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Brian's last post on Critical Legal Studies and the Bush Administration has finally gotten me to write down a few things I have been thinking about for about a number of years about the relationship between Critical Legal Studies and political and legal events since the 2000 election.
The endemic disease of legal reasoning back to before Edward Coke is to make false claims about the past in the hope that they will be true about the future.
When you right that "CLS had-- and should have had-- an ambivalent relationship to law, seeing both its limitations in the face of social forms of power and its possibilities as a means of channeling power and preventing its worst injustices and excesses" you are, I think, falling victim to this disease.
I sat in Harvard's Economics Department in the 1980s, looking north at Duncan Kennedy, Roberto Unger, and company. I heard lots of: powerful people use law to subordinate others and secure their own interests under the guise of promoting laudable goals like freedom, equality, liberty, consent, community and human dignity, and it is our duty to demystify the authority of law and unveil that it is all naked politics. I heard very little of: by choosing to speak in the language of law, powerful people and interests can be called to account by being accused of committing injustice.
Perhaps CLS should have been a judo-move, stating that the powerful developed law as a mystifying cloak but we can make it more. But I have no sense that that was what it was.
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brad: Perhaps CLS should have been a judo-move, stating that the powerful developed law as a mystifying cloak but we can make it more. But I have no sense that that was what it was.
I think less "judo-move" and more "got lemons, make lemonade", particularly in an environment where a sated consumer class could never be looked to for a real people's revolution. I think I could get my undergrad prof from Cal State Dominguez Hills to sign off on this summary, the one who introduced me formally to cls in the early 90s. But there's no getting around that cls in the context of a Harvard econ department is bound to vary from that found in the home of gangsta rap. $.02
(For the record, I'm one of those sated consumers, here with my linux computer and verizon dsl, I know. I never put much stock in a "people's revolution" and am on record as saying Marx is the kind of thinker who would divide by zero.)
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May I offer a humble perspective from a law student, who is quite persuaded by your characterization and defense of the lemons-into-lemonade version of CLS?
I think my response and the response of a good number of similarly situated law students would be: "CLS had enduring lessons?! Really?! Why weren't we told?" I and my ilk have been "awake" to the law for only five years or so. Even those among us with more than a passing interest in various theories of judicial review know of CLS as a mere footnote. I learned much more from my undergraduate economics professor about CLS than I ever will in law school. The first institutional exposure I had to the idea was on a practice LSAT, which used CLS as the topic of a reading comprehension exercise. (I wish I were making that last part up.)
Okay, so CLS is presented to most young minds as a footnote, so what? Well, all we know about it is that it's a widely discredited approach to the law that basically takes whatever interpretation of an outcome is simultaneously the most cynical and left-wing. Maybe some students would be attracted to learning more based on such a description, but I suspect few would follow up on a theory that is both "discredited" and "cynical."
Reams of submissions pour into law reviews, few if any give CLS serious treatment. No one is teaching it. (I think I read Matsuda in a law and sexuality seminar . . . that would be the extent of my CLS exposure since the LSAT encounter mentioned above). Are there students out there interested in the lemony lessons from CLS and all the hard work on behalf of scholars like yourselves in reading and understanding the movement? How will we ever know if someone doesn't teach us about it? Professor Tamanaha has shown that current events amount to a big batch of ripe lemons--if not now, when?
I suspect there are good reasons why the topic is not touched on in mainstream legal education. I just don't know what those reasons are.
This is a nice apotheosis, but I think your co-blogger Kim (at least, I assume she's a co-blogger though I don't see her post; she's listed up there) really beat you to the punch on this one a while ago. :)
Could we get her here to comment on this?
A is referring to Kim's article, When the Law Doesn't Count: The 2000 Election and the Failure of the Rule of Law, 149 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1361 (2001). If you are interested in an contemporaneous discussion of CLS and Bush v. Gore, you might also look at my own article, Bush v. Gore and the Boundary Between Law and Politics, 110 Yale L. J. 1407 (2001).
@Kevin: I know at least one undergrad pre-law program that still keeps the cls/fls light burning, but it's certainly not mainstream, it's Cal State Dominguez Hills, Professor Jeanne Curran. As to why "mainstream" doesn't teach it, or how it comes to be "discredited", well, what's the upside for the elite to give it voice? We do see, in Brad's comment, that cls was taught in the 80s in Harvard, but generally I expect cls/fls to appeal more to the National Lawyers Guild than to the Federalist Society, and I think we know which camp currently holds greater sway in the ABA and curriculum policies of the tier one schools. As for the good reasons you seek, tier one schools are primarily about joining/maintaining the power elite and getting well compensated therefor; cls is of little to no value for such pursuits.
@all: I've indulged myself here far too much this week, and will be reverting to lurker status. Am always happy to hear from folks via private email, which can be found at my blogger profile page.
Peace, and out.
Brad: Perhaps CLS should have been a judo-move, stating that the powerful developed law as a mystifying cloak but we can make it more. But I have no sense that that was what it was.
The history of CLS isn't something I spend a lot of time with, but two works from the CLS-era come to mind along those lines: E.P. Thompson's appendix to Whigs & Hunters (the rule of law as an unqualified good) and Mari Matsuda's Looking to the Bottom. The former spoke of ways that law might confine the powerful and the later suggested some ways that traditional legal doctrine might be remade to benefit the most in need.
