatives). We also articulate this alternative program in our money-out-of-politics campaign, which requires (not just encourages) corporate environmental responsibility through our ESRA (Environmental and Social Responsibility Amendment to the U.S. Constitution) and our Spiritual Covenant with America. We take these same ideas and apply them also to building Middle East peace (read it in my book Embracing Israel/Palestine). But we invite your wisdom and smarts to help us further develop our approach – come join on the ground floor.
The core idea that characterizes our spiritual progressive strategy: love, kindness, generosity, and caring for each other and the earth must become the explicit goals of any liberal or progressive movement seeking to heal and transformation our world. Though we at Tikkun and the NSP fully endorse liberal and progressive fights for economic entitlements and political rights, they are too limited, fail to speak to the heart, and do not explicitly highlight the way capitalism's ethos of materialism, selfishness, and endless economic growth not only endanger the environment but also undermine community, solidarity, friendships, and loving relationships, and lead people to despair about each other and about building a world that is ethically coherent and spiritually nurturing.
What makes me optimistic, even in the face of the Obama administration's centrism and the fragmentation of liberal and progressive movements, is that love itself permeates the universe and continues to manifest itself in the aspirations of most human beings. I call this Love's Rebellion – a refusal to accept the ethos of materialism and selfishness as the ultimate truth of our lives, an insistence on seeing the goodness and generosity in others, and a determination to replace "power over" with genuine caring for each other! So even though most of us get scared, and then start to believe that it's materialism and selfishness that are "the reality" of human nature, this loving force that permeates the universe and is the life-force of all human beings will never be extinguished and continues to pop up when you would never expect it.
That love force is what was behind the amazing transformations of the past fifty years – the miraculous overcoming (though not yet final vanquishing) of patriarchal assumptions and practices in much of the world, the emergence of a multicultural consciousness that is inclusive of many minorities whose culture and contributions to humanity had long been ignored in the West, the overcoming of some (definitely not all) of the overt forms of racism embodied in segregation and apartheid, and the amazing victories for gay marriage which went from something seen as totally unrealistic a mere ten years ago to a reality confirmed by the right-wing dominated Supreme Court in 2013! That love force is there in everyone, and once you become an activist on its behalf through Tikkun and the Network of Spiritual Progressives, or enable others to do so by your tax-deductible contributions, you will see how your own insistence on its reality is infectious, leading others to listen to the voice of love inside them that they have discounted or repressed for fear of being disappointed or humiliated by others for being so "unrealistic."
But Love's Rebellion doesn't operate despite what we do, but through us as we choose to go with those voices inside, and not the voices of cynicism or despair.
We can't do this without you. Yes, you! This isn't just sales talk – it is the truth. The people receiving this communication are the only people we know who can make this vision happen. If you know others, share this letter with them please! Please take a moment now to write a check or to donate on line. We so need your financial support. You can also send a check or credit card info along with your email and snail mail addresses to me personally at my home 951 Cragmont Ave, Berkeley, Ca. 94708.
Let me end by blessing you for being willing to have read this far, and for being our ally, and my ally. That solidarity is what keeps me going!
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P.S. I'm proud that Tikkun/NSP was able to mobilize our community after the Trayvon Martin trial to show our outrage at the profiling, harassment, and economic deprivation that the African American community continues to suffer. NSP members went to African American churches to physically show that we were standing with our African American brothers and sisters. The experience reinforced our commitment to fight racism both politically and through acts of caring on a personal and communal level. And I'm happy to report that legendary African American civil rights champion and Baptist minister J. Alfred Smith Sr. has agreed to become a national co-chair of Tikkun's Network of Spiritual Progressives!


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Teeny-Tiny Pixi Phone From Palm Tries Killing Giant Hype for Apple Event Today
Oh, BoomTown fears this is not going to end well for the weensy little smart phone Palm is debuting today on–what an amazing coincidence!–the very same day Apple is throwing its big product bash in San Francisco, at which Mac fanboys fervently hope that Supreme Leader Steve Jobs might even appear.
