text: /* crypto/evp/e_idea.c */ /* Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (firstname.lastname@example.com) * All rights reserved. * * This package is an SSL implementation written * by Eric Young (firstname.lastname@example.com). * The implementation was written so as to conform with Netscapes SSL. * * This library is free for commercial and non-commercial use as long as * the following conditions are aheared to. The following conditions * apply to all code found in this distribution, be it the RC4, RSA, * lhash, DES, etc., code; not just the SSL code. The SSL documentation * included with this distribution is covered by the same copyright terms * except that the holder is Tim Hudson (firstname.lastname@example.com). * * Copyright remains Eric Young's, and as such any Copyright notices in * the code are not to be removed. * If this package is used in a product, Eric Young should be given attribution * as the author of the parts of the library used. * This can be in the form of a textual message at program startup or * in documentation (online or textual) provided with the package. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software * must display the following acknowledgement: * "This product includes cryptographic software written by * Eric Young (email@example.com)" * The word 'cryptographic' can be left out if the rouines from the library * being used are not cryptographic related :-). * 4. If you include any Windows specific code (or a derivative thereof) from * the apps directory (application code) you must include an acknowledgement: * "This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (email@example.com)" * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ERIC YOUNG ``AS IS'' AND * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * * The licence and distribution terms for any publically available version or * derivative of this code cannot be changed. i.e. this code cannot simply be * copied and put under another distribution licence * [including the GNU Public Licence.] */ #ifndef NO_IDEA #include <stdio.h> #include "cryptlib.h" #include <openssl/evp.h> #include <openssl/objects.h> #include "evp_locl.h" static int idea_init_key(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv,int enc); /* NB idea_ecb_encrypt doesn't take an 'encrypt' argument so we treat it as a special * case */ static int idea_ecb_cipher(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out, const unsigned char *in, unsigned int inl) { BLOCK_CIPHER_ecb_loop() idea_ecb_encrypt(in + i, out + i, &ctx->c.idea_ks); return 1; } /* Can't use IMPLEMENT_BLOCK_CIPHER because idea_ecb_encrypt is different */ BLOCK_CIPHER_func_cbc(idea, idea, idea_ks) BLOCK_CIPHER_func_ofb(idea, idea, idea_ks) BLOCK_CIPHER_func_cfb(idea, idea, idea_ks) BLOCK_CIPHER_defs(idea, idea_ks, NID_idea, 8, 16, 8, 0, idea_init_key, NULL, EVP_CIPHER_set_asn1_iv, EVP_CIPHER_get_asn1_iv, NULL) static int idea_init_key(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv, int enc) { if(!enc) { if (EVP_CIPHER_CTX_mode(ctx) == EVP_CIPH_OFB_MODE) enc = 1; else if (EVP_CIPHER_CTX_mode(ctx) == EVP_CIPH_CFB_MODE) enc = 1; } if (enc) idea_set_encrypt_key(key,&(ctx->c.idea_ks)); else { IDEA_KEY_SCHEDULE tmp; idea_set_encrypt_key(key,&tmp); idea_set_decrypt_key(&tmp,&(ctx->c.idea_ks)); OPENSSL_cleanse((unsigned char *)&tmp, sizeof(IDEA_KEY_SCHEDULE)); } return 1; } #endif


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Discover Lisbon
Lisbon guide
Lisbon is an incredibly vibrant city with so much charm, living culture and history that Equity Point simply had to have a hostel there. After two years searching, we've found the perfect location.
This wonderful city is full of secret places to discover and neighborhoods to explore. It is the westernmost capital in Europe, located at the river mouth of Tajo River and built clustered upon seven hills, so if you want to visit the city it is important to wear comfortable shoes, and be prepared to climb stairs!
Lisbon is known for being a place where you can find a piece of history on every corner, although it suffered an earthquake in 1755 and many buildings date from that era. But in any case, you can still find many places to remind you that the city's history dates back to before the Roman era.
In Lisbon you can find two UNESCO protected buildings: the Tower of Belém and the Jerónimos Monastery of Belém, although there are in fact many more historic buildings to visit, such as the Elevador de Santa Justa in the Alfama district and the Castle of Sao Jorge, whose privileged position above the city offers priceless views.
It is also a great place to enjoy a vibrant and delicious cuisine. In the Chiado district you can taste the famous 'Pastéis Nata' in the Brazilian Café ('A Brasileira'), following in the footsteps of the poet Fernando Pessoa. It's also essential to try the 'Bacalhau' –cod fish-, one of the local cuisine's most typical dishes.
In every visit to Lisbon you mustn't forget to stroll through the Barrio Alto, the most iconic neighborhood, and go to the Belvedere de São Pedro de Alcântara, not only for its views but also to have a drink and enjoy the nightlife.
But the most amazing thing about Lisbon is all the enthusiastic people who live there and crowd the Fado music bars in the Bairro Alto, where charming old-world streetcars and countless small restaurants conspire to create a magical, unforgettable atmosphere.
Lisbon is a cosmopolitan city with a wide variety of tourist attractions that can offer both an intimate and romantic getaway for couples, and some of the most vibrant nightlife in Europe to enjoy with friends.

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Can you predict an outcome from Supreme Court justices' questions?
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices can hide their intentions in plain sight, even with something as complicated as health care.
The judicial utterances during this week's lengthy oral arguments left a common impression that the conservative-led court might strike down some or all of the 2010 health care law.
Unfortunately for the White House, these kinds of impressions can be valid clues.
"If you are a frequent attendee at the court, and you study the issues, and you know the justices' jurisprudence, you can know an awful lot from what happens at oral argument," said Todd Gaziano, director of the Heritage Foundation's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
Like many observers of the three-day oral arguments, Gaziano came away convinced the court is leaning toward striking down some or all of the law. The overwhelming consensus left White House officials insisting afterward that the arguments defy interpretation.
"Anybody who believes that you can try to predict the outcome of a Supreme Court case based solely on the questions of the justices is not a very good student of the Supreme Court," White House spokesman Josh Earnest insisted this week.
But Earnest is only partly right.
Supreme Court questions, it is true, can mislead. Sometimes, justices may play devil's advocate. They may want help in framing their own answers. The rapid-fire questions themselves might be all but incomprehensible even to those within the legal priesthood.
"Don't forget her question," Justice Stephen Breyer told one lawyer Tuesday, following up on an earlier point from Justice Elena Kagan.
"I've forgotten my question," Kagan admitted.
Scholars, though, have traced connections between the justices' queries during oral arguments and the final decisions from the court.
A University of North Carolina political scientist and her colleagues, for instance, examined 8 million words spoken by justices over 30 years to conclude last year that "when the justices focus more unpleasant language toward one attorney, the side he represents is more likely to lose."
Experienced advocates and close court observers, too, can likewise piece together reasonable predictions from a combination of questions asked, tone, prior rulings and the courtroom equivalent of body language.
"You can't know anything for certain from the oral arguments," Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said in an interview, "but they can give you a feeling. They're a predictor, but a cautious predictor."
Put another way, Supreme Court oral arguments can have a certain vibe. The transcripts don't catch it, but participants can feel it. The question for crystal-ball gazers is how much stock to place in something as ephemeral as a vibe.
