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Guns and Gun Rights
How do you argue with those who base their arguments in fantasy?
Ah, yes … another sicko rampages and the same old bromides are offered as a cure. More laws. Fewer guns. Yatta, yatta.
Let's face it, if restrictive laws were the answer, we wouldn't have a drug problem, would we? And we've tried prohibition before, haven't we? How'd that turn out?
What we have among the gun grabbers is an argument based on a false premise. It goes, "if we restrict or ban something (guns), we'll have less of something (in this case, violence and death) else." To believe that premise, you have to believe that the "something" is the problem and the only problem, and not anything else (i.e. the culture or human nature (or both)). You have to believe that if you "ban" that something (and in this case the "something" is an inanimate object), that alone will achieve the goal (less violence and death).
There is absolutely no rational basis for such a conclusion, especially when banned object is inanimate. Dumb. Can't act on its own. It isn't the "cause" of the violence and death. It may be the instrument, but the cause is holding the gun, or knife, or club or rock, or explosive.
The obvious extension of such thinking is cars cause accidents, spoons make you fat and beer makes us alcoholics. If we just banned them we'd have no accidents nor would we get fat and there would be no alcoholism. There is no one that will admit to believing that (and at least with the last, we have practical experience to refute the belief). Yet those who want gun control willingly put forward that argument when it pertains to guns and are amazed when others not only don't agree but tend to deride them and their argument (and privately, they likely question their ability to reason critically).
So to those of you who know all of this already, I apologize. I know … basic reasoning 101. Nothing really magic here.
However, this is the argument those who would ban guns (and "cleverly" try to hide that in phrases like "common sense gun laws" and "more rigorous background checks") use daily. And, unfortunately, there is a rather large segment of the population who abandoned critical thinking (and knowledge about history, economics and all sorts of important and useful subjects) a long time ago that buy into this nonsensical argument.
In the case of guns, those who would take yours also live with a number of fantasies they (at least when it concerns guns) consider to be fact and the underly their "argument". A) Laws will stop unwanted actions and outcomes. B) Banning something effectively removes it from society. And C) Criminals will obey the law and the ban. Again, no thinking human being can intellectually buy into those fantasies. Laws don't stop unwanted outcomes (they proscribe the behavior and punish the law breaker who behaves in that manner), banning usually has the opposite effect, creating a black market in the banned item (and giving it a certain chic) and finally criminals, aka "scofflaws" will not obey the law nor will they honor the ban. They never have … thus the name.
So, here's my question – how do you argue with people who insist on fantasy based arguments?
Ok, so it's sort of rhetorical – the answer, as you all know, is "you don't".
You don't waste your time or your effort on people who seem unable to separate fact from fiction/fantasy and critical arguments from bunk.
The problem, of course, is if you remain silent, then the "low information" types are left with a single, screechy and strident voice that misrepresents facts and figures to back their fantasies.
And we all know that if they get enough of that type, things like "prohibition" happen (and frankly, it is a miracle of sorts that prohibition actually was repealed … government rarely gives up any power it gathers to itself).
If you want to see a civil war in this country, it likely won't be about race, or abortion, or even a hundred other wedge issues.
It'll be about guns and who is or isn't allowed to keep them.
White House politicizes a tragedy … again
Can't take a break from ideology and politics to simply comment on a tragedy. The newswoman and cameraman who were shot and killed on a live TV feed this morning were apparently the perfect fodder for the White House's anti-gun campaign:
The White House on Wednesday redoubled its call for tougher gun laws in the wake of a shooting that killed two television journalists in Virginia."This is another example of gun violence that is becoming all too common in communities large and small all across the United States," Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on Wednesday.Earnest said there are "common sense" steps Congress can take to reduce gun violence in America without infringing on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.
National rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. Beneath the long-term trend, though, are big differences by decade: Violence plunged through the 1990s, but has declined less dramatically since 2000.Compared with 1993, the peak of U.S. gun homicides, the firearm homicide rate was 49% lower in 2010, and there were fewer deaths, even though the nation's population grew. The victimization rate for other violent crimes with a firearm—assaults, robberies and sex crimes—was 75% lower in 2011 than in 1993. Violent non-fatal crime victimization overall (with or without a firearm) also is down markedly (72%) over two decades.
The facts simply don't support the statement that this is becoming "all too common" anywhere. In fact, they say the opposite. It's becoming less common.
Don't forget, the Charleston SC mass murderer was given a government OK to buy a gun even though we found out the background check was faulty. That's one of those common sense steps that we entrusted to the government and guess what failed?
Cooke frames their argument in the only way that makes any (common) sense and then takes it apart:
If there is an argument to be made, it's that America has too many gun-related deaths in absolute numbers, and that this drop does not make up for that. Personally, I don't know what people who say this really mean. As always, we start from where we are, and we are going in the right direction. That's good, especially given that the positive changes have come at the same time as the laws have been liberalized and the number of guns increased vastly. Either way, though, it is simply not true that there is an "epidemic" or a "surge" or that shootings are becoming "more common." It's not even true that mass shootings are up.
In absolute numbers, the people dying in car crashes every day is too high, but you don't see anyone pushing for the abolishment of cars. Unlike guns, they hold the drunk or reckless or incompetent driver at fault.
But in the era of postmodernism, "facts" are passe. Now it's all about the narrative, and the White House has again pushed the narrative forward over the still warm bodies in Roanoke.