You don't step on the Superman of Silicon Valley's cape, of course, but the device with the aggressively cute name of Pixi is apparently attempting just that.
Thus, this fairytale might have a not-so-happy ending.
In any case–reminding BoomTown simultaneously of an unfortunate haircut I had at seven years old, those sticky sticks of powdered candy and, of course, Tinkerbell–Pixi seems to be a smaller, less featured and cheaper version of the Palm (PALM) Pre device.
Except super-adorably skinny and featuring "Sex-and-the-City"-style fashionable back covers by artists.
(Paging Roger McNamee: Where is the mirror, please, because–as you insisted to me in an interview at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference, the ladies love it!)
Pixi uses the Palm webOS platform and other software from third parties, such as Facebook and Yahoo (YHOO).
The Pixi is seen here trying to flirt with a manly cup of coffee, with more images posted below, which you can click on to make larger–although not much larger since it is a pixie, for goodness sake!
Palm said the Pixi is scheduled to be available exclusively from Sprint (S) in time for the holidays (you can read more details in the full press release below).
But the launch today is clearly a happily-ever-after play–one that will surely cause Palm to catch all kinds of flak, if anyone actually pays any sustained attention today to Pixi given the outsized focus on whatever innovation in the iPod or iPhone or iTunes that Apple (AAPL) might or might not announce.
And, if Jobs does appear, all geek hell is sure to break loose and Palm staffers can pretty much quit for the day and go see "Julie & Julia" to familiarize themselves with the Pixi demographic.
By way of explanation, a Palm source wrote in an email to me last night, "timing's a funny thing," noting that this event has been long-planned to align with the demo debut of Pixi at Palm-sponsored Fashion Week in New York next week.
While one has to admire its minuscule chutzpah at going up against the Jobs-fueled juggernaut–a move even Google (GOOG) mobile plotter-in-chief Vic Gundotra wouldn't attempt so overtly–let's not hope the Pixi gets lost in the Apple sauce.
(Okay, sue me, but that line was too good to resist.)
Here are some more images to peruse, and below them, the full press release on the Pixi from Palm:
Thin Palm Pixi Phone Puts Fast, Intuitive Communication at Fingertips
Palm's Thinnest Phone Yet Expands Palm webOS Line with Customizable Style
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sep 09, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE)–Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ:PALM) today introduced the Palm(R) Pixi(TM) phone for faster, more intuitive and personal communication in a compact and customizable design.(1) With the instinctively useable Palm webOS(TM) platform, strikingly thin design, a visible full keyboard and fashionable personalization options, Palm Pixi lets you express yourself in amazingly useful ways. It's scheduled to be available exclusively from Sprint in time for the holidays.
"With Palm webOS, we're creating a new, more intuitive smartphone experience defined by unmatched simplicity and usefulness," said Jon Rubinstein, Palm chairman and chief executive officer. "Palm Pixi brings this unique experience to a broader range of people who want enhanced messaging and social networking in a design that lets them express their personal style."
In addition to linking your information from Google(TM), Facebook and Exchange ActiveSync, Palm Pixi adds Yahoo! and LinkedIn integration to Palm Synergy(TM) and assembles it all in a single view.(2) You can get your Yahoo! contacts, calendar and IM, and access to your LinkedIn contacts, including job titles. Synergy on Palm Pixi makes messaging easier by showing you all your conversations with the same person in one chat-style thread, so you can start a conversation on AIM Instant Messenger, Google Talk(TM) or Yahoo! Messenger and continue it by text message later.(3)
Complementing the phone's already rich Facebook integration with the contacts, phone, calendar and photo applications, a new Facebook application will be available with Palm Pixi so you can see and comment on all the latest news from your friends, as well as easily update your status. The phone's full QWERTY keyboard puts it all at your fingertips, and the multi-touch screen lets you move back and forth between open applications using natural gestures.(4) The unique removable back cover is rubberized, making it scratch-resistant, slip-resistant and durable.