Van Hollen, for instance, was in the court for two days of the oral arguments this week. An opponent of the health care law, he said he saw something interesting in the presence of Mary Kennedy, the wife of Justice Anthony Kennedy. Perhaps, he suggested, the justice's wife wanted to see history in the making; and history, Van Hollen said, means in this case that the law is struck down.
Maybe that's over-analyzing the presence of a supportive spouse. Consider, then, the court's seeming deference to a final rhetorical flourish by U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr.
For three uninterrupted minutes Wednesday — an eternity in oral-argument time — Verrilli concluded with a stirring speech about health care and freedom from disease. No justice broke in to question him.
"In a very fundamental way, this (law) secures the blessings of liberty," Verrilli intoned.
A Supreme Court novice might think the justices' silence meant they were respectfully reflecting on Verrilli's final words. And, maybe they were. The Heritage Foundation's Gaziano, though, thought the lack of questions meant the justices already were checked out of the argument — not a good sign for Verrilli.
Sarah A. Treul, a University of North Carolina political scientist, joined three other scholars in studying the transcripts of nearly 3,000 Supreme Court cases argued between 1979 and 2008. In a study published last year, the researchers concluded that words matter.
"While justices gather information and seek answers that will help them decide close to their preferred outcome, they do so in a way that provides emotional clues as to how they may act when they ?nally vote on the merits," the researchers wrote in The Journal of Politics.
"We can predict just over 70 percent of votes and cases" based on oral argument questions, said Timothy Johnson, one of the researchers on the paper and a University of Minnesota political scientist.
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., too, has identified at least some connection between oral argument questions and final results.
In a 2005 study, Roberts examined 28 cases heard by the Supreme Court. He subsequently reported in the Journal of Supreme Court History that 86 percent of the time, the side receiving more questions from justices ultimately lost the case.
Other researchers have identified similar patterns, including the likelihood that an individual justice is more likely to vote against an attorney of whom he or she asks more questions.
If this pattern holds, the health care law could be on thin ice.
Widely considered one of two potential swing votes, Roberts asked 19 questions of Verrilli, the Obama administration's chief lawyer, during the crucial Tuesday arguments over the health care law's individual mandate. Roberts asked only two questions that day of Paul Clement, the attorney who wants the law struck down, a transcript review shows.
Kennedy, the other potential swing vote, divided his questions Tuesday more evenly among the two sides. And then there is Justice Antonin Scalia, who bluntly stated his intention when discussing what happens to the law if the individual mandate is struck down.
"My approach would say if you take the heart out of the statute, the statute's gone," Scalia said.
(Lesley Clark of the Washington Bureau contributed.)
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Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.
Undergraduate Education: Major study -- any field.
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General Experience (for GS-5 positions): Experience that demonstrated:
Examples of qualifying general experience include:
Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Responsible law enforcement experience that required the exercise of tact, courtesy, and the ability to deal effectively with associates, subordinates, the public, and prisoners. Specialized experience may have been gained in work such as criminal investigation or other law enforcement work that included planning and carrying out investigations, planning and making arrests, serving court orders, using firearms, and dealing with people in a persuasive, tactful, and resourceful manner. This experience should have provided a knowledge of the law and court precedents as they relate to such matters as search and seizure, making arrests, and using firearms.
Refer to Section V of this Manual for information about test requirements.
Applicants must possess a valid driver's license at the time of appointment.
In addition to meeting the requirements described above, applicants must demonstrate in a pre-employment interview that they possess the personal characteristics necessary for successful performance in Deputy U.S. Marshal positions.
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Red lentil and tofu curry has been one of my staple quick lunches since I was living in Beijing. Ren lentils aren't a common item in China, but I had found a package of organic lentils one day at a supermarket and decided to revive the oh-so-delicious dish that sustained me during my days as a penniless student.
For the past few years, I've made a big pot at least once a month. The firm pan-fried tofu mixed with the meltingly-tender lentils makes this the ideal dish for chilly weather.
Red lentils, despite the name, are actually pinkish-orange in color. They differ from green lentils in that they cook much quicker and become so soft they fall apart. The creamier consistency makes them perfect for curries. After some quick Googling I found a vegetarian recipe easy enough to fit into a hectic day.
If you only have 30 to 40 minutes or so to make a curry for lunch, this is a good bet. For a thicker consistency, use about 4 cups water instead of 5. I like to use cumin seeds because I can toast them and make a much more fragrant dish; however, if you don't like whole spices in your food you can always substitute ground cumin. I love eating this over rice, but you can also try dipping it with pita or crusty French or Italian bread.Read More


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Metropark, NJ garage was about $8 a day last time I parked there. It's about 50 minutes to NY Penn Station.
EDIT: It's now $9 a day. Here is the NJ Transit Schedule for the station. http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0070.pdf
$10 a person to ride in, and a 35 minute to one hour ride depending on the train.


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For three days in May, Commerce will experience the thunder of nitromethane-powered Top Fuel race cars as the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals comes to Atlanta Dragway May 13-15.
In addition to Top Fuel Dragster and Top Fuel Funny Car, nine other classes will be contested.
Although the Southern Nationals includes participants from all over the world, dozens of local racers who can claim Atlanta Dragway as their home track have already pre-entered the event, including Melanie Troxel who is based in Duluth.
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Animal Rights Glossary of Terms
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animal advocacy. Promotion of the interests of animals, generally. Includes work for animal rights and animal welfare.
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA). Federal law fast-tracked through Congress in 2006 that severely restricts freedom of speech and assembly and labels as terrorism any act that so much as "interferes" with businesses that deal with or profit from animal use or animal products.
Animal Liberation Front (ALF). Name used by individuals who independently carry out direct actions on behalf of animals, such as the covert rescue of animals from research labs. Property destruction intended to prevent or impede future harm to animals or to economically weaken animal-exploiting industries is frequently involved. There is no membership, no leadership, and no structure to the ALF (see the ALF Credo and Guidelines).
animal rights. Refers to the position that the interests of nonhuman animals, including their interest in not suffering, should be afforded the same consideration as the interests of humans and that nonhuman animals have rights and inherent value independent of their usefulness to humans.
animal welfare. Refers to the well-being and treatment of animals. The animal welfare position objects to what it considers unnecessary suffering and seeks to improve treatment of animals, but it does not object to animal use generally or to harm it considers necessary or justifiable.
backyard breeding. The practice of keeping one or more animals (usually dogs but including cats) for the purpose of breeding them, usually for profit, or the practice of allowing the animal to breed (rather than having the animal spayed or neutered).
battery hens. Hens used for egg production who are confined, several birds at a time, to cramped, dark cages and sent to slaughter when their egg production declines See battery cage and forced molting.
battery cage. Small wire cage, stacked among thousands of other cages, inside a large, windowless shed and containing several chickens each. Battery cages afford the animals not even enough room to stand, move about, or spread their wings. Each hen's individual space is smaller than a sheet of notebook paper. See debeaking and forced molting.
broiler chicken. The term used for chickens raised and slaughtered for meat. They grow twice as fast as their bodies were naturally designed to, so fast that their hearts, lungs, and legs cannot support their bodies.
bullhook. Also called an ankus or elephant hook, a cruel so-called tool used to brutalize and control elephants in circuses.