Never let a crisis (or apparently a tragedy) go to waste, huh?
If you can't ban the gun, ban the ammo
That's the apparent intent of a BATFE proposal as it applies to 5.56 ammunition. The left, for years, has been trying to ban "assault weapons", which are, essentially dressed up semi-automatic rifles. Assault weapons, as you might imagine are capable of fully automatic fire. Such weapons are already illegal without a very difficult to get permit.
Nevertheless, it is a long cherished dream of the left to implement gun control, because, well the key word is the second one – control.
So, having been absolutely and totally rejected when they tried to impose such laws, they're decided to take what Marie Harf would surely characterize as "a more nuanced approach".
As promised, President Obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country, the AR-15 style semi-automatic, with a ban on one of the most-used AR bullets by sportsmen and target shooters.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this month revealed that it is proposing to put the ban on 5.56 mm ammo on a fast track, immediately driving up the price of the bullets and prompting retailers, including the huge outdoors company Cabela's, to urge sportsmen to urge Congress to stop the president.
The pitch:
At issue is so-called "armor-piercing" ammunition, an exemption for those bullets mostly used for sport by AR-15 owners, and the recent popularity of pistol-style ARs that use the ammo.
The inexpensive 5.56 M885 ammo, commonly called green tips, have been exempt for years, as have higher-caliber ammunition that also easily pierces the type of soft armor worn by police, because it's mostly used by target shooters, not criminals. The agency proposes to reclassify it as armor-piercing and not exempt.
But now BATFE says that since the bullets can be used in semi-automatic handguns they pose a threat to police and must be banned from production, sale and use. But, as Goodlatte noted, the agency offered no proof. Federal agencies will still be allowed to buy the ammo.
And, according the the article, there is no proof to provide. None exists.
Of course, the AR15 is one of America's most popular weapons and hundreds of thousands of them, if not millions are in the hands of Americans. Certainly not a hard weapon for a criminal to get and use on police. However, they rarely do. They tend to eschew small caliber arms for those which have a bigger punch in a handgun.
So, logically, that makes little if any sense. As for the armor piercing capability, while I'm sympathetic to the point, a little proof of it being a problem would be helpful. To this point, everything I've read says it hasn't been a problem to this point.
"This round is amongst the most commonly used in the most popular rifle design in America, the AR-15. Millions upon millions of M855 rounds have been sold and used in the U.S., yet ATF has not even alleged — much less offered evidence — that even one such round has ever been fired from a handgun at a police officer," said Goodlatte's letter.
Even some police don't buy the administration's claim. "Criminals aren't going to go out and buy a $1,000 AR pistol," Brent Ball, owner of 417 Guns in Springfield, Mo., and a 17-year veteran police officer told the Springfield News-Leader. "As a police officer I'm not worried about AR pistols because you can see them. It's the small gun in a guy's hand you can't see that kills you."
Another manufactured "crisis" and another "solution" which involves government using its coerscive power to ban something that a particular political ideology finds odious – beside you being free, that is. And, of course, it opens the door to more invented problems solved by more bans.
This is called "democracy". One side gets enough votes to seize power and then they force their ideology on you – if not by legislative means, then by executive action. The document that is supposed to protect your freedom from government has been declared null and void. Your freedoms? Well, let's just say that they're up for interpretation depending on which faction is in power. But what is for sure is they're eroded and will continue to erode under this system of politics. Government gets larger and more intrusive and as it does, it squeezes out your freedoms in the name of the "greater good", or "for the good of police" or "the children" or whatever bit of gimcrackery they can use to attract enough votes.
Your freedom suffers the consequences.
How do you argue a point with a side which hasn't a clue how the real world works or what a logical "non-sequitur" is?
I think we all know which side that is.
Here's the premise put forth by an article in The New Republic:
"Libertarians Who Oppose a Militarized Police Should Support Gun Control"
Here's a sketch of the argument:
There is indeed agreement between many liberals and libertarians that the militarization of the police, especially in its dealings with racial minorities, has gone too far. But this consensus may crumble pretty quickly when it's confronted with the obvious police counter-argument: that the authorities' heavy firepower and armor is necessary in light of all the firepower they're up against. At that point, many liberals will revert to arguing for sensible gun control regulations like broader background checks to keep guns out of the hands of violent felons and the mentally ill (the measure that police organizations successfully argued should be the gun control movement's legislative priority following the Newtown, Connecticut shootings) or limits on assault weapons and oversized ammunition clips. And liberals will be reminded that the libertarians who agree with them in opposing police militarization are very much also opposed to the gun regulations that might help make the environment faced by police slightly less threatening.
But it doesn't "crumble" at all. You have to buy into the premise that it is a more lethally dangerous out there for police than it appears to be. But it isn't:
The number of law-enforcement officers killed by firearms in 2013 fell to levels not seen since the days of the Wild West, according to a report released Monday.
The annual report from the nonprofit National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund also found that deaths in the line of duty generally fell by 8 percent and were the fewest since 1959.
According to the report, 111 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers were killed in the line of duty nationwide this past year, compared to 121 in 2012.
Forty-six officers were killed in traffic related accidents, and 33 were killed by firearms.
The number of firearms deaths fell 33 percent in 2013 and was the lowest since 1887.