Personalization with Style
For those who want to express themselves with some extra style, Palm is introducing the Palm Pixi Artist Series. Designed by some of today's most unique and compelling artists, these numbered, limited-edition back covers let you change designs to suit your mood. You can see the first collection in the series, as well as information about the artists, at www.palm.com/artistseries. Palm will be showcasing the fashionable new Palm Pixi with the Artist Series covers this week at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York (Sept. 10-17).
You can also tailor Palm Pixi to your interests with downloadable applications from the Palm Beta App Catalog, including the latest entertainment and social networking applications such as Local Concerts by iLike, and Yelp(TM).(5) You can use Palm media sync to customize your phone with music, photos and videos from iTunes (Versions 8.1.1-8.2.1)(6), or use the on-device Amazon MP3 store to purchase individual songs or full albums over-the-air.(3)
"Palm Pixi continues Sprint's leadership in providing useful and innovative devices on America's most dependable 3G network,"(7) said Dan Hesse, chief executive officer at Sprint. "We are pleased to be the first carrier to bring this device to market and offer both devices in the growing Palm webOS family. Sprint's Everything Data plans, which provide unrestricted access to the Internet, mobile content and applications, and our Ready Now retail experience make for a perfect combination with these new Palm products."
The Sprint Mobile Broadband Network reaches more than 271 million people, 18,652 cities and 1,838 airports, and Sprint's networks are now performing at best-ever levels.
Customers who purchase Palm Pixi will benefit from Sprint's Ready Now, which the company pioneered to help customers leave the store educated, comfortable and confident about the phones they're taking home. It is like having a free personal trainer that educates you on all your phone can do by setting up all the applications you want to use on the device.
Palm Pixi is also the perfect complement to Sprint's Simply EverythingSM plan, which provides unlimited nationwide calling, texting, email, social networking, web browsing, GPS navigation, Sprint TV, streaming music, NFL Mobile Live, NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile and much more for only $99.99 per month. It's a savings of $1,200 over two years versus some comparable competitor plans.
Palm Pixi Features
- High-speed connectivity (EVDO Rev. A)
- 2.63-inch multi-touch screen with a vibrant 18-bit color 320×400 resolution TFT display
- Gesture area, which enables simple, intuitive gestures for navigation
- Exposed QWERTY keyboard for fast messaging
- Robust messaging support (IM, SMS and MMS capabilities), including Google Talk, AIM and Yahoo! IM
- High-performance, desktop-class web browser
- Integrated GPS(8)
- Multimedia options, including pictures, video playback and music, and featuring a 2-megapixel fixed-focus camera with LED flash, and a standard 3.5mm headset jack
- Email, including Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) (for access to corporate Microsoft Exchange servers), as well as personal email support (Google push, Yahoo! push, POP3, IMAP)(9)
- Bluetooth(R) 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
- 8GB of internal user storage (~7GB user available)(10)
- USB mass storage mode
- MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
- The first handset to launch with Qualcomm's high-performance MSM7627(TM) chipset
- Proximity sensor, which automatically disables the touch screen and turns off the display whenever you put the phone up to your ear
- Light sensor, which dims the display if the ambient light is dark, such as at night or in a movie theater, to reduce power usage
- Accelerometer, which automatically orients web pages and photos to your perspective
- Ringer switch, which easily silences the device with one touch
- Removable, rechargeable 1150 mAh battery
- Dimensions: 55mm (W) x 111mm (L) x 10.85mm (D) [2.17 in. (W) x 4.37 in. (L) x 0.43 in. (D)]
- Weight: 99.5 grams (3.51 ounces)
- Sprint services, including Sprint TV(R) and Sprint Radio, Sprint Navigation, Sprint's exclusive NFL Mobile Live and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile Live
Availability and Pricing
The Palm Pixi phone is scheduled to be available from Sprint in time for the holidays. Pricing for the phone, as well as the limited-edition Palm Pixi Artist Series covers, will be announced closer to availability. Customers who would like to register to receive additional information about Palm Pixi and be notified when it's available can register at www.palm.com/pixi.