CAFO. Confined animal feeding operation. See factory farming.
cage-free. A term used mostly for the marketing of eggs. The term is not regulated and does not guarantee so-called humane treatment. Most birds in operations labeled as cage-free still suffer the same injuries, cruelties, and disregard as their counterparts on factory farms. See debeaking.
castration. The act of cutting off a male animal's genitals. Bull calves, piglets, and other animals endure this excruciating mutilation without any painkillers.
cognition. Refers to mental processes such as consciousness, intelligence, self-awareness, thought, and decision making. See sentience.
commodification. The conversion of a living being, principle, or natural environment into an "object" that is used, exchanged, or consumed for profit or other desired gain (HumaneMyth.org).
companion animal. Term referring to the animals with whom humans most commonly share their lives and homes�for example, dogs, cats, and rabbits. Preferred by many animal advocates to the word "pet."
cruelty-free. A term used to refer to products and practices that eliminate intentional cruelty and harm. For example, personal care products that contain no animal ingredients and that are not tested on animals may bear a "cruelty-free" label or emblem, such as the Leaping Bunny logo.
debarking. The surgical removal and manipulation of tissue in a dog's vocal cords to drastically quiet his or her natural bark. Debarking does not address the underlying reasons that a dog may be barking excessively, and the dog will continue to bark, albeit more quietly or silently. Illegal in the United Kingdom, it is still allowed in the United States.
debeaking. The mutilation of a young bird's beak. The days-old chick or weeks-old turkey is held tightly while a hot guillotine-like blade is used to slice off one-third to one-half of the bird's beak, through horn, bone, and highly sensitive tissue. The severe immediate pain persists even following the mutilation, which also permanently hinders the bird's ability to properly eat, drink, and preen.
declawing. The surgical removal of a cat's claws, in a painful procedure akin to cutting off toes up to the first knuckle. Recovery is painful as well, given that the cat must continue to walk on and use the litter box with freshly operated-on paws. Illegal and considered inhumane in the United Kingdom and other European countries, it is still a common practice in the United States.
direct action. A general term referring to various forms of protest and activism, ranging from protests to boycotts to leafleting to the covert or open rescue of animals (on the latter topic, see Animal Liberation Front and open rescue).
dissection. The practiced of cutting open or into a dead animal or separating the parts of the animal to examine the tissue and internal structure. It is still common in secondary schools and colleges, but students are increasingly voicing their opposition and demanding alternatives.
Draize test. Infamous and excruciating eye-irritation test for household products and cosmetics in which drops of a substance are placed in the eyes of rabbits, causing the animals ulcers, blindness, and other injuries before they are ultimately killed.
ear cropping. An unnecessary, painful cosmetic surgery performed on dogs in which a large part of the earflap is cut off to make the ear stand erect. Illegal in the United Kingdom and other countries but still legal and common in the United States.
exploitation. The use�often harmful or unfair�of another being for one's own advantage or pleasure (e.g., for food, clothing, research, and entertainment in the case of animals).
euthanasia. The killing, or the allowance of the death of, a being out of mercy and for the sake of the animal, when that being is "hopelessly sick or injured." Imprecise, euphemistic use of the term to refer to the killing of healthy animals is controversial.
factory farming. The industrial, large-scale system of meat, dairy, and egg production in which extreme confinement and the most inhumane of animal cruelties are standard.
flank strap. A strap pulled tightly and painfully around a rodeo horse's sensitive abdomen just as the chute opens, to force the horse into bucking, as the horse tries to escape the pain and discomfort caused by the strap. Also known as a bucking strap.
foie gras. Translated literally as "fatty liver" and served as a delicacy, foie gras is the result of immense cruelties. Young ducks are force-fed massive of amounts of food two to three times a day through metal pipes shoved down their throats. In a few short weeks, the livers of these sick, tortured animals have grown to 10 times their normal size, at which time the ducks are slaughtered and their livers sold for consumption.
forced molting. The egg-industry practice of artificially inducing hens to molt by depriving them of food for several days to two weeks when their egg production has declined. Following the molting, egg production increases.
free-range. A description and label applied to certain chicken and egg farms that many assume ensures some kind of natural, happy life for the animals. In reality, "free range" is not a well-regulated label, and most of these animals still suffer in confined, poor conditions for most or all of their lives. See cage-free.
gestation crate. Small metal crate in which a mother pig spends almost her entire adult life, with not enough room to even turn around.
hatchery. Virtually all chickens raised and killed for eggs, including those at so-called humane operations, come from hatcheries. At only a day or two old, half of the chicks born at hatcheries are ground up alive, gassed, or thrown alive into trash bags, where they suffocate to death: male chicks, who cannot produce eggs, and deformed female chicks are useless to the egg industry.
hunt sab. Intentional sabotage of an organized hunting expedition by such means as alerting the animals with horns, masking the pursued animals' scent or creating noise and distractions when humans are using hounds to track the animals, and engaging in patrols to document and thwart illegal hunting attempts.
mulesing. The wool-industry practice of slicing large chunks of flesh from around the sheep's tail area, for the purpose of managing flystrike (which results from flies laying eggs in the moist folds of the sheep's skin), without any anesthesia or painkiller.
no-kill. Refers to the movement for no-kill policies and shelters, where only unadoptable animals or those unable to be rehabilitated are killed.
open rescue. A rescue of animals conducted openly, without masks or other efforts to hide identity. Open rescue efforts seek to document cruelties, publicize, and educate in addition to rescuing animals in need.
puppy mills. Large-scale dog-breeding operations notorious for their substandard care and cruelties, including overbreeding, overcrowding, lack of veterinary care, and inadequate food and shelter. Puppy mills sell through pet stores, Web sites, and advertisements.
rape rack. The brutal, but accurate, industry term referring to the contraptions in which cows and pigs are restrained while they are forcibly inseminated.
sentience. The ability to experience pain, pleasure, and other sensations; the capacity to suffer. Chickens, pigs, cows, rabbits, dogs, cats, rats, monkeys, and elephants, for example, like the majority of other animals, are sentient.
silk. A liquid substance produced by silkworms that hardens upon contact with the air and forms the silkworm's cocoon. So that humans can retrieve the intact silk thread that makes up the cocoon (i.e., before the silkworm breaks the cocoon to emerge), the silkworms are boiled, baked, or steamed alive while still inside their cocoons.
speciesism. Discrimination on the basis of species; oppression and judgment of an animal on the basis of that animal's species or that animal's non-membership in a species. The belief in human superiority over other animals or certain nonhuman animals' superiority over others.
spent. An industry term for egg-laying (battery) hens and dairy cows whose egg and milk production has declined enough that they are no longer profitable. Spent hens and cows are sent to slaughter at a fraction of their natural lifespan.
stereotypic behavior. Repetitive behaviors commonly seen in captive animals and likely induced by stress and lack of appropriate stimuli (e.g., overgrooming among primates, pacing among tigers, and the swaying of elephants).
tail docking. Among dogs, the surgical amputation of the tail, usually for cosmetic reasons. The tails of pigs are docked because the stress and boredom of their lives in confinement can lead to tail-chewing.
utilitarianism. An ethical philosophy in which moral decisions are based on the utility of an action. In this line of thinking, human and nonhuman interests are afforded the same value, but an act harmful to an animal is permissible if the benefit to the human is greater than the cost to the animal. Utilitarianism bears more similarities to animal welfare than to animal rights.