And the drop is credited to bullet proof vests, not SWAT Teams and MRAPS. Pretending that the threat is any higher now than it always has been seems obviously wrong, given the facts. Certainly there are toxic cultures within our society who believe that violence is the answer to whatever they encounter as a problem. And yes, police have to face that potential threat all the time. Do I think police should be armed adequately? Yes, but that doesn't at all begin to cover what we see among today's police forces in terms of both equipment and tactics. In fact, I believe it is all of these "wars" on everything from drugs to terrorists which have had a hand in helping to militarize the police.
That said, agree or disagree with that point, gun control is essentially not only been shown to be ineffective but is a non-sequitur in this "argument". See Chicago, Detroit, Washington DC for proof the ineffectiveness of the ban. But you have to ask, who in this day and age but a clueless journalist would even begin to believe that "broader background checks" are going to keep guns out of the hands of "violent felons?" Have they in the past (their answer is they just haven't be stringent enough)? Honestly, do they really believe a felon is going to waltz into a gun store to buy what he wants knowing full well he'll have a background check run? Really?
Have these rubes never heard of a black market (they can buy guns from Mexican cartels, thoughtfully provided by the DoJ)? Do they not realize that any "violent felon" who wants a gun isn't going to even try to get one legally? So, knowing that, why in the world would any libertarian grant the absurd premise knowing full well that doing so only limits the freedom of the law abiding citizenry? It's absurd on its face. And, logically, it is a non-sequitur to any libertarian (again, libertarianism isn't about shrinking rights and freedoms for heaven sake). How does making it more inconvenient for citizens who aren't "violent felons" to buy a gun for self-protection going to stop a felon from obtaining his gun illegally? It isn't.
Because, of course, that's not what they really want (i.e. incremental change via "broader background checks"). They want a total ban on guns, for government and felons to be the only people with guns and to essentially outlaw then outright. Obviously they are oblivious to the danger of only government having guns and they certainly don't seem to be able to wrap their heads around the fact that felons aren't going to pay any attention to the law. Nor will the black market in illegal guns. So why, again, should anyone grant this argument credence?
I swear, you just wonder at times what goes on between their ears all day, because it certainly has nothing to do with the real world or reason.
Assuming rights that no one has
That's precisely what this pediatrician is claiming when he talks about what he has a right to do as it pertains to his patients and guns in the house:
As a pediatrician, I have one, straightforward professional obligation: to safeguard and support the health and wellbeing of my patients. In my case, those patients are children, but you could change the age range of the people coming into the office and apply that statement to any medical provider.
Every question I ask and every part of the physical examination, no matter how uncomfortable or invasive they might sometimes seem, is directed toward that one goal. I don't ask about my patients' sexual habits for the sake of prurience, for example, but rather to assess their risk for problems like sexually transmitted infections or unintended pregnancy.
Asking about guns in the house is no exception. When I ask parents if there are firearms in the home, and if so how they are secured, it is for the sole purpose of keeping their children safe. Given that access to guns in the home has been shown to increase the risk of death from suicide or homicide, to say nothing of the risk of accidental death, these questions are important. I ask because the answer matters.
He won't ask you if you have a pool. Or a car. Or knives. Just a gun.
He assumes a right to ask based on the false notion that it is his job to "keep children safe". Well, it's not.
So when asked by anyone about guns in my house, I will invoke my real right – that of privacy – and look an intrusive bastard like this right in the face and say, "that's none of your 'effing business."
Question asked and answered.
DiFi and the "freedom's to messy and dangerous" Brigade go after guns again
Of course, much like the climate alarmists, other than leveraging off a horrible incident like the Navy Yard shootings they really don't have the stats (or the Constitutional backing) to call for banning guns. But that doesn't stop them from doing so anyway:
"This is one more event to add to the litany of massacres that occur when a deranged person or grievance killer is able to obtain multiple weapons — including a military-style assault rifle — and kill many people in a short amount of time. When will enough be enough?" Feinstein asked in a statement.
She added: "Congress must stop shirking its responsibility and resume a thoughtful debate on gun violence in this country. We must do more to stop this endless loss of life."
When will enough be enough? Ask a couple of Colorado state senators.
Enough will never be enough as long as the gun grabbers try to continue to pin it on the implement instead of the murderer. Here again we have a not quite right person acting out with guns. Sound familiar? Yet somehow the system not only gave him a security clearance (after he'd been arrested previously for using a gun in Seattle), but apparently okayed it for him to be sold a weapon.
How is that the fault of the weapon? Where did the weapon "fail" in this? Where did the weapon "cause" this to happen? How did the weapon find its way into this man's hands? Because the state failed in numerous ways to do what it is and was supposed to do. Grant a security clearance to a clearly disturbed person, lax security at a secure facility, etc. Gee, maybe it isn't guns. Maybe it is incompetent government that can't enforce existing laws?
But DiFi, the WaPo and other gun grabbers don't really care about facts.
Life does go on, through Columbine in 1999, through Virginia Tech in 2007, through Sandy Hook in 2012. Each atrocity provides a jolt to the nation and then recedes with little effect, until the next unimaginable event occurs, except each time a little more imaginable. Everything was supposed to change after a man with a semiautomatic weapon mowed down 20 elementary school children in their classrooms last December. But for the politicians, nothing changed. Now, another massacre, another roster of funerals. Again, again, again.