In addition, effective today the Palm Pre(TM) phone from Sprint is available for $149.99 with a two-year service agreement and after a $150 instant rebate and $100 mail-in rebate. You can find this great pricing at Sprint stores, on the web (www.sprint.com) and by calling Sprint's telesales group (1-800-SPRINT1). With the new Palm Pixi phone, and Palm Pre at a lower price, Palm and Sprint are bringing greater choice of Palm webOS phones to a larger audience.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Photos and video are available from Palm's media gallery at www.palm.com/mml.
Please add the tag #Palm #Pixi to your tweets or "Palm Pixi" to your blog posts about the all-new Palm Pixi phone running on Palm webOS, and follow Palm on Twitter at www.twitter.com/palm.
(1) Within wireless coverage area only. Email, mobile number, and related information required for setup and activation. Required data plan not included; unlimited plan strongly recommended.
(2) Limitations apply. Layered calendars and linked contacts for Outlook require Exchange ActiveSync and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or later, sold separately.
(3) Within wireless coverage area only.
(4) Performance varies based upon actual usage.
(5) Third-party software available separately. Within wireless coverage area only.
(6) Compatible with iTunes 8.2.1 on Windows XP/Vista and Mac OS X version 10.3.9-10.5.7. Within wireless coverage area only. Music sold separately. Please respect copyright laws when downloading music.
(7) "Dependable" based on independent, third-party drive tests for 3G data connection success, session reliability and signal strength for the top 50 most populous markets from Jan. '08 to Feb. '09. Not all services available on 3G and coverage may default to separate network when 3G unavailable.
(8) Coverage not available in all areas at all times.
(9) Outlook requires Exchange ActiveSync and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or later, sold separately.
(10) Storage estimate subject to change based on system software and application usage.


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SEPULTURA Guitarist Performs With Brazilian CLUBE BIG BEATLES (Video)
SEPULTURA guitarist performed with the Brazilian THE BEATLES tribute act CLUBE BIG BEATLES on September 27 at Teatro do Sesi de Jardim da Penha in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below.
Kisser was honored with a commemorative brick with his name on it, placed in the wall in front of Liverpool, England's legendary Cavern Pub, in a ceremony which took place on his 44th birthday, August 24. He is the first Brazilian artist to have his name eternalized in the Cavern wall that became famous when THE BEATLES made their first lunchtime appearance on Tuesday, February 9, 1961.
Cavern club owner Bill Heckle said: "Andreas has played here before, including at last year's festival, with the CLUBE BIG BEATLES tribute band. But I just didn't realize who he was and how big a name he is, until I found out he's bringing two Brazilian TV documetary crews with him this time.
"I mentioned it to some other people and they were gobsmacked that I had never heard of SEPULTURA, but that area of music has never been something I've followed properly.
"We thought we'd better give Andreas his own brick, as he is actually so famous. He is like a God among metal fans, but he is a very nice, unassuming guy."
Kisser said: "It's beyond a dream for me to be here. There isn't a bigger possible honor than being here and jamming at the Cavern Club, the most historic place in Liverpool."


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1. Scope
1.1 This specification covers martensitic stainless steel and alloy steel castings for valves, flanges, fittings, and other pressure-containing parts (Note 1) intended primarily for high-temperature and corrosive service (Note 2).
1.2 One grade of martensitic stainless steel and nine grades of ferritic alloy steel are covered. Selection will depend on design and service conditions, mechanical properties, and the high-temperature and corrosion-resistant characteristics (Note 3).