veal. The culinary term for the flesh of a young calf and a byproduct of the dairy industry. Calves are taken from their mothers (dairy cows) shortly after birth, confined, and placed on a formula or other substandard diet until they are slaughtered at 5 to 6 months of age. Humans consume the mother cow's milk. See veal crate.
veal crate. Small crate in which a calf being raised for veal is confined and tied up. The calf's movement within the crate is intentionally restricted to limit the strengthening of muscle, and an insufficient diet is provided intentionally to keep the cow anemic: veal is preferred tender and pale in color. See veal.
veganism. As defined by the Vegan Society, the founders of which coined the term: "a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude�as far as is possible and practical�all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of humans, animals and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals." Vegans do not consume meat, dairy, eggs, or other animal byproducts; do not wear clothing derived from animals, such as leather, fur, and wool; and do not use products containing animal ingredients.
vegetarianism, lacto-ovo. A diet that excludes meat (including beef, poultry, and fish) but that includes dairy and eggs. Vegetarians may or may not still use clothing and products derived from animals.
veg*n or veg*an. An inclusive term referring to the categories of lacto-ovo vegetarians and vegans together.
vivisection. Cutting or operating on a live animal. The term also refers more generally to experimentation on animals for medical research and product testing. Vivisection includes the cutting, burning, infecting, drugging, starving, blinding, and killing of animals for research, for the testing of drugs and treatments, and for the testing of consumer products, such as cleaners, food additives, and cosmetics.
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Editor's note: Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Arsenal of Democracy" and a book on former President Carter and editor of a book assessing former President George W. Bush's administration, to be published this fall by Princeton University Press.
Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- If current polls are a guide, the midterm elections probably won't be good for President Obama and his party. The Democrats are in danger of losing control of the House of Representatives and of seeing their majority in the Senate diminish.
With Obama's approval rating sagging to 45 percent according to a Reuters-Ipsos poll, even his most ardent supporters admit that he will need a stimulus act for his presidency before 2012 comes around.
One of Obama's biggest challenges has been his reticence about defining a clear agenda and a set of governing principles. Doing so has been at odds with his legislative strategy, which has hinged on avoiding big proclamations to give himself wiggle room with Congress.
But that legislative strategy has had a major political cost. Many Democrats don't feel as if they know exactly what their leader is about. Some conservative critics have been able to paint a rather pragmatic Democrat as a Soviet-style socialist, and sometimes, according to recent polls, as a Muslim.
To bounce back, Obama will need to do more to articulate his agenda. For guidance, he can look back to two presidents who recovered from difficult midterms, Republican Ronald Reagan and Democrat Bill Clinton.
In 1982, Democrats gained 26 seats in the House. In 1994, Republicans took control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1954. Both presidents, however, coasted to victory in their bids for re-election.
In both cases, the most obvious factor was economic recovery. For Reagan, the recovery from the 1982 recession made many Americans more confident that his economic policies, namely the tax cuts of 1981, were responsible for ending the economic malaise.
President Reagan was able to run in 1984 on a campaign that promised voters it was "Morning in America Again," with images of Americans going to work and taking care of their homes. Reagan's approval ratings had risen from 35 percent to 58 percent by election time.
President Clinton, who ran against President George H.W. Bush in 1992 by focusing on the economic recession, saw his standing improve as the economy boomed in the second half of the 1990s. The economy revived as the growing technology industry inspired faith in the country.
Republicans and Democrats gave the economy good grades. Unemployment fell to about 5 percent. "Ten million new jobs. Family income up $1,600," boasted the narrator in one of Clinton's 1996 ads. Clinton's approval rating steadily rose in his second term, reaching a high of 73 percent in December 1998 (at the time of the impeachment).
But economic recovery was not enough. In each case, Reagan and Clinton were able to find ways to pursue a strategy of principled compromise that kept the legislative agenda moving forward but simultaneously gave voters a clear sense of what the presidents stood for.
Reagan showed more flexibility on several issues, including his decision to accept tax increases that were being pushed by fiscal conservatives in both parties. He also tempered some of his rhetoric toward the Soviet Union.
At the same time, he never departed from championing the twin themes on which he ran in 1980 -- anti-communism and tax cuts. He spoke about these themes and defended his positions with a passion that could inspire the most frustrated supporters.
When election time came around in 1984 against Democrat Walter Mondale, voters had developed a strong impression of who and what Reagan stood for, even if he had made compromises along the way.
Clinton also enjoyed a recovery after a disastrous midterm election. Clinton made deals with the GOP, focusing on smaller domestic initiatives, working on law and order policies, and signing a bill that ended the public welfare system. Clinton also found his voice once he had Speaker Newt Gingrich as an opponent.
During the heated budget battles that resulted in a government shutdown in 1995-1996, Clinton stood firm as a defender of the key pillars of government support for the middle class, Social Security and Medicare.
In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing by right-wing extremists in 1995, Clinton aggressively defended the importance of government while warning of extremism on the right. He placed the GOP in a difficult position when House Republicans opposed his counterterrorism initiatives.
As with Reagan and Clinton, Obama's biggest concern in 2011 and 2012 will be whether the economy experiences a more robust rebound. Without this, Republicans will have a much stronger chance of capturing the White House.
But Obama must also do a better job at telling voters what he is about. While the president has a large legislative record to boast of, it remains unclear to many voters, including Democrats who support much of the record, what it all adds up to.
It's time for Obama to state his agenda and lay out a set of governing principles that will guide him in his next two years as president. It's likely that the pressure of the 2010 midterm elections will compel Obama to present an argument to the public to build a case for his presidency.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Julian E. Zelizer.


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* TECH 190 + CMSC 140 is a new learning
community class where students will learn introductory programming and game
development at the same time! Using Unity and C#, students will
create their own new 2D games. This is a great opportunity to take both
classes together, with just one weekly class meeting. Both TECH 190 +
CMSC 140 will be taught in class Wednesday evenings and online. Students
will get a lot more out of Unity by being able to modify game code than by just
taking TECH 190 alone without the paired programming class. Both classes
fulfill requirements for the game degree and for transfer to UB. You don't need
prior programming experience.
* TECH 295 will be a new class in analog
game design (board games, card games, tabletop games, etc.) planned for the
2016-2017 school year.
* TECH 125 has merged with GDES 140, so
take GDES 140 in place of TECH 125. You can also choose to take GDES
140 even if you have already taken TECH 125 - you will get more experience with
character and story based animation and make some great work for your
You have probably noticed the course name/number changes in all MC classes. ALL MC programs have now changed to 4 letter subject codes. Don't worry if you took a class when it had an older code or different number, it still counts towards your degree! (But if you took it more than 4 years ago, check with an advisor).
Here are some new subject codes:
Some course numbers have also changed:
Yes, it is confusing! But we can help you figure it out. The college is in the middle of transitioning to the new names/numbers, so the information may not be fully updated across the MC catalog and website yet. Bear with us!
There are also changes afoot for many of our departments. MC has undergone a full academic reorganization to improve our programs.
Watch the movie on youtube Congratulations to MC Producer Dan Rankin for winning a local Emmy Award for this production!
Many grads don't realize that to officially graduate from MC, you need to file a graduation form. This "proves" later on that you graduated from MC. Remember that ten years from now, the classes in many MC programs may have changed, especially fast-moving tech programs.Visit the "Apply for Graduation" link in MyMC.