Anyone notice the one similarity in all these events? Everyone of them took place in a "gun free" zone. And what else do you notice about each? And in each one, the state did a bang up job of protecting everyone in them, didn't it?
DiFi comes from a long line of those who find freedom messy and dangerous and would prefer the orderly and safe haven of state authority instead (with her in charge, of course – and exempted from her own rules). And she wouldn't at all mind imposing her utopia on you – by force if necessary.
Does the government understand how the internet works?
You've all read about the first "3D gun" being made? Well here's some of the fallout:
Defense Distributed, the Texas-based nonprofit that wants to empower people to 3D print their own guns, has hit a bit of a legal snag. According to founder Cody Wilson, DEFCAD, the open source weapon-printing project powered by Defense Distributed, received a letter (embedded below) from the State Department's Office of Defense Trade Compliance, telling him to remove the blueprints of the Liberator, his 3D printed gun, from the web so that they may be reviewed by the department.
The group's website currently has a red banner appended to the top that reads, "DEFCAD files are being removed from public access at the request of the US Department of Defense Trade Controls. Until further notice, the United States government claims control of the information."
"We got an official letter from the Secretary of State, telling me who they were, what their authority was under U.S. law and telling me they want to review these files to see if they're class one munitions," Mr. Wilson told Betabeat by phone. "That includes blueprints."
So anyone want to guess how many times those blueprints were downloaded before this order came along? I know there are many other aspects of this case to discuss such as this:
In the letter … the State Department says that Defense Distributed may have released data that is controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulation without getting prior authorization. This would put the company's actions in conflict with … the Arms Export Control Act.
"Please note that disclosing (including oral or visual disclosure) or transferring technical data to a foreign person, whether in the United States or abroad, is considered an export," reads the letter. It also says that until Defense Distributed has received the legal all-clear, the company "should treat the above technical data as ITAR-controlled. This means that all such data should be removed from public access immediately."
But other than a basis to prosecute, the letter accomplishes nothing. Same with the "law". Add the internet and, well, whoosh, it's around the world before the government even knows about it.
A perfect example of why, and you can see rumblings of it happening now here (and, of course, it is a top priority in other countries), government is growing more and more interested in controlling the internet. Again, the excuse du jour will be what? "It's for your own safety and security that we clamp down on these things and take away some of your freedoms". It has no choice if it is going to enforce it's laws does it?
And we all remember what Ben Franklin said about trading freedom for security, don't we?
Don't we?
The danger of guns. Dangerous, dangerous guns. Assault guns, even.
So, the Bureau of Justice Statistics has released their new report (PDF) on crimey, violency things. The key takeaway on homicide, is that it's declined sharply over the last 20 years.
There were 11,101 firearm homicides in 2011, down by 39% from a high of 18,253 in 1993.
This actually understates the drop, however, because if you jump back to 1991, the FBI reports that there were 24,703 homicides that year. So, while homicides have declined by 39% from 1992, they've declined by 55% from 1991.
It's not just homicide. In general gun crime is just…less.
Nonfatal firearm-related violent victimizations against persons age 12 or older declined 70%, from 1.5 million in 1993 to 456,500 in 2004. The number then fluctuated between about 400,000 to 600,000 through 2011.
So, despite the fact that we have more guns in private hands than at any other time in living memory, we simply aren't using them against each other anywhere near as much as we were just 20 years ago.
Maybe part of that is the profusion of concealed carry laws. Maybe part is because of things like 3 strikes laws, where we just lock people up for a really long time, and we have really a lot of people in prison. But what is clear is that violent gun crime has dropped precipitously since 1991.
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Don't expect to see something like this in the MSM anytime soon
It's just an inconvenient truth that they don't want anyone to be aware of at the moment – i.e. you are your own best self-defense and you should be equipped to handle that responsibility. This happened last year. Did you hear about it? The MSM is invested on the side which says "guns are bad":
A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store.
Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's employee Dorothy Espinoza says, "He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people."
Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."
Then, before the suspect could find another victim – a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him."
Whoa, that can't be right can it? Guns kill people. Guns are dangerous. Guns should be banned. Guns are terrible.
Anyone want to guess what those who were threatened and stabbed in this particular instance might say about the gun wielding man?
Maybe, "thank you?"
By the time officers arrived the suspect had been subdued by employees and shoppers. Police had high praise for gun carrying man who ended the hysteria. Lt. Brian Purvis said, "This was a volatile situation that could have gotten worse. We can only assume from what we saw it could have gotten worse. He was definitely in the right place at the right time."
Key phrase: "By the time officers arrived …" It could have ended with "the man had stabbed a dozen people" or "had killed 3" or, well, any of a number of much worse endings huh?
But, you know, you can't be trusted with guns.
More gun control "cognitive dissonance"
From The Hill, this paragraph concerning the brothers who perpetrated the Boston bombings:
The news that the suspects were not authorized to own firearms will likely add fuel to calls for tougher gun laws – an issue that was put on the back-burner last week after the Senate blocked the central elements of a gun-control package backed by President Obama.
A) I told you so … I said a few days ago that the defeat of the latest gun control legislation was only a set back and hardly the end of the left's efforts to further restrict the right to own a firearm. B) I also told you I feared the aftermath of the bombings. And here we go. And finally C) WTF?
It is clear that Massachusetts' very strict gun control laws has no effect here. None. Absolutely zero. How many times and in how many ways must we say that scofflaws don't obey laws? How often does the "we ought to pass a law" crowd who think legislation and restriction is the answer to everything have to see that their way is a failure before they quit trying to take our freedoms away?