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A sweet croissant filled with almond paste and topped with sliced almonds. Some are dusted with confectioners' sugar. As such, it becomes more of a pastry than a bread.
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Almond paste is made of blanched, finely ground almonds, powdered sugar and generally, glucose or syrup to bind them together. It is coarser and less sweet than marzipan. Both are used as a pastry filling, and were traditionally popular in wedding cakes as a layer on top of the cake and under the fondant. Marzipan has more sugar and is also shaped into plain or chocolate-covered rolls, painted figures and fruits, and enjoyed directly as a confection. Marzipan originated in the Middle East, where it was flavored with rose water or orange blossom water. The delicacy was served at palaces as early as 965 C.E.
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While scholars don't agree as to the origin of the word, one explanation is that it is a combination of the Arabic "mautaban" and the Italian "Marci panis," Marcus bread.* Marzipan came to Europe via the Arab invasion of Spain and like chocolate, was initially a delicacy reserved for monarchs and aristocrats. It was initially produced by pharmacists, who had the spice monopoly. In the 19th century, when sugar became affordable to most people, it entered the confectionary mainstream. While modern European countries regulate the ratios of sugar to almonds that define marzipan and almond paste, these do not exist in the U.S. Because the ratios can vary significantly, try different brands to see what you like.
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In the latest BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha OS update, some sleuthing found a few hidden gems burried in the OS. When diving into the embeded icons, BBVietnam came across the icon set for the device that included not only Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, but also Skype. Yes, that Skype. Now we can't say for sure what this means (if anything) but it is a good sign. We've had no official word on either side as to if Skype will be available for BlackBerry 10 at all, but the icons do get us a bit curious regardless.
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i wonder if someone can confirm this and that someone just didnt photoshop them in.
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I don't think it's photoshopped - people are going to find out eventually if BB 10 has Skype or not. Also, I just received an email from Windows Messenger saying that Messenger will be "retired" for Skype. The older BB phones had Windows Messenger, so there's no reason why BB 10 shouldn't follow suit with Skype (which I presume would've happened, regardless).
Also, I assume that Skype is available for Android devices, and considering that Android apps were made accessible to the PlayBook, since the BB 10 infrastructure also runs on QNX, there's no reason why BB 10 shouldn't have Skype. The front-facing camera should definitely be a heads-up, as well. Skype is definitely in demand, and RIM would have to be crazy not to want Skype to run on BB 10 phones. The absence of such could be a dealbreaker for some.
On that account, I hope BlackBerry Video chat proves to be a big hit; also, it would be major plus if BlackBerry Video chat could be used to somehow chat face-to-face with someone who happens to be using Skype, but that's probably out of the realm of possibility.
But this is just a minor bump in the road, in my opinion. The very things BB 10 should do well ought to make Skype functionality a minimal factor in deciding whether to purchase a BB 10 or not.
+1 agreed.
so why have a field for a Skype ID if you won't be able to contact them on Skype? See what i'm saying? I think we might see some deeper integration of Skype than just the app.
If you check out BBVietnam's post on it they also pulled out some code that apparently says item.isSkypeInstalled ?
Looks to be an install icon if it actually is real... Agreed though, still doesn't mean anything. Hopefully it will come later if it isn't there at launch. I think I'm allowed to be hopeful though ;) #BB10Believe!
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Hmm, the greyed out icon is titled 'ca_skype_read.png' so that icon is for a read Skype message. So could we see Skype messages in The Hub and that means Skype integration is built in? At least the text chat method maybe..? But if they would do that, why not do the video chat portion as well..
Skype is the one product feature that I think has the most potential to make or break BlackBerry 10 (the biggest overall factor I think is marketing rather than product at all).
Agreed, these don't convince me there will be a Skype app per se, but might point to some kind of Skype integration (it could be as meaningless as a field in the contact list, but ideally some ability for BBM Video to interface with Skype... something which had been floated a while back). In a similar vein, isn't the word on the street that el Goog will not be supporting BB10 with apps, but there's still a Gmail icon??
Gmail can be integrated into the hub as noted in several videos (see today's other postings). In terms of other services, there is just a bucket of 3rd party Apps (at least on playbook) that integrates Google Maps and cloud services. I don't any big issue here.
In the end, it is in Google's best interest to support BB as it is MS. It is all about the battle of the eye balls in pursuit of advertising revenue. You decrease your audience, you decrease your revenues. It is already weighing on the minds of Google Executives who are starting to see ad revenues shrink due to competition.
I think there will be integration with the OS and not just an icon to use with a contact. I am thinking that because there is an 'unread' and 'read' style of Skype icon in that list. Just like with the Twitter and Facebook icons in that list. So there might not be a standalone Skype app, but it would baked in and the OS will tell if you are getting a BBM Video Call or Skype call perhaps?
This was rumored in the forums early last year as to how Skype would be in BB10
Considering that consumers are fickle (and often tech-illiterate), it would behoove RIM to have a Skype app readily available on BB 10's App World, instead of some "workaround" plugin. Integration with messaging and email clients can be complimentary, though.