Talk to a counselor about our articulation (transfer) agreements with UB, UMUC, and other local universities. Read more about transferring.
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by Matt Dalby, sports information graduate assistant
NEW ORLEANS – A pair of Georgia College men's cross country stars were recognized for their dedication both on and off the course Friday, as seniors Dan Horseman (Cohutta, Ga.) and Tyler Mattix (Snellville, Ga.) were named to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team.
The duo led the Bobcats in every race this season, as Mattix led the team in four races while Horseman carried the load in three.
Mattix and Horseman were each named to the All-Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Second Team, with Mattix also being tabbed the first All-Southeast Region runner in school history.
Both Horseman and Mattix rewrote the Georgia College record books, as the pair owns seven of the Top-10 8K times in school history, while also recording the top four 10K times in GC history.
Horseman, a four-year star for the Bobcats, will be graduating with a dual major in Outdoor Education and Psychology.
A transfer from North Georgia, Mattix will graduate with a degree in Environmental Science.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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1950: Reel 2: Peru, Lima. Air trip to Cuzco. June 24-26.
Tile wall.
Skins drying.
Home on hillside.
Old Spanish homes.
Spanish window.
Carved wooden gate and door. [more tile shots, some int. and dark
Church, with good stonework
Stained glass windows.
More church and windows.
On plane to Cuzco.
Cuzco from the air.
Street scenes.
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Public square and cathedral.
People living in temporary shelters, [ws]
Ruined buildings with standing walls.
On of the famous Inca walls.
Old Inca road.
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Monday, April 22, 2013 | 12:47 p.m.
Maybe you're the type who is among the 320,000 fans who attend the summertime Electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Speedway and says, "We need more of this!"
If so, you might be in luck. A second EDC weekend is being discussed among board members of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and EDC founder Pasquale Rotella. It was Rotella, CEO of the EDC production company Insomniac Productions, who moved the festival to Las Vegas Motor Speedway from Los Angeles Coliseum in 2011.
"We're trying to do two EDC shows in Las Vegas, and we're talking to the promoters about a second show," said MGM Grand President Scott Sibella, who sits on the LVCVA Board of Directors, during Thursday's ceremonial ribbon-cutting at Hakkasan Las Vegas at MGM Grand. "We'll do it in the summer and have them three to four weeks apart."
During the first UNLVino Bar-B-Q at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Sibella clarified that the "we" in that statement was the LVCVA, and the shows would be planned for the summer of 2014. He added that the talks between resort officials and Rotella are continuing. Rotella, a new father with Holly Madison -- Madison gave birth to Rainbow Aurora on March 5 -- has not returned a text message for comment about the possible shows. The third EDC in Las Vegas is set for June 21-23, again at LVMS.
More from Sibella and MGM Grand:
• Sibella said that "Beacher's Madhouse" is returning to Vegas by Labor Day Weekend, taking over the former "Crazy Horse Paris" space. "[The club] is designed, everything's been sent in for permits. Hopefully we break ground in the next 21-30 days and it takes three months to build."
Beacher once staged the show at the old Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and is currently putting on two shows a night at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Sibella says the new "Madhouse" is an apt puzzle-piece for the upgrades at MGM Grand, led by the opening of Hakkasan over the weekend.
"They're going to complement each other so well," he said. "Beacher's is the place you go to entertain yourself from 11-12, then, bam, you're off to the club."
Bam! That is the official sound of "Beacher's Madhouse," a show like no other. Do some research, and you'll see why.
• Upgrades also are in the offing for Hollywood Theater at MGM, which might take on the name David Copperfield Theater to reflect the open-ended headlining production of illusionist David Copperfield.
"I'll tell you, we just signed an agreement with David Copperfield, so for another three years, David's staying," Sibella said. "He's traveling in September, and while he's gone, we're renovating the entire theater. David's going to kick off a new show at the end of the year next year, changing some of his magic acts, and we're renovating the showroom. ... We're talking about naming it the David Copperfield Theater. He's been a great partner and is doing very, very well."
Follow John Katsilometes on Twitter at Twitter.com/JohnnyKats. Also, follow "Kats With the Dish" at Twitter.com/KatsWiththeDish.


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By Tony Ciniglio
1. Sandy Koufax's perfect game: On Sept. 9, 1965, the legendary Koufax threw a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs to build on top of the three previous no-hitters in his epic career. Remains the franchise's iconic regular-season moment.
2. Don Drysdale/Orel Hershiser, the scoreless innings streaks: Drysdale strung together 58 consecutive scoreless innings in 1968. Hershiser produced 59 straight scoreless innings in 1988. Those streaks likely will not be broken.
3. Clayton Kershaw's no-no, June 18, 2014: No-hitter against the Colorado Rockies. 15 strikeouts, no walks. Only one error. Statistically as good as any singular pitching performance in MLB history.
4. Fernando-mania: Fernando Valenzuela won his first eight career starts of the 1981 campaign and capped Cy Young/Rookie of the Year season with a gutsy win against the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the 1981 World Series.
5. Eric Gagne: Game Over. The closer went 84 for 84 in save opportunities in 2003 and 2004. An imposing stretch.
Honorable mention: Hideo Nomo's no-hitter at pre-humidor Coors Field on Sept. 17, 1996; Ramon Martinez's 18-strikeout performance against the Atlanta Braves on June 4, 1990; Bill Singer's no-hitter with no walks on July 20, 1970; Jerry Ruess' no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants in 1980.


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EttGladareSverige needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 251 designs submitted by 64 freelance designers.
Ett Gladare Sverige (exact translation: A Happier Sweden)
Our national Happier Sweden campaign challenges people to create a WARMER, more CARING society and everyday life for themselves and everybody else.
Campaign will be massive and based on a website, interactions with Facebook, Twitter, public websites and national newspapers. A fundamental part of the site will be challenging others to do great things (Paying it forward) and we are expecting large media coverage so logo will be largely exposed in Sweden.
Campaign message:
Listen to the Carter family - we LOVE them and this song captures what we want to communicate:
Be the change you want to see. RIGHT NOW.
Focus on the POSITIVE.
ENCOURAGE yourself and others. Convert to a complaint free life.
Lavishly SMILE just because it instantly makes everybody feel better.
INSPIRE, INCLUDE and RESPECT everyone around you.
Take responsibility. Change your life and Sweden forever.
The campaign website will be the center of inspiration and MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
DESIGN our CAMPAIGN LOGO and contribute to a happier world. GO.
We are not associated with any religious or political organization.
The general Swedish public, young and old. Focus on social media lovers who want to contribute to the user generated content website.
We're looking for a professional quality design that can be all text OR incorporate/embed an icon/picture. Only original work. Key words: SUNNY & PLAYFUL.
We are looking for a clean, clear and effective logo. Text needs to be readable in all sizes, from small (think business card) to large web displays. This means font cannot be too slim/skinny & lines/white gaps need to be adjusted for a small version for some (most) designs. Design needs to look right in black & white and on both black and white background even if it will only be used in colour.
1. Logo should be clean yet playful, energetic and positive.
2. Text could be split into "Ett Gladare" and "Sverige". Different font sizes can be used for the two parts. Feel free to elaborate with lower/upper case letters.