Gun control laws don't work. If they did, there'd be no criminals running around with "illegal" guns, would there? There'd be no source of those guns if those laws worked. But, in fact, criminals almost exclusively obtain "illegal" guns and/or completely ignore any gun control legislation. Look at Chicago for heaven sake. Some of the most restrictive gun control laws in America and criminals have all but made it a free-fire zone.
When will the left understand that the problem isn't guns, it's criminals? How often does it have to be pointed out to them that criminals, by definition, don't obey laws? How will more legislation suddenly stop (or even deter) two determined people, like the Boston bombers, from illegally obtaining guns? Harsher penalties? Obviously they were willing to take the risk. And that seems to be the case with all the other criminals who use guns in the commission of their crimes.
The only people that will be deterred and restricted by new gun control legislation are the law abiding. And watch out for this – at the end of this road (or slippery slope if you prefer) is the rationalization that the only way to "control gun violence" is to completely outlaw guns. It is the logical end of the left's push for more and more restrictive gun legislation. And, as they often do, they're willing to spend the time, exploit and politicize tragedies and achieve incremental success in taking guns away. It's no different than ObamaCare. That's not the end of anything. It is the first grab. The end state, if you are a student of the left's actions at all, is fully government run single-payer health care. ObamaCare is just the beginning. Once it fails, because government has, whether on purpose or inadvertently designed it to fail, government will blame "the market" and claim it is the solution.
It's an old pattern being repeated, in a slightly different way, in the gun control saga. One only has to harken to the era of prohibition (or not even that far back … how about drug laws?) to know that restrictive legislation doesn't work, has never worked and will never work.
Violence and criminal behavior are the problems. Passing all the laws in the world won't change that. As usual, government chooses to treat the symptoms and go after a tool rather than the actual problem.
If and when they finally find a way to ban all guns, run gun manufacturers out of the country and put more untold thousands of citizens in jail, they'll be shocked, shocked I tell you, when gun violence continues and violence in general rises.
See the UK and Australia for case studies.


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John Russell, founder of the polemical and satirical London artist group BANK, makes for a highly entertaining (if somewhat trolly) interview subject for Cameron Soren, discussing topics from Deleuze and Nietzsche to his work on a semi-animated squirrel font.
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Hard to See
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Apr 20
A "conscious effort to challenge assumptions about the American art canon," America Is Hard to See, the relocated Whitney's opening exhibition, will showcase more African American artists than it did in its last biennial.
Performance Thoughts: Stephen Petronio Dance Company Rainforest
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Apr 20
Last week I visited the Joyce Theater in New York to see the Stephen Petronio Company perform Merce Cunningham's Rainforest (1968). It was a rare opportunity to see Cunningham's choreography performed live: following his death in 2009, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company ceased to perform consistently following a two-year Legacy Tour. Dancers from the former […] Last week I visited the Joyce Theater in…
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Angel of Light
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Apr 18
The late Martin Wong is well known for his paintings of New York, but his current exhibition at the Wattis Institute focuses on his roots in the counterculture of early-70s California, particularly on his stint with the queer performance group Angels of Light.
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Critics Critiqued
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Apr 17
Naming names as he decries celebrity critics and "instant response" reviews, Yale's Robert Storr reminds us of the critic's job: to "look hard at something, think a while about it before you open your mouth, and then articulate it carefully."
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Demanding Snowden Back
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Apr 17
The anonymous makers of NYC's recently installed and removed Edward Snowden bust, are demanding its return. Civil rights lawyer Ronald Kuby spoke on their behalf at a Tuesday press conference: "The police, simply stated, have no right to keep the statue."
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Still? Yes, Still.
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Apr 16
"We try to be different from the kind of political art that is angry and points to something and says 'This is bad,'" say the Guerrilla Girls. Art in Action, a new exhibition of their work, reveals startlingly familiar statistics on gender inequality in the art world.
Michelangelo Pistoletto: A Reflected World, Again
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Apr 16
The Walker now holds three large reflective works by Michelangelo Pistoletto, thanks to the recent gift from John and Sage Cowles of Man on a Balcony(1965), which is currently on view in 75 Gifts for 75 Years. The other works are Three Girls on a Balcony(1962–1964, on view in International Pop) and Seated Woman (1963). All three pieces entered the Walker's collection separately over several decades, but…


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The reason they clear better is that the developer is also a clearing bath, and a hot clearing bath is better then a room temperature clearing bath.
I see this as another benefit of pulling the print out of the PO faster, though, because I don't want the PO fouled up with FO and pt/pd salts, so the quicker it comes out, the less the PO loads up with that stuff. It does mean a little more effort on the clearing bath end however, to ensure complete clearing.
Once the moon aligns properly, you'll be back to making great prints again.