BlackBerry Video chat should be available, alongside Skype. Offering choices for consumers who wish to choose is the right approach - they don't want to be told what to do, and they are often very uncompromising.
watched a video earlier of BB10 and noticed the Google Talk icon. I know RIM makes these apps but the fact that it's there means the RIM/GOOGLE relationship is not that stink ... who knows, maybe Google Maps will show sooner than later ...
Check the forums, there were leaked photos of a Google Talk app recently.
I can't believe they would make the same mistake twice. RIM is smarter than that. It is better to show nothing than show something and then not have it at launch. That would simply draw attention to the negatives rather than the positives, to the observation that RIM can't deliver. I guess we'll find out soon.
Skype? Who uses it? I have over 300 contacts in my phone, 0 use Skype. About 250 Facebook friends, 0 use Skype. How is it that I know about 400 people and none of them uses Skype? To be honest I've never met anyone that "Skypes". I know more people who Tinychat and Chatroulette more than Skype. Now Netfilx.... Netflix would kill it. Not a Netflix user, but 99% of the people I know swarm to those stupid redboxes like crack heads to crack houses.
Both skype and netflix should be on BB10 at launch.
I think he forgot to say "/sarcasm"
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Skype is the new Windows Messenger. It does NOT mean that Skype with voice (skype to skype voice calling or skype-to-phone, phone-to-skype) is coming. It's just the new (text based) Windows messenger (now renamed to Skype Messenger or something).
It's just going to be a field in contact list. Like you've fields for Yahoo, BBM, Email, Google talk etc.
OMFG! Where is AIM? If they don't have AIM I'm going to burn all my BBs and go buy 100 iphones. BB is so far behind everyone. I mean come on guys, a phone that can relocate whole cities and countries is revolutionary! No. It's magically delicious. Rofl.
Typically one can cite verifiable sources when claiming something is a fact. Do you have any of those?
They better bring it! I prefer having full skype functionality over bbm, facebook and twitter!
BBM is closed off to only BB users, while facebook and twitter are just entertainment things which I could also do in the browser.
Non of the things mentioned before let me make video calls to other Skype users all over the world, independent from the platform they are using, be it a pc, tablet, phone.
Why I am still waiting for BB10? Cause of the superior os and security!
But I also kinda need Skype to work as well, you just can't force all the people you need to switching to a different app or even a phone.
And people complaining about Netflix is totally beyond me! A phone needs to be a communication platform, a smartphone also needs to be able to get things done!
Not watch a movie or anything else. For that I have a pc, laptop and tablet!
Yes, if your tablet is iPad, Android -- not PlayBook. I would like Netflix on PlayBook, not my phone necessarily -- although I do in fact have it on an Android phone, I seldom use it there.
So, if Netflix comes to BB10, it may also come to PlayBook. But PlayBook alone has not been enough to entice Netflix off their asses to make a native app, or even port the Android version.
But your railing against people who do want it, even on their phones, doesn't really help the cause. Thanks for enlightening us all as to what OUR smartphones are for (Skype, apparently.) Do, or don't do, whatever you want with yours. Not everyone is the same, thank goodness.
Or, you could try to understand, instead of just saying something is beyond you and dismissing it as inherently worthless.
That skype icons is a bit of a tease.
It maybe just a messaging type like the android ported one but lets see how RIM manage to convince microsoft if its really Skype.
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Just under the Skype icons are a whole series of video chat icons, would these be associated to Skype or to BB's video chat service?
Personally I think there is a huge opportunity to out-do Skype. Really there's not a bunch, if any competition for it and it's due for a competitor to step in and do video calling better, way better. I am not saying Skype isn't good, but it's been around for a while and hasn't seen any significant technical progression (please correct me if I am uninformed).
I think it would be pretty jaw dropping if RIM stepped up, they are all about connecting people after all and this is one function that really could use an overhaul!
I find video chat on the playbook much better than Skype on my laptop.....very choppy very often.
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For Skype to come to BB10 I believe is a good move......in my own opinion, Skype ranks low since it refused to come to the Playbook.....if it doesn't come to BB10, then I will continue not to support Skype nor Microsoft. However, if it does show up, I think it will be a big boost for Skype itself.....80 million users are not happy with Skype nor Microsoft for their past behavior I would guess.
Skype isnt on BB10... How do i know?... Cause the same thing was done for leaked pics of the Playbook. We all thought it would have it. However, not so much... So, chances of it coming to BB10 and NOT being leaked earlier... Highly doubtful.
1+ for being sensible and in touch with reality. Microsoft has to get their poop together and make the skype application, if they don't, we all know blackberry messenger will be killing skype with it's video chat integration across playbook, blackberry 10 smartphones and blackberry 5/6/7 with audio chat. :D
Damned Microsoft; while I can't figure out an incentive for not making Skype (exclusivity, resource management, etc...), it appears that the move not to release Skype may indicate that they're surely feeling the pressure of the competition. The Windows 8/Surface launch has been sub-par for them, and I suppose that since they have control of Skype, they feel it would help them if they kept everything more in-house. But I don't know, exactly.
Its a bad decision on there part if they dont release it for blackberry. Right now google is doing the same thing to them, so they might feel justified. But The best thing for windows phone 8 is a strong BB10. The apple google stranglehold on the market is hard to crack, more competition the better.