3. We need designers to build all text logos on the Swedish words.
4. Size and quality should support displays at least the size of a UDS bill for web and print.
5. All lines need to work really well also in small logo sizes.
6. Text should be clear and easy to read in all logo sizes.
No clipart please.
For inspiration - it's a great idea to listen to the Carter family - we LOVE them and this song captures what we want to communicate:
Here's an example of a website we like which will also give you some more information about Sweden:
We also like Paying it forward
…and support A Complaint Free World
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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As many of you have probably guessed by now, I get all my news from the Wrecks you send in. Now, is this:
HAH! Uh, no.
Yooouuu betcha.
Case in point: I believe that football-related thing I mentioned before has finally happened. And it's called...
Ok, maybe we should just call it "The Game."
From all this Wreckage, I also know there were two teams involved in "the game."
First we have the Colts, who are big Katamari fans:
Yep, that banana is a peelin' from both ends.
- Related Wreckage: Are You Ready for Some Football?!?


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Mississippi rule lets go all across America! (Come on West Cost groups and get those bids done.)
Please have a prepared bid with location and simple budget emailed to me (heath at perlfoundation.org) by May 15th, 2013!
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Target Corp. Chief Executive Gregg Steinhafel is calling on retailers and banks to adopt chip-based credit-card technology to better protect shoppers. But the debate was different a decade ago, when the executive was on the other side of the issue as Target pulled the plug on a $40 million, three-year program that did just that.
Chip-based credit cards — in which a smart chip in the card works with special readers installed at stores — are widely used in Europe and Canada, making it more difficult for thieves to profit from the sort of massive data breach that hit Target over the holidays.
But the technology has yet to be embraced in the U.S., and as a result, the U.S. has become the preferred target for criminal hackers.
Progress on chip-based cards in the U.S. has been slowed in part because the financial industry and retailers have been at each other's throats over card-swipe fees and other issues, and because neither side has wanted to commit the billions of dollars necessary until the other side agrees as well.
But another reason, some say, is the chill that came following the 2004 failure of Target's TGT, -1.11% collaboration with Visa Inc. V, -1.08% to use the chips across its 1,000-plus stores.
Executives in Target's credit-card division tried to keep the program but lost out to the concerns of executives responsible for store operations and merchandising, a group that included Steinhafel, who worried the technology slowed checkout speeds and didn't offer enough marketing benefits, according to a person familiar with the decision.
The risks of big, expensive attacks like Target's could help spur a consensus on the issue.
"All of us have a common interest in being protected, so this might be a chance for retailers and banks to for once work together, as opposed to sue each other like we've been doing the last decade," James Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, -0.40%, said last week on an earnings call.
Steinhafel, in his first public comments since the breach, said momentum is picking up for mass adoption of chip cards. "I think we're ready to move," the Target CEO said in a Jan. 13 interview with CNBC. Target, he said, was "out front of the industry, and the industry didn't follow."
Target said its 2001 to 2004 effort to roll out smart cards was pioneering, but couldn't be justified if the rest of the industry didn't go along.
"A review of the program led the leadership team to agree that there were potential operational, financial and marketing benefits," said Chief Financial Officer John Mulligan. "However, without broad industry adoption of the technology to ensure a consistent guest experience, there weren't enough benefits at that time to continue the test."
Target's decision 10 years ago to end the program disappointed chip advocates who had hoped it would demonstrate the viability of chip-based cards and set the stage for their widespread use in the U.S. Since then, retailers and banks have been caught in a chicken-and-egg dilemma with retailers reluctant to invest billions of dollars on the needed infrastructure unless banks commit to spending the billions of dollars needed to issue the new cards.
And the breaches keep coming. Target's breach affected 40 million credit- and debit-card accounts. Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus disclosed Jan. 10 that it, too, was hit by a computer-based attack that compromised credit-card data over the holidays.
"A lot of the fraud has migrated from international markets to the U.S. because the U.S. is the weakest link," said Rick Oglesby, a senior analyst at Aite Group LLC, a Boston consulting firm that specializes in the payments industry.
Some U.S. retailers are rolling out chip-ready machines in normal upgrades of their point-of-sale systems. But it will be nearly two years before the majority of retailers have them, and those machines still need software upgrades to be fully compatible with the new cards.
The technology is expected to get more traction in the U.S. by October 2015, when credit-card companies plan to hold merchants financially responsible for any fraud that stems from a transaction in which a chip-enabled card was presented but couldn't be used. Currently, the banks that issue the plastic are liable for such fraud.
Of the 5.6 billion credit and debit cards in circulation in the U.S., only an estimated 15 million to 20 million are chip cards — issued mainly to people who travel overseas frequently.


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The number of people living on this planet has now topped seven billion. A few hundred thousand more and the earth might start careening out of orbit, like an airplane that exceeds its weight limit (which would likely result in a crash).
It's hard to imagine how the natural resources of the earth can sustain an exponentially growing population. The climate deniers, of course, believe that we can ravage the earth apart like carving a turkey on Thanksgiving. The difference is that in the belief of the climate deniers the meat on the turkey is somehow magically restored over time, while Thanksgiving eaters at the groaning board know that what you are left with at the end of one's gluttonous plunder is a bare carcass.
The climate deniers also, of course, don't believe that pillaging natural resources for profit -- instead of seeking sustainable alternatives -- creates a toxic imbalance that creates deadly climate change. They don't believe it or simply are indulging in a billionaire's carpe diem, an orgy of excess that has no regard for future generations.
According to a September 12 article in Rolling Stone, scientists are now regrouping and fighting back against the corporate mass media assumption that there is even a debate about fossil fuel/extraction industry/corporate-caused/automobile guzzling degradation of the climate in which we live -- and the deadly impact of such alterations to our earth and atmosphere.
Simply put in the sub-title to the Rolling Stone piece: "Scientists are fighting deniers with irrefutable proof the planet is headed for catastrophe." At the forefront of the counterattack against the false assertions of the massive industry-based campaign to deny the self-destruction of our planet is a body called the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC):
The IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report [to be released on September 27] offers slam-dunk evidence that burning fossil fuels is the cause of most of the temperature increases of recent decades, and warn that sea levels could rise by almost three feet by the end of the century if we don't change our ways. The report will underscore that the basic facts about climate change are more established than ever, and that the consequences of escalating carbon pollution are likely to mean that, as The New York Times recently argued, "babies being born now could live to see the early stages of a global calamity."
Jeff Goodell, author of the Rolling Stone article observes "But perhaps the most significant thing about the new IPCC report is not the scientific findings. It's that the release of the report may actually mark the beginning of a new phase of the climate wars – one in which scientists and activists learn to fight back."
That is good news for a planet that is crowded with people regarded as marketing targets more than humans by an industrial economy that is driven by the assumption that happiness and economic well-being are driven by ever-expanding consumption.
There used to be, many decades ago, a high-profile movement known as Zero Population Growth (ZPG) which achieved prominence for advocating that the ability of the earth to sustain limitless population growth was -- well -- limited.
Explosive population growth combined with the ongoing triumph of the vulture industrial sector behemoths in delaying action on reversing climate change have created the perfect storm of impending disaster.
Taking a bleak view, Goodall ends his article with this comment:
In a more rational world, of course, we wouldn't need any more IPCC assessments. We would have listened to the scientists, built a global consensus and forged international agreements to reduce carbon pollution and head off the risk of climate catastrophe. But in the 25 years since the IPCC was formed, global carbon pollution is rising faster than ever. Future readers may view IPCC reports not as landmarks of scientific inquiry, but as suicide notes from a lost civilization.