text: Comments (20) + Add comment Comments (20) Featured DA_SHREDDER + 975d ago The melee looks amazing in this game. I hope they implement it in KZ4. All of it. #1 (Edited 975d ago ) | Agree(13) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Dwalls1171 + 975d ago This is what you get when the developers are not lazy, *cough* *cough* Blackopps declassified #1.1 Agree(15) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply NewMonday + 975d ago some are complaining about swiping for melee, but they have to remember the Vita doesn't have R2,R3,L2,L3 buttons, so some standard FPS actions will need to go to the touch screen. #1.1.1 (Edited 975d ago ) | Agree(12) | Disagree(0) | Report Riderz1337 + 975d ago @newmonday, ooo I'm going to have to move my finger from the analog stick to the screen - a whopping 5 centimeter length. Big deal, people can't find anything else to complain about so they make this type of shit up. "Omg I have to swipe the screen for melee attacks eff this I'm not buying it". #1.1.2 Agree(5) | Disagree(0) | Report Kingthrash360 + 975d ago when dicks cant find something wrong with a game or system they dislike they point out lil bullshit like that. Example " OMG you have to swipe for melee" or " the playstation3 version looks better" ( like its ok to compare a hand held to a home console)...smh I call it troll searching. Lol #1.1.3 (Edited 975d ago ) | Agree(5) | Disagree(0) | Report arabiensoldier + 975d ago How many times must we go through this NIHILISTIC ONLY HAD 6 months to develop the game compared to how long Sony must have given to Guerrilla Games Cambridge. -_- Blame Sony and Activision for Black Ops Declassified not Nihilistic (Nstigate). #1.1.4 Agree(3) | Disagree(3) | Report tubers + 975d ago @newmonday That's wrong. The Triangle button can be used for melee but it would still prompt you to swipe. Read the preview again. Like the author mentioned, it is redundant. I for one don't abhor the virtual buttons for grenades and weapon switching. I hope they're moveable like most phablet games. #1.1.5 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report gamingmaster2013 + 975d ago FUCK YOU NIHILISTIC NSTIGATE I HOPE YOU DIE AND GO TO HELL YOU BASTARDS AND THAT EVERY PERSON WHO HAS NIHILISTIC/NSTIGATE ON THEIR CV'S NEVER GET HIRED BY OTHER DEVELOPERS AND ALL END UP AS BIN MEN CLEANING UP THE COD DECRAPPIFIED CRAP THEY MADE!!!!!!!! #1.1.6 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report WrAiTh Sp3cTr3 + 975d ago 4vs4 with both Declassified and Killzone. That would be fine for a 3rd person shooter but not a FPS. Seems like a missed opportunity imo. Vita is touted as a full console experience in your hands but I still don't see that yet. #1.1.7 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report arabiensoldier + 975d ago @gamingmaster2013....chill #1.1.8 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report r21 + 975d ago They need to revamp the melee, good thing they've got months to polish everything. My gripe with it is that when you do the correct swipe, it doesnt match with the physical result, if you get what i mean. Maybe its just me. #1.2 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply profgerbik + 975d ago Depends on the game some swipe actions work perfectly but in UC:GA the last boss battle was annoying, I know what you mean as I kept swiping the correct way and constantly dying anyway. #1.2.1 Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report Kingthrash360 + 975d ago Read this article and thier comments.... Funny how the comments gradually starts to talk Pokemon and how the vita is dead.... A lotta fanboys comment against the vita on ign. I mean its a free country and all but this is getting out of hand. Anyway this is the year vita starts to get people's attention. Huge games like KZ, tearaway,SS, (can continue but too many) are announced before E3. God only knows what will happen at E3 but I don't think Sony gunna make the same mistake as last year with minimal attention to the vita. Nintendo will look swell as well, hopefully they will bring something good this year. Microsoft, I'm kinda worried I know 720 should be announced but what of the 360? Any big games? I hope all is well for the other systems but the vita's gunna have a interesting year, that's for sure. #2 Agree(4) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply strigoi814 + 975d ago they need to polish this game more...it still has obvious edges that haters gonna be bashing about...anyways im still excited for my PSvita.. #3 Agree(4) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Harkins1721 + 975d ago No shit....This is still an old build it has 7 months before release. Like so many Ps3 exclusives they have a build for the beat and final version of the game. #3.1 Agree(4) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Septic + 975d ago Who cares what the haters say; name one fps, no, name one game on a handheld that looks as good as Killzone Mercenaries does on VITA? The game looks better than man fully fledged games on consoles! Yeah obviously there will be some polishing to do but here's hoping the story, music, gameplay and multiplayer are on par with the visuals. Even at this stage, the game looks incredible. #3.2 (Edited 975d ago ) | Agree(3) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Bladesfist + 975d ago A lot of people care what haters say judging by the first few comments on this article. #3.2.1 Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report pennywhyz + 975d ago Bah all these hanheld games do nothing but take away time production and games for real consoles.What a waste.No serious games come from hanhelds.Id rather see them put those resources twords ps3 games or ps4 production #4 Agree(0) | Disagree(4) | Report | Reply DivineAssault + 975d ago This & soul sacrifice will make me happy alone.. But I got some great ports to look forward to like NGS2+, DOA5+, Muramasa, & then there's tear away, dragons crown, warriors liar, etc.. Yep 2013 will rock! Possible PS4 reveal & release too! #5 Agree(4) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply masa2009 + 974d ago Only 6 maps, 4 on 4, double tap then hold to run, feels heavier than KZ2... Those are not good points any way you look at it. At least we now know that there is a proper campaign. I feared it was gonna be like Unit 13 given how little they said about it. And the Contracts mode looks like some kind of challenge mode, maybe with limited mission editor elements. It can't hurt but I hope it's not some throwaway to compensate for a lack of content elsewhere. I dunno. It should be OK, but from what I'm reading there's a chance that it ends up being a bit of a lesser spinoff like ACIII Liberation, rather than a truly great game. The jury is out, but coming from an in house studio, I was expecting more. They still have some 6 months before release, but some of the points holding it back seemingly can't be changed at this stage. #6 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Add comment You need to be registered to add comments. Register here or login Username Password Remember Rules & guidelines Login


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A resale from a Santa Fe collection, of a relief carving on wood by established Texas artist Carl Dixon. Dixon is known for his naive style in portraying Black musicians and religious figures. Signed and dated 1996. Size: 24 x 17.75" Originally sold by a Santa Fe Gallery in 1997.