Dont forget all companies arent competing over the same customers, the market is growing every year. Theres a lot of business to go around.
The thing with Google also came to mind, and also made me wonder whether or not Microsoft was doing the same. In this world of mobile arms races, patents and lawsuits, the competition has never been more intense; the desire to innovate has never been greater. But yes, this is good, because companies will be further encouraged to design breakthroughs that will benefit the consumer in the long term (as long as patents and licensing issues don't get in the way).
I think BB 10 will be a success; BB can be a strong "third party" competitor. the fact that BB Balance can cater to both work/professional use and personal use, without mixing the two, should make this offer less of a compromise. Lastly, mobile security will be an ever-growing concern; that's where BB shines.
I gate to bring bad news but just got this email now. Makes it look like BB10 won't be coming at launch or maybe at all.
an I update to Skype on my mobile?
Yes! Skype is available on iPhone, Android and soon on Windows Phone 8. We encourage you to download the latest Skype app on your mobile and then uninstall Messenger. You will be able to sign in to Skype on your iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 8 mobile apps with your Microsoft Account over the next few weeks. If you use another phone with Messenger on it, it will continue to work for a while.
I hope we do get it because it seems so important to so many
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Hello! Every one,
1) BB10 must have Skype to be used as messenger & video calls.
2) Price range should be within pocket of an average INDIAN to pick sale.
3) Will BB10 work with 3G service in India ?
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Not sure exactly what you mean by "sugaring" in connection with a "mag" wheel. First off, are you sure it's a magnesium (Mg) alloy wheel and not just an aluminum alloy one.
Second, did you clean the coating off good before trying to weld on it?Will Argue for Beer (any issue, either side)
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I've run in to the situation before where people have told me something was made from a magnesium alloy when in fact it was just an aluminum alloy. I've also had the reverse happen a couple times.
A while back some one brought me what they said was an aluminum transfer case with some cracks and missing places around the flange where it bolts up. The first 2 inch or so bead that I tried to put on it using 4043 told me that I was dealing with a Magnesium casting. The 4043 didn't mix in and I was able to grab the bead with a pair of pliers and pull it right off. The surfaces where it pulled out were large grained and porous looking. Could this be what you're calling "sugarizing"?
I went to the LWS to see if they had any Mg alloy filler. They did and it was like around 120 and some dollars a pound (with a 1 lb. minimum). Luckily I'm thought of favorably there and the salesman just gave me 4 lengths of 3/32. It worked just fine. Still have a piece of that filler some where in the pile.Will Argue for Beer (any issue, either side)
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not recommended can you guarantee safety of the wheel In use after welding
can see legal problems if it breaks in use
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A quick and rough test to tell difference is to lightly sand an area and pour on some white vinegar. Magnesium alloys will fizz while aluminum will not.Thermal Arc GTSW400, Airco Heliwelder II, Miller Dynasty 350, Hypertherm 1000, oxy-fuel setup, metal cutting bandsaw, air compressor, drill press, etc.:
Call me the "Clouseau" of welding !
when welding magnesium, you should notice the different color, Magnesium is green and dirty compared to aluminum.
My guess is he meant an aluminum mag.
However, You either had your machine set to high and burn through the back side where you didn't have any shielding gas along with maybe not cleaned on the back side.
Aluminum rims are heat treated so you are taking the heat treatment out of them, However people have been welding rims for years without any problems that I have ever heard of ( Meaning fatalities ) Not saying it hasn't happen, I just haven't heard of any cases.
Based on the fact you told us what the backside looks like, tells me you have pulled contamination into the aluminum and now its inferior aluminum and its not heat treated so you really have compromised the strength.
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Miami, Fla.
South Miami HS
About Isiah: A bouncy inside player with great court awareness and scoring ability … likened to former Buccaneer senior Andrew Reed … plays the piano and is an avid chess player. 2010-11: Finished fourth on the team with 10.3 ppg and first with 7.2 rpg ... finished the season with 71 blocks, which is a single season record for the Bucs … had nine points and five boards in the win over the Bobcats (3/22) ... scored 21 points and had eight rebounds in the win at Campbell (2/24) ... played a career high 45 minutes in the win over Lipscomb (2/19), posting his 10th career double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds, to go with three steals ... had a team best 14 points and matched the school record for blocks in a game and set a career best with six in the loss to Belmont (2/17) ... scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds in the win over UNF (2/13) ... collected his ninth career double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds in the win over Jacksonville (2/11) ... had a season high three steals and scored 10 points in the loss to Stetson (2/6) ... posted his eighth career double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds, and had a season high three assists in the win over Kennesaw State (1/29) ... did not take a shot in the game against USC Upstate (1/25), but did collect a game-high 10 rebounds and three blocks ... scored 11 points nad grabbed eight boards in the loss to Belmont (1/23) ... had 10 points in the win over Lipscomb (1/21) ... posted 11 points and seven boards in the win over Jacksonville (1/15) ... had a double-double with 12 rebounds and 10 points in the win over UNF (1/13) ... scored 16 points and collected six boards in the win over FGCU (1/8) ... had a team-high eight rebounds in the win at Kennesaw State (1/5) ... had a game high 10 boards in the win over Mercer (1/3) ... had posted career bests for free throws made (7) and attempted (13), while scoring 13 points in the win over Campbell (12/30) ... had 16 points, seven boards and four blocks in the win over Appalachian State (12/24), along with a season best six free throws and three assists ... netted 12 points in the loss to Ole Miss (12/18) ... had a team-high 16 points to go with seven rebounds and four blocks in the loss to USC Upstate (12/5) ... matched his career high with five blocks and scored 10 points in the Bucs' win over Tennessee Tech (11/20) ... played the best game of his career against the Wildcats, posting personal bests for points (25) and field goals (12), while collecting his fifth career double-double with 14 rebounds to go along with three blocks. 2009-10: Netted 11 points, grabbed six boards and collected two steals in the NCAA loss to Kentucky (3/18) ... scored 12 points and grabbed five boards in the title game win over Mercer (3/6) ... had his fourth double-double of the year with 15 points and 12 boards in the win over JU (2/27), which included a career-high seven made free throws ... had 10 points and eight rebounds in loss to Mercer (2/14) ... posted what was his fourth career double-double and played arguably his best collegiate game, smashing personal bests for rebounds (15), assists (4) and steals (4), while also scoring 14 points in the win over Kennesaw State (2/12) ... matched season highs for field goals and field goals attempted, scoring 14 points and grabbing seven boards in the win over Stetson (2/6) ... reached his season high with 17 points and grabbed a game-high seven boards in the win over FGCU (2/4) ... had a season-high 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the loss to Belmont (2/1) ... posted his second double-double of the year with 16 points and 10 rebounds, playing a career-high 41 minutes in the loss to Lipscomb (1/30) ... set a career high with three assists and matched his personal best with two steals, scoring 12 points and eight rebounds in the win over Campbell (1/27) ... had his second career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Lipscomb (1/21) ... left the Kennesaw State (1/7) game early with a right ankle injury and missed the next game at Mercer (1/9), but returned to play against Florida Gulf Coast (1/16) ... posted four blocks, scored six points and grabbed six rebounds in the win at USC Upstate (1/4) ... had a season-high 10 boards and scored eight points in the loss to UAB (12/4) ... grabbed a team-high seven boards and scored four points in the loss to Tennessee (12/2) ... had a strong game against UTC, scoring a season-best 13 points and setting career marks for free throws (3), blocks (5) and steals (2) ... played 29 minutes, scoring four points and grabbing six boards in the win over Appy State (11/14). 2008-09: Averaged 19 minutes a game as a freshman, averaging 4.7 points and 4.6 rebounds a game … played 17 minutes, scoring eight points and grabbing seven boards against Pittsburgh (3/20) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … scored nine points and grabbed five boards in the A-Sun title win over Jacksonville (3/7) ... posted a game-high 11 rebounds and scored nine points in the win over Mercer (2/28) ... had 11 points and nine rebounds in a solid game against FGCU (2/7) ... matched his career high with three blocks, while scoring seven points and grabbing five rebounds against FGCU (1/12) ... had his first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 12 rebounds in the win over Stetson (1/10) ... posted a career-high 11 rebounds and scored eight points in the win over Jacksonville (1/3) ... had his career best game, setting personal bests for points (18), field goals (9), field goals attempted (10), and minutes played (38) ... overcame a stomach flu to score four points and three rebounds against Mercer (12/5) ... had six points, six boards and two assists in the win over Marshall (12/2) ... scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds, playing a career-high 28 minutes in the win over Tennessee Tech (11/24) ... had a solid outing against Wingate (11/20), setting personal bests for rebounds (7), assists (2), blocks (3) and steals (1) ... made his first collegiate start and was impressive, scoring nine points, grabbing six rebounds and blocking two shots in 24 minutes against SIU Edwardsville (11/15) ... made his debut against Temple, picking put two rebounds and an assist in limited action. High School: A star at South Miami, playing in Florida's largest classification of 6A-5A … averaged 18.6 points, 9.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game as a senior … was a first-team All-Dade selection, played in the All-Dade Game, was a McDonald's All-America nominee, and was selected as his team's MVP. Personal: Major is Broadcasting ... son of Eric Brown and Stephanie Rice … born August 8,1989.
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Secrets of the right: Selling garbage to your fans
When conservative celebs peddle awful schwag, their fans pay big bucks. But here's why it's bad for the rest of us
If the late social critic Eric Hoffer is correct in his often quoted (inaccurately, it turns out) adage that "every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket," then the conservative movement is well onto the third phase of that life cycle.
Last week, preeminent conservative blogger and Fox News contributor Erick Erickson was busted hawking a pricey but dubiously valuable financial advice newsletter to his readers in an ad that turned out to be lifted from a previous ad for the same newsletter sent in the name of Ann Coulter a few years earlier. "I'm happy to support a good friend. Didn't earn a penny," he tweeted. Whether you believe that or not may depend on whether you know that his publisher once offered to sell his endorsement, or if you believe, as Alex Pareene has often written, that the conservative movement is, among other things, an elaborate moneymaking venture by which the wealth of the rabid and gullible conservative rank and file is redistributed to already rich celebrities.