Let us hope that we can manage to become "a more rational world."
Otherwise, this may be a period resembling the last days of Pompeii for Mother Earth.
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What people are saying about Simpol...
Ken Wilber
American philosopher, author and founder of Integral Theory.
"The central idea of Simpol is very powerful; that is, the notion of how to link votes in one country with votes in another - how to link political action in one country with action in another. International competition is built-in to the nation-state system at its current level of development and so the issue is not environmental concerns, but how to get humans to agree on environmental concerns. This is really fascinating and very hopeful. In my opinion this is the crucial issue for the 21st century."
Jose Ramos-Horta
President of East Timor. Nobel Peace Prize Laureat
"I am pleased to confirm to you my interest in endorsing the Simultaneous Policy campaign and to be as active in its support as I can."
Noam Chomsky
Professor (MIT), political activist, author
"It's ambitious and provocative. Can it work? Certainly worth a serious try."
David Sloan Wilson
Author of "Does Altruism Exist?" and President of the Evolution Institute
"It's a pleasure to read a book that captures the modern evolutionary worldview so well and your actual solution is very clever. We even share an awareness of the need for a psychological therapeutic process and a global policy-making process."
Hazel Henderson
Economist, author: Beyond Globalization: Shaping a Sustainable Global Economy
"The Simultaneous Policy is a creative proposal to accelerate progress toward a sustainable global economy. Many movements and grassroots globalists working for these goals can coalesce around such innovative initiatives."
Moises Naim
Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Policy
"...compelling and provocative."
Dr. Hans Koechler
President, International Progress Organization
"In our era of global challenges and increasing interconnectedness between nation-states, transnational coordination among concerned citizens has become an indispensable element of democracy. I hope that many voters will make use of Simpol's innovative approach."
Ervin Laszlo
Author and Futurist
"In an age when our problems are global and national governance structures are weakened and inadequate, it is absolutely necessary to think about the shape of effective global governance. This cannot be simply national government "writ large", for that would also enlarge the problems and inefficiencies of national governance. It must be a holistic and evolutionary governance system, and as to the articulation of the essential features of such a system, John Bunzl makes an essential contribution. Highly recommended for anyone concerned with our collective future on this small and largely mismanaged planet."
Dr. Franz-Josef Radermacher
Head of the Forschungsinstitut für anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung/n (FAW/n)
"Simpol is an important initiative for combating major global challenges which depend on a deep systems-theoretical understanding both of current systems-theoretical challenges and potential solutions."
Diana Schumacher
Former President, The Schumacher Society
"The adoption of a Simultaneous Policy would eliminate the worst aspects of destructive competition from the economic system whilst promoting a recognition of the interdependence of each and all."
John Stewart
Author, Evolution's Arrow - The Direction of Evolution and the Future of Humanity
"The Simpol proposal is a practical means of moving toward global governance. It should be an effective means of achieving cooperation where any individual government that behaves cooperatively will be disadvantaged until other governments also do so."
Terry Patten
Integral teacher, trainer, consultant and writer. Co-author, with Ken Wilber, of "Integral Life Practice".
"Simpol is brilliant and important. It enables trans-national creativity to get a running start long before established institutions are ready to act or even get out of the way."
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Norwegian professor of social anthropology, University of Oslo, Norway
"Nearly everything has been globalised except democracy, and the challenges facing humanity in this century cannot possibly be dealt with by states acting on their own. John Bunzl's proposal is as original as it is pertinent, and would represent a huge step forward in promoting collective goals beyond those of the nation-state."
Nigel Martin
Founder, Forum for Democratic Global Governance
"What I admire about your book is the breadth of your knowledge, the inherent logic of your approach and your courage to be solution-oriented. I believe that the Simpol approach is doable and may, as you argue, be more realistic than any other approach at this point in time."
Angie Zelter
Co-founder, Trident Ploughshares Right Livelihood Award, 2001
"There is a mechanism available for politicians to regain the power to act in the interests of ordinary people and for democracy to blossom. The Simultaneous Policy: an Insider's Guide to Saving Humanity and the Planet by John Bunzl is a must for politicians, their constituents and all those concerned with creating a sustainable global economy."
Dr. Farhang Sefidvash
Coordinator, the Research Centre for Global Governance, Brazil
"The concept of Simultaneous Policy is a wonderful way of implementing cooperation which is the new law of human survival in the globalized world."
Steve McIntosh
Author of Integral Consciousness and Evolution's Purpose.
"I enthusiastically recommend the work of the International Simultaneous Policy Organization (SIMPOL). Innovative strategies to evolve politics and global governance are sorely needed in our increasingly globalized world, and SIMPOL offers a new and promising approach on the long road to democratic global law."
Scilla Elworthy
Founder, Oxford Research Group, UK
"I think John Bunzl's 'Global Domestic Politics' is a terrific book. You are writing with great clarity and it makes all the difference that you bring in Spiral Dynamics and Integral thinking. This allows you to make such strong points about diverse values and non-democratic nations. Until I read your clear analysis, I hadn't realised just how much destructive international competition is central to governments' problems."
David Lorimer
Editor, "Network", the journal of the Scientific and Medical Network
"Simultaneous Policy (Simpol) is an imperative in a competitive world that now demands new forms of cooperation in order to address global issues that cannot be resolved by one nation alone. ... John Bunzl analyses some key aspects of governance and sets Simpol in the context of transformative evolutionary change in our economic and political systems. ... A timely contribution to continuing debates about structures and processes of global governance, showing exactly why our current institutions are not fit for purpose."
Elisabet Sahtouris
Author, Earthdance - Living Systems in Evolution
"From my vantage point as an evolution biologist, John Bunzl's Simultaneous Policy is an idea whose time has come and an imperative if we are to evolve humanity from its juvenile competitive stage to its cooperative species maturity. A wonderful 'no risk' strategy for finding agreement on important issues in building global community!"
James J. Hughes Ph.D.
Executive Director, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Associate Editor, Journal of Evolution and Technology.
"Simpol does get at the nub of the problem, the prisoners dilemma that stymies individual nations from enacting policies."
David Woollcombe
Co-Founder & Trustee, Peace Child International
"Like many I meet, you have a great grasp of the apocalypse towards which we are hurtling. Unlike most, you have a plausible, viable proposal for avoiding that apocalypse."
Shann Turnbull
Author, 'Democratising the Wealth of Nations'
"Simultaneous Policy is a most promising strategy for discovering and establishing a more equitable, efficient and sustainable economic order."
Duncan Hames MP
Simpol-pledged UK Liberal Democrat MP
"I support Simpol as a way of tackling cross-border issues and addressing the 'prisoner's dilemma' of international competition. Naturally, the individual policies proposed for simultaneous impementation need to be considered on their merits at the time they are proposed."
Niccolo Rinaldi MEP
Simpol-pledged Member of the European Parliament, Scelta Europea (European Choice)
"As a candidate for Scelta Europea and as a Member of the European Parliament, I confirm my support for the Simpol campaign. At present my support is given in principle in the sense that I support Simpol as a process for bringing the governments of sufficient nations together around a cooperative agreement to solve the global problems we're confronted with. I will encourage my party and its members to participate in this initiative."