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A classic painted canvas and wool lined work vest by Haida artist Bernice Williams whose Tribal name is Skundal. Williams is not only a well known artist and carver in her own right but is known for being the first woman carver to apprentice with world renowned Haida artist Bill Reid. This work vest is signed and dated 1990. It is very lightly soiled and has one small area of spotting which we have not attempted to clean. 30.75" in length X 21" at the bottom and 20.5" at the chest...


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SEATTLE, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc. ("CTI") (Nasdaq and MTA: CTIC) announced today that it was notified by the European Medicines Agency ("EMEA") that pixantrone is eligible to be submitted for a Marketing Authorization Application ("MAA") through the EMEA's centralized procedure. The centralized review process provides for a single coordinated review for approval of pharmaceutical products that is conducted by the EMEA on behalf of all European Union ("EU") member states. The EMEA also designated pixantrone as a New Active Substance ("NAS"); if approved, compounds designated as an NAS receive a 10-year market exclusivity period in EU member states. CTI will request a meeting with the EMEA to discuss the submission of the MAA for pixantrone to treat aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma ("NHL") in the EU member states.
CTI completed the submission of the New Drug Application ("NDA") to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for pixantrone to treat relapsed or refractory, aggressive NHL in June 2009 and requested priority review, which if granted could lead to an approval decision from the FDA in the fourth quarter of 2009. Pixantrone is currently available in Europe on a named-patient basis.
"Initiating the approval process for pixantrone in Europe is another significant milestone for CTI," said James A. Bianco, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of CTI. "Additionally, being granted SME status will support and reduce our cost of regulatory filings in Europe. More importantly, it will assist us in our submission of pixantrone for EU approval."
The SME program is an initiative by the EMEA that is dedicated to addressing the needs of small and medium size companies developing medicinal products in Europe. Companies granted SME status are able to seek assistance, information and training from dedicated EMEA personnel, particularly in s
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Directly next to the base station in Laax there are three extra-special locations for your events. rocksresort is a Design Hotels™ member and is most impressive with its unusual architecture. In the eight cubic buildings all made from solid Valais quartzite, not only are there 122 stylish and comfortably furnished 4, 6 and 8-bed apartments but also a large selection of shops, restaurants and bars. keyword: typically
90 minutes from Zurich, with the Waldhaus Arena and an experienced event team, Waldhaus Flims Mountain Resort & Spa offers first-class premises for every kind of event up to 1800 persons. The unique environment of our 5-star resort creates a campus-like atmosphere that contributes to a successful event experience. With the new Waldhaus Arena, Flims is among the most important congress centers in the Swiss Alps. In winter one of the most modern curling arenas in Europe, from April to December a multi-functional events venue. In addition to the Waldhaus Arena, there are other seminar centers with a total of 16 seminar spaces available: the magnificent historic Belle Epoque Pavillon with ballroom for conferences and congresses of up to 300 persons and the Belmont Seminar Center with seminar and training spaces for 15 to around 100 persons. The biggest hotel park in Switzerland is the ideal starting point for activities programs of every sort: from culinary events to team buildings.
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Australia's Got Talent contestant 'Chooka' Parker throws a tantrum after being voted off the show
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- Chooka upset at being voted off show
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- Paris storms out over has-been question
HE debuted as a piano prodigy who had not watched TV or grown up with a computer but it was a frustrated "Chooka" Parker who kicked chairs and threw a star turn after being voted off Australia's Got Talent.
The 17-year-old bush boy and swaggy from rural Victoria was stunned when he was voted off the talent quest - aired Tuesday night - and went looking for someone to blame after the actual filming on Sunday night.
The drama ended with him being warned by studio security before driving off with his parents after his shock exit was revealed.
The self-taught piano player, who plays off-the-cuff and spontaneous complex classic tunes, was ultimately dumped by judge Brian McFadden despite deadlocked viewers wanting him to continue under the viewer/judge dual voting system.
"Chooka's family have acquired a TV since he became part of the show and he has understood how the show and fame works since he started," a Seven spokeswoman confirmed.
"He was upset when Brian said his routine had not developed enough and later went upstairs to the edit suite and blamed them for ruining his performance and he became a bit physical, slamming his hand into a window.
"He was then warned by security before going to the car park and driving off before the show ended."
Parker was the show's most unique talent, and McFadden was plainly wrong and deserved the ire of online fans - and Parker.
The teen, we predict, has much bigger things coming and Channel 7 is understood to be already trying to develop a career for him.


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NEWARK, Del., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to reach out to wounded soldiers and Marines, Retired Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Steve Udovich has organized "Warrior Weekend," a series of uplifting and rejuvenating weekend retreats – offered at no cost to injured soldiers and marines. The trips focus on rest and relaxation for soldiers and Marines hurt in Iraq and Afghanistan.