The most obvious example is gold, the precious metal conservative talkers encouraged their listeners to go all in on during the Great Recession (via the companies that pay them to say that and give them a cut of sales, naturally), but gold has since fallen more than 30 percent from its peak. If you bought when gold was near its high, you could have lost half your nest egg, and analysts say prices could fall another 50 percent. But poor financial advice aside, the real problem came in the particular companies the conservative luminaries ensured their listeners they could trust.
Glenn Beck is the most egregious, with his partnership with Goldline International, which also enjoys endorsements from Mark Levin and, until recently, Sean Hannity and others. Beck cut tearful promotional videos for the company, hawks them passionately on his radio and TV programs, and even designed a coin for the company this year (it reads "mind your business" on the front).
As it turns out, the company's business model is built on systematically swindling its mostly elderly clientele by talking or tricking them into buying overpriced coins or just sending them different products than they bought, prosecutors in California alleged, leading the company to settle for $4.5 million in refunds to its customers. A judge instructed the company to foot the bill for a court-appointed monitor, who was supposed to ensure the company stopped its alleged "bait and switch" scam.
Not long after that, the company's former chief compliance officer came forward to say the company was back to its old tricks. "Goldline specifically targets vulnerable consumers with sales tactics designed to pressure those consumers into buying products that would often result in the consumer losing over one-third of his or her investment the instant the purchase is made," she said in a legal complaint filed late last year.
And yet, Beck's support is undiminished. The company's banner ad still graces the top of TheBlaze.com and Beck still touts them on air. "Before I started turning you on to Goldline, I wanted to look them in the eye. This is a top notch organization that's been in business since 1960," Beck says in an endorsement on the company's website.
Midas Resources, Alex Jones' favorite gold company, sponsors his show and happens to own the Genesis Communications Network, which distributes Jones' broadcasts. And if you buy coins from Midas Resources, you get a free promotional subscription to The International Forecaster, a financial newsletter published by the late Bob Chapman, who happened to be a frequent guest on Jones' show (until he died last year), where he warned listeners about the inherent valuelessness of paper money and how they should purchase gold and silver — from Midas Resources, naturally.
Alex Jones, in fact, has built a tremendously impressive multi-platform media empire that any 21st Century entrepreneur should both study and be envious of. And Jones, like everyone else in the business, gets a cut from almost all the snake oil he sells, on top of all the rest of his revenue streams, thanks to special links on his sites and newsletters that let sellers know where the click came from.
Midas has received complaints from angry consumers online that sound similar to the charges against Goldline.
And then there's the email list. Renting out the list of people who sign up to subscribe to your blog or radio show is a tried and true money maker. As David Bernstein explained in the Boston Phoenix, "Such lists of proven conservative contributors — who skew heavily toward white, suburban retirees with disposable income — are attractive not only to other conservative groups, but to companies selling financial services, health products, and other wares." Bernstein found data (from 2009) on the value to advertisers of individual conservative figures, which range from $85 per 1,000 recipients for an email sent under the name of Mike Huckabee or Pat Buchanan, all the way up to $125 for Newt Gingrich — whose distributor, Townhall.com, is owned by the same parent company as Erickson's — and $135 for Rush Limbaugh.
"There's…this vibrant marketplace that's been built up over the past 30 years, and it can be quite lucrative," Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer, who studies the conservative movement, told Bernstein.
And what does one sell once they've shelled out the money to tap into the network of Newt Gingrich's or Erick Erickson's most loyal fans? Rick Perlstein found out when he signed up for the email lists of "several influential magazines" and wrote about it for The Baffler. There was the "hidden money mountain" that could make you "an extra $6,000 every single month" — "All you have to know is the insider's code (which I'll tell you)." And the "23-Cent Heart Miracle," a miracle heart drug that "Washington, the medical industry, and drug companies REFUSE to tell you about." There was even one asking for a $10,000 investment in a company started by "an Israeli entrepreneur, Zami Aberman, [who] has discovered 'an oilfield in the placenta.'"
After that, he got another pitch from Human Events with the subject line: "The Trouble with Get-Rich-Quick Schemes." Perlstein's hopes were quickly dashed when, inside, he found an offer for "INSTANT INTERNET INCOME." Perlstein reflected on this:
Back in our great-grandparents' day, the peddlers of such miracle cures and get-rich-quick schemes were known as snake-oil salesmen. You don't see stuff like this much in mainstream culture any more; it hardly seems possible such déclassé effronteries could get anywhere in a society with a high school completion rate of 90 percent. But tenders of a 23-Cent Heart Miracle seem to work just fine on the readers of the magazine where Ann Coulter began her journalistic ascent in the late nineties by pimping the notion that liberals are all gullible rubes.
Glancing at my own inbox, WorldNetDaily, the birther website that regularly lambasts the mainstream media for being too credulous of the White House's claims, delivers some exciting offers that strain credulity, then break it, kill it, and cremate it. A sampling of subject lines: "2 Minute 'Cleanse' Kills Toxic Parasites Living in Your Belly;" "FEMA Hates This… (#1 item to hoard)" — spoiler alert, it's food; "Faraday Cages are in stock!"; "Diabetic Neuropathy Sufferers… your pain stops today!" And those are just from the past two weeks.
LifeLock, an identity theft prevention service, is one of Rush Limbaugh's most loyal advertisers and was one of the few that stuck with him after most fled following his attack on Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke. In a previous life, the company was fined $12 million by the Federal Trade Commission for deceptive business practices.