Note 1—Carbon steel castings for pressure-containing parts are covered by Specification A216/A216M. Low alloy quench-and-tempered grades equivalent to Specification A217/A217M grades may be found in both Specifications A352/A352M and A487/A487M.
Note 2—The grades covered by this specification represent materials that are generally suitable for assembly with other castings or wrought steel parts by fusion welding. It is not intended to imply that these grades possess equal degrees of weldability; therefore, it is the responsibility of the purchaser to establish for himself a suitable welding technique. Since these grades possess varying degrees of suitability for high-temperature and corrosion-resistant service, it is also the responsibility of the purchaser to determine which grade shall be furnished, due consideration being given to the requirements of the applicable construction codes.
Note 3—The committee formulating this specification has included nine grades of materials that are considered to represent basic types of ferritic alloy steels suitable for valves, flanges, fittings, and other pressure-containing parts. Additional alloy steels that may better fulfill certain types of service will be considered for inclusion in this specification by the committee as the need becomes apparent.
1.3 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with the specification. Inch-pound units are applicable for material ordered to Specification A217 and SI units for materials ordered to Specification A217M.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
ASTM Standards
A216/A216M Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon, Suitable for Fusion Welding, for High-Temperature Service
A352/A352M Specification for Steel Castings, Ferritic and Martensitic, for Pressure-Containing Parts, Suitable for Low-Temperature Service
A487/A487M Specification for Steel Castings Suitable for Pressure Service
A488/A488M Practice for Steel Castings, Welding, Qualifications of Procedures and Personnel
A703/A703M Specification for Steel Castings, General Requirements, for Pressure-Containing Parts
A802/A802M Practice for Steel Castings, Surface Acceptance Standards, Visual Examination
A985/A985M Specification for Steel Investment Castings General Requirements, for Pressure-Containing Parts
ICS Code
ICS Number Code 77.140.80 (Iron and steel castings)
UNSPSC Code
UNSPSC Code 31100000(Castings and casting assemblies)
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ASTM A217 / A217M-02, Standard Specification for Steel Castings, Martensitic Stainless and Alloy, for Pressure-Containing Parts, Suitable for High-Temperature Service, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2002, www.astm.orgBack to Top


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A registered nurse is due to face a Sydney court today after being charged with two counts of murder and one count of assault.
It's alleged Megan Haines, 46, killed two elderly aged-care patients with insulin overdoses and left another hospitalised.
She was charged in Sydney late on Tuesday after being extradited from Victoria over the May deaths of 82-year-old Marie Darragh and 77-year-old Isobella Spencer, as well as the assault of another 88-year-old woman, police told AAP.
"She's been charged with two counts of murder and one count of common assault," a police spokeswoman told AAP on Tuesday night.
The woman, who will spend the night in custody after being refused police bail, is due before Sydney's Central Local Court on Wednesday.
In May, Ms Darragh and Ms Spencer were found unconscious in their beds at the St Andrews Village Aged Care facility at Ballina and died a short time later.Police allege a 46-year-old nurse, who was arrested in the southern Victorian town of Seaspray, administered fatal doses of insulin to Ms Darragh and Ms Spencer in the middle of the night.
They also claim the unnamed 88-year-old woman was woken in the middle of the night when the nurse tried to give her "unscheduled medication".
Police say all three victims had complained about the nurse.
The nurse was away on days off after the deaths.
She then resigned and fled to Victoria, where she had previously used, homicide squad boss Detective Superintendent Mick Willing said.
The Melbourne Magistrates Court, where the nurse appeared on Tuesday to be extradited to NSW, heard she had never previously been in police custody and was taking medication for severe depression.
Following the arrest, St Andrews Aged Care CEO Pip Carter said the news was devastating.
"I want to reassure residents and the community that the safety and care of St Andrews' residents always has been and always will be a priority," Ms Carter said.
According to the Australian practitioners' registry, the accused woman was first registered as a nurse in 2012.


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