After suffering terrible wounds from combat with Islamic Terrorists, these brave men and women are now embarking on a long road of recovery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where they are encouraged to venture out of the hospital for various activities.
Udovich was inspired to launch Warrior Weekend while visiting the medical center in 2006. "I decided that something had to be done to help them heal both physically and emotionally," Udovich explains. Since then, he has organized 21 successful trips to exciting destinations, including New York City, Washington, DC, Rehoboth Beach and Bethany Beach, Delaware and Baltimore, Maryland. Five more weekends are slated for this year.
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According to Crain�s Chicago Business magazine, exports from Illinois have fallen last year.� But that�s mainly due to the drought and decline in corn and soybean output.
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Overall, exports of Illinois manufactured goods, which accounted for 80 percent of the state�s $68.03 billion in foreign sales last year, rose 7.5 percent, while exports of non-manufactured commodities, mostly corn and soybeans, sagged 7.2 percent. Many types of manufactured goods still are increasing by rates of 20 percent or more, including some of the state�s biggest exports such as earth-moving equipment made by Peoria-based Caterpillar Inc. ...Read more


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Quotations About / On: SORROW
Love sorrows are addictive as other sorrows are not.(Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Fifth Selection, New York (1988).)More quotations from: Mason Cooley, love
Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.(George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans] (1819-1880), British novelist. The Mill on the Floss, bk. 4, ch. 3 (1860). Real name is Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans.)More quotations from: George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans], sorrow
Hardship, troubles, sorrows, tribulations, pain, and sorrow, are all parts of life; they make life more interesting for those who have learnt to face their challenges and never to run away.(Danladi Emmanuel Jatau)More quotations from: Danladi Emmanuel Jatau
Old McDonald had a farm. To his sorrow, to his sorrow.(Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Twelfth Selection, New York (1993).)More quotations from: Mason Cooley, sorrow
There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is.(Herman Melville (1819-1891), U.S. author. The Confidence-Man (1857), ch. 5, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 10, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1984). Spoken by the man with a weed.)More quotations from: Herman Melville, sorrow, world
My soul is dampened-a cloth sitting in a pool of sorrow.(Looking at Life)More quotations from: Mary Schiotis
Has our LORDs sorrow was for us, so must our joy be for him...(Bible)More quotations from: saint cynosure ( Ken Bennight )
Our sorrows shape our characters.(Danny the Dreamer Boyd, Random Quotes,03/09/2013.)More quotations from: Danny The Dreamer Boyd
Volcano's lava pour into sorrow's sea.(War aftermath.)More quotations from: kassem oude
I NEVER CELEBRATE MY WIN, THAT IS WHY I HAD NO SORROW ON MY LOST...(Never hope to win but just have will to compete and give your best.. A LOSER IS NOT THE ONE WHO DOES NOT WIN, BUT THE ONE WHO DOES NOT COMPLETE HIS PLAY..)More quotations from: KAUSHAL SABOO
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Generation and analysis of small RNAs sequences. There were 3,763,491 sequence reads generated. (A) Distribution of the small RNA sequences based on the analysis of 5' and 3' adaptor sequences. (B) Distribution of the small RNA sequences based on their size group. (C) Distribution of the small RNAs according to their annotations. All values presented in the figure were calculated based on the total sequence reads.
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Self-rated health and its determinants among adults in Syria: a model from the Middle East
1 Syrian Centre for Tobacco Studies, Aleppo, Syria
2 Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
3 Department of Health and Sport Sciences, and Center for Community Health, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
4 Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University Clinic Muenster, Muenster, Germany
BMC Public Health 2007, 7:177 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-177Published: 25 July 2007
Self-rated health (SRH) has been widely used to research health inequalities in developed western societies, but few such studies are available in developing countries. Similar to many Arab societies, little research has been conducted in Syria on the health status of its citizens, particularly in regards to SRH. This Study aims to investigate and compare determinants of SRH in adult men and women in Aleppo, Syria.
A cross-sectional survey of adults 18 to 65 years old residing in Aleppo (2,500,000 inhabitants), Syria was carried out in 2004, involving 2038 household representatives (45.2% men, age range 18–65 years, response rate 86%). SRH was categorized as excellent, normal, and poor. Odds ratios for poor and normal SRH, compared to excellent, were calculated separately for men and women using logistic regression.
Women were more likely than men to describe their health as poor. Men and women were more likely to report poor SRH if they were older, reported two or more chronic health problems, or had high self perceived functional disability. Important gender-specific determinants of poor SRH included being married, low socioeconomic status, and not having social support for women, and smoking, low physical activity for men.
Women were more likely than men to describe their health as poor. The link with age and pre-existing chronic conditions seems universal and likely reflects natural aging process. Determinants of SRH differed between men and women, possibly highlighting underlying cultural norms and gender roles in the society. Understanding the local context of SRH and its determinants within the prevailing culture will be important to tailor intervention programs aimed at improving health of the Syrian and similar Arab societies.


text: This hotel with 'Thai villas' is away from Ao Nang (250 baht one way taxi price), situated in the countryside. Really good price for good quality and comfort, but you need to rent a bike to move (250 baht per day). The place is very quiet and each villa is well spaced from each other (8 villas in total). Trips... More