And it's not just the big boys. Minor local radio hosts hawk shady financial schemes, scammy debt resolution services, and offers to increase the speed of your computer that are often actually malware. In 2011, the attorney general of Colorado settled a lawsuit with a radio host/get rich quick schemer who was advertising on Christian and conservative talk radio for $226,414. He had to promise that he won't advertise his products on air again.
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We've been aware of a new trend in Japan: pet cafes where you can have a meal and spend some time with animals (usually cats). Of course, it was only a matter of time before they expanded into bunnies. We present to you: "Usagi-to-Cafe":
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Rabbit Cafe
We've been aware of a new trend in Japan: pet cafes where you can have a meal and spend some time with animals (usually cats). Of course, it was only a matter of time before they expanded into bunnies. We present to you: "Usagi-to-Cafe":
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8 comments:
- Fleetie said...
So cool and so cute!
I wish they had one of those here in Manchester, England!
But at 60p per minute to cuddle the bunnies, I'd be outta money way before I'd had enough bunny snuggles. Bunny-snorgles should be FREE!
- Packgrog said...
At first I could have sworn the name was a typo, expecting that it would be "Usagi NO Cafe" instead of "Usagi TO Cafe", but the character on the sign is definitely "to" (my japanese may be very rusty, but that much I could tell).
Cost per minute of bunny snuggling seems excessive, true. And the food... ummm...
Very fun idea, though! I wish my Pepper was calm enough for something like that, but she's way too active, curious, and particular about where she wants her cuddles. She's a brat, but I adore her.
- Juliebun said...
I've seen this through a few bunny groups... It's definitely top of my list when I get to Japan!
Bunny snorgles should be free... if the bunny can sense you are worthy, not like that little girl who kept trying to paw the fluffy bunny!!
Great fun. Hey Fleetie, I'll start one in Northumberland if you start on in Manchester, and we can visit each other's!!
- Fleetie said...
Juliebun: I was going to comment again myself, this time on the fact that I think access to bunnies in such places should be restricted to those old enough to understand the need for respect and gentleness. That toddler at the end of the video practically batting the fluffy bunny annoyed me. Not her fault; she's too young to understand, BUT, the bunny was not happy, and luckily, hopped off.
Price: Personally, I would rather pay a (slightly) higher entrance, or meal price, and then have unlimited bunny access.
...At which point I'd melt into "Oooh aren't you a lovely bunny?! MWAH-MWAH-MWAH... [mega-snorgle] etc." - Because I don't have bunnies myself yet I *LOVE* bunnies sooooo much!
- Sara said...
Not a big fan of this. Bunnies really require stability, as stress can really take a toll on them medically. Constant visitors in and out, loud noises, and what appears to be really small cages is not the ideal life for a rabbit.
I hope I'm wrong, but it really doesn't look like a nice life for the rabbits. Sorry Japan, I normally love your work! =(
- Fleetie said...
Sara : You're right about cage size, if the bunnies have to live in those overnight and at other times for more than short periods.
I still like the idea of this, but as you say, it needs improvement so that the bunnies are the highest priority and everything else is geared around their needs.
Someone on here do this (better) in England! I want bunnehs!
- Jan said...
I agree with Sara. Also, looks like the bottom of the cages are wire, which is a no-no.
- Becca said...
It seems to me that these rabbits are very well taken care off by their people, and they have EXTRA people to disapprove of for variety. what a clever business venture in a country where people routinely work themselves to death, and companion animals are less common.


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- Independent
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Man shot, killed one of two trying to break in to steal prescription medication
By KATIE FITZPATRICK
Staff writer
The Calvert County State's Attorney's Office has declined to prosecute a Harlequin Court homeowner who on March 31 shot and killed one of two people trying to break into his home to steal prescription medication.
"A Calvert County homeowner was terrorized and a young man lost his life," Calvert County State's Attorney Laura Martin (R) said Friday. "That should open our eyes to the catastrophic effects that the prescription drug problem has had in our county."
The opinion issued Thursday by Martin states that an investigation was launched to "review potential charges against a homeowner, Mr. West Taylor," regarding the attempted armed robbery at his Huntingtown home.
"After a careful review of the investigation and the facts and circumstances surrounding the events, the State would decline such a prosecution as the shooting by the homeowner was legally justified," the opinion states.
According to the opinion, at about 10:15 p.m. Easter Sunday, March 31, West Helen Taylor III, 63, a retired Metropolitan Police Department lieutenant, and his wife were watching television in their bedroom when they "heard a series of loud bangs at their front door." Taylor retrieved his Walther .380 handgun, which he kept loaded, and went downstairs, the opinion states.
"As [Taylor] moved downstairs, he thought the banging might be a neighbor, a woman whose husband had recently had a heart episode who was coming over for help as she had in the past," the report states.
Taylor could only see a silhouette through the frosted glass of his front door, so he "moved the gun behind his back, not wanting to frighten his neighbor if it was her," and opened the door, the report states. Two people dressed in dark jackets with hoods and masks that covered their faces were standing on the porch, the report states, and one person raised a baseball bat at him while another shouted, "All right mother-[expletive]!" Both people walked toward Taylor, causing him to step back into his hallway.