Sir Richard Body
Former Conservative Member of Parliament, UK
"The really big issues today now cross national frontiers and individual governments cannot cope with them in isolation. This is where Simultaneous Policy comes in. … [It] is the only way a host of problems can now be solved. Simultaneous Policy is the alternative."
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The first Piracy Czar will be Chris Israel, who was previously deputy chief of staff for Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. At the top of the agenda for now is China, which recently made pledges that it would crack down on rampant piracy in that country. Why piracy and why now?
The skyrocketing U.S. trade deficit -- which reached a record $618 billion last year -- has compounded U.S. concerns about piracy and counterfeiting. Companies that produce movies, music and software and other intellectual property account for a growing share of what the United States has to sell to the rest of the world.
Knocking $250 billion off that would be great, but economic realities won't allow for that to happen overnight. The massive black market in China is spurred in part by monopoly pricingnamely, prices are too high, and the only competition to bring them down is illegal competition. While pirated copies of Star Wars might sell for $1 on the street, 20,000 sales of that pirated DVD do not translate to 20,000 sales of $15 legit DVDs in the absence of piracy. It's going to take a long time to get an established and legitimate market for American entertainment exports setup in China, and it's going to need businesses to realize that the key to success in the market is pricing, not enforcement. (And then, maybe they'll realize that for other markets, too.)
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Michael Jackson's "Beat It" has the optimal beat. So does "Gangnam Style" by Psy and Lady Gaga's "Edge of Glory."
Research has found that at the right tempo, music can reduce the sense of exertion as well as boost motivation. Costas Karageorghis, deputy head of research at the School of Sport and Education at London's Brunel University, says the "sweet spot" for workout music is between 125 and 140 beats per minute when people aren't trying to time their movements to the music. Previously, experts believed that the faster a person exercises, the faster the music tempo should be.
Other new studies have shown that when athletes synchronize their movements to a musical beat, their bodies can handle more exertion: Treadmill walkers had greater stamina and cyclists required less oxygen uptake. And swimmers who listened to music during races finished faster than others who didn't.
"Music can alter emotional and physiological arousal much like a pharmacological stimulant or sedative," says Dr. Karageorghis, who has worked as a consultant psychologist to music and sports-equipment companies and for Olympic athletes. "It has the capacity to stimulate people even before they go into the gym."
The benefits of music seem most pronounced during low-to-moderate-intensity exercise—in other words, it's more effective for recreational exercisers than elite athletes, scientists say. And finding just the right beat isn't difficult, as a lot of popular music falls within the optimum tempo range and most other musical genres also have music in that range, Dr. Karageorghis says. For classical music buffs, two pieces that work for him are Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, known as the "Eroica" symphony, and Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor. Other qualities that make music ideal for workouts are motivational sounds and lyrics—think the theme from "Chariots of Fire" with its associated image of men running on the beach.
Sylwia Wiesenberg, owner of Tonique Fitness in New York City, says she keeps tempo in mind when compiling playlists for her two-hour cardio and body-sculpting class. "The hardest part of the class is the first 15 to 20 minutes," she says. "I use music as my powerful instrument to push people harder," she says.
Ms. Wiesenberg starts the class with songs that have 115 to 117 beats per minute—such as "The Longest Road" by Morgan Page—then increases that to about 125 beats. Finally, the workout peaks with music at about 135 beats per minute, including "Beautiful World" by Tiësto & Mark Knight featuring Dino. A month ago when the speakers in her studio weren't working, "the class had a totally different atmosphere and energy," she says. "People were stopping.…I'm so dependent on the music that I don't even see a point to doing a class without the music."
A study published last year in the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness found that cyclists who synchronized their movements to music reduced oxygen uptake by as much as 7%. The study tested three different musical tempos on 10 men who cycled for 12 minutes at 70% maximal heart rate.
Another experiment, involving 30 people walking on treadmills, found that exercising at the same tempo as the music boosted endurance. One group of participants walked with motivational music, another with neutral music and a third with no music. Endurance increased in both groups listening to music, although the motivational music had the greatest effect. The study was published in the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology in 2009.
Experts say most of the benefits of working out to music come from psychological factors. "When people run with music their rate of perceived exertion is lower than if they don't use music or other devices," says Gershon Tenenbaum, director of the graduate program in sport and exercise psychology at Florida State University. These benefits tend to evaporate once a person begins exercising at very intense levels, he says.
Dr. Tenenbaum says similar benefits have been observed when athletes are told to imagine they are in a certain location, such as at the beach, or are exposed to particular smells, such as lavender.
David-Lee Priest, a researcher at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, says music is able to divert attention through a neurological mechanism. The unpleasant feedback from exercising, such as difficulty breathing, sweating or stiff muscles, is transferred to the brain using the afferent, or sensory, nervous system. Listening to music interferes with the transmission of those sensations, he says. "Before you become aware of the fatigue the music will block out the sensations of fatigue and effort so you won't fully notice them," he says. That blocking occurs only up to a point—about 70% of one's maximum capacity, he says.
With resistance training, the benefit of music occurs more before one starts exercising or in between sets, Dr. Priest says. "It's like taking a mild stimulant.…It will increase your heart rate and blood pressure slightly."
In a recent study, Dr. Karageorghis and colleagues tested the effects of music on swimmers. After three weeks in which the athletes got used to swimming with ear buds, the researchers conducted three experiments using 26 collegiate swimmers who completed the 200-meter freestyle trials. They listened to motivational music, neutral music and no music. Both music groups saw a three-second improvement in performance compared to their race times without music. Although this represented just a 2% improvement, Dr. Karageorghis says it's enough to make a difference in the realm of competitive swimming.
Swimmers listening to music also reported a 10% jump in their level of motivation, compared with swimming with no music. The study, scheduled to be published in the journal Psychology of Sport and Exercise, was sponsored by swimwear company Speedo International Ltd.
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I sometime read religious boards and it amazes and disappoints me how much religious zealots and atheist have in common – the absolute and righteous certainty that they at the exclusion of others possess knowledge/revelations that makes them the bearers of the truth.
Recently on a different Atheist discussion board a lady that had just lost her young daughter wrote about her religious experience and of the comfort she receivers from her faith. She politely shared her heart breaking story and even offered words of kindness. The replies were predictably brutal and mocking, barely a shred of compassion for a mother that lost her child. I made my best to present my atheist point of view to this lady but I did so with respect, compassion and understanding. I also felt ashamed for my fellow atheists.
I see it here too at nexus, the same hubris and arrogance that at times is such that some individuals proclaim that their philosophies are "my own religion" while others are themselves "…my own religion" and their church is "my flesh and blood". Does this sound strangely familiar? I suppose soon we will have Gods among us.
Before we all get too heady from over indulging in the advantages of having the weight of evidence in our favor, we should remember that pointing out the irrationality of religion is as-easy-as- shooting-fish-in-a-barrel! The real challenge is offering something better.
We are no better than those that dismiss us and demean us for being atheist if we dismiss and demean them for being believers. The belittling of others only diminishes us and at the very least makes us as misguided as we see theists to be.
It would serve us all well to remember that before presenting our carefully constructed arguments we could show something very simple – respect – and maybe even modesty.
If you believe that logic and reason offers superior guidance than mysticism and religion then BE the example.
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