"Fearing for his life and that of his wife inside the home, Mr. Taylor pulled his handgun to the front of him and fired, striking the intruder in front of him," Martin wrote in the opinion.
The two suspects turned and ran down the driveway, so Taylor fired his gun again, according to the report. His weapon ran out of ammunition, the opinion states, so he retrieved his Glock 9 mm, which he also keeps loaded, from the closet adjacent to the stairwell inside his home, and then went back outside. He saw one person "collapsed on the front lawn," went over "to cover him" and heard a car start, the report states. The car was driving back toward Taylor, so he "fired at the vehicle several times" before it drove away.
"Believing that the driver was going to strike him with the car … he then fired at the vehicle," the opinion states. "This action had the desired effect of having the intruder drive off."
Law enforcement responded to the home, where they found Kevin Wayne Chapman, 38, of Lusby lying next to the driveway. Police said he was dead, having suffered several gunshot wounds. Chapman's body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.
According to the opinion, Chapman died from four gunshot wounds — one to his left chest, two to his left arm and one "graze wound" to his left, lower chest — and the manner of death was ruled a homicide.
"It should be noted that the term 'homicide' in connection with a Medical Examiner's Report deals with the medical (non-legal definition) of death at the hands of another," the opinion states.
A "large caliber, copper jacketed projectile" was recovered from Chapman's left chest, according to the report. At the scene, officials recovered five cartridge casings that had come from the .380 handgun and three cartridge casings that had come from the 9 mm. A spent projectile was also located in the street, the report states.
Martin, in the opinion, wrote, "While some individuals may be concerned with the number of shots fired, law enforcement officers are trained to fire until the threat is neutralized. It is not unusual for officers to fire until their magazine capacity is completely emptied."
Self-defense requires that a person actually believe he or another was in immediate and imminent danger of bodily harm; the person's belief was reasonable; and the person used no more force than was reasonably necessary to defend himself, the opinion states. Deadly force is defined as the amount of force reasonably calculated to cause death or serious bodily harm, the opinion states.
"It is the State's opinion that the use of deadly force by Mr. Taylor was justified given the circumstances with which he was presented," Martin wrote. "He was confronted on his front porch by two larger individuals, dressed in dark clothing, hoodies and masks. One … carried a weapon — a baseball bat — and raised it in a threatening manner."
According to the opinion, in most circumstances, before using deadly force, a person is required to "make all reasonable efforts to retreat," but this requirement does not apply when the incident occurs at a person's home. Retreat "not only would not be advisable given the circumstances," the report states, but "it is not legally necessary."
The right to use deadly force comes from an honest and reasonable belief of imminent death or serious bodily harm and/or an honest and reasonable belief of an imminent felony, the report states.
"The force used by Mr. Taylor was, indeed, reasonable given that he was outnumbered by individuals who were larger than he and armed, at least, with a baseball bat," Martin wrote in the opinion.
The toxicology report also showed Chapman did not have any narcotics in his system, but his blood alcohol level was .16 to .21, according to the opinion.
After police identified Chapman through his fingerprints, they discovered April Lynn Stewart, 39, of Lusby was his girlfriend and the couple was living in the 15000 block of Running Fox Circle. At the house, police saw a gold Toyota Camry parked out front with a bullet hole in the right rear passenger door; the right rear tire was flat, and the left front tire had been replaced with a spare.
A search and seizure warrant was authorized and executed April 1 at the home, where police found Stewart inside. Police asked Stewart who was with Chapman during the attempted burglary, and she allegedly "indicated she was the individual with him," the report states.
Stewart was taken to the sheriff's office and, after allegedly waiving her Miranda rights, told police she and Chapman went to the Harlequin Court home to "commit a robbery," according to the opinion. Stewart told law enforcement Chapman knew the homeowners because he worked for a Prince Frederick-based pest extermination company in the past and had, while in the house, "taken a couple of pills from the container." Chapman had been "fiending," the report states, which is "slang for experiencing a strong need/craving to get high," so "the plan was to overpower the elderly couple and take the prescription medications and anything else of value that they could find."
Police said they found a bruise on Stewart's back, which she allegedly indicated was from a possible bullet that hit her.
"Should Mr. Taylor have simply shut his front door after the initial confrontation, contact the police, and not continue onto the front lawn? Perhaps. However, the law did not require him to do so," Martin wrote in the report. "… Until he could be absolutely certain the threat had been contained, the law allows him to pursue his assailants until the threat to him, or other family members and his property is neutralized."
Court case Law v. State notes that if necessary, a person "may even pursue the assailant until he finds himself or his property out of danger…" Martin states in the opinion.
"Although one is not obliged to retreat and may even pursue the assailant until he finds himself or his property out of danger, this will not justify a person's firing upon everyone who forcibly enters his house, even at night," the opinion states. "The taking of life is not justified unless unavoidable. The State finds that in this case the taking of Mr. Chapman's life was unavoidable given the circumstances that presented themselves to Mr. Taylor."
Stewart was arrested and later indicted in May and charged with armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery and second-degree assault.
A pretrial for Stewart is scheduled in Calvert County Circuit Court at 9 a.m. Aug. 5.


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